Pointless Facts for Curious Minds: A new kind of quiz book from the hit BBC 1 game show
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Pointless Facts for Curious Minds: A new kind of quiz book from the hit BBC 1 game show

Pointless Facts for Curious Minds: A new kind of quiz book from the hit BBC 1 game show

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Alan Connor (Author)  

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Which star of The Crown is the great-granddaughter of a British prime minister? Which TV quiz show is based on the creator's experience of being interrogated as a prisoner of war? Which property on the Monopoly board does not exist in the real-life London? For lovers of the most obscure and unlikely facts - as well as the unsung quizzing geniuses out there (we all know a couple) - comes Pointless Facts for Curious Minds, the book where obvious answers mean nothing and obscurity reigns. A compendium of fascinating and arcane bits of knowledge, mixed amongst a healthy dose of Pointless quizzing, this is a book that takes a quiz as only the starting point of your intelligent adventures. Pointless Facts for Curious Minds gives you the chance to put your knowledge to the test and prove your Pointless credentials.
Alan Connor is the question editor of BBC2's Only Connect and has writes quizzes for various newspapers. He cannot see a new fact without wondering how to make it into a piece of quiz. Alan is a screenwriter, journalist and the author of Two Girls, One on Each Knee, about the puzzling world of crosswords. His favourite quiz question is: What word was intentionally omitted from the screenplay of The Godfather?
  • Contributor: Alan Connor
  • Imprint: BBC Books
  • ISBN13: 9781785948619
  • Number of Pages: 272
  • Packaged Dimensions: 144x222x27mm
  • Packaged Weight: 379
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Ebury Publishing
  • Release Date: 2023-10-26
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Alan Connor is the question editor of BBC2's Only Connect and has writes quizzes for various newspapers. He cannot see a new fact without wondering how to make it into a piece of quiz. Alan is a screenwriter, journalist and the author of Two Girls, One on Each Knee, about the puzzling world of crosswords. His favourite quiz question is: What word was intentionally omitted from the screenplay of The Godfather?

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