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Funny You Should Ask . . . Again: More of Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

Funny You Should Ask . . . Again: More of Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves

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  • Create Date：2022-11-06 00:53:16
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：The QI Elves
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Summary

*QI's brand new book for 2021。 The perfect Christmas gift for the incurably curious*

'Funny and fascinating 。 。 。 it's really rather brilliant。' ZOE BALL
'Made me chortle。' DERMOT O'LEARY
'Fantastic 。 。 。 I loved it。' STEVE WRIGHT
'The best trivia book of the season。' THE SPECTATOR
'Mind-blowing。' DAILY MAIL
'Genuinely interesting。' POPULAR SCIENCE

Which lottery numbers should I pick？
Is it true that we are made entirely of stardust？
Can dogs tell the time？
Why do songs get stuck in my head？
If Rome wasn't built in a day， how long did it take？
How do you wash a raspberry？
What is the most expensive thing on Earth？
Where is last Wednesday？

These are just a few of the questions put to the QI Elves by the listeners of BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show。 In their brand new book， you'll learn their fascinating and frequently hilarious answers。From spiders to stinging nettles， bees to boy bands and twins to thermal undies， you'll wonder why these questions hadn't occurred to you before - but you'll never forget the answers and will want to share them with all your friends。

Includes an introduction by Zoe Ball。

PRAISE FOR THE QI ELVES' PREVIOUS BOOK FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK 。 。 。
'QI have outdone themselves！。' ALAN DAVIES
'A cracker of a book。' SUE PERKINS
'Genuinely useful and endlessly fascinating。' THE SPECTATOR
'Hilarious。' DAILY MAIL

For more from the team behind QI's hit TV show check out the QI FACTS series of books， @qikipedia and listen to their weekly podcast at nosuchthingasafish。com or visit qi。com

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Reviews

Claudia ，

Funny， entertaining and perfect for someone like me， who loves trivia and QI :P

Akash Das ，

Again some funny and quite interesting questions with even more interesting answers。 That man knows stuffs。

Shreya Patel ，

Wasn't as interesting as their first one。 It felt like a lot of the information in this one was secondary school science。 Wasn't as interesting as their first one。 It felt like a lot of the information in this one was secondary school science。 。。。more

Joel Duncan ，

I have never been a "non-fiction kinda guy" but these funny you should ask books really do make it easy and fun to learn。 Information and I， usually have one night stands - when I wake up in the morning it's gone - but in this case it stuck around a while longer。 I'll be having a random conversation about hiccups and as they're downing gallons of water， I'll say "there once was a guy that had hiccups for over 60 years， he burst a blood vessel in his brain after carrying a pig，" and then toddle o I have never been a "non-fiction kinda guy" but these funny you should ask books really do make it easy and fun to learn。 Information and I， usually have one night stands - when I wake up in the morning it's gone - but in this case it stuck around a while longer。 I'll be having a random conversation about hiccups and as they're downing gallons of water， I'll say "there once was a guy that had hiccups for over 60 years， he burst a blood vessel in his brain after carrying a pig，" and then toddle off as if I've always known that useless but interesting piece of information。 The QI Elves have the magic power to make anyone who reads their books instantly smarter。 A fact a night， will make one bright。 Well at least in theory。。。 。。。more

Cloak88 ，

Answers to the weird questions you never new to ask。。。。 Again。Like their previous book， the QI Elves answer the weird and wonderful questions you never thought to ask。 And like their previous book， this one is just as good as the first one。 With just a bit more emphasis on a UK audience than book #1， there were a bit more Q's and A's that weren't of real interest to me， but even so kept me wondering for their outcome。Overall a good， informative and fun book to read。。。。Again！ Answers to the weird questions you never new to ask。。。。 Again。Like their previous book， the QI Elves answer the weird and wonderful questions you never thought to ask。 And like their previous book， this one is just as good as the first one。 With just a bit more emphasis on a UK audience than book #1， there were a bit more Q's and A's that weren't of real interest to me， but even so kept me wondering for their outcome。Overall a good， informative and fun book to read。。。。Again！ 。。。more

Kieran ，

I have never ever seen QI， never read the original "Funny You Should Ask。。。" （I got this as a Christmas gift） but I enjoyed it！ The tone is perfect， the humour was right up my alley， didn't overstay it's welcome， and it was pretty interesting！ Just leafing through and reading the ones I didn't already know， I managed to read this in about 2 hours 👍 I have never ever seen QI， never read the original "Funny You Should Ask。。。" （I got this as a Christmas gift） but I enjoyed it！ The tone is perfect， the humour was right up my alley， didn't overstay it's welcome， and it was pretty interesting！ Just leafing through and reading the ones I didn't already know， I managed to read this in about 2 hours 👍 。。。more

Paul Williams ，

These books by the QI research team are always entertaining and informative。 The one slight disappointment I had was not realising how much of the book is taken up by the index and whatnot - about 45%！ I might possibly have seen that coming if I were not reading the eBook edition but， as it is， I was caught a bit off guard by its end。

Millie Adcock ，

3。5⭐️

Katharine （Ventureadlaxre） ，

Always worth both reading the book and listening to the audio as both come with their own joys。

Brian Clegg ，

The BBC TV show QI has some very irritating characteristics。 First， there's the twee reference to their researchers as 'elves'。 Then there's the smugness。 No quiz show has ever been so smug in the way it delights in the wrong answers of contestants。 And it has featured some scientific bloomers， such as naming Galileo as the inventor of the telescope。 But this book is based on the QI researchers （still nauseatingly called elves） appearance on Zoe Ball's breakfast show on BBC Radio 2， answering li The BBC TV show QI has some very irritating characteristics。 First， there's the twee reference to their researchers as 'elves'。 Then there's the smugness。 No quiz show has ever been so smug in the way it delights in the wrong answers of contestants。 And it has featured some scientific bloomers， such as naming Galileo as the inventor of the telescope。 But this book is based on the QI researchers （still nauseatingly called elves） appearance on Zoe Ball's breakfast show on BBC Radio 2， answering listeners' questions - making it far less cynical and a compendium of good， fun， surprising facts。What we get here is a collection of one and two page articles answering questions from how an ant measures distance to why we don't say 'sheeps' （unless we are Jeremy Clarkson）。 Some of the topics are fairly well-known already - like there not being a licence to kill in MI6， why a computer mouse is called a mouse， or whether or clone would have the same fingerprints （they don't mention that you just need to look at identical twins）。 Others are obscure， but frankly hard to imagine why anyone would want to know。 For example， which of our lips is more important or has there ever been a strike at a bowling alley。 But there is a solid base of genuinely interesting and surprising answers， whether it's to why embedded spies are called moles or why unsavoury doesn't mean sweet。 It's not a long book - I read it in under two hours - but there's plenty to enjoy and to want to tell whoever is near you。There were a few small issues。 The 'answers' don't always answer the actual question。 The very first one in the book is 'Why do ladybirds have spots？' What they answer is 'Why are ladybirds brightly coloured？' - which isn't the same thing at all。 Sometimes there are opportunities missed to go a bit further in what can be over-simplistic answers。 So， for example， the section on why Christmas puddings are sometimes called plum puddings points out that the pudding is traditionally made on 'Stir-up Sunday'， the Sunday before Advent。 The implication is that the Sunday is called this because of the pudding。 But it's much more interesting if you know that traditional collect （prayer） for that evening begins 'Stir up， O Lord。。。'The biggest gaffe is in the section answering 'What's the difference between antlers and horns？' The text points out that unlike bony antlers， horns （found on cattle， sheep etc。） contain a 'little core of bone' with the external part being keratin。 And the exception to this is the rhinoceros which 'doesn't have a horn at all' because the apparent horn is all keratin and 'lacks the bony core that normal horns have。' The book is somewhat randomly illustrated。 This section is illustrated with a deer and its antlers。。。 and a rhino with its horns have a bony core。Mostly， though， the content is fine if sometimes the （groan） elves try a bit too hard to be funny。 This title is clearly aimed at the gift book market and it would make an excellent present for teenagers and adults alike。 。。。more

John Halliday ，

Can't wait for the next one！ Can't wait for the next one！ 。。。more

Kieran McAndrew ，

When the QI Elves get involved， prepare for another set of fun facts， devious challenges and a mountain of trivia。The book does not patronise the readers but rather encourages marvelling at just how strange the world can be。

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