MALE ANNOUNCER: Tonight on Hard Quiz...
Expert subject, NASCAR.
Expert subject, the Mercator projection.
Expert subject, Ash Barty.
Expert subject, Australian sheep shearing.
Here's your host, Tom Gleeson!
Yes!
Hello!
Bluey's backstage.
Welcome to Hard Quiz.
These contestants are prey.
Last one to be devoured will be tonight's
Hard Quiz champion!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
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Let's say hello.
G'day, Finley. G'day, mate. How you going?
Now, you're a sheep shearer. Yep.
And you're from New Zealand? Yep.
And you're from New Zealand? Just make your own jokes, yeah?
(LAUGHTER)
Can't be bothered. Too obvious.
So, what happened to your eye, buddy? I'm worried about you.
Oh, the sheep wasn't too happy with how I was shearing it, so...
(LAUGHTER)
What were you doing to it?
(LAUGHTER)
Well, I'm a shearer (LAUGHTER)
Well, I'm a shearer and I'm from New Zealand.
Well, I'm a shearer What do you think, mate?
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
So, sheep shearing is your subject, but it's also your job.
So, sheep shearing is your subject, Yep.
Have you heard of something Yep.
Have you heard of something called a hobby?
Have you heard of something (LAUGHTER)
Nah, it's my whole life, pretty much.
I'm pretty well stuffed.
Well, it's funny you should say that,
because we asked contestants if they have any other subjects
that they're interested in, and you wrote on your form,
that they're interested in, "I have no other life interests."
(LAUGHTER)
Now, what were you doing before you found shearing?
Now, what were you doing before Ah, phwoar,
oh, doing bad things at high school.
(LAUGHTER)
What kind of bad things?
Oh, let's not talk about it.
(LAUGHTER)
Here you are, after defacing a sheep.
Why do you spray paint your sheep?
Every milestone we do, so 100, 200,
300, we celebrate it, and, yeah,
that was me shearing my 200th.
So, you just wrote "200" on your sheep?
Yeah. 206, if you can read, but whatever.
(LAUGHTER)
I'm being told by a sheep shearer I'm not very bright.
(LAUGHTER)
Thomas. Yes.
Ash Barty's your expert subject. Correct.
What do you like about her
that's different to everyone else liking her?
Oh, that she's much better than you.
(AUDIENCE GROANS)
But no, I love her humility,
the way that she, um,
you know, doesn't take the way that she, um,
you know, doesn't take everything granted for herself.
It's a whole team that supports her.
It's a whole team But, um, yeah, as I said,
much better than you is the main...
(LAUGHTER)
So, you do like all the things that just everyone else likes about her?
You don't have a unique interest?
I love the fact that she recognises the Indigenous Australian
I love the fact that she recognises population,
in regards to her paternal ancestry population,
in regards to her paternal ancestry that she has,
and I think she's a great inspiration for so many Australians.
and I think she's a great (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Now, your dad accidentally pierced your penis.
(LAUGHTER AND GROANING)
Do I want to hear this story?
I don't know. Do you?
No.
(LAUGHTER)
Bronwyn. (LAUGHTER)
Bronwyn. Evening, Tom.
Now, Bronwyn, your expert subject is the Mercator projection.
It sounds like a Dan Brown novel, but what is it?
It's the projection of the world, or the globe,
It's the projection of the world, onto a rectangular surface.
It's pretty cool.
(LAUGHTER)
Are there any Mercator projection fans in the crowd?
Are there any Mercator projection (LAUGHTER)
(CHEERING)
It's got to be right up the ABC audience's alley, surely?
Oh, yeah, they bloody love it, mate. (LAUGHTER)
They love nothing more than getting a sphere and projecting it
They love nothing more than getting onto a two-dimensional surface.
That's right. Who's with me?
(APPLAUSE)
OK.
Are you really interested in this, or did you just want to
choose something that no one gave a shit about
choose something that no so they wouldn't steal from you?
Well, the niche was an attractive aspect of it, but I have to say,
look, the romance of travel, the artistry of it,
look, the romance of travel, the maths and solving problems,
what's not to love?
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
Now, You've been to every continent on the planet.
That's right. Which one's the worst?
(LAUGHTER)
Who do I want to offend the least? Well, I mean,
Antarctica's got the fewest people. Maybe that's my best answer.
But it is amazing.
Did you fly, or did you sail, using 16th century maps?
Did you fly, or did you sail, (LAUGHTER)
There was a bit of sailing, (LAUGHTER)
There was a bit of sailing, you know, yeah, a couple of sails.
There was a bit of sailing, Went down by ship.
Sasky! Yes.
NASCAR is your expert subject. Yes.
You don't look like a typical fan to me.
You don't look like a typical fan Like, why do you love it?
I love the racing. Like, why do you love it?
I love the racing. I love how fast it is.
I love it's combative, it's competitive,
it's...a lot more happens in it than Formula One,
and every now and then something catches on fire and somersaults,
and every now and then something so it's pretty good.
(LAUGHTER)
Now, you worked in Canada,
doing the social media for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
doing the social media (CHEERING)
Yes, I did.
Making me look really short.
Are you a fan of violence?
Yes. Yeah. (LAUGHTER)
Rule-contained violence, but violence, nonetheless.
You once caused a national news story in Canada
You once caused a national news story by unfollowing people on Twitter.
Yep.
How slow is the news in Canada?
(LAUGHTER) Yeah!
There's something like looking up from your computer desk
to see CBC talking about something you've just done.
to see CBC talking about something Not a great feeling.
A goal of yours is publishing Not a great feeling.
A goal of yours is publishing an LGBTQI+ romance novel.
Will it be about NASCAR?
No, it's currently about ice hockey.
So, I want to write sports romance,
particularly queer sports romance, maybe,
and so, yeah, maybe.
NASCAR could use one.
They do have a NASCAR Harlequin romance series.
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah, they could have titles like (LAUGHTER)
Yeah, they could have titles like "Driven to Distraction."
I actually think that might be a title.
Oh, really? Yeah.
What about "Changing Queers?"
Uh, no, but I'm taking that one with me!
Uh, no, but I'm taking that one (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
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 Sasky and her expert subject, NASCAR.
Let's start with Sasky (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
With souped-up engines (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
With souped-up engines to avoid the police,
and seats removed to store bootleg cargo,
stock car racing originated during America's ban on what product?
(BUZZER) Bronwyn for the steal.
(BUZZER) Alcohol.
Correct! Double points to you!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, they modified normal cars to avoid attention
Yeah, they modified normal cars and sell illegal moonshine.
Then they started racing them, and NASCAR was born.
In 2020, Bubba Wallace, the only black driver in the top circuit,
was instrumental in NASCAR banning...
(BUZZER) Sasky.
The Confederate flag?
Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) ..banning the display of which flag?
The Confederate flag is correct.
And you're saying my stereotypes about NASCAR are wrong, or,
And you're saying my stereotypes 'cause I'm just saying...
I feel like that looks pretty... 'cause I'm just saying...
I feel like that looks pretty... Some of them are wrong.
Some of them are very right.
That looks very stereotype-y, right there.
Ticking a lot of boxes there.
No shirts, Confederate flags,
only white people.
(LAUGHTER)
Yep.
After Carl Edwards' car flipped on the final lap
of the Talladega Superspeedway,
he was inspired by fictional driver Ricky Bobby to finish the race
he was inspired by fictional driver in what way?
Sasky. in what way?
Sasky. By running across the line?
Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
The first NASCAR race outside of North America was held in Melbourne,
in 1988, after the sport was brought to Australia by which tire mogul?
(BUZZER) For the steal, it's Bronwyn.
(BUZZER) Too slow. It's still open.
(BUZZER) For the steal, it's Finley!
(BUZZER) Bob Jane.
Correct! Double points to you!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Bob Jane built the Calder Park Thunderdome especially for NASCAR,
but then V8 supercars turned up.
Last question in your set, Sasky.
In 2013, Danica Patrick became the first woman to win pole...
(BUZZER) Sasky.
The Daytona 500?
Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..the first woman to win pole (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..the first woman to win pole position in NASCAR Cup Series history
in which iconic race? The Daytona 500 is correct.
NASCAR has this image of being redneck,
but they've had quite a few female drivers. Is that fair?
but they've had quite a few Um, they've had two.
(LAUGHTER)
And one full-time, and that's her. (LAUGHTER)
And one full-time, and that's her. Yeah!
And one full-time, and that's her. Equality!
(LAUGHTER)
Time now for Bronwyn (LAUGHTER)
Time now for Bronwyn and the Mercator projection.
Time now for Bronwyn (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Get ready to talk about a projection of the globe onto a 2D surface!
(LAUGHTER)
Don't get them excited!
Calm down, everyone!
(LAUGHTER)
Published in 1569,
the Mercator projection recreates the curvature of the Earth
on a flat map by progressively increasing the gaps between
on a flat map by progressively which geographic lines?
(BUZZER) For the steal, it's Sasky!
Uh, the lines of latitude?
Correct! Double points to you!
Correct! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, it was never meant to go (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, it was never meant to go on a wall.
It was just meant to make sailing easier.
You could draw a line between two spots,
and if you always travelled at that angle,
and if you always travelled you would get there.
The projection's inventor, Gerardus Mercator,
was a Flemish geographer and mathematician,
credited with coining which term for a book of maps?
(BUZZER) Bronwyn.
Atlas.
Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, there's the first book labelled as an atlas, (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, there's the first book labelled as an atlas,
and that's Atlas there,
rooting the moon I think.
(LAUGHTER)
In an episode of The West Wing, cartographers campaigned to stop
the use of Mercator maps in which public institutions?
(BUZZER) Bronwyn.
(BUZZER) Schools.
Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, so the closer to the pole, the bigger countries appear.
So, Greenland looks the same size as Africa,
but it's actually around 14 times smaller.
Mercator's original projection included a map of the Arctic,
showing which theorised navigation route
that wasn't successfully traversed until 1906?
(BUZZER) Bronwyn.
(BUZZER) The Northwest Passage.
Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I think that's what Atlas was trying to root before.
I think that's what Atlas (LAUGHTER)
Last question in your set, Bronwyn,
a modified version of the Mercator projection
is used by which online map provider, launched in February...
(BUZZER) Bronwyn.
(BUZZER) Google Maps.
Correct!
..in February 2005.
Google Maps is correct.
(APPLAUSE)
OK, next set of questions is for Thomas on Ash Barty.
OK, next set of questions (APPLAUSE)
Starting her training when Ash Barty (APPLAUSE)
Starting her training when Ash Barty was only four,
Starting her training when Ash Barty here's junior coach Jim Joyce.
The thing that stood out with her was her (BLEEP).
It was amazing.
(BUZZER) Thomas.
Gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
The rest of the question was,
"..which skill did he describe The rest of the question was,
"..which skill did he describe as amazing?"
"..which skill did he describe Hand-eye coordination is correct.
She was so good that Joyce would give her opponents tips
on how to beat her.
The design of Barty's 2021 Wimbledon outfit
was a nod to which 14-time Grand Slam...
(BUZZER) Thomas.
(BUZZER) Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
Correct!
..which 14-time grand slam winner?
Evonne Goolagong Cawley is correct.
Barty became the second Indigenous woman to win Wimbledon,
exactly 50 years after her mentor, Goolagong Cawley.
The homage was all in the scalloped hemlines. exactly 50 years after her mentor, Goolagong Cawley.
The homage was all in the scalloped hemlines.
She also said "all gays are going to hell" as a tribute to Margaret Court.
(GROANS AND LAUGHTER)
No one remembers that. I remember it.
No one remembers that. (LAUGHTER)
During a 17-month break from tennis,
Barty played professional cricket for which Big Bash...
(BUZZER) Thomas?
Brisbane Heat.
Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..which big bash league team?
Brisbane Heat is correct.
In 2019, Barty tried to make her press conferences more fun
by sneaking in quotes from movies produced by which company?
(BUZZER) Thomas.
(BUZZER) Disney?
Correct!
(APPLAUSE)
Here she is, quoting the Little Mermaid.
I look at a shot, I play a shot,
and then I think, you know, the seaweed's always greener
and then I think, you know, in someone else's lake.
Last question in your set, Thomas.
Two months after winning the Australian Open,
Barty retired at the age of 25, and at what world ranking?
(BUZZER) Thomas.
(BUZZER) Number one.
Correct! (APPLAUSE)
Five from five!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Last in the expert round is Finley and Australian sheep shearing.
(APPLAUSE)
Where possible, the sheep's fleece is typically removed in one piece,
with each sweeping cut being known by what term?
(BUZZER) Finley.
(BUZZER) Blow.
Correct!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
How hard is it shearing a sheep on a scale of "piss-easy"
How hard is it shearing a sheep to "hosting a quiz show"?
(LAUGHTER)
Trust me, I wouldn't be getting you out there, mate.
Trust me, I wouldn't be getting you You wouldn't have me out there?
No you, you know,
you look a bit piss-weak, to be honest.
you look a bit piss-weak, (LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
I don't know how to break this to you, Finley,
I don't know how to break this but I don't want to be out there.
(LAUGHTER)
Started partly in response to a reduction in pay,
the Shearers' Strike of 1891 was instrumental in the formation
of which modern day political party?
(BUZZER) Bronwyn for the steal.
The Australian Labor Party. FINLEY: Oh...
Correct!
Double points to you!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
In 2022, the wool industry invested over a million dollars
into new technology that would allow sheep's fleece to be pulled off
after injecting them with a protein from what grain?
(LAUGHTER)
Wide open!
(LAUGHTER)
(BUZZER)
Time's up. Corn.
Oh!
Have you heard of this process?
Why would I?
You know, my job's to shear 'em,
not take that wool off.
(LAUGHTER)
There was something similar, called BioClip...
Yeah.
..but because the sheep had to wear little net suits
to keep the wool on them, it never really took off.
That would make you obsolete, wouldn't it?
It'd be like the self-checkout for you.
(LAUGHTER) Yeah. Pretty much.
The uniquely Australian practise of mulesing,
removing the skin from a sheep's backside to prevent disease,
removing the skin from a sheep's was publicly condemned in 2006
by which American singer?
(LAUGHTER)
Wide open!
(BUZZER)
Time's up! P!nk.
Yeah, P!nk. She called for a boycott on the wool industry,
but backtracked after they told her that they were phasing out
but backtracked after they told her mulesing by 2010.
And, uh, have they phased it out?
Nah.
(LAUGHTER)
Last question in your set, (LAUGHTER)
Last question in your set, Finley.
According to the Australian bush ballad,
According to the Australian what sound do the shears go?
(BUZZER) what sound do the shears go?
(BUZZER) For the steal, it's Bronwyn!
(BUZZER) Click.
Correct!
Double points to you!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Let's have a listen.
# Click go the shears, boys, Let's have a listen.
# Click go the shears, boys, click, click, click!
# Wide is his bow and his hands move quick
# Wide is his bow # The ringer looks around and... #
(LAUGHTER)
We've rushed through their subjects, now let's rush through mine.
(APPLAUSE) We've rushed through their subjects, now let's rush through mine.
(APPLAUSE)
This week, I've been really getting into film festivals.
This week, I've been really getting I love film festivals.
They're a great excuse to watch I love film festivals.
They're a great excuse to watch boring movies with terrible people.
They're a great excuse to watch (LAUGHTER)
This round is multiple choice.
Select your answers on your screens,
then press the buzzer to lock in the answer.
The answer is...
..B) Bear.
(APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the Lion is best film at Venice.
Yeah, the Lion is best film The Golden Horse comes from Taipei
and the Golden Crow recognises business entrepreneurship in Wagga.
and the Golden Crow recognises (LAUGHTER)
The answer is...
..A) Virtual reality headset.
(APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the prototype was made by Palmer Lucky,
and that prototype turned into the Oculus Rift headset.
The answer is...
..D) Cannes.
(APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the first Cannes Film Festival, unfortunately,
had to be postponed,
because it was the same day that Hitler invaded Poland.
Don't you hate it when a bigger news story trumps your news story?
Don't you hate it when a bigger news (LAUGHTER)
The answer is...
..B) Harvie Krumpet.
(APPLAUSE)
Last question in my round is worth double points.
They were all publicity stunts,
except for one.
The answer is...
..C) Jackass's Steve-O urinating on the red carpet.
(APPLAUSE)
Steve-O pissed on the red carpet at the LA premiere of his own movie,
and probably on a street corner most nights of the week.
Alright, at the end of my round,
Finley, you're at the bottom on 25.
Get over here.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
What happened?
I don't know, mate.
I just need to go off and make some money.
You know, get a real job, like no one at the ABC.
You know, get a real job, (LAUGHTER)
Just beyond those doors,
there's a little ramp going Just beyond those doors,
there's a little ramp going down to all the other sheep.
there's a little ramp going Oh, sweet!
You'd love that, wouldn't you? Yeah, it's bloody awesome.
Alright. Out!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
There he goes.
Yep, it's the People's Round!
Fold some socks, play along at home.
Fold some socks, Your time starts now.
Which Olympic sport uses a shuttlecock?
(BUZZER) Sasky.
Badminton? Yes!
A bosun generally works on what vehicle?
Bronwyn. Ship.
Yes! KFC's secret recipe contains how many herbs and spices?
Bronwyn. 11.
Yes!
According to Bob Dylan, the answer is blowing in the what?
Bronwyn. Wind.
Yes!
In 2022, who succeeded Liz Truss as UK PM?
In 2022, who succeeded Liz Truss Sasky.
Ah, Rishi Sunak?
Yes! From the Greek for "drip" comes what term
for a formation hanging from a cave's roof?
Bronwyn. Stalactite.
Bronwyn. Yes!
LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark...
Sasky. LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark...
Sasky. Airports?
Sasky. No.
..are airports servicing which city?
..are airports servicing New York is the answer.
One of Shakespeare's tragedies is New York is the answer.
One of Shakespeare's tragedies is Antony and who?
Bronwyn. Cleopatra.
Yes! Something simple is commonly said to be as easy as
what pastry dish? Time's up!
The answer is "pie". (CHEERING)
Alright, at the end of the People's Round,
Sasky you're at the bottom, on 35.
Get over here.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
How would you describe your race, Sasky?
How would you describe your race, Ah, went out hard and caught fire.
(LAUGHTER)
Alright, out!
There she goes.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Only two left. Who's gonna be the Hard Quiz champion?
Bronwyn and Thomas, get over here,
because it's time to play Hard Quiz.
ANNOUNCER: Ash Barty vs the Mercator projection!
ANNOUNCER: Ash Barty vs (APPLAUSE)
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, Bronwyn?
Well, I'd like to clop my husband around the back of the head with it
'cause he didn't think I'd get this far.
'cause he didn't think But we don't condone violence,
so I'll have to just ostentatiously serve him his coffee in it
every morning.
So, he didn't think you'd make it this far?
So, he didn't think you'd make it No. Ye of little faith.
What about you, Thomas?
I'd like to have a celebratory lemonade in it,
and then gift it to my mother, on her mantelpiece,
'cause she's such a fan of the show, I think she deserves it.
'cause she's such a fan of the show, (AUDIENCE SIGHS)
Alright.
(LAUGHTER)
It's best of five, penalty shoot-out style,
harder questions on your expert subject.
So, it's Thomas's knowledge of Ash Barty
versus Bronwyn's knowledge of the Mercator Projection.
versus Bronwyn's knowledge Let's play, Hard!
(APPLAUSE) Let's play, Hard!
(APPLAUSE)
Thomas... Yes.
..after she left professional tennis in 2014,
Barty decided not to file which application
that was covered by Section 14
of the official WTA rulebook?
I'm going to take a stab. Was it something to do with doping?
Incorrect.
The correct answer is
special ranking.
So, she could have easily frozen her ranking
and her ability to enter tournaments straightaway, without qualifying,
but she wanted to work her way back up from scratch.
but she wanted to work her way So, she forfeited that.
What a fool!
(LAUGHTER)
Bronwyn,
in part due to his extensive Bronwyn,
in part due to his extensive travelling as a cartographer,
in 1544, Gerardus Mercator was charged with
in 1544, Gerardus Mercator which specific form of heresy?
Protestantism.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is Lutheranism.
Oh!
Potato, po-ta-to.
Yeah, we needed the specific form,
but close.
They're both made-up religions.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the Inquisition locked him (APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the Inquisition locked him up for months,
but there was no evidence and people protested,
but there was no evidence so he was released.
Thomas... so he was released.
Thomas... Yes.
Thomas... ..after her retirement,
Barty released her memoir,
and the Little Ash series of children's books, Barty released her memoir,
and the Little Ash series of children's books,
and the Little Ash based on her own life.
What is the title of this book?
Little...
..Little Ash Lives?
Incorrect.
The correct answer is
Friendship Fix-it! The correct answer is
Friendship Fix-it!
(LAUGHTER)
How does someone so wholesome get even more wholesome?
(LAUGHTER)
Write a kid's book!
I thought it was just for middle-aged comedians
I thought it was just for who had lost their creativity.
(LAUGHTER)
Good evening, Hughesy.
(LAUGHTER)
Bronwyn, proposed by a German (LAUGHTER)
Bronwyn, proposed by a German historian in 1973,
as a more egalitarian option than the Mercator,
was a map first designed over 100 years earlier
by whom?
Gall.
Correct.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
James Gall. That's the Gall-Peters projection.
German historian Arno Peters probably didn't know it already existed, James Gall. That's the Gall-Peters projection.
German historian Arno Peters probably didn't know it already existed,
but he then went on to licence it for himself...
That's right. ..'cause he's an asshole.
(LAUGHTER)
Marty?
Right.
Thomas... Yes.
..this is a recreation of the winning shot Thomas... Yes.
..this is a recreation of the winning shot
in Barty's match against Marketa Vondrousova ..this is a recreation of the winning shot
in Barty's match against Marketa Vondrousova
in the 2019 French Open Final. against Marketa Vondrousova
in the 2019 French Open Final.
Which of these six balls depicts where it landed?
I believe it's number six.
I know she's got an incredible drop shot,
however, I think she hit the line at number six. I know she's got an incredible drop shot,
however, I think she hit the line at number six.
Incorrect.
(AUDIENCE GROANS)
The correct answer is
number two. The correct answer is
number two.
It's the opposite of what you said.
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah, she popped it just over the net.
Marty?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Bronwyn,
this is Mercator's original projection.
Which notable detail have we obscured in Patagonia?
I'm pretty confident it's an animal.
There weren't many animals referenced in this map.
I've got a feeling
it's a hooved animal.
Is it a horse?
Incorrect.
You're correct, Incorrect.
You're correct, that it was an animal,
You're correct, but they were giants.
Doh!
(LAUGHTER)
The map labels them as giants,
but they were only about three metres tall, The map labels them as giants,
but they were only about three metres tall,
so they just discovered a South American basketball team.
(LAUGHTER)
Thomas... Yes.
..reaching the final of all four Grand Slams together,
Barty and doubles partner, Casey Dellacqua,
Barty and doubles partner, went by which four-letter nickname?
I'm...
God, it's a combination of, obviously, their names,
and their nicknames,
and for the life of me...
I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say...
Four letters?
DEBA?
Incorrect.
The correct answer is
ABCD.
(LAUGHTER AND GROANS)
Ash Barty, Casey Dellacqua. ABCD.
Yeah, Barty credits having a casual hit of tennis with Dellacqua
during her 17-month break as reigniting her desire to play again.
Bronwyn, if you get this right, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
Bronwyn, if you get this right, Bronwyn,
hobbyist cartographer John P Snyder landed a US government job,
after he used Mercator's map and a pocket calculator
after he used Mercator's map to develop which projection?
There's a few projections, which are based on the Mercator.
The Universal Transverse Mercator,
the Web Mercator.
I'm thinking,
and I admire him for doing it with a pocket calculator,
and I admire him for doing but I'm thinking
the Web Mercator.
Incorrect.
The correct answer Incorrect.
The correct answer is the Space Oblique Mercator.
Yeah, it takes satellite images and accounts for the rotation
of both the Earth and the satellite to make the map.
The government couldn't work out how to do it themselves,
so they asked for help at a cartography conference.
so they asked for help Wouldn't that be fun?
(LAUGHTER)
Thomas, you need this.
If you get this wrong, then, Bronwyn,
you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion. If you get this wrong, then, Bronwyn,
you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
you are tonight's Thomas, in her memoir,
My Dream Time,
Barty states that, on the advice of fellow player, Simona Halep, My Dream Time,
Barty states that, on the advice of fellow player, Simona Halep,
she had the phrase "WTA #1 2019"
embossed into what object
to make it special?
WTA, year-ending, number one,
embossed...
..into the WTA year-ending finals trophy.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is
she had it embossed The correct answer is
she had it embossed into her first Porsche.
she had it embossed (LAUGHTER)
Which means, Bronwyn, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright, Thomas, you know what this means.
Alright, Thomas, Out!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
There he goes.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Congratulations, Bronwyn,
you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion,
which means you get you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion,
which means you get the big brass mug,
which means you get and you get to do the sign-off!
Thank you for playing, Hard!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you for playing, Hard!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
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