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QI: The Sound of General Ignorance

By: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
Narrated by: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
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Listen and learn! The Sound of General Ignorance brings you all the best bits of the number one best seller The Book of General Ignorance in handy audio form.

Allow yourself to wallow in the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge'. Your newfound wisdom will help you to impress your friends, frustrate your enemies and win every argument. Henry VIII had six wives - wrong! Everest is the highest mountain in the world - wrong! Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone - wrong! Everything you think you know is - wrong!

©2013 Faber & Faber (P)2013 Faber & Faber Literature & Fiction Satire Funny Witty Thought-Provoking
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The switch up between the two narrators is nicely done and keeps you listening. Works really well in audio book form. Facts are -by enlarge- interesting and I've certainly retained more info than I have from the show.
Overall interesting and amusing with some useful facts to wow your friends with...

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What made the experience of listening to QI: The Sound of General Ignorance the most enjoyable?

All the facts were interesting, the order of things was coherent, it never felt like something was dwelled upon for too long or not explained in enough detail.

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It was excellent, I just wish it had been longer.

Really good fun

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A great Listen, it captured my thought process.
I will be going back through this as so much information to retain in one go, but you want to
know what comes next. Enjoy as I did.

A Must!!

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I came across this book as a recommendation in the shop and I as a fan of the show and a collector of random facts it was right up my street! I really enjoyed the segments around popular invention myths. This book is a random assortment of facts and ‘interesting’ anecdotes. It’s very much my style but might be tedious for some audiences as it weaves in and out of topics tangentially.

Tangential

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I'm a general knowledge junkie and loved how this book flipped my "knowledge" on its head. Well researched and well presented (read).

I have to work hard at not being that annoying guy at parties now. Hmm, how do I use this information for good and not evil...

My teenagers even listened in and enjoyed it so entertaining for anyone!

Unnecessarily essential

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