0:00:21 > 0:00:24Hello, and welcome to Only Connect, the show so full of
0:00:24 > 0:00:27devious, cunning, twists and tricks that at the end of it,
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Anne Boleyn will have her head cut off. So all that to come.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34But first, let's meet the teams.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39On my right, Mick Hodgkin, a journalist and former Tefl teacher
0:00:39 > 0:00:44who's been ranked 17th fastest in The Times Crossword Solvers Championship.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48John Tozer, a data scientist who has travelled by Concorde, towed
0:00:48 > 0:00:53a Concorde, and sat in the cockpit of a Concorde while it was being towed.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57And their captain, Richard Heald, an IT consultant who has cleaned
0:00:57 > 0:01:00the bathroom of a former Archbishop of Canterbury.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03United in their search for solutions, they are the Cluesmiths.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Richard, you won your first game against the Operational Researchers,
0:01:07 > 0:01:09but you lost to the Yorkers, then beat the Mixologists.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13What's been the highlight of the Only Connect journey so far?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16The highlight was probably beating a team who looked as
0:01:16 > 0:01:19though their combined age was less than John's here.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23This evening you will be playing, on my left, David Smith,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26a former chartered accountant who's played a lot of board games
0:01:26 > 0:01:28in medieval Welsh castles.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Sree Kanthamneni, a management consultant who speaks four languages
0:01:32 > 0:01:37fluently, can get by in a further three, and can read another two.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And their captain, Bob Thompson,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42a tram enthusiast who keeps two retired racing greyhounds
0:01:42 > 0:01:46and was once patted on the head by ventriloquist Terry Hall.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50United by a love of the lines, they are the Railwaymen.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Bob, you came straight to this quarterfinal, you beat
0:01:53 > 0:01:56the Collectors in your first heat and then beat the Spaghetti Westerners.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Are you confident of another victory now?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00No.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Don't think so.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Just here to enjoy yourselves and hopefully not embarrass ourselves.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08This is a quarterfinal.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10That means tonight's winners are going into the semifinal,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12the losers are going home,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14and there's some gamesmanship right from the off
0:02:14 > 0:02:16because, Cluesmiths, you won the toss,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19but you've decided to put the Railwaymen in first,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21so Railwaymen, please choose a hieroglyph.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Two Reeds, please.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25The first question of the quarterfinal will be the Two Reeds.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27They're going to be picture clues.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Something connects them. What is it?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Here's the first.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- Sequoia, a giant redwood. - THEY WHISPER
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Yes. Next.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41King Kong?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45No, that's King... What's his name? He's in The Jungle Book.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Is that Baloo?- No, that's the bear.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48King Louie. King Louie.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Er, next.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Is that an iris?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- The cornea?- Cornea. Next.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02A queue.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03THEY WHISPER
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Three seconds.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10BELL
0:03:12 > 0:03:13E.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Not the answer, I'm afraid, so
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Cluesmiths, do you want to have a go
0:03:16 > 0:03:17for a bonus point?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21I'm sure it's screamingly obvious, but it escapes us.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Now, I'm interested because E
0:03:23 > 0:03:24is not a million miles away
0:03:24 > 0:03:27and also you spotted the sequoia
0:03:27 > 0:03:28at clue one.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29There is a famous thing
0:03:29 > 0:03:31about a sequoia in a quiz,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33which is that its name contains
0:03:33 > 0:03:35all the vowels. In this case,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37we're looking very specifically
0:03:37 > 0:03:38for words with
0:03:38 > 0:03:40four consecutive vowels,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43so sequoia, King Louie, O, U, I, E,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46not the iris but the aqueous humour
0:03:46 > 0:03:48in front of the iris
0:03:48 > 0:03:50and then a queue, U, E, U, E.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Words with four vowels in a row.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56So, Cluesmiths, you don't get the bonus, but you do get a choice.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- What's it to be?- Er, Water, please.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01CHIME Water. OK. The music question.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03We're getting the novelty ones out of the way early.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06What is the connection between the clues you're going to hear?
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Here's the first.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09# I love her, can't leave her
0:04:09 > 0:04:11# Forever I'll always need her
0:04:11 > 0:04:13# She lie, but I believe her
0:04:13 > 0:04:15# Lovesick, I got that fever... #
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Next.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20# But Caesar had squeezed her in Rome on his quilt for a day... #
0:04:20 > 0:04:22That's BA Robertson, isn't it?
0:04:23 > 0:04:27# Now Antony got really angry
0:04:27 > 0:04:30# About Caesar's hanky-panky... #
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Next, please.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33# She got a body like an hourglass
0:04:33 > 0:04:36# But I can give it to you all the time. #
0:04:36 > 0:04:37BELL
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Is it bang, or bang bang?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Is the right answer.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Goodness me, you didn't hear
0:04:42 > 0:04:44the last giveaway clue, which
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I was quite looking forward to,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
0:04:48 > 0:04:50by Cher. What did we hear?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52The second one was BA Robertson.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- Yeah.- I'm not sure about the first one or the third one, to be honest.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Oh, really? So you only recognised
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Bang Bang by BA Robertson?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I knew the third one was Bang Bang
0:05:01 > 0:05:02but I can't think of the artist.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04It's Jessie J with Ariana Grande
0:05:04 > 0:05:05and Nicki Minaj,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07so Bang Bang by will.i.am,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09by BA Robertson, by Jessie J
0:05:09 > 0:05:11and by Cher.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Railwaymen, what would you like?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Eye of Horus, please. - The Eye of Horus.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18What is the connection between these clues? Here's the first.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Siemens is a company.- Yes.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26They built the infrastructure for something or another,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28I can't remember. Next.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32They're all corporate, it's the, um...
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Owned by the employees.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- I think that's right, yeah.- Yeah?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Do you want to go for another one?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Go for it? - Give a proper answer, one more.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Next.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52They were all used for funding Nazis, the Nazi war machine.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53BELL
0:05:55 > 0:05:56I'll pass that over to Sree.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58He's got an explanation.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01They were all involved in...
0:06:01 > 0:06:04in the Nazi war machine.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Well, yes, that's right.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09They are roles that these corporations played in Nazi Germany.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10You didn't need to see Hugo Boss,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12who were involved with the uniforms.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Whether it's the war machine
0:06:14 > 0:06:15is rather a moot point.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16It's all a war machine in the end.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Siemens, it wasn't
0:06:17 > 0:06:19the infrastructure of war exactly
0:06:19 > 0:06:22but insofar as the whole of Nazi Germany was a war machine,
0:06:22 > 0:06:23yes, that is how those companies
0:06:23 > 0:06:25were involved, which we know
0:06:25 > 0:06:27because they have subsequently
0:06:27 > 0:06:30apologised or donated to compensation funds for slave labour.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Cluesmiths, over to you for a choice.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Horned Viper, please. - The Horned Viper.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37What is the connection between these clues? Here's the first.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Um... Next.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50THEY WHISPER
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Shall we have one more? - Yeah, yeah.- Next, please.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Oh. Ernest Hemingway, twice in one day...
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Is it crashed? Crashed a helicopter?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Did Sandra Bullock? I don't know.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- Quite possibly. - Shall we try one more? Next, please.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Three seconds.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16BELL
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Crash landed, people who crash landed.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20All people who have survived
0:07:20 > 0:07:22plane crashes.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25I'm sure after two clues, viewers were shouting the many connections
0:07:25 > 0:07:27between Sandra Bullock and Nigel Farage -
0:07:27 > 0:07:29in this case they survived plane crashes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Yes, Sandra Bullock did when flying home after finishing work on a film
0:07:32 > 0:07:33where she played a character
0:07:33 > 0:07:35that survived a plane crash.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36That then happened.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Nigel Farage rather famously while campaigning, and a great hero,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Chesley Sullenberger landed his plane
0:07:43 > 0:07:46without loss of life on the Hudson.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48All survivors of plane crashes. Well done.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Railwaymen, last choice of the round. What's it to be?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Sree?- Lion, please.- Lion.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57OK, what is the connection between these clues? Here's the first.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05THEY WHISPER
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Next.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13High-speed rail systems?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15No, no, no.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Next.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27NDA. They're all something in reverse?
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Next.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Yes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Three seconds.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36BELL
0:08:36 > 0:08:38They are acronyms in reverse.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39That's not it, so Cluesmiths,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41you have a chance of a bonus point.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- They are French acronyms... - Not all French.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Sorry, yeah, they are acronyms in different languages
0:08:47 > 0:08:49which are anagrams of their English equivalent.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Now, I want to hear something exact
0:08:51 > 0:08:52for a bonus point
0:08:52 > 0:08:54and a place in the semifinal.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56What exactly do you think connects these clues?
0:08:56 > 0:08:57We'll go for French.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01They are all French anagrams
0:09:01 > 0:09:03of abbreviations in English
0:09:03 > 0:09:04for the same organisations,
0:09:04 > 0:09:06so for example, TVA -
0:09:06 > 0:09:09taxe sur la valeur ajoutee -
0:09:09 > 0:09:10is the French equivalent
0:09:10 > 0:09:12of VAT, value added tax,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15so SIDA is AIDS, OTAN is NATO,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17ADN, DNA.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19So it's the French expression,
0:09:19 > 0:09:20which is an anagram
0:09:20 > 0:09:23of the letters we use.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Well done, then, Cluesmiths. You get a bonus point
0:09:25 > 0:09:28and you get the last question of the round, the Twisted Flax.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31What is the connection between these clues? Here's the first.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Next, please.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Hmm... Not sure.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Next, please.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Did they all have to be moved?
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Was the 2013... No, this last...
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Are you talking about the World Cup in Qatar?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00OK. Shall we go for it anyway?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- No.- Go one more.- Next, please.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Oh... Possibly...
0:10:10 > 0:10:11One second.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13BELL
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Were they all not held in the stated year?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Not the answer, I'm afraid.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19So, Railwaymen,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21a bonus chance for you now.
0:10:21 > 0:10:27It was the year when the cycle of the event changed.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28That's what it is,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30and a bonus point to you.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31They very much DID happen
0:10:31 > 0:10:33in those years because they were
0:10:33 > 0:10:34years when the cycle changed.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36The Winter Olympics used to be
0:10:36 > 0:10:37the same year as the Summer Olympics.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41They changed it. The Africa Cup of Nations, the football cup,
0:10:41 > 0:10:43had been in even numbered years.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Why did it change?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47It would always coincide with the Olympics or the World Cup?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50It used to clash with the World Cup,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52so they changed it so that wouldn't happen,
0:10:52 > 0:10:53and the Athletics Championships
0:10:53 > 0:10:55used to be every four years,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57went to every two years from 1993.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00So the years that sporting cycles changed. Well done for a bonus.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03That means at the end of round one,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05the Railwaymen have three points,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07the Cluesmiths have four.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13On to the sequences round. What comes fourth in a sequence?
0:11:13 > 0:11:17And Railwaymen, you'll be going first again, so please choose a hieroglyph.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- Two Reeds, please.- Two Reeds.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21What will come fourth in this sequence?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Here's the first.
0:11:27 > 0:11:291946...
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Germany...
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Shall we go next?
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Next.
0:11:37 > 0:11:382000.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- 2000, France.- World Cup?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44No, because 2008 was the World Cup.
0:11:44 > 0:11:462000...
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Next.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- 2004...- It's the Olympics.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53So it's... That's 2000.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56What was 2008?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Beijing.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00Three seconds.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02BELL
0:12:04 > 0:12:10- MMVII...- I.- ..I...
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Beijing. China.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15No, country, China.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- I can't give you long.- Cathay.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Not the answer, I'm afraid.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Cluesmiths, you have the chance of a bonus point.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Is it MMVII, Zuid-Afrika?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26No, no, that's not it either.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29It's the European football tournament
0:12:29 > 0:12:31transposed into Roman and Latin,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33so the first one,
0:12:33 > 0:12:351996 is the date, Euro '96,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Germany were the winners.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38MM, 2000,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Gallia, or France, were the winners.
0:12:40 > 0:12:422004, Greece were the winners,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45so MMVIII, 2008,
0:12:45 > 0:12:46the winners were...
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- Spain.- Spain, or Hispania.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51No points, though, I'm afraid.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Cluesmiths, what would you like next?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Lion, please.- Lion. What would come fourth in this sequence?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58I can tell you that they're all picture clues,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01so what would be in the fourth picture? Here's the first.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Next.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- Harry Potter.- OK. Daniel Radcliffe.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter, Sean Connery.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Bond and Potter or Bond and Harry or Potter...
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Next, please.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Golden heel.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Or golden boot. Sean Connery...
0:13:28 > 0:13:33Golden balls. Golden... Golden snitch. Slang on Golden...
0:13:33 > 0:13:38Golden gun, golden snitch, golden boots...
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Three seconds.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Not it, I'm afraid,
0:13:43 > 0:13:44you're out of time,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46so another bonus opportunity
0:13:46 > 0:13:47for the Railwaymen.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51- If you don't know, you just don't know.- No.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Yeah, is it that obvious?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54The answer is
0:13:54 > 0:13:56David Beckham's left foot.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Here's the reason.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59It's from the speech of Hugh Grant
0:13:59 > 0:14:00as the Prime Minister
0:14:00 > 0:14:01in Love, Actually.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04STUFFY VOICE: "What makes Britain great as a country?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07"The Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter, David Beckham..."
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Do I sound anything like Hugh Grant?
0:14:08 > 0:14:09I don't, do I?
0:14:09 > 0:14:14"David Beckham's right foot - David Beckham's left foot, come to that."
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Things that make up Britain,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19according to Prime Minister Hugh Grant in Love, Actually.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22So no bonus point for the Railwaymen, but a choice available to you.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- David.- Twisted Flax, please.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25The Twisted Flax.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29What would come fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Any ideas?- No.- Next.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Somebody's portfolios?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Yeah, um...
0:14:45 > 0:14:48It could be a sequence of someone...
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Next.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Oh, this must have been the CIA. The start of spying, like MI5.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- It must be the CIA, isn't it? - It could be...
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- Homeland Intelligence?- Yeah...
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Three seconds.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08BELL
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Internal intelligence or homeland intelligence.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15That is an acceptable answer.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Wireless interception used to be
0:15:17 > 0:15:20the responsibility of a department known as MI8.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Propaganda and press liaison in the
0:15:22 > 0:15:25First World War, there was an MI7,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27so then MI6, overseas intelligence
0:15:27 > 0:15:30and step down a number, national security
0:15:30 > 0:15:32or counterintelligence,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34internal security, any of those things,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37the responsibility of MI5. Well done.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Cluesmiths, what would you like?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Horned Viper, please.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43The Horned Viper. What would come fourth in this sequence?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Here's the first clue.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Next.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57South Utah, South Colorado,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00it's "NM" in the bottom right-hand corner.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- "NM." North...- "NM."
0:16:02 > 0:16:04BELL
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Is it "NM" in the bottom right-hand corner?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I'm afraid it is not,
0:16:08 > 0:16:09so I'm going to show the third
0:16:09 > 0:16:11in the sequence to the Railwaymen
0:16:11 > 0:16:13for a possible bonus point.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I want an exact answer.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20"A...R" in the bottom left-hand corner.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Unfortunately not.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24"AZ" in the bottom left-hand corner.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Now, I think you know what this is,
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Cluesmiths. The problem is
0:16:27 > 0:16:29the sequence.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34It's the four states that meet at one point in the Midwest of America.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37It's the famous four corner states.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Going clockwise, you'd arrive next
0:16:39 > 0:16:41at New Mexico, and then Arizona,
0:16:41 > 0:16:42but we're put the letters where
0:16:42 > 0:16:45it would be if you were looking on a map. It's horrible, isn't it?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Probably reaching the point where you
0:16:47 > 0:16:48don't want to go to the semifinals.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Imagine what that will be like. SHE SHUDDERS
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Railwaymen, what would you like now?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- Sree.- Water, please.- Water.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58What would come fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Oh. Um...
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Next.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09This is something to do with the plimsoll line.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11It's something to do with the plimsoll line.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- It's letters on the plimsoll line. - Oh, is it?- Yeah. Next.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I know what the sequence is, but I don't know what comes next.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27THEY WHISPER
0:17:36 > 0:17:37BELL
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Yes?- S...
0:17:41 > 0:17:43T...
0:17:43 > 0:17:45But what's in the brackets?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47I'm going to put you out of your misery right there. Not the answer.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Cluesmiths? You want to have a go for a bonus?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Is it F (freshwater)?
0:17:52 > 0:17:53It is exactly that. And why?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55John?
0:17:55 > 0:17:59I'm not sure of the sequence, but they're to do with keeping fish.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Oh, interesting. It's not to do
0:18:01 > 0:18:03with keeping fish, actually.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04I'm glad we got there anyway.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06The sequence is the plimsoll line,
0:18:06 > 0:18:07markings on a ship,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11so a ship sits lower in freshwater,
0:18:11 > 0:18:12so the plimsoll line is higher,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15so the markings going upwards
0:18:15 > 0:18:17would be W, S, T, F, according to
0:18:17 > 0:18:20how high the water goes up the ship.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24So F for freshwater is correct, but for a different reason.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26You get the bonus point anyway,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28and you get the last question of the round, Eye of Horus.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31What would come fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Next, please.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43So that's...
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Eight, nine hours later, or...
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- 15 hours earlier.- Next, please.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- So it's going back.- Um...
0:19:01 > 0:19:04THEY WHISPER
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Is it something about a clock? Is it the hands of a clock?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Three seconds.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14No, I'm afraid you're out of time. That's it.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16So another bonus chance, Railwaymen.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18It's...
0:19:18 > 0:19:221...50am.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24No, that's not a sequence.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26That is just not a sequence.
0:19:26 > 0:19:2812:01am is what I wanted to hear
0:19:28 > 0:19:30and it's a simple maths one.
0:19:30 > 0:19:344:40pm is 1,000 minutes after midnight.
0:19:34 > 0:19:361:40am is 100 minutes after midnight.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Then we've got ten minutes after midnight
0:19:38 > 0:19:41and I wanted to hear one minute
0:19:41 > 0:19:44after midnight, 12:01am.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46At the end of round two,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48the Cluesmiths have five points,
0:19:48 > 0:19:49the Railwaymen have five points.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Time now for the Connecting Wall.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56You'll be going first this time, Cluesmiths.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00The easy question is the first one. Would you like Lion or Water?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- Lion, please.- The Lion wall.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06You have two and a half minutes to try and solve this, starting now.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10THEY WHISPER
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Coppola, yes, and who's the fourth?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Maybe they're domes, they're domes...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28..Ventura Boulevard...
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Wilshire Boulevard... Wilshire, Sunset, Ventura.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Wow. Three strikes and you're out.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Onion dome.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Little Hen...- Are any a kind of bread? Onion bread...
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- Allinson's is a make of bread. - It is a bread, yes.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51OK, can we try...
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- Onion...- Onion's a dome as well.
0:20:56 > 0:21:02THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- What's that?- Umbrella?- Onion.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Geodesic?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11These are domes, but what are the rest of them?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- Bread?- They're breads, yeah.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15So, which one are you going for?
0:21:15 > 0:21:21- Onion?- Geodesic. - Umbrella...and one of these two?
0:21:22 > 0:21:26That's it, you've solved the wall, amazing. That's a very tough wall.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28You done very well to find those groups.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31What about the connections, starting with the dark blue group?
0:21:31 > 0:21:35- They are female film directors. - They are all women who direct films.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37The green group starting sunset?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40They're all boulevards in Los Angeles.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41That's exactly what they are.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44The pink or purple group starting Umbrella?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45These are all domes.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48They're all domes. What's Gonbad?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50THEY LAUGH
0:21:50 > 0:21:52That's the one that didn't quite structure properly.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56It's a Persian one. That's actually the Persian word for "dome", in fact.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58And the light blue group starting Allinson?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Bread?
0:22:00 > 0:22:04I'm afraid they are not types of bread. You are close.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06They are bakers.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09The Little Red Hen is a sort of folk tale about literally
0:22:09 > 0:22:14a little red hen, a fable about hard work. Farriner, you don't know?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16It's Thomas Farriner who's said to have started
0:22:16 > 0:22:19the Great Fire Of London, a baker in Pudding Lane
0:22:19 > 0:22:22so, not the bread itself in the case of two of the clues, but the baker.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Nevertheless, amazing work to find those four groups
0:22:25 > 0:22:27and three connections, that's a total of seven.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30We're going to bring in the Railwaymen now and give them
0:22:30 > 0:22:33a horrible quarterfinal Connecting Wall and see if they can solve it.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35It'll be the Water wall for you.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39The Lion's been taken, you'll have 2.5 minutes to try to solve it
0:22:39 > 0:22:40starting now.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48- Churchill...Canal...- Canal Street's an area of Manchester.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- I don't know Darlinghurst. - Darlinghurst...that could be...
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- Is it some sort of dog?- Yeah.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Digby's a dog, Churchill's a dog...
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Orlov is a character that sells insurance.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- Churchill is a character that sells insurance.- Digby isn't.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09Digby isn't...is there anything that...? No.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15Bender is a character in Futurama.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Is Digby in Futurama as well?
0:23:18 > 0:23:23- They're all Groening characters.- Ah!
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Burns night, Bonfire Night.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Twelfth night. Hen night.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28BUZZ
0:23:28 > 0:23:30We've...erm...
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Bonfire Night. Any other nights?
0:23:33 > 0:23:34BUZZ
0:23:34 > 0:23:35Chelsea night?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37We'll try Gala night, just to cycle these around.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- A Gala night, yes. Bonfire Night.- Cycle them round.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- And there's Hen night. - BUZZ
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Not Clarke. BUZZ
0:23:44 > 0:23:47THEY WHISPER
0:23:47 > 0:23:48BUZZ
0:23:50 > 0:23:51BUZZ
0:23:54 > 0:23:57So, that's the nights done.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Got to go for these...dogs.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Surely...I don't know.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05BUZZ
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Churchill. Orlov. Bender.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09BUZZ
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Canal Street, Digby.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14BUZZ
0:24:15 > 0:24:16BUZZ
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Chelsea... If somebody else wants a go, feel free.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22BUZZ
0:24:25 > 0:24:30- Ten seconds now. - Futurama characters...ah...
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- Digby.- Tony? No.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38I'm afraid you're out of time.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40But you found a group on that horrible wall so well done.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Can you tell me the connection? Gala, Twelfth, Bonfire, Hen?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46They can precede the word "night".
0:24:46 > 0:24:49You can put "night" after all of them and you can still get points for the
0:24:49 > 0:24:53connections in the groups you didn't find so let's resolve the wall.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57The green group now Orlov, Churchill, Digby, Tony.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Oh, yes, these are all cartoon animals.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Used as advertising slogans or advertising vehicles. Shall we say?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06They're animals involved in advertising. You went
0:25:06 > 0:25:08too specific with the insurance.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Orlov and Churchill but Tony The Tiger from the Frosties adverts.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Digby the ICI dog?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17The Dulux...the old English sheepdog in the Dulux commercials,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19that's right. Animals in advertising.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21And the pink or purple group?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Burns, Marx, Clarke, Bender.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25- Futurama?- Possibly.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Yeah, characters in Futurama? - No, it's not.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31No, you're right about Bender. He is in the Matt Groening series Futurama.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33He's a robot that smokes a cigar,
0:25:33 > 0:25:39as does Ken Clarke, Groucho Marx, George Burns - cigar smokers.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40And the last light blue group,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Canal Street, Castro, Chelsea, Darlinghurst.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- Manchester.- That's not it.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Canal Street is a sort of gay village in Manchester.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50They're in fact all gay villages.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Chelsea in New York,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Darlinghurst in Sydney Australia,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Castro in San Francisco, they're
0:25:55 > 0:25:58the vibrant gay districts, I'm afraid
0:25:58 > 0:26:00but you did find one group.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02And two connections as well so that's three points
0:26:02 > 0:26:04and they weren't easy walls.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Let's have a look at the scores going into the final round.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12The Railwaymen have 8 points, the Cluesmiths have 12.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Into the missing vowels round now. Fingers on buzzers, teams.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21This will decide the place in the semifinal.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24I can tell you that the first group are all
0:26:24 > 0:26:27things that can follow the word "spare".
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- Cluesmiths?- Time.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Correct.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- Railwaymen?- Room.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37Correct.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40- Cluesmiths?- Rib.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Correct.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50This one is spare one's breath
0:26:50 > 0:26:52to cool one's porridge.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Next category, nicknames of French kings.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59- Railwaymen?- Louis The Sun King.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Correct.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- Railwaymen?- Charles The Bold.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07Not it, I'm afraid, you must lose
0:27:07 > 0:27:09a point. Cluesmiths, do you know?
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Charles The Bald.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12The nickname was Charles The Bald.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Next clue.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Railwaymen?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Philip the... Sorry..
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I'm afraid not. Cluesmiths, you know?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25No? It's Philip the Amorous.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Next clue.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30- Railwaymen?- Robert The Pious?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Correct.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Next category, they might use a needle.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- Cluesmiths? ALL:- Knitters.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Correct.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- Cluesmiths?- Anaesthetists.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Yes.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48END OF ROUND JINGLE
0:27:48 > 0:27:50No time to tell me
0:27:50 > 0:27:51that was tattooists
0:27:51 > 0:27:53because the bell has gone
0:27:53 > 0:27:54probably to everyone's relief.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56That was as horrible as the rest of
0:27:56 > 0:27:58the rounds. It's the end of the quiz.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02And finishing with 17 points, through to the semifinals
0:28:02 > 0:28:05it's the Cluesmiths.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10With nine points, sadly going home, a lovely team, the Railwaymen.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Sorry, it was lovely to have you, you had a great run up till now,
0:28:13 > 0:28:18but just couldn't get through this last thorny game. Did you get any?
0:28:18 > 0:28:19No, me neither.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Join me next time for another episode of the quiz that makes you
0:28:22 > 0:28:25feel stupider than pushing at a pull door, spilling a drink
0:28:25 > 0:28:29by looking at your watch and consulting a homoeopath combined.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Goodbye.