Cruciverbalists v Methodologists Hive Minds

Welcome to Hive Minds, the quiz where simply knowing the answers

isn't enough, you've got to find them as well.

Today's two teams both lost their first matches,

so they are in the last chance saloon.

The winning team will live to fight another day

and the losers must go home. Let's meet them.

Cruciverbalists, good to see you again.

Just reminder ourselves little bit about you.

Hi, I'm David. I'm a finance manager from Glasgow.

I'm Jane. I'm an information design consultant from York.

Hi, I'm Dave. I'm an inquiry officer for the Ombudsman Services.

Dave, you are hiding your lights under a bushel, I feel.

I know you're also a football referee assessor.

Yes, I can tell the referee he's rubbish legally.

And you also refereed a nudist match?

I refereed a match in a nudist camp, yeah.

So presumably, you were in the buff as well?

No, no, I didn't want to scare the natives too much.

There must've been a lot of balls in play.

THEY LAUGH

Methodologists, good to see you again.

Would you like to remind ourselves a little bit about you?

Hi, I'm Matt. I'm a software test engineer from Cheam, in Surrey.

Hi, I'm Bobbie, I'm from South London.

I'm a church leader and a maths tutor.

Hi, I'm Mike.

I am a freelance actor from Rochdale.

Well, good to see you. You're an interesting bunch, both teams.

We've got Dave over there with his nude football matches

And, Matt, you once tried

to beat a world record.

-Yeah.

-For?

-This was at university.

-It'd have to be.

We were trying to beat a world record for drinking

the most Coca-Cola in two minutes.

How much did you get through?

There were about 24 of us and we had about

72 cans,

and we got through all of them in under two minutes.

Let's just say that... yeah, the amount of belching

-afterwards was...

-Oh!

..longer than the time it took to actually drink the Coke.

That's a bit more information than we wanted, isn't it,

ladies and gentlemen? Best of luck to both of you.

Let's play Hive Minds.

All the answers are hidden in a hive, which looks like this.

And if the answer to my question was what are the names

of this week's teams? You'd be looking for...

And as you can see,

the answers use adjoining cells.

They can go in any direction

and no cell is used more than once.

In Round One, as we're looking for answers in the hive,

the letters will start to disappear and, as they do, the points go down.

The faster you answer, the more you score.

Be careful, we set a few traps.

There are a few red herrings in there, watch out for them.

Cruciverbalists, here is your first question.

When you think you've found the answer,

hit the first letter to stop the clock.

Reveal the hive.

So, it's not...

Paddington? Is it Paddington?

-Paddington, yes.

-Paddington.

-That's it.

-Your answer is...?

-Paddington.

Let's see if you are right.

You've not found the right answer.

I'll throw it over to you, Methodologists.

Let's see what you'd have been left with for a bonus point.

Any ideas?

-It's not Liverpool, is it?

-Nope.

It doesn't look like it.

You were looking for Victoria.

-Oh, right!

-Victoria.

And what are the four railways that are on the Monopoly board?

-Fenchurch Street.

-Fenchurch Street.

-Marylebone.

-Marylebone.

-King's Cross.

-King's Cross, and?

-Liverpool Street.

-Liverpool Street, there we go.

Methodologists, over to you.

Reveal the hive.

Conduction.

No, you can't do conduction, can you?

Conduction, convection...

-Oh.

-Con...

I think... Yeah, convection is there.

-Yeah, it is there.

-See?

-Good.

-Your answer?

-Convection.

Let's see if you're right.

Well done.

Convection, there it is, for four points.

Cruciverbalists.

Reveal the hive.

Samson Agonistes...

THEY WHISPER

It's there.

-Right. There?

-Yeah. No.

-Yep, it is.

-Your answer?

-Samson.

-Let's see if you're right. Samson.

Sorry. Just for a second,

-I was going off...

-Correct.

-Well done.

-Methodologists.

Reveal the hive.

Church in Paris. So it's definitely

not Notre Dame, is it?

Church in Paris... Wow.

I don't know any cake names

particularly, do you?

-No.

-French ones, wow.

-Neapolitan?

-No.

-It doesn't fit, though.

I'm not very good

on Paris churches either.

No.

No? Cruciverbalists.

-Madeleine.

-Madeleine.

Let's see if you're right.

Madeleine, correct.

So Madeline, the church,

-and Madeline, a delicious, little cake.

-Yummy cake!

-Loved by a famous French author?

-Proust.

-There you go.

-Proust.

Proust, yeah.

So where have we got to?

Cruciverbalists in the lead with six,

Methodologists just a little bit behind with four.

Now, we're going to make it a little bit more complicated.

I'm looking for two answers, and you must spot both to score the points.

Cruciverbalists.

Reveal the hive.

-Glasgow Herald?

-Is it there?

Glasgow is there, but I don't know.

THEY WHISPER

Bristol...

There's Weston-mare, isn't there?

New York Post, no.

Liverpool, Echo. Liverpool.

So one point now.

Echo.

-Your answer?

-Liverpool Echo.

Liverpool Echo.

Let's see if you're right.

-In the nick of time.

-Shame on me, I should've seen that.

There we are, Liverpool Echo for one point.

Methodologists.

Reveal the hive.

-19th century...

-Monet, Manet...

Gauguin.

Degas, Edouard...

Edouard Manet.

Edgar Degas?

-D.

-D.

-Oh, wait.

-Is that...?

-Hang on.

You can take it out if you want.

E, yeah?

Yeah. Well done.

Your answer?

-Edgar Degas.

-Edgar Degas,

let's see if you're right.

-Well done.

-Correct.

Edgar Degas for two points.

Cruciverbalists.

Reveal the hive.

Gladiola is not there.

-Gladiola.

-It's not.

-No?

-No.

Gardenia, no.

Ox, ox... No, that's not it either.

Foxglove is there, and digitalis.

Foxglove.

And digitalis.

Your answer?

Foxglove and digitalis.

Let's see if you're right.

-Well done.

-Foxglove.

Digitalis. For two points.

Methodologists.

Reveal the hive.

It can only be Potsdam or Yalta.

Potsdam? We've got Potsdam.

-Is it definitely there?

-Yeah.

-Potsdam, yes.

President...

It would have to be Roosevelt.

But wait, is that definitely there?

It would go through Potsdam.

We only need one... So...

Oh, wait.

Tru... Oh, wait. Truman?

-Truman, yeah.

-Go.

-Yeah.

-Your answer?

Potsdam and Truman.

Potsdam and Truman,

let's see if you're right.

Potsdam Conference

and President Truman who attended it.

So where does that leave us at the end of the round?

Cruciverbalists still in the lead with nine.

Methodologists still two points behind,

but there's all to play for, with seven.

In Round Two, you'll each face two hives containing three answers

relating to a specific topic.

You've 45 seconds

to complete each hive and you can score a maximum of five points.

Cruciverbalists, you're in the lead, so you get to choose first.

Which are you going to go for?

-Anything but technology for me.

-Any of the top three for me.

-Any of the top three, yeah.

-I'd go art or literature, myself.

Art or literature, yeah.

Literature? Literature.

You've chosen literature. When I reveal the question, you'll

have ten seconds to confer as a team,

but then you answer on your own.

You've got two passes, but remember,

one wrong answer and your team will be locked out of the hive.

So, you've chosen literature.

You're looking for...

You've ten seconds to confer.

-Polonius, Ophelia...

-Laertes.

Ophelia, Laertes...

-Gertrude.

-Gertrude.

Claudius. Polonius.

-Hamlet. Ophelia.

-Time's up.

David, I'm going to start with you.

So you're looking for characters in Hamlet. Reveal the hive.

-You can pass.

-Pass.

Jane?

Polonius.

Polonius. Correct. Dave.

Hm.

And there's one pass remaining.

-Pass.

-David.

No more passes.

I know loads of them!

Nope, I can't see one.

Time's up.

-I got one, why didn't you pass?

-I couldn't cos we'd had two.

-Oh.

-No, you couldn't pass any more.

-Yeah, I couldn't pass.

-It was all down to you.

-Who was the other one?

I'd got Gertrude.

-Gertrude.

-So what did you spot? Gertrude in there.

Can you see the other one, the third one?

-No?

-Guildenstern.

Guildenstern!

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

You got one, so you get one point.

Methodologists, over to you now.

Which topic would you like? We are left with...

What do you reckon, guys?

-Technology is good for me.

-There's less stuff that it could be.

-It's not as broad, I don't think.

-Go with technology if you want.

Yeah, we'll go with that to begin with.

-It'll be hell for me, but that's fine.

-Yeah?

-OK.

-We are going to pick technology.

-Technology.

You will be looking for...

You have ten seconds to confer.

-Carburettor.

-Valves.

-Brakes.

-Fan belt.

Yeah, fan belt. Cam belt.

-Cam belt?

-Yeah.

Time's up. Matt, we are going to start with you.

So parts of a standard petrol car engine. Reveal the hive.

You can pass.

Pass.

Bobbie?

There's one pass remaining.

-20 seconds.

-Pass.

-Mike.

Oh.

Nope.

I don't think it is there,

but I'm resigned.

Carburettor.

No?

Just in the nick of time.

Carburettor for one point.

And what you could also have got

for the full five points...

So, one point, that takes you up to eight.

Just two points behind the Cruciverbalists.

Cruciverbalists, we're back with you. Which topic would you like?

We have...

I would go either art or UK politics.

I quite like the politics or the art.

-I don't like the look of politics, so art or geography for me.

-Go art?

It's a common theme, yeah.

-We'll go with art.

-Art? OK.

You will be looking for...

Ten seconds to confer.

Steve McQueen, Grayson Perry, Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread,

-Gillian Wearing...

-Chapmans.

-Yeah, but probably won't be. Gillian Wearing...

-Time's up.

That was a lot of names there. Jane, we're starting with you.

You're looking for Turner Prize winners. Reveal the hive.

Pass.

Dave.

-Wearing.

-Wearing.

Correct.

David, one pass remaining.

Perry.

Perry? Correct.

-Jane.

-McQueen.

Well done, Jane.

Well, well done to all of you. You made that look so easy.

So let's see what you got.

Wearing, Gillian Wearing.

And then Perry, Grayson Perry, of course,

who rather memorably turned up to accept his prize dressed

as his alter-ego Claire in a fabulous frock.

You also found Steve McQueen.

The full five points.

Right, Methodologists, you could do

with the full five points on this one.

Which topic will you choose?

-You like politics, don't you?

-Yeah, so do I.

-I mean, I'm OK with both, probably.

-More names, probably.

-Yeah.

It could be a bit easier.

-They're both the same to me, go for it.

-We'll take politics then.

-Politics? Yep?

-Politics, please.

You've chosen UK politics. You will be looking for...

You have ten seconds to confer.

Prescott, who else?

-Hattersley.

-Hattersley, yeah.

-Darling.

-Darling.

Who also was under Blair?

-Was Kinnock the deputy before he was leader?

-Time's up.

-Possibly.

Matt, we're going to start with you. You have 45 seconds.

Reveal the hive.

Prescott.

Prescott. Correct. Bobbie.

You've got two passes.

-Pass.

-Mike.

-Healey.

-Healey.

Correct. Matt.

One pass remaining.

You can pass.

-Pass.

-Bobbie.

No. That last name eluded you.

So what have we got?

Prescott, John Prescott, of course, deputy leader under Blair.

Denis Healey, he was deputy leader

of the Labour Party under Michael Foot.

And what about the other one? Can you spot it?

No.

Morrison, Herbert Morrison.

-ALL:

-Oh!

-Oh, yes, know it now.

Isn't he the grandfather of someone?

He's the grandfather of Peter Mandelson.

He was deputy leader under Clement Attlee.

Right, so where does that leave us?

Methodologists, you've made up a few points, to ten,

but Cruciverbalists are still in the lead with 15.

In round three, you're each faced with a super hive.

You're looking for a number of answers that fit a certain category.

Your challenge is to use every letter to find one perfect solution.

Cruciverbalists, it's your turn. Which hive would you like?

The A hive, or the B hive?

We'll have the A hive, please.

So, you have two minutes

and you will be looking for...

Reveal the hive.

Passenger, Madonna...

-Adele... Pink...

-Pink...

Pink is there, but it's

a bit obvious for the moment.

Madonna is there. I can see Madonna.

-Prince.

-I can see Prince.

Prince, go for Prince.

Let's try that.

Madonna is there.

Don't forget to press enter.

-Oh, yeah.

-Hang on...

Oh, no, we've got to

unpress it now.

Yeah.

Pink is there, you know.

That looks like a red herring, doesn't it?

Beyonce.

Beyonce's there,

but then it is Pink...

Take Prince out.

-Bey...on...ce.

-Yeah.

Take Prince out.

-Take Prince out.

-Put Pink in.

Pink...

Madonna is there,

but it leaves you with a CE there.

Actually... Oh, yeah.

We can always stick Madonna in at the end,

if we haven't got the right solution.

You've got a minute left.

That's Adele in there, Adele...

-Yes.

-Try it.

OK. That's going to leave us with some terrible letters.

Think we have some bad letters there, so...

-They are bad, aren't they?

-Yes.

I can't see anything.

Well, if nothing else, Madonna is there,

but it leaves that E up there, so...

Donovan.

So, that's making this a bit messy.

It is, isn't it? I know.

I think we're just going to have to

-go with what we can get.

-Yeah.

-Mika.

-Which..?

-Mika, is that...?

Mika, yeah.

Again, it's not going to...

It's not working out right, to be honest.

But get some points.

-Miss...

-Missy...

-Lots of "S"s here.

-Yes.

No, that wasn't a good one for us.

No.

Let's see what you got.

So, you found...

They are all solo musical performers known by a single name,

so you've got five points right there.

But which of those were part of the perfect solution?

And which led you astray?

-Oof.

-Oh.

Oh, it's harsh when you see it like that, isn't it?

So, Pink and Donovan, you identified correctly.

What else could you have had?

Oh, yes.

Beyonce, now, that's where Beyonce needed to go.

So that's five points, takes your score to 20.

Methodologists, you're left with the B hive.

You have two minutes, and you will be looking for...

Reveal the hive.

-OK.

-All right.

-OK.

So, we've got...

Borg, Connors, McEnroe...

There's a Becker here, but it's

in the middle. Shall I leave it?

-Shall I put it in?

-I would leave it for now.

And then we'll just go up the side, but...

Can you see one up the side?

Murray goes up the side,

-but that can't be right.

-Murray.

Put it in for now.

Yeah, put it in for now.

Do you want to put it in?

What else have we got?

Federer's down here, but does that fit?

It fits right there, doesn't it?

-Federer?

-Oh, It does actually.

-Yeah.

Nicely. Weirdly. But...

Up there, yeah?

-Up here?

-Yes.

-OK, then.

-OK.

-For now, anyway.

What else have we got?

-Shall we go with Becker?

-We can't.

-No.

-Oh, no.

-Cos that's...

-Cos of the E-R.

-Oh, it does, actually.

-Does it?

-Oh, no, sorry.

Yeah, you're right.

Doesn't go round, does it?

Cash, we've got Pat Cash.

-Cash?

-So, who does that leave?

It doesn't fit well, but...

What does that? GER...

Men's champions...

Does Krajicek fit in there?

Anywhere?

Krajicek...

-A minute left.

-Ivanisevic?

How do you spell it?

Yeah, that would fit nicely.

Yes.

But we'd need to get rid of the Cash first.

I am.

OK. Go on, take it out. That's it.

-Yeah, yeah, then...

-Take this out?

No, no, no, carry on.

So, it's... VIC.

-Yes.

-That does fit.

-That's good.

-Borg does fit.

-Borg, yeah?

-Nicely there.

-Any more?

I think Krajicek will be in there.

How do you spell that?

I don't know how to spell it.

Oh, Connors, actually, sorry.

-Connors, yeah, that's good.

-C-O-N...

Well done, yeah, that fits in.

-That's good.

-Fits in nicely.

Then your Krajicek fits in nicely.

Yeah, keep going.

We're doing really well, guys.

And then...

What do we see in there?

Does Becker fit in now?

-Oh, Edberg.

-Edberg? Go for it.

The G, the G. Don't forget the G.

-Oh!

-Quick.

-Hold it.

END OF ROUND MUSIC

ALL: Oh, no!

-It was Ashe, wasn't it? Arthur Ashe.

-Ashe, yeah.

-Ugh.

Oh, it all went a bit horribly wrong at the end, there.

Ashe was in there. You saw it too late.

I'm going to take one out straightaway.

You said you didn't know how to spell it, and you didn't. Krajicek.

Richard Krajicek.

You missed out the E on that.

Let's see what you did get.

So Andy Murray.

Roger Federer.

Goran Ivanisevic, for Croatia.

Bjorn Borg.

And Jimmy Connors.

They are definitely Wimbledon men's champions, of course.

So that's a point for each, five points to you.

Which of those were part of the perfect solution?

They all were.

-They all were, yeah.

-They all were.

-So you were on a roll there.

-Yes.

Krajicek, of course,

put a spanner in the works cos you didn't spell it correctly.

You know the other one you missed,

which was Arthur Ashe,

Stefan Edberg.

And if you'd got those, you would have got the whole ten points.

You saw Becker in there, that was a red herring.

Cash, you put Cash in, Pat Cash, took it out again.

That was a red herring.

And Djokovic was in there as well.

So that left you with five points.

Methodologists, you are on 15.

Cruciverbalists, you're in the lead with 20.

So, we're at the final buzzer round, now.

There are five points between you.

Methodologists, you can still catch up.

Remember, one team is going home.

Everything to play for.

This time, the hives are filled with answers

and, if you pay attention,

you might spot an answer to a question I haven't even asked yet.

You ready? Got your fingers on your buzzers?

Reveal the hive.

-Cruciverbalists.

-Austerlitz.

Austerlitz, correct. One point.

-Cruciverbalists.

-Berliot.

-No.

-Bleriot! It's Bleriot, sorry.

-Bleriot.

-Sorry.

Bleriot. I know, but it's...

I've got to be strict about it.

Bleriot, Louis Bleriot.

Anyone?

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

Blessed.

Brian Blessed. Actor and adventurer.

A historic city in Turkey.

Ankara?

If it's a...

-Antioch?

-Is it there?

-No.

-Tarsus.

-Oh, Tarsus, yes.

Castor and Pollux.

-Methodologists.

-Must be Castor.

Castor. It is.

It was either Castor or Pollux,

and there's no X.

I thought you'd definitely get this one!

-Sterling.

-Sterling.

Raheem Sterling. Come on!

Let's refresh the hive.

-Methodologists.

-Concord.

-Concord?

Hoboken.

That's what we were after.

-Cruciverbalists.

-Tapioca.

Tapioca, that's right.

Used to love it at school.

Come on, Methodologists.

You can still catch them.

Emily Bronte...

It'll be Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff?

-Methodologists.

-Heathcliff.

Heathcliff. That's it.

Melly.

Melly. Well done, Cruciverbalists.

Kiev... Sebastopol...

Odessa...

Oh!

-Chernobyl.

-Yeah.

-You saw it just too late.

Too late.

-Methodologists.

-It'll be Horton.

-Horton.

Horton, it is indeed Horton.

Let's refresh the hive.

Five points between you.

Not marjoram...

Methodologists.

-Oregano?

-Oregano, correct. One point.

Boston...

No, it's not.

-Cruciverbalists.

-Grantham.

Grantham, Margaret Thatcher's hometown.

Cruciverbalists.

-Granger.

-Granger.

Geraldine Granger, Vicar of Dibley.

INDISTINCT

Ottolenghi. Yotam Ottolenghi.

Single-handedly responsible

for jars of pomegranate molasses mouldering in the back of

people's kitchen cupboards and not getting used.

I won't know this.

-Cruciverbalists.

-Giotto.

Giotto. Correct.

Just saw it myself.

Gargoyle.

Cruciverbalists.

-Gargoyle.

-Gargoyle, correct.

END OF ROUND MUSIC

So, where does that leave us?

Cruciverbalists, you have won with 26 points.

Congratulations.

Methodologists, a valiant battle.

You finish with 18, so I'm afraid we have to lose you.

You have been such great contestants,

we've very much enjoyed having you on the programme.

-Cheers.

-Thank you.

You go through to the next round, Cruciverbalists. Congratulations.

Join us for more brilliance, bewilderment,

bafflement in Hive Mind next time.

But before we go, here's one just for you at home.

Find the title of a play by Eugene Ionesco.

Bye-bye.