0:00:21 > 0:00:24Hello, and welcome to one of my favourite stages of Only Connect,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26the third-place play-offs.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31This is the last shot at glory for the best two teams that didn't make the final.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32So, the stakes are high.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Well, it's not like their homes are at risk if they do badly
0:00:36 > 0:00:38but their quizzing reputation could be,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40and given the current state of the economy,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44that's probably worth more. I am delighted to welcome back
0:00:44 > 0:00:47our valiant former semi-finalists.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50On my right, Andrew Lyman, a shift manager at a chemical plant
0:00:50 > 0:00:53who enjoys playing bridge and scrabble online.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Jane Teather, a Middlesex cricket supporter
0:00:56 > 0:01:00and natural sciences graduate who now works as an information design consultant.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02And their captain, Dave Tilley,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06a blogging enthusiast with a love of Puccini and the Pet Shop Boys.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08They're all committed crossword solvers,
0:01:08 > 0:01:12committed particularly to the Listener crossword, hence they are the Listeners.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Dave, you missed out on a seat in the final for the Antiquarians
0:01:15 > 0:01:19but third place is up for grabs tonight. Which has been your favourite game so far?
0:01:19 > 0:01:24Despite losing the last one because of the wall
0:01:24 > 0:01:27where we got four Guardian crossword compilers,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31though unfortunately Jane's husband has been in a deep sulk ever since
0:01:31 > 0:01:32because he wasn't one of them!
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Well, perhaps you'll have a new favourite game after tonight.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37You will be facing, on my left...
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Colin Whorlow, a maths graduate who enjoys bungee jumping
0:01:41 > 0:01:42and foreign travel.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Nick Atty, a science-fiction fan with a PhD in genetics
0:01:46 > 0:01:48and a passion for country walking.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50And their captain, James Hastie, a civil servant
0:01:50 > 0:01:55who enjoys dancing the foxtrot and has an interest in astronomy.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57They are the Trade Unionists.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01You met the Analysts in your semi-final, were they your toughest opponents?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04They were very, very good winners in that round
0:02:04 > 0:02:08but in the quarter-finals, we were mortally afraid
0:02:08 > 0:02:13because the lady on their team was lightning-fast on the missing vowels.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I wonder what you think of meeting the Listeners,
0:02:16 > 0:02:21fans of the Listener crossword. Am I right in thinking you have set the Listener crossword?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24That's right, I'm a Listener setter myself.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29- Are your opponents correct in rating that the best available crossword? - No question whatsoever.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Ask for his autograph and see if he writes it in a cryptic way -
0:02:32 > 0:02:34not his name, just hints at his name.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- Get an anagram from him!- (5,6).
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Let's get on with the quiz. Round One, shall we start there?
0:02:40 > 0:02:41I simply want to know
0:02:41 > 0:02:44the connection between four apparently random clues.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Unionists, you won the toss but you're sending the Listeners in first.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Listeners, please choose a question.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Good old Twisted Flax.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54The good old Twisted Flax.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55BELL RINGS
0:02:55 > 0:02:59The music question. You'll be hearing the clues, first one now...
0:03:01 > 0:03:06# Oh, Lord, where did the feeling go... #
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Big Country.- Yep.- What's it called? - I can't think.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Next one, please.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16# Come on, silver lady, take my word
0:03:16 > 0:03:21# I won't run out on you again, believe me... #
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- One more?- Yes.- Next, please.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26# Cos I love you... #
0:03:26 > 0:03:30BOTH: Nights In White Satin. DAVE AND JANE: Wedding anniversaries!
0:03:30 > 0:03:35- Satin, silver...- Go on then.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- Wedding anniversaries.- I'm afraid that's not the connection.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I'm going to play a little blast
0:03:41 > 0:03:42of the last clue.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44# I'm a real wild one
0:03:44 > 0:03:46# And I like a wild fun
0:03:46 > 0:03:49# In a world gone crazy Everything seems hazy... #
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- I'm going to go with our... - I think that's enough of that.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56This is my favourite music question ever, what great pieces.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Do you know the connection? - Yes, we think we do.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02The artists all have styles of music in their title.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05I don't have the first one. The second one...
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- David Soul.- ..was David Soul.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12The third one was Moody Blues, Nights In White Satin. And the fourth one?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15The fourth one was Iggy Pop and the first one was Big Country.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19They are artists who have styles of music in their names,
0:04:19 > 0:04:20their second names.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Very well done for the bonus point.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24You may now choose your own question.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Water, please.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27All right.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Here's your first clue...now.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Next, please.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:04:38 > 0:04:41OK... Next, please.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45- It sank.- It sank.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:04:47 > 0:04:52All invented or done in Belfast...
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Next, please.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Eddystone Lighthouse.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59That was destroyed...
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Ten seconds.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I can't imagine why blood transfusion would be destroyed!
0:05:04 > 0:05:06No, I can't get it.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Three seconds.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Total stab in the dark. These are all things that were built
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- or processes that were invented in Belfast.- They were not
0:05:16 > 0:05:19all invented and built in Belfast.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20A bonus chance for you, Listeners.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I don't know.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Er...
0:05:24 > 0:05:26White stars!
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Why?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Er...
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- Titanic was...- Titanic was a White Star Line...
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Er...
0:05:34 > 0:05:36And it ends there!
0:05:36 > 0:05:41This is a brilliant, if gruesome, connection.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43They all killed someone responsible
0:05:43 > 0:05:45for their creation.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Alexander Bogdanov, a researcher involved in blood transfusions,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51died after having a blood transfusion.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55William Bullock, inventor of the web rotary printing press,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58died of gangrene after he got caught in the machinery.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00The designer of the Titanic went down with it.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Henry Winstanley stayed overnight in his Eddystone Lighthouse
0:06:04 > 0:06:07the night of a terrible storm.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Their creators died as a result of creating them.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Listeners, please choose a hieroglyph.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Two Reeds, please.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17OK. These are going to be picture clues, here's the first one.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Who do you think it might be?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Next one, please.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34That's Obama's dog, what's Obama's dog called?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36What's the first picture?
0:06:36 > 0:06:37SHE WHISPERS
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Next one, please.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Jellyfish. Jellyfish, or do you think it's man-of-war...
0:06:45 > 0:06:47What's the first picture...
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Ten seconds.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49- Shall we go for it?- Yes.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Last one, please.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- He's from Portugal. - Three seconds.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Portugal, or Portuguese. Man-of-war, Portuguese footballer.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Portuguese is the connection.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Portuguese man-of-war, Obama's dog - never mind its name,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09its genre is a Portuguese Water Dog.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11And that first picture, do you know who that is?
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets From The Portuguese.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17She wrote Sonnets From The Portuguese
0:07:17 > 0:07:19for her husband, Robert Browning,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22because he nicknamed her "My Little Portuguese".
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Portuguese is the connection, well done.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Unionists, your turn to choose.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Horned Viper, please.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Here is your first clue now.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It's a straight line if you're talking about as the crow flies...
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Next, please.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40OK, I'm getting nothing.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Next, please.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46- Silver River...- Are these books by somebody I've never heard of?
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- Bird's Path means nothing... - Next, please.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Road to Santiago.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57So these are films starring...
0:07:57 > 0:08:00THEY ALL MURMUR
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Ten seconds.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Do they translate... Argent...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Three seconds.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Translated from Spanish...
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- Mmm-mm?- They all mean something in English
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- if you translate them into Spanish. - Er...
0:08:15 > 0:08:19They all mean something in English if you translate them into Spanish?!
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Like you get "argento" or something.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24I'm not claiming to be totally on top of this question!
0:08:24 > 0:08:28No. If you had claimed that, I'd have had to reject the claim!
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Nice try, but no. Listeners? - I'll let Andrew explain.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Er, they're all English translations
0:08:34 > 0:08:37of the names of South American capital cities.
0:08:37 > 0:08:43Ooh, wow, they're not, but... You're thinking Argentina - Silver River?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Ish, that sort of, that sort of thing.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- No, not really!- No...
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I liked how confident you sounded! You nearly tricked me
0:08:50 > 0:08:53into giving you the point. I can't, because it's not correct.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57They are alternative names for the Milky Way.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00That last one, according to medieval legend, if you followed
0:09:00 > 0:09:03the Milky Way, it would lead you to the tomb of St James,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06in Santiago. That's why it's the Road to Santiago.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Bird's Path, Straw Road, Silver River - just nicknames.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- Listeners, it is your turn. - The Eye Of Horus, please.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15All right. The Eye Of Horus, here's your first clue.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24THEY CONFER IN WHISPERS
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Next one, please.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Hecatomb was the answer in a crossword recently.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- Next one?- Yes.- Next one, please.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Phew! That's a big number!
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Next one, please.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- It started with 100.- Three seconds.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Andrew.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58They all have a connection through 100.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00The Senate has 100 members,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03the mythological creature, Argus,
0:10:03 > 0:10:04had 100 eyes.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Ten, and all that,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09is one followed by 100 zeros.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12And...that's about it.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15That's absolutely enough. Well done.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16They all do have a connection with 100.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19The third one, ten duotrigintillion,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22yes, a "googol" would be another word, one with 100 zeros.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23A hecatomb, grimly,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26is the ritual slaughter of 100 cattle...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28if, for example, I'm coming for dinner.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32All have a connection with 100. Very well done.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Back to the Trade Unionists.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Only one remaining question - Lion, and the first clue is coming up now.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Next, please.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47That's the one that passed through a civet before you eat it.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Are they all passed through animals before you eat it...
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- I can imagine...- Do you want to guess? Up to you, captain.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57- I would guess.- Let's take one more. One more, please.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00That didn't help but I still think it's a go-for-it.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I think that's less likely.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05All right, we'll take one point. Next, please.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Saffron...
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- They're all expensive, aren't they? - They're expensive things.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13THEY CONFER
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Five seconds.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20They are the most expensive forms of their various types.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22That's absolutely right.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24They're the most expensive of those foodstuffs.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Yubari melons, first of the harvest, can go for up to £19,000!
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Melons from Japan. Kopi Luwak coffee, what can you tell me?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Is that that coffee that is passed through the digestive tract
0:11:36 > 0:11:37of a civet before it's used?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39That's right, delicious! Civet coffee.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Wagyu beef, that's Kobe beef, that's the beef
0:11:42 > 0:11:45where the cattle have drunk beer and been massaged.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48And saffron, how do they make it?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- From crocus stamens. - From crocus stamens.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54They need thousands of them to make saffron, so it's expensive.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Most expensive foodstuffs of their type, well done.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00That means, at the end of Round One,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02the Trade Unionists have got two points.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05The Listeners also have two points.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Onto Round Two, the Sequences round. This time,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13the clues go up to only three because my question is, what is the fourth clue?
0:12:13 > 0:12:17The teams must work out the connection and the sequence in order to tell me that.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Listeners, you're first again, please choose a question.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22The Horned Viper, please.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Right, you're about to see the first in a sequence, what is fourth?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Time starts now.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32THEY CONFER
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Next one, please.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Are we going in the wrong direction?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- Capitals...- Melbourne's not the capital.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Could it be something to do with South America?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Is it Sydney, not Melbourne?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52I can't remember, shall we try again?
0:12:52 > 0:12:56What's the one, don't they play in Darwin?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- Darwin...- Ten seconds. - Next one, please.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06- I reckon it's going to be...Rio or Buenos Aires.- Three seconds.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Go on, then.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Buenos Aires.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10I'm afraid not.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14So there's a possible bonus for the Trade Unionists.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Palmerston.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18That's not the right answer but you're a lot closer!
0:13:18 > 0:13:21They are prime ministers who were in power
0:13:21 > 0:13:23at the time of a monarch's accession.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28- Oh!- Wellington was prime minister for the accession of William IV,
0:13:28 > 0:13:32then Queen Victoria then Edward VII, then Asquith was the right answer
0:13:32 > 0:13:35because he was the prime minister for the accession of George V.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Still, good stab. Your turn now
0:13:37 > 0:13:38to pick a question.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Twisted Flax, please.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41All right. These are going to be pictures.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44What would you expect to see in the fourth picture?
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Here's the first.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49OK, so it could be something to do with...
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Next, please!
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- Three fingers...- Something like touch the screen or something.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Crouch, push... Next, please.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07- That's pause...- Oh, Crouch, touch, pause, engage!
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Yep!
0:14:09 > 0:14:14Er, probably a picture with a wedding...sorry, engagement ring
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- for "engage".- There is a picture
0:14:16 > 0:14:18of an engagement ring in that fourth space.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Crouch, touch, pause, engage or engagement -
0:14:21 > 0:14:24stages in a rugby scrum. Well done.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Back to you now, Listeners.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Lion, please.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28All right, first in a sequence coming up.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31What's fourth? The clock starts now.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Next one, please.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Is it Egyptian?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- Don't know. It looks Egyptian, doesn't it?- Egyptian...
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Next one, please.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Osiris.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- Could be Ra.- Or Horus.- Horus.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- Horus. Shall we go for Horus? - Try Horus.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Horus.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05It is our old friend, Horus. But why?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Inspired guess!
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- You've just guessed an Egyptian god, haven't you?- Yes!
0:15:11 > 0:15:14It could have been Ra. No, it's descent.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Shu is the father of Geb, is the father of Osiris,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20is the father of Horus. Descent of Egyptian male gods.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Still, you get the point.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23It's back to you, Trade Unionists.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Two Reeds, please.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28All right, first in a sequence coming up now.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Next, please.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Bell ringing!
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- Right, so what can we... - I don't know.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40We'll get the next one. Next, please.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Major? Do majors...
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I think it could well be Major...
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Plain Bob Major, or just Major?
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Let's try it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53THEY CONFER
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Those are the first bit, these bits come at the end.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00So it's Doubles, Triples, I think it could be Major, yes.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- Major.- Well done, it is Major.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Can you tell me why?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09My learned friend tells me these are the ways
0:16:09 > 0:16:13of ending bell-ringing sequences.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Not of ending the sequences, of ending the descriptions.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19They're something triple, double, or minor.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21That's right, it shows how many bells there are.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25In bell-ringing methods, for example, Grandsire Doubles,
0:16:25 > 0:16:29would mean that pattern on five bells, Minor is six bells,
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Triple is seven bells, Major would be eight bells
0:16:31 > 0:16:33so that's the next in the sequence.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Listeners, your turn. - Eye Of Horus, please.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Eye Of Horus. Horus has been good to you so far.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Here is the first in the sequence.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Next one, please.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Are they getting flatter? Sphere, spheroid...
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- Disc, disc.- Disc....
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Yeah, go on then!
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Disc.- I'm afraid that's not the answer.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04I'm going to show the third in the sequence to the Trade Unionists.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Do you want to have a go at saying what's fourth?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I think it's called the hyperboloid?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13It is not called that.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15The answer is "quadric" and I'll tell you why.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18They're not getting flatter, they're getting less specific.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Each of these is a special case of the next.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24A sphere is a special case of a spheroid,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26a spheroid of an ellipsoid,
0:17:26 > 0:17:31and an ellipsoid is a special case of a quadric, the next one.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Back to you, Trade Unionists. It will be the Water question.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38So the first in the sequence is coming up now.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42"I" in sphinx.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44THEY WHISPER
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Next, please.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50I think that's soup.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52COLIN WHISPERS
0:17:52 > 0:17:54It's a sequence, don't forget.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Is it the only vowel or something?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00OK, so you're looking for a word that...
0:18:00 > 0:18:02with no vowels in at all.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04THEY MURMUR
0:18:04 > 0:18:05Next, please.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Oh, right, so a long...- Five seconds.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- It's a sequence.- Er, strengths!
0:18:18 > 0:18:20We'll go with "strengths".
0:18:20 > 0:18:23That is brilliant.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I didn't think anyone would get this. Well done.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Can you explain why? Don't disappoint me!
0:18:27 > 0:18:33It is vowels...one vowel only, in words of increasing length.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35That's exactly what it is.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Words that contain one vowel only,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40of six letters, seven, eight and nine.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44But it's believed that "strengths" is the only nine-letter word
0:18:44 > 0:18:45with a single vowel in it.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48You did very well to snatch at that with just a few seconds to spare.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Well done, Colin.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53At the end of Round Two, the Listeners have got four points,
0:18:53 > 0:18:56but the Trade Unionists are ahead with eight.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Time for the Connecting Wall.
0:19:00 > 0:19:0416 very difficult clues but four almost invisible groups
0:19:04 > 0:19:07are hidden within them. If you think that's a challenge,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10why not play along online, which you can do at the same time.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Trade Unionists, it is your turn to go first this time.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Please tell me if you would like Lion or Water.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Water, please.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Right, you have got two and a half minutes to solve this wall, starting now.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Right, we've got Scapa Flow and Skye.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Murrayfield is...- And a stadium, as is Millennium.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Eden Park, and...
0:19:35 > 0:19:38So Millennium, Murrayfield, Eden Park
0:19:38 > 0:19:40and...
0:19:41 > 0:19:43OK, Chatham?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I think you've got docklands, haven't you?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50THEY CONFER
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- You've got the Woolwich, Norfolk... - The Border...
0:19:54 > 0:19:55And...
0:19:57 > 0:19:59And...
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Deptford...
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Woolwich, Norfolk...
0:20:08 > 0:20:09I think Skye is.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15OK, you can... I think there's dockyards.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18There's Rosyth and Chatham, and...
0:20:18 > 0:20:21NICK MURMURS
0:20:24 > 0:20:26You've used a minute.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27If we don't get anywhere in a moment...
0:20:27 > 0:20:30We're wasting our time.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Then stop and let me...
0:20:32 > 0:20:33You keep looking whilst I'm doing this.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- I'd like you to try something.- OK.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- Chatham, Rosyth...- Rosyth...
0:20:38 > 0:20:42- Deptford and Scapa Flow.- Deptford. - And possibly Woolwich.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44OK, try...
0:20:44 > 0:20:45OK, try that without Scapa.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49All right, try it without Rosyth.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Try it without Deptford.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Yeah!- You've got a minute left.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03Barrytown Trilogy is the books that Roddy Doyle wrote, of course.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Deptford Trilogy!- Deptford Trilogy, I think there is.- OK.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10- Millennium Trilogy?- That sounds good, Millennium Trilogy, definitely.
0:21:11 > 0:21:18- No, OK.- Try those again with... Let's try... Try Norfolk.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Try them again with Skye.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Or Border, Border sounds good, actually.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- Barrytown, Millennium... - You've got 30 seconds.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Yes!
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Right, so we've got Murrayfield, and Newlands...
0:21:34 > 0:21:37You've solved the wall, very well done. Four points immediately
0:21:37 > 0:21:40and I want to now ask you about the connections.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Rosyth, Scapa Flow, Woolwich, Chatham.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- I think you had this one.- Dockyards.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47They are the sites of British dockyards,
0:21:47 > 0:21:48many of them closed or closing
0:21:48 > 0:21:50but original sites of dockyards.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Barrytown, Millennium, Border, Deptford.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54We think these are trilogies.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57They are literary trilogies. You knew Barrytown, Roddy Doyle.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Millennium Trilogy, that's Stieg Larsson.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- The Border Trilogy, I don't think you knew?- No!
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Cormac McCarthy. All The Pretty Horses, that's one.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09And the Deptford Trilogy, that's Robertson Davies.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12The next group - Murrayfield, Eden Park, Flaminio, Newlands.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14They're sports stadiums?
0:22:15 > 0:22:19We're only one place away from the final, I want an exact answer!
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- Rugby stadiums!- They are national rugby stadiums, or stadia.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25And the last one - Bull, Skye, Norfolk, Cairn.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26These are types of terrier.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29They're simply types of terrier.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31You found the four groups and the four connections,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33that's eight points, plus the bonus two,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35it's a maximum of ten points, well done.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Time to bring back their opponents and give them a new Connecting Wall.
0:22:39 > 0:22:4216 fresh, but equally difficult, clues still must be sorted
0:22:42 > 0:22:44into four groups of four.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Listeners, it is the Lion wall remaining for you.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51You've got two and a half minutes to solve it, starting now.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58Audubon, bird... Oddie and Audubon are bird-watchers.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Bond's a birdwatcher, there's one remaining for birdwatcher.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Let's think.- Get rid of those, I've got another one.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Lack, Effektiv, Malm, and Ivar...
0:23:13 > 0:23:18And Billy...oh, and Pax, they're IKEA brands.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26OK, take a step back.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- Er, let's think.- Watering can, trash can, billy can...
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Yep.- Yes. Jerrycan.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35Yep.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37No... Spray can.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- So Billy is our IKEA brand.- Flor...
0:23:44 > 0:23:51Er, Ivar, Pax... Effektiv, Ivar and Malm are definitely IKEA brands.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52There we go.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54You used one minute.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- We've got Oddie, Bond and Audubon. - Was Lack a bird person?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I don't know, what would the other ones be?
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Vesta, Pax, Flora and Minerva are all Greek gods? Greek goddesses.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Go on.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11You've solved the wall, very well done. Excellent stuff.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Four points. Let's see if you can get the connection, even bonus points for the maximum ten.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Trash, jerry, spray, watering.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- They're all cans.- They're all cans.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Trash can, jerrycan, spray can, watering can. The next group -
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Ivar, Billy, Malm, Effektiv.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Er, things you can buy at IKEA.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33They are products sold at IKEA. You spotted that one quickly!
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Are you keen IKEA shoppers?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- Not me.- My wife is.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39I'm sure our viewers know that other forms
0:24:39 > 0:24:41of flat-pack furniture, rug and vase are available!
0:24:41 > 0:24:45But those are products sold by IKEA. The next group...
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Flora, Pax, Minerva, Vesta.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- Goddesses.- Give me more.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- Er...- They were Greek?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Vesta was the goddess of the hearth...
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Now, as I said to your opponents, we are one away from the final,
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- I want something very precise.- Roman goddesses.- They are Roman goddesses,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05that is correct.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08And finally, Lack, Oddie, Bond, Audubon.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Birdwatchers, twitchers.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Ornithologists is the longer word I was looking for.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Can you talk me through them a bit?
0:25:15 > 0:25:19William Oddie, of Goodies fame and Countrywatch and all the rest of it.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22James Bond is a keen birdwatcher.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26James Bond, who wrote Birds Of The West Indies,
0:25:26 > 0:25:31the spy James Bond was named after him, by Ian Fleming.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34John James Audubon was a bird photographer.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36He catalogued the birds of North America.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39You don't know the first one, David Lack?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- No.- He wrote Darwin's Finches.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45You are right in telling me they're all ornithologists.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47So, at the end of that wall round,
0:25:47 > 0:25:52you got four points for the groups, you told me the connections correctly, so that's eight points.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Two bonus points for getting it all correct, a maximum of ten points.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Let's see how the scores are affected by that.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03The Listeners have got 14 points
0:26:03 > 0:26:05but the Trade Unionists are ahead with 18.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12It will then all be decided by Round Four, the Missing Vowels round.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15We've taken the vowels out of well-known names, phrases or sayings,
0:26:15 > 0:26:19but given how hard the quiz has been so far, don't expect them to be that well-known!
0:26:19 > 0:26:22What are the hidden clues?
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Fingers on buzzers then, teams.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27The first group are...
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Unionists.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33- Broadway.- Correct.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Listeners.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- Rodeo Drive.- Correct.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46This one not so famous.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48It's Peachtree Street. Next clue.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Listeners.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- Sunset Boulevard.- Yes, it is.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Next category...
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- Listeners.- Beekeeper.- Yes, it is.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- Unionists?- Abracadabra.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08As if by magic, you get a point.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Listeners.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Protozoology.- Yes, it is.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Unionists.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- Invisibility.- Indeed so.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Next category, I'm sorry about this, it's movie spoilers.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Unionists.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- Rosebud was his sled.- Yep.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Listeners.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Darth Vader is Luke's father.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Yes, he is.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I'm going to have to give away
0:27:45 > 0:27:46the twist myself,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49from The Crying Game, Dill is a man.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Next clue...
0:27:50 > 0:27:53END-OF-GAME JINGLE
0:27:54 > 0:27:57There won't be a next clue, it's the end of the quiz.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59I must tell you, if you were planning to watch Soylent Green,
0:27:59 > 0:28:03you're going to know that Soylent Green is people.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05I apologise for those spoilers,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09for anyone who was looking forward to surprise cannibalism later, ruined it!
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Looking then at the final scores.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16The Listeners have got a very good 19 points.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18But the winners and official third place
0:28:18 > 0:28:22in this year's Only Connect, with 22 points, is the Trade Unionists.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- Very well done.- Well done, guys.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Well done, Listeners, you're fourth in the series,
0:28:28 > 0:28:32it's not easy to get there on this quiz so excellent, very well done.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34You probably thought that was a difficult quiz.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Well, people thought the Napoleonic Wars were a murderous conflict...
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Join me next time for the final.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45This week, Waterloo. Next week, Passchendaele.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Goodbye.
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