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TheBlueRaja · 21-10-2005, 10:37

I dont have a direct link, but it was on that QI program with Steven Fry. They were being rather mean to the contestants because in one series they asked how many moons does the Earth have - to which they all lost points for answering one - despite them complaining that it is called THE moon after all. In fact at the time they said - there were actually 4 moons in orbit round the earth - most too small to see with the naked eye but there all the same.
Then in the next series they asked the same question again - they all buzzed in and answered 4 becuase they had had the same question on the previous series, and they all lost points again much to the delight os Steven who proclaimed that there were now 5 moons as one had just recently been descovered.

There is an article on space.com about us having two moons but that was published in 1999 and is out of date.

21-10-2005, 10:37	#17
TheBlueRaja cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Baw deep in a munter Age: 50 Services: Initiations, rep rigging and orgies! Posts: 5,750	Re: Did you know? I dont have a direct link, but it was on that QI program with Steven Fry. They were being rather mean to the contestants because in one series they asked how many moons does the Earth have - to which they all lost points for answering one - despite them complaining that it is called THE moon after all. In fact at the time they said - there were actually 4 moons in orbit round the earth - most too small to see with the naked eye but there all the same. Then in the next series they asked the same question again - they all buzzed in and answered 4 becuase they had had the same question on the previous series, and they all lost points again much to the delight os Steven who proclaimed that there were now 5 moons as one had just recently been descovered. There is an article on space.com about us having two moons but that was published in 1999 and is out of date.