This edition of the show that plays out like a pub quiz was a special with questions about many famous facts from recorded history since the dawn of man, a surprisingly factual and as usual funny show to watch and have fun with. Hosted by Jimmy Carr, with celebrity panellists in three teams: Alan Carr and Romesh Ranganathan (The Twins), Dara O'Briain and Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Chelsea Peretti (Darsea O Perettiain), and Eddie Izzard and Noel Fielding (The Phrologists). This quiz focused on all sorts of factual information from history, science, film and TV, music, the natural world, culture and fashion to answer about. These questions are asked as they are, with video and sound clips, with pictures (including Say What You See), and by celebrity and mystery guests on screen or in the studio, so it really does feel like a proper quiz that you can take part in. Events from history that were questioned and joked about, and mentioned (or pictured) included: Twitter, the Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes, the Wall Street crash of 1929, the Roman Emperor Nero concerts that went on for hours and people faked their deaths to leave (leaving was forbidden), the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, the end of prohibition, Italian scientist Galileo building a telescope and discovering the moons of Saturn (and the lyrics of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen), Catholic priests, the puppet head of John Logie Baird being the first thing ever seen on television, Thomas Edison coined the greeting "hello" for answering the telephone but inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell suggested the greeting "ahoy", the Merck Manuel descriptions for flatulence (farts), Mary Poppins, the longest running television show is BBC Panorama (63 years old), Thunderball with James Bond 007 (Sean Connery), the Hollywood/Hollywoodland sign originally used for a housing development, The Prisoner, the three rules of owning a Mogwai in Gremlins, Baywatch, The X-Files, Last of the Summer Wine, music genres (pop, rock, country, classical, punk, hip hop, reggae, dance and jazz), Bob Dylan playing the electric guitar, karaoke translating as "empty orchestra", "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" inspired by a women's deodorant, famous styles of facial hair (Goatee, Handlebar, Mutton Chops, Walrus, Horseshoe and Pencil), tornadoes, insects, a tortoise shagging, the Brazilian Wandering Spider bite that gives men a painful 4 hour erection, the Lyrebird mimicking any noise it hears, Aurora Borealis, the Seven Deadly Sins (Sloth, Lust/Lechery, Pride/Vanity, Envy, Wrath/Anger, Gluttony and Greed/Avarice), Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, the Sydney Opera House completed in 1973, Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci missing eyebrows, the Lunch atop a Skyscraper photograph (New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam), miniskirts, and three famous historical statues (The Thinker by Auguste Rodin, David by Michelangelo, and Discobolus/the Discus Thrower by Myron). Other celebrity and special mystery guests in the show included the children of Mitchell Brook Primary School in Neasden who act out well known news stories, Jon Snow who reads news related to lyrics from songs of history and dances to it, Joey Essex describing a historical figure (Sir Winston Churchill), Jess Glynne, Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing, Ray Mears, Tolita and Tiego the sloths, and Kaiser Chiefs lead singer Ricky Wilson. The jokes and the questions are what make this show so much fun, they chose the right celebrity panellists, and it also works as a funny way to find out and reflect on things you may or not know from history, a great comedy quiz show. Very good!
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