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00:00I ask the questions, the machine holds the counters, and our three contestants are about to light it up for
00:06our incredible $20,000 jackpot.
00:09I'm Todd Woodbridge, let's play Tipping Point.
00:32Welcome, everyone, to Tipping Point. These three contestants are ready, so let's meet them.
00:36Hi, I'm Sue. I'm a retired teacher from Bow Morris, and if I'm lucky enough to win the jackpot, I'd
00:41like to go on some luxury train trips like the Garn.
00:45My name's Xavier. I'm from Sydney. I've been a hypnotist and a mentalist for the last 20 years, and Tipping
00:50Point's my dad's favourite game, so I applied just to bring him on the show.
00:54Hi, my name's Samantha, and I'm a stay-at-home mum of two beautiful boys from Melbourne, and if I
00:59win, I'd love to take the family on a holiday to Hawaii.
01:02Sounds nice, Samantha. What are the boys' names?
01:06Reid and Richie.
01:07And why Hawaii?
01:08My boys are obsessed with volcanoes, and we found out that there's a national volcanic park there, so we'd love
01:16to take the boys so they could check it out in person.
01:18That sounds fantastic. OK, well, good luck.
01:20Let's hope you might be able to get that today, Samantha.
01:22Thanks. Xavier, welcome to you. A mentalist and a...
01:26Hypnotist.
01:27Really?
01:28Yeah.
01:28OK, we'll get to that perhaps a little bit later.
01:31Sure.
01:32You need to introduce your dad.
01:33That's Bob, everybody. His name's Robert, but I call him Bob.
01:36Hi, everyone.
01:37G'day, Bob.
01:38Lovely to have you on the show.
01:40Let's hope he goes well today, hey?
01:42I hope so.
01:43Good luck, Xavier.
01:44And Sue, the Garn, any others you'd like to travel on?
01:47Oh, definitely, Todd, the Rocky Mountaineer, the Glacier Express.
01:53You're going to need a bit of money to do that, Sue.
01:55And hopefully you can play well, but Xavier and Samantha all want the same.
01:59So, are you ready?
02:00Ready.
02:01Good luck, everybody, as we get set to play round one, Bank Builder.
02:09OK, Bank Builder's your chance to build some serious cash.
02:13Every counter that you push over the tipping point, we will put $100 into your bank.
02:17And in the round, you each start with three counters.
02:20If you buzz in and answer correctly, you can choose to play one of your counters into the machine,
02:24or you could ask one of your opponents to play one of theirs instead.
02:27If you answer incorrectly or don't answer within three seconds,
02:30then I need to take a counter away from you.
02:32Now, on the top shelf, the two double counters.
02:36If you push one of those over, you'll double the value of your drop.
02:39And on the bottom left today are the mystery counters.
02:41Push those over to go home with a great prize.
02:44So, we're all set.
02:45Here comes the opening question.
02:47Selected as the winning entry in a 1923 competition
02:50was the name of which iconic Australian spread?
02:54Samantha.
02:55Veggie Myers.
02:55Yes, it was.
02:56Well done.
02:59There you go, Samantha.
03:00So, now the next thing is to make a decision on what you'd like to do.
03:03Do you want to play first or not?
03:04Yeah, I'm going to run with it.
03:05Good luck.
03:06Where do you want to play?
03:07Drop zone one, please.
03:09Light up drop zone one.
03:10We'll find out what sort of mood we're in today, this machine.
03:18Okay.
03:19Okay.
03:19That looks good.
03:20Don't sit between the two.
03:23Oh!
03:25It does get itself caught in that little V
03:27when they're lined up for the first time.
03:30So, nothing from the first counter.
03:32Moving on to our second question.
03:34Synonymous with whirlwind Las Vegas weddings,
03:36are impersonators of...
03:38Sue?
03:39Elvis Presley?
03:40Yes, of which late rock and roll icon.
03:43Okay, Sue, what are you going to do?
03:45I'm going to try drop zone one as well.
03:47Okay, light up one for Sue this time.
03:57Oh, that looks a little better, Sue.
04:02Looks a lot better.
04:09Gee, an aggressive start by you, Sue.
04:11Seven, including one that's been thrown out of the machine.
04:16So, $700 to start things off is a lot.
04:19Let's take it from there, transfer that into your bank,
04:22and that is a hot start.
04:25The next question.
04:27Joe Cocker sings,
04:29What Will You Do If I Sang Out A Tune
04:31in the theme song to what classic US TV show?
04:35Xavier?
04:35The Wonder Years.
04:36Yeah, well done.
04:37Nice work.
04:40We're going to go to drop zone two.
04:43Yeah.
04:44Let's do it.
04:45Right up two.
04:46So, let's go around about.
04:48Now.
04:52Took forever.
04:55Needs to go a little left.
04:57That does.
04:57It's good.
04:58Lines up for the black for you, Xavier.
05:00Oh, no.
05:01Get over.
05:01Don't ride.
05:02Don't ride.
05:03Oh.
05:04Yeah, boy.
05:06Come on.
05:07We got this.
05:10You know you want to.
05:12Yeah, get over.
05:13Woo.
05:15Magic.
05:17All right, you're in the game.
05:18So, you've got yourself three, Xavier.
05:20Very good.
05:20300 will go up.
05:22Let's take it from there.
05:23Put that into your bank,
05:24and that'll have you four behind Sue.
05:26So, everybody used a counter.
05:28Samantha, you need to find some money with your next one.
05:30Moving on to our next question.
05:32Low-heeled with a rounded nose,
05:34a common style of formal men's shoe
05:36is named for which prestigious British university?
05:40Sue.
05:41Oxford?
05:41Yeah, correct.
05:45I think number one again, please.
05:47Oh, back down left, looking for the mystery.
05:49Yeah, I'm going for that mystery.
05:50I thought you'd have your eyes on that, Sue.
05:58That'll go left.
06:00Will it ride the wall?
06:00No.
06:02Ooh.
06:04Let's get another heap off there.
06:12Six more, Sue.
06:14Including the mystery.
06:16Take the 600 out, put that in the bank,
06:18and very quickly, you've got 1,300.
06:22And with the mystery, Sue, you'll rest easy thanks to Sleeping Duck,
06:26because you've won a Mark II mattress package,
06:29including two anti-gravity pillows,
06:31and a Neo Silp sheet set valued at over $2,000.
06:38Rightio, get yourself together, Sue.
06:41You've got more game to play.
06:42Next question.
06:44What word means a 3D spherical map of the Earth?
06:47Samantha?
06:48Glove.
06:49Correct.
06:49Well done.
06:50Right, time for you to get some money.
06:52OK.
06:52Um, let's light up drop zone two, please.
06:56OK.
06:56Two this time.
06:57Just moving over for...
06:59..that one slot.
07:07Not bad, not bad.
07:08I think this should be better for you, Samantha.
07:11Yep.
07:11There you go.
07:15Oh, no!
07:18Nearly close.
07:19How is it even staying there?
07:21Right, Samantha, a little unlucky.
07:23On to the next question.
07:26Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara famously wore which flat French-style hat?
07:31Xavier?
07:32Beret.
07:32It did indeed.
07:33Beret.
07:34Right.
07:36Good answer.
07:37Um, I've definitely gone for two again.
07:39Drop zone two it is.
07:42And what about now?
07:46Perfect.
07:47Oh, that's a good one.
07:49Yes.
07:50That should get multiple up the top, Xavier.
07:51Come on, boy. Let's go.
07:53Oh, just one.
07:54Two.
07:54All right.
07:55Push it all. Push it all.
07:59Oh!
08:02Thought it was more.
08:03Go on.
08:04It looked like it should have been more, Xavier, but it's three for the moment.
08:07All good.
08:08So you'll get 300.
08:08It'll double your score.
08:10When we take it out of the machine, you'll have $600 with one counter left to play.
08:15So, Xavier, you're seven behind Sue at the moment.
08:18You both have one counter left to play, as does Samantha.
08:22So, next question.
08:24Housing the Australian High Commission in the UK, Australia House is located in which capital city?
08:30London.
08:30Of course it is.
08:31Yes.
08:34Now, Sue.
08:35Light up drop zone two, please, Todd.
08:37Light her up.
08:45Aggressive.
08:48Are you going to get another big drop here, Sue?
08:52Oh!
08:54Oh!
08:55Oh!
08:57Oh!
08:59It's like a tsunami of counters coming over that tipping point for you.
09:06Another half a dozen.
09:07Wow!
09:07600 will go up into the machine.
09:10Let's take it out.
09:12And Sue, you've used all your counters, but you've got a very handy $1,900 in the bank.
09:20Xavier, Samantha, you'd be glad to put her to side with the money.
09:24You've got a single counter left each.
09:27Second last question.
09:29Anya Taylor-Joy voices which major character in 2023's The Super Mario Brothers movie?
09:35Samantha.
09:36Princess Peach?
09:37Correct.
09:37Nice work.
09:38Great.
09:38Played well.
09:39Now you deserve to make some money, Samantha.
09:42Okay.
09:42Let's light up drop zone three, please.
09:45Okay.
09:45First time.
09:46Good luck.
09:47Come on.
09:47You deserve something.
09:48Come on, Sam.
09:55Again, I think that should be...
09:57Good.
09:57It looks like it's lined up with that silver, but don't go left, don't you?
10:00Yeah.
10:01Oh, yes.
10:02Well, I was a bit nervous for you.
10:03Yeah, me too.
10:05All right, you're in.
10:09Three came over the tipping point.
10:10$300 will go in.
10:12Let's whip it out of there and get that into your bank, Samantha.
10:14Thank you.
10:17So, Xavier, the final question is yours.
10:19You don't need to buzz in.
10:20You do need to give me an answer.
10:21You've got three seconds to do that, so good luck with it.
10:24Here it is.
10:24In the Bible, what plant resin was gifted to baby Jesus along with gold and frankincense?
10:31Myrrh.
10:31Correct.
10:32Nice work.
10:34Myrrh.
10:36All right.
10:37Light up drop zone three, please.
10:39Done.
10:40Oh, I may as well press it now.
10:43Wrong way.
10:44All good.
10:45Sorry, but there's plenty of counters still in the tipping point in three and four.
10:49Oh.
10:51Head over.
10:52Give us a big one.
10:54Give us a big one.
10:54Anything.
10:56Oh, I'm lucky.
10:57All good.
10:57All good.
10:58Sue's going to get it.
11:02She might get it, Xavier.
11:03We'll find out.
11:04We're going to have to split the deal.
11:05Because at the end of our bank build around, Sue, with a stunning $1,900, has the lead over
11:10Xavier with $600.
11:12Samantha, I'd like to say you're going to have to pick up the pace in Quickfire, which
11:15is coming up right after the break.
11:30Welcome back to the tipping point.
11:31Sue, Xavier and Samantha are battling it out.
11:34Who will play for the $20,000?
11:36Well, to find out, we need to play Quickfire.
11:38Yeah.
11:43And in Quickfire, you each have 30 seconds to answer as many questions as possible.
11:47For every correct answer, I'll give you a counter to play Into the Machine.
11:51The contestant with the lowest score, though, at the end of this round, will be leaving the
11:54game.
11:54So, Sue, big start by you.
11:56$1,900.
11:58I'd assume you probably would like to play first, but you don't have to.
12:02Yes, I'll play, please, Todd.
12:03That's what I assume.
12:05All right, then.
12:06Sue, 30 seconds is on the clock and your time starts.
12:10Now, what does the R stand for in the name of the common musculoskeletal condition RSI?
12:16Pass.
12:17Repetitive.
12:18The Jamaican villa of Golden Eye was the home of which famous spy novelist?
12:23Pass.
12:24Ian Fleming.
12:24Due to a draw, St Kilda and which other team had to replay the AFL Grand Final in 2010?
12:29Collingwood.
12:30Correct.
12:30What is both the title of an Olivia Rodrigo album and a word used to describe the taste
12:35of a lemon?
12:39Sour.
12:39Correct.
12:40A theme park based.
12:41Oh, we've got two.
12:43Yes.
12:46Fair play to go.
12:48Drop zone three, please.
12:49Line up drop zone three.
12:59There is a bit of a gap at the front there, depending where things push.
13:07Will it shimmy the right way?
13:10It does.
13:17That's another five.
13:19You're not mucking around, Sue.
13:20Five hundred goes into the machine.
13:22We'll leave it.
13:22You've got one more.
13:24Oh, yes.
13:25I might go two, please, Todd.
13:27Line up two.
13:28Drop zone two, please.
13:35No, that's not good.
13:37Only if it rides, it's not good.
13:39Otherwise, it does.
13:42Right.
13:43Just leave a few for the others, Sue.
13:45Okay, I'll try.
13:47Oh, no.
13:52She just couldn't help herself.
13:53She had to take a couple more with her.
13:55So another two came over.
13:57So that'll give you 700, Sue.
13:59Let's move that over.
14:01And another good round for you.
14:03You'll have 2,600 in the bank.
14:08So as a mentalist, Xavier, what would you say just at the moment about the machine?
14:13I've actually got to use the hypnosis and try and get Sue to pass over some of those coins.
14:18Look at me in the eyes, Sue.
14:20Look at me.
14:21Okay.
14:22I'll get you to hone in here, Xavier, because you have the decision whether to play next or not.
14:27I'll play.
14:28Good luck.
14:3130 seconds is on the clock for you, Xavier, and your time starts now.
14:34In the standard English spelling, which primary colour has a three-letter name?
14:38Red.
14:39Correct.
14:39In which comedy film franchise does Bill Murray play the character Dr Peter Venkman?
14:44Uh, camping something.
14:46Ghostbusters.
14:47A famous monument, the highest Sofia Mosque, is in which Eurasian city?
14:52Uh, Istanbul.
14:54Correct.
14:54What purple-skinned culinary vegetable is an essential ingredient of the dish moussaka?
14:59Beetroot.
15:00Eggplant.
15:01Many of the novels by jockey-turned-author Dick Francis are set in the world of what sport?
15:05Tennis.
15:06Horse racing.
15:08Two, Xavier.
15:11What do you want to do with them?
15:12Drop zone three, and then I'll change my mind if nothing works.
15:15Okay, light it up.
15:16All right, ready to rock.
15:18So, Xavier, 20 behind at the moment.
15:20Thank you.
15:27What are you going to do, buddy?
15:29Drop something over the edge.
15:31Anything will do.
15:35Oh, come on, down you come.
15:36I think it's too heavy.
15:39You think I have to go three again?
15:42I'll go drop zone three, please.
15:44Light it up.
15:47My friend.
15:50Yep.
15:51That's right.
15:53That should be better.
15:54That's better.
15:55Get over.
15:56Oh, what?
15:57He doesn't want to go there.
15:57That's all you need.
15:59That's all you need.
16:00Oh, my God.
16:01Anything, anything.
16:04Unlucky.
16:06Anyway.
16:07Unlucky, Xavier.
16:08Right.
16:09Nothing for the two.
16:11Never mind.
16:12Okay.
16:13Samantha, you're next.
16:14You're three counters behind Xavier.
16:16Yeah.
16:16Four gets you through to take on Sue.
16:19Good luck.
16:20You ready to play?
16:20Yeah.
16:21Here we go.
16:2330 seconds is on the clock.
16:25Your time starts now.
16:27Julie Kavanagh voices which blue-haired main character in TV's The Simpsons?
16:31March.
16:31Correct.
16:32Born in 1980, which of the famous tennis-playing Williams sisters is the eldest?
16:36Serena.
16:37Venus.
16:37At a typical federal election in Australia, states elect senators for a period of how many
16:42years?
16:42Four.
16:43Six.
16:43In a common superstition, blowing on what loose facial hair grants wishes?
16:48Whiskers.
16:48Eyelashes.
16:49Since 1984, Egypt's national flag has featured what bird of prey depicted in gold?
16:55Pass.
16:55Eagle.
16:56What does PSP...
16:58One.
17:01Okay.
17:03Make it a good one.
17:05Right.
17:05Okay.
17:06Three to tie, four goes through.
17:09Everything?
17:10Three?
17:11Let's light up drop time, three.
17:12Light it up.
17:13Wow, I set it right up.
17:15I hope you get this.
17:20Oh.
17:21Oh.
17:24Should be all right.
17:27Yeah.
17:28Oh.
17:29Look at that.
17:31Oh.
17:36Crashers down.
17:38Wow.
17:39Machine has paid out.
17:40You didn't get much luck early, Samantha, but just with one counter, you're going to have
17:441,200 in the machine.
17:46That was 12.
17:49And when we take it from there, put that into your bank, you'll have 1,500.
17:53And all of a sudden, the difference is only 11.
17:56And that means at the end of our quickfire round, Sue playing brilliantly with 2,600, Samantha's
18:02got 1,500.
18:03And Xavier, no luck with the machine means we've found your tipping points.
18:06Thank you.
18:07Big luck, Xavier.
18:09Big luck, Xavier.
18:10Righto, Xavier.
18:11Before you go, though, you and I had a chat out the back and you tried to get into my
18:16head
18:16with a little game.
18:17Tell me what happened.
18:18Okay, so what I'd like is actually you to think of the holiday destination that I asked
18:22you to think of that you didn't tell anyone, one you haven't been to before.
18:25Do you got it in mind?
18:26Yes, I have.
18:27Just think about it.
18:28Imagine you're sending it right to me, right?
18:30Now, you didn't tell me what this is.
18:31You didn't tell anyone what this is, right?
18:32Excellent.
18:33I'm tasting wine.
18:34Does that make sense to you?
18:35Mm-hmm.
18:36It does.
18:36Okay, and I'm getting a bird.
18:38Nightingale is what I'm getting.
18:39But I'm thinking the word Florence is important, and I think Florence may be something to do with
18:43that.
18:43You're thinking of Tuscany, right?
18:47That's right.
18:48Wow.
18:51Nice.
18:54How do you know that?
18:55How did you do that?
18:56That's a good question.
18:57I tried to be broad.
18:59I thought about Florence, and then I put Tuscany because I want to go there for holidays.
19:03I was picking up on all of it.
19:03Just so you all and the audience know, and you all know at home, I have the card that I
19:08wrote this on, and Xavier did not read this, and this is what it says.
19:14Oh, that's amazing.
19:18Too good, Xavier.
19:20Thank you.
19:20It's been wonderful having you on the show.
19:22And it now means, though, that Sue and Samantha are going to go head-to-head.
19:26One of them will go on to play for the $20,000 jackpot.
19:29Xavier knows who's going to win, but we'll find out after the break.
19:46Welcome back.
19:48Xavier's gone.
19:48Sue and Samantha are still here, about to go head-to-head.
19:51Sue's got the lead.
19:52One of you go on to play for the $20,000.
19:54Before we do that, though, Samantha, you've got your brother with you here today.
19:57Yeah.
19:58Where is he?
19:59There he is.
20:02Michael.
20:03Yeah.
20:03Now, you two obviously get along quite well, Michael.
20:06I hear you restore furniture, is that right?
20:09Well, she does a lot.
20:10I do a bit, but she does it as well.
20:12Fantastic.
20:13Yeah.
20:13Now, one of those pieces of furniture, I understand, is a dining table.
20:17Yeah.
20:17So, it was one of my first pieces that I did.
20:21It's come up absolutely beautiful.
20:22It's the heart of the home.
20:24The family gathers around.
20:26Yeah.
20:26Fantastic.
20:27And when you talk about the heart of the home, the family, the two young boys, Reid and
20:31Richie, who both have a bit of an affinity with Tipping Point.
20:35Yeah.
20:36So, my eldest son, he had a terrible witching hour as a newborn, and we just stumbled across
20:43Tipping Point through that phase, and we never looked back.
20:47Something about the lights, the sounds.
20:49The music and the drops.
20:51And he watches religiously now, and he'll be at home happy watching me now.
20:58Fantastic.
20:58All right.
20:59Well, he'll be hoping that you can chase down Sue.
21:02It's an 11-counter difference at the moment.
21:04Sue, you've got a support crew with you that were, at the beginning, in shock at how well
21:09you were doing.
21:09Who's with you?
21:10I've got my sister, Sally, my sister, Kelly, and my very good friend, Julianne.
21:17Hi, guys.
21:18Welcome to you all.
21:19Now, Sue, a retired teacher, how many years were you teaching?
21:22Yes, so, Todd, I taught at Star of the Sea College in Brighton for 41 years.
21:27Really?
21:27Yeah.
21:2841 years is a long time.
21:30Being retired, it'd be nice to now not have such structured holidays.
21:34Ah, well, that would be the case, Todd, if I wasn't married to a school crossing supervisor.
21:40Oh, sorry.
21:42Who I wanted to go away in February, and he said no, because then he would miss the preps.
21:47Oh, no.
21:48But he's much loved at Hampton Primary School.
21:50Fantastic.
21:51All right, Sue.
21:52Well, you've got the lead.
21:53Well done to you.
21:54You deserve your retirement.
21:56Maybe you could get those train trips that you're hoping for.
21:58But Samantha has other plans, so you two need to go head-to-head.
22:07And in our head-to-head round, you'll each have two questions.
22:10If you answer your question correctly, you get to play that counter into the machine.
22:13But if you get it wrong, your opponent will steal the counter.
22:16And if you're unsure, you could ask your opponent to play.
22:19Sue, you get the opening question as you've got the lead.
22:22Here it comes.
22:23In the lyrics of a 1967 hit song for Frank and Nancy Sinatra,
22:28what three-word phrase is said to spoil it all?
22:32Pass or play?
22:33I think I'll have to pass to Samantha this one.
22:41I love you.
22:43That's nice, Samantha.
22:47I wasn't expecting you to come out with that at me.
22:52Sue?
22:53I think she's right.
22:55Frank and Nancy, the three-word phrase is said to spoil it all.
23:00Is it, I love you?
23:03Yeah.
23:06And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like, I love you.
23:11There you go.
23:13Well done, Samantha.
23:14Great get.
23:14All right, you're in the game again.
23:17I'd like to light up drop zone two, please.
23:20Light it up.
23:26Oh, get flat.
23:28It does.
23:30But it's gone where there's not a lot on the tipping point on that right side.
23:41Not quite.
23:42Okay, you weren't able to make the most of the opportunity, Samantha.
23:46But you do have the next question.
23:50Which Monty Python film features the killer rabbit of Kerbenog
23:53and the holy hand grenade of Antioch?
23:57Pass or play?
23:58I am not familiar with Monty Python at all.
24:03So I'm going to pass this one, Sue.
24:07Come on, Sue.
24:09Oh, I'm sorry, Todd.
24:11I don't know.
24:11I'll have to pass.
24:12Well, you can't pass.
24:14Oh, I can't.
24:17I mean, I...
24:18I'm going to say Life of Brian.
24:19Okay, righto.
24:21There's a stab.
24:22Is it Life of Brian?
24:26You'll know it.
24:27Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
24:29Oh.
24:30Yeah.
24:31I knew that.
24:32Yeah, I thought you might, Sue, but Samantha's got the counter again.
24:35So 11 to difference.
24:38So light up top turn two, please.
24:40Two again.
24:41Yes, please.
24:41Back to two.
24:49Oh.
24:50It's gone far enough, right?
24:52There's a little pile there if something comes off for you.
24:55Ah.
24:59Oh, Huffle.
25:02Just two.
25:04So 200 goes in the machine, Samantha.
25:07Let's take it from there.
25:08Put that into your bank.
25:09And you'll have 1,700.
25:11And the difference is nine.
25:12Okay.
25:13And we'll be back after the break to see who ends up playing for the 20,000.
25:17Stay with us on Tipping Point.
25:32Welcome back.
25:33Sue, Samantha, nine-counter difference.
25:35Sue, you have the next question.
25:38Used to draw attention to information, what does the internet abbreviation, I-C-Y-M-I, stand for?
25:46Pass or play?
25:48I-C-Y-M-I.
25:51I think I'll have to pass, Todd.
25:56Samantha, this could be three of the four counters.
26:00Is it in case you missed it?
26:03Let's find out if it's in case you missed it.
26:09Mmm.
26:12Got to say, you haven't missed much, Samantha.
26:15You have not missed much at all.
26:17Right, you could have potential two more counters.
26:21You need to find nine to tie.
26:25Light up.
26:26Drop down two, please.
26:27Okay.
26:28Light it up.
26:36Oh.
26:39It's all right, something will come down.
26:41Oh, two.
26:42There we go.
26:43They need to go a little left to get the mystery, though.
26:46Oh.
26:47Oh, you've got three.
26:51The gap is closing.
26:53$300 is coming your way.
26:55That will, when it moves, give you $2,000, and the difference is six.
27:02So, Samantha, you've got the final question.
27:06German, French, Italian, and Romance are national languages of which landlocked European country?
27:15Oof.
27:17Uh.
27:17Castle play.
27:21I feel like you might know this one, Sue.
27:25Um.
27:27German, French, Italian, and Romance are languages of which landlocked European country?
27:35I'm going to play.
27:37I'm going to play.
27:37I'm just going to take a stab in the dark here and say Romania.
27:42Romania.
27:43Romania.
27:43Okay.
27:44Would you have given something different to that, Sue?
27:48I think I would have said Switzerland, Todd.
27:50Okay.
27:51Samantha, is Romania going to keep you in the game?
27:57Sue would have had it.
27:58If you'd have passed it, Switzerland was the correct answer.
28:01So, Sue, you can breathe easy now.
28:04You've done what you needed to do to get to the jackpot round and now you can continue to make
28:09money.
28:09Where are you going to put the counter?
28:11Where are you going to put the counter?
28:12Drop zone four, please, Todd.
28:14Four it is.
28:14Light her up.
28:21This is the first time we've actually been in drop zone four.
28:25Right.
28:27That's going to nudge the double.
28:35Yeah.
28:40And you find yourself another three counters, so $300 will go into the machine.
28:45And to round things out when it gets in there, Sue, you'll finish the head-to-head round with $2
28:50,900.
28:51And Samantha, as well as you play today, unfortunately, we still managed to find your tipping points.
28:58Thank you.
28:58Thank you.
28:59Nice to meet you.
29:01Nice to meet you too.
29:03Good luck with that trip to Hawaii.
29:04Hope you get the boys to see those volcanoes.
29:06I'm sure we will.
29:07And Samantha, lovely having you on the show.
29:08Thank you.
29:09And Sue, well, here's your shot at it.
29:12$20,000.
29:13That's what the jackpot counter is worth.
29:16And that's what you'll be playing for when we come back right after the break.
29:33Tsunami Sue is our winner today.
29:36A couple of huge drops early and that's got you through.
29:39$2,900 is already yours.
29:43And sleeping duck bed.
29:45Now, when you were teaching, what did you teach?
29:47I taught accounting at year 11 and 12 for all those years.
29:50Serious stuff too.
29:51Yeah.
29:52We did talk about the trains.
29:54What's the love of trains and that type of tourism, if you like?
29:58I just think it's easy.
30:00You get on the train, you can walk around, they feed you, they give you lots to drink.
30:05You don't have to drive.
30:06You don't have to drive, and my husband's nickname is Wrong Way Watkins, so I know that we'll get
30:11to the destination.
30:13We're out in the streets.
30:15Fantastic.
30:15All right.
30:16Are you ready to try to get this $20,000 so we can get you on the Garn, the Oran
30:19Express,
30:20and wherever else you want to go?
30:22Yes, please, Tom.
30:22Okay, good luck.
30:23Let's play the jackpot round.
30:29I'm going to ask you to put the jackpot counter in in a moment.
30:31If you can push it back out, there's your 20, unless you go drop zone four where there are
30:36still two doubles on that top shelf.
30:38If you could get it with one of those, or both, you could be 40, you could be 80.
30:43Who knows?
30:44You've had a couple of good drops today.
30:46What would you like to do?
30:47Four, please, Todd.
30:49Four.
30:50No questions needed to be asked.
30:52That's where we're going.
30:53Let's light it up.
30:57Let's get this jackpot counter flat.
31:05It's not flat.
31:07Sue went too early with the button, and it's climbed on top.
31:13One double is down.
31:18But we've had jackpots from there, so plenty of money on that lower shelf as well.
31:24Yep.
31:25And let's get the counters to start pushing things around.
31:28The categories that you're playing are geography, TV, science, sport, and classic ads.
31:33You know you can play one, two, or three.
31:35The more you play four, the better the chance you can get to get this moving because it's
31:39riding on the side.
31:41What would you like to do?
31:42Start from the top, please, with three, Todd.
31:44Geography first.
31:47Right, come on, Sue.
31:50What is the closest capital city to the European city of Lisbon?
31:55Is it Madrid, Paris, or Brussels?
31:59I think Lisbon is in Spain, so I'll go Madrid, please, Todd.
32:03Light up Madrid.
32:06Is Madrid the closest capital city to Lisbon?
32:12It is.
32:13Got it.
32:14The other two are up there.
32:16Brussels is above Paris.
32:19All right, here we go.
32:20We need a little bit of luck.
32:22We need everything to go to that left-hand side.
32:24Light up drop zone four.
32:30Almost.
32:31Almost.
32:32Just don't push it further left.
32:34Goes around with weight.
32:40Yeah.
32:44Four came over.
32:45That'll give you $400.
32:46You'll have $3,300.
32:49Let's go back in again.
32:50Light her up.
32:57It's hitting and spinning.
32:59Yeah.
33:03Down it comes again.
33:04Some more money we'll get out of this.
33:10Two more.
33:11That'll make $3,500.
33:14All right, I want you to think about the timing.
33:16What it looks like it might do when it hits.
33:18Does it spin?
33:20I've got to light it up first, Sue.
33:23Sorry, Todd.
33:26Final counter.
33:29Went too early.
33:31Gee, they're just...
33:32They're liking the left.
33:33They are, aren't they?
33:36Oh.
33:38Oh.
33:38Come on down.
33:39Oh, it's going to ride.
33:42Oh, no.
33:42Yeah, it's going to go back.
33:44It will give us some cash.
33:48Come on.
33:49Come on.
33:49Give us some more.
33:51Not yet.
33:52Not willing to give any more.
33:53Three and a half thousand.
33:55We'll go back to the categories.
33:57Straight down TV, please, for three, Todd.
33:59Like it.
34:03Sue, what is the name of a mysterious figure central to the TV series Bridgerton?
34:09Is it Dame Whiskersouth, Duchess Whisperbottom, or Lady Whistledown?
34:16Todd, this is right up my alley.
34:18I love period dramas.
34:20And the answer is Lady Whistledown.
34:22Yes!
34:27I'm going to light up Lady Whistledown.
34:29They must agree with you.
34:31But is that correct?
34:34It is.
34:38Line up top zone four, please.
34:40I'll light it up.
34:41Here we go.
34:41Come on, Sue.
34:42It's about time the machine did something for us.
34:52Right.
34:53Sue, we're going to have to try a different technique.
34:56Some things are not right.
34:59Here we go.
35:00Three more.
35:05So that'll be 3,800.
35:06But let's just talk about the technique.
35:08Because whatever you're doing is getting it over the right-hand side.
35:11There's a whole line there at the moment.
35:13So I don't know if it's more gentle, if it's talking to-
35:16I don't know.
35:16We're going to have to-
35:17Please, please, please.
35:18You ready?
35:18I'll light it up again.
35:19Come on.
35:20Thank you, Todd.
35:20Let's get something different here.
35:29There you go.
35:30See?
35:31Very gentle.
35:32Just got to like-
35:35Now, this is just going to be interesting to see what it actually does.
35:38Because it might slip underneath.
35:41No, it doesn't.
35:43Oh, that's a good sign.
35:44That is.
35:45That means that the next one that goes there, it should come on down.
35:50Light it up.
35:59There we go.
36:04Come on.
36:05Now, if it comes down, we want it to get flat.
36:13Still riding.
36:22Wow.
36:23Four more.
36:24$4,200.
36:26But you see what just happened?
36:27It is riding.
36:28But then the double is almost riding on top of the jackpot as well.
36:32Be good if it hitched a ride all the way over into the tipping point.
36:35Fingers crossed.
36:36We've run out of counters, so let's go back.
36:38Categories.
36:39Moving down is science.
36:40For three, please, Todd.
36:45What term means a bright spot on the surface of the sun?
36:51Macula, facula or spiracular?
36:55I know macula is a spot on your eye because my friend is an ophthalmologist.
37:00That's the only one I know, so I'm going to ask you to lock in macula, please, Todd.
37:05I'm going to light up macula.
37:07And let's see if you've got the right spot when we come back after the break.
37:24Tsunami Sue's looking good right here.
37:26$4,200 in the machine.
37:28Jackpot is down.
37:29Although it's riding, it hasn't stopped it so far.
37:32And it's got the double sitting on an edge of it as well.
37:36So $40,000 is there and the other double's the other side.
37:39Anything could happen if you can get the counters to play with.
37:44Before the break, the question, what term means a bright spot on the surface of the sun?
37:49And you said your friend's an ophthalmologist.
37:53And macula is the eye.
37:55Part of the eye.
37:56But is that a dot on the sun?
37:58I don't know.
38:03Macula, you're right.
38:04Macula, that was the trick in the question.
38:07Yeah.
38:07It caught you.
38:09Right.
38:09We're going to go back as we move on down.
38:11I'll go for sport for three, please, Todd.
38:18Winning three championships with the Chicago Bulls, who was the first Australian to play in the NBA?
38:24Shane Hill, Andrew Gaze or Luke Longley?
38:28I do know these names and I think Luke Longley was the first Australian to play.
38:34Lock in Luke, please.
38:36All right.
38:37I'm going to light up Luke Longley.
38:39You said you weren't so good with sport.
38:41I haven't got it right yet, Todd.
38:43No, you don't.
38:44But let's find out if you have.
38:55Little three-pointer there.
38:57Light up four, please.
39:07Flat, flat.
39:09Get down, get down.
39:13Ow.
39:15Come on.
39:19Built some weight.
39:20We don't want weight just at this point.
39:22Let's go there again, but it's going to the right direction, so that's good.
39:25You've got the touch now.
39:36Okay.
39:37What will that do?
39:39Not much, I don't think.
39:41No, it just fills some of the space that I was talking about.
39:45One more.
39:46Light it up again.
39:47Come on.
39:47Let's see if we can get this moving forward.
39:57That's going to fill that other gap on the right there.
40:00There it is.
40:01So anyways, those three got everything back in place up the top.
40:05You're going to need the last three.
40:06I am.
40:07And the question is classic ads.
40:10Continuing to go with three.
40:12Yes, please, Todd.
40:13All right.
40:17A classic jingle for what insecticide features the lyric, hit them high, hit them low.
40:28It's hit them high, hit them low, hit them with the old Peebo.
40:32Light up, Peebo.
40:36Hit them high, hit them low, hit them with the old Peebo.
40:44Right.
40:45Time now to keep them on the left-hand side.
40:48We may need extras because of all the weight at the front.
40:52Let's find out.
40:53Light up four.
41:02What was that?
41:04That was horrid.
41:06Wow.
41:07That just flew out.
41:09Let's go again.
41:10Light her up.
41:11Timing.
41:11Go back to being gentle.
41:13Gentle, gentle, Sue.
41:16Come on.
41:21It's good.
41:22It's got to be good.
41:26Right.
41:27What is good is that one is set to fall.
41:29So it's got to come off with this one, though, and start pushing it, and then we can talk.
41:33Light it up.
41:34Last counter.
41:35Come on.
41:36Get that one down.
41:37Sue, get that one down.
41:42That's it.
41:45Come on down.
41:47Come on down.
41:48Now, push that power hard.
41:54Sue.
41:56Oh.
41:58You started with a tsunami.
42:00You may still well finish with a tsunami, but for the moment at least, you got $4,300 when
42:07I put this extra counter in, and you played beautifully.
42:11But Sue, it's not over yet, because we've not seen a pile-on of a jackpot surrounded by
42:17the doubles on either side like this before.
42:21So we are most definitely playing jackpot temptation.
42:28Now, it's going to get tough, because you're going to have to make a difficult decision.
42:32You've got $4,300.
42:34You'd have to give that up.
42:36But right now, it could be $40.
42:38It could be $80 there, if things fell in the right direction.
42:42Todd, I just think there's too much weight.
42:45Do you?
42:46Well, let me give you an offer before you think too hard.
42:50It needs two pushes over that left side, is what I think.
42:53So I'm going to offer you two.
42:54I'm going to increase the value to $40,000, because there's doubles there.
42:59So that could be $80,000.
43:00It could be $160,000.
43:02But not only that, how about this, Sue?
43:07How about a brand new Kia K4?
43:10Elegant, sporty, and stylish.
43:12This small sedan is valued at $32,990, and it could be yours, thanks to Kia.
43:20Have a look at this, a mountain of cash and a Kia K4.
43:26So let me just put this here for a moment for you.
43:30I'll just put that there, so that you can look at it.
43:33Oh gosh, I told you that.
43:34While you contemplate it, we're going to the newsroom.
43:40Tsunami Sue, before we went to the newsroom, you played well today.
43:44Got off to a flying start with all those counters crashing.
43:48There is plenty ready to come crashing now.
43:51It's a big decision to make.
43:53$4,300 is what you'd have to give back to me.
43:56You do have the sleeping duck bed.
43:59But two for $40,000 could potentially be $80,000 as they are touching.
44:03There's the other one just to the side.
44:05So not only that, you have the Kia K4 to contemplate.
44:10Your sisters have gone very quiet.
44:12What do you guys think? Money. Money.
44:14You need more counters.
44:16That's a holiday.
44:20There's a lot stacked on top, Todd.
44:22I'm worried about the weight.
44:24There's a weight at the front, but they're all leaning over.
44:27They're about to topple.
44:28What about if I gave you a few more counters?
44:32This is what I've got to do though.
44:33I'm going to take that back.
44:35I'm going to dangle it there one last time.
44:38Thanks, Todd.
44:39But I'll hold on to it because you still might take it
44:41because you've thought hard.
44:42But instead of two, I'll give you four.
44:46And I'll take that back to $20,000.
44:49No car.
44:52Do I put the car back?
44:5620.
44:57Could be 40, Sue.
45:04Sorry, Todd, but I think $4,300 would get me a very nice train trip on the car.
45:10It would.
45:12Sue, well done to you.
45:14Thank you.
45:14Congratulations.
45:15Well played.
45:17You've got the $4,300.
45:19You've got the bed to go home with.
45:21Your sisters are happy with you.
45:23They think you've made a smart decision.
45:25Certainly do.
45:26Thank you to our audience.
45:26You've been wonderful.
45:27And what a show.
45:29Join us next time when three new contestants drop into the win zone on Tipping Point.
45:33We will be back.
45:37Have fun.
45:40Thank you.
45:42¡Gracias!
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