No Such Thing As The Train King of Europe is the 149th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 45th episode of the third year, and the 4th episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, and Anna Ptaszynski, and guest QI Elf Anne Miller. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
Anna, James, Andy and Anne discuss boot camp for trains, celebrity camels, and why Shell send sea shells back to the sea shore.
Facts[]
- In 1758 there were two camels on display in London; one a one-hump and one a two-hump. They were advertised as the "surprising camel" and the "wonderful camel". (Harkin)
- Before they are launched, London sends all its trains to Austria to be beaten up. (Murray)
- The oil company Shell used to sell shells. (Miller)
- When Mozart first performed in Naples he had to stop to take his ring off halfway through, because the audience complained it was a magic ring. (Ptaszynski)
Trivia[]
- Regular host Dan Schreiber is absent.
- In his absence, Ptaszynski hosts.
- Anne Miller guests.
- Ptaszynski gets confused and introduces herself as "Anna" without a surname. In response, Murray requests that he be called "Lightning".
- Anna's dubious fact about Chinese bamboo oil pipelines is compared to one of Dan's Facts.