Episode 4 A Question of Sport

Tonight's sporting stars are...

Rugby league powerhouse Ashton Sims, striker turned pundit John Hartson,

one lap specialist Perri Shakes-Drayton

and superbike star Carl Fogarty.

It's time to play A Question Of Sport.

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Hello and welcome to the show.

You have seen our guests, they are now ready and waiting

so let's begin with the Picture Board.

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.

-ASH WHISPERS: Johnathan Thurston.

-Shout it first.

-Johnathan Thurston.

-There we go. Three.

-MATT GROANS

-That is...

-Um...Mugu...ruza. Muguruza.

-Yeah, I'll give it to you, yeah.

Two.

-Uh...that is Stuart Hogg.

-Yes.

One.

-Peter Siddle.

-Oh, great shout. Five.

-Paul Lambert.

-Yeah.

-Six.

-Khan.

-Is it?

-Not Khan, it's Brook.

-Yes.

-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.

-Mark...

-Mark O'Meara.

-Yes.

Some boom, boom, boom.

Well done. 12 out of 12. Ready, Phil?

-Ready, Phil?

-Yes.

-Anyone can shout out the answers?

-Shout them out.

-OK, let's do it.

-Number one, please, Sue.

-Yeah.

-It's Tim Flowers.

-Yes.

-Two.

-Aaron Slight.

-Yes.

-Three.

-Oh, Rashid.

-Yes.

-Four.

-Dina Asher-Smith.

-Yes...

-Five.

-Oh, Stefan Edberg.

-Yeah.

-Six.

-Oh, Danny Care.

-Yes.

-Seven.

-Haga, Noriyuki Haga.

-Yes.

-Eight.

-Hejnova.

-Yes.

-Nine.

-Jimmy Bullard.

-Yes.

-10.

-John Lowe.

-No.

-Barneveld.

-Yes.

-11.

-Dustin Johnson.

-Yes.

-12.

-Dan Marino.

-Yeah.

What a contest we have.

End of the opening round, full marks to both teams,

they're tied on 12.

It is Sports Action time now and Matt, this one is for your team.

Pay close attention to the stars you see.

COMMENTATOR: Paul's at left, Sarginson with a step.

He might have got it this time!

A little nod of the head

from the coolest customer in the business.

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A great goal from the QPR number nine.

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Oh, yes.

-Yeah.

-That's out.

What a result this is looking to be.

It's the first Williams victory since Brazil 2004.

OK, now it is a test of your knowledge and nerve.

You saw seven sports stars in action, you have to name them

but be careful, if you get one wrong you will lose all your points

so make sure you go for the ones you're sure about first.

One point per correct answer.

What are our guarant... What are our guarantees there?

-Snedeker.

-Yeah, go with that one.

-Golf.

Go with that one, tell Sue.

Um...Snedeker, the golfer.

Yes. Brandt Snedeker is correct, well done.

-Very good.

-That is one point. You're going to go on for two?

-Yeah.

-Ryan Hall.

Is correct again. Two points.

-That's 100%...

-Yeah.

-Get in there.

-Charlie Austin.

-Correct again. Well done.

Very nice, very nice.

So, you're on three points.

-The Australian cricketer.

-Hundred? Hundy, hundy?

-Yeah, 100%.

-Nathan Lyon.

-Correct again. Four points.

Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-hooo.

So remember that's four points, if you go and it's wrong,

you lose all those four points.

-I like that, as well.

-I think that's nailed on.

-Do you?

-I do.

-Such confidence there, as well.

-You look good.

JOHN: Do it.

ASHTON: You reckon? Yeah? What do you reckon? Go for it?

JOHN: Shall we go? MATT SIGHS

-MATT LAUGHS

-Cos we lose all our points

if we get this wrong.

-Are you hundy?

-I think it's him. I really do.

-Go on then.

-Stephen Maguire.

-Yes.

Ohhhh! Come on!

-What's he got? Five?

-Got five.

-Oh, that's a lot to lose.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Might not be who you think it is.

Well, I think...the F1 is...um...

..the...Colombian...Pastor Maldonado.

So, five points, are you going on are you going to stick?

I really want to go for it. I really want to go for it.

-Go on, mate. Yeah, go for it.

-Yeah?

-Your call.

-Maldonado. Pastor Maldonado.

-Maldonado.

-Where did you say he was from?

-Colombian.

-We're looking for a Venezuelan.

-Oh! Ooh!

-Pastor Maldonado.

-Is that right?!

-Yes, it's the right answer.

-Oh!

She got me there.

That, my friend Tuffers, is a freeze right there.

No idea... You're freezing. No idea on the tennis player?

-Kvitova.

-No, it was Victoria Azarenka.

-Azarenka.

-Azarenka.

But six massive points moves you up to 18.

-Well done.

-And over to Phil.

-Very careful eye on these, Tuffers.

-Come on, come on.

Make a note of the stars you see.

Hurdling so smoothly, keeping Billaud at bay.

Top of the line there for the gold medal.

Just...just ahead of Cindy Billaud.

The premiership leaders have taken the lead.

Wales are going to win gold in the women's 800m freestyle.

She's come down and broke the world record, her personal best.

It's a three.

57-56.

Straight through.

Outrageous.

It's not the show of the tournament, it's the show of the year.

Spectacular wheelie gets the win.

OK, remember to start with the ones you're most sure about.

-Right, you're 100%?

-Yeah.

-Absolutely? Go on.

All right, so we've got Tiffany Porter.

-Correct. Well done.

-Third point. Good work.

Do you know the basketball one?

-Luol Deng.

-You sure?

-Yeah. 100%? Yeah.

-Your fella.

-100%.

-Definite?

-Yeah, 100%.

-Good.

-100%. Troy Bayliss.

-Yes. Well done again.

-Yes.

-Two points.

-Colin Hendry.

-We definitely, yeah, we've got that one, definitely.

-Blackburn. That was definitely...

-One of your fellas. Definitely, mate.

Colin Hendry.

Correct again. Three.

Four for luck then. Four.

-Now, you're very confident with that?

-100%.

-100%.

-I like that.

-Ooh, go for it.

-Luol Deng.

Yes, it was. Luol Deng.

You're on four. This is the time it gets a bit twitchy.

Little bit nippy.

Rugby player, I think it's him. I don't know his first name.

-But I know it's that.

-OK.

And then we don't... The rugby player - Ford.

-We'll accept that, yes. Well done.

-Well done, mate.

-George?

-George.

-George. George Ford.

I always get them... George North and George Ford...

-That's George Ford.

-Yeah.

Right, and then... Any ideas on tennis?

-No, I can't think of his name.

-We don't know, do we?

-No, we don't know...

-Shall we freeze?

Yeah, I think we're going to have to, to be honest.

Sue, we're happy with that, we'll stay in the game and we'll freeze.

Freeze on five. Well done. Five scored.

Do you know them? No.

I think she's from Swansea, the swimmer, isn't she?

Welsh swimmer, Swansea girl, I believe, but I don't know her name.

Ah!

Swansea Girl. Swansea Girl.

Jazz Carlin.

Carlin. I should know that.

And he's Aussie.

-Nick Kyrgios.

-Nick Kyrgios.

-Oh, right.

-Wealth of knowledge, that.

-Wealth of knowledge.

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That round made a difference.

Phil has moved on to 17, Matt in front on 18.

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And, John, we're coming to you first.

Home or Away?

-HE WHISPERS: Home?

-Yeah.

-I'll go Home, please.

-Home.

Last season Chelsea only lost four domestic games.

They were beaten by three Premier League clubs

and which League One side?

League One? Not even Championship? League One?

Was it Bradford?

It was, yes, Bradford! Well done.

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Yeah, fourth round of the FA Cup.

Foggy, over to you.

-Home or Away?

-What do you reckon, mate? Home?

-Home king.

-Home.

Home, please, Sue.

Since the World Superbike Championship began,

which country's only two world champions

won their titles 24 years apart?

-24 years apart.

-So we want the country?

-First one was...

-We just want the country.

Don't need the names of the people.

-And it's the same bloke?

-No, no, no.

He's very old!

LAUGHTER

"I can't kickstart me bike."

LAUGHTER

Sorry!

-A French guy won it in 1990.

-Right.

And a French guy won it again last year.

-That's 24 years. Got it.

-Sure?

-Yes.

Got it, yeah. Absolutely, 100%.

France, French, France.

It is France. Yes.

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You don't need it, but do you remember...

-1990 was Raymond Roche and last year was Sylvain Guintoli.

-Absolutely.

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-Ashton, Home question or Away?

-Home, please.

In 2014, which English forward

lost in the NRL Grand Final for the second time in three years?

THEY WHISPER

-Yeah? Happy?

-Yeah.

Beautiful.

Yeah. James Graham and the Bulldogs.

Yes, it was.

Canterbury Bulldogs. Well done.

Come here, man.

And Perri.

-I think Home.

-Yeah. Home, please.

Who won 400 metres hurdles silvers

at the World Championship in Helsinki and Berlin

before she went one better by winning gold in Daegu?

Silver in Helsinki and Berlin.

-So she's pretty good.

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER

She's average. She's pretty good and then just...

-Think countries.

-Trying to think.

Take your time.

No pressure, but it's your own sport.

LAUGHTER

-I'm just saying.

-Leave her alone!

You got plenty of time, just take your time. Don't listen to him.

-I think it's Demus.

-Demus. Well, not Chaka.

-No!

-Chaka Demus!

Chaka Demus!

-I'm going to say it.

-Go on.

Lashinda Demus.

Lashinda Demus is

the right answer.

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Well done, Perri.

It is the captains' turn now and in this round you'll need to

put three sporting greats in order.

Matt, you are first.

Which of these tennis stars have

won the most Grand Slam titles?

And that includes doubles.

-Oh.

-I know Graf won 22.

She's got 22.

-Serena just got the 20.

-Yeah.

-I believe.

-20? Yeah.

-Singles.

-So that's just singles.

-Yeah.

How many did the MacDog win?

Singles.

-What, ten?

-I think it was single figures.

Single...

-Eight, nine, ten. Around there.

-Yeah.

Chrissy Evert...

in the teens, early teens?

-Grand Slams?

-I think so, yes.

If Steffi didn't win any doubles...

Doubles or mixed, yeah.

Has Mac and Chris Evert won 10-plus doubles titles?

I think Mac would have done.

-With his...

-Fleming. They were good, weren't they?

-They were legendary.

-They were good.

-Happy with that then?

-Yeah.

-Mac,

-one. Yes.

-Chrissy Evert, two.

-Yes, I agree.

-Steffi...

-Are we all agreed? Yeah.

-Steffi, three.

-There we are then.

Let's do it.

-That's what you're going with?

-Yeah.

Let's have a look.

One point correct. One point.

You had the 22. She only, one doubles, that's on 23.

Chris Evert, 18 singles.

That's level with Martina, three doubles, and then Johnny Mac,

seven singles, nine doubles and one mixed.

So he's on 17.

But you get a point

having Chrissy in the right position

so that's good.

Phil, which of these British strikers

have scored the most international goals?

-Well...

-Who's that one?

That is Ally McCoist, Alan Shearer and Ian Rush.

-I would say...

-Shearer would be...

I'm sorry, I'd have to say Coisty probably...

-The least.

-..the least.

-Probably Coisty.

-I'd agree.

-They were very good goals.

-Yeah, obviously.

LAUGHTER

-And then...

-Shearer must be in the 30s, do you reckon?

-Yeah.

Shearer first, Rushy second, Coisty third?

HE EXHALES

-Legend, though, Rushy.

-Yeah, I know,

-but I don't think he scored many...

-Scored for fun.

..goals for Wales, did he? Did he?

LAUGHTER

Shearer, Rush, McCoist - one, two and three.

OK, let's have a look.

All three are all in.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Well done. Well done.

-Ooh.

-Shearer - 30. Rushy - 28.

-Oh, I was close.

-Coisty - 19.

-Oh, right, yeah.

-Oh, good work, good work.

And what a difference that round made.

Matt's on 21. Phil's team now in front on 22.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And, Matt, watch closely here, you and your team.

Who is this knight with his noble steed?

-MUSIC:

-Once Around The Block by Badly Drawn Boy

All right, I'm going to have a good stab at that.

Yeah, you go for it, cap.

Go on. What do you think?

-I think it's that.

-He had that little tinge of red.

-That sort of blondy red through there, didn't he?

-Yeah.

-On the beard.

-Does he make a bit of stubble, your man?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-OK, well, that's a good shout.

-Matthew Hoggard.

-You think it's Hoggy? Let's have a look.

Yes, it's the England cricketer Matthew Hoggard.

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-You didn't have that, Tuffers?

-Yes, no, Matthew Hoggard.

-Well done.

LAUGHTER

Why does it say Flintoff?

LAUGHTER

For your team, who is this on course for success?

MUSIC: I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen

Boom, boom, boom, boom. Perri got it straight away.

-Lizzy Yarnold.

-Let's see.

Yes, the Winter Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold.

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-Good work.

And well done to both teams in that round.

Matt is now on 23. Phil on 24.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The captains now need to step up to the plate.

-And, Matt, you are going first.

-Right, come on, then. Here we go.

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You have 15 balls and I'll be asking you a maximum of three questions.

For each question I ask, your job is to put the balls in the basket

you think matches the right answer.

Every ball that you are left with at the end is worth one point,

so choose carefully.

-OK.

-OK, here is your first question.

Which of these sporting events is the oldest?

And your time starts now.

Cheltenham favourite, is it, or...?

Um...

-Snooker's been going a while. Ooh, better move.

-I think snooker.

What's your favourite? What's your favourite?

-I would say the Tour de France.

-The oldest.

-Tour de France.

What's your favourite as being the oldest?

-The Tour de France?

-Five seconds.

-Tour de France - oldest.

-Tour de France, B.

-Tour de France?

-Yeah.

-Tour de France.

-BUZZER

-Oh!

LAUGHTER

-That was a mistake right there.

-On the buzzer.

-Cheltenham Gold Cup - 1924.

-Oh, dear.

-World Snooker Championship - 1927.

-Oh, come on. No chance. No chance.

Tour de France - 1903. You were right.

-Oh! Boom, boom, boom!

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-So, nine going forward. Ready?

-Yeah.

Which of these golfers did not win the US Masters during the '80s?

-Time starts now.

-Did not.

Did not win it.

-I think Crenshaw did.

-Yeah, I'm pretty sure Crenshaw did.

-I'm pretty sure...

-Watson?

-..um, Trevino. Trevino?

-This could be...

-Five seconds.

-He won US Opens.

-Five seconds.

-Tom Watson never won any.

-Two!

Where's A? A!

-BUZZER

-Ooh! On the buzzer.

-Ooh, no...no...no Crenshaw?

-I don't know.

-So, you've got four in C and five in A, correct?

-Yes, yes.

-Tom Watson won it...

-Oh, did he?

-..in 1981.

That's not a good start, is it?

-That means we've lost five of my balls.

-Lee Trevino...

-..never won it. You were right.

-Come on! Here we go.

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-Ben Crenshaw won it in 1984.

-'84.

-Yeah.

-Phew!

Are you ready for your final question?

I'm just so enthused, I can't tell you.

LAUGHTER

Your team have helped you, so here we go. Listen, team.

-Which of these is the longest in metres?

-Oh.

Men's shot put Olympic record...

-That's about nine.

-..cricket pitch or half an NBA basketball court?

-Your time starts now.

-Right, so...

-The longest.

-The longest.

-What is the longest?

-Sorry, 22...

-22 yards - a cricket pitch.

-22 yards.

-I would say...

-Men's is about 19, 20.

I was going to say shot put. Shot put?

-I like shot put.

-Shot put is A.

-Ooh! Ooh!

-No, yeah, that's right.

-BUZZER

-Where's A? What's A? What's A?!

-Yes, A is shot put.

-LAUGHTER

-Sue, for God's sake!

-I said it's A!

-Yeah, but it was your tone.

-LAUGHTER

So, half an NBA basketball court is 14.3 metres.

We've got a chance here. We've got a chance.

-How far is 22 yards?

-Cricket pitch - 20 metres 12.

-Men's shot put Olympic record...

-Go on, Sue.

-..22.47.

-Come on, then. Get in there.

-You get two points.

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-Well done, mate. Well done.

-Phil, up you come.

-Come on. Come on, shout them out. Come on.

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-Come on, then. Come on.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

-Here's your first question.

-Right now.

Which of these rugby league teams

has appeared in the most Super League Grand Finals?

-St Helens.

-A, St Helens, B, Bradford Bulls...

-St Helens have been in a few.

-..C, Warrington Wolves?

St Helens. I reckon the Warrington Wolves.

-No?

-I don't know. St Helens have been in a few. I know they have.

-St Helens must have been in more, mustn't they?

-Yeah.

And then Bradford Bulls, not so many.

-Five seconds.

-Oh, which one do you reckon?

-Don't know. Go for A.

-St Helens?

-A.

BUZZER

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

-What have you got in each? How many?

-I was like a velociraptor then.

LAUGHTER

-How many did you leave in A?

-I don't know.

-Count them.

-One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

-Seven? And then B?

-B, four. C, four.

-OK. Right.

-Got to be St Helens.

-Warrington Wolves - two.

Ooh, Bulls more than that, then.

-The Bulls - six.

-Got to be St Helens.

-St Helens - 10.

-Yes! Should have gone bigger.

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-Should have gone bigger.

OK, seven through.

-Next question.

-Got this.

Which of these Premier League grounds

has a capacity below 40,000?

-Below?

-Below 40,000.

-White Hart Lane.

-White Hart Lane...

-White Hart Lane.

..the Stadium of Light, Stanford Bridge?

-Stadium of Light's more than that.

-Yeah, and so is Stanford Bridge.

Time starts now.

Oh, I don't know whether to go big or not.

-Go on, Tuffers!

-All in one?

-Go on, Tuffers!

-White Hart Lane is A.

-Oh, A?

LAUGHTER

A! Oh! Oh!

-What, one and one? One and one?

-Yeah, yeah, just...

-Five seconds.

Just to keep us in? Just to keep us in?

-LAUGHTER

-Oh, boo!

BUZZER

-APPLAUSE

-It's a waste, Tuffers. It's a waste.

-White Hart Lane, isn't it?

-It's a waste.

-Just to keep us in. No, just to keep us in.

-Yeah, yeah.

-It's got to be White Hart Lane.

-It's a waste.

That is a waste. That's a waste.

I could have done St Helens and White Hart Lane.

Stanford Bridge - over 41,000.

Stadium of Light - over 48,000.

White Hart Lane - 36,000, so you were right.

A was the right answer.

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-Now for the final question.

-Go on.

Which of these heights is the tallest?

-Good luck. Off you go. Time starts now.

-What do you reckon?

Oh, Grand National's high, isn't it?

-What do you reckon's the highest?

-I don't know how tall LeBron is.

-Which is the tallest?

-Which is the tallest?

-I think...

-Not LeBron James.

-Five seconds.

-No, high jump.

-High jump?

-A or B?

-It is B.

-B.

-BUZZER

-Oh!

SHE LAUGHS

The chair at the Grand National - one metre 60.

-Is that big? That's big.

-That is big.

LeBron James...

..two metres 03.

The women's high jump - two metres 06.

-You're right. You get two points.

-Two! Two!

-Two points.

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-Well done.

Oh, I wasted that. Wasted opportunity there.

But it keeps you in the lead.

That's a good thing

cos at the end of the round, Matt's on 25.

Phil's team in front on 26.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We are ending the show On The Buzzer.

It is your last chance to get some valuable points.

Only one point in it. OK, are you ready?

Fingers on the buzzers. Here we go.

The last two Premier League top goal-scorers

come from which continent?

-Argentina.

-South America. One point away.

In which city were the first ever European Games held in 2015?

-In which city?

-Baku.

-Yes.

What is the name of the NRL side from Parramatta?

-Parramatta Eels.

-Yes.

In which event has Laura Weightman won both Commonwealth

and European medals?

-1,500 metres.

-Yes.

Which Englishman scored the first Ashes century of 2015?

-Joe Root.

-Yes.

Which American rider won his second World Superbike title in 2002?

-American.

-Doug Polen.

-Colin Edwards. One point away.

Oh!

In which sport is Jelle Klaasen the youngest ever world champ?

-Darts.

-Yes.

Duncan Goodhew and Adrian Moorhouse won Olympic golds with which...?

-Breaststroke.

-Yes.

How many players are there in an Aussie Rules...?

WHISTLE BLOWS

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, dear.

It was a hard-fought contest from start to finish,

but a win for Phil's team by just one point.

A huge thank you to all of our guests tonight.

We thoroughly enjoyed it. Hope you did at home.

From all of us here, good night.

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