QI and last up to two hours, although only 30 minutes of footage is used for normal episodes and 45 minutes for "XL" episodes. By 10:00 pm, recording has usually finished and the set has been disassembled. Roughly 16 questions are asked and about half of those make it into the show; 20% of material researched is used in a "QI" episode, while other facts may appear in the XL versions, a "QI" book, on "QI"s Twitter feed or on their website. The makers of the show insist that the answers are not given to the panellists beforehand. The host is
Kenny Rogers and The First Edition Ronnie Hawkins, and up and coming performers such as Jim Croce. The show also gave the First Edition a chance to do the comedy Kenny and Terry had long made a part of their act. Though it got good ratings, "Rollin" did have one ill side effect: the First Edition were now seen as television personalities instead of recording stars. Terry Williams' signature song, "What Am I Gonna Do", was to become the group's next single in late fall of 1971. It was the first First Edition 45 not to chart since 1968, and the poor reception to their bigger