The Highlights A Question of Sport

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Hello and welcome to A Question Of Sport.

Over the next half hour, we'll be looking back at some

of the highlights for the past 12 months.

My particular favourite to look out for is Phil's pirate impression.

It is priceless.

Anyway, that is coming up and much, much more. Enjoy it.

OK, Matt, your team are going first.

You've got a minute to get through

as many of the 12 pictures as you can.

Yeah, scream it out, Ash. Scream it out, John.

I'll do the numbers, here we go.

What is your first number?

It's going to be number four.

-(Johnathan Thurston.)

-Shout it.

-Johnathan Thurston!

-Yes.

-There we go. Three.

Oh!

That is...

Erm...

Muguruza.

-Yeah, I'll give it to you.

-Muguruza. Two.

Er, that is Stuart Hogg.

-Yes.

-One.

Peter Siddle.

-Yes.

-Oh, great shout. Five.

Paul Lambert.

-Yep.

-Six.

-Khan. Er...

-No.

-Is it?

Not Khan, it's Brook.

-Yes.

-Oh, what a shout! Seven.

Adrian Morley.

-Yes.

-What a team! Eight.

Matthew... Mark Williams!

-Yes.

-Nine.

-Oh...

-That's Jo...

Jo Pavey.

-Yes.

-Yes!

-Ten.

Oh, Mark Webber.

-Yes.

-11.

Oh... Taylor.

-Yes.

-12!

-Mar...

-Mark O'Meara!

-O'Meara!

-Yes, it is.

-Come on!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

O'Meara!

Boom, boom, boom!

Well done, 12 out of 12.

-Ready, Phil?

-Yes.

-Anyone can shout out the answers.

-Shout 'em out.

-Let's do it.

Number one, please, Sue.

Tim Flowers.

-Yes.

-Two.

-Er, Aaron Slight.

-Yes.

-Three.

Er, Rashid.

-Yes.

-Four.

Dina Asher-Smith.

-Yes.

-Five.

Oh, Stefan Edberg.

-Yes.

-Six.

Oh, Danny Care.

-Yes.

-Seven.

Er, Haga. Noriyuki Haga.

-Yeah.

-Eight.

Hejnova.

-Yes.

-Nine.

Oh, Bullard.

-Yes.

-Ten.

-John Lowe.

-No.

Barneveld.

-Yes.

-11.

Oh, Dustin Johnson.

-Yes.

-Yeah, 12.

Dan Marino!

Yeah.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Home, please.

-OK.

Who, having won Commonwealth bronze

in the men's team event in Glasgow,

went on to win individual bronze and silver medals at the Games?

England won gold, Scotland won silver and Canada won bronze.

Right, OK. So, it's a Canadian.

Right... And then won the individuals...?

And went on to win individual bronze and silver.

I only know two of 'em.

And one was called Kevin and one was called Scott, I think.

I'm pretty sure...

It's either Kev or Scottie.

I think it's not Scott because,

erm, because he won two gold.

So it's going to be Kev, our Kev.

LAUGHTER

Is that enough? Is that enough?

Is it OK?

Oh, Kev!

I'm sure it's something like Felt, Velt.

Kevin... Nah.

Just mumble it.

Does that sound ridiculous, Felt?

-Well, er...

-It does a bit, doesn't it?

Well, Felt... Kevin Felt.

Nice.

When did he feel nice?!

After he just won the gold!

He felt lovely!

Kevin felt lovely!

-Lewin.

-Kevin Lewin.

You're getting uppy here. What's going on?

Kevin Lew...

-Kevin Lewin.

-Why have I got involved in this?

-Go on.

-Kevin Levin.

Kevin Lawin. Kevin...

LAUGHTER

-Hold on...

-Do you know what?

Because you've worked so hard for it, we're going to accept it.

-THEY GASP

-Oh!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, I like it!

Right, captains, it's time to see how much you're prepared to gamble.

-Oh...

-Matt, we are starting with you

and your question is about the Summer Olympics.

There is one point for every correct answer you give

but if you give me a wrong answer you will lose your points.

-OK.

-So, here's your question.

-Other than Great Britain...

-Yeah.

..which five European countries finished in the top ten

of the medal table at the 2012 Olympics?

-Germany.

-Germany, France.

-Italy.

-Italy, for sure.

Where else is in Europe?

Russia. That's in Europe.

-I mean, we've got to have Russia.

-Yeah.

-We've got to go with our bankers, haven't we...

-Yeah.

-..to get a point.

-Yeah.

-Russia... That is in Europe, isn't it?

-Yeah, that's right.

Russia.

-Russia is correct.

-Thank you very much. Right...

-We have a point.

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Germany is a banker.

-It's got to be.

-Banker.

One point, or are you going for two?

-I think we might go two.

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Germany.

-It's got to be.

-Germany.

-You're going Germany.

-Yeah.

Correct, again. APPLAUSE

-I'm not sure about that one.

-No, I'm not sure about that, no.

So you've got two points, are you going to go for three?

-..or something.

-I think they're better.

-France?

-I think we did really well in the 2012 Olympics.

-You're happy, yeah?

-For once, I think we did really well.

-OK, go with it.

-France.

-France finished seventh, yes!

-Wow!

Well done. Well done.

There are three points in the bank, are you going to risk four, or zero?

Top ten. Two more in the top ten.

-We've only got one more.

-Turkey?

With the wrestling.

With the wrestling and power lifting.

-Power lifting.

-Yeah.

Are you trying to find the nichest, like, sports?

They got two medals.

And they're like, "Yeah, they're going to make the top ten!"

That's an unbelievable shout. Judo and stuff like that.

That is such a good shout. Oh, I'm tempted.

-You've got to come out of the Olympic Stadium.

-Go for it.

-Go for it.

-No!

No, for one second.

When the athletes walk inside for the ceremony,

-look at the numbers, right?

-Yeah.

I don't think Turkey or Czech or whatever...

Turkey has got a big population, Marion, honestly.

Population, yeah, not so many athletes, though.

This doesn't get handed over at all.

No. If you get it wrong, you lose all your points.

-I want to go on record on the Ukraine and possibly Turkey.

-OK.

I don't want to go with it, I'm going on the record

-for those two power nations.

-OK, power nations.

That's a cop-out, that is.

No! I think we're going to cop out as a team at this stage, aren't we?

You come up with two nations and say,

"Oh, by the way, I'm not going to do it!"

Just when we bottle out and Sue says, "Turkey,"

you go, "Told you!"

That's exactly what you're going to do.

Who speaks like that, me or Tuffers?

Does Tuffers speak like that?

What are you doing, captain?

I love Turkey.

-ALL CHANT:

-Turkey, Turkey, Turkey.

You actually looked a little bit like a turkey.

I think only because Stuart and I fear for our lives...

..we are going to stick at three points.

Well done, you move onto 18!

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I can tell you Turkey...

..finished..

32nd...

Told you!

"Told you"?!

Ukraine! I'm telling you, Ukraine.

..with five medals.

That's all right.

I bet they were gold.

Ukraine - 14th.

There you go. You get it wrong again.

LAUGHTER

She's got a point, to be fair, fella.

Well done, well done.

The two of you missed out on...

-Italy.

-Italy were eighth

and Hungary were ninth.

Let's see how brave you are going to be.

Rules are the same.

-Your question is on football.

-Oh!

Oh...

Since 1990, seven teams have won Italy's Serie A title.

-Other than AC and Inter Milan...

-Oh!

..which five clubs have won the league?

Juve...

Crikey, who else is there? Roma.

Oh, Lazio.

-Napoli.

-Napoli.

Napoli. Oh, no, Maradona won with Napoli.

-Sampdoria.

-Sampdoria.

Oh... No.

Have you got a banker one?

Yeah, I've got a banker. Juventus, Sue.

Well done. OK, you're on the one.

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-Thank you very much.

You're going on?

-Yeah, Roma.

-Yeah, we've got to go Roma.

Since 1990, it's got to be Roma.

-Roma.

-Roma, Sue.

Correct! Two points.

Oh, Fiorentina.

That's not a bad shout.

Are you trying to make the Italian accent when you pronounce it, or...?

-ITALIAN ACCENT:

-Fiorentina.

-Yeah, that's better.

-EMPHASISES ACCENT:

-Sampdoria.

Lazio, yes or no?

Lazio, yes or no? This is the game, this is the game.

This is the game here right now, this is the game breaker.

We either go Lazio, Napoli or nothing at all and we stick.

It's up to you, what do you want to do?

-Lazio.

-MARION:

-Oh, dear.

Or stay. Or stay, or stay.

Laaaaa...

-ITALIAN ACCENT:

-Lazio!

Yes! They did!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We might keep going.

OK.

You've got three points.

We ain't finished yet.

-We shall stick there, Sue.

-Oh, you are going to stick?

-Yes, please.

-What were the other two you might have offered?

Napoli and Sampdoria.

-Oh, you would have got five.

-Oh, no!

-No!

-Now you tell us!

-Oh!

-We really would have got five? Napoli and Sampdoria, both of them?

-We should have gone one more.

-I'd have gone Napoli, maybe.

I would have gone Napoli.

LAUGHTER DROWNS SPEECH

I don't think me heart could have stood Sampdoria.

OK, Matt, your team up first.

Who is this re-enacting a great FA Cup final?

-COMMENTATOR:

-The 123rd FA Cup final

is about to start.

Etherington's shot!

Fumbled by Reina.

Liverpool are rocks!

Gerrard.

Oh, and Cisse was coming in there.

Oh, and he's got it!

Two players, far post, here comes Gerrard!

It's 2-2!

Oh, it's gone right in!

Konchesky - would you believe it?

Gerrard!

He's got it.

Oh, Steven Gerrard.

It's surely the best Cup Final of modern times.

Mmmm.

Have you got it?

If you're wearing the full Liverpool kit,

you've got to be a Liverpool fan, surely.

Is she from up there?

Don't know.

It wasn't her, no?

Oh!

Absolutely, she's a Liverpool fan.

Definitely, go with that.

-Go with that.

-Yeah.

-She's a Liverpool fan.

Caroline Wozniacki.

Let's have a look if you're right.

It is the Danish tennis star and huge Liverpool fan,

Caroline Wozniacki. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Phil, who is this detective piecing together the case?

PHONE RINGS

Oh, oh, I think I've got it.

I think I got it just at the end there.

Hold on.

Oh!

-Oh, could be.

-Yeah, I think it is.

So, yeah, she was right-handed, married, short blonde hair...

-Right.

-You're the detective!

-It could be... Yeah, it could be.

-Yeah, yeah.

I think that's a shout.

-OK.

-Happy? Happy, team?

-OK, go for it.

-I'm happy with that.

-Katharine Merry.

-OK, let's see.

Yes, it is the Olympic bronze medallist Katharine Merry.

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Now it's the captains and it's time to see how well you can read

each other's minds.

-Oh, gosh.

-Mm.

Phil, I'm going to ask Matt a question and

-he will write his answer down.

-Yeah.

Your job is to try and guess what he's gone for.

Will he go for the obvious answer or will he try and double bluff you?

I have to guess what is in Tuffers' head?

LAUGHTER

-I didn't say it was easy.

-No.

We might be all right here, boys.

So, this is question one.

Matt, write down a team that Michael Owen

has played for in the Premier League.

There's that.

What other ones are there?

Oh, I don't know.

-There you go, that one.

-Oh, yeah, of course.

Right, OK. Well, we've only got three clubs.

-Yeah.

-I don't think he...

-Oh!

-One more.

-Uh...

Newcastle.

Newcastle, Man United, Liverpool.

Oh! That's it.

LAUGHTER

Oh, come on! Come on!

I forgot about Man United.

Oh, it's started already, look.

I'm in his head, I'm in his head!

I'm in his head, creeping around in his head like that.

No chance!

I'm in there, I'm in there! I'm in there, in there.

OK, I need an answer.

-Go on.

-Right, it's locked in, OK? OK.

Tuffers, what do you think he's written?

-Erm, Newcastle.

-Oh!

Yeah!

See, I was in there! In there. I was in there.

-OK, Phil.

-Yes.

I want you to write down one of the four Australian Formula One drivers

who have won an F1 Grand Prix.

-Erm...

-Just one of the four?

-One of

-the four. Oh, is that all?

Oh...

-One of four.

-We know two.

Yes, we know two, yeah.

If you don't know them all, just choose one.

OK, the answer is locked in.

Yes, well, I've writ... I've wrote...

LAUGHTER

-I've wroted it down.

-I've written.

I've wroted it down on my writting pad.

How did you get Newcastle? You annoy me!

Right, now you've got to get in his head!

I don't want to be in his head!

I'll tell you, there's loads of room.

-What do you reckon?

-Well, both of you are here, aren't you?

Both of you are in here.

They'll say one the two obvious, blatantly obvious,

-as a double-bluffer...

-Oh.

..because it's so obvious we won't think you'll put it,

but you actually will.

-DANIEL:

-But then they'll think we're going to and they're going to...

It's a never-ending cycle of bluffness.

And then, if we're going to narrow it down,

are we going to go to here?

Because deep rooted in Tuffers

is a very gentle soul and a respectful individual

that would honour the presence of a Formula One legend in the studio.

Yeah.

So we're going to go...

-With...

-With Mark Web... No, we're not.

We're going to go with my good man over here, Mr Ricciardo.

-You're going with Daniel. Let's have a look.

-Oh, we lost that.

That was the worst bluff ever, that was the worst one.

APPLAUSE

-It's a little closer now, the scores.

-Little closer now.

I was going to say, you didn't even have me!

LAUGHTER

-Of course we did!

-No, they didn't!

OK, Matt, we have one more question each.

Write down a French golfer to have played in the Ryder Cup for Europe.

There are only three answers, I can tell you.

Well, we know them all.

So we have...

Dubuisson and Jean van de Velde.

OK, it's in. Locked in. Right, what are you going for?

-We've got three.

-Who's the other one?

-Well, you've forgot the third one.

-Do you know the third one?

-He's not saying now.

-Oh... Levet.

-Levet?

-Oh, was it?

Oh, he's done us a back there a bit.

-No, he's playing. He's just playing.

-You reckon?

-I would go for one of them.

-Dubuisson or Jean van de Velde.

-I think he forgot about one.

-He knows his golf, though.

Well, I'd like to think that I do, too, you know?

LAUGHTER

-You're right.

-Van de Velde.

-No!

-Yeah!

APPLAUSE

-You've done me there.

-It is...

No!

-Yeah!

-No!

APPLAUSE

One last chance.

Phil, write down the team name of one of the three major

sports franchises based in Pittsburgh.

-OK, I've got this one.

-Yeah.

Yeah.

-But this is ice hockey.

-Yeah.

-This is football, of course.

-Yeah.

-And I think this is baseball.

-Yeah.

-And there's no NBA, so there's only...

-Yeah.

-UGO:

-Perfect.

-NICOLAS:

-Or there's maybe a Major League Soccer.

-Boom, boom, boom.

-So, which one are you going to write down?

-Yeah, fancy that one?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Yeah? Totally, yeah.

-UGO:

-Under the table.

LAUGHTER

Right, it's locked in. Daws, over to you.

There's going to be the Penguins,

the Steelers, or the baseball we don't know.

-Interesting.

-Ah-harr.

-What's the baseball team?

-Ah-harr.

-Do you like that little trick?

-Ah-harr.

-Pirates.

Pittsburgh Pirates, it could well be the Pittsburgh Pirates. However...

Are we happy with Steelers or Penguins?

-PIRATE ACCENT:

-It's up to you, Matt, it's up to you.

LAUGHTER

You do what you want, mate, you do what you want.

He's actually gone Pirate!

What's that?

He's so got Pirates, but now he knows that I can't go Pirate...

..because he keeps making more jokes, more jokes!

Maybe they don't exist.

-What are you going with?

-Erm, what do you want to go with, guys?

Go with one that we at least know exists.

-Steelers.

-Yeah, let's go with that.

-OK, we'll go with Steelers.

You're going with Steelers.

PHIL CACKLES

Please don't say Pirate!

And it is...

No, it's the Penguins, but I spelled it wrong.

I spelled it wrong!

APPLAUSE

How do you spell Penguins?!

Genius!

It's an observation round now and both teams will be playing along.

You've got to watch very closely.

You'll need to count the number of people you see competing,

so you're looking for the number of people you see competing.

It is tricky. Here we go.

MUSIC: Counting Stars by One Republic

What?!

Have you...? You've written nothing down!

There's nothing there!

-Counting in his head.

-Right, OK, let's have a little count-up here.

25, 35, 44.

44...

-How many?

-75.

-Oh, my goodness me, what is going on here?

I've just got two different numbers to that.

-At the very least...

-Oh, yeah! Hold on, there was, yeah!

Oh, we forgot that, hold on. How many was there? There was...

Yeah, go on. I forgot about that, I forgot that!

THEY WHISPER

-Are they fours?

-No, they're eights.

-Are they fours or eights?

-Definitely eights.

-Yeah, so that's...

There was eight eights...

-There wasn't eight eights. Was there eight boats?

-Yeah.

-No!

-What do you mean, no?

-Was there eight eights?

THEY WHISPER

-Six eights, 48.

-Six eights, 48.

-What, on top of that?

-Yeah.

I didn't even have that down, I didn't even have that down!

Whoo!

Yeah, go on.

-OK.

-Go on, we're ready. Locked in.

We're locked in. Let's reveal the scores.

LAUGHTER

I don't know!

What were you watching?!

-What did you change from?

-What? 80.

-We had 80.

Where did you find 55 people?

-The rowing specialist.

-The rowing specialist!

Steve Redgrave over here!

There were three boats of four.

Get it back up!

APPLAUSE

There were three boats of four? We had 80 locked in.

We were locked in!

Well, you would have got two points for who was closest to the score.

If you'd have gone with 80,

still wouldn't have been right, cos guess what?

76 is the right answer!

APPLAUSE

We are ending tonight's show with a Sprint Finish,

so it is time for the guests to get on their captain's wavelength.

And, Phil, we're going to ask you to come out first.

LAUGHTER

-Good luck, Jason and Dan.

-Come on, come on, boys!

-OK.

-Your time starts now.

-In boxing, what's that?

-Uppercut.

-Yes.

Oh, a rugby team in Wales.

-Ospreys, Cardiff Blues.

-Yes.

Oh, the bloke who did the jumping. What was his name?

Oh... It was like that, it was like a bird. It was called...

-He was the bloke.

-Eddie the Eagle?

-Yes!

-If you're in the bottom three, you're in the...

-Relegation zone.

Yes. Oh, what's this?

-Press.

-No, what is it?

-Weightlifting.

-Yes.

In cricket, you have the orthodox one of them and the...

-Reverse sweep.

-Yes, lovely.

Oh, if you're in rugby, you pick a...to get into a...

-It's a big tall fellow...

-Lock.

-Yes.

-The cyclist...

-Froome. Hoy.

-No, the other one, you said it.

-Chris Froome.

Yes, yes!

-Oh, in football, if you don't score any goals, it's a...

-Clean sheet.

Correct. Oh, what am I holding?

-Olympic torch.

-Yes, that's it!

APPLAUSE

Boom!

Good work.

Wow.

Very impressive, ten out of ten! Wow.

He's good, though. He's good.

Right.

You know what you've got to do. You need full marks, you can't pass.

Right, come on, here we go! Come on.

CHEERING

Right, are you ready? Time starts now.

-In golf, between Europe...

-Davis Cup.

-Ryder Cup.

Yes! Yes, amazing!

Oh, the cricketer, he's usually a bowler,

he goes on at the end of the day...

-Nightwatchman.

-Yes.

They play at Loftus Road, football team.

-QPR.

-Yes!

And... Oh, a legendary wheelchair athlete. Won loads of...

-Tanni Grey-Thompson.

-Yes, correct.

Oh, NFL, the final game is the...

-Super Bowl.

-Yes.

Oh, bowler and his name is a white bird with a long neck.

-Swan.

-Yes.

Yes! Oh, this one...

-Shot put.

-Yes!

-Oh, taking all me clothes off on the pitch.

-Streaker.

Yes!

-Oh, this for 26 miles.

-Marathon.

-In the capital, yeah.

-London Marathon.

-Yes!

-Oh, not the pitching one but the one in the bunker.

-The club that I use.

-Sand wedge.

-Yes, that's it!

-Come on!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I am not worthy.

Well, I hope you enjoyed that look back at some of the best bits.

I'll be back very soon, trying to keep Matt and Phil in order.

Until then, goodbye.

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