Episode 3

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Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Jo Brand welcome: * A fashion historian with a taste for nautical chic, Amber Butchart * A quizzer with a business head and 57 trillion entries in his address book, Jack Waley-Cohen; * A comedian who's as big Down Under as he is internationally, Jimeoin. The Museum's Guest Committee investigate a failed cure for malaria that made the world go crazy for mauve; an inventive use of adverbs that will obsess inventive punsters; and a new unit of velocity for compressed curd. Researched by Anne Miller of QI and Mike Turner. Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin. A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2017.