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Hello! Hello, welcome to my Blast Lab.

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This is where I conduct my scientific experiments,

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and this is a Lab Rat.

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When I said bring your flatmate to work day, I didn't mean...

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Go away, and take your friend with you. Leave. Thank you.

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Now, you could compare my Lab to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

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Except when our visitors get injured, we don't sing songs,

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we just hide it and pretend we didn't notice.

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Right, today's visitors are two teams of young scientists

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who will compete in a series of scientific challenges

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to win a host of exciting prizes.

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And hopefully not get injured at all. That goes for all of us.

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Hopefully, we'll all end the experience as we began it.

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Coming up today, we have Fact Nav 2.0 with my good friend, Oliver.

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In Mini Science, we'll be looking for a big reaction

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from some chemical reactions.

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Meanwhile, my Lab Rats will be playing with washing up liquid

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and one of the most flammable gases in the universe.

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And talking of mess, we return to the natural habitat

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of the most disgusting mess in the known universe.

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-It is the septic tank.

-CHEERING

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Now, to keep all my experiments safe,

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I employ the world's toughest and oldest security guard.

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-It's my Ninja Nan.

-CHEERING

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And she has recently taken up gardening.

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So let's see what she's growing.

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Oh, she's growing a pair of nunchucks. That's nice.

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Hopefully, she'll win the ninja vegetable contest this year,

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cos last year, there was trouble when she came second.

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Let's see who's trying to get into my Lab today.

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CHEERING

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Well, that's very generous of you, but we don't know who they are,

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they could be anybody. They're claiming to be the red team.

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Well, I have here your file. Names, please?

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-Finlay.

-Joe.

-Lemmy.

-Finlay, Joe, Lemmy, yeah,

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that checks out. Hidden talent. Joe, I've got your name written down.

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-What will you do?

-Perform a magic trick.

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-All right, go on then.

-Two kings

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-sandwiched between two cards.

-Yes.

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I'm going to flick my fingers over the cards and they're two red kings.

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No, fair enough, fair enough!

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I wouldn't launch a career on the basis of it,

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but that was a magic trick.

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Come into the studio, please, red team.

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Welcome to the Lab, guys, nice to see you.

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You're nearly through security. Sorry about being so careful.

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But we can't let anybody in, a lot of secret stuff in here.

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A password has been agreed with the authentic red team

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which, if you are the red team, you should know.

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-What is it? I'll see if it's what I've got written here.

-ALL: Hammy.

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Ha-ha! Why, out of interest?

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-It's the name of Joe's hamster.

-Genius! You might be scientific,

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but your imagination is speeding up to catch.

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Anyway, well done, you are the red team. Give them a round of applause.

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Go and get settled in ready for the first game.

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Now, let's have a look at the second team trying to get into my Lab.

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CHEERING

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You claim to be the yellow team. For security reasons, we have to

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-make sure. First, your names?

-I'm Connie.

-I'm Lauren.

-And I'm Cleo.

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Connie, Lauren and Cleo. Yeah, that's what I've got written down.

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OK, and your hidden talent?

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My special talent is I can do a three-leaf clover with my tongue.

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Really? Go on then.

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Yeah, kind of. Yeah, that'll do.

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You are the yellow team. Come into the Lab, please.

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Hello, so-called yellow team, still can't be quite sure, obviously.

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A password has been agreed with the yellow team. What is it?

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ALL: Bananas.

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Yeah, that's what I've got written on the file. Why?

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-Because our name was Cheeky Chimps.

-Oh, your team name.

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You're the yellow team and that's that, but well done for trying.

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Right, go and get settled in.

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Because now it's time for the car who can't always get from A to B,

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but he does know that E=MC2. It is Oliver.

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I've installed the latest version of Fact Nav, Fact Nav 2.0, into Oliver.

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It's crammed with even more facts.

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It's not perfect, though, because I fitted it,

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so there are a few bugs in the new software, which mean you teams

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have to work out whether these facts are true or false.

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If it's true, Oliver will make this noise.

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BEEPING

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But if a fact is false, Oliver will make this noise.

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HONKING

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Now, yellow, red teams, as you can see, you both have three red lights.

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Each time you answer a question correctly,

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Oliver will turn one of them green. But if you get a question wrong,

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Oliver will turn one of the other team's lights green. OK?

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The first team to turn all three lights green will win the round.

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But to find out who goes first and gets their first green light,

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we have a "nearest to" question to start.

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So, this question is for both teams. I want an answer from both teams,

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the light will be lit by the team that gets closest. OK? Here it is.

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If you were to lay flat the outer layer of the human brain,

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what sized area would it cover?

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And I'd like the answer in square centimetres, OK?

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If you lay flat the outer layer of the human brain,

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what area would it cover? Reds, what do you think?

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-25.

-25 squared centimetres. Yellow team?

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We've put 54 centimetres square.

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Well the real answer is 2,500 squared centimetres.

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You got that quite wrong, but that means the yellow team are nearest,

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so that's a green light for you.

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OK, right. This, then, is the first question.

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You've lit your first green light, yellows.

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Pluto was named by an 11-year-old girl.

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Pluto was named by an 11-year-old girl.

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-We think false.

-She thinks false. Oliver, is it true or false?

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Sorry, it is in fact true, unbelievably.

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So that means a green light lit for the red team.

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Venetia Burney came up with the name,

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and it was related to the god of the underworld. Right,

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a true or false for the reds.

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Helium is the lightest gas. Helium is the lightest gas.

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-Is that true or false?

-False.

-You think false.

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-Oliver, is it true or false?

-HONKING

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False, well done! That puts you with two lights lit green, you're ahead.

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Hydrogen is the lightest gas known to man.

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Right, the next true or false goes to you, yellows.

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This is your chance to really stay in the game, OK?

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A person can shed 18 kilograms of skin over a lifetime.

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Is that true or false?

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-True.

-You're all in agreement?

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Oliver, do let us know, please. Is it true or false?

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-BEEPING

-It's true, well done!

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Well done, that means two green lights for each team.

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Right, this is your next true or false statement, red team, OK?

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Thunder is caused when lightning hits the ground

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and makes the earth vibrate.

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Is that true or false? Really important you get this right.

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Thunder is caused when lightning hits the ground

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-and makes the earth vibrate. Is that true or false?

-False.

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You think false. Pretty confident.

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-Yeah.

-Quite confident.

-Really confident?

-Yeah.

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-You getting more or less confident every time I ask?

-More.

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-Really?

-Very more.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Really?

-Yeah!

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-OK, Oliver, is it true or false?

-BEEPING

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Well done! Reds take that point, that means three green lights

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are lit and they win the game. Well done.

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So that means the score after the first round,

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it is one point ahead to the reds.

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Now, science never was my best subject at school,

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so to help out here in the Lab I wanted to bring back

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my old teacher using a time machine. But, like I said,

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science never was my best subject at school,

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so the time machine I built didn't quite work as planned.

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My old teacher's here, but now, she looks like a ten-year-old girl.

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-She is of course Mini Miss.

-CHEERING

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-Hello, Miss.

-What did I say about messing round with time machines?

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-Dunno, Miss, I wasn't listening.

-Well, start listening now.

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Today's game is all about explosive reactions.

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I hope you're not going to make a mess of my Lab, Miss.

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Richard, this hovel already looks as if a whirlwind hit it.

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-I doubt I can make it worse.

-It's character.

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Now, concentrate. Today's game is called...

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How do you do that, Miss? OK.

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In front of the teams are six liquids and six substances.

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They must take it in turns to choose one of each and mix them together.

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-What? Mix this bit into that bit?

-Yes.

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OK. So that's what you're going to demonstrate, Miss?

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-Yes.

-Miss, why are you putting on protective things?

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Because it's probably going to give us a reaction.

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OK.

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OK. Yeah, OK, something's happening. Miss, is this going to take over

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the Lab and chase us around the corridors, or is that it?

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OK, it ends there. That does sound pretty easy really so far.

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They just add that to that.

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But if they choose the wrong combination, nothing will happen.

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-Right.

-If they choose the correct combination,

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they'll have a reaction like that,

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-and they'll be closer to winning the game.

-So they take it in turns

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mixing one of these of their choice with one of those

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-until somebody gets lucky, then we clean up?

-Right.

-Sounds fair.

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-The team with the most reactions wins the round?

-That's right.

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OK, before you get started, you need to have a look at your options

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and see what you've got to choose from.

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Here we have a mystery liquid which can be dangerous, this stuff,

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but it's OK, we've got it in quite a dilute form,

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so you're all going to be perfectly safe. Trust me.

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We've patched up all the holes in the wall from the last time.

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Over here, we have some household substances as well,

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which I'll let Mini Miss talk you through.

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So take advantage of this. She'll tell you all you need to know.

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All the mystery liquids are actually the same.

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They're hydrogen peroxide mixed with a little bit of washing up liquid,

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but let's not tell the teams that.

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Hydrogen peroxide is made up of hydrogen and oxygen,

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and it breaks down to make water and oxygen,

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that's just what it does all the time. Usually,

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it can break down by itself, but it's slow.

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What the teams are doing here is speeding it up.

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Out of these substances, only some will speed up the reaction.

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When hydrogen peroxide is broken down quickly,

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it means lots of oxygen is made fast.

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This oxygen is then trapped in the washing up liquid,

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the other ingredient in there,

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and that's what makes a big bubbly mess, OK?

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Right, the red team won the first round, which means,

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in time-honoured Blast Lab fashion, you get to choose

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-whether you go first or second here. What do you want to do?

-First.

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-You want to go first?

-Yeah.

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Yellows, this is an opportunity for you to learn.

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Something may happen. We may all need our glasses or not.

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Right, if you'd like to get behind the counter.

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Have you come to your decisions?

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-Yeah.

-Really?

-We'll use bicarbonate of soda.

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They're confident, the red team. Their decisions are made.

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-So bicarbonate of soda and...?

-And the red.

-Right.

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-Blue!

-Green!

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-You stick to your own decisions, team. What do you reckon?

-Blue!

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Everybody's an expert. OK, this is the moment.

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If we'd like to get them on the experimental table over here.

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Here we go, begin pouring.

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There might be something massive created by this - or not.

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Here it goes. Oh, no!

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It's...terrifyingly flat.

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AUDIENCE: Aw!

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Yeah, sorry, reds, that's a damp squib for the red team.

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If you come out, let's have the yellow team in for their turn.

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-Right, have you decided?

-Yeah, these.

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This yellowy one here. OK, and you've gone for cola.

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All right, if you'd like to take it over there.

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OK, are we ready? Everybody? Let's focus in case we all -

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there's no other way of putting this - need to run away quickly.

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Right, begin. Pouring, pouring, pouring.

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Oh, no, maybe it's a slow developer, maybe...!

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It's not a slow developer, is it? Nothing's happened. Sorry, yellows.

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Step back. Reds, step forward and take over.

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Reds, tell me what you've gone for, please.

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-We've gone for this yeast and green stuff.

-Why?

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-I like the colour.

-Well, this is experimentation. We don't know.

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You don't know what some of these are, you find out by experimenting.

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Right, if we are ready, begin pouring for us, please.

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Oh, hello... Oh! Oh, well done!

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Yeast contains an enzyme called catalase,

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and this makes the hydrogen peroxide break down really fast,

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making the bubbly mess.

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All right, that's one for the red team.

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Yellows, what are we going for?

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We're going for blue and that.

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It's burger. It's burger is what that is.

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OK, right, if you'd like to step over to the table. That's better.

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OK, if we're ready, then.

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OK, here we go. Let's watch.

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Keep going, you want to get the burger in.

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Eugh. Oh, that's nice.

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Do you know, I'm not hungry all of a sudden!

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Nothing's happened. OK, burger and blue

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doesn't work. Reds, you're one ahead.

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-What are you going for?

-Chicken and the green.

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-Chicken liver and the green.

-Look, it's an ice pop.

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OK, let's... Oh, you go for it, no, you go for it.

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Reds go for it, here we go.

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In it goes. Oh!

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Just like yeast, chicken liver has a lot of catalase in it,

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so it breaks down the hydrogen peroxide super-fast, too.

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If anybody's hungry? Well done, reds. Step back.

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A round of applause, I think, for reds, cos they've now got two.

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In actual fact, that means the reds win,

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and that means we're two points ahead for the red team.

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Yeah, Lab Rats, if you'd like to clear all of that mess up, please.

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This gives me an idea.

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Bubbles. We use them every day, and they're great.

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From washing the car to doing the dishes.

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Ah, you're a cheeky thing, aren't you? Everyone loves bubbles.

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No, you're not supposed to be in the shower with your clothes on, silly!

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But what happens when an everyday friend

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becomes a life-threatening foe?

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When filled with flammable gases such as hydrogen,

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they become combustible and no-one is safe. Yeah, don't worry,

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these lab rats aren't covered in kilo-bubbles of hydrogen,

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just in washing up liquid. They'll be fine, annoyingly.

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No-one can escape the bubbles.

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There must be someone who can stand up to

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these squeaky-clean killers, these bubbles of terror.

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We need an expert.

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Hello. I'm a bubble expert.

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This man says he can harness the raw power of hydrogen-filled bubbles.

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And today, in a scientific first, and quite possibly last,

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he'll attempt to wield his gauges, dials and gizmos to create

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the tallest hydrogen bubble tower the world has ever seen. Ever.

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But how does it work?

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Hydrogen is the lightest gas that science knows.

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In fact, it's about 14 times lighter than air,

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which means it can float up through, well, air.

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Here, as the hydrogen is pumped through soapy water,

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bubbles are made with hydrogen inside.

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These, too, can float up through the air.

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But to create a bubble tower, the bubbles must cling to each other

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just enough to stop them floating up, up and away.

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So, will our tower stand tall, or will we be left with

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a stout, sticky mess of bubble trouble?

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In a similar way to how people measure horses with hands,

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we'll use the ye olde English

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scientific measurement of lab rats

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to see how high our tower grows. So, with all our hugely complicated

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and ridiculously expensive scientific equipment in place,

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we are ready for the world's first in science, a tower of bubbles.

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Here we go. It's rising, but how many lab rats high will it grow?

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Hold the experiment right there,

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because there's another point at stake here.

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I'll ask a question. A point goes to the team that

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gets it right or is nearest to the correct answer. Now,

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there is the issue of the score - reds on two, yellows on zero.

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That means, yellows, you can't equalise if you get this right,

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but think of the honour and the glory of winning that...

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Yes, you want to win the point.

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Reds, you can just gloat a few minutes, so that's OK.

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Right, the question is this. How many Lab Rats high

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do you think that tower goes?

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-One and a half.

-One and a half.

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-Two and a half.

-Oh!

-Two and a half.

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Well, you've said it now... Two and a half for the yellows.

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Let's see the remainder of the experiment.

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It began with a simple question...

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Well, that's not a simple question.

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But with the help of our bubble expert, let's find out.

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OK, so the bubbles are starting to rise out of the machine.

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We are knee-high at this point.

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Starting to really gain some vertical height now.

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We're at half a lab rat and rising.

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One lab rat. I can't believe it.

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It's showing no signs of stopping.

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One and a half lab rats. Can it go any higher?

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One and three quarter lab rats high.

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This must be a world record.

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Oh, but it's buckling and warping.

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I don't think it can grow higher. The sheer height of the tower

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is too much for the lift of the hydrogen gas

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to keep it up straight.

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At one and three quarter lab rats high,

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the fairy tower's meteoric rise to the ceiling is over.

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So, there we have it. How many lab rats high

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can a hydrogen tower of bubbles grow? One and three quarters.

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So that can only mean, with one and a half guess for you,

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the point goes to the red team. So, the score now, yellows,

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is three to them, none to the yellows. But all that's done

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is buy them a five-second advantage in the messy mess test.

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You could still win the day. Right, go and get changed

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into your protective suits,

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because that's what we are doing next, the Messy Messy Mess Test.

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CHEERING

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Boy, will you need those suits! While they're getting changed,

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I made a mistake after that last experiment.

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I left the Lab Rats to their own devices.

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Inevitably... well, there was an explosion.

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How do we get rid of a tower of flammable hydrogen bubbles?

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Well, this is Blast Lab so, of course, always set fire to it.

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Five.

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Four.

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Three.

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Two.

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One... Ignite!

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Oh, that wasn't very exciting, really, was it?

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Especially after all that build-up. I feel a bit silly.

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Let's go back to the studio and let's just not talk about it again.

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Don't applaud, it was pitiful.

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Which one of you was responsible for that pathetic explosion?

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Come on, which one? Step forward. Which one?

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Yeah!

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Listen, you know only decent, full-sized explosions

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are allowed in the Blast Lab. That was rubbish.

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So for your punishment, I'd like you to go and stir

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the septic tank thoroughly with that.

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Every bit of it, don't miss any, OK? I want it all stirred up.

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Right, talking of the septic tank, it is now time for...

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ALL: The Messy Messy Mess Test!

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Ah, the stuff in here. I know, no bare skin, it'll melt.

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We wanted to find out whether or not it is safe for human beings,

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and we sent it off to a special lab.

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Sadly, though, it melted its way through the envelope on the way.

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And through the van.

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And the road underneath.

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Anyway, let's get on with the game. Try not to breathe it in.

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You have some time to get as many of the prize disks as you can

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and put them in your baskets. Today's prizes include an internal

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combustion engine, a chemistry set and a radio-controlled spider,

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but be careful, because amongst those disks you will find these,

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red and yellow herrings.

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If one of these ends up in your basket, either team,

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that team will lose one of its prize disks,

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which could be the difference between winning and losing the game.

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So be careful. Don't put any of these in. You all clear?

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-Yeah.

-Now, as usual, the leading team at this stage gets a head start.

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You're ahead by three points, you get a five-second head start. OK?

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And your sum time starts, ooh...

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now!

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And away they go.

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AUDIENCE: Reds! Reds!

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Yellow team, away you go.

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And there go the yellows, with victory on their minds.

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And red goo between their toes.

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And our prize disks falling on their heads.

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Before we start... Oh, we have started, haven't we?

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I meant to warn them about the extra gunge coming out of those pipes.

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The reds had a head start. Looks like the yellows are losing theirs,

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as they've already fallen behind two to nothing.

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Ooh, there's one for the yellows, they're back in the game.

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Still trying, and another for the yellows.

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The reds losing ground, as the teams draw neck and neck with each other

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whilst up to their necks in red goo.

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It is mayhem out there,

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both teams desperate not to end up on the losing side.

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It's anyone's game now, and the prized prize disks flowing

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as thick and fast as the gunk from the pipes above.

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It's going to go right to the wire here.

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They're on borrowed sum time now, surely?

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OK!

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Hold it, hold it, hold it. Time is up.

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Now we must find out who's won. The team with the most disks

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will take those prizes home. A Lab Rat, please.

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Obviously, this stuff's lethal, I don't want to handle it.

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We need a special Lab Rat because this one can count, apparently.

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How many disks for the yellow team? Indicate with your paw... Three.

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Were there any red and yellow herrings in there?

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So that stands at three. OK. Count up the reds, please.

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So, for the red team, that is...? Seven!

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Whoa, a win for the red team, clearly!

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Congratulations.

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I think we should probably take a look at what you have won.

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These are the prizes, one of each of these for each of you, red team.

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A radio-controlled spider.

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A Tomb of Doom game.

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Internal combustion engine.

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Transforming robot.

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Lunar eclipse bedroom light.

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Chemistry set.

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And a pogo stick for each of you.

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This next bit is slightly awkward,

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and I probably shouldn't do it because it's cruel,

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but let's see, yellow team, what you would have won had you won.

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It's nice to know. You'd have each had a puzzle cube.

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You'd each have had a lunar eclipse bedroom light.

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And the Tomb of Doom game for each of you.

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All of which means right now, it's time for Bidet Goes Bang.

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Reds, well done, that is quite a haul of prizes

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you'll be taking home from the Blast Lab. Well done, they're all yours.

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This is slightly awkward now, because they're happy,

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and then on the other side, it's not quite the same.

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Yellows, you're not taking yours home with you,

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you'll blow them up. Time for Bidet Goes Bang.

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Come with me, come with me, come with me. Come on, come on.

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ALL: Ah!

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Yeah, it's quite solemn.

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Yeah.

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Yellows, I'm sorry, it's... I know, it's...

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It's sometimes moving, this moment. You're all right, though?

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-Yeah. We don't care.

-Yeah, well, thank you for taking part.

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And there's no putting it off, cos what's happening now is

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you'll blow up the prizes you would have taken home. All right?

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so if you'd like to lift the plunger, please.

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Who's doing this? All together? It's the best way.

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All right, audience, if you'd like to join in...

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ALL: Five, four, three, two, one.

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I'm sorry, team. Thank you, well done anyway.

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Today, we've investigated chemical reactions and explosive gases,

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which is all in a day's work for an experimental inventor like myself,

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as is tea, toast and Sudoku, which is what I've got next! See you soon.

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