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The Joy of Quiz

byAlan Connor

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In 1938 Britain started to quiz. Since then, quizzes have become ubiquitous entertainment from pubs to primetime, suffered major criminal investigations, created unlikely folk heroes and been subjected to the rigours of question checkers. The Joy of Quiz tells the history of quiz and its makers, wonders how we came to make a game out of remembering scraps of information, looks at the tactics of professional quizzers and reveals the shadowy worlds of setters and checkers. Along the way, it asks questions such as 'What is a fact, anyway?' and 'Whatever happened to prizes like sandwich toasters?'

About Alan Connor

Alan Connor is the question editor of BBC2's Only Connect and Richard Osman's The House of Games. He is the author of the TV tie-in quiz books for The House of Games and The Traitors and is the question editor of the BBC1 drama Ludwig. He writes quizzes for newspapers including the Guardian. His favourite quiz question is: What word was intentionally omitted from the screenplay of The Godfather?
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781846148699
  • Length: 256 pages
  • Price: £4.99