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QI

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.

Episode menu

Series A, Episode 2 - Astronomy

Astronomy - Cruithne

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

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 22nd February 2009 9:00pm Dave
Monday 27th December 2010 7:40pm Dave
Wednesday 22nd June 2011 10:00pm Dave
Thursday 23rd June 2011 12:40am Dave
Thursday 22nd December 2011 11:20am Dave
Thursday 22nd December 2011 4:20pm Dave
Sunday 8th July 2012 10:20pm Dave
Tuesday 18th December 2012 2:00pm Dave
Wednesday 27th February 2013 11:20pm Dave
Thursday 28th February 2013 2:30am Dave
Sunday 26th May 2013 1:00pm Dave
Sunday 26th May 2013 4:20pm Dave
Sunday 28th July 2013 2:40pm Dave
Sunday 28th July 2013 6:40pm Dave
Tuesday 6th January 2015 11:00pm Dave
Friday 13th March 2015 11:05pm Dave
Tuesday 7th July 2015 11:40pm Dave
Monday 2nd November 2015 1:00am Dave
Monday 2nd November 2015 11:30pm Dave
Wednesday 6th April 2016 10:00pm Dave
Thursday 21st July 2016 12:00am Dave
Thursday 21st July 2016 9:20pm Dave
Thursday 5th January 2017 3:20pm Dave
Wednesday 8th March 2017 2:00pm Dave
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

Cast
Stephen Fry Host / Presenter
Alan Davies Regular Panellist
Guest cast
Bill Bailey Guest
Rich Hall Guest
Jeremy Hardy Guest
Writing team
Samantha Ball Researcher
Adam Jacot de Boinod Researcher
Sophie Johnstone Researcher
Molly Oldfield Researcher
Production team
Ian Lorimer Director
John Lloyd Producer
Phil Clarke Executive Producer
Nick King Editor
Jonathan Paul Green Production Designer
Howard Goodall Composer

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