We have received much correspondence in the last few days about Stephen's deck of cards in the 'Jumble' episode of series J. Was it shameful mathematics that led him to claim that no pack in history had ever been in that same order?
We've done pretty well as far as factual accuracy is concerned this series, at least if the e-mails coming into elves@qi.com are to be believed, but mistakes are inevitable in all forms of media and it seems like we dropped a couple of clangers about the song 'Jerusalem' in our J-Places episode.
Not every QI question has to have a definitive answer - in fact it is a fundamental QI tenet that we know so little about *everything* that it is almost impossible to say *anything* with any certainty. Should a subject come to light without an accepted viewpoint then we won't shy away from it - rather we'll attempt to start a discussion...
Research notes from the 'Intelligence' episode of QI - including a new trick from Asimo!!
Last week on QI we said that Ninjas never wore black, however an expert on the subject has rather different thoughts...
Lots more on all of the subjects tackled in the "Illumination" episode of QI.
This week's QI was chock-full of amazing facts, along with a few fun and games. Learn more about the subjects we broached here...
A guide to the 11th episode of the I series of QI. Entitled 'Inland Revenue'
Citations ahoy! It's the research-notes from our 'illness' episode of QI.
One of the most common questions that we get at QI (if you ignore the ones asking why we said that there was more than one moon) is about the set. Who designed it? And what's the story with that spiral?
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