VOICEOVER: Tonight on Hard Quiz.
Julie. Self-employed.
Expert subject, chocolate.
Regan. Student.
Expert subject, former Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Patrice. University project manager.
Expert subject, US sitcom 30 Rock.
Matthew. Chemical engineer.
Expert subject, Paula Abdul.
Here's your host, Tom Gleeson.
Yes! Hello!
What's your Wi-Fi password?
Hello. Welcome to Hard Quiz.
These contestants are propaganda.
Last one to be propagated will be tonight's Hard Quiz champion!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
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To be part of the show at home, go to the ABC TV socials. Let's say hello.
G'day Matthew. G'day. How are you doing?
Your expert subject is Paula Abdul. Yes.
And you're not taking the piss though, are you?
Not taking the piss, no. You're a genuine fan?
Not taking the piss, no. I'm a genuine fan.
You just prefer singers without credibility.
Yeah. And people who sound like the cat screeching
Yeah. And people who sound as well too sometimes.
So you've got all of Paula Abdul's albums?
I've got a lot of her records, yeah.
There are more than one? I've got no idea.
There are more than one? There are. Unfortunately, there are.
There are CDs, back when people There are. Unfortunately, there are.
There are CDs, back when people bought CDs as well.
OK. And you've seen Paula perform in Las Vegas?
Las Vegas, yeah, when she did the residency there.
And what was it like?
It was good. It was just like all of her hits,
although she probably lip-synched to most of them.
But maybe that goes back... She can't really,
maybe not the best singer, but I don't know.
maybe not the best singer, (LAUGHTER)
Are you sure you're a fan? (LAUGHTER)
Are you sure you're a fan? You don't sound like a fan.
Now you once met Kylie Minogue. I did.
Now you once met Kylie Minogue. What happened?
So it was at a black tie dinner What happened?
So it was at a black tie dinner in LA
and it was the time Kath & Kim was big.
And so I started quoting Kath & Kim lines to her
And so I started quoting and she was responding back with,
"Look at me, look at me, look at me. I've got one thing to say to you."
And she goes, "Kimmy. Kimmy."
And she enjoyed this interaction? She enjoyed it.
And she enjoyed this interaction? (LAUGHTER)
I also met Magda Szubanski (LAUGHTER)
I also met Magda Szubanski and I did the same thing
and she turned around and walked away!
and she turned around (LAUGHTER)
You see...
..that's more my style.
Patrice. Hi.
Now you're into the TV show 30 Rock. I am.
Why is it your favourite show?
I think deep down, I'm probably a frustrated theatre kid
and she's living the dream of all theatre kids.
Now, you've done a lot of theatre sports...
Now, you've done a lot (CHUCKLES) Yes.
(LAUGHTER)
..are you really good at improvising?
I am not, no.
Yeah, I've noticed.
(LAUGHTER)
Now, your sister's future (LAUGHTER)
Now, your sister's future father-in-law
said that if you got on the show, he'd help you with your landscaping.
Yes, yes. This is all part of a renovation transaction.
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
So, if you win, he's gonna build you a pergola, is that how it works?
He's offered to design our entire garden.
We've moved into a very old place in Canberra
that doesn't have much going on. Like a lot of Canberra.
Yeah.
Don't be down on Canberra.
Canberra's on the rise, isn't it? Don't be down on Canberra.
Canberra's on the rise, isn't it? I've heard Canberra's cool.
Yeah, we're getting stuff. It'll be nice when it's finished.
OK. (LAUGHTER)
Regan. Oi, oi.
Now, you're from Wellington, New Zealand.
Yeah. You're 23...
Yeah. Yeah.
And your expert subject is Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Indeed. (LAUGHTER)
Indeed. What the (BLEEP) is going on?
So I applied to go on Mastermind and just for a bit of a laugh,
but I had no clue what I was going to go in there as, like,
a specialist subject. So, I dug up an old high school paper
and it happened to be on that bloke and I was like, "OK,
"may as well just recycle that." Um...
..and yeah, turns out he's a bit of a toss pot.
..and yeah, turns out (LAUGHTER)
I think we've got a photo of you on Mastermind.
I think we've got a photo Oh, gracious, yeah.
So, you went on Mastermind with this Oh, gracious, yeah.
So, you went on Mastermind with this as a subject and you didn't win.
No. And so now you've come on here
to lose to a bigger audience?
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
So, you failed on SBS and you're like, "I want to fail bigger
"and have more people know about it. So, I'll go on Hard Quiz."
"and have more people know about it. Any attention is good attention, eh?
Julie. Tom.
Now, everyone loves chocolate. What makes you an expert?
I think the volume I eat. The variety.
How much do you eat? Lots.
(LAUGHTER)
How many kilos a day do you eat? Not every day.
Like my brother sent me a Haigh's consignment a couple of weeks ago.
It was about one and a half kilos and I ate it in three days.
Oh. (APPLAUSE)
OK. Is this an expert subject or a problem?
A bit of both.
Do you have a favourite brand? I do.
Yes. Which one? Haigh's. Yes.
You ever get desperate and just rip into a bit of cooking chocolate?
Shit, yeah. (LAUGHTER)
Doesn't everyone?
Now, you supply food to animal shelters?
I do? Yeah.
I do. Do you ever...
..feed any of the lost dogs chocolate for population control?
No.
I don't do that, Tom. No.
What do you do there?
At home?
No, when you supply food for animal shelters.
I don't supply food for animal shelters.
You don't? No. I was genuine.
You don't? (LAUGHTER)
That must be someone else.
I don't know where I got that from.
It made you sound virtuous.
And you're like "(BLEEP) it, I just eat chocolate."
"I don't do anything good for anyone else,
"I don't do anything good "I just eat shitloads of chocolate.
"I'm from Tasmania. "I just eat shitloads of chocolate.
"I'm from Tasmania. Let's do the quiz!"
"I'm from Tasmania. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
VOICEOVER: Expert round. Expert subject.
VOICEOVER: Expert round. 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 Julie and her expert subject, chocolate.
Now, I've just had a look at your form that you filled out
before you joined the show and it literally says,
before you joined the show "Tell us something about yourself."
And you wrote that you supply "Tell us something about yourself."
And you wrote that you supply food to animal shelters.
I might have been slightly pissed when I filled out that form, Tom.
(LAUGHTER)
You thought "I'll just make up some shit. It won't matter.
"They won't check."
That came back to bite me on the bum, didn't it?
That came back to bite me Yeah. It's not bad, though.
Originating in Mesoamerica,
chocolate is made from the beans of the tree Theobroma cacao,
with Theobroma meaning food of the what? Julie.
with Theobroma meaning Gods.
Correct!
According to popular legend, chocolate was brought to Europe
by Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortez,
after he was introduced to Cacao by which Aztec emperor?
Julie. Montezuma.
Correct!
Before heading home, Cortez destroyed the Aztec empire.
Oh, well, I hope your curly whirlies have been worth it.
A staple of all US Space shuttle missions
and known by NASA as candy coated chocolates is what product?
Julie. M&Ms.
Correct!
This drawing of an explosive chocolate bar
was commissioned in 1943 to help foil a supposed plot
was commissioned in 1943 to kill which wartime leader?
For the steal, it's Regan! Er, Winston Churchill.
For the steal, it's Regan! Correct! Double points for you!
Yeah, MI5 heard German spies were planning
to put bombs disguised as chocolates in Churchill's war rooms
in the hope that he might try to break off a piece,
triggering the bomb.
If we put one of those in your house, you'd be dead in five minutes.
If we put one of those in your house, (LAUGHTER)
Last question in your set, Julie.
In 2023, to comply with Swiss law, the maker of Toblerone announced
it would be changing the bar's packaging
to remove an image of what mountain?
Regan for the steal.
Er, Mont Blanc?
Incorrect. Julie? Er, Mont Blanc?
Incorrect. Julie? The Matterhorn.
Incorrect. Julie? Correct!
Yes, some Toblerone production was set to move to Slovakia,
so Swiss national symbols like the Matterhorn had to go.
Next set of questions is for Regan on Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
(APPLAUSE)
Before entering state parliament in 1947,
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen found success as a contract land clearer
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen found success and farmer of what legume?
Julie. He was a peanut farmer.
Correct! Double points to you!
A shrewd politician, Sir Joh was key to the dismissal
of which prime minister? Regan.
Gough Whitlam. Correct.
Yes, Joh replaced a Queensland federal Labor senator who died
with a guy who was anti-Whitlam, which shut down the Senate
with a guy who was anti-Whitlam, and led to Gough's dismissal.
In 1971, Sir Joh declared a state of emergency
to stop protesters... For the steal, it's Patrice!
The Vietnam War.
Incorrect. Regan. Springboks tour.
Correct!
I'll finish the question.
To stop protesters disrupting a game
between the Wallabies and which South African rugby team?
between the Wallabies Springboks is correct.
He went on to ban all political street marches.
It's quite shocking, isn't it?
No more street marches.
People need to know about this stuff. It's rough.
He was awful and set Queensland back about...
Well, he was already back a couple of years, but even...further.
But he said, no more street marches, no more gatherings of people.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
Well, Dan Andrews did that too, but...
But we don't mind.
We don't like to focus on that at the ABC, but he did.
In 1981, Sir Joh's wife, Lady Flo, launched a range of straw hats
that all came with her famous recipe for what?
Julie for the steal! Pumpkin scones.
Correct! Double points for you!
Last question in your set, Regan.
Months before resigning, Last question in your set, Regan.
Months before resigning, under a cloud of corruption,
Sir Joh invited Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu
Sir Joh invited Romanian dictator to visit Queensland for what event?
For the steal, it's Julie! The Ekka?
For the steal, it's Julie! Incorrect. It's wide open.
Time's up! Expo 88.
(ALL GROAN)
Yes. he invited a dictator to Expo 88.
He said, "How good is it not having protests? Are you with me?"
He said, "How good is it not (LAUGHTER)
Time now for Patrice and 30 Rock.
(APPLAUSE)
Set in the studios of New York's 30 Rockefeller Plaza,
30 Rock is based on creator Tina Fey's experience
working on what... Regan for the steal!
Saturday Night Live.
Correct! Double points to you!
On what TV show?
Saturday Night Live is correct.
When Alec Baldwin's character, Jack Donaghy, is given three options
When Alec Baldwin's character, for who his real father might be,
Fey's Liz Lemon suggests for who his real father might be,
Fey's Liz Lemon suggests he find out by using...
Patrice. Mamma Mia!
Patrice. (LAUGHS)
Correct!
He finds out by using a strategy from which movie musical?
Mamma Mia! is correct.
Actor, musician and one-time 30 Rock writer Donald Glover
featured in the full version of a Tracy Jordan song
about werewolves celebrating... Patrice.
A bar mitzvah. Correct!
A bar mitzvah. What coming-of-age event?
Bar mitzvah is correct.
Almost 10 years after the series ended,
fans noticed a link between a new reality dating program
and a fake 30 Rock show called... Patrice.
MILF Island. Correct!
The tag line of the fake show was "25 Super Hot Mums,
The tag line of the fake show "50 8th Grade Boys. No rules."
(SHOCKED LAUGHTER)
The real show is actually (SHOCKED LAUGHTER)
The real show is actually called MILF Manor.
Have you seen it? Yes. I have not seen it, thankfully.
Yeah. Yes.
Last question in your set, Patrice.
In season three, TGS star Jenna Moroni
spikes Kenneth the page's sandwich with what fruit?
Patrice. Strawberry.
Patrice. Correct!
Why'd she do that?
She noticed when there was another emergency,
there was a hot paramedic who she wanted to see again.
So, it's the old psychopath test. How do you get the paramedic back?
So, it's the old psychopath test. Yes.
She's evil, isn't she? Yes.
She's evil, isn't she? She is a little bit, yeah.
She's evil, isn't she? I know, it's pretty hot.
(LAUGHTER)
Last set in the expert round, (LAUGHTER)
Last set in the expert round, it's Matthew and Paula Abdul.
Last set in the expert round, (APPLAUSE)
Paula Abdul became renowned as a choreographer in the mid '80s
after being discovered by the Jacksons
while working as a cheerleader for which NBA team?
Matthew. The LA Lakers.
Matthew. Correct!
There she is in front.
She started doing choreography for the Laker Girls
and then did it for Janet Jackson, George Michael,
and then did it for Janet Jackson, Duran Duran and heaps more.
She even worked on Tom Hanks's keyboard dance in the movie Big.
Paula won her Best Music Video Grammy Award for Opposites Attract,
in which she sings alongside an animated cat with what name?
Matthew. MC Scat Cat.
I'm pretty sure whoever came up with the saying opposites attract
wasn't talking about trying to root a two-dimensional character.
Have a listen to this.
(FUNKY MUSIC PLAYS)
In Paula's chart topping song, Straight Up,
she questions whether you really want to love her forever
or if she's caught in what metaphorical crime?
Matthew. A hit-and-run.
Matthew. Correct!
In 2005, Paula answered her own question
when she was charged with a hit-and-run.
Yeah, she was never the same after MC Scat Cat left her...
Yeah, she was never the same (LAUGHTER)
..for a drawing of Shakira.
According to Paula, two psychics predicted
she would find global success as a judge on which TV show?
Matthew. American Idol.
Correct!
Yeah, she now co-owns an online business
that helps people find reliable psychics.
I reckon if you were a reliable psychic, they would find you.
Co-written by Paula about her second divorce... Matthew.
Um...
(BUZZER BLARES) Cold Hearted.
Too slow. I'll finish the question.
..before becoming a number one hit for Kylie Minogue is what song?
..before becoming a number one hit Patrice for the steal!
Spinning Around?
Correct! Double points to you!
I was gonna say it. Sorry.
I was gonna say it. I was gonna say it!
I was gonna say it. I'm gonna go out here on a limb
and say that Paula's version I'm gonna go out here on a limb
and say that Paula's version would have been significantly worse.
Alright, we've scurried through their subjects,
now let's scurry through mine.
This week, I've been really getting into themed restaurants.
I love themed restaurants
because when the food is not good enough,
why not jazz it up with a little theme?
This round is multiple choice. Select your answers on your screens,
then press the buzzer to lock in the answer.
then press the buzzer to lock in (READS QUESTION)
The answer is D, Coffins.
Guests got a sermon about death
and magic tricks that turned them into fake corpses.
And good to see theatre restaurants in the 1890s
were as lame then as they are now.
(LAUGHTER)
(READS QUESTION)
The answer is B, giving deliberately rude service.
Yeah, the founders went bust two years in.
Then after that they became polite. That's weird.
Weird twist.
(READS QUESTION)
The answer is...
..C, Alien.
After you eat the burger, it bursts out of your chest.
After you eat the burger, (LAUGHTER)
Holy shit!
(READS QUESTION)
Which of these items has NEVER been a menu choice
Which of these items has NEVER at Outback Steakhouse USA?
The answer is...
..D, Sydney Sirloin.
Yeah, it was the sensible one.
Kookaburra wings were just chicken wings.
And I guess salmon comes from Toowoomba.
And I guess salmon comes (LAUGHTER)
Mm. Love me some fresh Toowoomba salmon.
Last question in my round is worth double points.
(READS QUESTION)
The answer is...
..B, The sinking of the Titanic.
Yeah, a few years ago, the cops found a huge marijuana crop
Yeah, a few years ago, growing in the roof.
Alright, at the end of my round, Matthew, you're at the bottom on 20.
Alright, at the end of my round, Get over here.
(APPLAUSE)
Where'd you go wrong?
I guess I rushed rushed and got knocked out,
but there's always the promise of a new day.
I thought you had two steps forward and one step back.
I thought you had two steps forward Thanks, Tom.
Sorry, I was trying to quote a song that people had actually heard of.
(LAUGHTER)
Well, you know what this means. Out!
(APPLAUSE)
There he goes.
Alright, beep, beep, it's the People's Round!
Floss your pegs, play along at home.
Your time starts now. Floss your pegs, play along at home.
Your time starts now.
The original Chanel perfume is named after which number? Patrice.
Number five. The original Chanel perfume is named Yes! after which number? Patrice.
Number five. Yes!
Number five. Who is the title character in the Yes! film Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Julie.
Who is the title character in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Julie.
Ferris Bueller. Yes!
Andre Rieu is best known for playing what instrument? Regan.
Violin. Yes!
The name of which small canine breed is German for badger dog?
The name of which small canine breed Regan.
Er...pass.
No. Dachshund.
Which country has won No. Dachshund.
Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?
Regan. Brazil.
Regan. Yes!
In what common form of sale are items Yes!
In what common form of sale are items sold to the highest bidder?
Regan. Auction.
Regan. Yes!
A Moveable Feast is a memoir Yes!
A Moveable Feast is a memoir of Paris life by Ernest who?
Regan. Hemingway.
Regan. Yes!
Classic video game Pong was made Yes!
Classic video game Pong was made by which company? Patrice.
Atari. Yes!
In ancient Greece, Dionysus was considered the god of what?
Patrice. Wine.
Patrice. Yes! What beverage? Wine is correct.
Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy
centres on which superhero?
Regan. Batman.
Correct! Just in time!
Alright, at the end of the People's Round,
Regan you're at the bottom on 50. Get over here.
Regan you're at the bottom on 50. (APPLAUSE)
Not quite enough. Almost snuck in there.
Yeah, it's sort of doing well at the first bit
and then falling off the second, like I did on Mastermind.
Yes. So, on Mastermind, you came third, didn't you?
No, came first, then second.
First, then second, and now on this show, third.
Yeah. So, my prediction was correct.
A larger audience has seen you do worse.
A larger audience has seen you (LAUGHTER)
Alright, you know what this means. Out!
(APPLAUSE)
There he goes.
Alright, only two left. Who's gonna be the Hard Quiz champion?
Julie and Patrice, get over here, because it's time to play Hard Quiz.
Chocolate versus 30 Rock.
Hard Quiz.
Now there can only be one Hard Quiz champion
who gets to take home the limited edition big brass mug.
What will you do with the mug if you win, Julie?
Well, I'd like to say a chocolate stash,
but it never lasts that long, so how about an enormous hot chocolate?
You could fill it with food that you take to that animal shelter.
(LAUGHTER) There's a thought.
(LAUGHTER) What about you, Patrice?
Well, I think, given the Canberra bashing I did earlier,
I'm going to have to present it to the Chief Minister
I'm going to have to present it as a public apology. (LAUGHS)
Or wear it as a helmet.
Yeah.
It's best of five, penalty shoot-out style.
Harder questions on your expert subjects.
So, it's Julie's knowledge of chocolate
versus Patrice's knowledge of 30 Rock.
versus Patrice's knowledge Let's play, Hard!
(APPLAUSE)
Julie.
This process of aerating chocolate Julie.
This process of aerating chocolate to turn it from gritty to smooth
can be traced back to an 1879 invention
can be traced back to by which man?
Well, that's the conching pro... by which man?
Well, that's the conching pro... I think it was...
Well, that's the conching pro... ..Joseph Lindt.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is Rodolphe Lindt.
Rodolphe Lindt. (AUDIENCE GROANS)
He had a brother who was also involved in chocolate,
but his name wasn't Joseph. He had a brother who was also involved in chocolate,
but his name wasn't Joseph.
No.
It was Kevin. Kevin.
It was Kevin. It wasn't Kevin.
It's called conching because It wasn't Kevin.
It's called conching because the original roller design
looked like a conch shell. Mm.
So, you did know about conching? Yes, I know conching. Yes. looked like a conch shell. Mm.
So, you did know about conching? Yes, I know conching. Yes.
OK. Patrice. Yes?
According to 30 Rock holiday folklore, every four years,
Leap Day William emerges from the Mariana Trench
Leap Day William emerges to trade candy for what?
So he's a strange creature, he emerges from the Marianas Trench
and he's dancing on tables and he has a little song
and he's dancing on tables and he gives out candy for tears.
I'm going to need you to be more specific.
Fake crying.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is children's tears.
The correct answer is (AUDIENCE GROANS)
Yeah, that year's show started in January,
so instead of doing a Christmas episode,
they just made up their own Leap Day holiday.
Julie. Yes. they just made up their own Leap Day holiday.
Julie. Yes.
After revelations that some British cocoa
was being cut with brick dust and lead,
in the 1860s, Cadbury's launched the slogan "absolutely pure..." was being cut with brick dust and lead,
in the 1860s, Cadbury's launched the slogan "absolutely pure..."
what? the slogan "absolutely pure..."
what?
I don't know, Tom, so absolutely pure...
..cocoa.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is 'Therefore Best'. Incorrect.
The correct answer is 'Therefore Best'.
Oh, OK.
Yes. Absolutely pure, therefore best.
It's also a white nationalist slogan.
(SHOCKED LAUGHTER)
Do you prefer your chocolate with or without brick dust?
Do you prefer your chocolate Without. Yeah.
Without. You're very anti-brick dust.
Absolutely.
Patrice. As a fundraiser during the 2007 writers' strike,
the 30 Rock cast performed a live reading
of which season two episode?
Ooh, I remember reading this
and now it's completely Ooh, I remember reading this
and now it's completely escaped my mind. Season two.
Um...
..given the nature of the strike...
..I'm going to say ..given the nature of the strike...
..I'm going to say it's Jack the Writer.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is Incorrect.
The correct answer is Secrets and Lies.
Yes, I've done live versions of this show as a fundraiser too, for me.
(LAUGHTER)
Julie.
The ancient Maya book known as the Madrid Codex
depicts four religious figures showering cacao pods
with blood from what body part?
The heart?
Incorrect.
The correct answer is ears.
Oh.
Do you prefer your chocolate with or without ear blood?
Again, without ear blood.
No ear blood? No brick dust? No, no. No.
No ear blood? No brick dust? Just chocolate.
Boring. Just chocolate.
Boring. (LAUGHTER)
Boring. Patrice.
While readying the office for an assessment
of her suitability to adopt,
Liz tells writer Frank to change his hat,
Liz tells writer Frank to which says what?
So, there's a running gag throughout the series
where Frank has a bunch of letters in his pocket
and it's based on what Judah Friedlander does in real life.
And he always puts different letters in different arrangements.
I'm going to say it says something very inappropriate.
And I'm going to say it says 'porn'.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is 'horny'.
Oh! (LAUGHS)
I guess they're related. Oh, dear.
Yeah, Judah Friedlander would write and produce all his own hats.
There's something to brag about, yeah.
I write and produce all my own hats.
Alright.
I don't know how to put it, but, um,
just getting one question right I don't know how to put it, but, um,
just getting one question right might make you Hard Quiz champion
at this stage. Jesus.
(LAUGHTER) Julie.
Credited with creating the first mass-produced chocolate bar,
Credited with creating the first British company J.S. Fry and Sons
is also recognised for producing what other chocolate first
is also recognised for producing in 1873?
Milk chocolate.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is Incorrect.
The correct answer is the first hollow chocolate egg.
The correct answer is Oh, God. I did not know that.
Yeah, so they also invented disappointment on Easter Sunday.
(LAUGHTER)
Alright. I'm just looking for...
..one correct answer is, um...
(LAUGHTER)
One correct answer might really seal the deal.
If we go to a naught-all tie breaker, I'm going to flip my (BLEEP) lid.
(LAUGHTER)
Patrice.
Mocking the show's network, NBC,
and its then parent company, Mocking the show's network, NBC,
and its then parent company, General Electric,
one storyline sees Jack promoted into the television department
after developing what product?
So, I think he's the east coast president
for television microwave programming, So, I think he's the east coast president
for television microwave programming,
for television microwave and he invented the trivection oven.
Correct. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the trivection oven was a real GE product,
and they advertised it during the show's ad breaks.
So, yeah, a lot of people thought it was a joke product,
but it's an actual product. It's an actual product.
Julie, you need this to stay in. Mm-hm.
Once dominating the fine chocolate market,
the pure Nacional cacao tree was decimated by disease
and thought to have become extinct.
It was rediscovered in 2007 in what country?
Right. Um...
There are several countries where you've got... Where cocoa's grown.
I'd say more inclined to say, like, South America.
That's where it started as opposed to Africa,
because it went there later. So, I'll say...Colombia.
Incorrect. (AUDIENCE SIGHS)
The correct answer is Peru.
Peru, OK.
Which means, Patrice, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright, Julie, you know what this means. Out!
There she goes. (APPLAUSE)
Congratulations, Patrice, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion!
Which means you get the big brass mug and you get to do the sign off.
Thanks for playing, Hard! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yes! (LAUGHS)
Yes! Good stuff.