If you know your "QI" books or watched any of the series, you know the basic structure of this book.

I already owned the original "QI Book of General Ignorance" before buying this and finding it was just an expanded, revised edition of the original. Still, what is new adds to the quality of the publication; we find that Monday the 27th is considered the unluckiest day of the month, that Wales is the home of the = sign and of course that America is named after the Welshman Richard Ameryk.

Combine al this with the fact that Stephen Fry can do no wrong and you have the ingredients of a very good book. ( )

You never know what you think you know.

This book sure shows you. ( )

A book which every toilet library should contain. ( )

This was an interesting book full of trivia that nobody knows. Now if only I had friends geeky enough to quote it at. :D

I didn't really find this all that humorous, except for the one bit towards the end about the theory of the wise man visiting Jesus who put off getting a gift for the savior until too late and the shops were closed, so had to go halfsies on the frankincense. I giggled at that.

I probably would have rated this higher had I read it instead of listening to the audio. The authors, John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, read this one, and while they didn't do nearly as badly as some authors I've listened to, I found them to be a bit boring. One of the Johns has a quite raspy/gravelly voice, and I kept hoping for someone to get him a glass of water or a lozenge or something. Then there were the accents given to quoted materials, which were... well, just not good.

I say it in almost every time I review an audiobook: Please stop doing voices. It is not necessary, and almost never adds to the performance. I'd rather the reader err on the side of too subtle than too much.

But, nonetheless, a good book full of interesting stuff. Recommended. ( )

A funny, enlightening book about facts you thought you knew but it turns out you really don't. I've only ever watched QI a few times but thought this was a much better way to get all the information. On to volume 2! ( )