Episode 12 A Question of Sport

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to A Question Of Sport.

Tonight Matt is joined by Olympic long jump champion

Greg Rutherford and European gold medal winning gymnast Ellie Downie.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Come on, Ellie. Come on, Greg.

Teaming up with Phil are the world champion swimmer Keri-Anne Payne

and Lions player of the series, Jonathan Davies.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Good luck.

The first round tonight is the One-Minute Round,

and Matt, we're going to start with your team.

Are you ready? 60 seconds on the clock.

Which Formula 1 Grand Prix is held at Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Marina?

Oh, the Abu Dhabi.

Yes. Which English woman won four gymnastics gold medals

at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

-English woman.

-English.

-Claudia Fragapane.

Yes. Which sports star is being described here?

Newcastle, FA Cup, er, er, Kevin Keegan!

Yes. Who captained Great Britain at the World Athletics Championships

-in London?

-Er, Eilidh Doyle.

Yes. Which country connects these four pictures?

Holland, no, er... Sweden.

No.

Erm... Er, Lithuania!

-Want to move on? No?

-Move on!

What is the maximum number of rounds

-in a men's world championship boxing fight?

-12.

Yes. These three all share their names with famous composers.

-Er, Mozart.

-Yes.

-Ooh!

Er, Tchaikovsky.

-No.

-Erm...

-Puff Daddy!

-Erm...

LAUGHTER

-Elgar!

-No.

-Erm... Field hock...

-WHISTLE BLOWS

Oh, my goodness me! Hold on a minute!

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I think it's P Diddy!

-We were looking for Jean Chopin.

-Oh, Chopin!

And Juan Manuel Vivaldi.

Oh, stop it!

-And the country that the four pictures connects.

-Look at that.

-Poland.

-Poland, yes. Well said out there. Yes.

But well done, you scored six. Very good start.

-OK, Phil, are you ready?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Which British city is home to rugby league's Eagles

and ice hockey's Steelers?

Sheffield.

Yes. Who captained the Lions in the first test in New Zealand

-in July?

-Peter O'Mahony.

Yes. Which country connects these four pictures?

-Er...

-Ireland?

-No.

-Mexico.

Yes. This year, Ana Marcela Cunha won a world open water swimming

-title over which distance?

-25k.

Yes. Which sports star is being described here?

-Read 'em out, Olympic torch. Oh, the 400m runner!

-Cathy Freeman.

-Yes.

-Cathy Freeman, yes.

Who is the only South African cricketer to have scored

over 10,000 test runs?

-Gary Kirsten.

-No.

-Erm...

-De Villiers.

-Scored over 10,000.

-De Villiers.

-De Villiers?

-No.

-Amla!

-No.

-Graeme Smith.

-No.

-Smith, Graeme Smith!

-No.

-Move on!

These three share their names with famous painters.

-Oh, erm, painters, erm...

-Picasso?

-Yes.

-Picasso, very good! Erm, er...

Natalie...

-Raphael!

-No.

-Erm, er...

-Cycling...

Cycling, yeah, cycling. Football, erm...

-Minieri...

-Oh, erm, Botticelli!

WHISTLE BLOWS Ooh, no!

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-We were looking for Natalie Van Gogh.

-Oh, my...!

Even I know that one!

And Michelangelo.

-MATT LAUGHS

-Couldn't think.

No, I couldn't think... And who was the cricketer?

Jacques Kallis.

Oh, my gosh!

Hang your head in shame.

Anyway, let's take a look at the scores.

The teams are tied - both on six.

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

It's Sports Action time now.

Both teams are playing along. Write down as much as you can.

To the far stick it goes, headed back across goal, Raggett!

And Lincoln City of non-league football...!

Is she going to double up? She does!

For Jamaica, two golden moments!

Oh, really good. Van Gerwen, straight in.

It's all or nothing here now, the world title at stake...

Champion of the world! What a ride!

Through to her third major semi-final of the year!

Remember your technique.

Marvellous! Marvellous!

Now, then, Ferris. Oh, yes!

Off the initial burst of Ferris, worth the Irish wait.

Terrific combination to body and head.

Genuine star during the 2016 Olympic Games.

Oh, that's a good shot.

Might have been a little bit wide,

but it was put away nicely by Tendulkar.

-Did you get that one?

-Yeah.

-OK, take a look at the board.

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

Pick a sport to answer a question on, and if you get it right

you win a point and reveal that section of the picture.

And Matt, we're going to start with you first.

Did we know darts? We knew who that was, didn't we?

We'll go with darts.

-Do you want to go with darts?

-Darts!

-Go with darts, OK.

In which city was the action taking place?

-Blackpool's quite popular, isn't it?

-Is it?

-Yeah, they have, er...

-London.

-They obviously do London at Ally Pally.

-Blackpool's a good shout.

-We're going Blackpool, then?

-Yep.

Er, no.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

So it stays there unrevealed.

-Oh, OK.

-Oh, OK.

-Right.

-Now, you're confident... Let's get some points.

-Well...

-We're going to go cycling.

-OK. Who...

-Ohhhh!

-Yes!

-..was winning World Championship gold in 2013?

Becky James.

It was, yes, well done.

Well done.

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So, let's have a look.

LAUGHTER

-Do you want to have a guess?

-Is it a bald head?

-Oh, yeah.

-Perhaps it might be...

-Van Gerwin.

-..Van Gerwin, talking of darts.

-Shall we go with Van Gerwin?

-Yeah.

-Er, Van Gerwin, Sue.

Er, no, it isn't. OK, er, Matt?

Do we know any answers?

Can we have anything there?

Erm...

-Snooker!

-Snooker, then.

-In which year...

-Oh, come on, Barker!

LAUGHTER

In which year was Ali Carter scoring a 147 on his way to

reaching the World Championship final?

Let's go with...

2000 and...

I'm going to leave here if you get this right.

..12.

No.

Sorry. Unlucky, unlucky.

Right, bit of rugby. Let's get a point on the board. Go on, mate.

No pressure, no pressure.

Luke Fitzgerald was scoring a try for Ireland.

Which country did he tour with the Lions?

Oh, erm, South Africa.

Yes, it was South Africa.

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Let's have a look.

What's that?

-WHISPERING:

-Who's the golfer, the bald golfer?

-Oh...

-Not a bad shout.

Let's have a go at that, shall we?

Stewart Cink, Sue.

No, it isn't.

-Oh!

-Ooh, unlucky.

-Matt, over to you.

-What about the tennis, where's tennis?

-Oh, tennis would be good.

-Yeah, tennis might help.

-Tennis.

-Tennis.

What nationality was the tennis star who was beating

Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon in 2014?

-You want to go with that?

-Go with it.

-Go on, I think that's right.

-Go on, Ellie.

-Canada?

Canada is the right answer, yes.

Well done.

Genie Bouchard's Canadian. So, what does that reveal?

OK. I'm going to go with...

Paul O'Connell.

-No, it isn't, no.

-Oh!

-So, your go.

-Cricket.

-OK.

Please say who was batting!

You saw Sachin Tendulkar in action.

He is India's highest test run scorer.

Which player is next on the list?

Well, there's Dravid... No.

Kohli just started... No.

-Got to be Sunny.

-That's what I would say.

Yeah? Sunil Gavaskar, Sue.

-No.

-Oh, no!

-So, over to you, Matt.

-Athletics.

-Who was winning 100m gold in Rio?

-Yes!

Just literally just got it, Elaine Thompson.

-Yes, it was, well remembered.

-Get in!

-Good work.

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-Good work.

-But how much will that help? Let's see.

-There we go.

-It's a beautiful elbow.

-Do you know?

-Yeah, we know it,

but we just can't get any of the questions right.

LAUGHTER

-Keith Wood.

-Oh...

No.

Was that your answer? LAUGHTER

-Was that your answer?

-Did you have him?

No, no, no. Right, what...? Right, well, we've got...

-Right, what are you going with now?

-Football, Sue.

Football, OK.

Who were Lincoln City knocking out of the FA Cup in the fifth round?

Burnley, Sue.

Yes, it was.

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Let's see a little bit more of the hand.

-Right.

-Now, you know who it is?

Go on, you come up with it. Go on, mate.

Alan Shearer?

Well done, it's the right answer!

CHEERING

Well done and, Phil, you get a bonus point for guessing the correct

identity of the sports star, so end of the round and Matt is on eight,

Phil in front on ten.

Come on, team. Well done.

Each team will have one minute to answer as many questions

as possible and accumulate points.

You'll get a point for each correct answer, but you'll lose one

if you get it wrong or you pass.

You can confer, but I can only accept your first answer.

-So, Matt, your team are up first. Are you all ready?

-Oh, yeah.

Here we go.

How many times has Roger Federer won the Wimbledon men's singles title?

-Eight?

-Eight.

Is the right answer.

In August, the USA defeated Europe in Iowa to retain which trophy?

-Solheim Cup.

-Yes.

In which event did gymnast Sanne Wevers

win Olympic gold in Rio?

-Beam.

-Yes.

Who took eight wickets on his England test debut

at the Oval in July?

Oh, my goodness me.

What was his name?

Move on.

Which Brazilian won his first

Formula 1 World Championship in 1988?

-'88.

-Brazilian.

-Senna?

Senna? Senna.

Yes.

Who is the only Australian to win Snooker's World Championship

at the Crucible?

Good question.

-Neil Robertson.

-Yes.

Who scored the first test try for the Lions in July?

Erm...

Quickly.

No.

Rhysy Webb scored one. Who scored the other one?

WHISTLE Oh!

That was difficult.

O'Brien.

Classic. Legendary.

That was the greatest team try the Lions have ever scored.

And you now know who it is, yes.

Sean O'Brien was the answer we were looking for.

And who took eight wickets on his England test debut at the Oval?

-It was Toby Roland-Jones.

-Roland-Jones.

You got five right, one wrong. So you get four points.

-Time to face the questions. Ready?

-Yeah.

-Here we go.

Face-off and slapshot are terms used in which sport?

-Ice hockey.

-Yes.

Which Premier League team play their home games at the Hawthorns?

-West Bromwich Albion.

-Yes.

What nationality are Grand Slam champions

Marin Cilic and Goran Ivanisevic?

-Croatia.

-Croatian.

Yes. Who did the Scarlets beat in the Pro12 final this year?

-Munster.

-Munster.

-Yes.

How many Olympic swimming gold medals

did Great Britain win in Rio?

-One.

-Yes.

Which Indian city hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

-Delhi, Delhi.

-Delhi.

-Yes.

Which British boxer won his first world title in 2017,

having lost to Carl Froch twice?

-Groves.

-Yes.

Which driver took over from Nico Rosberg to partner

Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes?

-Oh, Bottas. Bottas.

-Yes.

In which decade did Mr Frisk, Party Politics and Royal Athlete

win the Grand National?

'70s.

-'90s.

-Oh.

Which Welshman won two World Snooker titles in the 2000s.

Mark Williams.

Is right. Yes. WHISTLE

Whoa! Whoa!

Wow!

-Wow!

-Oh, my goodness.

How happy are you with your team?

-Well, I'm very, very happy.

-LAUGHTER

Nine right, one wrong.

Eight points scored.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Wow.

And what a difference that makes,

because now Matt is on 12, Phil is in front on 18.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

As you can see now, the captains are up in the middle

and, boys, this game will really test your nerve.

Here are six categories for you to choose from.

Once you've picked a subject, you'll be faced with the question.

You must buzz in to stop the counter

when you think it has reached the correct value for that question.

The number you stop it on will be the number of points you'll earn.

Buzz in too soon and you'll miss out on valuable points,

but leave it too late and you could end up with nothing.

Matt, as you're trailing, you are going to go first.

So would you like to pick a category?

Quite a lot, being six down.

LAUGHTER

-Ellie, which one would you go with? What do you reckon?

-Um...

-I'd know most about heavyweight boxing, but...

-Would you?

-Oh!

-OK.

Um, Greg, what would you go with?

-I'd probably go with NHL teams, to be totally honest.

-OK.

-I'm not... I'm still not sure.

-No, no, it's fine.

We all know a little bit about heavyweight boxing.

-That's what we're going for, Susan.

-Right.

-Good luck, Ellie, Greg and Matt.

-Pressure's on!

How many defeats did Wladimir Klitschko suffer in his career?

Here we go.

-It's not many, is it?

-Three?

-Oh, hello!

-Gosh, it's gone quick.

-How many? GREG:

-I'd stop it.

BUZZER

I feel like it's only four or five, maybe.

So you have secured four points.

Oh, we'll take four points. Yes, we'll have... Of course, it's there.

-Four points.

-Yeah, lovely.

-Four points.

-There's only two in it, Mr Tufnell.

-Oh, very good.

But how many more could you have got?

Let's have a look.

Not many.

PING! That is it - five was the answer.

-What would you fancy?

-You pick one.

Ryder Cup! Right.

How many Spanish golfers have represented Europe in the Ryder Cup?

Quite a few. At least, what, seven, um...

-Olazabal, Garcia...

-You're on three.

-One more.

-Four.

-I wouldn't go more than five or six.

-Five.

-KERI-ANNE:

-I think go.

-Six.

-Stop now.

-Stop.

-BUZZER

-MATT:

-Good save! Good save!

-Good save!

-Six points.

You've secured six. Well done.

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-Nine, I reckon.

-You reckon nine? What you reckon?

-Er, a couple more, maybe. Because wasn't there Miguel?

-Jiminez.

-Yeah.

-Cabrera-Bello.

-Cabrera-Bello.

-Jose Rivero. Let's have a look.

-Ooh, no, it's... Oh.

-Eight...

-..nine...

-Bottled it.

PING! Ten! You could have got ten.

You missed out on four, but you've still got six. Well done.

-That's all right.

-We'll take that.

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Um... NHL teams? Do we know...?

You mentioned that in your top picks there, Greg.

I sort of have an idea of where it could go, so I'm...

Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it. Let's do it.

-NHL teams, let's do it!

-NHL. OK.

How many teams that play in the NHL are based in Canada?

-I knew that was going to be the question.

-Go on, give me...

Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa, Vancouver Canucks,

and then I can't think of any more,

so think we need to stop it at three or four.

BUZZER

-There's more, though, but...

-Is there?

But I'd literally just written those three down and I was thinking.

-That's fine, I'll take four.

-Four points could be very valuable.

-Let's see...

-But there's loads.

-..how far it went.

-Are there?

-Are there loads?

-It's the national sport, for goodness' sakes.

Are there? Oh, no. Oh, I don't like the way Sue's looking. Oh, dear.

-PING!

-There's loads.

-Seven.

You could have gone up to seven.

APPLAUSE

-Right, Phil.

-Premier League, Sue.

-Yep.

Since it began in 1992,

how many teams have played in every Premier League season?

-Five? City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool...

-United.

-West Ham?

-Um...

-I'd go about...seven or eight?

-MATT:

-Yeah, there's loads, isn't there?

-KERI-ANNE:

-I think stop...

-BUZZER AND KLAXON

I pushed it! I pushed it!

-BUZZER

-I pushed it!

LAUGHTER

A big, fat zero.

Just six.

-BUZZER Six.

-Six?

-Yeah.

-One more each?

-I'm just going to go...

-Let's go Davis Cup.

Yeah, I'm just going to go for two or three and take the points.

-Yeah, course you are.

-Course I am.

-LAUGHTER

Right!

Since 2000, how many countries from outside Europe

have won the Davis Cup?

-Argentina... Outside Europe?

-Argentina, the US.

There's not many, there's not many. Three, I'm going three.

-BUZZER

-Oh, there's not many outside Europe.

Ooh! Three you went with, and...

-PING! ..it's the right answer.

-Oh, yes!

So how brave will you be?

-Bottle it on three.

-OK.

How many Englishmen have won the Snooker World Championship final

at the Crucible?

-Three or four? What do you reckon?

-I don't know.

-I think you just stop on three.

-Could be ten!

-Nick three?

-Yeah, I think...

-You could end up nicking seven here.

-Go on, bottle it, bottle it.

-BUZZER

-Four points secured.

-Secured!

-Secured!

-In the bank!

But...let's see how many you missed out on.

Another three or four?

-Oh, you could have taken...

-Oh, no.

-Oh, Phil.

-Oh, that was the one to go for.

-Oh!

PING! Nine!

You could have made nine points.

Nine points.

At the end of the round, Matt is on 23, Phil is in front on 28.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Right, now it is time to take a look

at another wonderful sporting career, as we play Roll Of Honour.

So let's see who the spotlight falls on tonight.

It's Serena Williams again.

Irresistible, majestic.

-SERENA:

-I remember when I was eight years old,

we dreamed of this moment.

But I didn't grow up and say,

"Oh, I'm going to win a Grand Slam title."

A special day in the special life of a special champion.

Two sisters once again on another planet.

What a final.

The Serena Slam, it's happened!

-I love Wimbledon!

-CHEERING

It makes the victory even sweeter to know how hard I worked.

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Yes, what a career she has had so far.

But let's find out how much you know about Serena Williams.

Each team will face a one, two and three point question,

and, Matt, your team are up first, for one point.

Serena won her first Grand Slam singles title

by beating which Swiss player in the US Open final?

-Swiss? I mean, it's got to be.

-It has.

-Martina Hingis.

Is the right answer for one point. Well done.

APPLAUSE

-Phil, for one point?

-Yes?

Serena has won seven singles titles at two Grand Slam events -

Wimbledon and which other?

Well, there's French...

-Australia.

-Oz.

-US.

-US.

-I would have thought she'd want to win the US more.

-Yeah.

-Cos that's where she's from.

-Shall we try US?

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-US, Sue.

Australian Open, it was.

So no points scored there.

Matt. For two points.

In 2017, Serena moved to second

on the all-time list of women's Grand Slam singles titles won,

overtaking which player?

-I've got two in my head.

-Who have you got?

-Martina...

That's the only one I had.

-..and Steffi.

-Oh, yeah.

And my instinct says that Steffi has the most.

-You reckon?

-Yeah.

-My first was Martina, to be honest.

-Was it?

That was what popped into my head.

What, that she still has the most or that she overtook Martina?

That she overtook.

I think we're going to go with Martina Navratilova.

-Should have gone with the other one. It was Steffi Graf.

-Oh!

Talked yourself out of it. MATT GROWLS

OK, Phil, for two points.

Serena has won four Olympic gold medals,

but at which Olympics did she win her first? Singles or doubles.

-Her first gold medal?

-Yeah.

-Athens or Beijing.

-It was her first gold medal. Beijing, yeah.

-Yeah? Beijing.

Go on, you've been on fire, mate.

That was... Go with your gut.

Beijing?

No, it's actually going back to Sydney 2000.

-She took gold in Sydney?

-Yeah.

-Wow.

-Whoa.

-17 years ago.

-OK, Matt, your final question is for three points.

-OK.

In which year it did she win her first Wimbledon singles title

and become world number one?

She's only just come off world number one, I think,

and that was because she was pregnant.

-I mean...

-Yeah.

That's a good excuse not to be the world's best tennis player.

It is a very good excuse.

Maybe I'm just thinking of when she was winning a major,

opposed to actually having both, that's the thing.

You circled that one. He's circled that one, Ellie, what do you think?

-I think that's an instinct.

-Oh, it's difficult.

It's a good... That's a vintage year.

That is a really, really good year.

-What are you going with?

-2003.

THE TEAM GROAN

-Don't say 2004.

-2002.

EVERYONE GROANS

2002.

OK, Phil, for your three points.

Serena Williams has only ever played two fellow Americans

in Grand Slam singles finals - her sister and which other player?

-Davenport.

-Oh, I've not...

-Davenport.

-I don't think we've got another answer.

-Is there another one?

Is there another one we're completely missing?

It's got to be, ain't it? We've both gone for that.

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

-Anyone? Anyone?

No.

Davenport.

Is the right answer.

APPLAUSE

Wow, what a difference that made.

Could have sealed victory there. End of the round,

Matt's on 24, Phil in front on 31.

We're ending the show with a Sprint Finish.

You need to get all of them right, 10 points on offer.

-Matt, up you come.

-Come on, then, here we go.

Here we go. Your time starts now.

OK, it's a football term, and it's very difficult to understand.

-Offside?

-Yeah, and it's a mouse...

A little thing that you open up to catch a mouse in a...

In a...

-Offside trap! The offside trap!

-Yes! Oh, oh, the gymnastics sport.

It's the boxy type thing and you go...

-The vault.

-Yes. The vault.

-Ow!

-Oh, cyclist. Used to be Trott. Used to be Trott.

-Yeah?

-Her name used to be Trott.

-Yeah.

-Laura Kenny.

-Yes, yeah, yeah.

-Yeah.

Don't just say yes, Greg, answer!

Formula 1, and I'm in the...

MAKES SUDDEN BRAKING NOISE

-Pit lane?

-Yes! Yeah.

-Oh, you throw it off a ship, and it goes down into the ground.

-Anchor?

-Yeah, and what's that?

-Your leg?

-Yes, anchor leg.

-The...

Throw the American football. You catch it in the...

-Endzone?

-Yes.

-Yeah, yeah. Oh, he's a gymnast.

Massive muscles, short guy, lovely fella. River in Egypt.

-Nile...Wilson.

-Yes!

-Yeah!

Oh, rugby league! Rugby league.

Erm...

Not St Helens, the other one in red and white who play rugby league.

-Oh...

-Yeah, yeah?

-No, do you want to pass?

-Pass, I can't think of it.

Move on, move on. Move on. Oh, you put this in your box.

-Gumshield.

-Yes.

-Yeah, yeah.

-Oh, this one.

-Shot put!

-Yes!

-Yes, on the whistle! Well done. WHISTLE

Very well done. You only missed the one, Wigan Warriors.

But nine points scored.

All right, then, Tuffers, three to win.

Come on, come on, team, come on!

AUDIENCE SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

Very good, that.

-OK.

-Are you ready? Your time starts now.

Oh, in rugby, you know, what's that?

-Scrum?

-No, no. What's the other one?

-Driving maul?

-Yes. Yes. And if you do that, it's...

-Scrum.

-..it's a...

-A rollover?

-Knock-on?

-No.

-Roll-on?

-Move on! Move on.

Oh, who was the Swedish bloke who used to manage England football?

-Sven...Goran Eriksson.

-Correct, correct.

-Oh, you put it on when you go diving.

-Swimming costume?

-No.

-Oh, wet suit?

-Yes.

Oh, yeah, the cricket game, when you just smash it. Hit and giggle.

It's... It's not Ten10, it's...

-BOTH:

-Twenty20.

-Correct.

What's the five rings?

-The Olympic Rings.

-Yeah, in China.

-The Beijing Olympics.

-Correct, correct. Oh!

LAUGHTER

As a rugby player... I don't know what to say!

-Who is it? He's a number six.

-Move on?

-No.

-Lawrence Dallaglio?

-No, move on.

What's that...in football?

-Bicycle kick.

-Yes!

-What's this? it's freezing.

-Surfing?

-No...

WHISTLE

The one you missed out on was flanker.

-Is that number six?

-Yeah. And seven.

-Did you say rolling maul?

-Driving maul, I think.

You said driving maul, did you?

Oh, how very honest of you. You've only won by six points now.

So, you needed three, and you got five.

-Hard luck.

-Unlucky, my team.

Well, that is for tonight. Well done to Phil's team.

A big thank you to all of our guests for joining us tonight.

We'll be back soon. Until then, bye-bye.