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Awareness of ones own ignorance should inspire humility, and an eagerness to learn more. The book of general ignorance is the first in a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual british panel game qi, written by seriescreator john. John mitchinson think magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented in america, henry viii had six wives, mount everest is the tallest mountain wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again. Legendary producer and qi mastermind john lloyd visits the rsa to share the culmination of a lifes reading that its what we dont know that really matters. Each entry, a short page or page and a half, discusses some popular misconception covering such fields as history, botany, zoology, physics, geology, medicine, sports, etc. Everything you think you know is still wrong as want to read. The pocket book of general ignorance is an illuminating collection of fun facts, perfect for general knowledge, trivia and pub quiz enthusiasts. This book proves that the things that we think we know magellan the 1st man to circumnavigated the world, baseball was invented in us, there are 50 states in the u. Qi book of general ignorance john lloyd, john mitchinson. Come on amazon if you want to really push the use of kindles, crackdown on. Kansas city science center the book of general ignorance.
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The second book of general ignorance, john lloyd, john mitchinson and the qi team carried out a national survey to. Why smaller government is smarter, tries to answer these. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 252 pages and is available in hardcover format. Everything you think you know is still wrong by john lloyd and john mitchinson crown publishers 2010 031.
Nov 29, 2012 general ignorance questions those who know me at all are very aware of my extreme love of random trivia. The book of general ignorance paperback jul 21 2009. The book of general ignorance john mitchinson, john lloyd. Behind the veil of ignorance, no one knows who they are. Anyway, with that in mind feel free to post those facts you have been itching to tell people.
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