0:00:21 > 0:00:25Hello and welcome to Only Connect. This is the semi-final.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28It's here that medals become a genuine possibility.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Or they would if we actually gave out medals, which we don't.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36But look on the bright side. It's only since Series Three that we've given them chairs.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41But we do give them respect. It's not easy to get this far, and I say that as the host.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43For a contestant, it's almost impossible.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Congratulations, then, on a return visit for,
0:00:46 > 0:00:48on my right, Andrew Lyman,
0:00:48 > 0:00:53a keen supporter of Yorkshire Cricket Club, who likes listening to Bob Dylan,
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Jane Teather, an information design consultant and gardening enthusiast,
0:00:57 > 0:00:59who's a big fan of Middlesex cricket team,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02and their captain Dave Tilley,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05a crossword compiler with a passion for Batman and The Avengers.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10They love nothing better than completing the Listener Crossword. They are the Listeners.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15You beat the Steel City Singers and the Rowers to win a place in the semi-final.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Have there been any surprises along the way?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21I think the fact that we're here is the biggest surprise!
0:01:21 > 0:01:24We've enjoyed it. It's been fun.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27But we're genuinely surprised to be here.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31I hope the fun doesn't grind to a terrifying halt this evening.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34You will be facing, on my left,
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Simon Belcher, an amateur filmmaker with an interest in family history,
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Debbie Challis, an educational events organiser for UCL,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45who enjoys 19th-century ghost stories,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48and their captain Will Howells,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52a freelance writer and digital media manager who's fanatical about Doctor Who.
0:01:52 > 0:01:58United by an interest in all things historical, they are the Antiquarians.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02You defeated the Social Networkers in your quarterfinal. How did you find that?
0:02:02 > 0:02:07We thought it was really quite hard, so we're hoping for easier questions.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13- Do you have any specific tactics? - We're going to think about everything carefully, confer a lot as a team
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- and if the worst comes to the worst, we're going to run for the exits. - Excellent.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Let's give you something to think about. We'll kick off with Round One, as is only traditional.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27This is where I want to know the connections between four clues or fewer.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Listeners won the toss and are going first.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Please select your first hieroglyph of the semi-final.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Twisted Flax, please.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38OK, you're going to get up to four clues.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43What is the connection? Your time starts...now.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- The Amber Room.- That's in the Hermitage at St Petersburg.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Sorry? - The Hermitage at St Petersburg.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Right.- We'll get one more. - Next one, please.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- Yes. - BELL
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- I'll hand to Jane. - It's the Hermitage in St Petersburg.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05What do you think that second clue has to do with the Hermitage in St Petersburg?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I think that painting's in it.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11I'm afraid that is not the correct answer.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14I'm going to show the next two clues to the Antiquarians.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17There's a possible bonus point available.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Based on Jules Rimet Trophy, we're going to say they were stolen.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25What I'll say is that, if Vermeer's 'The Concert' is in the Hermitage,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27the police should go and get it!
0:03:27 > 0:03:29These are things that have all been stolen
0:03:29 > 0:03:31and never seen since.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen and found, but then stolen again.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39The Amber Room, looted by the Nazis. Never traced again.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Vermeer's 'The Concert', still missing.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Worth about 200 million.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46And The Little Mermaid's original head
0:03:46 > 0:03:48was sawn off and never recovered.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Well done for a bonus point.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- Please pick your own question. - The Eye of Horus, please.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59Eye of Horus. First clue coming up now.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- He's the general from the first Iraq War.- Yes.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Stormin' Norman.- Next.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10- Ulysses S Grant. He was General Grant.- Didn't he have a nickname?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Erm... The Storm.- The Storm, maybe.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Next.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Russell T Davies.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19The "T" doesn't stand for anything!
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- Does the "S" stand for anything? - I don't know.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- I think that's worth a punt. - Yes, go on.- OK!
0:04:25 > 0:04:29We think, based on Russell, off of Doctor Who,
0:04:29 > 0:04:33that the middle initials, or first initial don't stand for anything.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36They are people whose names contain initials
0:04:36 > 0:04:37that do not stand for anything!
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Harry S Truman - that's a diplomatic thing.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44He didn't want to offend either grandfather, so they made it "S".
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Russell T Davies to distinguish himself from another Russell Davies.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Ulysses S Grant was a clerical error in his West Point nomination.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Norman Schwarzkopf, I think, was born with the name Herbert,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58but removed it from his birth certificate.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Initials that stand for nothing. Well done.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Back to you, Listeners, to pick a question.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- Two Reeds, please.- Two Reeds. What is the connection here?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Your time starts now.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18"Water, water, everywhere" in Spanish.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Aqui... Next one?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Next one, please.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28HE WHISPERS
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Are they the first lines of poems translated into Spanish?
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- How about first lines of national anthems?- No, I'm not keen.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Wait a minute. Aqui...
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Can we have another one, please?
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- Another one.- Five seconds. - Another one, please.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- It's the first... - No, I'm afraid you're out of time.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Possible bonus for you, Antiquarians.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58They're Beatles titles in Spanish.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02They are the titles of Beatles songs in Spanish.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06"Here, There and Everywhere", "When I Have 64 Years".
0:06:06 > 0:06:08What's next? "All You Need Is Love."
0:06:08 > 0:06:13- "Hello, Goodbye".- "Hello, Goodbye". Beatles song titles in Spanish.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Well spotted, Antiquarians. Your reward is another question.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- The Horned Viper, please. - Horned Viper.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24It's the music question. What is the connection between these pieces?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26The first one coming in...now.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29RAPID ORCHESTRAL FLOURISH
0:06:31 > 0:06:33THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:06:36 > 0:06:38SIMON HUMS
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- It sounds like...- Next!
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- Is it Flight Of The Bumblebee? - SASSY 60s-STYLE TRUMPET
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Spanish Flea?- Is it?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Next.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52# I feel it when you're with me
0:06:52 > 0:06:56# It happens when you kiss me That rare and gentle feeling... #
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- 10 seconds.- Next! RAPID ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENT
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- That's the Flight of the Bumblebee. - Shall we say insects?- Yes.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Insects.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08It is. You did hear Flight of the Bumblebee.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12The first one sounded a bit like it. It's Vaughan Williams The Wasps.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Similar principle. Music that sounds like the insect.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Spanish Flea and Love Is Like A Butterfly.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Insects is the connection. Well done.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Back to you now, Listeners.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Water, please.- Water. It's about time you got some points.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- I hope it happens here.- So do we.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31First clue coming up now.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Angina treatment. Is it a spray? A GTN spray.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38It is.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Next one, please.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- It's a spray -- Whoa! Wait a minute!
0:07:44 > 0:07:48It's some sort of solvent that they use for treating angina.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- They use nitro-glycerine, don't they? - Something like that.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- Next one?- Get another one. - Next one, please.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Try nitro-glycerine?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- I don't think so.- 10 seconds. - Last one, please.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Ah, I know what they are! - BELL
0:08:07 > 0:08:11They're the original uses for drugs.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14That is what they are. The original uses for street drugs.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Angina treatment. Do you know what that is?
0:08:17 > 0:08:22- GHB?- It's poppers. - Amyl nitrite, yes.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Graffiti remover is GBL.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Cattle worming treatment - BZP. I've never heard of that. You would think with my habit...!
0:08:30 > 0:08:33And ketamine is the horse tranquiliser.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Misused social drugs, that's their proper use.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38You're off the blocks. Well done.
0:08:38 > 0:08:44Back to the Antiquarians for the final question. Lion. These are picture clues.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47The first one coming up now.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49That is an eclipse maybe?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52It looks like a conjunction of some kind.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Next?
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- That's a Siamese.- No.- A hairless. - Yes, it's a hairless cat.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05- It could be an Egyptian cat, actually.- OK. Next.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- That's some kind of sarcophagus. - Egypt?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12It's not an Egyptian tomb. It's a Christian church.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Any particular...? Next.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- 10 seconds.- Gypsy... - That's a caravan.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Is it to do with... - Fortune telling.- Fortune telling.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- Fortune telling.- Oh, yes?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29What do you think the third clue is?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Someone who got it wrong.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34That would be a loose connection!
0:09:34 > 0:09:38It's not fortune telling. Possible bonus for the Listeners.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43Inventions. Cat's eyes mainly.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Cat's eyes connects with the others how?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I've just realised it might be Turkey.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52The Turkish bath... And the cat's a Turkish Van, I think.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Fascinating. So wrong.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I'll tell you what the cat is. The cat is a Sphynx.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Not spelt like the normal Sphinx.
0:10:01 > 0:10:07It is spelt S-P-H-Y-N-X. That's a clue.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11These are all things which can be spelt with no vowels, only a "Y".
0:10:11 > 0:10:15You're looking at a Syzygy, a Sphynx, a Crypt
0:10:15 > 0:10:20and a Gypsy, G-Y-P-S-Y, no vowels there, just "Y"s.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25So we're up to the end of Round One. The Listeners have got one point,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28but the Antiquarians are ahead with five.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Round Two is about sequences. You must work out the connections
0:10:34 > 0:10:38but tell me not what they are, but what the fourth in the sequence would be.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Listeners, you'll be kicking it off again.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45- Two Reeds, please.- OK. What is the fourth in this sequence?
0:10:45 > 0:10:49The first coming up...now.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Two feet?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59THEY MUMBLE
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Next one, please.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Is it two fluid ounces?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- No, no, no.- One half is a pint...
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Two pints is one quarter. Two quarters is one gallon.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Yes.- Get the next one.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Next one, please.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- 3P?- 10 seconds.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Three pounds, three pints...
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- Three seconds.- No.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- No.- Another bonus chance for you, Antiquarians.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34We think it might be 2T = 1S.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37You are right about that. Why is that?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39It's 2 farthings = 1 ha'penny,
0:11:39 > 0:11:412 ha'pennies = 1 penny,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- 3 pence = 1...- Thruppence. - That's the word.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48And 2 thruppence = 1 sixpence.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51You are absolutely right. Predecimal coinage was the link.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56That's what it was. 2T = 1S. The right answer for the bonus.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- Your turn to pick a question. - We will have the Eye of Horus.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03The Eye of Horus. What's fourth in this sequence?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Time starts now.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Ophiuchus is the extra zodiacal sign.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- It's the 13th sign.- OK. Next.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Sagittarius. That's 12th. So the 11th is Scorpio.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- And before Scorpio, it's Libra?- Leo.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24- No, Leo's August. - Er, Leo, Virgo, Libra, yes.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- Shall we go for Libra?- Yes. - BELL
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Libra?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I'm afraid that's not the answer I'm looking for.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I'm going to show the third to the Listeners.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37See if you can tell me what's fourth for a possible bonus.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39It's Aquarius, isn't it?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- Are they fire signs or animals signs?- No, no.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- This isn't a coffee morning. Do you have an answer?- Aquarius.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Aquarius is the right answer. Can you explain why?
0:12:49 > 0:12:54They're the constellations that the Zodiac signs are based on.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59It's constellations on the ecliptic in the order in which the sun moves through them.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Next, after Capricornus, would be Aquarius.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04You got the bonus point. Well done.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- You may pick your own question. - Twisted Flax, please.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Twisted Flax. First in a sequence coming up.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13What's fourth? Time starts now.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Randall Davidson? Randall Davidson?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Next one, please.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Nobody. Diaries?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Sorry?- Diary of a Nobody.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27No, it's a connection.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30The One something or whatever?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Next one, please.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Oh, Archbishop of Canterbury.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39It would be, erm... Cosmo Lang was...
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- Is it Coggan?- Donald Coggan?
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- What's before him?- 10 seconds. - Fisher.- Geoffrey Fisher.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Geoffrey Fisher.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Geoffrey Fisher is the right answer. Why is that?
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Holders of the Archbishop of Canterbury post.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58I heard you muttering that and that's not why.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Why would there be a Nobody?
0:14:00 > 0:14:05- I assumed there was nobody at... Oh, at the coronations!- That's right.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Specifically, who put the crown on the monarch's head.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Nobody crowned Edward VIII because he abdicated.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Would've been Cosmo Lang. He crowned George VI.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17And the most recent, Geoffrey Fisher, crowned Elizabeth II.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Well done there. Back to the Antiquarians.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26- Lion.- Lion. First in a sequence coming up. You'll see images here.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28The first one's coming up now.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- Do you know where that is? - It looks like Indonesia.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- What are the red lines?- Next.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- That's Russia.- That's the union.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Next.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- Indonesia. - That's the rest of Indonesia.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49HE MUMBLES
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- They're not moving or something? - What would the sequence be?
0:14:53 > 0:14:58- Is that pre or post Soviet Russia? - Science?- That's gone there, there.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Er... What else would it be?
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- That's gone back to them, as well. - BELL
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Er, a red squiggly bit round the green bit in the middle
0:15:09 > 0:15:11of the first and third pictures.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14DEBBIE LAUGHS
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Is that a way of saying you don't know?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20It's... Possibly, yes.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Is there any particular thing you would expect to see
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- represented in the fourth picture? - No!- I thought not.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30- Possible bonus for you, Listeners. - Andy.- India.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32An outline of a map of India.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35It isn't. Why do you think it would be?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- Increasing population.- Ah. No.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42What it is, is increasing coastlines.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45You're looking at the Philippines, Russia, Indonesia,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48but the one with the longest coastline would be Canada.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Canada would be the fourth answer.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54No points there. Listeners, please pick a question.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59- Horned Viper, please. - All right. First in the sequence. What's fourth?
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Here's the first one.
0:16:00 > 0:16:027 is Wipeout...
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Surfing terms?- Why 7?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Move on.- Next one, please.
0:16:11 > 0:16:148 is Puppetry.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Puppetry has got eight letters.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- Wipeout has got seven letters.- Yes!
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- I don't think it'll be that easy. - Nor do I.- Next one, please.
0:16:23 > 0:16:259 is Etiquette.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28There's still nine letters in "etiquette".
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- 10 seconds.- Think of a 10-letter word?- A 10-letter word?
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Accordion.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36This is the semi-final. Five seconds.
0:16:36 > 0:16:3910 = Embroidery.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- That's not the answer.- No. - I'm going to the Antiquarians for a possible bonus.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50We're pretty sure it's "10 =" and maybe a word with 10 letters in,
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- but other than that, we don't know. - That answer is even less impressive.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57At least they came up with a 10-letter word.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Now, you see, it would be a 10-letter word,
0:16:59 > 0:17:03but that's why I hinted to you "this is the semi-final".
0:17:03 > 0:17:07There's another thing that these words have in common.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11They can all be typed using only the top row on a typewriter.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Of course. 10 would be Typewriter. - What I wanted to know
0:17:14 > 0:17:17was a 10-letter word using those keys.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22Typewriter, for example. There are others, but more specific than you gave me.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25You didn't give me a word at all, which is shocking!
0:17:25 > 0:17:30Nevertheless, I'll forgive you long enough to give you the last question, which is water.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35First clue coming up. What's fourth in the sequence? Here's the first.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36ALL: Thomas Keller.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40He wrote, erm, Hannibal Lector, didn't he?
0:17:40 > 0:17:44No, that's Thomas somebody else. Next.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Chefs. Particular restaurants? A hotel maybe?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Er... He was at Claridges, wasn't he?
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Next.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Alain Ducasse. Is he a chef, as well?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Isn't he a writer on food?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- What food in particular? - Is it columnists?- French...
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- Would they be looking for somebody like Nigel Slater?- 10 seconds.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I've no idea. BELL
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Nigel Slater.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Nigel Slater would be so happy to hear you say that.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15It absolutely is not him.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Possible bonus for you, Listeners.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- Raymond Blanc.- Not him, either, but it's a better guess.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Why would you think that? - Michelin stars.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28It is the order of the chefs with the most Michelin stars,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30but the top one would be Joel Robuchon.
0:18:30 > 0:18:36They can only get three stars per restaurant, but with a number of restaurants, they can have more.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Nigel Slater, tragically, so far, has none.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41The one with the most is Joel Robuchon.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44You guessed better, but still no bonus.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46At the end of Round Two,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48the Listeners are up to four points,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50but the Antiquarians are ahead with six.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Time for the Connecting Walls,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57very hard semi-final Connecting Walls.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02If you want to have a go, it goes live at the same time online now.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Meanwhile, Antiquarians, it's your turn to go first.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Please choose Lion or Water.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13- Water, please. OK. - You have got two-and-a-half minutes to solve the Water Wall
0:19:13 > 0:19:17starting...now.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Starbuck's a character in Battlestar Galactica.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Beaker's in The Muppets. Long John Silver's in Treasure island.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Popeye Doyle... - ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Flask, Chalice and Kylix are drinking cups.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Mazer maybe?- Maybe Beaker.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Queequeg is in...
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Try it with Beaker. - ..Moby-Dick, isn't it?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- BUZZER - Er, no.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Ahab and Queequeg are Moby-Dick. Er, Ishmael.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46BUZZER
0:19:46 > 0:19:52Ahab, Queequeg, Ishmael and Mazer or maybe Starbucks?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56That maybe... Or Popeye Doyle maybe?
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- Have a think about any other connections. - That could be a red herring.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06- Kylix...- Long John Silver, Treasure Island. Is it pirates?
0:20:06 > 0:20:11- Yes.- What's Cold finger? Is that a...?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- I don't know.- I don't know.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Those are water.. BUZZER
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Starbuck isn't the coffee shop. It doesn't have an "S".
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Ahab, Queequeg, Ishmael and...
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Flask?- There you go.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29- Go back to the... - OK, Chalice, Kylix, Beaker and Mazer?
0:20:29 > 0:20:35- BOTH: We tried that.- Try Quaich. I don't know what that is.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- OK, good.- Right.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Burette and Condenser are used in chemistry, as is a Beaker.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- And probably a Cold finger. - What, just to stir?!
0:20:43 > 0:20:46We're left with Long John Silver... BUZZER
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Wimpy. - ..Wimpy, Popeye Doyle and Starbuck.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- They're not types of shops? - One minute left.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Are they characters...
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- Wimpy is also a restaurant, but a character. Starbuck...- Is Starbucks.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Popeye's... ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Are they restaurant chains that are also cartoon characters?
0:21:03 > 0:21:08- Have they got restaurant chains named after them?- They could do. - Try that to complete the group.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12You've solved the wall. Very well done.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Four points. Let's try and get some points for the connections.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Ishmael, Flask, Ahab, Queequeg.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- I think they're all characters in Moby-Dick.- They are.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26You struggled with Flask. He's the third mate. Slightly more obscure character.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Mazer, Chalice, Quaich and Kylix.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- Liquid containers? - Kylix is a Greek drinking cup.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37- Drinking vessels. - They're drinking vessels. Exactly.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Cold finger, Beaker, Burette, Condenser.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44They're all used in chemistry? Chemical equipment in labs?
0:21:44 > 0:21:49I'll take it. Glassware in labs. That's the horror, that it's in the same group as drinking vessels.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Laboratory equipment.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55And Starbuck, Popeye Doyle, Wimpy, Long John Silver.
0:21:55 > 0:22:01We think chains, maybe restaurant chains, cafe chains are named after them.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05That's exactly it. Characters who lent their name to fast-food chains.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08The trick is that Starbuck is also in Moby-Dick.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11The Starbucks chain named after him.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Popeye Doyle, not the cartoon character, it's a character from The French Connection.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Very tough wall, but you got all four points,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22four for the connections and the bonus two points.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24That is a maximum of ten.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Time to bring back the Listeners to see what they can do.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Different wall, of course. 16 new clues, same basic principle.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Listeners, you have got two-and-a- half minutes to solve the Lion Wall.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Your clues are coming up now.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45- Right, Gallowgate - - Brummie, Shed, Rufus and Gordius...
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- Crossword settings. - They certainly are.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- We've got -- Harold Harefoot. - Wait a minute. Hold on.
0:22:51 > 0:22:57- Gallowgate is in Newcastle. - Is it the nickname of a king?- Yes.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02Bolingbroke, Lackland, Beauclerc and Harefoot.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Nicknames of kings.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Right, OK. So Holte End is at Aston Villa.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- People from places... - Loiners are from Leeds.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16- Moonrakers are from Swindon. - That'll do.- They're ends in football grounds.- That's correct.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- Wow! No time wasted. Marvellous. - Phew!- You must have a train to catch.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Very well done. You get four points for the groups that you found.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Let's see if you can get the connection points. Gordius, Brummie, Shed, Rufus.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- We know this.- They are Guardian crossword compilers.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35I thought you might get that one! Do you ever do that crossword?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Jane's husband is a setter.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39But he's not up on there.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45Wow! That's fascinating. I want to gossip about that, but we're making a TV show.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48They are Guardian crossword compilers.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Your husband could've been a red herring.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Next group. Harefoot, Beauclerc, Lackland and Bolingbroke?
0:23:54 > 0:23:59- They're...- Nicknames. - Nicknames associated with kings.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02You've got Harold Harefoot. Was it Henry Bolingbroke?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Richard Beauclerc and John Lackland?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- I don't think John was Lackland. - John was Lackland.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Nicknames for English kings. It's Henry Beauclerc.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13King Henry I. Well done.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Next group. Moonraker, Scouser, Loiner, Mackem.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Nicknames for people from different parts of the country.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Do you know what the name is for something like that?
0:24:24 > 0:24:28- A something-onym. - Well, yes, you're getting there.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33It's a demonym. For someone from a particular place. Do you know which places those are?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Moonrakers are from Wiltshire. - Swindon.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Scousers are from The Pool.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Loiners are from Leeds.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Mackems are Sunderland, not Newcastle.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45That is absolutely correct. Well done.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49And the last one. Copland, Gallowgate, Holte End, The Shelf.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- They're ends of football grounds. - Stands at football grounds.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56- Stands.- They're stands. Do you want to tell me which ones?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Holte End is Hillsborough.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- Holte End is Villa Park. - No! Holte End is Villa Park.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Gallowgate is Newcastle.- Newcastle.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06The Shelf... Was that QPR?
0:25:06 > 0:25:10I'm supposed to support QPR, although I haven't seen a match for 400 years.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- Loftus Road.- And Copland -
0:25:12 > 0:25:17- No, The Shelf is at White Hart Lane. - Is it?- Once QPR's bitter rivals.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Those were the glory days. And?
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- Copland, I don't know. - Ibrox. Glasgow Rangers.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Stands at football stadia. You found all four groups.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30You got all four connections. That is the maximum of ten points.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Let's see what that does to the overall scores.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36The Listeners have got 14 points,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39but the Antiquarians are ahead with 16.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42That means it is very close.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47A place in the final will be decided by Missing Vowels.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52You know how this works now. I want the names, phrases and sayings, even though the vowels are missing.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Fingers on buzzers. The first category are all:
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- Antiquarians?- Don Pascale.- Correct.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Listeners?- Pelleas Et Melisande. - Correct.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Too long. This is Les Troyens. Next clue.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- Listeners.- Lakme.- Correct.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Next category:
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- Listeners.- Your Country Needs You. - Correct.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- Listeners. - Careless Talk Costs Lives.- Correct.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- Listeners. - Is Your Journey Really Necessary?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- Antiquarians.- Dig For Victory? - Correct.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Next category:
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- Listeners.- Fanny Price. - From Mansfield Park. Correct.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- Listeners.- Lorelei.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12That is not the right answer. You lose a point. Possible bonus?
0:27:12 > 0:27:13- No.- Too long.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17You missed the extra "L". Lorelei Lee, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Next clue.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24A more obscure one.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29Antoinette Cosway from the Wide Sargasso Sea. Next clue.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Antiquarians.- Eliza Doolittle.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33From Pygmalion. Correct. Next category:
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- Listeners.- Hertz Unit Of Frequency.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- That is not the right answer. - END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:27:46 > 0:27:50There is no bonus chance. That is the end of the quiz.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Oh, Listeners, if that "D" had been a "T"...
0:27:53 > 0:27:56But no. It's "Hertz and Frequency".
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Wrong by one consonant.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01That means that at the end of this semi-final,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03the Listeners have got 18 points,
0:28:03 > 0:28:07but the Antiquarians win it with 19.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Well done, Antiquarians. You're through to the final.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16Listeners, brilliant, a very close match. It could easily have been either of you.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Very sorry to see you go. But you will be back for the third-place playoffs,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23which many say is the most important we've got!
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Please join me next time for another round of the quiz
0:28:26 > 0:28:30that's more confusing than the route to the studio from the bar.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34I swear, they keep adding corners! Good night.
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