Qi: the Book of General Ignorance by Stephen Fry

Qi: the Book of General Ignorance by Stephen Fry

Compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show, QI. Published to coincide with the fourth series broadcast in September 2006. If, like Alan Davies, you still think that Henry VIII had six wives, the earth has only one moon, that George Washington was the first president of the USA, that Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, that the largest living thing is a blue whale, that Alexander Graeme Bell invented the telephone, that whisky and bagpipes come from Scotland or that Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain, then there are at least 200 reasons why this is the book for you.

Stephen Fry was born in London in 1957 and educated at Stout's Hill, Uppingham and Queen's College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he joined the Footlights where he first met Hugh Laurie. He has numerous television appearances to his credit, most notably A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster, Blackadder and QI, and is a regular contributor to radio shows including Just a Minute, I'm sorry I haven't a clue and The News Quiz. Major film roles include Peter in Peter's Friends (1990) and Oscar Wilde in Wilde (1997). He is the author of the best-selling novels The Liar, The Hippopotamus, Making History and The Stars' Tennis Balls, as well as the highly acclaimed autobiography Moab is My Washpot and, in 2005, a well-received guide to writing poetry, The Ode Less Travelled.

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ISBN 13	9780571233687
ISBN 10	0571233686
Title	Qi: the Book of General Ignorance
Author	Stephen Fry
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	2006-10-05
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Short-listed for British Book Awards: TV & Film Book of the Year 2007
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.