Publisher's Synopsis
A fiendishly clever compendium of questions to which you really ought to know the answers. So are the following true or false?
*F. Scott Fitzgerald weighed the same as Edgar Allen Poe (140lb).
*Catherine the Great died after falling off her comode.
*The word 'catapult' derives from the Greek word for 'brassiere'.
*The man who invented Bailey's, the cream and whiskey liqueur, was put on a lifetime retainer by a large drinks company in case he ever came up with any other bright ideas. He never did.
*More chimps have orbited the earth than people.
*In 1903 there was not a single person on the planet called 'Wendy'.
Carefully compiled after long hours of research in the British Library, SURELY NOT guarantees hours of amusement, education and frustration. And for those who really don't know, the answers are at the back.
