The Monkman & Seagull Quiz Book

Literary Nonfiction. Young Adult. Art. Film. THE MONKMAN AND SEAGULL QUIZ BOOK is bound to be a classic: a book that challenges everyone to join in and play it. In this, their first quiz book, astounding polymaths Monkman & Seagull are finally on the same team--and their opponent is you and your friends and family. Containing over 540 questions ranging across space and time, this book sees the devilish wit of our brainy boffins put to the page. With tricks and tests to taunt even the smuggest sofa-shouter, it's packed with puzzles and pop quizzes, on everything from particle physics to philharmonics--football to film. Featuring questions from BBC Radio 4's infamous '6.48am Puzzle For Today' as well as tons of entirely new rounds, it's sure to perplex even the most dedicated pub-quizzers. See if you're smarter than an eleven-year-old in theprimary school round, test your reaction time with the Starter For 10s, or stick to traditional British stalwarts in the Newspaper Quiz and Pub Quiz sections. Monkman & Seagull, that dazzling duo, deliver the best Quiz Book of this, or any, year. "Monkman & Seagull show that a lot of knowledge is a wonderful thing and they do it with style, charm and endearing gusto."--Stephen Fry "What Watson & Crick were to DNA, and Burke & Hare were to grave-robbing, Monkman & Seagull are to quizzing."--Louis Theroux