I take great pride in the fact Ross Noble lived here for as long as he did. There are so many Aussie comedians in the UK, it’s nice to have one of theirs for a change. I believe there should be an equal trade agreement between the countries to balance out the number of professional funny people.
To be honest, we take your comedians because they're evidence of our rehabilitation programme working, and after sending so many convicts over, we wanted to take some of the better ones back
A couple of years ago, when No Such Thing as a Fish was touring Australia, I went to see them in Melbourne. During the intermission, as it was wrapping up and I was waiting around to go back in, I was standing next to some random guy. Suddenly, Colin Lane walks up with something hidden under his jacket. He says to the guy “Take these inside, I’ll go get the rest.” He opens his jacket to reveal dozens of small packets of chips which he conspiratorially gives to the other guy, who then stuffs them into his own jacket. Then they both nod and walk off in opposite directions.
Lee jokes about drunks taking their kids when they have the breathalyzers in their cars but my cousin actually did that for years... It's amazing that his kids are still alive.
Its pretty normal in places where alcohol-ignition-inhibitors are introduced. Here in NZ, where drink-driving is a way of life for some of the population, it would simply be considered 'sensible'.
Had the immense pleasure of hearing Stephen speak in Sydney in 2018 when he came to speak on his late friend Christopher Hitchens. Thank you for this compilation QI!
Fastest human of all time? One of those who migrated from Asia to Australia just as water started to wash over the last of the land bridge. All his mates were already on the other side, shouting "come on quick, or you'll drown!"
In my younger days the question ran like this: Q1: what's the fastest animal on earth? A1: a chicken in Biafra. Q2: what's the second fastest animal? A2: a Biafran chasing it! (This dates from the early/mis 1960s when there was a terrible drought in Nigeria.)
The Dutch turned up in North West Australia, figured no one would ever want to live there, and went home. 350 years later, they've been proven correct!
Yeah it apparently had Egyptian visitors too .. Their tourism campaigns back in the day must have been less than convincing .. Sailors would return after months or years absence and get off the ship malnourished and wobbly with a sanity that months of sailing into the unknown must induce .. It needed slaves or convicts to make setting up thinkable .. it would take giant nuts and some real insanity to sail towards the horizon without knowing much more .. adventure was all that it offered ..and that was all we needed
@David Miatke hey mate he did say the North West as in up near the Kimberly, not the southeast. I’m also a Queenslander and have worked in the northwest. It is a shithole and I can understand why the Dutch chose to ignore it
I'm so glad that SF mentioned not only the myth of Cook "discovering" Australia but also the fact that he did NOT hold the rank of Captain at the time and was merely a lieutenant*. Centuries before Cook arrived there were the Chinese, Malays, and Dutch. * Cook was granted the rank of Captain a couple of voyages later.
@@shanewright2772 I beg to differ. On return from his second voyage, Cook was promoted to the rank of post-captain and given an honorary retirement from the Royal Navy. Post-captain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of captain in the Royal Navy.
@@21stcenturyozman20 Post Captain is a ceremonial rank, like commodore ot the colonel in Colonel Sanders. You or I could have been promoted to that rank and not even set foot on a ship.
This is QI dreamtime. 240 different language groups. Australian Aboriginal people have the most fascinating, unique and ancient philosophy of the origin of country and our relationships with it. Yamanhaa, you're welcome, from Gommoroy country.
@@benjaminmorris7159 That when you judge them properly, and don't artificially valourize them like when you put a kid's terrible art on the fridge, their beliefs are objectively wrong and REMARKABLY dumb for an organism claimed to be "human", to the point where it literally and without prejudice brings their humanity into SERIOUS question.
indonesian actually went there yearly for hundreds of years before any european been there, its not that far from Indonesia, they went there just to harvest sea slugs, and just like the dutch they don't think people should live there, they just stay overnight LMAO
The most interesting thing about our country is we invented the most revolting beer imaginable not to drink ourselves but to sell to foriengers and laugh at them. You know it as Foster's, we know it as emu piss. You're welcome.
The Fosters sold overseas is not the same as what is sold in Australia. If I remember correctly, the international Fosters is actually what we know as Crown Lager
I only just found out about Foster's a few years ago from an American friend and had never heard of it, as far as I'm concerned, it isn't an Australian beer
@@cicolas_nage Thanks for your response. I graduated in 2017 and now study at university. I'm assuming you're an Aussie and I can say that when I was in school, we were taught about indigenous culture, the history of Australia (including before the white man arrived), and we thanked the original owners of the land the school was built upon everyday. I hope that when people speak about the history of a country, they include all history. It's all interesting
@@zayne1725 Was taught in England from late 1970s-1990. Aborigines were only mentioned as a footnote to history. Similarly we were taught James Cook discovered Australia
In high school in Denmark about 5 years ago, English classes included topics on English language majority countries. One of them was on Australia and the focus was mostly literature about aboriginal heritage. Like analyzing Once Were Warriors and short stories on aboriginal religion. Details are a bit hazy as I haven't slept well the past couple of days. But I'm quite proud of the classes I've attended in our educational system here in Denmark.
I almost died laughing on the narcoleptic horse story. It is good that I'm not from Australia because I would have inflated the statistic, making the reputation of the poor horses even worse :)
Wow. How the fuck did you arrive at that spelling of queuing? I mean there are a couple of ways to spell it, queuing or queueing are fine, but "cueueing" sounds like you're injuring yourself while playing snooker or something.
@@grahamliveSince English is not my first language I hazarded a guess, googled that, and found I was right. It just looks a bit silly. EDIT: And I spelled it wrong!!! 🤣🤣 I was doing so well up to that point! dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/queueing
There is a device to test whether you have been drinking before you drive, it's called Car Interlock Device, though you don't usually get a say in whether you want one.
Nobody picked Mr Fry up on saying that "20,000 years ago they found footprints"... No Stephen, they found footprints that were 20,000 years old. Missed opportunity to have a dig at him.
Good compilation, but they missed out Stephen's Aussie accent reading a clip from an Australian newspaper where it had to correct itself for publishing how 40,000 pigs had been swept down a river, when it had been 40 sows and pigs. And he had an anecdote about an Australian airline where the captain greets passengers over the tannoy and tells them it's time to push some service down the aisles and some scenery past the windows.
Normally when people say we´re all homosexuals who smoke drugs, I get tired of the stereotypes, but when Stephen says it, I sort of take it as a compliment ))
J W hey Rupert! you must be torn between spreading your false propaganda about the ABC or having your journo’s have a misogynistic go at Julia Zemiro for calling you the world’s most dangerous Australian.
0:50 yep the Dutch did go everywhere. Tasmania at the bottom of Australia,long way from Dutch East Indies, was called Van Dieman’s land until 1856 after the governor of the Dutch East Indies in 1642, when Abel Tasman went right down the bottom near Hobart. Was named after him in 1856 when the colony became self ruling and to get away from being called vandemons
Off the coast of Perth is Rottnest Island. When the Dutch landed they saw a marsupial we now know as the Quokka. They look a little bit like rats, hence the name. The Dutch sailors heading to the East Indies used to travel around the Cape of Good Hope and use 'the roaring forties' to head East to Australia and the North. There were a number of wrecks.
I'm guessing the "non-drunk driver" award is an inexpensive way to make people complain less when they get pulled over for random breathalyzer stops. That's not what news reports say, but I find it hard to believe that drivers would care more about the minuscule chance of winning a bit of cash than the comparatively high chance of getting arrested and fined a lot of cash.
That’s exactly it. It doesn’t actually discourage drink driving. Nobody thinks about winning that raffle before getting in the car, they think about the fines and losing their licence. But it stops sober drivers bitching and moaning at police every time they get pulled over by coppers for RBT.
I was thinking it might encourage sober drivers to drive erratically to heighten their chances of being pulled over and so entered into the raffle. But perhaps these are roadblocks where everyone is checked, so that wouldn't apply.
Also they can be under the limit so they don't get arrested so this is actually a good incentive and wouldn't cost very much if it truly makes people think twice about having alcohol in their system before driving home
True Story: Years ago, there was a Dutch explorer called Able Tasman, and he went off to the South Seas in search of new lands and new treasures. He discovered Tasmania (because they named it after him), he found New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, Papau New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. *HE MISSED AUSTRALIA*
In 1642 Abel Tasman named Van Dieman's Land after the G-G of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia). Australians re-named it Tasmania after Tasman in 1856. Also, nobody has ever discovered something after it was named for them by other people.
The Dutch sailed into the Gulf of Carpenteria in 1606, on a little ship called the Duyfken the captains name was Janszoon, his first mates name was de Leeuw, which if you havent noticed is my Surname, is he a relative I dont know but it would be ever so cool if he was!
He is wrong that James Cook was not a Captain when he arrived, he is confusing his rank with his appointment - his rank was Lt but his appointment was Captain of his ship.
Exactly. Most people automatically assume that Captain is the rank, when it’s the actual position. It’s like with the Merchant Navy now, the rank of the skipper is Master Mariner, while he/she holds the position of “Captain”.
he story about horse has to be true, as Melbounre Uni has one of the best veterinarian schools in Australia, most people wouldn't know this to make up a story
With the fastest man thing, you'd didn't take into account that the aboriginal guy was apparently running in muck given that he left his footprints for posterity.
I always enjoy Colin when he's on but I suppose it's a long way to travel from Australia for a UK TV show. Colin putting the Perrier award on the bedside table when Alan stayed at his house is such wonderful trolling!
Finally noticed that Julia is wearing one of my ex-wife's swallow brooches that I glued the pin backs on nearly all of. She probably got it a Roller Derby night at that Royal Melbourne Showgrounds. Saw her there a few times. I used to sand the saw cuts off the edges.
For the most deadly one, I would think it depends on what you mean by "deadliest." Causes the most deaths yearly. Most likely to make you dead if you encounter it. Most likely to make you dead if it attacks you. All perfectly acceptable meanings of "most deadly." There are probably others as well.
Understanding conditional probability is key. Humans spends more time around horses than around crocodiles. What's the deadliest if we are adjusting for time spent in close proximity?
the comedy of the buzzer going off has been relying on that element of surprise caused by the broad interpretation that the question accomodates since the beginning. if they defined or explained the question more sharply, it would defeat the purpose.
I'm 100% sure that humans are the most dangerous creature in Australia, as well as in the rest of the populated earth. In 2019 there were 419 homicides in Australia. That alone qualifies humans as the most dangerous creature in Australia. To that number, add all human caused traffic accidents (1200 the same year) and other human caused accidents.
Surely the fastest humans of all-time were the astronauts who went to the Moon? As they all had to break Earth's escape velocity to get there. I mean, it was not specified that these humans had to be moving under their own leg power.
A group from Southern India migrated to Australia 4000 years ago. There's genetic evidence among the people they got romantic with. So I think they beat the Chinese
yes I answered "india" due to having seen some doco about years ago. the Australian Indigenous are probably most likely "asians" rather than "black people". it's interesting we still don't agree to this, so little is known and now woke university historians will colour the research with emotions and not facts. see: Dark Emu.
As a kiwi, I was hoping the whole video that they meant the 'continent of Australia' and not the country and that a kiwi fact would come up at any point but it didn't so I guess I'm an Aussie for this video.
@@MooKau_ The Constitution gives New Zealand the option to join Australia. Covering clause 6 of the Constitution states New Zealand may be admitted into Australia as a state. New Zealand declined to take up the offer. New Zealand began as a colony administered from/as part of New South Wales, becoming a separate colony in 1841, and a self-governing colony in 1852. NZ declined to join the federation of Australia in 1901 and instead became, like Australia, a Dominion (and so effectively a nation) in 1907.
I love this show so much and I always find it a pleasant surprise when a fact about my country slips into the show so thank you for this compilation ❤️
Ha yeah, having your child blow into the car interlock device is a jail term in the US. The very definition of child endangerment. For that reason, there's a camera in the car when an interlock device is installed, that takes a picture when it's activated.
Cook did not discover Australia, nor did the Chinese. I'm disappointed that Stephen would recognise Gavin Menzies' book, which is an interesting piece of fiction. In his book 1421, Menzies also states the Chinese discovered America.
At the time of recording this epidsode, it was still widely believed and agreed that the Chinese were the first to discover Australia. We know better now, but you can’t blame Stephen Fry
Cook was the first to map and report the East Cost of Australia. But he wasn’t even the first European to find the East Coast, the French were in Botany Bay when he arrived. He saw them sail away a day latter but those ships were never seen again.
The history of the French in Australia dates from the arrival of the La Perouse expedition at Botany Bay in January 1788, just days AFTER the landing of the First Fleet. La Perouse's ship was never seen again. 12 years after Cook landed in Botany Bay.
@@DanDownunda8888 More info has been uncovered ( scroll down a bit ) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Galaup,_comte_de_Lap%C3%A9rouse#Australia
Thanks for that . Followed that story along . Learnt some History I never knew en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Galaup,_comte_de_Lap%C3%A9rouse#Australia
Having recently been to Nanango, I can't blame people for being pissed all the time. There's nothing to do except go to the pub. Decent community markets though.
Aborigines have just had awarded a plaque to old structure, at 11,000 years BC. An Eel Smokehouse and Eel ponds SA which also suggests that there was a market for smoked Eel. Traded with Asians primarily but there is a Viking wreck in QLD Australia. Old, old, and Aborigines have Denisovans blood too. Old, old, old!
nanango has 7 pubs , 1 rsl , masons club and the bowls club all sell alcohol and all are full of people drinking . it’s a small country town of 4000 people
