0:00:02 > 0:00:05# If mummies, rats and fleas ain't your thing
0:00:05 > 0:00:07# And you don't like the sound of an exploding king
0:00:07 > 0:00:10# If you're easily scared and don't laugh at poo
0:00:10 > 0:00:13# You'd better turn off This show ain't for you
0:00:13 > 0:00:17# Still watching? Then let's test your brains
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# With Horrible Histories Gory Games
0:00:20 > 0:00:24# Horrible Histories Gory...Games. #
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello and welcome to Gory Games with me, Dave Lamb,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29and my assistant, Rattus Rattus.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Er, before we go any further,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33can I just say that rats are known as dirty creatures
0:00:33 > 0:00:36that carry numerous highly infectious diseases,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39but, er, I have undergone rigorous checks for those diseases,
0:00:39 > 0:00:43and I can assure you I have every single one.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Want some salmonella?
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Just keep on your side of the desk, all right, Rattus?
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Lovely.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51This is the show where you test your knowledge
0:00:51 > 0:00:54of Horrible Histories with quirky quiz questions and Gory Games.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Before I catch anything from Rattus...
0:00:56 > 0:00:57RATTUS LAUGHS
0:00:57 > 0:00:59..let's meet today's horrible historians.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Hello, I'm slimy Stuart Thomas.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Hi, I'm Harriet.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Hi, I'm Dominic.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Woh-hoh-hoh! Look out, it's Dominic. Right, OK.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Sorry, have you not got one of your terrible games for us at the start?
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- No, I'm spent. - Well, good. Excellent.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Let's get on with today's show, then.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Oh, no, do you know what? We could play a game from ancient Greece
0:01:20 > 0:01:23that I like to call Don't Cry For Me.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Great(!)
0:01:24 > 0:01:28This contest used to take place in front of a statue of Artemis.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Now, Spartan boys were super tough,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33so this game is a real test of endurance.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Basically, each of our contestants is flogged
0:01:35 > 0:01:39until they cry out in pain. Last one to cry out wins.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- What?- Now, right then, Dave.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45If you'd be so good as to do the flogging, cos with my little arms...
0:01:45 > 0:01:47No, no, don't panic, all right? Absolutely not.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49That is not going to happen. Not on my watch.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52You can't flog our contestants.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Oh, come on. I'm bringing history to life.- Well, me, too.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Throughout history, rats have travelled long
0:01:57 > 0:02:00distances aboard ships, just as you're about to.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Uh-oh. Argh!
0:02:03 > 0:02:05What if I promise to behave?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Shall we let him out?
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- Give him another chance. - You're very lucky, Rattus.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12But I have to say, this is your very last chance.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Again?
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Right, then. Thomas, Harriet, Dominic.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17You are playing to win Year Spheres.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Each Year Sphere contains a historical date.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22At the end of the show, your Year Sphere dates will be added,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25with AD dates being added to your total,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29and BC dates subtracted from it.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31So, if these were your Year Spheres,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34we'd add 1,215, and then subtract 480,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37giving us a total of, Rattus?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- Er, does it start with a seven? - It does.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Does it end with a five?- Yes. - It has a three in the middle?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- It has.- Is it 24?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46It's not. It's 735.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49At the end of the show, the person with the highest year score
0:02:49 > 0:02:51will win a unique historical prize.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Something I picked out of the Time Sewers myself.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Something that you'll never, ever forget.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Mainly because you'll never be able to wash off the smell.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03OK, off we go. And to find out what round one's all about,
0:03:03 > 0:03:04it's over to the Gory Grid.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07It's the Terrible Tudors.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Your four Tudor topics are...
0:03:13 > 0:03:16So, Thomas, you get to pick first in this round. Pick away!
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Er, executions, please.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Executions, let's hear the question.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25True or false? I cried at the execution of my wife, Anne Boleyn.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Is that true or false?
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Everybody has gone for false. Are they all right, or all wrong?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35It's false. I wasn't even at her execution.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38In fact, people say I was busy playing tennis.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43I couldn't possibly confirm one way or the other. Naughty Henry.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48What a naughty monarch. So, Harriet, it's your turn to pick a topic.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Sport.- Sport?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53It is, in fact, a prop question.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Oh! Prop question, prop question... He's got a big stick, so shush.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Yes, exactly. True or false?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03The Tudor sport of cudgelling involved hitting your opponent
0:04:03 > 0:04:06with a heavy stick until they bled.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Let's see those answers now, please.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Interesting. They've all gone for true.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16I can tell you that the answer is... true. Well done.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20The first person to make the other bleed won.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24It makes the sport of boxing look positively sensible.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Indeed it does. Serious moment.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Please do not try cudgelling at home.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Dominic, your turn to choose a topic.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Um, war.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Let's hear that question.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Is this true or false?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46So, is that true or is that false?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Wow, a little bit of disagreement this time.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Dominic and Harriet going for false, Thomas out on his own with true.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Let's find out what the answer is.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58It's...false.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Drake only sunk 16 Spanish ships.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03The other 60 were sunk thanks to the British weather.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06So, our lousy British weather's good for something after all.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08HE LAUGHS
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Your final category is music. Let's hear that question.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13True or false?
0:05:13 > 0:05:17I was a keen musician, and owned 78 flutes.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Let's see those answers now, please.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Harriet and Thomas agreeing on true.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Dominic out on his own this time with false.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25What's the answer?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28It's true. I also owned ten trombones,
0:05:28 > 0:05:3014 trumpets, 76 recorders,
0:05:30 > 0:05:34five bagpipes, and I was a keen singer.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- I think I'd rather listen to the bagpipes.- I heard that.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Oops! So, Harriet, you've won the quiz.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Time to choose your Year Sphere. And it's pot luck.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Pick one with a Stone Age date,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47and you could score a few million minus points.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Pick one that the rat's touched, and you could catch salmonella.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Oh, it's win, win, win, Harriet!
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Push, push, push, push, push. Argh, there you go.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Come and pick your Year Sphere, any one you like.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Interesting, maybe foolish. Push, push, push, push...
0:06:03 > 0:06:06So winning the quiz means Harriet is automatically through
0:06:06 > 0:06:09to play the Tudor Game. But will she be alone,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12or will everyone get to play? Let's find out.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19It's an All Play Brainy Game.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21So, it's off down the Time Sewer with the lot of you.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Go on, Dominic. Lead off.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Woh!
0:06:28 > 0:06:29I'll get you back for this, Dave.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Queen Elizabeth I was no oil painting.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37So, when she had oil paintings done,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40she made sure the artist copied portraits from her youth,
0:06:40 > 0:06:41when she was prettier,
0:06:41 > 0:06:45rather than have them paint the rotten tooth pockmarked reality.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47It's time to play...
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Your challenge is to assemble
0:06:50 > 0:06:52two perfect copies of an Elizabeth portrait.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54The problem is, your two puzzles
0:06:54 > 0:06:56are made out of differently-shaped pieces.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Complete your puzzles quicker than the other Horrible Historians
0:06:59 > 0:07:00to win the Year Sphere.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02In three, two, one.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04HORN BLARES
0:07:04 > 0:07:07So, here we go, then, with Puzzling Portraits, Rattus.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Two portraits of Queen Elizabeth I, different sized pieces.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Harriet could have the advantage here, being a girl.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Girls tend to do well at this, I find.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18It's multi-skilling allows them to do that, I think.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I think you're absolutely right.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24It's a cagey opening from Dominic, too. He's having a good look.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27You don't want to go just charging in there, do you, Rattus?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Popping stuff down, willy-nilly.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31No, that's not a good way to start at all.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Well, look at this.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Harriet does seem to be doing rather well,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38working on two puzzles at once, of course.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Dominic very different in his tactics, there.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43He's trying to complete one first,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45and then move onto the second.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Two very different approaches.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51I will say that Harriet seems to be doing incredibly well now.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Thomas is going to have to go some to win it from here.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56That looks like someone in a hall of mirrors.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00But Harriet, look at her, taking her time.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Composure personified, isn't she, Rattus?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Certainly is. Have you ever noticed what a shifty-looking queen
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Elizabeth I is?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11She really looks like she's up to something in that portrait.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Well, I'm glad YOU said that because, of course,
0:08:13 > 0:08:17her distant relative Elizabeth II, still very much alive.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19If she happened to be watching,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21that could be trouble for you, Rattus. Big trouble.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24She's just as shifty-looking.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25He said it again there, Ma'am.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28I want to make it clear that's not my opinion.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31But in the meantime, Harriet is doing extremely well here.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34She's only got a couple of pieces remaining.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36It's looking very, very good for Harriet.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41Yes. It's all over. Two portraits completed, and there she is.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Double single-digit salute.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Oh, Harriet is someone who knows how to celebrate!
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Harriet, go and pick up your Year Sphere. Well done.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Was it not complicated for you doing them both at the same time?
0:08:55 > 0:08:59I've had a lot of experience with 750-piece puzzles.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Right. And this was only about 20 pieces with the two of them,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04wasn't it? On to round two.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07To find out what's up next, it's over to the Gory Grid.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10It's the Rotten Romans.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12And here are your four Roman topics.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20So, Harriet, it's your turn to pick first this time.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22What's it going to be?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Toothpaste.- Toothpaste?!
0:09:24 > 0:09:28What did we Romans use for toothpaste?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30A, powdered rat brains?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33B, powdered mouse brains?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Or C, powdered crocodile skin?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Let's see those answers now, please.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Interesting. Everybody has gone for B. Are they all right, or all wrong?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45The answer is B. Powdered mouse brains.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Minty-fresh and squeaky clean!
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Obviously, a powdered rat brain would be absolutely no use at all.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Far too small.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Right, Dominic. Your turn to pick a topic.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Um, Emperors.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Emperors. Let's hear that question.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04Emperor Caligula was very hairy, and was said to look like which animal?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Let's have a look at those answers.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Everybody has gone for A! Let's see if they're right.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19The answer is B, a goat.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Caligula was quite touchy about it.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24If you said the word "goat" in his presence,
0:10:24 > 0:10:25he would have you executed.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Of course, being told you looked like a rat would just be a compliment.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Hm, in your dreams. Right, Thomas your turn to pick.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- Punishments.- Punishments.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40What was the Roman punishment for killing your own father?
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Was it being A, thrown off a cliff?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46B, fed to the lions?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Or C, tied in a sack with wild animals and thrown in a river?
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- You're smiling Dominic, do you think you know this one?- Yeah.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Excellent. Good. Let's have some answers.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Well, the boys agreeing on C. Harriet on her own, with A.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01What's the answer?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05The answer is C. You were tied in a sack with wild animals
0:11:05 > 0:11:07and thrown in a river.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Usually with a snake, a cockerel, a monkey and a dog.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Well, that seems desperately unfair.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Had the animals killed their own fathers as well?
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- I don't imagine so.- Oh! - Just a bit of bad luck for them.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23So, the final question this round is on cabbages.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24And it is a prop question.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Oh, prop question, prop question, prop question.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31A Roman cure for feeling unwell
0:11:31 > 0:11:34involved eating cabbage for a day, and then what?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Was it A, eating nothing else for a week?
0:11:37 > 0:11:41B, making yourself sick it all up again?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Or C, collecting and drinking your own cabbage-y wee?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- HE LAUGHS - Let's see those answers now, please.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53The boys agreeing on C. Harriet on her own with B.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56The answer is, C. Of course it is!
0:11:56 > 0:11:59They'd collect and drink their own cabbage-y wee.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01So, a point each for the boys.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Thomas and Dominic, it's fingers-on-buzzers time.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06We're going to have the tiebreak question.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Beginning with the letter T,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11what item of clothing was worn by posh men in Rome?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- FLUSHING - Yes, Dominic?- Toga.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Toga is absolutely right.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Go and collect your first Year Sphere.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Dominic, you're through to play the Roman Game, but will it be
0:12:24 > 0:12:28an All Play or a Single Player game? Let's find out now.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It's an All Play Gory Game,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37so that means it's back off down the Time Sewer with the lot of you.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51There's really not much you could teach the Romans about sieges,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54apart from maybe the concept of playing fair, because the Romans
0:12:54 > 0:12:58just loved to catapult awful things at enemy fortresses.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59It's time to play...
0:13:01 > 0:13:05They'd fire rocks, beehives, even severed heads of captured defenders.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Your challenge is to fire as many missiles
0:13:08 > 0:13:09into your fortress target as possible.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13The person who gets the most in the time limit wins the Year Sphere.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16So, catapults at the ready. In three, two, one.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18HORN BLARES
0:13:18 > 0:13:22So it's Savage Siege. They've all gone for a rock, first up.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Let's see how they go with these.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Bang one, bang two! Can he make it a hat trick?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29No, he can't. Oh, that was a shame.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31That was a very exciting start, wasn't it, Rattus?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Rattus?- Certainly was, Dave. A very exciting start...
0:13:34 > 0:13:39Yes, and there it is. There's the third stone in, it is a hat trick.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41And the first beehive going in, in the middle there.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Harriet, using a beehive. There's a decapitated head.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Beautiful technique from Dominic. Oh, what style he has.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Just watch this.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53He pulls, and a little leap, as if he's putting top spin on it.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Meanwhile, though, Harriet into the lead.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Wonderful, with four points already.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Thomas straight back at her, with three.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Look at Harriet wrestle with the decapitated head.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03It's probably got blood on her hand, there.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Not very pleasant. And one goes sailing over the top there.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Huh, Thomas literally doesn't know his own strength on the end.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14I don't know the difference between rocks and boulders, Dave.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Is it an international issue, or...?
0:14:15 > 0:14:19It's a highly technical difference. I won't trouble you with it now.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Suffice to say, there is a difference.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23It's just very, very small.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Thomas and Harriet level pegging, five points apiece.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30And here comes Dominic. He's making his way back.
0:14:30 > 0:14:3130 seconds left.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34If he could land this, it would help him. He's not quite done it.
0:14:34 > 0:14:3630 seconds remaining.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38It's neck-and-neck.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40And here comes Dominic, too.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42It really is very close.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Oh, that one bounces in nicely there for Thomas.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47He's in the lead at a crucial stage.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Oh, and another severed head hits its mark there.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53It may be a severed head but at least he gets to travel.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57There are seconds remaining here. It's looking like it's Thomas's.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59No, it's not Thomas!
0:14:59 > 0:15:00HOOTER BLARES
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Harriet has tied it at the last second.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06What a shot that was! Thomas and Harriet getting a sphere each.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Thomas, you go first and select yours, please.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Look at that. Cautious selection.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16And Harriet, help yourself to your third.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Those weren't the only terrible tactics the Romans used.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22They'd also dump dead animals into their enemy's water supply,
0:15:22 > 0:15:23so they'd fall ill.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Because sick soldiers are much easier to defeat than healthy ones.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Oh, that's weird.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32In my experience, rotting animals just make things taste better.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Which is why, to this day,
0:15:33 > 0:15:36I have never agreed to come round to yours for dinner.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Over to the Gory Grid to find out what's up next.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42It's the Vile Victorians. Good day!
0:15:42 > 0:15:45And here are your all-important Victorian topics.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51So Dominic, it's your turn
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- to lead us off this time. What's it going to be?- Factories.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Factories. Let's hear that question.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02True or false? In some factories, managers would alter the clock
0:16:02 > 0:16:04so you'd be late for work.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Everybody thinks it's true. Let's find out.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10It's true. It happened to me,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13and then the bosses fined me thruppence for being late.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Where am I supposed to find that kind of money from?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18That's what I get paid for doing the show.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20That, and all the canteen waste I can eat.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Lovely. Thomas, it's your turn to pick a topic.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25Um, gadgets, please.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Gadgets.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30That is a prop question.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Get a load of that. True or false?
0:16:33 > 0:16:37This was a Victorian device for automatically making you
0:16:37 > 0:16:38a cup of tea in the morning.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43You've all gone for true. Well done, you're all absolutely right.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44It's absolutely true.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47You set the time on the clock and have a nice brew in the morning.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50So, two points apiece. Harriet, your turn to pick a topic.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Cats.- Cats.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57And that is a question from Mr Rattus Rattus.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59True or false?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Victorian scientist Charles Babbage
0:17:02 > 0:17:04got a law passed
0:17:04 > 0:17:07stopping street performers because they were too noisy.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10So some street protestors threw dead cats at him.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Is that true, or is that false?
0:17:13 > 0:17:18Interesting. Everybody has gone for false. Rattus, what's the answer?
0:17:18 > 0:17:23It's true. So, they were bad protestors, but good cats.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27That's because I think the only good cat is a dead cat.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Yes, can I just apologise for the fact that my co-presenter is a rat?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32HE LAUGHS
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Final question, this round. The question is on eccentrics.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Let's hear what it is.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Is this true or false?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Let's see those answers now, please.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Oh, total agreement, once again! Everybody's gone for false
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Let's find out.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57It's...false.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Yes, his carriage was actually pulled by zebras.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I wonder if he stopped or crossed at a zebra crossing?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Interesting. I'll get back to you on that one.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10So, it's a three way tie, which means fingers on buzzers, please.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Beginning with the letter H, what was the surname
0:18:12 > 0:18:16of the famous detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17- Sherlock...? - FLUSHING
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- Dominic?- Holmes.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Holmes is absolutely right. Well done, Dominic.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Help yourself to another Year Sphere.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27OK, Dominic is the quiz winner.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30He's through to play the Victorian Game. Will it be just him,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32or will the others get to play, too? Let's find out.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39It's a Single Player Brainy Game.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43So, Dominic, engage the old grey matter,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46and get yourself down that Time Sewer.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Isambard Kingdom Brunel
0:18:47 > 0:18:50was a brilliant professional engineer,
0:18:50 > 0:18:51but a rubbish amateur magician.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54He once made a coin disappear, but not quite how he planned.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57He managed to get the coin lodged in his windpipe.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00He eventually dislodged it using a clever device.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02It's time to play...
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Your challenge is to work out which cog goes where.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Once they're all in the right place, you can turn the wheel
0:19:09 > 0:19:11and flip the idiot, I mean patient, upside down,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14to dislodge the coin and win your Year Sphere.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18But be quick, you're against the clock. Which is starting to tick
0:19:18 > 0:19:20and also to tock. Now.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21HOOTER BLARES
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Here goes Dominic with Barmy Brunel.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26That's a tiny little cog. That's no use.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28That won't work, Dominic. But he's quickly worked that out.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I like that about this lad.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32He works things out quickly, doesn't he, Rattus?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35He's certainly considering each cog in turn, Dave.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Yeah, that's the way to do this. It's trial and error,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41and again he's understood that is just too small for that slot.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44So, well played, Dominic. Lovely.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47That is a likely-looking cog, for me.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49That's going to slot neatly in there, next to the crank cog.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51There it is. Beautiful, the first cog in place.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53What's he going to do now, Rattus?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55He'll try another cog,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57as that's the fundamental principle of the game.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Well, very good. Well done.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01I think Brunel seems to be asleep.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Let's hope he's not choking too badly, of course.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07The coin currently lodged in his throat.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Let's hope he's still alive,
0:20:08 > 0:20:12because Dominic's taking his time, as he should.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16But it's time well spent, I have to say that.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19There's another likely-looking cog.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22That's large enough to fit in there, for me.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Oh, it's not quite large enough. Well, this is the game, you see.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28He's working his way methodically through, and I think inevitably
0:20:28 > 0:20:31he'll do it, because he's got enough time left, hasn't he Rattus?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33He has plenty of time.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Just one cog remaining now. One cog between Brunel and safety.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42There goes a tiny little one. And it's working, and there goes Brunel!
0:20:42 > 0:20:46He's flipped up, the coins in the roof of his mouth, and he's got it.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51- Yes!- Dominic has the saliva-covered coin. He is a life saver.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Well done, Dominic. Help yourself to another Year Sphere.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Isambard Brunel was probably the greatest Victorian engineer,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03famous for designing bridges, railways and steamships.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05People called him, "The Little Giant",
0:21:05 > 0:21:07because the great man was only five foot tall.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Thereby proving great things come in small packages.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Sometimes.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Over to the Gory Grid one last time, to find out who we've got.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19It's the measly Middle Ages.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23So, no quirky quiz in our final round.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26It's straight to our big All Play Middle Ages game,
0:21:26 > 0:21:27and it is a very messy one.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31So, come on, everyone, get down that Time Sewer.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I was beginning to get used to the smell!
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Well, Thomas might be used to the smell of the Time Sewer,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45but I can smell something disgusting.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47And for once, I don't think it's Rattus.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Which can mean only one thing. Let's have a go at....
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Gong was a Middle Ages word for poop.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Your job is to collect the gong from the cesspit,
0:21:58 > 0:22:02carry it along your lane, and slop it into your measuring cylinder.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Whoever collects the most, collects the Year Sphere. But beware.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Some Middles Ages types would poo directly onto the street below,
0:22:09 > 0:22:13so your lane is going to get very, very slippery.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Ready, steady, get slopping.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18HOOTER BLARES
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Here we go, then, with gong farming. And Thomas is off to a flyer.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25He's got down to his bucket of poo first.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26There we go.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29They've all got a good bucketful there, Dave.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31They have. They have to make their way very carefully,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33cos once the lane becomes slippery,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35it's very difficult to deal with. Oh, dear me!
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Thomas is down already,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40and that could be disastrous for Thomas.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43I'm sorry, you do not want a wet lane
0:22:43 > 0:22:47at this stage of proceedings. And his trousers are soaking.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50He can barely stand up. He's all over the shop.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53It's no good, Dave, and there's laughter. He's smiling.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I think he's really lost his impetus.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00He's just enjoying rolling around in poop.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Yeah, and why wouldn't he? Why wouldn't he?!
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Meanwhile, Harriet is getting on with the game.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08And look at that, that's a full bag's worth she's delivered there.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11And so has Dominic. That's an impressive score.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16That's two full buckets of poop she's managed to get across already.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Yes, and Thomas is desperately trying to stand up.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22It's not working for him. I think he's going to throw that bucket.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26That is desperation at this stage of the game,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29to be throwing your bucket at the measuring cylinder.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32He's missed by a considerable distance.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Wouldn't have mattered if it had hit it, Dave.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37It had nothing in it! It was an empty bucket.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39As indeed is Harriet's.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43She's just delivered another massive payload, and so too has Dominic.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45They're both doing incredibly well. Thomas isn't.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Lord alone knows what will happen
0:23:47 > 0:23:51when the poo drops from above, which it surely will, fairly soon.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53He's absolutely struggling.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Forlornly takes his bucket back to the other end,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59having emptied precisely... There goes the poo!
0:23:59 > 0:24:02And if we thought he was in trouble before,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05boy, oh, boy, is he in trouble now? They all are.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08There may not be much more poo scored in those measuring cylinders
0:24:08 > 0:24:09from this point on.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Because it's going to get terribly heavy underfoot, I think.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15And there he is, plucky Thomas.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17He hasn't moved for the best part of this game.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Harriet is now covered in quite a lot of poo, herself.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Now, this is clever.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Dominic is either attempting to make a run for it,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28or he's using the side of his lane to make his way back.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29They're running out of time,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33and Thomas falls over for the 73rd time during this game.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- HORN BLARES - Time's up.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40And it really is all over now, and Harriet has collected the most poo.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44And Thomas has done absolutely nothing.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Unless you count rolling around, falling over, and laughing.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53Back behind those podiums. Thomas, talk us through that.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Well, I ran back. Slipped. Poo everywhere.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01And then I was slipping and sliding about for the rest of the event.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05But your measuring cylinder was absolutely bone dry.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08I don't think I've ever seen a more messy contestant.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11You were rolling around in poo from start to finish.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13So help yourself to another Year Sphere, Harriet.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Hm, choices, choices.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Is that a good one, or is it a bad one?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Time to count up those Year Spheres.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23AD years are added to your total,
0:25:23 > 0:25:26and BC years are subtracted from it.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Thomas, let's have a look at it.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30What is it?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Oh, Thomas!
0:25:31 > 0:25:34It's 305 BC.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Alexander the Great conquered Egypt that year.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39That leaves you with a minus score.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Harriet. Let's start with yours.
0:25:40 > 0:25:451840 AD. Queen Victoria married Price Albert.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Let's have a look at the second one.
0:25:47 > 0:25:491492 AD.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. And the third.
0:25:53 > 0:25:561665 AD.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58The Plague happened round about then.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Let's have a look at your final sphere.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04It's another AD. 1805 AD. The Battle of Trafalgar.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08That has given you a very, very impressive total, indeed.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13You've ended up with 6,802.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- So, Dominic. That is your total to beat.- Oh!
0:26:19 > 0:26:211415 AD.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Henry V beat the French at Agincourt.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Let's have a look at that second one.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27I think is going to be a BC.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Well, you're wrong. It's 978 AD.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Ethelred the Unready became king of England that year.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Let's look at your final sphere.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Oh, it's a BC, but it's not disastrous.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41It's 449 BC.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Sea battle of Salamis, between the Greeks and the Persians.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Which means you're comfortably in second place with 1,944.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51So, all that means that today's winner,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54with a score of 6,802,
0:26:54 > 0:26:55is Harriet.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Congratulations, Harriet.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00You go home with our star prize.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04The kind of prize you could only win on this show.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Because, sadly, it's just some old rubbish that
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Rattus has fished out of the Time Sewers.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09Come on, Rattus. Do your worst.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Well, when it comes to Vikings,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15everyone always remembers the killing, burning, and pillaging
0:27:15 > 0:27:18And they forget about all the really important stuff,
0:27:18 > 0:27:21like how they had excellent ear hygiene.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26To prove it, today's prize is a genuine Viking ear spoon.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Rattus, tell me you've at least cleared out the ear wax.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Of course I have, Dave!
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Viking ear wax is delicious!
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Pt-pt-pt-pt.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38There you go, Harriet. I hope you enjoy it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41It just remains for me to say thanks
0:27:41 > 0:27:43to Thomas, Harriet and Dominic.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45And no thanks whatsoever to Rattus.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47I like to serve.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49You've been watching Gory Games. Goodbye.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52# Was that show messy enough for you?
0:27:52 > 0:27:56# Or would you have preferred a little more poo?
0:27:56 > 0:27:59# Have you had your fill of blood, guts and gore?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02# Or have we left you still wanting more?
0:28:02 > 0:28:06# Well, keep watching We'll be back again
0:28:06 > 0:28:09# With Horrible Histories Gory Games
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