ANNOUNCER: Tonight on Hard Quiz:
Expert subject - exotic dancer Mata Hari.
Expert subject - video game series Grand Theft Auto.
Expert subject - champagne.
Expert subject - The Hobbit.
Here's your host, Tom Gleeson.
Yes! Hello!
I'm Daddy AF.
Welcome to Hard Quiz. These contestants are disputed islands.
Last one to get a Chinese base will be tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
(CHEERING)
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Let's say hello. G'day, Lillian. Hi.
WOMAN: Whoo! Now, you're...
WOMAN: Whoo! A bit over the top.
Now, your expert subject is The Hobbit,
so you're clearly into short, hairy men.
Would you like me to introduce you to Costa?
Would you like me to (LAUGHTER)
Why are you into The Hobbit?
Um, I found one of Why are you into The Hobbit?
Um, I found one of the dwarves really hot.
Um, I found one of Oh!
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
What was it that did it for you? (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
What was it that did it for you? The small hands or the small feet?
All of the above. All of the above. OK.
Now, you've got a tattoo of a crocodile.
Now, you've got a tattoo God. Yes.
Are crocodiles supposed God. Yes.
Are crocodiles supposed to have three back legs?
Are crocodiles supposed (LAUGHTER)
I really wanted a crocodile tattoo when I saw that one,
and I liked the design.
So I took it to the tattoo place and I got it done.
And then I was looking at it, like, three months later
and I was like, "Oh, my God, they've made a mistake.
"Like, they've given it a third leg."
"Like, they've given it (LAUGHTER)
And then I looked at the design that I gave them,
and the design is called Croc With Cock, so...
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
Here's your hat from the film. Yeah.
Here's your hat from the film. What's the significance of the hat?
So, I actually got it from a friend, What's the significance of the hat?
So, I actually got it from a friend, and it's one of the official hats
that the crew got when they worked on the first Hobbit movie.
OK. Where'd your friend get it from? Saint Vinnies?
Yep. (LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Dave. Hi.
Now, your expert subject is champagne.
Do you have a delicate palate and an understanding of the nuances?
Kind of, I guess, it's kind of my last stop.
I've worked my way through beer and whisky,
I've worked my way and now I'm on champagne, so...
Can you explain to us how this fascination with the finer
things in life fits with you eating dog biscuits as a child?
Uh, well, see, when you're eating dog biscuits,
you really get to understand the flavour, because the flavour
doesn't leave your mouth for three days after you eat them.
doesn't leave your mouth for (LAUGHTER)
Sonny! Your expert subject is Grand Theft Auto.
So, just to be sure, the game, not the crime, yeah?
Yes, Tom, just the game, mate.
Because you do look like you've stolen a few cars in your time.
Because you do look like you've Just on assessing you visually.
Tom, you shouldn't judge Just on assessing you visually.
Tom, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
People would look at you and think you're a mathematician,
People would look at you and not a hilarious comedian.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Now, can you explain GTA to the ABC viewers
and anyone who's not a complete psychopath?
It's a video game series.
Uh, generally a character It's a video game series.
Uh, generally a character who will conduct crimes
or sell drugs or steal cars, or just generally cause mayhem for money.
It's a very violent game, isn't it? It can be, yes.
There's torture scenes at times.
You can run down Hare Krishnas in the old top-down...
(LAUGHTER) ..um, top-down games.
It was a different time. It was the '90s, so, yeah.
It was a different time. (LAUGHTER)
But it's good fun. Yes.
"It was a different time. It was the '90s."
And you have PlayStation buttons tattooed on your fingers.
Yes. (LAUGHS)
Is that so if you're ever in prison,
people know just what Is that so if you're ever in prison,
people know just what a tough guy you are.
people know just what (LAUGHTER)
I'm just trying to prove to people that I'm a big nerd at heart.
Yeah. At least it's not a crocodile with a cock, I guess.
Yeah. At least it's not a crocodile (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
Dawn! Hello, Tom.
Your expert subject is Mata Hari. Why?
Well, Mata Hari has a personality like you, Tom.
She's beautiful, she's brilliant, and she's audacious, just like you.
She's beautiful, she's brilliant, (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Here's you with Rolf Harris (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Here's you with Rolf Harris and Prince Andrew.
Oh, yeah. (AUDIENCE MEMBERS EXCLAIM)
Did you want to get a photo with Jeffrey Epstein,
so you could get the sex pest trifecta?
so you could get (LAUGHTER)
Now, you went around the country with a blow-up doll called Dickie.
Yes, I did. There's Dickie. Yeah.
Yes, I did. There's Dickie. (LAUGHTER)
Actually, you're looking a bit (LAUGHTER)
Actually, you're looking a bit handsy there with Dickie.
Actually, you're looking a bit Did you learn that from Rolf?
I did! (LAUGHTER, GROANING)
A little birdie told me you've also got a tattoo.
I have. What tattoo do you have?
Would you like to see it? Oh.
(LAUGHTER)
Ah, yeah.
Now, I'm sorry, but I'd have to take my mic out.
Now, I'm sorry, but I'd Oh.
And it's down the back of my pants,
so that will give you a hint about where the tattoo is.
Oh, do you have a tramp stamp? No! I'm not a tramp.
(LAUGHTER)
It's a Gaelic heart. It's sort of a love knot.
Oh, I thought it might have been a sun at the crack of Dawn.
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
No? No!
Definitely not.
Alright, let's play HARD!
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.
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 Dawn and her expert subject Mata Hari.
Born Margaretha Zelle in the Netherlands,
Mata Hari was recruited to spy for France during World War I
before being executed by the French for spying for which other country?
Dawn. Germany.
Dawn. Correct.
Despite having limited formal training,
Mata Hari found fame as an exotic dancer,
claiming to have learned her technique while living on
which Indonesian island?
Dawn. Sumatra.
Incorrect. It's wide open. AUDIENCE: Aww.
(BUZZ!) Sonny for the steel.
Java. Yes.
Correct! Double points for you.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
The name Mata Hari comes from the Malay language.
Do you know what Mata Hari trans... (DING!)
No. Sorry, we're just... This is just...
No. Sorry, we're just... (LAUGHTER)
This is just chitchat.
Oh! Yeah, this is just chit...
Oh! (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
So, the name Mata Hari just comes (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
So, the name Mata Hari just comes from the Malay language, yeah?
So, the name Mata Hari just comes 'Cause we're just chatting now.
I'll relax, OK.
Just relax. I'll relax, OK.
Just relax. Yep.
Yeah. Yes, I do.
So, out of curiosity, not as part of the quiz,
do you know where the name Mata Hari came...
(BUZZ!) No!
(BUZZ!) (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
I'll start taking points.
Do you know Mata Hari, what it translates to?
Yes, the eye of the dawn. Right.
Yes, the eye of the dawn. While performing throughout Europe,
Mata Hari had numerous While performing throughout Europe,
Mata Hari had numerous lovers and admirers,
including which famous La boheme composer?
For the steal, it's Dave! Puccini.
For the steal, it's Dave! Correct! Double points to you.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Creating a 2016 national (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Creating a 2016 national Dutch ballet production
Creating a 2016 national based on Mata Hari's life,
the show's choreographer compared her to which Oscar-winning singer?
It's wide open!
For the steal, it's Dave!
Lady Gaga. (DAWN LAUGHS)
Lady Gaga. Correct! Double points to you.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Sipping on your champagne, listening to your Lady Gaga.
Last question in your set, Dawn.
Eyewitness accounts of Mata Hari's execution by firing squad
said that she refused to wear what covering?
Dawn. A mask.
Incorrect. Oh!
Dave for the steal. A blindfold.
Yes. Correct.
Double points to you. Bastard.
(APPLAUSE)
That's not a real photo, by the way.
That's not a real photo? That's not a real photo, by the way.
That's not a real photo? That's taken from a movie.
It's a photo from a film. Yes.
So, it's not a photo of the event? No.
It IS a real photo, though, it's not a (BLEEP) drawing, is it?
(LAUGHTER)
Alright, next set of questions (LAUGHTER)
Alright, next set of questions is for Sonny on Grand Theft Auto.
Alright, next set of questions (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Selling more than 400 million copies as a series
since the first game in 1997,
the original working title for Grand Theft Auto was Race 'N' what?
(TIMER BUZZES)
Time's up. Chase. Race 'N' Chase.
Have you heard of that?
No, you never played the original.
The first one's too old for me.
No, I'm just saying. The first one's too old for me.
No, I'm just saying. You can watch The Wizard Of Oz.
I wasn't born when it came out, but it's still there.
I wasn't born when it came out, Yeah.
You know what I mean? Yeah.
You know what I mean? True.
You don't go, "Oh, wheels were invented before I was born,
"so when I drive my car, I just have (BLEEP) squares on there."
(LAUGHTER)
Grand Theft Auto V set a record,
as it turns out, earning a billion dollars in three days.
As of 2023, that one release has made almost $8 billion.
The third GTA saw a change from top-down, 2-D animation
to an open 3-D world, allowing players to explore Liberty City,
which is loosely based on which metropolis?
Sonny. New York City.
Sonny. Correct!
Protagonist CJ needs to eat
to maintain his health in GTA: San Andreas,
but more than 11 meals in six hours will make him
but more than 11 meals lose health and do what?
Sonny.
Die.
Incorrect. It's wide open.
For the steal, it's Dawn! Vomit.
(LAUGHTER) Correct. Double points for you!
(LAUGHTER) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
I have to be honest, Dawn, I did not expect you to steal any questions
I have to be honest, Dawn, I did not on Grand Theft Auto.
I've surprised myself, Tom.
(LAUGHTER)
Radio stations are an important feature of GTA,
including flashback 95.6,
which only plays songs from what Al Pacino mobster film?
Sonny. Scarface.
Correct.
Last question in your set, Sonny.
A 2014 lawsuit against Last question in your set, Sonny.
A 2014 lawsuit against the game's publishers
claiming GTA V's troubled starlet Lacey Jonas
was based on her, was brought by which actress?
Sonny. Is it Carmen Electra?
Incorrect. It's wide open.
Oh! Dawn for the steal.
Pamela Stephenson.
Incorrect.
(LAUGHTER)
(TIMER BUZZES) (LAUGHTER)
(TIMER BUZZES)
Time's up. Lindsay Lohan.
(GROANING)
Yeah, it was shot down in 2016.
She appealed again in 2018 and lost again.
The judge said the character was a generic 20-something woman
without any particular identifying physical characteristics.
without any particular identifying Sounds like Lindsay to me.
(LAUGHTER)
Alright, time now for Dave on champagne.
Alright, time now for Dave (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Despite going to great lengths, 17th-century monk Dom Perignon
ultimately failed to eliminate what perceived fault
ultimately failed to eliminate that is now a signature of champagne.
Dave. Bubbles.
Dave. Correct.
Carbonation in Perignon's time meant champagne regularly exploded,
leading to the nickname the Devil's Wine.
Madame Clicquot was so successful running her dead husband's champagne
house that other brands began adding verve to their labels,
house that other brands began despite the title meaning what?
Dave. Widow.
Correct.
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
In 2023, a spokesperson confirmed that Taittinger would not need
to add sugar due to grape acidity levels being affected by what?
Dave. Climate change.
Correct. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Grapes in the Champagne region are being harvested a month earlier
because they're ripening too quickly.
So, climate change is making champagne taste better.
So, Sky News is right - it's not all bad.
(LAUGHTER)
Can't wait to find out how microplastics improve caviar.
Can't wait to find out how (LAUGHTER)
Have a listen to this.
(KILLER QUEEN BY QUEEN PLAYS)
In the opening of the song Killer Queen,
Freddie Mercury mispronounces which brand of champagne?
For the steal, it's Lillian! Moet Chandon.
Correct. Double points to you.
(APPLAUSE)
What did you say?
I think I mispronounced it. What did you say?
I think I mispronounced it. I know.
I think I mispronounced it. Yeah, it's Moet and Chandon.
Uh, because Moet is a Dutch name, not a French one, so you pronounce the T.
Uh, because Moet is a Dutch name, not It's not silent.
Last question in your set, Dave.
In 2021, Vladimir Putin signed a law Last question in your set, Dave.
In 2021, Vladimir Putin signed a law requiring all champagne bottles
to be labelled "sparkling wine" except those from which country?
to be labelled "sparkling wine" For the steal, it's Lillian.
Russia. For the steal, it's Lillian.
Russia. Correct. Double points to you.
Russia. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
A major champagne producer threatened to pull their wines
from the Russian market, but backed down three days later.
The Russian for champagne is Shampanskoye,
which sounds dangerously like Champagne-esque,
which sounds dangerously like or what we'd call Aldi Fizz.
(LAUGHTER)
Alright, last set in the expert (LAUGHTER)
Alright, last set in the expert round is Lillian and The Hobbit.
Alright, last set in the expert (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Following the adventures of Bilbo Baggins as he encounters
dwarves, elves, and a treasure-hungry dragon,
The Hobbit is J.R.R. Tolkien's prelude to what fantasy series?
Lillian. Lord Of The Rings
Correct.
Bilbo also shows up in Lord Of The Rings
as a close relative of Frodo, one of the heroes of that story.
On his first day filming for the movie adaptation,
Martin Freeman, as Bilbo, recorded a famous scene from the book
alongside what notorious...
Lillian. Gollum.
Lillian. Correct.
In the book and first film, Bilbo and his dwarf companions
are captured by a group of trolls who discuss ways of preparing them
as food, such as turning them into jelly by doing what?
Lillian. Sitting on them and squashing them.
Lillian. Correct.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Throughout the trilogy, Gandalf pairs up with fellow wizard
Radagast the Brown, who travels around Middle-earth
with the help of giant rabbits pulling what type of vehicle?
Lillian. A sled.
Correct. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Yeah, the sled's also featured in Grand Theft Auto: Middle-earth.
Yeah, the sled's also featured (LAUGHTER)
Last question in your set, Lillian.
The Hobbiton movie set is a permanent New Zealand tourist attraction
that celebrated the first film's 10th anniversary
by offering overnight accommodation through what company?
For the steal, it's Sonny. Airbnb.
Correct. Double points to you.
Alright, we've done there subjects. Now let's do mine.
This week, I've been really getting into word games.
This week, I've been really I love word games.
Nothing brings a family together like
shaming the middle child Nothing brings a family together like
shaming the middle child who can't spell.
(LAUGHTER)
This round is multiple choice.
Select your answers on your screens,
then press the buzzer to lock in the answer.
Are any of you fond of word games?
Oh, OK.
I'm a middle child, though, Tom and I can spell, I think.
Oh. I'm pretty sure I can spell.
OK. How do you spell Veuve Clicquot.
Yeah, let's move on. OK.
(LAUGHTER)
Becoming a global hit in 2022,
Wordle offered what praise for guessing a five-letter word
Wordle offered what praise on the second attempt?
These are all working titles for my autobiography.
These are all working titles (LAUGHTER)
The answer is A - magnificent.
Wordle was made by a guy called Josh Wardle,
who became a millionaire when The New York Times bought his game.
Typically, the winner of a game of Bananagrams
Typically, the winner of is awarded which title?
Lillian, you've got a look on your face
like you're back at the tattoo parlour.
You're like... (LAUGHTER)
The answer is C - Top Banana.
Adhering to the rules of Boggle,
which of these words can Adhering to the rules of Boggle,
which of these words can be found in this grid?
(GROANS)
The answer is C - densest.
You had to join the letters up, down, across or diagonally
You had to join the letters up, and only use each letter once.
For example, in this grid I found the words "Gogglebox is crap."
For example, in this grid I found (LAUGHTER)
Which former US president helped to compile The New York Times crossword
Which former US president helped to published on Friday 12th of May 2017?
The answer is D - Bill Clinton.
Last question in my round's worth double points.
Which of these three-letter combinations forms
an officially playable word in Scrabble?
So, which of these three-letter combinations forms
an officially playable word in Scrabble?
The answer is a - aba.
(CHEERING)
(MOUTHS WORDS)
An aba is a Middle Eastern garment.
Alright, at the end of my round, Dawn,
Alright, at the end of you're at the bottom on -10.
Get over here.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
I was looking forward to you hanging around, Dawn.
I know. You're good value. What happened?
You know what happened? No.
I was overcome by your good looks and charisma,
I was overcome by your and I couldn't concentrate.
Maybe you, me and the blow-up doll
should go around Australia a second time.
should go around Australia (LAUGHTER)
That'd be great. (LAUGHTER)
That'd be great. Yeah, it'd be nice.
I'll go home and blow him up straightaway.
I'll go home and (LAUGHTER)
Out. (LAUGHTER)
Out. Alright, out!
Out. (SHRIEKS)
There she goes.
It's the People's Round.
Dust your windowsills, play along at home.
Your time starts now. Dust your windowsills, play along at home.
Your time starts now.
Which insect is commonly known as a mozzie?
Sonny. Mosquito.
Yes.
Who was the first president of the United States?
Dave. George Washington.
Dave. Yes.
A triptych is an artwork consisting of how many panels?
Dave. Three.
Yes. Golfer Jack Nicklaus is known as the Golden what?
Dave. Bear.
Yes.
A synagogue is a place of worship in which faith?
Lillian. Judaism.
Yes.
What was the signature colour of the singer Prince?
Sonny. Purple.
Sonny. Yes.
Graham Kennedy was banned from live TV for mimicking what bird?
Sonny. Magpie.
Sonny. No. Crow.
Who lit the cauldron at the No. Crow.
Who lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Sydney...
Who lit the cauldron at the Time's up. Olympics!
Cathy Freeman is the answer.
Alright, at the end of Cathy Freeman is the answer.
Alright, at the end of the People's Round,
Sonny, you're at the bottom on 10. Get over here.
Sonny, you're at the bottom (CHEERING)
What happened? Ran out of health. Now I'm wasted.
(LAUGHTER)
Well, you can go and save the game backstage and try again.
Is that how it works in real life, too?
Yeah, you just go out there and save it and start again.
Oh, thanks for letting me know. Out!
There he goes.
Alright, only two left. Who's going to be the Hard Quiz champion?
Dave and Lillian, get over here, because it's time to play Hard Quiz.
ANNOUNCER: The Hobbit versus champagne.
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, Lillian?
Um, I might get drunk and apply for another quiz show.
Oh.
Which one? Not Mastermind.
No. You'd never go on that heap of a show.
No. You'd never go on What about you, Dave?
Well, at wine tastings, Tom, people like to spit the wine out
between drinks, so I think I'll take it home and use it as a spittoon.
between drinks, so I think I'll take OK.
It's best of five, penalty shoot-out style.
Harder questions on your expert subject.
So, it's Lillian's knowledge of The Hobbit
versus Dave's knowledge of champagne.
Let's play HARD.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE) Let's play HARD.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Lillian, in The Hobbit, Bilbo travels (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Lillian, in The Hobbit, Bilbo travels with a company of 13 dwarves.
Lillian, in The Hobbit, Bilbo travels What are their names?
OK, so, Thorin, Dwalin, Balin,
Bifur, Bombur, Bofur, Oin, Gloin,
Dori, Nori, Ori, Fili, Kili.
Correct. (CHEERING)
Dave, unlike still wine, champagne has a secondary fermentation
in the bottle, where sediment and yeast collect in the neck.
In modern champagne making, how is this removed?
In modern champagne making,
they freeze the top of the bottle
and eject it out they freeze the top of the bottle
and eject it out with the frozen cap.
Correct.
Lillian, Smaug the dragon is played by Benedict Cumberbatch,
whose voice was given extra resonance through the addition
of a mating call by what animal?
Oh, I remember reading about this.
I want to say it's, like, a bird or a reptile,
but I can't think of which one it would be.
but I can't think I'm going to say an iguana.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is alligator.
Yeah, there's an alligator there, which looks a bit like a crocodile,
Yeah, there's an alligator there, which doesn't look like your tattoo.
(LAUGHTER)
Marty!
Whoo.
Dave, we have here a selection of different wineglasses
and a bottle of champagne.
Pour this champagne into the glass
that will keep it bubbly for the longest time.
There's a wineglass, a tulip, a coupe and a flute.
There's a wineglass, a tulip, OK. Um...
It's not the coupe.
It's possibly not the wineglass.
Do you fancy a glass, Tom?
Uh, I fancy a correct answer.
Sure.
(LAUGHTER)
Narrow flute would probably (LAUGHTER)
Narrow flute would probably keep the bubbles the most.
But it feels like a trick question.
So, I'm just going to have a go,
and pour it into one glass.
There you go.
Correct.
(CHEERING)
Yeah, flutes stay bubbly (CHEERING)
Yeah, flutes stay bubbly for the longest,
but that's about all they've got going for them.
Anyway, thanks for that. Cheers.
Uh, Marty! Thank you.
That was really good. We should do that every show.
That was really good. (LAUGHTER)
Lillian, in the first film, (LAUGHTER)
Lillian, in the first film, the dwarves are confronted
by the Great Goblin, who threatens to make them squawk
by torturing them with the Mangler and what other device?
Um, it's in a song.
I don't think it's right, but I'm going to say the Stretcher.
Incorrect. The correct answer is the Bone Breaker.
Incorrect. The correct answer Ah, that's right.
Dave, ships were once christened by pouring wine out of a silver goblet,
then throwing the goblet overboard.
The tradition of smashing champagne bottles was ushered in
The tradition of smashing champagne by which British monarch?
I think ships are female, by which British monarch?
I think ships are female, I'm not sure.
So it would maybe make sense that it's a female monarch.
But, um, I'm going to say I don't feel like Victoria was
a real kind of champagne party girl, so I'm probably going to say...
..Queen Anne.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is Queen Victoria.
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah, with more and more ships (LAUGHTER)
Yeah, with more and more ships being built, it was cheaper to smash
bottles than to chuck out cups, because a goblet's quite expensive.
So smashing a champagne bottle is actually cheaper.
Lillian, due to a lack of female characters in the book,
the filmmakers created the elf Tauriel,
whose name was devised from an elfish translation of what three words?
I have no idea.
Um, probably going to I have no idea.
Um, probably going to have to take a guess.
Um, probably going to Tauriel.
Um...
I'm just going to say "red-haired archer".
Incorrect. The correct answer is "daughter of Mirkwood".
Oh, of course.
Does that ring a bell now that I've said it.
Does that ring a bell Yeah.
Did the filmmakers Yeah.
Did the filmmakers actually do anything
Did the filmmakers with this strong female character,
or did they just put her in some bullshit love triangle?
They gave her a love interest. (LAUGHTER)
They gave her a love interest. With the hot dwarf.
You seem quite happy about it. (LAUGHS) Yeah.
You seem quite happy about it. (LAUGHTER)
I feel like you're (LAUGHTER)
I feel like you're letting down the sisterhood.
Yeah. No, I hated it. OK.
Dave, if you get this right, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
Have a look at these Art Nouveau pieces
Have a look at these by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha.
Which one is an advertisement for Moet and Chandon?
I did research these.
But of course I don't remember.
And that's not a valid excuse, unfortunately.
Um...
I think the first one is not.
So, that's something.
And I think the...
..third one is not.
Which, I'm no mathematician,
but I think that leaves one candidate,
which I will say the middle one. but I think that leaves one candidate,
which I will say the middle one.
Incorrect.
The correct answer is the one on the left.
The one in the middle is for Ruinart,
and the one on the right is The one in the middle is for Ruinart,
and the one on the right is for the Austrian exhibition
and the one on the right is at the Paris World's Fair in 1900.
It's nothing to do with champagne. at the Paris World's Fair in 1900.
It's nothing to do with champagne.
You've got a chance here, Lillian. Hmm.
In the book, according to the runes on the dwarves map,
what are the dimensions of the secret entrance to the lower
what are the dimensions halls of the mountain?
Five feet high and three may walk abreast.
Five feet high and Correct.
(CHEERING)
Alright, Dave, if you get this right,
Alright, Dave, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
The Great French Wine Blight of 1863 you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
The Great French Wine Blight of 1863 was caused by an introduced species
of aphid brought over from the United States,
and was eventually solved in what way?
Uh, it wiped virtually everything out,
and, um, they tried all manner of things to fix it,
but in the end, it was quite simple, since it came from America,
they replanted the vines on American roots.
Correct. Which means you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
Alright, Lillian, you know what this means. Out!
There she goes.
Congratulations, Dave. 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.
Thanks for playing HARD! and you get to do the sign-off.
Thanks for playing HARD!
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