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Christopher Maslanka

Steve Tribe

‘Dear God, what is it like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring.’ 
 
Can you pit your wits against the best and the wisest? Through these 200 puzzles and challenges, you’ll be able to elevate your powers of deduction, detection and general brilliance. 
 
From codes and sequences to perceptual and logic problems, there are puzzles for all levels, from beginner to expert. With explanations of how Sherlock (and hopefully you) arrived at the solutions, this official puzzle book is your chance to learn how to think like Sherlock. Step inside his mind palace, decipher Moriarty's taunting clues and find out if you're a match for the brains of 221b Baker Street.

Sherlock: The Puzzle Book

Jacqueline Rayner

For over fifty years, Doctor Who has been one of the nation’s favourite programmes. Now you can discover just how much you know about it. 
 
 Straightforward or fiendish, easy or horrendously difficult, all 3000 questions in this book have one thing in common – a certain traveller through time and space. From Ace to Zoe and Axons to Zygons, it covers every single one of the almost 250 Doctor Who stories that have been broadcast since 1963. 
 
 So put on your brainy specs, pour yourself a nice glass of carrot juice and prepare to discover if you have the knowledge to graduate from Time Lord Academy...

Doctor Who: The Official Quiz Book

Simon Fox

Grab your pencil and your sonic screwdriver – the official Doctor Who puzzle book is here! 
 
From Block Transfer Computations and encrypted UNIT data to TARDIS codebreakers and Wibbly-Wobbly-Timey-Wimey word games, each of the puzzles in this book presents a challenge unlike any other. Every brainteaser is designed to test not only your wits, but your Doctor Who knowledge, and is packed with fun references and sneaky sticklers – it's not to be missed by any Doctor Who fan.

The Official Doctor Who Puzzle Book

Over 160 out-of-this-world challenges to test your wits

BBC Sport

After more than four decades on the air, A Question of Sport is firmly established as the final word in sports trivia. Now, after countless arguments, sporting debates and lost hours spent directing the action from the sofa, you can finally test your own knowledge to see if you can succeed where so many sporting greats have failed. 
 
With over 3,500 brand new questions, A Question of Sport Quiz Book will challenge you to put your money where your mouth is and put your knowledge of the sports world to the ultimate test. Play on your own or in teams to answer questions covering all eras of football, golf, cricket, motor racing, boxing, rugby, darts, snooker, the Olympics and so much more. 
 
With questions from your favourite rounds from A Question of Sport, here at last is your chance to take on the captain's challenge, or go head-to-head on the quick-fire buzzer round. What will be your score when the final whistle blows?

A Question of Sport Quiz Book

Alan Connor

Which star of The Crown is the great-granddaughter of a British prime minister? 
Which TV quiz show is based on the creator's experience of being interrogated as a prisoner of war? 
Which property on the Monopoly board does not exist in the real-life London? 
 
For lovers of the most obscure and unlikely facts - as well as the unsung quizzing geniuses out there (we all know a couple) - comes Pointless Facts for Curious Minds, the book where obvious answers mean nothing and obscurity reigns. A compendium of fascinating and arcane bits of knowledge, mixed amongst a healthy dose of Pointless quizzing, this is a book that takes a quiz as only the starting point of your intelligent adventures. 
 
Pointless Facts for Curious Minds gives you the chance to put your knowledge to the test and prove your Pointless credentials.

Pointless Facts for Curious Minds

A new kind of quiz book from the hit BBC 1 game show

Jack Waley-Cohen

RY CLV RNGH? Can you find the connection between Gandalf, Sherlock Holmes, David Brent and Ford Perfect? 
 
 Only Connect is the ultimate test of knowledge and lateral thinking. Since 2008 the fiendishly difficult quiz show has been challenging contestants to find connections between apparently unrelated clues. 
 
 The Only Connect Quiz Book collects over 200 of the most entertaining and perplexing challenges from the team behind the BBC’s hugely popular quiz show - including many new (never broadcast) questions. Covering each of the show’s four rounds – Connections, Sequences, the Connecting Wall and Missing Vowels – and with introductions from presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell, here is your chance to put your own sleuthing and quizzical knowledge to the Only Connect test.

Only Connect: The Official Quiz Book

Richard Osman

Do you know how many post boxes there are in the UK? Could you guess how many times the word 'goat' appear in the King James Version of the bible? Fancy playing a game of charades where all of the books, films and plays are entirely made up? 
 
Now, look around the room. Is anyone there the kind of person who’ll say ‘I just don’t understand this’, when faced with something that’s not just perfectly easy to understand, but is ... well, fun? 
 
Ask them to leave. 
 
Have they gone? Good. 
 
Now welcome inside the House of Games ... 
 
Featuring questions based on some of the most loved rounds from the hit BBC2 show, including Roonerspisims, Venn Will I Be Famous?, Dim Sums and Answer Smash, Richard Osman’s House of Games Quiz Book is the ultimate test of wit, wisdom and imagination. 
 
Curated by Richard Osman and Alan Connor and featuring over 50 new and exclusive games to try out, this is your chance to step inside the House of Games and pitch your trivia skills against your family and friends. 
 
Quirky, unique and exactly the right amount of silly, House of Games contains hours of guaranteed fun!

Richard Osman's House of Games

101 new & classic games from the hit BBC series

Paul Bajoria

‘The nerdiest and longest-running quiz around’ The Spectator 
 
Have you got what it takes to tackle Radio 4's most fiendish quiz? 
 
Question: A fictional criminal psychologist, a former Conservative minister, and the eponymous protagonist of a Peter Hedges novel, might all serve on the board alongside some big cheeses. Can you explain?* 
 
The Round Britain Quiz is the oldest broadcast quiz anywhere in the world. Created in 1947 it has built and maintained a cult following from across the generations. Each series sees six teams from around the UK competing against each other to solve a series of seriously cryptic clues, with a chairman giving a steer on how to get to the answer. 
 
Compiled by long-serving series producer, Paul Bajoria, and with an introduction from the Chairman, BBC journalist Tom Sutcliffe, The Round Britain Quiz Book features 250 of the toughest and most challenging questions from the last 70 years as well as many new and exclusive conundrums, drawing on unpredictable fields of knowledge, to truly test the nation. 
 
*Answer: They might all be found on a cheeseboard, as accompaniments to the cheese. The psychologist referred to is ‘Fitz’ in the TV series Cracker, the former MP is Eric Pickles, and Gilbert Grape is Peter Hedges’ creation.

The Round Britain Quiz Book

250 challenging questions from Radio 4’s cult quiz show

Alex Horne

Build yourself a box and think outside of it. Your time starts now … 
 
In the TV show and on my marriage certificate, my job description is ‘Taskmaster’s Assistant’. That’s what I do and it’s an honour. I like Taskmaster a lot. And, of course, I love The Taskmaster. He’s mountainous. If you feel in any way the same as me then you should enjoy this paperback version of the official Taskmaster book. 
 
There are tasks for you, your friends and your family. There are new tasks, secret things and sneaky tricks. And there is one swear word. So it’s almost exactly like being on the show. 
 
Good luck. Make good choices. Let’s do Him proud. 
 
 
 
Alex Horne 
Taskmaster’s Assistant

Taskmaster

220 Extraordinary Tasks for Ordinary People

Sudo-Q is a BBC game-show that has captured the addiction of the nation, Sudoku. In each episode, three teams of three contestants vie to survive each round which contains a testing mix of quick fire Q&A and Sudoku. In order to get a chance to enter a number on the Sudoku grid, a team member must correctly answer a general knowledge question. The pressure is high as contestants battle to get through to the final relay round for a prize of 1500, with a 'champion of champions' play-off at the end of the series. 
 
 This accompanying book to the series allows readers to pit their wits against 300 general knowledge questions and 100 Sudoku grids. 
 
 The book will contain 100 9x9 Sudoku grids of progressing difficulty, and the reader can gain bonus numbers on the grid by correctly answering three multiple-choice quiz questions. 
 
 Eamonn Holmes, presenter of Sudo-Q, will also front the book and write a 'How to' introduction.

Sudo-Q: The Only Sudoku Book To Test Your General Knowledge

How well do you know your football? You follow your team week in, week out, share in the agony of defeat, the pure joy of a solid win, but do you really know what's going on on the pitch? 
 
Match of the Day Quiz Book will settle thousands of arguments up and down the country - and challenge football know-it-alls to finally put their money where their mouth is. Quizzes range from the classic era right up to the modern game, taking in the best players, most successful teams, highest-scoring matches, most brutal derbies and many more besides. 
 
With 3,000 brand-new questions from the MOTD team, this is the ultimate test for any football fan.

Match of the Day Quiz Book

Neil Somerville

Can you find a Viennese waltz in a word search? Or fit a tango in a criss-cross? Do you know what Craig said about the cha-cha-cha? And how long will it take you to riddle your way across a dancefloor? 
 
The Strictly Come Dancing Puzzle Book is all about the games in the glitz, the brain-teasers beneath the bright lights. Between mind-boggling codes and crosswords, word ladders and word searches, this book is sure to set your thoughts twirling. Test your knowledge and sharpen your wit until your mind moves as quickly as even the most seasoned professional, with this perfect gift that promises to delight Strictly fans of all ages. From unscrambling first rehearsals to decoding final dance-offs, it’s time for you to take the stage and embark on your very own Strictly puzzle journey.

The Official Strictly Come Dancing Puzzle Book

200 Brain-Teasers to Set Your Mind Twirling!

Attention all Shipping Forecast fans. Set sail on a voyage unlike any other... 
 
Each day, millions tune in to hear the Shipping Forecast's unique cadence and poetry, words thatturn our island landscape into something strangeand magical. It's almost like a puzzle to be solved... 
 
The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book tests your general knowledge and lateral thinking through a series of fiendish puzzles, in which all the answers can be found on a map as place names on the coasts or in the seas. For example: 
 
· An eagle's under this 
· What a Komodo Dragon really is 
· Near where someone was horribly cruel to 343 felines 
 
And because your voyages trace the shapes of letters of the alphabet, that's just the beginning... 
 
With a foreword by Zeb Soanes, the voice of the Shipping Forecast, and fully illustrated with specially commissioned maps, The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book will help make you a Master of the quizzing world.

The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book

Gardeners' World Magazine

100 horticultural head-scratchers to test your botanical brain power 
 
Can you tell Myosotis from Magnolia? Can you tell your beeches from your birches? 
 
Featuring 100 puzzles including crosswords, word searches, anagrams, word wheels and code breakers, The Gardeners’ World Puzzle Book has everything you need to unwind from a long day in the garden while sharpening your mind at the same time. 
 
Organised by season and difficulty, this fun and beautiful book offers everything from easy breezy brainteasers to the thorniest of horticultural headscratchers – the perfect companion for any grower!

The Gardeners' World Puzzle Book

For almost 50 years, University Challenge has served as a bastion of general knowledge, regularly testing our finest young minds with a dizzying array of subjects. Now - if you think you're up to the challenge - you can pit your own wits against the trickiest quiz around. 
 
With over 3,500 challenging quiz questions, The University Challenge Quiz Book will probe the murkiest corners of your intellect. Leaving no stone unturned, in-depth questions cover every aspect of history, science, language, economics, culture and more, and will put even the hardiest quiz veteran through their paces. 
 
With games to play either on your own or in teams (no conferring), here is a collection to challenge, surprise and stimulate - from your first starter for ten to the final gong. 
 
Come on, come on!

The University Challenge Quiz Book

Richard Morgale

Mastermind is the ultimate test of knowledge, memory and nerve. Over four decades hundreds have tested their mettle in the famous black chair, and dared to put their intellect under the glare of the Mastermind spotlight. Now, can you rise to the challenge? 
 
 The Mastermind Quiz Book poses over 3,500 questions, from fiendishly difficult general knowledge teasers to in-depth tests of specialist subjects. With topics ranging from Classical Mythology to Medical Science, by way of Famous Russians and The Works of Johnny Cash, only the finest minds will triumph. 
 
 Whether you're playing in groups or simply testing your own brainpower, this collection of questions will challenge the very core of your mental strength - but when the clock runs down and the lights come up, will you emerge as the Mastermind?

The Mastermind Quiz Book

Cavan Scott

Mark Wright

Test your knowledge of the last Time Lord and the worlds he’s visited in Who-ology, an unforgettable journey through over 50 years of Doctor Who. 
 
Packed with facts, figures and stories from the show’s galactic run, this unique tour of space and time takes you from Totters Lane to Heaven itself, taking in guides to UNIT call signs, details of the inner workings of sonic screwdrivers, and a reliability chart covering every element of the TARDIS. 
 
Now fully updated to cover everything through to the 12th Doctor's final episode, and with tables, charts and illustrations dotted throughout, as well as fascinating lists and exhaustive detail, you won’t believe the wonders that await.

Doctor Who: Who-ology

Regenerated Edition

WHT CNNCTS THS CLS? 
 
Britain's most fiendishly difficult quiz is back. Do you have what it takes to make it to the grand final? 
 
With their first bestselling quiz book, the Only Connect team tested your lateral thinking with killer connections, challenging sequences and byzantine walls. Now, Only Connect question-setter (and former champion) Jack Waley-Cohen returns with a NEW collection of 200 cryptic, brain-busting questions, including many never-before-broadcast and all-new ones exclusive to the book. Organized into a series of discrete 4-round games, each game increases in difficulty, as you try to reach the grand final. It's like having your very own full series of Only Connect at home. 
 
With a healthy dose of trivia between games (What are the greatest ever Only Connect questions? Who is the best team of all time?) and an introduction by presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell, The Only Connect Quiz Book will take you skills to a new level. 
 
So limber up your frontal lobes, and get ready to pit your wits against the toughest quiz on TV.

Only Connect

The Difficult Second Quiz Book

Phil Swern

Neil Myners

Do you stop for PopMaster? 
 
Get ready to take on the ultimate PopMaster challenge from the minds behind BBC Radio 2's iconic quiz. Every weekday morning over eight million people across the nation stop what they're doing, fix themselves a cuppa and settle in to listen to the PopMaster quiz on The Ken Bruce Show. Now it's your turn to join the throng and pit your musical knowledge against expert question setters Phil Swern and Neil Myners. 
 
Ultimate PopMaster is an endlessly entertaining collection of brainteasers, featuring a foreword from the Pop Master himself, Ken Bruce, and 1,500 brand new questions that get progressively harder as you work your way through the book. Discover a surprise twist when you reach the final quiz, in which you'll get the chance to become ultimate PopMaster champion. 
 
Covering music from 1958 to 2020, this official quiz companion has something for everyone. So, whether you're a pop anorak or incidental music fan, get stuck in on your own or with friends and family, and watch the hours fly by. 
 
 Who had a top 10 hit in 1997 with 'The James Bond Theme' as featured in the movie Tomorrow Never Dies? 
 
 Which legendary soul singer was the subject of the 2015 number one hit by Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor? 
 
 Which group of comedians had a Top 10 hit in 1975 with Black Pudding Bertha (The Queen Of Northern Soul)?

Ultimate PopMaster

Over 1,500 brand new questions from the iconic BBC Radio 2 quiz

BBC Radio 5 Live

In The League Doesn’t Lie, the 606 team have selected the most debatable topics from the world of football, from best manager to most memorable penalty, and worst haircut ever to the ultimate England team. Learn about the top ten football Tweeters. Jump on your 606 Soapbox about the best ever player. And hear about the show’s angriest calls of all time! 
 
With introductions from the 606 team for each topic, plus a foreword by Robbie Savage, The League Doesn’t Lie is the ultimate book of football trivia and opinion for Sunday League players and armchair referees alike.

The League Doesn't Lie

The 606 Book of Football Lists

Do you know which Cluedo character was killed off in 2016? How about which band has a species of shrimp named after it? Reckon you could guess the name of a song from lyrics where the words have been replaced with synonyms? 
 
Then fingers on buzzers, because House of Games is back and it's better than ever! 
 
Packed with 104 new, classic and fiendishly difficult rounds from the hit BBC show's question writers, House of Games: Question Smash is the ultimate collection of brainteasers, puzzles and trivia. Pit your wits against friends and family with favourites like Highbrow Lowbrow, Rhyme Time and Don't State the Obvious, as well as brand new games from the brilliant minds behind the show. 
 
So limber up your frontal lobes, brush up on your trivia and get ready to return to the House of Games.

House of Games

Question Smash: 104 New, Classic and Fiendishly Difficult Rounds

Bob Dylan. Tom Waits. Blondie. The Ramones. REM. The Who. Fleetwood Mac. Led Zeppelin. The list goes on and on. 
 
The Old Grey Whistle Test has played host to some of the biggest names in music and has assumed its rightful place at the pinnacle of rock history - but how much of a fan are you? 
 
Do you know your Bowie backlist? Could your knowledge of Lennon long-players stand up to scrutiny? And can you tell your glam rock from your hair metal? This collection delves deep into the Whistle Test archives to pose over 2,500 quiz questions on your favourite artists, from global megastars to obscure one-time guests on the show. Play in teams or test your own knowledge on questions covering a whole range of musical puzzles, from lost albums and banned songs to classic solos, one-hit wonders and more.

The Old Grey Whistle Test Quiz Book

Karen Farrington

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND OFFICIAL COMPANION TO THE HIT BBC SERIES 
 
BBC’s The Repair Shop is a place where Britain’s most skilled and caring craftspeople rescue and resurrect items that owners thought were beyond saving. Their shared love of craft has helped hundreds of people recover and relive cherished memories, and inspired millions to rediscover their own prized possessions. The skill required to properly restore those items may be beyond most of us, but there are small things we can all do to care for the items we love the most. How do you replenish the stuffing in your child’s beloved, tatty teddy bear, for instance? Or remove a water mark left on your wooden table? What’s the best way to prevent your leather from cracking? 
 
Direct from the Repair Shop's 'Workshop of Dreams', this ‘make do and mend’ guide collects advice and stories from each of the show’s experts, to help you understand and care for those aging treasures and heirlooms around your house or gathering dust in the garage. Whether it’s wood, ceramics, leather or silverware, you will get to know your materials, tools and terms from Britain’s best, as the Repair Shop experts share their tips on restoring and conserving, reveal their favourite tools, and provide a series of small, manageable projects that help tackle the most common problems that occur in their given medium. Their book, like the show it accompanies, with help you safeguard your sentimental legacy for generations to come.

The Repair Shop

A Make Do and Mend Handbook

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