0:00:21 > 0:00:24Hello and welcome to the toughest quiz on TV.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26We have two fresh teams and if they fail to do well,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29I'm sure there'll be much gnashing of teeth
0:00:29 > 0:00:32as they try to eat a sandwich in the Only Connect green room.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35But, no, I'm confident that once again we'll have a dazzling performance
0:00:35 > 0:00:38with contestants so fast, they make other quiz-show punters
0:00:38 > 0:00:41look like tortoises forced to carry a heavy load for a bet.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43I shouldn't say that, it's cruel
0:00:43 > 0:00:46and simply serves to give ITV2 a new idea for a game show.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48What I should say is let's meet the teams.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53So, on my right, Holly Pattenden, a classics graduate
0:00:53 > 0:00:55with an MSc in global politics,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58who sings second soprano in the Bach Choir.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Gareth Price, a magazine editor and history buff,
0:01:01 > 0:01:06who can converse in German, French, Swedish and Polish.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08And their captain Dom Tait, an associate editor
0:01:08 > 0:01:12with a BA in English literature and an MA in international cinema,
0:01:12 > 0:01:16who's a goalie for a seven-a-side football team in North London.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20They're all professional publishers and editors. They are the Scribes.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Dom, you've got a fairly academic heavyweight team.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25How did you decide who'd be captain?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28It wasn't particularly democratic, I have to say.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31But it possibly stems down to the goalkeeper's secret desire
0:01:31 > 0:01:35to play up front once in a while. So here I am.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Do you feel you're the one who has got the most breadth of knowledge for quizzes?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I feel like I'm the one who really likes hitting the buzzer
0:01:42 > 0:01:45and therefore I'm perfectly placed for it right here.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Excellent.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49I hope you'll be hitting the buzzer regularly throughout the evening.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Let's see who you're playing.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55On my left, Antony Edwards, a keen bridge player who plays tuba
0:01:55 > 0:01:57with the York Railway Institute Brass Band
0:01:57 > 0:02:01and has a PhD in mathematics education from Loughborough University.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Neil Zussman, a data analyst with a degree in maths, who can read
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Hebrew and has represented the UK in the World Puzzle Championships.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12And their captain, James Hall, a maths graduate
0:02:12 > 0:02:14with an interest in Renaissance music,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18who can recite the first Harry Potter book in its entirety from memory.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22United by a passion for puzzles, they are the Ciphers.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25That's a useful skill you've got, James, how did you acquire that?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29We had a recording off the radio - it was broadcast -
0:02:29 > 0:02:32and I used to fall asleep listening to it when I was about 12.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35And it stuck with me, unfortunately, or fortunately,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37depending on how you view it.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41I know what you mean. I used to do that with Jennings. That's what I listened to going to sleep.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- "Mr Carter got on the bus." - LAUGHTER
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Do you still read Jennings these days?- I certainly did.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Excellent. Glad to hear it. Let's hope for your sake it comes up.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54But we won't know what will come up unless we play Round One. Teams,
0:02:54 > 0:02:58I simply want to know what is the connection between four apparently random clues.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Ciphers, you won the toss, you'll be going first.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Which Egyptian hieroglyph appeals to you most?
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- What do you think, Neil? - Lion, please.- Lion.- Lion.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10OK. You're going to get picture clues immediately.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13What's the connection between them? Here's the first.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Ballot paper.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20You can spoil them. Next, please.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Check. Checkers.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Could be draughts.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29It could be "check". You put a check mark.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Should we go with...? Next, please.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36That's a fin. A shark's fin.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Um...
0:03:39 > 0:03:41THEY WHISPER
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Ten seconds.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Next, please.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Tie. Not....
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Three seconds.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54BELL
0:03:54 > 0:03:55What do you think? Checks?
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Checks.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58That is not the connection.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01So, Scribes, you have the chance of a bonus.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Are they styles of shirt? Check, fin, X? The famous X-shirt(!)
0:04:05 > 0:04:09You're both very seized by the check.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11How would the others be styles of shirt?
0:04:11 > 0:04:16That's an excellent question. Black and white is a style of shirt!
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Black and white is not a style of shirt!
0:04:18 > 0:04:20That's just a description of the shirt.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22In which case, I give up.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23What if I were to tell you
0:04:23 > 0:04:25that these pictures represent
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Pole, Czech, Finn, Thai.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29They are nationalities.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32It's all about what they sound like -
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Pole, Czech, Finn, Thai.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37No points there. Scribes, it's your turn to pick a question.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- Horned Viper, please.- OK.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42What's the connection between these? Here's the first.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Must be something that happens...
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Next, please.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- It's every ten years, isn't it? Is that correct?- Yeah.- Are you sure?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Driving licence is ten years? - Yeah, it is.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- The Poet Laureate. Has that changed recently?- It's changed.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01It used to be for life, now it's for ten years.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Are you happy for me to buzz? - Go for it.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06BELL
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Are they things that happen every ten years?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11They are things that happen every ten years.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14You didn't even need to see the next clues...
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Very well done.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- Did you fill in the Census?- Yes.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Did you do it honestly?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- As far as I could, yeah.- I didn't.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27I always lie about my age on principle.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I once reported the theft of a mobile phone to the police
0:05:29 > 0:05:31and they ask for your date of birth.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35I was so offended, I took 12 years off. That'll show them, I thought.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36I never got the phone back.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Very well done, coming in after two clues you get three points.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Back to you to choose a hieroglyph.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- Ant?- Water, please.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Water.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48What is this connection? Time starts now.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53THEY WHISPER
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Next, please.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Avian resident of Hundred Acre Wood.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Hundred Acre Wood is Winnie the Pooh.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04THEY WHISPER THROUGHOUT
0:06:04 > 0:06:06It's Wol. It's Wol.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Are they...? Take the name of something and swap it around?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Swap the letter round to get a name?
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Next, please.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Agh.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- 10 seconds. - Is it W-O-L?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- It's definitely Wol, yes. - Just do that.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24OK.
0:06:24 > 0:06:30Um, they're something where the name has come from a more general name.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32So the avian resident of Hundred Acre Wood is Owl and that's Wol.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35The name is an anagram of what it is.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40They are not to do with anagrams, I'm sorry about that.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Scribes, do you want to go for a bonus?
0:06:43 > 0:06:48Yeah, um, they are... The very creatures themselves is their name.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Holly Golightly's flatmate is a cat called Cat.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52The resident of Hundred Acre Wood is Owl.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56The monkey is the knitted sidekick. of Johnny Vegas and it's a monkey.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59And Colombo's basset hound is Dog. Very well done.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02You were close. It was to do with the names.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04These creatures are named after what they are.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09Cat, owl, dog, monkey. Let me ask you this question.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Based purely on your knowledge of children's literature,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15if you could have a fourth member of a quiz team,
0:07:15 > 0:07:17would you choose an owl or a badger?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I'd choose an owl, because
0:07:22 > 0:07:25they're always portrayed as wise and also they probably smell less.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I think you're probably right.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28It's not about the smell,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30because many great quizzers are not fragrant,
0:07:30 > 0:07:31but the owl, I feel,
0:07:31 > 0:07:35is the one who would have the general knowledge.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37The badger, it's more general wisdom, isn't it, advice?
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Although both would be great at Triv, I feel confident.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Bonus to you, Scribes, and a chance to choose your own question.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- Let's go for Eye of Horus, please. - Why not go for that?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50What is the connection here? Time starts now.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55One minute.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59INDISTINCT CHAT The break in between?
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Next, please.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04THEY MUTTER
0:08:04 > 0:08:06You can't have penalty of 10cm.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08It's something... Next, please.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Ah. Yes. Is it the extra amount
0:08:14 > 0:08:16when a man is doing it?
0:08:18 > 0:08:19- I think it is.- Yeah.- Go for it.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21BELL
0:08:21 > 0:08:25We think this is the extra amount of time or distance or weight
0:08:25 > 0:08:27that's put on when a man is doing it,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30as compared to when a woman is doing said Olympic event.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Right. The difference between men's and women's sport.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36You didn't see "Lacrosse: -2 players". Men get fewer players.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Let me ask you this, Holly,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41do you think that's fair that women's sports are easier,
0:08:41 > 0:08:45that they have more players, or less time or less weight?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- Er, yes.- I think so, too.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Some people say it's sexist.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I think in women's sports there should be armchairs provided
0:08:51 > 0:08:54and cups of tea. I think that should happen in all sport.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56It's not a gender issue.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Ciphers, which would you like?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Twisted Flax, please.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02The Twisted Flax.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05What is the connection here? Time starts now.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Um...
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Next, please.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Pretentious pose?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- It's "prose". - Pretentious prose.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Next, please.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Heliotrope. INDISTINCT CHAT
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Kaleidoscope, I think. Light. - Next, please.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Ten seconds.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Stained? They were stained when they did it.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Stained. Stained? Yeah. BELL
0:09:43 > 0:09:45They're all stained?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I'm afraid they are not all stained.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I think you'd have a problem with the second clue to get that.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Scribes, a bonus chance?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55We think it is the colour purple.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59All of those are purple in some sense.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01It is purple. You were thinking of the Iraqi voters' fingers.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03They were stained with purple
0:10:03 > 0:10:04to prevent double voting.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07A heliotrope is a purple flower, pretentious prose,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11described as purple prose, and the curtains in The Raven are purple.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Not quite, I'm afraid. All right, Scribes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16There's one question remaining. The Two Reeds.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- JINGLE - A-ha. You might have been expecting that sound,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22because we haven't had a music question yet. This is it.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25What's the connection? First clue coming in...
0:10:25 > 0:10:26now.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28# I ain't happy... #
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Gorillaz, and it's "Clint Eastwood". Next, please.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33# Once, I had a husband
0:10:33 > 0:10:35# You know the sort of chap
0:10:35 > 0:10:37# I met him at a dance... #
0:10:37 > 0:10:39It could be...
0:10:39 > 0:10:41It's probably going to be animals or actors.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Shall I go to the next one?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Next, please.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46# Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh... #
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Barbra Streisand.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51So it's... Or named after famous people. Yeah.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52BELL
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Named after famous people and if you want more specifics, probably actors.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I'm delighted with the extra specifics. They are songs
0:10:59 > 0:11:02named after actors. What did you hear?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Clint Eastwood, Barbra Streisand.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- The second one was? - I'm not sure.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Have a guess.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13It certainly wasn't Grace Kelly, but maybe that's the fourth to come.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Grace Kelly would have been the fourth one.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Marilyn Monroe was the second, so very well done to you.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24That means at the end of Round One, the Ciphers have yet to score,
0:11:24 > 0:11:26the Scribes have got nine points.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32On to Round Two. I feel confident you're going to catch up, Ciphers.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I want to know what is the fourth in a sequence.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39There are four clues, but you can only see three of them. before giving me an answer.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Which hieroglyph would you like to start with?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Horned Viper, please.- Horned Viper.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46What is the fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51INDISTINCT WHISPERING
0:11:54 > 0:11:55Next, please.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Hallowe'en.
0:11:59 > 0:12:0031st?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03It's going to be All Souls or All Saints. Which is first?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- The last day of September, or something.- No. Next, please.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Yeah. BELL
0:12:11 > 0:12:13All Souls' Day.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Your zero points have curved nicely into a two.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18It is All Souls' Day
0:12:18 > 0:12:21and it's 30th October to 2nd November, going forwards.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Well done. Excellent.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Scribes, your turn.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- Let's go for Twisted Flax, please. - Twisted Flax.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30What's the fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Skiddaw.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It rings a bell.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37But I can't think what... Next, please.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43Are these the highest peaks in the Peak District or
0:12:43 > 0:12:45in, in fact, in England possibly.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- Such a Welsh sounding word.- No. Helvellyn is in the Peak...
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Next, please.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Oh, OK. Ooh, that's annoying.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Is it the UK, then?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- No.- Pike in the word?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00No, that wouldn't be a sequence.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- Ten seconds. - We might have to go for Snowdon.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- I'm not quite sure.- Yeah.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Three seconds.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10BELL
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Snowdon. - I'm afraid that's not the answer.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I can tell from the tone of your voice you didn't think it was.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Ciphers, do you want to go for a bonus?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- Ben Nevis?- That's not it, either.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Ben Nevis and Snowdon are the others
0:13:23 > 0:13:25in the National Three Peaks Challenge.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27What you want is the third,
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Scafell Pike.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32These are the highest mountains in England in ascending order
0:13:32 > 0:13:35and higher than Sca Fell, Scafell Pike.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- To you, Ciphers, to choose a hieroglyph.- Eye of Horus, please.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39The Eye of Horus.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42What is the fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46THEY WHISPER
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Next, please.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- Chess.- White goes first.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Um...- Is it a start of a sequence?
0:13:54 > 0:13:57It's not a sequence, is it? Number of squares on a board?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Er...
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Next, please.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Um, beehive has a queen. Chess has two queens.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Three queens, monarchs of the UK. Something with four queens.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12What's got four queens?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Ten seconds.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Two games of chess.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18BELL
0:14:18 > 0:14:20We want something with four queens,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- so a simultaneous game of chess with two boards.- Goodness me!
0:14:23 > 0:14:26That's very complicated. I'd have said a pack of cards.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28But you're right, something with four queens.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30A beehive has one queen, a game of chess has two queens,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33unless you're playing several on a lot of boards.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Do you often do that?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37You get games where a grandmaster will
0:14:37 > 0:14:39play a whole school at once and have 200 boards,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41he'll walk along and make a move.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44In that case, it's a far simpler idea than a pack of cards(!)
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Monarchs of the UK. Three queens. Why not Elizabeth I?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Why doesn't she count?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50She was not a monarch of the UK.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Yeah, she was monarch of England only.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Because there wasn't a UK.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56It wasn't formed until the reign of Queen Anne.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58So Anne, Victoria and Elizabeth II,
0:14:58 > 0:15:03her Majesty would be. Monarchs of the UK, three queens.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Well done for the points. Scribes, what would you like?
0:15:06 > 0:15:07- Let's try Water, please.- OK.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10What's the fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Treaties. THEY WHISPER
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- The most recent.- Is it?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Let's go for the next one. Next, please.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Is that still correct? I don't think that is a treaty.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26I think it might be.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Er, next, please.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Are you still happy with that?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33These aren't all treaties, maybe.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Going backwards?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Treaty of Reims? Or Rome? - Versailles, or something?- Rome?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39The first European ones.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Are you happier with that, than going forwards?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Yeah, yeah, I am. It's not going forwards.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Yeah.- Five seconds. - BELL
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Rome.- Not the answer.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53It's a bonus chance to you now, Ciphers.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- Erm...- Versailles. - Versailles?
0:15:55 > 0:15:58That's not it, either. Why did you say Rome?
0:15:58 > 0:16:02We were thinking it was treaties but going backwards in time.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Ah.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06They are major EU treaties but they're going forwards in time
0:16:06 > 0:16:10and next after Nice would be Lisbon.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14So close but no treaty. Back to you, Ciphers, to choose a question.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15What will it be?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- Lion, please.- Lion. OK.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20What's the fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24THEY WHISPER
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Next, please.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Characters?
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Are they from...?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I think you're right.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36But what's the sequence?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Spanish?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Next, please.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Oh, it's leaders of the IMF.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47I don't know who the leader of the IMF is.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- Um...- I should.- Ten seconds. - I don't know his name.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54THEY WHISPER
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I think he's French.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- You've got three seconds. - BELL
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Er, Louis Le Bleu!
0:17:03 > 0:17:05SHE LAUGHS
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Funnily enough, that's not the answer(!) Scribes?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- Do you know what it is? - Is it Christine Lagarde?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- It is Christine Lagarde and why is that?- Heads of the IMF.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Yeah. Heads of the IMF.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20We did initially think that Rodrigo Rato was Roland Rat in Spanish!
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- We've since changed our mind.- You are right with what you said first.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26They are managing directors of the International Monetary Fund
0:17:26 > 0:17:29and after the controversial Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Christine Lagarde. Well done for the bonus point.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35And you get a question of your own. It will be the Two Reeds.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36They're picture clues.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39What would you expect to see in the fourth picture? Here's the first.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Indira Gandhi. - That's Indira Gandhi, is it?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Next, please.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- Golda Meir.- Golda Meir.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Is this...? It could end in Thatcher.
0:17:52 > 0:17:58Sort of leaders of... female leaders of countries in order
0:17:58 > 0:18:01of the next one. I'd better go for the next one. Next, please.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Is that Bandaranaike? No.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Who is that?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- OK.- Ten seconds.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I should probably go for Thatcher,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16based on her being an extremely famous female.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Three seconds.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19BELL
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Margaret Thatcher?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Margaret Thatcher is the answer. Tell me your thinking.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27It wasn't particularly good thinking, in all honesty.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30We recognised a variety of female leaders of countries
0:18:30 > 0:18:33and we were wondering about a particular order,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35but we hadn't worked out the order. Indira Gandhi is first,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38then Golda Meir. We're not sure who that is.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Ellen Johnson Surlief? Um...
0:18:40 > 0:18:43No, the third is Elisabeth Domitien of Central African Republic.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46They are female prime ministers in chronological order
0:18:46 > 0:18:50going forwards and I think you mentioned
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Bandaranaike about that third picture.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55The first female prime minister of Ceylon,
0:18:55 > 0:18:56these are second to fifth forwards,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00but you get the points for saying Margaret Thatcher. Well done.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03The scores at the end of Round Two.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07The Ciphers up to four points but the Scribes are ahead with 12.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Time now for the joys of the Connecting Wall
0:19:11 > 0:19:14and if the programme just isn't interesting enough for you,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17why don't you watch something else?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Or play along at the same time as the teams on our website.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22That'll make it much more exciting.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Scribes, your turn to go first and you have the choice, Lion or Water?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- Lion, please.- OK, the Lion Wall.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34You've got two and a half minutes to solve it starting now.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Parts of a pig.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Not that I know the other... - Lights.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Bunk, tripe and nonsense. These all mean the same thing.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48As does cobblers and rot, so maybe leave that for now.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Blank, free.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Free verse, blank verse?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Er, nonsense verse. Narrative verse?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57So that takes one of the nonsenses out,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00so maybe I should go for rot, bunk, tripe, bilge
0:20:00 > 0:20:03and cobblers is the other one in there.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04So...
0:20:04 > 0:20:07if I just try this for a bit.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- So now we've got the bits of the... - I think lights are part of a pig.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Chitterlings, lights, brawn and tripe. Or liver.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Blackpool, Pontypool, Welshpool, Liverpool?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18So we're happy with that.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20These are parts of a pig and those are followed by "pool".
0:20:20 > 0:20:22They are also geographical.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24That was quick! You solved the wall.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Very well done. Four points immediately
0:20:27 > 0:20:29for finding groups. Let's talk about the connections.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Narrative, free, nonsense, blank.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- Types of verse.- Types of verse. That's all it is.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Rot, cobblers, bunk and bilge.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42They're all things that you say when you don't believe someone.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43I suppose so, yes.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46They are synonyms for... I was going to say give me another word.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Nonsense, but it's there.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Nonsense'll do, rubbish, but they're synonyms for each other.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Chitterlings, brawn, tripe, lights.
0:20:55 > 0:21:01- Offal.- Parts of a pig for the explorative eater.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- SHE CHUCKLES - They are offal.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06All my brother's favourite things.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08He'd have them for breakfast every day if he could.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- And the last one Liver, Welsh, Black, Ponty.- Pools.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Followed by "pool" to make a geographical area or town.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17That's exactly what it is.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Four points for the groups found. Four more for the connections.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23A bonus of two for getting them all, that is a maximum ten. Very well done.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Time to bring back the Ciphers, see what they can do with the Connecting Wall.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28They are going to get the Water Wall.
0:21:28 > 0:21:3216 clues still need sorting along the same principles.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Hello, again, Ciphers, Water Wall for you.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38You've got two and a half minutes to solve it, starting now.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- OK, steaks.- Rump steak, chuck steak. - Sirloin steak.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Chop.- Slap steak, perhaps?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Let's try a few.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Thin flank might be a steak.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55I'll keep trying steaks. Look at other things.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Things you can have in the cupboard. broom, skeleton.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Ah, "Skelton", not "skeleton".
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- That's Helen Skelton. - They're British medal winners.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Skelton, Funnell.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- It's not Funnell, is it? - Whitaker.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- Maher.- And...?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I don't know. I'll try some more.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19So Funnell gets narrower.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21There we go, right they must be steaks.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Rump, chuck, sirloin.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Long steak? Or broom? Try a few more.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Thin flank must be a steak,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I think.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I think we've tried some of these already.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34A group of people.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38Drum.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- A clod of earth?- A kick drum.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Slapstick?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44A long shot, a slap shot
0:22:44 > 0:22:45a chop shot.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Think flank. Have you done all the steak ones?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49There are so many.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Yeah, we don't know which.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Convention, broom, chuck, barebones, long.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55You're about halfway through the time.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Barebones argument. Barebones.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Barebones as in one word.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04I don't what that is.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- Chop suey? - A barebones sketch, or something.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Chopsticks.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Drumstick, chopsticks.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Broomstick.- Slapstick.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16OK, so we've only got three left.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20The steaks, potentially, are rump, chuck, sirloin and thin flank.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I've definitely done those.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Have we tried long steak?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- Yeah, we have.- Barebones, convention. - Clod.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28A clod of earth.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Convention? By convention,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34conventional argument, barebones argument.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Yep, types of argument. Long argument.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Clod argument. Rump argument.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40- Rump is part of a...- 30 seconds.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44If we have these four, we've still got some steaks.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Let's try those. No.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- Um.- What about a clod steak?
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- Instead of which one? - Instead of chuck.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52A rump argument?
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Let's try a couple, because we've only got a few seconds left.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58I would go for these three.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Go on.- Ten seconds and you've solved the wall!
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Very well done. That was dramatic.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05Just in the nick of time.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Four points, what about the connections?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Tell me about the blue group?
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Skelton is a Blue Peter presenter I don't know if the other three are?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Yeah, Blue Peter presenters.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20I'm afraid not. They are show jumpers.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, William Whitaker...
0:24:23 > 0:24:26there's a whole Whitaker family show jumping. And William Funnell.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Show jumpers.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Slap, broom, chop, drum.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- Stick.- You follow them by stick.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35And the pink group - rump, convention, barebones, long.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- There are types of argument, aren't they?- Let's go with
0:24:38 > 0:24:43types of argument, or putting information forwards.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46And would a rump argument be what follows
0:24:46 > 0:24:48when a woman asks, "Does my bum look big in this?"
0:24:48 > 0:24:52They're actually not. These are 17th-century parliaments.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Parliaments that came and went in the 17th century.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59The Barebones Parliament and so on.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01And the last one chuck, clod, thin flank, sirloin.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- Cuts of meat.- They are cuts of beef. Clod, a shoulder cut.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09That was the one you struggled with, the more obscure one. But well done.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12That is four points for the groups, two points for the connections,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16giving you a total of six. Let's see how that leaves the scores.
0:25:16 > 0:25:22The Ciphers are up to ten but the Scribes are ahead with 22.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26And if you'd like to play a Connecting Wall,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29you can do so on our website, where you can even write your own.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32We'll play the missing vowels round, you'll be glad to know.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36The first group are all obscure lines from Harry Potter.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Of course they're not! I'm just very impressed with your skills. Go on, James,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42how does it start?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45"Mr and Mrs Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were pleased to say
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- "they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."- Lovely.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- Are you a Harry Potter reader? - No. It's spoiled it for me now!
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- LAUGHTER - OK.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Round Four, the Missing Vowels round. Fingers on buzzers.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00The first group are all bread products.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Scribes.- English muffin.- Correct.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09- Scribes.- Focaccia.- Correct.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- Scribes.- Metzo?- I'm afraid that's not right. You lose a point.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- Ciphers?- Matzo. - It's matzo. Next clue.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Ciphers. Too long I'm afraid. You must lose a point.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- Scribes? - Irish soda bread.- Yes, it is.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Next category...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- Scribes.- Daughter-in-law.- Correct.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38- Ciphers.- Great-grandfather. - I'm afraid that's not it.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- Lose a point. Scribes? - Great-great-grandfather.- Yes it is.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Two "greats" in there. Next clue.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- Ciphers.- First cousin twice removed. - That's it. Next clue.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Scribes.- Half-sister.- Correct.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Next category...
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- Ciphers.- Joe DiMaggio.- Correct.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Scribes.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- Hank Aaron.- Correct.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- Scribes.- Mark McGower.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10That's not it, lose a point.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Ciphers? Too long.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13It's Mark McGwire. Next clue.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- Scribes.- Yogi Berra.- Yes it is.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Next category...
0:27:23 > 0:27:24- Ciphers.- Water Lilies.- Correct.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- Scribes.- Irises.- Correct.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- Scribes.- The Hibiscus Tree.- Correct.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- Ciphers.- Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose.- Correct.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Next category...
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Scribes.- Kingsley Amis.- Correct.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:27:58 > 0:28:00That last clue was Alan Sillitoe,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03who wrote The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner,
0:28:03 > 0:28:08but that is the end of the quiz and after a bit of a nail-biting
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Round Four, the Ciphers up to 13 points, but the winners
0:28:11 > 0:28:14with 31 are the Scribes.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Very well done, you're through to the quarter-finals.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Ciphers, sorry to lose you, you've been a lovely team
0:28:19 > 0:28:21and displayed all sorts of excellent outside skills
0:28:21 > 0:28:23that we always love to see.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25But it's goodbye for now.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30Thank you for watching and we go our separate ways once again.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32But, as in any complicated relationship,
0:28:32 > 0:28:34I'm confident we'll be back together soon enough
0:28:34 > 0:28:36for another half-hour of awkward fun,
0:28:36 > 0:28:38which leaves one side smug and satisfied,
0:28:38 > 0:28:40the other empty and regretful.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44Until that dubious reunion, goodbye.
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