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Pointless Facts for Curious Minds
  • Published: 26 November 2023
  • ISBN: 9781785948619
  • Imprint: BBC Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $39.99
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Pointless Facts for Curious Minds

A new kind of quiz book from the hit BBC 1 game show

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From the team at the hit BBC series, an all-new fact-filled quiz book packed with obscure knowledge for fans of the show

Which star of The Crown is the great-granddaughter of a British prime minister?
Which TV quiz show is based on the creator's experience of being interrogated as a prisoner of war?
Which property on the Monopoly board does not exist in the real-life London?

For lovers of the most obscure and unlikely facts - as well as the unsung quizzing geniuses out there (we all know a couple) - comes Pointless Facts for Curious Minds, the book where obvious answers mean nothing and obscurity reigns. A compendium of fascinating and arcane bits of knowledge, mixed amongst a healthy dose of Pointless quizzing, this is a book that takes a quiz as only the starting point of your intelligent adventures.

Pointless Facts for Curious Minds gives you the chance to put your knowledge to the test and prove your Pointless credentials.
  • Published: 26 November 2023
  • ISBN: 9781785948619
  • Imprint: BBC Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $39.99
Categories:

About the author

Alan Connor

Alan Connor has been the question editor for BBC2's Only Connect and Richard Osman's House of Games. He is the author of books for Pointless and The Traitors and is the puzzle consultant for the BBC1 drama Ludwig. He writes puzzles for various newspapers and has written for Charlie Brooker series and Have I Got News for You. His favourite quiz question is: What word was intentionally omitted from the screenplay of The Godfather?
AC

Also by Alan Connor

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188 Words for Rain
The Traitors
House of Games
The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book
Richard Osman's House of Games
The Joy of Quiz
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Praise for Pointless Facts for Curious Minds

I love Pointless. It's funny, and it makes me feel less thick. Like all the best dates.

Sarah Millican