Episode 25 A Question of Sport

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Hello and welcome to A Question Of Sport.

We've got four fantastic guests joining our captains tonight.

Let's meet them.

With Matt, a Paralympic gold medal winner, Libby Clegg,

and England fast bowler, Ryan Sidebottom.

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And on Phil's team, our European champion athlete, Iwan Thomas,

and Ireland international striker, Clinton Morrison.

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We are starting with a one-minute round and, Phil, you're up first.

-Just shout it out, boys.

-OK?

-Yeah.

-60 seconds on the clock to get through as many as you can.

Here we go. Who has won gold and silver in the men's 400 metres

at the last two Olympics?

-Van Niekerk.

-No.

Gold and silver in the men's 400 at the last two Olympics?

-Move on.

-OK, what sport would you be playing

if you bent the wire of the lipstick?

Oh, wow. Wire of the lipstick?

-Ice hockey.

-No.

-Move on.

With which sport would you associate this piece of music?

MUSIC: Drag Racer by Doug Wood Band

-Cricket. Test cricket.

-Yes! No, motor racing, F1.

-Snooker.

-Yes, yes, yes!

-Snooker, yes.

Which manager guided Bournemouth to promotion from the championship?

-Eddie Howe.

-Yes. Mogul, slopestyle and half pipe

are all part of what type of...

-Skiing.

-Snowboarding.

-No.

-Freestyle skiing.

Yes. The British Formula 1 Grand Prix was held at which circuit

for the last time in 1986?

-Silverstone, Brands Hatch.

-Brands Hatch, yes.

What words are missing

from the names of these American sports teams?

-Oilers?

-No.

-Houston Texans?

-Yep.

-Houston Clippers.

What's the NBA?

-That's basketball.

-Steelers?

-No!

-Houston...

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Oh!

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That was hard.

I knew it was snooker.

The baseball was the Astros.

And in the NBA, it's the Houston Rockets.

Oh, of course it's the Rocking Rockets.

-Lipstick?

-Lipstick, bent the wire on the lipstick was darts.

I didn't know that. Bent the wire!

Well done, you scored six, so that's a good start.

-Not bad, we'll take that.

-Matt, over to you.

OK, just shut them out, shout all the answers out.

I'm going to be rubbish.

No, you're not, come on, more positivity, please.

-You'll be fine.

-I'll do my best.

-Gold medallist!

-Here we go.

Which England opener scored 144

in last season's one-day cup final but was on the losing side?

-Jason Roy.

-No.

-Carry on.

-Move on.

-In Olympic swimming,

over what distance is the longest race in the pool?

-800?

-No.

-1500?

-Yes.

Which Premier League football team walk out to this music?

MUSIC: The Liquidator by Harry J Allstars

-Chelsea.

-Yes, they do.

Which American won the men's T11 Paralympic 100 metres gold in Rio?

-I can't remember.

-Go for it.

-Have a think about it.

-Richard Browne?

-No.

Move on, but keep thinking about it.

In the list of 2016 Olympic sports, which came last alphabetically?

-Yachts, yachting?

-No.

-Water polo?

-No.

-Walking.

-Windsurfing?

-No. Move on?

-Move on.

-Which rugby league team

have won the last two Challenge Cup finals?

-Leeds.

-No.

-St Helens. Castleford.

-Hull.

-Hull, yes.

Name the last three different countries

to win the men's Olympic handball gold?

-France.

-Spain.

-Yes.

-Germany.

-No.

-Sweden, Germany.

-Italy.

-Denmark.

-Denmark.

-Spain, Italy.

-Croatia?

-Yes, Croatia.

In a list of the 2016 Olympic sports,

which came last alphabetically?

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Very good.

-W...

-No.

-No? Y?

-W.

-W...

-R.

-R?

-Wrestling.

-Oh, that's not an R, that's a W.

-LAUGHTER W-westling.

-Westling.

-It's westling.

-Westling.

-Westling.

-Yeah, westling.

-Let's have a westle.

And the Paralympic 100 metres gold was won by David Brown.

-Oh, David Brown.

-So, you knew that, didn't you?

-I was close.

-You knew that. You said Richard Browne.

Richard Browne, he's... He races Jonnie Peacock.

-You could have just said Brown.

-It's a different class.

Oh, is it? Fair enough, fair enough.

Anyway, well done. At the end of the round, Phil is on six,

Matt in front on seven.

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Matt, your team are going first in this round.

Make sure you listen closely as the questions will follow.

Bolt just getting into his stride alongside Gatlin.

And here comes Usain Bolt. He's going to win the gold.

9.64, the champion becomes a legend.

The drive to the line must succeed.

It has, indeed, for Giampiero de Carli.

Their first-ever try in the Six Nations championship.

-CHEERING

-Jones!

Kasprowicz, the man to go.

It's Don't Push It, Tony McCoy.

At the 15th attempt, he wins the Grand National.

Don't Push It is the winner.

Now, you heard four pieces of commentary.

Put them in chronological order from oldest to most recent.

The cricket, 2005?

Yeah.

-Definitely.

-Ashes win.

-Yes, Edgbaston.

-100%?

-100%.

Tick.

Job done!

Rugby...

Nigel Starmer-Smith, was it?

Six Nations, 2000, Italy's first try, de Carli.

Does that make sense? 3000.

-Very good.

-Yeah? Tick.

Don't Push... No, Crammy. Crammy, Bolt!

"The champion becomes a legend."

-Yeah.

-Was that the...?

How many did he win? How many...? Was it three Olympic titles?

-A lot.

-16, 12 and eight?

Yeah.

I'm trying to think when that was, though.

-The champion becomes a legend!

-It must be...

Would Steve Cram have said, "Champion becomes a legend"

in his first Olympic gold?

-No.

-No, I think it must be 2012

because I don't think he ran that quick in Rio.

-That quick?

-I don't think he ran as fast in Rio.

-9.64!

-Quicker than me!

-I don't think he ran as fast in Rio,

I think he ran slightly slower than that, but I can't remember.

Right, so we need to work out whether AP was before or after 12.

-So, you want the oldest first, did you say?

-Mm-hm.

So, the oldest first, we think is the rugby, the Six Nations,

-Nigel Starmer-Smith, 2000.

-Mm-hm.

-We think the cricket, Ashes, 2000...

-Five.

OK.

And now, which order?

Rugby, cricket, horse racing and Usain Bolt running the 100 metres.

OK, this is the order they should be in.

Now the drive to the line must succeed.

It has, indeed, for Giampiero de Carli.

their first ever try in the Six Nations championship.

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-Jones!

Kasprowicz, the man to go.

It's Don't Push It, Tony McCoy.

At the 15th attempt, he wins the Grand National.

Don't Push It is the winner.

Bolt is just getting into his stride alongside Gatlin.

and here comes Usain Bolt.

He's going to win the gold!

9.64.

The champion becomes a legend.

You got all four points.

Well done! APPLAUSE

-Now, Phil, your turn. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Listen closely.

Game, set and match, Federer.

And finally, after years of underachievement,

Federer wins Wimbledon.

The cross.

Gerrard!

He's got it!

-Oh, Steven Gerrard.

-Istanbul.

Just when he looked injured and out of it, he equalises for Liverpool.

Was it? You sure?

He's surely not going to go and climb down in there

and try to whack it out there, no. No, no.

That would be totally ridiculous.

What a break! What a fantastic maximum break that is!

I've never seen anything like that.

Five minutes for a maximum.

-Probably Ronnie.

-Ronnie, yeah. When did he do that?

-I don't know.

So, you need to work out each piece of action,

when it was taking place, and put them in chronological order.

-Right.

-So, Federer's first-ever win.

-Go on.

-It's got to be at least 2006.

-It's a few years back, I'd say.

-Yes. That wouldn't be a bad shout.

Yeah, that's his first win.

-The Gerrard one.

-West Ham.

-Was West Ham. That was a Cup final.

In...?

-It's got to be ten, hasn't it?

-Yeah, it's...

Yeah, about 2010, I'd say.

Federer was before Gerard?

-Yeah.

-Agreed?

-Yeah, 100%.

-Right, yeah.

-We think.

-100%.

Van de Velde was about...

He took his shoe off, tried to hack it out.

-So before Gerrard?

-I've got to think how old I am now!

-I'm a bit old.

-PHIL LAUGHS

You're strong with six for Roger Federer, 2006?

-I'm guessing.

-I reckon it's...

-So, oldest to most recent?

Will you give me the four?

-We'll go with that, then.

-Tennis.

Tennis, Gerrard, football,

van de Velde,

Ronnie O'Sullivan.

-Yeah, OK.

-Yeah.

-All wrong!

-Oh!

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-Are you joking?

-Let's have a look.

This is the order it should have been in.

What a break!

What a fantastic maximum break that is!

I've never seen anything like that - Five minutes for a maximum.

He's surely not going to go and climb down in there

and try to whack it out of there, no.

No, no, that would be totally ridiculous.

Game, set and match, Federer.

And finally, after years of underachievement,

Federer wins Wimbledon.

The cross.

Gerrard!

He's got it!

Oh, Steven Gerrard!

Just when he looked injured and out of it,

he's equalised for Liverpool.

-Wow, very good.

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That was hard, wasn't it?

It is hard.

Should I whisper the scores?

At the end of the round, Phil's on six, Matt in front on 11.

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I'm just keeping my away questions handy.

It is Home or Away. Libby, coming to you first.

-Home question or away?

-Home.

-Home, OK.

Hattie's nodding down here!

Which T12 athlete won Paralympic 100 metres gold in Beijing

and then won silver in both the 200 metres and 400 metres in Rio?

-Oxana Boturchuk?

-It is, yes.

-Well done.

-Very good, very good.

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-What was there to worry about?

-I know.

Well done, Libby. Great stuff.

Well done, Libby, yeah. Iwan, Home or Away?

-It's going to have to be away, isn't it?

-Come on, let's have it.

OK. The first three races of the 2017 Formula 1 season were held

in which countries?

In the East.

-Abu Dhabi.

-Singapore. Singapore. Australia would be...

If you're there, you're going to go to Australia.

Go on, then, we'll have a bit of Oz.

-Malaysia!

-Malaysia!

-Yeah.

Abu Dhabi, Malaysia, Australia.

-One point.

-Lovely.

-LAUGHTER

-One, is that all?

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-Only one?

-Wow.

You can steal a point. Australia was your right answer.

Yeah, Australia and Malaysia, I thought we had that.

On the list will be Bahrain.

That's just down the road.

OK, we'll go with Bahrain.

And you get a point, yes, well done.

Bahrain was the third one.

And the other one, China.

-China, we were looking for.

-Bahrain was a good shout.

-Ryan, back to you, so home question or away?

-Oh.

-Home. please.

-You love them, don't you?

-Love 'em.

Who played the last of his nine England Test matches in 2012

and last season became his county's all-time leading wicket taker?

This year he became the all time leading wicket taker for Durham.

Oh, well, that answers the...

-There can't be many of those knocking about.

-No, there can't.

Graham Onions.

For Durham. Yes, you are right, well done.

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-Clinton?

-I want to go home but I'm not allowed.

-I've been told I've got to go away, so away, please.

-OK.

Which three events beginning with S did athletes compete in

at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow?

Right, swimming.

-Shooting.

-It is at the Commonwealth Games.

-Yes.

Do they play at the Commonwealths? Yes, shooting.

-Shooting, swimming.

-Swimming. And...

I'd say...

Sabre.

We're going to get it. No sailing.

-There's no sailing?

-No, no.

-No sailing.

Just go through all the different sports and I'll tell you.

-Snorkelling!

-LAUGHTER

MATT GROANS

Shh.

Is that a clue?

-Yeah, it was. It might have been.

-That a clue?

-Squatting?

-Squash!

Squash! Yes!

LAUGHTER

-Squash, yes, that's it.

-That's it.

-100%.

-Swimming, shooting, squash.

-Sh...

-Sh-wimming?

Swimming, shooting and squash.

Sh-yes, you're right. APPLAUSE

Three points, well done.

That was hard, wasn't it? Squash was hard.

Very well done. Three points scored.

For this next game,

we asked some QS viewers to help us fill in the blanks.

You have to work out the most popular answers.

There's a point for each one but we've only included

the top answer from each sport, so only one person from each sport.

Matt, you have got Mark blank.

Who are the three sports stars you are going for?

What would you say to that?

Spitz, good start.

-Cavendish.

-Cavendish.

-Yes.

-MAN:

-Ramprakash.

Mark Ramprakash? Oh, go on, bring up an old scar!

LAUGHTER

Bring it up, why don't you?

-MAN:

-Webber.

-Oh, there we go.

Ramps, Webber, good shout.

-MAN:

-Hughes.

-Mark Hughes!

-Very good shot.

-Where...? Mark O'Meara.

Where was the...?

-Another one over there.

-Mark Lawrenson!

-That's the one.

-WOMAN:

-Foster.

-Foster!

-Oh, gosh.

The list is endless.

I like Mark Webber, don't know why.

Mark Cavendish, yes?

Mark Spitz.

Mark Spitz. I mean, he's one of the greatest ever.

Ever.

-MAN:

-Selby?

-Mark Selby?

-Yes.

-Oh! How have I not remembered him?

-So, Mark Selby is going to be one of them.

-OK, Selby.

Mark Hughes, Lawrenson, O'Meara, Webber.

Then you can go Ramps, can't you, cos of his dancing?

-Stop talking about that.

-Sorry.

-LAUGHTER

-Sorry.

-Don't mention the dancing.

-Just cos he got his chest out.

-Very popular with the ladies.

-A lot of ladies liked him.

-With his fake tan all over the place.

-So you've got Selby.

-We've got Selby. Mark Hughes.

I mean, if you're into football, he's "Sparky" Mark Hughes,

-one of the most famous Marks there is.

-Yeah.

-We're going to go Mark Hughes.

-OK, Selby, Hughes and...?

Go on, you know you've got to say it.

-Spitz?

-No.

-Ramps?

-Yeah.

-No!

LAUGHTER

No. What would you go with, Libby?

-Cavendish, but then I...

-Cavendish.

-No. No, don't go with what I say.

-Selby...

-Cavendish.

-Selby, Cavendish and...

-Hughes.

-Mark Hughes. OK.

Let's have a look.

In third...

-Oh, Webber was on.

-Webber was on.

-He was on.

Number two? Look away now, Daws.

LAUGHTER

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And to complete the line-up?

That's not good.

-So, here's a chance to really catch up.

-Come on, boys!

-Come on!

-OK, Tuffers?

-Yes.

-You have Jamie.

Redknapp. Right, anyone?

-Jamie O'Hara. Jamie Redknapp.

-Redknapp.

-Redknapp.

-MAN:

-Vardy.

-Vardy.

-Jamie Murray.

-Jamie Murray. Jamie Vardy.

Jamie Vardy, that's definitely got to be up there.

-Anyone else?

-MAN:

-Carragher. Carragher.

-Carragher! It's all football.

-That's bigger than...

Remember, you can only have one from each sport.

Oh, one from each sport. Who's bigger, Vardy or Carragher?

Any other sports?

-MAN:

-Jamie George.

-Jamie George, rugby.

-MAN:

-Jamie Peacock.

-Very good. Yes, he is.

-MAN:

-Murray.

-I think that's a good shout.

-Murray is a good shout.

Yeah, cos that's tennis. We've got one from tennis.

Which football would you go for - Vardy, Carragher or Redknapp?

I don't think Vardy...

I think Carragher is massive and Redknapp is massive.

-Redknapp's big.

-Yeah, both of them,

so I think it's out of those two. I don't think it's Vardy.

There's got to be more Jamies.

-Got to be more. Come on, audience!

-MAN:

-Lee Curtis.

-Jamie Lee Curtis!

-LAUGHTER

-Right...

-We need an answer.

-We're going to go Redknapp...

-Murray.

-Murray and Peacock.

-Oh.

-OK, let's have a look from the bottom.

-Jamie Roberts.

-Oh, yeah, rugby.

-The other rugby boy.

-Number two?

-DING Hurray!

-Yes!

-Come on.

-I bet this is Carragher!

-Don't be Carragher.

-Redknapp!

-I know it's Carragher.

-I bet it's Vardy after all this.

Oh!

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-I ruled him out straight away. I cannot believe it.

-Wow.

But you scored one.

-That's something.

-Better than none.

At the end of the round, Phil is on 11 and Matt in front of 14.

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OK, Matt, we're starting with you in this round.

You'll be pleased to know, we are giving you ten points.

The test, however, is to see how many of them you can hold on to.

-Oh.

-I will ask a question.

For every one you are out, a point will come off your total.

-OK.

-So, ready?

Here's your first of three questions.

-Since 1930...

-Oh, Sue.

..how many times has the Commonwealth Games

been held in the UK?

OK, so we had...

Glasgow. Glasgow, was it?

-Yeah.

-Glasgow, yeah.

-We had Manchester.

We've had Edinburgh, back in the '80s, that was.

-That was before I was born!

-Yeah, yeah.

-'86, was it?

-Yeah.

OK, where else? Has...? Question mark.

Birmingham. London.

Has London had the Commonwealths? Must have done, surely.

-Cardiff.

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Cardiff.

Right, so we think we're confident with five.

Do we say, then...

If it's been in the same city twice, does that count?

Yeah, that would count, yeah.

How many times has it been held in the UK?

Right, so do we throw in an extra one

because we're bound to not get one, do you know what I mean?

-Yeah.

-Can do.

-So we're saying five, but we'll go for six?

Yeah? We're going for six, Sue.

You're going for six? OK, let's see how many points you've got left.

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All ten, you're spot on with six. APPLAUSE

Well done.

Yes, London in '34,

Cardiff in '58,

Edinburgh twice in 1970 and '86.

Manchester and Glasgow, of course.

So, that means you take all ten onto the next question.

How many current racecourses in England begin with the letter R?

Ah, Redcar.

Ripon.

Oh, no.

Come on, Hats, help me here, please. Yeah?

-Three?

-Yeah, let's go three, Sue.

You're going to go for three? OK.

Once again, how many points will you take forward?

DING Nine.

-We'll take that, won't we? We'll take that.

-Well done.

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The two that were right were Redcar and Ripon.

The only two.

So, for your final question,

how many different opponents has Stephen Hendry played

in the World Championship final?

Oh, my goodness me.

-Davis.

-Davis.

-Thorne.

-White.

Would Taylor have been involved then maybe?

-What about Higgins?

-Yeah.

Or McManus?

-Yeah.

-Or...

Or what's his name?

Williams.

Ronnie, Ronnie O.

-Yeah.

-Ebdon.

-He's won seven, probably not seven different.

-No.

-Five maybe.

-Yeah... Six.

-Six.

-You're going with six?

OK, let's see how many points do you take through?

DING Eight points.

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You dropped two points out of all that?

-Wow!

-The answers were...

-OK, Phil.

-Yeah.

-Come on.

-You need to be good here.

-We need to be spot on.

-You do.

-Here's your first question.

-Yes.

How many medals did Great Britain win at the 2014 Winter Olympics?

2014, so Lizzy Yarnold.

-Yeah.

-Right.

-Are we good skiers?

-2014...

No, definitely nothing in skiing.

Oh, curling, the Scottish girls.

Oh, right, yes, good work, two.

Curling.

No, hang on, the snowboarding girl.

Oh, good shout! Yes, that's right.

-Jones. What's her name?

-Excellent!

-Jenny Jones.

-Jenny Jones.

So snowboarding, Lizzy Yarnold, the curling team.

-Three, you're right.

-Did the men's curling get anything?

I'd say four.

-Yeah, four.

-Three for definite. Three, I can account for.

Daws just added one every time and did well.

-Yeah.

-What are you going for?

-Four, Sue.

-You're going with four.

Let's see how many do you take through to the next question.

Please.

DING All ten.

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-Come on! Come on!

Come on!

The skeleton bob, snowboarding,

the women's curling and the men's curling.

They got a silver, the women got a bronze.

-So, ten going through.

-Yeah.

Now, how many times did Pete Sampras win the US Open singles title?

He won loads at Wimbledon, I know that for sure.

He's won loads at Wimbledon. He was a ledge, Sampras.

-He's got to have won at least three or four, I'd say.

-Four.

-Let's go...

-Five?

-Do it.

-Five, Sue.

-You're going with five?

OK. Let's have a look.

-DING How may points?

-Yes!

APPLAUSE Ten!

One more. One more.

One more.

What a go for a guess!

How many times did Roy Keane win the Premier League

with Manchester United?

Right, think.

OK, so how many times have Man United won it?

With Roy Keane, I'd say three or four times.

I've got a feeling four. Three or four.

-Five or six.

-Well, you're the captain, but...

Six? Is six too many.

-It's a lot.

-It's a hard one.

What are you going with?

-Six.

-No!

-So six.

-If you think it's...

-Let's see how many points you're left with.

-Oh, Sue, please.

-DING

-That's not bad.

-Oh, it's all right.

-It was five.

-Five.

-Unless it was seven.

-It might be.

What was it? Five?

Seven.

-He got loads.

-I knew it was higher.

-Nine's all right.

-It's a lot closer now.

At the end of the round, Phil's on 20, Matt's still in front on 22.

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OK, teams, we are ending the show on the buzzer,

so everything is still all to play for.

There's a point if you get it right but there's one point away

if you buzz in and get it wrong.

Everybody ready? Here we go.

Kadeena Cox won athletics gold over which distance in Rio?

-BUZZER Libby?

-400 metres?

Yes, it's the right answer.

Joe Hart played for which Italian team?

BUZZER Iwan?

-Torino.

-Yes.

At the 2017 World Athletics Championships,

Kevin Mayer won gold for France in which event?

BUZZER Iwan?

-800 metres.

-Decathlon.

What nationality are snooker's Luca Brecel

and darts' Kim Huybrechts? No?

-BUZZER

-Swiss.

Belgian. A netball team from Manchester,

an NBA team from Oklahoma share their franchise name?

Share which franchise name? BUZZER

-Thunder.

-Yes, it is.

Which city is next

on the list of summer Olympics... WHISTLE BLOWS

Oh! APPLAUSE

Well done to Matt's team.

You did, you had to buzz in, you had to try and guess.

You played a great game.

Anyway, what a show that has been.

And, remember, if you do miss an episode of A Question Of Sport,

we are on the iPlayer

and there's a lot of fun content on social as well.

But that's it for tonight. From all of us here, goodbye.

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