Stephen Fry and Alan Davies are joined by Clive Anderson, Phil Kay and John Sessions to discuss some Quite Interesting topics beginning with the letter B.
The buffalo found in America are in no way related to the African buffalo - they are actually bison. So Buffalo Bill should really have been called 'Bison Bill'.
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If you throw a cat out of the 7th story (or higher) of a building they are very likely to survive, because their bodies can reach terminal velocity and form a parachute in order to land unharmed.
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The final scores:
Clive: 1 point
Phil: 0 points
John: -10 points
Alan: -26 points
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This episode has a special project - to draw a wigwam using the style of famous artists beginning with B.
Clive does it in the style of Botticelli
Phil draws in the style of William Blake
John imitates the style of Braque
Alan gets to do Bosch
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Buzzer sounds:
Clive: Wooden twang
Phil: The 'Kick' mobile phone ringtone
John: Over-enthusiastic schoolboy
Alan: Toilet flush
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Stephen: What is the commonest material in the world?
Clive: Jim Davidson's.
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Stephen Fry: (Reading an advertisment from the Pony Express) "Wanted: young skinny wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders and willing to risk death daily".
Alan: You wrote that.
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Stephen Fry: My next question is - what is bottomry?
Clive: It's the opposite of topiary.
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