Grand Final Top Class

On Top Class today -

George, Louis, Gabriel, and Ramis,

playing for St James' Church of England Academy from Dorset.

And competing against them are Ameya, Hasan, Amaani, and Faris,

from St Pius X Preparatory School from Lancashire.

But who will be Top Class? APPLAUSE

Hello, and welcome to Top Class.

The search for the UK's smartest school is nearly over,

because this is the final! APPLAUSE

And let's meet our finalists.

First up, St James' Church of England Academy.

In their semifinal,

they won 27 points to 25 against Millburn Primary School.

George, what do you think tipped you over the edge

so that you got through to the final of Top Class, George?

-Some of you might have guessed it, but it's Geoffrey.

-Geoffrey!

The mascot with the special jumper.

Louis, what are you going to do in the final that'll help you win

the fabulous trophy?

Push my hand on the buzzer quicker.

Absolutely. Press it with force and determination. Absolutely!

Gabriel, team captain of St James'.

You must feel incredible that your team has got the final.

Yeah, it's brilliant!

And what are you going to do in the final to help your team

win Top Class?

I think encouragement, because that's about it.

Ramis, how are you feeling?

I've had a change.

You've had a change?

Tell me all about it, Ramis.

I'm now the most optimistic person on the planet.

I could not be happier, Ramis!

If you didn't watch the semifinals,

I was convincing Ramis he should feel confident in himself.

You now feel confident, Ramis?

-Of course.

-This is amazing!

It's like the best thing that's ever happened.

So say, "I am Ramis, and I am confident!"

I am Ramis, and I am confident!

Yes, Ramis! Come on! APPLAUSE

Good luck today. Please welcome St James' Church of England Academy,

from Dorset! APPLAUSE

And playing against them are St Pius X Preparatory School.

In their semifinal, they went head-to-head with

Bowes Primary School, and won 21 points to 18.

Ameya, it was a close one.

Yes, very close,

but I think because just before it we did a bit of revision, so I think

that was one of the reasons why we actually remembered some

-of the answers.

-Hasan, calm, cool, collected team captain.

What are you going to do to help your team win Top Class?

I'm going to make sure everybody's opinion is counted.

And I'm going to keep confident.

Amaani, what are you going to do to help the team out today

in the finals, Amaani?

Encourage them, and make sure that we all feel happy.

Even if we lose or win.

Faris, my friend.

In the semifinals you asked for a round entitled,

Things That Faris Knows.

-I did.

-I can tell you now, Faris,

I have not introduced that round into the final of Top Class.

-Very upsetting.

-Is it very upsetting?

What are you going to do to help your team out in the final, Faris?

Win or lose, we showed team spirit and we showed confidence,

-and that's all that matters.

-That's absolutely true, Faris.

Best of luck. Please welcome St Pius X Preparatory School,

from Lancashire! APPLAUSE

Best of luck to both of you.

Here we go with Round One.

Remember, it's the finals. The questions get more difficult.

Listen carefully to everything I say.

And remember, I have to accept your first answers, OK?

Here's your first control question.

The subject is...

What is the most populated city in Wales?

Hasan.

Cardiff.

Is the correct answer, Hasan.

Well done, you get a point. APPLAUSE

You have control of the game.

Here are the rest of your questions, on the subject Flags.

On the screen, you'll see a world flag, but one colour is missing.

Here's your first flag.

What colour is missing from the flag of Luxembourg?

My team's going to go with red.

You're saying red. Let's see if that's right.

It is right, well done.

Can you work out what colour completes the flag of Iceland?

Iceland. That's blue.

No, that's Norway.

-No, it's definitely blue.

-It's blue, trust me.

OK. I'm not sure, but we're going to go with blue.

You're saying blue. Let's see if that's right.

It is right, well done.

What colour is missing

from the flag of Hungary?

-Green.

-Green, yes. It's green. It's definitely green.

My team decides that it's green.

You're saying green. Let's see if that's right.

It is right.

And, finally, what one colour completes the flag of Macedonia?

-Yellow.

-Yellow.

Or is it orange? Is it orange-y?

Yellow, it's yellow.

OK, we're going to go with yellow.

You're saying yellow.

Let's see if that's right.

It is right, well done. You got five points, St Pius.

Well done. APPLAUSE

So, at the end of that round, St Pius have five points,

St James' have nothing yet, but there's loads of time.

Give them both a huge round of applause, well done.

APPLAUSE

Now, Hasan, in that round, that was quite interesting,

because you were taking your team's advice when you weren't sure if they

-were correct.

-That was actually my round, you know,

because flags is my subject.

So, Faris, I did have a round for you!

Thank you.

Let's move on. And the next subject is...

Here is your control question.

Who was the first British monarch to have their photo taken?

-Amaani?

-Charles I.

Incorrect. St James', do you have any idea?

No conferring.

-Gabriel.

-Queen Victoria?

That's the correct answer, Gabriel.

Well done. APPLAUSE

You've got a point, you've got control of the game.

Here are the rest of your questions on history.

In this game, you're going to see four key events in history

on the screen, and you must put them in the order that they occurred.

So, the events are...

So, put them in order for me.

What was first, second, third, and fourth.

-Fourth is Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee.

-Mm-hm.

-Then first e-mail sent was probably three.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-And then the discovery of the moons, probably two.

Right, the earliest event, we think, is A.

And what do you think was second?

C.

-What happened third?

-B.

And the fourth event?

D.

That's them all up on the board.

Let's see how many you got correct.

Well done, St James', you've got three points in that round.

Well done! APPLAUSE

You just got the first two the wrong way round, but well done.

And, at the end of that round, St Pius have five points,

St James' right behind them now on three points.

APPLAUSE

Gabriel, that was just the first two.

-Yeah.

-But you weren't quite sure, were you?

-But you tried to work it out.

-Nope.

-But you got the last two right.

-Yeah.

-Louis, you knew 2012.

-Yeah.

And e-mails have been around for as long as you can remember,

-haven't they, Louis?

-Probably, yeah.

-Yeah.

Do you know we had something called a landline, Louis?

-No, I don't remember that.

-No, you don't remember that.

-That's absolutely fine.

-It's probably hundreds of years ago.

It was hundreds of years ago. Thanks, Louis.

So, let's move on to the next subject, and it is...

Here is your control question.

Buzz in if you think you know the answer.

In science,

materials that do not let heat move through them easily are called

thermal... Ameya.

Insulators.

It's the correct answer, Ameya, well done.

You got a point. You have control. APPLAUSE

Here are the rest of your questions, on the subject of parts of the body.

On the screen you'll see an image of a human body,

and I'll ask you to identify the highlighted part.

Which part of your body is this?

-Heart.

-Heart.

-We're going to go with the heart.

You're saying the heart. Let's see if that's right.

It is the heart.

Can you name this part of the skeleton?

-The skull.

-Skull.

-Or the cranium.

-We're going to go with the cranium.

-What?

The cranium or the skull.

That is correct, Hasan. Well done.

And what is this part called?

-Lungs.

-The lungs.

We're going to go with the lungs.

You're saying the lungs. Let's see if that's right.

It is the lungs.

And, finally, what name is given to this part of your body?

-Intestines.

-Which one, large or small?

-Which one's higher?

-We're going to go...

-No, no, you have to say small or large.

-Which one's highlighted?

-The pink bit.

-We're going to go with the small intestine.

-(The large intestine!)

-You're going to go with the small intestine.

-(It's the large.)

-Let's see if that's right.

It is right, well done. You got five points, St Pius.

Well done. APPLAUSE

And so, at the end of that round, St Pius have ten points,

and, right behind them, St James' have three points.

Well done! APPLAUSE

But everything can change now in Top Class,

because it's time to move on to my favourite round,

because it's time to...

St James', tell me -

who have you brought with you, Gabriel?

-Mrs Dodd.

-Why?

She's still down with the kids, and I think she's great at

all this sort of stuff, I hope.

Yes. Well, St James', it's time to test the teacher.

Bring in Mrs Dodd. APPLAUSE

MUSIC: Wake Me Up by Avicii

Mrs Dodd, you personally chose that track to come on to.

-I did.

-Which is Wake Me Up When It's All Over.

-Yes!

-Can I surmise that's how you feel about this?

Yes! Yes.

What does it mean, do you think, to get to the final of Top Class?

I think it's an incredible achievement by the team.

-It is.

-To be in a top final of a top TV show.

You know, Mrs Dodd, that you are quite a large part of that, though?

MUMBLES IN DOUBT

And the questions are getting more and more difficult, Mrs Dodd.

GROANS So just go for it, OK?

-OK.

-60 seconds on the clock.

Start the clock.

In which popular video game would you find the characters

called Ender Dragon, Wither and Creeper?

-Minecraft.

-Correct.

A cronut is a snack that combines a doughnut

-with which other baked good?

-Pass.

It's a croissant.

Vlogger and adventurer, Louis Cole, is better known as what on YouTube?

-Pass.

-FunForLouis.

In what book series does a middle school character,

Greg Hefley, appear?

-Diary Of A Wimpy Kid?

-Correct.

Which artist had the biggest selling album of 2015?

-Erm, Justin Bieber?

-No, Adele.

Which female American singer provides vocal

on the following song?

# Where else can I go? #

-Beyonce.

-Correct.

In The Simpsons, Patty and Selma Bouvier are the sisters

of which other character?

-Marge.

-Correct.

Colombian musician Shakira married which FC Barcelona and

Spain international footballer?

-Not a clue.

-It's Gerard Pique.

Which female comedy duo present the Great British Bake Off?

-Mel and Sue.

-Correct.

What is the year of Taylor Swift's birth and top selling album

-of the same name?

-Oh! Erm...

-Don't know!

-1989.

Fred the Red is the current mascot

of which Premier League football club?

-Liverpool.

-Manchester United!

-Oh!

-But well done, Mrs Dodd.

At the end of that round, you scored five points, Mrs Dodd!

APPLAUSE

That's amazing!

It's the final of Top Class.

-Nerves are shot.

-Yes.

Tensions high.

And you walk on the stage and get five points, Mrs Dodd.

-Are you pleased?

-Ish.

-Ish.

-Ish. I should have got Taylor Swift.

-Don't think like that!

-But it's OK.

-Don't think like that, Mrs Dodd.

You've done brilliantly. Well done.

Five points for your team, but you are dismissed.

-Thank you.

-Well done, Mrs Dodd! APPLAUSE

OK, St Pius. Hasan, who have you brought with you and why?

We have brought Mrs Davies, and you know the reason why.

Since she's been testing us, we're going to test her back.

LAUGHTER

So St Pius's theory is that, because Mrs Davies has given them the gift

of knowledge, they are going to put her through this for as long as is

humanly possible, to see how she likes it,

is essentially the way they're going.

Well, St Pius, it's time to test the teacher.

Bring in Mrs Davies! APPLAUSE

MUSIC: Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie

Mrs Davies, you chose that track yourself, didn't you?

-I did.

-Is that how you feel? Under pressure?

It's very much how I feel at the moment.

What do you think it means to get to the final of Top Class?

I think it's just amazing.

I mean, for all the children involved, whoever,

they've got this far, have done amazingly well, and I think

they should all be congratulated, no matter what the outcome.

Absolutely. You have 60 seconds, Mrs Davies, on the clock.

-Right.

-It's the last time you're going to have to do this.

-Thank the Lord.

-LAUGHTER

60 seconds, on the clock.

Start the clock. Yoshi Falls, Moo Moo Meadows, and Rainbow Road are

all race tracks that have featured in which popular Nintendo game?

-Cars.

-Mario Kart.

Actor Danny DeVito appears in One Direction's 2014 video

for which song?

-Pass.

-Steal My Girl.

Binge is a 2015 book by which American YouTuber?

-Joe Slugg.

-Tyler Oakley.

What is the name of the 2015 film starring Matt Damon

as an astronaut stuck on planet Mars?

-The Martian.

-Correct.

Which male singer provides vocals for the following song?

# If you're scared when you're out on your own... #

-Justin Timberlake?

-No, Ed Sheeran.

The blind auditions and battle round are stages in which TV talent show?

-The Voice.

-Correct.

Which futuristic sports action video game scooped three awards

including Best Sports Game at the BAFTA Games Awards in 2016?

-Er, pass.

-Rocket League.

What is the name of the fictional suburb

that the soap Neighbours is set in?

-Erinsborough.

-Correct.

-Which film won best animated feature at the 2016 Oscars?

-Erm...

-Maleficent.

-No, Inside Out.

Get Weird is a 2015 album by which UK band?

-Coldplay.

-LITTLE MIX!

Mrs Davies, the good news is you have surpassed your performance

at the semifinals. You've got yourself three points, Mrs Davies!

APPLAUSE

I don't know the answers to any of those questions either!

Who are these people?

How did you feel you did? I think you did brilliantly.

I feel a bit better than I did in the semifinals. That's something.

Yes, but they are tough, tough questions.

-They are.

-You did brilliantly, Mrs Davies,

-you should be very proud of yourself.

-Thank you.

You got three points, but, for now, you are dismissed.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

So, at the end of that round, St Pius have 13 points,

but, right behind them, St James' have 8 points!

APPLAUSE Well done.

Gabriel, I think your teacher did really well.

-Are you proud of her?

-Definitely.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-George?

-She did all right.

-Great, so...

It's good!

St Pius, Mrs Davies.

Hasan, I tell you, she so wants to do well for you.

Is there anything you would like to say to Mrs Davies?

She's wanted to do well so much,

but you didn't give her the right set of questions!

You keep saying that to me, St Pius!

But you didn't give her the right set of questions!

-I can't give her specific questions!

-And anyway, it's not

the end of the world. Three points is a lot in our eyes.

It is. Right, teams. You're in play again. It's time for Pet Subjects.

St James', you're going first.

Gabriel, what subject have you chosen for your Pet Subject?

Greek gods.

Greek gods. Now, remember, you buzz in.

You have 30 seconds on the clock to answer as many questions as you can.

Start the clock. Who is known as the Greek god of music?

-Gabriel?

-Apollo.

Correct. What symbol would you associate with the Greek god Zeus?

-Gabriel.

-A lightning bolt.

Yes, I can accept that. In Greek mythology,

who is married to the goddess Aphrodite?

-Ramis.

-Hephaestus.

-Say again?

-Hephaestus.

Correct. What is the name of Zeus's brother,

thought to be the God of the underworld? Gabriel.

-Hades.

-Correct.

Who is married to the Greek god Amphitrite?

-Gabriel.

-Pass. Can we...?

-It's Poseidon.

Where do the Greek gods and goddesses live?

George.

-Mount Oleyton.

-No, that is incorrect.

-It was Mount Olympus.

-What? George!

Aw, never mind. It's OK.

At the end of that round, St James', you've got four points!

Well done. APPLAUSE

So, St Pius. Hasan, what have you chosen as your pet subject?

We have chosen fractions as our Pet Subject.

Fractions, OK.

30 seconds on the clock.

Start the clock. What is one third of 120?

Hasan.

-40.

-40 is the correct answer.

What is three ninths of 72?

-Faris.

-24.

-Correct.

In fractions, what is a half plus a quarter?

-Faris.

-Three quarters.

Correct. There are 36 fish in the pond.

Half are orange.

How many orange fish are there?

Ameya.

-18.

-Correct.

What is one quarter of 48?

Hasan.

Er, quarter...

12!

I'll take that, Hasan. That is the correct answer.

Well done. At the end of that round, you got five points, St Pius!

Well done. APPLAUSE

St Pius, you did very well.

And, at the end of that round,

St Pius have 18 points.

St James', really close behind them, have 12 points!

APPLAUSE

OK, on with the game. The next subject is...

Here is your control question.

In the sentence, "Craig completely understood the hard question,"

what word is the adverb?

-Amaani?

-Completely?

Correct answer, Amaani, well done. APPLAUSE

You've got a point. You've got control.

Here are the rest of your questions, on the subject of spelling.

In a second, you'll see an incomplete word on the screen,

and you need to fill in the gaps.

You only get one chance per word, Hasan, OK?

First word, spell...

"..ambulance."

A.

-A-M...

-Are you giving me your answer, Hasan? OK.

A-M-B-U-L-A-N-C-E.

Correct answer, well done.

Spell "especially."

That's one of my favourite words!

Es-pe-c-ia-lly.

E-S-P-E-C-I-A-L-L-Y.

Correct. Spell "ambitious."

A-M-B-I-T-I-O-U-S.

Correct.

Finally, spell "experiment."

I'm just...

E-X-P-E-R-I-M-E-N-T.

Well done, correct answer. Five points, St Pius. Well done.

Well done indeed! APPLAUSE

And that means, at the end of that round,

St Pius have 23 points,

St James' just behind them on 12 points.

Give them both a round of applause. APPLAUSE

It's very tense here, but let's move on to the next subject.

And that is...

Here's your control question.

In 2014, a bus stop on London's Regent Street

was made of 100,000 plastic bricks of what? Louis?

-Lego.

-Correct answer, Louis!

Well done. APPLAUSE

You have a point, you have control.

Here are the rest of your questions on the subject of the news.

This game is all to do with the people,

places, and events from the world around us.

Inside this newspaper are some questions for you to answer.

-Um...

-Let's list some Caribbean countries.

St Lucia, Jamaica.

Let's just say Jamaica.

That's a popular place.

-Guess, then.

-Which answer?

St Lucia?

St Lucia?

Let's see if that's right.

-It was Cuba.

-Oh, I knew it!

-Second question.

-I know him.

-Louis Smith?

-Louis Smith.

-Louis Smith?

-You know Louis Smith?

-I know his...

-Shh!

-Louis Smith?

-You're saying Louis Smith.

Let's see if that's right.

It is right, well done.

The team captain's role is now to tell Louis to shut up.

I reckon it's either a cat or dog.

-I think cats have good climbing skills.

-It's a cat, it's a cat,

-I think.

-Are you sure?

-Cos it bites the postman's fingers.

A cat? I would have thought dog.

-Or a cat.

-It's going to be like an odd animal.

Gabriel? What's your answer?

-Cat.

-You're saying cat.

Let's see if that's right.

-It is right.

-Yay!

-Yes.

APPLAUSE That was intense discussion.

"Cat? Cat? Cat?"

Final question...

Oh, just go Alex Scott. That's the only female footballer I know.

Guys, is it the name?

Yeah, Alex Scott's a female footballer.

-Alex Scott.

-You're saying Alex Scott, let's see if that's right.

No, it was Laura Bassett.

But well done. At the end of that round, St James',

you got three points. Well done. APPLAUSE

So, at the end of that round, St Pius have 23 points,

St James' have 15 points.

Well done. APPLAUSE

I'll tell you something, whatever happens,

I'd like to see a television show with Louis and Gabriel arguing,

because it's one of my favourite things.

And the way you just stop him by going, "Shh!"

Very good, Gabriel. Very good!

OK, teams.

Down to business. This is it.

It's the last chance to make a difference to your scores.

By the end of this round, one of you will be Top Class.

It's the Battle Of The Buzzers.

90 seconds on the clock

for both teams to answer as many questions as you can.

Remember, you must buzz in.

I am going to be quite harsh.

No conferring at all, even if I offer the question over.

OK? 90 seconds on the clock.

Start the clock. Which animal is the British and Irish

rugby union team named after? George.

-A Labrador? No!

-No, I can offer it over.

-Faris.

-Lion?

-That's correct.

What is the biggest spider in the world?

-Louis.

-Tarantula?

No, a giant tarantula.

No, that's incorrect. St Pius?

-Hasan.

-A camel spider.

No, it's a Goliath tarantula.

The marimba belongs to which family of musical instruments?

-What?

-The what?

-Can you repeat the question?

The marimba belongs to which family of musical instruments?

-Faris.

-Wind?

-No, I can offer it over.

-George.

-Brass.

-No, percussion.

What S is the name of a written form of a film?

-Amaani?

-Script?

-Correct.

If the temperature is -12 and it rises by 7 degrees...

-Ameya.

--4.

-Minus?

-4.

No, incorrect. I can offer it over.

-12 rises by 7 degrees, Ramis?

--5.

-Correct.

In what Swedish city was the 2016 Eurovision Song contest? Hasan.

-Helsinki.

-No, incorrect.

Eurovision Song contest - what city was it held in?

No? It is Stockholm.

No, can't answer it. If a standard running track is 400 metres,

in a 10,000 metre race, how many laps will an athlete run?

-Louis.

-40?

No, incorrect.

I can offer it over. 400 metres, 10,000 metre race,

how many laps will an athlete run?

-Anyone? Amaani?

-2.5?

No, 25.

Filo, rough puff, and short crust are types of what?

-Amaani.

-Pastry.

-Correct.

The seaside town of Blackpool is on which coast of Great Britain?

Faris.

The...west.

The west coast.

That is correct, Faris.

Well done. Give them both a round of applause.

APPLAUSE

Well, that was incredibly exciting.

You've all done brilliantly, but the winners with 27 points are St Pius!

APPLAUSE

Bad luck, St James'.

You've done so, so well to get this far.

Congratulations. You're worthy runners-up.

And can I say what a pleasure it has been to have you on the show?

You have been fantastic competitors in Top Class.

Please give them a huge round of applause

before we say goodbye to them.

Well done, St James'. APPLAUSE

So, that's it. That was the final,

and, St Pius, you are Top Class.

Come down here and collect your trophy.

APPLAUSE

Come on in. Lovely.

Well done. Well done.

Hasan, here you go.

Tell me, how does that feel, Hasan?

-Exhilarating!

-Exhilarating, of course it does!

How does it feel, Amaani?

Exhilarating!

-Faris?

-WOW!

That's quite excited.

-And how do you feel, Ameya?

-I think I feel a bit exhilarated.

A bit exhilarated. Of course they do, that's how they always feel.

We started out with 16 schools,

and now there is just one,

because St Pius are Top Class! APPLAUSE

Well, that's all from Top Class for this series.

I'll see you next time.

Goodbye! APPLAUSE