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For other uses, see QI (disambiguation).
QI
Image:QI Logo.png
Also known as Quite Interesting
Format Comedy panel game
Created by John Lloyd
Directed by Ian Lorimer
Presented by Stephen Fry
Starring Alan Davies
Guest panellists
Theme music composer Howard Goodall
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of series 5
No. of episodes 62 + 1 unbroadcast pilot (List of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) John Lloyd
Running time 30 minutes
Production
company(s)		 talkbackThames
Quite Interesting Limited
Broadcast
Original channel BBC Four
(initial screening)
BBC Two
(repeated a week later)
Original run 11 September 2003 – present
Chronology
Related shows The Museum of Curiosity
External links
Official website
Production website
IMDb profile

QI, standing for Quite Interesting, is a British comedy panel game television quiz show created and produced by John Lloyd, hosted by Stephen Fry, and featuring permanent panellist Alan Davies. New episodes are broadcast initially on BBC Four on Friday evenings at 22:30 and repeated on BBC Two the following Friday at 22:00. Syndicated episodes of previous series are shown on Dave. QI has the highest viewing figures for any show on BBC Four and Dave.[1][2] Qi can refer to: Qi (T: 氣 S: 气). ... Image File history File links QI_Logo. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... A game show is a radio or television program, involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... John Lloyd (born 1951 in Dover, England; birth name: John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd), British comedy writer and producer. ... Ian Lorimer is a television director, most noted for being the director for the British panel game QI. Ian Lorimer at the Internet Movie Database. ... Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, columnist, filmmaker and television personality. ... Alan Davies (born 6 March 1966) is an English comedian and actor best known for starring as Jonathan Creek on the popular TV mystery series of the same name. ... Howard Goodall Howard Goodall (born 1958 in Bromley, South London) is a British composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... This is a list of episodes of QI, the BBC comedy panel game television show hosted by Stephen Fry. ... talkbackTHAMES is a British television production company, a division of FremantleMedia (part of the RTL Group). ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 4. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 2. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A game show is a radio or television program, involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s. ... John Lloyd (born 1951 in Dover, England; birth name: John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd), British comedy writer and producer. ... Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, columnist, filmmaker and television personality. ... Alan Davies (born 6 March 1966) is an English comedian and actor best known for starring as Jonathan Creek on the popular TV mystery series of the same name. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 4. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 2. ...


It is distinguished by the awarding of points not necessarily for correct answers, but rather, for (quite) interesting ones. Many of the questions are extremely obscure, making it unlikely that the correct answer will be given. Points are deducted from a panellist who gives an obvious but wrong answer, typically one that is generally accepted as true but is, in fact, false.

Contents

Format and conception

The panel consists of four panellists: three rotating and one regular, Alan Davies, who has the seat to Stephen Fry's right. Davies has appeared in every episode, except for one that was themed on "Divination": he was present at the beginning, but "teleported" away during the buzzer demonstration. He was at a football match instead but was still able to play as communicated "from beyond."[3] He has only won six times: since he generally offers up most of the "obvious but wrong" answers, he usually finishes last. The show's other panellists mainly come from a stand-up comedy background, although there have also been guests from other fields, including Richard E. Grant, Jeremy Clarkson, Gyles Brandreth and Roger McGough.[4][5][6] B. J. Novak in a stand-up comedy routine at Olde English sketch comedy in June 2007. ... Richard E. Grant depicted as the unofficial Ninth Doctor. ... Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring. ... Gyles Daubeney Brandreth (born March 8, 1948 in Germany) is a celebrity, author and politician in the United Kingdom. ... Front cover of the 1983 revised edition of The Mersey Sound Roger McGough CBE (born November 9, 1937) is a well-known British performance poet. ...


Questions are sometimes misleading or very difficult. Providing an "obvious but wrong" answer results in a sequence of klaxons. In the first and second series, Fry produced the answer on a card to show the panellists, while it also flashed on the large screens behind them (except in the pilot episode and the first show of the first series, when only the cards were used).[7] In the third series and onward, Fry's answer cards were dispensed with altogether, leaving only the screens as proof that the answers given had been predicted. For the English band, see Klaxons. ...


Because of the show's expectation that hardly anyone would be able to give a correct answer without significant prompting, it instead encourages sheer interestingness, which is how points are mainly scored.[8] As such, tangential discussions are encouraged, for panellists are apt to branch off into frivolous conversations, give voice to train of thought, and share humorous anecdotes from their own lives.[8] The number of points given and taken away are normally decided by Fry or beforehand by the researchers, especially if the points given or taken are very large. For example, one episode asked, "What is the main ingredient of air?" If someone answered, "Carbon dioxide" then 3,000 points would have been deducted, but no-one gave this answer. However, Davies was deducted 10 points for saying, "Oxygen".[9] Fry once said: Carbon dioxide (chemical formula: ) is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom. ... This article is about the chemical element and its most stable form, or dioxygen. ...

"Now, the rules are simple. Scoring is my business. Points are given and points are taken away. They are taken away for answers which are both obvious and wrong, and they're given not so much for being correct, as for being interesting. Their level of interestingness is impartially determined by a demographically selected customer-service focus consultancy, broken down by age and sex - i.e. me. Because there is no-one more broken down by age and sex."[10]

John Lloyd, QI's creator, has admitted that not even he has any idea on how the scoring system works, but there is someone who is paid to check on the scores. Guests are allowed the right of appeal if they believe their score is wrong, but no-one has done this so far.[8]


Buzzers

Each of the panel has a buzzer, the sounds of all four often being based along some sort of theme. They are demonstrated at the beginning of the programme, but are sometimes changed in some way for repeated use. Davies's buzzer usually contradicts those of the other panellists in some amusing way, and has been the last to be demonstrated in every episode except for the unbroadcast pilot, in which he went first and Eddie Izzard, with a sillier buzzer, went last.[11] In one instance in Series A, rather than a comical buzzer, Davies set off the forfeit alarm, meaning he started the show on -10 points before a question was asked. A buzzer or beeper is a signaling device, usually electronic, typically used in automobiles, household appliances such as a microwave oven, or game shows. ... Edward John Eddie Izzard (born February 7, 1962) is a double Emmy-winning English[1] stand-up comedian and actor. ...


General Ignorance

See also: The Book of General Ignorance
Stephen Fry presenting an episode of QI.

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In a parody of ubiquitous general knowledge quizzes, the final round is off-topic and called "General Ignorance", focusing upon seemingly easy questions which have obvious but wrong answers. Whereas in the main rounds of the show, the panellists' use of buzzers is not usually enforced, the "General Ignorance" questions are introduced by Fry's reminder to keep "fingers on buzzers". QI: The Book of General Ignorance (UK cover) The Book of General Ignorance is a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual British panel game QI, written by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson. ... Image File history File linksMetadata QIfront. ... Image File history File linksMetadata QIfront. ... General knowledge is a term used, usually in quizzes, to describe a fact or question that does not fit into any proscribed topic (e. ...


Due to the large number of "obvious but wrong" answers, panellists usually incur the greatest point losses in this round. In the second series' Christmas episode, Davies stated his refusal to participate in General Ignorance, saying that he "will not be humiliated at Christmas". In response, Fry offered to switch places with him, to the delight of the audience. Despite the seeming spontaneity of the swap, it was undoubtedly planned (at least on the part of Davies and the producers), as evidenced by the fact that Davies, in turn, produced his own set of questions on loose-leaf paper (most of which he directed at Fry), and also by the photographs and obvious-answer graphics which accompanied Davies's questions. At the end of the show, Fry announced that the game's loser was, in fact, Fry himself, as a result of his falling into many of Davies's traps.[12]


Extra tasks

In some episodes, panellists are given an extra task to complete during the course of the game. Those who do the best are often awarded extra points. Past tasks have included drawing contests (in which John Sessions has shown a particular talent);[13] or looking for a specific hidden thing over the course of the show, such as a squirrel or a cuttlefish.[14][15] Panellists were also once given a card covered with magnetic letters with which to create words over the course of one show. Jimmy Carr successfully used all of his letters to create, "Put Smarties tubes on cats legs, make them walk like a robot."[16] In the fifth series, all the episodes have the same extra task — "The Elephant in the Room". In each episode, at least one of the answers is related to elephants, the panellists being required to wave an elephant on a stick when they believe it is the appropriate moment. John Sessions (born January 11, 1953) is a Scottish actor and comedian. ... This article is about the animal. ... Orders and Families †Vasseuriina †Vasseuriidae †Belosepiellidae Sepiina †Belosaepiidae Sepiadariidae Sepiidae Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida belonging to the Cephalopoda class (which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses). ... James Anthony Patrick Carr (born September 15, 1972 in Limerick, Ireland [1]) is an Irish comedian known for his deadpan, satirical and often dark humour. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus † Elephas beyeri † Elephas celebensis † Elephas cypriotes † Elephas ekorensis † Elephas falconeri † Elephas iolensis † Elephas planifrons † Elephas platycephalus † Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea...


Production

Alan Davies on QI.

Writer and former BBC producer John Lloyd devised the format of the show, and it is produced by Quite Interesting Limited, an organisation set up by Lloyd. QI was originally seen as being an "Annotated Encyclopædia Britannica… the world's first non-boring encyclopædia."[8] As a panel game, it was conceived as a radio show, with Lloyd as chairman. When it was decided that the show would air on television, Michael Palin was offered the job of chairman with Fry and Davies as captains of "clever" and "stupid" teams respectively. However, when Palin decided not to take the job, Fry stepped in, making Davies the only regular panellist, thus changing the entire format of the show.[17] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1016x570, 221 KB) Alan Davies appearing on QI. Taken from Series 1, Episode 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1016x570, 221 KB) Alan Davies appearing on QI. Taken from Series 1, Episode 1. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... John Lloyd (born 1951 in Dover, England; birth name: John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd), British comedy writer and producer. ... The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. ... Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. ...


Unlike many similar comedy-quiz programmes, the makers of the show insist that the answers are not given to the panellists beforehand.[18] The panel are given a list of questions set to be asked just about an hour before the show, for preparatory purposes, but the guests are forbidden to ask for preparatory materials or other help.[8] They do however run through a series of "warm up" questions before recording begins, but this is the only assistance the panellists receive. It is known that Davies never does any preparation at all.[8] The show uses a warm-up comedian before recording begins, credited as the Audience Wrangler. In the forthcoming series, Stephen Grant provided the warm-up for ten of the twelve episodes, and Gordon Southern did so for the other two.[19] For other persons named Steven Grant or Stephen Grant, see Steven Grant (disambiguation) This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Research

The research for the show is mostly carried out by seven people called the QI Elves, a team which currently includes Justin Pollard and Vitali Vitaliev[20] and previously included Molly Oldfield, daughter of the musician Mike Oldfield. The "elves" devise the questions, and are able to contact Stephen during the show to provide and correct information.[21] Other people involved in researching questions and compiling the scripts are John Mitchinson and Piers Fletcher, known (along with Justin Pollard) as the Question Wranglers,[21] whose research includes both Encyclopædia Britannica and Wikipedia.[22] The QI website also has a large forum that currently has over 3,000 members.[23] The forum contains several sections including the "Quite Interestrings", for general topics, the "Series Talk" section which are dedicated to different series, indicated by a letter of the alphabet, and "The Forum of General Ignorance", dedicated to things that are often misunderstood by most people. Some of the material written in the forums is used in the TV series. Justin Pollard Justin David Pollard (b. ... Vitali Vitaliev (Виталий Витальев) is a Ukrainian-born journalist and writer who has worked in Russia, the UK, Australia and Ireland. ... Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music and more recently dance. ... John Mitchinson is the head of research for the British television panel game QI, and co-author of The Book of General Ignorance with QIs creator John Lloyd. ... Wikipedia (IPA: , or ( ) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. ...


Theme tune

The theme tune was composed by Howard Goodall, who has twice appeared as a panellist on the show. The theme music was originally going to be the song "Wonderful World", sung by Herman's Hermits, which was used in the unbroadcast pilot. However, the producers were forbidden the use of the song, and the DVD recording of the pilot now uses the theme music composed by Goodall.[8] Howard Goodall Howard Goodall (born 1958 in Bromley, South London) is a British composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. ... Wonderful World (sometimes referred to as (What a) Wonderful World, but unrelated to the Louis Armstrong song by that title) was written in the late 1950s by soul music pioneer Sam Cooke along with songwriters Lou Adler and Herb Alpert, and first recorded by Cooke in 1958 for Cookes... Hermans Hermits were an English rock band in the 1960s, formed in Manchester in 1963. ...


QI HQ

The headquarters of QI is the QI Club, situated at 16 Turl Street, Oxford, on the corner of Turl Street and Ship Street. It is a four-storey Georgian building, erected in 1785 by one Mr Priddy to provide accommodation for the scholars of Exeter College.[24] In 1820, it became a coffee house, and between 1945–1998 was the popular Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant (with several other businesses running on different floors, together with 'Staircase 15' of Exeter). When QI took over, they bought the entire building, uniting all floors and restoring its Georgian appearance. The building itself consists of a bookshop, a café-bar and a vodka bar, as well as a number of rooms devoted to use by the private members club.[25] The bookshop arranges the books in whimsical, loosely defined categories that mingle fiction and non-fiction, thus meaning people come across books at random, making it more interesting.[26] The bookshop staff have also been known to respond to stock suggestions made on the QI forums.[27] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A Street Cafe, Jerusalem, Henry Fenn (1838- ): steel engraving in Picturesque Palestine, ca 1875 A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or caf shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...


Episodes

See also: List of QI episodes

In QI, every series is themed around a different letter of the alphabet, starting with the letter "A". Series are therefore referred to by letter rather than number. The first series started on 11 September 2003, and consisted of topics beginning with A, including a round on people called "Alan".[10] The second series consisted of topics beginning with "B", except in two episodes, one about "Music" and one about "Colour" (both of which can be considered "Blues" episodes).[28][29] Series D differed from the previous three as all episodes focused upon a single "D" topic. Series E also deals with single topics. A video podcast was also planned, but this was instead turned into a set of "Quickies" featured on the BBC homepage for QI, although are still referred to as "vodcasts" by the panellists introducing them.[30] Two episodes have the distinction of being won by the audience: Death, a special Halloween episode in the D series and England in series 5. This is a list of episodes of QI, the BBC comedy panel game television show hosted by Stephen Fry. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with video clip. ...


Corrections, mistakes and retractions

Although most of the facts presented on the show are correct, some facts have been disputed or corrected in a following series. For example, in Series A, the show claimed that the longest animal in the world was the lion's mane jellyfish,[31] but this was later corrected in Series C, saying that the longest animal in the world is the bootlace worm.[32] Binomial name Cyanea capillata (Linnaeus, 1758) The Lions mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is the largest known species of jellyfish. ... Binomial name Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770) The bootlace worm (Lineus longissimus) is in the phylum Nemertea or ribbon worms. ...


Members of the public and members of the QI website contact the show to correct information. The error that has attracted the most complaints to date was made in Series B, when it was claimed that the Welsh language has no word for "Blue". In fact, there is a word: "Glas".[33] In one case, a letter was read out when another episode in Series B claimed that language spoken by children's TV characters Bill and Ben was called "Flobbadob" and was named after the sound made by creator Hilda Brabban's younger brothers having flatulent moments while in the bath.[13] However, in Series D, Fry read out a letter written by Silas Hawkins, the son of Peter Hawkins, who provided the original voices of the characters. The letter read: Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... This article is about the colour. ... For the psychedelic-era harmony group of the same name, see The Flower Pot Men (band). ... Flatulence is the presence of a mixture of gases in the digestive tract of mammals. ... Peter Hawkins in 1996 Peter John Hawkins (3 April 1924 – 8 July 2006) was an English actor and voice artist, whose voice may be more familiar than his name. ...

"The fart-in-the-bath story was trotted out last year in an episode of Stephen Fry's otherwise admirable quiz show QI. It (the story) first appeared some twenty years ago in a newspaper article, to which my father immediately wrote a rebuttal. It was obviously ferreted out by some BBC researcher for QI. It may be quite interesting, but in this case, it simply isn't true."[34]

Fry then apologised and corrected the fact, saying, "Their language is called 'Oddle poddle'. 'Flobbadob' means 'Flowerpot' in Oddle poddle. I cannot believe I just said that", at which point he started laughing in disbelief.[34]


At the end of the third series, Dara Ó Briain was deducted points for having stated, in the series before, that the triple point of water is zero degrees Celsius, an answer which earned him 2 points at the time.[35] Viewers however, wrote in to say that the triple point of water is in fact 0.01 degrees, and so the 2 points awarded Dara in the previous series were revoked and he received a further deduction of 10 points for saying a now obvious answer. Dara humorously retorted with, "How many people sat at home watching that and said, 'It's just a comedy show, but I'm not letting that fecker get away with that!?'"[36] Dara Ó Briain (IPA: , February 4, 1972- ) is an Irish comedian and television presenter. ... In physics, the triple point of a substance is the temperature and pressure at which three phases (gas, liquid, and solid) of that substance may coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium. ... For other uses, see Celsius (disambiguation). ... Feck (or, in some senses, fek) is a monosyllable with several vernacular meanings and variations in Irish English, Scots, Middle English, and Esperanto: // Slang expletive employed as an attenuated alternative (minced oath) to fuck Verb meaning to steal (e. ...


Fry also claimed that the written examination was invented at Cambridge University in the 1800s, but the Chinese Imperial examination dates from AD 605. The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... // ON MAY 5 1853 MR.FADER HAD SEX WITH A MAN NAME MR WIEN THEN THEY HAD SON NAMEDMRS COTURE AND MR MANOOGIAN WENT INTO MRS HASKELLS OFFICE NAKED AND DANCED AROUND AND MASTERBATED ON HER CHEST AND SHE LICKED IT OFF THEN THEY HAD ORAL SEEX WITH NAPLOEAN OF... The Imperial examinations (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) in Imperial China determined who among the population would be permitted to enter the states bureaucracy. ... Events Aj Ne Ohl Mat becomes ruler of Palenque As a result of quarrel between Numan III, the Lakhmid ruler, and the Persian Chosroes the Persian border with Arabia is no long guarded. ...


It was claimed that the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam were called "Viet Cong" by the US to make them sound evil (as in "King Kong"), but actually "Việt Cộng" means "Vietnamese Communists". Viet Cong redirects here. ... For other uses, see King Kong (disambiguation). ...


It was claimed that 3753 Cruithne orbits the Earth as a satellite; this is not quite true; it is correctly termed a periodic inclusion planetoid. 3753 Cruithne (pronounced , Modern Irish ) is an asteroid in orbit around the Sun. ...


Culture

QI has stated it follows its own philosophy, which is that everything in the world, even that which appears to be most boring, is quite interesting if looked at in the right way. The website states that: For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ...

"We live, they say, in The Information Age, yet almost none of the information we think we possess is true. Eskimos do not rub noses. The rickshaw was invented by an American. Joan of Arc was not French. Lenin was not Russian. The world is not solid, it is made of empty space and energy, and neither haggis, whisky, porridge, clan tartans nor kilts are Scottish. So we stand, silent, on a peak in Darien: a vast, rolling, teeming, untrodden territory before us. QI country. Whatever is interesting we are interested in. Whatever is not interesting, we are even more interested in. Everything is interesting if looked at in the right way. At one extreme, QI is serious, intensely scientific, deeply mystical; at the other it is hilarious, silly and frothy enough to please the most indolent couch-potato."[37] For other uses, see Eskimo (disambiguation). ... Japanese rickshaw (jinrikisha), 1886. ... For other uses, see Joan of Arc (disambiguation). ... Lenin redirects here. ... an uncooked small haggis Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish. ... For other uses, see Whisky (disambiguation). ... ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ... For the artificial athletic track surface, see tartan track. ... A kilt in the Black Watch tartan A kilt is a traditional garment of modern Scottish and Celtic culture typically worn by men. ... This article is about the country. ... Darién is a province in eastern Panama. ...

Reception

QI has been received positively by viewers. It is the most popular programme of any kind on BBC Four,[38] and one of its books, The Book of General Ignorance, reached Number 1 on amazon.co.uk's best-seller list. For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 4. ... QI: The Book of General Ignorance (UK cover) The Book of General Ignorance is a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual British panel game QI, written by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson. ... Amazon. ...


QI has been supported by nearly all critics. Peter Chapman said, "When the schedules seem so dumbed-down, it's a delight to encounter the brainy and articulate Stephen Fry. He excels in this format, being both scathing and generous."[39]


Another critic, Laura Barton said, "QI and its canny coupling of Stephen Fry and Alan Davies, which manages to condense tweedy goodness, cockney charm, pub trivia and class war into one half-hour."[40] An American critic, Liesl Schillinger described QI as, "Jeopardy with Stephen Colbert as host, with Steve Martin and Ellen DeGeneres as guests, working off a game board loaded with unanswerable questions."[41] This article describes the British horror/suspense television series. ... This article is about Stephen Colbert, the actor. ... For other uses, see Steve Martin (disambiguation). ... Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...


Critics have questioned the way the show is edited. One critic said, "At one point in tonight's show, Fry (normally urbanity itself) yells an obscenity at Rich Hall, the result of, I guess, a long interchange between the two but, as most of it appears to have been cut out, the outburst comes out of the blue, making Fry look as if he's flipped his lid."[42] Rich Hall (born 1954 in Waxhaw, North Carolina) is an American comedian and writer. ...


Awards

In 2006, Fry won the Rose d'Or for "Best Game Show Host".[43] The British Sitcom Guide gave QI the Best Comedy Quiz Show of 2006 and Best Panel Show of 2007.[44][45] In 2008, the series won the Royal Television Society award for "Entertainment". It was also nominated in the "Entertainment Performance" category, but lost.[46] The Rose dOr (or Golden Rose) is a highly prestigious television award, given annually since 1961 at the Festival Rose dOr in spring each year. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ...


QI has been nominated for four BAFTAs. Fry has been nominated for "Best Entertainment Performance" three times, in 2004, 2005 and 2007.[47][48] John Lloyd and QI's director Ian Lorimer were nominated for the Lew Grade Award in 2005.[47] In 2007, The Book of General Ignorance was nominated by the British Book Awards in the TV and Film Book of the Year Category.[49] BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Ian Lorimer is a television director, most noted for being the director for the British panel game QI. Ian Lorimer at the Internet Movie Database. ... The British Book Awards are given annually and promoted by the UK publishing industry trade journal Publishing News. ...


Media releases

QI has entered a number of different media, and has seen an increasing number of tie-in DVDs and books released since 2005.


Books

UK

The QI "E" Annual 2007Art by David Stoten
The QI "E" Annual 2007
Art by David Stoten

The first QI book was 2006's The Book of General Ignorance, published in hardback on 5 October by Faber and Faber. (ISBN 0-571-23368-6)[50] Written by producer and series-creator John Lloyd and QI's head of research, John Mitchinson, it includes a foreword by Stephen Fry and "Four words" by Alan Davies ("Will this do, Stephen?"). Most of the books facts and clarifications have appeared on the programme, including its list of 200 popular misconceptions, many of which featured during the "General Ignorance" rounds. On 8 December 2006, the book "became a surprise bestseller over the Christmas period, becoming Amazon's number one Global bestseller for Christmas 2006."[51] By the end of January, 2007, it had sold more than 300,000 copies (and subsequently over half a million[52]), paving the way for subsequent (projected) annual book releases to capitalise on the UK Christmas book market.[53] The Official QI website notes that it will soon be published in 23 countries.[54] David Stoten is an Oscar-nominated short film maker and caricaturist on TVs Spitting Image. ... QI: The Book of General Ignorance (UK cover) The Book of General Ignorance is a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual British panel game QI, written by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson. ... For other uses, see 5th October (Serbia). ... Faber and Faber, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. ... There have been several notable individuals with the name John Lloyd. ... John Mitchinson is the head of research for the British television panel game QI, and co-author of The Book of General Ignorance with QIs creator John Lloyd. ... A foreword is a literary device that is often found in the beginning of a piece of literature, before the introduction. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Amazon. ...


A second book, The Book of Animal Ignorance, was released in the UK (in the same hardback format) by Faber & Faber almost exactly a year after General Ignorance, on 4 October 2007. (ISBN 978-0-571-23370-0)[55] It promised to be a "bestiary for the 21st century,"[56] and contains almost completely new quite interesting facts.[57] The book includes "400 diagrams and cartoons by the brilliant Ted Dewan", another Foreword by Stephen Fry and a "Forepaw" by Alan Davies.[58] is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...


QI's first annual, The QI "E" Annual or The QI Annual 2008 was published by Faber and Faber on 1 November 2007. (ISBN 978-0-571-23779-1)[59] It is intended as the first of a series to continue with subsequent letters.[60] The cover was produced by David Stoten, one of Roger Law's "Spitting Image team" who also contributed to the annuals contents. The cover is very much in the style of the Beano comic (and The Bash Street Kids strip in particular), and features schoolboy caricatures of (from l to r) regular QI panellists Sean Lock, Vic Reeves, Phill Jupitus, Bill Bailey, Stephen Fry, Arthur Smith, Rob Brydon, Dara Ó Briain, Clive Anderson, Alan Davies (with Jimmy Carr as the worm in his apple), Rich Hall, David Mitchell and Jo Brand, all of whom are credited with contributing content to the annual. Other contributors include esteemed comedian Rowan Atkinson, and cartoonists Newman and Husband from Private Eye, Viz's Chris Donald, Geoff Dunbar, Ted Dewan and The Daily Telegraph's Matt.[61] Whether 'prequel' annuals for the letters A, B, C and D will subsequently see print is as-yet unknown. An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. ... is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... David Stoten is an Oscar-nominated short film maker and caricaturist on TVs Spitting Image. ... Roger Law is a caricaturist and one half of Fluck and Law (with Peter Fluck), creators of the satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image. ... Spitting Image was a British satirical puppet show that ran on the ITV television network from 1984 to 1996. ... Beano can refer to: The Beano, a British childrens comic. ... The Bash Street Kids is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, and is often seen as representative of the comic, rivalling Dennis the Menace. ... Caricature of Alan Greenspan by Jan Op De Beeck. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... James Jim Roderick Moir, more commonly known by the pseudonym Vic Reeves, (born January 24, 1959) is an English comedian, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer (see Vic and Bob). ... Phill Jupitus (born March 6, 1962 in Newport, Isle of Wight) is a British comedian. ... For other uses, see Bill Bailey (disambiguation). ... Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, columnist, filmmaker and television personality. ... Arthur Smith Arthur Smith (born Brian Smith in 1954) is an English alternative comedian and writer. ... Rob Brydon (born Robert Brydon Jones, 3 May 1965, Swansea[1]) is a Welsh Actor, comedian and impressionist most famous for his role as Keith Barret in the BBC comedy Marion and Geoff and its spin-off The Keith Barret Show, as well as the host of panel quiz Rob... Dara Ó Briain (IPA: , February 4, 1972- ) is an Irish comedian and television presenter. ... Clive Anderson (born 10 December 1952) is a former practising barrister turned successful comedy writer as well as a television and radio presenter in the United Kingdom. ... Alan Davies (born 6 March 1966) is an English comedian and actor best known for starring as Jonathan Creek on the popular TV mystery series of the same name. ... James Anthony Patrick Carr (born September 15, 1972 in Limerick, Ireland [1]) is an Irish comedian known for his deadpan, satirical and often dark humour. ... Rich Hall (born 1954 in Waxhaw, North Carolina) is an American comedian and writer. ... David Mitchell (born 14 July 1974 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England[1]) is an English comedian, actor and writer. ... Jo Brand (born Josephine Grace Brand 3 May 1957, Hastings, East Sussex) is an English comedienne. ... Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and writer, famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder and Mr. ... Nick Newman is a topical cartoonist for the British satirical magazine, Private Eye. ... Private eye may mean: Look up Private eye on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Private Eye a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop (as of 2005) A private investigator, a private detective for hire (see also crime fiction and detective fiction) Private Eye, a song by Alkaline Trio... Cover of Viz (issue 57) Viz is a popular British adult comic magazine that has been running since 1979. ... Chris Donald (born 25 April 1960 in Newcastle, England) is the founder of, and one of the principal contributors to, the British comic magazine Viz. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... Matt Pritchett is a British comedian. ...


US

The American cover for The Book of General Ignorance

On 7 August 2007, The Book of General Ignorance was published in America by Harmony Books. (ISBN 0-307-39491-3) It features a sparser cover necessarily downplaying its links to the TV series, which has yet to be broadcast in the US. The book received glowing reviews from both Publishers Weekly[62] and the New York Times, which recommended it in its "Books Holiday Gift Guide".[63] (It subsequently entered the New York Times' "Hardcover Advice" best-seller charts at #10 on 9 December,[64] falling to #11 two weeks later where it stayed until mid-January, before falling out of the top 15 on 20 January.)[65] is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Publishers Weekly is a weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...


France

A French edition entitled Les autruches ne mettent pas la tête dans le sable: 200 bonnes raisons de renoncer à nos certitudes was published by Dunod on October 3, 2007. (ISBN 978-2-100-51732-9)[66] It is released as part of Dunod's "Cult.Science"/"Oh, les Sciences!" series, which also includes titles by Robert L. Wolke, Ian Stewart and Raymond Smullyan.[67] Ian Stewart is a name shared by several people: Ian Stewart (racing driver) (born 1929), Scottish Formula One driver Ian Stewart (Conservative politician) (born 1935), former MP for Hitchin, England Ian Stewart (musician) (1938–1985), Scottish rock musician and early member of the Rolling Stones Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer... Raymond Merrill Smullyan (born 1919) is a mathematician, logician, philosopher, and magician. ...


DVDs

A number of DVDs related to QI have also been released, including interactive quizzes, and complete series releases.


Interactive quizzes

On 14 November 2005 an interactive QI DVD game, called QI: A Quite Interesting Game, was released by Warner Home Video. A second interactive game, QI: Strictly Come Duncing followed on the 26th November 2007, from Warner's Music division.[68] Both games feature Stephen Fry asking questions, and then explaining the answers in full QI-mode. is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, columnist, filmmaker and television personality. ...


Complete series releases

The Complete Series "A" DVD
The Complete Series "A" DVD

‎A DVD release for the first series was the direct result of an internet petition signed by 1,821 people, which persuaded the BBC of the interest in such a move.[69] Series "A", was therefore released by the BBC's DVD division, 2 entertain on 6 November 2006. It contains a number of outtakes as well as the unbroadcast pilot, which features the only appearances to date of Eddie Izzard and Kit Hesketh-Harvey as panellists. Sales over the Christmas period, however (in stark contrast to The Book of General Ignorance, which topped the Amazon.co.uk best-seller list), were not as strong as hoped.[70] A lack of adequate advertising is thought to be to blame (and subsequent episodes of QI have since trailed the DVD), and may have factored into to the label change for Series "B".[71][72] For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ... is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward John Eddie Izzard (born February 7, 1962) is a double Emmy-winning English[1] stand-up comedian and actor. ... Kit Hesketh-Harvey is a British comic performer and scriptwriter (born Nyasaland, now Malawi, 1957). ...


The second and third series' ("B" and "C") have been announced for release in 2008, on the Warner Music label, rather than 2|entertain. Series "B" was released on 17 March 2008.[73] According to Amazon.co.uk, Series "C" is currently expected to be released on September 1, 2008. Warner Music Group is one of the Big Four record labels. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Amazon. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...


Other media

A QI feature has appeared in BBC MindGames magazine since its fifth issue, and revolves around facts and questions in the General Ignorance-mould. On 10 February 2007, a weekly QI column began in The Telegraph newspaper. 52 columns were planned, but this has since expanded. BBC MindGames is a British magazine devoted to puzzles, brainteasers and articles concerning the mind. ... is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ...


QI also has an official website, QI.com, which features facts, forums and other information. It also links to QI's internet show QI News, a parody news show which broadcasts "News" items about things which are "quite interesting". QI News stars Glenn Wrage and Katherine Jakeways as the newsreaders, Bob Squire and Sophie Langton. QI News is an internet television show produced by Quite Interesting Limited, the same company which produces the British panel game QI. It is broadcast on ComedyBox. ...


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