1 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,400 ANNOUNCER: Tonight on Hard Quiz, 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:08,960 Shane, accountant. 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:13,400 Expert subject, US rocker Suzi Quatro. 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,280 Anna, lawyer. 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:19,360 Expert subject, multi-level marketing. 6 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,840 Sadie, retired nurse. 7 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,520 Expert subject, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,520 Gavin, public servant. 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,040 Expert subject, dirt. 10 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,920 Here's your host, Tom Gleeson. Yes! 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,000 Hello. 12 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:39,200 I'm a brick. 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,160 Welcome to Hard quiz. These contestants are shareholders. 14 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:46,440 Last one to overthrow the board will be tonight's Hard Quiz champion. 15 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,680 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 16 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,200 To be part of the show at home, go to the ABC TV iview socials. 17 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,120 Let's say hello. G'day, Gavin. 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,520 G'day, mate. How are you doing now? Your expert subject is dirt. 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,640 Yeah. (LAUGHTER) 20 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:01,160 Why are you into dirt? 21 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,720 I think, like, soil is the foundation of all life on Earth, 22 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,480 in particular terrestrial life, and it's a little bit overlooked. 23 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,240 (LAUGHTER) OK. 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,560 So, do you work with dirt 25 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,080 or are you just into dirt for the love of dirt? 26 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,840 Uh, used to work with dirt. 27 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:16,640 Really, now, it's just a passion project. 28 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,840 (LAUGHTER) 29 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,920 (LAUGHS) So, you did a PhD about dirt 30 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,160 because someone at uni suggested you should do it? 31 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:25,160 Yeah. Are you annoyed 32 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,880 that you didn't get peer pressured into doing something cool? 33 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,240 Yeah, a little bit. Like, I'm deeply suggestible 34 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,040 and, like, at least they could've picked something better. 35 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,000 But here we are. Now, you're a member of the Greens. 36 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,400 Yeah. That checks out. 37 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,000 Yeah. (LAUGHTER) 38 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,320 I don't actually know if I've paid my fees this year, 39 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:42,160 so I might not be. (LAUGHS) 40 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,640 Sadie? Yes. 41 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,920 Now, your expert subject is The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. 42 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,200 That's actually three subjects. (LAUGHTER) 43 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,800 If you had to pick one, what would it be? 44 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:54,680 Uh, the wardrobe, for sure, yeah. (LAUGHTER) 45 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,920 Checks out, doesn't it hurt? Dirt, wardrobe... 46 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,040 (LAUGHTER) 47 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,280 Now, you've had four kidney transplants. 48 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,080 Oh, yeah, I have. 49 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,320 Did the first ones fail or are you just hoarding them? 50 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:05,920 (LAUGHTER) 51 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,920 I'm a bit of a hoarder, so, yeah, I do like collecting them. 52 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:10,840 Now, you were also a registered nurse. 53 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,680 Is that where you got all the kidneys from? 54 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,000 (LAUGHTER) 55 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,080 Yoink! 56 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:21,040 Here you are on a trip to do the Big Red Bash. 57 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:22,080 Yeah. 58 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,720 That sounds like something that used to happen to me at boarding school. 59 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,720 (LAUGHTER) 60 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,200 When you had hair? Yeah. 61 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:30,800 Who's the cross-eyed weirdo in the middle? 62 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,320 (LAUGHS) Yeah. (LAUGHTER) 63 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,200 Who's that? That's little Poppy, Tom. 64 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,080 She's not a cross-eyed weirdo. 65 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:38,400 Is that your husband? 66 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,000 Yeah, that's my husband. Yep. 67 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,240 He said coming on Hard Quiz would be his worst fear. 68 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,640 He did. He said he would rather stick pins in his eyes. 69 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:48,280 Is he in the crowd? Yeah, he is. 70 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,800 OK. Come on down. (LAUGHTER) 71 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,840 Come on down. 72 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,520 Anna, now, your expert topic is multi-level marketing. 73 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,760 (LAUGHTER) SHANE: Ooh! 74 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,400 What sort of nonsense business talk is that? 75 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:04,440 (LAUGHTER) 76 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:05,600 Tom... Yes. 77 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,840 Do you wanna talk about diversifying your income streams? 78 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,440 (LAUGHTER) Here we go. 79 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,520 (APPLAUSE) Here we go. 80 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,480 So, how did the interest start? Seeing people on Facebook... 81 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:17,760 Right. 82 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,680 ..post vague things about time-freedom 83 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:24,120 and, you know, "Hit me up if you want to know more about this." 84 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,360 And I thought, "I do want to know more about this, 85 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:27,680 "but I also know it's a trap 86 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,840 "so I'll have to figure out what it is without actually hitting you up." 87 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,240 What's the difference between MLM and a pyramid scheme? 88 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,680 It's a bit like the difference between, um, 89 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,440 say, ivory and off-white. 90 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,320 (LAUGHTER) Right. 91 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,000 OK. Good answer. 92 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,040 Yeah. Shane. 93 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,480 AUDIENCE MEMBER: Whoo! Hi, Tom. 94 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,800 (LAUGHTER) 95 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,040 Now, your expert subject is Suzi Quatro. 96 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,400 Yes. Yes, yes. (CHEERING) 97 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:55,440 And you're an accountant. 98 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,280 Do you only like her because she has a number in her name? 99 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,800 (LAUGHTER) 100 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,920 No, I love her because she's got attitude. 101 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,120 (LAUGHS) 102 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,360 So, you like her cause she rocks out? She does. 103 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,920 She rocks hard. Yes. Yes, yes. Do you rock hard as well? 104 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,920 Yes, I rock hard as well. Yes, yes. 105 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,280 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 106 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:19,720 Now, you've been in a bunch of TV commercials. 107 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,800 There you are in a couch. (LAUGHTER) 108 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,200 What ads are we looking at here? Uh, that's The Gap Shopping Village. 109 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,560 And the first one was Lotto Superdraw. 110 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,160 Yeah. What's that? 111 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,560 Uh, that girl Samantha, she was lovely to work with. 112 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,440 That was decades ago. (LAUGHTER) 113 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,520 Oh, we know. (LAUGHTER) 114 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,400 Just to clarify, yeah, just to clarify. 115 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,440 You've got a very subtle acting style, I like it. 116 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,200 Let's play Hard! 117 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,320 ANNOUNCER: Expert round, expert subjects. 118 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,080 Win or lose five points. 119 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:54,240 Steal an answer, double points. 120 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,440 I'll ask each you five questions on your expert subject. 121 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,240 Right, you get five points. 122 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:00,960 Wrong, I will take five points from you. 123 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,520 The rest of you can steal at any time to get double points. 124 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,160 Let's start with Shane and his expert subject, Suzi Quatro. 125 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,000 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 126 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,320 Your acting was very subtle in those ads, I liked it. 127 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,240 Maybe you could do an ad for Hard Quiz. 128 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,680 Ooh! You're already doing it! 129 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,560 "Would you like to watch Hard Quiz?" (LAUGHTER) 130 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,200 "Yes, I would." 131 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,280 Are you ready to go? Oh! Yes. 132 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:29,480 (LAUGHTER) Fire away. 133 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,240 In 1964, 14-year-old Suzi and her sister Patti 134 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,760 formed the all-girl rock group... (BUZZER) 135 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,280 Shane. Pleasure Seekers. 136 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:38,520 Incorrect. I'll finish the question. 137 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,760 ..all-girl rock group The Pleasure Seekers, 138 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,400 where Suzi learned to play what instrument? 139 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:44,880 Sadie for the steal. 140 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,120 The bass guitar. Correct. 141 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,600 Double points to you. (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 142 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,120 OK! (LAUGHTER) 143 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,320 I'm taking my gloves off now. 144 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,320 (LAUGHTER) 145 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,560 According to the lyrics of Quatro's 1974 number-one hit 146 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,440 WHERE should you "come alive"? 147 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:04,920 (BUZZER) Shane. 148 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,440 Devil Gate Drive. Correct. 149 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:15,080 In 2024 Quatro announced an upcoming 40th tour 150 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:16,640 of which country? 151 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,000 Australia. Correct. 152 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,800 Quatro appeared in seven episodes of Happy Days, 153 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,440 playing a musician who shares her name with what material? 154 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,680 Shane. Leather...Tuscadero. 155 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,600 Correct. (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 156 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,400 Last question in your set, Shane. 157 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,840 Still performing into her 70s, Quatro has said about stopping, 158 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:43,840 "I will retire when I go on stage, shake my ass and there is..." 159 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:45,600 Shane. Silence. 160 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,640 Correct. 161 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,840 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 162 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,760 Same. (LAUGHTER) 163 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,720 Alright, next set of questions is for Anna on multi-level marketing. 164 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,600 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 165 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,480 Does everyone call it MLM? Is that standard? 166 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,640 Uh, probably the people who are anti-MLM call it that, 167 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,400 otherwise, it's just, "A great business opportunity." 168 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,640 (LAUGHTER) 169 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,560 Beginning as a door-to-door perfume business in 1886, Avon... 170 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,360 (BUZZER) Sadie for the steal. 171 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,720 Uh, lipstick. Incorrect. 172 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,080 I'll finish the question. 173 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,800 ..Avon later advertised its products with the slogan, 174 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,040 "Ding dong, Avon WHAT?" 175 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,480 Shane for the steal. 176 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,880 Calling. Correct. 177 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,320 Double points for you. (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 178 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,720 # Not just a break in your daily routine 179 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,720 # It's time to take time out for beauty. # 180 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:45,800 (DOORBELL RINGS) Avon calling. 181 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,320 (LAUGHTER) 182 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,280 The US Federal Trade Commission sued the company Nerium over claims 183 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:57,160 that one of their supplements could treat injuries to which organ? 184 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:00,520 It's wide open. 185 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,760 For the steal, it's Sadie. 186 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:06,200 Uh, the heart? 187 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,240 Incorrect. 188 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,360 Time's up. The brain. 189 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,680 Yeah, it was endorsed by ex-NFL footballers. 190 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:21,080 And the FTC had an issue with claims that it could prevent concussions 191 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,960 because unless your supplement is actually a helmet... 192 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,360 (LAUGHTER) 193 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,600 ..it's doing (BLEEP) all for concussions. 194 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:29,960 (LAUGHTER) 195 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,880 Initially sold in department stores, Tupperware only became successful 196 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,240 after introducing what selling technique? 197 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:39,680 For the steal, it's Gavin. 198 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:42,880 Tupperware parties. Correct. Double points to you. 199 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,560 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 200 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:48,360 It was announced in 2020 201 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,840 that MLM promotional content would be banned 202 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,080 from which short-form video app? 203 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,120 Anna. 204 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:55,680 TikTok. Correct. 205 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:59,200 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 206 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,200 Last question in your set, Anna. 207 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,560 In 2013, global health and wellness community Herbalife 208 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:05,920 launched a sports drink 209 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,240 in collaboration with which Portuguese soccer player? 210 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:10,480 Cristiano Ronaldo. 211 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:11,560 Correct. 212 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,640 Yeah, he says Herbalife has been an important part 213 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,840 of his performance-driven nutrition, 214 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,600 and I'm sure it has nothing to do with all the money 215 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,000 that he was paid to say it. 216 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,880 (LAUGHTER) 217 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,160 Anyway, ABC is my favourite network. 218 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,360 (LAUGHTER) 219 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,960 (SHANE LAUGHS LOUDLY) 220 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:33,040 Why'd I say that? 221 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:34,920 (LAUGHTER) 222 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,800 Time now for Sadie, and The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. 223 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,520 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 224 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,680 The Pevensie children enter the world of Narnia 225 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:45,920 through a wardrobe in a country house, 226 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,160 having been evacuated from London to avoid what type of German...? 227 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,240 Shane for the steal. 228 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,120 Invasion of the UK, World War Two. 229 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,920 Incorrect. I'll finish the question. 230 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,600 ..what type of German attack? 231 00:09:58,600 --> 00:09:59,960 For the steal, it's Anna. 232 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:01,520 The Blitz. 233 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,240 Correct. Double points to you. 234 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,760 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 235 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,400 Author C.S. Lewis repeatedly insisted that the talking lion, Aslan, 236 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,200 was not an allegory for which Biblical figure? 237 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:14,360 Sadie? Jesus Christ. 238 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:15,960 Correct. 239 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:19,840 Edmund betrays his siblings 240 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,640 after the villainous White Witch gives him what confection? 241 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,680 Turkish delight. Correct. 242 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,680 In a sign that the White Witch's power is breaking, 243 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:33,440 Father Christmas arrives in Narnia 244 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,160 and gives Lucy what weapon as a present? 245 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,400 It's a dagger. Correct. 246 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,360 Yeah, Santa tells Lucy 247 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,720 not to use the dagger unless she really has to 248 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,480 because battles are ugly when women fight. 249 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,680 Oh! 250 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:51,320 Yeah, apparently, her gender is the problem, 251 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:52,880 not the fact that she's eight. 252 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,760 (LAUGHTER) 253 00:10:57,680 --> 00:10:59,040 Last question in your set, Sadie. 254 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,600 According to a mutual friend, C.S. Lewis's Narnia books 255 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,480 were criticised for being a jumble of unrelated mythologies 256 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,840 by which Lord Of The Rings author? 257 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,600 J.R.R. Tolkien. Correct. 258 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,920 Last set in the expert round is Gavin and dirt. 259 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:22,720 Have a look at this. 260 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,960 MAN: If you take, say, a shovel of soil, 261 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,520 there's about 7 billion micro-organisms 262 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,720 in that shovel of soil. 263 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,160 So, if you put that into context, 264 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,400 that's the same number of individual microbes 265 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,120 as people on Earth. 266 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,080 A 1944 paper showed that 267 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,480 the streptomyces group of soil bacteria 268 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,320 could be used to produce what infection-fighting class of drugs? 269 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,000 Penicillin. Incorrect. It's wide open. 270 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,520 Sadie, for the steal. 271 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,800 It's like the gentamicin, tobramycin. Stuff like that. 272 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,840 Incorrect. It's still open. 273 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,120 For the steal, it's Anna. 274 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:57,240 Antibiotics. 275 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,160 Correct. Double points to you. 276 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,680 Yes. We couldn't accept your answer, Sadie, 277 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:04,920 because you were too specific. 278 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,440 The two you mentioned weren't in the 1944 paper. 279 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,560 Bloody hell. Who thought dirt could be so controversial? 280 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:13,480 (LAUGHTER) 281 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,680 (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) 282 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,400 Soil that has remained frozen for two or more years 283 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,200 is commonly known by what name? 284 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:26,400 It's wide open. 285 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,160 Time's up. Permafrost. 286 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,480 Soils with a loamy texture typically contain 287 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,240 equal proportions of silt, sand... 288 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,200 Clay. Correct. 289 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,880 ..and which other particle? Clay is correct? 290 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,080 Kosciuszko National Park has experienced 291 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:46,480 significant soil degradation 292 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,720 due to a large feral population of which animal? 293 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:49,600 Anna for the steal. 294 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,600 Brumbies. Correct, double points to you. 295 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,440 Yeah, current rates of soil degradation worldwide 296 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,200 mean we might run out of topsoil in 50 years or so. 297 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,120 (LAUGHS) 298 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,440 I'll be dead. I don't give a shit (LAUGHTER) 299 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,160 Last question in your set, Gavin. 300 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,920 Geophagy is the act of doing what with soil? 301 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:13,400 For the steal, it's Anna. 302 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,640 Eating it. Correct. 303 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,200 Double points to you. 304 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,000 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 305 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,080 Alright, we've waded through their subjects, 306 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:24,560 now let's wade through mine. 307 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:28,600 ANNOUNCER: Tom's Round. Tom's subject. Multiple choice. 308 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,720 This week I've been really getting into cheating. 309 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,520 I love cheating. Don't tell my wives. 310 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,840 This round is multiple choice. Select your answers on your screens 311 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,320 and press the buzzer to lock in the answer. 312 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,560 Shortly after crossing the finish line first 313 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:44,560 in the 1904 Olympic marathon, 314 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:47,480 American Fred Lorz admitted to doing what? 315 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:06,920 The answer is B, hitchhiking for 17km of the race. 316 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,000 Ooh. 317 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:11,080 Yeah, Thomas Hicks, who came in second, 318 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:12,440 was then announced as the winner, 319 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,200 even though he was the one that had used eggs with strychnine 320 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:16,480 to enhance his performance. 321 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,160 (LAUGHTER) 322 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:22,040 Which of these has Dwayne Johnson NOT posted on social media 323 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,280 as one of his cheat meals? 324 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:39,480 Shout out to the ACCC. 325 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,400 (LAUGHTER) 326 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,760 The answer is C, four meat pies and three sausage rolls. 327 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,240 In a 2023 survey run by website study.com, 328 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,480 53% of students said they had used which programme 329 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:01,800 to write an essay for them? 330 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,880 The answer is A, ChatGPT. 331 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,840 A 2022 "feis-fixing" scandal revealed that sexual favours 332 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,080 were being exchanged for higher scores 333 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,680 in what competitive dance form? 334 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,800 (LAUGHTER AND CHEERING) 335 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,000 Shout out to the ACCC. (LAUGHTER) 336 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,080 The answer is D, Irish dancing. 337 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,880 Yes, the favours were all given out without moving their arms. 338 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:59,800 (LAUGHTER) 339 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,480 Thank you. 340 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,520 Last question in my round's worth double points. 341 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:12,760 After a data breach 342 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,520 exposing over 35 million users' identities, 343 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,280 infidelity website Ashley Madison 344 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,360 changed its motto from "Life is short, have an affair," to what? 345 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,720 The answer is E, Find Your Moment. 346 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,160 And by the way, all of you getting that wrong was the right decision. 347 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,000 (LAUGHTER) 348 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,400 Alright, at the end of my round, 349 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,240 Shane and Gavin, you're both on five, 350 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,840 which means it's time for a bloody Hard Off! 351 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,520 That's right, only one of you will survive. 352 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:55,760 I'll ask just one question. First to buzz in will answer. 353 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:56,800 If you're right, you're staying. 354 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,760 If you're wrong, you're dead to me. Are you ready? 355 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,440 (LAUGHTER) According to the 2022 rankings 356 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,400 by educational ratings provider Niche, 357 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,960 which American college is harder to get into, 358 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,760 Harvard or Stanford? 359 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,440 Shane. Harvard. 360 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,360 Incorrect. (AUDIENCE GROANS) 361 00:17:15,360 --> 00:17:18,160 The correct answer is Stanford, which means you're dead to me. 362 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:19,440 Get over here, Shane. 363 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,640 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 364 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,160 Even when you're failing, you seem quite happy. 365 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,040 My kids were right. 366 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,960 They all said, "You're going to be the first one off." 367 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,560 (LAUGHTER) 368 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,240 I tried to prove them wrong, but here I am. 369 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,600 Are you ready to go? Ready to go. 370 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,960 In the words of Leather Tuscadero... 371 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,400 (TOM LAUGHS) (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) 372 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,240 Out! 373 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:51,320 There he goes. 374 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:57,560 It's the People's Round. 375 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,440 ANNOUNCER: The People's Round against the clock. 376 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,000 Crack your knuckles. Play along at home. 377 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,200 Your time starts now. 378 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,520 A film starring Bruce Willis is the sixth WHAT? 379 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,280 Gavin. Sense. 380 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,680 Yes. On Australian bathroom taps, 381 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,160 the letters H and C stand for hot and WHAT? 382 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:15,560 Sadie. Cold. 383 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:17,840 Yes. Written numerically, 384 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,040 how many zeros are in the number 3 million? 385 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,480 Gavin. 386 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,080 Six. Yes. 387 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:29,440 Indicating a bright colour or light, "fluro" is short for what word? 388 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,040 Gavin. Fluorescent. 389 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,840 Yes. Which English playwright wrote King Lear? 390 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:34,880 Gavin. 391 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,480 Shakespeare. Yes. 392 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,360 Anger about presumed unfair treatment 393 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:40,320 is known as having a chip on what body part? 394 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:41,360 Anna. 395 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:42,400 Shoulder. Yes. 396 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,400 In 2023, the submersible Titan was lost 397 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,320 while diving to which shipwreck? 398 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:48,640 The Titanic. Yes. 399 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,920 Rhyming with digit, what word can mean restless movement or... 400 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:54,360 Fidget. Yes. 401 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:57,640 ..or a type of sensory spinning toy? Fidget is correct. 402 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,320 Time's up. (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 403 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,080 Alright, at the end of the People's Round, 404 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:04,640 Sadie, you're at the bottom on 15. 405 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,880 Get over here. (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 406 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,640 What do you reckon your cross-eyed dog's gonna think? 407 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:15,840 (LAUGHTER) 408 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,080 My cross-eyed dog's probably in the wardrobe by now. 409 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,040 Not coming out again. (LAUGHS) 410 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,120 Ah. Are you ready to go? Oh, yeah, I'm ready. 411 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:25,600 OK. Out! (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 412 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:27,880 There she goes. 413 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,080 Alright, only two left. 414 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,640 Who's going to be the Hard Quiz champion? 415 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,400 Anna and Gavin, get over here because it's time to play Hard Quiz. 416 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,400 ANNOUNCER: Final round. Head to head. 417 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,600 Multi-level marketing versus dirt. Hard Quiz. 418 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,440 Now, there can only be one Hard Quiz champion 419 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,320 who gets to take home the limited-edition big brass mug. 420 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,840 What will you do with the mug if you win, Anna? 421 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:57,440 Well, Tom, I am having a baby and it looks like about the right size 422 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,160 to have a big glass of prosecco. 423 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:01,840 OK. (LAUGHTER) 424 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,160 What about you, Gavin? 425 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,720 I feel like I kinda have to put a plant in it, right? 426 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,120 Only thematically appropriate response. 427 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,520 Yeah. (LAUGHTER) 428 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,520 Alright, it's best of five, penalty-shootout style 429 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,360 harder questions on your expert subjects. 430 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:15,000 So, it's Gavin's knowledge of dirt 431 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,120 versus Anna's knowledge of multi-level marketing. 432 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:21,240 Let's play...HARD! 433 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:30,920 Gavin, here are some of the results from a 2024 Australian study 434 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:32,960 on using fire to treat soil. 435 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,440 It shows that levels of nitrogen and carbon in the soil 436 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,920 were most improved by which technique? 437 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,040 Oh, it'd almost certainly be a cultural... 438 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:44,800 Probably a cold burn. 439 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:47,120 Correct. 440 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,080 Yeah. I would have also accepted Indigenous-led burning. 441 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,400 That's compared to agency-led burning and no burning at all. 442 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,680 Anna, in the documentary series LuLaRich, 443 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,600 a retailer for the clothing brand LuLaRoe 444 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,400 said she felt pressured by the company to travel to Mexico 445 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,000 and have what procedure? 446 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,040 I'll need the specific procedure. 447 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,680 So, I believe it was a type of weight-loss surgery, 448 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,880 but then there are a few of those. 449 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:21,840 So, what was it? 450 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,400 Um, I'm going to have to say a... 451 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,320 a gastric band. 452 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:35,640 Incorrect. The correct answer is a gastric sleeve. 453 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,360 (AUDIENCE GROANS) 454 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:42,120 Yeah, she was included in a group chat called the Tijuana Skinnies. 455 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:43,720 And in the end, 456 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,800 she got gastric balloon surgery in the US instead. 457 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,360 Marty. 458 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,000 (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) 459 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,480 Gavin, here's a bunch of dirt. 460 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,520 Put the different types of dirt 461 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,640 into the garden bed that best describes them. 462 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,880 So, feel free to use the garden tools there. 463 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:04,800 Absolutely. 464 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:10,400 So, it's easier to usually tell how coarse soil is using your tongue. 465 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,760 You have much more definition of exactly how coarse things are 466 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,280 compared to your hands. 467 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,320 But I think gravel should be alright. 468 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,560 Gravel's going to be the coarsest. That's gonna be number four. 469 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,520 Then, from there, we're looking for our next coarsest. 470 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,120 It's going to be coarse sand. 471 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:28,320 I'm fairly certain that's gonna be number one here. 472 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,640 Though it has got... it's a bit of a mixed media. 473 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,080 It's not really pure coarse sand, but that's OK. 474 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,480 (LAUGHTER) Fine sand... 475 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,520 We're gonna start to struggle a little bit, 476 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:43,760 but I think we're good on number five being our fine sand. 477 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,800 From there, we're looking for our sandy loam, 478 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,040 which is gonna be a mix, 479 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,400 which means it's gonna be this black number three here, 480 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,640 because we've got a sort of wide variety 481 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,240 of different grain sizes in there. 482 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,320 And then our fine clay should be... Yep, that's definitely... 483 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,720 That's gonna stick to absolutely everything. 484 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,480 White powder everywhere. Yeah, that's, um... 485 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,320 (LAUGHTER) 486 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,120 I think that's from my dressing room. 487 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:08,160 (LAUGHTER) 488 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,880 Damn. That's expensive, Tom. Yeah. 489 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,080 So, I think that should cover it. 490 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:14,240 Correct. (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 491 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,480 Put that back in the... Yeah. 492 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,120 (LAUGHTER) 493 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:23,160 Marty. 494 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:26,800 Anna... 495 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,760 Here are the earning levels for Herbalife distributors. 496 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,320 The entry level is Member, 497 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,880 and the highest is the Founder's Circle. 498 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,120 We've already filled in the first and last levels. 499 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:38,880 So, place the rest of these badge, 500 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,360 where they belong on the ranking system. 501 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:43,800 Mhm. OK. 502 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,760 I really don't know this one but I'm gonna just go off, um, 503 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,000 how the stones look, I suppose. 504 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,720 I'm going to put Supervisor there. 505 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,760 Uh, I don't know what's more valuable 506 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,800 out of a ruby and an emerald. 507 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,400 Um, I'm just gonna put...Get. 508 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,080 I don't know what that means. 509 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,880 Um... Oh, out of these two, 510 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,720 I'm gonna do it that way, I think. 511 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,640 Oh... Might have a last-minute... No, I'm gonna do that. 512 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,880 OK, so you're pretty much guessing? Yes. 513 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,240 Incorrect. 514 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,480 Get was in the wrong spot. 515 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,200 That goes, uh, here. 516 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:31,520 World Team goes there. 517 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,320 Yeah, and then the Millionaire Team goes there. 518 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,720 Let's just look at that and, um, take a moment to realise 519 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,160 just how little everyone gives a shit about it. 520 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,160 (LAUGHTER) 521 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:45,240 Marty. 522 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,320 Gavin, let's take a listen to what dirt sounds like. 523 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,000 (GURGLING NOISES) 524 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,320 Soil ecoacoustics studies the complexity of life within soil 525 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,360 by monitoring three main categories of sound. 526 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:06,120 Biophony is one of them. Name the other two. 527 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:07,960 I'm not going to get the technical terms, 528 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,920 but I'll say footstep resonance and cracking. 529 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,480 Incorrect. 530 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,760 The correct answer is geophony 531 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,440 and anthropophony. 532 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:19,600 Oh... 533 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,880 Yeah, biophony is the sound of organisms in the soil. 534 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,720 Anthropophony is all the human sounds 535 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,360 that reverberate into the soil, 536 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:32,160 and geophony is the dirt itself making a noise. 537 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:37,080 Anna, this is Market America founder J.R. Ridinger 538 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,640 at the company's 2018 World Conference. 539 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,120 We can do anything that we want 540 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:45,680 that makes us feel fulfilled and add to the world. 541 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:47,040 Come on, man, get up. 542 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:49,800 We can have it all. 543 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,200 What have we obscured? 544 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,280 I know this one 545 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,440 because I watched this and it will never leave my mind. 546 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,880 Um, he's yelling at a gravestone. 547 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:05,720 Correct. 548 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,480 (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) 549 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,200 Yeah, it's a gravestone of Joe Nobody. 550 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:14,920 Is Joe Nobody even dead? 551 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,080 Like, what's the point he's trying to make? 552 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,760 Oh, can we just, like, all just watch the whole clip? 553 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,000 (LAUGHS) It's fantastic. (LAUGHTER) 554 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,560 Yeah, I guess what he's just trying to say, that you're like... 555 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:26,720 ..because he didn't take the opportunity... 556 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,960 You didn't take the dream. You're a loser. 557 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,040 You're a nobody. 558 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,760 Um, yeah, you didn't grab the opportunity. Yeah. 559 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,960 Gavin, soil is a complex habitat 560 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,480 for organisms like mycorrhizal fungi, 561 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,000 which form a network between plant roots 562 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,280 often referred to by what alliterative nickname? 563 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,600 Yeah, so, trees seem like they can communicate 564 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:53,280 by sending chemical signals through mushroom networks underground. 565 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,040 Thanks for sounding like a Greens voter. 566 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,600 (LAUGHTER) 567 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,160 Mushroom mycorrhizal messages? 568 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:06,600 Incorrect. The correct answer is wood-wide web. 569 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,120 (LAUGHTER) 570 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,520 It was reported that trees could use the wood-wide web 571 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:13,400 to talk to each other, 572 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,280 but research was wildly exaggerated. 573 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:17,800 Anna, the co-founder 574 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:22,320 of multi-billion-dollar corporation Amway, Jay Van Andel, 575 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:27,160 was appointed chairman of which organisation in 1979? 576 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,560 So, I'm just trying to remember the name of it. 577 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:37,240 Um, they've both been extremely influential in political circles. 578 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:43,680 Um, and I think it's the lobby group the US Chamber of Commerce. 579 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:44,760 Correct. 580 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,040 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 581 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,240 Gavin, the third edition 582 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,640 of the CSIRO's Australian Soil Classification, 583 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:54,920 published in 2021, 584 00:27:54,920 --> 00:28:01,000 added which new order of soils defined by their sandy field texture? 585 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Oh, that's a great question. 586 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,320 I'm not big on soil taxonomy. I'm not a pedologist. 587 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,040 The Green Book is fantastic. 588 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,000 Sounds great. Great resource. 589 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,120 Um, the question though... Or is that the red book? 590 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:15,920 I get them confused. 591 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,160 Um... I don't know what they are. 592 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:19,200 (LAUGHTER) 593 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,200 I'm gonna say tenosols even though I know it's wrong. 594 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:29,360 Incorrect. The correct answer is arenosols. 595 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:31,880 Is that the other one? No, I've never heard of it. 596 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,800 Great. Good stuff. (LAUGHTER) 597 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,880 If you're tuning in now, we are talking about dirt. 598 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,920 Anna, if you get this right, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion. 599 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,400 According to the book Selling the Dream, 600 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:50,280 one of the first businesses to have the structure of an MLM, 601 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,800 vitamin company Nutrilite 602 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,000 told their sellers to wear what item of clothing? 603 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:01,680 I think from memory, this is, um, 604 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:03,960 to make them look legitimate 605 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,320 because they were selling something that, um... 606 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,320 ..you know, they were trying to make look like medication. 607 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:12,440 It was scientific. 608 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,680 I think they told them to wear lab coats. 609 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:20,840 Correct. Which means you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion. 610 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,200 Alright, Gavin, you know what this means. 611 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:23,280 Out! 612 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:26,560 There he goes. 613 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,000 Congratulations, Anna. You are tonight's Hard Quiz champion. 614 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,360 Which means you get the big brass mug 615 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,080 and you get to do the sign-off. 616 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,960 Thanks for playing...HARD! 617 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:42,920 Captions by Red Bee Media 618 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:44,720 Copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation 619 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:49,000 TOM: Wanna make some extra money? Ask me how.