So obvious but I blanked, good last minute save

The deaths of Romeo and Juliet occur in a sequence of compounding stages: first, Juliet drinks a potion that makes her appear dead. Thinking her dead, Romeo then drinks a poison that actually kills him. Seeing him dead, Juliet stabs herself through the heart with a dagger. Sorry for being pedantic.

It’s just casual phrasing. I.e. and then Juliet kills herself

So am I, just shows history was not a subject any of them took serious at school. I was 27 years old when I saw this episode air in 2012 and I knew it was King George VI straight away. Daisy saying she thinks it was Monty in their conferring made be wince.

@@johnking5174 they made a film about his stammer and how he got through his infliction to make speeches, what more do the people need to learn something today.

Yet you came here yelling i doubt they actually worry.

You definitely start to get a feel for it after a few episodes of being a numpty 😂

We're not used to words ending in _ku,_, in the English language, I suppose? Everything tends to be: Casino, Bingo, Yoyo, Domino, Lotto, Polo. English speaking people also get the _stress_ wrong - it's a long stressed first syllable, and then a short second and third: _SOO_ -do-ku

It's shameful that none of them got it right, tbh...

I bet you are a barrel of laughs at parties. "Well actually a coconut is not a nut it's.......". STFU

@@lew115 Well done on completely missing the point.

@@slobodanreka1088 shut up, racist.

@@lew115 LOL, standard response from a liberal when you present them with a fact. Thanks for the satisfying chuckle.

Jimmy Carr called her Vicky on QI once.

Often referred to as Vicky especially in her poker career

The island is Britain, the people are not. There is 3 separate nations on the island; Scotland, Wales and England.

Why are you correcting him like he’s said something incorrect? We are British. Stop being a nonce and making us all look bad

Only Connect was not made or broadcast in HD quality in 2012, in fact they only revamped their production in 2014 when they moved from BBC 4 to BBC 2. They also moved studios at the same time, with improved picture quality and a rebuilt set.

Are you familiar with viewing others via a bathroom window??? Disturbing to say the least, and reported.

@@datgrrl_official report, you go go for it, cancel me. No one will care.

@@datgrrl_official are you familiar with lunacy ?. I'm a very happily married old man, just to keep you in the picture.

@@datgrrl_official it must be great to be so dumb.

Belt up mong. I bet she knew Washington was a state.

As Alan Davies once said about QI, "Stephen has a card with the answers, a teleprompter and an earpiece for people telling him things." And as Stephen himself has said that he gets to the studio hours before QI is recorded and goes through the questions and answers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnOUnJyLr9CWqtE

Stephen Fry has told stories as though he was present, when they are in books I read decades before. I would bet he had read them, too. One was the QI story about a Cockney saying, I'm not antiseptic (anti Yank), but... He quoted it pretty well word for word, but said he had been talking to a cheeky chappie. It is a bit disappointing, because he has actually had huge opportunities to meet so many history makers, but now I am a bit cynical of everything he claims. He may know the facts, but his claims to have hobnobbed and chatted with history makers, observed quirks amongst interesting characters... and really, it seems so oddly insecure. If it was just once... but it is repeated. But now, I am permanently dubious.

11th November 1889 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(state)

There's Washington and Washington DC. Washington DC isn't a state, but Washington is.

The state of Washington is in the pacific north west and includes the great city of Seattle, a beautiful city to go to. Also right next to the border with Canada, with the city of Vancouver not far. Washington DC is on the west coast and is part of the District of Columbia

....bet you fell like a right mong about that one, eh Andy?

The rumored passing line that I've always heard is 35 right, but I've never seen or heard anything to back that up. It may be different on each test based on a curve. Keep in mind also that even if you do great on the test, there's no guarantee that you'll get called for an audition, I'm fairly sure there's an element of randomness in who gets called back. As a veteran of the audition process, here's a few tips. The audition has three steps to it: a second test, a mock game, and an interview portion. The test is another 50-question test in the same format. It's even a little easier than the online test since you can skip questions and come back to them if you think of the answers. It's basically just a check to make sure you didn't cheat on the online test by having somebody else take it in your stead. After the test, regardless of how you do, they'll invite you up three at a time to play a quick mock game with buzzers. Here's the important thing about this step that a lot of people miss: they're not testing your knowledge here. They want to know that you know how to play the game and, more importantly, how to keep the game moving. Nobody's keeping score. So, after you buzz in with a correct response, quickly pick another clue off the board, any clue, even if it isn't a category you feel great in. So many times during my auditions I would see somebody buzz in, pause, consider the board, pause, and slowly say "I think I'd like to try blah blah blah..." Those people weren't getting called back. Finally, after your mock game, they'll ask each person to say a little bit about yourself, and what you'd do with the money if you won. If you're like me and not good at thinking on your feet or being personable, do what I did and write down beforehand what you're going to say and practice it. I didn't recite my script word-for-word, but I knew what I wanted to say and I hit all the important beats, and that made the process a lot easier. Aside from all that, if there's one more piece of advice I can give, it's to always follow the directions of the coordinators. If they say to speak louder, SPEAK LOUDER. If they say to hammer your buzzer when trying to buzz in during the mock game, HAMMER the sucker. So, so, so many people would have to be repeatedly told the same thing over and over again, and I can guarantee you that they ain't getting onto the show. I can't guarantee success even if you follow all of this advice, but just by showing up prepared and following directions, you'll be in a good position to be selected. And even if you don't get selected, the audition experience itself is quite fun, so make a day out of it anyway. It took me three in-person auditions before I got picked, but even the ones that didn't pan out were fun.

@@dpmattingly Are you saying that people smart enough to potentially get on Jeopardy! aren't good at following directions? Haha "So, after you buzz in with a correct response, quickly pick another clue off the board, any clue, even if it isn't a category you feel great in. So many times during my auditions I would see somebody buzz in, pause, consider the board, pause, and slowly say "I think I'd like to try blah blah blah..." Those people weren't getting called back. " Yeah, I think one of the most basic things people overlook when playing at home is the fact that you have to actually pick the clue, and as you say, doing so quickly to keep the game moving. It may seem a small thing, but I imagine it could complicate things quite a bit, you have to say a lot more things in rapid-fire succession while trying to keep everything straight and still answer the questions right. Thank you, David, I appreciate your response and all the good tips, I'll definitely keep them in mind if I"m fortunate enough to get a call. And, I have to say again, thank you for beating Ryan Fenster. : )