Episode 30 Perfection

Welcome to the quiz show

that demands nothing less than Perfection.

Behind the screen are four contestants hoping their knowledge

is flawless because one 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.

Here are the contestants. We call them the Usual Suspects.

They are in our isolation room.

In a moment we'll find out which 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...

..would you say that is true or false?

Well, if you had said true,

I can tell you you'd be right.

Answering true or false might seem easy,

but if a 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. My name is Steve. I'm from Cullompton in Devon.

I'm a flight simulator engineer and this is my first game.

Hi, my name is Sarah. I'm from Tenterden in Kent.

I'm a travel agent and this is my second game.

Hi, my name is David. I'm from Arnold in Nottingham.

I'm a surveyor and this is my third game.

Hi, I'm Jane from Nuneaton in Warwickshire.

I'm a retired nursing auxiliary and this is my third game.

Welcome and best of luck as we now find out

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

David, it's you. Please come down and join me.

APPLAUSE

David, welcome to the game. It's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

They were your team-mates, they are now your enemies.

Their job is to stop you from winning the prize fund

because your failure means the prize money rolls over

and one of them could be sitting here playing for a bigger total.

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

Here is the great news for you. Nobody has won the last six games,

so the prize fund currently stands at £7,000!

APPLAUSE

That would be nice, wouldn't it?

What would you spend it on if you walked out with that?

Oh, I've got three very musical sons

that are always wanting to add to their repertoire

and then, if there is any money left, which I think there might be,

I'd love to go back to Australia to see my sister.

Well, there is just about enough there, I'd think,

to be able to do all those things. Good luck.

Here's how the game works. You'll play three rounds and a final.

Each round you achieve Perfection makes the final easier.

However, if your performance is anything less than perfect,

the Usual Suspects will have the chance

to step in and steal the round from you.

Usual Suspects, we are going to switch you off

so you can't see or hear anything.

Each round consists of four true or false statements.

You'll answer against the clock and will only have 45 seconds.

Once you have given an answer, your first answer, it will be locked in.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Then let's play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Round 1, your 45 seconds start now.

-I'm going to say true for that, yes.

-True.

-Oh, yeah. I think so, yeah. I'll go for true again.

-True.

He was a lot of things, but I don't think he was that.

-I'll go false on that.

-False. And finally...

Sounds Irish. I haven't heard of it, but I think...

-There's a few racecourses. Yeah, let's go for true.

-True.

-Yeah.

Good use of the time to think through that last answer.

How was that as a round?

-There's a couple I'm not sure of, that are guesses really.

-Well...

-But we'll see how we do.

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

it's time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

So, Usual Suspects, these were the four statements

and next to them are David's answers.

Sarah, what do you think?

I think I would change A from true to false

because the Rosetta Stone is not a sculpture,

it's in the British Museum and it was found, I believe.

Steve, what do you think of those answers?

I've got to agree with Sarah.

The Rosetta Stone was an aid to translation.

-I think it is Sumerian.

-Interesting.

David, the moment of truth. You need to have answered

all four perfectly to win the round. Let's find out how many are correct.

Three out of four is not bad,

but unfortunately it's not Perfection and as a result,

you have let your enemies, the Usual Suspects, into the game.

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

You only need to change one of them, but which one?

-I think we're agreed on A?

-Are you sure about that?

-Very sure.

We will change A from true to false, Nick.

A changes from true to false,

leaving B, C and D as answered by David.

Let's have a look at those answers and find out

whether the statements are true or false.

The Rosetta Stone is a sculpture by Henry Moore. Is that true or false?

It is false.

It's an inscribed ancient Egyptian stone,

which held the key to hieroglyphics in actual fact.

Pretty much as you said, Steve. So good knowledge there.

The Luxor Hotel in Vegas is shaped like a pyramid. True or false?

True. William Hague was a European paintball champion. True or false?

Yeah, we're not aware that he was ever involved with paintball.

And Punchestown is a racecourse in Ireland. True or false?

It's true.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Oh, dear, David.

They succeeded where you failed and have stolen the round.

Appearing before you is your final board.

These six spaces need to be filled with subject categories.

Here are your final round category options,

starting with US Sitcoms, running through The NHS,

Boy Bands and onto Headmasters, with many more in between.

Now, if you had won that round,

you could add two categories of your choice to the board,

but because the Usual Suspects nipped in and stole it from you,

they choose two categories, hoping to make the final harder for you.

So choose away, Usual Suspects.

Boy Bands. He's not really a Boy Band kind of guy, I think.

How about Gymnastics? He slipped up on sport before.

OK, we will take across Gymnastics, Nick.

Gymnastics goes into the final and...?

Do you want to try Boy Bands?

-I think Boy Bands.

-And we will take Boy Bands across, Nick.

And Boy Bands goes in. Well done, Usual Suspects.

You won the first round. It's time to switch you off

and we will see you in Round 2. Cheerio.

-Gymnastics?

-Take it or leave it, really.

I might be OK, but I'll give it a go.

And what do you think they mean

with you would have no knowledge of Boy Bands?

I think they're right! LAUGHTER

OK, take a look at the list over on the left there

and tell me which two you will be desperate to avoid.

I wouldn't particularly want Opera.

And possibly Marx would be a bit of a hard one.

I assume that's Karl Marx, I don't know.

And the two that you will be choosing first,

-given the opportunity?

-Possibly Kent, Speaking Clock maybe.

All right, it's only the first round.

You still have two more rounds to find Perfection

and choose the categories for yourself.

-Are you ready to carry on?

-Yes.

Then let's play Round 2.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds start now.

No, that wasn't. That was... Ultravox.

-No, that's... So that means it's false.

-False.

-I think that's true, yes.

-So you are saying true?

-Yes.

No. No, it's not.

I think it's in China somewhere, but it's not in the Philippines, no.

-So you're saying...?

-False.

-False. And finally...

-I don't think he ever did that, no. False.

-False.

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

That sounded like a very positive round.

-More confident on this one than the first one?

-A bit, yes.

Before we reveal how well you've done,

it's time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

These were the four statements and next to them are David's answers.

Let's start with you, Sarah. Can you see any faults in his answers?

No, I don't think I can on this one. I think David has got Perfection.

Steve, can you see anything wrong?

No, I can't see anything wrong at all.

That looks like a good 100% board.

Jane, surely you are not waving the white flag up there, are you?

I think he has actually got Perfection.

That is a vote of confidence from the Usual Suspects.

I wish I was as confident!

Well, it's the moment of truth. Let's find out how many are correct.

OK.

Congratulations, David, you have achieved Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Fantastic play. See, you need a bit of confidence.

That was a bit of a boost, wasn't it?

Let's go through those in a bit more detail, shall we?

Vienna was a hit single for Tears For Fears.

You said that was false

and it is...false.

-Who did you say you thought it was?

-Ultravox, wasn't it?

-Correct.

Lily Savage was created by Paul O'Grady.

You said that was true

and it is...true.

Penang is a city in the Philippines.

You said that was false

and it is...false.

It's actually a Malaysian island and state.

And Alan Sugar was a dragon on Dragons' Den.

You said that was false

and it is...false.

He has never been on Dragons' Den. Let's see the final board.

Currently two subject categories chosen for you

by the Usual Suspects, but because you won that round,

you get to choose the next two, so which ones would you like?

-I'll try and see what History is like, actually.

-History goes across.

Let's go for Kent.

Kent goes in. Very well played.

Usual Suspects, you missed out there, didn't get a look in.

I'm going to switch you off, but we will see you in Round 3.

You veered away from the Speaking Clock in the end?

-I still might come back to that if I get a chance.

-Shall we play on?

-Let's do it.

-Let's play Round 3.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds start now.

-I've not heard of it. I'm going to say false.

-False.

-Yes, it is. That's true.

-True.

Respondez, yes. That's missing an S.

-If that's... Yes, that's true.

-True.

And finally...

Ooh, I ought to know that.

I'm going to have to guess.

-I'll say it's true.

-True.

-Good use of the time.

-The first one...

I knew the 1970s well and I've never heard of The Droogs, so...

-So you'd think if it was, you would have heard of it?

-Yes.

-All right.

Before we see how many you have got correct,

let's bring back the Usual Suspects.

So, Usual Suspects, these were the four statements

and next to them are David's answers.

Steve, how has he done this time?

He has cracked it again. That's 100%.

-Jane, can you see anything wrong with those answers?

-Not really.

I just thought, C, I thought it was RESPONDEZ s'il vous plait,

so I'm not sure on that.

Well, it's the moment of truth.

You need to have answered all four perfectly to have won the round.

Let's see how many are correct.

Congratulations, David. You have achieved Perfection again.

APPLAUSE

Well, it's a lesson in how to play the game, David.

Let's go through those in a bit more detail, shall we?

The Droogs was a popular kids' TV show in the 1970s.

You said it was false and it is, of course...

false.

Anybody remember who The Droogs were?

Yeah, they were the gang from Clockwork Orange.

Exactly right, Steve. They were the violent youths in Clockwork Orange.

The Snake Pass is in the Peak District.

You said this was true

and it is...true.

The R in RSVP stands for repondez.

And that is in fact...

true.

Repondez s'il vous plait.

Most people think it's respondez, but it is repondez.

It comes from the verb repondre.

In the novel Animal Farm, Snowball is a pig. True or false?

And it is true. His arch enemy

was Napoleon, the other pig.

Let's see the final board. It's a 50-50 board at the moment,

two categories chosen by the Usual Suspects, two by you,

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

-So which would you like?

-Let's try US Sitcoms.

-It depends which US Sitcom it's referring to.

-US Sitcoms goes in.

Yeah. And let's see what the Speaking Clock is all about then, yes.

And Speaking Clock goes into the final.

We now know our six final categories. They are...

It's time to switch off the Usual Suspects for the last time. Cheerio.

You've chosen four of the six categories.

-That's got you in a strong position for the final, hasn't it?

-Yeah.

Not so keen on some of those topics, though,

but it depends what the questions are.

Each time we've done a round and I've said, "How have you done?"

you went, "Nyeh..." and then got two rounds completely correct.

I have a feeling that even if you had all your favourite subjects in,

you would go, "Nyeh..."

Nyeh... LAUGHTER

OK, David, for £7,000, it's time to play the final.

APPLAUSE

David, this is the all-important final. If you achieve Perfection,

you could be leaving with a prize fund of £7,000.

If you fail, you leave with nothing, which will be great news for the Usual Suspects,

as one of them could be playing for

a rollover of £8,000 on the next game.

Let's play the final round.

APPLAUSE

David, here are your final six categories.

Now, you must answer all six statements perfectly if you want to

win the £7,000. Think carefully.

There is no time limit, but once you give an answer,

-your first answer is locked in. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

Let's reveal your first statement. Gymnastics.

OK.

-Yes, he is.

-So we are saying...?

Yeah, it's... It's true.

True, thank you.

Boy Bands.

I really haven't got a clue.

Erm...

-I'm going to say false.

-False.

Those are the two categories chosen for you by the Usual Suspects

out of the way.

Now we move on to the ones chosen by yourself.

History.

I can well believe that is the case, yeah, because he had

a lot of ups and downs in his life, in his campaigns and what have you.

Let's... Let's go for true then, yes.

-True.

-True, he did kill himself, yes.

Kent.

Oh, if only I could study a map now!

This is going to be a guess again.

It could be true, but I think I'm going to go false.

-False?

-Yeah.

Oh...

Yeah, I think it was actually.

At the same time,

Mork and Mindy came after. Now why would it be a spin-off?

It would have to have the same character in it, wouldn't it?

Erm...

No, I'm veering away. I'm going to say false.

-False?

-Yeah, I'm not sure, but I'll say false.

And finally...

I can't think of any other number it would be, so, yeah,

-I'll say true.

-True. And with that those answers are locked in.

If there's one mistake you leave with nothing,

so which ones are you worried about?

Erm...the Mork and Mindy, I just can't quite...

It might be true, actually.

I can't quite get that in my mind.

And the Hamlet near Sandwich called Ham - that's a guess.

It's a tongue twister even if it's not true.

-D and E are the ones that you're worried about.

-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

and next to them are David's answers.

David, your answers are locked in and you can't change them

by 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.

David, who would you like to hear from first?

Could I hear from Jane first, please?

I think you've possibly got two wrong.

I can see two, I think, are definitely wrong.

And I might be prepared to come down if you'd like to name your price.

OK. I'll bear that in mind.

Let's hear from Sarah next, please.

How do you think you've done, David?

I know I've got four of them right.

It's just the other two I'm not sure - 50/50.

Well, there's definitely two there I know are wrong

and for £4,000 I may be prepared to come and help you.

I'll...bear that in mind.

Let's see what Steve has to say.

I'm in agreement with the ladies, you've definitely got two wrong

and I'm quite happy to undercut Sarah by 100, so 3,900.

3,900. OK.

Do you want to negotiate prices, or do you want to go it alone?

It's entirely up to you.

I would accept 3,000. Is anybody interested in 3,000?

Jane, you interested?

Yes, I'll come down for 3,000.

Anybody else interested?

-I won't undercut that.

-No, Sarah?

-We've got ourselves a deal then.

-OK.

So, Jane, for £3,000 of the £7,000 prize fund, you're happy with that?

-Yes, yes.

-Then please come down and join us.

APPLAUSE

OK, David, you've asked Jane for help.

If you achieve Perfection it will cost

you £3,000 of your potential prize fund of £7,000.

Jane, you've now forfeited your chance to play in the next game.

This is your only shot at winning Perfection.

Have you made the right decision?

I think we're about to find out.

Here are the final round statements.

Now, all six answers are unlocked.

Start discussing what it is that you want David to change.

OK. So, you've got two specific that you're unsure of?

I'm sure Duncan James is a member of Blue.

OK.

I'm not quite sure about Mork and Mindy.

There would be a character that's the same, wouldn't there?

And I don't know whether...

Which ones are you sure of?

Was Mork or Mindy in Happy Days?

-Mork.

-Mork was in Happy Days.

It was Robin Williams.

Oh... Oh, no, it's the Fonz.

Hmm. I'm not sure now.

The Fonz was the same show. The Fonz, Happy Days.

I've got a feeling there is a follow on - I've seen it somewhere before.

OK. There is a Hamlet near Sandwich called Ham.

Is this a complete guess?

Could be true, couldn't it?

It could be. It could be.

F is definitely right.

Yes. And Mork and Mindy, we're veering onto true, I think.

Yes. Yes.

-If you're happy with that...

-I think so, yeah.

So, what would you like to change?

-So, we're leaving A as it is.

-Yeah.

-B we're changing to true.

-I'm pretty sure Duncan James is in Blue.

So we're changing that to true. B we're changing to true, please.

B changes from false to true.

I think we're going to leave Hannibal as true.

Mork and Mindy, we're going to change that to true, yeah?

Yeah, I think, if you're happy with that.

-E changes from false to true.

-Yes.

The speaking clock we're sure on, so that's OK.

So, is there anything else you want to change before I lock them in?

There is a hamlet near Sandwich called Ham.

We've got... We've got it as false.

-Shall we leave it as false?

-Yes.

OK. We'll leave it as false.

So, lock all the rest of the answers in?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Yes?

-Yes.

The rest of those answers are now locked in.

£7,000 at stake. £4,000 to David. £3,000 to Jane.

Six answers away. Let's find out if you've achieved Perfection.

Right. Let's start at the top, shall we?

You said this was true, David. Jane had no reason to disagree with you.

Is that true or false?

It is true. Very well done.

Now, David, to be fair, you said you didn't know much about Blue,

but Jane convinced you that Duncan James was a member of Blue,

so got you to change that to true.

Is that true or false?

It is true.

So you now know, David, that if Jane hadn't have come down to join

you, you would have been going home with no money at all.

Jane, have you done enough to make this card correct?

David, you thought this was likely to be true.

Jane had no reason to disagree. Is that true or false?

It is true.

To avoid capture.

Oh.

So... Now this is interesting.

-It's a guess.

-You kind of thought about changing this, didn't you?

And then decided not to. Shall we come back to that one?

Yeah, if we must.

E was the one that you did change.

Interestingly, cos when you talked about this, David, you said,

"I think that's true."

And then you kind of talked yourself out of it and went with false.

Then when Jane came down,

you kind of talked yourself back into it again.

-So we're not quite sure where we are now, are we?

-We don't know.

Other than the fact you changed it to true.

Is it true or false?

It is true.

Well, F...

You said true. Jane had no reason to disagree.

If this turns green you are one away from £7,000.

Is it true or is it false?

It's true.

HE LAUGHS

-This is just a 50/50.

-There's got to be one red one.

Right. So, it all comes down to this one.

The one you thought about changing and didn't change.

The one you kept as false. And let's look at the board.

It is a board of green - all true answers.

So, you kind of think there should be a false in there somewhere.

Sounds too many coincidences to be right.

So, you went with false and you stuck with false

when you had the option to change it.

If this turns red you are walking away with £7,000 between you.

Come on.

Is it true or false for £7,000?

It's true.

Oh, God. A whole board of greens.

A whole board of true in the end.

David and Jane, I'm afraid that you didn't achieve Perfection,

which means that you're not going home with the money.

Usual Suspects, that's great news for you.

The prize fund rolls over to the next game,

where one of you could be playing for a total of £8,000.

David and Jane, you failed to achieve Perfection.

It means that you go home with nothing

other than our thanks for playing.

-I hope you enjoyed the game.

-Really brill.

-Yes.

David and Jane, ladies and gentlemen.

It's now time to meet the next Usual Suspects

hoping to play Perfection today.

New Usual Suspects, please introduce yourselves.

Hi, I'm Lyn.

I live near Caerphilly, south Wales, and I'm a retired accounts manager.

Hi, I'm Danny from Durham

and I'm an international marketing student in Glasgow.

Best of luck to you all as we now find out which of you has been

randomly picked to play Perfection.

Danny, it's you. Please come down and play.

Danny, welcome to the game. What is it you're studying?

-International...?

-International marketing.

-So what will that end up being as a job?

-Well, to be honest,

I don't have any high hopes involving international marketing,

but I definitely have real estate on the mind.

You think there's going to be a lot of cash to be made in that?

-Definitely, yeah.

-That's good for everyone who's got a house.

Well, it's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

They were your team-mates. They're now your enemies.

Here's the good news - nobody's won the last seven games,

so the prize fund currently stands at £8,000.

Now, probably, you're rolling in money, being a student, aren't you?

I wouldn't say that.

So £8,000, what would you be spending it on?

To be honest, I would put it towards living costs next year.

It's an expensive business, so best of luck with this.

I hope you can get some cash out of the game. Three rounds and a final to come.

Usual Suspects, we're going to switch you off for now,

so you can't see or hear anything.

But as soon as Danny makes a mistake you'll be back in the game.

-Are you ready to play?

-Yeah.

-Then let's play Perfection.

Round 1. Your 45 seconds starts now.

I have a feeling that might be true.

-So you're saying...

-Yeah.

To be honest, I have no idea about the height of waves.

-I'm going to say true for that.

-True.

I don't believe that is the case.

-I've seen Avatar and I think that's false.

-False. And finally...

I've definitely heard Paul Weller and The Modfather in the same sentence.

I'm going to say true for that one.

True. And with time to spare you've answered all four statements.

That sounded like a very positive round.

-I'd hope so.

-Happy with that?

-Er... I'll say so, yeah.

-All right.

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

to bring back the Usual Suspects.

So, Usual Suspects, these are the four statements

and next to them are Danny's answers.

Sarah, has he achieved Perfection?

I think he might on this occasion, Nick.

Steve, what do you make of those answers?

I'm pretty sure A is wrong.

I don't think Greg Rusedski ever won a major at all,

-let alone the US Open.

-Lyn, what do you think?

I think D might be wrong actually.

I think Paul Weller's not known as The Modfather.

Danny, 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 a bad score, but it's not Perfection.

And as a result you've let your enemies, the Usual Suspects,

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

You can see Danny's answers,

you need to change just one of them, but which one?

-How confident are you with the tennis?

-100%, yeah.

Are you happy to change?

I'm not 100% confident in what I said, so I'll go with...

Nick, we'd like to change A from true to false, please.

A changes from true to false, leaving B, C

and D as answered by Danny.

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

It is false.

He was a defeated finalist in 1997.

In actual fact he got to the final but didn't win it.

That's true.

That's false. It was a 12A certificate.

That's true. Congratulations, Usual Suspects,

you have achieved Perfection.

Danny, they've succeeded where you failed and they've stolen the round.

This is your final board appearing.

The six blank spaces need to be filled with subject categories.

Here are your final round category options appearing.

Because the Usual Suspects stole the round from you, they get to

choose two categories to make the final harder for you to win.

So, which two would you like, Usual Suspects?

Middle Names could be a good one - it could be anything.

I'd be inclined to go with Jury Service, I think.

Jury Service and Middle Names.

Jury Service and Middle Names, please, Nick.

Jury Service goes into the final...

and Middles Names joins it.

Well done, Usual Suspects, you've won the first round.

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

Right. Now the Usual Suspects have gone,

we can have a chat about that. Jury Service?

I have absolutely no idea which questions could come up about that.

Obviously it's way out of my league.

Middles Names as well.

I think that would just depend on the question that came up.

Yeah. Take a look at the list there.

Pick me two that you will be choosing if you get the opportunity.

2012 without a doubt and probably TV Personalities.

And ones you'd like to avoid.

Mrs Brown's Boys and also, perhaps, the Mercury Prize.

It's only the first round. You still have two more rounds

to find Perfection and choose your own categories for the final.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Let's play Round 2.

Your 45 seconds start now.

Humphrey Bogart, I don't believe that is true.

-I'm going to say false for that one.

-False.

I can't imagine Simon Cowell appearing on Bullseye.

-I'm going to say false.

-False.

I've travelled across the English Channel.

-I believe that might be true.

-True.

To be honest, golf isn't my finest subject, but I haven't heard

the term snowman, so I'm going to say false for that as well.

False. And again with time to spare you've answered all four.

-Good round, bad round?

-I was a bit unsure, to be honest.

-Middling.

-Yeah.

All right. Before we reveal how well you've done,

it's time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

Here are the four statements and next to them are Danny's answers.

Steve, has he achieved Perfection?

I'm not confident on C.

I think the Goodwin Sands may be further round

and actually in the North Sea.

Lyn, can you see any mistakes?

I'm not sure on A, actually,

I think that perhaps Humphrey Bogart was married quite a few times

and I do believe Carole Lombard was one of his wives.

-Sarah?

-I read a lot of magazines so I think B might actually be true.

I think I've seen something about Simon Cowell being on Bullseye.

Danny, it's the moment of truth. Let's find out how many are correct.

Three out of four again. Consistent.

Better than I thought I would do.

Consistently just under the level that you need to achieve

Perfection, and as a result the Usual Suspects are back in the game.

Can you steal the round?

Once again you can see Danny's answers

and once again you only need to change one of them.

I'm happy to go with Lyn's idea of Humphrey Bogart.

I'm not 100% sure, but I have a feeling that it...

It sounds reasonable.

-Nick, can we change A from false to true, please?

-Yes, you can.

A changes from false to true,

leaving B, C and D as answered by Danny.

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

Carole Lombard was the wife of Clark Gable.

Oh, dear, Usual Suspects, you had the chance to steal the round,

but you failed to achieve Perfection.

Can you still achieve Perfection at home?

Let's go through those statements and answers.

He did, however, appear as a contestant on Sale Of The Century.

-That might be what you read, Sarah.

-Yeah.

That is true in actual fact, and so is the one none of you discussed.

Yeah, it's true,

because the eight looks a bit like a snowman.

Let's see the final board.

Currently on there are two subject categories

chosen by the Usual Suspects, but as neither side won that round,

the two categories that were due to be chosen will be carried over

to the next round, meaning four categories will be on offer

in Round 3.

Usual Suspects, time to switch you off again. See you later.

So, with four categories available in this next round

-it'd be a good one to win.

-Definitely.

-Let's play Round 3.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds start now.

I'm not too great on my history,

however I believe that might be false.

So I'm going to say false.

False.

I think that is true.

-True.

-Yeah.

I definitely read that recently. I'm going to say true for that one.

True. And finally...

Oubliette, it doesn't ring familiar to me.

I'm going to say false for that one.

False. And again with time to spare you've answered all four statements.

How was that?

I feel a bit better about it than the last round,

but then again I did better than I thought I did on my last round, so...

OK. Before we find out whether you've achieved Perfection or not

let's bring back the Usual Suspects.

These were the four statements and next to them are Danny's answers.

Lyn, do you think he's achieved Perfection this time?

I believe C is wrong.

I don't think the lotus flower is the national flower of India.

I believe that might be China.

-Steve, what do you think?

-He's got D wrong.

Oubliette means forget,

and a dungeon is where you put people to forget about them.

Danny, it's the moment of truth.

You need to have answered all four statements perfectly

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

Well, I tell you what, if this was darts I'd say good grouping.

-Mm-hm.

-It's consistent, but it's consistently one short

of Perfection, and once again you've allowed your enemies,

the Usual Suspects, into the game.

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

You need to change one of them.

-Are you sure on D?

-I am 100% confident on D.

Then we go with that. OK.

Nick, we'd like to change D from false to true, please.

D changes from false to true,

leaving A, B and C as answered by Danny.

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

Elizabeth I was queen from 1558 to 1603.

Lady Jane Grey was queen 1553,

and very briefly as well before it all went horribly wrong for her.

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

Yep, it's true.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved Perfection.

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Good knowledge, Steve. Very good.

Danny, the Usual Suspects have succeeded where you failed

and they've stolen the round. Usual Suspects,

you now have the opportunity to make Danny's chances of winning

the prize fund as hard as they can be.

Let's see the final board. Currently on there are two categories

chosen by you in the first round,

and because you won that round just now you've earned the right

to choose four categories to add to the board.

That's two from Round 2 and two from Round 3.

So, which four would you like him to play?

-Conquests.

-Conquests is what I had in mind.

-So I'll have Conquests, please, Nick.

-Conquests goes in.

-What about Walls?

-Yeah, Walls is bizarre. That could be anything.

Walls goes in.

-How about Canary Islands?

-Yeah.

-Canary Islands, please, Nick.

-Canary Islands goes in.

-And I was thinking National Anthems.

-Yeah.

National Anthems is the last one, please, Nick.

National Anthems goes in. We now know our six final categories.

They are...

Very well played, guys. It's time to switch you off for the final time.

Well, how do you fancy that lot?

It's not ideal, but I think a few of them depend on the types

of questions that can come up, so I'll go into this with an open mind.

All right. Danny, for £8,000 it's time to play the final.

Danny, this is the all-important final.

If you can achieve Perfection you could be leaving with a prize fund

of £8,000. If you fail, you'll be leaving with nothing,

which will be great news for the Usual Suspects

as one of them could be playing for a rollover of £9,000

on the next game.

Let's play the final round.

Danny, here are you final six categories.

You must answer all six statements correctly

if you want to win the £8,000. Think carefully.

There's no time limit, but once you've given an answer,

-your first answer, it's locked in. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

Then let's reveal your first statement.

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

Yes. I believe that is true.

I remember just reading this over one time,

just as part of general knowledge kind of...

OK. So you're saying true.

Yeah.

I'm not really sure if John Lennon had a middle name,

so I'm going to say false.

False.

My history knowledge definitely doesn't span that far back.

I'm just going to take a wild guess at this and say true.

True.

I don't believe it was that long, so I'm going to say false.

False.

I haven't been to the Canary Islands.

I know a few people that have that'll probably kick me

for getting this wrong or right.

Tenerife, I believe, is the largest island of the Canary Islands,

so I'll say true.

True.

I find that unlikely to be true.

I'm sure living in Scotland I'll have heard this by now,

so I'm going to say false for that one.

False.

And with that, those answers are locked in.

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

So which ones are you unsure of?

Definitely C,

and also E, perhaps.

-C and E are worrying you?

-Yeah.

-OK.

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

Usual Suspects, you can now see the final six statements

and next to them are Danny's answers.

Danny, your answers are locked in and you can't change them

by yourself, but if you think you've made a mistake, you can unlock them

with the help of the Usual Suspects. This will, however, come at a cost.

Danny, who would you like to hear from first?

I'd like to hear from Sarah first.

How do you think you've done on this round?

I feel pretty confident about this board, to be honest with you.

I would like to maybe confer with somebody just to clarify that

I've got the answers right.

Yeah. There's one there that I think may be wrong.

-So I may be interested in helping you achieve Perfection.

-Right.

I'll hear from Steve next, if that's all right.

I'm looking at a 50% board there.

I think there's at least three wrong,

but I'm going to rule myself out.

-I just cannot see enough to convince me to come down.

-Right. Lyn?

I too believe you have definitely two wrong

and I'm not sure on one other,

and I'm not confident enough to come down.

-I'm sorry, can't help you.

-That's fine.

-Sarah, are you feeling confident?

-Erm, not any more.

So I think I'm going to rule myself out as well.

-Good luck.

-Thank you.

-OK.

Danny, none of the Usual Suspects are willing to help,

so you're on your own. £8,000 at stake. Six answers away.

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

Let's start at the top and make our way through.

We need this to turn green to get you off to a good start.

Is that true or false?

-It's false, I'm afraid.

-Bad start.

Bad start. The worst kind of start.

It effectively means you can't achieve Perfection

and you won't be leaving with the £8,000.

I wonder whether you can still achieve Perfection at home.

18 is the legal age to be on a jury in the UK.

You thought that he didn't have a middle name, possibly.

You said this was false.

Is it true or false?

I'm afraid it's true. He is John Winston Lennon.

You said you weren't particularly good on the history this far back,

so you went for true. Is that true or false?

I'm afraid it's false.

It began in 1066, which basically is the 11th century.

It's true, I'm afraid.

-It was in actual fact about 95 miles long.

-That's a long wall.

-Was a long wall.

-Was a long wall.

We're kind of in difficulty here, Danny, and I'd like this to improve

for you so that you feel that you've gone home with a couple of yeses.

-Yeah!

-There's one for you.

And finally we get to...

You said you'd have heard about this if it was true.

-I reckon I would've, yeah.

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

It is false.

Do you know Scotland doesn't have an official national anthem?

Does it not? I thought I would've known that as well, then.

Well, Usual Suspects, that's fantastic news for you.

The prize fund rolls over to the next game

where one of you could be playing for a total of £9,000.

APPLAUSE

Sarah, glad that you decided not to come down in the end?

-Yes, very glad.

-Yeah, you all dodged a bullet slightly there.

Danny, you failed to achieve Perfection,

which means you go home with nothing

other than our thanks for coming and playing.

I hope you enjoyed the experience though it was a rough round.

I definitely exceeded my expectations.

Let's hear it, ladies and gentlemen, for Danny.

APPLAUSE

Well, that's all we have time for.

Please join us next time when our Usual Suspects have the chance to

play again, this time for £9,000.

But remember on this show we only play for Perfection. Goodbye.

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