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00:01Tonight on A Hard Quiz.
00:31Here's your host, Tom Gleeson.
00:34Yes.
00:35Hello.
00:36Too much sport is barely enough.
00:39Welcome to Hard Quiz.
00:40These contestants are preppers.
00:42Last one to leave the bunker will be tonight's Hard Quiz champions.
00:48To be part of the show at home, go to the ABC iview socials.
00:51Let's say hello.
00:52G'day Angelina.
00:53Hello.
00:53Now the nanny is a bit before your time.
00:56Quite a bit.
00:57Yeah, how did you get into the nanny?
00:58My mum raised me as a 90s kid in the 2000s.
01:01Yeah.
01:01Which happens when you grow up in the sticks in Adelaide, so you know.
01:04Okay.
01:06And you liked it?
01:07Yeah.
01:07Even then it would have been dated.
01:09Yeah, the first episode I watched was actually when they got married
01:12and I was like, oh, I like this a lot.
01:15And I related to her quite a bit.
01:16So, you know, I was like, yeah, this is who I'll choose to watch.
01:19Alright.
01:20How many times would have you watched the whole thing all the way through?
01:22Since I was 14, I finish it and then I start rewatching it.
01:26So I can't even count.
01:27Probably like 50.
01:28Yeah.
01:29I don't even know.
01:30It's insane.
01:32There's all this prestige TV on offer.
01:35We're living in a golden age of TV and you're watching that shit.
01:38What's going on?
01:40And what do you do for a job?
01:41I'm a nanny.
01:42Yeah.
01:49So did you become a nanny because you love the show so much?
01:51No, no.
01:51I just like working with kids and you know what?
01:54It gets better though.
01:55I run my own nanny agency and it's called The Nanny Named Ange.
01:59Okay.
02:01So, you know.
02:04Jack.
02:05Hello, Tom.
02:06How did you get into the Mustang?
02:08Well, it goes a long story.
02:09I better not give it a long story because my daughter said,
02:12don't talk too much, Jack.
02:14You'll take over this guy.
02:15Thanks, daughter.
02:18I really fell in love with the Spitfire first when I was seven years old.
02:21Okay.
02:22But later on, I found the Mustang and I thought, oh, you beauty.
02:25I fell in love with her straight away and actually did a flight in a few years back.
02:31Flying a mile higher over Maitland for about 20 minutes doing aerobatics and sort of consummated
02:37the romance then.
02:39Oh, yeah.
02:39There you are doing it there.
02:40So were you flying the plane?
02:42That's me in there.
02:42No.
02:42Well, no.
02:45I always wanted to be a pilot but I never did make it.
02:47So you're sitting behind the pilot then?
02:49I am.
02:50Yeah.
02:50I'm telling him what to do.
02:52How did you not spill?
02:53Well, he told me, he said to hold my stomach in and the three G's will take care of it
02:59and they did.
02:59Oh, okay.
03:01Jack, this might sound rude but I don't care because I'm rude.
03:03Yes, I know.
03:04How old are you?
03:0592.
03:06Okay.
03:13I think you are our oldest contestant we've ever had on Hard Quiz.
03:17Beauty, I've won something already.
03:22And I think you're also our youngest viewer.
03:28Pete, what's your favourite thing about the State of Origin?
03:31Is it the game or the grubs who play it?
03:34Probably all the above, Tom.
03:36Yeah?
03:36You like watching the grubs go at it?
03:37Watching the blues get up, more importantly.
03:39Yeah?
03:40Um.
03:42Well done.
03:44One.
03:44Yay.
03:46What would you do if one of your kids started supporting Queensland?
03:50Um, that would be tough to take.
03:52Um, yeah.
03:54We'd have to look at some options.
03:59Are you coaching under 8th footy team?
04:01I do.
04:02Are there any of the team that are showing promise that one day they might appear before
04:06a court?
04:07Um.
04:11Joe.
04:11Tom.
04:12Why do you like funnel webs so much?
04:14And what's wrong with you?
04:16Well.
04:18You need to approach danger.
04:20Yes.
04:21With knowledge, with courage.
04:24Yeah.
04:25Vigilance.
04:25Yeah.
04:26And purpose.
04:27So therefore you will not be afraid.
04:29Oh, so is this overcoming a fear?
04:31No.
04:32I just moved into an area that was loaded with funnel webs all throughout my backyard.
04:37And you just had to make peace with that?
04:38I had to make peace with that.
04:39I had young children.
04:40Yeah.
04:40So I decided to learn as much as I could about them.
04:43Alright.
04:43So when you get bitten by one and you're dying, your last words will be...
04:47Oh, I know the Latin name for them.
04:51Very important.
04:52Do you think they've had a bit of a bad rap or are we right to be scared of them?
04:56Who doesn't love a cute little animal with shiny little eyes and fluffy little feet?
05:03Yeah, well, when you describe a koala, I agree with you, but you did not describe a funnel
05:09web spider.
05:10Oh, they're pretty amazing, aren't they?
05:12And unique.
05:12And they're also a bit of an Australian icon.
05:15But...
05:16So's Ivan Milat.
05:20Alright, let's play.
05:21Hard!
05:22Expert round.
05:24Expert subjects.
05:25Win or lose five points.
05:27Steal and answer double points.
05:29I'll ask each of you five questions on your expert subject.
05:32Right, you get five points.
05:33Wrong.
05:33I will take five points from you.
05:35The rest of you can steal at any time to get double points.
05:37Let's start with Joe and our expert subject.
05:40Australian funnel webs spiders.
05:43The Sydney funnel web can be identified by its large spinnerets which produce what?
05:49Joe.
05:49Silk.
05:50Correct.
05:55At the Australian Reptile Park on New South Wales' central coast, visitors can witness a
06:00keeper provoke funnel web spiders as part of what demonstration?
06:04Joe.
06:04Milking.
06:06Correct.
06:09The park is the only provider of venom for the production of anti-venom.
06:13And this is what milking a funnel web looks like.
06:17So you basically just annoy the spider so much that it tries to kill you.
06:22Is that right, Joe?
06:23It's a dream job.
06:24Yeah.
06:24Ooh.
06:25I'd love to do that.
06:26That's what Virginia Trioli's like when you take a latte too.
06:32Measuring 9.2cm foot to foot, this large male funnel web was named after which trio of Australian
06:39actor brothers?
06:40Joe.
06:41Hemsworth.
06:42Correct.
06:47In 1958, a research lab's appeal for funnel webs was followed a day later by a statement
06:53from a government spokesperson saying that spiders must not be sent through what service?
06:58Joe.
06:59Mail.
07:00Correct.
07:05Last question in your set, Joe.
07:07A peptide that can prevent cardiac damage after a heart attack has been discovered in
07:12the venom of funnel webs located on which sand island?
07:15Joe.
07:16No.
07:16Garry Island.
07:18Correct.
07:21Also known as Fraser Island, have you been to watch a milking?
07:24Oh, several times.
07:26It's one of my sort of annual outings.
07:30Five for five!
07:35Next set of questions is for Pete on State of Origin.
07:42State of Origin is an annual rugby league series between the NSW Blues nicknamed the Cockroaches
07:47and the Queensland Maroons nicknamed after which invasive pest?
07:51Pete.
07:53Cane Tote.
07:54Correct.
07:59In 1985, Blues captain Steve Mortimer was carried off the field after the team won their
08:04first ever Origin series at which Sydney stadium?
08:06Pete.
08:08SCG.
08:09Correct.
08:13From 2006 to 2013, the Maroons won eight consecutive series with which former Queensland captain
08:19as coach?
08:20Pete.
08:22Mal Meninga.
08:23Correct.
08:27In June 2018, a try in the last six minutes of play saw NSW win the inaugural match in which
08:33state of origin competition?
08:36Pete.
08:38The women's state of origin.
08:40Correct.
08:43What do you think of women's origin, Pete?
08:45To be honest, it's better footy than the blokes to watch.
08:52Last question in your set, Pete.
08:54In 2025, Cameron Munster captained the Maroons to a series win while grieving the recent loss
08:59of which family member?
09:00Pete.
09:00His father.
09:02Correct.
09:05Time for fun.
09:10Time now for Jack and the P-51 Mustang.
09:17The first Mustang fighter planes arrived in Britain two years into the Second World War,
09:22after being designed and built in which then neutral country?
09:25Jack.
09:26In America.
09:27Correct.
09:32The Mustang performed poorly at high altitude until it was fitted with which high-powered
09:38Rolls-Royce engine?
09:39The Merlin V.
09:40Huzzah, Huzzah, Huzzah.
09:41No.
09:46The Merlin V something.
09:49Correct.
09:50The Merlin V never wants to you.
09:54I wouldn't have done that.
09:55I would not have done that.
09:57No.
10:02Angelina, you should be ashamed.
10:05What a bloody outrage.
10:07I must, I've never seen such polite behaviour.
10:10Everyone was like, no.
10:13I'm so sorry.
10:15Oh, man.
10:22Oh, man.
10:25Also, the idea of you knowing about a World War II fighter aircraft
10:31doesn't sit well with me, Angelina.
10:34Supplying extra fuel to the Mustang,
10:36disposable tanks made from paper and glue
10:38were informally named after what crafting technique?
10:42Jack.
10:42Paper mache.
10:44Correct.
10:49They've all made of paper mache.
10:51I imagine it makes them lighter.
10:52The main thing was that they were originally made out of aluminium,
10:56but because when they dropped them,
10:58the Germans picked them up and used them for building their aircraft.
11:01Right, but when you drop these in the channel,
11:03they just frid away to nothing.
11:06Not a fun piñata, though.
11:09Featured in the film Top Gun Maverick
11:11is a vintage Mustang owned in real life
11:14and flown on screen by which actor?
11:17Jack.
11:17Tom Cruise.
11:18Correct.
11:23Last question in your set, Jack.
11:26Designed for extra long-distance flight
11:27and featuring two fuselages joined by a wing,
11:31the F-82 is known as the what Mustang?
11:34V-38.
11:35V-38.
11:36V-38.
11:42V-38.
11:43Incorrect.
11:43It's wide open.
11:45It's wide open.
11:48Time's up.
11:50Twin.
11:50It's known as the twin Mustang.
11:52That way one pilot could doze off while the other one kept the plane flying.
11:56I could use a co-pilot on this show to be honest.
12:00Last set in the expert round, it's Angelina and the Nanny.
12:05How do you think you're going to go, like, after this show goes to air and Australia's
12:09seen you, you're going to be the most loathed contestant of all time due to how horrible
12:14you were to lovely Jack next to you.
12:17You're going to be booed in the street, I wish you'd booed.
12:20I'm going to cry later on about this, it's going to eat me up.
12:25I'm proud of you Angelina, you take what you can get.
12:28Blue Collar New Yorker Fran Fein becomes the Nanny for a wealthy British widower's children
12:33after she's fired from her job at what type of shop?
12:37Angeleine.
12:38Bible shop.
12:39Correct.
12:42In an interview with Vogue, Fran Drescher described an outfit
12:45as the definitive nanny-looking costume, a skirt suit with trim in what animal print?
12:52Angelina.
12:53White leopard.
12:54Correct.
12:59When one of Fran's schemes backfires, the butler Niles tells her, you spend so much time
13:05up this creek, I should think by now you'd have bought what?
13:10Angelina.
13:10A life jacket.
13:12Incorrect.
13:13It's wide open.
13:14Jack, it's wide open.
13:19Time's up.
13:20A paddle.
13:21Nah.
13:22I've never been so tempted to give a contestant an answer.
13:27When Fran's boss, Mr Sheffield, proposes to her for the second time, she can't hear him
13:32over the sound of rushing water at what tourist attraction?
13:35Angelina.
13:36Niagara Falls.
13:37Correct.
13:42Last question in your set, Angelina.
13:45Fran Drescher occasionally played other characters in the show, including record executive Bobby
13:50Fleckman, a role she first performed in what 80s mockumentary?
13:55It's wide open.
13:57Angelina.
13:58No.
13:59It's wide open.
14:00Incorrect.
14:00It's wide open.
14:06Time's up.
14:07This is Spinal Tap.
14:08Oh.
14:09I didn't know that one.
14:10No.
14:11No.
14:11Yeah, she was in This Is Spinal Tap.
14:13Alright, we've picked through their subjects, now let's pick through mine.
14:16Tom's round.
14:17Tom's subject.
14:18Multiple choice.
14:21This week I've been really getting into stretching.
14:25I love stretching.
14:26I often limber up before the quiz so I don't pull a muscle trying to care about their subjects.
14:32This round is multiple choice.
14:34Select your answers on your screens, then press the buzzer to lock in the answer.
14:38Able to stretch to four times its size, the children's toy Stretch Armstrong is made of
14:44a latex body filled with what substance?
14:46A.
14:47Flour.
14:48B.
14:49Corn syrup.
14:50C.
14:50Water.
14:51D.
14:52Gelatin.
14:54The answer is...
14:56B.
14:57Corn syrup.
15:03This stretch limo called the American Dream is over 30 metres long.
15:07Which of these features is not included on the back?
15:11A.
15:12A putting green.
15:13B.
15:13A swimming pool.
15:14C.
15:15A helipad.
15:16D.
15:16A bowling alley.
15:24The answer is...
15:25D.
15:26A bowling alley.
15:33Totally worth the effort for a car that can't even go round a corner.
15:38Which of these mountain ranges stretches across the greatest distance?
15:42A.
15:42The Himalayas in Asia.
15:43B.
15:44The Rocky Mountains in North America.
15:45C.
15:46The Great Dividing Range in Australia.
15:48D.
15:48The Andes in South America.
15:52The answer is...
15:54The Andes in South America.
15:58Yeah, they stretch out for about 7,000 kilometres.
16:02Introduced in the 1960s, the IBM 7030 supercomputer, nicknamed Stretch, was developed to assist
16:09the US government in researching what?
16:11A.
16:12Astrophysics.
16:13B.
16:13Thermodynamics.
16:14C.
16:15Nuclear Weapons.
16:16D.
16:17Stock Market Crashes.
16:20The answer is...
16:22C.
16:23Nuclear Weapons.
16:28Yeah, it was the fastest supercomputer at the time.
16:31And there they are, a bunch of happy nerds after a long day...
16:35after a long day of developing weapons of mass destruction.
16:40Last question in my rounds were double points.
16:43In 2015, a British woman broke her world record after she stretched which chocolate bar
16:48to a length of over 4 metres?
16:51A.
16:51Chomp.
16:52B.
16:52Picnic.
16:53C.
16:53Twix.
16:54D.
16:54Milky Way.
16:55A.
16:55E.
16:55Curly Whirly.
16:56F.
16:57Morrow.
17:02The answer is...
17:04E.
17:04Curly Whirly.
17:11Alright, at the end of my round, Angelina you're at the bottom on zero, get over here.
17:17C.
17:17C.
17:17C.
17:18C.
17:18C.
17:19C.
17:20C.
17:23C.
17:23C.
17:23C.
17:23C.
17:23C.
17:23C.
17:31I've never seen someone so happy to be booted out.
17:34C.
17:35C.
17:35C.
17:35C.
17:39C.
17:40Go yes, okay
17:56Your time starts now in the Wizard of Oz film. What's the name of Dorothy's dog?
18:04Yes, a cube has how many square faces?
18:07Jack
18:08Sick
18:09Yes
18:10Fructose sugar is primarily found in which major food group?
18:14Pete
18:15Carbohydrate?
18:16No
18:17Fruit
18:17Garfield the cat is known for loving what specific Italian dish?
18:21Joe
18:22Lasagna
18:22Yes
18:23Which Queen song opens with the lyric, is this the real life?
18:28Pete
18:32Too slow?
18:34The answer is Bohemian Rhapsody
18:36An animated series featuring Skye, Chase and Ryder is what Patrol?
18:40Pete
18:40Paul
18:41Yes
18:41Often called the ghost of the mountains is what Alpine Leopard?
18:47Pete
18:47Snow
18:48Yes, time's up!
18:52All right, at the end of the people's round, Jack you're at the bottom on 20, get over here.
18:57Get over mate.
19:07I think you did all right Jack.
19:08Well, yeah, I gave it my best shot Tom, but I bombed out and I finished didn't I?
19:14It's a youth for today mate, they'll steal anything.
19:16Yeah
19:17I need some more law and order in this country.
19:21All right, you ready to go Jack?
19:22Yep
19:23All right.
19:23Out!
19:37Only two left.
19:38Who's going to be the hard quiz champion?
19:40Joe and Pete get over here because it's time to play hard quiz.
19:43Final round.
19:44Head to head.
19:45State of origin versus Australian funnel web spiders.
19:50Hard quiz.
19:51Now there can only be one hard quiz champion who gets to take home the limited edition big
19:55brass mug.
19:56What will you do with the mug if you win Joe?
19:58It's not really to my taste.
20:00Oh.
20:01I probably would just put it in the cupboard with all the other stuff I don't like and
20:04when I'm dead my kids could worry about it.
20:09What about you Pete?
20:11Being a teacher myself it probably would be a handy stationary pot.
20:16Pens, pencils, rulers, scissors, all that.
20:21I know what stationary is.
20:24It's best to fire penalty shootout style harder questions on your expert subjects.
20:28So it's Joe's knowledge of Australian funnel web spiders versus Pete's knowledge of state of origin.
20:33Let's play.
20:34Hard!
20:38Marty.
20:40Oh my goodness.
20:44Diagram.
20:44Joe.
20:45This is a drawing of a male Sydney funnel web spider but it's missing two things.
20:49It's spurs.
20:53So place the spurs in their correct positions.
20:57We'll need the correct leg and the correct segment of the leg.
21:00So on me or on there?
21:03On you?
21:04You can put her on me or yourself.
21:06It'll be f***ing wrong won't it?
21:10Okay.
21:11It's on this second leg but where abouts?
21:14Um, that's really mean.
21:18It's to hold the female down while he's doing the deed of mating so she doesn't kill him in the
21:25act.
21:26Oh.
21:27Um.
21:29Okay.
21:32No, I'm going to go here.
21:35Yep.
21:36Okay.
21:40Correct.
21:46Marty.
21:51Well done.
21:52Pete.
21:53In the 1997 series, former Blues captain-turned-coach Tommy Radonikus
21:58used the code word CATTLE DOG to prompt the team to do what?
22:04CATTLE DOG, Tommy being Tommy, was a call to invoke some violence.
22:11That was to start a fight with the other team.
22:15Correct.
22:20Jo, after many years spent trying to develop a funnel-web anti-venom,
22:25it was discovered that the venom being studied was accidentally losing potency for what reason?
22:33Why was it losing potency? That's a very good question.
22:40They're all good questions, Jo.
22:43Every single one.
22:44It was losing potency because it needed refrigeration.
22:53Incorrect.
22:55The correct answer is the main toxin in the venom was sticking to the lab equipment and glassware.
23:00Yeah, they fixed it by lining their glass tools with silicone.
23:04Oh, yes. And that.
23:08You're blaming us for you being poorly researched.
23:13Pete.
23:13The 2025 Maroons men's jersey was inspired by a past Queensland team.
23:20What detail on the right sleeve have we obscured?
23:24Hmm. So I'm not really sure. Don't really like that jersey, Tom.
23:30Maybe a maroon stripe.
23:35Incorrect.
23:35The correct answer is 1995.
23:39Oh.
23:41Now that I say that, you know why?
23:44For their series win, perhaps?
23:47Well, the 1995 refers to the 95 Maroons side, dubbed the Neville Nobodies.
23:51Yes.
23:52Who went on to win the series.
23:53So they were inspired by the Neville Nobodies because that particular team was full of nobodies.
23:58That makes sense.
23:59Jo, identified by and later named after spider enthusiast Cain Christensen, the species Atrax Christenseni had what earlier nickname?
24:14Rather apt.
24:16It was called, it came from Newcastle and the Novacastrian said, well, we're going to claim this as the Newcastle
24:24big boy.
24:27Correct.
24:33Pete, in game one of the 2000 series, Gordon Tallis was sent off the field because he said, what word
24:41to referee Bill Harrigan?
24:44He called him a cheat.
24:47Correct.
24:51Joe, according to the Australian Museum, the Adelaide Encers species group are the only known funnel webs to include what
25:00unusual feature as part of their burrows?
25:05Okay, they're South Australian, so anything goes, really, isn't it?
25:12So...
25:13Hello to our South Australian viewers.
25:16Um, I reckon it's a second bedroom.
25:23Incorrect.
25:25The correct answer is trapdoors.
25:28Oh, I didn't know that.
25:29Yeah, they have trapdoors on their burrows.
25:32Pete, despite Queensland officially being declared the winner of the 1987 series, some New South Wales players maintain that the
25:39series was a draw.
25:40For what reason?
25:4487 series have been three games, so they would have had to have won 2-1 if the maths was
25:50right, Tom.
25:50Um, so 2-1, Queensland.
25:55Mmm.
25:56So New South Wales were disputing that due to refereeing.
26:04Incorrect.
26:05The correct answer is New South Wales won a fourth game.
26:08It was an exhibition match in California.
26:11Right.
26:11So that would have made it 2-2.
26:12Gotcha.
26:13Jo, unlike most spiders, the megalomorphs, the infra-order that includes funnel webs, cannot cement silk threads together because they
26:22don't have which gland?
26:27They don't have the sticky substance gland.
26:37Incorrect.
26:38The correct answer is piriform.
26:41Oh, God.
26:42The piriform gland.
26:44Pete, if you get this right, you are tonight's hard quiz champion.
26:46Oh.
26:47Andrew Johns has said he only keeps one Blues jersey at home, which is a family heirloom.
26:52During which Origin game did he wear it?
26:55I will need the game number and year.
26:58One jersey.
27:00Maybe game three.
27:032005.
27:08Close.
27:09Game two, 2005.
27:10It was game two, 2005.
27:13Oh!
27:15Yeah, so he'd been injured for most of the season and wasn't match fit, but he got a late call
27:19-up to the team and they ended up winning the series.
27:22Yeah.
27:23Okay, let's go to the tiebreakers.
27:28Jo, with the creation of the anti-venom downplayed by the Department of Health, when the anti-venom was first
27:34successfully used on a child, the developer, Dr. Strewan Sutherland, and ICU Dr. Malcolm Fisher, claimed that they were accused
27:42of doing what?
27:44Well, were they playing God, or were they, um, abusing children?
27:53Um, um, experimenting.
28:00Incorrect.
28:01The correct answer is organising the child's bite.
28:05What?
28:08I have no idea what that means.
28:10Making the child get bitten on purpose, which would be unethical.
28:14That's terrible.
28:15I like how I just said it, and you're like, what's the problem?
28:17LAUGHTER
28:19All right, Pete, if you get this right, you are tonight's hard-quiz champion.
28:23During the 2006 origin decider, in the 74th minute of play, who intercepted the ball to score a match equaling
28:32try?
28:34To equal the game, conversion won it.
28:38Was it Matt Bowen?
28:42Incorrect.
28:44The correct answer is Darren Lockyer.
28:46Yeah, it's considered the beginning of the Maroons' eight-year winning streak.
28:50I can see why you chose to forget it.
28:53Quite right.
28:55OK, scores are still tied.
28:57That means it's time for a Tom's tiebreaker.
29:00Tom's tiebreaker.
29:04OK, so one random question.
29:06Nearest to the pin will be the hard-quiz champion.
29:08Here we go.
29:09In a 1960s sleep experiment, American teen Randy Gardner stayed awake for how many hours straight?
29:16Jo?
29:1842.
29:20Pete?
29:2270.
29:23The answer is 264, which means Pete, you're out tonight's hard-quiz champion!
29:28All right, Jo, you know what this means.
29:30Out!
29:35There she goes.
29:40Congratulations, Pete, you're out tonight's hard-quiz champion, which means you get the big
29:43fast mug.
29:44That's right.
29:45And you get to be the side-off.
29:46Thanks for playing.
29:47Hi!
29:49Up the Blues!
29:51Go to the Blues!
29:52The Blues get a win!
29:54Go to the Blues!
29:54Go to the Blues!
29:55Go to the Blues!
29:56Go to the Blues!
29:56Go to the Blues!
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