Episode 4 A Question of Sport

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hello, and welcome to A Question Of Sport.

Joining Matt tonight are

Olympic medal-winning swimmer Jazz Carlin

and world BMX champion Liam Phillips!

CHEERING

And Phil is teaming up

with Premier League striker Kevin Campbell

and Grand Slam-winning star

Martyn Williams!

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We are going to start the quiz tonight with the one-minute round

and, Matt, your team have 60 seconds on the clock

to get through your answers.

Are you ready?

-We are, Sue.

-OK.

Which country did England beat in the Women's Cricket World Cup final

-in 2017?

-India.

Yes. Which Colombian rider retained her Olympic BMX title in Rio?

-Mariana Pajon.

-Yes.

What piece of sporting equipment is this?

MATT STAMMERS

-Move on.

-OK.

Over which non-Olympic distance

did Wayde van Niekerk break Michael Johnson's...

-400 metres.

-No.

-800 metres.

-No.

-200 metres.

-A non-Olympic distance.

-Oh, 300 metres.

-Yes.

In which English city are these two teams based?

-Leicester.

-Yes.

Which woman won Olympic silver for Great Britain

in the open water swimming in Beijing?

-Keri-Anne Payne.

-Yes.

These three sports stars

all share their names with Harry Potter characters.

Hagrid.

No. LAUGHTER

-JAZZ:

-Harry...

-Potter...

-LIAM:

-Grainger!

-I don't know. I've never watched it!

I've never watched it!

Twizzle Bottoms?

LAUGHTER

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-I don't know, I've never seen it!

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-Stephen Dobbie.

-Dobbie?

Ron Clark.

Oh. Ron, yeah.

And Draco Bynum.

-PHIL:

-Tricky.

And the piece of sporting equipment...

Let's reveal it, it was...

THEY GROAN Basketball net.

There was absolutely no way of getting that!

Of course it was. You've scored five, well done.

And now it is your team's turn.

-Ready?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Here we go.

Which country hosted the first stage of the 2017 Tour de France?

-Belgium.

-No.

-France.

-No.

-Britain.

-No.

Where's round there? Anywhere.

-Spain.

-Spain.

-No.

-Portugal.

-No.

-Move on.

Which club beat Munster in the Pro12 final in May?

-Scarlets.

-Yes. In which sport would you use this equipment?

-Oh, darts! Archery!

-Yes, it is.

Who became Crystal Palace manager in June 2017?

-Sam Allardyce.

-Yes. No!

No. It's...

-Keep thinking.

-In June...

-One of the...

-June, this June.

-De Boer.

-Yes, it is.

This badge contains two American sports teams from which city?

-Blue Jays.

-Which city?

-Canada!

-Detroit.

-No.

-Toronto.

No.

-Detroit Red Wings.

-No.

Move on. Move on.

Which weight comes between flyweight and lightweight

in men's Olympic boxing?

-Bantam.

-Yes. These three sports stars all share their names

with Star Wars characters.

-R2-D2.

-Chewbacca. Han Solo.

LAUGHTER

-Solo.

-Solo.

-Skywalker!

-Chewbacca.

-Leia.

-Leia.

WHISTLE BLOWS

Oh, man!

-APPLAUSE

-What?!

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Yoda! Yoda!

Yoda!

Yes, Karim Yoda, it was.

Matt Luke.

You said Skywalker, you didn't say Luke Skywalker!

And Jaba is the other one, there we go.

-Jaba!

-LAUGHTER

Jaba Bregvadze. LAUGHTER

Big Jaba!

And the badge with the two American sports teams,

it was Philadelphia.

It was the Flyers and the Phillies.

And the Tour de France first stage was in Germany.

The only country...

Yes, the only European country you didn't mention!

The end of the opening round

and Phil is on four.

Matt in front, on five.

OK, in this round,

you'll need to keep a close eye on the PEOPLE you see

but also WHEN you think the action is taking place.

For the title...

Double ten.

-CHEERING

-It's there!

It's there! Phil Taylor.

We have a new era.

It's Karen Pickering and it's going to be very tight.

Pickering has got it! What a huge result for the English team.

Game, set and match, Ms Kvitova.

Absolutely outstanding.

Christine Ohuruogu is perhaps going to get there.

Christine Ohuruogu wins the gold!

Currently at level par.

My goodness, Howard Clark.

Nothing wrong with the nerves.

Oh! What a gift! Thierry Henry.

Henry for Arsenal. Must be. Henry.

Thierry Henry!

Arsenal are ahead!

OK, both teams are playing along, OK?

You'll take it in turns to pick a sport

and then you need to write down

-the year that the action was taking place.

-Oh!

It gets better.

It's like a golf score. For every year you're out...

GROANING, LAUGHTER

..you're plus one.

-OK, so you've just got to get as close as possible?

-Yeah.

-Right.

-So, Phil, we're going to start with your team.

-Right.

So, which sport would you like to pick first?

-I'm going to go for the tennis, Sue!

-You're going for the tennis.

-Wimbledon.

-In which year was Petra Kvitova

winning her second Wimbledon singles title?

-Go on, let's go that. OK, right, OK.

-OK.

So, Phil has locked in.

-Has he?

-Certainly got an answer.

-Locked in already?

-Got an answer, yeah.

I might have got it horribly wrong.

It's the second one you're after, isn't it?

-Yep.

-Oh, it can't be that early, then.

-LAUGHTER

-Let's go for this.

Let's do that one.

OK, so now we can reveal the answers.

Matt's gone for '14.

Tuffers has gone for '13.

The answer is...

2014!

So you stay, you're +1.

Matt, over to you to pick a sport.

Yes, swimming.

Swimming, OK.

In which year was Karen Pickering

winning the 200 metres freestyle Commonwealth gold?

-'12 was the Olympics.

-Yeah.

'14 was the last Commonwealths.

-Go on, then.

-'14, '10, '06.

-Two?

-Two.

-Two?

That's fair enough. No, that's about right.

OK, let's reveal your two answers.

'02, '02.

It is '02, well done.

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OK, Phil.

-Happy with that?

-Yep.

-Sue, football.

You saw Thierry Henry scoring in the last match at Highbury.

Which year was it?

Right, OK, lovely.

-I like that.

-I don't know.

You're feeling more here?

-No.

-No?

-No? That way?

-I don't know.

What are you saying?

I like the original one. I like that.

-Go with that, then.

-I like it.

-Are you locked in?

-Yes, we're done.

-OK.

So, let's reveal the answers.

Oh! Goodness me!

There could be a big swing here.

-2005?!

-It's not '10!

The correct answer is...

2006.

AUDIENCE: Oh!

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They're way out!

They're way out!

Only one out, so you are +2 now.

Daws, you're +4.

+4, OK.

And it's your go.

Our options are either we go for the athletics

or the golf.

I think our chances for the margin

is going to be better with the golf than the athletics.

Go on, then, captain, roll the dice.

-Golf.

-Golf.

Golf?

In which year was Sergio Garcia

winning the Silver Cup at the Masters?

I've written that down.

That's for the top amateur.

How many years ago is that?

-Work it out.

-19.

-19 years ago.

-What is he now?

-He won it this year, didn't he?

-How old is Sergio?

-He's got to be 40.

He's got to be 40.

So that would be when he was...what?

21, 22.

Happy with that, boys?

-Happy with that, yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Definitely.

If it was that year, that was him.

Surely we would have known it

if it was a Spaniard and a Spaniard.

Yeah. Yeah, clean sweep.

Yeah.

Let's go with it.

OK, let's reveal the answers.

Come on!

-Oh!

-'97 and '97!

It was 1999.

-It doesn't matter because you get the two points.

-No!

Well done, well done.

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And at the end of the round,

Matt's on five, Phil's in front on six.

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Right, Matt, we are coming to your team first.

On the board is a picture that is covered by nine segments.

You'll have 45 seconds to answer as many questions as you can.

Get one right and you'll earn a point

and the choice of which segment you'd like to reveal.

The more you reveal, the better chance you'll have of answering

-a bonus question at the end.

-OK.

OK. Everybody ready?

Here we go.

Which golfer won the 2017 US Open?

-Brooks Koepka.

-Yes. Segment?

-Three.

OK. Which Scotsman reached the final

of the World Snooker Championship

in 2017? Scotsman.

-First answer.

-McManus.

No, John Higgins.

Which British man won the 50 metres butterfly world gold in Budapest?

-Adam Peaty.

-Adam Peaty.

-No. Ben Proud.

-No, it was Ben Proud.

-Oh!

Sorry.

Who became champion jump jockey for the first time in 2016?

Oh... Richard Johnson?

Yes. Segment?

-Five.

-OK. What nationality is Caroline Buchanan,

the winner of the 2013 BMX World Championships?

-Australian.

-Yes. Segment?

-Seven.

-Who was the first Dutchman to reach a PDC world darts final?

Dutchman? Ray van Barneveld.

-Yes. Segment?

-One.

Which sailing event was held in Bermuda for the first time in 2017?

-America's Cup.

-Yes.

-Nine.

WHISTLE BLOWS And you get one more.

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So, you scored five points.

For a bonus point,

who is missing from this gold medal winning quartet?

The guy from 2000...

..was a guy called...

-Tim Foster.

-Good call.

Let's go with Tim Foster.

-You went with the right one.

-Oh!

-Yes.

So, it's a bonus point and six in that round.

-Well done.

-Six, yes, Tuffers.

-Come on, boys.

-So, Phil, your turn now.

Same rules apply. 45 seconds on the clock.

First question - which team beat England to deny them

the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2017?

-Ireland.

-Yes. Segment?

-Four.

All of last season's FA Cup semifinalists were from London

-except which team?

-Liverpool.

No. It was Manchester City.

Who, in 2017,

became the first Welshman to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey?

Geraint Thomas.

-Yes. Segment?

-Six.

In which year did Michael Phelps win his first Olympic medal?

-Oh...

-Olympic.

-2000.

-No, 2004.

Who won the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy?

-'17?

-Yeah.

-I was there!

-India.

-No, no, Pakistan!

-Yes.

-Eight.

-OK.

In 2017, the New England Patriots beat which team in the Super Bowl?

-Erm...

-Aw!

-Seattle Seahawks.

No, Atlanta Falcons.

Which country won men's and women's ice hockey gold

at the Winter Olympics in Sochi?

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-Sweden.

-Canada.

-Oh, well...

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Oh, we didn't do very well.

-Sorry, mate.

-No, it's all right.

So, you've scored three points there with your three segments.

For a bonus point, who was managing Chelsea when this picture was taken?

Right, that's the Champions League Cup.

-Yeah. It's Di Matteo.

-It was Di Matteo.

-Go on.

-Roberto Di Matteo.

It is right, so you score four points.

Well done.

Which means, at the end of the round,

Phil is on ten, Matt in front, on 11.

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Now, it is a choice of Home or Away.

Jazz, coming to you first.

-I think I'm probably going to have to go home, please.

-Home.

Which Canadian won a women's Olympic 200 metres relay bronze in 2016,

having been her country's only finalist in the 400 metres freestyle

in Rio and in London?

Brittany MacLean.

Well done. Yes, it was.

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Kevin, your choice.

-Home, please.

-Home.

Who, last season, became only the eighth player

to score over 150 Premier League goals

and scored his first international goal since 2013?

-Jermaine Defoe.

-Is the right answer.

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-Liam, home or away?

-I will go home, please.

Home.

After finishing third in the UCI World Championships in 2010,

which BMX rider won his second world title in 2016?

-Joris Daudet.

-It was, yes, from France.

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Well done.

And Martyn.

-Home, please.

-Home.

Which forward won his first 17 international caps

for his country as a replacement,

but then started all three of the Lions' tests

against the All Blacks in 2017?

I think it's him.

From Saracens?

-Hooker, yeah.

-Yeah. Erm...

Yeah, cos that would have been Hartley.

-Hartley starts.

-Michael, I know Michael starts, doesn't he?

I'll go Jamie George.

It is, yes.

Well done. APPLAUSE

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Well, now, Matt, each of your team will read out a fact

and all Phil's team need to do

is work out who is telling the truth, OK?

The phrase is - Jeff Float.

Jeff Float.

Jazz, can we start with you?

Jeff Float is a boxing term

that describes effortless movement,

named after Jeff Lacy.

He used to float around the ring

when winning world titles in the 2000s.

-Matt.

-Jeff Float...

..is an American swimmer.

LAUGHTER

Yeah.

He was part of the Olympic relay gold medal-winning team

at the 1984 LA Olympics.

OK, that's number two.

-That can't be true!

-And Liam.

A Jeff float is a piece of equipment used in sailing

to protect anything that is non-buoyant

and might fall from the boat.

So, there are your three choices.

Jazz's boxing term,

Matt's US swimmer or, finally,

Liam's sailing equipment.

-Right, OK.

-He can't be a swimmer.

-1980...

-'84, as you would know, is the LA Olympics.

OK, that's a bit of a question mark there.

Now, we've got boxing.

A Jeff Float is a MOVE by a boxer, is it?

-Named after Jeff Lacy?

-Yeah.

And it's by floating around.

But isn't that Muhammad Ali?

-Float like...

-Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

-Yeah.

-Not having that.

And then the Jeff Float is something that you attach to yourself

during sailing, like your keys.

I've actually been sailing...

Anything that's not buoyant that don't float.

Yes, that's right, like your keys.

You stick something to it.

If it falls over the side, yeah.

I reckon that's the most...

-The most reasonable.

-Yeah.

But then sometimes reasonable means absolutely nothing on this show.

LAUGHTER

-I fancy the sailing.

-Go on, Skip, you make a call.

-That is kind of the right thing, isn't it?

-Yeah.

But why is it called a Jeff Float?

Jeff invented it, did he? I don't know.

LAUGHTER

He might have done.

We are going to go for...

-Liam and the Jeff Float.

-Are you?

And the Jeff Float for the sailing equipment.

OK, let's reveal who's telling the truth.

It can't be...

No, it's not, no.

LAUGHTER

-Ooh!

-It is!

-It is.

-It's me.

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And just to prove it, let's see Jeff Float in action.

-There he is.

-Go on, Geoff!

LAUGHTER Celebrating.

-Floating!

-As well, yeah.

-Yeah.

-That was him.

So, two points go to Matt's team.

We'll take that.

Right, come on, we've got to get this right.

OK, it's Phil's team's turn now

and you have Mysterious Fish.

Mysterious Fish.

Kevin, let's start with you.

Mysterious Fish is the nickname used

for French-born NHL player Antoine Fish.

This was because he didn't speak much English

when he joined the league, so he was a Mysterious Fish.

OK, that's your first.

-Phil.

-I like that.

-OK.

-HE CLEARS THROAT

Mysterious Fish is the name used for a sweeping hip throw...

-Hip throw.

-..in judo.

-OK.

You hook your foot behind the opponent's ankles

and use your hip to flip their legs into the air,

landing them on the floor...

..like a caught fish.

LAUGHTER Thank you.

And Martyn.

The Mysterious Fish is a pink, green and blue Japanese baseball mascot

for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

It regurgitates the wearer inside,

who is dressed like a skeleton.

LAUGHTER

So it's a mascot...

It's a mascot and the insides come out of...

Yeah, it regurgitates the wearer,

who is dressed then like a skeleton.

Don't say it's like that's normal!

LAUGHTER

Don't look at me

as if everybody knows what you're talking about, you loony.

The Chiba Lotte Marines.

OK, so is it Kevin's quiet team-mate,

Phil's judo throw or, finally, Martyn's regurgitating mascot?

The first one sounded quite normal.

-I loved the first one.

-Yeah, I loved the first one, just...

-LIAM:

-I didn't like the second one.

No, the second... I did a bit of judo, a bit of judo in my youth.

Never did my instructor go, "Oh, Matt, lovely mysterious fish there."

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah, you just won't.

World-class. Never.

Look, it's a coin toss.

What would you go with, Jazz?

Number three's just so out there, it's like...

Remember those guys saying Jeff Float CAN'T be a swimmer?

-Yeah.

-CAN'T be a swimmer.

-And he was.

-And it was.

-So on that, we're going...

-It CAN'T be the mascot.

It can't be, so it is.

-It can be.

-OK, yes.

-You're going with...

-We're going with the Mysterious Fish

-regurgitating a skeleton.

-OK, you're going with Martyn.

Let's reveal who's telling the truth.

Is it you?

CHEERING

Come on!

-Yes!

-I got out of my seat for that.

-Yes!

-And guess what?

Just like Jeff Float, we've got the Mysterious Fish in action.

LAUGHTER

-JAZZ:

-That was good.

Wasn't quite as vile as we thought, that is, was it?

As it sounded. It was very cute.

But well done, another two points there.

-Oh, unlucky.

-Which means, at the end of the round,

Phil is on 12, Matt's in front on 17.

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

Who is this with his hands full?

MUSIC: T-shirt Weather by Circa Waves

# She left me and said

# Baby, won't you come to bed?

# But I cannot sleep

# While the sun's awake

# And the night's been so long

# You don't get me right, don't get me wrong

# Now my head tells the tales I hardly know... #

-That's hard.

-A very distinctive look.

How do we not know that?

-LIAM:

-The only thing I thought was, erm...

somebody from, like, motorsport.

Some sort of motorsport, the Moto GP or something.

Not that... It's not this fella?

Yes.

I think it could be.

-Is it?

-Potentially.

I mean, he has got long hair.

-JAZZ:

-He didn't look big.

That's yours. When you wrote that down, that's...

-Yeah.

-Really?

Yeah, but I'm... That's a...

I mean, we haven't...

-JAZZ:

-That's all we've got.

-That's all we've got,

-so we may as well say it.

-JAZZ:

-Final answer.

-Is it James Toseland?

-Well, have a look, Liam.

Yes, it is Superbike world champion James Toseland.

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Phil, for you - who is facing a tall order?

We need this.

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# And it gets to the English coast

# To the place you love the most

# Where the spinnakers on boats

# Are filling out

# Filling out, out, out

# Filling out

# Filling out

# Spit it out

# Spit it out... #

Happy? Happy? Happy?

Pretty sure, Sue.

Beth Tweddle.

OK, let's see.

-Yeah.

-Yes, it is, the world champion gymnast.

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Plenty of points still at stake

and, Phil, you're up first.

-Come on, Phil!

-Come on.

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-Are you ready?

-Yes.

OK, now.

OK, then, erm...

Oh, what was I?

-Oh, no.

-Bowler. Spinner.

No, no, on a table tennis bat, you chop it.

-Serve.

-No.

-Spin.

Yeah, not front.

-Backspin.

-Yes, yes, yes.

Oh, where France play the rugby.

-The Stade de France.

-Yes, correct.

Oh, a German tennis player girl.

Very good, long blonde hair.

-Back in the day.

-Steffi Graf.

Yes, yes, yes. Oh!

You've got one who blows the whistle.

-Referee.

-He's a...

-Referee.

-Umpire, referee.

-No, yes, yes.

And he's not the first one, he's the...

-Linesman. Assistant.

-Yes, yes.

-Yes, yes.

Oh, in your one - bang, over there, to the bloke running up the line.

-What's that called?

-Cross kick.

-Yes.

-Cross...?

-Crossfield kick.

-Yes.

Yes, yes, yes.

-"Oh, and they're coming into the..."

-LAUGHTER

-Grand National.

-No, what's...?

Horse racing.

-The last stretch.

-Last furlong.

-No, yeah, the...

-Final furlong.

-Yes! Yes.

"Ah-ha-ha-ha!

"Oh, Geoff! Oh, Geoff, he's had a nightmare, Geoff."

-Kamara. Chris Kamara.

-Yes, it is, yes!

LAUGHTER, CHEERING

-OK. Not 50p, it's a...

-WHISTLE BLOWS

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-Oh! He's brilliant.

-Brilliant.

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Sadly, we couldn't give you Stade de France

cos you said, "Where do France play?"

-GROANING

-Oh, did I?

Yeah, but it's...

I know, but you still scored six.

-Well done.

-Very good.

-Oh, that one!

Sorry, boys.

-You couldn't have done any more.

-OK, come on, Matt.

Right, come on. Come on, let's have some of this!

-Let's have some of this!

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-Come on.

-Ready?

-Go.

-All right.

-Your sport.

-Cycling.

-If you were straight off, you'd be doing a...

-Wheelie.

-Yes.

-Yes, you would.

Oh, I'm going to take a free kick.

-Penalty.

-And it doesn't go off the post, it's...

-Top corner.

-No.

-Crossbar.

Yeah, but it's...

It deflects...

the crossbar...

Move on, move on! Move on.

Move on. Move on!

-Who the heck's that?!

-LAUGHTER

Move on, move on! Move on!

MOVE ON! MOVE ON!

Oh, as a boxer, if you get hit here...

-Knockout, KO.

-And it's very fragile.

Very fragile, windows.

-Oh, erm...

-What's in a window?

-Glass jaw.

-Yes, yes.

Oh, Tuffers tried to play cricket there.

LAUGHTER

-Lord's.

-Yes!

-Yeah. Oh, not the full...

-HE POPS LIPS

-LAUGHTER

-What is that?

-Pipe.

-Not the full one, but the...

-Monty!

-Half whistle.

-LAUGHTER

Not a quarter one, not a full one, but a...

-Half....

-Yes!

Yes. HE POPS LIPS

WHISTLE BLOWS

-Half pipe, half pipe.

-Half pipe!

LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE

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What was the name?

-Katie Ledecky.

-Oh!

-Yeah.

-Beat me at the Olympics.

Oh, see, I didn't... I knew that.

-Yeah, yeah.

-Didn't want to bring it up.

-Didn't want to bring it up and upset you.

-Too soon, too soon.

-So, you needed two.

-Yeah.

You got a magnificent three.

Oh!

So, well done to Matt's team, the winners tonight.

Commiserations over here, but a huge thank you to all of our guests

for joining us and we look forward to seeing you again soon.

Maybe next week. Bye-bye.

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