0:00:21 > 0:00:25Hello and welcome to Only Connect, the Grand Final of Series Eight.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28For the quizzing community, this is the FA Cup,
0:00:28 > 0:00:32but the players don't drive Bentleys and can tie their own shoelaces.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35I'm confident we're about to witness a masterclass in lateral thinking.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Remember, at stake is the title of Only Connect Champions,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41a prize more sought after than the Holy Grail,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45with the cash value of a late Status Quo album on cassette.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48In the final tonight, we have...
0:00:48 > 0:00:50On my right, Tim Spain,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53a failed blacksmith who's been on top of a volcano
0:00:53 > 0:00:58and inside a glacier, and once met Jon Culshaw while comet spotting.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Matt Rowbotham,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01a tax lawyer who enjoys
0:01:01 > 0:01:03snow-sculpting, pumpkin carving
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and singing Meat Loaf on the karaoke.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07And their captain, Peter Steggle,
0:01:07 > 0:01:11a professional speech writer who loves holidaying in unusual
0:01:11 > 0:01:15buildings and rocking out to the music of the Indigo Girls.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18United by a fondness for flour, they are the Bakers.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20So, Peter, you're in the final. How does it feel?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22We're as surprised as you are, Victoria.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24But it's been a lovely ride so far,
0:01:24 > 0:01:25and we'll try and finish it off
0:01:25 > 0:01:27in appropriate style.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29I'm never surprised by anything, and I've seen the questions.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Let's meet your opponents.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34On my left, Hywel Carver,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36a keen knitter who's learning Swahili
0:01:36 > 0:01:39and was a member of an assassins' guild,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41together with his fellow assassin
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Michael Wallace,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45a statistician with a passion for puzzles who's the civil partner
0:01:45 > 0:01:48of their captain, Jamie Karran,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50a hospital doctor, who celebrated his union with Michael
0:01:50 > 0:01:52in the Morrisons supermarket cafe.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54United by
0:01:54 > 0:01:55a craving for Kerplunk,
0:01:55 > 0:01:56they are the Board Gamers.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58So, Jamie, you've got a team
0:01:58 > 0:02:00of amateur assassins.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02How will you celebrate if you win? Another trip to Morrisons?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Well, actually, I'm supposed to be doing a hospital,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08very late, night shift, sometime after this,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11so I think I'll get a little bit drunk afterwards
0:02:11 > 0:02:13in the great medical tradition
0:02:13 > 0:02:14and then maybe tomorrow morning we
0:02:14 > 0:02:16can go into Morrisons all together.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18I always start drinking on the morning of a final of a quiz,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21so watch out for the questions going a bit weird.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Right, let's press on with Round One.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26What's the connection between four apparently random clues?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28And this being the final, they're going to be very random.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Bakers, you won the toss so you'll be going first.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- Please choose your Egyptian hieroglyph.- Water, please.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38OK, Water will be the first question of the final.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40What's the connection between these? Here's the first.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46THEY CONFER
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Next, please.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52THEY CONFER
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- They sound like crosswords. - Yes, they do. Yeah.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Posh convict. So prison. So jail.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Um...
0:03:01 > 0:03:04No, we're going to have to... Next, please.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- Are they all the same word? - They must be cryptic clues...
0:03:08 > 0:03:10All clues for the same word?
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Victoria...
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Victoria. Oh, yeah.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19BELL
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- Victoria.- Yes?
0:03:22 > 0:03:23They are all crossword clues,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25and the answer is Victoria.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26You didn't need to see
0:03:26 > 0:03:27the last great one.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29"Presenter of OC trivia,
0:03:29 > 0:03:30"confusingly!"
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Crossword clues, and the answer is Victoria. Talk us through them.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Are you good at crosswords?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Er, I love crosswords, so I'm ashamed that I didn't get that one sooner.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Um, it's the second one,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43"Posh convict, or Ian, confined" is an in-clue,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47so you read from the V in "convict" and it just spells out Victoria.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50"Plum sponge" is where you have two words that mean the same thing,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53"Victoria plum", "Victoria sponge."
0:03:53 > 0:03:55And the first one, I...
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- Winner is "victor," presumably.- Oh, victor!
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- And then IA the other way round.- Yep.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01That's it. Ex-royal, meaning
0:04:01 > 0:04:02the whole thing, Victoria.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Winner, victor.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Getting A1 turned round, 1A.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08And the last one, "confusingly" suggesting an anagram,
0:04:08 > 0:04:09and that would be of "OC trivia".
0:04:09 > 0:04:11What a brilliant question
0:04:11 > 0:04:12I think that is, and not just cos
0:04:12 > 0:04:14the answer's Victoria. I like it,
0:04:14 > 0:04:15four crossword clues.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Very well got. After three clues,
0:04:17 > 0:04:18two points. Back to the Board Gamers
0:04:18 > 0:04:20to choose a question.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Er, we'll keep taking the Lion,
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- I think.- OK, you love the Lion.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26It's got music for you this time, it's the music question.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29What do these pieces have in common? Here's the first.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33# It flooded the crimson twilight
0:04:33 > 0:04:38# Like the close of an angel's psalm... #
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Next.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41# These words are my own... #
0:04:41 > 0:04:45That's, erm, Natasha Bedingfield, These Words.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46# ..From my heart flown
0:04:46 > 0:04:49# I love you, I love you I love you, I love you... #
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Next.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- # And you can tell everybody... # That's Elton John.- Your Song.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57# This is your song... # JAMIE: This is Your Song?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01# ..It may be quite simple but
0:05:01 > 0:05:02# Now that it's done... #
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Next.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06# I write the songs that make the whole world sing... #
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Three seconds.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10BELL
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Erm, so they're all songs that describe the fact that they
0:05:15 > 0:05:18are a song, so, Your Song,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20then Natasha Bedingfield, These Words.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I don't know the other two.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23That's absolutely right,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25they're all songs about songwriting.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27I Write The Songs, Barry Manilow,
0:05:27 > 0:05:28and Arthur Sullivan's
0:05:28 > 0:05:29The Lost Chord.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Songs about songs, very well done.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Back to you, Bakers, to pick a question.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Twisted Flax, please.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Happy in the knowledge it won't be the music question.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Everyone's least favourite.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41What's the connection between these clues? Here's the first.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48THEY CONFER
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Yeah. Next, please.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I don't know if she discovered radium.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Did she name it?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05THEY CONFER
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Next, please.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Next, please.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Three seconds.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23BELL
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Titles of books and their authors.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Not the titles of books and their authors.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Board Gamers, you've got the chance of a bonus point.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34We think it might all be people who were killed by these things.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Oh, brilliant.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38How would Sir Walter Scott have been killed by chivalry?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42We think he did something very brave which got him killed, somehow.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Marie Curie invented... Well, discovered radium,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47which killed her. Carl Sagan was killed.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Life, which kills everyone!
0:06:48 > 0:06:52And Harry Houdini tried to conjure...
0:06:52 > 0:06:54He tried the trick with the water.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Didn't he kill himself? Or did that kill him? Or am I...
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Was he in a box full of water and then he was like, "Oh, no!"?
0:06:59 > 0:07:00It's really not it.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04The thing is, chivalry doesn't really mean bravery, does it?
0:07:04 > 0:07:08It might be he stepped back to let someone go through a door first,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10and then the door swung back, whammed him in the face
0:07:10 > 0:07:12and he immediately died.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Sir Walter Scott was certainly not killed by chivalry.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19No, these are authors of articles in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22These people all wrote on those subjects. No points there then.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Board Gamers, you have the chance to choose a question
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- The Eye of Horus, please. - The Eye of Horus.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30What do these clues have in common? Here's the first.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35THEY CONFER
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Next.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Next.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Next.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Three seconds.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10BELL
0:08:10 > 0:08:13They are the meanings of elements,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15names of elements.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It's another absolutely inspired guess,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20but they're not the meanings of elements' names.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Bakers, you have the chance of a bonus now.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24They are number one on scales.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26That's exactly what they are,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28they rate one on scientific indexes.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Or indices.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Do you know what the scientific indexes are?- Um, the first one
0:08:33 > 0:08:35is someone or other's sting pain scale.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Very good. Schmidt his name was, Schmidt sting pain index.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I'm not sure about the second.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42The third one is the Beaufort scale, I believe.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45It is the Beaufort wind scale, that's right.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47And the last one is Mohs scale of hardness.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Right. Do you know what the second one is, Doctor?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Yes, it's the Bristol stool chart.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53It's the Bristol stool chart.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Let's move quickly on to the next question.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Bakers, that'll be for you. Which would you like?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Two Reeds, please.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02What's the connection between these picture clues? Here's the first.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07THEY CONFER
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Next, please.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Next, please.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Next, please.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Three seconds.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43BELL
0:09:43 > 0:09:46They're all named after Dutch things.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Wow! They are not all named after Dutch things.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Board Gamers, your chance for a bonus.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Scott Joplin pieces.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57They are Scott Joplin rags. Weeping Willow,
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Maple Leaf, Wall Street,
0:09:58 > 0:10:00and what's the last picture?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Oh, The Entertainer.- Yes.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06It's Laurence Olivier in the 1960 film The Entertainer.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08And there is one remaining question, it's the Horned Viper,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11what do these clues have in common? Here's the first.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15THEY CONFER
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Next.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40BELL
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Are they all unwinnable games?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Very well done, coming in after two clues,
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I'll give you three points, they are unwinnable positions
0:10:47 > 0:10:49or unwinnable games.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52There are all four clues. What can you tell me about them?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55The Kobayashi Maru is the unwinnable scenario
0:10:55 > 0:10:57which everyone always wins
0:10:57 > 0:10:58to show how good they are in Star Trek.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Pac-Man level #256 is the kill screen
0:11:02 > 0:11:04where it is half of normal Pac-Man level
0:11:04 > 0:11:06and half of just hashes and symbols,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08but you can actually play it and win,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11at which point the game resets to the first level again.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14If you've memorised the layout and you know the behaviour of the ghosts,
0:11:14 > 0:11:16because they all behave in very specific ways.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Wow, fantastic. the first one
0:11:17 > 0:11:20was just something proved impossible with a crowd effort in 1994,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23a Windows thing. What about the second clue?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25From the movie WarGames,
0:11:25 > 0:11:26the WOPR is the computer
0:11:26 > 0:11:30which simulates global thermonuclear war,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33and that guys who plays Simba in the Lion King is like,
0:11:33 > 0:11:34I can't remember...
0:11:34 > 0:11:37But the only winning move is not to play - that's the point.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40As we can say about Only Connect. The only way to win is not to play,
0:11:40 > 0:11:41it's the computer in WarGames.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Excellent, everyone's doing very well here.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46The Bakers, at the end of round one,
0:11:46 > 0:11:47have got three points.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49The Board Gamers have five.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53On to Round Two, sequences,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56what is the fourth in a very difficult sequence?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Bakers, you'll be going first.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59What would you like?
0:11:59 > 0:12:00Eye of Horus, please.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03OK, you may see a maximum of three clues before telling me the answer.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Here is the first in a sequence.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09THEY CONFER
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Next, please.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Next, please.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Three seconds.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45BELL
0:12:46 > 0:12:48A camel.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50And why would that be?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Attempts to get through portals of different kinds.- I see.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Not the answer, I'm afraid.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57So, Board Gamers, can you get
0:12:57 > 0:12:59through the portal to bonus city?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Not wearing any clothes.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04What? Not wearing any clothes?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Croesus was a famously rich dude
0:13:06 > 0:13:09so presumably he wore lots of clothes to show he was very rich.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Benjamin Franklin dressed as a lady, I guess. He wrote as a lady.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14Lazarus at the rich man's gate,
0:13:14 > 0:13:18he was poor and that's why he died.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21So poor people don't wear many clothes.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23The last one is not wearing any clothes
0:13:23 > 0:13:25- because that's what happens if... - Oh, I see.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27It's sort of ingenious
0:13:27 > 0:13:28but I can't make it fit.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30No, it is about Croesus
0:13:30 > 0:13:31being a rich man.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Lazarus, of course,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34the beggar at the gate.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Benjamin Franklin had an alter ego -
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Poor Richard,
0:13:37 > 0:13:38he wrote Poor Richard's Almanac.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Rich man, poor man, beggar man,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43needed to hear "a thief".
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Like Raffles. Someone like that.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Board Gamers, your question.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- Lion, of course.- Lion, of course.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51What is the fourth in this sequence? Here is the first.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56THEY CONFER
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Next.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Is that the most obvious answer?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Because the last one is always the most obvious answer in the sequence.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14It's got to be 12.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Shall we chill for bit?- No.- OK.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Are you sure about 12? OK.- Do it.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21BELL
0:14:21 > 0:14:26Oh, it's 12. We're on 12 seconds and that's also the answer.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27We are on 12 seconds
0:14:27 > 0:14:28and that is also the answer.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Very well done.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Each is a derivative
0:14:33 > 0:14:35of the previous term.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36I won't explain that
0:14:36 > 0:14:38because I don't understand it
0:14:38 > 0:14:40and you at home either do understand
0:14:40 > 0:14:42and don't need it explained,
0:14:42 > 0:14:43or don't understand it and are
0:14:43 > 0:14:45quite happy and want to move on.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46So, Bakers,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48your turn to choose a question.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- Water, please.- Water.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52What is the fourth in this sequence? Here is the first.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57THEY CONFER
0:15:11 > 0:15:13BELL
0:15:13 > 0:15:15USA and Canada.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Wow, coming in after one clue,
0:15:17 > 0:15:18I'm going to give you five points.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21The answer is USA and Canada.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Why? Talk us through those clues.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25They are the longest land borders
0:15:25 > 0:15:27in the world from fourth to first.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29That's absolutely what they are.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Very brave buzzing, you're rewarded with points.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Back to the Board Gamers.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Which hieroglyph would you like?
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Horned Viper.- What is the fourth in this sequence? Here's the first.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44THEY CONFER
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Next.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Next.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18- BELL - Three seconds.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20One conqueror.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22I: Conqueror.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24The answer is I: Conqueror.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25There was a William VI,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27the Sailor King.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28They are nicknames
0:16:28 > 0:16:30for successive Kings William.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32VI, III, II. And William I
0:16:32 > 0:16:34was known as the Conqueror. Very well done.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Bakers, one final choice,
0:16:36 > 0:16:37this round.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Two Reeds, please.- OK. These are going to be picture clues.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43What would you expect to see in the fourth picture? Here is the first.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48THEY CONFER
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Next, please.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Next, please.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Three seconds.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23BELL
0:17:23 > 0:17:25A large hole.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- And why would that be? - To represent pit.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Not the answer, I'm afraid.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Board Gamers,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34your chance for a bonus point.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39- A fanny pack or bum bag.- No,
0:17:39 > 0:17:40that's not it either.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42If I tell you that the first picture
0:17:42 > 0:17:43represents a gale,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45so it goes gale, peel, king,
0:17:45 > 0:17:46and the answer is
0:17:46 > 0:17:48something representing Purdey,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50do you know yet?
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Honestly, none of you has seen The Avengers?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56They are Steed's partners,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Cathy Gale, Emma Peel,
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Tara King and Purdey,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02wonderful Joanna Lumley with her Purdey haircut.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04One question remains,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06it's the Twisted Flax that's been left till last.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Board Gamers, it's for you.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10What is the fourth in this sequence? Here is the first.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15THEY CONFER
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Next.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Next.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Three seconds.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50BELL
0:18:50 > 0:18:54So, something that describes a bed tipping up
0:18:54 > 0:18:56or getting someone out of bed.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59We are thinking of Wallace and Gromit, basically.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Not the answer, that is not
0:19:01 > 0:19:02the sequence. Bakers?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Cut the grapefruit.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06The answer is cut the grapefruit.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Indeed, cut and squeeze
0:19:07 > 0:19:08the grapefruit. Why is that?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11It's the Morecambe and Wise breakfast sketch.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13It is, where Morecambe and Wise
0:19:13 > 0:19:14make breakfast to the tune of
0:19:14 > 0:19:16The Stripper, and what they do after
0:19:16 > 0:19:17breaking and whisking the eggs
0:19:17 > 0:19:20is chopping and squeezing the grapefruit. Very well done.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22So quite a high-scoring final.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23At the end of Round Two
0:19:23 > 0:19:25the Bakers have got 9 points,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28the Board Gamers have 10.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33It's time for our last Connecting Walls of the series,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36the first one's going to be thrown at you, Board Gamers.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37You usually you choose the Lion.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Yep, go for the Lion one final time.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41You're going to go for Lion.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44You've got 2½ minutes to solve it, starting now.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- Three-pointer is a type of throw in basketball.- Hail Mary
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- and a three-pointer.- Those are both throws.- A six.- And a lob.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- Oh, what? OK. - That's got "angel" at the start.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- Angelus.- Tintern Abbey?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- That is an abbey. - Glastonbury has an abbey.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Battle Abbey probably, because Battle is a place.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Keep going.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- Angelus.- It's all right. You press.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Melrose Place, is that Neighbours, I think?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- Yes.- Is it?- We don't... Are we choosing Garryowen?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- We're doing fine.- Good call.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Um, Patron is...? - What does resquiescat mean?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Requiescat in pace is "rest in peace".
0:20:19 > 0:20:21RIP. But it could be
0:20:21 > 0:20:24the first words of...acronyms.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Sweetheart could be SWALK for...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28No, that's "sealed with a loving kiss".
0:20:28 > 0:20:30But I still like the first letters' acronyms.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Are you saying that's RIP?- Yes, that's the first letter of RIP.- OK.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Angelus might be the first letter of...
0:20:35 > 0:20:37That's got a "rose" at the end.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- Yes.- TRON is a movie in Patron.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- TRON is very good movie. - Gary, that's two names.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44- That's true.- That's a good point.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Mel and Rose is two names.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Pat and Ron.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Den and Mark.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Den and Mark.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Oh, OK. It's three lives.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53So Sweetheart... Abbeys.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55We've got abbeys in here somewhere.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56We think Battle, Glastonbury,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- Angelus.- What about Tintern?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Tintern is deffo an abbey. It's in Wales.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Sweetheart.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Collect is part of a church service, as is grace.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Could resquiescat be part of a...
0:21:06 > 0:21:10- The Angelus is definitely part of a church.- Sweetheart Abbey?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Let's try this one, cos if... We've got them.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14You've solved the Wall!
0:21:14 > 0:21:16- Have you ever solved the Wall before?- No.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19That's amazing! Your best Wall result ever at the final.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Mind you, do you know any of the connections?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Let's go through them:
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Three-pointer, Six, Hail Mary, Lob.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27These are terms...
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- I'm not letting you explain the sport questions.- What?!
0:21:30 > 0:21:33These are terms from various sports,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35so a three-pointer is sort of
0:21:35 > 0:21:37the maximum point you can get in a...
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Well, not necessarily.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Six in cricket is hitting it straight out of the stadium
0:21:40 > 0:21:43and a Hail Mary pass in American football...
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Is one you don't expect to complete but goes very well.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- A lob is a tennis-y thing. - Yes, going over someone.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50They have something more in common that I need to hear.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Are they the longest in that sport?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Would that make sense?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57They are high trajectory throws and kicks.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00They're all about kicking or throwing the ball as far as you can.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Shall we all move on to the next group?- Let's.- Yeah.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Denmark, Patron, Melrose, Garryowen.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Is it two names put together, so Den and Mark.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10I think it should be Par and Tron,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12because of the movie TRON.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13But it's not, it's Pat and Ron.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15It's Mel and Rose, it's Garry and Owen.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18That's it, names squidged together.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21The next one. Collect, Angelus, Grace, Requiescat.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24We think these are parts of a church service.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Commonly known as?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- The Mass?- Prayers, they're prayers. That's right.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Prayers count as parts of a church service, so that's right.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32And the next one. Sweetheart,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Tintern, Battle,
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Glastonbury.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Three of these are abbeys, so we're also hoping Sweetheart is an abbey.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Sweetheart is an abbey in Scotland, just south of Dumfries.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43They are all abbeys.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45So, in an amazing turnaround,
0:22:45 > 0:22:46given your previous games,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49you get four points for finding the groups,
0:22:49 > 0:22:50four points for the connections,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53those elusive two points for getting it all right.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55A maximum of 10, very well done.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Could not be happier.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Time to bring back the Bakers
0:22:57 > 0:22:59to see what they can do with the Connecting Wall.
0:22:59 > 0:23:0116 new clues similarly jumbled up
0:23:01 > 0:23:04that need sorting back into neat piles of four.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07You will have the Water wall, Bakers, because Lion's been taken.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10You have two and a half minutes to solve it,
0:23:10 > 0:23:11starting now.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17THEY CONFER
0:23:24 > 0:23:27These are zones from the Crystal Maze.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Three lives now, remember.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Armistice Day is the 11th of the 11th.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Are there things that can have E or AE,
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- like Medieval, Eon, Demon, and Encyclopedia.- I like that.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51And none of the others can.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Nigel Tufnel, Neil Armstrong,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Armistice Day, Cricket team.
0:23:57 > 0:24:0111th hour, 11th day, 11 members,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Nigel Tufnel has had something to do with 11.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Supernatural creatures,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08zones in the marvellous Crystal Maze,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10they should bring it back.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- Extra possible As, and 11.- Yep.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Let's see if that is right.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Look at that, you've solved the Wall.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- Have you ever solved the Wall before?- We have not.- All right.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Let's see if you can get all the connections, there's four points
0:24:23 > 0:24:26for the groups you've found, the extras will come if you tell me
0:24:26 > 0:24:30what connects Incubus, Bogey, Kelpie, Imp.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32They're all supernatural creatures.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35They are. There's something else I'm going to want to hear.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- Demonic, they're sort of evil.- Evil.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Evil creatures, evil imaginary creatures - I hope imaginary.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Next group - Ocean, Aztec,
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Industrial, Futuristic.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49These are the zones from my second favourite TV quiz show,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- The Crystal Maze.- You're a fan of The Crystal Maze?- Of course.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55They are absolutely zones in The Crystal maze.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58And the next group - Neil Armstrong,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Armistice Day, Nigel Tufnell, Cricket team.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- 11.- 11 is the link. What can you tell me about the clues?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Neil Armstrong was the commander on Apollo 11.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Armistice Day was the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11A cricket team has 11 members.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13and Nigel Tufnell has something to do with 11.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- Do you know who Nigel Tufnell is? - Not off the top of my head.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20He's in Spinal Tap, This Is Spinal Tap.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21The volume goes up to 11!
0:25:21 > 0:25:25He turns his amplifier up to 11.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27And the last group. Eon, Demon,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Encyclopedia, Medieval.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31These can be spelled with an extra A
0:25:31 > 0:25:33that isn't shown in those spellings
0:25:33 > 0:25:37and, usually, before one of the Es.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41That's right, they can be spelled with the AE ligature,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and we've removed the As in this case. So what do you know?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46You get four points for finding the groups,
0:25:46 > 0:25:50you get four points for the connections, you get two bonus points for getting it all right,
0:25:50 > 0:25:51it's a maximum of 10.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Have we made the Walls too easy for the final?
0:25:53 > 0:25:57You've picked a very good time to get 10 points, well done.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Let's have a look at the scores going into the final round.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02The Bakers have 19 points
0:26:02 > 0:26:04and the Board Gamers have 20.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08So this hotly contested final
0:26:08 > 0:26:11is going to be decided by Missing Vowel.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13If you think that means the Walls were too easy,
0:26:13 > 0:26:15why not go to our website, where you can write your own,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18and indeed play some. We'll see who's so clever!
0:26:18 > 0:26:23But, teams, who are going to be the Only Connect champions this series?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26We're about to find out. Fingers on buzzers.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30I can tell you the first group are all British Isles.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33- BELL - Gamers?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- Alderney.- Correct.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- BELL - Bakers.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Gig.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42I'm afraid that's not it, Board Gamers?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Eigg?- It is Eigg. Next clue.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- Bakers.- South Uist.- Correct.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- BELL - Gamers?- Isle of Wight.- Correct.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Next category, X-rated parodies of famous films.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09You're clearly not familiar with American Booty.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Next clue.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- BELL - Gamers?
0:27:14 > 0:27:15- Pulp Friction.- That's it.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21- BELL - Gamers?- Flesh Gordon.- Indeed.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- BELL - Bakers?- Shaving Ryan's Privates.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26I think we should move on to the next category.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31It's UK postcode district and equivalent American state.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- BELL - Gamers?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- Derby and Delaware.- Correct.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40- BELL - Gamers?
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- St Albans and Alabama.- Correct.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- BELL - Bakers?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Paisley and Pennsylvania.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Yes.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- BELL - Gamers?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- Lancaster and Louisiana.- Correct.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Well, well, it's the end of the quiz
0:28:04 > 0:28:06and the end of the series.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07And I can tell you
0:28:07 > 0:28:10that after a brilliant run of quizzing,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13finishing second with 21 points,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15it's the Bakers.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19But with 28 points, our winners and new Only Connect champions,
0:28:19 > 0:28:20are the Board Gamers.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Very well done, excellent stuff. I'm delighted for you, Gamers.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28This magnificent trophy is yours to take away.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30So we have our winners, it's the end of the series -
0:28:30 > 0:28:32what a special occasion.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34I'm off to drink champagne into the small hours -
0:28:34 > 0:28:36just cos it's a special occasion
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I don't see why I should change my routine.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39Goodbye.