Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 11-9-2023 — QI

11th September, 2023: QI.

Right … It’s early on a Monday morning.

Frankly?

I’ve got my weight management meeting, today.

Hopefully?

I’ll’ve lost seem weight.

I was up last week!

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I have to admit, I made an effort, last night: to try and watch a movie.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, in case you’re interested.

I have to admit, I gave up on it: between the heat, the painkillers, and the length of the thing, I really wasn’t in the mood … !

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At any rate … ?

When I get back, I’m going to either have to make a phone call — or go online — to do some work.

Putting in appeals against a DWP decision takes a lot of work!

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Let’s move on, shall we?


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Debbi† and Mum‡ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum on four.

The day also saw Trevor§ leaving us a message.


Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video.

Q1)        QI was first broadcast on 11th September, 2003.   QI stands for Quite what?

Q2)        Who was its original chair: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry or Sandi Toksvik?

Q3)        Who is its current chair: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry or Sandi Toksvik?

Q4)        Who’s the longest serving panellist: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry or Sandi Toksvik

Q5)        Each series is themed around a what: letter, number or symbol?

Q6)        The show’s last round is called General … what?

Q7)        The show currently airs on which channel: BBC 1, BBC 2 or ITV?

Q8)        If you get an answers wrong, you’re interrupted by a what: klaxon, air raid siren or fire alarm?

Q9)        There’s two QI spinoffs.   One is QI XL.   What’s the other?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Only two people — apart from Alan Davies, Stephen Fry and Sandi Toksvik — have appeared on the show the most amount of times.   One is Bill Bailey.   Who’s the other: Phill Jupitus, Jimmy Carr or Jo Brand?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Hamida Djandoubi became the last person executed in Western Europe: when he was executed for murder on 10th September, 1977.   How was he executed: by hanging, electric chair or guillotine?

A1) By guillotine.

Q2)        Which neutral nation joined the UN, on 10th September, 2002: Serbia, Singapore or Switzerland?

A2) Switzerland.

Q3)        American TV’s longest running western started on 10th September, 1955.   What was that western: Gunsmoke, Bonanza or Deadwood?

A3)        Gunsmoke.   (It originally started on the radio in 1952.)

Q4)        Jack Ma was born on 10th September, 1964.   He’s the co-found of which company: the Alibaba Group, Huawei or Tencent?

A4)        The Alibaba Group.

Q5)        Finally … ?   10th September is the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.   He’s the patron saint of souls held where: Heaven, Hell, Houston or Purgatory?

A5)        Purgatory.   The Wikipedia entry on the place is here.

Here’s a thought … 

“Peter Cushing lives in Whitstable.   I have seen him on his bicycle.   I have seen him buying vegetables.   Peter Cushing lives in Whitstable.”

Alan Davies, on one famous episode of QI.

And a song …

Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Yes, I should be able to ring, Olga: or, at least, have a look at the website.   Hopefully, I can get through by phone: these things do take a while.

        It sounds like the Spanish system’s as much of of a mess as the UK’s!   Although ‘mess’ is possibly the wrong term: possibly the phrase we want is ‘budget focused’.   I can understand governments turning people in my shoes down: they do have a budget to balance, after all.   But that turns a request for help into a battle that’s damaging to mental health.

†        I don’t know that is was, Debbi.   Mind you, I’ve usually got the answers in front of me.   Not that you’d know it, sometimes!

        Now … would taking stuntwoman training help?   Just in case?

        Oh, and there’s a possibility Nina will be visiting Brentwood!