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00:00Oh, hello again. Welcome to another quiz. This won't take long. It is, in fact, a quick quiz.
00:09Are you ready? Get your pens and papers ready, because the answers will come after the questions have been asked.
00:17So, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, non-binary, and those that don't disclose, it's quiz time.
00:27Question number one. How many eggs are in a baker's dozen?
00:33How many eggs are in a baker's dozen?
00:36Write it down. You need to be quick, because very soon we're going on to the next question.
00:41And that next question is question two.
00:45Based on John Buchan's novel, and the movies, of course, how many steps were there?
00:52Based on the John Buchan novel and the movies, how many steps were there?
00:57Oh, question number three.
01:02How many red, or luft, balloons did Nena sing about in 1983-84?
01:09You know that song? Maybe you do, maybe you don't.
01:13If you're German, it's luft, and if you're pretty much anywhere else in the world, it's red.
01:19How many balloons did she sing about?
01:21That's question three.
01:23Question number four.
01:24What number Downing Street in London does the UK Prime Minister live and work at?
01:33What number Downing Street does the Prime Minister live and work at?
01:40Question number five.
01:42In feet, how high is Mount Everest?
01:46In feet, how high is Mount Everest?
01:49Is it ten feet?
01:52Two thousand and twenty-nine feet?
01:55Twenty-nine thousand and thirty-one feet?
01:58Or six million feet?
02:00Ooh!
02:02Might be the last one, you know.
02:03Hmm, you'll find out when we do the answers a little bit later on.
02:08Let's move on to question number six.
02:13Music.
02:14Who had a hit with the song 19 about the Vietnam War in 1985?
02:20Do you know who had a hit with the song 19 about the Vietnam War in 1985?
02:29If you do, write it down now.
02:32Quick, because we're about to move on to question number seven.
02:37Question number seven.
02:38See, told you we'll move on pretty quick.
02:40It's another music question.
02:42What was the name of Adele's first album?
02:45Ooh!
02:46What was the name of Adele's first album?
02:50Hmm.
02:51I think I know the answer.
02:53I'm not 100% sure.
02:55Maybe you are.
02:56Write it down pretty quick.
02:57Because we're about to move on to question number eight.
03:03Question number eight, then.
03:05How many people are in the duo The Pet Shop Boys?
03:08How many people are in the duo The Pet Shop Boys?
03:13Think you know the answer?
03:14Pretty easy, isn't it?
03:15Come on.
03:16The clue's in the question.
03:18Write it down.
03:19That's your answer to number eight.
03:21And we'll quickly go on to question number nine.
03:27According to the Proclaimers' 1988 hit,
03:30how many miles were there going to be?
03:34According to the Proclaimers' hit from 1988,
03:37how many miles were they going to be?
03:42I'll give you a clue.
03:43It's more than two.
03:48Shall we move on?
03:49I think we should.
03:50Question number ten.
03:53How many days of the week did The Beatles sing about in 1964?
03:58That was a long time ago.
04:00Can you remember how many days of the week they sang about?
04:03How were the Beatles in 1964?
04:05Oh, it might be a bit before your time,
04:08but it's a classic song,
04:09so it's pretty timeless.
04:12Oh, well, there we go.
04:13That's the quiz done.
04:14Oh, did you spot the odd one out?
04:18Bonus point if you did.
04:20Let's get ready for those answers.
04:22This is thinking time for you.
04:28Drinking tea time for me.
04:33Lovely.
04:34Okay, right then.
04:37Question one.
04:38How many eggs are there in A Baker's Dozen?
04:40It's thirteen.
04:42Hugely loaves, but I changed it to eggs just to be different.
04:45Based on John Buck and Novel and the movies,
04:50how many steps were there?
04:52Of course, there were the thirty-nine steps.
04:56Question number three.
04:58Luft balloons or red balloons?
05:00Nina sang about ninety-nine of them.
05:03Ninety-nine red balloons.
05:05Ninety-nine luft balloons.
05:07I won't sing anymore.
05:09Promise.
05:10Question number four.
05:11Answer for that was number ten.
05:14You could have had number ten and number eleven,
05:16because the apartment that most prime ministers live in at the moment
05:20is number eleven, above number eleven,
05:22but traditionally it's number ten.
05:26Question number five.
05:28In feet, how high is Mount Everest?
05:30Apparently, it's twenty-nine thousand and thirty-one feet,
05:35which is about eight thousand eight hundred and forty-one meters,
05:39or about five and a half miles tall,
05:41which is pretty high.
05:43Number six.
05:46Paul Hardcastle.
05:47He's the one who had a hit with the song
05:50No, no, no, no, nineteen.
05:54Adele's first album was nineteen.
05:58Gosh.
05:59How many people are in the duo, Pet Shop Boys?
06:04Of course, the answer is two.
06:07There's always two in a duo.
06:09Question number nine.
06:11The Proclaimers were going to be five hundred miles away.
06:15Mmm, five hundred miles.
06:18Gosh, a hit in 1988.
06:20Seems such a long time ago,
06:22but I can remember it as if it was yesterday.
06:25Question number ten.
06:28The Beatles sung about eight,
06:30eight days a week.
06:32Oh, I promise not to sing, sorry.
06:33Eight days a week.
06:35And the bonus.
06:36Oh, did you know what the bonus was?
06:40The odd one out was question six.
06:42It's the only one where the answer was not a number.
06:46Ah, well.
06:48Thanks so much, Ferdine, for playing.
06:49It's lovely to have your company.
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