Episode 8 A Question of Sport

Going head-to-head on tonight's show,

Ashes-winning cricketer, Michael Vaughan.

England's World Cup captain, Steph Houghton.

GB's star over the hurdles, Will Sharman

and European Tour-winning golfer, Tommy Fleetwood.

Let's play A Question Of Sport.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hello and welcome to the show.

Tonight, we have a couple of Question Of Sport debutants

alongside two guests who know what it takes.

It should be a great battle.

Let's kick things off with the Picture Board.

And we are going to ask Matt's team to go first.

Let's start with number 12, please.

Oh, er, Mats... Matsuyama.

-Yes.

-11.

-Coutinho.

-No.

-No, it's Henderson.

-Yes.

-Ten.

-Amy Williams.

-No.

-Lizzie Arnold.

-No.

I don't know any more. Steadman, Steadman.

Shed... Shelley Redman-Rudman.

-Yes.

-Erm, nine.

I thought it was Phil on the john.

Who's that? Who's that, Vaughny, come on!

That's du Plessis.

-Yes.

-Eight. Eight.

Oh, give over.

Move on. Seven.

Carli Lloyd.

-Yes.

-Six.

Raikkonen.

-No.

-Hakkinen.

-Yes.

-Five.

Oh, it's, erm... Ward.

-Yes.

-Four.

Lucy Bronze.

-Yes.

-Three.

Jack Brooks.

-Yes.

-Two.

-Oh...

-I know the ref.

-Do you?

Oh, who's that? Move on. One.

-WHISTLE

-Oh. Sergey.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, not enough time for Bubka. Ali Carter.

-Was it really, Ali Carter?

-The snooker player, yes.

-And the gymnast was Claudia Fragapane.

-Oh, it was Fragapane.

You started with nine, very good.

APPLAUSE

OK, Phil, over to you.

One, please, Sue.

Erm... Ooh. Move on...Hee... Move on. Two.

-Golfer.

-Tyrrell Hatton.

-Yes.

-Yeah, three.

-Erm.

-Erm, that is...

Go on, go on, quick.

No? Move on? Four, four.

Erm, Mitchell Marsh.

-Yes.

-Yes. Five.

-Erm...

-Coleman.

-Coleman, yeah.

-Yes.

-Six.

-Oh, erm, oh... Thompson.

-No.

Oh, oooh, I know him. Move on. Rubbish. Seven.

Who's that?

-Wawrinka.

-No.

-Berdych?

-No.

-It is a woman.

-Is it?

-Yeah, Seles. No, no.

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

-OK.

-Eight.

-Jasmine...

-Go on, go on. Jasmine?

-Yes.

-Jas...Yeah.

-Jas..?

-Go on.

-Last name?

Move on, nine, nine.

Schmeichel.

-Yeah.

-Ten.

-The other one was Serita Solomon.

Brooks Koepka.

-Yeah.

-Brooks Koepka. 11.

WHISTLE

-Anderson.

-Mervyn King.

Mervyn King, it was, we were looking for

and the British long jumper was Jaz - you got the first name - Sawyers.

Jaz Sawyers.

The tennis player was Justine Henin.

-Justine Henin.

-MATT LAUGHS

-It was a woman.

-It was a woman.

-The triathlete was Jonathan Brownlee.

-Of course.

-And you said...

-I said it was Serita Solomon.

A bit too late, you'd moved on. We needed it before you moved on.

But you are right, yes, but unfortunately not in time.

And the rugby league star was Martin Offiah.

Oh, no way!

Chariots.

The end of the opening round,

Phil is on five, but Matt's is on the front on nine.

It's sports action time now and both teams are playing along.

Make a note of who you see and when the action is taking place, OK?

COMMENTATOR: What a magnificent 139 break from Ronnie O'Sullivan.

She has done it.

Oh, it's huge, it's massive.

Oh, my goodness gracious me.

It's a world record for Great Britain.

He holed one here yesterday, can he do it again?

He might.

He is exultant, he is exuberant

and he has got every justification to be.

A brilliant win for Nigel Mansell.

And that's it, first 50 for England.

That will do him a power of good.

And here is Henry again.

Oh, would you have imagined a more dramatic start than that?

And it is Thierry Henry.

OK, I am going to give you a sport and I want you to write down

on your tablets the year that you think the action was taking place.

If you are one year out, it will be plus one, two years out, plus two

and so on. It is the team with the lowest number

at the end of the round that will win the points.

Everyone understand?

SUE LAUGHS Good luck.

OK, first one is football

and you saw Thierry Henry scoring against Chelsea.

In which year do you think the action was taking place?

THEY WHISPER AMONGST THEMSELVES

He only went to America and then he came back.

-Yeah, when was that?

-When I was at uni, that was between 2003 and 2006.

-Was it?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

OK, so let's go...

Was it when you were later on in uni or...

LAUGHTER

What shall we go with?

-Ten years ago.

-Are you going '05?

-Locked in, Tuffers? OK...

-Yeah.

-..let's reveal the years.

'05. '04.

The correct answer is...

-2004.

-Oh, yes, yes.

-Get in!

So Matt is plus one.

Athletics.

Which year was Jonathan Edwards in action?

Straight in.

-Happy with that?

-I think so.

-OK, we'll go with that.

Right. Let's reveal the answers.

TUFFERS GROANS '95, yes you're both right,

it is 1995.

APPLAUSE

So still just one in it.

Next, in which year did you see Graeme Hick batting for England?

THEY WHISPER AMONGST THEMSELVES

No, it was his first 50.

-Were you at the beginning of uni?

-LAUGHTER

I didn't go to uni.

Hold on.

THEY WHISPER AMONGST THEMSELVES

-Yeah, I'm locked in.

-OK,

let's reveal the answers.

1992, '91.

The correct answer is

'92. APPLAUSE

Vaughny, you beauty!

Both plus one, going very well. Golf now.

Tom Watson was rolling back the years at the Open.

Which year?

THEY WHISPER AMONGST THEMSELVES

Locked in.

OK.

OK, well, Phil, has put..?

-Ooh, get in there. Get in there.

-'09.

-I can't shake him!

-'09.

It is '09, well done, both teams.

APPLAUSE

-Well done, lads, well done. Come on!

-Well done.

This one might make a difference.

When was Martina Hingis winning her only Wimbledon singles title?

-It was against Novotna, Sue, wasn't it?

-Oh!

Just thought I'd slip that in. Jana.

-Jana Novotna.

-Jana.

-Yes, it was, wasn't it?

-Yes.

-When did she play, roughly?

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

SUE LAUGHS

THEY WHISPER AMONGST THEMSELVES

Yeah.

'98?

-You sure?

-No going back now.

OK, no going back, no regrets.

All right, let's reveal.

1993, '98.

-I've said this will be a big difference.

-Willy can't look.

The correct answer is 1997.

You were right, you were right.

Moved to plus five, you are plus two, but I tell you,

this is the final question and it is not easy.

Yeah, Nigel Mansell it is.

What year was he winning his first Grand Prix?

We think it is sort of round here.

Did he win one... How long did he take to win one?

-Yeah.

-First race.

-Let's go with...

-Shall we stick with that one again?

-You fancy going with that one?

-Yeah.

Oh, I could have had a stinker.

OK, let's see.

-THEY GASP

-Ooh, hello.

1985, 1993.

The year was...

Oh, I've got it mixed up.

..1985.

I got my Damon Hill and Nigel Mansell...

-THEY LAUGH

-..slightly mixed up there.

Phil's team wins the round and collects three points.

Well done.

A lot closer now, Phil is on eight, Matt is still in front on nine.

Now a choice of Home or Away.

Vaughny, coming to you first.

-We will go home, Sue.

-OK.

Who at Headingley in May became Jimmy Anderson's 400th Test wicket

two months after being the lead run scorer at the 2015 World Cup?

THEY WHISPER AMONGST THEMSELVES

-New Zealand?

-Sneaky.

Kane Williamson?

-No.

-Oh, Vaughny!

It has got to be...

New Zealander, yeah, Martin...

-Guptill.

-Guptill.

-Course it was, he got 230, he got 290.

-Yeah, he did.

-He only had one score.

-He did.

-THEY LAUGH

-Tommy, coming to you, home or away?

-Home.

Who, this year, became the first Englishman since 1970

to win the South African Open,

doing so by beating Charl Schwartzel in a play-off?

That is Andy Sullivan.

Yes, it was, well done.

Steph, over to you, home question?

Yeah, home, please.

Who scored in her side's Champions League final victory in 2015

and went on to score six goals at the World Cup in Canada?

SHE MURMURS

Who was in it? Which teams were in it?

We'd have powered out. Doesn't come across.

That's quite a lot of goals, that, six goals is a lot, isn't it?

Celia Sasic?

Oh, you have gone for it and you have gone for the right answer, well done.

-Steph, congratulations on the World Cup.

-Thank you.

Great performance from you and England.

What was it like competing over there?

It was an amazing experience for us to go over there.

I don't think there were that many expectations on us to go and do well

but I think as the tournament went on and progressed, we got

better with each game and we were so unfortunate not to reach the final.

But to go home with a bronze medal and beat the Germans, it was...

LAUGHTER

-It was a great tournament for us.

-APPLAUSE

Well done, Steph

and well done for getting your question right as well.

Will, coming to you now.

I'm going to go home, please, Sue.

Who was the only athlete to win 110 metre hurdles medals at both

the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics?

-So he got a medal there...

-Yeah.

-He also got one there.

-Yeah. Done.

So, I think it is...

Don't be too confident. Are you sure now?

You're sure you've got it, there is no-one else?

-Go on.

-Is it Jason Richardson?

Won world gold and Olympic silver, well done,

the American Jason Richardson.

Right, teams, take a look at the board.

Behind the nine squares is a picture of a sports star.

You need to take it in turns to pick a square

and answer a question on that category.

If you get it right, you'll earn a point

and it will reveal a section of the picture.

You then get a chance to guess the sports star for a bonus point.

OK, everyone understand?

And, Matt, we are going to start with you

so which square do you want to go for?

What would you like to go with, Steph?

-In The Net.

-In The Net, OK.

Who defeated New Zealand in the 2015 Netball World Cup final?

-Australia.

-Australia.

-You watched it?

-Yeah, I watched it.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

-Well, you know more about netball than cricket!

-I do!

Australia.

It is the right answer, well done.

And well done, Vaughny. SUE LAUGHS

So, let's see what clue you get from that square.

Look at that ear, there.

-That is a rugby ear, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Martin Johnson?

Shall we go with Martin Johnson?

Martin Johnson.

Er, no. Over we go.

Tuffers, what are you going to pick?

We think we could get a nose or an eye

or a forehead or a bit of chin.

Go for a nose?

-Jump For Joy? Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Fancy it?

-Jump For Joy, Sue.

-OK.

-Oh, no.

Ben Maher, Scott Brash, Nick Skelton and which other person

won Olympic team show-jumping gold in 2012 for Great Britain?

Oh. It's a woman.

I'm not going to give you any clues.

It's not...

It's not Dujardin, is it?

She won... Dujardin...

Is it Dujardin? Yeah, I think...

I don't know whether it is a bloke or not.

-Dujardin.

-Just go with that.

Go on, then. Dujardin.

-It's the wrong answer. She is dressage.

-Yeah.

I won't give the answer because that question stays up there.

So back to you, do you want to go Jump For Joy?

We're not quite confident to go for that, are we?

I mean, we would have had a little stab at it.

-I reckon if we get the forehead, we'll get it.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

-OK, well it's your choice.

-It's A Slippery Slope.

-OK.

Which country has won the most Winter Olympic gold medals in Alpine skiing?

Oh, my goodness me.

Yeah, they've got to have a chance.

We can't, we can't shout these out cos it's giving them the answers.

That is a great shout.

-VAUGHNY WHISPERS SOMETHING

-Yeah, they are, aren't they?

It is your question, I'm quite happy to go with that.

-Yep.

-USA.

-No.

-Ooh!

So that stays on the board.

Tuffers.

We kind of have got a stab at it.

-But it might be wrong.

-HE LAUGHS

What do you reckon?

But we just get an ear, we are just going to get an ear.

-Go on, then, let's have a go. On The Right Track.

-On The Right Track.

On The Right Track, we're big on ears.

In which cycling event... TUFFERS GROANS

..did Laura Trott win an individual Olympic gold in London?

Right, come on, come on.

-Yeah, yeah.

-What's that called? I don't know.

Is that called the sprint?

Can we not just give that?

Go on, then, yeah. The sprint.

Erm, no. LAUGHTER

Over we go. Are you going there, Daws?

-I think we might have a go at that.

-OK.

-The Omnium.

-Oh.

Is the right answer.

APPLAUSE

Right, come on, give us the ear.

-What will the ear reveal?

-Give us the ear.

Oh, I've got it.

SUE LAUGHS He has got it!

-That's not far off.

-Have you?

-Yeah.

-Do you know what, I'm happy.

-I think that's right.

And we haven't got anything else and I think it is a lovely shout.

Steph, take it away. Go for it.

Gareth Bale.

No, it isn't.

We were confident.

OK, Tuffers.

It's A Slippery Slope, Sue.

-He's gone for it!

-You are going for it.

Which country has won the most Winter Olympic medals in Alpine skiing?

Austria.

Yes, it is.

It's a big one this, Tuffers, you've got to get it for me.

Here is the reveal, let's see, does it give you a clue?

-It's Gareth Bale!

-It is Gareth Bale!

It's not him, is it?

Oh, you've got it, oh, you've got it!

He's got it, he got it. Got it.

Is it Joey Barton?

No, it isn't!

That's Joey Barton!

That is a great answer, but no, it isn't.

-So, Daws, back to you.

-Go on, then, Steph, you pick.

-What A Shot.

-What A Shot. OK.

Who holed a putt from the Valley Of Sin to get into a play-off

with John Daly in the 1995 Open Championship?

-Yeah, go on. Go on.

-Yeah?

Constantino Rocca.

Correct answer.

Will that be the square that helps?

It's Joey Barton!

It's changed.

We've got it, we just need to get one right.

-Greg Rudedski.

-Rusedski.

Greg Rusedski

is the right answer.

Vaughny!

But it makes a big difference because Phil is on 11,

Matt in front now on 14.

OK, Matt, your team are up first,

who is this re-enacting a great FA Cup final?

COMMENTATOR: The 125th FA Cup final is about to start.

Etherington's shot. Oh, fumbled by Reina.

Liverpool are rocks.

Gerrard.

Cisse was coming in there. Oh, and he has got it.

Two players, far post, here comes Gerrard.

It is 2-2.

It has gone right in.

Konchesky. Would you believe it?

Gerrard!

He has got it!

Oh, Steven Gerrard!

It surely is the best cup final of modern times.

-Mmm?

-Have you got it?

If you are wearing the full Liverpool kit,

you've got to be a Liverpool fan, surely.

Don't know. Wasn't her, no?

Absolutely, she is a Liverpool fan.

-Definitely.

-Go with her, go with her.

-Is she?

-Yeah, she is a Liverpool fan.

Caroline Wozniacki.

Let's have a look if you're right.

It is the Danish tennis star and huge Liverpool fan, Caroline Wozniacki.

-Come on, we need this, boys.

-You do indeed, Tuffers.

Who's this boat captain out on the open water?

MUSIC: Prayer in C By Lilly Wood And The Prick (Robin Schulz Remix)

# Yah you never said a word

# You didn't send me no letter

# Don't think I could forgive you

# See our world is slowly dying

# I'm not wasting no more time

# Don't think I could believe you. #

You've got it. Look at your little smiling face.

Any ideas?

It's not the one you suggested?

-Nah.

-Definitely not.

It's got to be.

Oh, oh, the blond-haired golfer boy.

-The blond-haired golfer boy!

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

The blond-haired golfer. What is his name?

-Oh, played about... Oh, I know his name.

-He played when?

He played a couple of years ago.

-White shirt, light-blue trousers.

-Oh, yeah, I've got him, yeah (!)

No, you have! With the really bleached blond hair.

-Oh, what is his name?

-What's he doing now?

I think he's sailing boats now, boys.

Come on, you know him. You know his name.

-You do, it's him there!

-And I don't!

-Not Mason.

-What?

-Erm...

English golfer and he had really white hair.

-We are going to be here all night.

-Oh, what's his name?

-The cleaners will have to be in.

-I don't...

Oh, it's... I know his name!

What is his name?

-It's a shame cos we were...

-Simon Dyson!

-No. Is it?

-That's who you're thinking about.

-Is it him?

-Is it Dyson?

-I don't think it was, but you can go for it if you want.

Yeah. Did he have white hair?

Yeah, he's still got white hair.

Sue, I'm going to go for Simon Dyson.

Let's have a look.

It's the English golfer, Simon Dyson.

He tried to help you both with "We'll have to get the cleaners in."

Dyson!

-Oh, come on, you lot!

-That went over my head!

That has gone right over my head.

A well-earned two points which means at the end of the round,

Phil is on 13, Matt in front on 16.

OK, teams, we are ending the show with a sprint finish

but tonight, this week, it has a bit of a twist to it.

Don't worry, it's as easy as ABC.

On the board are three categories.

All the clues in each category will begin with that letter. OK.

And Phil, as you are trailing, what are you going to pick?

-Erm, B.

-Going B.

-Come on, come on.

-OK, up you come.

-There we go.

Right. They all start with a B?

-All start with a B.

-OK, here we go. Let me look at the first one.

-All right, up we go.

-OK, yeah.

-OK, time starts now.

Things on top of the stumps are called the...

-Wickets.

-No, on top of the stumps, are called the...

-B.

-The little bit of wood.

-Yeah.

Move on, move on, move on. What's this?

-You play it on sand?

-Volleyball.

-On sand...

-Beach volleyball.

Yes, yes, yes. In football, you do that, what's that?

-BOTH:

-Backheel.

-Yes, a great big...

Rugby captain. Big fella, used to be a captain on A Question Of Sport.

-Locke. Oh, Dallaglio. What's his name?

-No, B.

-Big, big fella.

-Keep going.

-Keep going.

-OK.

-Keep going.

-If you're in the sand... You're in the...

-Bunker.

-Yes.

The German football league is called the...

-BOTH:

-Bundesliga.

-Yes.

-Yes. What are these?

-BOTH:

-Boxing, boxing gloves.

Yes. What is that?

-Swimming.

-Breast stroke.

-Yes. What's... 50 is the...

-Bull's-eye.

What's that?!

It's a dance.

-Ballet, Samba, ballroom.

-No.

-Move on.

That's it, the last one. Keep going.

WHISTLE

How did we do, man?

-Bails. Bails. Bails.

-They're bails.

-Yeah, you passed on bails, that was...

-Bails!

-The rugby captain we were looking for is Bill Beaumont.

-Bill Beaumont.

And Bolero. Torvill and Dean, Bolero.

-But anyway, you did well, you scored seven.

-Seven?

Five to win, what are you going to take?

I think our team would like me to go for A.

A, OK. Up you come.

Right, come on then, come on.

Come on. Come on, you lot over there. Come on, let's have some!

All right, you need five.

OK, there is your first one. Time starts now.

Wimbledon champion, long hair.

-Agassi.

-Yes.

-Yes.

Oh, Scottish team, Alex Ferguson was the manager.

-Aberdeen.

-Yes.

-Yes, yes.

In boxing, I would be...

The things that are behind you on the ring are called the...

There's three of them,

They go along the ring, round the outside the boxing ring.

Move on, move on.

In Georgia, they have a Major in...

-Augusta.

-Yes.

-Yes.

Oh, if I'm a bowler and a batter, I'm a...

-All-rounder.

-Yes.

-Yes, yes.

-BOTH:

-Archery.

-Thank you.

-Yeah.

-Not home but...

-BOTH:

-Away.

And then what you do that... You score a...

-Away goal.

-More of them.

-Away goals.

-Yes.

-Oh, horses, horses,

the National is at...

-BOTH:

-Aintree.

Aintree. And what is this? What's this?

-What's this?

-It's a leg!

-What's this thing, it's a leg!

And what do you stop a boat with, the metal thing in the water?

Anchor.

-Yes!

-What's a leg got to do with it?

Boats, loads of boats, loads of boats.

WHISTLE

Very well done.

You ran out of time with the America's Cup

and you just missed against the ropes.

Got a bit mixed up, sorry.

You needed five to win and Daws,

you scored a magnificent eight. Well done.

So, well done to Matt's team, the winners this week, but a big

thank you to all of our guests. To Steph and Michael, to Tommy and Will.

The three of us will be back very soon.

Until then, from all us here, goodnight.