ANNOUNCER: Tonight on Hard Quiz...
Judy - retiree.
Expert subject - Rod Stewart.
Luka - science student.
Expert subject - cholera.
Facundo - film crew.
Expert subject - The Sopranos.
Sean - teacher.
Expert subject - Bunnings.
Here's your host, Tom Gleeson!
Yes! Here's your host, Tom Gleeson!
Yes! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yes! Hello.
I'm digital.
Welcome to Hard Quiz.
These contestants are stemware.
Last one to get smashed will be These contestants are stemware.
Last one to get smashed will be tonight's Hard Quiz champion!
Last one to get smashed will be (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
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Let's say hello.
G'day, Sean.
G'day. How are you?
Now, Bunnings is your expert subject.
(LAUGHTER) Absolutely.
Why do you love Bunnings?
Who doesn't love an adult playground you can go into for some glue
and come out three hours later with everything,
including outdoor furniture and a barbecue, and not the glue.
OK. And a sausage!
OK. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
So, I'm guessing you love DIY?
Not at all. I hate it. (LAUGHTER)
But I love going into a place where I pretend I know what I'm doing.
But I love going into a place where But you used to work there.
I did use to work there.
And you know nothing about DIY?
There's a reason I worked with outdoor furniture
and not with the tradies down in the timber yard.
Because I used to call it wood.
And you don't want to call it wood to a tradie.
Right. (LAUGHTER)
It's called timber.
You don't want to call it wood to anybody.
(LAUGHTER)
Did you ever get abused at work?
Ah, I have a couple of times.
My most memorable, I think, time that it happened was
trying to help two, we'll call them elderly women, with some pond pumps.
I'll call them ABC viewers. (LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
I tried to help them,
but couldn't find what they were looking for,
but couldn't find so they referred to myself as
a stupid slut so they referred to myself as
a stupid slut that didn't know anything.
a stupid slut (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS, LAUGHS)
What... (LAUGSH)
So, what didn't you know anything about?
So, what didn't you know anything Pond pumps.
OK. And then they jumped from that Pond pumps.
OK. And then they jumped from that to "You're a slut"?
Yeah. (LAUGHTER)
I don't know how they got the reading on me, but...
(LAUGHTER)
Facundo. Hello, Tom.
Facundo. Your expert subject is The Sopranos.
You watched The Sopranos with your parents...
Yeah. Yeah. ..when it first happened.
It's a bit risky watching late-night HBO shows with your parents.
It can...
Yes. It can get a bit risque.
Well, you know, I had very cool parents, very progressive.
Oh, right. Did they just root while you watched?
Oh, right. Did they just root (LAUGHTER)
That's very cute.
Yeah. I... You're a comedian?
Yeah, I'm a comedian.
Here's you doing some kind of viral milk challenge.
Here's you doing some kind Hola, my name is Facundo Rodriguez,
and I'm here to show you what happens
when you drink a gallon of milk right now. Ready?
Facundo, what are you doing? You're lactose intolerant.
It's fine, trust me. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This isn't even something... Stop it. Shut up. Here we go. Ready?
This isn't even something... (LAUGHTER)
Facundo! No! No-one can drink that much milk that fast.
It's...
Whoa.
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
Facundo.
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
I can relate to this video 'cause
before I drank a gallon of milk, I was Grant Denyer.
(LAUGHTER)
That's Dwayne. He's a friend.
Yeah? Yeah.
So, how'd you get...how'd you get the Rock to do that clip for you?
Dwayne. We're friends. Ah...
(LAUGHTER)
I was working in a movie called San Andreas in the Gold Coast,
and he just took a liking for me
and came up with that idea, and we did the video together.
It was great.
So, you work on film sets? It was great.
So, you work on film sets? I do.
Have you met any other big stars? Yes.
Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie,
Nicolas Cage, Daniel Radcliffe.
Wow. Yeah. You now.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
So, do you have any photos of them?
That's the only proof I have. A video with Dwayne.
(LAUGHTER)
Luka. Hi, Tom.
Luka. How did you get into cholera?
You know the show How did you get into cholera?
You know the show Horrible Histories?
I know. On any other show that would be weird,
but on this show it's perfectly normal.
You know the show Horrible Histories?
Not really. Is it a kids show? Yes.
I started watching it when I was seven
and they go into all the gross things about history.
and they go into That, plus really liking science.
And liking gross stuff in general.
OK. And liking gross stuff in general.
OK. Now we're here.
What is it that you love about cholera so much?
Is it the medical history or the shitting yourself to death?
(LAUGHTER)
Incidentally, if I tried to do that milk challenge,
I'd probably shit myself to death as well.
(LAUGHTER)
Are you lactose intolerant? Yes.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
This is you at school dressed up as a plague doctor.
(LAUGHTER) Indeed it is.
How old were you there?
That was like this time last year.
Oh. That was like this time last year.
Oh. (LAUGHTER)
I was helping you say, "That was ages ago."
(LAUGHTER) That was a recent thing?
Yeah, well, because they had dress up as, like, a decade day,
which they intended to be like '60s, '70s, '80s.
I was like, no, go full send. 1660s. OK.
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
Judy. Hi, Tom.
When did you first fall in love with Rod Stewart's voice?
1976. Tonight's The Night.
Alright. That song.
Alright. AUDIENCE: Oooh...
That was the song AUDIENCE: Oooh...
That was the song that did it for you?
That was the song that started it all.
That was the song You have a Rod room at your house?
Well, I used to have a Rod room.
So, that's the Rod room, but you don't have it anymore?
No. What happened?
Well, my son was a teenager
and he got a bit embarrassed when he brought his friends over.
Oh, HE got embarrassed? Yeah, he got embarrassed.
But you were fine with it.
And then he told me later
that he used to wonder what I used to do in that room.
(LAUGHTER, CHEERING)
But I told him I just played my CDs. That's all.
But I told him I just played my CDs. Oh.
I thought you might have just had Oh.
I thought you might have just had a bit of Rod time.
I thought you might have just had (LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER)
Now, you seem like a nice, respectable, retired woman
Now, you seem like a nice, from the Gold Coast.
When you go to concerts, from the Gold Coast.
When you go to concerts, you're not, like, one of those fools
who throws their underwear at the stage, are you?
Yes. Oh.
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
So, you've thrown your knickers at Rod Stewart?
I have done that, yes. In Sydney. (LAUGHTER)
How do you...
Is that just like a single hand movement?
Is that just like You just like, whip it out? Chuck it?
No, I had them in my bag.
Oh, in your bag? (LAUGHTER)
Well, lucky you threw your stunt undies because, I'm just saying,
as we get older, our undies get bigger.
as we get older, True, true.
If you threw your actual big undies at him, it would have been...
..would've been like...
(LAUGHTER)
It would be like watching Rod run through a footy banner.
(LAUGHTER)
Alright. 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.
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 Judy and her expert subject, Rod Stewart.
Let's start with Judy (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Are you ready to talk about Rod?
Tom, it's, SIR Rod.
(LAUGHTER)
I'm a Republican, so...
(LAUGHTER)
..I don't acknowledge that.
Rod Stewart was invited to join The Hoochie Coochie Men in 1964
when band leader Long John Baldry saw him on a train platform
when band leader Long John Baldry blowing into what instrument?
Judy?
Harmonica.
Correct!
(APPLAUSE)
Yeah. He soon became known as Rod the Mod.
He did. Have a listen to this.
('DA YA THINK I'M SEXY?' PLAYS)
Rod admits that the disco hit Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
was plagiarised from a song called Taj Mahal.
(JORGE BEN'S 'TAJ MAHAL' PLAYS)
He says he heard that song at which Brazilian festival?
For the steal it's Sean! Carnaval?
Correct! Double points to you!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Here's Sir Rod on the cover of Railway Modeller.
He's been building an epic model railway for over 20 years
and was seen shopping for parts at which Australian hardware chain?
Judy.
He shopped at a model railway store Judy.
He shopped at a model railway store in Wentworthville in Sydney.
Incorrect. It's wide open.
Wide open.
Time's up. Bunnings.
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
Should've got it when you said "wide open" twice.
I was trying to invite you in.
I was like the front doors I was trying to invite you in.
I was like the front doors at Bunnings. We're wide open.
Chart manipulation was alleged when a Rod Stewart hit
kept an anti-monarchist Sex Pistols song at number two
kept an anti-monarchist during what royal celebration?
Judy.
The Queen's Silver Jubilee.
Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. Rod beat out God Save The Queen (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. Rod beat out God Save The Queen with a double A side of ballads.
Do you think the Sex Pistols were shafted by Rod?
No. No, Rod's better. Way better.
You really think he sold more singles on that day?
You really think he sold more singles Yes, definitely.
(LAUGHTER)
Last question in your set, Judy.
Stewart, Sting, and Bryan Adams Last question in your set, Judy.
Stewart, Sting, and Bryan Adams collaborated
Stewart, Sting, and Bryan Adams on the '90s hit All For Love
from a Disney movie based on what swashbuckling Dumas novel?
Facundo for the steal.
The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan.
Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Double points to you!
Alright. Time now for Luka and cholera.
Alright. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Caused by strains of the bacterium (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Caused by strains of the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae
and responsible for millions of deaths worldwide,
cholera is an infection of which digestive organ?
Luka? Small intestine.
Luka? Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. We are currently (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. We are currently in the seventh cholera pandemic,
Yeah. We are currently which started in 1961.
Physician John Snow mapped out cases
of an 1854 cholera outbreak in London,
concluding that the disease was not spread through the air,
but via what source?
Luka.
Water. Infected water.
Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
The disease causes extreme dehydration,
impacting the colour of a victim's skin,
earning cholera the nickname the WHAT death?
Blue death. Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Shouldn't it be called the brown death?
Shouldn't it be called (LAUGHTER)
You shit so much that (LAUGHTER)
You shit so much that it actually turns clear.
Oh. (AUDIENCE GROANS)
So, it should be called the clear death?
(LAUGHTER)
Scientists in Bangladesh have helped reduce cholera cases
by advising that water be poured through which traditional garment?
Luka? Sari.
Luka? Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Do you know this story? (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Do you know this story? Yeah. The sari is, like...
If you fold it eight times, it gets to be a decent filter
If you fold it eight times, to filter out some of the bacteria.
(APPLAUSE)
It was actually four times, but anyway.
It was actually four times, (LAUGHTER)
You've got to encourage the youth.
(LAUGHTER)
Last question in your set, Luka.
Mistakenly thought to ward off Last question in your set, Luka.
Mistakenly thought to ward off cholera by keeping the abdomen warm
Mistakenly thought to ward off was the cholera belt
found on victims of which 1912 tragedy?
Titanic. Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. The cholera belt was not effective
against cholera or icebergs.
(LAUGHTER) Five from five!
(LAUGHTER) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Next set of questions is for Facundo on The Sopranos.
Next set of questions is for Facundo (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Your name, it's a swear word (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Your name, it's a swear word waiting to happen, you know that?
Your name, it's a swear word (LAUGHTER)
But I've been pretty good so far.
I didn't say (BLEEP) once.
Organised crime figure Tony Soprano enters psychotherapy
for a panic attack he has
after his swimming pool becomes home to a family of what waterfowl?
Facundo? Ducks. Ducks.
Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Silvio is played by Steven Van Zandt,
a bandmate of Bruce Springsteen,
who, like the show, is from which state in the USA?
For the steal it's Sean! Is it New Jersey?
For the steal it's Sean! Correct! Double points to you.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. The Sopranos is set and filmed (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. The Sopranos is set and filmed extensively throughout New Jersey.
For an episode where teenage Meadow Soprano
visits potential colleges with her father
HBO bosses initially objected to Tony being seen to commit what crime?
HBO bosses initially objected to Tony Murder someone.
Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the cardigans upstairs at the ABC also objected to
showing me do that during the first series of Hard Quiz.
(LAUGHTER)
Salvatore Bonpensiero is known as Big Pussy
due to his earlier life as what kind of burglar?
(LAUGHTER)
For the steal it's Luka. Cat burglar.
For the steal it's Luka. Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Double points to you.
Last question in your set, Facundo.
When actor Nancy Marchand died,
Tony's mother was given one last scene using existing footage
inspired by Oliver Reed's posthumous appearance in which...
inspired by Oliver Reed's Gladiator.
Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
..which Oscar-winning film?
Gladiator is correct.
Last set in the expert round, Gladiator is correct.
Last set in the expert round, it's Sean and Bunnings.
Last set in the expert round, (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
In February 2020,
Bunnings confirmed that it had phased out the use of which iconic slogan?
Bunnings confirmed that it had phased Sean.
Lowest prices Sean.
Lowest prices are just the beginning.
Correct! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
From when they were both prime minister,
here's Jacinda Arden and Scott Morrison
setting up for a press conference.
She's talking about a change to safety recommendations
She's talking about a change for Bunnings sausage sizzles,
which suggest that
when assembling a sausage in bread, the onions go where?
Sean. Underneath the sausage.
Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah. They were worried about onions becoming a tripping hazard.
Where do you stand on the issue, Sean?
Where do you stand on the issue, I don't have onions.
(AUDIENCE GROANS) Makes it easier.
(CHUCKLES) I've offended some people.
Yeah, you've fired them up. "What, no onions? Oh, bloody hell."
Have a listen to the Bunnings jingle.
(BUNNINGS JINGLE PLAYS)
Composer Trevor Hilton says he was asked to base the tune
on the 1993 hit Oh Carolina by which Jamaican pop artist?
Sean. Shaggy.
Correct! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
So, this is Oh Carolina without the vocals...
So, this is Oh Carolina (MELODY OF 'OH CAROLINA' PLAYS)
And this is Bunnings.
(BUNNINGS JINGLE PLAYS) And this is Bunnings.
(BUNNINGS JINGLE PLAYS) I mean...
What stoned ad executive thought that reggae would sell hardware?
(LAUGHTER)
"Oh... Oh, yeah."
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
This PVC pipe is for sewer and vent use,
but thanks to a viral TikTok video,
reviews on the Bunnings website point out
it can also be used as what other purpose?
Sean.
A Frank Green water bottle holder.
Or a water bottle holder in general.
Correct!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yes. We would have also accepted (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yes. We would have also accepted cup holder.
Yes. We would have also accepted Bunnings got in on the joke
and started advertising the pipe as a cup holder in the store.
Um....
Actually got one here.
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
Yeah, I've always wanted one of these. Perfect.
(LAUGHS)
Yeah, nice. (LAUGHTER)
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER)
That might be here from now on.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Last question in your set, Sean.
On Bunnings Warehouse store maps,
the Pets and Garden Care aisles are On Bunnings Warehouse store maps,
the Pets and Garden Care aisles are marked with what advisory symbol?
Sean? Not suitable for children?
Incorrect. (LAUGHTER)
It's wide open. Wide open.
(BUZZ!) Time's up.
(BUZZ!) Stronger smells.
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS)
Yes. The sensory awareness symbols help neurodivergent people
avoid areas that might be too bright, too noisy, or too stinky.
Uh... We put the same sign on Costa.
(LAUGHTER)
Alright, we've rummaged through their subjects.
Now let's rummage through mine.
This week I've been really getting into stocks.
I love stocks!
They're a great pastime for when I get bored
They're a great pastime of my investment properties.
This round is multiple choice.
Select your answers on your screens,
then press the buzzer to lock in the answer.
Judy, you need to make up some ground here.
Judy, you need to make up JUDY: Mm.
Business mogul Leonard Lauder theorised what phenomenon
as an indicator that the stock market would drop?
The answer is...
..B, lipstick sales increase.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah, he's the son of Estee Lauder,
which was a clue.
It's not true, by the way.
It's just something he said,
and it's become something It's just something he said,
and it's become something that people believe,
but it's not actually true,
because when you're a billionaire, you can make up whatever you want,
and it gets printed in The Economist.
(LAUGHTER)
Which of these miscreants has been put in the stocks?
A, this guy. Which of these miscreants has been put in the stocks?
A, this guy.
B, this guy.
C, this lady.
D, this guy.
The answer is...
..A, this guy.
(AUDIENCE MURMURS, APPLAUDS)
Yes. Technically, the stocks only restrain your feet.
The guy in the top right is actually in a pillory,
The guy in the top right which is also where I keep Sammy J.
(LAUGHTER)
What is the English name for the broth in Chinese cooking
that is regularly topped up and continuously used?
The answer is...
..B, master stock.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Which of these stock photos went viral
as the distracted boyfriend meme?
A, the boyfriend on the betting app.
A, the boyfriend B, the boyfriend who's on Tinder. on the betting app.
B, the boyfriend who's on Tinder.
C, the boyfriend who's on his PlayStation. B, the boyfriend who's on Tinder.
C, the boyfriend who's on his PlayStation.
D, The boyfriend who's a perv.
(LAUGHTER)
I think we may have just learned who hasn't been online for a while.
I think we may have just learned (LAUGHTER)
The answer is D, the boyfriend who's a perv.
The answer is D, (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah, as a meme it can show
how someone can get distracted Yeah, as a meme it can show
how someone can get distracted from important stuff
by something trivial.
(LAUGHTER) "Ooh, Taskmaster."
Last question in my round is worth double points. (LAUGHTER) "Ooh, Taskmaster."
Last question in my round is worth double points.
Last question in my round Which part of this gun
is the stock?
The answer is...
..F, The wooden structure supporting the other bits.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Alright, at the end of my round, Judy, you're at the bottom on 15.
Get over here.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
What do you think Sir Rod? would think of your effort tonight?
What do you think Sir Rod? He wouldn't be happy.
(AUDIENCE GROANS)
He'd be upset. (AUDIENCE GROANS)
He'd be upset. Probably.
Yeah. Tonight was not the night.
Yeah. (LAUGHTER)
Alright. Out!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
There she goes.
Goody, it's the People's Round!
Buff your nails. Play along at home.
Your time starts...
(LAUGHTER)
..now.
Christmas marks the birth ..now.
Christmas marks the birth of which religious figure?
Luka. Jesus.
Luka. Yes.
Pumpernickel is what kind Yes.
Pumpernickel is what kind of baked product?
Luka. Bread.
Luka. Yes!
Jack Nicholson's character Yes!
Jack Nicholson's character in A Few Good Men declares,
"You can't handle the..." "Can't handle the truth."
Yes.
Which landmark is nicknamed 'Nuns in a Scrum'?
Luka. The Opera House.
Luka. Yes.
Our solar system revolves around which star?
Sean. The sun.
Sean. Yes.
Named for randomised playlists is which small iPod model?
Sean. iPod Shuffle.
Sean. Yes.
Meaning an exact copy, 'fax' is short for which word?
Facundo. Facsimile.
Facundo. Yes.
A Billy Ray Cyrus hit is Achy Breaky WHAT?
Sean. Heart.
Sean. Yes!
In Norse mythology who is Thor's father?
Time's up! The answer is Odin.
Alright, at the end of the People's Round,
Facundo, you're at the bottom on 30.
Get over here.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
You almost snuck back into the game there, Facundo.
You almost snuck back This close. This close.
Didn't quite get back in, though.
No. No.
The ABC's disappointed in me and I'm going to get whacked.
Oh. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
Out!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
There he goes.
Alright, only two left. Who's gonna be the Hard Quiz champion?
Luka and Sean, get over here, because it's time to play Hard Quiz.
ANNOUNCER: Cholera vs Bunnings.
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, Luka?
You know how a lot of cafes do discounts
if you bring a reusable cup?
(LAUGHTER)
OK. (LAUGHTER)
OK. (APPLAUSE)
So, you're going to walk into a cafe (APPLAUSE)
So, you're going to walk into a cafe with your keep cup
and then bludgeon the barista with that?
(LAUGHTER) Yeah.
What about you, Sean?
Even though I don't eat them,
I might store some onions in them at our next barbecue
and use them as a trip hazard for people I want to trip.
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) Yep, sensible. Sensible.
It's best-of-five, penalty-shootout style.
Harder questions on your expert subjects.
So, it's Sean's knowledge of Bunnings vs Luka's knowledge of cholera.
(LAUGHTER) Let's play...HARD!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE) (LAUGHTER) Let's play...HARD!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Alright. Sean.
Purchasing the Ballina site of the Big Prawn In 2011,
Bunnings spent $400,000 renovating the attraction,
adding what crustacean feature?
I don't know, so I'm going to have to see if I can take a guess.
They added some eyes.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is tail.
Ah.
Here's what it used to look like.
It's not often someone gets a prawn and puts the poo chute back on.
It's not often someone gets a prawn (LAUGHTER)
Luka.
In 1884,
while he was doing research in India,
German physician Robert Koch while he was doing research in India,
German physician Robert Koch isolated the cholera bacterium,
announcing that it was "a little bent,
announcing that it was "like a WHAT?"
Well, he isolated the bacterium "like a WHAT?"
Well, he isolated the bacterium in 1884,
but it was actually isolated about 30 years previously
but it was actually isolated by Filippo Pacini.
Both of them by Filippo Pacini.
Both of them came to the same conclusion
Both of them that it looks like a comma.
Correct. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
I would have also accepted 'ch-omma'.
(LAUGHTER)
Shame it wasn't semicolon, really.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Uh, Marty?
(LAUGHTER)
That your weights for today, Tom?
Sean? That your weights for today, Tom?
Sean? Yes.
I've hired this vibrator shaft for the day,
and according to the Bunnings website,
what would I use it for in my driveway?
Good question.
(LAUGHTER)
Would you like to have a look? Ah...
I don't think it's going to help, but sure.
Oh, that is heavy. Yeah.
I'm going to say mixing cement.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is
getting the air bubbles out of concrete. The correct answer is
getting the air bubbles out of concrete.
(AUDIENCE GROANS) So, you were close.
I'll take that. Thank you.
Marty, can you put that back I'll take that. Thank you.
Marty, can you put that back in Judy's Rod room?
Marty, can you put that back (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
Luka.
Findings from a 2016 study showed that the cholera toxin
hyperactivated a key signalling molecule of intestinal cells,
causing more severe symptoms in people from which blood group?
I don't know why it affects this blood group specifically,
but the O type blood group, O positive, negative, whatever,
is particularly affected by the cholera toxin.
is particularly affected Correct.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Sean.
Bunning's expansion into the UK market was a failure
that Wesfarmers in April 2018 blamed on what?
I know they bought Homebase. It was for about £340 million.
I don't know why exactly they blamed the failure on...
..or what they blamed the failure on,
but I'm going to guess
the English not getting the concept of Bunning stores
or not being into the home DIY market.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is severe cold weather.
(LAUGHTER)
It was called "The Beast from the East".
It was called They had a particularly cold winter
and they figured no-one wanted They had a particularly cold winter
and they figured no-one wanted to go outside and do DIY.
Luka, if you get this right, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
Luka, if you get this right, Luka.
Nurse Mary Seacole Luka.
Nurse Mary Seacole treated cholera outbreaks
at home in Jamaica and abroad in Panama in the 1850s,
going on to treat combatants in which war?
You know how I mentioned Horrible Histories at the start of the show?
You know how I mentioned Horrible This was literally... They...
Horrible Histories did a song where this featured.
She went to Crimea and helped in the Crimean War.
Correct! Which means you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion!
Alright, Sean. You know what this means. Out!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
There he goes.
Congratulations, Luka, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion,
which means you get the big brass mug...
(CHEERING)
..and you get to do the sign-off!
Thanks for playing hard!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE) Thanks for playing hard!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Well done!
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