0:00:21 > 0:00:2716 teams. 27 battles. Only one winner.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Is what I'd be saying if this were a film.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32It's not, it's a quiz but it's actually very like a film.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34It raises interesting questions,
0:00:34 > 0:00:35you never know who's going to get killed off
0:00:35 > 0:00:39and the special effects are so good you probably won't even notice them.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41It's just like Lord of the Rings.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44I'm thinking especially of those moments after the show when,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47remembering the bottle of whisky I left in my dressing room,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49I crawl towards it in my pants whispering, "Precious."
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Two new teams tonight and they are, on my right...
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Anne Miller, a politics and sociology graduate who ran
0:00:58 > 0:01:00the tango society at Edinburgh University.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And knows more about puffins than anyone else.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Andrew Hunter Murray,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06an Oxford English graduate who
0:01:06 > 0:01:09performs in a Jane Austin themed improvisation group called
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Austentatious and makes very good sloe gin.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14And their captain James Harkin,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16a maths
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and physics graduate who has danced with the world's most advanced
0:01:19 > 0:01:23humanoid robot and once broke a rib while being chased by a zombie.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25United by something quite
0:01:25 > 0:01:27interesting, they are the QI Elves.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31The QI Elves. Above ground, at last.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33I'm sure our viewers will be immediately asking,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35"Do you know everything about everything?"
0:01:35 > 0:01:37No, not at all.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I think one of the main things about QI is nobody knows anything.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43We'll be proving that tonight.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44It's very exciting to have you here.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Certainly at Only Connect when we heard we were going to BBC 2
0:01:48 > 0:01:51we were pleased at being slightly nearer our fellow geeks.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54I'm hoping it will be very crowded in the corner of the Christmas
0:01:54 > 0:01:55party this year.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I am equally excited to welcome on my left,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Richard Clay, a Cambridge maths graduate who runs his local
0:02:02 > 0:02:05juggling club and has a style of juggling named in his honour.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Vince Milner, a civil servant
0:02:07 > 0:02:12and maths graduate who was kidnapped for 120 seconds as a baby in Cyprus.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And their captain, Mike Hart.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17A former university careers advisor who enjoys hill walking
0:02:17 > 0:02:22and has only missed one episode of Dr Who since 1978.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26United by a passion for prose, they are the Bibliophiles.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- So are the Bibliophiles all members of a book club?- Partly true, yes.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34My wingmen Richard and Vince are in a book club.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Which I have applied to join.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Alas, I'm yet to gain entry. They have so far snubbed my approaches.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Where do you think you're going wrong?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46I pressed my face against the window but...
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Apparently the sitting rooms they go to are too small to
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- accommodate new members. - Is there an auditions procedure?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I don't know. I haven't got that far, to be honest.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Maybe a telephone interview, I don't know.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00We're going to start with round one.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04What's the connection between four apparently random clues?
0:03:04 > 0:03:09QI Elves, I'll be saying that a lot. QI Elves, you won the toss.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10You will be going first.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Please choose an Egyptian hieroglyph.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- OK, we would like Two Reeds, please.- OK.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18It's the music question immediately.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21You may hear a maximum of four pieces of music
0:03:21 > 0:03:24but the fewer you hear the more points you get for the right answer.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27The first is coming in now.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28# She comes out of the sun
0:03:28 > 0:03:31# In a summer dress... #
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Next.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37# The very thought of you... #
0:03:37 > 0:03:39It had to be you.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Next.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46# When there are grey skies
0:03:46 > 0:03:51# I don't mind a grey sky
0:03:51 > 0:03:54# You make them blue... #
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Next.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01# I, I'm so in love with you... #
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- Three seconds.- Is it Otis Redding?
0:04:06 > 0:04:07BELL
0:04:07 > 0:04:10They all have names which are places in the UK.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Not a valid connection, I'm afraid.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Bibliophiles, you've got the chance of a bonus point.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Do they all involve names of pets?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Not unless you called all
0:04:22 > 0:04:23the pets Al.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27We heard Year of the Cat, Al Stewart.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28The Very Thought of You, Al Bowlly.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30It was then Al Jolson with Sonny Boy
0:04:30 > 0:04:33and Al Green with Let's Stay Together.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35All Als.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38So no bonus point, Bibliophiles, but you may choose your own question.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Horned Viper, please.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43The Viper. What is the connection between these clues?
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Here's the first.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Next.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Next.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Could be Aust...
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Australian TV series.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Next.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21BELL
0:05:22 > 0:05:24We're going for Australian TV shows.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Not the answer although I imagine
0:05:26 > 0:05:27you could pitch them
0:05:27 > 0:05:28all as Australian TV shows.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31It doesn't connect them all. QI Elves, your chance for a bonus.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33We don't know.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Are they alternative titles for TV shows
0:05:36 > 0:05:38when they've gone to another country?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40They're not. A similar area
0:05:40 > 0:05:42but I'll tell you what this is.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43These are all
0:05:43 > 0:05:46the autobiographies of sportspeople.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Serious is the autobiography of John McEnroe.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Frame and Fortune, Steve Davis.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53As told to Brian Radford.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57G'day Ya Pommie B...! Want to have a guess who that might be?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Shane Warne? Ricky Ponting?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01David "Bumble" Lloyd. And the last one,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03It's Not About The Bike...
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- Bradley Wiggins, Lance Armstrong? - Lance Armstrong.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09It really wasn't about the bike, was it?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Sportspeople's autobiographies was the answer there.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Elves, what would you like now?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- We'll try Lion, please.- Lion.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17What is the connection between these clues?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Here's the first.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- He was number 13.- Next.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Next.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Consecutive years.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Same year maybe?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Much after Fillmore.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Next.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- I've never heard of him. Have you? - No.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Three seconds.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59BELL
0:07:00 > 0:07:03We're going to try the number 13.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07It is the number 13.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08I heard you muttering on the first
0:07:08 > 0:07:10question that Millard Fillmore
0:07:10 > 0:07:11is the 13th president.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Where do you think lace fits in?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I have no idea.
0:07:16 > 0:07:1913th Amendment the slavery one?
0:07:19 > 0:07:20The abolition of slavery is
0:07:20 > 0:07:21the 13th Amendment.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Lace is the 13th
0:07:22 > 0:07:25wedding anniversary.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27And the last clue refers to the
0:07:27 > 0:07:29early psychedelic rock band
0:07:29 > 0:07:3113th Floor Elevators.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Well done, 13 is the connection.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Back to the Bibliophiles for a question.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Eye of Horus, please. - The Eye of Horus.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41What is the connection between these clues? Here's the first.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Next.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Next.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01It's party political things.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05BELL
0:08:07 > 0:08:10It's party political emblems and their associated colours.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12That's absolutely it.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Coming in after three clues you get two points.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17A rose with red are the Labour Party.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18Tree is the logo of the
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Tories in blue.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Pound of...- UKIP.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26UKIP who are purple and bird you didn't need Lib Dems in yellow.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Logos of political parties and their colours. Well done.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Back to you, Elves.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Can we try water, please?
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Why not?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36What is the connection between these clues?
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Here's the first.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Could be anything.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Next, please.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Character named after something.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Next.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58All played by people...
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Next.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Three seconds.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17BELL
0:09:18 > 0:09:21OK.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25We're going to say Martin Freeman worked with them.
0:09:26 > 0:09:33Martin Freeman has been the sidekick to all those characters.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35They are all people who have had
0:09:35 > 0:09:37a sidekick played by Martin Freeman.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41That is Ford Prefect in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Accompanied by Marin Freeman as... - Arthur Dent.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48David Brent from the Office had Tim Canterbury as a sidekick
0:09:48 > 0:09:49played by Martin Freeman.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Sherlock Holmes played by Benedict Cumberbatch.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Do people tell you you look like
0:09:54 > 0:09:55- Benedict Cumberbatch?- A little bit.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58He has a really long coat, as well.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00That I'd like to see.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Yes, his associate, John Watson, played by Martin Freeman.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05And Gandalf in The Hobbit,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08his associate, Bilbo Baggins, all played by Martin Freeman.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Back to you, Bibliophiles, for the last question, the Twisted Flax.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13These are going to be picture clues.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15What connects them? Here's the first.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- Do you recognise him?- Yeah, he's the guy in Vicar Of Dibley.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Yes. Next.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Next.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34THEY WHISPER
0:10:34 > 0:10:36I think it's peacock. That's the peacock symbol of NBC.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38He's Mr Peacock in Vicar Of Dibley.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43We're going to say peacock.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Once again, coming in after three clues, you get two points.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Peacock is the connection.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50What can you tell me about those clues you're looking at?
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- I think Richard may have to help out. - That's the NBC symbol, a peacock.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58The first one is either the actor's Peacock or he plays
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Mr Peacock in Vicar of Dibley.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02It's the actor, Trevor Peacock from the Vicar Of Dibley.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Second one is the Paralympian Johnny Peacock
0:11:05 > 0:11:07and you didn't need to see Mrs Peacock
0:11:07 > 0:11:09from the game of Cluedo. Well done.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12At the end of Round One, the QI Elves have two points,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14the Bibliophiles have four.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Round Two is the sequences round, this time the teams may see
0:11:20 > 0:11:23a maximum of three clues, because I want to know what comes fourth.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26They must work out the connections, then the sequence,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29then the final clue. Elves, you'll be going first again.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Please choose a hieroglyph.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34OK, let's try Eye Of Horus, please.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37The Eye Of Horus. What will come fourth in this sequence?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Here's the first.
0:11:41 > 0:11:445-4-3-2-1, I think.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46OK, but we're not going to get it off the next one, are we?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Next, please.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Noel Clarke, what's that?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Is that five in the title or a number in the title?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- Let's go next.- Next.
0:11:58 > 0:12:003-2-1. So it's something with 2.
0:12:00 > 0:12:035-4-3-2-1, 4.3.2.1, 3-2-1,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- so 2-1 is a second class degree. - Yeah.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10A higher second class degree.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12An upper-second-class degree would be a perfect example
0:12:12 > 0:12:15of what I'm looking for. And what am I looking for?
0:12:15 > 0:12:20We have 5-4-3-2-1. Presumably, that's 4.3.2.1, although we didn't know it.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22The Noel Clarke film, 4.3.2.1, that's right.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26And then, much more in our territory, Dusty Bin was on 3-2-1,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28and 2-1 is the last one.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29That's right. The sequence 5-4-3-2-1
0:12:29 > 0:12:32with a number coming off the beginning each time,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35so an example of 2-1 would be an upper second.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Back to you, Bibliophiles. What would you like?
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- Two Reeds, please.- Two Reeds. What would come fourth in this sequence?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Here's the first.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46That's nickname for the state...
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Next.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54THEY WHISPER
0:12:54 > 0:12:55..in Florida.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Don't know.- Next.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04THEY WHISPER
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Sunshine State?
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- I don't know what that is. - I think I know. Say Sunshine.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13I think that's the answer.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Sunshine, FL.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18- Is the right answer.- Well done.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20And why is that?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22They are the states travelling south
0:13:22 > 0:13:24on the Atlantic seaboard, North Carolina, South Carolina,
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Georgia, Florida and their nicknames.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28That's exactly right.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Do you know what a palmetto is?
0:13:30 > 0:13:31I think I did, is it..?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34No, actually, I'm going to make something up, if I'm not careful.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36It's just a sort of little palm tree, that's all it is.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38That's what I was actually going to say.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41But I suddenly had this "I'm making it up" feeling.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Georgia is the Peach State, the Sunshine State is Florida.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47What about Tar Heel? Where do you think that comes from?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49I don't remember. I did know once. I'd looked it up.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- Any idea over there?- We don't know.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Nobody knows, in fact. What do you get for that on QI, an elephant?
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Yeah, we should have a little joker here saying, "Nobody knows."
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Nobody knows. It's not confirmed.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03There are various rumours, usually to do with wars.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Some people say the English soldier said you always got tar on your heel
0:14:06 > 0:14:08if you walked to the rivers of North Carolina.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12There's an alternative suggestion that's to do with the Civil War -
0:14:12 > 0:14:15that deserters would have tar put on their heels as a punishment.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17But it is not confirmed.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Well done, though, Sunshine, FL would be the next in the sequence.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25- Elves, your turn.- Let's go for the Water, please.- Water.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29What would be the fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Shall we go next?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Vice President or Deputy Prime Minister.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Could be. Next.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Oh, Cherie Booth.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40THEY WHISPER
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- Samantha.- It'll be 2010, Cameron, won't it?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46What's her surname, though?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Oh, what's her last name?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Like the handbags, the notebooks... - What was that?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56No, she's not, she's from...
0:14:56 > 0:14:59THEY WHISPER
0:14:59 > 0:15:04- Don't know. Is it 2010?- It was when he became Prime Minister.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- We might as well go for it. - Three seconds.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Erm, 2010: Bailey.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Not the answer, I'm afraid.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14So I'm going to show the third in the sequence.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16The Bibliophiles, you've got the chance of a bonus point.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18We're going to say 2010, Sheffield.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20That is the right answer.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- I think you knew the connection over there.- Just couldn't work out...
0:15:23 > 0:15:24What's the connection?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26We think it's the surname...
0:15:26 > 0:15:28The maiden names of the
0:15:28 > 0:15:30other halves of the prime ministers.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32That's right, it's prime minister's spouses.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35And Norma Major was born Johnson,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Cherie Booth still uses that name, of course.
0:15:38 > 0:15:402007, Sarah Brown was Sarah Macaulay,
0:15:40 > 0:15:41before she married Gordon Brown
0:15:41 > 0:15:46and 2010, Samantha Cameron, Samantha Sheffield.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Bibliophiles, you get the bonus
0:15:47 > 0:15:50and the chance to choose your own question.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Twisted Flax, please.- Twisted Flax.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54What would come fourth in this sequence?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Here's the first.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57- Do you know this name?- No.- No.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Next.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08No idea.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Next.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19He was head of either the IBF or the...
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- What's his name?- Juan Samaranch?
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Three seconds.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36We're going to go for Juan Samaranch.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Not the answer, I'm afraid, so,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39QI Elves, that's the three clues.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41What comes fourth for a bonus point?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43We're going to guess at Sepp Blatter.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45The answer is Sepp Blatter.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46What did you think
0:16:46 > 0:16:48the connection was over there?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50We went for the IOC, we knew it was a sporting leadership role,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52we got the wrong category.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55They are successive presidents
0:16:55 > 0:16:58of FIFA and after Joao Havelange,
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Sepp Blatter.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00So, you get that bonus, Elves,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02and it's your turn to choose a question.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07- We will go for Lion, please.- What will come fourth in this sequence?
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Here's the first.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Next.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22OK, so the board games.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- I think we should go next. - Yeah, sure.- Next.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50- Three seconds.- Eh, we're going to go for 4 of 4: Connect Four.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Not the answer, I'm afraid. Bibliophiles, do you know?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55We're going to say 4 of 4: Scrabble.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Not it. It's 4 of 4: Twister.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00And I'll tell you why.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03This is something that will just ring a bell or it won't.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07They are the games that Bill and Ted play against Death
0:18:07 > 0:18:10in the film Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13It's a sort of parody of the Bergman
0:18:13 > 0:18:15where they play chess against Death
0:18:15 > 0:18:17but in Bill and Ted, they play
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Battleships, Clue,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21NFL Super Bowl Electric Football and then Twister.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24One remaining question for you, Bibliophiles, The Horned Viper.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26These are going to be picture clues.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I'd like to hear what you'd expect to see in the fourth picture.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Here's the first.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Next.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Next.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- That's the Only Connect logo.- Yeah?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52The Only Connect logo.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54You would see the full title card
0:18:54 > 0:18:56of Only Connect.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59That is the sequence, it's our title card in order of decreasing
0:18:59 > 0:19:02pixellation and finally, you would see it in full.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I'm sorry it took you three clues.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I thought you might get it after one
0:19:06 > 0:19:07but never mind.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09At the end of Round Two,
0:19:09 > 0:19:10the QI Elves have five points,
0:19:10 > 0:19:12the Bibliophiles have nine.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Tick tock, Connecting Wall o'clock.
0:19:17 > 0:19:1916 clues this time, all jumbled up,
0:19:19 > 0:19:22and the teams have to sort them into four connected groups of four.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Bibliophiles, you'll be going first this time
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- so please choose Lion or Water. - Lion, please.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33You have two and a half minutes to solve this wall starting now.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39So, there's planes. Piper, Cessna...
0:19:41 > 0:19:42BUZZ
0:19:42 > 0:19:44What else is a plane?
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- There's partridge in a pear tree, gold rings, swans and pipers.- Lords.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50BUZZ Lord, OK.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54BUZZ
0:19:56 > 0:19:58BUZZ
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Right, OK. So, what planes do we have left?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- Cessna or...?- Piper.- Wenger.
0:20:08 > 0:20:14Rioch, the managers of Arsenal. Graham, what's his name?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- George Graham.- And does Piper sound like a last name?- Could be.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21It could be Mee or one of those two. Yeah, OK.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22BUZZ
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Three strikes, you've got plenty of time.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30So, we've got Cessna, Boeing and Piper.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Well, the Hawker, someone who sells things,
0:20:33 > 0:20:37so Hawker, Monger, Tout and probably an Embraer.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39And then these are planes.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Hawker's a plane, though, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52So, it's people that sell things.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57- So, we're going to say planes...? - Yeah.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- So, shall we try Embraer?- Yeah.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02BUZZ
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Two goes left.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- Billie Piper.- No, I think we've got the categories.- Yeah.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16- So, plane, Cessna's got to be a plane.- Boeing has to be a plane.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18- Is a Chapman...?- I say try Hawker.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22I think we're going to have to try Hawker, Chapman or Embraer or those
0:21:22 > 0:21:25four and assume these three are the same sets, we don't have much time.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27OK?
0:21:29 > 0:21:30- BUZZ - One more try.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33So, we're saying we're going to try these four and hope for the best?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38We've already tried that, haven't we?
0:21:38 > 0:21:44- The Piper's a plane, the Chapman's... - We tried Chapman. So, try...
0:21:44 > 0:21:47That's it, you've solved the wall with ten seconds to go.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Very well done so that's four points for the groups.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54What about the connections? The first blue group starting Gold Ring.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56They are categories from the Twelve Days Of Christmas.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59They feature in the Twelve Days Of Christmas.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01And the next group - Rioch or Roach or Roich or egh!
0:22:01 > 0:22:03What's that?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- Eh, Arsenal managers.- They are.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07I thought after the Sepp Blatter question,
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- you perhaps weren't football fans? - We're not but we got that.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13They have all been manager of Arsenal.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16And the pink group - Boeing, Embraer, Cessna, Piper.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- Plane manufacturers. - They are aircraft manufacturers.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Finally, Hawker, Chapman, Tout and Monger?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- Names of people who sell things. - Words for salesperson.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Yes, Chapman, a little bit obscure, it's from the Olde English.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I won't try to pronounce it but si-apman. I did try to pronounce it.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35But an Olde English word for a seller.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38So, that is four points for the groups you found,
0:22:38 > 0:22:39four points for the connections.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41I'll give you a bonus of two for getting it all right, that is
0:22:41 > 0:22:43the maximum of ten, well done.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Time to bring in the QI Elves, give them a new Connecting Wall.
0:22:45 > 0:22:5016 different clues that they need to solve in the exact same way.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51It will be the Water wall for you, Elves,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53because the Lion's been taken.
0:22:53 > 0:23:00You have two and a half minutes to solve it starting now.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- We have some cups here. Ryder Cup... - Richard Milhous Nixon.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07I think there might be Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Can I do some of these cups?
0:23:09 > 0:23:13So, it's Solheim Cup, Ryder Cup, Walker Cup, Presidents Cup.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20- So...- Is it The Simpsons or is it a red herring?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Oh, Barack Hussein Obama, Richard Milhous Nixon,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28So, what would the other one be? Should we try a few?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30- Em, maybe. - BUZZ
0:23:30 > 0:23:35- But once we've done this... Oh, OK. - Three strikes and you're out now.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38So, this is middle names, this is cups.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43- Are there any other Simpsons guys apart from Nelson and Bart?- Martin.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48- I think Sherri's one of the twins, you know, with the purple hair?- Oh.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52- Is there a Herman as well? - Don't think there's a Herman.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Oh, no, I'm thinking of McBain.
0:23:55 > 0:24:01- ..somebody's name in Citizen Kane. - No.- Yes, I'm not sure, I think so.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- Do we know what these might be? - Isn't something in curling?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Yeah, but the others...
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- Do you want to try...? - No, let's leave it for a minute.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20- Gay is a runner, he's a 100m runner. - John Gay, poet.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Gay Search, the gardening presenter.
0:24:23 > 0:24:29- Are there any words? Is there a word thing?- You've got a minute left.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- Shall we try The Simpsons? - Do you want to try these four?- Yeah.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38That's it, you've solved the wall with a minute to spare, well done.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41So, that's four points for the groups. What about the connections?
0:24:41 > 0:24:45The first blue group - Walker, Presidents, Ryder, Solheim.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50OK, we think these are cups that you can win in sports.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- I need you to be a little more specific.- Eh, are they golf cups?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57They are cups you can win in golf, that's right. The Solheim...
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- That's the ladies... - It's a women's Ryder Cup, exactly.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03The green group starting Hussein, what's that?
0:25:03 > 0:25:09We think that this is the middle names of American presidents.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12They are the middle names of presidents. Which presidents?
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Eh, that's Barack Obama. Eh, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Richard Milhous Nixon and I would guess Lyndon B Johnson
0:25:20 > 0:25:21but I don't know.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24That's right, Lyndon Baines Johnson was his full name.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27The pink group starting with Nelson, what's that?
0:25:27 > 0:25:32OK, we are going to go for they are characters from The Simpsons.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34That's right, they're children from The Simpsons.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38You're quite right, Sherri is one of the twins, Sherri and Terri.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42And the final turquoise group - Kern, Rodgers, Gay, Herman.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- Shall we have a guess?- Yeah. I can't think of what Kern is.- I know.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50- I need an answer.- OK, I'm going to go for 100m sprinters.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53They are absolutely not. Although, I'd like to see them try.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55They are musical theatre composers.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers of Rodgers and Hart
0:25:58 > 0:26:01or Rodgers and Hammerstein, Noel Gay and Jerry Herman.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Four points for the groups, three for the connections.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05That is a total of seven.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Let's have a look at the scores going into Round Four.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Now, for the missing vowels round.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18We've taken the vowels out of well-known names, phrases and sayings.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20We've squidged up the consonants
0:26:20 > 0:26:23and I want to know what are those disguised clues.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Fingers on buzzers.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27The first group are all...
0:26:32 > 0:26:33- BELL - Bibliophiles.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- Zorba The Greek.- Correct.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38- BELL - Elves.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39- Mamma Mia.- Correct.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- BELL - Bibliophiles.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44- The Guns Of Navarone.- Correct.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48- BELL - Elves.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50- Captain Corelli's Mandolin.- Correct.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Next category...
0:27:02 > 0:27:03- BELL - Bibliophiles.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- Nooks and crannies.- I'm afraid not.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Elves, do you know? - Nooks crannies.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09That's right, there's no "and." Next clue.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- BELL - Bibliophiles.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14- Bits bobs.- Correct.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18- BELL - Elves.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- Odds ends.- Correct.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24- BELL - Elves.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26- Dribs drabs.- Correct.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27Next category...
0:27:33 > 0:27:34- BELL - Bibliophiles.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35- Espagnole. - Correct.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46This is a tricky one. Soubise. Next clue.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50- BELL - Elves.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- Em, aloii?- I'm afraid not. Bibliophiles, do you know?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Is it aioli?- It is aioli. Next clue.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00- BELL - Elves.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Allimand?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06I can't take that answer, I think you knew it was allemande,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08but the bell has gone for the end of the quiz.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12And looking at the final scores after a hotly-contested Round Four,
0:28:12 > 0:28:17finishing in second place with 16 points, it's the QI Elves,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20but the winners with 23 points, it's the Bibliophiles.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Very well done to you, a very good Wall you had there.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25You are through to the next round from where you can win
0:28:25 > 0:28:26a place in the quarterfinals.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Elves, you're through to a different sort of next round from where you
0:28:29 > 0:28:33can win a place in the next round to win a place in the quarterfinals.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Join me next time for another episode where two more teams
0:28:36 > 0:28:39will struggle with new devious clues while the rest of us
0:28:39 > 0:28:41struggle with the structure of the whole competition.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42Goodbye.