Packed with hundreds of exciting questions about the world of books, you are sure to impress your friends and teachers with interesting details about authors, books and trivia about literature. From science fiction to children's literature to biographies and autobiographies, the book has questions on a wide range of topics.
Journey from A-Z, playing 26 rounds of Pointless with family and friends and enjoy facts, banter and musings from Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman. Inside you'll find hundreds of questions for all the family from TV's most popular quiz show, Pointless. (You will also find thousands of answers, which is very handy.) Taking you on a journey from A to Z you will learn amazing facts, from Agincourt and Andy Warhol to Zinedine Zidane and Zimbabwe, and everything in between. As an added bonus Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, also reveal their exclusive A to Z of behind the scenes gossip and Pointless secrets, all written with their trademark wit, alongside exclusive drawings by Moose Allain. Everyone you know will love this book. Except maybe for that couple you met on holiday, and, be honest, you didn't really like them anyway. I mean, she was alright, but what was up with him?
The Bournvita Quiz Contest has been the longest running quiz show on Indian television. Since 1992, quizmaster Derek O'Brien has asked thousands of questions that have puzzled, delighted and been a source of knowledge for generations of quizzers. With the quiz now telecast on YouTube and with an interactive quiz app available for all to play along, the show has become more broad-based and appealing to people of various age groups. In Bumper BQC, Derek O'Brien compiles some of the most interesting questions asked on the show. Ranging in topics from history to science to sports and even mathematics, and in sections that include multiple choices and what's the word, these questions will tickle the brain and get readers to think, recall and apply their knowledge in a unique way.
This BUMPER BOOK of general knowledge quizzes contains the first THREE books in the THINK YOU’RE SMART? series. It also has 5 BONUS QUIZZES. That’s 125 quizzes in total. enough to satisfy the most inquistive mind! Think you’re smart? Test yourself with these simple but intelligent quizzes, packed with fun facts and trivia. Each general knowledge quiz is arranged as a ‘click-through’ trivia quiz, with a question on one page and the answer on the following page, perfect for testing your general knowledge. The same quizzes are then given again, this time laid out in the traditional way, with all the questions for each quiz test followed by all the answers, ideal for a pub quiz or quiz night. However you like your brain-teasers, test yourself against the THINK YOU’RE SMART? general knowledge quizzes and see how you do... The following categories for quiz questions are used: THE MODERN WORLD ENTERTAINMENT THE HUMAN BODY COUNTRIES & CULTURES SPORTS, GAMES & HOBBIES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FAMOUS PEOPLE THE ANCIENT WORLD ROCK & POP U.S.A. FACTS AMERICAN HISTORY WORLD HISTORY FILM & TV MYTHS AND FOLKLORE QUOTATIONS NATURE BRITISH HISTORY FOOD & DRINK ART & MUSIC RELIGIONS & CULTURES MISCELLANEOUS ASTRONOMY GEOGRAPHY LANGUAGE CULTURE GEOGRAPHY BOOKS & WRITERS Good luck!
‘The nerdiest and longest-running quiz around’ The Spectator Have you got what it takes to tackle Radio 4's most fiendish quiz? Question: A fictional criminal psychologist, a former Conservative minister, and the eponymous protagonist of a Peter Hedges novel, might all serve on the board alongside some big cheeses. Can you explain?* The Round Britain Quiz is the oldest broadcast quiz anywhere in the world. Created in 1947 it has built and maintained a cult following from across the generations. Each series sees six teams from around the UK competing against each other to solve a series of seriously cryptic clues, with a chairman giving a steer on how to get to the answer. Compiled by long-serving series producer, Paul Bajoria, and with an introduction from the Chairman, BBC journalist Tom Sutcliffe, The Round Britain Quiz Book features 250 of the toughest and most challenging questions from the last 70 years as well as many new and exclusive conundrums, drawing on unpredictable fields of knowledge, to truly test the nation. *Answer: They might all be found on a cheeseboard, as accompaniments to the cheese. The psychologist referred to is ‘Fitz’ in the TV series Cracker, the former MP is Eric Pickles, and Gilbert Grape is Peter Hedges’ creation.
Whether you are stuck indoors or playing in the sun (or even in the car travelling to the seaside!), fill your family time with The Bumper Book of Family Games. This action-packed collection is the perfect accompaniment wherever you go as a family, with over 110 beloved and new activities to keep you all entertained. Remember the rules to classic family games like Hide and Seek, Charades and Old Maid, and create new traditions with modern games like Ultimate, Fizz-Buzz and Waving Chicken! For players of all ages, The Bumper Book of Family Games is your one-stop family shop for everything you need to keep the children from tearing the house down through boredom. So, turn off the TV, gather the whole family together and get ready to scream ‘You’re It!’ as loud as you can. Word count: 45,000