BBC Books Pointless Facts for Curious Minds: A new kind of quiz book from the hit BBC 1 game show

BBC Books Pointless Facts for Curious Minds: A new kind of quiz book from the hit BBC 1 game show is a quiz book titled Pointless Facts for Curious Minds. It is presented as a new style of quiz book linked to the BBC 1 game show Pointless.

Key details

• Quiz book connected to the BBC 1 game show Pointless
• Built around obscure and unlikely facts
• Includes quizzing content alongside additional factual material
• Designed to test knowledge with an emphasis on non-obvious answers

Synopsis

Featuring questions such as which star of The Crown is the great-granddaughter of a British prime minister, which TV quiz show was based on its creator’s experience of being interrogated as a prisoner of war, and which property on the Monopoly board does not exist in real-life London, this book focuses on the kind of knowledge that sits outside the obvious.

Described as a compendium of arcane facts mixed with Pointless-style quizzing, it treats the quiz as a starting point for further curiosity. It also invites readers to put their knowledge to the test and demonstrate their Pointless credentials.