Whether you’re planning a Zoom quiz night for friends, looking to while away a cold winter’s day with travel trivia or want to brush up on your geographical knowledge we have lots of great quiz books that will challenge your mind and guarantee you’ll be in great demand to be the geography buff on pub quiz teams (when pubs finally open up again).
A unique collection of quizzes, puzzles and brain teasers for intrepid globetrotters and armchair travellers alike. This book contains over 2000 questions, to suit every level and age of traveller. Which river connects the capitals of Austria and Serbia? The flag of which country is neither square nor rectangular? Which European country is an anagram of ‘ROMANIANS’? The name of which capital city contains none of the same letters that appear in ‘Bradt Guides’? (This book is published by the travel experts at Bradt Guides).
The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book £14.99
Are YOU the ultimate map-reader? Do you know your trig points from your National Trails? Can you calculate using contours? Track down hidden treasures, decipher geographical details and discover amazing facts as you work through this unique puzzle book based on 40 of the Ordnance Survey’s best British maps. Explore the first ever OS map made in 1801 and search the site of the first tarmac road in the world. This book contains hundreds of puzzles including navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams and mathematical conundrums.
The British Library Magnificent Maps Puzzle Book £14.99
The British Library has one of the largest and most impressive cartographic collections in the world, including manuscript maps and atlases. From this rich resource, 100 fascinating examples ranging from world and city maps, celestial and sea charts, literary and statistical maps, curiosities and fake maps have been selected as the basis for this puzzle book. Each map is faithfully reproduced with a description of its creation and use, followed by details showing areas of particular interest. Readers are asked to scrutinize the maps to answer a series of historical and geographical questions.
The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain £14.99
Map your way around Britain in 40 regional maps, with hundreds of puzzles, brainteasers, navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams and mathematical conundrums. With maps covering the 8 areas of South-West England, South-East England, the Midlands, East England, North-West England, North-East England, Wales and Scotland, you’ll put your knowledge and skills to the test and discover amazing facts about each region’s folklore, famous historical events and the perfect day out from the OS’s GetOutside Champions. With four levels of difficulty that make this fun for all the family.
The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book £14.99
Each day, millions tune in to hear the Shipping Forecast’s unique cadence and poetry, words that turn our island landscape into something strange and magical. The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book tests your general knowledge and lateral thinking through a series of puzzles, in which all the answers can be found on a map as place names on the coasts or in the seas. With a foreword by Zeb Soanes, the voice of the Shipping Forecast, and fully illustrated with specially commissioned maps.
The Transport for London Puzzle Book £14.99
Test your knowledge and get to know the real London. Can you find your way from Bond Street to Kentish Town on a word ladder? Can you crack a 1950s underground code? Puzzle your way across London with this official TfL quiz book and over 200 word puzzles, cryptic clues, number games, anagrams and spot-the-difference challenges. Explore the capital from a whole new point of view, through the maps, posters and other fascinating artifacts of the iconic Underground, stored in Transport for London’s archive.
The Ordnance Survey Great British Treasure Hunt £14.99
Based on 40 maps stretching from the highlands of Scotland, to the White Cliffs of Dover and taking in iconic locations like Loch Ness, Glastonbury Tor, Stratford-Upon-Avon and the cloisters of Cambridge, you’ll have to piece together the clues, scour the maps and crack codes and anagrams on the trail of a mysterious treasure. As you travel across Britain you’ll discover the riches of myth and history that are hidden throughout the land. This book contains over 330 puzzles ranging from easy to mind-boggling and an ultimate master puzzle with the chance to win real treasure.
Whether you’re a lifelong listener of The Archers, have an ear for gossip, or are a relative newbie, you will be able to put your area of expertise to the test. Join Lynda Snell, as she takes you on a guided tour of radio’s most well-loved village. Starting at the summit of Lakey Hill, with its sweeping views of rural Borsetshire, Lynda will lead you around Ambridge’s landmarks and institutions imparting wisdom and gossip as she goes. Each chapter centres on key locations to challenge your knowledge in all manner of Ambridge affairs.
Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Quiz Book £7.99
With questions on everything from geography and culture to history, wildlife and transport, it’s a fun and challenging test for all ages. This illustrated book is split into three sections: Easy, Medium and Hard, with 100 quizzes in total, each featuring 20+ questions that will confound adults and kids alike. Themed rounds include: food and drink, transport, culture, flags, famous landmarks, seas and oceans, wildlife, History, Books, Islands, Museums, Sporting venues, Mountains, Film locations, rivers, space travel, capital cities, currencies, languages and lots more.
50 maps with a puzzle for each from iconic locations throughout the country including Tower of London, Warwick Castle, Old Trafford, Murrayfield Stadium and Stonehenge. Puzzle categories included are history, sport, entertainment, transport and nature. A mixture of word games, riddles, code-crackers, anagrams, trivia questions and mathematical conundrums.
The Nautical Puzzle Book £14.99
Think you know the difference between a ship and a boat? Do you really understand the shipping forecast? And what do all the different flags at sea mean? The Nautical Puzzle Book is packed to the brim with over 100 puzzles inspired by the National Maritime Museum’s objects and their stories. Inside this book you’ll find a fiendish mix of word games, codewords, trivia, picture puzzles, word scrambles, anagrams, crosswords and much more. It’s a chance to learn all about epic explorers, history makers, record breakers, myths, legends, seafaring traditions and life at sea.