ANNOUNCER: Tonight on Hard Quiz...
Steph - CEO and podcast host.
Expert subject - Backstreet Boys.
Jordan - singer, songwriter.
Expert subject - film series Jordan - singer, songwriter.
Expert subject - film series Pirates of the Caribbean.
Expert subject - film series Brett - managing director.
Expert subject - Australian wine.
Jess - account manager.
Expert subject - Sir David Attenborough.
Here's your host, Tom Gleeson.
Yes. G'day.
I brushed my teeth.
Welcome to Hard Quiz.
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Let's say hello.
G'day, Jess. Hi, Tom.
Now, Sir David Attenborough is your hero. Why?
Oh, where to start, really?
I think mainly you've got to admire someone
that can wear the same outfit for about 70 years.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE) Maybe not 70.
Now, you worked in radio
and tried to get an interview with Sir David Attenborough
and tried to get an interview at your station,
but they didn't let you.
What were they worried you would do?
I created a cut-out of myself on his shoulder
and had that in a frame next to my desk.
and had that in a frame (LAUGHTER)
Were they worried you'd show him that?
Think they thought I was a bit too keen.
Think they thought Well done. Very crafty of you.
Now, you got engaged in Italy. I did.
Are you too good for Australia? What's going on?
We went with Tuscany.
You know, it's a bit of a better story.
You can show off a little bit more. OK.
So you wanted to be up yourself... Yeah.
So you wanted to be up yourself... ..in this magical time of your life.
Now, your fiance doesn't like being ..in this magical time of your life.
Now, your fiance doesn't like being called your fiance, does he?
Now, your fiance doesn't like being Yeah.
So after we got engaged,
we had the chat about So after we got engaged,
we had the chat about what we'll call each other,
we had the chat about and I got very excited about that.
And, yeah, he said, "Nah, I'm not going to do fiance.
"It'll be partner."
And, you know, I've been waiting for this for years,
And, you know, I've been waiting so I wanted to embarrass him on TV.
Great. so I wanted to embarrass him on TV.
Great. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
He doesn't like being called fiance. How does he feel about divorcee?
(LAUGHTER)
Brett. Tom. Hi.
Your expert subject is Australian wine.
Are you a pisshead?
(LAUGHTER)
You've got to drink heaps of it to know it.
So the more you drink, the better you know it.
So the more you drink, Yeah. Until you become a pisshead.
(LAUGHTER) Progression.
What's your favourite wine?
Probably Pinot, I'd say.
OK. Or Chardonnay.
Or Shiraz, maybe.
(LAUGHTER)
Now, when you're sniffing wine and swirling it around in your mouth,
do you feel like the wanker that everyone knows that you are?
(LAUGHTER)
No-one's actually called me a winemaker to my face.
Oh.
Well, you are one. There you go.
This is the moment to shine. OK.
Now, you met Hugh Jackman at a takeaway shop.
It was actually a chicken and chip shop in Chatswood in Sydney,
It was actually a chicken and chip where we were living at the time,
and Hugh Jackman's there.
So I didn't like to sort of, you know, celebrity hunt,
So I didn't like to sort of, but I called my wife quickly
and said, but I called my wife quickly
and said, "Hugh Jackman's buying chicken."
So she wanted...she wanted to come up and buy the chicken with me.
OK. (LAUGHTER)
So you didn't want to annoy him,
so he just whispered into your phone within earshot.
(LAUGHTER)
Pretty much. (LAUGHTER)
Pretty much. Yeah, OK.
Pretty much. Celebrities love that shit.
(LAUGHTER)
Jordan. (LAUGHTER)
Jordan. Hi.
Pirates of the Caribbean is your expert subject.
Do you like all the films?
No. Big no. Do you like all the films?
No. Big no. (LAUGHTER)
No. Big no. Which one's your favourite?
One and two, probably a tie. OK.
The first one is objectively the best.
The second one, things get a bit weirder, and...
The second one, And then it kind of slips away.
Very, very rapidly.
Yeah.
As a teenager, you did Captain Jack Sparrow impressions
to impress girls.
(IMITATES JACK SPARROW) I did not.
(LAUGHTER)
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Can you show us a little bit more?
(IMITATES JACK SPARROW) Can you show us a little bit more?
(IMITATES JACK SPARROW) I'm not some performing monkey, Tom.
I'm not just going to bring it out every time you ask me.
I'm not just going to bring it out (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Do you often impersonate slurring alcoholics to impress people?
Only at home. OK.
Only at home. Could you do my Logies speech?
(LAUGHTER)
Now, you did your impression (LAUGHTER)
Now, you did your impression in front of Geoffrey Rush?
Yes. Was he impressed?
He was polite enough to act like he was.
(LAUGHTER) Yeah.
Was Brett nearby whispering into his phone to his wife saying,
Was Brett nearby whispering "Geoffrey Rush is here"?
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. "Geoffrey Rush is here"?
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. I knew you looked familiar.
Now, this was your bedroom wall when you were 16.
Yes.
Were you planning an assassination Yes.
Were you planning an assassination attempt on Johnny Depp?
I feel like... I feel like we should call that exhibit A.
(LAUGHTER) Yeah. Yeah, probably.
It's a lot of detail there.
Yeah, I had a thing for pale weirdos, so here I am on Hard Quiz.
Yeah, I had a thing for pale (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Steph? (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Steph? Yes.
Steph? You're obsessed with Backstreet Boys.
I do love them.
Why?
I'm just... Unrealistic notions of romance. Love it.
OK. (LAUGHS)
Do you have a favourite?
I'll go with Nick Carter.
Oh, my God. He's my favourite too!
(LAUGHTER)
Ahhh!
(LAUGHTER)
So '90s boy bands...
Could there be anything more painful?
Could there be anything (SIGHS) God.
Well, actually there is. (SIGHS) God.
Well, actually there is. You have a podcast as well.
(LAUGHTER) Everyone loves a podcaster, Tom.
(LAUGHTER) OK. Why do you do a podcast?
You're not a middle-aged OK. Why do you do a podcast?
You're not a middle-aged heterosexual white man.
(LAUGHTER) (LAUGHS)
Big traveller. Want to encourage people to travel.
Travel the world. Oh, so you do a travel podcast?
Travel the world. Yes, I do.
OK. Would you like to feature Jess going overseas
because she's up herself?
Yeah. Absolutely. (LAUGHTER)
Now, would you consider going to Jordan's Johnny Depp-lined bedroom
to make a true crime podcast?
(LAUGHTER)
Let's play HARD!
ANNOUNCER: Win or lose five points.
Steal an answer, double points.
I'll ask each of you five questions on your expert subject.
I'll ask each of you five questions Right, you get five points.
Wrong, I will take five points 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 Steph and her expert subject, Backstreet Boys.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Are you excited, Steph? I'm nervous.
OK. And you still love them now as an adult?
More than anything. Really?
More than anything. Well...
Formed in 1993 and named after Orlando's Backstreet flea market,
the group's first major gig was at which aquatic...
the group's first major gig SeaWorld. Opening for Shamu.
Correct! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
..which aquatic theme park?
SeaWorld is correct.
Yeah, they were named after a flea market.
Yeah. Yeah.
So if they came from Hobart,
they would be called the Salamanca Boys.
(LAUGHTER)
As the Boys were breaking internationally,
they discovered their manager had created
what other boy band starring Justin Timberlake?
NSYNC. Correct.
NSYNC. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
They didn't take it well, did they?
The rivalry was overhyped.
Oh, OK. So you're saying The rivalry was overhyped.
Oh, OK. So you're saying little industry secret.
Oh, OK. So you're saying The rivalry was not real.
Manufactured. It... It's just... It was just...
Shocking some things are manufactured.
Yeah. (LAUGHTER)
I know all about manufactured rivalries.
(LAUGHTER)
(BLEEP) you, Grant Denyer!
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
Have a listen to this.
(FUNKY POP MUSIC PLAYS)
Featuring the band as monsters,
the video for Everybody - in brackets - (Backstreet's Back)
was inspired by which Michael Jackson hit?
For the steal it's Brett!
Thriller.
Correct! Double points for you.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah, Howie D said the concept was totally original by them
as a version of Thriller.
(LAUGHTER)
A comic book created by Nick Carter and Stan Lee,
The Backstreet Project saw the boys become superheroes
fighting to save the Earth from what interstellar threat?
AUDIENCE: Ooh! Wide open!
Aliens.
Correct! Aliens.
Correct! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Last question in your set, Steph.
Nearly 20 years after their last Last question in your set, Steph.
Nearly 20 years after their last Billboard number one album,
the Boys returned to the top of the US charts with DNA,
which in this case stands for Digital And WHAT?
Oh, my God.
Wide open. Jordan for the steal.
Analogue?
Correct! Double points to you.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
That's impressive.
Didn't you get that shit album?
I thought it was after DNA. Didn't you get that shit album?
I thought it was after DNA. I got the album.
Oh, you thought it was actually about DNA?
Yeah. No, it was really clever.
It was called Digital and Analogue.
Apparently I'm very surface. OK.
Which is weird because they released it on a CD, which is only digital.
(LAUGHTER) Yeah.
Time now for Jordan and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Time now for Jordan and (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
I'm coming for ya.
(LAUGHS)
OK. Are you ready to go?
I hope so.
Can you say that you're ready by pretending to be Jack Sparrow?
(LAUGHTER)
(IMITATES JACK SPARROW) Let's set sail.
(IMITATES JACK SPARROW) (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
I've got a new toy.
(LAUGHTER)
Following the adventures of eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow,
the film series was inspired by a ride at what theme park?
Jordan? Disneyland.
Jordan? Correct.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Have you been on that ride? Yes, I have.
It's underwhelming, isn't it?
Yeah.
I saw it the first time when they hadn't brought in the characters.
The second time they had, it was still underwhelming.
Yeah. Yeah.
You kind of just get in a boat, go through a tunnel,
You kind of just get in a boat, come out the other side.
It's like watching the movies. come out the other side.
It's like watching the movies. Yeah.
(LAUGHTER)
Stranded on a desert island with heroine Elizabeth Swann,
Sparrow wakes to find she's burned his stash of which beverage?
Jordan. Rum.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE) Correct.
So what happens, then? Does he switch to G&Ts or something?
He... The...Navy comes...
No-one cares. (LAUGHTER)
Don't worry about it. You got bored...
You were boring yourself. I was.
You were boring yourself. (LAUGHTER)
For the second film, a new motion capture technology was developed
mainly to depict which legendary seafaring...
Jordan? Davy Jones.
Correct. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
..seafaring character?
Davy Jones is correct.
In the third film, At World's End, the ghost ship the Flying Dutchman
is controlled by Lord Cutler Beckett,
the evil head of which historic British...
the evil head of which The East India Trading Company.
Correct. The East India Trading Company.
Correct. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
..which historic British trading company?
Crushing it. East India is correct.
Last question in your set, Jordan.
During filming of the fifth movie in Queensland,
Johnny Depp's dogs Pistol and Boo were threatened with euthanasia
by which Australian minister?
Jordan? Barnaby Joyce.
Correct! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Five from five!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
OK. Next set of questions is for Brett on Australian wine.
OK. Next set of questions is (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Is this the longest you've gone (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Is this the longest you've gone without having a tipple?
Is this the longest you've gone (LAUGHTER)
Got one down here. Yeah.
The history of Australian wine can be traced back
The history of Australian wine to Captain Arthur Phillip,
bringing the first grapevine cuttings to Captain Arthur Phillip,
bringing the first grapevine cuttings on board which convoy?
Brett? The First Fleet.
Correct. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
South Australia's Coonawarra wine region is known
for its small but precious strip of terra rossa,
for its small but precious strip a fertile soil of what colour?
Brett?
Red. Correct.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
What's so good about this soil, (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
What's so good about this soil, Brett?
Grows good Cabernet. That's known for its Cabernet down there. So...
And the vines have to work very hard to get water down there, so...
Oh. OK.
So that makes the grapes not so big. Is that right?
So that makes the grapes not so big. Makes them more...
Makes them stronger. Makes them more...
Makes them stronger. Makes them more flavoursome.
Makes them stronger. Sorry, this is as much as I can do.
(LAUGHTER)
Believed to come from the word (LAUGHTER)
Believed to come from the word 'flagon' is what slang term
Believed to come from the word for cheap cask wine?
(BUZZ!) For the steal, it's Jess.
(BUZZ!) Goon?
Correct! Double points to you! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER)
It's a hard squeezed dry white.
'Goon' is believed to be short for flagon or flagoon.
And I'm really glad you got that right, Jess,
because it turns out, uh, Tuscany's not as posh as...
because it turns out, uh, (LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER)
"I went to Tuscany (LAUGHTER)
"I went to Tuscany to have some (BLEEP) goon."
"I went to Tuscany (LAUGHTER)
Starting in 2000, Taylors became the first major Australian winery
to replace what traditional component...
Brett? Screwcap. Cork.
Correct.
..component of the bottles?
Cork is correct.
Are you Team Screwcap or Team Cork Cork is correct.
Are you Team Screwcap or Team Cork or Team Open Bottle In A Paper Bag?
Are you Team Screwcap or Team Cork (LAUGHTER)
That's a debate you don't want to start 'cause it's...
Boring. (LAUGHTER)
Got in first. OK. (LAUGHS)
Got in first. OK. Last question in your set, Brett.
Featured as a drink of choice in the show Kath & Kim,
Chardonnay is mispronounced by Kim in what way?
Jess for the steal. CARdonnay.
Correct! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Double points for you! Of course you got it right!
You're not tricking anyone with your big bogan trip to Tuscany.
You're not tricking anyone (LAUGHTER)
Alright. Last set of the expert round.
It's Jess and Sir David Attenborough.
It's Jess (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Receiving his second knighthood in 2022,
Sir David Attenborough developed an interest in nature as a child
when he would crack open rocks in search of what?
when he would crack open rocks Jess?
Fossils. Jess?
Fossils. Correct.
Fossils. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
He had a museum of natural artefacts as a child
and maintained a lifelong passion for fossils.
and maintained a lifelong passion And then he became one.
(LAUGHTER, GROANING)
Airing in the '50s,
an early Attenborough series saw him travel the world,
capturing exotic animals to be housed where?
Jess? London Zoo.
Jess? Correct.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
ATTENBOROUGH: It's important to grab his tail
ATTENBOROUGH: as soon as you grab his head.
Otherwise, he'll wrap as soon as you grab his head.
Otherwise, he'll wrap his great coils around you
Otherwise, he'll wrap and give you a very nasty squeeze.
(LAUGHTER)
As controller of BBC2 in the '60s,
Attenborough launched colour television in Britain
and commissioned what six-man cult comedy show?
For the steal it's Jordan.
Monty Python.
MAN: Ooh. Monty Python.
MAN: Ooh. Correct!
Double points to you. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
He eventually resigned from his position at the BBC
to pursue a career travelling around the world,
to pursue a career getting shat on by different animals.
(LAUGHTER)
The landmark series Life On Earth
features one of Attenborough's most iconic scenes
in which he goes to Rwanda and interacts with what animals?
in which he goes to Rwanda The gorillas.
Correct.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
There is more meaning and mutual understanding
in exchanging a glance with a gorilla...
..than any other animal I know.
I feel the same way when I exchange a glance with Ita.
(LAUGHTER)
Last question in your set, Jess.
In the role of people's advocate,
Attenborough implored world leaders In the role of people's advocate,
Attenborough implored world leaders to act at a 2021 conference
Attenborough implored world leaders addressing what issue?
Jess. Climate change.
Correct. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
If working apart, we are force powerful enough
to destabilise our planet,
surely working together we are powerful enough to save it.
surely working together Yeah, yeah, whatever.
(GROANING, LAUGHTER)
Sorry. I was being a journalist from The Australian.
Anyway... (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
We looked through their subjects. Now let's look through mine.
This week, I've been really getting into cutlery...
(LAUGHTER)
..because even when I devour my contestants,
I still think good table manners are important.
This round is multiple choice.
Select your answers on your screens
and press the buzzer to lock in the answer.
In the standard version of the nursery rhyme Hey, Diddle Diddle
which character runs away with the spoon?
The answer is...
..B, the dish.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. One old version says (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. One old version says the goat jumped over the moon.
As if a goat could jump over the moon. That is ridiculous!
(LAUGHTER)
This implement is designed to assist the consumption of what food?
The answer is...
..B, snails.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. Escargot tongs hold the snail shell
while you pick out all the goodness with a tiny fork.
while you pick out all the goodness (AUDIENCE MURMURS)
Oh, come on. Don't... (AUDIENCE MURMURS)
Oh, come on. Don't... (LAUGHTER)
We're not all bogans like Jess, alright?
We're not all bogans like Jess, (LAUGHTER)
Fictionalised as a villain (LAUGHTER)
Fictionalised as a villain in The Three Musketeers
Fictionalised as a villain the real-life Cardinal Richelieu
is also credited with what cutlery innovation?
The answer is...
..A, the table knife.
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS)
Which of these couples is sleeping in the position known as spooning?
The answer is...
..C, Rebecca and Adam.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah, it's called that because that's how spoons fit together.
Yeah, it's called that because And it can also lead to forking.
(LAUGHTER)
Last question in my round's worth double points.
Historically renowned for its cutlery,
which British city is considered the birthplace of stainless steel?
The answer is...
..C, Sheffield.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
I had no idea.
Alright. At the end of the People's Round,
Alright. At the end of Steph, you're at the bottom on 10.
Get over here.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
What happened, Steph?
Oh, I just shat the bed, really.
(LAUGHTER)
Out. (LAUGHTER)
Out. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
There she goes.
Alright. It's the People's Round.
Tuck in your shirt. Play along at home.
Your time starts now. Play along at home.
Your time starts now.
The Olympic symbol consists of how many rings?
Five. Yes.
What can be the outside layer of a tree or the sound a dog makes?
Bark. Yes.
The character Winnie the Pooh often carries a jar of what substance?
Honey. Yes.
The former Byzantine capital Constantinople
is now known as what?
Istanbul. Yes.
Sharing its name with a reality show is which Destiny's Child song?
Survivor. Yes.
Survivor. From the French meaning "to melt"
is what dish of bread dipped From the French meaning "to melt"
is what dish of bread dipped in a communal pot of cheese?
Fondue. Yes.
Jane Campion directed a film named for which musical instrument?
Piano. Yes.
In Australia, which traffic light colour means go?
Green. Yes.
Franklin D. Roosevelt...
Time's up!
..notably declared, "The only thing we have to fear is WHAT itself"?
Fear is the answer.
Alright. At the end of the People's Round,
Brett, you're at the bottom on 55.
Get over here.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING)
Did you deliberately go badly
so you could get backstage Did you deliberately go badly
so you could get backstage and rip into a red?
(LAUGHTER) I did, Tom, yes. I did.
Pour a glass for me 'cause I'll be in there soon.
(LAUGHTER)
That sounded a bit suss, didn't it? (LAUGHTER)
That sounded a bit suss, didn't it? Out!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
There he goes.
Alright. Only two left. Who's going to be the Hard Quiz champion?
Alright. Only two left. Who's going Jordan and Jess, get over here,
because it's time to play Hard Quiz.
ANNOUNCER: Pirates of the Caribbean versus Sir David Attenborough.
Now, there can only be one Hard Quiz champion who gets to take home
Now, there can only be one Hard Quiz the limited edition Big Brass Mug.
What will you do with the mug if you win?
(CHUCKLES) Do you want...
Do you want the serious answer or the Johnny Depp Captain Jack answer?
(LAUGHTER)
I want...I want the Captain Jack answer, please.
(IMITATES JACK SPARROW) I'll fill it with rum, Tom.
(LAUGHTER, CHEERING)
Never gets old.
Alright. What about you, Jess?
I'm going to take inspo from Alright. What about you, Jess?
I'm going to take inspo from my favourite ABC TV personality...
Mm-hm. ..Costa,
Mm-hm. and make a little garden.
It's best-of-five and make a little garden.
It's best-of-five penalty shoot-out style.
Harder questions on your expert subject.
So it's Jordan's knowledge of Pirates of the Caribbean
versus Jess's knowledge of Sir David Attenborough.
versus Jess's knowledge Let's play...HARD!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE) Let's play...HARD!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Really? You like Costa more than me?
More hair. OK.
Jordan.
After Captain Jack Sparrow is finally captured by the British,
he is to be hung for a myriad of crimes,
including what offence involving the Church of England?
including what offence involving Oh. So he...
He's standing there for a bit and it's the one he grins at.
He goes, "Oh, yeah."
And it's...
He was impersonating a cleric of the church.
Correct.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Jess.
While he seems to like most animals, Attenborough is not a fan of rats,
having been confronted by one in India while doing what?
OK, I think I know this one.
They were away for a trip,
and I believe he had a bit of a bad tummy
and I believe he had and he was sitting on the toilet.
Correct.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah, though David says the animal he's most intimidated by
is a drunk human male.
(LAUGHTER) Yeah.
Or to use its scientific name, Homo Sapien (BLEEP)-wittus.
(LAUGHTER)
Jordan. Playing the villain Captain Salazar,
Javier Bardem says that he based the character's physicality
on which wounded animal?
Now, you've stumped me a little
because this is from Now, you've stumped me a little
because this is from the fifth movie...
because this is from (CHUCKLES)
..which is not my favourite one...
..so I might have to take a stab
and say...
..a wounded...wolf.
Incorrect. (AUDIENCE GROANS)
Incorrect. The correct answer is bull.
Oh.
The director said that Bardem played Oh.
The director said that Bardem played the alive Salazar as a matador
and the dead Salazar as a wounded bull.
He put a lot of detail into a performance
that no-one gave a shit about.
(LAUGHTER)
Jess.
Filming their elaborate displays Jess.
Filming their elaborate displays early in his career,
Attenborough maintained a lifelong passion
for which group of New Guinea animals?
Um, I think I know this one too.
It's the birds of paradise.
Correct.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
What animal have you had a lifelong passion for?
Well, as a fellow ranga, I do like an orangutan.
Yeah. I buy products with palm oil in it...
(LAUGHS) ..on purpose.
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHTER)
It just... Because of the bullying (LAUGHTER)
It just... Because of the bullying I got at high school
It just... Because of the bullying I might get rid of their vegetation.
They've gotta go.
(LAUGHTER)
Jordan.
Before the series' third film screened in China,
pirate captain Sao Feng's screen time was cut in half by censors
pirate captain Sao Feng's screen for what reason?
So...
..the actor who played that role, Chow Yun-Fat...
..he's very famous in China,
so maybe it was...he did something that wasn't so becoming in the film.
It was cut before the release in China. So...
Can you do his voice?
(LAUGHTER)
Maybe... Maybe if...
You were... No, I'm not going to do it.
(LAUGHTER)
I was going to say Chris Lilley did that on the ABC years ago,
I was going to say Chris Lilley so that's been done.
OK.
(APPLAUSE)
We have learnt our lesson. OK.
As you were.
I still don't know the answer, though.
Alright.
So I think maybe it's because, um...
Maybe he wasn't shown to be as heroic
Maybe he wasn't shown to be as...as his other roles in China.
And they didn't think that market would...would like the role.
Incorrect. Ah.
The correct answer is vilifying and defacing the Chinese.
(AUDIENCE MURMURS) Yeah.
So cutting the film like that would have made it impossible to follow,
So cutting the film like that would so no difference really.
(LAUGHTER)
Jess.
In an interview with Michael Palin,
Attenborough said that In an interview with Michael Palin,
Attenborough said that he wears the same blue shirt
Attenborough said that in most documentaries...
(LAUGHTER)
..to make editing easier,
and for what other reason?
Oof.
I'm not familiar with the interview.
Um...
Travelling a lot. Could be something to do with sweat.
Travelling a lot. I'm going to say...
He's got a pretty good sense of humour.
so maybe he was making a joke.
Because it's the only thing that suits him.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is, to not distract from the animals.
The correct answer is, Ah.
Yeah, so when you're watching it, Ah.
Yeah, so when you're watching it, he doesn't want to draw focus.
He wants you to look at the animals and not look at him.
Jordan.
In Keith Richards' first cameo as Jordan.
In Keith Richards' first cameo as Sparrow's father, Captain Teague,
he plays what self-penned song on the guitar?
Oh.
So it's a Rolling Stones song.
I don't know it, but I'm hoping this will help.
(LAUGHTER) Um...
Oh. Let's say...
Let's say it's...
..Sympathy For The Devil.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is Only Found Out Yesterday.
Jess, if you get this right, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
Jess, if you get this right, In an episode of the series Africa,
Attenborough gets on all fours to communicate through squeaks
with a blind juvenile of what species?
with a blind juvenile Um, OK, I know this one.
It's, um.
He gets very excited.
It is a rhino.
Correct. Which means you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion!
Correct. Which means you are (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Alright, Jordan, you know what this means. Out!
There he goes.
Congratulations, Jess. You are tonight's Hard Quiz champion!
Which means you get the Big Brass Mug.
Thank you. And you get to do the sign-off.
Thanks for playing hard! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) Thank you. And you get to do the sign-off.
Thanks for playing hard! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Thanks for playing hard! Yes!
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