Episode 26 A Question of Sport

On the starting grid tonight

Formula One star Nico Hulkenberg,

Olympic gold medallist Helen Glover,

Wales international forward Hal Robson-Kanu

and world snooker champion John Higgins.

Let's kick things off on A Question Of Sport.

Hello and welcome to the show.

All of our guests here tonight

are used to the rigour of international sport

but how will they cope in the Question Of Sport studio?

We're about to find out. First up, the Picture Board.

-And, Phil, we're going to start with your team tonight.

-Yes.

60 seconds on the clock

to get through as many of the pictures as you can.

Number one please, Sue.

-George Foreman.

-Yes.

-Two.

-Mart Gould.

-Yes.

-Three.

-Ferrer.

-Yes.

-Four. Great shout.

-Earnshaw, Rob Earnshaw.

-Yes.

-Five.

-Dame...

-Judy.

No, no, what's her name?

-Holmes, Kelly Holmes.

-Yes.

-Dame Kelly Holmes. Six.

-Paul Lawrie.

-Yes.

-Oh...seven.

-Tompkin.

-No.

Er...

-Peaty.

-No.

-No.

Oh, move on, move on, move on. Eight.

-Bronze.

-No.

-Gary Lineker.

-White.

-LAUGHTER

No? What... No lady footballer?

Move on, move on. Nine.

-Jamie Burnett.

-Yes.

-Ten.

-George North.

-Yes.

-11.

-Shola Ameobi.

-Yes.

-12.

-Oh, Fisher.

-Trina Gulliver.

-Yes, it is!

-Gulliver!

Trina Gulliver. Well done.

Gulliver.

There's only two you missed out.

The England footballer was Fran Kirby

and the swimmer, Olympic champion, Adrian Moorhouse.

Oh, of course.

Anyway, well done. Ten scored.

And, Matt...

We'll start... Let's start with number nine, please.

-Kat Copeland.

-Yes.

-Number ten.

-That is Richard Johnson.

-Yes.

Number 11.

-Timo Glock.

-Yes.

-Good shout. 12.

-He's a golfer.

-Paul Casey.

-Yes.

A golfer! Number eight.

-Ronaldo.

-Yes.

-Number seven.

Oh...

Rhodees... R...r...

-No.

-No. Move on, move on, move on.

Six. Thank you for that one(!)

-Angelique Kerber.

-Yes.

-Oh, good shout! Five.

-Chris Cusiter.

-Yes.

-One.

Oh... Er...

-Bairstow!

-Yes.

-Two.

-Who's that?

-F1... Ericsson, Marcus Ericsson.

-Yes.

-Good shout.

Three.

-Klopp, Jurgen Klopp.

-Yes.

-Four.

-Er...

-Juliette Haigh.

-Yes, it is.

-Come on!

You only missed the one.

The 400m Olympic champion Kirani James

-was the only one you missed.

-Oh, I can't believe Nico didn't know that.

-LAUGHTER

-He knew everything else.

-It was amazing.

-Well, a great start from both teams.

End of the round, Phil is on ten,

Matt in front on 11.

It is time for Sports Action now

and, Matt, your team are going first.

This time, simply make a note of who you see.

That's bowled him.

And there you see the virtue of keeping the ball

well up from the bat.

He's got the thing through there and he is going to be closer.

-Wow!

-Goes through there, another brave move from him

up through the Hayshed there.

Birdie putt on the 13th hole.

Nails it.

Oh, who's that? Who's that? I know him.

OK. The four people you have just seen in action

share their surnames with the sports stars

these stats belong to.

Can you work out the names

that are missing in order to find

the correct matches?

Their surnames are the same as the sports stars with those stats.

OK, so that could be the first one. It could be Pete Reed.

Oh, perfect.

Finished on the podium...

Nobody did in...

Finished on the podium

in the 2015 Formula One season.

Is it Barry Sheene?

-That was the racing bit? The motorcycle?

-Yeah.

-Or did you see something different than I did?

-No...

Well, I thought originally it was that fella Marquez.

I thought that originally too but then I think it's more...

It was the Italian guy, it could be Rossi maybe.

-Oh, OK.

-Or Nicky Hayden, maybe.

-But it wasn't...

-OK.

-It wasn't Marquez.

Oh, Hayden! Like Hayden.

-Nicky Hayden maybe, yeah.

-Love that name Hayden

because scored over 8,000 test runs

for Australia.

That could be Matthew Hayden.

-Well, that's brilliant.

-LAUGHTER

That's a fix, no?

What a team you are.

You've got that right. You've got that right.

So that could work.

Tennis, I had down, it looked like Roddick, Andy Roddick to me.

Does it fit with anyone there?

So it could be Roddick.

Hayden's gone. Reed...

Christian Malcolm?

Christian Malcolm. Christian Malcolm.

Christian Malcolm.

Christian Malcolm could be here,

so therefore the tennis player

we think is...

-the Formula One answer.

-Yeah.

But we thought that was Roddick... So it can't be Roddick.

-Can't be, can it?

-The surname must match somebody

who was on the podium in 2015?

Bingo.

-From tennis players?

-Yeah.

So, now we need to think of who has finished on a podium in 2015.

I'm glad you went first, Daws, I tell you.

LAUGHTER

So, podium finishes -

-Vettel...

-Hamilton, Rosberg...

..Rosberg, Kvyat...

-Perez.

-Perez.

-Let's just give Perez a go, no?

-I think Perez...Perez sounds...

It could be like a Spanish tennis player.

-The first stat is...?

-First one...

-Reed.

Reed, yeah. Patrick Reed, Pete Reed.

-The second one Perez.

-Perez, OK.

-Third one...

-Hayden.

-Hayden...

-And then Malcolm.

-..and Malcolm.

You've got three out of four.

Not bad, not bad.

The tennis player was Sebastien Grosjean.

And it was Romain Grosjean.

We knew that as well, didn't we?

We knew that.

-No, we didn't.

-But still... LAUGHTER

-..three out of four is very good.

-We'll take that, we'll take that.

OK, Phil, ready?

-Write them down. Yes.

-Here we go.

And it's clear.

And it's there!

So many highly-ranked women modern pentathletes in this country.

It's going to be a silver medal for Great Britain.

Just want that 72 then.

Double 18.

What a shot!

Oh, what?!

Right, do you want to have a look at your stats?

Yes.

Good. There they are.

Right, OK, let's have a little look then.

Right. Oh, here we go.

Gymnast gold in 2015.

Whitlock.

-Max Whitlock.

-Is that what it is?

Whitlock is the tennis...the darts player.

Tennis player!

That would be a great game of tennis, would it?

-Murphy, Danny Murphy. Shaun Murphy.

-Danny Murphy.

Danny Murph...has won what?

-Shaun Murphy.

-Shaun Murphy.

Yes, won snooker world championship.

That's two, that's great.

-So that's good.

-Phillips.

-Premier League goals, Phillips.

-Who?

-Kevin Phillips.

-Kevin Phillips.

-Kevin Phillips.

-And that was...

-Zara.

-Lady... Yes. Lady Phillip.

-Zara Phillips.

-LAUGHTER

And then the other girl... Oh, she's been on the show...

Hasn't she, Sue? She has.

Oh, but we might be able to get a clue - sorry - from...

..won 2007 mixed doubles.

She might be a Scots girl, you know.

Williams.

-LAUGHTER

-That's Welsh!

No but from Venus Williams, Serena Williams,

they would have won it.

-Jamie Murray.

-Jamie Murray.

-Ten years.

-Is he old enough?

-No. Who else is good?

-Barker.

-LAUGHTER

Thank you so much, John.

That's lovely of you.

-I don't know.

-Williams ain't a bad shout.

-Shall we go with it?

-Go on.

-Sue, we're going to go with Williams.

-And your four answers are,

-from the top please.

-Oh, crikey, righto.

Right. Well, you...

-Kevin Phillips.

-Kevin Phillips,

-the goals.

-Yeah.

-Not sure number two.

-You're going Williams though?

-Yes, we're going to say Williams.

-OK.

-Whitlock...

-Yeah.

-..won the gold

-and the snooker...

-Shaun Murphy.

-Murphy.

-Murphy.

Three out of four.

I knew the girl.

She sat in that chair, I've forgotten her name.

It was...

-Jamie Murray.

-Oh, it was Murray!

It was...and Samantha Murray.

Samantha Murray and Jamie Murray is the one we were looking for.

But three out of four,

which means at the end of that round

Phil has moved on to 13,

Matt still in front on 14.

It is time to put the captains under pressure here.

You'll be up in the middle and faced with a grid of sporting initials.

For every question you get right, you'll earn a point

and for every line you complete, you will get a bonus point.

-Daws, you're up first.

-Oh, are we?

-Yeah.

-Right, OK, here we go then.

-Right.

-HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

OK, here's your board.

So, I can only accept

your first answer

and your time will start

-when you give me your first letters.

-We'll start in the middle, surely.

WTP.

In 2012, this Olympic event

was won in a world record time of three minutes and 14 seconds.

Move on. TBR.

First held in 1829 at Henley-on-Thames.

-The boat race.

-Yes.

-KCC.

Play their home games in the NFL...

-Kansas City Chiefs.

-Yes.

MV.

In 2015, he became the youngest driver to race in Formula One.

Oh...oh...

-Verstappen.

-Yes.

TMS.

The lowest platform in Olympic diving.

-3m springboard.

-Yes.

UWC.

Lennox Lewis became the heavyweight...

-Undisputed World Champion. CCF.

-END-OF-ROUND WHISTLE

-Leeds scored...

-Combined Cadet Force.

SUE LAUGHS Very good.

You just ran out of time for the Challenge Cup Final

-it was going to be.

-Oh.

And the one you passed on -

this Olympic event was won in a world-record time

of three minutes and 14 seconds.

Women's team pursuit.

Yes, women's team pursuit it was.

Well done, Matt.

Five right and two lines,

which means you score seven points.

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

-Crystal clear?

-Yes, yes, let's have a go.

-LAUGHTER

-Oh, dear, this could get...

-This could get messy. This could get messy.

-OK, here's your board

and remember I can only accept

your first answer.

Take your time.

Now, tell me where

-are you going to start?

-CP.

New Zealand's Hamish Bond and Eric Murray won Olympic gold

in this event in London.

-Er...pass.

-OK.

CCS.

Norway won 11 Winter Olympic medals in this event in Sochi.

-Er...cross-country skiing.

-Yes.

RITJ.

Nickname of the famous boxing bout in 1974.

-Rumble in the Jungle.

-Yes.

GLT.

This was introduced into the Premier League in 2013.

-Goal-line technology.

-Yes.

ADGP.

The final race of the 2015 Formula One season.

-Oh, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

-Yes.

-WS.

-Scotland's rugby team won this

in the Six Nations in 2015.

The Woolstenhein...Sevens.

-No.

-No. LAUGHTER

No, you've got to move on.

TML.

This Canadian team last won the Stanley Cup in 1967.

-Toronto Maple Leafs.

-Yes. Just in time.

-What's that?

-Wooden spoon.

Oh, wooden spoon!

They've won it.

-The wooden spoon!

-The wooden spoon!

You don't think they've WON the wooden spoon.

Oh, not bad though.

And the only one you missed out on, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray.

That was the coxless pairs.

Oh, rowing.

But five correct answers, Tuffers,

and a bonus line,

so you scored six points.

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

Very good.

Which means now two

is the difference.

Phil's on 19, Matt in front on 21.

Well, now a choice of Home or Away and, Helen, coming to you first.

-Home, please.

-Come on, Helen! Come on!

Who, in 2015, helped her country to their first world title

in the women's quadruple sculls

the year after medalling at the world championship pairs

in Amsterdam?

-OK... I've got it.

-Oh, good.

-It was Megan Kalmoe.

-Yes, it was. The American. Very good, well done.

Well, a bit of a points difference but Home or Away?

-What are you going to do, Hal?

-Stick with a Home.

-Home, please.

Home.

Which Premier League player scored twice in the play-offs

against Bosnia and Herzegovina to help send his country to Euro 2016?

-Jonathan Walters.

-Yes, it was. Yes, for the Republic of Ireland.

Well done.

OK, Nico, over to you.

Home question or away?

-Let's keep it steady - Home.

-Home question.

Who on his Formula One debut in 2014

became the first driver from his country to finish on the podium?

-Debut year or...?

-First-ever race in Formula One in 2014.

-Kevin Magnussen.

-Yes, it was, the Danish driver. Well done.

OK, John, over to you. Home or Away?

-Are we happy?

-Yeah. Go on, then.

-Away.

-Come on.

-AUDIENCE GASP

-Ooh! Listen to this. Ooh! Ooh!

-LAUGHTER

-Come on, boys.

-Name the three NBA teams

whose franchise name starts with the letter H.

-Oh, NBA. That's basketball?

-NBA, yeah.

-Hurricanes.

-That's got to be there.

Think of other things beginning with H.

They're usually animals, aren't they?

They're usually sort of like...

-Hornet. Hornet.

-Hornet.

-Hornets?

MATT SQUAWKS

Erm...

HE SQUAWKS

LAUGHTER

It could be the Hawks.

SUE LAUGHS

I was getting there! I was getting there!

Oh, no, you weren't.

-Are we happy with them three?

-Yeah.

-Yeah? Yeah?

-Yeah.

Hornets, Hurricanes, Hawks.

-Two out of three.

-Take that, take that.

-Is that the two?

-Yeah, we get the two

but they might have the other one.

Atlanta Hawks and the Charlotte Hornets.

-Hurricanes - ice hockey is Hurricanes.

-Oh.

So, one point on offer.

Miami Heat, we think.

Is the right answer for the bonus point, well done.

Captains, we've got a test of your nerve now

and, Matt, you're up first.

Your category is tennis.

There is a point for each answer you get right

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

-Oh!

-OK?

You need to name five of the men

who have won their only men's singles title at Wimbledon

since 1985.

-They've only won once at Wimbledon?

-Yeah.

-Murray.

-Murray.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, Murray.

-Murray.

Pat Cash.

-What year was that, Sue?

-In 1985.

-Yeah, that could fit.

-Was that '85?

I think it was '85 or '86, wasn't it?

What are you going to start with?

You could start with Andy Murray.

-Andy Murray.

-Andy Murray gives you one point, well done.

-OK.

And are you going to go on...obviously.

Are you going to go for number two?

-Go with...

-Goran Ivanisevic.

Spot-on, yes.

Goran Ivanisevic, absolutely. So, that's two points.

You're definitely risking and going on?

-Pat Cash.

-You're going with it? And it was 1987, you have three points.

Take that.

-Right.

-Three points to lose.

-Oh, I've got one.

-Ooh!

-Who?

-Richard Krajicek.

-Four points.

-Oh, well done.

-APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

-No, he's not won Wimbledon.

-No?

-No.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

Krajicek - 1996.

So, four points. Are you going to go for the full house?

We can't gamble four.

-For the sake of one point, we can't gamble four, can we?

-No.

I think we're going to freeze on four.

Freeze on four. Well done, that's added to your total.

-Michael Stich.

-Yes, Michael Stich from '91

would have been a correct answer. Lleyton Hewitt from 2002

and Andre Agassi from 1992

was the ones we were looking for.

-But four points, very well done. Phil...

-Yes.

..your team have got the Ryder Cup.

-Got it.

-Name five of the men to captain America

at the Ryder Cup since 2000.

-Five of the men...

-Watson.

-..to captain America at the Ryder Cup

-since 2000.

-Azinger.

Oh, 2000. It's not that long ago.

Corey Pavin. Corey Pavin.

-I think...aye.

-So, what are you going to start with?

-OK, we've got so far - Watson...

-Correct.

Lovely. ..Azinger, Paul Azinger.

-Two points.

-Yes.

-Are you going on?

I think we are, aren't we?

I'm sure Kite done it with Ballesteros

-at Valderrama.

-Oh, yeah, come on.

Who was walking around all crying...

Oh, Ben Crenshaw.

Ben Crenshaw, no, no.

I'm sure Kite was 2000.

You have two points.

Corey Pavin.

Three points. THEY SIGH

I've got another one that's just popped into my head - Tom Lehman.

Tom Lehman, aye.

-Tom Lehman.

-You're on three points, are you going to risk four?

Go with Tom Lehman. I'm going to go Tom Lehman.

Tom Lehman.

Four points.

Shall we do it?

-Shall we just go for it?

-LAUGHTER

Shall we just go for it?

But if it is, I mean, the game's up.

I'm sure he done it with Ballesteros.

-I think we should freeze.

-Yeah, yeah.

Let's stay in the game, stay in the game. A little bit of safety.

A little bit of safety.

Look, there you go, come on.

Just back round to the old baulk end there.

Put it behind the old yellow and just have a little breather...

-..and then we'll stay in the game.

-You're freezing?

-We're freezing, Sue, yes.

-OK.

-If you'd had gone with Tom Kite...

-Yeah?

..he did captain it, in 1997.

THEY GASP

Just as well we didn't go for that.

Crenshaw was '99.

You mentioned Crenshaw as well.

You didn't actually mention the others.

It was Davis Love III in 2012,

Curtis Strange in 2002

and Hal Sutton in '04.

They were the three that we were searching for.

So, a good decision.

Four scored, which means

at the end of the round,

Phil has moved on to 26,

Matt in front on 28.

OK, Matt, your team are up first here for our Mystery Guests.

Who is this proving to be the right fit?

Oh, I just don't think we're going to get that.

LAUGHTER

It's a tough one, that.

The chin though, yeah. I mean, not that many in the world like that...

-It's unique.

-Absolutely. And it is...?

-David Coulthard.

-OK, let's see if you are right.

Yes, Formula One driver David Coulthard.

Is he one of your favourite drivers, David?

Not really, but I like him a lot though.

-We won't tell him that.

-He's a great guy, legend.

-OK, Tuffers, ready?

-Yes.

-Who is this unleashing his inner rocker?

MUSIC: Save Tonight by Eagle-Eye Cherry

HE LIP-SYNCHS: # Go on and close the curtains

# Cos all we need is candlelight

# You and me and a bottle of wine

# Gonna hold you tonight

# Oh, yeah

# Well, we know I'm going away

# And how I wish

# I wish it weren't so

# So take this wine

# And drink with me

# Let's delay our misery

# Save tonight

# Fight the break of dawn

# Come tomorrow

# Tomorrow I'll be gone

# Save tonight

# Fight the break of dawn

# Come tomorrow... #

Oh, I've only got him.

-Anything?

-No.

-No.

-No?

I think it's... Well, it's the only one we've got.

Pretty sure.

-Roger Black, Sue?

-You're going for Roger? Let's see, Tuffers.

Go on, go green.

-Yes!

-Yes, well done.

Yes, it is Roger Black.

We're ending the show with a Sprint Finish.

This is where the winning team will be decided.

And, Tuffers, as you're trailing, you get to go first.

Yes, come on, let's go.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

-Your time starts now.

-What's this?

By the...by the sea.

You know, the girls play in little bikinis.

-Volleyball.

-Volleyball.

-Yeah, where do they play it?

-Beach volleyball.

-Yes.

-Yes, yes, yes.

Oh, when you have one of them in snooker.

-A break.

-It's a...?

-What's that?

-A spider...a rest.

Yes! Yes, yes, yes.

Right, American football team where they build cars

and the franchise name is...

HE GROWLS

-Chicago Bears.

-No, no, no.

It's got four legs and a tail.

HE GROWLS

-King of the jungle.

-Lions.

-Detroit Lions.

-Yes.

-Yes!

Sunderland centre half, used to play for Man United.

-O'Shea.

-Yes.

-Correct.

Oh, boxers do it at the start of the fight. They get on the scales.

-Weigh in.

-Yes.

Erm...erm...

Rugby, you score a try.

What are those things?

-Posts.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-And it's not above them, it's...

-Below.

-Un...

-Another word.

-Under.

-Goalposts.

-Yes, got it.

Tennis if it's all...

It's...40-all is...?

-Deuce.

-Yes.

-Correct.

END-OF-ROUND WHISTLE

Not bad.

You ran out of time with Terry Griffiths

but you scored seven points.

Not bad.

So, six to win, Daws.

-Right, come on then. Are you moving again?

-Yeah.

Ready? Off you go.

OK, in cricket, the guy who puts his finger up like that

is called a...

-not a referee...

-Umpire.

-Yes.

-He is. Oh...

Oh...a pussycat, you would...

-Stroke.

-Yes.

Er...on a tennis...

-Court, tennis court.

-Yeah.

And you go from one side to the other.

Not a nought...

-Cross court.

-Yes! That's the one. How did you get that?

-LAUGHTER

-Brazilian Formula One...

Brazilian Formula One racing...just retired.

-Barrichello.

-Yes.

-Yes.

Er...

Oh, you spray it when you... No, you don't.

LAUGHTER

Move on! Move on! Move on! Move on!

-Oh, ice hockey.

-Puck.

Yeah, they sort of...

-Hit, swing, push.

-They kick it in the goal...

Score.

-What's that?

-Slap.

-Slap.

-A slap...pass.

-It goes in the goal.

-Move on!

-Slap goal.

Move on! Move on! Oh, the brothers,

-the brothers that won gold...

-Murray.

-..a few years ago.

-Oh, Brownlee.

-No, they cried.

-Rowers, they cried.

-END-OF-ROUND WHISTLE

-I am actually now crying.

-LAUGHTER

-It wasn't the brothers that cried.

-What was the last one?

The crying brothers.

-It was the cox that was crying.

-Oh, it was the cox crying!

-Yeah.

Oh, OK, Searle.

Searle, Greg Searle he was looking for.

Slap SHOT.

Do we not get that?

I smashed myself in the face and we didn't even get that.

-Spray! Spray!

-LAUGHTER

You weren't thinking of Ajax, by any chance?

I was. Isn't it called Ajax?

It's A-jax.

You needed six to win, five to tie.

You scored...

four. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

A huge thank you to all of our guests here tonight.

To Helen and Nico, to Hal and John.

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