Game Setup & Introduction

• Technical Difficulties hosts Citation Needed quiz show
• Participants: Chris Joel, Gary Brannan, Matt Gray
• Tom Scott hosts with Wikipedia article (participants can't see)
• Points awarded for correct answers with ding sound
• Special prize: "Hitting the table"
• Host forgot buzzer for this episode

Coffin Ray Basic Facts

• Topic: The coffin ray (electric ray species)
• Chris gets point for identifying it as fish
• Not the stingray that killed Steve Irwin
• Kills via electrocution, not stinging
• Chris gets point for correct killing method
• Called "coffin ray" due to distinctive coffin-like shape
• Also known as "crampfish"
• Gives nasty shock but doesn't generally kill humans

Electric Generation & Biology

• Generates electricity similar to voltaic pile/battery
• Inspiration for early battery development (Alessandro Volta, Galvani)
• Can generate up to 200 volts
• Spends day buried in sediment on sea floor
• Problem: people accidentally step on it
• Shock travels up seawater when poured on ray
• Warning: don't urinate on electric ray (no research found on this)

Habitat & Location

• Found in Australia (Matt gets point)
• Lives in water/seas
• Ugly-looking fish that wants to kill you
• Conceals itself on sea floor in sand

Diet & Feeding

• Feeds on "benthic bony fishes"
• Benthic zone = bottom depth of ocean (Chris gets point)
• Large creatures found in stomachs include penguins and rats
• Penguins get electrocuted when crossing beach

Tangential Discussions

• Richard O'Brien underwater documentary concept
• "Going Deep with Richard O'Brien"
• Crystal Maze underwater zones parody
• Matt's experience meeting penguin in Dubai ski center
• Penguin texture feels like snake (waxy, scaly, not feathery)
• Penguins smell fishy
• Penguins are birds, not fish

Game Conclusion

• Matt Gray wins the quiz
• Prize: "Bonbon Jovi" (Bon Jovi made of chocolate candies)
• Post-game discussion about crematorium/Thunderbirds jokes