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Richard Osman's House of Games
101 new & classic games from the hit BBC series
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Host of Pointless and Child Genius, Richard Osman presents the first official quiz book to accompany his hit BBC Two Show, Richard Osman's House of Games.
Do you know how many post boxes there are in the UK? Could you guess how many times the word 'goat' appears in the King James Version of the Bible? Fancy playing a game of charades where all of the books, films, and plays are entirely made up?
Now, look around the room. Is anyone there the kind of person who'll say 'I just don't understand this', when faced with something that's not just perfectly easy to understand, but is... well, fun?
Ask them to leave.
Have they gone? Good.
Now welcome inside the House of Games...
Featuring questions based on some of the most loved rounds from the hit BBC2 show, including Roonerspisims, Venn Will I Be Famous?, Dim Sums, and Answer Smash, Richard Osman's House of Games Quiz Book is the ultimate test of wit, wisdom, and imagination.
Curated by Richard Osman and Alan Connor and featuring over 50 new and exclusive games to try out, this is your chance to step inside the House of Games and pitch your trivia skills against your family and friends.
Quirky, unique, and exactly the right amount of silly, House of Games contains hours of guaranteed fun!
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ISBN: 9781785944635
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 October 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: BBC Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 264g
Pages: 384
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Alan Connor is the author of Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword ("witty, charming, encyclopaedic and highly readable" - The Spectator) and The Joy of Quiz ("An absolute delight" - Mail on Sunday). He has made quizzes for various TV shows and newspapers and written comedy including BBC Film's The Rack Pack, A Young Doctor's Notebook (Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe) and Have I Got News For You.
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