The Joy of Quiz | Penguin
My next book, The Joy of Quiz, is due for release on 3 November 2016. Here’s the blurb:
A jaunty journey into the world of the quiz, from the question editor of BBC2’s Only Connect, sometimes in the form of 300 excellent quiz questions
In 1938 Britain started to quiz. Since then, quizzes have become ubiquitous entertainment from pubs to primetime, suffered major criminal investigations, created unlikely folk heroes and been subjected to the rigours of question checkers.
The Joy of Quiz tells the history of quiz and its makers, wonders how we came to make a game out of remembering scraps of information, looks at the tactics of professional quizzers and reveals the shadowy worlds of setters and checkers.
Along the way, it asks questions such as ‘What is a fact, anyway?’ and ‘Whatever happened to prizes like sandwich toasters?’
You can pre-order from your local bookshop, or from Penguin, Waterstones, Amazon, on Kindle, Google Play etc…
Hardcover, c256 pages
Particular Books, a Penguin imprint
ISBN: 1846148685 and 978-1846148682
