Puzzles & Quizzes
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Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports
‘Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.’ ALAN DAVIES
Hop, skip and jump into this wonderfully curious grand tour of the world of sports, brought to you by QI Elves James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski.
From sport’s weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes, via comically large cricket bats, pole-vaulting priests, creative football chants and exploding billiard balls, each chapter of Everything to Play For is brimming with surprising facts and intriguing stories.
Even if you’ve never asked yourself what David Attenborough has to do with yellow tennis balls, why Victorian doctors feared the outbreak of ‘bicycle face’ or what led ancient Egyptian athletes to have their spleens removed, this book will give you the astonishing answers – and plenty more besides.
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For more from the team behind QI’s hit TV show, check out the QI FACTS series of books, @qikipedia, their weekly podcast at nosuchthingasafish.com or visit qi.com.
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£7.60£14.20Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports
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Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports
‘Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.’ ALAN DAVIES
Hop, skip and jump into this wonderfully curious grand tour of the world of sports, brought to you by QI Elves James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski.
From sport’s weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes, via comically large cricket bats, pole-vaulting priests, creative football chants and exploding billiard balls, each chapter of Everything to Play For is brimming with surprising facts and intriguing stories.
Even if you’ve never asked yourself what David Attenborough has to do with yellow tennis balls, why Victorian doctors feared the outbreak of ‘bicycle face’ or what led ancient Egyptian athletes to have their spleens removed, this book will give you the astonishing answers – and plenty more besides.
**
For more from the team behind QI’s hit TV show, check out the QI FACTS series of books, @qikipedia, their weekly podcast at nosuchthingasafish.com or visit qi.com.
Read more
£7.60£14.20Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports
£7.60£14.20 -
The Sunday Times Jumbo General Knowledge Crossword Book 5: 50 general knowledge crosswords (The Sunday Times Puzzle Books)
Challenge your brain with these enjoyable puzzles.
A jumbo crossword puzzle and general knowledge workout to test and stimulate the brain cells with 50 large grid puzzles from The Sunday Times.
These puzzles use a 21 x 21 jumbo-size grid, and appeared in the pages of the Sunday Times, they offer an entertaining and stimulating challenge to all crossword lovers and anyone interested in quizzes, trivia and testing their all-round knowledge.
Contains more general knowledge clues then the standard Times Jumbo crossword, for example names of famous people, titles of songs, books, films, plays, operas, musicals and TV shows; places and sights, quotations – questions with one or more words in a quote to identify as the answer.
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The Times Ultimate Killer Su Doku Book 16: 200 of the deadliest Su Doku puzzles (The Times Su Doku)
Challenge your brain with these enjoyable puzzles.
Specially compiled to provide the most deadly Su Doku challenge, this is the only volume for Su Doku enthusiasts who need a puzzle that really tests their mettle.
Prepare yourself for the toughest Su Doku challenge there is. These diabolically difficult Ultimate Killer Su Doku puzzles will really put your brainpower to the test as you ‘warm up’ with the 100 Deadly Killer puzzles before steeling yourself to take on the 100 Extra Deadly Su Dokus. Are you ready for the challenge?
Not for the faint-hearted. The puzzles use the same 9×9 grid as a regular Su Doku, but have an extra mathematical element that multiplies the challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the digits 1 to 9, but also to make sure that the outlined sections, called cages, add up to the number given in each cage.
Warning: Not suitable for amateur puzzlers!
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Murdle: Even More Killer Puzzles: 100 Cunningly Clever Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles (Murdle Puzzle Series)
**From THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES comes even more MURDLE – the ‘utterly addictive’ murderous puzzle book for armchair detectives everywhere**
‘THE PUZZLE SENSATION OF THE YEAR!’ – JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of THE TWYFORD CODE
‘I’M COMPLETELY OBSESSED’ – OLIVIA BLACKE, author of A FATAL GROOVE
Deductive Logico is back on the scene to investigate murders most foul in this third installment: Murdle: Even More Killer Puzzles.
These fiendishly compulsive mini-mystery puzzles challenge you to find whodunit, how, where and why. Join Logico to uncover the deadly secrets of a mysterious manor, solve the riddles of a suspiciously orderly science institute and explore the eerie corridors of a tech billionaire’s island retreat. Follow the clues, interview the witnesses and use the power of deduction to complete the grid and catch the culprit. Together, you’ll unearth the dark truth beneath each murder and crack the code that can only be decrypted once you’ve solved them all!
Packed with perplexing puzzles, codes and maps, this is the ultimate casebook for the secret sleuth in everyone.
Miss Marple never cracked a case like this. Time to sharpen your wits and solve a MURDLE!
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The Times Quick Cryptic Crossword Book 9: 100 world-famous crossword puzzles (The Times Crosswords)
Challenge your brain with these enjoyable puzzles.
100 puzzles from The Times adapting the cryptic puzzle for those with a hectic lifestyle and schedule. Ideal for those starting out with cryptic crosswords, and those who’d like to tackle the main puzzle but feel daunted, or who can perhaps only solve a handful of clues.
Appearing Monday to Friday in the puzzle pages of Times2, this crossword has a reduced 13×13 grid size and reduced difficulty too, the intention being to encourage people to take their first steps in tackling cryptic crosswords. And also to cater for those of us who have limited time to devote to our favourite pastime and need a ready-made set of puzzles that is solvable in a short space of time.
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Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports
‘Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.’ ALAN DAVIES
Hop, skip and jump into this wonderfully curious grand tour of the world of sports, brought to you by QI Elves James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski.
From sport’s weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes, via comically large cricket bats, pole-vaulting priests, creative football chants and exploding billiard balls, each chapter of Everything to Play For is brimming with surprising facts and intriguing stories.
Even if you’ve never asked yourself what David Attenborough has to do with yellow tennis balls, why Victorian doctors feared the outbreak of ‘bicycle face’ or what led ancient Egyptian athletes to have their spleens removed, this book will give you the astonishing answers – and plenty more besides.
**
For more from the team behind QI’s hit TV show, check out the QI FACTS series of books, @qikipedia, their weekly podcast at nosuchthingasafish.com or visit qi.com.
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