Episode 49 Perfection

Welcome to Perfection.

Behind this screen, the four contestants will be hoping their

knowledge is flawless as one single mistake could give the game away.

This is Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Hello, and welcome to Perfection,

the quiz show where only perfect play is good enough.

Behind me are the contestants, we call them the Usual Suspects.

They are in our isolation room.

In a moment, we will find out which one of them has been

randomly selected to join me here to play Perfection,

they will then face a series of true or false statements,

for example, if I said, "Pantophobia is the fear of everything,"

would you say that is true or false?

Well, if you had said true, I can tell you, you would be right.

Answering true or false might seem easy,

but if the contestant gets a single answer wrong, their opponents,

the Usual Suspects, will be

allowed into the game to capitalise on their mistakes.

So, you know how the game works, let's meet the Usual Suspects.

Hello, I am Allan, I am from Wigan, I'm an HR manager,

and this is my first game.

Hi, my name's Euan, I'm from Oxford, I am a student,

and this is my third game.

Hi, I'm Debs, I live in Dudley, I am a retired teacher

and this is my fourth game.

Hi, I am Adam, I am from Dartford, I'm a student in Sheffield,

this is my fifth game.

Hello to all of you, welcome to Allan as it's your first game,

and good luck to you all as we now find out which

one of you has been randomly picked to play Perfection.

Euan, it is you. Please come and play Perfection.

-Euan, welcome to the game.

-Thank you.

Let's find out about you, a student nurse, it's

bit of a family calling, isn't it?

It is indeed, my mum has just retired,

just over a year ago from the NHS,

and my sister is a mental health nurse, as well.

OK, but the main thing about you is that you love your outdoor

activities.

Yes, I'm outdoorsy, I'm into astronomy, and just getting

out into the middle of nowhere, walking, cycling, whatever, really.

When you say cycling or walking,

most people do a bit of cycling or a bit of walking, your idea of cycling

and walking involves mountains and Land's End to John O'Groats.

Yes, John O'Groats to Land's End via Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike

and Snowdon.

-Flipping heck, that's some going, isn't it?

-Yes.

-Did you have a lie-down after that?

-Yes, I did.

All right, well, Euan, it is now you versus the Usual Suspects.

They were your team-mates, now your enemies,

they must stop you from winning the prize fund because your failure

means the money rolls over to the next game

where one of them could be playing for a bigger total.

Now, every game on Perfection is worth £1,000.

Unfortunately for you, the prize fund was won only in the last game,

so, as a result, it is reset to £1,000.

So, if you got the £1,000, I imagine,

as a student nurse that's got to come in handy?

Yes, I'm hoping to go to Philadelphia as part of my course,

so I'm going for four-and-a-half months,

so it would be a welcome addition to the money pot.

That's interesting, what is it that is in Philadelphia...?

There is an exchange programme from my university,

and I'll be going to the University of Pennsylvania,

in the centre of Philadelphia and working in a hospital

there on a placement, and doing a semester there...

Wow, how exciting is that?!

Good luck, I hope you earn some money.

Here's how the game works. You'll play three rounds, and then a Final.

Every round you achieve Perfection makes the Final easier for you,

however, if your performance is less than perfect,

the Usual Suspects will have the chance to

step in and steal the round from you, making the Final much harder.

More of that later.

Usual Suspects,

we'll switch you off now so you can't see or hear anything.

When you see a silhouette like this you can talk

through your answers without giving away any vital knowledge. OK?

Each round consists of four true or false statements,

you will be answering against the clock,

you only have 45 seconds, once you've given your answer,

-your first answer, they will be locked in, do you understand?

-Yes.

In which case, let's play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Round 1, your 45 seconds start now.

-Absolutely true.

-True.

No, it's right in the centre of Spain,

-absolutely right in the centre.

-So, you are saying...

-True.

-True.

-Sorry, false.

-I have to take your first answer.

-False. Not too sure.

-False.

I'll say false.

False, and with time to spare, you have answered all four statements.

-Plainly, the thing to talk about there is B.

-I'm kicking myself.

I have to take your first answer.

And despite the fact that I knew

it was obvious that you meant false, you actually said true.

-And I'm stuck with it unfortunately.

-Fine, yes.

Dear, oh, dear. Apart from that, how do think that round went?

I'm certain of A, but we will see.

All right, before we reveal how well you have done, it is

time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

Usual Suspects, these are the four statements

and next to them are Euan's answers. Adam, has he achieved Perfection?

I think he hasn't achieved Perfection

because I think Madrid is not on the north coast, I think it is

Barcelona that's on the north coast,

I don't think Madrid's near Barcelona.

OK, Debs, what do you make of those answers?

I think B is wrong, as well, I don't think Madrid is on the north

-coast, I think it's on the east coast.

-Allan?

Yes, that's definitely wrong,

I'm pretty sure that Madrid is in central Spain.

All right, Euan, the moment of truth,

you need to answer all four statements perfectly to win

the round, let's see how many are correct.

Three out of four are correct. Not Perfection.

As a result, your enemies, the Usual Suspects, are in the game.

Can you steal the round? You can see Euan's answers.

You need to change one of them, which one?

-I think it's going to be B.

-Can we please change B from true to false?

You can change B from true to false, leaving A, C and D,

as answered by Euan.

Usual Suspects, let's find out what the correct answers are.

Barack Obama's wife is called Michelle. True or false?

Yes, it's true. Madrid is on the north coast of Spain.

Is that true or false?

That is false. It is bang in the centre of the country,

as you well knew, Euan.

The winner in table tennis is the first to nine points, true or false?

That is false.

It used to be first to 21, but it changed in 2001,

and now it is the first to 11.

Lord Byron died in the Crimean War, is that true or false?

That's false, congratulations, Usual Suspects,

you have achieved Perfection.

Lord Byron died of fever on his way to fight the Turkish army as

part of the Greek army, oddly enough.

Anyway, Euan, they managed to succeed where you failed, you saw

that coming, really, didn't you?

They've stolen the round. Usual Suspects,

you can make Euan's chances of winning

the prize fund much harder in the Final, and here is how.

Euan, this is your Final board appearing. These six blank

spaces need to be filled with subject categories.

Here are your Final round categories appearing,

starting with Ships, running through Vaccines,

onto Royals and The National with many more in-between.

If you'd won that round, you would have the opportunity

of adding two categories of your choice to the board,

but because the Usual Suspects

stole the round from you, they choose

the two categories, hoping to make the Final harder for you to win.

Usual Suspects, which two would you like Euan to play in the Final?

-What do you reckon?

-I'm thinking Flowers, maybe?

-I'm thinking Musicals as well.

-Musicals.

Yes, Flowers or Musicals is what I would go for, yes.

Yes, I am happy with that.

Hi, Nick, could we move across Flowers...

Flowers goes into the Final.

..and Musicals.

And Musicals goes into the Final.

Well done, Usual Suspects, you won the first round,

time to switch you off but we will see you in Round 2.

-And away they go. They can't hear us now, Euan. Flowers?

-Fine.

-OK with that?

-Yes, I'm pretty happy with that.

-Musicals?

I wouldn't have chosen it, but I'm not unhappy with it.

All right then, so let's take a look at the categories on the left there.

Which ones, given the opportunity, would you be choosing first?

I think I would go with Vaccines and Inventions.

And two that you are desperate to avoid?

Mickey Mouse, probably, and The National, I think.

All right, Euan, look, it's only the first round,

you still have two more rounds to find Perfection

and choose your own categories, and to be fair,

you'd have chosen them if you'd been a little bit more careful

when answering, I'm sure it is not a mistake you

will make again, so if you are ready, let's play Round 2.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds start now.

I don't think he did, I think it was less than that,

I will say that's false.

False.

Oh, I'm not too sure. They've got some funny ones on there.

-I will say that's true.

-True.

Oh...erm...I don't...

No, I'll say... No, I don't think it is, I will say that is false.

False. And finally?

-Erm... True.

-True.

And just about in time, you have answered all four statements.

Not so strong, you seemed a bit more hesitant about that one?

Yes, definitely hesitant about pasta, and Fiona Bruce,

she's a newsreader, I don't think you see her rear that much.

-But you've gone for it.

-Yes, I know, I've gone for it. Whatever.

Before we reveal how well you have done, it's time for us

to bring back the Usual Suspects.

Usual Suspects, these were the four statements,

and next to them are Euan's answers. Debs, is this perfection?

I don't think so, the thing is Euan's training to be a nurse,

so you'd think he would know B,

but I'm not sure a blocked nose is an ailment in the game Operation.

Allan, what do you think?

I think the same as Debs, I don't think that is severe

enough for the game Operation, so I think that one's wrong.

Adam, can you pick any holes in those answers?

Yes, I agree with both these guys, I think B could be wrong.

Euan, the moment of truth, you need to have answered all four

statements perfectly to win the round,

let's see how many are correct.

Just two out of four on this occasion.

Certainly not Perfection, you let your enemies,

the Usual Suspects, into the game, can you steal this round?

You can see Euan's answers, you need to change two of them.

I'd change B, yes.

Also, C, I was thinking, C...

C is the one that I would go for, as well, yes. I would agree with that.

Hi, Nick. We'd like to change B from true to false.

And C from false to true.

Leaving A and D as answered by Euan.

Usual Suspects, let's find out what the correct answers are.

Fred Perry won six Wimbledon singles titles, is that true or false?

It is false. He won three.

A blocked nose is an ailment in the game Operation?

Is that true or false? Yes, that is false.

The nose on the patient lights up to indicate a failed operation,

if you remember. A piece of farfalle pasta is shaped like a bow tie.

Is that true or false?

It is true. You know, where this is going, don't you, Usual Suspects?

Fiona Bruce has won the Rear Of The Year Award?

Is that true or false?

It's true! Usual Suspects, congratulations,

you have achieved Perfection.

Well, Euan, the Usual Suspects have succeeded where you failed,

and they have stolen the round again.

Usual Suspects, you now have the opportunity to make Euan's

chances of winning the prize fund of £1,000 that little bit harder.

Let's take a look at the Final board.

The first two subject categories chosen on there by you,

and because you won that round, you get to choose the next two, as well.

What do you reckon?

I think he's an outdoor type of person,

so, I think stuff like Royals he might be a bit slow on...

-Yes, I was looking at PMs and Royals.

-Yes.

-Yes, I wouldn't argue with that.

-No, I would go PMs.

-OK.

-We'd like to move over PMs, please.

-PMs goes across.

And Royals.

And Royals goes into the Final.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you won the second round,

it is time to switch you off, we'll see in Round 3.

So, PMs and Royals?

Yes, I wouldn't have chosen them, but I don't feel too bad about them.

They certainly weren't the ones you wanted to avoid,

so that's the main thing, really, isn't it?

You still have one more round to find Perfection, you're close,

but you need just do that little bit better and maybe get

a couple of categories of your own choice in the Final, yes?

Right, let's play Round 3.

APPLAUSE

Euan, your 45 seconds start now.

-No, that's false.

-False.

-Erm, I think that's false.

-False.

-No, false, I think he was a chess player, wasn't he?

-False.

William the Conqueror, yes, I will say that is true.

True, and with plenty of time to spare, you have answered all

four statements and that sounded like a really strong round.

Yes, I'm a bit unsure about B but Trinity House rings a bell,

I used to live in Greenwich for a bit, and that rings

a bell from that sort of area, so I think it's more naval than anything.

All right then, before we reveal how well you have done,

it is time to bring back those Usual Suspects.

Usual Suspects, these were the four statements

and next to them Euan's answers. Allan, as he achieved Perfection?

I don't think he's achieved Perfection.

I think he's got the first two wrong.

-Debs, what do you think?

-I think he may well have Perfection.

Yes, I'm agreeing with Debs, I think he may have Perfection,

if he doesn't, I think A could be the one that gets him.

OK, the moment of truth, you need to have answered all four

statements perfectly to win the round.

Let's see how many are correct.

Congratulations, Euan, you have achieved Perfection.

Let's look at those statements in a little more detail.

By area, Egypt is the largest country in Africa,

you said that was false, and of course it is...false.

Do you know which one is?

I thought Sudan but now that has been chopped into Sudan and South Sudan...

-Algeria.

-Oh, really?

Trinity House administers the upkeep of churches,

you said that was false. And it is...false.

It looks after the UK's lighthouses.

You said there was a naval connection, didn't you?

So you were right about that.

Anatoly Karpov is a former premier of the USSR,

you said that was false and it is...false.

-He's actually a chess player.

-Yes.

Former world chess champion, but then you knew that, too.

And William I commissioned the Domesday Book,

you said that was true, and it is of course...true.

Well, that is really well played,

and as a result of that perfect performance, Euan,

you have now made winning the prize fund a lot easier,

let's take a look at the Final board,

the first four categories chosen by the Usual Suspects,

but because you won that round, you get to choose the last two,

so which would you like to go into the Final?

I think I'll take Vaccines and Inventions, please.

Vaccines goes across and Inventions goes into the Final.

We now know our six Final categories.

They are Flowers, Musicals, PMs, Royals, Vaccines and Inventions.

It is time to switch off the Usual Suspects, for the last time.

Well, to be fair, I mean, you picked out a couple that you didn't

want, and I mean, that is not a bad board, really, is it?

No, it is a good mixed bag for me, I think.

-You're in with a chance there.

-In with a shot.

Good play, so far.

Good opportunity to win this in the Final,

Euan, for £1,000, it is time to play the Final.

Euan, this is the all-important Final,

if you achieve Perfection, you can leave with a prize of £1,000.

Fail and you leave with nothing, which would be great

news for the Usual Suspects, as one of them could be playing

for £2,000 on the next game, and you don't want that to happen.

Let's play the Final round.

APPLAUSE

Here are your final six categories, now you must answer

all six statements correctly, if you want to win the £1,000.

Think carefully, there is no time limit,

but once you have given an answer, your first answer,

it will be locked in, as you found it earlier in the round.

-OK, are you ready?

-Absolutely.

Please tell me whether you believe this to be true or false.

Flowers.

-I don't know why, but I think that's false.

-False.

Musicals.

I don't know Chess, but I know the song.

I think I will say that is true.

-True.

-Yes.

-PMs.

Lloyd George, now...

-I think that's true, yes.

-True.

Royals.

I know that's the daughter of Sarah Ferguson,

and I can't remember if Prince Andrew was married to her.

It is either Andrew or Edward, but...

I'll say that's true.

True? Vaccines.

No, he didn't. That is false.

Inventions.

I have no idea,

-I'll say that's...true.

-True.

And with that, those answers are locked in.

Remember, if there's a single mistake, you leave with nothing.

Which are you unsure of?

E, I am positive, is false,

but everything else I can't be sure of, so...

All right, let's bring back the Usual Suspects

and see what they have to say.

Usual Suspects, you can see the final six statements,

and Euan's answers.

Your answers are now locked in, you can't change them yourself,

but if you think you've made a mistake, you can

unlock the board with the help of the Usual Suspects.

This will, however, come at a cost.

Usual Suspects, I'm now going to ask you to tell me

how well you think Euan has done,

if you want to help, and if you do, how much it will cost him.

-Euan, who would you like to hear from first?

-Allan, new guy.

I don't think he has achieved Perfection,

but, at this stage, I think I will leave Euan to his own devices.

I'm not certain about a couple of them.

-And you'd quite like the money to roll over?

-If I'm honest, yes.

-I thought that might be the case.

-Fair enough.

-Anyone else?

-Debs.

I can see two that are definitely wrong.

I think I know the answers, but to be honest,

-I'd rather let the money roll over, too.

-Fair enough.

-You never know, though, do you want a word with Adam?

-Yes,

I know what the answer's going to be, mate, go on!

Yes, I am pretty sure that you have at least one wrong,

-but I'm not going to come down. Really sorry, mate.

-Don't worry.

Well, none of the Usual Suspects are prepared to come down and help.

-You're on your own.

-Yes.

-£1,000 at stake. Six answers away.

Let's find out if you have achieved Perfection.

If the statement turns green, it is true.

If it turns red, it is false.

The term "floribunda" can mean a type of rose?

You said this was false, you need this to turn red,

to get off to a good start.

If it turns green, you have fallen at the first hurdle

and the money rolls over for the Usual Suspects.

So, the term "floribunda" can mean a type of rose,

is that true or false?

I'm afraid it's true.

And it means that you have fallen at the first hurdle.

You won't be going home with £1,000, I'm afraid.

Can you still achieve Perfection at home?

Let's look through the statements

and also find out how many you have got right.

I Know Him So Well is from the musical Chess.

Now, you said this was true.

We'd like this to turn green. Is it true or false?

Yeah, it is true. Very good.

David Lloyd George was born in Wales.

You said this was true. Is it true or false?

-Yeah, I'm afraid that's false. He was actually born in Manchester.

-Oh.

Princess Eugenie is Prince Andrew's elder daughter.

Is it true or false?

Yeah, I'm afraid it's actually false.

-She IS his daughter but she's the youngest...

-Beatrice is the older.

..or the younger of the two children.

Alexander Fleming created the rabies vaccine.

Is that true or false?

That's false. You were on home territory there.

-You were fairly confident.

-Yeah.

-Louis Pasteur created the rabies vaccine.

-OK.

And finally, the safety pin was invented by a farmer.

True or false?

It's true!

So very well done. In the end, it was a 50-50 round.

Which isn't bad when you think

four out of six subject categories were chosen by the Usual Suspects.

You got your own categories that you chose correct. So there you go.

Maybe if you hadn't made that mistake at the beginning...

Me and my big mouth! LAUGHTER

You just jumped in a little early.

Usual Suspects, that's good news for you.

The prize fund rolls over to the next game,

where one of you could be playing for a total of £2,000.

APPLAUSE

Nursing is a wonderful profession that you're going into.

Good luck with that. Keep up your outdoor pursuits.

They sound like a great deal of fun.

I won't be joining you on them - it sounds far too active for my liking!

I'm afraid, Euan, you failed to achieve Perfection,

which means you go home with nothing other than our thanks.

-Let's hear it for Euan, everybody.

-APPLAUSE

It's now time to meet the next Usual Suspect

hoping to play Perfection today.

New Usual Suspect, please introduce yourself.

Hi, I'm Kevin. I live in Greenock and I'm a taxi driver.

Welcome, Kev, and best of luck to all of you as we now find out

which one of you has been randomly picked to play Perfection.

Allan, it's you. Please come and play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Allan, welcome to the game. Let's find out more about you.

You ought to be in show business, oughtn't you?

I definitely ought to be in show business. This is just the start.

When did you know that you should be in show business?

It was when I got the wild reactions to my karaoke, you know?

-And you're a bit of a singer?

-Oh, a very good singer, yeah.

What's your best song, then?

My top number, currently, although I do move around a bit,

is Never Forget by Take That.

How does that go? Do you want to give us a burst?

# We've come a long way

# But we're not too sure where we have been. #

-Any more?

-That was a good, actually. Yeah, that is very good!

-I'm going to get murdered for that in my pub.

-Of course you are.

-LAUGHTER

-That's how it goes.

Do you get a good reaction when you sing?

Yeah, yeah. It's, um...

It all depends how much beer I've had that night, you know what I mean?

How much you throw yourself into it?

All right, look, Allan, it's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

You need to throw yourself into this one,

cos they were your team-mates but now they're your enemies.

Here's the good news. Nobody won the last game,

so the prize fund currently stands at £2,000.

APPLAUSE

So what's £2,000 going to go on?

I've got an ambition to go back to Australia.

I've been there once before. I'm a bit of a rugby fan,

so the last time I went there was when England won the World Cup.

-Right.

-If you know anything about rugby,

-the British Lions are there next year, so...

-They are.

-It should be a good side, this side, the Lions.

-Yeah.

-Don't you think?

A very good side. So I'd like to be there to watch that.

Do you have to discuss that with anyone

-before you decide to spend it on that?

-No! No, no.

LAUGHTER

All right, Allan, it's three rounds and a Final to come.

Usual Suspects, we'll switch you off

so you can't see or hear anything.

As soon as Allan makes a mistake, you'll be back in the game.

With them in this condition, you can talk through your answers

without giving away any vital knowledge. Yeah.

-Are you ready?

-Yes, I'm ready.

-Then let's play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Round 1. Your 45 seconds start now.

Er...that's false, because he played somebody else's...

I can't remember her name, but it was somebody else.

-False?

-False.

I haven't got a clue on that one, so I'll say...

-true.

-True.

-I know that one, it's true.

-True. And finally...

-That's false. He was born in Bolivia.

-False.

And with plenty of time to spare,

you've answered all four statements and...

to an outsider, like me, listening in, that sounded very confident.

-ALLAN LAUGHS Yeah!

-A good round?

I'm just having second thoughts about that last one, actually,

-but there you go.

-Well, we'll see, shall we?

Before we reveal how well you've done,

it's time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

Usual Suspects, these are the four statements

and next to them are Allan's answers.

Adam, has he achieved Perfection?

To be honest, I haven't got a clue about any of those questions, so...

he might have Perfection

and he might have them all wrong, so I don't know.

Thank you very much for that insight, Adam(!)

Debs, can you see anything wrong with these answers?

I think that C may be wrong.

It's definitely an opera, but I'm not sure it's by Mozart.

-Kev, what do you think of those answers?

-Hi, Nick.

I'm in Adam's boat here.

I'm not sure of any of them,

but if I thought any of them was wrong, it would be C.

All right. Allan, the moment of truth.

You need to have answered all four statements perfectly

to have won the round. Let's find out how many are correct.

Three out of four is not bad but it's not Perfection.

As you haven't achieved Perfection, you let your enemies,

the Usual Suspects, into the game. Can you steal the round?

You can see Allan's answers. You need to change one of them.

But which one?

What do you reckon?

I've got to say what I said a minute ago,

the only thing I'm reasonably certain about is C.

-I think that's wrong.

-And I thought C.

And I'll go with you guys, so C?

-Yeah, that one.

-Yeah?

OK. We'd like to change C from true to false, please.

C changes from true to false,

leaving A, B and D as answered by Allan.

Usual Suspects, let's find out what the correct answers are.

Tom Selleck played Phoebe's boyfriend in Friends.

Is that true or false?

That is, of course, false. He played Monica's boyfriend.

Classic angels on horseback are oysters in bacon.

Is that true or false?

Yes, that's absolutely true.

Cosi Fan Tutte is an opera by Mozart. True or false?

That's true, I am afraid.

Usual Suspects, you had the chance to steal the round from Allan

but you didn't achieve Perfection.

I wonder whether you can still achieve Perfection at home.

Che Guevara was executed in Bolivia. Is that true or false?

It's true.

It's actually true, yes.

Usual Suspects, had you achieved Perfection,

you would now have the opportunity to make Allan's chances

of winning the prize fund much harder in the Final.

And here's how. Allan, this is your Final board appearing.

These six blank spaces need to be filled with subject categories

and here are your Final Round categories.

Starting with Barbie, onto Athletics,

with many more in-between.

As neither side won the round, the categories due to be chosen

will now be carried over to the next round,

meaning four categories will be on offer.

Usual Suspects, time to switch you off. We'll see you in Round 2.

Away they go.

Allan, with the Usual Suspects gone, looking at that list on the left,

pick me two that you would be desperate to avoid.

Probably The Midlands.

The Midlands.

-And Opera.

-And Opera.

-You'd be all right with Barbie, then, would you?

-I would.

-Cos I think I probably know what the question is.

-OK!

So pick me two that you'll be picking yourself.

The ones I'd pick myself would be...

-Athletics and Roman Empire.

-OK.

Remember, Allan, in order to win the prize fund,

you need to answer all six correctly.

Winning this next round, where there will be four categories on offer,

-could prove crucial. Yes?

-Yeah.

-You ready for the next round?

-I am.

-Then let's play Round 2.

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Your 45 seconds start now.

-I'm going to say true on that. That rings a bell.

-True.

-I've never heard of that, so I'm going to say false.

-False.

-Yeah, I think everybody knows that. That's true.

-True. And finally...

-Yeah, I'll go for true on that.

-True.

So how was that as a round?

Er, again, once you've said the answer, you sort of think again.

Just looking at question B,

I think a behind could have gone behind the ball.

-I guess.

-Interesting. Before we reveal how well you've done,

it's time for us to bring back the Usual Suspects.

So, Usual Suspects, these were the four statements

and next to them are Allan's answers.

Debs, what do you think of those answers?

I think that he may have Perfection.

Kev, do you agree?

To be honest, I'm not 100% sure.

If I was to say one was wrong, I would say A,

but again I'm not 100% sure.

Adam, has he achieved Perfection?

Yeah, I do think he's got Perfection this time.

A mixed bag from the Usual Suspects there.

Let's find out how many are correct.

Just two out of four on this occasion.

Certainly not Perfection and, on a 50-50 game,

that's a pretty average score.

You've let the Usual Suspects in. Can you steal the round?

You can see Allan's answers. You need to change two. Which two?

I'm not 100% certain, but I think A is false.

Well, we know... I think we know C is right.

-C is right.

-Definitely right.

-I don't know nothing about bowls.

-No.

Do you know anything about bowls?

-No.

-No, nothing about bowls.

-I know a fair bit about bowls, but...

-I've never heard of a behind.

-I never have either.

-So that's probably right, isn't it?

-What about D?

-I think D could be false.

-Yeah.

-Shall we go for A and D?

-A and D?

-A and D.

-Yeah, OK, Nick.

-We'll go for A from true to false.

-A changes from true to false.

And D from true to false.

And D from true to false, leaving B and C as answered by Allan.

Usual Suspects, let's find out what the correct answers are.

Frederick Forsyth wrote The Hunt For Red October.

Is that true or false?

Yeah, that is false. It's by Tom Clancy.

Very well done, Usual Suspects.

A behind can be scored in bowls. True or false?

It's false.

In actual fact, it's Aussie rules football that you score a behind in.

A dried plum is often known as a prune. True or false?

That is, of course, true.

You know where this is going now, don't you, Usual Suspects?

Shelton Jackson Lee was better known as Malcolm X. True or false?

It's false.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved Perfection.

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Just to clear up that last one,

Shelton Jackson Lee is better known as Spike Lee,

who directed the film Malcolm X.

Usual Suspects, as a result of that perfect play,

you've stolen the round.

You now have the opportunity to make Allan's chances

of winning the prize fund of £2,000 quite a bit harder.

Let's see the Final board.

Because you won that round,

you've earned the right to choose four categories to add.

That's two from this round and two that rolled over from Round 1.

So, which four would you like Allan to play in the Final?

-I immediately think Spanish there, Spaniards.

-Spaniards?

-Aye.

-Barbie?

-Yeah, I can't imagine a rugby lad from Wigan liking Barbie.

-Yeah, definitely Barbie to start, please.

-Barbie goes in.

-African History?

-Yeah, I was thinking African History.

-Sounds good.

-Yeah? African History, please.

-African History goes on.

-Spaniards?

-And Spaniards, please.

-Spaniards and I need one more from you.

-The Midlands.

-Midlands, yeah?

We'll go for the Midlands, please.

And the Midlands goes in.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you won the second round.

It's time to switch you off. We'll see you in Round 3.

Allan, with the Usual Suspects gone, they chose Midlands,

-which you didn't want. African History, Spaniards?

-Spaniards, yeah.

Barbie, which we know you're quite happy with.

LAUGHTER

It would've been nice to have won, so you could make those choices.

So that's made it a bit more difficult, hasn't it?

On the upside, Simon Cowell has been in touch.

-He'd like you to get auditioned at some stage.

-I'm not surprised.

LAUGHTER

The way to go forward is to find Perfection

-and choose your own categories for the Final.

-Yeah.

-You have one more chance to do that. Shall we play Round 3?

-OK.

Let's play Round 3.

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Your 45 seconds start now.

-I'll say true on that. It's just a guess.

-True.

No, that's Namibia. So I'll say false.

False.

I think that's true. John Lennon was 40.

I think Elvis was 42 or...

True. And finally...

-That's false.

-False.

That's something else.

OK. So that felt like a good round, then.

Again, I think Lesotho is true now. Yeah. But there you go.

All right, Allan, you answered all four statements.

Before we find out how well you've done,

it's time for us to bring back the Usual Suspects.

Usual Suspects, these were the four statements

and next to them are Allan's answers.

Kev, what do you make of them?

-I think he's definitely not got Perfection.

-I think D's wrong.

OK. Debs, has he achieved Perfection?

No, I don't think so. I think he's got D wrong.

And B.

Adam, can you see anything wrong?

Yeah, I think he's got a couple wrong.

I'm pretty sure Jeff Bridges is a comedian,

so I'm not sure whether he starred in The Big Lebowski or not.

All right. Moment of truth.

The Usual Suspects think you may have got several wrong there.

Let's find out how many are correct.

Three out of four's not bad but it's not quite Perfection.

So your enemies, the Usual Suspects, are back in the game.

Can you steal the round? You can see Allan's answers.

You only need to change one. But which one?

What do we reckon?

-I reckon A is true.

-Yeah?

-Yes.

-Jeff Bridges was the actor.

-Yeah?

-I think A is true.

-A is true.

-OK, we'll stay with that.

-I'm not sure about B.

-No, I think that is.

-That's false?

-That is false.

-The only one I'd be confident of changing would be D.

-You both said D, didn't you?

-Shall we go for D? What do you think?

Spinach is saag in an Indian dish, I'm pretty sure.

Anything with spinach in a saag. So it may be C.

-It's a guess on my part, so...

-I'll leave it up to you.

-You're the captain.

-D?

-OK.

I think I have got a captain's decision here.

We'll go for C, from true to false, please.

C changes from true to false, leaving A, B and D

as answered by Allan.

Usual Suspects, let's find out what the correct answers are.

Jeff Bridges starred in The Big Lebowski. Is that true or false?

It's true. He played The Dude.

Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa. True or false?

That's true, in actual fact.

Yes, I'm afraid.

It's up in the mountains, in the Drakensberg Mountains

and there's a very tiny nation surrounded by South Africa.

So you haven't achieved Perfection, Usual Suspects.

You've let this one go. Can you still achieve Perfection at home?

Let's go through the other answers.

John Lennon died at a younger age than Elvis. True or false?

Yeah, that's actually true.

And Cullinan is an Indian dish of spinach and onion.

Is that true or false?

Yeah, that is false.

It was the world's largest diamond until it was split into two

to make the Star of Africa and Cullinan II.

It was a diamond, at the end of the day.

It certainly wasn't an Indian dish of spinach and onion.

Usual Suspects, had you achieved Perfection,

you'd have the opportunity to make Allan's chances

of winning the prize fund much harder in the Final.

Let's look at the board.

Currently, four subject categories on there

chosen by the Usual Suspects. Nobody managed to win Round 3,

meaning we have two blank spaces still to be filled.

To fill those blanks, you'll take it in turns to choose a category.

Allan, as the single player, you get to choose first.

-Which category would you like to add?

-I'll go for Athletics.

Athletics goes into the Final.

And now, Usual Suspects, will you please choose a category?

-Opera?

-I don't know. He sings a lot of karaoke, doesn't he?

-I know he won't be singing opera...

-Geometry? Or maybe the Roman Empire?

-Geometry or the Roman Empire.

-What do you reckon, Debs?

-Geometry.

Yeah, OK. We'll go for Geometry, please.

Geometry goes into the Final. We now know our six Final categories.

They are...

Usual Suspects, it's time to switch you off for the final time.

That was a shame, wasn't it? They almost gave you the Roman Empire.

-Yeah, never mind.

-You have got the Final to go through now.

Five subject categories chosen by the Usual Suspects

and only the one by you. That makes it quite tough.

-It depends on the questions, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

All right, Allan, for £2,000, it's time to play the Final.

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Allan, this is the all-important Final.

If you can achieve Perfection,

you'll leave with a prize fund of £2,000.

If you fail, you'll be leaving with nothing,

which is great news for the Usual Suspects,

as one of them could be playing

for a rollover of £3,000 on the next game.

Let's play the Final Round.

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Allan, here are your final six categories.

You must answer all six statements perfectly

if you want to win the £2,000.

Think carefully, there's no time limit.

But once you have given an answer, your first answer,

-it will be locked in. You ready?

-I'm ready, yeah.

Let's reveal your first statement.

Please tell me whether you believe it to be true or false.

Right. Um...

It's an absolute guess, I'm afraid. Er...

-I'm going to say false.

-False.

-That's false, cos it was fought in Nigeria.

-False.

Pizarro... Er, I know the name. Definitely know the name.

Was he an artist?

Er...

He was Spanish.

-I'm going to say true.

-True.

I've got to think of my atlas now, haven't I? Er...

-No, I think that's false. I think it's north of Leicester.

-False.

That's true.

True.

And finally...

Trying to imagine a cube now!

HE CHUCKLES

Um...

One, two, three, four...

..seven...

-I'll say true. True.

-True.

With that, those answers are locked in.

If there's one single mistake, you leave with nothing.

-Which ones are you unsure of?

-I know the name Pizarro, um...

but I'm not sure whether he was an artist or not.

Barbie was just a real guess.

Having thought about Coventry, I might have got that wrong, actually.

You have second-guessed yourself a few times

-during the course of your game.

-I have, yeah.

Let's bring back the Usual Suspects and see what they have to say.

Usual Suspects, you can now see the final six statements.

Next to them are Allan's answers.

Your answers are locked in and you can't change them yourself.

If you think you've made a mistake,

you can unlock them with the help of the Usual Suspects.

This, however, comes at a cost.

Who would you like to hear from first?

I think I'll listen to Adam first.

Yeah, I think you've definitely got two wrong.

But I'm not willing to come and help you, sorry.

Because you're worried about knowing the correct answers

or because you'd like the money to roll over?

-The money to rollover, to be honest. Sorry.

-Kevin?

Thinking about it, you've definitely got one wrong,

but I'd like to think about it a wee bit.

OK, are you interested in helping me out?

Well, now you're pushing me, I'd like to say no,

-cos I'm not 100% sure.

-OK, Debs?

I think there's two wrong.

But I'm not willing to come and help

because I'm not confident that I know the answers.

None of the Usual Suspects are willing to help.

So £2,000 at stake, six answers away.

Let's find out if you've achieved Perfection.

When Barbie was chosen, you said you knew what the question would be.

Yeah. It wasn't that one.

I thought it was going to be which pop group wrote a song about Barbie.

-Oh, was that it?

-LAUGHTER

-I know the answer to that.

-You know the answer to that.

That wasn't the question.

So let's start at the top and see how we go.

Barbie's real name is Barbara Duke.

Now, you said this was false.

We need this to turn red to get you on your way. Is it true or false?

It is false. Very well done.

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Her name, believe it or not, is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

-Wow! There you go.

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER

The Biafran War was fought in Ethiopia.

You were confident on this.

-You said this was false, because you thought it was...?

-Nigeria.

-Nigeria.

So we need this to turn red as well,

to get you a third of the way to the money. Is it true or false?

It is false. Very good.

APPLAUSE

And you're absolutely right, it was in Nigeria.

So we come to Francisco Pizarro was a famous Spanish artist.

You had a long think about this.

Recognised the name, weren't sure whether he was an artist

but in the end you went with true. We need this to turn green.

If it does, you are halfway to the £2,000 all on your own here.

Is it true or false?

I'm afraid it's false.

And it means you haven't achieved Perfection

and you won't be going home with the cash.

Can you achieve Perfection at home?

Let's take a look at the rest of the statements

and let's deal with that one straightaway, shall we?

-Pizarro was a Spanish explorer.

-Yeah!

That's where you've heard the name.

Coventry is further south than Leicester. Is it true or false?

Yeah, it's true. You got it wrong, unfortunately.

So you're batting 50-50 at the moment.

Let's see how these last two go.

The world record for the men's high jump exceeds two metres.

You confidently said this was true

and this is your only category that you chose for the Final.

-I think that it's true, yeah.

-You still think it's true?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

Is it true or false?

Yeah, it is true, in actual fact.

And, finally, a cube has 16 edges.

Now, you were trying to do this in your head.

-You were trying to add up the edges, weren't you?

-I was, yeah.

OK, think about it this way.

-Count the edges on one end, how many is that?

-Four.

-Count the edges on the other end, how many is that?

-Eight.

And then you need how many to connect those lines up between them?

Four. Making a total of...?

-12.

-So is this true or false?

It's false.

It's not 16, it's 12. To be fair to you, you tried...

You went over and over and, finally, you kind of gave up

and just went, "Yeah, whatever. OK, that's true."

I'm afraid that's not good news for you,

but it is great news for the Usual Suspects.

The prize fund rolls over to the next game,

where one of you could be playing for a total of £3,000.

APPLAUSE

You failed to achieve Perfection, which means you go home

with only our thanks for being a great contestant. Enjoyed yourself?

I've enjoyed it very much, yeah.

Smashing. Let's hear it for Allan, everybody!

APPLAUSE

That's all we have time for.

Please join us next time,

when our Usual Suspects have the chance to play for £3,000.

But, remember, on this show, we only pay for Perfection. Goodbye.

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