Episode 22 A Question of Sport

Tonight's Question Of Sport team sheet features -

Aussie snooker star Neil Robertson,

European gold-winning sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey,

Commonwealth champion swimmer Hannah Miley,

and Premier League defender John O'Shea.

Who will be victorious on tonight's show?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to the show.

All of our guests have experience in the A Question Of Sport studio,

but who will triumph tonight? We're about to find out.

Let's get things started with the Picture Board.

And, Matt, we're going to start with your team.

We will start with number four, please.

-Diego Costa.

-Yes.

Number three.

-Tom Ford.

-Yes.

-Number two.

-Trayvon Bromell.

-Yep.

-Number one. Good team I've got here.

-Ross Fisher.

-Yes.

-Five.

-Chris Boardman.

-Yes.

-Six.

-Allan Border.

-Yes.

-Seven. Good shout!

-Pacquiao.

-Yep.

-Eight.

-Sophie Hitchon.

-Yep.

-12.

-Kaino.

-Yes.

-11.

-Oldham.

-No.

-Purvis.

-No.

-Whitlock?

-You've got a bit of time.

-Move on.

-OK.

-Don't know that one. Ten.

-Elise Christie.

-Yes.

-Nine.

-Dechawat Poomjaeng.

-Yes!

-Oh, take that! What a team!

-APPLAUSE

-What a team.

-Very well done.

-Very well done.

-I'm delighted for you(!)

LAUGHTER

You scored 11, which is a great start.

-It was the British gymnast Nile Wilson.

-Nile Wilson.

The only one you missed out on, but what a start.

-OK, Phil, you have 60 seconds on the clock.

-We'll have it.

Come on, here we go. One, please, Sue.

-Paul McGinley.

-Yes.

-Two.

-Aimee Willmott.

-Yep.

-Three.

-Navratilova.

-Yep.

-Four.

-Kyle Walker.

-Yes.

-Five.

-Eric Bristow.

-Bristow.

-Yes.

-Six.

-Jamie Heaslip.

-Yep.

-Seven.

Oh. Oh, who's the big long jumper?

Clifer, Hifer. No. Oh! Move on, move on, move on. Eight.

-Hashim Amla.

-Yep.

-Nine.

-Sam Burgess.

-Yes.

-Ten.

-Katinka Hosszu.

-Yep.

-11.

-Glenn Whelan.

-Yep. 12!

-Oh!

-Valentino Rossi.

-Yes! APPLAUSE

Good team as well.

Huh! Huh!

-Yeah!

-Who was the one we missed?

-Carolina Kluft.

Carolina Kluft! Oh, I knew Kluft.

Great start from both teams.

End of the opening round, they're tied on 11.

APPLAUSE

It's Sports Action time now and both teams are playing along.

Make a note of the people you see and WHEN the action is taking place.

MUSIC: Adventure Of A Lifetime by Coldplay

That'll do.

What about this? Thank you very much indeed.

Unbelievable! Mark Williams!

Di Matteo shoots! Oh, what about this?

It's possibly the quickest ever goal at a Wembley Cup final!

Well, that is going to take some beating.

That was fast and it's taken a wicket.

Right. I'll give you a sport and you need to write down in which year

you think the action was taking place.

If you are one year out, you'll be plus one,

two years out, plus two and so on.

MATT AND PHIL GROAN

And the team with the lower number wins at the end.

OK, your first sport is swimming.

You saw Michael Phelps breaking a world record.

-In which year do you think it was taking place?

-Yes.

-So what do we do now?

-LAUGHTER

-We know that.

-Write it down.

-Just write it down.

-Was he around in Sydney?

-I don't think so, but...

-We're ready.

-OK!

LAUGHTER

-You've got a swimmer over there!

-I know.

-OK.

-What? Are you sure?

-Happy with that?

-You're done.

-I think so.

-Right.

OK, let's reveal the two answers.

-Oh, that's not bad!

-2004 and 2006.

The correct answer is 2001.

So it's an advantage to Phil's team.

So, plus three and plus five over here.

So, athletics is up next.

-What year was Phillips Idowu in action?

-Right. Phillips Idowu.

He would've been... That would've been...

Was that Olympics?

-Come on, we're ready over here!

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah? Fancy it?

-Go on, then.

-Not a million miles away there, are we?

-HANNAH:

-No.

-JOHN:

-Hope not.

OK. Let's reveal the answers.

'07, '06.

Spot on, Matt. 2006. APPLAUSE

Harry Double A!

Matt stays on plus five. Plus four for Tuffers.

OK, we're looking at football next.

-Oh, Di Matteo.

-Yes, I was going do you know who's scoring?

Yes, but importantly, what year was it?

2001, they played against Villa...

I mean, it could be right, because...that and that,

-they were in... I think they were in the final.

-Yeah.

-So, it's going to be around here, isn't it?

-Yeah.

And you said...

That popped in my head first thing, that number.

-NEIL:

-I've only got the last one.

-He's on fire, ain't he?

-HARRY:

-I don't know!

Leave it to Harry Double A. Which one are you going to go for?

-Six.

-Right.

-Happy?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

Yeah? Go on. Go. Done. In. Locked in.

OK. Right, let's see what Tuffers thinks.

-'95...

-'95 was Everton-Man United.

-..'96.

The answer is '97.

'97.

Both plus six now, with two to go

and snooker now.

Oh, here we go! Here we go! He's in his element.

-Who was scoring the 147? Do you know?

-Williams.

-Yes, it was. OK.

Now, what year was it taking place?

-100%, deffo? Not even hesitation.

-Boom! Yeah.

-'02, '03...

-That was my first guess.

'06, '05, '04...

-In the middle of it, '03, '04.

-OK.

What are you doing, Daws?

You're doodling, are you? Oh, you're both locked in.

-Right.

-Yeah, we're in, we're locked.

Let's reveal the drawing and the answers.

-Oh!

-2005. '05.

The answer is '05!

APPLAUSE

Both plus six and one question to go. This will decide it.

-In which year was Ian Woosnam...

-Oh!

..winning the Scottish Open?

-Scottish Open?

-Yes.

-The Scottish Open?

-The Scottish Open.

-'91, '92...

-About there. It can't be that far.

-It's not '80s.

-It can't be.

Right. This is going to decide it.

Come on. Come on.

-Oh!

-'91 for Tuffers, '92 for Daws.

Oh, I think Tuffers has nicked that.

The answer is '96,

so two points go to Matt!

APPLAUSE

The points go to Matt, which means Phil stays on 11,

Matt's in front on 13.

APPLAUSE

So now it is Home Or Away and, Harry, we're coming to you first.

Home question, or a three-pointer, going away?

I want to go home, if that's all right?

-Yeah.

-It's fine. That's fine.

-Thank you, sir.

Which 100m Olympic silver medallist anchored his country

to sprint relay medals at the last two Olympics

and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow?

-So London was... Oh, right.

-Jamaica.

Oh, wait.

But he couldn't have been around then? Er, yeah, so... Jamaica first.

-Would you know Beijing?

-Beijing was...

Jamaica, Trinidad... Oh, that's it.

Trinidad would've got promoted in London, I think.

Who was the anchor for Trinidad?

Um...Richard Thompson, I think, is the answer.

Could he have had silver?

Yes, from Beijing. Richard Thompson.

That's my answer, Sue.

And it is the right answer, Harry! Well done.

APPLAUSE

Well worked out. Well worked out. John, home or away?

-Home. Stick to home.

-Take your time.

A player from which Premier League club became their first

England international by starting against San Marino in 2015,

three years after making his England debut whilst at Liverpool?

-Who played against...

-He was the club's first international?

-First England international.

-For the club?

-Yeah.

-What club? No, Leicester would've had it...

-Yeah.

-Right.

-Premier League club.

Premier League... So, it's a club now...

-Trying to think of the player.

-Watford, Norwich...

-Watford, Norwich, Leicester...

-Leicester...

Sunderland...

Can't be Sunderland.

At Liverpool, left and then...

-Oh, Wales!

-Swansea.

-Swansea.

Wow.

Swansea.

(Jonjo Shelvey.)

-Is it?

-LAUGHTER

I think we have an answer.

-Is it?

-It must be.

-Has he played for England against San Marino?

-Yeah.

-And he was at Liverpool. Of course he was at Liverpool.

-Oh, wow.

LAUGHTER

-I hope this is right!

-Go on. Go on.

Jonjo Shelvey.

-It was the club I was after.

-Oh! Swansea!

-Swansea!

Swansea. It is the right answer! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done.

-Neil, over to you. Home or away?

-I'll go with home.

Who, in October 2015, moved past the round of 16 in a ranking event

for the first time by reaching the final

of the international championship in China?

-Dave Gilbert.

-Yes!

-Wow.

Well done. APPLAUSE

So three points the difference.

-Hannah, what are we doing, home or away?

-Home.

-Home.

Who won women's Olympic silver medals in the 200m butterfly

and 800m freestyle in London,

and in 2013 won World Championship medals

in both individual medley races?

Mireia Belmonte.

Yes, it was. From Spain. APPLAUSE

Well done.

OK, captains, it's time to test your nerve.

-Matt, we're starting with your team and your question is on tennis.

-OK.

There is a point for each answer you get right,

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

-What?!

-Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.

-Yes.

Name the five countries that have played seven or more times

in the Davis Cup final since 1980.

America? America?

-USA?

-Yeah.

-We've got to say USA and we've got to get a point.

We'll start with the USA.

-And you are right.

-Right, we'll take a point.

That's certainly one of the five.

-Very good.

-Well done. APPLAUSE

The shouts are going to be

Spain, Argentina.

-France?

-Possibly. France.

-I do like Spain.

-You like Spain?

-Do you like Spain?

-Yeah...

-They do seem to do well.

-Australia?

-Australia! Australia is a great shout!

-That's got to be one.

-Because you've got Hewitt, Rafter, Philippoussis.

-Yeah, go on.

-We'll go with Aussies.

-You're going on?

-Yeah.

You got two points.

Oh!

Germany? Germany?

Boris would've had a chance there, wouldn't he?

Who else?

You need one top-drawer player playing regularly.

If you've got a couple...

That's why I think Spain, because you had Nadal and Ferrer...

-Yeah.

-..and...

-Spain.

-I'm with you.

-You are four points ahead.

-Spain.

-You're going with it?

-Spain.

-Going with it?

-Spain.

Two becomes...

-three.

-Oh!

Two more. We're five ahead.

I like Argentina, it's a good shout, but to lose three points, I think...

-NEIL:

-Yeah, it was a lot of hard work, wasn't it?

-It was a lot of hard work.

-LAUGHTER

I think we're going to freeze there.

-OK.

-If we were having a guess,

we would go for Argentina, wouldn't we?

But we're going to freeze.

If you had gone with Argentina and you would've had zero.

-Why didn't you go with Argentina?!

-LAUGHTER

-Sweden.

-Oh!

-Mats Wilander.

-Yes.

And France. You mentioned France.

France was another one.

But well done.

You made the right decision and three points to your total.

So, Phil.

-Be kind.

-Rugby union.

-Ooh, OK.

Remember, a point for each correct answer, but if you get it wrong,

-you lose them all.

-OK.

Name the five English clubs to have played in a Heineken cup final.

-MATT:

-Tuffers, I think, is going four, or possibly five.

-Saracens.

Yeah, that's three, straight off the bat -

Leicester, Wasps, Saracens.

-And then...

-What are you going to start with?

Leicester, Sue, for a point, please.

Yes, one point. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Any more you're sure of?

-You're going on?

-Wasps.

-You're going on with Wasps?

-Wasps.

-Correct, for two points.

-Lovely.

-APPLAUSE

Saracens.

Go through the teams.

Saracens. We've got Bath.

Have Bath been in there?

Don't know.

Harlequins.

Harlequins have been in there.

Saracens. Definitely. Saracens, Sue.

You're going on, risking it?

-Three. Come on.

-You have got three.

-Yes!

-APPLAUSE

Only two behind, so just be careful.

-Are you sure you want to go on?

-Go on.

-Northampton.

Northampton! Northampton Saints.

He was probably in it.

It's a big drop, though! It's a big loss!

I'm sure Leinster beat them in the final at the Millennium Stadium.

Go on, go on. Yeah?

-Jonny Sexton scored a try.

-Jonny Sexton scored a try.

LAUGHTER

It's like a commentary!

No, go on, go with your gut.

I always do.

They were in it, they got beat! I remember Northampton Saints, Sue.

Are they right?

-They are right.

-They are right!

Yes! APPLAUSE

Wait.

Not quite finished yet.

Four points.

-You're going on, Tuffers, are you?

-Well, I don't know.

I'm just going to give it a 30 seconds' thought.

No.

LAUGHTER

I think we'll... Freeze, Sue. We'll take that. Well done.

If you were going to go on, what do you think you'd make?

-Cos you've got others there.

-Well, I was thinking...

Harlequins.

You would've lost the lot

if you'd gone with that.

It's Bath.

We had Bath!

Bath was the other one.

But four points, great score and even closer now.

Phil's moved on to 17. Matt's still in front, though, on 18.

APPLAUSE

OK, we are playing Head To Head now and, Matt, you are up first.

Your team are about to see two gold-medal winning performances

from the 2015 World Athletics Championships.

On the left is Kenyan javelin thrower Julius Yego.

On the right is Usain Bolt.

Does the javelin land first or does Bolt cross the line?

LAUGHTER

-Toss a coin.

-Right, how long have we got here for Usain?

-It's sort of ten seconds-ish, isn't it?

-Oh, he runs 9.7.

-He runs 9.7?

-9.7.

-9.7.

Julius... Is it as soon as he starts running or is it...?

Cos they do a bit of running on the spot before they go.

-Have you seen his run up? Does he do a bit of that?

-He does.

He's sort of already moving, actually, isn't he?

Yeah, his run up isn't...

-He gets going, he takes his time to get going.

-Does he?

-Yeah, but...

-Have a go. Show us.

Show us! Go on, show us.

Come on! Give us a quick impression. We can time it! We can time it!

-We can time it!

-I haven't got the shoulder mobility for this.

Put yourself in Julius's...

-All right.

-The whole technique and I'm going to time it.

-Goldie Sayers will be...

-Hold on.

-Tell me when you're going to go.

-OK, I'm going to start moving now.

So he's going, he comes to the side...

-Oh, that's in the air!

-That's in the air. That's in the air!

-And it's l...anded.

-Now!

That's...

-9.8 seconds.

-Oh!

LAUGHTER

And on that theory, the javelin takes longer.

I feel like the fastest man in the world against a javelin

-being lugged by a really, really strong man.

-Yeah.

-In a sense...

I don't know. I feel like the flight time of a javelin is long,

-but when it comes down, it comes down quick.

-Yeah?

It's up there and then, next thing you know, it's down, so...

-NEIL:

-How far will he run?

-HARRY:

-The run-up is probably about... I want to say 25 metres.

MATT STAMPS FEET

-It's about like that, isn't it?

-Yeah. Pretty much.

And Bolt is going to cover the first 30 metres in under...four,

about 3.5 seconds, 3.6 seconds he'll cover the first 30m in,

so he won't be halfway by the time he should've thrown the javelin.

This is scientific!

LAUGHTER

Oh, it's just going to be so close.

I just feel you got Bolt crossing the line and the javelin just...

Just beating him.

-HARRY:

-I think it's the javelin because, like I said...

Are we agreeing? Javelin? Right, we're going javelin.

-Let's go javelin.

-Javelin.

-Going javelin. Here we go.

COUNTDOWN BEEPS

-Go on, Usain!

-Fast start!

Go on, get up there!

Go, Usain.

Oh!

LAUGHTER

After all that!

So, Phil, you have two fantastic goals to choose between.

On the left is Ryan Giggs. On the right is Diego Maradona.

They are both about to receive the ball in their own half.

Who do you think scores first?

-Giggs.

-Really? LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Right. Both picking it up from roughly the same place.

Giggsy...

-..was a bit more straightforward, weren't it?

-Yeah.

-He just sort of ran...

-He slows a little bit down towards the goal.

-Yeah.

-Initially, he's...

-But it's both virtually to the by-line, isn't it?

-Yeah.

But so was Maradona's to the by-line. So Giggs or Maradona?

Giggs was a bit more straight foot... He's got longer legs.

He's only got little legs, Maradona, ain't he?

He's only got little legs.

-I would definitely say Giggsy was quicker, but...

-Yeah.

I'm going to hurt to say Giggs,

cos it's against the Arsenal, but there you go. Giggs.

-Giggs, Giggs, Giggs. Giggs, Sue.

-OK.

Ryan Giggs, you're going with. Let's have a look.

-COUNTDOWN BEEPS

-Go on, Ryan.

Go on, Ryan!

Go on, Ryan!

-Go on!

-Ooh!

Go on!

-Shoot! Shoot! Yes!

-APPLAUSE

Just about! Look at that, he just got it!

SO close but well done.

You get the point, which means, at the end of the round,

now the teams are level.

They're both on 18. APPLAUSE

So this will decide it. Our final round is the Sprint Finish

with a possible ten points available.

-Matt, we're going to ask you to go first.

-OK, here we go. Come on.

You sit over there. Come on, Neil.

Right. We're going to have to be sharp here.

We all know Tuffers is very good at this. OK?

All right. Your time starts now.

Er...if you're on a track,

the last bit of the track, you're running up the...

-The last bit of the track, it's not bendy, it's...

-It's a straight.

Yeah, and it's... At the end of the night, I'm going to go...

-Home...straight.

-Correct.

-Yes!

Oh, if I hit a cue ball into another ball, to another ball,

-I've just had a little...

-Plant?

-Yes, I have.

Oh! Javelin...GB. GB. Big fellow.

What was his name? Legend.

-Steve Backley.

-Yes!

Basketball.

-In Florida, round that sort of area.

-Miami?

Yeah, and it's not cold, it's...

-Heat. Miami Heat.

-Yes. Oh. Er...

40 on the board, 40 on the dartboard is actually...

-Double top?

-Yes, it is!

Oh, put me in a really small box, you would have to...

-Squeeze.

-Nearly! Nearly, it's a sport though.

-Squash.

-Yes!

-LAUGHTER

The beginning of a Formula One race,

not the first circuit, the one before that, to get them all...

-What am I doing here?

-You're flying.

-Yeah.

-Qualify.

Flying...

-Flying...lap?

-Yes!

Oh, bald-headed snooker player with a tache...

WHISTLE

Bald with a tache!

-That was good, that was good.

-Hey, that was very good.

Weren't easy. Weren't easy, those.

"Put me in a little box. Put me in a little box."

LAUGHTER

You didn't have enough time for Willie Thorne.

-Well done. Well done.

-But well done, you've scored seven.

-You need eight to win, Tuffers.

-Come on. Come on. Come on!

APPLAUSE

HE SIGHS

Come on. Eight. OK, then.

-Happy with that?

-Yeah.

-Here we go. Time starts now.

-In American football, if you drop the ball, you...

-Fumble.

-Yes. Yes.

Paul Gascoigne used to play there, Italian club.

-Lazio.

-Yes.

Oh, where you all go at the Games and you all go

and sleep there, it's in the...

-Village, Olympic village.

-Yes. Yes, yes, yes!

Oh, the boxer, Irish. Great little fellow.

-Barry McGuigan.

-Yes.

-Oh, what's that? And you bounce over in gymnastics?

-Pommel horse?

You put your money in a bank in it?

-Piggy bank.

-No...

-LAUGHTER

-Horse, pole vault...

-Move on.

-Vault?

-Vault! Yes!

In tennis, it's that little one that just goes...

-Drop shot.

-Yes. Um...um...

-It's not long, it's...

-Short.

-And if it's soft and it's hairy...

-Short course.

-Yes!

Short course, yes. Oh, she does that, Gold medallist.

On the skeleton.

-Amy...

-Move on! Move on.

Um...you play it in football to get people... If you're not on...

-Offside.

-Yeah, and if you get caught in a...

-Offside trap.

-Yes.

What's that?

-A game...

-Volleyball.

-Netball.

-Yes.

-WHISTLE

-That's it.

-Yes!

-APPLAUSE

-Do you want a piggy bank?

-Vault!

-Piggy bank?

-Piggy bank!

You keep all your money...

A Premiership footballer keeps all his money in a piggy bank.

LAUGHTER

I love the thought of that!

The only one you missed was Lizzy Yarnold.

What a way to win, because you needed eight,

you scored nine!

Fantastic.

What a comeback and what a way to finish.

Commiserations to Matt's team, but thank you to Harry and Neil.

Congratulations to John and Hannah.

The three of us will be back soon, until then, goodbye.

APPLAUSE