Episode 29 A Question of Sport

Lining up on tonight's show are...

..Australian rugby league star Kurt Gidley,

badminton world champion Gail Emms,

England fly half Andy Goode,

and super bantamweight champion

of the world, Carl Frampton.

Which team will take the win on A Question Of Sport?

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Hello, and welcome.

Tonight, all of our guests have experience at the top

level of sport, but tonight which team will work together and triumph?

Let's find out, as we begin with the starting grid.

So, Matt, your team are up first.

We've got a grid,

eight different categories for you,

and you are against the clock.

We are.

I can tell you once you pass, you cannot go back,

-but you can shout out as many answers as you like, all of you.

-OK.

Let's start with What's Next?

Which city comes next in this sequence of World Cup Final hosts?

World Cup FINAL?

-Mm-hm.

-World Cup FINAL?

-Yep.

-Oh, my goodness me.

-World Cup Final, what's the trophy?

-That's what I'm trying to work out.

-World Cup Final, is it rugby league?

-No.

-No, I'll pass.

-OK.

Who is this jumbled up British Olympian?

Er... Er...

-Ben Ainslie.

-Yes.

-Well done.

-Up For The Cup.

-In which famous race do you win this trophy?

-Er... Le Mans.

-No.

-The Warner Trophy.

-Formula

-1? No.

-Superbike...

-Superbikes GP, Motor GP.

-Nope. Want to move on?

-Yeah.

-Indy 500!

-Yes, it is.

-Mind The Gap.

Which American sports team is this?

-Chicago Bulls.

-Chicago Bulls.

-No.

-Chicago Bull.

-No.

-Chicago.

-Yes.

-Chicago...

-Cub.

-Bear. Cubs!

-Yes.

-Grand Slam.

-Which Spaniard's Grand Slam record is this?

-Rafa Nadal.

-Nope.

-Erm... Sanchez. Vicario.

-Yes.

-Er...

-Pass The Baton.

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-MATT SHRIEKS

-Oh, goodness me!

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-So the only one...

-World Cup!

-Yeah.

It was Rugby League World Cup,

and it was Manchester we were looking for.

Ah!

But that was good, scored four.

-It's not easy.

-No, OK, all right.

I don't know whether that's good or bad, but we'll take it.

We couldn't get one of them over here, mate.

I tell you, I reckon that's pretty good. Tricky. Here we go.

Here's your categories. Have a look.

OK. Yes. Top Scorer, please, Sue.

-Who is this leading test run scorer for this country?

-Jayawardene.

-No.

-Jayasuria.

-No.

-Erm... Mendis.

-No.

-Erm...

-Blimey. Oh, Sangakkara!

-Yes.

-Yes. Guess Who.

-Which star is being described here?

-Right, Cheltenham...

-Oh, erm...

-Er...

-McCoy.

-AP McCoy.

-Yes, good shout. Sporting Stadia.

-In which city is this stadium?

-Australia.

-No, it's Twickenham.

-- Paris.

-City.

-City? Er, London.

-London.

-No.

-No, it's Edinburgh. Sorry, Edinburgh.

-Yes, it is.

-Great shout, great shout.

-Get Kitted Out.

-Which basketball team is this?

-LA. Oh, no.

-Golden State. Golden State.

-Yes, it is.

-Oh, great shout. Jumbled Up. I feel it!

-Who is this British sports star?

-Daley Thompson.

-No.

-Erm...

-Anthony Joshua.

-Yes, it is.

-Oh, great shout. Yes, erm... Name Chain.

Which sports star is a combination of these two names?

Oh, what's that, er, what's his name?

-Erm, the footballer is called Stoke City.

-He used to be at Liverpool.

-And that's... Oh, I've forgotten.

-Do you want to move on?

-Move on!

-OK.

-Oh, I know that.

-Do you want Medal Table?

-Medal Table, yes.

Which country is missing from the

2014 Commonwealth Badminton table?

What?!

-SUE LAUGHS

-What country? Oh...

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-Malaysia! Oh, no.

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The answer to that was Singapore,

but you were out of time.

-And the Name Chain...

-Oh, that's embarrassing, that is.

-That is...

-It was...

-Charlie.

Charlie Adam and Scott Mitchell, so the answer was Adam Scott.

That's who we were looking for.

Unlucky, good effort, though.

We somehow got five there, boys, well done. Excellent work.

It was excellent work, well done.

Which means, at the end

of the round, Matt is on four,

Phil in front on five.

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We'll all calm down with a Sports Action now.

Matt, your team are going first.

Remember to make a note of the stars you see,

but also WHEN the action is taking place.

A try, a reply from Australia.

They've done it! Britain has a first ever medal.

Game, set and match.

No mistake. He beats John Higgins.

Oh, I say! Brilliant.

-Oh, no!

-A lot of writing down, are you ready for your first question?

Who was scoring the try against Wales?

-Brett Kimmorley?

-It was. Well done, Kurt.

-Come on. Come on.

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And, which country were the British pair of Simon Archer

and Joanne Goode beating?

-Denmark.

-Correct again.

-Well done, well done my team.

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And now, all of the action happened in the same

-year except for one sport.

-Did it?

-Can you find the odd one out?

-Did it?

-Right, the rowing, 2000.

The Olympics, the badminton was 2000,

so they're all 2000 apart from one.

-When was the rugby league? Was that a World Cup?

-2004, maybe, that one?

-Oh, was it? Ooh.

-I'm going back to World Cups, 2008, 2004.

2000, maybe.

- So it's either the tennis, the snooker, or the football.

-I'm tempted to say the snooker. I think it might be 2001.

-All right.

-- Lock it in.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

We'll go with the snooker. Ronnie.

-Ronnie. And Ronnie was in 2001, there's the right answer.

-Yes!

Very good.

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Very well worked out.

-Impressed there, Tuffers?

-Very good.

-Very, very good.

-OK, ready for yours?

-Yeah, let's have a look.

-She's done it!

-Game, set and match. Two sets to one.

What a fantastic run from the back, can he score? Oh, I say!

Champions again.

Just easing ahead in this last round.

-See, that's a lovely double jab there.

-...the blue corner,

representing England...

Bump it up there.

Like that. Well, that was just magnificent.

Michalak...

And that may well be the championship for the French.

-Whoa!

-Confident about that?

-Nooo...yes.

Who was winning in the ring?

-Frankie Gavin.

-It was Frankie, well done.

-Good work. You got your boy?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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Secondly, who was the centre scoring a try for France?

Florian Fritz.

-Yes, it was, again.

-Oh, good work, mate, we're on a good run here.

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You know what's coming now. Which clip was the odd one out?

-Right. So what was your year, do you think?

-I think it was '06.

-'06.

-What do you think your year was?

-That was... 2000 and...

Or was it '04?

- I think it was after that. I think that would have been...

-What, after '06?

-Yeah. Wait, no.

It's not as early as '04, so I'm thinking '06. Was it...

-- The rugby was either '06 or '04.

-Oh, no!

-I think it was '06.

The skeleton... Is that not in the Commonwealth...

Surely it's in the Commonwealth as well, isn't it?

No, I don't think it is. Are the Olympics all even numbers?

Definitely not in the Commonwealths? - No, don't think so.

Do they not do skeleton in the Commonwealth?

No, cos sometimes it's in Australia, isn't it?

And there's no snow in Australia.

-CARL:

-And it's the Winter Olympics as well, isn't it?

-Yeah, it's winter...

-It's a different year.

Oh, it is a different year, Winter Olympics.

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Perhaps the Winter Olympics are odd numbers.

-Let's go with that, then.

-Yep.

-We're going to go for, erm, the skeleton, Sue.

-Erm, no.

No. No.

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That was the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006.

The odd one out, golf, Zach Johnson winning the Masters was in 2007.

Unlucky, boys. Tricky, tricky, that.

And, at the end of the round,

the teams are tied, both on seven.

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It's time for the captains to face the wall,

and this week, both of you will be up in the middle.

I will ask a series of questions,

and each question will have three answers on the wall.

You'll each have 40 seconds on your own clock.

Your time will be stopped when you hit the buzzer after each question.

-So, out you come.

-Right, OK, lovely, come on.

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-OK.

-Are you ready, Matt?

-Yes.

-We are going to start with you.

-OK, here's your first question.

-Yeah.

Which of these countries have held

the Winter Olympics?

Your time starts now.

-GAIL:

-Japan.

-Japan. USA?

-Italy, Italy.

-Italy.

-Quick. Come on!

-MATT PANTING

BUZZER SOUNDS

You've gone for USA, Italy, and Japan. You have got three points.

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-And you took, Matt, just ten seconds.

-Oooh!

-Well done, well done(!)

-OK.

-OK, Phil, here's your first one.

-Shout 'em out, get ready.

Which three countries have NOT played at the Rugby Union World Cup?

-BOTH:

-Sweden.

-ANDY:

-Sweden, Belgium.

-CARL:

-Japan have.

-BOTH:

-Brazil.

-Brazil!

-CARL:

-Run, run!

PHIL PANTING BUZZER SOUNDS

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-You didn't pull anything on the way back, did you?

-No.

If you haven't got muscles, you can't pull 'em, Sue.

You also scored all three. Three points.

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-And you took just nine seconds.

-Ooooh!

This is a sad day, that Tuffers is faster than me.

I don't think I'm going to make the fourth question,

though, let's face it.

-Right, come on, pick it up, Daws.

-OK Daws, you've got 30 seconds left.

-OK.

-Here's your next one.

Which three have NOT reached

a football World Cup semifinal?

-Semifinal, semifinal.

-Australia.

-Where?

-Bottom left.

-Sweden, yes yes yes. Japan, USA.

-GAIL:

-Oh, no, Japan have.

They were in it. Japan have.

-No, yeah, no!

-Oooh! Japan have.

-Have they?

-BUZZER SOUNDS

-Yes.

-I thought it was Korea?

-Wasn't it both of them?

-Australia...

-Romania? Romania!

-..and Japan are correct.

Romania was the other one, not USA.

We got two, got two, got two, got two.

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-But that did cost you 14 seconds. GAIL:

-Sorry, Matt. Sorry.

31 seconds for you, Tuffers.

Which three of these countries produced a major-winning

golfer in the 2000s?

Major-winning. Erm, Australia.

-ANDY:

-USA.

-CARL:

-USA and Sweden? Sweden.

-ANDY:

-Sweden, Sweden.

-Not a bad shout.

-CARL:

-Go on!

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12 seconds, and you've scored...

..two points.

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-Wasn't Sweden. Argentina was the answer.

-Yeah.

OK. Two questions to go, Matt, for you, and you've got 16 seconds.

Oh, I'm happy, Tuffers is getting tired.

Which three countries have NOT produced a women's Grand Slam

singles champion since 1970? Go.

-Japan? - Uh...

-Brazil.

-BOTH:

-Japan.

-Sweden and Japan. Let's go.

BUZZER SOUNDS

Oh, very quick. Very quick.

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-Took half your time, eight seconds.

-Eight seconds?

-Brilliant.

-How many'd you get right?

-Two. Two, I'll take two. Take two.

-Let's see.

You got all three!

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-Well done, well done.

-Just warming up now, pal. Just warming up.

Hold on.

BREATHES DEEPLY You have 19 seconds left.

-BREATHES DEEPLY

-Right, OK.

Which three countries on the board did NOT host

a Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2015?

-Ooh, Formula

-1! CARL:

-Argentina.

-Argentina.

-ANDY:

-Sweden. Romania.

-CARL:

-Romania, Romania!

-Go on!

Run, run, run!

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-Not bad.

-I like it.

-You used ten seconds there. You like that?

-Yeah, I like that.

-Let's light them up.

Yes. APPLAUSE

-OK, Matt.

-How long...

-Just eight seconds.

Which three countries won a rowing medal at the Olympics in London?

-Go. GAIL:

-Australia. USA.

-And?

-No idea, just run.

Run!

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-Well done. In time, well done.

-Just run!

Italy's probably a good shout, isn't it?

-Yeah, Italy was the other answer, yes.

-Oh, OK.

-But still two points, very good.

-Very good.

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-You've got nine seconds left, Tuffers.

-Nine.

-GAIL:

-Take it easy.

Which three countries had the most

representatives in the Premier League at the start of this season?

-Say when.

-Go.

-Go!

-Most, most!

-ANDY:

-Argentina.

-Argentina.

-ANDY:

-Er, Italy.

-Italy.

-CARL:

-Brazil. Brazil.

-Brazil. Go on.

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-Right on the buzzer.

-Got to be in with a chance, that.

-Happy with that?

-Pretty.

-Let's have a look.

-Belgium.

-Oh, Belgium!

-Belgium, not Italy.

-I'll take that, boys. I'll take that, good work.

Still, two points.

-Good work.

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ten points to both teams.

High-scoring round, which means at the end of that round,

they're both tied on 17.

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Well, now it's a choice of home or away,

and Kurt, we're going to ask you. Home question or away question?

-What's your captain's advice?

-Home, please.

Which Australian international winger scored

a try in Brisbane's 2000 NRL Grand Final win,

and in 2014 won his second winner's medal by beating the Bulldogs?

Wingers, Aussie wingers. I'm leaning towards Lote Tuqiri.

-Did he play for the Rabbitohs?

-That's what I'm trying to think.

Lote Tuqiri comes to mind,

because he was during the Brisbane early days.

Is that the one you're going with, Kurt?

I mean, that's a long time. That's like going back to my time.

I played against... WE played against Lote Tuqiri.

That's the only one I've got. Lote Tuqiri.

Is the right answer.

-OK, Carl, over to you.

-Home, mate.

-Home question?

-I think I'll go home, yeah.

-OK.

Which boxer's first defeat came in an IBF world bantamweight title

fight against Jamie McDonnell in 2013, whilst his second

came in a world super bantamweight title fight in February?

-I think I know it.

-Yeah?

-Julio Ceja.

-It was, yes.

Gail, you often like to go away, so I don't know, what's your thoughts?

-No, no, going to go home now.

-Home?

-Yes, home.

Between 2011 and 2014,

which woman has won bronze medals at the European Championships

and Commonwealth Games, as well as World Championship silver,

all in the mixed doubles?

-Can only be one person, because...

-Oh, good, good, good.

Love that response.

I know, cos the World Championship silver,

for someone who can represent at European and Commonwealth Games,

it narrows it down massively, so it's got to be Imogen Bankier.

Yes, of Scotland.

-Andy, home question?

-Yes, please, home.

Who returned to the England team in 2014 after a six-year absence,

and a year later scored seven points in the Six Nations

defeat of Italy at Twickenham?

So he scored seven points at Twickenham in 2015?

-Yeah, which was last year.

-Mm.

-And he'd last played...

-Oh, I got it.

-Yeah?

-Danny Cipriani.

Yes, well done, Andy. Very good.

OK, captains.

-In this round, it will help if you can think outside the box.

-Yes!

Right up your street.

You need to try

-and identify the sporting terms that will be on the screen.

-OK.

OK Matt, we're going to start with your team. Can you solve this one?

-Graph.

-Is that spelling anything?

-No.

S P L T T...

Steffi Graf.

-Yes. Steffi Graf. All the red letters spell out Steffi.

-Very good.

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-Phil.

-Yes.

-This one's for you.

-Come on, boys. Right.

-First... Cricket... Test... Stamp.

-Stamp.

-Oh, no!

-First class...

Oh! First class cricket. First class cricket.

First class cricket.

-First class cricket, Sue.

-Yes.

Matt, here's another one for you. MATT WAILS

What is this sport?

-Bo...

-Bones.

-Bones. Bone Bob. Bob bone.

-Skeleton Bob.

-Bob the Bob.

-Skeleton Bob. Ske... Bob Skeleton.

-Skeleton Bob.

-Skeleton Bob.

-Skeleton Bob is the right answer.

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-OK, Phil. Try this one.

-Yeah.

-So that is putters, that's clubs. Clubhouse?

-Clubhouse.

-Straight in?

-Happy with that?

-Yeah.

-Golf club, clubhouse. Clubhouse, Sue.

Clubhouse. Well done again.

OK, this last one is for both teams. It's on the buzzer.

Get your thing on. Right in the middle, there.

But there's no point away if you do get it wrong.

It's not a sporting term, it's a

well-known phrase that we've used sport to represent.

-Liverpool 4-4 Sunderland?

-They're all four...

BUZZER SOUNDS Carl.

-For one and all.

-No. Keep going.

BELL RINGS Yes?

All for one, and one for all.

-Yes!

-All four-one and one four-all.

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And that has made a difference, cos Phil's now on 21,

Matt in front on 22.

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Matt, your team are up first. Who is this, striking a pose?

MUSIC: Cool Like Me, by Fryars

Didn't give much away there.

-He had a... Was it a beard or a goatee?

-Just a bit of growth.

-Bit of growth?

-That was my first...

-But I don't think...

-Really?

-Yeah, but now I'm not so sure.

-I thought he had a shaved head?

-Yeah, I know, so I don't think so.

No, listen, don't write it out, we haven't got anything. Carl Froch.

Going for Carl Froch. Let's have a look.

-Who is that?

-No. Over it goes.

We think, over here, it could be Mark Butcher.

-Mark Butcher.

-Oh, that's not a bad shout.

-Let's see if you're right.

Has he got a beard, has he? Could be from that shadow.

-Oh!

-Yes, it is, the England cricketer, Mark Butcher.

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Good shout. Very good shout.

-You take the lead, but what about your question? Ready?

-Here we go.

-Come on, boys.

-Who is this, getting things moving?

MUSIC: Instrumental

-ANDY WHISPERING

-Ooh, yeah, it does, yeah.

-We all happy with that?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Yeah, we all think we've got it.

Ooh, they're all confident over there.

-Darren Campbell.

-Let's have a look.

-Let's have a look.

Well done, the Olympic gold medallist, Darren Campbell.

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What a good round for Tuffers's team.

At the end of that,

Matt's on 22, Phil in front on 25.

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A lot of points to make up in this final round, Matt.

It is a Sprint Finish, and you go first.

Right, we'll give it a go. We'll give it a go, we'll give it a go!

-OK, ready to get going? Time starts now.

-Sport you use a puck with.

Hockey. Field hockey. Ice hockey.

-Yes.

-Yes.

-In rugby, on the tackle, you just do one of...

-Flick pass.

-No, it's like...

-GAIL:

-Backpass.

-..in the tackle, it's the little pass.

-Not on, but the opposite...

-Off. Pass off...

-KURT:

-Off-load.

-Yes.

-It's a shot in tennis.

-Serve.

-It's up there. No.

-Smash.

-Yeah, but it's...

-KURT:

-Ace.

-It's not this one...

-Forehand smash.

-Yes, yes.

Ooh, er, a magician... Oh, move on, move on!

-It's a pass that dissects a couple of people.

-Split. - Free kick.

-It goes...

-Through the wall.

-Yeah, the first word was right.

-Through.

-And then...

-Through ball. Through pass.

-Yes.

-Ooh, er, the number six in your game.

-Five-Eighth.

-Seven, then.

-Half, halves.

-Yeah, and?

-Halfback?

-Don't pass the ball...

-Dummy.

Yeah, yeah.

-Oh, it's one of these.

-GAIL:

-Bowl.

-KURT:

-Strike.

-Yeah, but... Is it?

-I don't know.

-GAIL:

-Spare. Strike. Volleyball.

-What are they called?

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-KURT:

-What was that last one?

-Oh, no, golf!

-Hit the pin, golf.

-Golf.

Forget that last one, that was terrible.

-You scored five points.

-Oh, no, dear me.

-Are you happy, Tuffers?

-Well, no, never say never, come on.

-We'll just make sure we get there.

-Come on, get ten, Tuffers.

-Finish in some style.

-Three you need.

-Come on, then. Come on.

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OK, your time starts now.

-In football, a give-and-go is called a...

-One-two.

-Oh, in boxing. Ooh! He's...

-Body shot.

-No, yeah, first word's right.

-Body... - Body hit. Body jab.

-Body...

-- Body punch.

-Yes, yes, lovely.

Lovely.

-Italy... They all play...

-Six Nations.

-Correct, correct, correct.

-Oh, um, there's five of them, and you wear the...

-Olympic Rings.

-Yes, yes. Northern Irish, best golfer in the world.

-Rory McIlroy.

Yes, there you go.

In boxing, oh, you come out, thinking you're a bit flash,

-and you get... Oh! Straight away. It's a...

-Knockdown.

-Not second r...

-Flash knockdown.

-No.

-First round knockout.

-Yes!

-Yes!

Yes. Oh, er, rugby union. They play in the capital, and

-ATTEMPTED IRISH ACCENT:

-They speak like you do.

Ulster. Leinster.

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-Rugby union side.

-Leinster. - Ulster.

-They play in the capital, what's the capital of England called?

-London.

-Yes.

-- London Irish.

-Yes!

-What's this?

-Horse riding. No, rowing.

-Horse riding!

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Carl, I do apologise for that attempt. What were you thinking?

-ATTEMPTED IRISH ACCENT:

-Well, I don't know, I sort of went like that.

-Oh, dear.

-Well, I think it goes without saying you did well.

You did more than well, you scored eight points,

and you're the winners.

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Very well done.

Great match-up, and a huge thank you to all of our guests,

to Gail and Kurt, to Andy and Carl.

The three of us will be back very soon.

Until then, goodbye from us all. Bye-bye.

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