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Funny You Should Ask...

By: The QI Elves, James Harkin, Anne Miller, James Rawson
Narrated by: John Lloyd, The QI Elves, James Rawson, Anne Miller, James Harkin
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EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR - A NEW BOOK BY QI ELVES JAMES HARKIN AND ANNA PTASZYNSKI - IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW

The perfect gift for all those big and little kids in your life who ask 'why...?'.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZOE BALL
Pre-order the next book in this series, 222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions, published in paperback on 3rd November.
'QI have outdone themselves!' ALAN DAVIES
'Fabulous . . . A cracker of a book!' SUE PERKINS
'The QI Elves are barnstormingly brilliant.' ZOE BALL
'Genuinely useful and endlessly fascinating.' THE SPECTATOR
'Hilarious.' DAILY MAIL

The QI Elves are the brains behind the enduringly popular BBC TV panel show QI.

Every Wednesday the Elves appear on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show where they answer the ponderings and wonderings of BBC Radio 2's most inquisitive listeners.

Dive into this splendid collection of listeners' unusual questions and some unexpected answers that are sure to make your head spin on topics ranging from goosebumps to grapefruit, pizza to pirates and everything in-between. Generously sprinkled with extra facts and questions from the Elves, Funny You Should Ask . . . is essential listening for the incurably curious.

How much water would you need to put out the Sun?

If spiders can walk on the ceiling, why can't they get out of the bath?

Why do dads make such bad jokes?

Why does red mean 'stop' and green mean 'go'?

Can I dig a tunnel to the other side of the Earth?

How do plant seeds know which way is up?

Can you fill up a black hole?

Who popularised the recorder, and where can I get hold of them?

©2020 QI Elves (P)2020 Faber & Faber
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'QI have outdone themselves!' ALAN DAVIES

'Fabulous . . . A cracker of a book!' SUE PERKINS

'The QI Elves are barnstormingly brilliant.' ZOE BALL

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the perfect comfort book

professionally interesting and charming people gently tossing you bite sized chunks of weird information! I love all of these

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If only it had been a bit longer

Wonderfully read and full of amazing facts. Can’t recommend enough. Left me wanting more (and it was a bit short tbh).

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Mostly correct!

Very entertaining and pleasant; however, they make an error in their Morse Code segment. The letter they claim to be X (dah-dit-dah-dah) is actually Y. The letter X is "dah-dit-dit-dah".

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Really interesting facts!

Such a fun and interesting listen. Particularly enjoy the bit on deja vu 😂 Well done, James!

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Short and chewing noises

This was very short. Disappointing for a whole credit. Also, chewing noises multiple times. Absolutely HATED having to hear loud, exaggerated mouth noises. Love the QI Elves and their pod, this audiobook? Not so much.

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