Episode 21 A Question of Sport

Joining the captains tonight are...

England fast bowler...

Middle-distance star...

Davis Cup winner...

And rugby league legend...

Let battle commence on A Question Of Sport.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to A Question Of Sport.

Tonight's show promises to be a competitive contest,

so let's get things started with a Picture Board.

OK, Matt, we are coming to your team first.

12 pictures to get through and a minute to do it in.

Number four, please.

(No idea.)

Um... That's...that's tricky.

I don't know. I don't know, move on.

-OK.

-Three.

-Laura Muir.

-Yes.

-Two.

-Mata.

-Mata!

-Yes.

-One.

Come on!

-Khan?

-No.

-Move on. Five.

-Nicola Adams.

-Yes.

-Six.

-Oh, no. Wade.

-No.

-No.

Move on. Seven.

Who is that? Who's THAT?!

-Charnley, Joshua Charnley.

-Charnley, yeah.

-Eight.

-Vardy.

-Yes.

-12.

-Ricardo.

-Yes.

-11.

-Vince.

-Yes.

-Ten.

-Janet Jepkosgei.

-Nine.

-Oh, that's...Cilic.

-Yes, it is.

Ho-ho-ho!

APPLAUSE

Well done, you've scored nine.

The ones you missed out were the Scottish golfer Marc Warren.

-Warren! Marc Warren.

-That was the first one.

The Pakistan bowler was Yasir Shah.

And Mark Webster was the Welsh darts player.

Oh, dear, oh, dear. Tough as the door is ajar.

-I hope it doesn't hit us in the face.

-No.

-LAUGHTER

-Boom!

Come on, boys, we've got a chance here. Come on.

-60 seconds for you too, Tuffers.

-Shout them out if you know them.

One, please.

-Oh...

-Melissa Carlton.

-Yes.

-Two.

-Raonic.

-Yes.

-Three.

-Um, Adlington.

-Yes.

-Four.

-Come on.

-I know it, I know it.

-Come on.

-I know...

-Come on.

-Uh...

Move on, move on. Five.

-Koscielny.

-Koscielny. Six.

Oh... Oh, Ebony!

-Ebony, Ebony who does the TMS.

-Yes.

Oh, I've forgotten her last name!

-Ebony.

-We need it.

-No, move on. Seven, eight, seven.

-Seven.

-Paul Way.

-No.

Oh, no! Move on. Eight.

Oh, no. Go on.

-McDermott.

-No.

-Go on.

-I know it.

-LAUGHTER

Oh, come on! Move on, move on, move on!

-Monahan.

-Yes.

-Nine, nine, nine.

-Monfils.

-Yes.

-Ten.

-Oh, Guy Whitlock. Max Whitlock.

-Yes.

-11.

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-Ainsley...Ainsley Harriott.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

-Ainsley Harriott!

-What's his name?

-Audley Harrison.

-Oh, course! Oh, my goodness! What's going on?

-Ainsley Harriott, sadly, doesn't score you anything.

-No.

We gave you Monahan, you got that just in time.

Who was on the golf course?

It was the snooker world champion Ken Doherty.

-Oh!

-It's Melvin.

-It was Ebony Rainford-Brent.

-Oh, Ebony!

-I'm sorry, Ebony.

-Gareth Widdop.

Yes. LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

-I'm getting old. I'm just getting old.

-That was chaos!

Thankfully, you were here just to get some right. Wow.

End of the round,

Phil's on seven,

Matt's team in front on nine.

APPLAUSE

It's Sports Action time now. And, Matt, this one is for you.

Make a note of the people you see.

He's going to score!

France have done it!

Words can't describe it, John.

It's what every player dreams of.

He's just straying onto leg stump.

Very, very strong.

Running very well indeed. Gets it...

A little smile on a relieved face there.

They've got four getting forward here, Spurs.

We can only have three back.

And it's his first goal for Tottenham Hotspur!

So, do you know the five sports stars that you saw in action?

The more you recognise, the easier you'll find the game.

-Yeah?

-Yeah. OK, Laura Turner.

-OK.

Uh... Cricketer?

Ashwell Prince.

-All right.

-Ashwell Prince.

Edgar Davids.

Two more.

The rugby player...

LAUGHTER

The old French winger.

You don't need to know it, but the initials of the people you

saw will help you... LAUGHTER

..identify this sports star.

OK.

Now, some of the letters will help you more than others.

However, two of the crucial letters in the puzzle won't be revealed.

-Oh.

-So, which star's initials do you think will help you the most?

Which one should we go with?

-That.

-Yeah?

-Ashley Prince? AP. Was it Ashley?

-Ashwell.

-Ashwell, I beg your pardon.

-OK.

-Ashwell Prince.

So this is for three points if you get it.

So let's see, does that help you?

-Oooh...

-Oh!

-Oh!

-Massive.

-Identify this sports star.

-Have you got it?

-Well...

-Shut up!

LAUGHTER

SHE WHISPERS

Ah!

-There you go.

-Ah!

-Told you.

-Go with it. Go with it right now.

OK. Victoria Pendleton?

Are you right?

Yes! Well done, Jenny.

APPLAUSE

So, seeing those letters,

have you worked out who the French winger is?

-Vincent Clerc.

-Yes. Three points, good stuff.

OK, Phil, keep your eyes peeled for the stars you see.

He's got it.

On the punch...

That's his 50, that's why he's...

And off he goes! Foot down and funnels it in.

You're a swimmer. Swimmer... Oh, I tell you...

-Swimmer! You're a tennis player.

-We are swimming against the tide.

Just name who you think the five are.

-Steve Darcis.

-And carry on.

Adam Voges.

-Rob Burrow.

-Rob Burrow.

Nigel Winterburn.

-Chris Eubank.

-Yeah.

He's brought out a new book, hasn't he? After coming out of the jungle.

It's about ethics.

I think he's doing a follow-up, one on Thuthex.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

The initials will help you work out this sports team.

Sports team, right. Well, what is handy to have?

A V is pretty handy in a name, isn't it?

-Sort of unusual.

-Yeah, the V and the W.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Do you reckon?

-Yes.

-AV, Sue.

-AV.

-It's a sports team.

-THEY SIGH

THEY SIGH DEEPLY

Um, Rav? No.

Wave?

The V should be there.

-Yeah, should be the third.

-It should be the third.

-Thinking, football.

Football, oh, football. Football...

Warrington! No...

LAUGHTER

Do you want another two letters?

-We're going to have to have another two, aren't we?

-Yeah.

-What are you going to go for next?

-Another two, please.

-Oh, another two of these.

-LAUGHTER

-What do you reckon?

-I reckon the N and the W.

-NW?

-Yeah.

-That's quite distinct as well.

N... Are you happy with NW?

-NW.

-NW, please, Sue.

Um, van...

-THEY SIGH

-Oh!

-What?

-WN?

What?

-What ends WN?

-It's got to be an S on the end, isn't it?

Yes. So...

-No, maybe not.

-Got it.

-Got it.

-Have you?

-Got it.

-Go on, write it down.

-Got it.

-Cleveland Browns.

-Yes!

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Cleveland Browns. That earns you two points.

-Not bad.

-That's all right.

So at the end of the round, Phil is on nine,

but Matt's team in front on 12.

APPLAUSE

So here it's one point for a Home question,

possible three if you go Away.

-Ryan, coming to you first. You love going Home.

-Love it.

You love a Home question.

-Away.

-LAUGHTER

Home, please.

Since making his test debut in December 2014,

which bowler has taken over 50 wickets and was Man of the Match in

the first ever day-night Test after taking nine wickets in the match?

So, who are the Aussie bowlers right now?

Good question.

LAUGHTER

I don't watch cricket, I watch rugby league.

LAUGHTER

-Hazelwood, is he a bowler?

-Hazelwood, yeah.

Hazelwood.

Yeah, there we go, that's it.

You think he would have made his debut in December 2014?

-Could have, yeah.

-OK.

-Yeah?

-He's not been playing very long.

-He's still a very young guy.

-Is he?

-Yeah.

-I'll go with that.

Josh Hazlewood.

Yes! Well done, Ryan.

APPLAUSE

James, coming to you. Home or Away?

-I'll go...Home, please.

-Home, OK.

In 2014, which former junior Wimbledon champion won Queens and

three weeks later knocked out the reigning champion at Wimbledon...?

-Dimitrov.

-Yes, Grigor Dimitrov, well done.

APPLAUSE

At least let me finish the question, James!

I lost to him the same week at Queens, so I remember pretty well.

-Sorry we brought him up then.

-That's fine.

-Anyway, let's talk about good things. The Davis Cup.

-Yes.

I mean, first time in 79 years!

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

And it goes back to that match against America

and your win against John Isner. World-class John Isner.

1513 it was in the fifth and final set.

Just how terrifying were those last few games?

It was awful to watch, what was it like to play in?

It wasn't just the last few games, actually, Sue.

The last set went on for about two hours, but...

Yeah, it was an unbelievable atmosphere.

I don't even remember. From about 4-0 in the fifth set,

I don't remember any point, so...

Yeah, but to get the win there was unbelievable.

It was so crucial - Britain couldn't have won it without that win,

with the Bryan brothers in there.

And I think the person that was almost more excited than you

-was Andy. He was at the side. He was coaching you from the side.

-He was.

Yeah, I've never seen him get up and down that quick, but...

LAUGHTER

He was a great help. He was the only person

I was looking at towards the end. I felt a bit sorry for Leon.

He was sitting on the bench thinking

I should be listening to him, but I kept looking over to Andy,

-thinking what would he do, so...

-LAUGHTER

Congratulations, that was a fantastic effort.

The pressure is off now,

-you got your Home question right. So that's good too.

-Yep, job done.

Job done!

-Jenny, over to you.

-Oh...

-Don't you go.

-You always get yours really well.

-OK.

-Are you going Home?

-I think so.

-Yeah. I'll go Home, please.

Between 2013 and 2015,

which athlete has won medals in the women's 800m

in both World Championships and the Commonwealth Games?

-Eunice Sum?

-Yes, it is.

From Kenya. Well done.

APPLAUSE

So, full marks all round, Martin, as we come to you. Now...

LAUGHTER

I don't like that kind of pressure.

You love your Home questions, don't you?

-But you like to risk as well, so what you going to do?

-Go Away.

Come on! Come, on!

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooooh!

-Ooooh! Look at that!

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooooh!

Come on.

Name the three countries to have won

an Olympic gold medal in baseball.

Korea. Um...

-Malaysia.

-Japan.

-Japan, yeah.

-Japan.

-It's got to be a South American country.

-Yes?

-Definitely.

-Colombia?

It's got to be America.

-Oh, yeah! America.

-USA.

-Baseball.

-Baseball.

-Yeah, USA.

-Japan play it.

-Yeah, Japan.

-Is it Japan? Yeah?

-I know they play it a lot more now.

-Yeah, it is.

-Not Puerto Rico. Is it Puerto Rico?

-Japan. Japan is good.

Yeah, and where...? Oh, yes! Where the big hitter comes from.

Sammy Sosa!

-Where is he from?

-I don't know!

LAUGHTER

Puerto Rico?

-Is he Cuban?

-Cuba?

-Cuba!

-It doesn't ring any bells.

-Cuba. Cuba.

Sammy Sosa, he's from Cuba.

-Cuba, those are our three.

-I'll go for it.

-Stay with it.

Right, go on, guv'nor. You wanted to go Away.

-LAUGHTER

-It's all on you now.

You know he told me to go Away.

Over...over to you.

-No, I said... Do you want to take it or shall I?

-No, OK.

-I'll take it then.

-Go on.

USA, Japan...and Cuba.

Two out of three. That's good. Well done.

APPLAUSE

So two points there. Matt, for one bonus point.

A cheeky little extra point.

USA and Cuba are correct, so it is the third one we are looking for.

South Korea?

-Yeah, put Korea.

-Korea...

-China.

China. China!

-See, I said China straightaway...

-Did you?

-..and you wrote China.

We are all in for China.

-And you are all wrong!

-Oh!

LAUGHTER

I thought she said he was right!

You both said it, though. It was your second choice.

And you said it early on. It's South Korea.

South Korea is the one we were looking for.

But anyway, a little bit closer. But captains now.

And we are going to the movies.

You will need to take it in turns to pick which film you want to see.

OK, Matt, you can choose first.

-Questions will follow.

-OK.

Uh...

The Wizard of Oz.

OK.

Who are these three Australian sports stars?

There is a point for each one you identify.

-It's got to be Lleyton Hewitt at the top, hasn't it?

-Yeah.

-100%.

-Who did you say? Gilchrist?

RYAN WHISPERS

-Oh, Mark Webber.

-Mark Webber, it looks like his chin.

Could well be, yeah.

-Go for it?

-Go for it.

-Go on.

THEY LAUGH

-Top to bottom.

-Yep.

-Lleyton Hewitt, Adam Gilchrist, Mark Webber.

Let's see, are you right?

Course you are! Well done, all three right.

APPLAUSE

Of course. Yes, Australia.

LAUGHTER

-Sound Of Music, please, Sue.

-OK.

-The hills are alive.

-Yes.

-Right, you need to listen carefully here.

Which Premier League team come out to this music at their home matches?

MUSIC PLAYS

HE HUMS

LAUGHTER

I recognise the music. It's from a TV show, isn't it?

Z Cars is Everton.

LAUGHTER

Z Cars IS Everton.

HE HUMS THE LIQUIDATOR

That's Chelsea.

LAUGHTER

-What do Arsenal come out to?

-They used to come out to Elvis.

-Yeah.

-But they don't any more.

-They've just change that.

-Yeah.

-It's not to that, though.

-No?

-Let's just go through clubs then.

-Premier League.

-Premier League.

-Who's in the Premier...?

-Well, Newcastle, Sunderland, Norwich...

-Just say who it isn't.

THEY HUM

-LAUGHTER

-I can't get it out of my head!

It's not going to help!

Oh, I don't know.

-Have a guess.

-Norwich.

It is the music also of the Great North Run.

-That's where we know it! Is it Newcastle?

-Newcastle.

Yes, Newcastle we were looking for.

-That's where...

-That's where you know it from.

Well, no points, but we've got another chance at another two.

It gets a little trickier now.

LAUGHTER

Which sporting theme have we reversed here?

MUSIC PLAYS BACKWARDS

Chariots Of Fire.

Chariots Of Fire.

-Chariots Of Fire.

-SUE LAUGHS

-You should know that. That's my song there. That's my jam.

-It's you.

-Chariots Of Fire.

-Chariots Of Fire, yeah.

-It is! Yes!

APPLAUSE

And this one's for you too. It is supposed to be even harder.

What sport is associated

with this piece of music that we have speeded up?

MUSIC PLAYS IN FAST FORWARD

It is! That is genius!

He got it? RYAN HUMS

Oh, is it the darts?

-JAMES HUMS

-It was faster.

-Yeah, darts. Darts.

-It IS the darts!

APPLAUSE

Well done. Two points there, but still some catching up to do.

Phil's on 14. Matt in front on 17.

APPLAUSE

OK, Matt, your team are first. Who is this jazz musician?

SAX AND PIANO PLAY SLOW JAZZ

-Wha...?

-JENNY WHISPERS

Was it his real hair? It looked like a syrup.

-James Toseland, that.

-See, that's a good shout. That's a good shout.

-I haven't got anything else. Have you got anything, Jen?

-No.

-No.

-Come on.

-James Toseland.

OK, let's have a look.

Yes, the superbike world champion James Toseland.

APPLAUSE

OK, Tuffers, for your team. Who is working hard at the car wash?

Come on, boys, we need this.

MUSIC: Car Wash by Rose Royce

Cor!

-I've got a half a clue.

-Have you?

-Yeah. Go on, then.

-Sally Gunnell?

-Yeah.

That's why you hardly saw any of her, cos she is so well-known.

-Yeah.

-Yeah? Sally Gunnell.

Let's see.

Well done! The Olympic champion, Sally Gunnell.

APPLAUSE

And well done to both teams in that round.

Phil is now on 16.

Matt in front on 19.

APPLAUSE

OK, captains, you are up in the middle for this one

as it is time to take on the Wall.

Today, both of you will have questions on cup finals.

-Right? Matt, you are up first.

-First?

-Yeah.

-Right, OK.

Come on, here we go.

APPLAUSE

-OK, Daws.

-Yeah.

-And your team.

-On the Wall are nine rugby league teams.

-Oh...

Why couldn't we have had that one?! Oh, no...

LAUGHTER

Oh, no. I reckon I would've got this one.

You need to find the five that have won the Challenge Cup

since 1980.

The five that have won the Challenge Cup since 1980.

Time starts now.

-OK. Who have? Sheffield, they've won it.

-Yeah. Hull.

-Who, Hull?

-Hull, yeah.

-Yep.

Let's do that and see.

Keep looking, keep looking, keep looking.

Three. BUZZER

-Since what year, sorry?

-'80, 1980.

-Broncos? Broncos?

-No, Broncos aren't.

-No?

-Widnes.

-Catalan, no?

-No, no.

Halifax, what about Halifax?

-Let's try Widnes.

-HE PANTS

BUZZER Three.

Who haven't here?

Wakefield, have they won it?

-I don't think they have. Halifax.

-I don't think so.

-Swap Halifax for Wakey.

-For who?

-BUZZER

-For who?

-Four.

-For who?

What does that mean?!

What about Cas for Wakefield?

-Cas, Cas...

-Bottom, bottom.

-To there?

-No, to Cas.

-Have Wakefield won it?

-BUZZER

Four. WHISTLE BLOWS

How does that work?!

That's it, time.

APPLAUSE

-How is that?

-I think Salford haven't.

-I don't think so.

-Ryan did say swap Wakefield for Castleford, didn't he?

-Ah!

-Yeah.

-So these are the five.

-We weren't far away there.

-But four points, that's excellent.

-We'll take four.

-Well done.

Excellent. APPLAUSE

-Tuffers, the Wall awaits you.

-Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, boys.

-OK.

-On the Wall are nine football clubs.

They have all played in the FA Cup final,

but you need to find the five that have never won the trophy.

-The five that have never won the FA Cup.

-Right.

Your time starts now.

-Palace, Cardiff.

-Hull?

-Palace.

-Cardiff. Who?

-Hull City.

-Hull.

Ipswich have won it or not?

Ipswich have one it. They beat Arsenal.

-Sheffield United.

-OK.

-One more.

-BOTH:

-Leicester!

Leicester.

-BUZZER Three.

-Three?!

-Have United won it?

-Derby! Derby!

-Take one away.

-Oh, take one away.

-Derby.

-Let's try that.

BUZZER Two.

So it's Leicester!

Leicester, Leicester's on.

-Leicester's on.

-Take one away.

Cardiff off.

Birmingham beat Ars...

Oh, Birmingham beat Arsenal.

LAUGHTER

Let's try that.

-Any ideas?

-Quick, quick.

-BUZZER Four.

-Four!

WHISTLE BLOWS Oh!

APPLAUSE

Good change. Last-minute change saved us.

-Actually, it didn't actually.

-Oh, didn't it?

LAUGHTER

-Because you changed Birmingham for Stoke.

-Oh.

And you should've changed Cardiff. Cos Cardiff is wrong.

Those are the five right answers, so Birmingham

was the one you were looking for.

But still, very well done.

-Another four points scored.

-Four.

APPLAUSE

And that means at the end

of the round, Phil is on 20,

Matt in front on 23.

APPLAUSE

So this is the final round.

And, Tuffers, the door is not slammed shut just yet.

But the final round is the buzzer round.

And it's one point if you get it right,

one point away if you get it wrong.

All right, here we go.

First question.

Zach Johnson has won the Open Championship

and which other major?

-Matt.

-The Masters.

-Yes.

Which Leeds Rhinos winger scored a record five tries

in the 2015 Challenge?

-Briscoe.

-Yes.

Which pair of brothers took ten wickets in an innings

in a County Championship match

for Surrey in 2015?

Oh, what is his name?

-No, I've forgotten it.

-Curran.

-Curran!

Roger Federer has won which tournament held prior to

Wimbledon a record eight times?

-Halle.

-Yes.

Rachel Atherton is a downhill

World Cup champion in which sport?

-The mountain biking cycling thing.

-Yes.

The outer bull in darts is worth how many points?

-25.

-Yes.

Which course has staged the most Ryder Cups?

-Belfry.

-Yes.

The New York Jets and which other...

WHISTLE BLOWS Oh!

APPLAUSE

Tough to catch up.

You were on fire again there, Matt.

Absolutely.

A win by three points,

congratulations to you. A big thank you to our guests,

to Jenny and Ryan, to James and Martin.

The three of us will be back very soon.

Until then, from all of us here, bye-bye.

APPLAUSE