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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan Connor |
ISBN: | 1846148685 9781846148682 |
OCLC Number: | 949751000 |
Description: | viii, 307 pages ; 21 cm |
Responsibility: | Alan Connor. |
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An absolute must-read for anyone who loves quizzes. Alan knows everything, knows everyone, and writes beautifully too. I loved it! -- Richard Osman Knowledgeable and playful ... An absolute delight -- Simon Humphreys * Mail on Sunday * An entertaining new book on quizzing ... Connor has again succeeded in explaining the enduring popularity of a curious pastime. The Joy of Quiz offers an entertaining sideways social history that takes in debates over quizzing and public morals, government oversight, and - I've started so I'll finish - the strange things otherwise ordinary people will undergo to win a round of drinks -- John Gallagher * Guardian * Alan Connor has the mind of an entertainer and the soul of a quizzer. I can't think of anyone better placed to lead readers through this weird, wonderful, competitive and dastardly trivial pursuit -- Victoria Coren Mitchell Read more...

