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The Ministry of Quizzes is the must-buy gift book for quiz solvers
and puzzlers, from David Gentle, author of On the Tip of My Tongue.
Perfect for fans of the GCHQ Puzzle Book, Bletchley Park
Brainteasers, and The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book. Deep in the
heart of Whitehall, up a quiet side road, is an office block.
Unremarkable on the outside, inside it buzzes and bustles with
activity. Civil servants are hard at work, researching, compiling,
cross-checking. Facts and trivia, questions and puzzles. This is
the Ministry of Quizzes. This small but essential government
department serves the nation's needs on all matters relating to
quizzes, puzzles and general knowledge trivia. Now, for the first
time, their work can be revealed. The Ministry of Quizzes features
an ingenious and irresistible mixture of over 200 quizzes and
puzzles to be played solo or with family and friends. Not everyone
is convinced this government department actually exists. But how
else could we explain such a copious and comprehensive collection
of diverse, devious and distracting questions and brainteasers? 'I
find it impossible to believe you will not love this book' - Daniel
Radcliffe
'I find it impossible to believe you will not love this book' -
Daniel Radcliffe The Ministry of Quizzes is the must-buy gift book
for quiz solvers and puzzlers, from David Gentle, author of On the
Tip of My Tongue. Perfect for fans of the GCHQ Puzzle Book,
Bletchley Park Brainteasers, and The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book.
Deep in the heart of Whitehall, up an unnoticeable side road, is an
office block. Unremarkable on the outside, inside it buzzes and
bustles with activity. Civil servants are hard at work,
researching, compiling, cross-checking. Facts and trivia, questions
and puzzles. This is the Ministry of Quizzes. This small but
essential government department serves the nation's needs on all
matters relating to quizzes, puzzles and general knowledge trivia.
Now, for the first time, their work can be revealed. The Ministry
of Quizzes features an ingenious and irresistible mixture of over
200 quizzes and puzzles to be played solo or with family and
friends. Not everyone is convinced this government department
actually exists. But how else could we explain such a copious and
comprehensive collection of diverse, devious and distracting
questions and brainteasers?
Who is Yogi Bear's girlfriend? What links gazpacho soup with
revenge? List the nine activities which are traditionally forbidden
in public swimming pools. What does the Mona Lisa have in her left
hand? List the ten ways in which a batsman may be dismissed in a
game of cricket. What links the words "almost" and "biopsy"? On the
Tip of My Tongue will take you from the natural world to notorious
ships and novelty records, from the arts to advertising slogans and
airport codes, from science and sport to scandals and space
shuttles, from historical events to Hogwarts and Hitchcock and from
popular culture to platonic solids and poker hands. It's a quiz
book with a difference. As well as attempting to answer thousands
of brain-twisting questions, you'll be asked to recall as many
items as you can from a list, and to solve the hidden links between
groups of questions. While you're struggling to find the right
responses, you'll also be reading anecdotes, comments and curious
facts. It can be played with family, friends, enemies - or on your
own. But however you want to play it, you're sure to suffer the
hopeless frustration of finding the next answer is ... On the Tip
of My Tongue.
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