Tonight at 9pm on @BBCTwo a brand new series of QI starts!
Sandi and Alan are joined by @WeeMissBea, @JohnBarrowman and Phill Jupitus for our RUDE episode. #QI
Sandi and Alan are joined by @WeeMissBea, @JohnBarrowman and Phill Jupitus for our RUDE episode. #QI
Before then it's time for our pre-QI quiz! Four questions, true or false... all frightfully fiendish but a lot of fun! #QI
TRUE OR FALSE
According to ancient Jewish tradition, the first two humans were Adam and Eve.
TRUE OR FALSE
According to ancient Jewish tradition, the first two humans were Adam and Eve.
71% said False and 71% are correct!
Before Eve there was Adam's first wife Lilith. According to some texts she left Adam because she wasn't willing to be subservient to him. We like Lilith.
Before Eve there was Adam's first wife Lilith. According to some texts she left Adam because she wasn't willing to be subservient to him. We like Lilith.
TRUE OR FALSE
The World Mobile Phone Throwing Championships take place in Finland. 📱🇫🇮
The World Mobile Phone Throwing Championships take place in Finland. 📱🇫🇮
87% said False and it is False!
The current World Record is held by Belgian Dries Feremans, who threw a phone 110.4 metres in 2014.
guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/…
The current World Record is held by Belgian Dries Feremans, who threw a phone 110.4 metres in 2014.
guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/…
TRUE OR FALSE
Robins are the only birds with a bladder.
Robins are the only birds with a bladder.
69% said False. Nice! It is False. Actually ostriches are the only birds that have a bladder.
TRUE OR FALSE
There is an electric bell in Oxford that has been ringing for 180 years.
There is an electric bell in Oxford that has been ringing for 180 years.
79% said True and it is True - four out of four for Twitter tonight! The imaginatively named Oxford Electric Bell has been going since 1840, dinged an estimated 10 billion times AND it's battery powered.
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