0:00:05 > 0:00:09A Christmas stocking bursting with toys, puzzles, dolls
0:00:09 > 0:00:14and mementos, this is the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Today, it's host to the Quizeum.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to Bethnal Green in east London
0:00:31 > 0:00:34and Great Britain's finest and largest collection
0:00:34 > 0:00:36of childhood memories.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Over the next four rounds, we'll be unwrapping clothes,
0:00:39 > 0:00:44dolls' houses, baby walkers, games, trains and automobiles
0:00:44 > 0:00:46and asking a series of questions
0:00:46 > 0:00:49that'll bring out the child in us all.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51- Won't it, kids?- Yes!- Yes.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56Good. But which boys and girls are coming out to play here today?
0:00:56 > 0:01:00We've assembled our old favourites and regulars for you.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Well, it's Christmas and no-one else was available.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06On my right, milk monitor Lars Tharp
0:01:06 > 0:01:10is joining forces with teacher's pet Dr Nina Ramirez.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Opposite them are the naughtiest girls in the school -
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Professor Kate Williams and, on a return visit to our playpen,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20writer, historian and art expert Hallie Rubenhold.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24So, this museum, I think, I've got a theory actually,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26that lots of people bring their kids here
0:01:26 > 0:01:32but actually it's adults who stand in awe in front of these cases.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- Lars, have you got a favourite toy?- I do. I'm afraid he's awaiting repair.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41- He's my Bamse.- Your what?- Bamse is the Danish for teddy bear.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42- I see. Right.- Cute!
0:01:42 > 0:01:44What about over here?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- Hallie, have you got a favourite toy that you still hang on to?- Ooh...
0:01:47 > 0:01:50No, but I'll tell you what I really want.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I want a really old, big dolls' house.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Did you have a dolls' house when you were a kid.- I did!
0:01:55 > 0:01:57It was made out of tin and just wasn't as satisfactory
0:01:57 > 0:02:00as some of these gorgeous antique ones that you can see here.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04I definitely had a dolls' house that we used as a garage.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08But anyway, it's time to get our Quizeum game out of its box
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and carefully study the rules on the inside of the lid.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12You must buzz in to win an open question
0:02:12 > 0:02:14which will gain you one point
0:02:14 > 0:02:17and the opportunity to answer a special two-point bonus.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20So, fingers at the ready. No talking at the back.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Here is your first question.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27It's a Christmas decoration from the Erzgebirge region of Germany.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30How do you get the sails at the top to spin? BUZZER
0:02:30 > 0:02:35- Candles.- Candles, you light the candles and off they go.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38So, here's your specialist question coming in now.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46Right. What is this and how did losing a piece of it drive Daddy mad?
0:02:46 > 0:02:51This is from a cabinet that was called...
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I think it's Lady Charlotte's cabinet, is that right?
0:02:54 > 0:03:01And I think that it was owned by George...IV?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05These were some of the earliest jigsaw puzzles put together
0:03:05 > 0:03:08and, yes, they put together all the various maps.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09OK, so you're getting close.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13We've got Lady Charlotte, Lady Charlotte Finch.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15And she was the governess.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18So tell me what you see there and what happened there.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Well, I think what we have here is North America
0:03:20 > 0:03:24going up to the Arctic Circle up there. And, er...
0:03:24 > 0:03:26The thing that immediately springs to mind is that
0:03:26 > 0:03:30when George III heard that he had lost his American colonies,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32he went even madder than he was anyway
0:03:32 > 0:03:34in the first place.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- I don't know whether that's what you're getting at?- It is indeed.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40A large chunk of it, which is mapped out there in different sections,
0:03:40 > 0:03:45was actually lost by George III and he, as it were,
0:03:45 > 0:03:46got annoyed about that.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48"Mad" in the American sense,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51although he was considered to be mad originally,
0:03:51 > 0:03:55so I'll give you two points for that because we have worked our way there.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57So, erm...
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- We're smiling here. - You're smiling away.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Do you know anything more about Lady Charlotte?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04I know she was the governess of the children of George III.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05How many children were there?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08There were seven sons and six daughters that survived.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11This was apparently in Kew Palace and it is the puzzle cabinet,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- the dissected piece... - Dissection map.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18And it really shows, I think, how many of the toys here are both
0:04:18 > 0:04:21educational and also playthings at the same time.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24That's a brilliant answer and very, very informative,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- but they got the points.- They got the points. They got the points.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29But fingers back on your buzzers for the next opener.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33Have a look at this. This is James Bond's car,
0:04:33 > 0:04:37but what did Corgi change to make it more appealing to '60s children?
0:04:37 > 0:04:38BUZZER
0:04:38 > 0:04:40They put in an ejector seat.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43No, there was an ejector seat in the original.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Did they put a James Bond figurine in it?
0:04:45 > 0:04:49No, they didn't, no. Because there was a sort of James Bond figurine -
0:04:49 > 0:04:52although I'm not saying that Sean Connery was...a figurine,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54he's a good deal more than that.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Many believe he was the best, apart from Patrick Troughton, obviously.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02So, er, now... You are going to have another go at this.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03What did they do to change it?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Was it the colour?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- Because it's from the film Goldfinger, isn't it?- Yes.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- So they've made it gold. - They made it gold!
0:05:11 > 0:05:14They thought kids would prefer a gold car.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16They thought the silver car would just look unpainted.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19So they did indeed make it gold.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23So you get the next specialist question. Have a look at this.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30So here's your specialist question for two points -
0:05:30 > 0:05:34who made this in 1904 and which event in 1902
0:05:34 > 0:05:37guaranteed the toy's popularity?
0:05:37 > 0:05:42I think this is a Steiff bear, made in Germany, but I think it
0:05:42 > 0:05:46commemorates something to do with President Roosevelt.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Teddy Roosevelt, and I think it was
0:05:48 > 0:05:52when he was out shooting one day and he refused to shoot a bear.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Is that right?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Yes, that's completely correct. Two points.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59But tell me a little bit more about it, Lars.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Er, Roosevelt was invited to go to some American state
0:06:02 > 0:06:07where they had too many bears and, erm, he went out with a party.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08They couldn't find a bear,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10so they thought they'd do him a favour by
0:06:10 > 0:06:15getting a bear and chaining it up to a pole and saying to Mr Roosevelt,
0:06:15 > 0:06:19"Well, there you are, Mr Roosevelt. You can take your shot from here."
0:06:19 > 0:06:22And he just couldn't. Tears welled up in his eyes...
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Let's assume it was something like that!- OK.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28The company that was already making what we call teddy bears...
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I don't know what they called them before they were called teddy bears.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33They saw a marketing opportunity
0:06:33 > 0:06:36when the story came out in the press and they said, "Ooh!
0:06:36 > 0:06:39"This little bear looks just like the ones we sell.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42"We're going to call them - in honour of you, Mr Roosevelt -
0:06:42 > 0:06:44"we're going to call them teddy bears."
0:06:44 > 0:06:46But also there was a popular market for them in England
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- because of King Edward...VII, is it?- Mm.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55- So the Steiff lot were in the money. - So the world went teddy mad.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Margarete Steiff began manufacturing soft toy animals
0:06:58 > 0:07:01in the 1880s in Germany.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05One of those ideas where you think, "I wonder if this will catch on?"
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Originally, though, they were made as pincushions.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14By 1907, the company was turning out nearly a million bears a year.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19And this particular gentleman dates from 1904.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21It's in good nick!
0:07:21 > 0:07:26OK. We're ready for another one-point opener.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Here are two successful dolls.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Barbie and Sindy.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Barbie's long-term partner is Ken,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38but who is Sindy's significant other?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43BEEP
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Andy?- Not Andy.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- We're thinking Kevin.- Not Kevin, no. - We just thought it could be.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53No, you're both failing to recognise or remember Paul.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- We're staying with these two babes. - Oh, God!
0:07:56 > 0:07:59In this picture of Barbie and Sindy, which one is Sindy? BEEP
0:07:59 > 0:08:03The one on the right-hand side in the ballet skirt.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05The one on the right in the ballet skirt?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Kate.- Yes? - You've got a specialist question.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- How pretty!- OK. It's a dress for a six-year-old.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16What personal event might have been expected
0:08:16 > 0:08:18to bring its wearing to an end?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20To bring its wearing to an end?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Oh, it this for a little boy?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Initially young boys and girls both wore dresses
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- until they were between about five to seven.- When they were breeched.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Which meant that they wore trousers.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33And so it was a very significant occasion.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- It meant he was becoming a grown-up little man.- Into the man's world.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Of course, linked to potty training as well.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Cos it was much easier to change children
0:08:40 > 0:08:42when they just had skirts on.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47That's a very full and very correct answer that gains you two points.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51The boy in this case was called Theophilis Willway.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Boys wore dresses until they were given their first pair of breeches
0:08:55 > 0:08:58or trousers, which happened between the ages of four and eight years old.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01They might also get their first haircut or be given
0:09:01 > 0:09:03a child-sized sword to mark the event.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07These days, of course, it's the traditional mobile phone.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Another opener.
0:09:08 > 0:09:15Look at this. Invented in 1834, this is a zoetrope,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18an early animation toy.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Now the name comes from the Greek "tropos" meaning turning,
0:09:22 > 0:09:23but what does "zoe" mean? BUZZER
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Life.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27It means life.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32One point to you, so you get the final specialist question.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Ooh.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39Now, this is a board game from around 1850 called
0:09:39 > 0:09:43A New Game Of The History Of England.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48It features the battles of Trafalgar, Navarino,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Waterloo and Seringapatam.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Which is the earliest and which is the most recent
0:09:56 > 0:09:57of these battles?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59What was their significance?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02OK, so we've got Trafalgar and Waterloo,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04which are part of the Napoleonic Wars.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09- Seringapatam?- And Navarino, so they are going to be...
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Peninsula wars?- East-west?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14I think if Navarino is part of the War of the Spanish Succession,
0:10:14 > 0:10:16this would be the earlier one.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Earlier, yep.- And...- That's one of the late... Oh, no, hang on.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21That would then be Clive of India
0:10:21 > 0:10:24and then you end up with Trafalgar, then Waterloo.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25- You're wrong.- Oh!
0:10:25 > 0:10:27So we're going to pass it over to the other side.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Let's move the board game over to them.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32OK, have a look at it.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Kate and Hallie, we're looking for the earliest battle
0:10:38 > 0:10:40and the most recent, in this history which
0:10:40 > 0:10:45culminates, in the middle, in the accession of Queen Victoria.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48It's an interesting view of history, but we've correctly identified
0:10:48 > 0:10:54Waterloo and Trafalgar. We know that that's 1805 and 1815.
0:10:54 > 0:11:00But we've got Seringapatam and Navarino. Which was the first
0:11:00 > 0:11:02of those four?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04We think it's Trafalgar.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08- And the last?- Seringapatam. - Seringapatam.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10No, so none of you got this.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- In fact, the Battle of Seringapatam is the earliest.- Oh!
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- In 1799.- Oh, dear.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21In the fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the East India Company
0:11:21 > 0:11:24and the kingdom of Mysore.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27And it consolidated British control over India.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32So the Battle of Navarino, in 1827, is the most recent
0:11:32 > 0:11:36because it helped secure Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41And effectively, it was the last battle to take place with only
0:11:41 > 0:11:46sailing ships taking part, and that was in 1827.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Rather wonderful board game, though, isn't it? Rather splendid,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52because what happened during the 19th century is the upper
0:11:52 > 0:11:55and middle classes suddenly found themselves with more leisure time,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59so it became a boom period for indoor entertainment.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04Amongst popular parlour games of the period was Hot Cockles, in which
0:12:04 > 0:12:07a blindfolded person has to identify who in the room
0:12:07 > 0:12:09has just kicked him,
0:12:09 > 0:12:11and Snapdragon, which involved trying to retrieve raisins
0:12:11 > 0:12:14from the bottom of a bowl of brandy which had been set on fire.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Thank goodness board game manufacturers stepped in
0:12:17 > 0:12:21to stop the Victorians making their own entertainment.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22And at the end of the round,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25it's time to find out how we're doing on the scores.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Well, Kate and Hallie, you've got three,
0:12:28 > 0:12:32but Lars and Nina, seizing those objects as they came in,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- you've rushed ahead with seven. - Yes! Good.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38We now have some toys coming to the table,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40one for each team.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43We're going to get two accounts of these toys.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46One is true and one is a fairy story, but can their opponents identify
0:12:46 > 0:12:50which is which without the help of comical nose extensions?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52It's time for a question of attribution -
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Call Of Duty: Doll Warfare III.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Let's hear from Lars and Nina first
0:12:58 > 0:13:02and we'll put the doll in front of Kate and Hallie for their inspection.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09So, Lars, would you like to tell us what this is?
0:13:09 > 0:13:15OK. You can see it's now been dressed in hip 1960s-'70s garb,
0:13:15 > 0:13:23but at its heart there you have a German 1930s monkey, a pet monkey.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27And, er, this monkey has rather a special story.
0:13:27 > 0:13:33It came over with a child who was on the Kindertransport,
0:13:33 > 0:13:37fleeing Germany in the 1930s.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42And it became such an important memory of the survival of this
0:13:42 > 0:13:46particular child, that it was passed down through the generations.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50The irony is that the family name of this monkey that escaped
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Herr Hitler is, his name is Hermann.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55OK. So...
0:13:55 > 0:13:59- Nina, you have another story relating to this doll?- I do.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03As you can see, the clothes are 1960s
0:14:03 > 0:14:07and the monkey itself is 1960s.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Made of nylon stockings.
0:14:09 > 0:14:17And made as a sort of a teaching aid by a governess for two boys
0:14:17 > 0:14:21that were in her care so that they could create stories,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24building up a whole world for the monkeys to inhabit,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27and his name is not Hermann, his name is Angle.
0:14:27 > 0:14:34So, that's Angle the Monkey, the creator of stories
0:14:34 > 0:14:38or Hermann the Monkey who made a trip from Germany.
0:14:38 > 0:14:45OK. My sense is, I mean, this looks very nylon-y to me, I have to say.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46He does look nylon-y tights,
0:14:46 > 0:14:52- but then I find the idea of the Kindertransport very...- Compelling?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Very compelling and it's a reason why he'd be here
0:14:55 > 0:14:58and why he'd be kept, why he'd be conserved as special.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Oh, I'll get it wrong. I'll get it wrong. I give up.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Hallie, don't let Kate prevaricate any more. You go. Tell me.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Although I am not completely convinced of this,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10let's go for Hermann the German monkey.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Is it Hermann the German monkey, Lars?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- He's actually an Angle, not a German.- Oh!
0:15:17 > 0:15:19You were right.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Always trust your instincts!
0:15:22 > 0:15:24This is one of a troupe of soft monkey toys
0:15:24 > 0:15:26made in the 1960s out of old stockings.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Two brothers filled three exercise books with details of monkey society,
0:15:30 > 0:15:31the monkeys' religious views,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34monkey judicial systems and monkey political struggles
0:15:34 > 0:15:37and the BBC have been broadcasting a long-running adaptation of this
0:15:37 > 0:15:39called Today In Parliament.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44So, now we're going to bring in another object.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49So...
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Here she is. Hallie and Kate, who is she?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Hallie, do you want to go first?
0:15:54 > 0:16:00So, this is one of a set of three fashion dolls
0:16:00 > 0:16:05made by a fashion doll maker in Germany called Karl Mendel.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10And the three dolls were named after the three eldest daughters
0:16:10 > 0:16:13of Queen Charlotte and George III.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14And it was such a sumptuous
0:16:14 > 0:16:17and deluxe one that Karl Mendel gave her
0:16:17 > 0:16:21and the two other ones to Queen Charlotte
0:16:21 > 0:16:23and then eventually it was given to the museum
0:16:23 > 0:16:27by Queen Mary at around the eve of the First World War.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32There we are. Kate, do you have another fairy story to put before us?
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Yes, this is Mrs Candour from the School For Scandal,
0:16:36 > 0:16:40the 1777 play by Sheridan.
0:16:40 > 0:16:47This is a very famous actress role, but she was actually made
0:16:47 > 0:16:53much later than the 1770s, she was made in the 1930s.
0:16:53 > 0:16:59So, is this a character from the School For Scandal
0:16:59 > 0:17:02or is it a German fashion doll?
0:17:02 > 0:17:07Erm, I don't think that this is that old, do you?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- What do you think?- Well, you see, the hair looks old an dusty.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16To me, that looks like an 18th-century doll
0:17:16 > 0:17:20and really rather a fine one, actually.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22It's got kirby grips in it!
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Yeah, I think it's modern.
0:17:24 > 0:17:30It could be just a very, very clever forgery. I'm happy to go with you.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31I'm going to take a punt
0:17:31 > 0:17:33that I think Kate is telling the truth.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35So, Kate, are you telling the truth?
0:17:35 > 0:17:39I am telling the truth. She was a fake made in the 1930s.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44And she even tricked the buyers at the museum
0:17:44 > 0:17:48who believed that she was a genuine 18th-century fashion doll.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50So, Lars, you are not far off.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53And I obviously have the superior eye, Lars.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54SHE GIGGLES
0:17:54 > 0:17:57They're not getting one over on you, Nina.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01This is Mrs Candour, a character from Sheridan's School For Scandal,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05fraudulently created in the 20th century as an attempt to prove
0:18:05 > 0:18:08that entertainment franchises had been around for 200 years
0:18:08 > 0:18:10longer than suspected.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14After that entertaining fantasy, we return to grim reality
0:18:14 > 0:18:18because the scores now stand as follows -
0:18:18 > 0:18:23- Kate and Hallie you still have three. - Oh, no!- You haven't lost any points.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25That's one thing.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30Lars and Nina, you've gained some points there and you're now at ten.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Are you unassailable?
0:18:32 > 0:18:33We shall see,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36because we're going on now to our guided tour.
0:18:36 > 0:18:42I'm going to take each of the teams on a quick whip around the museum.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Lars and Nina, put on your gumboots and form a crocodile.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46You're coming first.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50I have two objects for you, three questions
0:18:50 > 0:18:53and three points available, but only one connection.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57OK, here we are. Two objects.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Now, this is your first object, this tiny,
0:19:00 > 0:19:02little and rather obvious Christmas card. No points for that.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05And if you seek the second object, look all about you.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08It's the building. So, your first question -
0:19:08 > 0:19:11this museum houses the V&A collection of childhood memorabilia,
0:19:11 > 0:19:17but how are we connected with South Kensington in a more physical way?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19I think I know this.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Right...- Good, that's helpful.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26When what is now the South Kensington museum complex
0:19:26 > 0:19:30was being developed, there was a sequence of iron structures
0:19:30 > 0:19:35made to house the collections before the permanent buildings were put up.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37And those were dismantled
0:19:37 > 0:19:41and three of those arches were needing a new home.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43This part of the structure was offered up
0:19:43 > 0:19:46and it ended up with a permanent home here in Bethnal Green.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Correct. You certainly get your one point there.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50OK, here's your second question.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Here is a Christmas card from around 1890,
0:19:53 > 0:19:57but out of three things illustrated here - Father Christmas' red outfit,
0:19:57 > 0:20:01the Christmas cracker and what was then called the safety bicycle -
0:20:01 > 0:20:05which was the most up-to-date at the time of this Christmas card?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- At the time of the card? OK.- OK. Father Christmas in the red suit,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I just have this ringing memory of it being
0:20:11 > 0:20:13a result of the Coca-Cola advertising campaign,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16because he's traditionally - St Nicholas - in green.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18And then I seem to remember something about him
0:20:18 > 0:20:21wearing red in an advert.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25In fact, the Coca-Cola ads that used the red costume
0:20:25 > 0:20:27date from the 1930s.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31The Father Christmas red look here, especially with the fur trim,
0:20:31 > 0:20:37was invented by an American cartoonist called Thomas Nast
0:20:37 > 0:20:38working in the 1860s.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40And what about the Christmas cracker?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I'd have thought that was a Victorian invention,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45but whether it's before the safety bicycle?
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- I think the safety bicycle is the hi-tech thing on this card.- Yes.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50That's my guess.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55The safety bicycle was in fact invented in 1885,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58so this one here is bang up-to-date,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00so I'm going to give you your point there.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03The cracker, of course, was invented in 1846
0:21:03 > 0:21:08by Thomas Smith in England, in London. So, we're moving on.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10This is your final question.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Which individual connects the Christmas card and the building?
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- Ah, we know this, don't we? - It's the amazing Henry Cole
0:21:17 > 0:21:20who worked with the Prince Consort after...
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Well, during the Great Exhibition of 1851
0:21:23 > 0:21:25and then transformed it into what we now know as the V&A,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29and Henry Cole, amongst all of his other accomplishments,
0:21:29 > 0:21:33he invented the whole idea of the Christmas card.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38Henry Cole invented the Christmas card in 1843
0:21:38 > 0:21:40and he was the same man
0:21:40 > 0:21:44who became the director of the South Kensington Museum and therefore was,
0:21:44 > 0:21:48I suppose, responsible for giving Bethnal Green this museum.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Well done, that's three points.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56We're now going to find out how Hallie and Kate get on.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Once again, it's three questions and three points to make one connection.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05Right, two figures of fun.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Here's your first question -
0:22:06 > 0:22:12where in 1956 did this particular design of robot originate?
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- America? Is it an American robot? - I don't think that's enough.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18I need a little bit more detail than that.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Maybe from... I don't know, a sci-fi film or television programme.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- An American sci-fi TV show? - Possibly?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Well, you're in the right area.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- Is it called Robbie the Robot? - He's called Robbie the Robot.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31What sort of robot do you think, Hallie?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I don't think he'll be a menacing robot.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39And especially not if he is something that appeals to children.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- He won't be scary.- A cuddly, friendly, helpful robot.- OK.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45So far, we have the idea that he's a cuddly,
0:22:45 > 0:22:52friendly robot from some sort of TV or filmed series made in America.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54And you want the title?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I would like a little bit more than that about his origins,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59but, actually, I'm going to stop you
0:22:59 > 0:23:02because he comes from the MGM film Forbidden Planet.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- Oh!- Made in 1956, which was an enormous world-wide hit.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- I can't give you a point for that. - Sorry, Robbie!
0:23:08 > 0:23:10We're moving on to the next one.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14This is a marionette, but where did that name derive from?
0:23:14 > 0:23:18- Was it French? A French name? - It sounds French.- Yes?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Well, I would guess...
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I mean "marion" might have something to do with Mary.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Maybe the figurines you might find in a nativity scene.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28In a crib of some sort?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- So you're thinking Mary, the Virgin Mary.- Yes, I am.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35- Well, you're right.- Hooray!- It is a diminutive of the Virgin Mary
0:23:35 > 0:23:39and it wasn't actually for a nativity play,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43but another festival. The 15th of August?
0:23:43 > 0:23:44Feast of the Assumption?
0:23:44 > 0:23:48The Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51And the marionette, in its fully fledged form,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53didn't really emerge until the 19th century.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Articulated limbs and strings, and an early marionette would have
0:23:57 > 0:24:00just been on a stick, acting out this moment.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04So, you got that one and you get that point.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Let's move on to our final question.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11These two figures are both, funnily enough, called Robbie.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14One is Robbie the Robot and the other is Robin Goodfellow,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16but what else connects them both?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Both helpful and friendly characters?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21HE LAUGHS
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- I think that sounds like a good guess!- Yes, that's quite nice.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Actually, he's not. Robin Goodfellow is not particularly friendly
0:24:27 > 0:24:28and not particularly helpful.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Any guesses at where Robin Goodfellow comes from?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34He looks a bit like Puck from Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38This is indeed Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40In the Quarto and the Folio,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43he's constantly referred to as Robin Goodfellow.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45That's his character name and it's only
0:24:45 > 0:24:48in the Arden Shakespeare that they go back to calling him Puck throughout.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51So, he is obviously a fairy from Shakespeare. What about Robbie?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53- Well, he's definitely not. - Doesn't look like a fairy.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Well, that's where you're wrong, I'm afraid.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- He is also a fairy from Shakespeare. - Really?!- Sorry, Robbie!
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- You're a Shakespeare fairy. - I'm afraid so,
0:25:00 > 0:25:05- because Forbidden Planet was loosely based...- Ooh...
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- ..on The Tempest.- Oh.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10And so, unbelievably if you look at him,
0:25:10 > 0:25:15- he is Ariel.- I'm sorry, Robbie. - Oh, well. Oh, dear.
0:25:15 > 0:25:21- So I'm afraid I can only give you one point.- One point!
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Let's get back to the desk to add up the scores.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29And so we return from our wanderings in space
0:25:29 > 0:25:33and time to gaze in wonder at the scores.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Kate and Hallie, you got one point there.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37I'm sorry to have to tell you,
0:25:37 > 0:25:42though, that Lars and Nina managed to garner three points.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Which means that they are standing at 13 and you are standing at four.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51But 13, what a magnificent score, and you might be able to add to that
0:25:51 > 0:25:55as we go on into our final quickfire round.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Here's a uniform worn by the members
0:25:57 > 0:25:59of which organisation? BUZZER
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- Thunderbirds.- Not Thunderbirds.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- International Rescue. - International Rescue!
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Good. Fingers on the buzzers again
0:26:05 > 0:26:07because this is a magic lantern slide,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09but what children's classic does it portray?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11BUZZER AND BEEP TOGETHER
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- Peter Pan.- Peter Pan there, yes.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17This dolls' house was made in 1673.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20What does the unicorn...? BEEP AND BUZZER
0:26:20 > 0:26:23It tells us that it was the house of an apothecary or chemist
0:26:23 > 0:26:24because that was their sign.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28That was the profession of the occupants. They were apothecaries.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Look at this. What are the pouches for on this girls' nightcap?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33BEEP AND BUZZER
0:26:33 > 0:26:34- Kate.- Catching fleas.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- Not catching fleas.- Curls. - They were for setting her curls.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39This is an Italian presepio scene.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42What city is the centre of their manufacture? BUZZER
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Naples.- Naples, yes.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49This is Action Man. By what name is he known in...? BUZZER
0:26:49 > 0:26:50- GI Joe.- GI Joe, Nina.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54The first Rubik's cubes hit the toy shops in 1977.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57What is their Hungarian inventor's first name?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59BUZZER
0:26:59 > 0:27:00- No, you have to...- Ermo!
0:27:00 > 0:27:02No, not Ermo, no.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- Erno?- Ernest?- Erno, yes. You're quite right. You got that, good.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11- What?!- Don't get in a state. You're well ahead.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Let the girls have just one crumb from your table.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16It's Christmas.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19What feature of this teething stick
0:27:19 > 0:27:22was supposed to prevent the spread of evil? BEEP AND BUZZER
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- Coral.- The coral, yes indeed.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26This is He-Man, a master of the universe.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28What was the name of his nemesis? BUZZER
0:27:28 > 0:27:30- Skeletor.- Skeletor.- Oh, phew!
0:27:30 > 0:27:32This is an 18th-century pudding hat for toddlers.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34What was it used for? BEEP AND BUZZER
0:27:34 > 0:27:36When they were walking, it meant when they fell,
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- they wouldn't hurt their heads. - Yes.- Like a helmet.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40To protect them when learning to walk.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Who joined Santa's sleigh team in 1939? BEEP
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Rudolph.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. SLEIGH BELLS
0:27:49 > 0:27:51And the sound of Santa's sleigh bells tells me
0:27:51 > 0:27:54that playtime has to come to an end.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56But before we hang up our stockings and go to bed,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59let's have a look at our final scores.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Kate and Hallie, you did very, very well in that round
0:28:02 > 0:28:07because you got some points and made up your total to nine.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10But I'm afraid it is only half
0:28:10 > 0:28:15of Lars and Nina's triumphant score of 18.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18So, many congratulations.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21You've won the last of our series because we've come
0:28:21 > 0:28:26to the end of our time here in this, the world's ultimate toy box.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28As F Scott Fitzgerald said,
0:28:28 > 0:28:30being grown-up is a terribly hard thing to do.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33It's much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36And so we must thank the museum here today for preserving
0:28:36 > 0:28:38so many childhood memories for us.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Thank you, goodbye and merry Christmas.