The QI Quiz Thread

If you haven't seen the programme QI, you're missing out on a treat. Tis a quiz show which rewards interesting answers, and punishes obvious answers.

So I will ask a question and await peoples replies. But think hard before answering. You may not know as much as you think you do....

Question: How many wives did Henry VIII have?

 

6

 

He had 6 wives I think.

QI is brilliant and really funny

 

Tis a trick question...



I like the one about Berries

 

Everyone knows he had 6, so it is obviously wrong. Come on people, we have to be better then Alan Davis

 

Oh no!! Minus 10 points for SF. No no no, he did not have 6 wives, much as we are led to believe.

His marriage to Catherine of Aragon was annulled, therefore he was never married to her. It's quite possible this also happened to his 4th wife, so the answer is either 5 or 4, but certainly not 6. He had 6 marriages, but not 6 wives.

Next question.

Who was the first Prime Minister of Britain?

 

Robert Walpole

 

Ahh, minus 10 to Jon. dearie me, no.

 

But google doesn't lie!

 

Walpole was never Prime Minister

 

It does however get things wrong


Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector, does that count as PM?

 

You're starting to think right. But Lord Protector is not Prime Minister. Prime Minster is Prime Minister.

EDIT: And another minus 10 to Jon for editing his Henry VIII answer from 8 to 6

 

Was the first definite Prime Minister was Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in 1905? Until 1905 the title Prime Minister was not always used, First Minister was often the alternate. I discounted Balfour since he appears on some lists and not on others supposedly.

http://www.britannia.com/gov/primes/ and http://www.answers.com/topic/prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom

 

Well done Tim! 10 points to you. Absolutely spot on.

Until then, what we now consider Prime Minister was called "First Lord of the Treasury", which to this day is a secondary title held by the Prime Minister

Question 3

What was the first animal sent into space?

 

A dog?

 

A fruit fly

 

Jon Jon Jon! No, no, no! Another obviously wrong answer, and another minus 10 points

EDIT: Very impressive, Richie. It was indeed the fruit fly. The Americans sent a load into space in July 1946 on a V2 rocket. Apparently, the fruit fly shares 61% of known diseases with humans - more than any other animal, and effects on a fruit fly are similar to us. Well done. 10 points to you

Next question. What are the smallest and largest cells in the human body?

 

A monkey?

 

I think Richie is correct, however I personally don't class an insect as an animal

 

Go me!

 

Had you said monkey before Richie answered, you would have lost another 10 points

 

Smallest cell in human body: lymphocyte
Largest cell in human body: the female ovum

 

Very close, I'll have to give you some points there

 

Gametes, or sex cells. The female sex cell, the oocyte, is ~35 microns in diameter, the male sex cell, spermatozoan, is ~3 microns in diameter.

In theory, if you have good eyes, you can see the female sex cell