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
Episode menu
Series B, Episode 10 - Bills
Extra Tasks
- The panel are asked to draw a wigwam. However, each panel mistakenly draw a tepee instead, except for Clive who draws George Michael and Andrew Ridgley of the band Wham! wearing wigs. ("Wamwig")
Topics
- There are over 200 folk names for the pansy, such as "Love idol", "Tickle my fancy", "Meet me in the buttery" and "Tickle my John".
- "Bottomry" is a type of insurance taken out on a ship (known as "Bottoms" in marine commerce).
- Buffalo Bill did nothing with buffalo because all the supposed buffalo in the USA are actually bison.
- Sitting Bull's real name was "Jumping Badger". He inherited his name from his father as a teenager. Sitting Bull is chief of the Sioux, who defeated General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Correction: Sitting Bull was not chief of the Sioux, but a medicine man. The army that defeated Custer was also made of several tribes. The Sioux formed only a third of the army.
- The BBC paid Hilda Brabban three guineas for the three original Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men radio stories.
- Tangent: "Flobbadob" the language used by Bill and Ben was named after the noise made by Brabban's brothers farting in the bath. Correction: This is an urban myth that first appeared in a newspaper article. Their language is ""Oddle Poddle". "Flobbadob" means "Flowerpot" in Oddle Poddle. (See Series D)
- The connection between Billy the Kid and Ben-Hur is Lew Wallace. Wallace wrote the novel Ben-Hur and also wrote Billy the Kid's death warrant whilst he was Governor of New Mexico.
- Luvvie Alarm: When John Sessions was talking to Robert Redford at the Sundance Film Festival, Redford told him that The Sundance Kid was Welsh.
- As you go upstairs, the thoughts in your head go faster.
- The best floor to throw a cat out of is the fifth, if you want to harm it.
- Tangent: A man in Shropshire catapults dead cows.
General Ignorance
- The commonest material in the world is perovskite. (Forfeit: Oxygen; Water)
- In 63 AD, Pompeii was destroyed by an earthquake.
- Roman emperors ordered the death of a gladiator by sticking their thumbs up. (Forfeit: Thumbs down)
- The organisation the Americans fought in Vietnam was the Viet Minh. (Forfeit: Viet Cong)
- Tangent: In Denmark, King Kong is known as Kong King. Correction: This fact is a myth, although is true that the Danish for "King" is "Kong".
Scores
- Clive Anderson: 1 point
- Phil Kay: 0 points
- John Sessions: -10 points
- Alan Davies: -26 points
Notes
For the King Kong correction, see The Unbelievable Truth, Series 21, Episode 1.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 3rd December 2004
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Friday 22nd October 2010 | 7:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 28th November 2010 | 7:40pm | Dave |
Monday 7th February 2011 | 10:55pm | Dave |
Friday 22nd April 2011 | 6:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 4th June 2011 | 7:20pm | Dave |
Monday 5th September 2011 | 7:20pm | Dave |
Monday 5th September 2011 | 10:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 26th November 2011 | 7:40pm | Dave |
Sunday 27th November 2011 | 1:50pm | Dave |
Saturday 21st January 2012 | 1:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 21st January 2012 | 7:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 1st April 2012 | 2:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 1st April 2012 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 9th June 2012 | 12:20pm | Dave |
Tuesday 9th October 2012 | 5:20pm | Dave |
Tuesday 9th October 2012 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Tuesday 29th January 2013 | 11:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 4th May 2013 | 7:30pm | Dave |
Sunday 27th October 2013 | 3:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 21st December 2013 | 1:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 21st December 2013 | 6:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 9th March 2014 | 11:00am | Dave |
Sunday 9th March 2014 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Monday 19th May 2014 | 12:40pm | Dave |
Monday 19th May 2014 | 5:40pm | Dave |
Monday 9th March 2015 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Monday 23rd November 2015 | 1:20am | Dave |
Monday 23rd November 2015 | 11:30pm | Dave |
Friday 20th May 2016 | 1:00am | Dave |
Friday 20th May 2016 | 10:40pm | Dave |
Monday 18th July 2016 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 20th August 2016 | 8:30pm | Dave |
Sunday 21st August 2016 | 2:25am | Dave |
Tuesday 31st January 2017 | 6:40pm | Dave |
Wednesday 1st February 2017 | 2:40pm | Dave |
Tuesday 21st March 2017 | 1:40am | Dave |
Friday 24th March 2017 | 12:40am | Dave |
Friday 25th August 2017 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 26th August 2017 | 1:40am | Dave |
Thursday 21st December 2017 | 1:20am | Dave |
Wednesday 24th January 2018 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Thursday 25th January 2018 | 1:40am | Dave |
Wednesday 28th February 2018 | 1:00am | Dave |
Saturday 7th April 2018 | 12:40am | Dave |
Saturday 7th April 2018 | 2:40am | Dave |
Monday 17th December 2018 | 7:20pm | Dave |
Tuesday 18th December 2018 | 12:20am | Dave |
Thursday 23rd May 2019 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Friday 7th February 2020 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 8th February 2020 | 1:40am | Dave |
Thursday 4th June 2020 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Friday 5th June 2020 | 3:20pm | Dave |
Friday 3rd July 2020 | 1:20am | Dave |
Friday 17th July 2020 | 12:55am | Dave |
Cast & crew
Stephen Fry | Host / Presenter |
Alan Davies | Regular Panellist |
John Sessions | Guest |
Clive Anderson | Guest |
Phil Kay | Guest |
Sophie Johnstone | Researcher |
Molly Oldfield | Researcher |
John Mitchinson | Question Writer |
Piers Fletcher | Question Writer |
Kate Staples | Researcher |
Garrick Alder | Researcher |
Dan Schreiber | Researcher |
Ian Lorimer | Director |
John Lloyd | Producer |
Mark Freeland | Executive Producer |
Simon London | Executive Producer |
Nick King | Editor |
Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
Howard Goodall | Composer |