No Such Thing As Scottish Snow is the 185th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 29th episode of the fourth year, and the 40th episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, and Anna Ptaszynski, and guest presenter Cariad Lloyd. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
Andy, Anna, James and special guest Cariad Lloyd discuss Unity Mitford's BFFs, how planes (don't) cure deafness, and why you shouldn't eat Scottish show.
Facts[]
- Unity Mitford was the only person to be BFFs with Churchill and Hitler.[1] (Lloyd)
- In the 1920s, doctors prescribed intentionally terrifying flights in aeroplanes to cure deafness.[2] (Ptaszynski)
- There is a patch of snow in Scotland that fell 11 years ago and it's just melted this week.[3][4] (Harkin)
- The first person ever to use the word "sponge cake" was Jane Austen.[5] (Murray)
Trivia[]
- Regular host Dan Schreiber is absent.
- In his absence, Andrew Hunter Murray hosts.
- Cariad Lloyd guests.
- Andy and Cariad are both members of Austentatious.
- Andy mentions the Canadian man named Adolf Hitler, which was previously brought up in Episode 75.
- James mentions Andy's "take me to Cuba" fact from Episode 110.
- Cariad talks about making rudely-shaped snowmen, a topic previously discussed in Episode 85.
Notes[]
- ↑ Spartacus Educational: Unity Mitford
- ↑ Smithsonian Magazine: Doctors Once Prescribed Terrifying Plane Flights to “Cure” Deafness
- ↑ BBC: UK's longest-lasting patch of snow melts away
- ↑ Wikipedia: Snow patches in Scotland
- ↑ Andy's fact comes from the Oxford English Dictionary.