🚨 Brand new QI tonight at 9pm on @BBCTwo 🚨
Sandi and Alan are joined by @BillBailey, @fatjacko and @rocknrolga to discuss all kinds of ROGUES.
Sandi and Alan are joined by @BillBailey, @fatjacko and @rocknrolga to discuss all kinds of ROGUES.
But before then, let's have a criminally fiendish pre-QI quiz.
TRUE OR FALSE
By law, buskers in Dublin ‘must have a sufficient repertoire to play without repetition for at least 20 minutes’. 🪕
TRUE OR FALSE
By law, buskers in Dublin ‘must have a sufficient repertoire to play without repetition for at least 20 minutes’. 🪕
A whopping 90.5% said True but actually the law stipulates that they must have a repertoire of least 30 minutes
TRUE OR FALSE
Americans were so certain crime was caused by alcohol that, on the eve of Prohibition, some towns in Iowa sold their jails.
Americans were so certain crime was caused by alcohol that, on the eve of Prohibition, some towns in Iowa sold their jails.
81.3% said True and... it is!
TRUE OR FALSE
In 2008 there was a federal court case called 'United States v. Approximately 54,695 Pounds of Shark Fins'. 🦈
In 2008 there was a federal court case called 'United States v. Approximately 54,695 Pounds of Shark Fins'. 🦈
73.1% said True but it's False! The court case was actually called 'United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins'. The United States lost.
And finally...
TRUE OR FALSE
In Italy it is not illegal to steal food if you are hungry. 🇮🇹
TRUE OR FALSE
In Italy it is not illegal to steal food if you are hungry. 🇮🇹
68.9% said True and it is! Italy's Supreme Court wrote that 'stealing small quantities of food to satisfy a vital need for food did not constitute a crime'.
Right, there'll be plenty more on law and order in tonight's brand new episode 'ROGUES', BBC Two at 9pm. See you there! #QI
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