Episode 11 A Question of Sport

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Hello and welcome to A Question Of Sport.

But which team will be victorious tonight?

Joining Matt this evening are

British athletics star Perri Shakes-Drayton

and England fast bowler Steve Harmison.

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Happy with my team. Very happy with my team.

And on Phil's team are England and Lions hooker Jamie George

and Wimbledon wheelchair tennis champion Gordon Reid.

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The first round is the Picture Board.

-Matt, your team are up first.

-Right, yeah.

And we will start the clock when you hit the first number.

We'll start with number four, please, Sue.

-Dwight Gayle.

-Yes.

-Number three.

-Oh, that is Tiam, Tame?

-No, not Thiem.

Teem, Tam... Don't know, move on. Two.

-Wayne Mardle.

-Yes.

-One.

-James Franklin.

-Yes.

-Five. Don't worry, Perri, it's coming.

-There it is.

-Bianca Williams.

-Yes.

-Six.

-Lee Trevino.

-Lee Trevino.

-Yes.

-Seven.

That is...er...

-Finn Russell.

-Yes.

-It's eight.

-Jess Varnish.

-Yes.

-Nine.

-Keaton Jennings.

-Yes.

-Ten.

-Max Whitlock.

-Yes.

-11.

-Tony Cottee.

-Yes.

-12. 12!

-Thiam.

-Yes, it is!

-Oh, come on! In there!

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Who was the tennis player there?

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You only missed the tennis player.

It was Grigor Dimitrov.

Dimitrov, the good-looking fellow. Hate him.

LAUGHTER

But very well done. Great start. 11 points scored.

Well done. Well done, Harmi.

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Don't worry about that, team. We can beat that.

-We just need a full house.

-Yes.

-No problem.

-No problem.

Ready to go, Sue. Number one, please, Sue.

-Wade.

-Yes.

-Yes, two.

-Yui Kamiji.

-Yes.

-Three.

-Marcelo Bosch.

-Yes.

-Four.

-Oh...

-Niko Kranjcar.

-Yes.

-Five.

-Stoneman.

-Yes.

-Six.

-Day.

-Jason Day.

-Yeah.

-Seven.

-Gustavo Fernandez.

-Yes.

-Eight.

-Oh...

-Daniel Sturridge.

-Yes, nine.

-Whitelock.

-No, Retallick.

-Yes.

-Retallick, yes. Ten.

Oh...

Any good? No? Quickly.

-Was it Armistead?

-Yes, it is.

-11.

-Bron. LeBron James.

-No.

GB... Hoing, Wang, Dwong...

-No, he's British, he's British.

-Move on, move on. 12.

Oh...

-Becky James.

-No.

-Lindsay... Lindsay...

-Lindsay Davenport.

-No.

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-Sharp, Lynsey Sharp.

We made ten! Good work!

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Yeah, you got it. It was Lynsey. Lynsey Sharp, we were looking for.

You almost had it. And Luol Deng.

-Oh, Luol Deng.

-Yes.

-Good work, boys.

-But well done

to both teams. At the end of the round...

We'll take that. We'll absolutely take that.

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It is Sport Action now and just make a note of as much as you can.

He's done it!

It is big! Oh, yes!

The Olympic silver medallist.

Scott with a cross. Good turn by Carter...

Well, she opens the scoring tonight in the ninth minute!

Oh!

Great Britain have done it in the most spectacular style!

Andy Murray unbeaten.

Danny again. This is why he's been picked to start for England.

Outstanding, outstanding.

The crowds are about to cheer now

because Ben Ainslie wins his fourth Olympic gold.

He is the greatest sailing Olympian in the history of the games.

Now, I will ask a question and then you have to work out

which of these nine countries is the right answer.

You are both playing along so, once you've chosen your answer,

-if you write it down on your tablets, OK.

-Oh, OK.

-So, here's your first question and it's on rugby union.

-Ooh.

England were on their way to winning their 13th Grand Slam.

Which country from the board are second

on the all-time list of Grand Slam wins?

When you're ready, write it down.

So, have you locked in your answers? No, Tuffers is still writing.

He'll be doing a smiley face or something.

OK, let's see what you've gone for.

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-Great minds. Wait for it.

-And you are correct.

-You are both right. Well done.

-Well done.

We'll have that, we'll have that.

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Now, sailing.

Ben Ainslie was winning his fourth Olympic gold in London.

From which country was the silver medallist that Ben famously beat?

Oh, he wanted to fight him, didn't he?

Oh, where was he from? Here you are, boys.

-I think it was that or that.

-I think it was that.

-Yeah?

-He was angry, he was angry.

-He was angry.

-He was angry.

You don't want to sail with me when I'm angry.

Yes, that's what he said.

Was it that one or that one?

-Ooh.

-Oh, what are you choosing between?

-Denmark or Netherlands.

Oh.

-Are you locked in?

-Yes.

-You are?

-OK. Let's see the results.

-Denmark.

-Ooh!

-No, it was Denmark.

-Denmark, Holland.

Which is the right answer?

It's Jonas Hogh-Christensen

from Denmark.

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Moving on.

Andy Murray was guiding great Britain to victory

in the 2015 Davis Cup.

Which country won it the following year?

Which one shall we go for? What would you go for?

-What would you go for?

-I'd go for that one.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Would you? No, I'm going with the team.

I'll go with the team, I'll go with the team.

-Are we right there?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Right, OK.

OK, have you locked in your answers both of you? Reveal.

USA, Argentina.

The correct answer is

Argentina. Well done.

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Good work.

And finally, Phillips Idowu was winning Olympic triple jump silver,

but in which of the countries was he competing?

Go for it, go for it, go for it!

Yeah? Happy days. Boom.

-Finished?

-I'm locked and in.

-You're locked and in. Are you in and locked?

-Oh, yes.

OK, let's have a look at the answers.

Ah, very good.

So, you have both gone with China

and the answer is China, so well done to both teams.

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And at the end of that round...

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Now it is time to see how much you are prepared to risk.

I'll ask a question that has multiple answers.

You'll get a point for each correct one.

However, if you get one wrong,

-you will lose all the points you've built up.

-Right.

So, will you know when to freeze? That's the question.

So, Phil, your team are going first.

Thank you. LAUGHTER

And your question is on tennis.

Name five non-Europeans who have won

a men's Grand Slam singles title since 2000.

-So we've got Hewitt, del Potro.

-Hewitt, del Potro.

Think of countries. Think of other countries that...

-Arg...

-An American? Philippoussis?

-Philippoussis.

-When did he win it?

No, Rafter?

Give us your banker. Go for one point.

Go Lleyton Hewitt?

-Lleyton Hewitt is on the list, yes. Well done.

-Right, jolly good.

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So, that is one point. Are you going to gamble for two?

-Del Potro?

-Del Potro?

Juan Martin del Potro is also on the list, yes.

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Are you going to move on?

I have to ask you each one because you could lose your two points.

-You're definitely going on?

-Confident with Roddick? Yes.

-Yeah, I'm pretty confident.

-Yeah, confident with Roddick?

-I'm happy.

-Yeah, all happy. Roddick, Sue.

Yes, I'm happy too, yes. It is Andy Roddick. Number three.

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Are you going to risk it? If you're not sure, you could lose all three.

-Anyone since McEnroe?

-McEnroe, no.

-No, that's too old.

-Too old.

Wooden rackets!

Steady on. LAUGHTER

-Shall we stick?

-Yeah.

-Stay in the game?

-Yeah.

Sue, we're going to freeze.

Three points is yours, so well done.

Well done, boys.

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There were four you could have had.

-Gaston Gaudio.

-Good luck!

-Gustavo Kuerten.

-Ah, yeah.

-Oh.

And the other two, you'll kick yourself.

Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.

-Oh, 20...

-Yeah, 2000.

He only just crept in there but, still, you got three points.

We'll take that. We'll take that.

-OK, Matt.

-Yeah.

Your team are next, and your question is on Commonwealth Games.

-Commonwealth Games.

-Excellent.

Since 1990, name five countries

that have won two or more medals in the men's 100 metres

at the Commonwealth Games?

Commonwealth. You're thinking

-Linford there, aren't you, surely?

-Yeah.

-STEVE:

-Linford and Darren Campbell, got to be.

-Darren Campbell.

-Jamaica's got to be in, surely. Happy with Jamaica?

-Yeah.

-Jamaica.

-Is right.

-Thank you very much.

-Well done.

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-So, one point. Are you going on?

-I think so.

-Of course you are.

-England, Sue.

-Correct.

-Ooh!

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-So, that's two points.

-OK.

-Are you going to risk three?

-Yeah, Trinidad and Tobago?

-Trinidad?

-Yes, yes. Yes, him.

-I can see his face.

-Yeah.

-Kim Collins.

-Kim Collins was St Kitts?

-Yeah.

-Canada?

-Ooh.

Oh, come on. He won the Olympics.

-Donovan Bailey.

-OK. Go on, do it. Canada.

-Canada.

-Yes.

Yes!

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Er, but not Donovan Bailey.

Oh, he's done again! He's done it again!

He is Canadian but he didn't win a Commonwealth medal.

But Bruny Surin and Pierre Browne did.

-Oh, yes, they were on the list.

-So jammy, so jammy!

-So, you're on three.

-So jammy!

-Three points.

-That's a lot to lose, that is. That's a lot to lose.

-Leave it.

-Leave it, just leave it. Leave it.

-Leave it.

-We're going to...

And, er... But we would have gone with St Kitts.

-OK.

-What would his name have been?

-Kim Collins.

-Kim Collins.

-Oh, OK.

He did win a gold and he won nothing else,

so you would have lost all the points if you'd gone with St Kitts.

Yeah, the only person he did know,

the only person you did know would have lost you the points!

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But the other ones you could have gone for,

Namibia - Frankie Fredericks.

Trinidad and Tobago

and Nigeria were the other ones.

Nigeria. But you made the right decision.

And at the end of the round...

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

-and, Perri, coming to you first. A home question?

-Please.

Who, in London, won her first World Championship gold medals

with victory in the 400 metres and the 400 metres relay?

-I know who it is but I can't...

-Do you?

-I know the face.

-Well, we'll get it.

-No...

-Yes!

-I can't describe her face!

-Yes, we're going to get it!

-I know her surname begins with an F.

-Well, yes.

-But I don't know...

-I don't know her name.

-Well, we'll find it out.

Cos you can't have that many letters.

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-Francis...

-No.

-Open your mind.

-Phyllis... Phyllis...

-Ooh.

-Phyllis?

-Ooh.

-Phyllis?

-Phyllis?

-Yeah, it's Phyllis.

-Dylis. It's Dylis.

-Phyllis.

No, stop!

-Phyllis Ferguson or something.

-Ferguson?

-Phyllis...

Phyllis...

F...

-Phyllis Francis!

-Phyllis Francis?

-Wait...

-Phyllis Francis?

That's a great running name!

Great running name - Phyllis Francis. No?

-That's a good name though, isn't it?

-I don't want to say anything.

You've got to say it.

-Sue, I'm going to say it.

-Go on, then. Go on.

I'm going to say Phyllis Francis, but...

Just as well you did. It's right!

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Phew! Phew!

LAUGHTER

The very first name you said, "Francis," and you went, "No."

And I thought, "Oh, no." Well done, Perri.

-Oh, good.

-You got the point, that's important.

-How are they leading?

They actually don't know any of the answers.

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-Jamie, coming to you. Home or Away?

-Home.

-Home, please.

-OK.

In April this year, who became only the second forward

to score 50 Premiership tries

a month before his club won the title?

-Exeter.

-Exeter, yeah.

And the only bloke who scored a lot was Thomas Waldrom.

-He played for Leicester before that.

-Yeah, OK? Number eight, isn't he?

-Number eight, yeah.

-The Tank, isn't he?

-The Tank, yeah.

-Go on, then, go on, then.

-Thomas Waldrom?

Yes, it is, with the Exeter Chiefs. Well done.

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Harmi, home? Home, please, Sue.

New Zealand's all-time top ten wicket takers in Test cricket

feature three current bowlers.

Tim Southee and Trent Boult are two. Who is the other one?

-It's got to be him.

-Is he still playing Test cricket?

Yeah, I'm not sure if he's just retired.

-He's the only one I can think of.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

Is it Jeetan Patel?

No, it isn't. Who did you think?

I thought Patel, who plays for Warwickshire,

-who's now come back to play for New Zealand.

-New Zealand, yeah.

No, it is Neil Wagner.

-I didn't think he'd have enough wickets to be in the top ten.

-No.

-130.

-130?

-130.

-Pretty good.

-Tough one there.

-Gordon, over to you. Home or Away?

-Home, to draw level.

-Go home, yeah.

Pressure's on.

Who, having won gold in Athens, Beijing and London,

won a medal at a fourth successive Paralympics,

by winning bronze in the men's wheelchair doubles in Rio?

Well, it's 50-50, cos I'm pretty sure we beat them in the semis.

Lovely! Carry on. So, there's two, cos it's doubles.

LAUGHTER

I'm going to go with Shingo Kunieda.

Yes, went with the right one. Well done, you get the point.

Well done. Level, level.

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Now, in this round, you will be combining the surnames

of sports stars to form something from one of these categories, OK.

So, Matt, your team can have first pick.

Which category would you like to choose?

-Pick a category, please, Perri.

-Attraction?

-Go for it.

-OK.

-So, the surnames of the sports stars form an attraction.

-An attraction.

-It is an attraction you can visit.

-Yeah.

-How many have you got there?

-Do you know any of them?

-Black.

-Roger Black.

And then something, something, something, Haye.

And do you think that's just a plural of the same person

or that they are identical twins,

doing exactly the same pose at exactly the same time?

It is a plural.

It's a plural, OK. Now, do I know that cyclist?

Emma. Her name's Emma. Emma...

Francis?

LAUGHTER

Oh! Oh! Oh-oh-oh!

-Have you got it?

-Oh!

-They've got it over there.

-It's so easy!

-We're thinking too hard.

-It's so easy when you know the answer!

-It's one of those.

-OK.

No, no. Haye...

-Blackpool?

-Blackpool, Blackpool, pool.

Emma Poole! Emily Poole! Emily Poole!

-That's her name! Emily Poole!

-Is it?

I love you!

It is, it's Emily Poole. Emma Poole? Emily Poole.

It's Poole anyway. It is Poole.

Poole... Blackpool...

Haye...

Blackpool...

MATT SHRIEKS

LAUGHTER

What is it? Black... Blackpool... Come on, come on.

I think everybody in this room knows what it is!

-LAUGHTER

-Oh! Oh!

Blackpool...

Illuminations!

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Oh!

Oh, that hurt so much!

Yes, it's actually Emma Pooley.

-Pooley, Emma Pooley.

-Yes.

And then Lu, Mann, Haye and Shun.

But two well-earned points there.

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-Phil.

-Yeah.

-Pick a category.

-Song lyric, please.

-Song lyric. OK.

-Oh, no!

-Oh, no...

LAUGHTER

Right. Mane to start with.

Oh, that's Khan.

-# Mane, Khan... #

-LAUGHTER

-Mane, Khan...

-That's Khan, I'm sure.

No, Zaheer Khan, his name is, yeah. So, that's Mane, Khan...

-Oh, yes, I've got it! We've got it, we got it!

-No, I don't know the...

-Who's the golfer?

-Sing it again.

# Mane, Khan... #

LAUGHTER

Please tell me everyone's got this.

-Right, so, I know exactly how you felt.

-Who's the golfer?

-Yes!

Oh, it's Seve, is it?

Go on, sing us that song. Sing us that song.

SUE LAUGHS

And who's the...? Is that Justin Bieber?

LAUGHTER

Is that...?

-Money.

-Money.

Money. Money Khan... Oh!

LAUGHTER

Is that Davis Love?

Mane, money, Khan, Bye... That must be Mee.

Oh, it's Mee. And that's Davis Love.

-"Money can't buy me love".

-Yeah, Ben Mee. Yeah, absolutely.

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Ben Mee. And the American ice hockey star was Karen Bye.

And, at the end of that round, the teams are tied.

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And, Matt, your team are up first in this round.

Who is the captain of the ship?

MUSIC: Waves by Mr Probz

-It's not her, is it?

-PERRI WHISPERS

Oh, of course it is! Course it is. Yes, she is, yeah.

She's married to Steve Backshall.

Yeah, go for it. Go on.

Yes, yes and yes.

-Helen Glover?

-Helen Glover? Let's have a look.

Yes, it is the Olympic champion. Helen Glover.

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And, Phil, your team. Who is this, bouncing around?

MUSIC: Tidal Wave by Sub Focus feat Alpines

He either looked like Brad Barritt

or James Horwill, maybe, you know, the Australia captain?.

That's a great shout. Go with your instinct, mate.

-James Horwill?

-Going with James?

Let's have a look. Are you right?

-Oh!

-Yes, you are. Well done.

The rugby union player James Horwill.

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Very well done.

This has being close all the way through

and, at the end of the round,

the teams are tied on 22.

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So, it will all be decided with the final round, the Sprint Finish.

-And, Matt, you are going first.

-Right, here we go. Come on!

Are you ready? Time starts now.

-OK, you love this.

-Golf.

-It's not on the golf course

but it's on the practice...

-Driving range.

-Yes.

Oh, I'll be running in a relay and I would do this...

-Baton. Pass the baton.

-Yes, yes.

-Oh, you've taken one of those.

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Hat-trick.

-No, you've just taken one.

-Yeah.

-It's called a...

-Wicket.

-Yeah, but an over, in an over...

-Wicket maiden.

-Yes. Yeah.

Oh, he was the England manager. His name...

Oh, no, he was the England manager.

West Bromwich Albion manager as well.

-Roy Hodgson.

-Yes.

-Yes.

Oh, um...they wear the big teddy suits.

-Ma...

-Yes. Say it.

-No, not mannequin. Mascot. Mascot.

-Yes, yes.

-Oh, not the skeleton but the other one.

-Bobsleigh.

WHISTLE No, the luge.

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-Luge.

-We were looking for the luge. Well done, Daws.

-You scored five points.

-Come on, boys, we can win this.

-Up you come.

-Come on.

-Five to tie, six to win.

-Hold on, yeah.

-Here we go.

Oh, British golfer. English golfer. Won the Olympics.

It's a flower.

-Justin Rose.

-Yes, yes.

Oh, it's in snooker and I put my...

-What's that?

-Tie. Yeah, and then I go...

-So it's a tie...

-Tie-break.

-Yes.

PHIL GRUNTS

-Haka.

-Yes, yes.

Rangers play there in Scotland.

-Ibrox.

-Yes. Oh, what's this...?

-Tightrope.

-No, what am I on?

-Walking.

No, gymnastics, piece of equipment.

It's a...?

-Pommel?

-Move on, move on, move on.

Oh, he was one.

-Scrum-half.

-Yes!

Oh, in that, you mess it up a couple of times.

-Double fault.

-Yes.

-Yes.

Oh, in your game...

WHISTLE

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-Good work! Good work!

-We got there, didn't we?

-I don't know.

I think you would have been better if you'd said tie-break in tennis.

-What did I say?

-Snooker.

-Snooker!

LAUGHTER

And the balance beam was the one that you missed out on.

But you needed five to tie.

You have scored six. You win by one point!

Get in!

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Sorry, team.

Remember, A Question Of Sport is on the iPlayer,

so if you ever miss an episode, you can catch up on there.

It's been so much fun. A huge thank you to all of our guests.

I think they need to take a rest now. But we will see you very soon.

From all of us here, good night.