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1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over

John Lloyd

James Harkin

Anne Miller

'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris Evans


The sixth book in the bestselling series brings bizarre, astonishing, conversation-starting facts from the clever clogs at the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI.

Did you know that:

Iceland imports ice cubes.

A group of ladybirds is called a loveliness.

It is illegal in Saudi Arabia to name a child Sandi.

Eight billion particles of fog can fit into a teaspoon.

People who read books live longer than people who don't.

Prince Philip was born on a kitchen table in Corfu.

No human beings have ever had sex in space.

Netfiix's biggest competitor is sleep.

Mice sigh up to 40 times an hour.

  • Classification : Gift Books
  • Pub Date : OCT 5, 2017
  • Imprint : Faber Non-Fiction
  • Page Extent : 400
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9780571339105
  • Price : INR 999
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John Lloyd

John Lloyd CBE is the creator of BBC Two's QI. He has been behind some of the most successful and best-loved TV programmes of the last three decades including The News Quiz, To the Manor Born, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Blackadder and Spitting Image. He's also written or co-authored many books including The Meaning of Liff with Douglas Adams and The Book of General Ignorance, which has been translated into 30 languages. He is married to Sarah and they have three children.

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James Harkin

James Harkin is a senior researcher, writer and script-editor for the BBC's QI, and one-fourth of the award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish. He has authored 13 books with the QI Elves and toured sell-out shows across the world, from the London Palladium to the Sydney Opera House. He is a long-suffering fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Anne Miller

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