QI
- TV panel show
- BBC Two / BBC One / BBC Four
- 2003 - 2024
- 312 episodes (21 series)
Panel game that contains lots of difficult questions and a large amount of quite interesting facts. Stars Sandi Toksvig, Stephen Fry and Alan Davies.
- Continues on Tuesday on BBC2 at 9pm with Series U, Episode 11
- Catch-up on Series U, Episode 10
- Streaming rank this week: 322
Episode menu
Series A, Episode 2 - Astronomy
Topics
- The number of people killed by sharks since records began is equal to just five per cent of the number of toilet-related injuries in the USA in 1996.
- Both tigers and weasels make a "Fuff" sound when they attack.
- Tangent: The national symbol of Croatia is the weasel.
- The best way to escape from a polar bear is to remove one's clothing, piece-by-piece, and leaving it on the ground while backing away.
- An alligator can be rendered helpless by placing a rubber band over its jaws.
- The Earth has two moons. Cruithne is an asteroid sometimes described as Earth's second moon. (Forfeit: One) Correction: Since 2006, Cruithne has been classified not to be a moon. In In Series B it was claimed that the number was between one and five moons. In Series K it was revealed that there are now about 18,000 "mini moons" as defined by NASA.
- 90% of the Universe is unaccounted for; it is believed to be made of dark matter.
- Tangent: Claims that "Ikea" stores have no windows to decrease customers' awareness of the passage of time.
- The colour of the Universe is beige.
- There are eight planets in the Solar System. Pluto does not meet the usual criteria for classification as a planet. (Forfeit: Nine)
- Tangent: William James' exchange with a woman who believed the Earth was balanced on top of a giant turtle, on top of another turtle, and so on into infinity.
General Ignorance
- "Krung Thep" is an abbreviation of the proper name for the capital of Thailand. (Forfeit: Bangkok)
- No brides walk down the aisle of a church; they walk down the central passageway. The aisle is down the side of the church.
- The earliest known soup was made from hippopotamus.
- No man-made objects can be seen from the Moon with the naked eye. (Forfeit: Great Wall of China)
Deleted Scenes
- An adder's bite is no more dangerous to that of a wasp. The last recorded death from an adder's bite was that of a 5-year-old girl in 1977.
Scores
- Rich Hall and Jeremy Hardy: 20 points
- Bill Bailey: 5 points
- Alan Davies: -30 points
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 18th September 2003
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
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Thursday 22nd December 2011 | 11:20am | Dave |
Thursday 22nd December 2011 | 4:20pm | Dave |
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Tuesday 18th December 2012 | 2:00pm | Dave |
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Sunday 28th July 2013 | 2:40pm | Dave |
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Thursday 21st July 2016 | 9:20pm | Dave |
Thursday 5th January 2017 | 3:20pm | Dave |
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Thursday 9th March 2017 | 12:20am | Dave |
Thursday 11th January 2018 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Friday 12th January 2018 | 1:00am | Dave |
Saturday 31st March 2018 | 12:55am | Dave |
Wednesday 9th May 2018 | 12:00am | Dave |
Wednesday 9th May 2018 | 2:00am | Dave |
Thursday 12th July 2018 | 11:20pm | Dave |
Friday 13th July 2018 | 2:20am | Dave |
Tuesday 22nd January 2019 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Wednesday 23rd January 2019 | 1:40am | Dave |
Wednesday 29th May 2019 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 30th May 2019 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Cast & crew
Stephen Fry | Host / Presenter |
Alan Davies | Regular Panellist |
Bill Bailey | Guest |
Rich Hall | Guest |
Jeremy Hardy | Guest |
Samantha Ball | Researcher |
Adam Jacot de Boinod | Researcher |
Sophie Johnstone | Researcher |
Molly Oldfield | Researcher |
Ian Lorimer | Director |
John Lloyd | Producer |
Phil Clarke | Executive Producer |
Nick King | Editor |
Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
Howard Goodall | Composer |