Episode 18 A Question of Sport

Hello, and welcome to A Question Of Sport. Both captains are looking

confident, so let's meet the teams.

Joining Matt are British swimming legend Mark Foster,

and Olympic-winning medal athlete Emily Diamond.

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And on Phil's team are Australian Rugby Union star James Horwill,

and England opening batsman Mark Stoneman.

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Come on.

The first round tonight is the One Minute Round,

so you've got 60 seconds to get through as many questions as you can.

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

So, are you ready?

Yeah, just shout them out to Sue if you know them, yeah?

-OK.

-Just shout them out. OK.

Here we go. Against which country did Italy win their first away point

in the Six Nations?

Scotland, France, Ireland.

-Wales, England.

-Yes, Wales.

Who won her 16th World Athletics Championship medal in London?

Christine Ohuruogu.

-No. 16th.

-Alison Felix.

Yes. Which sports star is being described here?

-Nadal.

-Nope.

Left-handed, Peter Fleming - McEnroe.

Yes. In 2017, which American won seven golds at his first World Swimming Championship?

-Caeleb Dressel.

-Yes.

Name the country that connects these four pictures.

-America.

-No.

-Canada.

Yes. In which British city was the Champions League of Darts held in 2017?

-Sheffield.

-No.

-City, York.

-British city.

-Birmingham.

-Manchester.

-Nope.

-London, Sheffield, Leicester.

-Bristol.

-Nope. British.

-British.

-Oh, Cardiff!

-Yes. These three all share the names

with things associated with castles.

-Turret.

-Nope.

-Knight.

-Yes.

-Moat.

-Yes.

-King.

-Sword.

-Bridge.

-No.

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Castle...

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Well done, guys.

Moat!

Very... Did very well.

You said king, but you didn't say...

-Queen!

-Yes.

-No.

-Mel Queen was the only one...

How very sexist!

I can only apologise.

Anyway, well done.

Eight points scored, that's a great start.

-Fantastic.

-Good shout, Alison Felix.

He doesn't usually have that sort of knowledge.

No. Got a swimming question.

-OK, Phil, your team are ready?

-Yes, very good, excellent.

Come on, boys, just shout them out.

-OK, Sue, we're ready.

-Here we go.

New Road is the home of which County Championship team?

-Worcester.

-Yes.

-Who was top points scorer in the 2017 Rugby Championship?

Beauden Barrett.

Yes. Which country connects these four pictures?

Oh, crikey, where's that?

-Who's the golfer?

-America?

-No.

-Australia?

-No.

-MFF.

-Sweden.

-Yes.

-Great shout.

-Which Major champion will captain the US Ryder Cup team

for the first time in 2018?

-Davis Love.

-No.

-For the first time.

-For the first time...

-Do you want to move on?

-Oh, no, Steve Stricker.

-No.

-Move on.

-Which sports star is being described here?

Celtic, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Ireland captain,

-midfielder... Roy Keane!

-Yes.

Which NBA team plays their home matches in Salt Lake City?

-Utah Jazz.

-Yes.

These three all share their names with things associated with pirates.

-Pirates.

-Ship.

-Yes.

-Parrot.

-Mast. Treasure.

Treasure, yes.

-Sail.

-No.

Wooden leg!

-Captain.

-Oh!

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Patch. I said patch. I said patch.

Not bad, seven.

-Seven, decent.

-Hook.

Hook would be a good one.

But you walk the...

-Plank!

-Plank, that's what we were looking for.

And the US Ryder Cup captain we're looking for, Jim Furyk.

So, end of the round, Phil is on seven,

Matt in front on eight.

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We have the Sports Action for you now.

Make a note of the stars you see.

-COMMENTATOR:

-How about that? They know a thing or two,

these whizz kids.

He's starting to look for the line.

World champion again. 43.98.

Long to Lee Halfpenny. Chance for Wales...

First try of the game!

A miss, when you're in amongst the balls, it can cost you dear.

It has done.

Puts Crystal Palace in front.

Swansea's defending was weak. It's his second goal of the season.

Through gate 22, the time of 88.70 could be beaten, it is!

Oh, sensational!

Done it.

How fitting she should do it.

25, 86 left. Double eight.

Yes! It's there! It's there!

She makes sure she gets it!

It looked like she was running on empty,

but she found something from somewhere.

You've seen the action,

now it is time to fill in the crossword.

-Oh, you're kidding.

-You'll take it in turns to use the surnames

of the stars you saw to fill in the gaps.

We've given you the Ss and Ns to get you started.

So, Phil, we're coming to you first.

I've heard of that, yes.

-Yeah, I think it is.

-Yes, it is. Yes, it is.

Definitely. Won the 400.

Two across is van Niekerk, the 400 metre runner from South Africa.

Let's see.

It is, yes, well done.

Wayde van Niekerk.

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Very well done.

-Seven across, we're going to go for Branden Grace.

-OK.

Well done.

I think you've absolutely killed these.

Killed them.

Nine across... It is definitely Williams?

-Yeah.

-Nine across, Williams, Sue, the rugby.

And you are right.

Good work, good work.

Only got one left.

Four down, we think is Joe Clarke.

Four down, Joe Clarke.

Correct, yes.

We're going to say Wilfried Zaha,

Sue, five across.

Five across, and yes,

you are right.

Two down,

-Kuznet...

-Kuznetsova.

-Kuznetsova.

Kuznetsova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, yes.

It really couldn't be anything else, could it?

Well done.

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Sue, we're going to go with six across...

-Yeah.

-..Klaasen.

Let's see.

Well done.

Winning the BDO world title in 2006.

-That's right.

-So, last guess.

We've got an idea on one.

The cyclist?

-No.

-Oh.

-And I know I should know that.

But I can't think what fits in there.

Is that Team GB cyclist?

-She's world champion.

-Oh, oh, I think I've got it!

Isn't that Ellie...?

You've got that.

Course I have.

Archibald.

Is that your answer?

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And the other one was?

-Allen.

-Yes, Mark Allen was playing Shaun Murphy.

So, well done to both teams in that round.

Phil has moved on to 11, Matt's still in front on 12.

In this round, you will see a photo made up of three different people.

There's a point for each one you can correctly identify.

Matt, which three Scottish sports stars can you see here?

Oh, it is.

-That's got to be the Coulthard.

-The jaw of doom.

-Yeah, definitely.

-Look at that.

No-one has a jaw like that!

That's Jamie Murray.

That's a great shout, by the way.

Yeah, I think it is.

So, we think the first one...

The bottom one we think is...

- David Coulthard. - Yeah.

We think the middle one is...

Jamie Murray.

-Now, we need to find her name.

-Rhona?

-No?

-Rhona! Rhona!

-That rings a bell.

-Rhona! Rhona!

-But what's her surname?

-Rhona!

It is, isn't it, it's Rhona?

Not... Rhona Keating?

Rhona... It is, isn't it, it's Rhona?

-Could be.

-Rhona.

Oh, come on!

-Ten seconds.

-Oh, Rhona...

-What's...

-Five...

Rhona...

Mmm! Begins...

Rhona...mmm.

-McCarthy?

-Rhona...

Three, two, one.

Rhona Matthews?

-Matthew.

-Is that your answer?

Rhona. Rhona Matthews.

Roger Matthews, let's have a look.

-No way.

-David Coulthard, Jamie Murray are right.

Rhona Martin!

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-Killing me!

-Two out of three.

-Wow.

-OK, Phil.

Your team. Can you identify these British golfers?

Fleetwood at the bottom.

Donald at the top.

And in the middle...

Oh, I should know that.

This might be really stupid.

Go on, go on.

Oh, course it is!

Oh, no, hold on. Graeme McDowell.

That's Graeme McDowell. It is Graeme McDowell.

-Is it?

-It's Graeme McDowell.

That's a great shout, that's a great shout.

Sue, we're going Luke Donald at the top.

-Graeme McDowell.

-In the middle.

And Tommy Fleetwood at the bottom.

Let's have a look.

You are spot on. Yes, all three points. Well done.

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Well done. And now we move on to Home or Away.

And, Mark, we're coming to you first.

Home or Away?

-I'm going to go away.

-Are you?

-Is that all right?

-Go on, then.

-That all right? Go on, let's go away.

Since 2005, Bayern Munich have won the Bundesliga title on nine occasions.

Which three other teams have won it in that time?

-Dortmund.

-Schalke.

Borussia.

Paul O'Connell's favourite club, that is.

-That's a definite.

-Yeah, it is.

Leverkusen. I like Leverkusen, I feel that's quite familiar.

Fozzie, you're in control of this.

-Borussia Dortmund.

-OK.

Bayer Leverkusen.

-Yep.

-And...Schalke.

You have one point.

-Oh, dear!

-Borussia Dortmund.

So, a chance to steal a point.

-Since 2005.

-It's going to be a bigger...

Berlin, Berlin, is the capital city, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-It's going to be the big teams, big city.

Go on, have a go.

Sue, Hertha Berlin.

-Er... No.

-Oh!

LAUGHTER

They last won it in 1931!

-Oh!

-Recently, then.

Oh, that's why it was on your mind!

No, the two you missed,

Stuttgart and Wolfsburg.

So, James, coming over to you.

Home or Away?

-We'll stay home.

-Stay home.

Home, OK.

Who, in 2017,

scored a try to help his side reach the Premiership Final

and later in the year scored tries

in successive tests against New Zealand?

Kurtley Beale.

I think that's... Because he played for Wasps and he did score in the semi.

I just can't think whether he scored...

No, he did.

I'm 99% sure it's him.

And he would have been in Wasps versus Exeter in the Premiership Final?

-Yeah, he was in the semi. He didn't play the final.

-Oh, right.

Scored a try to help his side reach the final.

-Oh, reach, sorry.

-He definitely scored in the semifinal against Leicester.

-Go on, mate, if that's what you fancy.

-Kurtley Beale?

Is the right answer.

Emily, Home or Away?

Home, please.

Which woman won individual and relay gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

and has added world and Olympic relay medals since,

all in the 400 metres?

I'm going to go for Novlene Williams-Mills.

No.

-AUDIENCE:

-Oh!

-Stephenie...

-Ann Mcpherson.

That's all right, don't worry.

No problems. Mark, over to you, then.

-Home, please.

-Home question, OK.

Who was the only South African batsman to score a century

in the Test series against England in 2017?

Dean Elgar?

Yes, it was, at the Oval. Well done.

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And at the end of the round,

Matt has moved on to 15 but Phil is in front on 16.

Matt, in front of you are 15 balls.

You need to put them in the basket

that you think matches the correct answer.

Every ball you have left at the end of the round will be worth a point.

OK.

The first question is,

which of these Olympic sports uses the biggest ball?

Women's water polo.

Rhythmic gymnastics.

Or men's handball?

-Good luck.

-Let's see.

Well, I think it's not going to be his...

-Because...

-Well, I'm going to say sort of, handball is...

The handball's quite small.

-Yeah, it's that big?

-Well, you can kind of see in the photo.

-The...the...

-Rhythmic?

-The polo ball is

-definitely bigger than C.

-The polo ball's about...

-The handball.

-..the size of a football.

Correct, so that's bigger than C. So we're discounting C.

-It's definitely not C.

-Get rid of C.

Bad C. It's just whether...

Now, Fozzie, come on, you've spent plenty of time watching...

-Rhythmic gymnastics.

-..with your ribbon and hoop and a ball.

Doing Strictly, I saw some of those routines.

You'd bring out all the props and...

It's...

I've watched... I wouldn't say I've seen it before,

but I've got a feeling that ball is a lot smaller than it looks.

It just looks bigger because it's at the forefront of the picture.

No, well, no... Maybe she...

-Yes!

-..is very small.

- And gymnasts are... - It is A or B, definitely.

-Yeah.

-A or B.

-And I would say it is A, but that's me.

OK. OK, ten seconds, then, on the clock.

-Ten to five?

-Ten to five.

-Ten to five?

Or do you want nine and six? Up to you.

-I'm happy with ten to five.

-Five, four, three, two, one.

-Ten to five.

-She, she looks...

HOOTER

She looks small.

Yeah, we're in trouble here. If she's six foot, we've had it.

We've had it.

So, you have gone with ten, have you, with...?

We've gone ten with water polo.

Yeah. And your five...?

Five with a bit of...

Well, I can tell you you are going to take through...

..ten.

Well done.

So, ten balls going through. Now,

you could have used all three baskets in the first round

but this time, you can only use two.

OK. And your question is...

Which of these defenders has the most caps for England?

Oh, that's a hard one.

-Wow.

-A, Sol Campbell.

-Wow.

-B, Tony Adams.

Or C, Rio Ferdinand.

My instinct says Rio, for his longevity.

Did anyone start when they were...

Sol was injured a few times.

-..when they were really young?

-Sol was injured a fair amount.

So we are leaning towards Rio.

Yeah.

OK, ten seconds.

My instinct says...says Tony.

-Yeah.

-Tony?

-Five, four, three, two, one.

Yeah?

HOOTER

So you've gone three on B and seven on C.

-Sorry, Sol.

-Yeah. Come on, Rio.

I sort of left Sol out there, but...

Sol Campbell, 73.

What?

-Rio Ferdinand, 81.

-That's not the number I needed.

-Who, who?

-Rio Ferdinand, 81.

-Oh.

-Tony Adams...

..66.

So Rio Ferdinand is the right answer!

Wow.

So you're taking seven through.

So now it is seven points or nothing in this round

because you can only use one basket.

-Wow.

-So, question.

We're in it. We're in it, though. We're in it.

Which of these women's events...

-Yeah.

-..was completed in the quickest time

in their respective 2017 World Championship finals?

A, the 400m freestyle swimming.

B, the 1,500m athletics.

Or C, the 3,000 individual pursuit cycling.

How fast do they normally run, swim 400 in?

World record is about 3.58.

So you've got people that were there,

-at the event.

-She didn't swim so well this year,

so I would have said it took her about four minutes.

I think the athletics, because if it's a quick race,

they'll normally do like 3.50... 50-something, 54, maybe.

Would they?

Yeah. But because that's obviously a championship final,

- it's more tactical. - You watch a lot of cycling.

-What do you think?

-Yeah, the cycling, the world champs,

they usually step it up to the big champs, so it's going to be...

..a quicker time than normal.

That athletics race looks tight.

I don't think that was a fast, fast race.

They all can't run 3.50.

Would a tactical race end up with lots of people challenging

-to win it?

-Normally, yes,

because it would come down to more of a sprint finish.

Let's say that's a tactical race.

Therefore, it's going to be a couple of seconds slower,

-so more than four minutes.

-OK.

I think it probably goes the other way with the cycling

in that they do try and peak for their World Championships, you know,

they want to be nailing it, so we are saying between A and C.

And you sound relatively confident there, Mr Foster.

If it was... I know at the Olympics,

she smashed every world record and it was about 3.56.

But I know she wasn't on that good a form at Worlds.

OK, ten seconds. You've got to make a decision.

-But was it under four, over four?

-Eight, seven, six.

So, A or C?

Three, two, one.

-A, A?

-A. Go.

HOOTER

So, the athletics, 4.02.59.

OK, well, that is pretty much what you said, so credit to you there.

-That's what you said.

-Swimming, 3.58.34.

-3 minutes 58?

-58.34.

-58.34.

-Oh, we could be in trouble.

The cycling could be underneath that.

Cycling is...

3.24.64.

The cycling was the right answer.

Oh...

Bad luck, Matt. So, come on, Tuffers.

-Yeah, let's go.

-Up you come.

-Come on, boys.

Come on.

C, B, A.

So, here's your first question.

-Yes.

-Which of these competitions was played first?

A, FA Cup.

B, Wimbledon men's singles.

Or C, baseball World Series.

Which competition was played first?

You can use all three.

-I know!

-Yeah.

-You may need to.

-Right, I'm fancying FA Cup for some reason.

-Yeah.

-Start moving.

-I just think that sport...

Go punky, go punky.

I just think that baseball was...

They had...they played for something else before this cup.

-Right.

-I think.

-Yeah.

-I just don't know when.

So what are we fancying? So we are kind of going FA Cup, what?

-FA Cup...

-Six?

Eight?

Oh!

-What have we got, 15?

-Ten seconds.

-Right, that's the FA Cup.

-What, just a couple in...?

Five, four...

-Seven, four...

-Three, two, one.

-Seven, four, two.

-All right.

-Seven, four, two.

HOOTER

OK, I got bowled over by that.

They played for something else.

Seven, four, two, doesn't make 15.

-At some point...

-That's because you...

One, two, three, four, five, six...

We've gone nine!

You've gone nine!

The baseball World Series, 1903.

Wimbledon men's singles, 1877.

FA... Oh, it's Wimbledon then, isn't it?

FA Cup...

18...

..70...

One! You've got nine!

So, nine going through.

This time, you must leave one basket empty.

-Yeah.

-Here's the question.

Which of these Scottish sporting venues has the highest capacity?

-Oh.

-A, Celtic Park.

B, Murrayfield.

C, Hampden Park.

I think it's going to be Murrayfield.

And one... And Celtic.

-Any ideas, Mark?

-So have you...

Got a feeling it's Murrayfield, but apart from that...

OK, and Murrayfield's B.

Right, let's have a few in B, then.

-Then we've got...

-Ten seconds.

-Oh...

-Five. Four.

-To who, though?

What, Celtic or where they play their football?

-Six.

-Celtic.

-Five, four...

You can use two. Three, two, one.

And...

HOOTER

Yeah.

Hampden Park's massive!

Look at the size of it up there!

Yeah, but it just doesn't...

So, I can tell you, Celtic Park is 60,000.

-That's a lot.

-Murrayfield, 67,000.

-Yes.

-Hampden Park...

..51, so B is the right answer!

So, six going through.

-Six!

-So, all or nothing.

-It is.

-Here we go. Here we go.

This is your last question.

A one basket question.

Men from which of these three countries have provided the most

Major golf champions since 1990?

A, Australia.

B, England. C, South Africa.

Since 1990?

-Since 1990.

-Justin Rose has won a couple.

Oosthuizen, South Africa, has won one.

-Ernie Els.

-Ernie Els, yes.

Erm, Aussies, any Aussies?

-Adam Scott.

-Jason Day, Scott, Norman?

Right, England.

Faldo, Rose...

Erm...

-Crikey.

-What are the South African golfers?

South African. Oosthuizen.

Ernie Els.

Retief Goosen.

-Yeah.

-Erm...

Schwartzel. I tell you, it could be South African.

Yeah, I reckon South Africa. Yeah...

I can't think of any other...

Any other Aussies? Any other English?

I think there's about four Aussies.

Yeah, and I reckon there's about four Aussies,

there's about three or four...

-It's probably four, four, five.

-Hold on, Faldo...

-Three, four, five.

-Oh, Danny Willett!

-Yeah.

-Danny Willett.

South African or Aussie, I'm going for, it's up to you, boys.

It's up to you. I've no idea.

I'd go South Africa, because I don't...

-I think we're only going to get...

-Schwartzel, Els...

Goosen, what was the other ones we said?

Oosthuizen.

I think we've got five South Africans.

Yeah, and about four-ish of the others.

Three or four Aussies and I don't know about the English.

OK, we're going to have to put the clock or you.

-Right.

-C?

-C.

-C.

Oh, oh, oh!

Five, four... No, no...

C. South Africa.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Wrong, Daws?

HOOTER

I can tell you South Africa have five.

-Five.

-England...

-..three.

-Oh, Aussies.

I think there's only four Aussies.

Australia...

..seven, you've got nothing!

You've got nothing!

Oh!

-Aussies!

-No points scored, I'm afraid.

Baker-Finch, Day, Elkington, Grady, Norman, Ogilvy and Scott

-were the seven.

-Ogilvy!

-So nothing scored, I'm afraid.

We are ending the show with a buzzer round.

There's one point for a correct answer

but there's one away if you buzz in and get it wrong. Everybody ready?

-Here we go.

-The 2010 Grand National winner, Don't Push It,

was ridden by which jockey?

-AP McCoy.

-Yes.

Who was the leading run scorer in the 2017 County Championship?

-Mark.

-Erm, Kumar Sangakkara?

Yes. Which NFL team play their home games at Lambeau Field?

-Green Bay Packers.

-Yes.

At which Grand Slam have Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer never played

-each other?

-I'm not going to risk that.

No? It's the US Open.

Germany beat which South American country in the final of the 2017

Confederations Cup final?

-No?

-We've got to guess, now, haven't we?

We've got to guess. Argentina.

Chile. The Count,

Silverback and Wolfie are nicknames of players in which sport?

-Darts.

-Yes.

Which woman won both the 50 metres freestyle...?

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We were close to them.

Well done, by two points, you hold on,

well done to Phil's team.

And a big thank you to all of our guests.

The three of us, we will see you soon. Bye-bye.