A Matter Of Facts: The Insider's Guide To Quizzing by Marcus Berkmann

A Matter Of Facts: The Insider's Guide To Quizzing by Marcus Berkmann

Marcus Berkmann is a competitive obsessive but where he was very bad at cricket (see RAIN MEN) he's a brilliantly knowledgeable nerd and a great success at pub quizzes. He's possibly the only man in Britain whom Nick Hornby is jealous of - because his team beat Hornby's in a pub quiz and went on to win the EVENING STANDARD knockout tournament. This hilarious book will do for quiz culture - from Mastermind to Fifteen to One to the quiz in your local - what LOST IN MUSIC did for bad rock bands. Thousands of people take part in quizzes every week answering questions such as who won the League Cup in 1972 (Stoke City beat Chelsea 3-2) and which of Henry VIII's wives was both a widow and a virgin when she married him (Catherine of Aragon)? Funny, informative, original: this book has all the answers - including the one to question six.

Surely the most entertaining and informative book about quizzes, quiz-masters and quiz men ever written * DAILY MAIL *
'A hugely enjoyable book, and you do not have to love quizzes to love itIt tells us why we behave in the way we do; it makes us laugh at ourselves and casts a light on our folly * LITERARY REVIEW *
'Full-time quiz legend Marcus Berkmann can unlock that stash of useless facts lurking in your brain' * GUARDIAN *

Marcus Berkmann writes for the DAILY MAIL and a monthly pop music column for the SPECTATOR, and has written columns on sport for the INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY and PUNCH.

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ISBN 13	9780349120874
ISBN 10	0349120870
Title	A Matter Of Facts: The Insider's Guide To Quizzing
Author	Marcus Berkmann
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2008-03-06
Number of pages	256
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