0:00:02 > 0:00:03Rattus? Rattus! Anybody seen Rattus?
0:00:03 > 0:00:06Have you seen Rattus? I've looked everywhere for him.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07The show's about to start.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09HE SIGHS
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# If mummies, rats and fleas ain't your thing
0:00:13 > 0:00:16# And you don't like the sound of an exploding king
0:00:16 > 0:00:20# If you're easily scared and don't laugh at poo
0:00:20 > 0:00:22# You'd better turn off This show ain't for you
0:00:22 > 0:00:26# Still watching? Then let's test your brains
0:00:26 > 0:00:29# With Horrible Histories Gory Games
0:00:29 > 0:00:31# Horrible Histories Gory...
0:00:32 > 0:00:33# ..Games! #
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Hello and welcome to Gory Games.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38I'm Dave Lamb and this is...
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Well, there's no Rattus Rattus.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44I'm afraid he's gone missing and I have no idea where he is.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45RATTUS PANTS
0:00:45 > 0:00:46I'm so sorry I'm late.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I've been on holiday in the Saxon era
0:00:48 > 0:00:52and on my way back there was a blockage in the Time Sewer.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Henry VIII had had this particularly big lunch
0:00:54 > 0:00:57- and he'd... - All right, too much information!
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Let's crack on and meet today's Horrible Historians.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Hi, my name's Melissa and I'm from London.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05CHEERING
0:01:05 > 0:01:08My name is Ella and I'm from Manchester.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10CHEERING
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Hello, my name is Ashley and I'm from Essex.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15CHEERING
0:01:17 > 0:01:22Welcome, everyone. Right, you lot are here to win Year Spheres.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24The person with the highest year score at the end of the show
0:01:24 > 0:01:28will win a prize that Rattus has dredged out of the Time Sewer.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And where better to find a prize?
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Well, pretty much anywhere.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Anyway, time to crack on with round one.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Let's find out what it's about by going over to the Gory Grid.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43It's the Groovy Greeks.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46So, four questions, then, on the Groovy Greeks coming up.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50The person who gets the most right wins the first Year Sphere.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Your four Greek topics are...
0:01:57 > 0:02:00So, Melissa, it is your turn to pick first.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Which of those would you like?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Apples, please.- Apples?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Let's hear that question.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08In Ancient Greece, why would you throw an apple at someone?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- A - to get their attention.- Cooee!
0:02:10 > 0:02:13B - to declare your love for them.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- C - to tell them they smell.- Eugh!
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Let's have a look at your answers, please.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Ah, interesting.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Melissa thinks it's C, the other two think it's B.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23What is the answer?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25The answer is B. In Ancient Greece,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28throwing an apple at someone was a declaration of love.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Yeah, a pretty girl threw an apple at me once.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Was it love?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36No, she set shouted, "Get out of my kitchen, you disgusting rat!"
0:02:37 > 0:02:41So, that is a point each for Ella and Ashley. A good start.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Pick a topic, please, Ella.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Tyrants, please.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48How did Ancient Greek tyrant Cleisthenes of Sicyon
0:02:48 > 0:02:50defeat the town of Kryssia?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53A - by diverting a river through the town,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55B - by setting the town alight,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59C - by giving all the inhabitants diarrhoea.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Let's have a look at your answers, please.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Melissa thinks its C, Ella and Ashley agreeing again on B.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Some sort of psychic thing going on there. Let's find out the answer.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10The answer is C,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Cleisthenes contaminated their water supply with laxatives so when
0:03:13 > 0:03:17all the inhabitants were weakened with diarrhoea, he took the city.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Oh-oh-oh!
0:03:19 > 0:03:21I'm not sure you'd want it after that.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24RATTUS LAUGHS That's a fair point, actually.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26A very fair point. Well done, Melissa,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28you're straight back into the game.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Ashley, it's your turn to pick.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Can I have beans, please?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32You can have beans.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35That is a question, unsurprisingly really, from Rattus Rattus.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Eh? Is it? Oh. Oh, here we go.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Why would some Ancient Greeks not eat beans?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Because they thought they contained...
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Show me now, please.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Ah, in total agreement there.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Everybody thinks it's A. What's the answer, Rattus?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Well, the answer is...
0:03:59 > 0:04:01I'm afraid its C.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Yes, some Ancient Greeks wouldn't eat beans as they thought
0:04:04 > 0:04:07they contained the souls of the dead.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09HE CACKLES
0:04:09 > 0:04:11HE SPLUTTERS
0:04:11 > 0:04:13The beans you eat contain the wind of the dead.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15RATTUS FARTS Oh!
0:04:15 > 0:04:18DAVE COUGHS Unnecessary!
0:04:18 > 0:04:21All to play for here. One topic left.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Philosophers is our final category.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27How did Ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles try to prove
0:04:27 > 0:04:28he was a god?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31A - by walking on water,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34B - by fighting an army all by himself,
0:04:34 > 0:04:38C - by jumping into a volcano.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Show me your answers, please.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41They all think it's A this time.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42What's the answer?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44The answer is C.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47He jumped into a volcano thinking he would come back as a god.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Presumably the god of total idiots.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51RATTUS LAUGHS Thanks, Rattus.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54OK, well, there we go. That's the end of the round
0:04:54 > 0:04:59and we can see that we have gone straight to a tie-breaker situation.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Fingers on those buzzers.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Buzz in as soon as you think you know the answer.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Beginning with the letter A,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08what was the name of the Ancient Greek city which is still
0:05:08 > 0:05:10their capital today?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Ella.- Athens.- Athens is right.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Well done, Ella.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16You have won the first Year Sphere.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Which means it's time for me to say...
0:05:19 > 0:05:21all hail the...
0:05:21 > 0:05:24HE MUMBLES
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Help yourself, Ella.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35I hope you chose wisely.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38So do I, because AD dates will be added to your total score
0:05:38 > 0:05:41but BC dates will be subtracted from it.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43There it is, sitting on the plinth.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45We'll find out what's in there later on.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Now, winning the Greek quiz means that Ella's automatically
0:05:47 > 0:05:49through to play the Greek game.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51But will she be alone or will the others get to play, too?
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Let's find out.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Oh, it's a single-player game, Ella,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00so, off you go down that Time Sewer on your own, please.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Ew!
0:06:01 > 0:06:04SHE GAGS
0:06:08 > 0:06:10There's no such thing as a free lunch.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Unless you're playing...
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Spartans started school at seven.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17The age, not the time.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Thank you, Rattus. And spying and sneaking was on the turntable.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Your lesson today is to practise stealing food from a sleeping
0:06:24 > 0:06:26soldier. Climb through the vines but watch the bells.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Three rings and you'll get more than detention.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Your time starts in...
0:06:33 > 0:06:35FOGHORN HONKS
0:06:35 > 0:06:39OK, Ella, time to get sneaking. Ah, Rattus, she's taking the low road.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- We've seen that work before. - I'm a big fan of the low road, Dave.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43I've heard that rumour.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46She's moving very carefully, which is essential, of course.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50BELL TINKLES Oh, there's bell number one.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53There's a little tinkle. Ooh, he's waking up.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- And he's fallen asleep. - Yup, that's called stirring, Rattus.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Come on, Ella, you can get this food.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- You really oughtn't to steal food... - No, that's quite right,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- Rattus, actually.- No, you should wait until the teacher chucks them
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- in the bin. - That's not quite what I meant.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06BELL TINKLES Oh, there's bell number two!
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Well, she's going to have to be very careful now.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Still persisting with this low trajectory.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15In fact, she couldn't get any lower than that.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Although, it looks like she's going slightly off-piste here, Rattus.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Nope, she's just having a sit down.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Yup, this is a break, I think.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- This is officially a break. - Oh, she's going for the under-leg.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Oh, hang on a minute. I don't like the look of this
0:07:27 > 0:07:30and there's bell number three! And now it's time for her to run.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Ooh, he's an aggrieved teacher.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37He really is. Ella escapes back up the tunnel without lunch
0:07:37 > 0:07:39or a Year Sphere. Penny for your thoughts, Ella.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44When I froze, I was thinking maybe he didn't hear it.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47But when he did, I was just like, "Oh, no."
0:07:47 > 0:07:48So I had to run away.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Bad luck.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54No Year Sphere for you this time.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- What's that, Rattus?- Hm?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Oh, you don't think I'd go on holiday to Saxon times
0:07:59 > 0:08:01and not bring you back a present?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Oh, you shouldn't have!
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Oh, you really shouldn't have!
0:08:06 > 0:08:09It a Saxon maw-worm.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- Eugh!- Saxon Britain was very, very dirty. Mm!
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Which is why it's my favourite holiday destination.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20- Of course it is.- Oh, come on, Dave, give Mawy a home.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24You've room for one little Saxon parasite in your guts.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Not going to happen.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27He's all stomach trained and everything.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29N-O!
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Oh, don't worry, Mawy, Rattus still loves you.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Onto round two. And to find out what's up next,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36it's over to the Gory Grid.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40It's the Measly Middle Ages.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Mm! And here are your all-important Middle Ages topics.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52So, Ella, it is your turn to pick a topic first this time.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- What'll you have? - Crusades, please.- Crusades.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58That is a question from Rattus Rattus.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Certainly is.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01True or false -
0:09:01 > 0:09:03when off on a long crusade,
0:09:03 > 0:09:07a knight would often take an old woman with him.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Is that true or is that false?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Let's have a look at your answers, please.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Everyone thinks it's true. What's the answer, Rattus?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14It's true.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Knights would often force old women to come with them on their crusades
0:09:17 > 0:09:18to do their washing,
0:09:18 > 0:09:22find and cook their food and get rid of their nits.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- That is shocking.- Isn't it?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Why would you want to get rid of your nits?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- MAWY SQUEAKS - What's that, Mawy?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- MAWY SQUEAKS - Yes? Mawy says,
0:09:31 > 0:09:32"Be nice to parasites."
0:09:32 > 0:09:34This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for me.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38- Ashley, it's your turn to pick a topic.- Can I have crimes, please?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41You certainly can. What's that question?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44True or false - an Early Middle Ages method for seeing
0:09:44 > 0:09:46if someone was guilty of a crime was to see
0:09:46 > 0:09:50if they'd choke on a slice of bread and cheese.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Is that true or is that false? Show me now.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Everyone thinks it's false. What's the answer?
0:09:55 > 0:09:56It's true.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59It was called trial by sacred morsel.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03If you choked on the food, you were guilty.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Which reminds me, Rattus,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06did you steal a sandwich from my dressing room?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Guilty.- Oh, Rattus!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11No points for anyone that time, I'm afraid.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Melissa, your turn to pick.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14I choose myths, please.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Myths it is. Let's hear that question.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19True or false -
0:10:19 > 0:10:21in the Early Middle Ages, people believed that
0:10:21 > 0:10:26rheumatism was caused by invisible dragons biting you.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Show me now, please.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Melissa and Ella both think it's false.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32But Ashley thinks that is true.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- What's the answer?- It's...
0:10:34 > 0:10:37false. We believed that rheumatism
0:10:37 > 0:10:40was caused by elves firing tiny little arrows at you.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Boo!- Which makes an awful lot more sense.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Not!
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Melissa and Ella, a point apiece there. One topic left.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52The last topic is toothache.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57True or false, an Early Middle Ages cure for toothache was to boil
0:10:57 > 0:11:02a holly leaf, lay it on a saucer of water, raise it to your mouth
0:11:02 > 0:11:03and belch.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07They've all gone for true. What's the answer?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09It's false.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10As if that'd work!
0:11:10 > 0:11:13You have to raise a saucer to your mouth and yawn.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- Then it works.- Of course you do!
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Duh.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19OK, no points for anyone there,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21and looking at the abacus
0:11:21 > 0:11:23we can see that we're about to
0:11:23 > 0:11:25enter a tie-breaker situation.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29OK, this is between Melissa and Ella.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Beginning with the letter D,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34what was the name of the special doors to castles that could be
0:11:34 > 0:11:38raised and lowered across the moat or keep invaders out.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Melissa?- Drawbridges.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Drawbridges! Absolutely right.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Well played, Melissa.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Help yourself to a Year Sphere.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Look at that. The agony of choice.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54What's in there? We'll find out later.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56OK, Melissa's through to play the Middle Ages game.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59But will it be just her or will the others get to play along, too?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Let's find out.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05It's an all-play game,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07so it's off to down the Time Sewer with the lot of you.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Lead them off, Ashley.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- It stinks in here! Bleugh! - It really does.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Bye, Dave!
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Ooh! This is gross.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15It is g-ross.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19It's the Middle Ages and you're laying siege to a castle.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22And what better way of getting them to let you in than
0:12:22 > 0:12:25by catapulting a whole load of foul things at them?
0:12:25 > 0:12:26It's time to play...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31You've got to catapult in rocks, rotten meat
0:12:31 > 0:12:32and some lovely horse heads.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35The Year Sphere goes to the person who fires the most
0:12:35 > 0:12:38missiles into their fortress target within the time limit.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Your time starts in...
0:12:43 > 0:12:46FOGHORN HONKS Let's get sieging!
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Oh, do you know, Dave, this may be my favourite game.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Oh, yeah, why's that?- Well, it's all the delicious leftovers.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I see where you're coming from.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Everyone misses with that opening volley there.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00But they're back for seconds. Ashley opting for some rotting meat there.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Why are they flinging the rotten meat, Dave?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Is that to feed the rats? - No, Rattus, it's to spread disease.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06I thought that was my job.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Well, sadly it is in a lot of places,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10and Melissa's off the mark.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Excellent. She draws first blood.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Can Ashley match her with this pebble?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Oh, I think not!
0:13:18 > 0:13:21I think not, too, that could be in the middle of next week, I think.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24There's a lot of firing going on but not too much scoring.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Oh, I spoke too soon there.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29That rock rings Ella level with Melissa on one apiece.
0:13:29 > 0:13:3130 seconds remaining.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Oh, 30 seconds to go already
0:13:33 > 0:13:35and Melissa takes a 2-1 lead.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Surely that could be unassailable in a low-scoring game such as this.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- What can the others do about it, Rattus?- Er...work harder?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Yes, that's a good thing.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Do you know, another way to take a castle was to dig a tunnel
0:13:46 > 0:13:48underneath it, cause it to collapse.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Well, then you get a castle that's collapsed.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51I mean, what's the point of that?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I don't know, they didn't think it through.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Melissa still holding a 2-1 lead here.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59There's a horse's head Ashley's lining up now.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01What a revolting thought that is. FOGHORN HONKS
0:14:01 > 0:14:02That skips underneath.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04It's all over, Melissa's won it,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08and I for one would like to hear about her tactical approach.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11My strategy was to do smallest to largest,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15so I first went with the rocks, then the ham and then the horses' heads.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18I was actually really close to Melissa
0:14:18 > 0:14:20and it was really frustrating when she got another one
0:14:20 > 0:14:24and I kind of just knew that I wouldn't get another one.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28My worst thing was the chopped-off horses,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31which are painstaking to look at.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Back you come, back you come, back you come.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Well done, Melissa, help yourself, help yourself.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Dave, Dave, I actually got you another present.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Ah.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- Well, it doesn't SOUND disgusting anyway.- Yep.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55And on it goes.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Thanks, Rattus, appreciate it.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Round three.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07And it's over to the Gory Grid to find out what's up next.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12It's the Savage Stone Age.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14So, four questions, as always,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17and here are your four Savage Stone Age topics.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26So, Ashley, it's your turn to lead us off this time.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Which one do you want?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- Wolves, please.- Wolves.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Let's hear that question.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36True or false. Some Stone Age people used wolves to help hunt.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Show me now, please.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Wow, everyone thinks it's true. Let's find out.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42It's...
0:15:42 > 0:15:46true. Stone Age people tamed some wolves.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Wolf chase prey, people kill prey.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- WOLVES YELP - Rah!
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Make good team.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Clever.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56That's right.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01All dogs were descended from wolves that were tamed by Stone Agers.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Well, it's easy to believe with an Alsatian.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Hard to believe with a Chihuahua.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Yeah, they're basically rats on stilts.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- MAWY SQUEAKS - What's that, Mawy?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12That's an insult to rats? Yes,...
0:16:12 > 0:16:14That's an insult to rats!
0:16:14 > 0:16:15DAVE SIGHS Great.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Melissa, your turn to pick a topic.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20I choose funerals, please.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Funerals, that is a prop question.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Ooh, prop question.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- # Prop question! - Prop question!
0:16:26 > 0:16:27# Prop question! #
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Nice prop, huh?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Not a bad prop at all.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34True or false, Stone Agers in Sweden helped their dead
0:16:34 > 0:16:38into the afterlife by firing arrows into the sky.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Is that true or is that false? Show me now, please.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Well, everybody thinks it's true. I can tell you...
0:16:44 > 0:16:46it's only false.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Sorry about that.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51They used to shoot arrows into their corpses to help them
0:16:51 > 0:16:53into the afterlife, of course.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Right, Ella, your go.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- Furniture, please.- Furniture it is.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59What's that question?
0:16:59 > 0:17:03True or false - Stone Age people in Orkney Islands make furniture
0:17:03 > 0:17:05out of stone.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Is that true or is that false?
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Let's have a look.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- They all think it's true. What's the answer?- It's...
0:17:11 > 0:17:16true. They make furniture made out of stone and make stone beds, too.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Nice. Comfy.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21If you say so. Well done.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23There's a point apiece there.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26This is an extremely close round.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28The final topic is Neanderthals.
0:17:29 > 0:17:35True or false - Neanderthal people had low, gravelly voices.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Is that true or is that false?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Disagreement. Melissa and Ashley think it's false
0:17:40 > 0:17:41but Ella thinks it's true.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43What's the answer?
0:17:43 > 0:17:44It's...
0:17:44 > 0:17:49false. Neanderthal people had high-pitched, squeaky voices.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52So, that's points to Melissa and Ashley.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56The throat of Neanderthals is shorter than that of a human
0:17:56 > 0:17:59and they had deep rib cages and large nasal cavities, meaning...
0:17:59 > 0:18:03HE MAKES VOICE SQUEAKY ..they had very squeaky voices.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- RATTUS CHUCKLES - That's a great Neanderthal impression, Dave.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09That's the face, not the voice.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Congratulations, though, at the end of that round we can see
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Melissa and Ashley are in a tie-break situation.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20- WHISPERS:- It's a tie-break situation!- Here we go.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Are you ready for this?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Beginning with the letter M,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27what was the name of the huge, hairy elephant-like animal...
0:18:27 > 0:18:28- Melissa.- Mammoth.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31For the viewers at home, beginning with the letter M, what was the name
0:18:31 > 0:18:34of the huge, hairy elephant-like animals that were hunted by cavemen?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Mammoths is absolutely right. Well done, Melissa.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Help yourself to another Year Sphere. Bad luck, Ashley.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Very close, that.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44There we go.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Let's hope it's a nice AD date.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50So, Melissa, as the winner of the Stone Age quiz,
0:18:50 > 0:18:51is through to play the Stone Age game.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54But will it be just her or is everyone coming along?
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Let's find out.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Oh, it's a single-player game, Melissa.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02So that means you're down the Time Sewer on your own.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06Poo-wee!
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Poo-wee!
0:19:09 > 0:19:10It's the Stone Age,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13when stones were just about the only thing people didn't eat.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Certainly no-one turned down a delicacy like the half-digested
0:19:16 > 0:19:19food in a mega bear stomach.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Mm!- Mmm! So let's play...
0:19:24 > 0:19:27All you have to do is fish out some dainty treats
0:19:27 > 0:19:30in the form of the half-digested food in its stomach.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Put each half-chewed abomination by the right cave painting
0:19:34 > 0:19:37and make sure you do it before the other mega bears turn up.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Go!
0:19:42 > 0:19:45So, Melissa dives right in there,
0:19:45 > 0:19:46getting up to her elbows,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48and already she's got something.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49It's a foot.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51It's a foot. I wonder who that belongs to.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Probably a one-legged caveman. - Well, that's true.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56That is true enough. In the bin it goes. She's back for more.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Having a really good root around in there.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01What's she found? Oh, it's a rat!
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Ooh, quick, Melissa, check his pulse.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- Can you feel a heartbeat? - I'm afraid it's gone, Rattus.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Well, it's gone on the caveman's dinner table,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11and Melissa is back and she's found a length of intestine,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14which needs to get thrown out, and that is what she's done.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Cheekily wiping her hands, there, on the mega bear's pelt.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21In she goes again. A fish this time.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22That's nice. We can use that.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24We've got two more items.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26We need the horse's hoof and we need the cabbage. What's she got here?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- That looks cabbagey.- Cabbagey!
0:20:28 > 0:20:32It is cabbagey. It's so cabbagey, in fact, it's a cabbage.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34She just needs a horse's hoof now.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36In she goes again,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39returning once again to the gore that is a mega bear's innards.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Look at the look of determination on her face!
0:20:42 > 0:20:45She's yanking away there, it looks like the ribcage is going to go.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47But it's a hoof!
0:20:47 > 0:20:49It's a hoof!
0:20:49 > 0:20:53And that means that Melissa has managed to empty the mega bear
0:20:53 > 0:20:57successfully and can enjoy a lovely picnic. Top celebration.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59What was it actually like in there?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Inside the bear it was really gooey
0:21:01 > 0:21:05and I don't recommend going inside a bear
0:21:05 > 0:21:08cos it's, first of all, unhygienic
0:21:08 > 0:21:10and disgusting at the same time.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Just like Rattus!
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Well played, Melissa. Well played indeed.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Help yourself to another Year Sphere.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Excellent stuff.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Well done. Just excuse me.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- You hungry, Dave?- Yeah.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I didn't get a chance to eat before the show.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- I was too busy looking for you.- Oh.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Mawy?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Mawy?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Has anyone seen Mawy?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Oh, Dave!
0:21:42 > 0:21:43You've swallowed him.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- Eh?- You've decided to give him a home after all.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Oh, no!
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Eugh!- I'm just joking, Dave.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55I'm just joking.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I love maw-worms.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- Especially for supper. - HE CACKLES
0:22:00 > 0:22:01You ate him?!
0:22:01 > 0:22:03HE BELCHES
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I'm going to take that as a yes.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06It's the final round
0:22:06 > 0:22:09so it's over to the Gory Grid to find out what we've got.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13It's the Rotten Romans.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17It's the Rotten Romans. The final chance to win a Year Sphere.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Are you up for it? - Yes.- Yes, they are.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Get down that Time Sewer, then, the lot of you. Mind yourself. Go
0:22:24 > 0:22:31- Whee! It stinks in here, though! - Eugh. Oh.- It stinks.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Roman farmers would pay good money for smelly fertiliser.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41So you could clean up by getting very messy.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42It's time to go...
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Stercus is what Romans called poo.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52So, slop some stercus up from the cesspit, carry it along your lane
0:22:52 > 0:22:54and plop it into your measuring cylinder.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Whoever collects the most bags the Year Sphere.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Hold your noses, if you can. In...
0:23:03 > 0:23:05FOGHORN HONKS
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Let's get pooey!- Indeed.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12And Ashley is the first to show, with his bag of stercus.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Ah, but it's Melissa flying out the other end first.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Terrific approach, that.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18They're both on the board
0:23:18 > 0:23:21and Ella taking a slightly more cautious approach.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25That could be wise, for it is not about how fast you go, it is
0:23:25 > 0:23:27about how much poo you deliver.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Oh, that was my school motto.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31And what a school that must have been.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34This game, Ashley, gives you a snapshot of Roman life, you know.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Otherwise known as rat heaven.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Yes, indeed. Ashley dropping off bag number two.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41But it doesn't look like he had much in there.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46Unlike Melissa, who delivers a proper payload. Ella, of course,
0:23:46 > 0:23:47taking her time here.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Is this going to prove to be a great strategy, Rattus?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Oh, er, it's too early to tell, I'd say, Dave.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54I think you're right there.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56She's certainly got some out the other end.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00But it has to be Melissa who has the lead at the moment.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02And hang on. Hang on. What's happening here?
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Ashley's struggling to get up onto the lane proper.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08I mean, he seems to have disappeared.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- What is going on here, Rattus? - He's just rolling around in it.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14He seems to be satisfied with just rolling...
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Oh! And talking of rolling around
0:24:17 > 0:24:20in it, that's what Ella's going to be doing for a while.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23That is what you call a wipe-out.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24Wipe being the operative word
0:24:24 > 0:24:27because she's going to need to be wiped down afterwards.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28She's down again.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29This is what's going to happen here.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32I don't think there's going to be an awful lot more stercus delivered.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37Melissa struggling gamely there, but has fallen down, too.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Ella rolling about.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Ashley's been rolling about since about halfway through!
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Oh, that was quite a slidey bit at the end. Will this count for Ella?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46This could be important.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Well, that makes it very close indeed.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52The time is up and once they've all finished sliding around
0:24:52 > 0:24:54we're going to need to look at these levels.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57We're going to have to look very closely. There's Ashley.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58I think he's out of it.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Ella does nicely.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02But it's Melissa who takes it, by about a thumbnail's width.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03How did that feel?
0:25:03 > 0:25:05I feel really, really happy.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06Happy but pooey.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12Oh, that is one of the closest games we have ever seen on this programme.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Amazing. But, Melissa, you did it again.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18You've now got yourself a full podium.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21But of course that doesn't necessarily mean she has won.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Everything is still to play for
0:25:23 > 0:25:27because we are about to count up those Year Spheres.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32And remember - AD dates are added to your total, BC dates are subtracted
0:25:32 > 0:25:35from it. Melissa, start us off, please.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Open that first Year Sphere up for me, please.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Oh, and it's started off badly, I'm afraid.
0:25:40 > 0:25:434,000 BC.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Cattle were domesticated for the first time around about then.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48OK, but you've got enough
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Year Spheres to come back from that.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Let's have a look at the second one.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55That's 1775 AD,
0:25:55 > 0:25:56the American Revolution began
0:25:56 > 0:25:57that year.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Let's have a look at number three.
0:26:01 > 0:26:07Oh, it's good again. 1914 AD, the Christmas truce during World War I
0:26:07 > 0:26:09happened that year.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Let's have a look at number four.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Yes, it's all heading the right way here. 1471 AD,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18the death of Pachacuti was that year.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21And now, let's have a look at this crucial fifth one.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Oh, it's another AD!
0:26:22 > 0:26:24It's another AD.
0:26:24 > 0:26:281558 AD, Queen Elizabeth I
0:26:28 > 0:26:30ascended to the throne that year.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31You got loads of points.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Let's have a look at your one, Ella.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Come on, let's open it up anyway.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Yup, it's 1861 AD.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43The death of Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert was that year.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Ashley, you were waiting there on nought in case the others
0:26:46 > 0:26:48had been negative, but they weren't,
0:26:48 > 0:26:54which means that today's winner, with 2,718 points, is Melissa.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57And are you going to love your prize?
0:26:57 > 0:27:00No, because it's something that Rattus has found
0:27:00 > 0:27:02bobbing around in the Time Sewer.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Oh, Dave, you've really put your foot in it this time.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Quite literally, because it's a Mayan sandal.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Well, it looks OK.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Oh, smells of wee!
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Of course it does.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15The Maya said you should wee on a sandal
0:27:15 > 0:27:17and drink it to cure a heavy cold.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Certainly works for me.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20And you alone.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- There you go, Melissa. - Thank you.- Congratulations.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25A sandal covered in wee - what a prize!
0:27:25 > 0:27:28But at least it's only wee, as our two runners-up have to go
0:27:28 > 0:27:30home through the Time Sewer.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Oh, bad luck, you two.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- Thanks for playing. - No, not again! Oh!
0:27:36 > 0:27:38HE SQUEALS
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Good luck down there, you lot. Try not to swallow any of it.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- Why not?- For the obvious reasons.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47SHE SQUEALS
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I've been Rattus Rattus.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53I've been Dave Lamb.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- And he's been Mawy. - MAWY SQUEAKS
0:27:56 > 0:27:58You've been watching Gory Games.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00# Games! #