0:00:21 > 0:00:23Hello and welcome to Only Connect,
0:00:23 > 0:00:25the quarterfinals, where the questions
0:00:25 > 0:00:28get harder and the distinctions more subtle.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30So, for example, at this stage, the teams would understand that
0:00:30 > 0:00:34whereas I as the host am completely disinterested,
0:00:34 > 0:00:40it's you the viewers who are bored. Let's meet those surviving teams.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43On my right, Jack Johannes Alexander, a maths student who
0:00:43 > 0:00:47plays four instruments and is learning a further two.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Joe Crowther, a maths and philosophy student who was named after
0:00:50 > 0:00:54a character in a Kafka novel and plays the Theremin.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58And the captain, Alasdair Middleton, a third maths student and keen rugby
0:00:58 > 0:01:03player who attended the investiture of the High Sheriff of Carlisle.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07United by a yearning for all things Jorvik, they are the Yorkers.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09You won both your heats to reach the quarterfinal.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12How are you feeling about tonight's opposition?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Well, we've heard they're a pretty good side,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17but we're hoping that our clinical
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Barca style of play should see us through.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Your clinical WHAT style of play? - Barca style of play.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I'm glad that's what you said.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Good luck. That opposition is on my left.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Paul Allen, a civil servant
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and Manchester United fan who recently wandered into a drinks
0:01:34 > 0:01:38reception with the Russian Ambassador and several minor royals.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Alex Hill, a maths graduate who used to work for the UN
0:01:41 > 0:01:43and once helped Dame Shirley Williams off a train.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47And their captain, Clare Lynch, a civil servant
0:01:47 > 0:01:51and analyst who had lunch in a men's prison on Friday.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53United by the appliance of science,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55they are the Operational Researchers.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Claire, you've had a slightly less
0:01:56 > 0:01:59straightforward route to this quarter-final.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00You lost to the Cluesmiths, you
0:02:00 > 0:02:03beat the Polyglots and then beat the Spaghetti Westerners.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Which was your favourite game?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I think it was definitely the game against the Polyglots,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10cos we beat the Wall, which is what we wanted to do.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12How are you feeling about tonight's line-up?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Um, well, yeah, they've won two games, so, you know,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17we're just pleased to be here.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Well, you've started well. You won the toss, so you'll be going first.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Please choose an Egyptian hieroglyph.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Could we have the Horned Viper, please?- Yes, you could.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I simply want to know, what is the connection between these clues?
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Here's the first.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32THEY WHISPER
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Er, next.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38THEY WHISPER
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I think we're probably going to need another one, aren't we?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Er, next, please.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49THEY WHISPER
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Let's just have a quick look. Becky. Cold, Western.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Er, next, please.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04THEY WHISPER
0:03:04 > 0:03:05BUZZ
0:03:05 > 0:03:09They're all fronts. They can all precede the word front.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Rebecca Front, the comedy actor, broadcaster and writer,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13cold front, Western front, obviously.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Where do we meet the Judean People's front?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17That's in the Life Of Brian.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19That's right, they're a splinter faction
0:03:19 > 0:03:21in Monty Python's Life Of Brian.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23So, a point to you. Yorkers, your turn to choose.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- Er, Two Reeds, please.- Two Reeds.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26DING
0:03:26 > 0:03:30The music question. You look pleased. Not fans of the music question?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- We've had it every single time, I'm afraid, so far.- Yeah.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Perhaps it's good luck. You've won every game.- Yeah.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40All right. What is the connection between these musical clues?
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Here's the first.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44# Wake up, Maggie, I think I've got... #
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Next.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50# You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
0:03:50 > 0:03:53# When I met you
0:03:53 > 0:03:56# I picked you out I shook you up... #
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Er, next.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00MUSIC: So What by Miles Davis
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Yeah.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05It's not Take Five, is it?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07THEY WHISPER
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Next.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12# I would like to... #
0:04:12 > 0:04:18THEY WHISPER
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Three seconds.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Er, were they all covered by... I don't know.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Do they all have more successful cover versions?
0:04:28 > 0:04:29They do not all have more
0:04:29 > 0:04:31successful cover versions,
0:04:31 > 0:04:32so it's a bonus opportunity
0:04:32 > 0:04:35for the operational researchers.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36THEY WHISPER
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Were they all covered...
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- Are they all covered by Johnny Cash?- No, they weren't.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- The last one was covered by Johnny Cash.- I'd like to hear his vision.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46The first one, Maggie May,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48you couldn't have a better version of
0:04:48 > 0:04:50that, surely, than the original by...
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Rod Stewart.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53OK, and the original of the
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Johnny Cash one that we heard was...
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Nine Inch Nails?- Nine Inch Nails.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Yes. And we also heard from
0:04:59 > 0:05:01the Human League, Miles Davis -
0:05:01 > 0:05:03it's units of length.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Rod, league, mile, inch - units of length in the performers' names.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Rod Stewart, Human League,
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Miles Davis, Nine Inch Nails.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12That's what we wanted.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14So you don't get a bonus, Researchers,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- but you do get a question. Which one? - Can we have the Lion, please?
0:05:17 > 0:05:21You certainly can. What is the connection between these clues?
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Here's the first.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27THEY WHISPER
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Er, next.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34THEY WHISPER
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I think we need the next one, don't we? I think we need the next one.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Er, next.
0:05:40 > 0:05:46THEY WHISPER
0:05:46 > 0:05:48It's got to be something... Er, next. Please.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54THEY WHISPER
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Three seconds. BUZZ
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Um, no, sorry.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Nothing at all?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Yorkers, do you want to have a go?
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Um, they all received the Iron Cross.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16They did not all receive
0:06:16 > 0:06:17the Iron Cross.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Now, that last one should really be
0:06:19 > 0:06:20the giveaway clue.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23John Cairncross was a member of MI6,
0:06:23 > 0:06:27prime suspect for being the fifth man in the Cambridge spy ring,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30but all these people have been accused of that.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Ludwig Wittgenstein, the philosopher,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34he was accused of being the fifth man.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35ASF Gow - he was Orwell's
0:06:35 > 0:06:37tutor at Eton, and it was actually
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Brian Sewell, the art critic,
0:06:39 > 0:06:40who said he was the fifth man.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Guy Liddell, deputy director-general
0:06:43 > 0:06:45of MI5. All alleged fifth men, and
0:06:45 > 0:06:48John Cairncross, the top suspect.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Now I say it, does the name Cairncross ring a bell?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I thought Roger Hollis was the main Fifth Man suspect.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Cairncross is the one they say now.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02The fact is, if his name means nothing to you, how successful!
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Yorkers, which question would you like?- Eye of Horus.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Eye of Horus.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10What is the connection between these clues? Here's the first.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Paula Radcliffe maybe?
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Next.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- (I presume that's...)- Yeah. Next.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- No idea.- I think it's... Is it Steve Jones?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35I don't know. Next.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39It's Steve Jones.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Are they all Steve Jones?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44They are all Steve Jones.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47What can you tell me about the various Steve Joneses?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- The Sex Pistols guitarist was called Steve Jones.- Yup.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53The host of 101 Ways To Leave A Gameshow was called Steve Jones.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Yes, which one?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58The hot Welsh ex-model Steve Jones.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00He's the host of Leaving A Gameshow.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04What is the title of Geneticist and Curiosities captain Steve Jones?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Dr Steve Jones?- Professor Steve Jones.- Professor Steve Jones.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08The Curiosities,
0:08:08 > 0:08:09they were a great team
0:08:09 > 0:08:11in an Only Connect charity special.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Ah, yes.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Professor Steve Jones was a captain and, of course,
0:08:15 > 0:08:19the Welsh athlete Steve Jones broke the record, the marathon.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21All Steve Joneses.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Well done for a point and back to you, Operational Researchers,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- for a choice. - The Water, please.- Water.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28What connects these clues? Here's the first.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34THEY WHISPER
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Next, please.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45No, is this the countries in 1984?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- No, it's not.- OK, next.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53"Ambassador: USA and Canada."
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- Rivers.- Next.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- Bridges?- Oh, that connect...- Yes.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08They're bridges that connect these countries.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09That's absolutely right.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10It's the names of bridges that
0:09:10 > 0:09:11connect the two countries
0:09:11 > 0:09:13shown after the colon, well done.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Last question of the round for you, then, Yorkers, the Twisted Flax.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I expect these are going to be pictures because we haven't seen any.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21What links them? Here's the first.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Is that Jane Seymour?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28- It could be, yeah.- Next.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34No idea.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Next.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41I recognise her, but...
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Next.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53It's a Blue Peter dog, isn't it?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Do you know what it's called?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Three seconds.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Do they all share names
0:10:03 > 0:10:05with wives of Henry VIII?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07SHE CHUCKLES
0:10:07 > 0:10:08No, they don't.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10But it's a nice guess. Researchers,
0:10:10 > 0:10:11do you want to go for a bonus point?
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Do they all share names with characters from The Simpsons?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17No, they don't do that, either.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Yes, I'm afraid, as threatened,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20at the quarterfinal stage
0:10:20 > 0:10:21the difficulty ramps up a bit.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Nobody got this one.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23They all have
0:10:23 > 0:10:26different-coloured eyes.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27The actress Jane Seymour,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Kate Bosworth, as well.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Michael Flatley the dancer and Mabel,
0:10:31 > 0:10:32may she rest in peace,
0:10:32 > 0:10:33the Blue Peter dog,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36all different coloured eyes.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Who might you expect to see?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38- David Bowie.- David Bowie,
0:10:38 > 0:10:39but why wouldn't you see him?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Cos he actually doesn't have different-coloured eyes.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43No, both his eyes are blue.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45But one of the pupils is permanently
0:10:45 > 0:10:46dilated after a fight.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47He got punched there, yes.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Exactly so, he doesn't have
0:10:49 > 0:10:50different-coloured eyes
0:10:50 > 0:10:53but these people/creatures all do.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54At the end of round one,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56the Yorkers have one point,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58the Operational Researchers have two.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02What the hell!
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Let's make it more difficult again with the sequences round.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08This time I want to know what comes fourth in a sequence.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Researchers, you have the dubious honour of going first again.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Could we have the Eye of Horus, please?- Absolutely.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17What would be the fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23The first thing said on... I don't know.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Next.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Scenes of London, it's the backdrop, isn't it?
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Channel 4...BBC, ITV, I think we're going to have to go...
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Is it the first programmes on those channels?- I don't know.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47BBC rather than BBC One... Next.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50- Yes, I think so.- Yes, Countdown?
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Is it Countdown, Channel 4?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55That is the right answer.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56You could have come in after
0:11:56 > 0:11:58two clues there. As I heard you
0:11:58 > 0:11:59saying, they are the first
0:11:59 > 0:12:01programmes on the first four
0:12:01 > 0:12:03channels in chronological order.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Yes, Playschool wasn't supposed to be the first programme on BBC Two,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09but they had technical difficulties the first day
0:12:09 > 0:12:10they went to broadcast,
0:12:10 > 0:12:11so they just picked up the next day,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13which happened to have Playschool
0:12:13 > 0:12:14on in the morning and, yes,
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Countdown, the quiz show, was the first ever on Channel 4. Well done.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20- Yorkers, what would you like?- Lion.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Lion, what would come fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Months old?
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Next.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39THEY WHISPER
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Next.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Three seconds.
0:13:03 > 0:13:052so.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Not the answer, I'm afraid.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Researchers, do you know?
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Erm... 2co?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14No, it isn't a 2 at all.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18These are printers' codes for paper sizes.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21I wanted to hear fo for folio, which
0:13:21 > 0:13:23is just a piece of paper folded once.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25And if you fold it again, you get quarto,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27that's clue three in this sequence,
0:13:27 > 0:13:28but we're going backwards.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31So we're starting at 16mo
0:13:31 > 0:13:33for sextodecimo, then we go octavo,
0:13:33 > 0:13:35quarto, folio and the paper is,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37as it were, being folded fewer
0:13:37 > 0:13:39times as you go along the sequence.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Folio is the answer denoted by fo.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Researchers, what would you like?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Could we have the Horned Viper, please?- Absolutely.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47These are going to be picture clues.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50What would you expect to see in the fourth picture? Here's the first.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- That's Alberta.- OK.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Next.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Alberta, what's that? - It's a baobab tree.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- What, sorry?- Baobab tree. I'm not sure.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Shall we go next?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07We need next. Next.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Cadillac. Is that a Cadillac?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- So it is ABC.- ABC.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Pink Cadillac. Alberta.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24It looks like...
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Three seconds.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Er...er...
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Something beginning with D, a dog.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Not the answer, I'm afraid.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Yorkers, would you like to have
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- a go for a bonus point?- A druid.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43A druid is exactly what we went for ourselves.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47I'd also have taken Ken Dodd, David, various things.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Why is it druid and not dog?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Because it's beginning and ending with consecutive letters.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54That's what it is.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55We're looking at Alberta,
0:14:55 > 0:14:56then the baobab tree
0:14:56 > 0:14:58and the Cadillac topped and tailed
0:14:58 > 0:14:59by As, Bs, Cs, and I needed
0:14:59 > 0:15:02something that starts and stops
0:15:02 > 0:15:04with a D - for example, druid.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Well done, Yorkers, you get
0:15:05 > 0:15:07a bonus point and a question.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- Which is it to be? - Water, please.- Water.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12What is the fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19THEY WHISPER
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Maybe. Next.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Sort of like Japanese.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Could be, yeah.- Next.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Is it rivers, then?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- What would it be?- Euphrates. - Euphrates.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Euphrates.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Is the right answer. You seem unsure.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Why do you think it might be Euphrates?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Well, we think they might be rivers in...- Babylon.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49..a particular area or country getting longer.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Ah, you see, that's not the sequence,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53so you're lucky to guess that.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55It's rivers with their origin
0:15:55 > 0:15:57in Paradise in a biblical order.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59So in the book of Genesis, these
0:15:59 > 0:16:01rivers are all named, and Genesis
0:16:01 > 0:16:03spells out the name of the first of
0:16:03 > 0:16:06the rivers that start in Paradise is,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10"Pison: that is which compasseth the whole land of Havilah," the name
0:16:10 > 0:16:12of the second river is Gihon,
0:16:12 > 0:16:13"that compasseth
0:16:13 > 0:16:15"the whole land of Ethiopia,"
0:16:15 > 0:16:16the name of the third river is
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Hiddekel and the fourth is Euphrates.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20According to the Bible,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22they have their origins in Paradise
0:16:22 > 0:16:24in that order, so wrong reasoning, but right guess.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Euphrates gets you the points.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Operational Researchers, what would you like?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- Could we have the Twisted Flax, please?- Certainly, you could.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35What would be fourth in the sequence? Here's the first.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40It's American presidents. Harding...
0:16:41 > 0:16:44So do we want next to see if it's ones that died?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Next.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Roosevelt died.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Ones that didn't complete their term.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Ford.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Nixon arrow Ford.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Nixon arrow Ford.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Coming in after two clues, you get
0:17:03 > 0:17:05three points. It is Nixon arrow Ford.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Do you know why that is, Paul?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11They are American presidents who didn't complete their term.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- So they were succeeded by their vice president.- That's exactly right.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16The second name is the vice president who became
0:17:16 > 0:17:17president during
0:17:17 > 0:17:19the term of the first.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21And what were the reasons?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Harding and Roosevelt died.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28JFK was assassinated and Nixon got into trouble.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29That's basically it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Deaths, assassinations
0:17:30 > 0:17:32and resignations are the reasons for
0:17:32 > 0:17:34vice presidents becoming president.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And next would be Nixon-Ford, well done.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39OK, Yorkers, that leaves only the Two Reeds for you.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43What would come fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Next.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Irish... Could be Irish...
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Next.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08That's the only thing I can think of as a connection.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Yes, yes, but we need an answer.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- Enda K, I think, is the last one. - Enda K? OK.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Enda K?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Is the right answer. And why?
0:18:19 > 0:18:24It's Irish prime ministers going up to the most recent one.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Heads of the Irish government,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27more commonly known as...
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- HE ATTEMPTS TO PRONOUNCE:- Taoisigh.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Taoisigh, that's the plural
0:18:30 > 0:18:31of Taoiseach. Taoisigh.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33What are the names of these Taoisigh,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35if you spelled them out in full?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38It's Bertie Ahern, is the only one I can actually remember.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Enda Kenny is the current one.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I can't remember either of the other two.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44John Bruton, succeeded by
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Bertie Ahern, then Brian Cowen
0:18:46 > 0:18:48followed by Enda Kenny, who was
0:18:48 > 0:18:50the Taoiseach at time of recording.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Well done.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54At the end of round two, the Yorkers have six points,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57the Operational Researchers have seven.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Time for the Connecting Wall now and, Yorkers,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04It's your turn to go first, so would you like Lion or Water?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Water, please. - OK, you have two-and-a-half minutes
0:19:07 > 0:19:10to solve the Water wall, starting now.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Transformers.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Shunt.- Shunt, rear-end.- Oh, yes.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Probe or aquaplane?
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Artists.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33No.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38What is a coaxial pair?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41That sounds like something mathsy that we should know.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43It does, doesn't it?
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Jumper cable, coaxial pair cable.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Busbar cable.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Let's have another one.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- I can't see any word ones. - No, me neither.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Ends in lock, ends in rand.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Oh, what? You think that might be...?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Oh, no, cos Locke's got an E at the end, hasn't it?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14What? As in the author?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Do we think that could be cable?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23It could be.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24I haven't heard of any other types.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27It could be something that goes before,
0:20:27 > 0:20:28because probe usually follows...
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Space probe or something.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Not liking this.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44No. Going to try the cables.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48That's it. You've solved the wall.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50There's four points for the groups you've found.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52What about the connections?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54The first blue group starting Bumblebee.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56They're all Transformers.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Are they specifically Autobots?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00They are Autobots in Transformers, quite right.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02The next green group starting blow-out?
0:21:02 > 0:21:06They're all sort of accidents you can have in a car.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07All vehicular mishaps.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11What about the purple group? Jumper, probe, busbar, coaxial pair.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Are they kinds of cable?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18You're in the right universe, but they're not all kinds of cable.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Tell me one other thing.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Things that start. Start something.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27I can't take it, I'm afraid. Not for a place in the semifinal.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31They're not all cables, they are all electrical conductors.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34You've got some cables in there, but electrical conductors is what
0:21:34 > 0:21:35I wanted to hear.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40And the light-blue group, rebrand, grimlock, okay and sidle?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- They all end in comedians. - Yes, they do.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Russell or Jo Brand at the end of rebrand,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Sean Lock, Peter Kay, Eric Idle, comedians hiding at the end there.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Well spotted.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52That is four points for the groups you found,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55three for the connections - that's a total of seven.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Let's bring back the Operational Researchers, give them
0:21:57 > 0:22:00an equally fiendish quarterfinal wall and see if they can solve it.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03It'll be the Lion wall for you, cos Water's been taken.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Two-and-a-half minutes, of course, starting now.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Swarovski, Tiffany.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Swarovski.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- Lalique?- Lalique is, yup.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Golden Gate Bridge, Rialto Bridge...
0:22:23 > 0:22:25There's Venice things, as well.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27So there's Lido, Rialto, Murano.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32That looks like it could be. No. Or that.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Or that. OK.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37What's EasyCruiseOne?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Or Bond Bug or...
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Lucozade.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Atomic Kitten.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- Basketball Diaries. - Shall we try bridges again?
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- That could be a bridge. - It's got bridge in it.- Yeah.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Shall we try Venice things? Those three are Venice.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Venice Kitten!
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Or Crevan.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- EasyCruiseOne, what could it be?- OK.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13ECO? BB?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Kitten. Kit-ten. Kitten's got ten in it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- Have any others got numbers?- One.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21No, it can't be.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28That's got alto in it.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Alto....
0:23:29 > 0:23:32What small word...?
0:23:32 > 0:23:36THEY WHISPER
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Shall we try the ones that look like they don't fit with anything else?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Yeah, that's Venice.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50OK, so...
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Basketball's red, Golden Gate Bridge is red. Bond Bug.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Have you got something in the words?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Er...
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Lucozade Sport.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Basketball Diaries, basketball...
0:24:06 > 0:24:08You've got 30 seconds.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Is it...? No, it's not spelt that way, is it? The currency.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Rialto....
0:24:16 > 0:24:19I think we should maybe try guessing some.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- Yeah.- We've done those two, so maybe that?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24BUZZ
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Two goes and ten seconds.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32No, that's it, that's your three strikes. The wall has frozen.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34But you found two groups - not easy on that wall -
0:24:34 > 0:24:36and I will give you points for the connections.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39What about the first dark-blue group?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Kind of jewellers? Tiffany make jewellery.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45They make glassware, as well, Swarovski and Lalique.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Oh, yeah, glassware.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Decorative jewelled glassware, that's right. Manufacturers of that.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54And the second green group, what can you tell me about that one?
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Are they all Venice-related? Are they all places in Venice?
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Yes, they are. Can you be any more specific?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Erm, within the lagoon?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Yeah, they're islands of Venice. That's absolutely right,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06it is a lagoon. Quite right.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09And you can get points for the connections in the groups you
0:25:09 > 0:25:11didn't find, so let's resolve the wall.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Purple group starting scimitar.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18If you don't know, you won't work it out.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21They're Reliant cars.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Yes, Reliant Scimitar, Reliant Kitten and so on, they're Reliant cars.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28And the light-blue group starting Lucozade.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30They're all an orange colour.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33They're all orange. I mean, that is the right answer.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35EasyCruiseOne is like the easyJet type of thing,
0:25:35 > 0:25:36the Golden Gate Bridge.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Basketballs, they used to be brown, but in the '50s it was changed
0:25:39 > 0:25:42to orange for sort of visibility reasons.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43So two points for the groups you found
0:25:43 > 0:25:46and three for the connections - that's a total of five.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Let's have a look at the scores.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52The Operational Researchers have 12 points, the Yorkers have 13.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56So a close-run thing for the semifinal place.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00It will be decided in the missing-vowels round.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Fingers on buzzers, teams. Be careful, good luck.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06The first group are all...
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- Researchers.- Sebastian Coe.- Correct.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- Researchers.- Imran Khan.- Correct.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- Yorkers.- Vitali Klitschko.- Correct.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- Yorkers.- Jesse Ventura.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Yes, it is. Next category...
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Like Britain Great.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- Yorkers.- Zealand New.- Correct.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- Yorkers.- Salvador El.- Yes, it is.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Researchers.- Arabia Saudi.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Well spotted.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- Researchers.- Lanka Sri.- Yes, it is.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Next category...
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- Yorkers.- The Firebird.- Correct.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Don't know this one. It's The Three-Cornered Hat. Next clue.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Not ballet fans. This one's Daphnis And Chloe.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Next clue.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- Yorkers.- The Rite Of Spring. - Of course.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Next category...
0:27:38 > 0:27:40- Yorkers.- Edinburgh Napier. - Yes, it is.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:27:45 > 0:27:48No more universities, for that is the end of the quiz.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52After a tough Round Four, finishing with 20 points
0:27:52 > 0:27:53and through to the semifinals are
0:27:53 > 0:27:55the Yorkers. Very well done to you.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58In second place with 16 points,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00it's the Operational Researchers.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Sorry, guys, you've had lots of games and an up-and-down journey,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05but you've been great, some really good quizzing.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Sorry to see you go home.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10So that's it for this week, but if you're itching for more
0:28:10 > 0:28:12connections, don't forget the Only Connect cookery book
0:28:12 > 0:28:17is now out, full of all sorts of linking recipes that confound
0:28:17 > 0:28:19the traditional divisions between courses.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23If you haven't tried the prawn balti brulee, you haven't lived.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Then again, if you have, you've probably died. Goodbye.