ANNOUNCER: Tonight, on Hard Quiz, it's the...
Maria. Writer. Expert subject, The Phantom.
Peter. Senior child protection worker.
Expert subject, classic road film Easy Rider.
Allan. Music teacher. Expert subject, Miles Davis.
Chloe. HR consultant. Expert subject, Adolf Hitler.
Here's your host, Tom Gleeson.
Yes! (CHEERING)
Hello!
Duds!
Welcome to Hard Quiz.
These contestants have had a go, Welcome to Hard Quiz.
These contestants have had a go, but got booted out early.
This is not a champions round. This is a Battle Of The Duds!
This is not a champions round. (CHEERING)
To be part of the show at home, (CHEERING)
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Let's say hello, again. G'day, Chloe. To be part of the show at home, go to the ABC TV socials.
Let's say hello, again. G'day, Chloe.
Hi, Tom. Now, last time you were on,
a bit like your subject, Hitler, you tapped out early.
a bit like your subject, Hitler, I did.
What happened?
I had a few questions stolen.
I probably forgot some of the answers
and I was probably a little bit too nervous.
We were very clear last time
that you're not a fan of Hitler... Not a fan.
that you're not a fan of Hitler... ..and his ideologies.
You're just interested ..and his ideologies.
You're just interested in the history.
You're just interested Correct. Yep.
And despite how clear we were,
what reaction did you get from people And despite how clear we were,
what reaction did you get from people after you were on the show?
what reaction did you get from people It was interesting. It wasn't ideal.
I had one lady come up to me in the supermarket
and said "You're the Hitler lady!" Really loud.
Now you went to Germany recently. Yes.
And you visited Hitler's bunker. Yes.
But you didn't get any selfies. No.
Why? Because it was a little bit weird.
Why? Like, I didn't want to be like
"Oh, hey, here I am Like, I didn't want to be like
"Oh, hey, here I am at Hitler's bunker!"
Or, "Here I am at the holocaust memorial".
So, I took photos of the things because they are interesting places.
Yeah.
But I didn't think that it was exactly like a selfie moment.
Yeah, 'cause getting a selfie would be weird.
Whereas Hitler's bunker is normal. (LAUGHTER)
Allan. Hi, Tom.
Now, jazz musician Miles Davis is your expert subject.
Last time you were along, you brought your trumpet
and played the Hard Quiz theme song. Did you bring your trumpet again?
No, I didn't, Tom.
That's good, because strict...
No, there were strict instructions from me, "No more trumpet".
(LAUGHTER)
Now, you're a music teacher, and since being on the show,
you have branched out into teaching dance and drama as well.
Just how unemployed do you want your students to be?
Just how unemployed do (LAUGHTER)
Now, you've also been teaching religious education
for the past 30 years.
Why was God not on your side last time?
I wasn't praying enough.
Is God more into the trombone maybe? No.
You said your philosophy for the duds episode is to
"Go with the flow".
That sounds like a very jazz way of doing it.
Maybe we should call this Jazz Quiz. Would that be cool?
Maybe. Welcome to Jazz Quiz.
Maybe. (CLICKS FINGERS)
Let's play...
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Peter. How are ya, Tom?
Easy Rider is your expert subject.
How did you crash last time?
Well, my fellow contestants were brilliant.
They all got five out of five.
I knew a bit about Easy Rider,
but your topic, Dolly Magazine, really threw me.
Now, you told us on the show that you found Jesus.
I did. Is this your second coming?
Hey, that's really cool.
Yeah, no, look, that's cool. No, it's not my second coming,
but I'm having a good shot tonight, though.
but I'm having a good shot Now when you got booted out early,
did you feel like Jesus had abandoned you?
did you feel like No, not at all.
Well, God wasn't on your side, as well.
No, not at all. Did you not pray enough?
No, not at all. No, I probably didn't.
I'm just saying, God was not on your side or your side.
He might be on my side.
Who knows, tonight, what might happen.
Who knows, tonight, what might He might be on your side.
Well, he'd have to exist first. He might be on your side.
Well, he'd have to exist first. I know.
Maria. Hey, babe.
Now, you got five out of five when you were last here.
Mm. Why did you not win?
Mm. The other two expert topics were
Chinese Economics Over A Four-year Period
Chinese Economics Over and Eddie McGuire, which...
Two things I consensually choose to know very little about.
(APPLAUSE)
Now, you said you thought
your chances of winning tonight are Now, you said you thought
your chances of winning tonight are quite low.
your chances of winning tonight are Yeah.
Now that you've met the other contestants,
do you feel differently?
(LAUGHTER)
I don't know. I guess I'll see. I'm notoriously pretty unlucky.
So, as long as I don't make a tit of myself,
that's really all that matters.
Now, your expert subject is The Phantom.
Uh-huh.
Since coming on the show, you put out a podcast about it.
Since coming on the show, Uh-huh. Yes.
And you were nominated for Uh-huh. Yes.
And you were nominated for Podcast Host of the Year.
Yes. (APPLAUSE)
But you're not a heterosexual middle-aged white man.
But you're not a heterosexual I know.
Explain.
It's been a real identity crisis for Explain.
It's been a real identity crisis for some of the Phantom fans,
It's been a real identity crisis for that's for sure.
But The Phantom Never Dies is basically about how pop culture
is way more diverse than people think,
and how it has these amazing tendrils
that sort of like reach all across the world
once you look outside the lens of your people.
Straight, white guys. (LAUGHTER)
Straight, white guys. Well done.
I feel like I'm being stereotyped.
Alright let's play Hard!
Expert round. Expert subject. Win or lose five points.
Steal and 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 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 Maria and her expert subject The Phantom.
Did you talk about Hard Quiz on your podcast?
Did you talk about Hard Quiz Unfortunately, no.
You only just talked about The Phantom and that's it.
You only just talked about Yeah, that's it.
Maybe you should talk about it Yeah, that's it.
Maybe you should talk about it on your next podcast.
Maybe you should talk about it Maybe I will.
Maybe it'll be a whole podcast all about Hard Quiz.
Published several years before Batman or Superman,
The Phantom holds the Guinness World Record
for being the first of what kind of comic strip?
Maria.
Is it a masked superhero?
Correct! (CHEERING)
The longest running printer of The Phantom comics
The longest running printer is Frew Publications,
based in which country? Maria.
Australia.
Correct!
The Phantom was created in the US,
but the Australian comics are hugely popular.
Do you think the Australian comics are better
'cause we've got more experience of being racist?
It's funny you should say that
because when The Phantom was first published in Australia,
there were protests because Lee Falk had another comic
where one of the co-leads was a black character
and so they thought that it was a negative influence
on the white characters
if there were characters that had black friends.
There we go. I knew we were racist. Straya.
There we go. I knew we were racist. If nothing else, you're consistent.
In the comics, the role of The Phantom is passed down
to the hero's children,
except for the 17th Phantom, who is temporarily replaced
except for the 17th Phantom, by which relative? Maria.
The Phantom's daughter.
Incorrect. It's wide open.
AUDIENCE: Aw.
That's bad. AUDIENCE: Aw.
That's bad. Come on, Peter.
That's bad. I wouldn't have a clue.
Sorry.
Time's up! His sister!
Not his daughter. It's his sister.
Yeah, it's a hereditary title
that's been passed down for 400 years.
Centuries of weirdos wearing funny outfits
and bossing people around in the jungle.
Sounds like the royal family. (LAUGHTER)
In a 1988 comic collaborating with the Australian Electoral Commission,
The Phantom learns how to perform what civic duty?
Maria. To vote.
Maria. Correct!
(CHEERING)
The Phantom was hugely popular in
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities,
so they used him to help spread the word about how to vote.
so they used him to help spread The next collaboration will be
"How to change your address on myGov".
Last question in your set, Maria.
The Phantom's jungle home is a cave in the shape
The Phantom's jungle home of what human bone structure? Maria.
Skull.
Correct!
(CHEERING)
I knew that one. Knew that one.
I knew one.
Did you like the look of that one, Peter?
I did. You almost stole!
Nearly.
Which is, you know, it's one of the Ten Commandments.
You're not supposed to do that.
Alright, next set of questions is for Peter on Easy Rider.
Alright, next set of questions (APPLAUSE)
Thanks, Tom.
In the film, Peter Fonda plays Wyatt,
In the film, a drug-dealing motorcycle rider
who shares a nickname with what Marvel superhero?
Maria - for the steal. Captain America.
Correct! Double points to you!
Well done. Too slow.
Sorry. It's alright.
Peter, will you forgive Maria for her sins?
Yeah, I will. Sorry, Peter.
It's alright. It's easy. It's an ironic nickname, isn't it?
Yes. Yeah. It really is. Yeah.
'Cause you don't often see the real Captain America selling smack.
As seen in the film, motorcycles with long front ends
that extend beyond the handlebars are known by what term...?
Peter. Choppers.
Correct!
What term for being customised?
Customising bikes was called 'chopping',
which led to the name 'chopper'. They don't have suspension, do they?
which led to the name 'chopper'. Is that right?
Well, the front ones do.
They're all rear, Well, the front ones do.
They're all rear, mostly a rigid back end.
But you can still get 'em with shockers on the back end.
Have you ridden a bike with a rigid back end?
I've got one. I've got one and it's...
Is it a bit rough? You hit a bump, you know it.
Oh, OK, 'cause... But it's sensational.
Peter, I'm guessing you'd have a rigid back end, too.
Peter, I'm guessing So, you put those together...
Played by Jack Nicholson, George the alcoholic lawyer
joins the bikers on their trip to New Orleans,
wearing a helmet from what sport? Peter.
Gridiron Football.
Correct!
Jack Nicholson got his first Oscar nomination for Easy Rider.
The actors smoked real marijuana during the making of the film,
but Peter Fonda claimed that the prop cocaine
but Peter Fonda claimed was actually made of what? Peter.
It was sugar.
Correct!
Last question in your set, Peter. Thanks.
On this 1969 promotional poster, the tagline is
'A man went looking for what and couldn't find it...?'
Peter. Went looking for America.
Correct! And couldn't find it anywhere.
'America' is correct.
Time now for Allan on Miles Davis.
(APPLAUSE)
For his 13th birthday, Miles' father bought him a new trumpet,
despite his mother wanting him to learn which stringed instrument?
Allan. Violin.
Allan. Correct!
The best-selling jazz album of all time is
the Miles Davis record 'Kind Of... ' What?
Allan. Blue.
Correct!
It sold over five million copies.
Yeah, it pioneered a new form of playing called 'modal jazz'.
Uh-huh.
How would you describe modal jazz, Allan?
Well, I think they called it 'cool jazz' as well,
so it had a coolness. A kind of...
In 1945, Davis joined the band of saxophonist 'Charlie Parker',
replacing which other famous trumpeter?
Allan.
Dizzy Gillespie.
Correct!
Yeah, when Davis first saw Parker and Gillespie play,
he described it as the greatest feeling
he ever had in his life with his clothes on.
In the late '60s, Davis shifted to a more electric sound
and later declared that which style of music was dead?
Time's up! Jazz.
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah. How did jazz die?
Yeah. Did Miles give it an overdose?
Last question in your set, Allan.
Davis guest-starred as the pimp Ivory Jones
Davis guest-starred as the pimp on which '80s crime drama?
Allan.
Miami Vice?
Correct!
(APPLAUSE)
Last set in the expert round, it's Chloe and Adolf Hitler.
In 1914, Adolf Hitler enlisted in the Bavarian army,
despite still being a citizen of which country?
Chloe. Austria.
Correct!
Yeah, he always saw himself as more German than Austrian.
Reported in 2015 was the discovery of medical records
from 1923 that purported to confirm schoolyard song lyrics about Hitler
only having one what? Chloe.
only having one what? Ball.
Correct!
There was always a rumour that he'd lost a testicle in battle,
but the unearthed record showed
he had supposedly right side cryptorchidism,
which is when a teste doesn't descend into the scrotum.
So, he just had one up and one down.
So, he just had one up You know, it's like an airplane
with, like, the landing gear You know, it's like an airplane
with, like, the landing gear on one side up.
with, like, the landing gear Anyway...
One day before his death in a bunker in Berlin,
Hitler married which long-time companion?
Peter for the steal!
Sorry. Eva Braun.
Correct! Double points to you! Well done, Peter.
Yeah, Eva Braun. Eva Braun, yeah.
Yeah, Eva Braun. I think that's the first time
someone's apologised for stealing, Peter.
If you're sorry, just don't do it again.
If you're sorry, Alright.
After President von Hindenburg's death in 1934,
Hitler assumed absolute power in Germany
and officially adopted which title that translates to 'leader'?
Chloe. Fuhrer.
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
Last question in your set, Chloe.
A parody of Hitler and the first talkie by Charlie Chaplin
A parody of Hitler and the first was what 1940 film?
God, I know it, too.
Wide open. I know it.
Time's up! The Great Dictator.
Oh, that's right.
Yeah, The Great Dictator.
You probably saw that when it first came out, Peter.
I did.
We've swept through their subjects, now let's sweep through mine.
This our 200th episode!
(CHEERING)
So, this week, I've been really getting into Hard Quiz.
I love Hard Quiz! I don't have to pretend to be nice
and they don't have to pretend to be smart.
This round is multiple choice.
Select your answers on your screen, then press the buzzer
Select your answers on your screen, to lock in the answer.
Have a listen to this.
(HARD QUIZ THEME)
Sorry. I mucked it up here.
Go back. That's it.
And then hit it. Yeah.
Technology. Too hard.
Felt like I was caught behind you at an ATM there for a second.
Felt like I was caught behind you Yeah, yeah.
The answer is...
..C, Rocky.
(APPLAUSE)
I train for every episode (APPLAUSE)
I train for every episode by running up the steps
I train for every episode at the front of the ABC.
The answer is...
..B, Al Jolson.
Yeah, they said we couldn't do Al Jolson,
but they're happy with Hitler. So, go figure.
The answer is...
..D, Tom's Tiebreaker.
Yeah, the original plan was to keep asking expert subject questions
until either we had a winner or someone died.
This is not made up.
This is something that is actually happening in the world.
The answer is...
..A, Hard Spel.
(APPLAUSE)
Last question in my round is worth double points.
A, Theja, with his subject Sachin Tendulkar.
B, Maria with her subject The Brooklyn Bridge.
C, Mark with his subject The Recorder.
C, Mark with his subject D, Rhonda with her subject, Barbie.
E, Alan with his subject Michael Collins.
F, Pip with her subject Dance Academy.
Oh, no, no.
I'm gone.
The answer is...
..E, Alan with his subject Michael Collins.
And it was in the opening chat of the third ever episode.
And it was in the opening chat So, it didn't take long.
Alright, at the end of my round, Peter, you're at the bottom on five.
Alright, at the end of my round, Get over here.
(CHEERING)
Well...
What do you want to say?
Well, I'm the dud of the duds.
Has your God forsaken you again?
In the scheme of things, it's probably not that important.
In the scheme of things, What?!
Are you telling me television What?!
Are you telling me television is not important?
Peter? That is outrageous! Yeah, I know.
Peter? That is outrageous! You know what this means. Out!
(CHEERING) You know what this means. Out!
(CHEERING) There he goes!
Yes! It's the People's Round!
Dust a light fitting, play along at home.
Your time starts now.
The Wiggles commonly sing Your time starts now.
The Wiggles commonly sing about a hot what?
Maria. Potato.
Maria. Yes!
Confucianism is an ancient belief Yes!
Confucianism is an ancient belief system inspired by which philosopher?
Maria. Confucius.
Maria. Yes!
An audience rising Yes!
An audience rising from their seats to applaud
An audience rising is called a standing what?
Allan. Ovation.
Yes! How much cash do you have
if you're holding two lobsters and a pineapple?
Chloe.
90 dollars.
Yes!
Andy Griffiths is the author of The Day My what went psycho?
Chloe. Bum?
Yes!
In which organ would you find the retina?
Chloe. Eye.
Yes!
Slang for recurring problems is the name of arcade game 'Whack-a...what?
Chloe. Mole?
Yes!
In the myth, what celestial object does Icarus fly too close to?
In the myth, what celestial Maria.
The sun.
Yes!
Time's up!
Alright, at the end of the People's Round,
Maria, you're at the bottom on 25. Get over here.
Too little, too late there, I think.
Yep. Story of my life.
What's your podcast called?
The Phantom Never Dies.
Well, there you go. That's how you plug it.
Yeah! That's why I came.
Do you think people will download it?
Hopefully. I mean, lots of have been listening to it so far,
so I don't know. Maybe you want to have a listen.
Just one subscribe, maybe? Like, subscribe.
Just one subscribe, maybe? Just one. Just a little one.
Just a little one.
I don't want to.
Out! I don't want to.
Out! Thank you.
There she goes.
Alright, only two left.
Who's going to be the Hard Quiz champion?
Who's going to be Allan and Chloe, get over here,
because it's time to play Allan and Chloe, get over here,
because it's time to play Hard Quiz.
Miles Davis versus Adolf Hitler.
Battle of the Duds!
Now there can only be one Hard Quiz champion
who gets to take home the limited edition big brass mug.
who gets to take home It's a very limited edition tonight
'cause, first of all, dud mug, so it's got a hole in the bottom.
But also 200 episodes.
(CHEERING)
So, what will you do with the mug if you win, Chloe?
So, what will you do with the mug Well, it's very limited edition.
I'll be able to get lots for it on eBay.
What about you, Allan?
Well, I was going to actually use it for my trumpet playing,
because when the water comes out, it can go into the mug.
But, unfortunately, it's got a hole in it,
But, unfortunately, so I might have to stick it on eBay.
You're going to get dribble on your carpet.
Alright, it's best of five, penalty shoot-out style.
Harder questions on your expert subjects.
So, it's Chloe's knowledge of Adolf Hitler versus
So, it's Chloe's knowledge Allan's knowledge of Miles Davis.
Let's play Hard!
(CHEERING)
Chloe...
Reprinting Hitler's racist political Chloe...
Reprinting Hitler's racist political treatise Mein Kampf
was not allowed in Germany until January 2016
when it became possible for what reason?
Um...
I did know that part that it was 2016,
but I can't work out exactly why.
So, I'm going to say for...
It was granted for research purposes.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is its copyright expired.
The correct answer is Oh, I did know that.
Yeah, so it entered Oh, I did know that.
Yeah, so it entered the public domain.
Yeah, so it entered Allan.
Miles Davis explains in his memoire
that for the recording of Miles Davis explains in his memoire
that for the recording of Kind of Blue,
that for the recording of he used what unconventional approach
to communicate his musical arrangements to his band?
I'm just trying to think of...
It was such an innovation.
He was using less...
Using less chords.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is he used sketches.
Sketches.
Yeah. He used sketches.
He wanted to encourage spontaneity in the playing.
OK.
Chloe. To prepare for war in 1938,
Hitler instructed Herman Goring to arrange a covert expedition
to Antarctica to obtain what product previously imported from Norway?
I've not heard about this one.
I'm just trying to think I've not heard about this one.
I'm just trying to think of what product
you could get from Antarctica and Norway.
'Ice' seems a little bit too obvious.
But I can't think of anything else, so I'll say 'ice'.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is 'whale oil'.
Yeah, the Germans loved margarine,
and, back then, margarine Yeah, the Germans loved margarine,
and, back then, margarine was one third whale fat.
and, back then, margarine Delicious.
Allan.
Believing that a woman should be with her man,
Davis forced his first wife Frances Taylor to give up her role
in what Broadway show?
Alright, I knew that she was into Broadway and...
A Broadway show.
Porgy And Bess.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is West Side Story.
That's right.
Chloe.
With Allied forces closing in,
Hitler didn't trust With Allied forces closing in,
Hitler didn't trust the cyanide vials
Hitler didn't trust provided to him by Himmler's SS,
so he ordered Doctor Werner Haase to test one in what manner?
He got his dog Blondi to take one to see if it would work.
Correct!
(APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the dog died and Hitler also had her pups shot.
I'm really starting to not like this guy.
I'm really starting to not like (LAUGHTER)
Allan.
Davis' final public performance before his death
was at the Hollywood Bowl in August, 1991,
where he closed with a song by which artist?
I'm going to say...
..Prince.
Correct.
Chloe.
Take a look at this picture of Hitler in his uniform.
What is the name of this medal? Take a look at this picture of Hitler in his uniform.
What is the name of this medal?
So, the only medal that I know that Hitler won
was the Iron Cross,
which looks like it might be the other one.
But is it the medal for Hitler Youth?
Incorrect.
The correct answer is Wound Badge.
Yeah, he got it in World War I
for the Battle of the Somme.
Allan.
This album was the first one released after Columbia Records
This album was the first one agreed to two of Davis' demands.
The first was that only black women be featured on his album covers.
The first was that only black women What was the second?
OK. I knew... I think that was his...
One of his wives that was in that picture.
And it's around...
Yes, around the '60s I think.
I'm going to say 'Sorcerer'.
(LAUGHTER)
Incorrect.
What did you think the question was?
I don't know.
The correct answer is 'Get rid of liner notes'.
Oh. OK.
Yeah, the question was he had two demands,
the first was that only black women would be featured on his album.
What was the second demand?
The second demand was that he get rid of liner notes.
The second demand was that he get Chloe.
Writing in the book
Adolf Hitler, Pictures From The Life Of The Fuhrer,
who calls his oratory ability 'rhetorical genius'?
So, I guess a lot of people have said that about him,
but obviously specifically from this book...
..Ian Kershaw.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is Goebbels.
Oh. Allan. If you get this right,
you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
In 1959, Davis was accosted by police officers
while standing outside Birdland nightclub
where he was on the bill.
According to this headline, they beat on his head like a...
..what?
I'm going to say bass drum.
Close.
The correct answer is 'tom-tom'.
Alright, let's move to the tiebreakers!
Alright, let's move (CHEERING)
Chloe.
Used by Hitler at annual Nazi party rallies
Used by Hitler at to consecrate new flags,
this banner was known by what name?
I know that on some of the banners
it would say 'Germany Awake'
or 'Germany Wake Up'.
I'm not sure what the actual banner was.
Or what it would have been in German.
So, I'll just say 'Germany, Wake Up'.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is 'Blood Flag'.
Allan, if you get this right, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
In 1960, Miles earned the first of his 32 Grammy nominations,
winning with the album 'Sketches Of Spain'
in what unique category?
So, unique category. in what unique category?
So, unique category.
I'm going to say 'contemporary jazz'.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is...
'Best Jazz Composition The correct answer is...
'Best Jazz Composition Of More Than Five Minutes' Duration'.
OK, scores are still tied.
That means it's time OK, scores are still tied.
That means it's time for a Tom's Tiebreaker!
So, it's back to my subject, Hard Quiz.
One question, nearest to the pin will be the Hard Quiz champion.
How much does the big brass dud mug weigh in grams?
5,000.
What do you reckon, Allan?
5,005.
The correct answer is 4,435,
which means, Chloe, you are tonight's The correct answer is 4,435,
which means, Chloe, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
which means, Chloe, you are tonight's (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright, Allan, you know what this means.
Out!
Congratulations, Chloe,
you are our 200th Hard Quiz champion! Congratulations, Chloe,
you are our 200th Hard Quiz champion! (CHEERING)
Which means you get the big brass mug and you get to do the sign off.
Thanks for playing Hard!
Good stuff. 200!
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