HAH! Harry Potter doesn't know the Quidditch rules. XD If you catch the Snitch you get 150 points which most often turns the tide and lets the team win but it's not certain that they will win. It's all in the books.
How can Daniel Radcliffe be so ignorant about quidditch? Catching the snitch earns you 150 points and ends the game, it doesn't make you "win automatically", that would make the other aspects of the game completely pointless. If you're going to be the face of the entire franchise at least read one of the bloody books.
Plus Stephen Fry reads every book in the British releases of the Harry Potter audiobooks and he apparently doesn't know any more than Radcliffe. Maybe he only remembers information when it's written down on a card for him by someone else.
Daniel Radcliffe was wrong at 17:55 lol, you done necessarily win if you catch the snitch, you nearly always win, because you get an extra 150 points. so if you are over 150 points behind the opposing team you would still loose (as in the Quiddich World Cup when Krum caught the snitch but Ireland won)
@stinelinda Haha! I had to google it now... You're answer was pretty close, but the real reason is actually a little sweeter. Stick "Why Pocoyo?" into google & check "The Pocoyo Blog" it's quite interesting.
I didn't realize until about 10 seconds ago that it was Stephen Fry that narrated it either. A nice little set of coincidences.. Thanks! =)
@luclfersangel616@MsMiMo18 It's real trick guys. There's a sliding section in the wood under his head, so when the blade comes down it pushes his head down into the bucket along with that section. The blade also pushes another wood section into place to replace the old one. You can tell if you look closely that the fake blood changes & you can also see the grooves. No camera trickery involved! ;)
Radcliffe looks so nervous in the great presence of Fry; but then again, who wouldn't be?
Also, it's been said, but because it's been ignored, I'll say it again and be ignored:
Radcliffe =/= Potter. He's an ACTOR and Potter is FICTIONAL.
Why the hell should he know the rules of Quiddicth? He doesn't actually get on a broom and fly around, nor did he defeat Ralph Finnes with a bit of wood. Believe it or not, Harry Potter wasn't a documentary.
@pinkriffic He's read the books and is a fan of them. He spent hours for ever day doing quidditch scenes for the movie, he's read the scrips. He should really know the basic rules of the game.
@RokiaNY Hate to be the spoiler, but the bit of "wood" that Daniel rests his neck on is actually flexible (or on a hinge) and has a split down the middle so it can open up like a gate (you can see the gap if you look closely). When the guillotine drops, Daniel pushes his head and neck down through the "gate," which then quickly closes. I saw a show where Alice Cooper explained the same trick.
One of the best episodes I've seen! Thanks for the upload! By the way how has no one mentioned the fact that Stephen is wearing a fez?! That was awesome ;)
@narwhalFTW The game ends when the snitch is caught and it is worth 150 points. the team that catches the snitch doesn't always win. but it is the catching of the snitch that ends the game, not how many points each team has.
@EkEmaN91 Alan's one is simple, there is a space below the box which drops the lower half of his body slightly, under the lip of the 'bottom'. In some angles you can see where his knees come up. I'm fairly sure Penn and Teller do one of their sawing tricks like this (which explains how I have any idea how it's done, I'm usually clueless when it comes to magic.)
In quidditch, the quaffle counts as ten and the snitch 150. The team doesn't win automatically, the game simply ends. So in the 4th book one team is winning 170-10 when the losing team catches the snitch giving a final score of 170-160.
why the heck is everybody commenting about freakin' quidditch? This episode was hilarious and it lacks comments about Stephen Fry losing it, the amazing to whom joke, and many more.
(i am also a hypocrite and would like to point out that Daniel is wrong, the snitch is necessary to end the game but it only gives you 150 points. If the opposing team still has more points than the team that caught the snitch, the opposing team wins.
Seriously, the discussion in the message board would make you think that they talked about nothing other than Quidditch!
Come on people, it's a FICTITIOUS game ... and there was so much more to the show than just snitches! This was a great episode ... It might have been even more funny if Alan Davies had slipped some more Jonathan Creek references in ... he never disappoints :-)
@sama31655 The blade goes up into the piece of wood above it and Radcliffe falls down on the floor, slipping his neck through a parting in the wood holding his neck. I'm not sure on Davies' trick though. Might be a mirror?
I know this is a trivial thing, but does the fact that essentially everyone now says "December the 1st" instead of "1st of December" bother anyone else? It used to go day/month, but americanisation seems to have made "December the 1st" most accepted.
That was great, except Lee Mack who overdid just like last year... Also, thumbs up all QI fans who knew that Alan was gonna tell that joke again as soon as he heard the word "fungus"
ok major fans calm it ... i think in general he was saying it normally wins the game .... except in such cases as the quidditch world cup where ireland won without catching the snicth ... yes i'm also a nerd XD
Advent calendars are pretty popular where I live (Germany) and every advent calendar I've ever seen has 24 doors (or boxes or similar). The first advent Sunday may be in November but the first door of the advent calendar will have to be opened on the first of December.
@Syrick That would render the game pointless. The team that catches the snitch gets 150 points, but, as in HP and the GoF, it's perfectly possible that the team to catch the snitch will be behind by more than 150 points.
The team that catches the snitch does not automatically win- the snitch is worth a finite amount of points, and the game ends when one team reaches (or even exceeds) 150 points. Honestly.
I corrected Harry FUCKING Potter on the rules of Quidditch >.< Not many times I can say that.
@narwhalFTW "and the game ends when one team reaches (or even exceeds) 150 points" right, and the snitch grants 150points. Even if the opposition were winning 149-0 getting the snitch makes it 149-150. So in all cases "The team that catches the snitch.." DOES automatically win. Following the logic there cannot be a way to get the snitch and NOT win, unless the game DIDN'T end at 150 points. See?
@FortisConscius I would like to quote GoF (film or book), in which Krum catches the snitch in the Quidditch world cup final for Bulgaria, but Ireland still win. This is because Ireland is more than 150 points ahead of Bulgaria.
So, if Ireland are on, say 210 points, (not so difficult considering the least amount of points you can get for scoring anything is 10) and Bulgaria are on 50 points, if Bulgaria catch the snitch, they will be on 200 points, thus losing the game, despite the snitch.
@eoghdes18 Fair enough. I was just following the logic of other posts, I never cared for Harry Potter at all. Still, I stand duly corrected.
What irks me is that for all the fantastic information we discovered on this episode nearly every comment revolves around a fictional game and how an actor misunderstood one of it's rules within the span of 15 seconds out of 43 minutes. Was it _that_ important?
What is worse is that I was (and still am) part of the madness.
@narwhalFTW 1-No the game only ends when the snitch is caught, this was shown in one book where a team caught the snitch and lost because the other team had a lead of more than 150 points.
2-Hate to tell you this but Harry Potter is fictional and this guy's just an actor.
@Roboshi2007 You basically just backed me up, because I'd said that the snitch is *not needed* to win the game, which is what the man who has PLAYED Harry Potter for the last 10 YEARS thought. I simply found it astounding that someone who'd been immersed in this for so long would miss that. But it doesn't even matter.
@narwhalFTW Oh wait. You're wrong about the point limit. A game can go on for an infinite number of points, in theory. There are multiple games in the book where the point total goes over 150. The game ends when the snitch is caught. The team that gets the snitch gets 150 points. However, if they're behind by 150 points (as in GoF) then they still lose.
Didn't something like this happen in the fourth book at the Quidditch world cup? Where one team was winning on points but the other team caught the snitch?
actually the game just ends when the snitch is caught and 150 points are given to the team that catch it. there is no 150 point limit.
in the quidditch world cup viktor krum caught the snitch but still lost the game meaning that ireland must've had at least 150 points more than hungary and therefore must've exceeded 150 without winning
@Lunga95 Wow, I'm getting kinda sick of having my inbox flooded by the same message, just by different people. Maybe if they read what I wrote LATER, when it wasn't 3 in the morning, they would see that I actually know these things.
@narwhalFTW Actually... that isn't correct... The game ends when the snitch is caught, and that team gets 150 points, but if they then have less points that their opponents, the other guys still win... sorry
Yes, thank you for your derision. You are incorrect. The game ends "...immediately after the snitch is caught..." not when one team meets or exceeds 150 points. At the World Cup, the winning team reaches 170 points without the Snitch.
The game is so illogical anyways- the whole Quaffle thing is nearly useless, as you would have to not only surpass 150 points with it, but additionally the opposing team's score, which on average can't be much worse than your own.
@narwhalFTW ACTUALLY, the game only ends when someone catches the snitch. Don't you remember the Quidditch World Cup? Bulgaria lost even though Krum caught the snitch because Ireland had over 300 points. There's also a story about a game that went on for weeks when the seekers both repeatedly failed to catch the snitch. Honestly.
@temporary560 The Harry Potter books describe a world where magic exists. For magic to exist there isn't a problem ...but for Quidditch to exist in the form it does, and to be popular amongst human beings, is utterly unrealistic, in any way, shape or form.
@narwhalFTW So you have to be winning by SIXTEEN goals to not lose if the other team catches the snitch. Since it's basically like soccer or hockey, have you ever seen a soccer game with a score of 16-0?
The reason why you've never seen a soccer game with a score of 16-0 is probably, because soccer has a time limit and it ends when the time is up. Quidditch doesn't have a time limit. It ends when the snitch is caught. So basicly you have much more time to score 16 goals ;)
@narwhalFTW the game ends when you catch the snitch or the two teams decide to end it. amount of points doesnt end the game. the snitch itself is worth 150 points and ends the game when caught. the other team could still win though if they had more points than the team who caught the snitch. so they would need more points than 150 (the snitch) plus any other points that team scored.
@narwhalFTW Actually, may I correct you and Mr Potter? From the Goblet of Fire, when Harry, Ron and Hermione go to the Quidditch World Cup. And also mentioned in the first book, I think. Quidditch matches have no end. Longest match being... I think they said three months. Ron made a bet that one team would win, but the other team's seeker would catch the snitch. And won.
So... if one team had 300 points, and the other team had 10... and caught the snitch (150p)... 160 points. They'd still lose!
@narwhalFTW wrong, the game ends when the snitch is caught no matter the score. in the side book the history of quidditch there is a record where a game was played for more than a week until the snitch was caught
@Virini Saying "except after c" implies that i does not come before e after c. So it would imply that the opposite of the rule must apply, not simply the rule doesn't apply. And anyway, saying the rule doesn't apply would generally make people assume the opposite.
...um... Daniel, I'll have you know that catching the snitch does not win the game. Rather it ends the game and wins the team 150 points. Yes, I'm a massive nerd.
What is "caffeine" doing up on the screen at 14:16? The word starts with a "c" and is followed later by "ei". That is not an exception to the "i before e" rule!
@darijoe when the rule says "except after c" it means immediately after c. In the case of the word caffeine, the ei would be considered "after f" not "after c" :)
@ThePandaBetweenUs What a crappy rule then! Why people don't say "i before e except *immediately* after c" I have no idea. Thank goodness it is not taught in schools now lol.
HAH! Harry Potter doesn't know the Quidditch rules. XD If you catch the Snitch you get 150 points which most often turns the tide and lets the team win but it's not certain that they will win. It's all in the books.
Adjuni 5 hours ago
Thanks, QI, for floating Pentagrams behind Stephen Fry in the beginning. Because of that scary-ass image, I won't be able to sleep tonight!
"Well, technically, its not a Pentagram, its a SERpentagram".
Yeah, like that makes it better.
Nicsho 2 weeks ago
How can Daniel Radcliffe be so ignorant about quidditch? Catching the snitch earns you 150 points and ends the game, it doesn't make you "win automatically", that would make the other aspects of the game completely pointless. If you're going to be the face of the entire franchise at least read one of the bloody books.
TheCrackFoxxx 1 month ago
Plus Stephen Fry reads every book in the British releases of the Harry Potter audiobooks and he apparently doesn't know any more than Radcliffe. Maybe he only remembers information when it's written down on a card for him by someone else.
TheCrackFoxxx 1 month ago
So is that the origin of 'blind drunk'?
DemstarAus 1 month ago
One of my favorite episodes!
Altaranalt 1 month ago
14:19 "Are you incapable of rational thought?"
LMAO
PatrikZDi 1 month ago
Daniel Radcliffe was wrong at 17:55 lol, you done necessarily win if you catch the snitch, you nearly always win, because you get an extra 150 points. so if you are over 150 points behind the opposing team you would still loose (as in the Quiddich World Cup when Krum caught the snitch but Ireland won)
SuperLamarrio64DS 1 month ago in playlist ...Q..I... Season 8, Series H XL 2
Fezzes are cool.
mohp123523 1 month ago
If el Pato the Spanish name for duck, What is el Pocoyo spanish for?
MrLittletomdj 2 months ago in playlist Christmas Playlist
@MrLittletomdj its Poco Yo and it means "A little I"........i think
stinelinda 1 month ago
@stinelinda Haha! I had to google it now... You're answer was pretty close, but the real reason is actually a little sweeter. Stick "Why Pocoyo?" into google & check "The Pocoyo Blog" it's quite interesting.
I didn't realize until about 10 seconds ago that it was Stephen Fry that narrated it either. A nice little set of coincidences.. Thanks! =)
MrLittletomdj 1 month ago
whats the pentagrams all about at the end o0 ?
evilscotsmin 2 months ago in playlist Christmas Playlist
I really wanna know how they do the guillotine trick.. hmmm.
MsMiMo18 2 months ago
@MsMiMo18 you push the birds head under its wing the first head is the fake one if that clears it up a little : )
evilscotsmin 2 months ago in playlist Christmas Playlist
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luclfersangel616 2 months ago in playlist Christmas Playlist
@MsMiMo18 They paused the recording and put a fake harry in. It isn't supposed to be serious, just some light comedy.
luclfersangel616 2 months ago in playlist Christmas Playlist
@luclfersangel616 @MsMiMo18 It's real trick guys. There's a sliding section in the wood under his head, so when the blade comes down it pushes his head down into the bucket along with that section. The blade also pushes another wood section into place to replace the old one. You can tell if you look closely that the fake blood changes & you can also see the grooves. No camera trickery involved! ;)
MrLittletomdj 1 month ago
Radcliffe looks so nervous in the great presence of Fry; but then again, who wouldn't be?
Also, it's been said, but because it's been ignored, I'll say it again and be ignored:
Radcliffe =/= Potter. He's an ACTOR and Potter is FICTIONAL.
Why the hell should he know the rules of Quiddicth? He doesn't actually get on a broom and fly around, nor did he defeat Ralph Finnes with a bit of wood. Believe it or not, Harry Potter wasn't a documentary.
pinkriffic 3 months ago 3
@pinkriffic He's read the books and is a fan of them. He spent hours for ever day doing quidditch scenes for the movie, he's read the scrips. He should really know the basic rules of the game.
luclfersangel616 2 months ago in playlist Christmas Playlist
Wtf? Harry Potter?
Hussarer 3 months ago
I'm really surprised that NOBODY on the panel knew the basic rules of Quidditch, especially Daniel. I blame the films skimming details.
EuroMIX2 4 months ago
In my head Dan Radcliffe is now Stephen Fry's theater godson.
liana2288 5 months ago in playlist QI a-h
nawwwww!!! 1:23 love alan to bits
CLIFFEE1 6 months ago
i must say its one of their best ep its the 3d time i see it soo far :P
ARAFELI 6 months ago
Stephen Fry is reminding me of a beardless Dumbledore crossed with an older Eleventh Doctor...also known as Stephen Fry :3
doctortehe 6 months ago 12
I STILL can't figure out the guillotine trick!! Aaargh!
RokiaNY 7 months ago 4
@RokiaNY Obviously we need Jonathan Creek.
CharmsLithe 6 months ago
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RokiaNY 6 months ago
@RokiaNY Hate to be the spoiler, but the bit of "wood" that Daniel rests his neck on is actually flexible (or on a hinge) and has a split down the middle so it can open up like a gate (you can see the gap if you look closely). When the guillotine drops, Daniel pushes his head and neck down through the "gate," which then quickly closes. I saw a show where Alice Cooper explained the same trick.
allamericandude15 3 months ago
@allamericandude15 No worries! Thanks! I must have watched that bit 10 times trying to figure it out!
RokiaNY 3 months ago
are you incapable of rational thought?!
lukeycc67 8 months ago 2
Fezzes are cool!
katelynna10000 8 months ago 2
I love how Graham looks genuinely concerned after he cut off Daniel's head, haha.
lakrisbaat 8 months ago
My English tried teaching that the other day and I proved that it didn't work
NoskcajJackson 8 months ago 2
18:49 - Pato = Duck
Stephen would know wouldn't he? From narrating Pocoyo.
Pikoble 8 months ago
also notice how all of these guys are trying really hard to be funny
thebeardedjohn 9 months ago
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Special Brew. I'd watch that.
rayhs1984 9 months ago
Dang poor Danny is nervous between all these old super witty dudes.
thebeardedjohn 9 months ago
@thebeardedjohn actually he's just dyspraxic....
kawaiichico 1 month ago
@kawaiichico Is that Latin for "drinking until you stutter" ?
thebeardedjohn 1 month ago
@thebeardedjohn i really shouldn't laugh at that XD awwwww poor daniel lol
kawaiichico 1 month ago
God Radcliffe just gets uglier the older he gets.
salamanderdeath 9 months ago
One of the best episodes I've seen! Thanks for the upload! By the way how has no one mentioned the fact that Stephen is wearing a fez?! That was awesome ;)
lexaril 9 months ago
*Stephen, I mean.
Aizen9 10 months ago
Who thinks the small preview picture of this video, before you go into it, looks like Stephan has four arms?
Aizen9 10 months ago
@narwhalFTW The game ends when the snitch is caught and it is worth 150 points. the team that catches the snitch doesn't always win. but it is the catching of the snitch that ends the game, not how many points each team has.
CoolBeans692 10 months ago 2
"Are you incapable of rationla thought?!"
You just have to love Stephen when he switches in to the angry teacher -mode :D
Larsmaa 10 months ago 4
Stephen is the ONLY person I could take seriously when they're wearing something like THAT =P
Mayna00 10 months ago 4
video stops at 28.18 Has it not uploaded fully?
khasab 10 months ago
Lovely to see an intelligent young actor.
drunkenfianna 10 months ago
Anyone remember Miss Cleo? Anyway, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw Stephen Fry in that opening shot.
siukong 11 months ago
Five stars for the end alone. Nothing says Christmas like beheading.
Roblynmaz 11 months ago 12
Daniel has the freakiest laugh EVER!!!!and whats up with his breathing?weirdo!!!
suesswiehonig 11 months ago
I want to see the magician do that with an ox! :)
cywyhot 11 months ago
please never have lee mack on QI ever again ...
No need to lower the tone
lancasterbomber99 1 year ago 4
@narwhalFTW I was just going to post that very point. I am so glad that someone else saw that mistake and I am not such a giant nerd.
CamilledeBoisTracy 1 year ago
Stephen's look at 19:34 is so amusing.
TheAlexander627 1 year ago
I was dreading a "Ten points to Griffyndor" style thing. Fortunately they didn't have one.
Anyone feel they should've replaced Lee Mack with Emma Watson for this? ;)
PjotrSpot 1 year ago 2
@EkEmaN91 Alan's one is simple, there is a space below the box which drops the lower half of his body slightly, under the lip of the 'bottom'. In some angles you can see where his knees come up. I'm fairly sure Penn and Teller do one of their sawing tricks like this (which explains how I have any idea how it's done, I'm usually clueless when it comes to magic.)
thedotter1 1 year ago
This was a very entertaining episode =) It's always great when Stephen loses it!
Minty210 1 year ago
best ending ever!
glebber 1 year ago
who else thinks Mr. fry looks good in that outfit!
bu3asalli 1 year ago 16
Is it just me, or does Daniel Radcliffe look much younger on this show than he does in the movie?
miacrow2 1 year ago 3
In quidditch, the quaffle counts as ten and the snitch 150. The team doesn't win automatically, the game simply ends. So in the 4th book one team is winning 170-10 when the losing team catches the snitch giving a final score of 170-160.
knightsraiders27 1 year ago 4
@knightsraiders27 Thanks for telling me because I obviously didn't see the other hundred comments correcting him!
Ownmanship 8 months ago
why the heck is everybody commenting about freakin' quidditch? This episode was hilarious and it lacks comments about Stephen Fry losing it, the amazing to whom joke, and many more.
(i am also a hypocrite and would like to point out that Daniel is wrong, the snitch is necessary to end the game but it only gives you 150 points. If the opposing team still has more points than the team that caught the snitch, the opposing team wins.
FudgePop101 1 year ago 4
thanks
297Wuvx 1 year ago
much thanks for posting
297Wuvx 1 year ago
I don't know why, but I really fancy Lee Mack.
nuimaleko7 1 year ago
Fuck Quidditch!
People from the north where ruthlessly killed.
KingObould 1 year ago
@KingObould If they had behaved themselves then there wouldn't have been a problem
jaz88pa 11 months ago
DANIEL FUCKING RADCLIFFE! I just had a mini heart attack.
AngelOmega777 1 year ago
I love how sincere Stephen was when he demanded if Lee was capable of a rational thought.
I know that Stephen would prefer to the world to be more grammatically educated, but I'm so glad he told of Lee :P
aceoffoils 1 year ago 4
Seriously, the discussion in the message board would make you think that they talked about nothing other than Quidditch!
Come on people, it's a FICTITIOUS game ... and there was so much more to the show than just snitches! This was a great episode ... It might have been even more funny if Alan Davies had slipped some more Jonathan Creek references in ... he never disappoints :-)
LiteraryLapse 1 year ago
I know it is a trick and he is still alive, how did they do it?
sama31655 1 year ago
@sama31655 The blade goes up into the piece of wood above it and Radcliffe falls down on the floor, slipping his neck through a parting in the wood holding his neck. I'm not sure on Davies' trick though. Might be a mirror?
EkEMaN91 1 year ago
Who is that saying Daniel's buzzer?
sama31655 1 year ago
I'm pretty amused at how Stephen says "ethile" in "ethyl alcohol."
liana2288 1 year ago 2
"People from the north were ruthlessly killed." Ouch.
faenorflame 1 year ago 2
Fezzes are cool!
95kittens 1 year ago 30
I never noticed it, but Danniel has an amazing laugh!
pretty curious how they actually do those tricks! didn't alan explain it in a jonathan creek episode ? ^_^
garfreeek 1 year ago 2
I know this is a trivial thing, but does the fact that essentially everyone now says "December the 1st" instead of "1st of December" bother anyone else? It used to go day/month, but americanisation seems to have made "December the 1st" most accepted.
NowRahRiver 1 year ago
@NowRahRiver Meh, I live in Iceland; We'll never stop using day/month there.
EkEMaN91 1 year ago
That was great, except Lee Mack who overdid just like last year... Also, thumbs up all QI fans who knew that Alan was gonna tell that joke again as soon as he heard the word "fungus"
lucynaribola 1 year ago 7
repost?
red00devil 1 year ago
@red00devil sorry, clearly this is the XL version...
red00devil 1 year ago
QI always makes me laugh out loud. This episode is no exception. Thanks for posting! :)
trampletop 1 year ago 2
TNX, very much, for the XL, Q1. May this New Year be a good one, for you.
MicroWorldLover 1 year ago
Daniel is Gyles Brandreth reborn. Luv 'im.
Hocra 1 year ago
ok major fans calm it ... i think in general he was saying it normally wins the game .... except in such cases as the quidditch world cup where ireland won without catching the snicth ... yes i'm also a nerd XD
emily100094 1 year ago 2
Advent calendars are pretty popular where I live (Germany) and every advent calendar I've ever seen has 24 doors (or boxes or similar). The first advent Sunday may be in November but the first door of the advent calendar will have to be opened on the first of December.
xxmayonxx 1 year ago 4
@xxmayonxx Yes, but the point is that the 1st of December is not usually the beginning of advent.
eoghdes18 1 year ago
@eoghdes18
No, actually, the question was not about advent but about advent calendars.
So, in the realm of nitpickers which is where QI is set, this makes a difference.
xxmayonxx 1 year ago
Daniel knows real facts, commenters on youtube know about snitches.
simpfan666 1 year ago 140
@simpfan666
me and some mates caught a snitch once....they held him down and i blew off his kneecaps :L:L
Cpt50Caliber 1 year ago
@simpfan666 Are you trying to say Quidditch isn't real? Because I promise you it is.
CharmsLithe 6 months ago
@CharmsLithe yeah, you can play it in Mordor.
dallasbby 5 months ago
Doesn't it say in the movie that catching the snitch wins the game (not just ending it) ?
Syrick 1 year ago
@Syrick That would render the game pointless. The team that catches the snitch gets 150 points, but, as in HP and the GoF, it's perfectly possible that the team to catch the snitch will be behind by more than 150 points.
eoghdes18 1 year ago
That French game sounds very similar to Donkey Basketball in the US.
kittyprydekissme 1 year ago
Does anyone else remember the "I Before E Except After C" song that Charlie Brown and Linus sang in _A Boy Named Charlie Brown_?
riseagainphoenix 1 year ago 2
@riseagainphoenix LOL, I do!
StoliDassah 1 year ago
The team that catches the snitch does not automatically win- the snitch is worth a finite amount of points, and the game ends when one team reaches (or even exceeds) 150 points. Honestly.
I corrected Harry FUCKING Potter on the rules of Quidditch >.< Not many times I can say that.
narwhalFTW 1 year ago 37
@narwhalFTW "and the game ends when one team reaches (or even exceeds) 150 points" right, and the snitch grants 150points. Even if the opposition were winning 149-0 getting the snitch makes it 149-150. So in all cases "The team that catches the snitch.." DOES automatically win. Following the logic there cannot be a way to get the snitch and NOT win, unless the game DIDN'T end at 150 points. See?
FortisConscius 1 year ago
@FortisConscius I would like to quote GoF (film or book), in which Krum catches the snitch in the Quidditch world cup final for Bulgaria, but Ireland still win. This is because Ireland is more than 150 points ahead of Bulgaria.
So, if Ireland are on, say 210 points, (not so difficult considering the least amount of points you can get for scoring anything is 10) and Bulgaria are on 50 points, if Bulgaria catch the snitch, they will be on 200 points, thus losing the game, despite the snitch.
eoghdes18 1 year ago 2
@eoghdes18 Fair enough. I was just following the logic of other posts, I never cared for Harry Potter at all. Still, I stand duly corrected.
What irks me is that for all the fantastic information we discovered on this episode nearly every comment revolves around a fictional game and how an actor misunderstood one of it's rules within the span of 15 seconds out of 43 minutes. Was it _that_ important?
What is worse is that I was (and still am) part of the madness.
FortisConscius 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW You should call J.K. Rowling and tell her you should have been cast as Harry Potter.
QuixoticTendencies 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW Too fucking right!
eoghdes18 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW 1-No the game only ends when the snitch is caught, this was shown in one book where a team caught the snitch and lost because the other team had a lead of more than 150 points.
2-Hate to tell you this but Harry Potter is fictional and this guy's just an actor.
Roboshi2007 1 year ago 17
@Roboshi2007 You basically just backed me up, because I'd said that the snitch is *not needed* to win the game, which is what the man who has PLAYED Harry Potter for the last 10 YEARS thought. I simply found it astounding that someone who'd been immersed in this for so long would miss that. But it doesn't even matter.
narwhalFTW 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW I'm pretty sure the Golden Snitch is worth 150 points. So if you catch it, you win.
SmoknReafer 1 year ago
@SmoknReafer Yet while one team is out searching for the snitch, the other team could reach 150 by scoring. It's not necessary to catch the snitch.
narwhalFTW 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW Oh wait. You're wrong about the point limit. A game can go on for an infinite number of points, in theory. There are multiple games in the book where the point total goes over 150. The game ends when the snitch is caught. The team that gets the snitch gets 150 points. However, if they're behind by 150 points (as in GoF) then they still lose.
eoghdes18 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW Yes, I was thinking that myself!
derdriui 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW
Didn't something like this happen in the fourth book at the Quidditch world cup? Where one team was winning on points but the other team caught the snitch?
XKaiminalX 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW
actually the game just ends when the snitch is caught and 150 points are given to the team that catch it. there is no 150 point limit.
in the quidditch world cup viktor krum caught the snitch but still lost the game meaning that ireland must've had at least 150 points more than hungary and therefore must've exceeded 150 without winning
not often do i correct a narwhal....
Lunga95 1 year ago 7
@Lunga95 Wow, I'm getting kinda sick of having my inbox flooded by the same message, just by different people. Maybe if they read what I wrote LATER, when it wasn't 3 in the morning, they would see that I actually know these things.
Please can I have a break.
narwhalFTW 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW I thought the snitch was WORTH 150 and the game ends when one team catches the snitch.
miduchalan1 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW Actually... that isn't correct... The game ends when the snitch is caught, and that team gets 150 points, but if they then have less points that their opponents, the other guys still win... sorry
PhoenixPlaneswalker 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW
have u read the extra book on quidditch? there have been matches that went on for AGES according to that book.
alexicon89 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW Harry Potter is a fictional character. Daniel Radcliffe is an actor. Believe it or not there's a difference.
stephrowe89 1 year ago 16
@narwhalFTW I'm sure he would be completely ashamed of himself if he read this ;-)
ParaJynx 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW
Yes, thank you for your derision. You are incorrect. The game ends "...immediately after the snitch is caught..." not when one team meets or exceeds 150 points. At the World Cup, the winning team reaches 170 points without the Snitch.
The game is so illogical anyways- the whole Quaffle thing is nearly useless, as you would have to not only surpass 150 points with it, but additionally the opposing team's score, which on average can't be much worse than your own.
allanramsaysteele 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW ACTUALLY, the game only ends when someone catches the snitch. Don't you remember the Quidditch World Cup? Bulgaria lost even though Krum caught the snitch because Ireland had over 300 points. There's also a story about a game that went on for weeks when the seekers both repeatedly failed to catch the snitch. Honestly.
SleepySigh 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW You're only partially correct. The game ends when someone catches the snitch.
The team to catch it generally wins, as it gives 150 points.
(making the chasers and keeper largely pointless. Quidditch being popular, is the most unrealistic part of the books)
ZarlanTheGreen 1 year ago 2
@ZarlanTheGreen Yeah all that flying about on broomsticks, what are they thinking?! I mean they're magical, why all that effort?
temporary560 1 year ago
@temporary560 The Harry Potter books describe a world where magic exists. For magic to exist there isn't a problem ...but for Quidditch to exist in the form it does, and to be popular amongst human beings, is utterly unrealistic, in any way, shape or form.
ZarlanTheGreen 1 year ago
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N0xN0ctis 1 year ago
@narwhalFTW So you have to be winning by SIXTEEN goals to not lose if the other team catches the snitch. Since it's basically like soccer or hockey, have you ever seen a soccer game with a score of 16-0?
WORST. DESIGNED. SPORT.
LoudTristero 1 year ago
@LoudTristero
The reason why you've never seen a soccer game with a score of 16-0 is probably, because soccer has a time limit and it ends when the time is up. Quidditch doesn't have a time limit. It ends when the snitch is caught. So basicly you have much more time to score 16 goals ;)
xDarkBloodAngelx 11 months ago
@narwhalFTW the game ends when you catch the snitch or the two teams decide to end it. amount of points doesnt end the game. the snitch itself is worth 150 points and ends the game when caught. the other team could still win though if they had more points than the team who caught the snitch. so they would need more points than 150 (the snitch) plus any other points that team scored.
timmy47 10 months ago 2
@narwhalFTW Actually, may I correct you and Mr Potter? From the Goblet of Fire, when Harry, Ron and Hermione go to the Quidditch World Cup. And also mentioned in the first book, I think. Quidditch matches have no end. Longest match being... I think they said three months. Ron made a bet that one team would win, but the other team's seeker would catch the snitch. And won.
So... if one team had 300 points, and the other team had 10... and caught the snitch (150p)... 160 points. They'd still lose!
RoswelliVideos 10 months ago
@narwhalFTW No one cares, but good going I guess
karlpetter1337 10 months ago
@narwhalFTW wrong, the game ends when the snitch is caught no matter the score. in the side book the history of quidditch there is a record where a game was played for more than a week until the snitch was caught
ligmibnowino 8 months ago 2
Wow, quite1nteresting, you sure don't take your time about it. Thanks so much.
hwygrrl 1 year ago 2
Incredibly entertaining episode. Thanks for posting.
askjaskjaskjaskj 1 year ago
thanks for posting!
kate28 1 year ago
But the 'i before e' rule is only about diphthongs, I thought. So things like weird and being and glacier shouldn't count.
Also the fact that 'except after c' surely means that 'the rule does not apply after c', rather than 'the opposite of the rule must apply after c'.
Virini 1 year ago 7
@Virini Saying "except after c" implies that i does not come before e after c. So it would imply that the opposite of the rule must apply, not simply the rule doesn't apply. And anyway, saying the rule doesn't apply would generally make people assume the opposite.
NowRahRiver 1 year ago
...um... Daniel, I'll have you know that catching the snitch does not win the game. Rather it ends the game and wins the team 150 points. Yes, I'm a massive nerd.
BeautifulTerror 1 year ago 12
What is "caffeine" doing up on the screen at 14:16? The word starts with a "c" and is followed later by "ei". That is not an exception to the "i before e" rule!
darijoe 1 year ago
@darijoe when the rule says "except after c" it means immediately after c. In the case of the word caffeine, the ei would be considered "after f" not "after c" :)
ThePandaBetweenUs 1 year ago
@ThePandaBetweenUs What a crappy rule then! Why people don't say "i before e except *immediately* after c" I have no idea. Thank goodness it is not taught in schools now lol.
darijoe 1 year ago
Thank you!!!
annikee59 1 year ago 2
*takes pants off*
Ahhh... Now I can watch QI...
Why are you looking at me like that?
Nein1no 1 year ago 7