What do the movie Blade Runner, poet Geoffrey Chaucer, Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo and pineapples have in common? They're all topics on this episode, where four big fans take on the hilarious Tom Gleeson.
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ANNOUNCER: Tonight on Hard Quiz...
Expert subject, pineapples.
Expert subject, Daniel Ricciardo.
Expert subject,
English poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Expert subject,
sci-fi film franchise Blade Runner.
Here's your host, Tom Gleeson.
Yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yes!
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Let's say hello.
G'day, Drew.
Hi, Tom.
Now, you're into the film
Blade Runner.
Yes.
TOM: When did you first see it?
When I was 10, in 1982,
when it first came out.
Now, it's got a lot of
amazing futuristic production design,
and, uh,
you've got some replica props.
and, uh,
What are these?
What are these?
DREW: Those are actually glasses
What are these?
DREW: Those are actually glasses
made from the same moulds
DREW: Those are actually glasses
as the whisky glasses from the film.
as the whisky glasses from the film.
TOM: Ooh! OK.
(WHISTLING)
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
Took a long time to track down.
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
TOM: I mean, they look futuristic.
TOM: I mean, they look futuristic.
But the film is actually set in 2019.
So they're from the past.
(LAUGHTER)
Yes. (LAUGHS)
They're out of fashion now.
Yes. (LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
You're a financial crimes analyst.
Uh, have you brought down
any bigwigs?
Um...that's why I'm here, Tom.
We've got a meeting afterwards.
TOM: Oh.
(LAUGHTER)
TOM: Oh.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
Have you been looking into
my shady dealings?
If there is a financial crime here,
it's probably your salary.
(LAUGHTER)
AUDIENCE: Oh!
We've met before. Is that right?
We have.
I don't remember. What happened?
You don't remember?
I was a different man back then.
Um...
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHS) Working behind the scenes
on Good News Week.
I loved working on Good News Week.
What did you do on Good News Week?
Well, my job there was
to fill in for the tech rehearsal
Well, my job there was
for Mikey Robins
for Mikey Robins
so that Paul McDermott
could make fun of me instead.
Oh. OK. Right.
(LAUGHTER)
So you used to do the rehearsals
of Good News Week.
So you used to do the rehearsals
Yep.
Yep.
You never appeared on Good News Week,
Yep.
You never appeared on Good News Week,
where I was.
That's correct, yes. Yeah.
(LAUGHTER)
Are you sure we crossed paths? 'Cause
I was ON air and you were OFF air.
(LAUGHTER)
We did.
You told me to get out the way once.
(LAUGHTER)
James!
Hello, Tom.
English poet Geoffrey Chaucer
is your...
Yes.
..subject.
Yes.
Are you pretentious?
Are you pretentious?
(LAUGHTER)
Depends on who you ask.
Maybe.
(LAUGHTER)
Why him in particular?
I first studied him in university.
And I just really, uh,
liked the way he wrote,
and studying him,
it's really interesting,
because it's, like, a study
of both literature AND history.
Oh.
It's, like, the two.
You ARE pretentious.
(LAUGHTER)
You ARE pretentious.
Now, you've done a bit of comedy.
Now, you've done a bit of comedy.
Uh, yes.
And you're into Geoffrey Chaucer.
Yes.
W-what's this?
(LAUGHTER)
W-what's this?
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
that's a flying Chaucer.
JAMES: It's...it's a, um...
that's a flying Chaucer.
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
that's a flying Chaucer.
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
Here's your comedy group.
(LAUGHTER)
Talk us through that. I'm guessing
it's sketch comedy or...?
It was a...on the comedy festival,
actually, a couple of years ago...
It was a...on the comedy festival,
TOM: Oh, really?
TOM: Oh, really?
..we did a, uh, show called
Three Guards on Manus Island.
..we did a, uh, show called
Oh.
Oh.
And we were...we were...
we were guards on Manus Island.
Oh, yeah.
(LAUGHTER)
It's political humour.
Oh, that's right.
I remember seeing it.
Did you see it?
No.
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
No.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Greg!
GREG: Tom.
Greg!
Uh, Daniel Ricciardo is your thing.
Uh, Daniel Ricciardo is your thing.
He's a Formula One driver. Yeah?
Correct. Yep.
Do you pronounce it 'Rickardo'
or do you correct people and say,
Do you pronounce it 'Rickardo'
"It's actually 'Richie-ardo'?"
"It's actually 'Richie-ardo'?"
No. He...he prefers 'Rickardo'.
TOM: Right.
But it is supposed to be
'Richie-ardo'?
Yeah, he...
But he's given up?
Yeah.
(LAUGHTER)
Tonight, we'll call him 'Rickardo'?
Correct.
Alright,
so don't get on your typewriters
Alright,
and tell us it's 'Richie-ardo'.
and tell us it's 'Richie-ardo'.
(LAUGHTER)
Are you, uh, hoping to take
a leaf out of his book today and...
Are you, uh, hoping to take
..come 15th?
..come 15th?
(LAUGHTER)
Look, the last...last
couple of years haven't been great.
It's not been the highlight
of his career, the last bit, has it?
No.
So why are you a fan?
No.
When I started watching Formula One,
When I started watching Formula One,
there wasn't
an Australian Formula One driver.
And then when Mark Webber started,
I followed him, but...
And then when Mark Webber started,
..he was just a bit of a sourpuss.
..he was just a bit of a sourpuss.
And so...once, uh...
(LAUGHTER)
..once Ricciardo came
and he was all teeth and smiles...
TOM: Yeah.
..I was, like,
"Oh! I can get behind that."
Yeah. He's got a bit of personality,
doesn't he?
GREG: Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
Unlike Webber, who was just a bit...
GREG: Yeah.
He was a bit of a...
..he seemed like he had
a bit of a chip on his shoulder.
..he seemed like he had
He seemed a bit up himself.
He seemed a bit up himself.
(LAUGHTER)
He seemed a bit up himself.
(LAUGHTER)
S-sure.
TOM: Yeah.
You could say that.
TOM: Yeah.
He seemed like an absolute co*ckhead.
He seemed like an absolute co*ckhead.
(LAUGHTER)
He seemed like an absolute co*ckhead.
(LAUGHTER)
Is that what you're trying to say?
I wouldn't go that far.
OK. Alright.
I wouldn't go that far.
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
Now, you have a family tradition
of going to the Grand Prix.
Yeah. Yeah.
Who are you with there?
So, my dad took me to the first
Grand Prix down in Melbourne...
TOM: Yep.
..when...it was probably 2000.
And then I started
bringing my daughter along as well,
and we've been going
almost every year.
So it's a proud tradition
your father started.
He gave you hearing loss, and now
you've given it to your daughter.
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah.
Tab!
Hi! (LAUGHS)
Tab!
You're into pineapples.
You're into pineapples.
I am.
You're into pineapples.
I am.
(LAUGHTER)
I am.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
Do you eat them?
No.
Do you eat them?
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
No.
(LAUGHTER)
No.
(LAUGHS) What is going on?
So, you...what do you love
about the pineapples?
So, you...what do you love
Just their aesthetic?
Just their aesthetic?
They're an incredible plant once
Just their aesthetic?
They're an incredible plant once
you sort of look into the properties
and the way they're grown and...
yeah, they're just amazing.
and the way they're grown and...
OK, so you just like their, uh...
OK, so you just like their, uh...
..you like their vibe
and their attitude?
The vibe. And the 'tude, yep.
(LAUGHTER)
And you collect
pineapple-themed stuff.
I do.
TOM: Uh, what's this?
TAB: That's
the Yeppoon Bowls Club badge.
Did you have a fun time
at the Yeppoons Bowling Club?
I haven't ever been.
TOM: Oh.
I...I bought it...
(LAUGHTER)
So you just got that
'cause it had a pineapple on it?
Yep.
(LAUGHTER)
TOM: Oh, what's that?
TAB: That's a Big Pineapple fork.
Yep.
(LAUGHTER)
TOM: Oh, what's that?
TAB: That's a Big Pineapple fork.
TOM: Oh.
TOM: Oh.
Have you been to the Big Pineapple?
No.
Have you been to the Big Pineapple?
No.
TOM: Oh.
(LAUGHTER)
But it's got a big pineapple on it.
You didn't go to the Big Pineapple,
but you got a fork
from the Big Pineapple
'cause it had a pineapple on it?
Yep.
But is this a photo
of the Big Pineapple?
TAB: That's the Little Pineapple.
TOM: Oh.
TAB: That's the Little Pineapple.
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
So that's the little Big Pineapple,
not the actual Big Pineapple?
But at least you're in this photo.
Is that right?
No.
TOM: Oh.
No.
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
Let's play, hard!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ANNOUNCER: Win or lose five points.
Steal an answer, double points.
I'll ask each of you five questions
on your expert subject.
Right, you get five points, wrong,
I will take five points from you.
The rest of you can steal
at any time to get double points.
Let's start with Tab
and her expert subject...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..pineapples!
Pineapples are commonly grown in soil
by planting the fruit's
upper section,
which shares its name
with what headwear?
Tab.
Crown.
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
People think they grow on trees,
but they actually grow in the ground.
Is that right?
Yep.
Are they a fruit?
That sounds like a vegetable.
Yeah. It's a lot of fruits
fused together.
Yeah. It's a lot of fruits
So the pineapple's actually...
So the pineapple's actually...
See, it's amazing.
So the pineapple's actually...
See, it's amazing.
It's got...it's not one.
It's lots and lots.
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah, I'm starting to feel
really excited about pineapples.
(LAUGHTER)
Repeatedly voted
one of the worst in pop history,
which song contains the lyric
"Push pineapple, shake the tree"?
Tab.
Agadoo.
Tab.
TOM: Correct!
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the singer later admitted
it was "complete nonsense".
Thank God he cleared that up.
it was "complete nonsense".
Thank God he cleared that up.
(LAUGHTER)
This depiction of a pineapple
sits on top of a winner's trophy
for which sporting event?
Tab!
for which sporting event?
Tab!
I thought it was Dunmore Castle.
Um...
(LAUGHS)
..hockey.
Incorrect. It's wide open!
It's wide open!
Come on, pineapple enthusiasts!
(LAUGHTER)
(BUZZER)
(LAUGHTER)
(BUZZER)
Time's up.
Wimbledon.
Oh!
AUDIENCE: Oh!
TOM: Yeah, yeah, it was Wimbledon.
It's the men's singles trophy
at Wimbledon.
Pineapples were once so rare
in Europe, they were a status symbol.
People used to rent them out
to show off at parties.
Helpful in bone formation
and immune response,
pineapples are a rich source
of what mineral
pineapples are a rich source
with the chemical symbol Mn?
with the chemical symbol Mn?
Tab.
Magnesium?
Oh!
TOM: Incorrect. It's wide open.
For the steal, it's James!
Manganese?
TOM: Correct! Double points to you!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Pineapples also speed up digestion
and they're a good source
of vitamin C.
and they're a good source
Last question in your set, Tab.
Last question in your set, Tab.
In 2018, the president of Iceland
Last question in your set, Tab.
In 2018, the president of Iceland
acknowledged he'd gone too far
by calling for a pineapple ban
on what food?
Tab.
Pizza.
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yes, he caused
an international outrage
and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
declared he was "on Team Pineapple".
What the (BLEEP) is going on
with our world leaders?
(LAUGHTER)
Next set of questions is for Greg
(LAUGHTER)
Next set of questions is for Greg
on Daniel Ricciardo.
Next set of questions is for Greg
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
When Ricciardo finished eighth
in the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix,
fans claimed
he could have placed higher if
the McLaren team had allowed him
to do what?
the McLaren team had allowed him
Greg.
Greg.
Overtaken his teammate.
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
When a young fan
mispronounced his name in 2019,
Ricciardo attracted
what food-based nickname?
Greg.
Avocado. Daniel Avocado.
TOM: Correct.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Daniel got in on the joke,
and on social media,
he and Lewis Hamilton
traded pics of avocado and ham.
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHS)
Oh!
Oh!
It's like a joke
from one of James's comedy shows.
It's like a joke
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
Isolating on his family farm in 2020,
Ricciardo filmed
a series of video challenges,
competing
with cricketer Marcus Stoinis
and which professional snowboarder?
Wide open!
(BUZZER)
TOM: Time's up!
It was a pineapple. What?!
(LAUGHTER)
That would have been
a weird coincidence.
That would have been
Uh, it was Scotty James.
Uh, it was Scotty James.
That's right.
Uh, it was Scotty James.
That's right.
TOM: Yeah, Scotty James.
You remember the videos, though,
don't you?
You remember the videos, though,
I do. Yep. They were eating eggs.
I do. Yep. They were eating eggs.
Raw eggs. All sorts of weird stuff.
I do. Yep. They were eating eggs.
Raw eggs. All sorts of weird stuff.
Oh, very exciting stuff.
Raw eggs. All sorts of weird stuff.
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
Among other branded products,
Ricciardo has his own wine,
which was released
with a limited-edition decanter
which was released
in the shape of what?
in the shape of what?
Greg.
His racing boot.
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It's very expensive.
TOM: Last question in your set, Greg.
Ricciardo parted ways
with McLaren's F1 team in 2022,
declining the offer of a transfer
to which other racing category?
Greg.
Indycar.
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Time now for James
and Geoffrey Chaucer.
Time now for James
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Are you intimidated
by being with an actual comedian?
Like, it must be really...
I'm saying you've done comedy.
I could ask you the same question.
Could ask you the same question.
I could ask you the same question.
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
Well, you can't, because
you're not an actual comedian, so...
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah, but I'm on the trajectory.
(LAUGHTER)
But the time I'm your age.
But the time I'm your age.
Like, when you were my age,
But the time I'm your age.
Like, when you were my age,
you wouldn't have been funny.
(LAUGHTER, CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I feel like I'm talking to the past.
OK.
(LAUGHTER)
Writing in the mid-to-late 1300s,
Geoffrey Chaucer is credited
with introducing into English
what literary metre?
There's a few, I think.
Like, um...
(BUZZER)
Like, um...
TOM: Time's up!
TOM: Time's up!
Oh! I think...I think I know.
I know I'm not...
I'm not gonna get the point,
I know I'm not...
but was it iambic pentameter?
but was it iambic pentameter?
That is correct
but was it iambic pentameter?
That is correct
if you'd said it at the right time.
Yep.
(LAUGHTER AND GROANING)
Yep.
So, correct!
So, correct!
But...
So, correct!
But...
TOM: Outside the game.
But...
Fair.
Fair.
It's almost like you
just told me in the alley. Like...
(LAUGHTER)
There's no alley just there.
Anyway.
(LAUGHTER)
During one of his diplomatic missions
to Italy, Chaucer discovered
a literary inspiration
in which author of The Divine Comedy?
James.
Virgil.
TOM: Incorrect. Wide open!
Tab for the steal!
Dante?
TOM: Correct! Double points to you!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING)
What was a poet doing on diplomatic
missions? What's that about?
Um, so, Chaucer actually...he
sort of had a bit of a double life.
He had his poet life and he had
his little, um, political life.
And he did a lot of...
I don't want to...
..if there's any questions up ahead,
but he did do a lot.
Shakespeare's play
Troilus and Cressida
was inspired
by a tragic romance by Chaucer,
set during which conflict
from Greek...
James.
The Trojan War?
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..which conflict
from Greek mythology?
Trojan War is correct.
Chaucer's story collection
The Canterbury Tales
was the loose inspiration
for which 2001 Heath Ledger film?
James.
Uh, A Knight's Tale.
Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Not a lot of people realise
that Chaucer wrote Agadoo.
Not a lot of people realise
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
Last question in your set, James.
Yep.
With his poem Parliament of Fowls,
Chaucer became the first English poet
to write of...
Valentine's Day?
TOM: Correct!
Valentine's Day?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..of which day as a day for lovers?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..of which day as a day for lovers?
Valentine's Day is correct.
Valentine's Day is correct.
Yeah, it's about a bunch of birds
who compete to choose mates
Yeah, it's about a bunch of birds
who compete to choose mates
Yeah, it's about a bunch of birds
by debating with each other.
by debating with each other.
Yeah, it's good, isn't it?
by debating with each other.
Yeah, it's good, isn't it?
Yeah, it's very romantic.
Yeah, it's good, isn't it?
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
Last set in the Expert Round,
it's Drew and Blade Runner.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Blade Runner is an adaptation of
a science fiction novel by Philip...
Blade Runner is an adaptation of
Drew.
Drew.
K. Dick called
Drew.
K. Dick called
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..by Philip K. Dick called
Do Androids Dream of Electric what?
Sheep is correct.
After choosing Harrison Ford
as the lead,
producers cancelled plans
for the protagonist
to wear what item of clothing?
Drew.
A hat.
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING)
Do you know the story?
He'd just come off of doing...
well, there you go,
Raiders of the Lost Ark,
and he didn't want to wear a hat,
so he did something with his hair
to make sure he couldn't.
so he did something with his hair
I think he went and got a haircut
I think he went and got a haircut
that was fitting to the film
I think he went and got a haircut
that was fitting to the film
or something.
'Cause also, they were looking
for a more film noir aspect.
DREW: Yep.
So they were gonna have a fedora.
But he already had one.
Yes.
He'd made it famous
in his previous role.
He'd made it famous
After feedback from test audiences,
After feedback from test audiences,
Ridley Scott added a happy ending,
After feedback from test audiences,
Ridley Scott added a happy ending,
incorporating unused footage...
Drew.
The Shining.
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..from which Stanley Kubrick movie?
The Shining is correct.
You know, that famously happy movie
The Shining.
(LAUGHTER)
A scene restored
in the 1992 director's cut
A scene restored
involving a unicorn
involving a unicorn
suggests the main character may be
involving a unicorn
suggests the main character may be
what kind of bioengineered human?
suggests the main character may be
Drew.
Drew.
A replicant.
TOM: Correct.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
TOM: Correct.
Last question in your set, Drew.
Last question in your set, Drew.
According
Last question in your set, Drew.
According
to the sequel's cinematographer,
the look of Las Vegas
in Blade Runner 2049
was inspired by a real dust storm
over which city?
Drew.
Sydney.
Drew.
TOM: Correct!
TOM: Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, that's the dust storm
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, that's the dust storm
that hit Sydney back in 2009,
Yeah, that's the dust storm
back when climate change wasn't real.
back when climate change wasn't real.
(LAUGHTER)
Five from five!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright.
We've churned through their subjects.
Alright.
Now let's churn through mine!
Now let's churn through mine!
This week,
I've been really getting into soap.
I love soap.
Sometimes I use it every day.
(LAUGHTER)
This round is multiple choice.
(LAUGHTER)
Select your answers on your screens
Select your answers on your screens
then press the buzzer
to lock in the answer.
Alright. It's pretty close.
Anyone's at this stage.
Let's hope there's a question about
soap in the shape of a pineapple.
(LAUGHTER)
It'll help you out, Tab.
(READS QUESTION)
The answer is:
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, lye is caustic soda
that can be obtained from wood ashes.
(READS QUESTION)
The answer is:
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(READS QUESTION)
(LAUGHTER)
This may change the rankings.
(LAUGHTER)
The answer is:
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Soap cutting and carving
is now also an ASMR trend.
(GENTLE SCRAPING)
is now also an ASMR trend.
(GENTLE SCRAPING)
Yeah.
People just like the sound of it.
Yeah.
People just like the sound of it.
Oh, sorry, it's an...
Oh, sorry, it's an...
(WHISPERS) ..ASMR trend.
(LAUGHTER)
(EXHALES)
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
(WHISPERS) Thanks for playing, hard.
(LAUGHTER)
(READS QUESTION)
The answer is:
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, in the 1800s, people were
still bathing in rivers and lakes,
so floating soap was a bonus.
So you wouldn't lose it on
so floating soap was a bonus.
So you wouldn't lose it on
the bottom of the lake or the river.
Last question in my round's
worth double points.
So you wouldn't lose it on
the bottom of the lake or the river.
Last question in my round's
worth double points.
Last question in my round's
(READS QUESTION)
(READS QUESTION)
The answer is:
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
In your face, Neighbours!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright. At the end of my round,
Greg, you're at the bottom on -5.
Alright. At the end of my round,
Get over here.
Get over here.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
How do you think you went?
I thought I qualified alright.
But, yeah,
just over the course of the race,
the, uh, strategy wasn't...
wasn't great.
Yeah. I think you went into the pits
and your wheels fell off.
I think. Yeah.
(LAUGHTER)
Out!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
There he goes.
Get it into ya.
It's The People's Round!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Remember your bobby pins,
play along at home.
Your time starts now.
Like a Version is a segment
on which Australian radio station?
Drew.
Triple J.
Yes! Jean-Claude Van Damme was born
in which European country?
Tab.
Germany?
TOM: No! Belgium.
According to the TLC lyric,
you shouldn't go chasing
what natural feature?
Drew.
Waterfalls.
Yes! Which Australian rum company
has a polar bear on its logo?
Drew.
Bundaberg.
TOM: Yes!
Injury treatment acronym RICE
stands for
Injury treatment acronym RICE
"rest, ice, compression" and what?
"rest, ice, compression" and what?
Drew.
"rest, ice, compression" and what?
Drew.
Elevation.
Yes! Located at 0 degrees latitude
is what imaginary line?
Yes! Located at 0 degrees latitude
Drew.
Drew.
The equator.
Drew.
The equator.
TOM: Yes!
The equator.
Jump in.
Jump in.
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
The first Call of Duty video game is
set during which real-life conflict?
(BUZZER)
Time's up. World War II.
(BUZZER)
Translating to "Good luck"
Translating to "Good luck"
is what Hebrew phrase
Translating to "Good luck"
is what Hebrew phrase
expressing congratulations?
James.
Um...oh... Oh, oh, um...
It's blank.
(BUZZER)
Ah!
TOM: Too slow.
"Mazel tov."
Yes.
"Mazel tov."
Time's up!
Time's up!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Time's up!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
At the end of The People's Round,
James, you're at the bottom on 10.
At the end of The People's Round,
James, you're at the bottom on 10.
Get over here.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright, James. What do you think
the reviews will say?
Um, they will say, um, they're
not going to say 'Mazel tov' to me.
TOM: OK.
AUDIENCE: Oh!
(LAUGHS)
Don't feel sorry for him.
(LAUGHTER)
Out!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
TOM: There he goes.
Alright. Only two left. Who's
gonna be the Hard Quiz champion?
Tab and Drew, get over here,
because it's time to play Hard Quiz.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ANNOUNCER:
Blade Runner versus pineapples.
ANNOUNCER:
Hard Quiz.
Hard Quiz.
Now, there can only be
one Hard Quiz champion,
who gets to take home
the limited-edition Big Brass Mug.
What will you do with the mug
if you win?
Pina colada.
(LAUGHTER)
Couple of paper umbrellas
and a straw.
That's a pretty big pina colada, Tab.
That's how I like them.
OK. You'd be off your nut.
(LAUGHTER)
That's how I like it.
TOM: OK.
You might be so off your nut, you...
..do something dangerous
like eat a pineapple.
(LAUGHTER)
(DREW LAUGHS)
Phew. I'd have to be pretty...
pretty off my nut.
Phew. I'd have to be pretty...
Right. What about you, Drew?
Right. What about you, Drew?
Well, Blade Runner's a film
I like to enjoy with a whisky, so...
..challenge accepted.
(LAUGHTER)
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Whoa!
Might struggle to get through it,
I think.
Awake.
I'm ready to try it. (LAUGHS)
Alright. It's best of five,
penalty-shootout-style.
Harder questions
on your expert subject.
Harder questions
So it's Tab's knowledge of pineapples
So it's Tab's knowledge of pineapples
versus Drew's knowledge
of Blade Runner.
Let's play, hard!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Let's play, hard!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright. Tab.
Commissioned by John Murray in the
Alright. Tab.
Commissioned by John Murray in the
1700s as a decorative summerhouse
is an infamous structure
commonly known as the what Pineapple?
is an infamous structure
The Dunmore?
The Dunmore?
Correct.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That's what you thought
the Wimbledon trophy was.
That's what you thought
I did. (LAUGHS) Yeah.
I did. (LAUGHS) Yeah.
You thought the top...
the top of the Wimbledon trophy was
You thought the top...
the top of the Wimbledon trophy was
the top of that building.
the top of that building.
TAB: (LAUGHS) Yes.
(DREW AND TOM LAUGH)
OK. Slightly out, size-wise.
Size-wise.
TAB: (LAUGHS) Yes.
(DREW AND TOM LAUGH)
OK. Slightly out, size-wise.
Size-wise.
But, then again, you did go
to the small Big Pineapple.
That's...true.
(LAUGHTER)
That's...true.
TOM: Drew.
TOM: Drew.
After director Ridley Scott
TOM: Drew.
After director Ridley Scott
told the press
he preferred
his native British film crews,
American crew members wore T-shirts
featuring what 4-word slogan?
Uh, this is after...
..yeah, this was the T-shirt wars.
Uh, but this...
..the T-shirts that the Americans
wore said, "'Yes, Guv,' my ass!"
Close.
Mmm.
The correct answer is,
The correct answer is,
"'Yes, Guv'nor,' my ass!"
"'Yes, Guv'nor,' my ass!"
AUDIENCE: Oh!
TOM: You said, "'Yes, Guv,' my ass!"
I did.
AUDIENCE: Oh!
TOM: You said, "'Yes, Guv,' my ass!"
I did.
In retaliation, Ridley Scott
wore what T-shirt? Do you know?
In retaliation, Ridley Scott
Uh, it said "Xenophobia sucks."
Uh, it said "Xenophobia sucks."
Yeah.
(LAUGHS)
Great comeback, nerd.
Yeah.
(LAUGHTER)
Tab.
Pineapple can break down proteins
and can be used to tenderise meat
due to the presence of what enzyme?
Think I know this.
Uh, is it bromelain?
(LAUGHS) Correct.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
You're totally across
(LAUGHS)
You're totally across
your pineapple brief.
You're totally across
Yep. (LAUGHS)
Yep. (LAUGHS)
What would have you done with your
life if I didn't make up this show?
(LAUGHTER)
You would have had nowhere to go
with this stuff.
You would have had nowhere to go
Yep. That's so true.
Yep. That's so true.
Yeah, bromelain is what makes
Yep. That's so true.
Yeah, bromelain is what makes
your mouth and tongue feel funny
Yeah, bromelain is what makes
after you eat a lot of pineapple,
after you eat a lot of pineapple,
because the pineapple
is actually eating your flesh.
TAB: Yep.
TOM: Yeah.
Mmm.
So you eat the pineapple
and then the pineapple eats you.
(LAUGHTER)
Drew.
Tom.
TOM: I'm a Nexus-6 replicant.
Based on the information
in this incept data screen,
how old am I
when the first film takes place?
Based on the information
in this incept data screen,
how old am I
when the first film takes place?
DREW: It's, uh...
I'm thinking it's 10/10/16,
which would be 10 October 2016.
I'm thinking it's 10/10/16,
which would be 10 October 2016.
which would be 10 October 2016.
4-year life span,
takes place in November 2019,
4-year life span,
takes place in November 2019,
uh, so you would be
three years and one month.
Correct.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I do look like a replicant, don't I?
(LAUGHTER)
For a second,
I thought that was a shot
from, like,
one of the other, like, media,
For a second,
I thought that was a shot
from, like,
one of the other, like, media,
like a video game or something...
TOM: Oh.
..and then realised it was you.
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
TOM: Tab.
TOM: Tab.
Australian scientists
announced in 2012
they'd developed
the AusFestival pineapple variety,
unintentionally imbuing the pineapple
with the taste of what other fruit?
unintentionally imbuing the pineapple
Ooh.
Ooh.
I know they developed a strawberry
that tastes like a pina colada,
apparently.
that tastes like a pina colada,
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
Uh...
..I don't know this.
I'll say strawberry.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is coconut.
Oh.
The correct answer is coconut.
Oh.
TOM: Because they'd planned to make
a tasty low-acid pineapple
TOM: Because they'd planned to make
a tasty low-acid pineapple
and it ended up tasting
like a pina colada.
TOM: Because they'd planned to make
a tasty low-acid pineapple
and it ended up tasting
like a pina colada.
Oh.
AUDIENCE: Oh.
Drew.
Drew.
Before Rutger Hauer
rewrote his character's dying words,
Before Rutger Hauer
rewrote his character's dying words,
the shooting script said
Roy Batty had seen
Before Rutger Hauer
rewrote his character's dying words,
the shooting script said
Roy Batty had seen
things people wouldn't believe,
like attack ships on fire
off the shoulder of Orion,
bright as what?
I'm gonna have to guess this one.
I think it was "bright as stars".
Incorrect.
Mm-hm.
Incorrect.
TOM: The correct answer is...
TOM: The correct answer is...
..magnesium.
Ah.
AUDIENCE: Ooh.
Ah.
TOM: Yes.
TOM: Yes.
That thing that's NOT in a pineapple.
(LAUGHTER)
'Cause it's manganese.
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah.
Yeah.
Everything comes together
Yeah.
Everything comes together
on this show.
Everything comes together
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
Did we plan that?
No, we did not.
Did we plan that?
No, we did not.
(LAUGHTER)
No, we did not.
Tab.
Tab.
In Hawaii, the importation
of hummingbirds is banned
because of the bird's capacity
to produce pineapples
because of the bird's capacity
with what undesirable trait?
with what undesirable trait?
To give them seeds.
Correct.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah,
hummingbirds are the pineapple's
most common pollinator
in the Americas,
but when the pineapples grow
via pollination,
they're full of yucky seeds.
Not that you would give a sh*t,
'cause you don't eat them anyway.
Not that you would give a sh*t,
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER)
"Seedless, seeds, whatever.
"They're my buddies. We hang out.
"I have a pineapple collection.
I'm normal."
(LAUGHTER)
Drew, if you get this wrong,
then, Tab,
you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
To help replicant Roy Batty
gain entry
To help replicant Roy Batty
to his creator's personal chambers,
to his creator's personal chambers,
genetic engineer Sebastian
dictates to Tyrell via an intercom
what chess move?
"Queen to bishop's..."
(SIGHS)
I think it's "Queen to bishop's..."
No, hang on.
"Queen to bish...
bishop's rook, checkmate."
Incorrect.
AUDIENCE: Oh.
TOM: The correct answer is...
.."Queen to bishop six."
Which means, Tab,
.."Queen to bishop six."
Which means, Tab,
you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion!
Which means, Tab,
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright, Drew.
You know what this means. Out!
Alright, Drew.
You know what this means. Out!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
There she goes.
Congratulations, Tab.
You are tonight's Hard Quiz champion!
You get the Big Brass Mug.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You get the Big Brass Mug.
And you get to do the sign-off.
And you get to do the sign-off.
Thanks for playing hard!
And you get to do the sign-off.
Thanks for playing hard!
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