| Ian Dunn
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| 482654. Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:32 pm |
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I have spotted some errors in the latest edition of the show and also have some questions I would like to ask, including some other things others have brought up too. I have contacted the QI Quibble Blog about some of these but I've yet to get a reply, and posted messages elsewhere on the forum, but I thought it was probably best to create a seperate topic covering them. Here they are:
1) Pam's score was not mentioned on the show. Does anyone behind the scenes know what the score was?
2) In the QI XL repeat, Stephen said that Johnny looked like the pigeon from the Wacky Races. Stephen seems to have confused the Wacky Races (without a pigeon) with Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, which had the theme "Stop the pigeon!" which Stephen and Sean did reference, but they did not name the series.
3) The longest time a flying fish has "flown" is 45 seconds, as I have reported on the QI News. However, it should be pointed out that this did not become known until the day after the show was recorded, so QI is not really at fault.
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| Dr. Know
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| 482657. Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:35 pm |
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Didn't they say the world record for a parachute jump was something like 18 miles up?
But I'm sure they said on a previous show Joe Kittinger (sp) jumped from a hot air balloon at 62 miles vertical. |
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| Flash
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| 482662. Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:38 pm |
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1) Sorry, no - Stephen didn't read it out and no-one kept a record as far as I know. I apologise to the completists amongst you as I know it'll gum up your tables & averages & what-not.
2) That sounds right.
3) Well spotted - that is exactly what happened. |
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| Flash
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| 482664. Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:40 pm |
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| Kittinger's jump is still the record, I think, but we nearly did have a flying-fish-style event in which somebody tried to beat that record after we recorded but before we transmitted. The attempt failed, and I confess to having mixed feelings about that. |
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| Davini994
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| 482684. Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:04 pm |
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So the is the parachute jump 62 miles or 18?
| Minerva wrote: | Stephen
Yes . . . it's actually only 62 miles to outer space.
Jeremy
No, it isn't.
Stephen
Straight up.
Jeremy
[shaking head] No, it isn't.
Stephen
Oh, okay.
Rich
Wouldn't it depend on the traffic?
Jeremy
62 miles--
Stephen
Yeah.
Jeremy
--is what you're saying is outer space? Did you know there was a man called Joe Kittenger who once jumped out of a hot air balloon at that height in 1961? |
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| Ian Dunn
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| 482686. Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:05 pm |
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| Flash wrote: | | Kittinger's jump is still the record, I think, but we nearly did have a flying-fish-style event in which somebody tried to beat that record after we recorded but before we transmitted. The attempt failed, and I confess to having mixed feelings about that. |
Yes, it was on the news. I remember it because the balloon flew away before the man got into it.
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| Davini994
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| 482692. Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:14 pm |
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| "A 4 foot man with pointy ears, dressed all in green with a red hat, was seen running from the scene". |
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| Dr. Know
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| 482753. Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:31 pm |
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So...was I right?
Do I get a medal? or perhaps a trophy? :P
Or was I wrong? and do I get kicked for thinking otherwise? |
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| Ian Dunn
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| 482754. Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:32 pm |
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| I've just remembered something else that may well need correcting. Stephen says that the world's highest parachute jump was at 32,000 metres, and that this is roughly equal to 18 miles. In fact, I think it is equal to 19.88 miles, so 20 miles is more nearer the mark. |
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| DJ One Record
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| 482764. Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:15 pm |
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| Flash wrote: | | 1) Sorry, no - Stephen didn't read it out and no-one kept a record as far as I know. I apologise to the completists amongst you as I know it'll gum up your tables & averages & what-not. |
Oh no! It's turning into Mock The Week!
"At the end of that round, the points go to Pam, Johnny and Alaaaaaannnnn..." |
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| 482853. Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:52 pm |
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| Flash wrote: | | 1) Sorry, no - Stephen didn't read it out and no-one kept a record as far as I know. I apologise to the completists amongst you as I know it'll gum up your tables & averages & what-not. |
Well, that's just typical isn't it? This has come too soon after the infamous non-broadcast of the Russell Brand Buzzcocks episode. I have been collecting and collating the scores on comedy panel game shows for over 20 years and now, within the space of a few months, my efforts seem worthless. I'm going back to gricing and twitching.
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| Davini994
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| 482889. Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:05 pm |
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| I think we should cancel the results, and get them back in for a replay. It's simply not good enough. |
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| 482944. Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:33 pm |
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| 8. She got 8 points. I just remembered. |
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| dr.bob
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| 483611. Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:27 pm |
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| Davini994 wrote: | | So the is the parachute jump 62 miles or 18? |
According to wiki, the parachute jump was from a height of 31,300 m, which works out at 19.4 miles. So clearly Clarkson was talking utter balls (who'd've thought!)
| Ian Dunn wrote: | | I've just remembered something else that may well need correcting. Stephen says that the world's highest parachute jump was at 32,000 metres, and that this is roughly equal to 18 miles. In fact, I think it is equal to 19.88 miles, so 20 miles is more nearer the mark. |
I think when Stephen says "it was 32,000 metres, which is something . . . Oh, 18 miles up? Something like that?" then people should realise that his conversion may not be 100% accurate. I don't think there'll be enough time left before the heat death of the universe to go around correcting every tiny little mistake on the show. |
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