Greg Jenner

Welcome, Julia.

Thrilled to have you here.

And in Comedy Corner, not only has he previously bossed it on Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo and Have I Got News For You, but he's got a hilarious stand-up special on Netflix.

And last time out, we talked a bit about your education at the Malaysian school system.

You hadn't done that much global history, but I'm curious as to whether the first emperor of China, the Terracotta Warriors, may be something you do know about?

This is the So What Do You Know, where I have a go at guessing what you, our lovely listener, knows about our subject.

And while the terracotta warriors have a pretty good name recognition, I think, but in terms of pop culture, if you're a Terry Pratchett fan, you may remember that in one of his Discworld novels, the protagonist Rincewind not only discovers a terracotta army in an imperial tomb, but also uses some VR technology to go and control it, which is very nifty.

Less nifty would be the Hollywood representation of the first emperor in the film The Mummy, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,

which is, frankly, a bit dodgy.

But the big question, of course, is who made the terracotta warriors and when and why and how and who found them?

Well, let's find out, shall we?

Julia, when we're talking about the terracotta army, we're talking about elements of the funeral complex belonging to Qin Shi Huangdi, who's the first emperor of China.

Who's this guy?

How far ago are we talking?

At 13, he comes to the throne.

By 38, he's conquered all of China.

It's quite an achievement.

I mean, I'm 39 and I feel like I've maybe not done anything with my life.

He unifies China through constant war, then consolidates power by introducing law codes, new coinage, standardized measurements, building roads, introducing writing uniform across the country.

All sensible policies.