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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
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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
09:49The Merlin v...
09:52Correct
09:52Number one's here
09:54I would not have that
09:58I would not have that
09:59The Merlin
10:05Angelina, you should be ashamed
10:08What a bloody outrage
10:09I must...
10:11I've never seen such polite behaviour
10:13Everyone's like me
10:16That was so sweet.
10:18Oh, my God.
10:25Oh, 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
10:41were informally named after what crafting technique?
10:45Jack.
10:45Paper mache.
10:47Correct.
10:52Those 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,
10:59but because when they dropped them,
11:01the Germans picked them up and used them for building their aircraft.
11:04Right, but when you drop these in the channel,
11:06they just frid away to nothing.
11:09Not a fun piñata, though.
11:12Featured in the film Top Gun Maverick,
11:14is a vintage Mustang owned in real life
11:17and flown on screen by which actor?
11:20Jack.
11:20Tom Cruise.
11:21Correct.
11:27Last question in your set, Jack.
11:28Designed for extra long-distance flight
11:31and featuring two fuselages joined by a wing,
11:34the F82 is known as the what Mustang?
11:36238.
11:43238.
11:44238.
11:45238.
11:46Incorrect.
11:46It's wide open.
11:48It's wide open.
11:51Time's up.
11:53Twin.
11:54It's known as the twin Mustang.
11:55That way, one pilot could doze off
11:57while 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,
12:05it's Angelina and the name.
12:08How do you think you're going to go,
12:10like, after this show goes to air
12:11and Australia's seen you,
12:13you're going to be the most loathed contestant
12:14of all time due to how horrible you were
12:17to lovely Jack next to you.
12:20You're going to be booed in the street.
12:22I'm going to cry later on about this.
12:26It's going to eat me up.
12:28I'm proud of you, Angelina.
12:29You take what you can get.
12:31Blue-collar New Yorker Fran Fein
12:34becomes the nanny for a wealthy British widower's children
12:36after she's fired from her job at what type of shop?
12:40Bible shop.
12:42Correct.
12:45In an interview with Vogue,
12:47Fran Drescher described an outfit
12:49as 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,
13:05the butler, Niles, tells her,
13:07you spend so much time up this creek,
13:09I should think by now you'd have bought what?
13:13Angelina.
13:13A life jacket.
13:15Incorrect.
13:16It's wide open.
13:17Jack, it's wide open.
13:22Time's up.
13:24A paddle.
13:25I've never been so tempted to give a contestant an answer.
13:30When Fran's boss, Mr Sheffield,
13:32proposes to her for the second time,
13:34she can't hear him over the sound of rushing water
13:37at what tourist attraction?
13:38Agra Falls.
13:40Correct.
13:45Last question in your set, Angelina.
13:48Fran Drescher occasionally played other characters in the show,
13:51including record executive Bobby Fleckman,
13:53a role she first performed in what 80s mockumentary?
13:58It's wide open.
14:00Angelina.
14:02No.
14:02Incorrect.
14:03It's wide open.
14:09Time's up.
14:10This is Spinal Tap.
14:11Oh.
14:12I didn't know that one.
14:13No, no.
14:14Yeah, she was in This Is Spinal Tap.
14:16All right, we've picked through their subjects.
14:17Now 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.
14:29I often limber up before the quiz
14:31so I don't pull a muscle trying to care about their subjects.
14:36This round is multiple choice.
14:37Select your answers on your screens,
14:39then press the buzzer to lock in the answer.
14:41Able to stretch to four times its size,
14:44the children's toy Stretch Armstrong
14:46is made of a latex body filled with what substance?
14:50A. Flower.
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
15:08is over 30 metres long.
15:11Which 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.
15:30Oh, God.
15:32APPLAUSE
15:36Totally worth the effort for a car
15:38that can't even go around a corner.
15:41Which of these mountain ranges
15:43stretches 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
16:12the US government in researching what?
16:14A. Astrophysics.
16:16B. Thermodynamics.
16:17C. Nuclear Weapons.
16:19D. Stock Market Crashes.
16:23The answer is C. Nuclear Weapons.
16:31Yeah, it was the fastest supercomputer at the time, and there they are a bunch of happy
16:36nerds after 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
16:52a length of over 4 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 E. Curly Whirly.
17:14All right, at the end of my round, Angelina, you're at the bottom on zero.
17:17Get over here.
17:25I think karma got me there.
17:30Do you feel relieved?
17:32Yes.
17:33I do.
17:34I'm so glad.
17:35I've never seen someone so happy to be booted out.
17:38I was not going to take it.
17:39I was feeling so guilty, so I'm glad.
17:42You ready to go?
17:43Yes.
17:44Okay.
17:44Out!
17:48There she goes.
17:53All right, it's the people's round.
17:56The people's round against the clock.
17:58Rub your gums, Clay Long, at home.
18:00Your time starts now.
18:02In the Wizard of Oz film, what's the name of Dorothy's dog?
18:06P.
18:06Toto?
18:07Yes.
18:07A cube has how many square faces?
18:11Jack.
18:12Six.
18:12Yes.
18:13Fructose sugar is primarily found in which major food group?
18:17P.
18:18Carbohydrate?
18:19No.
18:20Fruit.
18:21Garfield the cat is known for loving what specific Italian dish?
18:24Joe.
18:25Lasagna.
18:26Yes.
18:27Which Queen song opens with the lyric,
18:29Is this the real life?
18:31P.
18:36Too slow?
18:37The answer's Bohemian Rhapsody.
18:39An animated series featuring Skye, Chase and Ryder is what patrol?
18:43P.
18:44Paul.
18:44Yes.
18:45Often called the ghost of the mountains, is what alpine leopard?
18:50P.
18:51Snow.
18:51Yes.
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.
19:12I 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?
19:25Yep.
19:26All right.
19:26Help!
19:40All right.
19:40Only two left.
19:41Who'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.
19:47Head to head.
19:48State 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
19:58brass mug.
19:59What will you do with the mug if you win Jo?
20:01It's not really to my taste.
20:03Oh.
20:04I probably would just put it in the cupboard with all the other stuff I don't like and
20:07when 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.
20:48Jo, this is a drawing of a male Sydney funnel web spider but it's missing two things.
20:52It's spurs.
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 me or yourself.
21:09It'll be f***ing wrong, won't it?
21:11It'll be f***ing wrong, won't it?
21:13Okay.
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.
21:30Um.
21:32Okay.
21:35No, I'm gonna go here.
21:37Yep.
21:39Okay.
21:40Okay.
21:41Okay.
21:44Correct.
21:50Marty?
21:53Well done.
21:54Yeah.
21:56Yeah.
21:56Pete.
21:56In the 1997 series, former Blues captain turned coach Tommy Radonicus used the code word
22:03Cattledog to prompt the team to do what?
22:08Cattledog, Tommy being Tommy, was a call to, uh, to invoke some violence.
22:14That was to, um, start a fight 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.
22:43They're all good questions, Joe.
22:46Every single one.
22:47It was losing, it was losing potency because it needed refrigeration.
22:56Incorrect.
22:57Uh, 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, the 2025 Maroons men's jersey was inspired by a past Queensland team.
23:23What detail on the right sleeve have we obscured?
23:26Hmm, so I'm not really sure. Don't really like that jersey, Tom.
23:32Um, maybe a maroon stripe.
23:38Incorrect.
23:38The correct answer is 1995.
23:42Oh.
23:44Now that I say that, you know why?
23:47For their series win, perhaps.
23:50Well, the 1995 refers to the 95 Maroons side dubbed the Neville Nobodies.
23:54Yes.
23:55Who went on to win the series.
23:56So they were inspired by the Neville Nobodies because that particular team was full of nobodies.
24:01If that makes sense.
24:02LAUGHTER
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.
24:18It 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.
24:29LAUGHTER
24:31Correct.
24:36Pete.
24:37In game one of the 2000 series, Gordon Tallis was sent off the field because he said,
24:44what word to referee Bill Harrigan?
24:47He called him a cheat.
24:50Correct.
24:52APPLAUSE
24:54Joe.
24:56According to the Australian Museum, the Adelaide Entsers species group are the only known
25:01funnel webs to include what unusual feature as part of their burrows?
25:08OK.
25:10They're South Australians, so anything goes, really.
25:13LAUGHTER
25:15So...
25:16Hello to our South Australian viewers.
25:18LAUGHTER
25:20Um, I reckon it's a...
25:23second bedroom.
25:26Incorrect.
25:28The correct answer is...
25:30Trapdoors.
25:31Oh, I didn't know that.
25:32Yeah, they have trapdoors on their burrows.
25:35Pete.
25:35Despite Queensland officially being declared the winner of the 1987 series, some New South
25:41Wales players maintain that the series was a draw.
25:43For what reason?
25:4787 series have been three games, so they would have had to have won 2-1 if the maths was
25:53right, Tom.
25:54Um, so 2-1 Queensland.
25:58Mm.
25:58Um, so New South Wales were disputing that due to refereeing.
26:07Incorrect.
26:08Uh, the correct answer is New South Wales won a fourth game.
26:11Uh, it was an exhibition match in California.
26:14Ah, right.
26:14So that would have made it 2-2.
26:15Gotcha.
26:16Joe.
26:17Yeah.
26:18Unlike most spiders, the megalomorphs, the infra-order that includes funnel webs, cannot
26:23cement silk threads together because they don't have which gland?
26:30They don't have...
26:34the...
26:35sticky substance gland.
26:37LAUGHTER
26:39Incorrect.
26:41The correct answer is...
26:44Oh, God.
26:45The piriform gland.
26:47Pete, if you get this right, you are tonight's Hard Quiz champion.
26:50Andrew 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.
27:03Maybe game...
27:04three.
27:062005.
27:11Close.
27:12Game two, 2005.
27:14It was game two, 2005.
27:18Yeah, so he'd been injured for most of the season and wasn't match fit, but he got a late
27:22call-up to the team and they ended up winning the series.
27:25Yeah.
27:26Okay, let's go to the tie-breakers.
27:31Joe.
27:32With the creation of the anti-venom downplayed by the Department of Health, when the anti-venom
27:37was first successfully used on a child, the developer Dr. Strewan Sutherland and ICU
27:42Dr. Malcolm Fisher claimed that they were accused of doing what?
27:48Well...
27:49Were they playing God or were they, um...
27:54abusing children?
27:58Um...
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.
28:15Which would be unethical.
28:17That's terrible.
28:18I like how I just said it and you're like, what's the problem?
28:20LAUGHTER
28:22Alright, Pete, if you get this right, you are tonight's Hardquiz champion.
28:26During the 2006 origin decider, in the 74th minute of play, who intercepted the ball to
28:34score 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.
28:54I can see why you chose to forget it.
28:57Quite right.
28:58OK, scores are still tied.
29:00That means it's time for a Tom's tiebreaker.
29:03Tom's tiebreaker.
29:07OK, so one random question.
29:09Nearest to the pin will be the Hardquiz champion.
29:11Here we go.
29:11Joe, in a 1960s sleep experiment, American teen Randy Gardner stayed awake for how many
29:17hours straight?
29:19Joe?
29:2142.
29:23Pete?
29:2570.
29:26The answer is 264, which means Pete, you're out tonight's Hardquiz champion!
29:31Alright Joe, you know what this means?
29:33Out!
29:38There she goes!
29:43Congratulations Pete, you're out tonight's Hardquiz champion!
29:46Which means you get the big brass mug!
29:47Thanks mate!
29:48And you get to do the soil!
29:49Thanks for playing!
29:50Hi!
29:52Up the Blues!
29:54Go the Blues!
29:55The Blues get a win!
29:57Yeah!
29:57Thank you!
29:58Thank you!
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