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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: The podcast's guest hosts have often worked on ''Series/{{QI}}'', such as Alan Davies, Sandi Toskvig, or other Elves.
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--->'''James:''' But do you know why they're call banana rats? \\

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** The following veritable hurricane of call-backs:
--->'''James:''' But do you know why they're call banana rats? \\
'''Andy:''' They eat bananas. They're radioactive! \\
'''Dan:''' They emit antimatter. \\
'''Andy:''' They don't ''really'' have legs...
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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Anna likes to use the word "woman" when referring to a female animal of any species.

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Anna likes to use the word "woman" when referring to a female animal of any species.
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A weekly podcast coming from the ''Series/{{QI}}'' offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts and ideas.

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A weekly podcast coming from the ''Series/{{QI}}'' offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Hunter Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts and ideas.
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* PungeonMaster: Andy and especially James are known for their love of making puns, drawing mixed reactions from the other hosts and the audience.
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** Alex, one of the editors of the podcast and an occasional guest host, is frequently "bullied" by the main four as a running joke whenever he appears on the show (and sometimes when he doesn't).
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A weekly podcast coming from the QI offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts and ideas.

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A weekly podcast coming from the QI ''Series/{{QI}}'' offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts and ideas.
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* ButtMonkey: Dan verges on this. Anna describes him as "fourth among equals", and he catches way more mockery than the other hosts. Fortunately, he doesn't seem to mind.
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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Anna likes to use the word "woman" when referring to a female animal of any species.
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* BriefAccentImitation: When mentioning something related to the United States, Anna sometimes puts on a vapid ValleyGirl accent.
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* CallBack: Especially James regularly makes jokes connecting the topic at hand with a topic that was discussed earlier in the episode.
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[[caption-width-right:350: Left to Right: Andrew Hunter Murray, Dan Schrieber, Anna Ptaszynski, and James Harkin]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: Left to Right: Andrew Hunter Murray, Dan Schrieber, Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski, and James Harkin]]
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A weekly podcast coming from the QI offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schrieber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts and ideas.

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A weekly podcast coming from the QI offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schrieber, Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts and ideas.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Dan usually plays this role, often delivering facts of dubious plausibility, taking pseudoscience at face value, failing to read the bodyh of articles and simply getting his facts from the titles, and falling for the other hosts' obvious lies. His penchant for fortean phenomena is so strong that the mere mention of yetis counts as a laugh line during live shows.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Dan usually plays this role, often delivering facts of dubious plausibility, taking pseudoscience at face value, failing to read the bodyh body of articles and simply getting his facts from the titles, and falling for the other hosts' obvious lies. His penchant for fortean phenomena is so strong that the mere mention of yetis counts as a laugh line during live shows.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: James can't help but make "take my wife"-style jokes, which the others credit to his being a northern comedian.
* BritishStuffiness: Andy often plays on this trope, presenting himself as socially inept, fusty, and ludicrously middle-class.
* CheapHeat: When the group plays a live show, they invariably find some occasion to poke fun at the host city or reference some local stereotype. Particularly pronounced during visits to Scotland and Australia.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Dan usually plays this role, often delivering facts of dubious plausibility, taking pseudoscience at face value, failing to read the bodyh of articles and simply getting his facts from the titles, and falling for the other hosts' obvious lies. His penchant for fortean phenomena is so strong that the mere mention of yetis counts as a laugh line during live shows.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Do not call Andy "Drew".





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\n* OneOfTheBoys: Anna is often more laddish than the male hosts.
* RunningGag: Andy trying to give himself the nickname 'Lightning', and Dan's dubious facts.
* SelfDeprecation: A staple of all four hosts.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Dan is of Australian parentage, grew up in Hong Kong, and has spent more than a decade in Britain, but his accent is rhotic, vaguely North American, and very peculiar.



* AwfulWeddedLife: James can't help but make "take my wife"-style jokes, which the others credit to his being a northern comedian.
* BritishStuffiness: Andy often plays on this trope, presenting himself as socially inept, fusty, and ludicrously middle-class.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: James can't help but make "take my wife"-style jokes, which the others credit to his being a northern comedian.
* BritishStuffiness: Andy often plays on this trope, presenting himself as socially inept, fusty, and ludicrously middle-class.



* CheapHeat: When the group plays a live show, they invariably find some occasion to poke fun at the host city or reference some local stereotype. Particularly pronounced during visits to Scotland and Australia.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Dan usually plays this role, often delivering facts of dubious plausibility, taking pseudoscience at face value, failing to read the bodyh of articles and simply getting his facts from the titles, and falling for the other hosts' obvious lies. His penchant for fortean phenomena is so strong that the mere mention of yetis counts as a laugh line during live shows.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Do not call Andy "Drew".
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode is titled "No such thing as [blank]".



* OneOfTheBoys: Anna is often more laddish than the male hosts.
* RunningGag: Andy trying to give himself the nickname 'Lightning', and Dan's dubious facts.
* SelfDeprecation: A staple of all four hosts.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Dan is of Australian parentage, grew up in Hong Kong, and has spent more than a decade in Britain, but his accent is rhotic, vaguely North American, and very peculiar.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: James can't help but make "take my wife"-style jokes, which the others credit to his being a northern comedian.
* BritishStuffiness: Andy often plays on this trope, presenting himself as socially inept, fusty, and ludicrously middle-class.


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* CheapHeat: When the group plays a live show, they invariably find some occasion to poke fun at the host city or reference some local stereotype. Particularly pronounced during visits to Scotland and Australia.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Dan usually plays this role, often delivering facts of dubious plausibility, taking pseudoscience at face value, failing to read the bodyh of articles and simply getting his facts from the titles, and falling for the other hosts' obvious lies. His penchant for fortean phenomena is so strong that the mere mention of yetis counts as a laugh line during live shows.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Do not call Andy "Drew".
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode is titled "No such thing as [blank]".


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* OneOfTheBoys: Anna is often more laddish than the male hosts.


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* SelfDeprecation: A staple of all four hosts.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Dan is of Australian parentage, grew up in Hong Kong, and has spent more than a decade in Britain, but his accent is rhotic, vaguely North American, and very peculiar.
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* RunningGag: Andy trying to give himself the nickname 'Lightning'.

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* RunningGag: Andy trying to give himself the nickname 'Lightning'.'Lightning', and Dan's dubious facts.
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A weekly podcast coming from the QI offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schrieber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts an ideas.

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A weekly podcast coming from the QI offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schrieber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts an and ideas.

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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode is titled 'No Such Thing As X', with X being a reference to a joke or fact from that episode.




* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode is titled 'No Such Thing As X', with X being a reference to a joke or fact from that episode.
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* Metaphorgotten: From an attempted explanation of the layers of skin in episode 203:

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* Metaphorgotten: From an attempted explanation of the layers of skin in episode 203:
-> "So, we're like a meaty cake with pritt stick on it?"
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode is titled 'No Such Thing As X', with X being a reference to a joke or fact from that episode.
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* RunningGag: Andy trying to give himself the nickname 'Lightning'.
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* CaptainObvious: Andrew in episode 222:
-> "There are fish called Grunion and to have sex they throw themselves on land--which is inconvenient because they ''are'' fish..."
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[[caption-width-right:350: Left to Right: Andrew Hunter Murray, Dan Schrieber, Anna, and James Harkin]]

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A weekly podcast coming from the QI offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schrieber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts an ideas.


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A weekly podcast coming from the QI offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schrieber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts an ideas.

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A weekly podcast coming from the QI offices in "Covernt" Garden in London, join Dan Schrieber, Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, and Andrew "Lightning" Murray as they gather around the microphone and share their four favorite facts from the last week and discuss and explore related facts an ideas.

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