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- ↑ "The QI Bookshop". Quite Interesting. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008.
- ↑ "The QI Building". Quite Interesting. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008.
- ↑ Lloyd, John; Mitchinson, John (2007). QI Annual 2008. Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780571237791. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009.
- ↑ Lloyd, John; Mitchinson, John (5 January 2009). QI Annual 2009. Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780571244140.
- ↑ "John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, The Book of General Ignorance". Meet the Author. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ↑ Lloyd, John; Mitchinson, John (2007). QI: The Book of Animal Ignorance. Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780571233700. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008.
- ↑ Lloyd, John; Mitchinson, John (2009). Advanced Banter. Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780571233731.
- ↑ "Trustees and Staff". The London Centre for International Storytelling. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009.
