QI

November 15, 2018
Based on the British comedy quiz show QI, this new edition will provide a surprising breadth of answers, including the most popular wedding spot in the U.S. (in 2014, five percent were in Las Vegas); when Lake Champlain became a Great Lake (1998); the most dangerous sports for American girls (cheerleading); when to report a missing person (ASAP); or that Jingle Bells was written for Thanksgiving. Recommended for public libraries with patrons who may wonder who wrote the first English dictionary (Robert Cawdrey or Richard Cawdrey or Richard Mulcaster). Skeptical reference librarians may spend hours checking to see if the information presented is really true. Note: It is correct that a word entered in the Oxford English Dictionary remains forever.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)