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00:00One of these three contestants will need the luck of the Irish if they're going to find our jackpot of
00:05gold.
00:05Who'll have a crack and be the last one standing to play for $20,000?
00:09To be sure, I'm Todd Woodbridge. Let's find out on Tipping Point.
00:34Welcome to Tipping Point, where these three contestants are ready to take on the machine.
00:38So, let's meet them.
00:40Hi, I'm Matt. I'm an orthopaedic sales manager from Melbourne.
00:43Whilst doing a parachute jump, I passed out, but still landed on the cross.
00:48Hi, I'm Amanda from Bayswater. I'm an accounts clerk, and I did a DNA test and found my son after
00:5542 years.
00:57Hi, I'm Jarrett. I'm an international studies student from Brisbane, and if I win the jackpot round, I'm going to
01:01travel to South America.
01:05How long are you, Jarrett?
01:0618.
01:0718.
01:07Fresh out of school just last year.
01:09Fantastic. So, a bit of money to maybe go on a gap year would be great. Places you'd like to
01:13go visit?
01:14Oh, Argentina's up there.
01:15Indeed, it's a beautiful country too.
01:17It is, it is.
01:17Well, good luck to you. Hope it goes well for you today.
01:20Amanda, it sounds like a fascinating story. You did a DNA test and found your son.
01:25Yes, I did the DNA test to find out about my ethnicity, really, and he did the DNA test because
01:31he currently works in the armed services, and he was up a level for secrecy and things like that.
01:37So, they just wanted to make sure that I wasn't a Russian undercover person who, you know, had this child
01:43and was hiding him.
01:44Unbelievable. That's quite a story. And to get back together again must have been amazing.
01:49Oh, it was really lovely. He's a fabulous young man serving our country, so really proud.
01:54Fantastic. That's a story that has come together beautifully.
01:57Yeah.
01:57Good luck to you, Amanda.
01:59And Matt, you passed out jumping out of the plane and somehow still managed to hit the mark.
02:03Yeah, it was a solo jump. Because I was sat right next to the door, the air got to my
02:08head, and before he'd said go, I'd long gone.
02:11Oh.
02:11Head first.
02:12So, what, like, the parachute opened?
02:14The parachute was attached to the back of the plane, so eventually it opened.
02:16But if that first shoot hadn't, then it would have been a very different story.
02:20Oh, my. Well, some time back, you've been lucky ever since then.
02:24Yes.
02:24Great to have you on the show.
02:26Exactly.
02:26We've got some amazing stories with us today. I'm looking forward to this one.
02:30Let's play round one, Bank Builder.
02:35In Bank Builder, it is your chance to make some serious cash, because every counter that you can push over
02:40that tipping point, $100 will be added into your bank.
02:43And in the round, you each start with three counters. Now, if you buzz in and answer correctly, you can
02:48choose to play one of your counters into the machine, or you could ask one of your opponents to play
02:53one of theirs instead.
02:54If you answer incorrectly or don't answer within three seconds, then I've got to take a counter away.
03:00Now, in the machine, on the bottom shelf, you'll see the two double counters. Push one of those over, and
03:04you'll double the value of your drop, along with the two mystery counters.
03:07Push those over, and you'll be guaranteed a fantastic prize.
03:10So, hands on buzzers, here comes the first question.
03:14No Time for Losers is a lyric in which 1977 hit song by Queen?
03:20Matt?
03:21Bohemian Rhapsody.
03:23No. We are the champions, Matt.
03:26Sorry.
03:27Unfortunately, I've got to take a counter away from you.
03:30Second question.
03:32Dresden, Stuttgart and Essen are major cities in which...
03:35Matt?
03:36Germany.
03:36You got that one, in rich European countries.
03:40So, here's a bit of a dilemma, Matt.
03:42Because we had to take the first one away, you could use your second one, which only gives you one
03:47left to play.
03:47Nothing's moved yet.
03:48Are you going to play the opening counter?
03:51I think I will.
03:51Yes.
03:52All right.
03:52Where to then?
03:53Let's have a go.
03:53Light up drop zone one, please.
03:55One it is.
03:56All the way to the left.
03:59First drop of the day.
04:00Done.
04:02Sits quickly.
04:03It lines itself up nicely with the silver and the mystery.
04:06Come on.
04:06Push it out.
04:07Yay.
04:07Oh, nice.
04:08Nice, nice.
04:09Flip, flip, flip, flip.
04:10Oh, I can't.
04:11Nice.
04:12I like the job.
04:15All right.
04:15That gets the money started.
04:17One in, two out.
04:18$200 goes into our machine.
04:20And we're going to transfer it from there.
04:21Put that in the bank.
04:22And with the counter left, Matt, you've got the lead.
04:25Hi.
04:25Okay.
04:27Our next question is, the five elements within the Chinese zodiac are wood, metal, earth,
04:33water, and what other?
04:34Amanda.
04:35Fire.
04:35Yes, that's correct.
04:37Plane.
04:38Yes, please.
04:39I'm going to go drop zone four.
04:41Light up drop zone four.
04:42All the way down the other end.
04:51That's good.
04:52That lines up.
04:53Don't wiggle left.
04:54It doesn't.
04:56A couple off the top.
04:58Okay.
04:58Here we go.
04:59Ooh.
05:00Oh, God.
05:01There we go.
05:03Little Miserie.
05:04At the moment, one in, one out.
05:06$100 is yours, Amanda.
05:08We'll take it from the machine, add it to the bank, and you're one counter behind that.
05:12Okay.
05:13All right.
05:15Moving on to our next question.
05:16Which Olympic water sport is contested in the pool by seven players from each team at a
05:22time?
05:23Amanda.
05:23Water polo.
05:24That's correct.
05:25Well done.
05:25Okay.
05:27What are you thinking this time?
05:28Ah, light up drop zone four again.
05:30Four it is.
05:31Back to the right.
05:36Ooh, quick drop.
05:37Was, wasn't it?
05:38Throws it out.
05:39That'll wrap around to the left.
05:41Nice.
05:41I like that.
05:42There it goes.
05:43Nice.
05:44Ooh.
05:44Wow.
05:45That's a show.
05:46Come on.
05:47Well done.
05:49Well done.
05:51Well done.
06:18All right.
06:18So found Microsoft in 1975.
06:22I don't know.
06:23You just get the feeling, 18, student, tech, anything with that, you're going to clean it
06:29up, Jarrod.
06:30Good job.
06:31First opportunity for you to make some money.
06:32I think we might go drop zone four, Todd.
06:36Light her up.
06:38Third counter in there.
06:43Ooh.
06:44Okay.
06:45Now there is a gap at the front.
06:47Yeah, a little bit.
06:48All right.
06:48There you go.
06:49Oh, nice.
06:50Gets it over, though.
06:52Like it.
06:54Well done.
06:55Well done.
06:57Okay, Jarrod.
06:58First counter in gives you $300.
07:00That'll go into our machine.
07:01We'll move it over.
07:03You're in second place.
07:04One behind Amanda.
07:05Two, three, $400 in the podium.
07:09Matt and Amanda, a single counter left.
07:11Jarrod with two.
07:12Here's the next one.
07:13Produced by Zynga is the popular Scrabble-style online game Words With What.
07:18Matt.
07:19Friends.
07:20Yes, it is.
07:21Last one for you, Matt.
07:23I think I'll go for drop zone four.
07:24Thank you, Todd.
07:25Light up four.
07:31Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
07:33Right, straight at the end.
07:35Well, ride the wall.
07:37Please.
07:38Oh, yes, please.
07:44So another three to round things off for you, Matt.
07:47$300 goes in.
07:48And when it comes out and we put that in your bank, you'll have $500 with a one-counter lead.
07:55The pendulum swings back and forth within this round.
07:59Matt, with all counters gone, you need to sit out.
08:01Amanda's got one left to play.
08:03Jarrod, you've still got two.
08:05Next question.
08:06In 2023, Pepper X was recognised as the hottest variety of what's spicy fruit, beginning with C.
08:12Jarrod, chilli.
08:13Of course it is.
08:14Yes.
08:16Right.
08:17I think we're going to go...
08:19Drop zone four, Todd.
08:21OK, back to four.
08:22It's getting a bit of a pounding.
08:24Five counters in.
08:29Oh, good bounce.
08:30Good job.
08:31Kind of in the area, though, where Matt just cleaned up.
08:34Yeah.
08:36Still done.
08:36Oh, that's nice.
08:37That's what we want.
08:38That's lovely.
08:38Double.
08:39Yeah, nice.
08:40Yeah.
08:40Good job.
08:42Good job.
08:42Well done, mate.
08:43Good job.
08:44There was five more still hiding in that corner.
08:46And you've got another $500, Jarrod.
08:48Well done, Jarrod.
08:50Let's take that out.
08:52Put it in your bank.
08:53And now you've got the lead.
08:55It's swung back down the other end.
08:56$800 in the bank.
08:57Three in front of Matt.
08:59Four in front of Amanda.
09:01Down to the last two questions.
09:03What are the names of the portly identical twins in Lewis Carroll's book, Through the Looking Glass?
09:10Amanda?
09:11Tweedledum, Tweedledee.
09:12Correct.
09:13Nice work, Amanda.
09:15Good stuff.
09:18Drop zone two, please.
09:20Two.
09:20Right or right?
09:21Right.
09:21No.
09:27Come on.
09:28No.
09:28Push some over, please.
09:32Oh, nothing.
09:34Oh, goes into the...
09:35Unlock it.
09:36Nothing.
09:37Yeah.
09:37Damn.
09:38Not going to come on down, Amanda.
09:40That's all right.
09:41Unlock it.
09:41So, you need to sit out, but it's still a tight race.
09:45Jared has one left to play, so no need to buzz in.
09:47You do need to answer in three seconds, Jared.
09:49And here comes the final question of the round.
09:51A common pet.
09:53What crab uses the shells of other animals for shelter?
09:57Permit crab.
09:57Yes, indeed.
09:58Yes, indeed.
09:59Good job.
10:00No mucking around there.
10:03Right.
10:03I think we might switch it up and go drop zone one.
10:06Like that.
10:07Go for it.
10:08Here it goes.
10:11This is to put a bit of space between you and the other two, Jared.
10:15Yep.
10:16Whoa.
10:16Wow.
10:16Back it up.
10:17Okay.
10:19That's dramatic.
10:20They're banging down, aren't they?
10:21Oh, good.
10:22Nice.
10:23It's going to spread out.
10:26Good job.
10:27Ooh.
10:27Not something.
10:28Could have been a lot bigger.
10:30Better one than none as 100 goes into our machine.
10:32And we'll put that into your bank, Jared.
10:33That'll give you $900.
10:35And that means that at the end of our bank builder round, Matt's got 500.
10:39Amanda, just one behind him with 400.
10:41But, Jared, you've got the lead with 900.
10:44Quickfire is going to be really good when we come back straight after the break.
11:00Welcome back to Tipping Point.
11:02We've got Matt, Amanda and Jared.
11:04Jared's in the lead.
11:05The other two, Jared, are green with envy.
11:08You notice the theme today?
11:09It's a little bit of the luck of the Irish.
11:11Perhaps for one of you, we'll get you through to play for our jackpot of 20,000.
11:15Who will it be?
11:15Well, we've got to play Quickfire to find out.
11:23OK, and Quickfire, you'll need to have 30 seconds to answer as many questions as you
11:26possibly can.
11:27For every correct answer, you get the counter to play into the machine.
11:31Now, the contestant with the lowest score at the end of this round, we say goodbye to.
11:36So, it's a tight race.
11:37But, Jared, as you've got the lead by four at the moment, you have the opportunity to
11:42play first, if you want to.
11:45I think I'm going to play.
11:47You're going to play?
11:47Good luck, Jared.
11:49Good luck, Jared.
11:5130 seconds goes on the clock for you.
11:53Your time starts now.
11:55Meaning goodbye, the term sayonaro is borrowed from which language?
11:58Spanish.
11:58It's Japanese.
11:59Queen Mary of Denmark was born in 1972 in which Australian state?
12:03Queensland.
12:04Tasmania.
12:05In which century did the Salem Witch Trials occur in colonial Massachusetts?
12:0917th.
12:10In the stage musical Wicked, which character sings popular?
12:13Glinda.
12:14Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz are both teams.
12:16Arizona.
12:16NBA.
12:17A stylised alien named Snoo is the logo of which social reddit?
12:21Known as Gentle Giants, Maine Coons are a large breed of what domestic animal?
12:26And that would be cat.
12:28Ooh, Jared.
12:29You just let Matt and Amanda back in the game.
12:32Bad luck, mate?
12:33Unlucky, Matt.
12:34Okay.
12:35That means, Matt.
12:36Mm-hmm.
12:37It's over to you.
12:38Would you like to play?
12:39Yes.
12:40Let's put 30 seconds on the clock for you.
12:42Your time starts now.
12:44Which US singer had a 1989 hit with If I Could Turn Back Time?
12:48Cher.
12:49Correct.
12:49The flag of international organisation NATO is predominantly what primary colour?
12:54Blue.
12:55Correct.
12:55Known informally as The Whitney is a modern art museum in which US city?
13:00New York.
13:01Correct.
13:01What is the official language of the European country, Romania?
13:04Romanian.
13:05Correct.
13:06Which Japanese automobile company makes a Navara car model?
13:09Nissan.
13:10Correct.
13:10In what TV drama series does a mob boss see the psychiatrist?
13:14Sopranos.
13:14Correct.
13:15Invade.
13:16Woo!
13:18Well done.
13:21Well done.
13:22That's awesome.
13:23Wow.
13:24I don't get to do this very often, Matt.
13:26Six.
13:27Yay.
13:28Well done.
13:30Well done.
13:31We've got to get them all in there, so we'd better get going.
13:34Where are you going with the first one?
13:36I think I'm going to go in drop zone two.
13:38Line up two.
13:39That's something different.
13:41With six counters, you've surely got enough time to build, Matt.
13:48Nice bouncy drop.
13:50Lovely.
13:52That might be nice.
13:55Yes, that's very nice.
13:56Buckle up, everybody.
13:59Thank you very much.
14:00That's the start.
14:01That's 300 that goes up.
14:03We leave it there until all six are played, so let's get number two in.
14:06Yeah, I'll go two again.
14:08Two again.
14:09Light her up.
14:14Oh, bouncy, bouncy.
14:15Yeah.
14:16Lovely.
14:17Not bad.
14:17Not bad at all.
14:18Line up with the double.
14:19This might...
14:20Oh, yeah, nice.
14:22Nice.
14:25Yes!
14:26Number two.
14:27Woo!
14:29Good.
14:30That's two more.
14:31500 now.
14:32500 now.
14:32We're on to the third counter.
14:34Where to next?
14:34I'm going to stay two.
14:36Two again.
14:36Light her up.
14:41Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.
14:43Oh, good job.
14:43I like it.
14:45That whole tipping point could go soon.
14:48Yeah, yeah.
14:49No.
14:50Could it be now?
14:53Yeah.
14:55That's fabulous.
14:57I tell you what, that win zone's starting to fill up, mainly because another nine came
15:01over the tipping point.
15:02So 900 goes into the machine.
15:061,400 sits up in there and there's still three to go.
15:10I'll have a go at number three.
15:11Shuffle over like a round of applause.
15:18Nice.
15:19Timing the drop really well.
15:22Love it.
15:23Yes, thank you.
15:25See if there's anything there.
15:28Oh, nice.
15:29Nothing on that drop, but it did load things back up again.
15:32It did.
15:32Still two more to go.
15:33Go for three again.
15:35Back to three.
15:37And that double started to come into play also.
15:42Oh, nice.
15:43Nice.
15:44I like that.
15:45Good.
15:47Oh!
15:49So you've got a final counter.
15:51Are you going back to three?
15:52I'm going back to three.
15:53Thought you might.
15:54Light it up.
16:01Wow.
16:01Hello.
16:02That's gone a bit lateral.
16:05Oh, wow.
16:06Nice.
16:07Here it goes.
16:08Here it goes.
16:10Oh, well done.
16:11Whoa!
16:14Oh, if only you could have seen Mirella's face at the end of that there.
16:17It is beaming.
16:18Oh, I love it.
16:19I love it.
16:20Because that's another half a dozen.
16:21Another $600 goes in and the end of your $600.
16:25We're going to take $2,000, add it into your bank, and you've got $2,500.
16:29And you're obviously safe.
16:30Good job.
16:31Good job.
16:33Amanda, you are five behind.
16:37Jared, but you need counters.
16:39Yes, I do.
16:39A couple of deep breaths.
16:40I'll put 30 seconds on the clock for you.
16:43Your time starts now.
16:45In Australia, New South Wales shares its entire northern border with which other states?
16:48Queensland.
16:49Correct.
16:50Who stars in the title role of the 2019 film Maleficent, Mistress of Evil?
16:55Pass.
16:55Angelina Jolie.
16:56Stanford Bridge is the home ground of which English Premier League team?
17:00I don't know.
17:01Liverpool.
17:01Chelsea.
17:02How many pockets does a standard pool table typically have?
17:05Six.
17:05Correct.
17:06On the periodic table, what common metallic element has the symbol NI?
17:11Copper.
17:12Nickel.
17:12Which Tchaikovsky ballet features a character named Odile?
17:15And a swan lake.
17:17It is.
17:17Also known as the black swan, it was swan lake, but we had run out of time.
17:22You've got yourself two, Amanda.
17:24Two it is.
17:24Well done.
17:25Well done, Amanda.
17:26So.
17:27All right.
17:27Five to tie, Jared.
17:29Six gets you through.
17:30There's two doubles sitting in there.
17:32Where to go with the first of the two counters?
17:35Light up, drop, sign.
17:36Three.
17:36Three.
17:37Three.
17:38Light up, three.
17:39Three for sure.
17:42Three.
17:45Bounce and drop.
17:46Feels a gap.
17:47There's a hole there.
17:48I'm going to fill the gap, but that's okay.
17:50That's all right.
17:50Getting her ready for the next one.
17:51It's looking at the top and the bottom and working out what's going to come on over.
17:55All right.
17:55Do you go back to that one, Amanda?
17:56Should she go back to that?
17:57Yeah.
17:58Light up, drop, sign three.
17:59Three again.
18:00Three again.
18:04It's me to be.
18:06It's me to be.
18:07All right.
18:08That's good, Amanda.
18:09Come on over.
18:10Come on over, please.
18:13Oh.
18:13Hey!
18:18Ha-ha!
18:19Woo-hoo!
18:22Woo!
18:23Woo!
18:24Wow.
18:26Jared was watching that going, I'm looking good.
18:28Then all of a sudden, it has changed.
18:31It looks like your shade of green has more luck than Jared's, Amanda, because you've got
18:35eight, including the double, which is going to give you $1,600.
18:39Woo-hoo!
18:40Thank you!
18:42And when I take it out of the machine and put it into the bank, this just got tight again.
18:48You've got $2,000 after all of that.
18:50Yes.
18:50And at the end of our quickfire round, it's been entertaining and it's been close.
18:55Matt's got $2,500.
18:57Amanda, you've got $2,000.
18:58And Jared, unfortunately, we've found your tipping points.
19:03Good fun.
19:03Thank you, Jared.
19:05Great having you on the show.
19:07Thanks for having me.
19:08And at the end of it all, it means that Amanda and Matt are going to fight it out.
19:13They're going head-to-head.
19:14One of them will play for the jackpot with $20,000 next on Tipping Point.
19:31Welcome back, everyone.
19:32We've got Matt and Amanda.
19:33They're about to go head-to-head.
19:34One of them will play for $20,000.
19:36But, Matt, where did you meet your lovely wife, Marilla?
19:40I met her at a club in Melbourne.
19:42Unfortunately, I was dancing on a podium at the time.
19:45Oh.
19:46Marilla, please explain.
19:47He was.
19:48He's not a dancer.
19:49No.
19:50And I am.
19:51And I was doing my thing down the bottom.
19:54And he, well, he fell on top of me, Todd.
19:58Oh.
19:59And the rest is history, as they say.
20:01Yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:02Now, listen.
20:03If you're able to get the money today, what's on the plans?
20:07Well, it's my lovely wife's 50th year.
20:10Yes.
20:10She doesn't want to call it a birthday.
20:11She wants to call it the whole year.
20:13Right.
20:13Fair enough, too.
20:14And we're thinking of going to Italy.
20:16And this time round, she'll actually let me go with her.
20:19That'd be nice.
20:21Fantastic.
20:22All right.
20:22Well, good luck, Amanda.
20:24You've got friends with you here today.
20:26Lynn.
20:26There she is.
20:27Lynn is my trivia buddy.
20:29Oh, so that's why you brought her here today.
20:31Oh, absolutely.
20:31I'm moral support.
20:33And David's next door.
20:34How do you think Amanda's going?
20:36And what other advice would you give her?
20:37I think she's going brilliant.
20:39And tell Todd you love tennis.
20:41Oh, I do.
20:41That's how we met.
20:42That will not help.
20:43I can promise you.
20:45And the money for you, Amanda, what would you like to do with it if you could win it?
20:48So we're off to Egypt next year, and I'd love to get a balloon ride across the pyramids.
20:51Oh, how amazing would that be?
20:52So that'd be pretty awesome.
20:54View the pyramids from up high.
20:55Fantastic.
20:55Well, you've got a bit of work to do because you're five counters behind.
20:58So we're going to push the game along as you two play head to head.
21:06And in this round, you will each have two questions.
21:09Answer your question correctly.
21:10You get the counter to play in the machine.
21:12If you get it wrong, though, your opponent steals it.
21:15If you are unsure of your answer, you can pass to your opponent.
21:18Matt, you've got the lead, and that gives you the opening question.
21:21Here it is.
21:23A blue diamond necklace known as the heart of the ocean features prominently in which
21:29hit film?
21:30Pass or play?
21:32Or play?
21:33Titanic.
21:34Okay.
21:35Amanda?
21:36That is the film that I would say.
21:38Yeah, Titanic, yeah.
21:39No mucking about.
21:40We'll just find out if it's the Titanic then.
21:43Yep.
21:44Yay!
21:45Yay!
21:49You think two?
21:51Okay.
21:52I've been swayed.
21:54Drop zone two it is.
21:56Light her up.
22:01Oh, good.
22:03Okay, it's going to go left.
22:05Bit of a gap.
22:06A little swing around.
22:08And off they go.
22:10Come on, come on.
22:11Come on.
22:11Lovely, lovely.
22:12Thanks very much.
22:13Okay.
22:15Not bad.
22:16That gives you three.
22:18Pushes you out to an eight-counter lead as 300 goes up, and we transfer it.
22:22You go to 2,800.
22:24Amanda, that gap has widened again.
22:26You did a great job in closing it.
22:28What can you do with your question?
22:30Slappy the Dummy is a reoccurring villain in which children's book franchise?
22:35Pass or play?
22:36Oh, definitely pass on this one.
22:39No idea.
22:41Matt, Slappy the Dummy is a reoccurring villain in which children's book franchise?
22:46Uh, I can only think of Bluey.
22:49Right.
22:50Is it Bluey?
22:53Ah, bugger.
22:54Goosebumps.
22:55Nah, wouldn't have known that.
22:56Oh, okay.
22:56No.
22:57No, sorry.
22:57It's a good one.
22:58You didn't know it, Amanda, and you could pass it.
23:00Now you've got the counter back.
23:01Yeah, light up, drop zone two.
23:03Two it is, then.
23:08Now, one double has already played a very pivotal part for you.
23:12It has, yeah.
23:13Come on, time's two.
23:14Can you get the second one?
23:15One time's two.
23:16Come on.
23:16Okay, good boys.
23:17Good girls.
23:18Let's go.
23:19Spread it.
23:20Spread it.
23:22Ow!
23:24Hello.
23:26Can I blow it over?
23:28Jump up and down?
23:29Something?
23:30It was almost a double as well.
23:32300.
23:33We're going to throw it into your bank, Amanda.
23:36And things have tightened.
23:38We'll be back after the break to see whether Matt can hang on and play for the 20,000 or
23:42whether
23:42Amanda's going to chase him down.
23:44That's coming up next on Tipping Point.
23:58Welcome back.
23:59We've got Matt and Amanda.
24:00This is close.
24:01Five counter difference at the moment.
24:03One of you gets that chance for 20,000.
24:04Two questions remain.
24:06Matt, you've got the next one.
24:08A sesquicentennial is a celebration of a period of how many years?
24:14Pass or play.
24:15A sesquicentennial.
24:17I've been practising that for a week.
24:20I think I know, but I'm going to pass.
24:22Oh, bugger.
24:23Sorry.
24:24All right.
24:25Sorry.
24:27Sesquicentennial.
24:28Sesquicentennial.
24:29Well, for some reason I'm thinking 250, so that will be my answer.
24:33250.
24:34250.
24:35Matt, would you have said 250?
24:37No.
24:38I was going more for 500, but I didn't know.
24:40Okay.
24:40Let's find out if it's 250, Amanda.
24:44It's in fact 150.
24:46150.
24:46Oh, okay.
24:47150.
24:48Matt.
24:49So, good pass.
24:50This is hugely important.
24:52Where are you going?
24:53I am going to stick with drop down two.
24:55Light up drop down two.
24:57Going to try to clear that double.
24:58Take Amanda out of it.
25:03The opposite of there.
25:04Yeah.
25:05It came down quick too, didn't it?
25:07Yeah.
25:08Oh, it does not match.
25:10That two's hanging on by a thread.
25:12So, good luck.
25:13Oh, gosh.
25:19And I think the horse has bolted in this race potentially because that was nine, including
25:25the double.
25:25That's 1,800 going into the machine.
25:31You take it from there, Matt.
25:32We're going to put it into your bank.
25:34And you got a massive $4,600.
25:38Wow.
25:39Gee, the doubles have played a big part in today's game.
25:42That's for sure.
25:43Amanda.
25:44Well, there's a lot of pride still at stake.
25:4723 counters behind.
25:49So close.
25:50So close.
25:51Grippy.
25:51Come on.
25:52Let's finish on a high.
25:53Indeed.
25:53You've got the final question.
25:55Born in the Soviet Union, Larissa Latininia is the most awarded Olympian in which sport?
26:01Pass or play?
26:05I'm going to say gymnastics.
26:07Oh, I should have passed.
26:08Good Lord.
26:10Too late now.
26:12It is.
26:12Would you have agreed with that, Matt?
26:13I would have gone gymnastics too.
26:14So we can just hope it's right.
26:16Yeah, just hope it's right for you.
26:17Amanda, let's find out if it's gymnastics.
26:21It is.
26:23Fabulous.
26:24Well done.
26:25All right.
26:26You need to shake, rattle and roll this machine.
26:29And like the old pinball, maybe you need to tilt it as well.
26:32Well, if you let me in the air.
26:33All right.
26:34Line up.
26:35Drop zone one.
26:36One at six.
26:37Light her up.
26:46That's a drop.
26:47Proper drop.
26:47Okay.
26:48Crashes in, doesn't it?
26:50Doesn't it?
26:51Just tidy up that little corner in the left.
26:53Yeah.
26:55And over she goes.
26:57Oh, thank you.
26:59What a Matt.
27:01Another two came over the tipping point.
27:03So $200 goes into the machine.
27:04And we're going to take it out of there.
27:06And when I put it into the bank, $2,500, Amanda.
27:09Generally, that would be enough to get you through.
27:12I would.
27:12But at the end of Head to Head, Amanda, unfortunately,
27:15we've found your tipping point.
27:17Thanks, Scott.
27:19So close.
27:20Good luck.
27:21Wonderful having you on the show.
27:24I know you're going to enjoy that ride into Egypt
27:26because you've already got it booked.
27:28David, good luck with that ride over the pyramids.
27:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:32I try not to push him out.
27:33Don't push him out.
27:35Please don't push him out.
27:37Matt, this is what you're going to play for.
27:39Our jackpot counter.
27:40It's worth $20,000.
27:41And after the break, we're going to see if you can go home
27:44with the big bucks here on Tipping Point.
28:00Matt, a huge score sitting in the bank.
28:04What a win.
28:05$4,600.
28:07That's enormous at this point.
28:09Well played by you.
28:11Thank you very much.
28:14Now, Mirella, why has he not been allowed to go to Italy before?
28:19Oh, well, he's allowed,
28:20but sometimes a girl's just got to go and have some fun by herself.
28:23Oh.
28:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:25The way he's going, he's going to be paying for it,
28:27so it'd be probably good that he comes along.
28:29Oh, we'll let him come.
28:30He can come.
28:30And what are the favourite places that you look likely to go visit?
28:33Well, my family's from Sicily.
28:35Ah, beautiful.
28:36So I'd love to go back to Sicily and get a bit of sunshine there.
28:40Sounds like a plan.
28:41And I absolutely love Rome, and I've got family in Rome as well, so...
28:44Lovely.
28:45But we've got to see whether you can win this jackpot.
28:47So let's play the jackpot round.
28:54Time to put the jackpot counter in the machine.
28:55Push it back out.
28:56There's the $20,000.
28:57You haven't left much in there.
28:58The doubles are all gone.
28:59There is a mystery up on the top right,
29:01but maybe there's a favourite drop zone that you'd like to put it into.
29:05I think I'm going back to drop zone one.
29:08The life of drop zone one.
29:11Good move.
29:12Because as I get ready to light up drop zone one,
29:14I couldn't see it, but it is hidden underneath the other mystery.
29:17So you may be able to pick that up as well.
29:19So let's get things started.
29:20Light her up, please, and we'll get the jackpot in the machine.
29:26Come on.
29:33Get down.
29:34Set, set, set.
29:35Don't spin.
29:36Lovely, lovely.
29:37Good position too.
29:39Perfect.
29:39Oh, right on the wall.
29:41That's good.
29:42All right.
29:43Still a little bit of money left.
29:45And every counter's worth $100.
29:48So that's three that comes over to put $4,900 in the bank.
29:52The jackpot positioned beautifully,
29:54and we're now going to find out which five categories that you're going to play, Matt.
29:58You've got yourself film, animals, celebrities, sport, and oil.
30:03Now, you can choose to play one, two, or three.
30:05The more you play for, the harder that question's going to be.
30:08Where would you like to start, and then for how many?
30:10I think I'll climb the ladder, and I'll start with oil, I think.
30:13Oil for?
30:15Three.
30:16Oil for three.
30:17Okay, good luck.
30:18Come on.
30:22In the US soap Dallas,
30:24a manipulative oil baron played by Larry Hagman
30:28is known by what two initials?
30:32JR, CJ, or JD?
30:34A bit of early 80s.
30:36Who shot JR?
30:37So I'm going to be confident to say JR.
30:40All right.
30:41Light up JR.
30:42Is that the correct answer?
30:45Yes.
30:47JR Ewing, right?
30:48Yeah, JR Ewing, yeah.
30:49Yeah.
30:51Let's get started.
30:52Absolutely.
30:52I'm going to light it up.
30:53Drop zone one.
30:54Here we go, Matt.
31:02Come on.
31:03It's been hard.
31:04Okay.
31:05Near, near.
31:06Not quite, but that'll take the top row.
31:08Maybe, yes.
31:09Lovely.
31:10It's going to sit down, spread a bit,
31:11and then we'll clean out a bit more.
31:13Nice.
31:13Nice work.
31:14Okay.
31:15Good start.
31:16We're now over $5,000.
31:18$5,100 sits in there,
31:20and we've got two counters left to play,
31:22so light it up again.
31:23Please, all the way to the left.
31:25Drop zone one.
31:28Come on.
31:29Come on.
31:30Left, hand side.
31:34Sit.
31:36Nearly, nearly, nearly.
31:38Sit, sit, sit.
31:39Sit.
31:41Down comes again.
31:43I tell you what,
31:43you're a money-making machine, Matt.
31:45This is great.
31:46Oh, okay.
31:48We're going to leave something for the rest of the game to happen.
31:51That's another two.
31:52$5,300.
31:54And it's all about spinning to the left
31:57as we light it up for the third time.
31:59Yeah.
32:03Go, go, go, go, go.
32:05Come on.
32:06Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
32:08That's lovely.
32:10Nice.
32:11Okay.
32:12It's got it near the front.
32:15And there's just more money.
32:17This keeps tipping over.
32:18Four more.
32:19That's a good round.
32:20You made plenty of cash.
32:21Now $5,700.
32:23We've got four categories left.
32:25Moving up.
32:26Moving up.
32:26Yeah.
32:27Let's please.
32:27I love sports.
32:28For three, please.
32:29Great.
32:30Sport of choice.
32:31Sport of choice cricket.
32:33But I love AFL as well.
32:34Okay.
32:35Yeah.
32:35Let's see if we can hit one for six here.
32:37I'll try.
32:38Jakara Anthony is an Australian Olympic gold medalist in which sport?
32:45Speed skating, snowboarding or freestyle skiing?
32:50Okay.
32:51Honest answer, not one that comes straight to mind.
32:56Snowboarders have really cool names.
32:58Nothing hits me on speed skating or freestyle, so I'm going to go with my gut and go with
33:04snowboarding.
33:05Okay.
33:06Light up.
33:07Snowboarding.
33:08Snowboarding.
33:09The correct answer.
33:13Shame.
33:15Freestyle skiing.
33:16Skiing.
33:16Yeah.
33:17Skull medalist in Beijing 2022.
33:19Shame.
33:20An absolute champion of Winter Olympics.
33:21Shame.
33:22Never mind.
33:22Moving on up the board.
33:24Celebrities is next.
33:25Yep.
33:26All three again.
33:26Good.
33:27Let's keep going.
33:27Come on.
33:31In June 2023, an Australian record was broken when over four million fans tried to buy
33:37pre-sale tickets to which singer's concert?
33:40Was it Taylor Swift's, Pink or Ed Sheeran's?
33:44Um, I actually think I know this, and my daughter would give me all kinds of grief if I didn't,
33:51because
33:51she went to the gig in Sydney, and Mirella went too.
33:55So I think it's Taylor Swift.
33:57Light up Taylor Swift.
33:59Is it Taylor Swift?
34:03Good work.
34:04Good work.
34:08Okay.
34:09Light it up.
34:09Drop zone one.
34:15All the way to the latches.
34:18Spin.
34:19Roll.
34:20Yeah, that's going to lateral, sort of.
34:22Yeah, that's going to lateral, sort of.
34:23Yeah.
34:24It just sets it up.
34:25Okay.
34:25It means that one left and it's down.
34:29Oh!
34:31You just keep cleaning up.
34:34Another half a dozen, including a mystery counter there.
34:37Wow!
34:37It's 100 goes up.
34:40That gives you $6,300, and you've also won a Harvey Norman gift card to spend on furniture,
34:46bedding, home appliances, and technology.
34:48It's valued at $1,500.
34:50It's thanks to Harvey Norman where you find the best rank, best rank, and best prices.
34:56Thank you very much, Harvey Norman.
34:57Gee, I tell you what, it's a day out today for you two.
35:00I mean, it's great.
35:01And we get ready for the second one to put in there.
35:04Light her up again, please.
35:09There we go.
35:10Oh!
35:12Just came down really quick, didn't it?
35:15Oh, well.
35:15It did.
35:16Oh, well.
35:17But no, you'll find another half dozen.
35:21Not quite.
35:22Not quite.
35:23Setting it up.
35:23Next one on.
35:24All right, we've got one more.
35:25We need it left, and if we can get it down then, we've got a couple of categories to go,
35:29and that gives you a very good shot at it.
35:31Yep.
35:31Light it up.
35:32Come on.
35:35Set.
35:36Oh, spin it.
35:37Just a little bit.
35:38Just.
35:39Come on.
35:39Go over left.
35:40Go over left.
35:41Ah!
35:43That little bit of weight.
35:44Yeah.
35:45A larger jackpot counter holds it firm.
35:47Okay.
35:48Let's go back to our categories.
35:51Animals for three, please.
35:52Come on now.
35:56Native to Southeast Asia, the binturong is a mammal also known by what name?
36:03Is it bear fox?
36:05Bear cat?
36:06Bear pig?
36:07Hmm.
36:08So, Southeast Asia.
36:10Okay.
36:11Um, I don't think necessarily fox, because that's more, certainly more European.
36:19Cat?
36:20Hmm.
36:21Yeah.
36:22Um, I am going to have a wild stab, and just for some obscure reason, I'm saying pig.
36:28So, bear pig.
36:29I'm going to light up bear pig.
36:31It's a guess.
36:33Don't know.
36:33Yeah, we're going to chew on it over the break, find out whether you've got it or not.
36:3720,000 is on the line.
36:45Oh, welcome back, everyone.
36:52Matt's been cleaning up.
36:536,300 is in your bank.
36:56Jackpot counter, ready to come off the top shelf, but we need to get this question correct
37:01to keep things moving at that nice pace that it has been.
37:04So, the question before the break was this.
37:06Native to Southeast Asia, the binturong is a mammal also known by what name?
37:11And you said a wild stab light up bear pig.
37:16Is that correct?
37:17Mm-hmm.
37:21Ah.
37:23It was a bear cat.
37:24Bear cat.
37:25A bear cat.
37:26All right, that's kind of put a bit of pressure on.
37:29It does, yeah.
37:29We've got one category left, and you're going to need it.
37:32Okay.
37:33Fill in for three.
37:34All in.
37:35All in.
37:36Come on, Matt.
37:39Here goes.
37:40In the film Goldfinger, Bond refers to drinking warm Dom Perignon as being as bad as listening
37:47to the Beatles without what?
37:50Earmuffs, crying, or Ringo?
37:53Um, I have seen Goldfinger, and I'm a massive Beatles fan.
37:57I would think it's more likely he'd say that it doesn't sound right without Ringo.
38:02Light up, Ringo.
38:04Did Bond refer to drinking warm Dom Perignon as being as bad as listening to the Beatles
38:09without Ringo?
38:15Actually, he wasn't very polite sitting around earmuffs.
38:19Didn't know that.
38:20No, shame.
38:21That is a shame, because we had things so perfectly set up up there.
38:25But, Matt, shame or not, you've still got $6,300.
38:29Yes, I know.
38:30Unreal.
38:31Great.
38:34But it's not over yet, because the way that your luck has played out today, apart from
38:38not getting those last two questions, whenever you've had the chance, you've been able to
38:41clean out the machine, so I'm not letting you go home without playing Jackpot Temptation.
38:51$6,300 plus a gift voucher, courtesy of Harvey Norman, for $1,500.
38:57You've got something to go away with.
38:59Absolutely, yeah.
39:00It's great.
39:01So, would I be able to tempt you to risk $6,300 if I did this?
39:08I'm simply going to offer you five counters, and I'm going to make that $40,000.
39:17While you contemplate it, we're headed to the newsroom.
39:21Before we went to the newsroom, Matt, there was a look of focus on your face.
39:27You were just all eyes on the Jackpot, as if to say, you are mine.
39:32Mm-hmm.
39:33One offer and one offer only for you today.
39:36You've got $6,300.
39:37You'd have to give that up to go for five counters, and it's worth $40,000.
39:43Now, Mirella, $40,000 now, not $20,000.
39:48That does get in Sicily, Rome, and it will get you up to the north of Italy as well.
39:53I mean, think about it.
39:55You can lunch in Verena, then go down to Como, and you can be off having dinner, looking at the
40:01magnificent water.
40:02I'm happy with the gelati and air flight.
40:13Oh, Mirella, I've just given the best international spiel that I could possibly conjure up.
40:19It was tempting, it was tempting that night.
40:19And you just, like, popped my balloon, like...
40:24Don't be silly.
40:28What would you like to do?
40:29Just doesn't feel quite enough to make that kind of...
40:33Make that kind of investment.
40:35That's right, that's right.
40:37That's right.
40:39Just think of that gelati.
40:42Is there anything else, potentially?
40:45No, five is the limit.
40:51I'm going to regret this for the rest of my days, but I'm going to do it.
41:08I was not expecting that.
41:12Well, now I know why you've been going away on your own, Mirella.
41:17Because what I have to do is I'm going to take that 6,300 away, Matt.
41:23Yeah.
41:24But we're going to put $40,000 back up and into the machine.
41:31And for my sake and yours...
41:35I hope you get this.
41:38So, Matt, it all comes down to this.
41:41Five counters, five opportunities to push this down and out,
41:44and you'll be walking away here today with $40,000.
41:48So we're wishing you the best of luck, aren't we, everybody?
41:51Let's put the first counter into the machine.
41:53And away we go.
41:55Come on.
41:57Come on.
41:58Come on.
42:07Come on.
42:08Just push hard.
42:08Give us something.
42:09Push, push, push, push.
42:10No.
42:10No.
42:11Oh!
42:15Oh, Matt.
42:17There's more money, but it's nothing.
42:19They're not worth anything except the jackpot.
42:21Come on, Matty.
42:22Come on.
42:22Half a push.
42:23Get it over that left side.
42:25Light her up.
42:26Second counter.
42:28Come on, Matt.
42:29You've got to go hard there.
42:32Yes!
42:33Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
42:36Yep.
42:38Get flat.
42:39Go on, you go.
42:39Flat, flat, flat, flat, flat.
42:43OK, two in.
42:45We're down there.
42:46We've got three to go.
42:47Let's put the third counter in, Matt.
42:49Right.
42:50Another one left.
42:51We get it all the way to the front.
42:53Come on.
43:02Come on.
43:04Please, that way, that way, that way.
43:05Lateral left, lateral left.
43:07Come on, get down.
43:08Oh!
43:12All right.
43:12This is going to get real close.
43:13It's going to get down to the wire.
43:15Two more to go.
43:17Light her up again.
43:18Fourth counter.
43:19Come on.
43:21Come on.
43:27Oh, that might.
43:29There's enough there.
43:32Yes!
43:34Don't!
43:34Don't!
43:35No, no, no, no, no, no!
43:37Oh!
43:38It's going back the other way!
43:39But it's...
43:40Oh, no, it's riding as well!
43:44Sugar.
43:49It's covered it up.
43:51One to go.
43:53Well, let's make it a good one.
43:54You never know.
43:55Come on.
43:55Last one.
43:56Light it up.
43:59Yes!
44:00Yes!
44:01Yes!
44:01Yes!
44:02Yes!
44:04Yes!
44:05Yes!
44:06Yes!
44:07Yes!
44:07Yes!
44:08Gosh, get a couple and jump left.
44:10Jump left.
44:11Jump two over.
44:13No.
44:14It's going to push it all the way through.
44:16Oh!
44:19Oh, well.
44:20It was looking good.
44:22It was a massive gamble.
44:25Oh, Matt.
44:26Oh, well.
44:28As we said, you're not going home empty-handed.
44:30No.
44:30You've got the Harvey Norman gift card worth $1,500.
44:33Morella, I can only apologise for Matt.
44:38I hope that you do get to go on that next year.
44:41It's been fabulous having you on the show.
44:42You're entertaining.
44:43You've played an amazing game.
44:44Thank you, Bill.
44:45Thanks, audience.
44:46Oh, so close.
44:48Thanks to you at home, too, for watching.
44:50And join us next time when three new contestants light up their luck on Tipping Point.
44:59One of them.
45:02Cheers.
45:04Cheers.
45:06Cheers.
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