General Knowledge!

[jim360]

Sigh, I've watched every episode at least twice.

Chip Esten
Brad Sherwood
Whoopi Goldberg
Kathy Greenwood
Josie Lawrence
Greg Proops
Denny Siegel
Robin Williams
Kathy Freeman

Plus some others whose names escape me, but including someone named Patrick, a Japanese-American woman, Lassie, a bunch of random cheerleaders, Laura Hall and Linda Taylor, Richard Simmons...

[·WídgêT·]

Don't forget Stephen Colbert and Kathy Griffin, but yes those are correct, go for it three60

[jim360]

Well in the same vein:

Name any ten people who've appeared on the UK version of that show.

Special bonus points if you can include in your list the person whose appeared on Whose Line (UK) and whom I've met (though if you do get her it'll be a lucky guess).

[BFM_Edison]

I've narrowed down the person you met to roughly 3.5 billion people. About 32 more reductions and I'll have it.

[Lucky]

[jim360]

I've narrowed down the person you met to roughly 3.5 billion people. About 32 more reductions and I'll have it.

The next reduction would be to note that even assuming an all-female audience and cast for every show, with no-one ever appearing twice, gives an upper limit of about 50,000 (136 shows, studio audience of no more than 350).

Any takers? I'll also accept just the highest number of given names.

[BFM_Kiwi]

Clive Anderson, Ryan Styles, Colin Mochrie, Greg Proops, Steve Frost, Caroline Quentin and a funny japanese(?) lady.

[jim360]

Kiwi has 6.

Fraggle PM'ed me earlier with 7.

I hear 7, do I hear 8?

[BFM_Edison]

Nine!

[jim360]

Well Fraggle or Kiwi can go.

A selection of people who've appeared on the show:

Clive Anderson
Paul Merton
Colin Mochrie
Ryan Stiles
Greg Proops
Wayne Brady
Chip Esten
Brad Sherwood
Stephen Fry
Josie Lawrence
John Sessions
Mike Mcshane
Jonathan Pryce
Jan Ravens
Tony Slattery
Peter Cook
Griff Rhys-Jones
Chris Langham

You could have got about seven of these, probably more, by just grabbing the list of people on the US version of the show.

And the bonus point was for naming Sandi Toksvig, whom I met after she gave a talk at my college. Still, who cares?

[BFM_Kiwi]

Karen Maruyama!  She is funny.  Apparently only on a few episodes though.

Go Fraggle!

[Fraggle]

Thanks Kiwi... I PM'd 360 because I only had a handful and wanted to 'check my answer' so to speak...

I'll never guess all ten, but i'll give you the ones I do know. I used to love that show!


Stephen fry
John sessions
Colin Mochrie
Hugh Dennis
Greg Proops
ryan stiles
Paul Merton
Sandi Toksvig (You've met?)


How did I do?

Anyway, my question is:

Starting in the late 1880s, European representatives of Thomas Edison recorded the voices of famous people to publicize the newly-invented phonograph. Not long after, one of the people recorded on Edison’s machine became the first person ever whose voice was heard after his death.

who was he?

[jim360]

That's such a brilliant question but I have no idea...

Someone like Tchaikovsky?

[MrMxyzptlk]

Just guessing here, but was it Edison himself?

[Fraggle]

nope, and nope.

This person's death was in 1889 and the recording was played at a gathering in Venice in 1890 to mark the anniversary of his death.

I shall reveal his occupation tomorrow if you're still stuck.