Anna Ptaszynski is a QI Elf and one of the regular presenters of No Such Thing As A Fish.
Non-Appearances[]
As a regular presenter, Ptaszynski appears in every episode of the podcast except the following:
- Episode 6: No Such Thing As One Direction in North Korea
- Episode 10: No Such Thing As A Soggy Monk
- International Factball: Australia v Mexico
- Episode 20: No Such Thing As A Dangerous Daffodil
- Episode 48: No Such Thing As A Pokémon-Playing Goldfish
- Episode 66: No Such Thing As A Robotic Margaret Atwood
- Episode 74: No Such Thing As A Computer in the Oval Office
- Episode 84: No Such Thing As A Donkumentary
- Episode 86: No Such Thing As Ghost Nipples
- Episode 97: No Such Thing As Andrew Diplodocus Carnegie
- Episode 144: No Such Thing As Garlic Superman
- Episode 146: No Such Thing As A Queen Orca
- Episode 183: No Such Thing As A Bouncy Theatre
- Episode 214: No Such Thing As A Criminal In A Fabulous Hat
- Episode 229: No Such Thing As The Great Modesto
- Episode 335: No Such Thing As A Cardigan For Ginger Rogers
- Episode 336: No Such Thing As A Delicious Emergency Salad
- Episode 338: No Such Thing As Carthaginian YouTube
- Episode 393: No Such Thing As Charlie And The Sperm Factory
- Episode 412: No Such Thing As A John Lennon Statue In Svalbard
- Episode 431: No Such Thing As A Vampire From Devon
- Episode 436: No Such Thing As An Alexa In Heaven
- Episode 456: No Such Thing As Glass In The Future
- Episode 468: No Such Thing As Drama-Free Pringles
- Episode 469: No Such Thing As A Rubik's Tube
- Episode 470: No Such Thing As A Walking Stick Full of Bagels
- Episode 471: No Such Thing As A Toin Coss
- Episode 472: No Such Thing As A Giant Otter in H&M
- Episode 473: No Such Thing As Rice Babies
- Episode 474: No Such Thing As A Remote Controlled Cabbie
- Episode 475: No Such Thing As The Three Little Pigs of Wall Street
- Episode 476: No Such Thing As Othello's Casio
- Episode 477: No Such Thing As ShatGPT
- Episode 478: No Such Thing As An Award-Winning Gecko
- Episode 479: No Such Thing As Fake Coal
- Episode 480: No Such Thing As President Muffler
- Episode 481: No Such Thing As Taming A Plane
- Episode 482: No Such Thing As Parachuting Into Hollyoaks
- Episode 483: No Such Thing As Rivets On A Tombstone
- Episode 484: No Such Thing As An Exploding Janitor
- Episode 485: No Such Thing As Ballet On A Staircase
- Episode 486: No Such Thing As Purplue
- Episode 487: No Such Thing As A Short Dalek
- Episode 488: No Such Thing As A Furby In Space
- Episode 489: No Such Thing As A Quiet Whitsuntide
- Episode 490: No Such Thing As Whistling At A Fact
- Episode 491: No Such Thing As The Beurre War
- Episode 492: No Such Thing As York Minster Crisps
- Episode 493: No Such Thing As An X
- Episode 494: No Such Thing As A Human Wind Turbine
- Episode 495: No Such Thing As A Peanut Hall Of Fame
- Episode 496: No Such Thing As Viking Snooker
- Episode 497: No Such Thing As Oceans Eleven With Puffins
- Episode 498: No Such Thing As Internal Eyebrows
- Episode 499: No Such Thing As Old Testament Podcasts
- Episode 501: No Such Thing As Republican Barbie
- Episode 502: No Such Thing As The Opposite Of February
- Episode 503: No Such Thing As Meat Cute
- Episode 519: No Such Thing As A Noice Computer
- Episode 520: No Such Thing As A Prehistoric Air Fryer
Hosting[]
Ptaszynski has hosted several episodes of Fish, chiefly episodes in which the regular host Dan Schreiber is absent.
- International Factball: Belgium v Algeria
- International Factball: Greece v Japan
- Episode 45: No Such Thing As A Travellator in Ancient Rome
- Episode 81: No Such Thing As A Jellyfish Jelly
- Episode 115: No Such Thing As A Hummingbird Pilot
- Episode 136: No Such Thing As A Wolf Diving for Clams
- Episode 147: No Such Thing As Burrito Party Boy
- Episode 149: No Such Thing As The Train King of Europe
- Episode 169: No Such Thing As Constantly Awake Beauty
- Episode 186: No Such Thing As Russian Hacking in the Cockroach Election
- Episode 220: No Such Thing As A Million Dots
- Episode 236: No Such Thing As A Brie Sculpture
- Episode 247: No Such Thing As Footprints On The Sea
- Episode 251: No Such Thing As An Accidental George
- Episode 318: No Such Thing As 'Of Quails and Men'
- Episode 339: No Such Thing As A Penguin in a Nightclub
- Episode 370: No Such Thing As George Clooney In A Blackcurrant Suit
- Episode 421: No Such Thing As An Elephant On A Chessboard
- Episode 451: No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling
- Episode 515: No Such Thing As A Reindeer Stockbroker
- Episode 533: No Such Thing As The Farto Phone
- Episode 542: No Such Thing As Darts Vader
Trivia[]
- Ptaszynski is not on social media, and when called upon to give her twitter handle at the end of episodes will reply "email podcast@qi.com". The hashtag "#GetAnnaOnTwitter" is often used in place of a username, and was first used in Episode 12: No Such Thing As A 164-Foot-Tall Gorilla-Whale.
- Ptaszynski is the eldest of four siblings, and has at least one brother and one sister.
- Ptaszynski lives in Oxfordshire, and is a big fan of the Oxford butcher M Feller Son & Daugher.
- Ptaszynski is half Polish, and her surname means "birdlike", as mentioned on Episode 254: No Such Thing As A Toilet In The Car. Dan Schreiber has notable difficulty pronouncing Ptaszynski's surname (which he usually pronounces "cha-ZIN-ski". When Schreiber is absent and Ptaszynski hosts, she pronounces it herself (tuh-SHIN-ski).
- Occasional references are made to Ptaszynski drinking a lot, most notably in the title of Episode 249: No Such Thing As A Pint of Wine. Ptaszynski claims not to be "a fan of wine", but "in favour" of it.
- The first fact Ptaszynski found for QI was that jelly can produce alpha waves.
- The Pottermore test put Ptaszynski in Slytherin.
- Ptaszynski's birthday is the 16th of May, making her a Taurus. (Episode 265).