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Funny You Should Ask . . . Again

More of Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves
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Funny You Should Ask . . . Again gathers the most original, silly, and quirky questions put to the QI Elves by BBC Radio 2 listeners on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. Covering topics from spiders and stinging nettles to bees, boy bands, twins, and thermal undies, the book offers fascinating and frequently hilarious answers that reveal surprising facts you’ll want to share.
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Ideal for fans of British radio humour, lovers of trivia, and anyone who enjoys quirky, enlightening answers to unusual questions.

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The perfect Christmas gift for the incurably curious. With an introduction from Zoe Ball.

The perfect Christmas gift for the incurably curious. With an introduction from Zoe Ball.

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Every Wednesday on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, BBC Radio 2's most inquisitive listeners get to put their questions to the QI Elves. The questions are wonderfully original, often silly and sometimes quirky, and the QI Elves' answers are always fascinating and frequently hilarious.

From spiders to stinging nettles, bees to boy bands and twins to thermal undies, you'll wonder why these questions never occurred to you beforeβ€”but you'll never forget the answers and will want to share them with all your friends.

Funny You Should Ask . . . Again is a must-read for the incurably curious.

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PRAISE FOR FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK...

Genuinely useful and endlessly fascinating. – Spectator

Hilarious. – Daily Mail

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571373291

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 478g

Pages: 288

About the Author

The QI Elves are the team of writers and researchers behind BBC Two's smash-hit panel show QI. They have authored the 10,000 Facts series of QI books across seven titles, reached the semi-finals of the BBC quiz show Only Connect and had over 250 million listens on their podcast No Such Thing as a Fish. They have appeared on 'The Why Workshop' on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 for over two years. For more from the team behind QI, visit qi.com or @qikipedia.

Zoe Ball is the current and first female host of the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show. After presenting the much-lauded Live & Kicking on the BBC, she was also the first woman to front the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show. An avid film buff, Zoe interviews all the top stars for BAFTA's Red Carpet and presents Sky's exclusive coverage of the Oscars. @ZoeTheBall

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