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00:04Tonight on A Hard Quiz
00:06Joe, retired registered nurse
00:10Expert subject, Australian Funnel Web Spiders
00:14Pete, primary school principal
00:17Expert subject, rugby league state of origin
00:20Jack, retiree
00:23Expert subject, the P51 Mustang
00:28Angelina, nanny
00:30Expert subject, the nanny
00:34Here's your host, Tom Gleeson
00:38Hello, too much sport is barely enough
00:42Welcome to A Hard Quiz, these contestants are preppers
00:45Last one to leave the bunker will be tonight's A Hard Quiz champion
00:48To be part of the show at home, go to the ABC iView socials
00:54Let's say hello, g'day Angelina
00:56Hello
00:56Now the nanny is a bit before your time
00:59Quite a bit
01:00Yeah, how'd you get into the nanny?
01:01My mum raised me as a 90s kid in the 2000s
01:04Which happens when you grow up in the sticks in Adelaide, so you know
01:07Okay
01:09And you liked it, even though even then it would have been dated
01:12Yeah, the first episode I watched was actually when they got married
01:15And I was like, oh, I like this a lot
01:18And I related to her quite a bit
01:19So you know, I was like, yeah, this is who I'll choose to watch
01:22Alright, how many times would have you watched the whole thing all the way through?
01:26Since I was 14, I finish it and then I start re-watching it, so I can't even count, probably
01:30like 50
01:31Yeah
01:32I don't even know, it's insane
01:34There's all this prestige TV on offer
01:38We're living in a golden age of TV and you're watching that shit
01:41What's going on?
01:43And what do you do for a job?
01:44I'm a nanny
01:45Yeah
01:52So did you become a nanny because you love the show so much?
01:54No, no, I just like working with kids
01:56And you know what, it gets better though
01:58I run my own nanny agency and it's called The Nanny Named Ange
02:02Okay
02:04So, you know
02:07Jack
02:08Hello, Tom
02:09How'd you get into the Mustang?
02:11Well, it goes a long story
02:12I'd better not give it a long story because my daughter said, don't talk too much, Jack
02:16Thanks, daughter
02:20I really fell in love with the Spitfire first when I was seven years old
02:24Okay
02:25But later on, I found the Mustang and I thought, oh, you beauty
02:28I fell in love with it straight away
02:31And actually did a flight in a few years back
02:34Flying a mile higher over Maitland for about 20 minutes doing aerobatics
02:39And sort of consummated the romance then
02:41Oh, yeah, there you are doing it there
02:43So were you flying the plane?
02:45No, well, no
02:48I always wanted to be a pilot but I never did make it
02:50So you're sitting behind the pilot then?
02:52I am, yeah
02:53I'm telling him what to do
02:55How'd you not spill?
02:57Well, he told me, he said to hold my stomach in
03:00And the three G's will take care of it
03:02And they did
03:02Oh, okay
03:04Jack, this might sound rude but I don't care because I'm rude
03:06Yes, I know
03:07How old are you?
03:0992
03:16I think you are our oldest contestant we've ever had on Hard Quiz
03:20Beauty, I've won something already
03:21And I think you're also our youngest viewer
03:31Pete, what's your favourite thing about the state of origin?
03:34Is it the game or the grubs who play it?
03:37Probably all the above, Tom
03:38Yeah, you like watching the grubs go at it?
03:41Watching the blues get up, more importantly
03:42Yeah
03:49What would you do if one of your kids started supporting Queensland?
03:53Um, that would be tough to take
03:55Um, yeah, we'd have to look at some options
04:02Are you coaching under 8th footy team?
04:05I do
04:05Are there any of the team that are showing promise
04:07And one day they might appear before a court?
04:10Um
04:14Joe, why do you like funnel webs so much?
04:17And what's wrong with you?
04:19Well, you need to approach danger
04:23Yes
04:23With knowledge, with courage
04:26Yeah
04:28Vigilance
04:28Yeah
04:29And purpose
04:29So therefore you will not be afraid
04:31Oh, so is this overcoming a fear?
04:34No, I just moved into an area that was loaded with funnel webs
04:38All throughout my backyard
04:39And you just had to make peace with that?
04:41I had to make peace with that
04:42I had young children
04:43So I decided to learn as much as I could about them
04:45Alright, so when you get bitten by one and you're dying
04:48Your last words will be
04:50Oh, I know the Latin name for them
04:54Very important
04:55Do you think they've had a bit of a bad rap
04:57Or are we right to be scared of them?
04:59Who doesn't love a cute little animal
05:02With shiny little eyes and fluffy little feet?
05:06Yeah, well, when you describe a koala
05:09I agree with you
05:10But you did not describe a funnel webs spider
05:13Oh, they're pretty amazing, aren't they?
05:15And unique
05:15And they're also a bit of an Australian icon
05:18But so is Ivan Milat
05:23Alright, let's play
05:24Hard!
05:25Expert round
05:26Expert subject
05:28Win or lose five points
05:30Steal and answer
05:31Double points
05:32I'll ask each of you five questions
05:34On your expert subject
05:35Right, you get five points
05:36Wrong, I will take five points from you
05:38The rest of you can steal at any time
05:39To get double points
05:40Let's start with Jo
05:41And her expert subject
05:43Australian funnel webs spider
05:46The Sydney funnel web
05:48Can be identified by its large spinnerets
05:50Which produce what?
05:52Jo
05:52Silk
05:54Correct
05:58At the Australian reptile park
06:00On New South Wales' central coast
06:02Visitors can witness a keeper provoke funnel web spiders
06:05As part of what demonstration?
06:07Jo
06:07Milking
06:09Correct
06:12The park is the only provider of venom
06:14For the production of anti-venom
06:16And this is what milking a funnel web looks like
06:20So you basically just annoy the spider
06:23So much that it tries to kill you
06:25Is that right, Jo?
06:26It's a dream job
06:27Yeah
06:28I'd love to do that
06:29That's what Virginia Trioli's like
06:31When you take a latte too
06:35Measuring 9.2 centimetres foot to foot
06:38This large male funnel web
06:39Was named after which trio of Australian actor brothers?
06:43Jo
06:43Hemsworth
06:44Correct
06:50In 1958
06:52A research lab's appeal for funnel webs
06:54Was followed a day later
06:55By a statement from a government spokesperson
06:58Saying that spiders
06:59Must not be sent through what service?
07:01Jo
07:02Male
07:02Correct
07:08Last question in your set, Jo
07:10A peptide that can prevent cardiac damage
07:12After a heart attack
07:14Has been discovered in the venom of funnel webs
07:16Located on which sand island?
07:18Jo
07:19Gari Island
07:20Correct
07:24Also known as Fraser Island
07:26Have you been to watch a milking?
07:27Oh, several times
07:29It's one of my sort of annual outings
07:38Next set of questions is for Pete on State of Origin
07:45State of Origin is an annual rugby league series
07:48Between the New South Wales Blues
07:49Nicknamed the Cockroaches
07:50And the Queensland Maroons
07:52Nicknamed after which invasive pest?
07:55Pete
07:55Cane Tote
07:56Correct
08:02In 1985
08:03Blues captain Steve Mortimer
08:05Was carried off the field
08:06After the team won their first ever Origin series
08:08At which Sydney stadium?
08:10Pete
08:11SCG
08:12SCG
08:12Correct
08:16From 2006 to 2013
08:19The Maroons won eight consecutive series
08:21With which former Queensland captain as coach?
08:24Pete
08:24That's Mel Meninga
08:26Correct
08:31In June 2018
08:32A try in the last six minutes of play
08:34Saw New South Wales win the inaugural match
08:36In which state of origin competition?
08:39Pete
08:41The women's state of origin
08:43Correct
08:46What do you think of women's origin, Pete?
08:48To be honest, it's better footy than the blokes
08:50To watch
08:55Last question in your set, Pete
08:56In 2025, Cameron Munster
08:59Captained the Maroons to a series win
09:00While grieving the recent loss
09:02Of which family member?
09:03Pete
09:03His father
09:05Correct
09:08Time for fall
09:14Time now for Jack
09:15And the P51 Mustang
09:20The first Mustang fighter planes arrived in Britain
09:23Two years into the Second World War
09:25After being designed and built
09:26In which then neutral country?
09:28Jack
09:29In America
09:30Correct
09:35The Mustang performed poorly at high altitude
09:38Until it was fitted with which high-powered Rolls-Royce engine?
09:42The Merlin v...
09:43Rolls-Royce
09:44Rolls-Royce
09:44Rolls-Royce
09:44Rolls-Royce
09:45Rolls-Royce
09:48Rolls-Royce
09:49Rolls-Royce
09:49The Merlin v...
09:52Correct
09:52Number 1, Steve
09:54I wouldn't have done that
09:58I wouldn't have done that
09:59The Merlin
10:05Angelina, you should be ashamed
10:08What a bloody outrage
10:10I must...
10:11I've never seen such polite behaviour
10:13Everyone's like me
10:16That was so sweet
10:18Oh man
10:28Also, the idea of you knowing about a World War II fighter aircraft
10:34Doesn't sit well with me, Angelina
10:37Supplying extra fuel to the Mustang
10:39Disposable tanks made from paper and glue were informally named after what crafting technique?
10:45Jack
10:45Paper mache
10:47Correct
10:52They were made of paper mache
10:54I imagine it makes them lighter
10:55The main thing was that they were originally made out of aluminium but because when they dropped them the Germans
11:01picked them up and used them for building their aircraft
11:04Right, but when you drop these in the channel they just fritter away to nothing
11:08Yeah, they...
11:09Not a fun pinata though
11:12Featured in the film Top Gun Maverick is a vintage Mustang owned in real life and flown on screen by
11:19which actor?
11:20Jack
11:20Tom Cruise
11:21Correct
11:26Last question in your set, Jack
11:28Designed for extra long distance flight and featuring two fuselages joined by a wing, the F82 is known as the
11:36what Mustang?
11:37338
11:44338
11:46Incorrect, it's wide open
11:48It's wide open
11:52Time's up, twin
11:53It's known as the twin Mustang
11:55That way one pilot could doze off while the other one kept the plane flying
11:59I could use a co-pilot on this show to be honest
12:03Last set in the expert round, it's Angelina and the name
12:08How do you think you're going to go, like, after this show goes to air and Australia's seen you, you're
12:13going to be the most loathed contestant of all time due to how horrible you were to lovely Jack next
12:18to you
12:19I know
12:20You're going to be booed in the street
12:22I'm going to cry later on about this, alright, it's going to eat me up
12:28I'm proud of you Angelina, you take what you can get
12:31Blue collar New Yorker Fran Fine becomes the nanny for a wealthy British widower's children after she's fired from her
12:38job at what type of shop?
12:40Bible shop
12:42Correct
12:45In an interview with Vogue, Fran Drescher described an outfit as the definitive nanny looking costume
12:51A skirt suit with trim in what animal print?
12:55Angelina
12:56White leopard
12:57Correct
13:02When one of Fran's schemes backfires, the butler Niles tells her, you spend so much time up this creek, I
13:09should think by now you'd have bought what?
13:13Angelina
13:13A life jacket
13:15Incorrect, it's wide open
13:17Jack, it's wide open
13:22Time's up
13:23A paddle
13:24Nah
13:24I've never been so tempted to give a contestant an answer
13:30When Fran's boss, Mr Sheffield, proposes to her for the second time, she can't hear him over the sound of
13:36rushing water at what tourist attraction?
13:38Angelina
13:39Agra Falls
13:39Correct
13:45Last question in your set, Angelina
13:47Fran Drescher occasionally played other characters in the show, including record executive Bobby Fleckman
13:53A role she first performed in what 80s mockumentary?
13:58It's wide open
14:00Angelina
14:01No
14:02Incorrect, it's wide open
14:04Mockumentary
14:09Time's up, This Is Spinal Tap
14:11Oh
14:12I didn't know that one
14:13No, no
14:14Yeah, she was in This Is Spinal Tap
14:15Alright, we've picked through their subjects, now let's pick through mine
14:19Tom's round
14:20Tom's subject, multiple choice
14:24This week I've been really getting into stretching
14:28I love stretching, I often limber up before the quiz so I don't pull a muscle trying to care about
14:34their subjects
14:35This round is multiple choice, select your answers on your screens then press the buzzer to lock in the answer
14:41Able to stretch to four times its size, the children's toy Stretch Armstrong is made of a latex body filled
14:48with what substance?
14:50A. Flour
14:51B. Corn syrup
14:53C. Water
14:54D. Gelatin
14:57The answer is...
14:59B. Corn syrup
15:06This stretch limo called the American Dream is over 30 metres long
15:10Which of these features is not included on the back?
15:15A. A putting green
15:16B. A swimming pool
15:17C. A helipad
15:19D. A bowling alley
15:27The answer is...
15:28D. A bowling alley
15:35Totally worth the effort for a car that can't even go round a corner
15:41Which of these mountain ranges stretches across the greatest distance?
15:45A. The Himalayas in Asia
15:46B. The Rocky Mountains in North America
15:48C. The Great Dividing Range in Australia
15:50D. The Andes in South America
15:56The answer is...
15:57D. The Andes in South America
16:01Yeah, they stretch out for about 7,000 kilometres
16:05Introduced in the 1960s, the IBM 7030 supercomputer, nicknamed Stretch, was developed to assist the US Government in researching what?
16:14A. Astrophysics
16:16B. Thermodynamics
16:17C. Nuclear Weapons
16:19D. Stock Market Crashes
16:23The answer is...
16:25C. Nuclear Weapons
16:27Yeah, it was the fastest supercomputer at the time
16:34And there they are, a bunch of happy nerds after a long day...
16:38After a long day of developing weapons of mass destruction
16:43Last question in my rounds were double points
16:46In 2015, a British woman broke her world record after she stretched which chocolate bar to a length of over
16:534 metres?
16:54A. Chomp
16:55B. Picnic
16:56C. Twix
16:57D. Milky Way
16:58E. Curly Whirly
16:59F. Morrow
17:05The answer is...
17:07E. Curly Whirly
17:14All right, at the end of my round, Angelina, you're at the bottom on zero, get over here
17:25I think Karma got me there
17:30Do you feel relieved?
17:32Yes
17:34I've never seen someone so happy to be booted out
17:38I was not going to take it, I was feeling so guilty so I'm glad
17:42You ready to go?
17:43Yes
17:43Okay
17:44Out!
17:48There she goes
17:53All right, it's the People's Round
17:55The People's Round against the clock
17:58Rub your gums, Clay Long at home, your time starts
18:01Now, in the Wizard of Oz film, what's the name of Dorothy's dog?
18:06P. Toto
18:07Yes
18:07A cube has how many square faces?
18:11Jack
18:11Six
18:12Yes
18:14Fructose sugar is primarily found in which major food group?
18:17P
18:18Carbohydrate
18:19No
18:20Fruit
18:20Garfield the cat is known for loving what specific Italian dish?
18:25Joe
18:25Lasagna
18:26Yes
18:27Which Queen song opens with the lyric, is this the real life?
18:31P
18:36Too slow?
18:37The answer's Bohemian Rhapsody
18:39An animated series featuring Sky, Chase and Ryder, is what Patrol?
18:43Pete
18:43Paul
18:44Yes
18:44Often called the ghost of the mountains, is what Alpine Leopard?
18:50Pete
18:50No
18:52Yes
18:52Time's up
18:55All right, at the end of the People's Round, Jack you're at the bottom on 20, get over here
19:00Get over here mate
19:05I think you did all right Jack
19:11Well, yeah, I gave it my best shot Tom, but I bombed out in the finish, didn't I?
19:17It's the youth of today mate, they'll steal anything
19:19Yeah
19:20I need some more law and order in this country
19:24All right, you ready to go Jack?
19:26Yep
19:26All right
19:26Help!
19:33There we go
19:40All right, only two left, who's going to be the Hard Quiz champion?
19:43Joe and Pete, get over here because it's time to play Hard Quiz
19:46Final round, head to head, State of Origin versus Australian Funnel Web Spiders
19:53Hard Quiz
19:54Now there can only be one Hard Quiz champion who gets to take home the limited edition Big Brows mug
19:59What will you do with the mug if you win Jo?
20:01It's not really to my taste
20:03I probably would just put it in the cupboard with all the other stuff I don't like
20:07And when I'm dead, my kids could worry about it
20:13What about you Pete?
20:14Being a teacher myself, it probably would be a handy stationary pot
20:19Pens, pencils, rulers, scissors, all that
20:24I know what stationary is
20:27It's best to fire penalty shootout style harder questions on your expert subjects
20:31So it's Jo's knowledge of Australian Funnel Web Spiders versus Pete's knowledge of State of Origin
20:36Let's play
20:37Hard!
20:41Marty
20:43Oh my goodness!
20:47Diagram
20:47Jo, this is a drawing of a male Sydney Funnel Web Spider but it's missing two things
20:53It's Spurs
20:56Spurs
20:56So place the Spurs in their correct positions
21:00We'll need the correct leg and the correct segment of the leg
21:03So on me or on there?
21:06On you?
21:07You can put her on mail yourself
21:10It'll be f***ing wrong, won't it?
21:13Okay
21:14It's on this second leg but whereabouts?
21:17Um, that's really mean
21:20Um, it's to hold the female down while he's doing the deed of mating so she doesn't kill him in
21:28the act
21:29Oh
21:29Um
21:32Okay
21:34No, I'm gonna go here
21:37Yep
21:39Okay
21:44Correct
21:50Marty
21:53Well done
21:54Yeah
21:55Pete
21:56In the 1997 series, former Blues captain turned coach Tommy Radonicus used the code word Cattledog to prompt the team
22:06to do what?
22:08Cattledog, Tommy being Tommy, was a call to, uh, to invoke some violence, so it was to, um, start a
22:16fight with the other team
22:18Correct
22:23Joe, after many years spent trying to develop a funnel web anti-venom, it was discovered that the venom being
22:29studied was accidentally losing potency for what reason?
22:36Why was it losing potency? That's a very good question
22:43You're all good questions, Joe
22:46Every single one
22:47It was losing, it was losing potency because it needed refrigeration
22:56Incorrect
22:58Uh, the correct answer is, the main toxin in the venom was sticking to the lab equipment and glassware
23:03Uh, yeah, they fixed it by lining their glass tools with silicone
23:07Oh, yes
23:09And that
23:11You're blaming us for you being poorly researched
23:16P
23:17P
23:17The 2025 Maroons men's jersey was inspired by a past Queensland team
23:23What detail on the right sleeve have we obscured?
23:27Hmm
23:28See, I'm not really sure
23:30Don't really like that jersey, Tom
23:31Um, maybe a Maroons stripe
23:38Incorrect
23:38Incorrect
23:39The correct answer is
23:411995
23:42Oh
23:44Now that I say that, you know why?
23:47For their series win, perhaps
23:49Well, the 1995 refers to the 95 Maroons side dubbed the Neville Nobodies
23:54Yes
23:54Who went on to win the series, so they were inspired by the Neville Nobodies because that particular team was
24:00full of nobodies
24:01That makes sense
24:03Joe
24:05Identified by and later named after spider enthusiast, Cain Christensen
24:10The species, Atrax Christenseni, had what earlier nickname?
24:17Rather apt
24:19It was called
24:20It came from, um, Newcastle
24:23And the Novocastrian said, well, we're going to claim this as the Newcastle Big Boy
24:30Correct
24:36Pete
24:36In game one of the 2000 series, Gordon Tallis was sent off the field because he said, what word to
24:45referee Bill Harrigan?
24:47He called him a cheat
24:50Correct
24:51Correct
24:54Joe, according to the Australian Museum, the Adelaide Enses species group are the only known funnel webs to include what
25:03unusual feature as part of their burrows?
25:09Okay, they're South Australians, so anything goes really
25:13So
25:16Hello to our South Australian viewers
25:20Um, I reckon it's a second bedroom
25:26Incorrect
25:28The correct answer is, trapdoors
25:30Oh, I didn't know that
25:32Yeah, they have trapdoors on their burrows
25:34Pete
25:35Despite Queensland officially being declared the winner of the 1987 series, some New South Wales players maintain that the series
25:42was a draw
25:43For what reason?
25:4787 series
25:4887 series
25:48Have been three games, so they would have had to have won 2-1 if the maths was right, Tom
25:53Um, so 2-1, Queensland
25:57Mmm, so New South Wales
26:01We're disputing that
26:04Due to refereeing
26:07Incorrect
26:07Uh, the correct answer is, New South Wales won a fourth game
26:11Uh, it was an exhibition match in California
26:13Ah, right
26:14So that would have made it 2-2
26:15Gotcha
26:16Joe
26:17Unlike most spiders, the megalomorphs, the infra-order that includes funnel webs, cannot cement silk threads together because they don't
26:25have which gland
26:30They don't have the sticky substance gland
26:39Incorrect
26:41The correct answer is, piriform
26:44Oh, God
26:45The piriform gland
26:47Pete, if you get this right, you are tonight's hard quiz champion
26:49Andrew Johns has said he only keeps one Blues jersey at home, which is a family heirloom
26:55During which Origin game did he wear it?
26:58I will need the game number and year
27:01One jersey
27:02Maybe game...
27:043
27:062005
27:11Close
27:12Game 2, 2005
27:13It was game 2, 2005
27:18Yeah, so he'd been injured for most of the season and wasn't match fit
27:21But he got a late call-up to the team and they ended up winning the series
27:25Yeah
27:26Okay, let's go to the tie-breakers
27:32Joe, with the creation of the anti-venom downplayed by the Department of Health
27:36When the anti-venom was first successfully used on a child
27:39The developer Dr. Strewan Sutherland and ICU Dr. Malcolm Fisher claimed that they were accused of doing what?
27:48Were they playing God or were they, um, abusing children?
27:59Experiment
28:03Incorrect
28:04The correct answer is
28:06Organising the child's bite
28:11I have no idea what that means
28:13Making the child get bitten on purpose
28:16Which would be unethical
28:17That's terrible
28:18I like how I just said it and you're like, what's the problem?
28:22Alright, Pete, if you get this right, you are tonight's hard quiz champion
28:26During the 2006 origin decider
28:29In the 74th minute of play, who intercepted the ball to score a match equaling try?
28:37To equal the game
28:39Conversion
28:40Won it
28:41Was it Matt Bowen?
28:45Incorrect
28:47The correct answer is Darren Lockyer
28:49Yeah, it's considered the beginning of the Maroons' eight year winning streak
28:53I can see why you chose to forget it
28:57Quite right
28:58Okay, scores are still tied
29:00That means it's time for a Tom's tiebreaker
29:03Tom's tiebreaker
29:07Okay, so one random question
29:09Nearest to the pin will be the hard quiz champion
29:11Here we go
29:11Joe
29:12In a 1960s sleep experiment, American teen Randy Gardner stayed awake for how many hours straight?
29:18Joe?
29:2142
29:22Pete?
29:2570
29:26The answer is 264
29:28Which means Pete, you are tonight's hard quiz champion!
29:31Alright Joe, you know what this means?
29:33Out!
29:38There she goes
29:43Congratulations Pete, you are tonight's hard quiz champion!
29:46Which means you get the big brass mug
29:47Thanks mate
29:47And you get to do the soil
29:49Thanks for playing
29:52Up the Blues!
29:54Go the Blues!
29:55The Blues get a win!
29:57Yeah!
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