Germany v Portugal is the 5th episode of International Factball, and the 19th episode of 2014. It features presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Example Facts[]
- Germany has an "Anglicism of the Year" competition for the best English word to enter their language. In 2011 it was "shitstorm". (Harkin)
- From space, the division between former East and West Berlin is visible: the East uses yellow sodium-vapor bulbs in their streetlights, while the west use white fluorescent bulbs. (Ptaszynski)
- In 1974, Portugal's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest was used as the signal to start the revolution that overthrew the dictator Salazar. (Murray)
- Portugal has an additional figure in its nativity scene: a man squatting and defecating. (Schreiber)
Half Time Show[]
As Factball is made in association with VisitEngland, the presenters ask three trivia questions about England during half time, and provide answers at the end.
- In Frinton-on-Sea you could not visit a pub until the year 2000, because their charter forbade any being opened. (Harkin)
- Pocahontas is buried in Gravesend , Kent. (Murray)
- The first Oxford University students did not study the Aztec Empire because the empire would not exist for over 300 years after the university was founded. (Ptaszynski)
Winner[]
As chosen by Harkin, Portugal.