QI panellist Alan Davies has admitted that he plays the fool on the hit BBC panel show.
The 47-year-old comedian is a regular panellist on the show, which he joked was rigged to make host Stephen Fry "look like the cleverest man in the world".
Davies told the Radio Times: "Often the quickest route to a laugh on that show is for me to play the fool to Stephen Fry's deity.
"It's a bit like hosting a dinner party - as the regulars on the show, Stephen and I both feel a responsibility for guests to have a nice time, with the result that as far as I'm concerned, all those facts go straight in one ear and out the other.
"But yes, the whole thing is rigged to make Stephen look like the cleverest man in the world and me like the most stupid", he said of the BBC2 show. "What's disappointing is how easily those roles have come to pass," Davies said.
* QI is shown in Australia on ABC1 on Friday's at 8pm (AEDT).
