The Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Phill Jupitus.

With American comedy writer, stand-up and musician, Rich Hall, historian, author and TV presenter, Dr Anna Keay and leading neurosurgeon, Henry Marsh CBE.

The Museum's Steering Committee discusses:

* How the Wild West wasn't at all like we think it was
* How brain surgery isn't exactly rocket science
* How tourists were encouraged to chip off their own souvenirs from Stonehenge
* Why the key to understanding the difference between Americans and the British is on the front porch
* How British monarchs used to borrow their crown jewels
* How our brains disappear when they're not needed.

Researchers: James Harkin and Stevyn Colgan of QI.

Producers: Richard Turner and Dan Schreiber

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014. Show less