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  • Published: 23 May 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241544495
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $16.99

What Goes Up White and Comes Down Yellow?

The funny, fiendish and fun-filled book of riddles!



A brand-new book of amazing, mind-boggling riddles, from the hilarious and much-loved Gyles Brandreth

When first I appear I seem mysterious,
But when I am explained I am nothing serious.
What am I?

A RIDDLE!

Was that too easy? How about: what goes ninety-nine BONK (a centipede with a wooden leg)? Or which famous book was written by Charles Chickens (Great EGGspectations, of course!)?

In this book you'll find a whole host of amazing riddles. Some will get you head scratching, some will make you laugh, and all are a lot of fun.

Plus find out some brilliant riddling facts, and top tips on how to solve the trickiest brain-teasers.

Written by Master of Funny and Collector of Riddles Gyles Brandreth, this is the ultimate, riotous Book of Riddles!

  • Published: 23 May 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241544495
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $16.99

About the author

Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, performer, former MP and Government Whip, now Chancellor of the University of Chester and probably best known these days as a reporter on BBC1's The One Show and as a regular on Radio 4's Just a Minute. On TV he has featured on Have I Got News For You, QI, Room 101, Countdown, and This is Your Life. As a journalist he writes for the Telegraph and Daily Mail and is a columnist for The Oldie. The founder of the National Scrabble Championships, his books about words and language include four best-sellers, The Joy of Lex, Word Play, Have You Eaten Grandma? and Dancing by the Light of the Moon.

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