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Lateral

100 Fiendish Questions to Make You Think Differently
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Why are Swiss army knives red? Which type of alcoholic drink, when added to ice, becomes something a child could consume legally? What sort of person would be interested in buying exactly 1.91 US dollars? Based on the show which posits weird questions with wonderful answers,... Read More
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From the makers of hit podcast Lateral, a quiz book which challenges readers to think outside the box to answer weird and wacky questions about our world.

From the makers of hit podcast Lateral, a quiz book which challenges readers to think outside the box to answer weird and wacky questions about our world.

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Why are Swiss army knives red? Which type of alcoholic drink, when added to ice, becomes something a child could consume legally? What sort of person would be interested in buying exactly 1.91 US dollars? Based on the show which posits weird questions with wonderful answers, LATERAL is full of sideways-thinking twists. There are no points or prize - just reputation and bragging rights on the line. So grab a friend, pick a question at random, and enjoy trying to figure out some of our world's most interesting and off-the-wall facts!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035058006

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 November 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 217.0mm

Weight: 264g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Tom Scott runs two successful Youtube channels with weekly videos, and he's the host of the LATERAL quiz podcast. His videos have taken him across the world, and amassed over 1.6 billion views in the process. He was the presenter of GADGET GEEKS on Sky One in 2012, and most recently was seen Celebrity University Challenge competing for the York team, where he got to the semi-final. A two-time winner of the World Creative Thinking Championships, David Bodycombe is a professional quiz writer and quiz consultant, and the former question editor for ONLY CONNECT. He has written several quiz books for Constable and Michael Joseph, some of which have been reprinted more than thirty times, and has contributed to television shows including The Crystal Maze, Treasure Hunt and Fifteen to One.

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