Funny You Should Ask . . .

The perfect gift for all those big and little kids in your life who ask why...? With an introduction from Zoe Ball.

The QI Elves are the clever clogs behind the hit panel show QI.

Dive into this splendid collection of listeners' unusual questions and some unexpected answers that are sure to make your head spin on topics ranging from goosebumps to grapefruit, pizza to pirates and everything in-between. Generously sprinkled with extra facts and questions from the Elves, Funny You Should Ask . . . is essential reading for the incurably curious.

How much water would you need to put out the Sun?
If spiders can walk on the ceiling why can't they get out of the bath?
What's the point of snot?
Why does my pizza taste so much better the next morning?
Why do dads make such bad jokes?
Why am I a capital letter and you're not?
Why is there an Essex, a Wessex, a Sussex but no Nossex?
Can I dig a tunnel to the other side of the Earth?
Why aren't unicorns called unihorns?
Do cats get goosebumps?
When does a rock become an island?
Why don't clouds freeze?
Can I live forever?

Author: Qi Elves
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 08/24/2021
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780571369058

About the Author
Elves, Qi: - The QI Elves are the team of writers and researchers behind BBC Two's smash-hit panel show QI. They have authored the 10,000 Facts series of QI books across seven titles, reached the semi-finals of the BBC quiz show Only Connect and had over 250 million listens on their podcast, No Such Thing As A Fish.

For more from the team behind QI, visit qi.com or @qikipedia.

Zoe Ball is the current and first female host of the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show. After presenting the much-lauded Live & Kicking on the BBC, she was also the first woman to front the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show. An avid film buff, Zoe interviews all the top stars for BAFTA's Red Carpet and presents SKY's exclusive coverage of the OSCARs. Zoe can also be seen providing the nation with behind the scenes Strictly gossip on her weekday show, It Takes Two on BBC2.