Trivia

'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' Pam Ayres'Susie Dent is a national treasure' Richard OsmanWelcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown's Dictionary...

Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points with more than 100 car badges to find. From Jeep and Fiat to...

The perfect activity book for long UK car journeys! Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points...

Prove you are the smartest schmuck in the room with 500 true trivia facts that sound absurd. These facts are so absurd some might even say that they sound like bull$#*t!Knowledge is power! Crush the competition at trivia night, or start the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735220157Author Ryan NorthFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648450440Author Bill O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Lak PublishingPublisher Lak PublishingWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Test yourself with the official GCHQ Puzzle Book, the perfect gift for anyone who loves a good head-scratcherOver the years, their codebreakers have helped keep our country safe, from the Bletchley Park breakthroughs of WWII to the modern-day threat of...

The perfect gift to entertain kids all year round! Be amazed and astounded with a new fact every single day of the year. With 365 fascinating facts on everything from animals and nature to science, space, the world and more. ...

A bumper-size quiz book with all new questions to test your general knowledge, with 500 quizzes and 10,000 questions. Includes 30 picture rounds to get you scratching your head! Perfect for playing with friends and family. Arranged...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426310492Author National Geographic KidsFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)...

The fun-filled quiz book that kids and the whole family will enjoy The fun-filled gift book that kids and the whole family will enjoy. Quiz your family and friends with this ultimate Big Quiz Book from National Geographic Kids,...

'Utterly fascinating' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday TimesBenjamin Franklin took daily naked air baths and Toulouse-Lautrec painted in brothels. Edith Sitwell worked in bed, and George Gershwin composed at the piano in pyjamas. Freud worked sixteen hours a day,...

Prove you are the smartest schmuck in the room with 500 true trivia facts that sound absurd. These facts are so absurd some might even say that they sound like bull$#*t!Knowledge is power! Crush the competition at trivia night, or start the most...

From Caligula's blood-soaked end to hotelier Steve Wynn's unfortunate run-in with a priceless Picasso, Bad Days in History delves into the past to present 365 delightfully told tales of historically bad days.About the AuthorMichael Farquhar, a former...

Run your own pub quiz with 500 brand new general knowledge quizzes. With 10,000 questions arranged in easy, medium and difficult categories, you can set the pace as quiz master for your friends and family, or pit yourself against the Collins Quiz Master...

'MAGIC' JO BRAND'HAPPIFYING' STEPHEN FRY'SUSIE DENT IS A NATIONAL TREASURE' RICHARD OSMANWhether it's the distress of a bad haircut (AGE-OTORI) or longing for the food someone else is eating (GROAKING), the pleasure found in other people's happiness...

A cracking general knowledge test - The Quiz Addict blogWere your school exercise books adorned with huge ticks, glowing comments and gold stars? Did you win prizes for your awe-inspiring performances on the toughest of tests? Do you still think you know...

Quizzing has never been so much fun. Quench your thirst for quiz trivia, with 500 new quizzes to test the brain cells in this bumper new edition of 10,000 questions. Perfect for playing with friends and family! These quizzes are...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! transports readers of all ages to a world beyond imagination - where truth is stranger than fiction!Every turn of the page reveals all-new and all-true stories from around the globe - an artist who paints with cow poop, a...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! transports readers of all ages to a world beyond imagination - where truth is stranger than fiction!Every turn of the page reveals all-new and all-true stories from around the globe - an artist who paints with cow poop, a...

The fun-filled quiz book that kids and the whole family will enjoy The fun-filled quiz book that kids and the whole family will enjoy. Quiz your family and friends with this World Quiz Book from National Geographic Kids, bursting...

Build yourself a box and think outside of it. Your time starts now ...In the TV show and on my marriage certificate, my job description is 'Taskmaster's Assistant'. That's what I do and it's an honour. I like Taskmaster a lot. And, of course, I love The...

Build yourself a box and think outside of it. Your time starts now ...In the TV show and on my marriage certificate, my job description is 'Taskmaster's Assistant'. That's what I do and it's an honour. I like Taskmaster a lot. And, of course, I love The...

This is a book for the independent and adventurous-minded man. It offers useful but often long-neglected skills and imparts wisdom gleaned from many sources, including servicemen, explorers, mountaineers, sailors and adventurers of every kind. Here,...

The secret to living a better, deeper, more fulfilling life. Or at least, the secret to chilling out just a tiny bit. Wise, kind, observant and gentle, alpacas are the Dali Llamas of the animal kingdom. Their days...

Train your brain with these fiendishly difficult puzzles, the perfect companion for anyone wanting to keep their mind busy'Fiendishly tricky' Daily MailWith their first bestselling book, The GCHQ Puzzle Book, the UK's intelligence and security experts...

'Maths at its most playful and multifarious' Jordan EllenbergMatt Parker, author of the No.1 bestseller Humble Pi, takes us on a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbers Mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612434759Author Andrew ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 190g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612434759Author Andrew ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 190g

The perfect guide for those spending a little too much time in the shed . . .Using your shed as an office is called shedworking. Bunny works from his shed. He is a freelance cow-whisperer.At least, that's what he tells his wife. Bunny is unemployed...

A great variety of activities to test your knowledge, whether highbrow or low culture. Proving you know it all about history has never been such fun - or so tricky.Do you think you know all about history? Can you tell your Tudors from your Habsburgs, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426316951Author National Geographic KidsFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)...

Good old Dad and his good old Dad's car. As solid and dependable as the man himself, if a little less balding, Dad's car was almost a member of the family, whisking you to exciting days out, or just to visit boring relatives in distant parts of the...

Get ready for a whole bunch of fascinating facts and staggering stats! Bursting with 150 fun and fact-filled lists about animals, space, the world, history, technology and lots more. * Explore the top ten coolest caves* Reach new heights with...

THE FUNNIEST BOOK OF THE YEAR. GUARANTEED TO TURN AN AWKWARD SILENCE INTO AN AWKWARD CONVERSATION.Now updated with new answers from: David Mitchell, Sara Pascoe, Charlie Brooker and Stephen Fry, among others!'Ridiculously funny and (unexpectedly)...

So you're good at the pub quiz ... you always have the right answer ... you're known for the depth and breadth of your knowledge ... well, why not put those skills to the test with Think You Know It All? Genius Edition.In this fiendish and at times...

A bumper quiz book, with all new questions to test your general knowledge, with more than 500 up-to-date quizzes and around 10,000 questions. Includes 30 picture rounds to get you scratching your head! Arranged in easy, medium and hard...

"Delightfully horrifying."--Popular ScienceOne of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018* A mysterious epidemic of dental explosions... * A teenage boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick.....

Equal parts useful and esoteric, the collection of facts in How to Talk Like You Know What You're Talking About clears your path to sounding like the smartest person in any room you find yourself in.Your path to sounding like the smartest person in the...

Award-winning Steven Strogatz, one of the foremost popularisers of maths, has written a witty and fascinating account of maths' most compelling ideas and how, so often, they are an integral part of everyday life.Maths is everywhere, often where we don't...