Episode 22 A Question of Sport

Lining up on the show this week are...

European 800 metre champion...

golf's rising star...

..Premier League legend...

and South Africa's flying winger...

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to the show.

Captains, how are you feeling tonight?

Matt, are you confident?

Oh...! Have you seen this team, Sue?!

Look at... Look at them!

Look at Lynsey. She looks ahead.

LAUGHTER

Sorry, and you, and you.

-They are ready. They are primed.

-Ready and primed.

And you, Tuffers?

Loads of goals here, loads of tries here -

what could possibly go wrong?

-The middle bit.

-Hey...

-It would be!

The man in the middle.

OK, let's see how it works out.

We are going to start tonight with an Opening Rally.

I have noticed, though, Daws,

-you have the power of the Beef next to you.

-Oh, yeah.

Because, Andrew, you are now Beef. Correct?

That is pretty much it, yeah. That's it.

Does anyone ever call you Andrew any more?

Only my mum.

Especially if she's angry at me.

All right, Beef?! Beef! Beef!

OK, we're going to start with an Opening Rally,

and, teams, your topic tonight is football.

You must take it in turns to give me

an answer to the following question -

excluding the UK and Ireland,

name the ten countries that have provided the most players

to play in the Premier League as of the end of last season.

OK, Phil, we are going to be starting with you.

France? First up?

-France, Sue.

-OK.

-Spain or Italy?

-Spain! Spain!

-Spain. Spain.

-Spain.

-Spain!

-OK.

-Italy? Straight in, yeah?

-Yeah.

-Italy, Sue.

-OK.

Do you have any?

-SHE CONFERS IN HUSHED VOICE

-No?

-Yeah, it should be.

-Germany?

-Germany.

-OK.

Yeah? Portugal? Yeah?

-Portugal, Sue.

-OK.

What do you reckon?

It's got to be one of them, hasn't it? It's got to be one of them.

You would think so, yeah.

-LYNSEY:

-You make the call.

Yeah, you are captain.

LAUGHTER

I've given you ideas, now you...

-I've given you ideas, now you just go and do it.

-OK.

Uh...

We will go with...

-..Brazil.

-OK.

-Do you fancy Belgium?

-Yeah.

Two more gos each.

-Belgium.

-Oh, good shout.

-OK.

-Argentina.

-Yeah. Last go each.

Scandinavians?

Oh, yes, why not one of them lot?

What? Who were any good at it?

Norway? No.

I don't know any Norwegians.

-Oh, Denmark.

-Yeah.

-Denmark?

-I think so.

-Denmark, Denmark.

-Denmark, Sue.

-OK.

And last guess for yours. Is that who you had?

Holland, we thought, might have...

Holland!

LAUGHTER

Number two on the list, it was...

-Yes!

-..so you are going Holland.

Phil, you scored, out of five,

-you scored four.

-Oh...

And, Matt, you also scored four.

We'll take four,

we'll take four.

-APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE DROWNS OUT SPEECH

-The ones that were wrong - Germany...

-No!

-No way!

Germany was 12th on the list.

And Belgium...

was 14th on the list.

So the other ones that you needed...

So you were right with the Scandinavian link there.

So, well done.

At the end of the round, the teams are tied, both on four.

APPLAUSE DROWNS OUT SPEECH

We've got a Sports Action for you next.

You will need to try and make a note of all the stars that you see, OK?

Christian Lealiifano finds Michael Hooper.

And Australia score their first try.

Well, he hasn't scored for a few games, so it had to come.

It's going to be Michael Phelps' 24th gold medal.

Look at this. Absolutely extraordinary.

USA win gold, Great Britain win the silver.

-CHEERING

-Oh, another gem.

Nerveless.

CHEERING

How delighted will he be?

It's been a long vigil, but he's got his name on the board.

She's done it!

Two sets to one.

6-3.

A real turn of pace about him. He's found Rooney.

Back to Di Maria. Di Maria.

Oh, what a finish!

What a belting finish for Angel Di Maria.

Will her 1,500-metre strength finally tell?

It's going to be a surprise win.

Savinova. Martinez, the bronze.

That is a massive surprise.

It's got to be very accurate.

It was.

APPLAUSE

..but Sea The Stars is going to win the double.

It is now time for a game of noughts and crosses.

On the board are the nine sports that you have just seen.

Pick a spot to answer a question on.

If you get it right, that square becomes yours.

But if you get it wrong, it is your opponent's.

So, Phil, we will ask you to pick a sport first.

Horse racing is tricky, and that is middle square.

Shall we go corners?

-Go cricket.

-Cricket, Sue.

-OK.

Who was the batsmen scoring a century at Lord's?

-Got it.

-Neil McKenzie.

Yes, it was. Well done.

APPLAUSE

-Matt.

-The athletics, did you like the athletics?

-Yeah.

-Yes?

-Yeah.

-Go for that, go for that.

-Athletics.

-You're going... All right.

Who was winning 800m World Championship gold?

Eunice Sum.

It was. Well done, Lynsey.

APPLAUSE

Very nice.

-What you like on your golf?

-Steady.

-Steady?

THEY CONFER

-Golf, please, Sue.

-OK.

Jordan Spieth... PHIL SIGHS

LAUGHTER

..was in action at the Masters,

but who beat him in the 2016 Ryder Cup singles?

So, who was in that?

-There's about 12 of them, isn't there?

-Yeah, there's 12 of them.

LAUGHTER

Rory?

-Did he play, Rory?

-Did he?

-I don't know.

-Oh, was it...? It wasn't...Pieters?

-Yes, Pieters.

-No...

-LAUGHTER

Fitzpatrick?

-I think it's Pieters, the tall guy.

-Yeah, the new tall guy, Pieters.

He had a great tournament, didn't he,

the young kid who got in, Pieters, didn't he?

-I think Pieters.

-Yet, let's go with Pieters.

Let's go with that. Pieters.

Uh...no, it isn't.

-So golf becomes your square.

-Oh, nice!

-Yes.

Did you know? It's quite a tough one. Did you know, Beef?

-Stenson.

-It was, yeah.

Henrik Stenson, it was.

APPLAUSE

Well done.

-We'll go rugby union.

-Rugby. OK.

Who was scoring a try against Wales?

-It was Australia.

-Was it?! Yes!

-Yeah.

-Yeah, it was.

-100%.

-The Australian.

-Australian, fullback.

-Um...

-It mentioned...

-Folau.

-Folau?

Israel Folau.

Correct. Well done, Beef, yes.

APPLAUSE

Let's get football,

-let's get a point in the bag and go football.

-OK.

Angel Di Maria was scoring for Manchester United

in the Premier League,

but to which club did they sell him in 2015?

-PSG.

-Yes, it was.

-Well done, mate.

-Paris St Germain.

APPLAUSE

-Are you going for the win?

-I think we will go for tennis, I think.

-OK.

Surrounding us!

LAUGHTER

Martina Hingis was winning the 1997 Wimbledon singles' title,

but who was she beating in the final?

Oh, no, it was the blonde...

-LYNSEY:

-Don't look at me, I can't help.

-Oh...

-ANDREW:

-The blonde tennis player!

LAUGHTER

Lovely forehand. Very good forehand.

-Had a... Had a...headband on.

-Mm-hm.

Hannah Sukova. Hannah Sukova.

Uh, no...

-Oh!

-Do you know it?

-Novotna?

-Oh!

-Jana Novotna.

-Jana Novotna!

-Yes.

-Oh!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, no point for that, but you get the square anyway.

I got my picture up.

Yes, and you look very smug having won that, as well.

-What are you going for?

-We're going to have to be bold.

Snooker. Let's go snooker. I think I know who it is.

Who was the snooker player making a century break?

I think it's Ding Junhui.

Ding Junhui.

Yes, it was.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Going for the block, or going for the win?

Ah!

Two points for the win.

Got to go for the win, haven't we?

-Well...

-We've got to go for the win!

I know I'm not going to know horse racing.

-I might know swimming.

-You might know swimming.

-Maybe.

Because we would know one of...

How many of the four do you think we would know?

-Two.

-Really?

OK.

-I don't know if I'm confident.

-Yes, swimming, swimming.

OK.

Swimming. Don't you ask for a three! Just two.

You saw GB's 4x100m medley relay team winning silver in Rio.

Which one of them also won an individual medal at the games?

THEY CONFER IN WHISPERS

Yeah, I thought James Guy won an individual as well, but...

Oh, no! Which ONE of them?

-Was Adam Peaty definitely in the clip?

-You know two of them.

-DEFINITELY in the clip?

-Yeah...

-Adam Peaty.

-Yes!

-Come on!

APPLAUSE

-So...

-Over to you, Philip.

Horse racing question coming up.

Come on, be kind.

Sea The Stars was winning the 2009 Epsom Derby.

Name either of the other races that make up the English Triple Crown.

Oh...

Epsom Derby.

Well, there is the 2000 Guineas, 1000 Guineas...

Oh, no, the Triple Crown! I should know this.

I don't.

-Any ideas?

-This is a three-point swing.

St Leger?

1000 Guineas, 2000 Guineas...

I think it's the St Leger.

-Any ideas?

-No.

-Any ideas?

-Nah.

-No. Well...

LAUGHTER

..we're going to go for the St Leger, Sue.

You said the 2000 Guineas - that was right.

-Oh!

-The St Leger...

is also right, so you get three points!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

APPLAUSE DROWNS OUT SPEECH

And you get the line across as well.

Three points are added. So what a difference

At the end of the round,

Matt is on seven, Phil in front on ten.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, Matt, your team are up first.

Who is this working on his superhero skills?

MUSIC: Technicolor by Oscar Hill and Justin Black

-GIGGLING

-I want to go to a stag do there.

LAUGHTER

-We would send the ambulance to meet you on the way out.

-Wow.

-Yeah, I did think about that.

-Yeah?

I don't know about the facial hair.

I think, sometimes, he does have a little...

I mean, compared to you, it's just pathetic, but...

I didn't even see it.

Little tiny scruffily goatee.

I'm not sure it was, but I don't have another...

-We haven't really got too much, have we?

-No. I don't know.

Just that little goatee reminds just reminded me...

Go for it.

Christian Malcolm.

You are going for Christian. Let's have a look.

HEARTBEATS

-Ooh!

-Yes, it is.

The British sprinter, Christian Malcolm.

APPLAUSE

I didn't have a clue.

Two important points.

OK, Phil, for your team, who is this with the real battle on his hands?

MUSIC: Battle Without Honor or Humanity

WIND BLOWS

What do you think?

-A bit of grey. A bit of grey at the back of the hair now.

-He's tall.

Tall, strong. Go on. Have you got any ideas?

No, he's not a footballer. What do you think?

It came into... It came to you, it came to you in a flash.

I felt it, I felt it.

Go on. Give it a go if you fancy it.

-Go on. Yeah, go on.

-Go on, JP.

-I'll go with Mike Phillips.

-OK, we'll have a look.

-Come on.

Are you right?

HEARTBEATS

Yes, the Lions rugby star Mike Phillips.

APPLAUSE

Well done to both teams in that round.

Matt's moved onto nine, Phil in front on 12.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now for the guests, it's choice of Home or Away.

And, Beef, coming to you first. So, home question or away? The pressure.

-I don't want to go home.

-No?

-No.

-You'll be all right.

-Are you sure?

-I'm going to go, I'll go home.

-Home, OK.

Who, by winning the 2016 European Open over three rounds,

became the first man to claim his first three European Tour titles

over 36, 54 and 72 holes?

-Alexander Levy.

-Yes, it is. From France. Well done.

APPLAUSE

-Well done.

-I can go home now, I'm done. I'm done.

-The pressure's off.

-JP, Home or Away?

-Home. Come on, you've got it.

-You've got this, come on.

-Away?

-No, home!

LAUGHTER

You've got this, come on.

-Home?

-You'll get it, no worries, come on.

-It looks like I don't have a choice.

-OK, here it is.

-Let's go.

Who scored the final try in the 2015 World Cup final

before finishing as the highest points scorer

of the Rugby Championship the following year?

THEY CONFER

-Who's the kicker?

-Er...

-Should I have a go?

-Yeah, if you fancy it.

-I'll go with Beauden Barrett.

-Well done, yes, it's the right answer.

APPLAUSE

-Lynsey, your go. Home or Away?

-It's got to be home.

-I think so, yes.

-Home.

Since 2015, which European women's 800-metre medallist has run

in World, European and Olympic finals without winning a medal?

-It must be Jozwik.

-Has Jozwik not medalled in any of those?

-Olympics, Worlds and...

-No.

-Lovely.

-Joanna Jozwik?

-Yes, it is, well done!

APPLAUSE

-Very good. Kevin, Home or Away?

-Come on.

-Yeah, we're going home.

-Home.

-Come on, mate.

Who, last season, was his club's top Premier League goal-scorer,

won the FA Cup and played for his country in the final of Euro 2016?

Who was in the FA Cup last year? Was it Man United?

I think he scored, didn't he? Lingard scored in the final.

Oh, yes, that's right. So the Euros is Portugal, France.

-And who plays for Man U?

-It's not Martial?

-Martial? Yeah, you've got it.

-Man United?

-Yes.

-It could be the other team, though.

-Martial.

-You think so?

-Yeah.

Anthony Martial?

Yes, it was. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Right, then, teams.

Now, you're going to have to piece together these phrases

by using the people and objects that you see.

Matt, we're coming to you first. What film is this?

The... Oh... It's Niclas Fasth, yeah.

Fast. Oh, and the... furi...

MATT LAUGHS

-So, Fu...Rios.

-Yeah.

Go on, I think you've got that. I'll give you that.

-The Fast And The Furious?

-Yes, it is. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, you've got the golfer, Niclas Fasth.

Marco Fu and Marcelo Rios.

The former world number one, well done.

OK, Tuffers, can you work out this sports team?

Right...

-Is that...

-North.

-North, yes. North.

-And that's Southampton?

-Yeah.

-KEVIN:

-It's not Northampton, is it?

-Oh, Saints!

North-Hamm-ton Saints.

-Northampton Saints.

-There we go.

-Yeah, Northampton Saints.

Absolutely, yes.

APPLAUSE

George North, Mia Hamm, the USA footballer.

And then the ton, and of course the Saints.

Right, back to you, Matt.

Can you translate this?

Oh, no.

Curling. Curling. What's the centre called?

-The circle, the centre in...

-I don't know.

Oh, no.

Who's the rugby player? Come on, Dawson!

Now, I'm thinking there's a rugby player called Lamaison.

"Is Lamaison"? In...

Oh, no, what's this? "The curling in..."

LAUGHTER

"The curling in..."

Who's the keeper? Keeper? Keeper! Innkeeper...

SUE LAUGHS

"The something innkeeper is Lamaison."

LAUGHTER

HE YELLS

Is it a famous cricketer? Is he a famous cricketer, is he? Oh, no.

-So the question is, can you translate this?

-Oh, I see.

So it could be la maison, translated, means "house".

-LYNSEY:

-Yeah.

What's that called there, that area? That's called the...?

When you're..

Into the... The stone goes into the...

circle thing. Do you lot all know it?!

-AUDIENCE:

-Yeah!

-No!

-And I think...

-I don't.

LAUGHTER

I think we're going to give up, actually, because you are so...

-Am I miles away?

-Yes.

-Miles away.

-Well, not...

House translated... Is house right?

-Do you know who the cricketer is?

-I think it's Bruce French.

Oh, French...

"The house in French is Lamaison.

-Oh!

-What, that's the answer?

-Yes.

-That's brutal. That's brutal.

APPLAUSE

Very clever.

-It's very clever.

-It's called the house.

-The stone into the house.

-Could have been here until next week.

Yeah, that's what I felt. Wait for this one.

LAUGHTER

-For Phil's team.

-Come on.

-Where in the world is this?

Where in the world is this?

Gray. Yeah. Gray. Double.

-Gray, double...

-Barry.

-Gareth Barry.

-Gareth Barry.

-I don't know who that wicketkeeper is, crikey O'Reilly.

-I have no idea.

-KEVIN:

-Barrier Reef? Great Barrier Reef?

-Gray... Eight.

-Great!

-Barrier Reef.

-Great Barrier...

-Reef.

-Go on, son. Go on.

-Great Barrier Reef.

LAUGHTER

-Great Barrier Reef.

-You so want this to be right, don't you?

It is!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done. Richie Gray, it was Gareth Barry

-and Taslim Arif.

-Arif!

-Pakistan. Cricketer.

What a round, and what a difference.

Matt's on 13, Phil in front on 18.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We are ending the show with the Sprint Finish.

Teams, you need to get on your captain's wavelength.

And, Matt, you need a big score.

-We do.

-Up you come.

-Here we go. Here we go.

APPLAUSE

OK, time starts now.

OK, if I was playing rugby and I was at the edge of the pitch,

-the player at the edge of the pitch, really quick.

-Winger.

-Yes, he is.

Yeah. Oh, he's the runner, blonde, curly hair from the '80s.

-Runner?

-Runner.

He commentates now. Commentates now,

but he was the 1,500-metre runner.

Or 800-metre runner.

Man, curly hair. Commonwealth champion. Commentator.

Not Ovett or Coe, but...

-Brendan Fo...? I don't know.

-Move on, move on, move on, move on!

It's the Scottish national stadium.

-Football.

-Hampden.

-Yes, yes.

-Oh, in golf, a hole-in-one on a par-4 is a...?

-Albatross.

Yes, you're right.

Basketball in... Oh, Florida, the main city of Florida,

right at the bottom.

-Miami.

-Yeah. And it's, oh, it's not cold...

-Miami Heat.

-Yes.

Oh, I've run, I've run so fast in the season that it's my...

-Peak.

-Nearly, nearly. Oh...

-Personal best.

-Yes, personal best, done it.

-Oh, playing this game now. Out of the ground.

-Six.

Yeah, but not a wonky one, it was a...?

-Home run.

-No.

-Straight.

-Yes, yes. Oh, I love...

-FULL-TIME WHISTLE BLOWS

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Who was the commentator?

Lynsey, you're not going to be able to look at him again. Crammy.

Steve Cram. SUE LAUGHS

-I couldn't think of anything else...

-You said long hair.

-No, blonde hair.

-Blonde curly hair.

-Sorry, sorry.

-You needed a big score, you've got six.

-Oh.

AUDIENCE GROANS

Tough ask here, Tuffers(!)

APPLAUSE

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-OK.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Your time starts now.

-Right, in football, if you do a foul, you're...?

-Penalised.

-No. You're...?

-Booked.

Yes, yes, yes.

Oh, South African fast bowler, ginger hair.

Used to open the bowling in my day with Allan Donald.

-Oh!

-It's a fish.

-It's a whitefish.

-Nantie Hayward.

-No.

-KEVIN:

-Ginger?

No. Ginger, yes. His dad used to play.

-Oh, Shaun Pollock.

-Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

Oh, OK, in snooker, you tee off and what's it called?

-Break.

-Yeah, yeah.

Oh, in tennis, you're going, "Boom, boom".

-What's this bit here?

-Baseline.

-Yes. And then what's the to and fro?

-Rally.

-Yes.

-Baseline rally.

-Yeah. Oh, little fella, he was one.

-Scrum half.

-Yes.

LAUGHTER

-In America, that...

-Basketball.

-Yeah. And, "Moo!

-"Moo! "Moo!"

-Chicago Bulls.

LAUGHTER Yes!

APPLAUSE

What's this one? In football, you give a high-five, it's a...

# Let's all have a... #

-What's his name used to sing? The bloke...

-Disco.

WHISTLE BLOWS

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Let's all have a celebration! #

LAUGHTER

Kevin, I'm so worried for you, you're on his wavelength.

How you got Chicago Bulls from that, I really don't know.

Anyway, you didn't get celebration there,

but you can have one now because you are the winners,

you scored six points out there, six points.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Well done, mate.

-Yes, well done.

It's been great rounds as well, and thank you to all of our guests,

to JP and Kevin, to Lynsey and Beef. The three of us,

we'll be back soon. Until then, from all of us, goodbye.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE