Lateral: 100 Fiendish Questions to Make You Think Differently
By (Author) Tom Scott
By (author) David Bodycombe
Pan Macmillan
Macmillan
28th January 2025
14th November 2024
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Crosswords and word games
Sudoku and number puzzles
Humour
793.73
Paperback
256
Width 134mm, Height 217mm, Spine 21mm
264g
Why are Swiss army knives red Which type of alcoholic drink, when added to ice, becomes something a child could consume legally What sort of person would be interested in buying exactly 1.91 US dollars Based on the show which posits weird questions with wonderful answers, LATERAL is full of sideways-thinking twists. There are no points or prize - just reputation and bragging rights on the line. So grab a friend, pick a question at random, and enjoy trying to figure out some of our world's most interesting and off-the-wall facts!
Tom Scott runs two successful Youtube channels with weekly videos, and he's the host of the LATERAL quiz podcast. His videos have taken him across the world, and amassed over 1.6 billion views in the process. He was the presenter of GADGET GEEKS on Sky One in 2012, and most recently was seen Celebrity University Challenge competing for the York team, where he got to the semi-final. A two-time winner of the World Creative Thinking Championships, David Bodycombe is a professional quiz writer and quiz consultant, and the former question editor for ONLY CONNECT. He has written several quiz books for Constable and Michael Joseph, some of which have been reprinted more than thirty times, and has contributed to television shows including The Crystal Maze, Treasure Hunt and Fifteen to One.