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    QI: The Sound of General Ignorance
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    QI: The Sound of General Ignorance

    Written by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson

    Narrated by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson

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    About this audiobook

    Allow yourself to wallow in the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge'. Your newfound wisdom will help you to impress your friends, frustrate your enemies and win every argument. Henry VIII had six wives—wrong! Everest is the highest mountain in the world—wrong! Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone—wrong! Everything you think you know is—wrong!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFaber & Faber
    Release dateApr 18, 2013
    ISBN9780571308699
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    QI: The Sound of General Ignorance
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    John Lloyd

    John Lloyd is one of the most successful television comedy producers of all time, having been responsible for Not the Nine O'Clock News, Blackadder, QI and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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