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Who wants to be a millionaire?

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I don't. Parking a helicopter would be a nightmare for a start.

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All that hovering around the area, looking for a vacant capital H.

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Luckily, on this show, there are no prizes at all,

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so our teams have nothing like that to worry about.

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Continuing their journey towards absolutely nothing tonight

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are, on my right...

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Mark Smith, an archivist with a PhD in the politics of culture

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in Nigeria 1939-1966,

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whose great uncle Albert is coincidentally

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the first ever Bishop of northern Nigeria.

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Nick Holland, a freelance copywriter and keen ventriloquist who performs

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Nessun Dorma with his tortoise puppet, Sheldon.

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And their captain, Nick Reed,

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a charity administrator who walked alongside the singer Billy Bragg

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for over 15 minutes

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without ever drumming up the courage to say hello.

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United by a soft spot for sad singers and silent letters,

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they are the Psmiths.

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Now, in your journey so far you lost your most recent game against the

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Cosmopolitans, but you get another chance now to make it through

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to the semifinals. Do you have a game plan for tonight?

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We do, we've had three nail-biting wins and a blowout defeat.

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We decided we prefer the former

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and have been trying to get into a groove

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with the team mantra "Hello to Jason Isaacs".

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Well, good luck with that plan tonight.

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You'll be taking it up against, on my left...

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Phyl Styles,

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a secondary school teacher

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who fainted while giving blood in France.

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Tom Cappleman, a software engineer who's spent an hour a day playing

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the same computer game for the past 11 years.

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And their captain, Graeme Cole,

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a computer sciences graduate whose great,

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great, great, great grandfather was a Cornish smuggler with a comb-over.

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United by a weakness for wordplay, they are the Verbivores.

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Now, eagle-eyed viewers will have noticed that this is a rematch.

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You actually met the Psmiths in your opening heat.

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How are you feeling about encountering them again?

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Well, we lost our first encounter by just two points,

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and since then we've got steadily better on the wall,

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but we've also got steadily worse on missing vowels.

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Hopefully not by quite the same amount.

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So, we'll see what happens.

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We won't see what happens unless we play the quiz.

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Let's start with Round One.

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What is the connection between four apparently random clues?

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So, two old sparring partner teams go up against each other.

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Let's kick that off again. Psmiths, what would you like?

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-Two Reeds, please.

-Two Reeds. OK. Picture clues immediately.

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Something connects them, what is it?

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Here's the first.

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NICK STIFLES LAUGHTER

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Next.

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I don't know that in the least.

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Next.

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Is that...? That's the G-Mex centre, is it?

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-We don't...

-Maybe they all start with GI...

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Next.

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Now that is... It's a herb, isn't it? A herb.

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Three seconds.

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With no confidence at all,

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we think they might all start with G hyphen.

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They do not all start with G hyphen.

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So, Verbivores, you've got the chance of a bonus point.

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-They're all sage.

-They're all sage?

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They are all sage.

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Who is that in the second picture? Phyl, I feel sure you know.

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-No!

-Rapper Sage the Gemini?

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Oh, that's my thing, yes.

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And in that third picture,

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-that is a music venue, Sage Gateshead.

-Yes.

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And in the last one, the herb sage.

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All sage. Well done for a bonus point.

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-And you may choose a question.

-Eye of Horus, please.

-Eye of Horus.

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OK. What is the connection between these clues?

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Here's the first.

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What acts as a question mark in Greek?

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THEY CONFER

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Do we want the next one, then?

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-Yeah.

-Next.

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I think, I think you could be right.

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Semicolon to show you've been to college.

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-Yeah.

-Shall we go with it?

-Yeah.

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Semicolons?

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Is the right answer.

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You didn't need to see the next two clues.

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In English, a semicolon separates major sentence elements.

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And in emoticons,

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they mean a winking eye.

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Kurt Vonnegut said, "Do not use semicolons,

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"they are transvestite hermaphrodites

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"representing absolutely nothing.

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"All they do is show you've been to college."

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I'm not sure that transvestite

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hermaphrodites do represent

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absolutely nothing, I think they

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represent rather a lot.

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But there you go, he's a novelist,

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not me, so that was his view.

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These are all things done by semicolons. Very well done.

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Psmiths, what would you like?

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-Water, please.

-Water.

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OK, what is the connection between these clues?

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Here's the first.

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That's Pam... That's Pamela, isn't it?

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-OK.

-Or...

-INDISTINCT

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-They might be from different famous things.

-Yeah.

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-THEY CONFER

-Next.

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That is Jessica.

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That's... Women's names?

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-Ending in A?

-It can't be, it can't be that simple, can it?

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It could be all... Yeah, I don't know.

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-Maybe we ought to go for another clue, then.

-Next.

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-Former capital, Duchy of Lorraine.

-That's not helpful.

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Erm...

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I bet it's also a woman's name.

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-INDISTINCT

-Shall we do it?

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Are these all women's names ending in A?

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That is not the right answer, so Verbivores,

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I'm going to show you the last clue

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for a possible bonus point.

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Are they all women's names mentioned

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in the song Mambo Number Five?

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VICTORIA LAUGHS

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That is a brilliant guess!

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-But no.

-Aw!

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Which names do you think you saw?

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Pamela? Is number one Pamela?

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Number one is Pamela.

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-Number two is Jessica.

-Mm-hm.

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Erm... And we don't know number three.

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Number three doesn't actually end in A anyway.

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-Ah.

-That would be Nancee, or Nancy.

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-Diana?

-And then the last one is Diana.

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Pamela, Jessica, Nancy, Diana?

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Mitfords.

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They are the Mitford sisters.

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Yes, we didn't include the clue,

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that which has oneness.

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Or Unity.

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Where was Unity Mitford conceived?

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THEY LAUGH

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It's lovely. Swastika, Ontario.

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That's right. One of her relatives owned mines there.

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So, no points there, but Verbivores, you may choose your own question.

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-Lion, please.

-Lion. OK. MUSIC TONE

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Well, it's the music question.

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You'll be hearing your clues, I want to know what connects them.

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Here's the first.

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# In the wee wee hours

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# Your mind gets hazy... #

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Can't actually recognise it. Next.

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# I can't wait till I hear you say

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# I'm going down, mayday, mayday, I'm going to clam

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# Cos every time that the pigs have got me... #

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Next.

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# My name's Smiley Culture...

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# Where do you think you're coming from?

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# Like from seeing my mother

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# What's the registration number of the car?

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# I can't remember... #

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Next.

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# We never had the love that every child ought to get

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# We ain't no delinquents, we're misunderstood

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-# Deep down inside us there is good!

-# There is good!

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# There is good, there is good... #

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Three seconds.

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Based on almost nothing at all...names.

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I think your problem is that "names"

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applies to literally every song

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ever written or recorded,

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so I can't accept that as an answer.

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Psmiths, your chance for a bonus point now.

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We think the connection is the police.

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The connection is the police.

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What did we hear?

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Going backwards, we had Gee,

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Officer Krupke from West Side Story.

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That's right.

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Police Officer by Smiley Culture.

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Mm-hm. What else?

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A song expressing distaste for the police by NWA.

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No, it's Ice Cube. Ghetto Bird.

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He's addressing police in a helicopter.

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It wasn't easy to find a bit of that song that was broadcast-able,

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but we found a bit. And what about the first one?

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Don't know.

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That was Bruce Springsteen,

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State Trooper.

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All songs addressed to police officers.

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Well done. So you get the bonus there and it's your choice.

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-Twisted Flax, please.

-Twisted Flax.

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What is the connection between these clues?

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Here's the first.

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THEY CONFER

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Next.

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I think it's these previous names of Google or something?

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Next.

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Brands that have changed their names from this to something a lot more...

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Erm, it's tempting, isn't it? I mean, we need a...

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Shall we have a fourth? Next.

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-That was a...

-Are they...?

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That was a famous Internet failure, wasn't it?

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Maybe they all are.

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We think these are all, erm,

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much-hyped internet companies that failed.

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That's absolutely right, they are dot com bubble casualties.

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What did they do? Tell me about those websites.

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Boo.com was...

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-Gifts?

-Clothes and gifts and things?

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Yeah, sort of a fashion store, yes,

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with a virtual hostess

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called Miss Boo.

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It was a pet supply company, you might imagine, Pets.com.

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TheGlobe.com

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was an American social network.

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Think Tools was a Swiss IT company.

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All much-hyped companies

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that famously crashed.

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Verbivores, what would you like?

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-Horned Viper, please.

-The Horned Viper.

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OK. What is the connection between these clues?

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Here's the first.

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Flying balloon girl: West Bank.

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Is this Banksy graffiti?

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-Is it?

-I think so.

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I think there's a picture of someone, a girl with balloons.

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-Do you want to go with that?

-Yeah.

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These are artworks by Banksy?

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Coming in after one clue,

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I'm going to give you five points.

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They are all works by Banksy.

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Let's have a look at them.

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You recognised immediately, Tom,

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the Flying Balloon Girl, which is on the West Bank.

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Man Hanging From A Window, that's in Bristol,

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it's outside a window ledge,

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the idea is that the chap is just slipping out of the premises.

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Think Tank, that's a Blur album cover,

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and If Graffiti Changed Anything...

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is a piece of graffiti or a graffito in Fitzrovia.

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I should probably say it's not confirmed that they are by Banksy.

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They are rumoured to be

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by the artist Banksy.

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Very well done.

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That means at the end of Round One that the Psmiths

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have two points,

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the Verbivores have nine.

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Sequences now, and Psmiths, you'll be going first again,

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so please choose a sequential hieroglyph.

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-Two Reeds, please.

-Two Reeds.

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OK, I'll be showing you the first in a series of clues,

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what would you expect to come fourth?

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Time starts now.

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-Rivers, Washington.

-Um, no. Next.

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Longest rivers? The Nile?

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No, no, no.

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Potomac: 1, Congo: 2.

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Next.

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Nile three?

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Is this to do with the tributaries, or...

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Or the dates on which their sources were found?

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Amazon...

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Mississippi, the Mississippi.

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BELL

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Mississippi, four.

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Not the right answer, I'm afraid, so a bonus chance for you, Verbivores.

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-Danube, four?

-Is the right answer.

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My goodness. And why is that?

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They're the number of capital cities that these rivers go through?

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That is very well calculated.

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Which capital cities do these rivers flow through?

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Potomac is Washington, DC.

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Congo probably Kinshasa and Brazzaville.

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-That's right.

-Nile is Khartoum, Cairo and...

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I don't know the other one.

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Juba in South Sudan.

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And what about the Danube? That is the only river to go through four

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capital cities. Do you know what they are?

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-Budapest.

-Of course.

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Vienna. Bucharest.

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Bratislava and Belgrade in Serbia.

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It is increasing numbers of capital cities on rivers,

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and the right one is Danube, well done.

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So you get a bonus and a choice.

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-Twisted Flax, please.

-Twisted Flax.

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OK. What will come fourth in this sequence?

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Here's the first.

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What was he in 2005-2010?

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Shadow Chancellor?

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Yes, it could have been McDonnell 2015...

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He's Corbyn's...

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Is that going to be right?

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-Don't go rash.

-Shall we go next?

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Next.

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-I think you've got it.

-Yeah...

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-So. McDonnell...

-2015.

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2015 to present.

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BELL

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McDonnell, 2015 to present.

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Not the answer, I'm afraid,

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so I'm going to show the third in the sequence to the Psmiths

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for a possible bonus point.

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I can't give you long.

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No, that's too long, I'm afraid.

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Now, you are right, these are successive Shadow Chancellors,

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but you forgot Alan Johnson,

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then, of course, Ed Balls was

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Shadow Chancellor 2011-2015.

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How could you forget Alan Johnson?

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One of the greatest politicians of our time.

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Have you read his book?

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My father-in-law has.

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Well, that's...

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My father-in-law's done a lot of

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things I haven't.

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Nobody read his book?

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It's a wonderful book.

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Yes, successive Shadow Chancellors,

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and the one we were looking for was Ed Balls.

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No bonus, then, Psmiths, but what would you like?

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-Water, please.

-Water.

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OK, what would come fourth in this picture sequence?

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Here's the first.

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Is it some...

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It's the letter A.

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It could be variants on the letter A until it

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becomes...starts out as an ox and turns into letter A.

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-Shall we try one?

-We should definitely.

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Next.

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Yeah, I think these are building towards a capital A.

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We need some points.

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BELL

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Is it simply a capital A?

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It is simply a capital A,

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very well done.

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Talk me through these clues.

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I believe the A starts out as a stylised picture of an ox.

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It's a Sinai ox, it's an Egyptian

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hieroglyph, really, isn't it?

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That's the ox, representing A.

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Then what?

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Then things that look gradually less like an ox

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and more like a capital A.

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It's a Phoenician aleph

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in the second clue,

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then the old Greek alpha, getting towards the Roman A.

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Verbivores, what would you like?

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-Horned Viper, please.

-The Horned Viper.

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OK, what will come fourth in this sequence?

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Here's the first.

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Britain A, Germany A.

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Let's see the next one.

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Next.

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Oh, right, yeah, they're different in Germany, aren't they?

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So, in Britain it's...

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It's going to be a D...

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-It's not the national anthem, is it?

-No, no, no,

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it's the scales, in Germany they use an H somewhere.

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If this is going to be C?

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-No, the fourth.

-Yeah, so A, B flat, B, C...

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But what's it going to be in Germany?

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A, B, H, C, is it?

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I think, I think they, I think it's H.

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I don't know.

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Or, C, D?

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BELL

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A British flag with a letter C,

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and a German flag with the letter...

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C?

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Is the right answer.

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A Union flag with a C, a German flag with a C.

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That is right. And what is the sequence?

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They're the musical notes.

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In Germany, they do it differently,

0:15:410:15:43

they have an H where you'd least expect one.

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We couldn't quite remember where it was, but luckily we guessed right.

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That's absolutely right, the British

0:15:490:15:51

system is perfectly logical,

0:15:510:15:52

the notes go A-G with flats,

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except C and F don't have flats,

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but that just stands to reason.

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Whereas in Germany, they don't have a B flat,

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and because they're then missing a note,

0:16:000:16:02

they shove in a quick H

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on their way to C.

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But we arrive at C and C in both musical scales.

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Well guessed. Back to you, Psmiths,

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-for a choice.

-Eye of Horus, please.

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Eye of Horus, OK.

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What would come fourth in this sequence?

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Here's the first.

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Next.

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-This is going to be about writing, I think.

-Yeah.

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Next.

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Border?

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Is it headlines, bits of newspapers?

0:16:340:16:36

It's got to have an order.

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Content, padding, border...

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-Headline?

-Is it, is it like

0:16:420:16:45

how you make a mattress,

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or a pillow or something?

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Or parcel?

0:16:490:16:51

-Envelope?

-Pillowcase? No.

0:16:510:16:54

BELL

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Envelope?

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Not the right answer, I'm afraid.

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So, Verbivores, what do you think?

0:17:010:17:03

-Margin.

-Is the right answer.

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And why is that?

0:17:050:17:06

They're coming from

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the innards of a page going out,

0:17:070:17:10

what the layout...

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The bits you call the layout, and the margin is on the sides.

0:17:120:17:16

I've explained that brilliantly - again!

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What sort of page?

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A page of text,

0:17:200:17:22

-a newspaper page?

-A web page.

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It's elements for HTML.

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They are layers of HTML elements on web pages.

0:17:260:17:29

The questioner had to explain this

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to me, I was so bored he had to explain it about seven times

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and I slept through all of them.

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But as I understand it,

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you get content in the middle of a page, then the padding, then border,

0:17:350:17:39

then right on the outside is margin.

0:17:390:17:42

That completes the page.

0:17:420:17:43

So, well guessed again.

0:17:430:17:45

And you're going to get the last

0:17:450:17:47

question of the round, the Lion.

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What would come fourth in this sequence?

0:17:480:17:50

Here's the first.

0:17:500:17:51

Next.

0:17:530:17:55

-Five...

-It is a comma, but...

0:17:590:18:01

Fibonacci sequence.

0:18:010:18:03

-It is a comma.

-Shall we go next?

0:18:030:18:05

Is it between... No, no...

0:18:050:18:08

Next.

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-Primes.

-It's going to be

0:18:120:18:13

the next four primes, which is...

0:18:130:18:16

-Next four primes.

-17, 19, 23 and 29.

0:18:160:18:18

29.

0:18:180:18:19

BELL

0:18:190:18:21

Four, brackets, 17, 19, 23, 29.

0:18:210:18:28

I'm afraid you didn't close the brackets,

0:18:300:18:31

so I can't give it to you...

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That is the right answer.

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They are bunches of prime numbers.

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The first is two, the next two are

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three and five, the next three,

0:18:380:18:39

seven, 11, 13, and the next four

0:18:390:18:41

17, 19, 23, 29.

0:18:410:18:43

Very well done.

0:18:430:18:45

Well, that means at the end of Round Two

0:18:450:18:48

the Psmiths have five points,

0:18:480:18:49

the Verbivores have 16.

0:18:490:18:51

Time now for the Connecting Wall,

0:18:540:18:56

and Verbivores, you'll be going first.

0:18:560:18:57

Would you like Lion or Water?

0:18:570:19:00

-Water, please.

-OK.

0:19:000:19:01

Two-and-a-half minutes to solve the Water wall, starting now.

0:19:010:19:04

Sexy MF?

0:19:060:19:08

Oh, things on a...

0:19:090:19:12

Tomato...

0:19:120:19:13

Yeah, they've got things...

0:19:130:19:15

Yeah, we've got things on a,

0:19:150:19:16

on a gambling machine.

0:19:160:19:17

Cherry, 7, Bell, Plum.

0:19:170:19:19

BUZZ

0:19:190:19:20

And Grape and Bar.

0:19:200:19:22

Oh, well!

0:19:220:19:23

Shall we... If you spot anything else.

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What were you...

0:19:260:19:28

-Beefsteak tomato, Cherry tomato, Plum tomato...

-Grape.

0:19:280:19:32

Oh, well done.

0:19:320:19:33

-Go for the...

-Seven, Bell, Bar...

0:19:330:19:36

-A clock?

-BUZZ

0:19:390:19:41

They're things, symbols on fruit machines.

0:19:410:19:43

Shot?

0:19:430:19:44

BUZZ

0:19:440:19:46

Yeah, well, I'll just try all of these, then.

0:19:460:19:49

BUZZ

0:19:490:19:50

Stop me if you see anything else.

0:19:500:19:52

I'm going to find out it's none of them.

0:19:520:19:53

BUZZ

0:19:530:19:56

I've seen Sexy MF on a fruit machine!

0:19:560:19:58

BUZZ

0:19:580:19:59

BUZZ

0:19:590:20:01

Right, well, that was a waste of time!

0:20:010:20:03

Sexy MF? Is it like a... I don't know.

0:20:040:20:09

Are some of these drinks?

0:20:110:20:12

Is it Kiss FM? Kiss FM, 7...

0:20:120:20:14

Sexy MF.

0:20:150:20:17

Late, Tonic....

0:20:170:20:19

Can you have a late drink?

0:20:190:20:21

Yes, I suppose.

0:20:210:20:22

Shot, um...

0:20:230:20:24

What about towers?

0:20:270:20:28

Clock Tower, yeah, I think you're right.

0:20:280:20:30

Bell tower, Cooling tower, Clock Tower...

0:20:300:20:32

-Bar?

-Bar tower?

0:20:340:20:35

BUZZ Got a minute left.

0:20:350:20:37

-Sexy MF, I'm going to keep pressing Sexy MF for ever.

-Shot.

0:20:370:20:39

Shot tower. Well, there we are.

0:20:390:20:41

Right, is Tope a colour?

0:20:410:20:43

It's not spelled like that, but cream's a colour.

0:20:430:20:45

Yeah, cream...

0:20:450:20:47

-Tonic water...

-Tonic.

0:20:470:20:49

Cream, you can have in a drink, can't you?

0:20:490:20:51

We have to say something, guess something.

0:20:520:20:54

30 seconds.

0:20:560:20:58

INDISTINCT CONVERSATION

0:20:580:21:00

The others aren't going to be...

0:21:040:21:06

Shall we just try something?

0:21:060:21:07

Let's try something.

0:21:070:21:09

Kiss, I'm guessing radio stations.

0:21:090:21:10

-Late FM, perhaps.

-Tonic.

0:21:100:21:12

BUZZ

0:21:120:21:13

Let's try seven. Seven.

0:21:130:21:15

-BUZZ

-No, one more guess.

0:21:150:21:17

-Ten seconds.

-Ten seconds.

0:21:170:21:19

You, you, you and you.

0:21:210:21:23

Not it, I'm afraid.

0:21:250:21:26

And that's it, your three lives are up and the wall has frozen.

0:21:260:21:29

But you found two groups.

0:21:290:21:30

What about the connections?

0:21:300:21:31

Tell me about the first blue group, starting Cherry.

0:21:310:21:33

They are types of tomato.

0:21:330:21:35

Cherry tomato, Plum tomato, Beefsteak tomato, and Grape tomato.

0:21:350:21:39

And the second green group, starting Cooling.

0:21:390:21:42

-Tower.

-Cooling tower, Bell tower, Clock tower, Shot tower.

0:21:420:21:45

It is correct. And you can still get points for the connections in the

0:21:450:21:48

groups you didn't find, so let's resolve the wall.

0:21:480:21:50

There we go, tell me about the pink group, starting Late.

0:21:500:21:54

Are they to do with drinks?

0:22:000:22:01

No, you're not seeing it. Iso.

0:22:010:22:03

Isolate, isotope, isobar, isotonic.

0:22:030:22:07

That's what you put before all of those.

0:22:070:22:09

And the turquoise group.

0:22:090:22:10

7, Cream, Kiss, Sexy MF.

0:22:100:22:13

Are these radio stations?

0:22:130:22:15

Really? None of you?

0:22:150:22:17

Not one of you?

0:22:170:22:19

They are songs, all by Prince.

0:22:190:22:22

And, as you suspected, there was a complete false group in there,

0:22:220:22:25

the fruit machines. The next wall has a whole false group as well,

0:22:250:22:28

I'm looking forward to them heading down that blind alley.

0:22:280:22:31

But you did find two groups and give me two connections,

0:22:310:22:33

that is a total of four.

0:22:330:22:35

Let's bring in the Psmiths now, give them the other Connecting Wall,

0:22:350:22:38

and see what happens to them.

0:22:380:22:40

Welcome back, Psmiths, you will be getting the Lion wall,

0:22:400:22:43

and two-and-a-half minutes to solve it.

0:22:430:22:44

Starting now.

0:22:440:22:47

Publishers.

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Publishers. Bloomsbury,

0:22:510:22:53

Penguin, Puffin.

0:22:530:22:54

-Toucan?

-BUZZ

0:22:540:22:56

-Ladybird. OK, so you've missed...

-BUZZ

0:22:560:22:57

Children's books.

0:22:570:22:58

-Ladybird, Toucan, Puffin...

-BUZZ

0:22:580:23:02

Orion's a publisher.

0:23:020:23:04

-OK.

-BUZZ

0:23:040:23:07

Bloomsbury's got...

0:23:070:23:09

Snoopy is a cartoon dog.

0:23:090:23:12

Swann with double N.

0:23:120:23:15

-Cricketer?

-Is it a cricketer or character from Proust?

0:23:150:23:19

Erm...

0:23:190:23:20

Turner, we've got prizes, are any of the others prizes?

0:23:200:23:23

-Is there a Bloomsbury prize?

-I think there is.

0:23:230:23:25

Maybe Pegasus.

0:23:250:23:27

BUZZ

0:23:310:23:32

OK.

0:23:320:23:33

BUZZ

0:23:410:23:42

BUZZ

0:23:450:23:47

No, no, OK. I'll just keep going

0:23:470:23:49

through publishers while

0:23:490:23:50

we try and...

0:23:500:23:52

BUZZ

0:23:530:23:54

Mighty Sparrow.

0:23:540:23:55

Comic. Are there comics in here?

0:23:580:24:00

What else could Snoopy be?

0:24:050:24:07

Oh, types of road crossing.

0:24:100:24:12

Puffin, Toucan, Zebra...

0:24:120:24:13

Pegasus crossing.

0:24:170:24:18

-OK.

-OK.

0:24:190:24:21

So does that make the publishers easier to do?

0:24:210:24:23

-Not considering Puffin.

-Do you want to give it a go?

0:24:230:24:25

Bloomsbury, Penguin, what else have we got? Doubleday and Orion.

0:24:250:24:27

-BUZZ

-OK. What have we missed?

0:24:270:24:29

-30 seconds.

-Ladybird?

-Ladybird, OK, so we're missing Orion.

0:24:290:24:32

-Great.

-Well done.

-OK, so what does Orion come with?

-Three lives.

0:24:320:24:36

Orion and Aquarius go together.

0:24:360:24:38

Barbossa, what could that be?

0:24:380:24:39

Snoopy...

0:24:450:24:47

That's it, you've solved the wall,

0:24:470:24:49

very well done, with just ten seconds to go.

0:24:490:24:52

And what about the connections?

0:24:520:24:54

Zebra, Pegasus, Puffin, Toucan.

0:24:540:24:57

These are types of road crossing.

0:24:570:24:58

They are road crossings.

0:24:580:25:00

And the Green group, starting Ladybird?

0:25:000:25:02

They, along with everything else on this, are publishers.

0:25:020:25:05

Ladybird, Bloomsbury, Penguin, Doubleday, all publishers.

0:25:050:25:08

And the pink group, starting Eagle?

0:25:080:25:10

They are...

0:25:100:25:12

codenames in the Second World War.

0:25:120:25:14

Lovely. Sadly not the answer.

0:25:140:25:17

Eagle, Orion, Aquarius, Snoopy

0:25:170:25:19

are lunar landing craft.

0:25:190:25:22

They are spacecraft that went to the moon.

0:25:220:25:24

And the turquoise group,

0:25:240:25:26

Sparrow, Swann, Turner, Barbossa.

0:25:260:25:28

Are they... Pirates called Jack?

0:25:280:25:31

I am sorry, the specific thing I needed to hear was that they are in

0:25:310:25:34

Pirates Of The Caribbean.

0:25:340:25:37

Nevertheless, you found all four groups

0:25:370:25:39

and you gave me two connections,

0:25:390:25:40

that is a total of six.

0:25:400:25:41

Let's have a look at the overall scores.

0:25:410:25:43

The Psmiths have 11 points,

0:25:430:25:46

the Verbivores have 20.

0:25:460:25:48

So, the place in the semifinals will be determined in the Missing Vowels

0:25:510:25:54

Round. Fingers on buzzers, teams.

0:25:540:25:57

I can tell you that the first group

0:25:570:25:59

all feature a Shakespearean character

0:25:590:26:02

and their killer.

0:26:020:26:03

-Verbivores.

-Mercutio and Tybalt.

0:26:050:26:07

Correct.

0:26:070:26:08

-Verbivores.

-Regan and Goneril.

0:26:110:26:14

Correct.

0:26:140:26:15

-Verbivores.

-Hamlet and Laertes.

0:26:170:26:20

Correct.

0:26:200:26:21

-Psmiths.

-Desdemona and Othello.

0:26:230:26:25

Correct. Next category, geographic features of Australia.

0:26:250:26:28

-Psmiths.

-Uluru.

0:26:300:26:32

Correct.

0:26:320:26:33

Psmiths.

0:26:370:26:39

-Cape York Peninsula.

-Correct.

0:26:390:26:40

-Psmiths.

-The Australian Alps.

0:26:440:26:46

Not it, I'm afraid,

0:26:460:26:48

Verbivores, do you know?

0:26:480:26:49

Australian Alps.

0:26:490:26:50

Australian Alps is the right answer.

0:26:500:26:52

Next clue.

0:26:520:26:53

-Psmiths.

-Great Australian Bight.

0:26:530:26:56

Correct. Next category, sources we trust on Only Connect.

0:26:560:26:59

-Psmiths.

-Debrett's.

0:27:010:27:03

Correct.

0:27:030:27:04

-Verbivores.

-Oxford English Dictionary.

0:27:060:27:09

Correct.

0:27:090:27:10

END OF ROUND BELL

0:27:190:27:20

I'm tempted not to say what that one

0:27:230:27:25

is and just leave people to pause

0:27:250:27:27

their televisions and stare for ages

0:27:270:27:29

trying to work out New Grove Dictionary Of Music And Musicians.

0:27:290:27:33

But I have given it now and the bell

0:27:330:27:34

has gone for the end of the quiz.

0:27:340:27:36

Looking at the final scores I can tell you that the winners,

0:27:360:27:39

and through to the semifinal with 25 points

0:27:390:27:42

are the Verbivores.

0:27:420:27:43

And in second place with 15,

0:27:430:27:45

it's the Psmiths.

0:27:450:27:47

Very well done on the semifinal.

0:27:470:27:48

Psmiths, I'm afraid in this sort of quarter,

0:27:480:27:50

in ways I don't even really understand, you need to go home.

0:27:500:27:54

Thank you very much for playing,

0:27:540:27:55

you've been a lovely team and you've

0:27:550:27:57

brightened up the series.

0:27:570:27:59

So, thanks for coming along.

0:27:590:28:01

Please join me next time for another episode of Only Connect,

0:28:010:28:04

or OC, as some people call it.

0:28:040:28:06

Don't confuse it with another TV show called The OC, though,

0:28:060:28:09

that's very different. One is a drama of life, love,

0:28:090:28:13

rivalry and shimmering sexual tension -

0:28:130:28:15

I genuinely don't know if I'm going to reverse this comparison or not -

0:28:150:28:18

..set in Orange County California.

0:28:180:28:20

No, I'm not.

0:28:200:28:21

The other is Only Connect. Goodbye.

0:28:210:28:24

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