Anna Ptaszynski

**Anna Ptaszynski** is a QI Elf and one of the regular presenters of No Such Thing As A Fish.

## Non-Appearances

As a regular presenter, Ptaszynski appears in every episode of the podcast except the following:

* Episode 6: No Such Thing As One Direction in North Korea
* Episode 10: No Such Thing As A Soggy Monk
* International Factball: Australia v Mexico
* Episode 20: No Such Thing As A Dangerous Daffodil
* Episode 48: No Such Thing As A Pokémon-Playing Goldfish
* Episode 66: No Such Thing As A Robotic Margaret Atwood
* Episode 74: No Such Thing As A Computer in the Oval Office
* Episode 84: No Such Thing As A Donkumentary
* Episode 86: No Such Thing As Ghost Nipples
* Episode 97: No Such Thing As Andrew Diplodocus Carnegie
* Episode 144: No Such Thing As Garlic Superman
* Episode 146: No Such Thing As A Queen Orca
* Episode 183: No Such Thing As A Bouncy Theatre
* Episode 214: No Such Thing As A Criminal In A Fabulous Hat
* Episode 229: No Such Thing As The Great Modesto
* Episode 335: No Such Thing As A Cardigan For Ginger Rogers
* Episode 336: No Such Thing As A Delicious Emergency Salad
* Episode 338: No Such Thing As Carthaginian YouTube
* Episode 393: No Such Thing As Charlie And The Sperm Factory
* Episode 412: No Such Thing As A John Lennon Statue In Svalbard
* Episode 431: No Such Thing As A Vampire From Devon
* Episode 436: No Such Thing As An Alexa In Heaven
* Episode 456: No Such Thing As Glass In The Future
* Episode 468: No Such Thing As Drama-Free Pringles
* Episode 469: No Such Thing As A Rubik's Tube
* Episode 470: No Such Thing As A Walking Stick Full of Bagels
* Episode 471: No Such Thing As A Toin Coss
* Episode 472: No Such Thing As A Giant Otter in H&M
* Episode 473: No Such Thing As Rice Babies
* Episode 474: No Such Thing As A Remote Controlled Cabbie
* Episode 475: No Such Thing As The Three Little Pigs of Wall Street
* Episode 476: No Such Thing As Othello's Casio
* Episode 477: No Such Thing As ShatGPT
* Episode 478: No Such Thing As An Award-Winning Gecko
* Episode 479: No Such Thing As Fake Coal
* Episode 480: No Such Thing As President Muffler
* Episode 481: No Such Thing As Taming A Plane
* Episode 482: No Such Thing As Parachuting Into Hollyoaks
* Episode 483: No Such Thing As Rivets On A Tombstone
* Episode 484: No Such Thing As An Exploding Janitor
* Episode 485: No Such Thing As Ballet On A Staircase
* Episode 486: No Such Thing As Purplue
* Episode 487: No Such Thing As A Short Dalek
* Episode 488: No Such Thing As A Furby In Space
* Episode 489: No Such Thing As A Quiet Whitsuntide
* Episode 490: No Such Thing As Whistling At A Fact
* Episode 491: No Such Thing As The Beurre War
* Episode 492: No Such Thing As York Minster Crisps
* Episode 493: No Such Thing As An X
* Episode 494: No Such Thing As A Human Wind Turbine
* Episode 495: No Such Thing As A Peanut Hall Of Fame
* Episode 496: No Such Thing As Viking Snooker
* Episode 497: No Such Thing As Oceans Eleven With Puffins
* Episode 498: No Such Thing As Internal Eyebrows
* Episode 499: No Such Thing As Old Testament Podcasts
* Episode 501: No Such Thing As Republican Barbie
* Episode 502: No Such Thing As The Opposite Of February
* Episode 503: No Such Thing As Meat Cute

## Hosting

Ptaszynski has hosted several episodes of Fish, chiefly episodes in which the regular host Dan Schreiber is absent.

* International Factball: Belgium v Algeria
* International Factball: Greece v Japan
* Episode 45: No Such Thing As A Travellator in Ancient Rome
* Episode 81: No Such Thing As A Jellyfish Jelly
* Episode 115: No Such Thing As A Hummingbird Pilot
* Episode 136: No Such Thing As A Wolf Diving for Clams
* Episode 147: No Such Thing As Burrito Party Boy
* Episode 149: No Such Thing As The Train King of Europe
* Episode 169: No Such Thing As Constantly Awake Beauty
* Episode 186: No Such Thing As Russian Hacking in the Cockroach Election
* Episode 220: No Such Thing As A Million Dots
* Episode 236: No Such Thing As A Brie Sculpture
* Episode 247: No Such Thing As Footprints On The Sea
* Episode 251: No Such Thing As An Accidental George
* Episode 318: No Such Thing As 'Of Quails and Men'
* Episode 339: No Such Thing As A Penguin in a Nightclub
* Episode 370: No Such Thing As George Clooney In A Blackcurrant Suit
* Episode 421: No Such Thing As An Elephant On A Chessboard
* Episode 451: No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling
* Episode 515: No Such Thing As A Reindeer Stockbroker

## Trivia

* Ptaszynski is not on social media, and when called upon to give her twitter handle at the end of episodes will reply "email podcast@qi.com". The hashtag "#GetAnnaOnTwitter" is often used in place of a username, and was first used in Episode 12: No Such Thing As A 164-Foot-Tall Gorilla-Whale.
* Ptaszynski is the eldest of four siblings, and has at least one brother and one sister.
* Ptaszynski lives in Oxfordshire, and is a big fan of the Oxford butcher M Feller Son & Daugher.
* Ptaszynski is half Polish, and her surname means "birdlike", as mentioned on Episode 254: No Such Thing As A Toilet In The Car. Dan Schreiber has notable difficulty pronouncing Ptaszynski's surname (which he usually pronounces "cha-ZIN-ski". When Schreiber is absent and Ptaszynski hosts, she pronounces it herself (tuh-SHIN-ski).
* Occasional references are made to Ptaszynski drinking a lot, most notably in the title of Episode 249: No Such Thing As A Pint of Wine. Ptaszynski claims not to be "a fan of wine", but "in favour" of it.
* The first fact Ptaszynski found for QI was that jelly can produce alpha waves.
* The Pottermore test put Ptaszynski in Slytherin.
* Ptaszynski's birthday is the 16th of May, making her a Taurus. (Episode 265).