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  • So just how many moons does the Earth have?
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  • @jakmerriman4499
    @jakmerriman4499 Před 4 lety +1635

    The story about Sandi holding Neil Armstrong’s secretary’s hand whilst Neil stepped foot on the moon is just wonderful - I have no idea as to why it made me so happy.

    • @je7055
      @je7055 Před 4 lety +135

      Agreed, that's one hell of a story. Imagine having an anecdote like that in your back pocket to pull out at parties! And to think I used to consider myself an interesting person, ha.

    • @TestarossaF110
      @TestarossaF110 Před 4 lety +36

      She is such a badass!! It's amazing!

    • @chrishowland6062
      @chrishowland6062 Před 4 lety +6

      You don’t need a reason .... it just does. Sometimes reasons are not reasonable

    • @jp4431
      @jp4431 Před 3 lety +6

      So wholesome

    • @hamburgerhelperflick
      @hamburgerhelperflick Před 3 lety +20

      It was so sweet of her as a little kid to offer that.

  • @theinternetshavecome1640
    @theinternetshavecome1640 Před 4 lety +1541

    I will never tire of Stephen's laboured, adamant delivery of 'Because it was discovered in 199-****ing-4!'

    • @AdmiralBonetoPick
      @AdmiralBonetoPick Před 4 lety +79

      It was actually discovered in 1986. What they discovered in 1997 was its orbit: and what the QI researchers misunderstood is that it orbits the Sun, not the Earth, so it's not a moon.

    • @richardpj847
      @richardpj847 Před 4 lety +43

      AdmiralBonetoPick that's gonna trip up Alan when Sandi asks him the question again

    • @victoriabitter1000
      @victoriabitter1000 Před 4 lety +7

      The American bloke he said it to was one of the least funny guests on this show... Always trying and failing to get a laugh.

    • @michaeldukes4108
      @michaeldukes4108 Před 3 lety +29

      Chimmy Chonga ... Rich Hall got 4 laughs with his first 4 comments. 🤔

    • @Rocket1377
      @Rocket1377 Před 3 lety +33

      @Jim Bob:
      Nonsense, Rich Hall is one of the funniest guests Qi has ever had. You may not find him funny, but to claim others do not is simply untrue.

  • @therugburnz
    @therugburnz Před 4 lety +621

    When Alan said "nobody knows" he was correct according to the fact that the number changes when temporary objects are captured. Alan for the win.

    • @thomasnolastname8734
      @thomasnolastname8734 Před 3 lety +8

      He's fed up with moon questions

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 Před 2 lety

      I had thought about that tbh he wasn't wrong, I maybe a genetic engineering student but that logic follows to me
      (I'm also on dilauded so I'm fucked up loll

    • @Harambae613
      @Harambae613 Před rokem +2

      No, he was wrong since Odysseus does not know as he is a fictional character.

  • @zyggy1997
    @zyggy1997 Před 5 lety +1777

    Alan: I know the answer, we’ve done this before
    Stephen: Mwahahahahaha

    • @jacobroeland
      @jacobroeland Před 5 lety +25

      "Baaahhh! Baaahhh!"

    • @thomasnolastname8734
      @thomasnolastname8734 Před 5 lety +36

      Alan just rocking and crying in the corner
      "How many fucking moons are there, I don't know anymore"

    • @RS14988
      @RS14988 Před 4 lety +9

      Stephen: "Hold my sherry"

    • @sirandrelefaedelinoge
      @sirandrelefaedelinoge Před 4 lety +2

      @@jacobroeland Melchett laugh ... Bwahahahahaaa!

  • @HairyHariyama
    @HairyHariyama Před 5 lety +965

    It's now 2019 and I still haven't heard a single song with Cruithne in the words.

    • @ollie_hellhunter3356
      @ollie_hellhunter3356 Před 4 lety +25

      There's a folk metak band called Na Cruithne tho

    • @ollie_hellhunter3356
      @ollie_hellhunter3356 Před 4 lety +2

      Metal*

    • @stepheneamonn
      @stepheneamonn Před 4 lety +50

      Made me realize just how long the show has been running, Stephen says 1994 like it was recent!

    • @saoirsedeltufo7436
      @saoirsedeltufo7436 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ollie_hellhunter3356 That's presumably about the people not the asteroid...

    • @ollie_hellhunter3356
      @ollie_hellhunter3356 Před 4 lety +2

      @@saoirsedeltufo7436 one it's not about anything it's just their band name, two I'd still say it counts

  • @zachfuller9357
    @zachfuller9357 Před 5 lety +1071

    That bit with Sandy at the end was amazing

    • @mbell3024
      @mbell3024 Před 5 lety +41

      "Well come on pick something"

    • @iainjohnstone3277
      @iainjohnstone3277 Před 5 lety +25

      Love her. Would have her round for tea and cake any day!

    • @thanossnap4170
      @thanossnap4170 Před 5 lety +26

      @@iainjohnstone3277 Tea and cake, or death?

    • @DevinGates
      @DevinGates Před 5 lety +11

      @@thanossnap4170 I'll have the chicken, please.

    • @zolerox6410
      @zolerox6410 Před 5 lety +4

      @@iainjohnstone3277 But the question is for the tea. Milk first or second?

  • @thelazyman
    @thelazyman Před 4 lety +396

    I’m impressed Alan could remember the name of the second moon from one series ago. I’d already forgotten it from ten seconds ago.

    • @AngelEmfrbl
      @AngelEmfrbl Před 4 lety +27

      His actually smarter then this show portrays him to be.

    • @Trillock-hy1cf
      @Trillock-hy1cf Před 4 lety +4

      I must admit so did I, thinking I can make a bit of space in my memory, by deleting that bit of information..............*sigh.

    • @voltaire6062
      @voltaire6062 Před 4 lety +9

      You can tell from other episodes as well that he has a fantastic memory

    • @AngelEmfrbl
      @AngelEmfrbl Před 4 lety +23

      @@voltaire6062 he plays the fool for the sake of laughs, he always has - 9 or something. No one knows how the shows point system works and they've made jokes about it.

  • @decodolly1535
    @decodolly1535 Před 5 lety +572

    I love "It's called THE MOON!"

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen Před 4 lety +7

      “One, *the* moon” awoooga

    • @onyxtay7246
      @onyxtay7246 Před 4 lety +1

      @@JasperJanssen You can tell that everyone was learning as the gag progressed.

  • @Daniel-yy5tx
    @Daniel-yy5tx Před 5 lety +425

    I'd forgotten that story about Sandi being in Mission Control for the Apollo 11 landing. God, what an icon.

  • @Zdude80
    @Zdude80 Před 5 lety +1970

    Alan: How many moons have we got?
    Stephen: We've just got one moon.
    Alan: Ok cool, just checking.
    Stephen: That's what I said, we have 2 moons.
    Alan: Wait a minute you just said we only have 1 moon?!
    Stephen: That's what I said, 5 moons.
    Alan: But??!!? Ok so now we have 5 moons??
    Stephen: That's what I said, 18,000 moons.
    Alan: WTF ARE YOU SAYING??!!?!!
    Stephen: jk lmao there are no moons
    Alan: ...............
    Sandi: The moon has 2 earths
    Alan: FUCK OFF

    • @gavin5410
      @gavin5410 Před 5 lety +35

      Great synopsis

    • @TheLordHighNoob
      @TheLordHighNoob Před 5 lety +53

      There is no universe where Stephen would ever say "jk" or "lmao."

    • @MrStephenRGilman
      @MrStephenRGilman Před 5 lety +71

      They say of Cruithne where the Acropolis is...

    • @thomasnolastname8734
      @thomasnolastname8734 Před 5 lety +14

      @@MrStephenRGilman what do they say?

    • @FiXato
      @FiXato Před 4 lety +12

      @@thomasnolastname8734 it'd better be good

  • @LyricalDJ
    @LyricalDJ Před 5 lety +204

    This is all pure and utter lunacy, I say.

    • @onrubywings
      @onrubywings Před 4 lety +7

      THIS IS AN UNDERAPPRECIATED COMMENT

    • @MrFlashpoint1978
      @MrFlashpoint1978 Před 3 lety +2

      I agree, this is outstanding.

    • @MrFlashpoint1978
      @MrFlashpoint1978 Před 3 lety +2

      @Shay Ó Laoghaire I hate to be the one that breaks this to you, but this thread of the comments is appreciating the "lunacy" pun.

  • @chelseafcrocks82
    @chelseafcrocks82 Před 5 lety +428

    Alan thought he was safe once fry left but NO

  • @Guyviroth
    @Guyviroth Před 5 lety +199

    You must be swift as a coursing river! (be Alan!)
    With all the force of a great typhoon! (be Alan!)
    With all the strength of a raging fire!
    Mysterious as the dark side of 2002-AA-29!

  • @bobmonkfish2427
    @bobmonkfish2427 Před 3 lety +65

    Best line ever uttered on this show Rich Hall "who comes up with this shit" 😀

  • @TacticalGoldfishy
    @TacticalGoldfishy Před 4 lety +104

    By now you'd think that Alan would start to keep track of earth-moon relations before going on each show.

    • @eleSDSU
      @eleSDSU Před 3 lety +11

      I bet Alan has news alerts for Blue Whale related news. He should add sok me for moons.

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 Před rokem

      I'd be terrible if I was ever on, but not for the same reason as most people, I would just be boring to watch because I know at least half the stuff they talk about and I'd just be answering like an engaged student

    • @noatrope
      @noatrope Před 7 měsíci

      @@ConstantChaos1Be fair, people love seeing David Mitchell on the panel

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@noatrope yeah but a ramble like Giles but if he was a gay guy with the energy of a drag queen
      I mean dont get me wrong I have no doubt I would have fans, I started a cult one time to get myself excommunicated... I went to a private high school I was 15 they made us all take the sacraments even tho like I'm not catholic (one a generation of my clan are pagan to keep traditions alive bur my parents weren't happy it was me) so one thing lead to another and we started shit and thay was like one of 7 ridiculous things i was doing at one time so I would be persuasive and entertaining but I would also get way more hate mail/messages than anyone else I'd bet because the whole show would be
      Question
      Answer with long anecdote or string other of fun facts
      Next question
      No more wrong answers and buffonery with the klaxons, I also have an insanely high drive to spread intelegence and diverse though so I wouldn't be able to keep from answering

  • @RochRich.
    @RochRich. Před 5 lety +280

    Breaking news: the Earth now has a negative number of moons

    • @ZeHoSmusician
      @ZeHoSmusician Před 4 lety +6

      QI in 2020:
      Sandi: How moons does Earth have?
      Alan: *-1!*
      Sandi: #dafuq!?

    • @Nougatbars
      @Nougatbars Před 4 lety

      ZeHoSmusician Klaxon goes off.

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 Před 4 lety +2

      @Luís Quartin Is this a joke about an infinite sum

    • @zyaicob
      @zyaicob Před 3 lety

      Update: the earth is the moon

    • @abcrtzyn
      @abcrtzyn Před 3 lety +1

      When the moon rotates 90º then we can say we have imaginary moons

  • @medievalist
    @medievalist Před 5 lety +162

    That story of Sandi's about holding Neil Armstrong's secretary's hand is adorable :)

    • @QUARTERMASTEREMI6
      @QUARTERMASTEREMI6 Před 3 lety +1

      I know right! Absolutely adorable! ❤

    • @medievalist
      @medievalist Před 3 lety

      @@QUARTERMASTEREMI6 I looked for her when I watched the fantastic 50th anniversary special, but didn't see any women in the footage (apart from the crowd) so they weren't where the cameras were.

    • @stephenderry9488
      @stephenderry9488 Před 3 lety +6

      "My boss is about to step onto the moon." "Oh really? Which one?"

    • @somegirl558
      @somegirl558 Před 2 lety +1

      That was über cute!!!

    • @somegirl558
      @somegirl558 Před 2 lety

      @@stephenderry9488 🤣

  • @kerbelkerbel3522
    @kerbelkerbel3522 Před 4 lety +46

    RIP Jeremy Hardy. Always cracked me up, and I wish he'd been on the show more.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Před 5 lety +590

    Fun Fact: You can't hear the klaxon on the moon.

    • @samuelwardell1233
      @samuelwardell1233 Před 5 lety +54

      I wouldn’t try the QI technicians. They will find a way. They always do.

    • @WakarimasenKa
      @WakarimasenKa Před 5 lety +44

      You dont really need to. When I see that flashing text, my brain plays the noise for me.

    • @TheMoonSpoon
      @TheMoonSpoon Před 5 lety +16

      Fun Fact: The great wall of china is the only man-made structure from which you can see the moon.

    • @WakarimasenKa
      @WakarimasenKa Před 5 lety +8

      @@TheMoonSpoon Except you cant. But I would argue The Netherlands can be seen from there. And much of it is manmade. Others would argue the roads with street lights. But that only works at night

    • @DevinGates
      @DevinGates Před 5 lety +8

      Of course you can't; it's not a klaxon.

  • @varanchio
    @varanchio Před 4 lety +20

    "Who comes up with this shit?!"-my favourite line

  • @miguelvaleroarcia7931
    @miguelvaleroarcia7931 Před 4 lety +24

    At this point anyone asking Allan about THE Moon will probably give him PTSD

  • @nicstroud
    @nicstroud Před 4 lety +745

    Cruithne doesn't orbit The Earth and isn't a moon, it is an asteroid.
    Therefore Alan was right.
    I'm going to write my letter to the BBC now, coincidentally proving Rich Hall right.

    • @8523wsxc
      @8523wsxc Před 4 lety +17

      Justice for Alan!

    • @sorlag110
      @sorlag110 Před 4 lety +33

      Asteroids can be moons no problem. Cruthne _does_ orbit the Earth but is something called a quasi-satellite because it's outside Earth's hill sphere, still technically an orbit. As of writing this we have 2020 CD3 too.

    • @thebonesaw..4634
      @thebonesaw..4634 Před 4 lety +40

      @@sorlag110 -- *Cruithne does NOT orbit the Earth...* it orbits the sun, and is in a co-orbital pattern with Earth. It crosses only a small segment of Earth's orbit (about three month's worth)... and it comes nowhere near the remaining nine month's worth of Earth's travel around the sun. As such, it's preposterous and utterly disingenuous to even attempt to imply that it "orbits Earth". You might as well also state that Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and even puny Pluto... also *"orbit Earth".* In fact, it's even more plausible that those bodies orbit Earth because each and every one of them circles Earth's entire orbit of the sun, which is three quarters *MORE* than Cruithne circles.

    • @sorlag110
      @sorlag110 Před 4 lety +18

      @@thebonesaw..4634 It's indeed co-orbital, which is a type of orbital relationship. It's not a classical orbit like the moon, but I said it's *technically* an orbit. It's not preposterous or disingenuous, you're being arrogant and incautious in saying that. In fact orbits come in many configurations. The gist of co-orbital ones is that bodies share the configuration. The planets and Pluto is not in co-orbit with Earth. Cruithne's orbit however is *dependent* on Earth. When you think about quarters and months, do know orbits are not defined by quantities but the qualitative relationship of the involved bodies.

    • @carson0myers
      @carson0myers Před 4 lety +20

      @@sorlag110 Cruinthe does not orbit the earth in any sense. A moon is a natural true satellite. The fact that the earth influences Cruinthe's orbit once every few hundred years doesn't make it a true satellite. Quasi-satellites are not moons, and "co-orbital" isn't a type of orbit, it's a relationship between two or more indepenent orbits. Cruinthe traces a neat pattern on the sky over the course of the year; it's cool, but that's not an orbit at all. Cruinthe has a straight-forward elliptical orbit around the sun.

  • @huntonpeck
    @huntonpeck Před 5 lety +221

    I'll see you on the Dark Side of Cruithne.

  • @thomasstarnes9943
    @thomasstarnes9943 Před 5 lety +148

    This is why I have trust issues

    • @eolsunder
      @eolsunder Před 4 lety +6

      well, this is why I have QI fact issues. They seem to be just making up stuff to have filler. Or their researchers are just brain dead morons with incorrect facts like they throw out. You have celestial bodies that orbit the sun, hey! they are moons of earth! Not really, they don't orbit the earth at all, but hey lets just throw out junk crap.

    • @AdmiralBonetoPick
      @AdmiralBonetoPick Před 4 lety +1

      @@eolsunder Like that Christmas episode where they claimed all sorts of similarities between Jesus and Mithras. In fact their only source was a book by a conspiracy theorist who had misinterpreted a bunch of things to try and prove her theory that a Roman Emperor had invented Jesus in the third century.
      They claimed "Like Jesus, Mithras was born in a cave of a virgin" - in fact Mithras emerged fully grown from a lump of rock in the myth (which the conspiracy theorist twisted as "the rock that Mithras emerged from would have left behind a crevass or cave"), and the ancient temple in Anatolia which the conspiracy theorist had claimed was dedicated to Mithras's "virgin mother" was actually to his consort.
      QI claimed Mithras had 12 disciples "like Jesus" - when in fact he had 5 (who were animals, not people) - but the conspiracy theorist author had misinterpreted a sculpture of Mithras surrounded by the zodiac as being disciples... Indeed, in the second edition of her book, the author even admitted she had been mistaken about this zodiac point, and the temple in Anatolia - but QI's researchers were using the first edition even though the second edition had been in print for years.
      And so on. The author/QI claimed that like Jesus, "Mithras sacrificed himself" (which is wrong: Mithras never died: Mithras famously fought and killed a bull, and the conspiracy theorist argues with no evidence at all that the bull somehow also represented Mithras...).

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr Před 2 lety

      That and you never got enough love as a child.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr Před 2 lety

      @@AdmiralBonetoPick its nice that you point this out though its not the first time this hare has been set running. Uncritical acceptance of the written word has always been a problem

  • @tescomealdeals
    @tescomealdeals Před 10 měsíci +4

    "Facts don't remain stable. Things we know, or think we know will be untrue in a number of years time" If only Graham Linehan had taken that message to heart while he was there

    • @paulinegallagher7821
      @paulinegallagher7821 Před 2 měsíci

      what facts are they? that men cant ever be biological women and cant have all the same rights and occupy the same private spaces? Hes more right now than he was when he was vilified. People are coming around, and he will be redeemed.

  • @TheBlackDemon1996
    @TheBlackDemon1996 Před 4 lety +123

    "We just discovered it's turquoise and now it's not there!" That's got to be the most QI-iest sentence ever said.

    • @jb888888888
      @jb888888888 Před 4 lety +9

      AIR that was a call back to an earlier point in the episode where Stephen said that the colo(u)r turquoise doesn't technically exist.

    • @ThatOneToucan
      @ThatOneToucan Před 4 lety

      Who is that guy?

    • @Rocket1377
      @Rocket1377 Před 3 lety +5

      @Dimple:
      Suggs, he's the lead singer of the band Madness.

    • @cybergeek11235
      @cybergeek11235 Před 2 lety +6

      "I'm sure that drivers in New Zealand, as they see the sun setting, are _reassured_ to know...
      that it's *not. there.* "
      --Phil Jupitus

    • @dexxus8078
      @dexxus8078 Před 2 lety

      That line could also make sense in a D&D campaign.

  • @HartyBiker
    @HartyBiker Před 4 lety +11

    Jimmy's little thumbs up was great

  • @bramtahasoni
    @bramtahasoni Před 5 lety +101

    Sandy's outro was superb, to say the least! Alan should record one of those too!

    • @DanDownunda8888
      @DanDownunda8888 Před 2 lety +1

      Alan is too expensive. He has a VERY good agent. :)

  • @donnythedingo
    @donnythedingo Před 3 lety +14

    There are none. The moon isn't a moon.
    Jimmy: "We need to tell people!"

  • @GeoffreyBronson
    @GeoffreyBronson Před 4 lety +9

    Dear the Motion Graphics Designer,
    You're absolutely killing it. Keep up the good work.

  • @dcbsmt
    @dcbsmt Před 4 lety +25

    It really should've been Rich vs. the moon because he was much more upset with it over the years.

  • @jamesoblivion
    @jamesoblivion Před 4 lety +9

    Over the course of various episodes, Stephen's told Alan: There are only eight planets, Pluto's out; there's no moon, it's really a small planet; and there are two moons. But surely, if one moon is a planet, that makes nine planets, and one moon.

  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean Před 5 lety +182

    1. Cruithne and its ilk aren't really moons; they're asteroids orbiting the Sun whose orbits are stabilized by Earth's gravity.
    2. The current IAU definition of "planet" doesn't require the planet to have evicted every other body in its orbit; it's just that the stuff still stickin around needs to be "controlled" by the planet's gravity, like the Moon or Cruithne.

    • @waynehanley72
      @waynehanley72 Před 4 lety

      BINGO!!!

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns Před 4 lety +5

      A reasonable definition of a double planet would be that the common center of mass is outside the more massive planet. Jupiter I believe have that distinction relative to the Sun, and Charon relative to the Pluto. So if Pluto were to be reinstated as a planet, there would be 10 planets, as the Moon-Earth system orbits around a point beneath the surface of the Earth.

    • @AngDavies
      @AngDavies Před 4 lety +4

      @@57thorns but the moon is drifting away from the earth, and the barycentre will thus eventually leave the earth too...what then?
      Clock's ticking, you've got less than 4 billion years to come up with an answer XD

    • @ThatOneToucan
      @ThatOneToucan Před 4 lety +2

      Alright calm down, Moon Nerd

    • @MKWiiLuke4TW
      @MKWiiLuke4TW Před 4 lety +3

      bear in mind this made in 2005, in the mid to late 2000s scientists didn't have as much information and much like with planets were saying things were moons that weren't really.

  • @AshwathSampath
    @AshwathSampath Před 5 lety +35

    Sandi at the end: "Well please, come on. Pick something". Making the uninteresting part interesting. Well done, Sandi and QI!

  • @TheTruthKiwi
    @TheTruthKiwi Před 3 lety +4

    What a lovely wholesome show.

  • @luisfrau9810
    @luisfrau9810 Před 3 lety +9

    What a great show. Great hosts. Great guests. Great concept.

  • @jacobe.8809
    @jacobe.8809 Před 4 lety +4

    Because it was discovered in 19 ninety f###### 4! You have to love it when Stephen cracks

  • @earlfrancart5687
    @earlfrancart5687 Před 5 lety +23

    poor Alan, just cant catch a break.. lmao

    • @lolerskates876
      @lolerskates876 Před 4 lety

      The Blue Whale and The Moon are such stumbling blocks for Alan

  • @notimportant2508
    @notimportant2508 Před 4 lety +15

    I love Sandy's casual humility.

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes she is a great improvement on SF who always seemed as though HE knew what he was reading (which was not always correct in any case!)

  • @nessagirl1911
    @nessagirl1911 Před 4 lety +12

    "It's called THE MOON." Love this line...

  • @tony.h321
    @tony.h321 Před 3 lety +9

    Sounds like a perfect opportunity to capture one and actually make it a permanent moon/satellite. People obviously need to play more Kerbal Space Program 🚀

  • @GijsvanDam
    @GijsvanDam Před 5 lety +49

    Everyone: Nobody can replace Stephen on Qi!
    Sandi: Hold my Carlsberg.

    • @kisbie
      @kisbie Před 3 lety +1

      Is Carlsberg still probably the best lager in the world if it’s on the Moon? 🤔🤔🤔

    • @kalakritistudios
      @kalakritistudios Před 3 lety +1

      She is how I was introduced to the show. It's like saying Eccleston being my first Doctor.

    • @yellowbelly7863
      @yellowbelly7863 Před 3 lety

      @@kisbie best lager in the solar system

    • @lilymarinovic1644
      @lilymarinovic1644 Před rokem +1

      @@kalakritistudios I will seriously show my age by saying the delightfully batty Tom Baker was my first Doctor. But then I don't really count any of the others except David Tennant anyway ...

    • @kalakritistudios
      @kalakritistudios Před rokem

      @@lilymarinovic1644 Well, ma'am, you're a veteran Whovian. My Greetings!💖

  • @maddyjudge4409
    @maddyjudge4409 Před 5 lety +27

    Love Sandy's story at the end. XXX

  • @clangauss4155
    @clangauss4155 Před 5 lety +3

    I like the production value of what could have been a really quick edit of clips! Much more than expected!

  • @tombailey1983
    @tombailey1983 Před 5 lety +26

    I love you QI CZcams person

  • @charleslee8313
    @charleslee8313 Před 5 lety +27

    "It's called THE moon."

  • @CaptainSw4g
    @CaptainSw4g Před 3 lety +4

    I love this. The answer keeps changing because they discover new info because that's how science works.

  • @annesilva3542
    @annesilva3542 Před 4 lety +26

    The moon still has one earth, even if the collision resulted in a fusion and we originally were 2 planets how we are 1, that is what fusion means

    • @BruceNJeffAreMyFlies
      @BruceNJeffAreMyFlies Před 4 lety +3

      The other planet wasn't called earth, so even if you consider them separate still (how?) then there is still only one earth.
      But both of those planets were made of smaller things, shall we say earth does not exist and that it is in fact just a very tight cluster of asteroids and dust? Of course not, the moon has one earth.

    • @tetrahedron6896
      @tetrahedron6896 Před 3 lety

      I'm pretty sure it was a joke

    • @eleSDSU
      @eleSDSU Před 3 lety

      @@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies you are as thick as syrup. The Moon has 2 Earths the same way birds are dinosaurs.

    • @John_Smith_60
      @John_Smith_60 Před 3 lety

      @@eleSDSU Sandi, herself, says the other planet is called Thea. So even if they were still apart, the Moon would have one Earth and one Thea. But since they ARE supposedly combined, and that combination is called "the Earth," then the Moon has one Earth.
      And birds are NOT dinosaurs any more than mammals are reptiles. I don't care WHAT "rock-star" paleontologists say to get their papers published and grants approved.

  • @mr_chronicle
    @mr_chronicle Před 5 lety +10

    I love these compilations.

  • @MaiaMirabell
    @MaiaMirabell Před 5 lety +3

    The Sandy bit at the end: BLOODY BRILLIANT!! XD XD XD

  • @Myzelfa
    @Myzelfa Před 5 lety +10

    As a semi-trained astronomer, I still maintain that there is one moon. The mini-moons don't really orbit the earth, and the idea that the earth's planetary system means the moon isn't a moon is just silly.

    • @rooty
      @rooty Před rokem

      Exactly. It's just semantics. Essentially all they can say is "there's more than one moon if you change the common understanding of the word, rendering it useless, and therefore the statement "there's more than one moon" becomes completely uninteresting"

  • @MonicaDerr
    @MonicaDerr Před 5 lety +2

    That is the coolest and cutest Moon Landing story that I have ever heard.

  • @lexigrimhaive
    @lexigrimhaive Před 2 lety +2

    “Yes but Alan that was last year. There have been 3 more discovered!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @titch8948
    @titch8948 Před 4 lety +5

    2:40 Alan Davies performs the first recorded live-action performance of Hirohiko Araki's Torture Dance, 15 years before its animation by David Production.

  • @Dirpitz
    @Dirpitz Před 5 lety +4

    Sandi's story is so adorable

  • @achloist
    @achloist Před 4 lety +6

    Forgot how much I appreciated Jeremy Hardy.

  • @nazosman984
    @nazosman984 Před 5 lety +9

    WOW. Holding the hand of Armstrong's sect on THE day. WOW. Just WOW

  • @ger5565
    @ger5565 Před 5 lety +38

    The Moon only has one Earth. The other planet that merged with Earth had a different name, so it was not Earth.
    Regardless, the story about Sandy being at Mission Control is CRAZY awesome.

    • @SebHaarfagre
      @SebHaarfagre Před 4 lety

      Not sure how your logics work here, but the whole point is that both celestial bodies had (has) parts of both :p
      So the Moon has some Earth and the Earth has some Moon.
      Which means The Earth has two The Moons, which are not moons but binary planets.

    • @LEO_M1
      @LEO_M1 Před 4 lety +2

      SebSk
      The logic is that until the second planet collided with the first, there was no “Earth”. The Earth is a byproduct of the collision.
      Take salt for example. If you have either sodium, or you have chlorine you don’t have salt. Therefor the moon has one Earth.

    • @adorabasilwinterpock6035
      @adorabasilwinterpock6035 Před 3 lety

      but why do we call natural satellites moons then, if titan is a moon of saturn then saturn is the ”earth” of titan

    • @JobiWan144
      @JobiWan144 Před rokem +1

      Not quite. If the theory about two planet-sized objects colliding 4.5 billion years ago is true, and the Earth is a combination of those two objects, then the Moon still only has one earth because the two objects aren't separate anymore.

  • @posford
    @posford Před 5 lety

    best show ever .

  • @ingeborg-anne
    @ingeborg-anne Před 5 lety +3

    Oh god this series of questions haunted me for years.

  • @SimonWitt
    @SimonWitt Před 4 lety +21

    QI: Question with obvious answer.
    Alan: Obvious answer
    QI: *SIREN* YOU FOOL
    Alan: But it's obvious
    QI: No, it depends on what theory or definition you subscribe to
    Me at home: So Alan was technically correct then by a certain theory or definition?

    • @eleSDSU
      @eleSDSU Před 3 lety

      Not correct enough hehe

  • @LordSparks
    @LordSparks Před 2 lety

    That's such a lovely story!

  • @spikekent
    @spikekent Před 5 lety +8

    Another fantastic compilation, thank you. Sorry Sandi, I'll pick something now, I just wanted to wait to find out what you had to say :-)

  • @lewis4554
    @lewis4554 Před 5 lety

    Best video on here

  • @skeletalrust8757
    @skeletalrust8757 Před 4 lety

    those last thirty seconds are incredible

  • @yellowbelly7863
    @yellowbelly7863 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm convinced you could put Alan's face on any picture and it somehow works...

  • @elaineb7065
    @elaineb7065 Před 5 lety +3

    I love Alan's face "I'm going to die"!!!

  • @Mckadow
    @Mckadow Před 5 lety +2

    Whoever makes these intros

  • @GalileoCap
    @GalileoCap Před 5 lety +7

    "In space no one can hear the claxon"

  • @floatingstarfish932
    @floatingstarfish932 Před 5 lety

    My God, I love QI!

  • @TheSmegPod
    @TheSmegPod Před 8 měsíci +1

    Should have included Rich Hall's "which moon are we talking about?" comments

  • @SchwarzeWitwe2
    @SchwarzeWitwe2 Před 5 lety +6

    You should add captions to indicate the series/year.

  • @jmalmsten
    @jmalmsten Před 3 lety +3

    It brings me endless joy that in the scientific vernacular, both "Spaghettification" (what is thought to happen to bodies that are ripped apart when crossing the event horizon of a black hole) and "The Big Splat" (the collision that formed todays earth and moon) are part of accepted legitimate scientific nomenclature.

  • @mikeyandsky2042
    @mikeyandsky2042 Před 3 měsíci

    Aww young Alan Davis was so adorable

  • @hamburgerhelperflick
    @hamburgerhelperflick Před 3 lety

    Love that story by Sandi at the end

  • @SeerWalker
    @SeerWalker Před 5 lety +1

    aww that last story was cute

  • @alexanderjohns1588
    @alexanderjohns1588 Před rokem

    Wonderful

  • @Henzoid
    @Henzoid Před 3 lety +14

    Cruithne is an asteroid that is "co-orbital" with the Earth relative to the Sun but is not actually IN the Earth's orbit, making Alan absolutely correct.

    • @yellowbelly7863
      @yellowbelly7863 Před 3 lety +1

      Perhaps that wasn't really discovered until sometime after this show aired

    • @dacramac3487
      @dacramac3487 Před 2 lety

      @@yellowbelly7863 Its orbit was determined in 1997. It is classed as an Aten asteroid which is, by this definition, Earth orbit crossing.

    • @mama--rua
      @mama--rua Před 2 lety

      As discovered in 2014. Takes a long time to determine things sometimes.

  • @confectortyrannis275
    @confectortyrannis275 Před 5 lety

    that last story was awesome

  • @TheHutchy01
    @TheHutchy01 Před 5 lety +5

    Alan has a dispute with The Moon(s), Rich has a war with it.

  • @alastairbrand5821
    @alastairbrand5821 Před 4 lety +8

    So can we ask any conspiracy theorists, "OK, which moon didn't we land on?"

  • @sternis1
    @sternis1 Před 3 lety +3

    What fascinates me is the fact that someone at Nasa at some point in the 80s went "Well, here's some old tapes, I wonder what's on them? Nah, probably nothing important, we can tape over them". I mean, someone decided to tape over what is arguably the single most important piece of film recorded up until that point (possibly still is). you can literally take any other piece of film in the world, and it would be a smaller loss than that. This is probably the instance of the worst possible decision someone could ever make.

    • @Wustenfuchs109
      @Wustenfuchs109 Před 3 lety +2

      Well, not really when you think about it. First of all, those were originals, footage has been copied countless times on better mediums since then. It's like with other historical photos - we don't have negatives being kept, we just copy the pictures over and over again in different mediums. The other thing is, those tapes were the ones in the camera on the moon - things shown on the TV were signals received and were copies themselves. And it is quite possible that in the 80's when the ORIGINAL tapes were overwritten that people had a choice - to commission tapes for specialized cameras used on the moon 20 years ago, or simply rewrite over the existing ones that have no scientific value.
      There was absolutely no reason to keep the original tapes as the footage was copied on better mediums that allowed us to make the whole thing of much better quality (various filters and montages etc.), it didn't have any scientific value in the first place and finding a tape that would fit a 20 year old specialized camera was simply way too expensive. People who use old style film for ordinary cameras know how expensive it is in the day of modern digital cameras, let alone some very special limiter series tapes that work on a single model of camera.

    • @LeeSpork
      @LeeSpork Před rokem +1

      @@Wustenfuchs109 They weren't copied to better mediums though. The best we have of the whole thing is from the significantly lower-quality conversion to live TV.

  • @Meanie010
    @Meanie010 Před 3 lety +2

    After the collision between Earth and Theia, I hope we got their insurance details.

  • @RagnarokiaNG
    @RagnarokiaNG Před 5 lety

    The idea of Earth and Thea being merged together is indeed Quite Interesting. Brings in questions of which life coming from which one.

  • @redtwo006
    @redtwo006 Před 4 lety +2

    Fascinating story from Sandi at the end there, being present at such a momentous event would be spectacular. My dad remembers in great detail where he was when JFK was shot, and when Armstrong set foot on the moon, but the stories aren't quite that cool.
    Also, side note, Cariad's hairstyle in that last clip looks like Princess Leia's in The Empire Strikes Back and she is even more gorgeous with it.

  • @momsterzz
    @momsterzz Před 11 měsíci

    That is so cool to find out where Sandi was during the first moon landing🌛💛

  • @capt.samvimes768
    @capt.samvimes768 Před 5 lety +1

    🤣 Sandi at the end 🤣 I think if the question ever comes up again then answer needs to be "We have no bloody idea!"

  • @joebleasdale5557
    @joebleasdale5557 Před 5 lety +7

    BECAUSE IT WAS DISCOVERED IN *NINETEEN NINETY-FUCKING-FOUR!!!*

  • @harrytodhunter5078
    @harrytodhunter5078 Před 5 lety +3

    “It was discovered in Nineteen Ninety Fucking Four!”

  • @garethwilliams5809
    @garethwilliams5809 Před 5 lety +7

    Always associate the "How many moons" question with Rich

  • @MrJaCraig
    @MrJaCraig Před 5 lety +29

    Cruithne isn't a moon. It's an asteroid that just has a co-orbital config with Earth. It doesn't orbit the Earth. In something like 5000 years it might start orbiting the Earth but for now it's not a moon. We do get mini moons from time to time that spin off us after some time though.

  • @Lowlandlord
    @Lowlandlord Před 4 lety +7

    How many points has Alan lost to the question "How many moons does the Earth have?" over the years?

  • @nathr7375
    @nathr7375 Před 3 lety

    I love jimmys tap and thumbs up lol

  • @plopplop.
    @plopplop. Před 3 lety +1

    That was around the time when Alan Davies played the leading role in the movie The Social Network.

  • @hynjus001
    @hynjus001 Před 3 lety +2

    Today I learned:
    1. NASA used to be concerned with saving money
    2. Neil Armstrong had a secretary.

  • @thomasnolastname8734
    @thomasnolastname8734 Před 5 lety +3

    I feel like Alan's gonna snap and start shouting at Sandi

  • @lhfirex
    @lhfirex Před 4 lety

    Sandi's story at the end was nice.

  • @janegerow5974
    @janegerow5974 Před 5 lety +3

    Alan is adorbs 🥰

  • @smnio5619
    @smnio5619 Před rokem +1

    3 more moons between seasons. Alan was absolutely trolled

  • @mrcaboosevg6089
    @mrcaboosevg6089 Před 4 lety +4

    Sandy is who we should all aspire to be like, she's just a delight