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The Book of General Ignorance is the first in a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual British panel game QI, written by series-creator John Lloyd and head-researcher John Mitchinson, [1] to help spread the QI philosophy of curiosity to the reading public. [2]
Top of the Form was a BBC radio and television quiz show for teams from secondary schools in the United Kingdom which ran for 38 years, from 1948 to 1986. The programme began on Saturday 1 May 1948, as a radio series, at 7.30pm on the Light Programme. It progressed to become a TV series from 1962 to 1975.
Naturales quaestiones (Natural Questions) is a Latin work of natural philosophy written by Seneca around AD 65. It is not a systematic encyclopedia like the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder , though with Pliny's work it represents one of the few Roman works dedicated to investigating the natural world.
Quiz bowl tests players in a variety of academic subjects including literature, science, history, and fine arts. [23] Additionally, some quiz bowl events may feature small amounts of popular culture content like sports, popular music, and other non-academic general knowledge subjects, although their inclusion is generally kept to a minimum. [24 ...
A printed quiz on health issues. A quiz is a form of mind sport in which players attempt to answer questions correctly on one or several topics. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and skills, or simply as a hobby.
A man who assaulted a 71-year-old market trader following an argument over a phone charger has been jailed for three years. The victim was working on his Hyson Green market stall in Nottingham ...
ESPN’s contract is with the SEC. Dan Lanning: “That’s how it works. Let’s not pretend it doesn’t work different than that.” Also, a message for three-loss teams whining and complaining ...
Former ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski revealed in a Sports Illustrated profile that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March, months before his stunning retirement.. A line in ...