QI, standing for Quite Interesting, is a comedy panel game, hosted by Stephen Fry, and shown on BBC Two and BBC Four. It is distinguished by the awarding of points not necessarily for the correct answer, but rather for an interesting one, and the deduction of large numbers of points for an obvious but wrong answer; this often results in a negative points score at the end of the game. Many of the questions and answers are extremely obscure. In a parody of "general knowledge" quizzes, rounds without a particular theme are named "General Ignorance". The first series aired in Autumn 2003. A second series started on 8 October, 2004, during which every answer (with the exception of the final 'general ignorance' round) begins (or could begin) with the letter 'b'.
A potential criticism can be levelled that certain questions are purposely contradictory for entertainment's sake. For instance, to the question "How many planets are there in the solar system?", Alan Davies gave the answer "9" and lost points for an obvious and wrong answer, the explanation being that by any consistent description Pluto is not a planet. However, the International Astronomical Union still defines Pluto as a planet, therefore '9' would be a 'correct' answer by the IAU definition. This is a technique used by many comedy panel games, since the questions are there mainly to set up jokes or discussions, rather than for any serious competition; in this case, the question was designed to raise the point that some people don't consider Pluto a planet.
Panellists include Alan Davies, (who has appeared in all episodes and normally gives most of the obvious but wrong answers), Bill Bailey, Jo Brand, Dave Gorman, Richard E. Grant, Rich HallRich Hall is an American comedian, born in North Carolina in 1954. He was a writer and performer on the sketch comedy TV series Fridays Not Necessarily the News and Saturday Night Live''. In 1986, he had his own Showtime channel special, Vanishing America, John SessionsJohn Sessions is a Scottish actor best known for his comedy work in improvisation shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway . A gifted impressionist, he worked on Spitting Image and later the surreal celeb soap opera Stella Street. He has also appeared on Have I and Linda SmithLinda Smith is a British comedian. She was awarded the Hackney Empire's New London Comic Award and performed on the Edinburgh Fringe before breaking into radio comedy. She is regular panellist on The News Quiz and Just a Minute and has appeared on I'm Sor.
The format was devised by the writer and former BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere producer, John LloydJohn Lloyd (born 1951 in Dover, England) is a British comedy writer and producer. He worked as radio producer at BBC 1974-1978 and created The News Quiz Quote. Unquote The News Huddlines and To The Manor Born''. He co-wrote the fifth and sixth episodes of.
In October 2004 a QI cafe/ barSee BAR for various meanings of that acronym. Bar can refer to several different things: Bar (counter) the counter from which drinks are dispensed in a Bar (establishment) Bar (establishment) a retail establishment which serves alcoholic beverages (in Bri, eclectic bookshop and private members' clubThis article is about clubs referring to a particular organization of people. For other article subjects named club see club (disambiguation). A club (in Greek usually: Mupia in Latin sodalitas consists of an association of people not united together by a opened in Oxford. For the duration of the series, the bar shows the broadcast episode every Friday.
