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00:06they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder but be careful beholding this
00:11this is a statue of Medusa here at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery legend
00:16has it that her hair was made of snakes and that anyone who looked at her would
00:20instantly be turned to stone but the real hero of this story is Medusa's waxer
00:25let's just say that the carpet snakes match the drapes join us as we leave
00:29no stone unturned tonight at the museum
00:58they say a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing so tonight's panel is
01:02basically harmless playing for the great honor of having one of their own
01:06personal treasures put on display right here at team mag can you please welcome
01:10Suzy Youssef and her garden home trophy Mark Humphreys and a poster for kebabs a rat skull necklace displayed here
01:24by Nicky Britton
01:27and finally with a CD from his first band it's Cameron James
01:34we're gonna find more about our guests and their wonderful items later but first let's put a label on it
01:46in just one short paragraph exhibit labels tell us the fascinating true story behind an object on display and sometimes
01:53the font is so small it is a good reminder to book in with your optometrist
01:57I'm gonna present to you a real object from the museum's collection two of our players will each read out
02:02a label for it but no one on the panel knows which one is correct
02:05our other two players have to decide which is the right label shall we see our first object
02:18well I know what these are and these are government mandated NASA candles we love it when the government mandates
02:27stuff for us seatbelts vaccines
02:32now candles candles they're from 1969 wonderful year good drop
02:39back when the NASA astronauts were going to a thing called the moon the state government here in Tasmania gave
02:47candles out to all the school kids
02:49and the idea was that on the night that they were passing they would go out into the streets with
02:55their candles and wave them up at the sky
02:58but that is what happened unfortunately the astronauts did not see the candlelight because we are in Tasmania and there
03:06was clouds and rain and also let me check the notes they were in space
03:13and that's the true story of those NASA candles mandated by the government
03:17all right Susie what have you got on your label oh I've got the actual truth Alex is what I've
03:22got
03:23so these are sperm candles which are a thing and these candles are highly sought after by colonial Tasmanians because
03:30they came from a place you may not have heard of called London
03:33and do we have any more information about the sperm
03:40there were tallow candles that existed tallow being cow fat they were so inferior compared to these candles and the
03:48brand is field field candles very very popular brand brighter longer burning and the name of these candles is sperm
03:56candles
03:57okay Mark and Nikki which label do you think is the correct one are these the innocent candles waved by
04:03Tasmanian school children or the longer lasting firmer sperm candles
04:09not always longer lasting and not always firm as well I will say that really does depend on mood and
04:14how long you've been with the person
04:15I just I oh wow they're very different it's children supporting or it's just jizz so
04:28Nikki go with your heart I mean you can discuss it what about you Mark well I just think that
04:34story was so lame that it just exactly is exactly what a government would come up with
04:39I thought it was well told yeah no criticism of the telling thank you but just as a lame idea
04:45that a government would come up with to have children carry candles around for astronauts that can't see them
04:50I'm leaning towards that as opposed to the filth that you were offering yeah I mean NASA did send a
04:56female astronaut into space and asked will 150 tampons be enough for an eight-day mission
05:07all right what do you think mark what are you gonna put down um yeah so I think government-mandated
05:12NASA candles sounds really logical
05:16I'm gonna have to go sperm candles okay yeah that is where my heart lies let's put a label on
05:23it
05:28they are sperm candles
05:34more specifically they are sperm whale candles you disgusting freaks
05:42so at the time in Tasmania whaling was a huge source of industry was like the main thing that was
05:47getting money coming in
05:48there were so many whales in the Derwent River they said that you could walk across the Derwent River on
05:54the backs of whales and not get your shoes wet
05:56people used to complain about the noise of the whales at night time and the smell coming out of their
06:02blowholes
06:03it's true
06:06and these candles are made from spermaceti
06:09now that is the oil that is
06:11oh that's Italian sperm
06:12it's Italian sperm
06:14so spermaceti is the oil collected from the head cavity of a sperm whale
06:18it was so called because they mistakenly thought that that substance was the coagulated whale semen
06:24which begs the question what did they think was coming out of its blowhole
06:29and no you couldn't see a candle flame from space even if the weather was good
06:34but under ideal conditions on earth you could see a candle from 2.6 kilometres away
06:38good to know
06:39so Nikki you were correct so two points for you Mark no points for you
06:46let's reveal the next object
06:56so the correct label here is that this is a memorial to a champion Jack Russell named Tigger
07:03and so this is from the year 1900 and so Jack Russell's actually came to Australia on the convict ships
07:10and they were known as ratters because they had to go and you know eat rats
07:15and as a result of that when settlers came to this fine area they held races with the terriers
07:23and they were known as the rat races and they were held in Devonport and so this is a type
07:30of a memento mori
07:31a sort of a tribute to and a reminder of our own mortality
07:36it's kind of you need to be reminded of that some people forget that we will all die one day
07:42and so yeah so this is the jaw bone of this racing dog
07:49it's a gorgeous item it goes for $1500
07:53I believe me
07:56what does your label say Nikki
07:58I mean firstly I just have to say I'm embarrassed for you Mark
08:00because that's just an absolute load of horseshit
08:06because this is obviously a thylacine jaw bone pincushion
08:11yeah it's a lot to get your head around
08:14so just take a sec
08:16and obviously this was made in 1900
08:18Tasmania lousy with tigers at the time
08:22obviously now completely extinct
08:24but this particular one
08:27this was fashioned into a pin cushion
08:32which was my nickname in high school actually
08:36um
08:36can you
08:37ironic nickname because I was never French
08:39but anyway we got there in the end
08:42um
08:43this particular object did win second prize
08:47at the Glamorgan horticultural show
08:50for fancy needlework
08:53I don't know who won first prize
08:54I imagine
08:55something spectacular
08:57yeah
08:58this that is that is exactly what this is
09:01hmm
09:01Cam and Susie which label do you think is the correct one
09:05is this a memento mori of a champion canine
09:07or the second prize pincushion from the Glamorgan show
09:10I mean I can't imagine why it wouldn't have won first
09:13hmm
09:14well to be fair the points were awarded on originality
09:18I suppose it's pretty original
09:21um
09:21have you seen another one
09:24yes I haven't now that you mention it
09:26can't get them it came up mate
09:29it's not anko branch
09:33okay Susie what do you think
09:36look maybe just because I don't believe anything that Mark says
09:40I'm
09:41I'm thinking
09:42I'm thinking
09:43I'm thinking it's Nikki's thylacine
09:44you're gonna go with thylacine
09:45I'm gonna go with Nikki's thylacine
09:48well because I believe all men
09:54sorry my character on this show is an alt-right MRA guy
09:58kids you haven't picked that up
09:59oh yeah your character
10:00yeah my character
10:01yeah yeah yeah yeah
10:01uh no I um
10:03I don't see it as a pincushion
10:04um
10:05whereas you of course I do see
10:06um
10:07yeah
10:08yeah
10:08as a pincushion
10:09yeah
10:10and I'm a big dog lover
10:12so it pains me to say this
10:13but I do think it may be the memorial to Paul Little Tigger
10:16let's put a label on it
10:22it is a thylacine jaw bone pincushion
10:33we have to be the only TV show in the world
10:35the world that has ever put those words together
10:37although earlier I did say coagulated sperm
10:40so maybe that's another part
10:41and it won't be the last part
10:45what's rare about this
10:46now besides the fact that no one else would ever think to do it
10:49is it is one of the very few objects known to have been made from thylacine
10:53and it is the only known artifact we have that isn't made from the animal skin
10:58yeah so when it was donated to the museum it came with a note saying that the artist and her
11:02family had received permission from the Tasmanian parliament to train the animal to try to do it.
11:05trap and keep thylacines on their property
11:07you've got some thylacines lying around
11:09you've got a craft show coming up
11:11and this is what happens
11:12and as for our false label
11:15we did make Tigger up
11:16but even if we didn't
11:18Jack Russell's were not on convict ships
11:20in fact they didn't come to Australia until 1960s
11:23so at the end of our first round we have Mark and Cam languishing on zero
11:27and Nikki and Susie with two points each
11:36just a reminder that you're all playing to have a personal treasure put on display here at TMAG
11:43now Nikki your object is a rat skull necklace that was a gift
11:47what face do you make when you unwrap that
11:50look you try to remain polite
11:53this was gifted to me by a Hollywood A-lister whose house I hosted a full moon party at because
12:04she believed I was a shaman
12:07I needed to go to a museum because my dog does keep digging it up wherever I hide it
12:13and also it just gives me the heebie-jeebies
12:15so please take it off my hands
12:16why did she believe you were a shaman because you told her you were a shaman
12:21I was doing what I thought was a parody character and they
12:26you know really kind of deified me if anything
12:29they gave me this
12:31they gave me a long shamanic cloak to wear
12:34and suggested that I don't wear underwear because it will get in the way of my feminine energy as we
12:38worship the moon
12:40and I just found a pack of tarot cards and I was like
12:42are we ready?
12:45and that's how I opened the full moon party
12:48wow amazing Nikki
12:49well we'll find out soon which item will get its own display case
12:53and which one will get stuffed in a suitcase
13:02question for the panel
13:03I'm roughly 8cm long
13:04I have rows of white spots and I've been seen by very few people
13:07what am I?
13:10could it be some kind of rare glider?
13:14like a small animal?
13:16I like that guess but no the answer is the 40 spotted partilote
13:26here to teach us all about this tiny endangered bird can you please welcome our expert wildlife scientist Dr. Sally
13:34Bryan
13:41welcome Sally, now you've dedicated your life to saving wildlife
13:45why do you feel such a connection to the 40 spotted partilote?
13:49it's a real little treasure
13:51it's a real Tasmanian species
13:53it's pretty quirky
13:55it's got some unusual habits
13:57and it's unfortunately now one of Australia's most endangered species
14:02now you have a study skin of the 40 spot there with you
14:06can you explain to us what is a study skin?
14:09well study skins are actually very important
14:14they're now in museum collections for the purpose of research
14:19and now more than ever
14:21they're really important for collecting DNA
14:24because species as rare as this
14:26we might not have an opportunity to get them in the wild
14:30I don't want to be inappropriate or anything
14:31it's a beautiful thing
14:32I just know the way you're holding it
14:34it's perfect for dipping into some dipping sauce
14:37and just crunching down on that thing
14:39and I just wanted to put that out there
14:41a little kebab
14:43is that what you're saying?
14:45Sally has some questions for you
14:47me specifically?
14:49yes
14:50so panelists, one point for a correct answer
14:52hands on buzzers, please take it away
14:54Dr Sally Bryant
14:55the name Pardalot is derived from the Greek Pardalotus
15:02meaning spotted like what large cat
15:06I actually have a tiny story that I wanted to just say to you
15:09is that
15:11I heard a kid in a shop buying a tea towel
15:15and in this moment I have now realised what he was talking about
15:18he was singing a song that went Pardalotus
15:22Quadra-Gintus I believe
15:24is that the full name for the bird?
15:27that's worth two points Alex
15:29wow
15:36there was a little boy singing the answers to our quiz questions
15:39he was, I remember because it was such a banger
15:41when he was like going Pardalotus, Quadra-Gintus
15:44and I wrote it down in my phone
15:46because I was like, I don't know what that is
15:48and then as soon as you said that word it came back
15:50wow
15:50it's like John Edward or something
15:53that boy's been dead for 500 years
15:58so yes, and Pardalotus meaning spotted like a
16:02leopard
16:02that's right
16:03like a leopard, yeah
16:10in 1838 an English ornithologist and his artist wife
16:14travelled to Van Diemen's land
16:17to research our birds for a book titled
16:19The Birds of Australia
16:21does anyone know his name?
16:25Nicky
16:26I was walking around Hobart today
16:28and I saw a book
16:30and it was by John
16:32and in the moment I thought
16:33oh, Goldie and Finch
16:34I wonder if that's got anything to do with it
16:35what was the name?
16:37what was the author of the book?
16:38John Gould
16:39is it John Gould Sally?
16:40correct, John Gould
16:44what's going on?
16:47are you smart?
16:50I've known you for a long time
16:51you've never been smart to me
16:54the irony that you don't know much about birds
16:58given your stance on women
17:00it's interesting isn't it?
17:02it's interesting
17:02well John Gould started his collecting down in Tassie
17:07in Van Diemen's land then
17:08and he also named this species
17:12next question please
17:13well we know now that the 40 spot is linked to one
17:18eucalypt
17:19eucalyptus viminalis in Tassie
17:21we call it the white gum
17:23white gum produces a substance called manna
17:28what is manna?
17:30Susie
17:30is it a tree sap?
17:33I'd have to score that as a yes
17:35correct, well done Susie
17:40so it's produced by the plant
17:42or the white gum
17:43it's a really sugary sap
17:45it looks a lot like icing sugar
17:47the 40 spots come along
17:49they pick it off
17:49they eat it themselves
17:51but during the breeding season
17:53it's about 80% of the food for the nestling
17:55have you tasted it?
17:56I have
17:57it tastes just like icing sugar
17:59should we go lick a tree after this?
18:01I don't think so
18:02well now that you've seen and learned a little about this amazing bird
18:06does anyone know
18:08how it sounds?
18:10Cam?
18:10I'd imagine it kind of
18:13I'd imagine it kind of sounds like
18:15la la la la la la!
18:18la la la la la la!
18:21la la la la la!
18:27I don't know why it's sounding like borat
18:30let's hear what it actually sounds like
18:32i was so ready for it to sound like Cam
18:40it has been described as wingy wingy wingy yes I can it does sound like you
18:48not cool Susie well thank you so much Sally finally someone who's willing to
18:54just tell you about birds without needing to shoehorn bees and sex in it
18:58too Sally thank you for sharing your passion for this beautiful
19:13we'll get to have their personal item on display here at T mag now Susie did you
19:19nick your item from a garden on the way in here you would think that Alex but I
19:22did not this is actually a trophy I was awarded this trophy for rookie of the
19:27year for an improv competition in 2004 which is crazy because I was a baby and
19:35the improv competition was called scared scriptless because we're a whole bunch
19:39of adults without social skills and I won rookie of the year but the budget was
19:46so massive that it has no insignia so I wrote on the bottom of it I wrote rookie
19:54of the year 2004 Susie Yusuf and I think I nearly misspelled my name well only one
20:00of you will get that honor and for those that don't the ABC is not paying for
20:04your extra luggage back home
20:14convicts used a secret language called flash to communicate without being
20:19understood by authorities for example Susie if we were convicts I might say to
20:23you hey let's nibble that bum trap to which you might reply kiss your mother
20:29with that face hole well I just said let's rob that guard so I don't know
20:35what you were on about anyway I'm gonna give you some convict slang and put it in
20:40a sentence all you have to do is tell me what the word means hands on buzzers your
20:46first word is boned that's the last time I commit a crime I'm sick of getting boned
20:53what does mark this is when you get sacked from the nine network Nikki I can't just say anything else
21:09excuse me is it sex it's not is it getting boned is it getting a boner and then getting boned
21:15with
21:15it no you know how you when you commit a crime you get sex sometimes yeah the policeman boned me
21:23that
21:23didn't really help is it boned like a baton no the answer is arrested oh your
21:33next phrase is woolly birds last night I was tossing and turning but then I
21:37started counting woolly birds and just like that I was out Cameron is it shape
21:43it's shape oh my god that is it your next word is kicksies you know what honey I think the
21:49ozempic is working my kicksies keep falling down and this was convict language
21:55it was called a bubonic plague it was very slimming the plague I believe it must be pants it is
22:04pants
22:05well done next question come on put on your nice kicksies tonight we're going to the lush crib
22:12what's a lush crib mark well I mean a lush is someone who is a drinker so lush crib is
22:20a drinking
22:21establishment yes very good the way you answer that really sounded like AI there's a real chat GPT
22:32blab coming from you tonight and finally who's a horny I'm not this guy I believe it's Nicky Britton
22:44I'm not sure if the guy who boned me was a horny or a senior horny either way he knew
22:49his way around cuffs
22:51what's a horny and who's a horny I think a horny is a cop you are correct Susie it is
22:56a constable
22:57really well done because of their penises oh we really haven't moved that far away from convict
23:06language though if you're getting boned by a horny I mean that's a sentence that I would hear on the
23:12regular right must be nice I'm getting going by a senior horny but soon enough I'll get everything
23:21he owns well it just goes to show when you're a convict it's not about the sentence you were given
23:28but rather the sentences you made along the way very impressive we each got a point so when it
23:33comes to convict flash nobody flashes better than you now we're close to seeing who will have their
23:49item on display at t-mag cam and mark with a bit of work to do and Susie and Nicky
23:55leading from the
23:56front let's see how they'll fare in the quiz let's take a stroll through the museum's herbarium with a
24:03quiz called dill or no dill and I'll be your host plant denya hands-on buzzers the nullah boar plane
24:16takes its name from the Latin words nullah and arbor what do they mean mark no tree that's correct yes
24:27good start mark next question the kakadu plum has over 100 times more vitamin c than which impossible
24:35to rhyme with citrus Cameron orange that's correct yes yes the kakadu plum if an orange had scurvy it
24:46would need to eat a kakadu plum what Australian icon is considered an invasive species in California
24:52Nikki the eucalyptus tree that is correct yes gum trees specifically blue gum trees well done
25:01I was gonna say Australian backpackers in Palawakani the language of the Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples
25:08this is a toilini Palawa canoes like this one are made from which part of a tree mark bark that's
25:17correct what white gum dependent bird does Cam think sounds like this
25:31Suzie That was an uncanny forty spotted part alone correct well done someone in Tassie is giving you a
25:43pink eye. What tuberous vegetable would they be talking about? Susie. A potato?
25:48That is correct. Susie's been getting plenty of pink eye intensity. With a
25:56circumference of over 30 meters Australia's girthiest tree belongs to
26:01which species? Susie. Is it a fig? It is a fig, well done. Yes I like big buttresses and I
26:09cannot lie.
26:10Featuring on the order of Australia, what is Australia's Nikki? Wattle. That is
26:18correct. Australia's nationalist Laurel Englund is the golden wattle. Our final question it all
26:26comes down to this. Big Boy, Beef Master, Bush Goliath and Bradley are varieties of what?
26:35Cam. Cool dudes. Not cool dudes. Susie. Tomato. Correct.
26:44That is the end of the show which means Susie you are the winner of Tonight at the Museum.
26:54Susie, it's time to give away your gnome. Oh wow. As Susie heads over to give her gnome
27:00a new home here at TMAC, she has gone from most improved to tonight's champion. It is now
27:06in the very good hands of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Thank you so much for playing
27:13with us. Goodnight.
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