Episode 13 A Question of Sport

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello, and welcome to A Question Of Sport.

The teams look raring to go, so let's meet them.

Joining Matt are England netball star Pamela Cookey

and snooker legend Stephen Hendry.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And on Phil's team are world champion sprinter Danny Talbot

and Wales record try scorer Shane Williams.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Come on!

So, let's get things underway,

and we're going to start with a Picture Board.

And, Phil, you are up first.

So, the time will start when you've picked your first number.

Right, here we go. Sue, number one, please.

-Oh, erm... Oh, what's...?

-Zara.

-Zara Phillips.

-Yes.

-Yes, shout them out. Two. Two.

-Ramil Guliyev.

-Yes.

-Great shout. Three.

Oh, the number ten.

Went to the Lions, never played, or played one game. Oh, what...?

-Scottish bloke.

-I know. I know. I've forgotten.

-Finn Russell!

-Yes.

-Yes! Four.

-Sako.

-Yes.

-Great shout. Five.

-Russell Westbrook.

-Yes.

-Ooh, six!

-LAUGHTER

-Oh, Ken Brown.

-Yes.

-Yes. Seven.

-Danny Drinkwater.

-Yes.

-Yes! Eight.

-Oh, Mauresmo?

-No.

-Erm...

-Oh! Muguruza.

-No.

-Oh, I don't know!

-Move on?

-Move on. Move on. Nine.

-Erm...

-Zebo.

-Yes.

-Oh, great shout. Ten.

-Patel.

-Yes.

-11.

-Oh, Rainford-Brent. Ebony Rainford-Brent.

-No.

-Oh! Oh.

-Perri Shakes-Drayton.

-Yes, it is!

-Oh! It's at 12!

WHISTLE BLOWS

APPLAUSE

The only one you missed was the Wimbledon champion

-Conchita Martinez.

-Ah!

-Great start. You've scored ten.

-Yeah, good work, boys. Good work.

-APPLAUSE

OK, Matt, are you and your team ready?

We're going to start with number nine, please, Sue.

-Henri Leconte.

-Yes.

-Ten.

-Milner.

-Yes.

-Oh, good shout. 11.

Erm... Oh! Jamaican.

Oh! Can we come back, no?

12. No, move on. 12.

-Oh, that's...

-Maggie Alphonsi.

-Maggie Alphonsi.

-Yes.

-Yeah, and eight.

-Anthony McGill.

-Yes.

-Seven.

-Oh, no. Oh, no!

-LAUGHTER

Move on. Oh, no! I'm so sorry. Six.

-Jade Clarke.

-Yes.

-Five.

-Liz McColgan.

-Yes.

-Liz McColgan, yes. One.

-Erm, Colin...

-No.

-Bell!

-Yes.

-Two.

Who's that? Sunderland? Sunderland?

Move on. Three.

-Quick!

-Brecel.

-Yes.

-Four!

-Knox!

-Yes.

-Ooh!

-Well done.

APPLAUSE

-Yes, the Jamaican actually was Romelda Aiken.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Came back to you there, didn't it?

-Yeah.

-Never mind, never mind.

-Got the other one.

-The English weightlifter was Zoe Smith.

Oh, Zoe! I'm so sorry, Zoe.

-I'm so sorry.

-LAUGHTER

-And Welsh midfielder Joe Allen.

-Oh!

At the end of the opening round,

Matt is on nine, Phil in front on ten.

APPLAUSE

Now it is time for Sports Action.

Just try and watch closely, and take in everything you can.

Putt for an eagle, but it's got quite a bit of swing at the end.

He's done it, I think. Yes, he has.

-CHEERING

-Right down the middle.

-Archibald. Deng. Deng tries.

-It's a great screen.

Needs to nail the dismount.

Winds up, kicks high into the stadium.

What a dismount!

First man to do it in a world final,

and look at this.

He's going to win his second Olympic gold.

1.42.16.

Game, set and match, Miss Bartoli.

She is unique. She is Wimbledon champion, as well.

Desperately trying to turn this.

Can she get the rotation? Yes, she has.

Karina Bryant has got an Olympic bronze medal.

And it's still Edgar Davids.

And it's his first goal for Tottenham Hotspur.

Round the outside. Oh, and there's a faller!

Oh, and they've all gone!

SUE CHUCKLES So...

..we're playing noughts and crosses now.

You must pick a sport from the board

to answer a question on.

If you get the question right,

the square is yours

and your face appears.

If you are wrong, you'll see your opponent's face.

There is a point on offer for a correct answer,

and if you get three squares in a line, there is a bonus point.

And so, Matt, as you are trailing,

you get to pick first.

Oh, my goodness. Golf.

You're going with the golf. Right.

Who was US captain when Webb Simpson made his Ryder Cup debut?

-That's my guess, but...

-Because he's done it twice?

-Mm.

He's just about to do it twice, or he has done it twice?

He has... He's done it twice already, I think.

-So, by our team's calculation...

-LAUGHTER

-..we think it was in 2012...

-Right.

-..in Medinah.

-OK.

That wasn't the question. LAUGHTER

-And therefore...

-LAUGHTER

-..the captain...

-Yeah, he was the captain.

-..Mr Hendry, was...

We're going Davis Love III.

Is the right answer! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Good luck with whatever question you choose.

LAUGHTER That's the standard.

-Athletics, please, Sue.

-Athletics. OK.

Kenyan David Rudisha was winning gold in Rio in the 800m.

Who was the last British man to win an Olympic medal in that event?

-Oh, it could have been Coe.

-Steve Cram is younger than him.

Steve Cram is younger than them two boys,

so that's the best we've got at the moment.

So, there's just another chap who might have been after Crammy.

-Oh! Steve Cram.

-You're going with Crammy?

-Yeah.

Let's see whose face appears.

-Oh!

-Ooh! AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

No, it wasn't Crammy. He won it in the 1,500.

But in the 800, it was Seb Coe...

-Oh, it was Coe!

-..in 1984.

So, Matt?

-Darts, please, Susan.

-Darts. Right.

Who did Adrian Lewis beat to win his first world title in 2011?

See, I only know Phil "The Power" Taylor.

Well, I mean, that's as good as any.

-SHE LAUGHS

-As good as any.

-I don't think he beat him in the final.

-OK.

So, we've got The Power.

-We've got Anderson.

-MVG.

-No, he wasn't around then.

-Dennis the Menace?

-Yeah.

-Who was the Australian guy with the ponytail?

-Whitlock.

Yeah. He's a possibility.

-Is he?

-Gary Anderson.

-Anderson.

Can you make it a bit shorter, then? Any chance?

Well, which one would you go with, then?

If I was going to go...

-..I'd go with these two. One of these two.

-OK.

Who are those two you've just circled, Stephen?

-Whitlock and Anderson.

-Go with it.

-Oh, me again?

-Yes! LAUGHTER

-No, Pamela. Pamela's going to go with it.

-Go on, Pamela.

-This one?

-Yeah.

-Whitlock.

-You're going with Whitlock.

-Is it the win...

-No!

-..for Matt?

-No. AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

Well played, fellas. Well played.

Should have gone with the other one. It was Gary Anderson.

-Gary Anderson!

-Gary Anderson.

-Good shout.

-Gary Anderson.

-Right...

-So, back in it.

-We're just going to go basketball.

-OK.

-You saw Luol Deng in action in London.

-Oh.

With which team did he start his NBA career?

-I vaguely remember the Bulls.

-Yeah, I think that.

-I think...

Cos it was, like, that was when someone who's...

..from our little island playing for the Chicago Bulls.

-You know what I mean?

-That's why I think we should go for him.

-Go on, then, mate.

-Yeah, Chicago Bulls.

-Well done.

APPLAUSE

Erm...

OK, yeah, I think...

-That's a nice percentage play. Football.

-Yeah?

-Yeah!

-Football?

-Yeah!

Edgar Davids was scoring for Spurs,

but with which club did he win the Champions League in 1995?

-Black and white?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Did he wear black and white?

Yeah, I was thinking Newcastle in my head.

-Yeah, I reckon that's a good shout.

-Juve?

-Yeah.

-OK.

All our team, we're going for Juve, Sue.

You're going for Juve, are you? OK, let's see.

-No! AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

-Nobody likes that!

-No!

-LAUGHTER

-What?!

-We had Juve.

-Did you?

-Yes.

-Ajax.

-Oh! It's a trick question!

-It was.

-Tennis, Sue.

-SUE LAUGHS

In which year was Marion Bartoli winning the Wimbledon singles title?

Kvitova won one since then, I think.

-Came back from her injury and won one. Kvitova.

-'11? '12? '13?

I reckon it could be...

-Did you say '14?

-I thought it was '15, but it might be '14.

-'14? Happy with '14?

-I'm happy, yeah.

-Happy with '14?

-Yeah, I think so.

F... 2014, Sue.

-2014.

-Come on.

-OK.

-Big, smiley Phil face.

-Are you right?

-Come on, big smile.

-Whose smile will be there?

-Big, smiley Phil.

Come on. Big, smiley...

-Oh!

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

-It was...

-'13.

-Yes.

-Oh, no!

-So... Now, Matt?

-Gymnastics.

Who did you see in action at the European Championships?

Kristian Thomas. Kristian Thomas? Kristian Thomas?

Kristian Thomas. And it is...?

Yes, Kristian Thomas. Well done. APPLAUSE

-We are going to go speed skating.

-OK.

What nationality was the speed skater

winning gold at the Winter Olympics?

LAUGHTER

Dutch is pretty good. Dutch is a very good shout.

-He was obviously the...

-They are good at it, the Dutch.

..the worst skater cos they all fell, didn't they, and he won?

-DANNY:

-Yeah, that's true.

And it was a massive shock, wasn't it? So...

-Fancy a bit of Dutch?

-Yeah.

-We haven't got anything else, have we?

-We've got nothing else in the locker.

-Sue, we are going to go Dutch.

-Going Dutch. OK, let's have a look.

-Ooh!

-Oh, no!

No, it was when Steven Bradbury of Australia...

-Australia?!

-..stormed through to take the gold.

-LAUGHTER

-An Aussie?!

As Shane said, it was a huge upset.

-So, going for the win.

-Well, well, well...

LAUGHTER What are you going to choose, Daws?

-We're going to have a good go at judo and...

-OK.

You saw Karina Bryant winning bronze at London 2012.

Which other British judoka won a medal at those games?

Erm...

It would be Gemma Gibbons. Isn't it? Gemma Gibbons?

Gemma Gibbons, you're going for? OK. So, whose face will appear?

Yes, it is Gemma Gibbons. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's well done. One point for the correct answer,

and a bonus point for the line. Well done. And at the end of

the round, Phil is on 11, Matt in front on 13.

APPLAUSE

We are putting you under pressure in this round.

Each team will have 45 seconds

to answer as many questions as possible.

There's one point for a correct answer,

but you'll lose a point for a wrong answer or a pass.

You can confer, but I can only accept

-the first answer from whichever member of the team.

-OK.

-OK, Matt, your team are first.

-OK.

Here we go. What is the franchise name of Pittsburgh's NHL team?

-Steelers?

-Pirates? NHL, Pirates.

-No, Penguins.

-Penguins!

In which sport has Great Britain's Mary King won three Olympic medals?

-Mary King...

-Won three Olympic medals.

-Swimming.

-No, equestrian.

Is that -2?

Which team won netball's Superleague title

in their debut season 2017?

-Wasps.

-Yes.

Who has won the Lance Todd Trophy for the last two seasons?

Leeds.

-Who?

-Danny McGuire.

Marc Sneyd.

Who was the last overseas winner of the World Snooker Championship?

Overseas winner of the World Snooker Championship.

-Robertson?

-Yes.

In swimming, which stroke is used second in an individual medley?

Quickly, quickly!

-Er... Back.

-WHISTLE BLOWS

Yes, it is! Backstroke, yes. On the whistle.

APPLAUSE

-So, Matt, you got three right.

-Oh!

But you got three wrong, so you are still on 13.

LAUGHTER

-OK.

-Thanks.

-Phil.

-Yeah?

Your team are next.

-Ready?

-Yes.

-Here we go.

Which jockey rode Enable to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

for a record fifth time?

-Frankie Dettori?

-Yes.

Which team won the English First Division the season

before the Premier League started?

Sorry, could I have that again?

Which team won the English First Division

the season before the Premier League started?

Won the First...

English First Division, before the Premier League started.

Which team?

-Liverpool.

-Leeds.

In 2017, which country beat Argentina

to clinch the rugby Championship title for the fifth time?

-New Zealand?

-Yes.

In which event did Christian Taylor

win his third world athletics title, in London?

-Triple jump.

-Yes.

-Oh!

A speedway team from Leicester

and an NFL team from Detroit share which franchise name?

-Lions.

-Yes.

What nationality are tennis players...?

WHISTLE BLOWS

APPLAUSE

DROWNED BY APPLAUSE

-So, you got four right.

-Yes.

-One wrong.

-Oh.

-Ooh.

So, three points scored.

APPLAUSE

We didn't play that very well, did we?

It's now time for Home Or Away,

and Pamela, we're coming to you first.

Home or Away?

Home, please.

After winning Commonwealth gold in Melbourne and Delhi, whose 184 goals

helped her win a third successive World Cup medal in 2015?

-Aussie won it in that, and they won it in that.

-OK.

So we're looking for an Aussie.

-Yeah.

-An Aussie goal shooter...

-An Aussie goal shooter.

-..going back to 2006.

-2006.

So, then, that could be Catherine Cox...

-But then she wouldn't have played in 2015.

-No?

No. So then you're looking at a...

..goal attack.

Who's the legendary Australian goal attack player

who's been around forever?

Medhurst.

Medhurst.

Could Miss Medhurst have scored 184 goals in that period?

-In the whole period?

-Correct.

-Yes, she could have done.

I'm going to go Medhurst.

-You were looking for an Australian.

-Yes.

Oh, no, is that the first mistake we made?

LAUGHTER

Oh, you're kidding me! No! Wait...

Should have been looking...

Wait, wait, wait.

LAUGHTER

It must be New Zealand, then.

-New Zealand. Maria...

-Oh, Tutaia!

Tu...Tutaia! Oh, Tutaia!

LAUGHTER

Bad luck, Pamela. Danny, over to you.

-We'll go home.

-You're going home, OK.

Take your time. Take your time.

Who set championship records to win the world youth 100

and 200 metre titles, and in 2017 became the youngest man ever

to reach a world 200 metre final?

-Sani Brown.

-Yes, it was!

APPLAUSE

Stephen.

-I'd like to go away, please.

-Away. OK.

Name the three most successful countries in...

..Moto GP.

World champions, not races won.

Listen, we're going to have to put Valentino Rossi in there, Italian.

Spain, Marc Marquez.

-Goes on offer, remember.

-Oh, yeah.

-I've written all them down.

-Have you?

LAUGHTER

Good work!

-OK, so, we're going to have Italy.

-Yes.

Italy. Yes.

Are we throwing in Great Britain?

-We're going to throw in Great Britain, Sue.

-OK.

Britain. And one more?

-I'd be tempted to go in here.

-That, yeah, rather than that.

-America.

-And America.

So, Italy...

..is right.

Great Britain is right.

-Is it really?

-Mm-hm.

-Excellent, happy. Happy.

Oh, she's going to say the next one's wrong, though.

USA is...

-Wrong.

-..right!

-Yes!

APPLAUSE

-Well done.

-Good work!

-Good work!

DROWNED BY APPLAUSE

Shane, coming to you. The lead has changed hands.

It's home or away?

-Go home?

-Stay home, stay home.

-Home, please.

-Home.

After finishing as the leading try scorer in the Pro12 last season,

who then scored twice against Samoa in only his second international?

I... I think that's it.

-Yeah?

-I think.

What you thinking about?

I'm thinking he's Scottish.

OK.

Sure it's Scotland.

Is it Tommy Seymour?

No, it wasn't.

-Did he play for the Scarlets?

-Yep.

Oh, come on. You know that.

Oh, Van Der Merwe?

Steffan Evans.

-Steffan Evans?

-Steffan Evans.

-Oh.

You didn't have it, either?

-No, Van Der... I went Van Der Merwe.

-Yeah.

So, bad luck. No point there.

But now, it is time for Top Ten, and you're both playing along.

Your topic is basketball.

Ten teams have won the NBA championship

on more than one occasion.

There's a point for each one you can name.

But if you give me two wrong answers, you will be out,

so choose carefully.

And I do need the full team name, OK?

-I do need the full...

-More than one time?

Yes. We'll allow you one wrong answer.

And Phil, as you are trailing, you get to go first.

-Celtics.

-Boston Celtics.

-Boston... Oh, sorry, Boston...

Full name. Boston Celtics.

-We need the full name.

-OK, Boston Celtics.

Where are they on the list?

-At the top?

-Course they are.

Number one. Well done.

Matt?

Chicago Bulls.

Chicago Bulls.

Yes. Well done, number three on the list.

So, back to you, Phil.

-LA Lake... Los Angeles Lakers.

-OK.

LAUGHTER

That's fine.

Yes, we now have the top three on the board.

Daws?

-Does Steve Curry play...?

-That's them, yes.

Gold State Warriors.

Let's see.

-Yes, very good.

-Fourth.

Wow.

-Miami Heat.

-The Miami Heat, are they there?

Yes! Well done. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Cleveland Cavaliers.

-Going for Cleveland?

-Just once, is it?

Oh.

-Just once.

-Yeah.

-Definite... Deffo?

-100%.

-100%?

Yes, they've won it about five times, four or five times.

-San Antonio Spurs.

-San Antonio Spurs.

Going for San Antonio. Let's have a look.

Yes.

APPLAUSE

-I can't think of the last one.

-Don't worry, keep going.

I think we're going to have to go with the New York Knicks.

-You're going with New York Knicks?

-Yes.

-Let's have a look.

Just for a bit of history.

Yes!

APPLAUSE

Houston Rockets.

Oh!

You all right, Matt?

LAUGHTER

Too much knowledge over there!

I love how you're taking the credit, there. Danny's getting them!

Danny's writing them down.

-The Houston Rockets.

-Houston Rockets.

Yes, number 10.

APPLAUSE

So... Two...

-Two are missing.

-Let's go with Shaq...

Was he Orlando Magic? We'll go with that.

We'll go with Orlando Magic.

You're going with Orlando Magic. Is it there?

He's shaking his head. Danny's shaking his head.

No.

So, Danny, talk us through your list, then.

I think the Bucks have won it, maybe. Milwaukee.

Utah, I feel like they should have, they have had a lot of good players

and they've been to the play-offs a lot.

But I think Philadelphia have won it three times.

So which one are you going for? Because we have to take one.

Philadelphia. 76ers.

OK, you're going for the 76ers.

Yes!

APPLAUSE

-The Milwaukee Bucks?

-You're going for the Bucks? Are they there?

-No.

-Right, so what was the other one?

-Oh, I dunno, then.

-Utah, maybe. They've made the play-offs a lot.

-OK, then, so...

But have they won it twice?

-We haven't got anyone else, have we?

-No.

-Yeah, we'll go for it.

-Your final answer?

HE IMITATES A CLARINET

Going for the Jazz?

Utah Jazz...

No!

Got away with that. Got away with that.

Don't say the... Don't say the Pistons, Sue.

You can read it, then.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

Good knowledge, Danny, well done. It's the end of the round

and Matt is on 19, Phil in front on 21.

APPLAUSE

And we're ending the show with a Sprint Finish.

You know you've got to have a good one, Matt. You're up first.

OK, here we go. Come on, we've got this. We've got this.

APPLAUSE

-OK. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

Your time starts now.

Oh, they're the, er...

-HE BELLOWS:

-Oo-ooh!

-Elephants?

-Chicago Bulls?

No, no, they're... American football star, the star is their emblem.

Oo-ooh!

-Rams?

-No... They give milk!

-Cows?

-Yes!

-Bull... What goes with cows?

Yes! Yee-haw!

-Cowboys?

-Yes!

-Dallas Cowboys?

Yes!

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

Oh! Not the goal shooter, but...

-Front attack.

-No.

-Wing attack.

-Correct, correct.

Oh, he did ten events, brilliant, whistled the national anthem.

-Oh, Daley Thompson.

-Daley Thompson.

-Yeah, yeah.

Oh, er...

Your...snooker goes all the way to the very last colour.

-Black.

-Black.

-Black ball?

-Yes, and you play a...?

-Frame?

-Yes?

-Black ball...

-It's called a black ball...?

-Shoot out? Black ball decider?

-Not a match, but a...?

-Game.

-Yes!

Thanks for coming, Pamela, by the way, thanks for the snooker!

LAUGHTER

What's this, what's this here?

-What's it called?

-Screen?

No, the whole thing, what's it called?

-There was numbers on it...

-Scoreboard.

Yes, yes! Oh!

-Not a gallop. Not a gallop.

-Horses. Trot.

No, bit slow... Oh, bit quicker! Bit quicker!

WHISTLE BLOWS

APPLAUSE

-Canter.

-Canter!

When has a cowboy ever done "moo-oo"?

LAUGHTER

-Yeah.

-And you ran out of time for canter.

-Oh, did we?

Yes, sadly, the whistle went.

Needed a big score, and you scored

five.

-Oh.

-Five.

APPLAUSE

Up you come, Phil. Up you come.

-OK.

-Ready?

-Yes.

Here we go.

In rugby, you get penalised,

not for that way, that way.

-Forward pass.

-Correct, correct.

Oh, if you've got a dodgy ticker, what do you get put in there?

-And it's also running...

-Pacemaker.

Yes, yes.

-Horses have them.

-Blinders?

Tunnel vision?

-No, no... They put them on the head so they have to see...

-Blinders?

-No.

-No. Um...

-Blinkers.

-Yes.

-Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Oh, the swimming girl, our girl, 400 and 800 metres.

-Becky Adlington.

-Yes.

-Correct.

Oh...

You've done loads of them.

You throw it, and you go, "Ha-ha, saw that coming, I've got it..."

-Interception.

-Yes, correct.

-Yes. LAUGHTER

OK, um...

Hoops, black and white hoops.

-LAUGHTER

-Barbarians.

-Yes!

Oh, 400 metre, gold boots.

400 metre legend.

-Michael Johnson.

-Correct.

In golf, if you play rubbish for the first two days, you...?

Make... You don't make the cut.

-Yes, you...?

-Are eliminated?

No, yeah, you...

-Oh...

-Cut.

-Yes, you something the cut...

WHISTLE BLOWS

Oh!

APPLAUSE

-Miss the cut.

-Miss the cut.

Well done, boys. I think we've done that.

-Yes, you just ran out of time for "miss the cut."

-Yes, unlucky.

Well, you needed four, you scored seven.

And you've won the game! Well done.

APPLAUSE

Well done to both teams, though, it's been so much fun this evening.

And a huge thank you to all of our guests, to Danny and Shane,

to Pamela and Stephen. The three of us will be back soon.

Until then, from all of us here, goodnight.

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