ANNOUNCER: Tonight on Hard Quiz...
Expert subject - U2.
Expert subject - Hercule Poirot.
Expert subject - Home Alone.
Expert subject - squid.
Here's your host - Tom Gleeson!
Yes! Hello, how are you?
Bring back Tonight Live.
Welcome to Hard Quiz.
These contestants are dandelions,
last one to be blown will be tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
last one to be blown will be (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
To be part of the show, head to the ABC TV socials.
To be part of the show, Let's say hello.
G'day, Mim. G'day, Tom.
G'day, Mim. Why are you really into squid?
'Cause they're long, skinny, slimy creatures with beady eyes
'Cause they're long, skinny, coming out of a hairless body,
and I thought you'd feel at home with them.
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
Phwoar, that came off the bat well, didn't it?
What do you like about squid? You like catching them?
I like catching them, cooking, and eating them.
Yep. What's the biggest haul of squid you've caught?
Well, you're only allowed to catch ten per person, per day,
and we'll often go out and catch our ten in, you know,
an hour, two hours, whatever. Oh, yeah, there we go.
That's a big haul of yours there, isn't it?
Yeah, it is, yeah. Yeah.
That's a 1.25 litre bottle that's circled there,
so you can see the size of some of them.
Yeah, they're quite massive. Mmm.
Yeah, they're quite massive. That looks like a very smelly photo.
No, no. It was...
You look after them, you chill them, and so...
Yep. But they're slimy.
Yep. How much ink did they blow on you?
Ah, not on me, thankfully,
but the boat gets Ah, not on me, thankfully,
but the boat gets a decent working-over, yeah.
Now, is it true that you've tried to develop ways
Now, is it true of making the ink not get on you?
Yeah, it's how you actually of making the ink not get on you?
Yeah, it's how you actually haul them in that's critical there.
Yeah, it's how you actually 'Cause you don't...
When you catch them, they're coming towards you.
Yeah.
And that's where they shoot their ink from.
Right. So it's not...
They blow it in your face. Yep. They blow it in your face.
So you've got to sort of get them to move to the side a bit.
And then they can just blow all over you.
Exactly. Yeah.
Exactly. (LAUGHTER AND GROANS)
Nellie. Hi, Tom.
Now, you're into the film Home Alone. I am.
Now, you're into the film Home Alone. As an adult?
Yeah, I'm... Yes, definitely.
Yeah, you're still really into it? Yeah, I'm... Yes, definitely.
Yeah, you're still really into it? Yeah.
Definitely the last couple of weeks at least anyway.
Do you, er, build booby traps?
Do you know, when I was a kid, I had a crack?
Yeah? I tried random things in sandwiches.
That was OK, but you know, the glad wrap on the door,
just could never get it shiny and thin enough to walk through.
It was just a big fail for me, one over the other.
Oh. And just left it up to Kevin.
But you're a designer. Yes.
Well, I thought that might be, you know,
you'd be good at designing booby traps.
you'd be good Um, yeah, different type of design.
Um, I'm in electrical design. Oh.
What do you design? Power poles.
Power poles? Yes.
Power poles? Oh, power, how exciting.
(LAUGHTER) Oh, power, how exciting.
(LAUGHTER) How much are...?
If you've got time, I can go through it for you.
OK, how much artistic expression can you put into a power pole?
No, not a lot. Do you like concrete or wood?
No, not a lot. You get to pick.
Is that it? Concrete or wood? Yeah.
Is that the big decision you get to make?
Is that the big decision That's the one.
Have you ever put a booby trap in a power pole?
Bethany. Hello, Tom.
Now, your expert subject is Hercule Poirot.
Yes.
Now, just to be clear, you're into the books.
Yes. Is that right?
Not the TV shows. No.
Now, you've been a snake wrangler. Yes.
Now, you've been a snake wrangler. Yes, I do wrangle snakes
as part of my role Yes, I do wrangle snakes
as part of my role as an environmental adviser.
Mm-hm. Yes.
And what's the most difficult snake you've wrangled?
Oh, probably the king brown, yes. Ooh.
Have you ever seen one and just thought,
get a shovel and go (BLEEP) it, cut it in half?
(LAUGHTER) You know, old school.
Yeah, nah. Like a farmer. "Ah, (BLEEP) it."
Yeah, nah. Not me, no.
Now, your brother Craig was involved in the Thai cave rescue,
is that right? He was.
And he, of course, was Australian of the Year.
When are you going to become Australian of the Year
When are you going to become and pull your finger out?
Catch up?
I know there's a lot Catch up?
I know there's a lot of sib...sibling rivalry on that.
We're pretty competitive, but this is sort of my, you know,
We're pretty competitive, staging ground, I expect.
Daniel. staging ground, I expect.
Daniel. Yes.
You're really into U2. Yeah.
You seem too young to be into U2 for me.
Like, what was the first album you got?
Like, what was Uh, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.
Uh, 2004. Yep.
It had the hit single Vertigo.
You'll remember that. Oh, yeah.
You'll remember that. I remember that song.
Mim's got an album called I remember that song.
Mim's got an album called How To Dismantle a Squid.
Mim's got an album called (LAUGHTER)
So that, for you, was the first one you heard?
Yep. And then all the other albums...
All the other albums. ..are a lot older for you.
OK, so what's the most extreme thing you've done to -
to get into the band?
In 2017, they did a 30th anniversary tour...
In 2017, they did Mm-hm.
..of The Joshua Tree in the States, Mm-hm.
..of The Joshua Tree in the States, so I flew to the US for four nights,
slept on the couch of someone I met on a U2 forum,
and then flew home.
I saw two U2 shows and then flew home.
That's it. Yep.
So you saw two in a row, and then straight home again?
Yep. OK.
And so, what? You're part of some, what? Online forum?
And so, what? You're part What's that about?
Yeah, yeah. So I'm, uh, What's that about?
Yeah, yeah. So I'm, uh, on a U2 online forum.
Yep. Have been since 2005.
I think I've got 60,000 posts on it or something like that, yeah.
It's pretty cool.
Alright, OK. See, that's actual dedication.
Not just, like, brushing up on a movie like you did.
I'm getting nervous now.
Watched it a couple of times later, this guy's dedicated his life to it.
All you did was just put the VHS in the other day
and just rewind it a few times.
Alright, well 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 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 from you.
The rest of you can steal at any time to get double points.
Let's start with Daniel, and his expert subject - U2.
We can't pay for their music by the way,
so we can't use any in the show, unfortunately,
so we can't use any in the show, 'cause it's too expensive, so...
I know Bono wants to eliminate, you know, world poverty,
but he would, if we played their music, it would cause ABC poverty.
but he would, if we played their (LAUGHTER)
U2 formed after Paul Hewson, Adam Clayton, and Dave Evans
answered an ad on their Dublin school noticeboard
answered an ad saying that...what...seeks musicians?
Daniel. saying that...what...seeks musicians?
Daniel. Drummer.
Daniel. Correct!
(APPLAUSE)
U2's breakout US hit With or Without You
was the first of their singles released on what medium?
Daniel.
CD.
Correct!
(APPLAUSE)
Yeah, for the kids at home, that's what a CD looks like.
During 1997's PopMart global stadium tour,
the band twice became stuck inside an oversized...
Daniel? Lemon.
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
..an oversized replica of which fruit?
Lemon is correct.
Known as the song that saved the band,
the lyrics of 'One' begin...
Daniel?
"Is it getting better?"
Correct! "Is it getting better?"
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
..they begin with "Is it getting..." What?
..they begin with 'Better' is correct.
Um, do you know how they came up 'Better' is correct.
Um, do you know how they came up with the song 'One'?
They were just fooling around in the studio, er,
They were just fooling around thinking about breaking up,
and it just, sort of, thinking about breaking up,
and it just, sort of, came out of studio noodling.
Yeah, yeah. They were in the middle of an argument.
Mm. Yeah, they were actually recording
Mysterious Ways, as it turns out,
and they turned the bridge into the song.
The bridge of Mysterious Ways into that song.
Last question in your set, Daniel.
The 2004 release of a special edition U2 iPod was promoted in a TV ad
featuring which song?
Daniel. featuring which song?
Daniel. Vertigo.
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
Correct! Five from five!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the iPod actually had their signatures on the back,
it was engraved on it,
and, yeah, that was back when U2 was only annoying
and, yeah, that was back on the outside of an iPod.
(LAUGHTER AND GROANS)
Time now for Bethany, and the Hercule Poirot novels.
Fictional sleuth Hercule Poirot was a policeman
Fictional sleuth Hercule Poirot who moved to England as a refugee
after Belgium's occupation by which country?
Bethany. Germany.
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
Hercule Poirot debuted in Agatha Christie's first novel,
Hercule Poirot debuted The Mysterious Affair at Styles,
praised by pharmacists
for its accurate description praised by pharmacists
for its accurate description of which poison?
Bethany.
(UNDER BREATH) Oh!
Arsenic?
Incorrect. Wide open.
Wide open.
Tempted?
(BUZZER SOUNDS)
Time's up. Strychnine.
You're like, "It's not squid ink, so I don't know."
(LAUGHTER)
Set in the fallout of a London air raid,
the novel Taken at the Flood
gets its title from a line spoken by Brutus in which Shakespeare play?
gets its title from a line spoken Bethany.
Julius Caesar?
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
Poirot hunts down a serial killer who picks off victims
in alphabetical order in the...what...murders?
in alphabetical order Bethany.
ABC. Bethany.
ABC. Correct!
ABC. (APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the ABC Murders is what I call Budget Night.
Yeah, the ABC Murders (LAUGHTER)
Last question in your set, Bethany.
The final Poirot novel, Curtain, was published in 1975
The final Poirot novel, Curtain, referencing what criminal punishment
that had been suspended referencing what criminal punishment
that had been suspended a decade earlier?
that had been suspended Bethany.
Hanging?
Correct!
(APPLAUSE)
Next set of questions is for Nellie on the movie Home Alone.
The night before his family flies to Paris,
The night before his family flies accidentally leaving him behind,
eight-year-old Kevin tells his mum,
"I hope I never see any of you...what...again."?
Nellie. Jerks.
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
"I hope I never see any of you jerks ever again."
Which is how I feel about my contestants.
Home Alone writer and producer John Hughes was inspired
to cast Macaulay Culkin after working with him on what other film?
Nellie. Uncle Buck.
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
After being struck in the face with Kevin's paint-can booby trap,
burglar Harry discovers what body part has been dislodged?
Nellie. His gold tooth.
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
Medical experts have actually checked, and they...
..they worked out the booby traps he set would actually kill people.
..they worked out the booby traps (LAUGHTER)
In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,
Kevin is directed to a hotel lobby In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,
Kevin is directed to a hotel lobby by which real-life...
Nellie? Donald Trump.
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
..which real-life property mogul?
'Donald Trump' is correct. There he is there.
He actually, what he did was,
he only let people film in his buildings
he only let people film if they put him in their film.
(LAUGHS) if they put him in their film.
(LAUGHS) That was the condition.
Last question in your set, Nellie.
Related to Home Alone, what announcement by Disney
prompted Macaulay Culkin to tweet this photo in August 2019?
(SIGHS)
Wide open. (SIGHS)
Wide open. (LAUGHTER)
(BUZZER SOUNDS) Time's up.
They're making a reboot.
OK.
You didn't hear about that? No.
Too busy watching the film. Yeah.
Too busy watching the film. Still no stealing.
Mim, you're at the bottom on zero.
Last set in the expert round - Mim, you're at the bottom on zero.
Last set in the expert round - it's Mim and squid.
Last set in the expert round - (LAUGHTER)
Relating to the way it moves through the water and excretes ink,
the word 'squid' is thought to derive from what verb?
For the steal, it's Bethany!
Squeeze?
Incorrect! (LAUGHTER)
But it's wide open!
Wide open.
Mim. Jet propulsion?
Mim. (SCOFFS)
Incorrect.
For the steal, it's Daniel!
Squidare?
No!
Nellie for the steal!
Swim?
Incorrect.
You've all had a go, Incorrect.
You've all had a go, the answer is 'squirt'.
ALL: Oh! Squirt.
What the hell happened there?
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
But jet propulsion is squirting.
No, I know, but that's not But jet propulsion is squirting.
No, I know, but that's not what the question asked you.
No, I know, but that's not (LAUGHTER)
I said, "Relating to the way it moves through the water and excretes ink,
"the word 'squid' is thought to derive from what verb?"
'Squid' doesn't derive from 'jet propulsion'.
'Squid' doesn't derive No, you're right.
(LAUGHTER) No, you're right.
(LAUGHTER) 'Cause...
..'jet propulsion' really lacks the 'sq'.
'Sqet propulsion', maybe? You're right.
Or 'jet squepulsion'.
(LAUGHTER)
Before they were scientifically classified in the 19th century,
giant squid were often mistaken for what mythical creature?
Mim.
Um...
Krakens?
Incorrect.
Daniel for the steal.
Loch Ness monster. (LAUGHTER)
What are you doing?
(APPLAUSE)
Incorrect. Still open.
(BUZZER SOUNDS) Time's up.
Daniel, what are you...? You've set fire to your five from five.
Daniel, what are you...? You've set What are you doing?
Your online forum will be What are you doing?
Your online forum will be losing their shit.
Your online forum will be (LAUGHTER)
No, the answer is 'mermen'.
Mermen. Yeah, there's one there.
See? They thought they looked like mermen.
Of all the animal kingdom, both the giant and colossal squids
have the largest of which organ? Mim.
Eye. Correct!
Eye. (APPLAUSE)
That's the eye on the left.
The Japanese squid dish katsu ika odori-don
appears to spring to life on the plate,
with the addition of what chemical element?
Nellie for the steal.
Vinegar?
Incorrect. Still open.
Wide open.
(SHOUTS) Daniel!
Soy...sauce?
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
(BUZZER SOUNDS)
Time's up.
Uh, it was... It's sodium. Time's up.
Uh, it was... It's sodium. They just use sodium.
Oh. You were close.
It's in the soy, but we were looking for the element.
Have you ever eaten that? No.
Have you ever seen it? Don't intend to, no.
No.
Last question in your set, Mim.
Sharing its name with a lively dance is what squid-catching tool?
Mim. A jig.
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
Well done, you got all the way back to zero.
We've sorted through their subjects, now let's sort through mine.
This week I've been really getting into Ita Buttrose.
I love Ita, because I prefer my head cardigan in a power blazer.
I love Ita, because I prefer This round is multiple choice.
Select your answers on your screens,
then press the buzzer to lock in the answer.
then press the buzzer Mim, do you know much about Ita?
I know she's your boss. Mim, do you know much about Ita?
I know she's your boss. Yeah.
I know she's your boss. (LAUGHTER)
You know anything more than that?
A few things, but not much more.
OK, you need a bit of help here.
From the age of 11,
Ita's ambition was to have a career From the age of 11,
Ita's ambition was to have a career in what profession?
The answer is A - Journalism.
(APPLAUSE)
Yeah, she got a cadetship, at the age of 16,
and she worked in journalism until she went and worked...
and she worked in journalism ..for Kerry Packer.
(LAUGHTER AND GROANS)
The launch of Cleo was dramatised in Paper Giants,
The launch of Cleo starring Asher Keddie as Ita.
The ABC later apologised starring Asher Keddie as Ita.
The ABC later apologised for the portrayal of which person?
The answer is C - Ita's ex-husband Alasdair Macdonald.
(APPLAUSE)
Got back a bit of ground there, Mim.
Yeah, the DVDs of the show were withdrawn from sale
from ABC shops.
Back when there were ABC shops.
And DVDs.
Which of these items is official Ita Buttrose-branded merchandise?
(SMATTER OF LAUGHTER)
The answer is D - Treadmill.
AUDIENCE: Oh!
There she is, on the treadmill.
It's actually got There she is, on the treadmill.
It's actually got a cassette player built into it.
It's actually got So she's got her headphones on.
A feud between Studio 10 co-stars reportedly erupted
when Denise Drysdale threw what vegetables at Ita?
The answer is A - Brussels sprouts.
(APPLAUSE)
That was back when Studio 10 had integrity.
(LAUGHTER)
Oh, sorry. It's a typo.
(LAUGHTER)
Last question in my round's worth double points.
According to her children Kate and Ben,
what was Ita's career high point?
All these things happened.
Alright, the answer is
C - the Cold Chisel song Ita. Oh, no!
(APPLAUSE)
Oh, no!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Mim, you've clawed your way back in there.
Nellie, you're at the bottom on minus five,
Nellie, you're at the bottom you know what that means.
Yep. Get over here.
(SOMBRE MUSIC PLAYS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You were in it, until you weren't.
I know. I changed my answer at the last minute, too.
I know. All the last second, you just really ruined it.
You're very disappointed in yourself.
You're very disappointed Now, are you going to go home alone?
(LAUGHTER)
Probably now, yeah.
Yeah, just keep an eye out, out the back.
Yeah, just keep an eye out, I set a few traps.
(LAUGHTER) I set a few traps.
(LAUGHTER) Out!
(LAUGHTER) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
See ya later.
Alright. Here it is, it's The People's Round!
Put the dog out, play along at home.
Your time starts now.
Vincent van Gogh was known Your time starts now.
Vincent van Gogh was known for cutting off a portion of what?
Daniel? Ear.
Daniel? Yes!
Copper and tin are traditionally Yes!
Copper and tin are traditionally combined to create what alloy?
Mim. Er, bronze.
Mim. Yes!
How many dots appear on one die?
(SIGHS)
(BUZZER SOUNDS) (SIGHS)
(BUZZER SOUNDS) Time's up.
(BUZZER SOUNDS) 21.
Cartoon family The Flintstones are from what town?
Bethany.
Oh, um...
(SIGHS)
(BUZZER SOUNDS) Time's up.
(BUZZER SOUNDS) Bedrock.
In Aussie slang, Bedrock.
In Aussie slang, how much money am I handing over
In Aussie slang, if I give someone 'a lobster'?
Daniel. 20.
Yes.
They mythical yeti is said to live in what mountain range?
Bethany.
Himalayas. Bethany.
Himalayas. Yes!
What style of whisky shares its name with a dynasty
What style of whisky deposed in the French Revolution?
(BUZZER SOUNDS) Time's up.
(BUZZER SOUNDS) Bourbon.
Oop, time's up!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright.
At the end of The People's Round,
Bethany, you're at the bottom on five.
Bethany, you're at the bottom Get over here.
(SOMBRE MUSIC PLAYS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
What happened?
Well, I lost.
Mm.
Too little too late, I think.
Do you regret stealing?
Ah, no. No. I just wish I'd done it better.
Well, here's a mystery I have to solve. (CHUCKLES)
Well, here's a mystery Out.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
There she goes.
Alright. Only two left, who's going to be the Hard Quiz champion?
Daniel and Mim, get over here, because it's time to play Hard Quiz.
Daniel and Mim, get over here, (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ANNOUNCER: U2 versus Squid.
Now, there can only be one Hard Quiz champion
who gets to take home the limited edition Big Brass Mug.
Mim, what will you do with the mug if you win?
Well, I think it's sad that the Big Brass Mug doesn't get
the sort of respect it deserves, 'cause, by my reckoning,
there's less of these than there are Logies.
And we all know you can manipulate the system to get a Logie,
but you actually need skill to get one of these, so...
but you actually need skill AUDIENCE: Ooh!
(APPLAUSE)
But I'm just going to put a - (APPLAUSE)
But I'm just going to put a - make a lid for it,
drill it full of holes, fill it full of fish guts,
and use it as a berley bucket when I go squid fishing.
(APPLAUSE)
Ah... (CHUCKLES) Now, what about you, Daniel?
What will you do with the mug if you win?
Ah, something in line with my unique spirit.
Probably just fill it with the warmest,
heaviest Shiraz I can find.
You're going to drink Shiraz and just chill out to U2.
Yeah.
Alright, it's best of five, penalty shoot-out style.
Harder questions on your expert subjects.
So it's Daniel's knowledge of U2
versus Mim's knowledge of squid.
(APPLAUSE) Let's play - HARD! versus Mim's knowledge of squid.
(APPLAUSE) Let's play - HARD!
By the way, you're lucky to be here, Mim.
Tell me about it. (LAUGHTER)
Like, I thought you were done. So did I.
And then, suddenly, you had all this weird knowledge about Ita.
What's that about? (LAUGHTER)
And these questions are harder than the expert round ones, so.
That's right. I'm in deep trouble.
Yes. Might as well hand you the mug now, Daniel.
What do you think?
Alright, here we go.
Who's gonna win?
(LAUGHTER)
You never know.
Daniel.
U2 changed their style for the album Achtung Baby
with the distortion-laden lead single The Fly,
described by Bono as the sound of four men doing what?
Ah, yeah, so they wanted a departure from their eighties sound,
which people got a bit sick of, and so Bono described it
as the sound of four men chopping down the Joshua Tree.
Correct. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
What's your favourite out of Achtung Baby and Joshua Tree?
What's your favourite Er, Achtung Baby.
It's close, so hopefully they do
a thirtieth anniversary tour of that in, er, 2021.
a thirtieth anniversary tour of that Yeah.
These, um...
these anniversary concerts are really working out for you, aren't they?
Yeah. (LAUGHTER)
Mim. Here we go. Tom.
Now, I saw what you did in the first round, so...
I'm not confident, Mim.
(LAUGHTER)
Here, we go. I think you know how to catch squid.
Yep. And that's it.
Yep. I know hot to cook 'em. Cook 'em as well.
You cook them? Yep.
You can cook them, you can catch them.
Yep. Don't know (BLEEP) all about them.
Yep. (LAUGHTER)
(MAN IN AUDIENCE CACKLES LOUDLY)
Here we go.
Mim.
The first photograph Mim.
The first photograph of a complete giant squid
was taken in 1874 by Reverend Moses Harvey,
who displayed the specimen on a rod suspended over what?
Suspended over a, er...
..a church.
(LAUGHTER)
Incorrect.
Uh, it was a bath.
A bath. Uh, it was a bath.
A bath. Just a bath.
There's a picture there. Have you seen that picture before?
No. Oh, OK.
Yep, first-ever one caught. 'Cause they're really hard to see. No. Oh, OK.
Yep, first-ever one caught. 'Cause they're really hard to see.
Yep, first-ever one caught. Yes.
'Cause they're deep down in the ocean, and, yes.
That's one there.
That's what I look like getting out of a bath by the way. That's one there.
That's what I look like getting out of a bath by the way.
(LAUGHTER) Daniel.
The lyrics of the song Pride (In the Name of Love)
The lyrics of the song contain what factual error
that Bono has been known to correct in live performances?
Yeah, uh, he got the time that MLK was shot dead wrong.
In the song I think the lyric is 'early morning April 4',
In the song I think the lyric is but he was shot at not that time.
(LAUGHTER) but he was shot at not that time.
(LAUGHTER) Another time.
Correct.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, it was in the evening, it was around 6pm as it turns out.
So he got that wrong.
Still anyone's at this stage.
You're hopeful. (LAUGHTER)
You're hopeful. (LAUGHS)
Just trying to create a bit of tension.
Mim, endorsed by Australia's National Code of Practice
Mim, endorsed by for Recreational and Sport Fishing
is a method of killing squid for Recreational and Sport Fishing
is a method of killing squid known as 'pithing',
based on a technique with what Japanese name?
Um...
You'd know the technique.
Yes, and you squeeze them You'd know the technique.
Yes, and you squeeze them around the neck,
and it, um, 'cause that's where their brain is,
and it, they die, essentially, pretty quickly, without...
And it's...
(SIGHS) It's 'itchi kima' or something.
It's, um...
I'll say 'itchi kima'.
Incorrect.
AUDIENCE: Aw!
Close. It's 'iki-jime'.
Ah!
So, you had heard the word before? Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
But not a word you use much. No.
Daniel, 1985's Live Aid concert was a breakout performance for U2,
but Adam, Larry, and the Edge left the stage ready to fire Bono
because of what action?
Er, so, he jumped into the crowd,
and was dancing with one of the people in the audience,
which extended the song Bad for 12 minutes,
and meant they had to cut out one of the songs they were gonna play.
Correct. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And then they later realised
it was a magic moment in the telecast.
Of course, Bono just made the decision,
'cause he wanted to feel like he was reaching out,
'cause he wanted to feel making contact with the audience.
And it turned making contact with the audience.
And it turned into one of the magic moments.
Is that right? That's exactly right, yeah. And it turned into one of the magic moments.
Is that right? That's exactly right, yeah.
Is that right? Yeah. So...
I know what it's like Yeah. So...
I know what it's like to not be liked in a room,
I know what it's like but the people at home enjoy it more.
(LAUGHTER)
Like, I know how to connect with an audience at home.
Not sitting at judgemental round tables in front of me.
Alright. Now you need this...
I know. Alright. Now you need this...
I know. ..to stay in the game.
Alright. Mim. Mm-hm.
Under the possession limit applying anywhere in Tasmania,
including the home,
a recreational fisher may possess at any one time,
a maximum of how many southern calamari?
Ah, I know the Victorian one, I don't know the Tassie one.
But I'm gonna assume it's the same, and I'm gonna go ten.
Incorrect. The answer is 20.
Which means, Daniel, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
3-0.
Alright, Mim, you know what this means. Out!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
There he goes.
See ya later.
Congratulations, Daniel, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
Yes! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That means you get the Big Brass Mug, and you get to do the sign-off.
Thanks for playing - HARD!
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