Wrestlers v Genealogists Only Connect

Rabbie Burns, the bard of Ayrshire,

was very much Scotland's answer to the poet Robert Burns.

He famously said,

"Suspense is worse than disappointment,"

which means for our losing teams,

not knowing they're going to lose is worse than actually losing.

They should really hurry up and lose

so they can feel better about themselves.

Let's get on with the show.

Tonight's teams are...

On my right, Steve Hoar, a legal administrator

who's on a mission to photograph every British War Memorial

so that he can catalogue them on his website of British war memorials.

Tom Mead,

a mortgage consultant who was nearly run over by Janet Street Porter when

he was at Leeds Bradford Airport and she had her leg in plaster.

And their captain, Colin Daffern,

a hospital DJ who performed an impression of Norman Wisdom

for Norman Wisdom.

United in their grappling,

they are the Wrestlers.

Now, you lost your first heat against the Clareites,

but you've come back as one of our highest-scoring second place finishers.

What do you think is the secret of a successful Only Connect game?

I think it's down to a cool head,

lightning reflexes and not pushing the buzzer when you don't mean to.

Well, let's hope you can follow your own rules tonight.

You are facing, on my left,

Derek Caudwell, an enthusiastic philatelist,

who's collected every stamp ever produced in the Aland Islands

and recently holidayed there with his family.

Andy Crane, a retired business analyst

who was once the caber tossing champion of Birmingham.

And their captain, Traci Whitehead,

a BA, MA, BSc and DCR,

who's hoping to get all the letters of the alphabet after her name.

United by a fascination with their families,

they are the Genealogists.

Now, you lost your first match against the Surrealists,

but you're also one of the highest-scoring second place finishers.

What have you been up to in Cardiff since your last match?

We've been enjoying the wonderful Welsh sunshine,

the hot weather and the glorious climate down here.

And I got myself a bit of local protection yesterday in the markets.

It literally never rains in South Wales.

-Never ever.

-Never. Never get a drop.

Into each life a little rain must fall. We're going to play the quiz.

What is the connection between four apparently random clues?

Now, Wrestlers, you won the toss,

but you've decided to throw the Genealogists in first.

You're being thrown in by the Wrestlers.

Which question would you like?

Twisted Flax, please.

The Twisted Flax.

These are going to be picture clues.

Something links them, what is it?

First one coming in now.

Pencil...

Next.

-Eagle, Beagle.

-Eagle, Beagle, so, H...

Eagle... Beagle...

Eagle, beagle, I can see the...

Shall we go for next?

Yeah, let's do it.

Next, please.

That's the Rat Pack.

-And the Brat Pack.

-And the Brat Pack.

-So it's taken the B off.

-Yeah.

Two of three.

BUZZER

With and without "B"s.

Oh, yes, the...

That's it.

You've given me the right answer.

Oh, OK. I was going to explain a bit more, but that's fine.

Sorry, go ahead.

The... Add a B to the first one,

and you get the second one.

So Rat Pack, Brat Pack,

eagle, beagle.

Not sure about HB, other than pencils, and...

That first clue

is upper case Greek letters.

-We're looking at eta and beta.

-Oh!

-Oh!

And you didn't need the last one.

Do you recognise those people?

Ryan and Bryan Adams.

-Oh, yeah. Ryan Adams.

-Yeah.

It's Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams.

You know, Ryan Adams was once performing at a concert in Nashville

and somebody in the crowd shouted

for him to perform Summer Of '69...

THEY LAUGH

..and he stopped the show, swearing and swearing,

insisted that the fan be found,

given his money back, thrown out,

and he wouldn't play another note

until the guy had left.

I feel a bit sorry for the fan,

cos they were probably joking.

So, well done.

Coming in after three clues, you get two points.

Wrestlers, what would you like?

Eye of Horus, please.

The Eye of Horus.

What is the connection between these clues?

Here's the first.

Lou Gehrig.

He had motor neuron disease,

-didn't he? Baseball player, played with the Yankees?

-Yeah.

Do you want to...? Yeah, next, please.

Tulip...

I don't know...

Next, please.

-Duke...

-Iron.

He was known as the Iron Duke,

-wasn't he?

-The Iron Duke, yeah.

BUZZER

Iron.

They are all nicknamed the iron something,

that we see in the clue.

You didn't need the last one, either.

Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor.

What can you tell me about the clues we're looking at?

Wellington was known as the Iron Duke.

Bismarck was the Iron Chancellor.

Louis van Gaal, presumably, at some point

has been known as the Iron Tulip, cos of the Dutch connection.

Well, they've all been known as the iron something,

but can you tell me who they are?

Lou Gehrig was the ballplayer who had motor neurone disease,

-is that right?

-Lou Gehrig.

Well, Lou Gehrig's disease.

He gave his name to the disease that he died of,

but he was able to play.

Despite the pain of his illness,

he never missed a match,

so they called him the Iron Horse because he was such a hero.

Well done. You get two points as well.

Back to you, Genealogists, for a question.

-Two Reeds, please.

-Two Reeds.

It's the music question.

Something connects the clues you're going to be hearing.

What is it? First one coming in now.

# You say you're looking for someone... #

It Ain't Me, Babe.

-# ..who's never weak but always... #

-Next, please.

# Little David was small but oh, my

# Little David was small but oh, my... #

THEY CONFER

I think it's "ain't".

BUZZER

We think they're connected by "ain't."

Coming in after two clues,

you get three points.

Very well done. What did we hear?

It Ain't Me, Babe, by Bob Dylan.

And It Ain't Necessarily So,

I don't know who by.

Sammy Davis Jr. Unfortunately,

you deprived us all of the delights

of It Ain't What You Do, It's The Way That You Do It,

-by The Fun Boy Three and Bananarama...

-Sorry(!)

..and It Ain't Over Till It's Over,

Lenny Kravitz.

That's what we would have had.

But two clues were enough for you.

Very well done.

Wrestlers, what would you like?

-Lion, please.

-Lion.

OK. What's the connection between these clues?

Here's the first.

Next, please.

-Is it...

-Would that be it be being ruled as a fruit?

I don't know.

Possibly.

-Next...?

-Yes.

Next, please.

Fruit and vegetables...?

Is it people who have been the head of something?

Possibly.

BUZZER

Is it head?

I'm afraid that's not a connection,

so I'm going to show the fourth clue

to the Genealogists for a possible bonus point.

Vegetable, isn't it?

Yeah.

Vegetables, they're all turned into vegetables

or deemed to be vegetables.

All turned into vegetables.

Very well done.

Talk me through the clues.

I presume the tomato was

legally declared a vegetable in that court case...

Rather than a fruit. So this was...

The tomato was considered a fruit,

but then it was declared a vegetable.

I don't think a tomato has ever been the head of the Supreme Court.

No, I just thought somebody might have been...

That's where you fell down there.

And what's the Graham Taylor story?

-Turnip.

-Turnip head.

Turnip Taylor.

That's right, the Sun depicted him as a turnip.

And Cinderella, like the first clue,

features an instance of apocolocyntosis.

What is apocolocyntosis?

I'm guessing turning back into a pumpkin.

Turning into a pumpkin.

So in Seneca's Apocolocyntosis,

it's a satire in which Claudius is turned into a pumpkin.

All transformed into a veg.

Well done.

And your own chance for a question.

Horned Viper, please.

The Horned Viper.

What is the link between these clues?

Here's the first.

THEY CONFER

Next, please.

-Atticus Finch is from To Kill A...

-Yeah.

Don't know Rachel Haverford.

Next, please.

They live next door to each other.

Ten and 11? Next door?

-They live next door to each other. Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

BUZZER

They're neighbours, they live next door to each other?

They are next-door neighbours,

well done. Didn't need the last clue.

Smokie and Alice.

THEY LAUGH

Tell me about what these clues are.

Don't know the first one.

The second one is from To Kill A Mockingbird.

That's right, Rachel Haverford is Dill's aunt

and she lives next door to the Finches.

Prime Minister and Chancellor obviously live at

-10 and 11 Downing Street.

-Mm-hm.

And what about the last one?

Who on earth is Alice?

Living Next Door To Alice by Smokie.

Living Next Door To Alice by Smokie.

That's absolutely right. That's what that refers to.

Do you know the Pontipines and the Wottingers?

No, I'm afraid not.

Is it children's stories?

Children's TV show?

-Yes. In The Night Garden.

-Oh.

-Oh, right.

They're characters from that.

Well done. All next-door neighbours.

Last question of the round for you, Wrestlers.

It's the Water question.

What is the link between these clues?

Here's the first.

THEY CONFER

Next, please.

THEY CONFER

-That's not enough.

-No. Next, please.

-Oh, it's...

-Spin-offs.

-Spin-offs of TV programmes.

-Yeah.

BUZZER

Spin-offs from reality shows.

They are spin-offs from reality shows.

You didn't need to see You're Fired!

Spin-off from The Apprentice.

What are these shows?

You're Fired is the Apprentice spin-off.

-It Takes Two is Strictly.

-Strictly.

-Bit On The Side, is it...

-Bake Off?

-..Bake Off?

-No, it's Big Brother.

-Oh.

-Oh, yeah.

It used to be Big Brother's Little Brother, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

-And now it's Bit On The Side.

The Bake Off one, I think is called Extra Slice.

-Extra Slice, yeah.

-An Extra Slice.

And what about that first one?

Is it...The Voice?

It is. It's a sideways, backstage,

upside-down tour of all things from The Voice.

Very well done. All reality spin-offs.

And that means,

at the end of Round One,

the Wrestlers have four points,

the Genealogists have eight.

Sequences round now.

And Genealogists, you'll be going first again.

Which hieroglyph would you like?

-Two Reeds, please.

-Two Reeds. OK.

These are going to be picture clues.

You're going to see the first in a series of four pictures.

What would you expect to see in the fourth?

Time starts now.

Four pictures of sewing machines...

Next, please.

-Is that...?

-That's Dallas, isn't it?

-That's Dallas.

-Four sewing machines...

-Dallas...

Southfork...

So what was it, four sewing machines?

Don't know, four sewers?

Next, please.

-That's Wings.

-Wings.

-Wings.

Wings, Dallas...

So is it...? Is it number of...?

Three seconds.

I'm afraid your time's run out.

You've buzzed a fraction of a second too late.

So there's a bonus chance for you, Wrestlers.

Ing or Ings.

Ings is the right answer.

We're looking at the picture here of the Liverpool and England footballer

Danny Ings.

And why?

-It's...

-Taking off a letter each time.

Yeah. Sewings, Ewings, Wings, Ings.

That's absolutely right.

So this chap is called Ings,

or we could have taken the Norse word for marshes,

which you hear in place names like Sutton Ings, places like that.

So you get the bonus point.

And which question would you like?

Um...

Twisted Flax, please.

The Twisted Flax. OK.

What will come fourth in this sequence?

Here's the first.

-That's "moon" in French.

-Yeah.

Is it days and weeks?

Next, please.

Yeah, it is, Mars, it's got to be...

-Wednesday, Thor.

-Thor.

Thor.

BUZZER

-Thor.

-Why?

As in the Norse God, days of the week.

It's French days of the week,

but it's inspirations for French days of the week.

I'm afraid that is not the right answer,

so we're going to the Genealogists.

I'll show you the third in the sequence.

You have a possible bonus point.

Mercredi, jeudi...

Game?

Game. Jeu, which is game.

And why would that be?

Because lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi.

I mean, if all six of you were on a team together

you'd be close to the right answer,

-which is Jupiter.

-Oh.

So they are French days of the week.

But it is a god that gives his name to jeudi or Thursday.

It's not "jeu," the game, and it's not Thor either.

It's a different god of thunder, Jupiter.

You see?

So "la lune," the moon, is for lundi.

Mars, mardi.

Mercure, mercredi.

And Jupiter gives his name to the French Thursday, jeudi.

So everyone was basically right but wrong at the same time.

What would you like now, Genealogists?

-Water, please.

-Water.

What will be fourth in this sequence?

Here's the first.

Citigroup...

Next, please.

Wells Fargo...

OK, well...

They're a carrier company, but...

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-What sequence could it be?

Next, please.

-Is it getting bigger?

-Getting bigger?

Is it going to be something like, um...? What's the big...

-U, H...?

-HSBC?

No, they carry parcels in big, brown vans.

Oh. UPS?

It could be.

Is that it?

I don't know.

-HSBC?

-HSBC.

-Two seconds.

BUZZER

HSBC.

Not the answer, I'm afraid.

So you have a bonus chance again, Wrestlers.

We think it might be Goldman Sachs.

That's not it.

What do you think the sequence is?

American banks getting bigger or something like that.

-It's American banks getting wealthier.

-Ah.

And the richest would be JP Morgan Chase.

It's American banks in order of their assets.

So no bonus that time, Wrestlers, but you may have a question.

Which would you like?

-Horned Viper, please.

-OK.

What is the fourth in this sequence?

Here's the first.

How many sides does a cricket pitch have?

It's an oval, so...

OK. Next, please.

That's two. So we're looking for something there's four of?

-The Beatles.

-Oh, yeah.

BUZZER

-Beatles.

-And why would that be?

Cos there's four them.

I'm going to let you have another go,

and I want to hear something very specific.

Is it football... Sporting ones?

Four competitors in a wrestling tag team?

I can't accept it, I'm afraid,

so I'm going to show the third in the sequence to the Genealogists.

I assume it's just something with four.

Four, something with...

A horse. Something with four legs.

A horse is an acceptable answer.

It is very specifically legs.

And unfortunately both the examples you gave me had eight legs.

The Capital One cup, we're talking about the two legs

over which that match would be played.

The Bannera da Sicilia,

the Sicilian flag, has three legs.

It's like the Isle of Man's symbol.

So we needed to hear something with four legs.

A horse, or a pantomime horse,

is right for the bonus point.

And your chance for a question.

-Which is it?

-Eye of Horus.

The Eye of Horus.

What would come fourth in this sequence?

Here's the first.

-Any ideas?

-No.

-Nothing.

Next, please.

-That's sage.

-Sage, yeah.

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

But I don't know what the Latin word for thyme is.

No...

It's parsley, sage...

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Yes. But what's the Latin word for thyme?

-I don't know.

-I don't know.

Can we just say thyme?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

BUZZER

We think the fourth one's going to be the Latin word for thyme,

the herb thyme.

But we don't know what it is.

I have just snarled at your opponents

that I want to hear something very specific,

so I want to hear something very specific.

Thymus ordinarius.

-I will take Thymus as the right answer.

-Oh!

SHE LAUGHS

"Ordinarius" is a slight embellishment.

But, yes.

Now, what is the sequence that we're looking at?

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, the Latin.

That is it.

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme in Latin.

And Thymus would be it.

Another language one,

and you get it right that time.

Wrestlers, there is one question remaining.

The Lion.

What comes fourth in this sequence?

Here's the first.

Has it got the... Thistle?

Don't know.

Next, please.

What's on the side...?

Lions, is it?

Next, please.

-It's sides.

-50p has...eight.

BUZZER

50p has eight.

I'm afraid that is not the right answer.

So Genealogists, another chance for a bonus point.

-Seven.

-50p has seven.

I'm afraid 50p has seven.

You know the sequence, don't you?

It's edges on British coins.

But what's increasing is the sum of money, not the sides.

And the 50p is the same shape as the 20,

just bigger. Unlucky.

That means, at the end of Round Two,

that the Wrestlers have five points,

the Genealogists have 13.

Time, now, for the Connecting Wall.

16 jumbled-up clues that the teams need to sort

into four connected groups of four.

Wrestlers, you'll be going first this time,

having chosen to go second in the earlier rounds.

Would you like Lion or Water?

-Lion, please.

-Lion.

OK. Two and a half minutes to solve this wall, starting now.

Working dog.

-Utility belt.

-Utility dog, working dog, toy dog... Hound dog?

Whipping boy.

-Gold... that's, um...

-Film awards.

-Film awards, Palme d'Or. Grand Prix.

-Pathetique....

-Yes.

Moonlight sonata, Pathetique. Are these works by Beethoven?

Yes, they are.

Pastoral, Pathetique, Moonlight, Hammer-klavier.

Dogs. We've got terrier, toy, working...and utility.

Terrier, toy, working, utility.

I'll get through these.

You can put boy. No, we've got boy.

You try and figure the other ones while I do this.

Leave it. Ball boy, altar boy, whipping boy, Teddy boy.

No. Toy boy.

-That's right.

-Three strikes now.

Dogs. Terrier's a dog. Yeah, here we go.

-Have you tried that there?

-Yeah.

That's it, you've solved the wall.

Very well done.

So that's four points for the groups.

What about the connections?

OK. Pathetique, Hammer-klavier,

Moonlight, Pastoral.

Symphonies by Beethoven.

I'm afraid I can't accept it.

-They are piano sonatas.

-Ah.

Yeah, very particularly, the Pathetique, Sonata Number 8,

Moonlight, Number 14,

Pastoral, Number 15,

and the Hammer-klavier, Number 29.

Beethoven's piano sonatas, I'm afraid.

The next green group.

Toy, ball, altar, whipping.

Can all be followed by "boy."

They can all be followed by "boy."

Toy boy, ball boy, altar boy,

whipping boy.

And what about the pink group?

Terrier, hound, working, utility.

Categories of dogs.

They are all breed standards,

according to the Kennel Club.

And the turquoise group?

Palme d'Or, Goldener Bar...

What are they?

-Film awards.

-They are film awards.

Where are they? Where are they from?

Can you tell me?

France, Germany... And not sure about the other two.

Palme d'Or is the Cannes Film Festival, isn't it?

The Goldener Bar, that's the Berlin Film Festival.

Teddy, also the Berlin International Film Festival.

It's a gay award that they have at the Berlin Festival.

And the Grand Prix, that's a Belgian one.

-We all love a Belgian film, don't we?

-Absolutely.

Isn't that what most people want on a Friday night?

-Fish and chips and a Belgian movie.

-Yeah.

But that is four points for the groups you found

and three for the connections. A total of seven.

Let's bring in the Genealogists now,

give them a new Connecting Wall

and see what they can do about solving it.

It's the Water Wall for you. The Lion's been taken.

You have two and a half minutes to sort it out,

starting now.

Snakes, obviously.

Rachel Whiteread, um...

Artists?

Shall we try some snakes?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Sidewinder, cobra, boomslang, anaconda?

Put python there.

Python...

-Yes, that was one of them...

-Yeah.

so I'll just leave out sidewinder.

Let's leave out cobra...

Let's leave out boomslang...

No.

Leave out python.

Leave out anaconda.

Right. OK.

Well, we've got programming languages.

Ruby, Python...

-Java.

-Java.

Cobra.

What's habu? Anybody any idea?

Go is as well, isn't it?

Is it?

-Go is a game.

-Java, Ruby...

Go?

-Ah, OK. Right, OK.

-Good.

They must be the languages.

So, we've got artists.

-Whiteread for...

-Whiteread, yes.

Oh, so have we got the snakes as well?

Sidewinder, boomslang, cobra, anaconda.

-Yeah.

-I'm sure we had that group.

We tried that, didn't we?

Yeah, I think so.

I've got a feeling that habu used to be a sort of

social website for children, wasn't it?

There are three...

There's Rocky, Creed and Cliffhanger, which are films by...

-Ah.

-What else?

And...

-Anaconda, is that...?

-Or Cobra? I...

No, no.

Right, so, shall we try the artists?

-Yes.

-Whiteread, Kapoor...

Starling? I'm not sure about these ones.

No, I don't know.

Don't know. I'm not getting this at all.

OK.

Right, Oscar...

You've got 30 seconds.

Yes...

Try habu with the other snakes.

So you've got sidewinder, boomslang and anaconda.

-Ah, right, OK.

-Three strikes now.

15 seconds.

That's it, you've solved the wall!

Goodness, you pulled that out of the bag at a surprising moment!

OK, so let's have a look at the connections.

Java, Ruby, Go, Python.

Programming languages.

They are computer programming languages.

What about this green group, starting sidewinder?

I think they must be the snakes.

They are snakes, yes.

The habu is a venomous snake from south-east Asia.

-Bebo, I think, is the child's website.

-Oh, yes.

Yes, I don't think they would name a children's website

after a venomous snake!

Although I've met a few children where that would be appropriate!

And what about this purple or pink group,

starting Starling?

They're artists, and I think they've probably all won the Turner Prize.

Turner Prize-winning artists.

Can you tell me the names and works?

Rachel Whiteread's done various houses of sugar cubes and things.

She won it for House, that was right, yes.

Martin Creed was the neon light on-and-off thing, I think.

Anish Kapoor, I don't know, but he does wonderful sculptures.

Yeah, Anish Kapoor won it

for an untitled piece in sandstone and pigment.

I like Anish Kapoor's work.

And what about Simon Starling?

Oh, was he the Boatshedboat?

-Yes, Shedboatshed.

-Shedboatshed.

So, it was a shed and he turned it into a boat

and he sailed it down the Rhine and turned it back into a shed.

-Yes.

-All Turner Prize-winning artists, well done.

And what about the last turquoise group?

Rocky, Cobra, Oscar, Cliffhanger.

They were films, weren't they?

-They're films...

-Stallone?

-They all star Stallone?

-Stallone films?

Films starring the great Sylvester Stallone,

that's absolutely right,

so you got all the connections as well, and the bonus.

That is the maximum of ten points.

Let's have a look at the scores going into the final round.

And if you'd like to apply to be on the next series of Only Connect,

why not go to the website...

..to find out how to apply?

Might seem like a big gap, Wrestlers, but it can be changed.

It's Round Four. You can lose and win points.

It's the Missing Vowels Round, where we've taken the vowels out of

well-known names, phrases and sayings, respaced the consonants.

I want to know, what are the disguised clues?

And if you get it wrong by so much as one consonant,

I'll be taking points away.

Fingers on buzzers, teams.

The first group are all things associated with Bertolt Brecht.

Wrestlers.

Mother Courage And Her Children.

Well done.

-Wrestlers?

-Berliner Ensemble.

Correct. Next clue.

Don't know this entertaining thing?

Alienation Effect.

Next clue.

-Genealogists?

-Mack The Knife.

Correct.

Next category, morbid expressions.

Wrestlers?

-Not long for this world.

-Correct.

-Wrestlers?

-Fading fast.

Yes, it is.

-Wrestlers?

-At death's door.

This is cheery!

-Wrestlers?

-One foot in the grave.

And that completes that group.

Next category, keepers.

-Wrestlers?

-Gamekeeper.

Correct.

-Wrestlers?

-Book-keeper.

Correct.

-Wrestlers?

-Beekeeper.

Yes, it is.

-Genealogists?

-Park keeper.

I'm afraid that's not it, you've got a C there.

Wrestlers, do you know?

Too long, it's...

END OF ROUND MUSIC

That last one was peacekeeper.

But the bell has gone for the end of the quiz and I can tell you that

with 23 points, and proceeding to Round Two,

it is the Genealogists.

But finishing on a fantastic 21 after an amazing Round Four,

it's the Wrestlers.

What a comeback in that round!

Absolutely brilliant!

Sadly, not quite enough to overcome the deficit.

But you've been a very good team, thank you very much for playing,

it was lovely to meet you.

And why not join me next time

when, in a last-minute change to the rules, we'll be deciding the winner

according to who has the most tragic or heart-warming backstory.

It'll be a cracker.

I happen to know that one of the contestants is dairy-intolerant

and another recently lost her favourite scarf.

Remember to bring the tissues.

Goodbye.