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: 444
Episode menu
Series E, Episode 6 - Everything, Etc.
Theme
- This is the "General" show in Series E, covering a wide range of different topics beginning with "E".
Topics
- The panel have to identify a picture of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA for short, better known as ecstasy or "E". It was designed by the Germans to heal wounds during WWI.
- Tangent: "Suicide Tuesday" is the "downer" you get after taking ecstasy over the weekend.
- You can use chickens to help look after a nuclear bomb. In the 1950s, the British planed to put nuclear bombs around Germany in case the Soviet Union tried to invade. The body heat of the chickens could keep the bombs warm and prevent them from not working.
- Tangent: Jeremy and Vic both keep chickens as pets.
- Tangent: Jeremy tried hunting foxes using Russian night-vision goggles and a gun. He stayed up at night drinking some Merlot. However, he got confused with all his items and accidentally shot his wife's Scotts of Stow steamer chair.
- Fainting goats can protect a flock of sheep by fainting. They are eaten by wolves, allowing the rest of the herd to flee. Older fainting goats faint against walls to prevent themselves being eaten.
- 'Jumping French Lumberjacks of Maine' is very rare disorder in which people react to certain stimuli. One is that they instantly obey any order given to them suddenly. The other is the need to constantly repeat foreign phrases. It was first discovered in French lumberjacks, working in Maine. Gilles de la Tourette was so interested in this condition that he went into
the whole field and eventually discovered Tourette's Syndrome.
- Tangent: In Oregon, lumberjacks prefer to call themselves "Treefellers" because "Lumberjacks" is a Canadian term.
- Tangent: Clarkson's syndrome involves leaking capillaries.
- Elephant in the Room: From 1884 onwards, the first thing that greeted immigrants to New York was a gigantic hotel and brothel shaped like an elephant on Coney Island. (Forfeit: The Statue of Liberty)
- The multiple choice exam was invented by (A): The Ancient Greeks, (B): The American Army, (C): The Blue Whale, or (D): "Can I have a 50/50 please, Steve?". The 50/50 was asked, leaving A and B. The American Army invented the exam during WWI so that it could process recruits quicker.
- Tangent: Men are better than women in multiple choice exams.
- Tangent: The Chinese have multiple choice exams in their driving tests.
General Ignorance
- House dust is mostly made up of dirt and grit, although it actually varies from place-to-place, by season and if you have pets. (Forfeit: Human skin; Dust mites)
- In the middle of a pearl you will find the sarcophagus of a nematode worm or a similar organic creature. (Forfeit: Grit; Sand)
- Tangent: No edible oysters produce pearls.
- Tangent: The largest pearl ever found was in a giant clam.
- A glass bottom would not keep you out of the navy. There is a myth involving a glass bottom of a tankard, but it is false. (Forfeit: Taking the King's shilling)
- It does not matter what colour you wear in a hot climate. (Forfeit: Black; White)
Vodcast/Quickie
(Presenter: Stephen and every member of the panel)
- Tangent: In his fox hunting/night-vision goggle story, Jeremy accidentally claims that a fox ate his children's guinea pigs.
- Tangent: Stephen saw a documentary about a place similar to Ibiza, in which a nightclub had a slightly dome-shaped floor. The ceiling had a shower system that could wash the fluids on the floor away into gutters on the side of the floor and into the drains.
- Tangent: According to a survey of 15,000 hoteliers, the British are the fifth-worst tourists in the world. The worst are the French. 75% of French tourists holiday in France. The best tourists are the Americans.
- Tangent: The Himalayas will eventually cause the destruction of Greece. Jeremy was once put in a Greek prison, but managed to escape.
Scores
- Vic Reeves: -6 points
- Alan Davies: -24 points
- Clive Anderson: -25 points
- Jeremy Clarkson: -30 points
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 19th October 2007
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Friday 23rd July 2010 | 9:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 11th August 2010 | 10:00pm | BBC2 |
Friday 19th November 2010 | 9:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 13th July 2011 | 11:05pm | Dave |
Friday 14th October 2011 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 15th October 2011 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Thursday 29th December 2011 | 9:40pm | Dave |
Saturday 3rd March 2012 | 2:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 3rd March 2012 | 7:20pm | Dave |
Saturday 6th October 2012 | 4:20pm | Dave |
Sunday 10th February 2013 | 1:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 10th February 2013 | 5:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 17th May 2014 | 5:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 17th May 2014 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Sunday 27th July 2014 | 12:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 21st December 2014 | 2:40pm | Dave |
Monday 26th January 2015 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Monday 4th May 2015 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 5th May 2015 | 2:00am | Dave |
Thursday 13th August 2015 | 2:20am | Dave |
Thursday 13th August 2015 | 11:20pm | Dave |
Tuesday 9th February 2016 | 12:20am | Dave |
Tuesday 9th February 2016 | 9:20pm | Dave |
Monday 30th May 2016 | 3:30am | Dave |
Tuesday 31st May 2016 | 12:35am | Dave |
Wednesday 10th August 2016 | 12:20am | Dave |
Wednesday 10th August 2016 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 1st January 2017 | 12:20am | Dave |
Wednesday 15th March 2017 | 2:40pm | Dave |
Thursday 20th April 2017 | 12:40am | Dave |
Wednesday 14th June 2017 | 2:00am | Dave |
Thursday 24th August 2017 | 11:15pm | Dave |
Friday 25th August 2017 | 1:15am | Dave |
Friday 3rd November 2017 | 1:00am | Dave |
Wednesday 15th November 2017 | 1:20am | Dave |
Friday 2nd February 2018 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 3rd February 2018 | 1:00am | Dave |
Friday 20th April 2018 | 12:00am | Dave |
Friday 20th April 2018 | 2:00am | Dave |
Thursday 31st January 2019 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Friday 1st February 2019 | 1:40am | Dave |
Tuesday 11th June 2019 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Wednesday 12th June 2019 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Wednesday 16th October 2019 | 3:10am | Dave |
Wednesday 16th October 2019 | 11:20pm | Dave |
Tuesday 28th January 2020 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Wednesday 29th January 2020 | 1:35am | Dave |
Wednesday 8th July 2020 | 8:20pm | Dave |
Wednesday 22nd February 2023 | 12:40am | Dave |
Thursday 22nd June 2023 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 26th November 2023 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Cast & crew
Stephen Fry | Host / Presenter |
Alan Davies | Regular Panellist |
Clive Anderson | Guest |
Jeremy Clarkson | Guest |
Vic Reeves | Guest |
Molly Oldfield | Researcher |
Piers Fletcher | Question Writer |
Garrick Alder | Researcher |
Mat Coward | Researcher |
Christopher Gray | Researcher |
James Harkin | Researcher |
Justin Gayner | Researcher |
Vitali Vitaliev | Researcher |
Justin Pollard | Question Writer |
Ian Lorimer | Director |
John Lloyd | Producer |
Lorraine Heggessey | Executive Producer |
Katie Taylor | Executive Producer |
Nick King | Editor |
Tayyaba Irtizaali | Production Designer |
Howard Goodall | Composer |
Video
Vodcast - Series E, Episode 6 - Everything, Etc.
Vodcast of the "Everything, Etc." episode.
Featuring: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry, Clive Anderson, Jeremy Clarkson & Vic Reeves.