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Tipping Point Australia - Season 3 Episode 50
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00:00These three contestants all work on the front line.
00:03Who'll be the first to respond to our call to win our $20,000 jackpot?
00:07I'm Todd Woodbridge, let's find out on Tipping Point.
00:30Hello and welcome to Tipping Point where these three special contestants are ready to take
00:35on our machine.
00:36So let's meet them.
00:37My name is Roland from Sydney, a police officer for 20 years.
00:39I've worked in a number of different commands, including the Counter-Terrorism Command.
00:43Hi, I'm Michelle, I'm from Melbourne.
00:45I've been a paramedic for over 20 years.
00:47If I look a bit familiar, I've also been known as Mama Pog on TikTok.
00:52Hi Todd, my name's Adam and rounding out the Triple O Showdown, I'm a firefighter from Sydney
00:57and if I win any money today, I have a 17-year-old son who just got his peas and
01:01he's hankering
01:01for a new car, so there might be some negotiations going on later.
01:06I like that.
01:07Would you like to introduce that 17-year-old?
01:10This is Max.
01:11G'day Max, how are ya?
01:13Loving life, got the licence, just needs a vehicle to get around.
01:17Yes, he does.
01:17Fantastic.
01:18Well, we look forward to seeing whether you're able to pull that one off today.
01:21Michelle, Mama Pog.
01:22Yes, my daughter wanted to make a TikTok.
01:24I said yes and 4 million views later, there I was up in lights, so it was great.
01:30Wowee, let's see if you can be that impressive today on the show.
01:32I hope so.
01:32Good luck to you.
01:33And Roland, 20 years in the force, that's a long time.
01:36It's a good job.
01:37Was that your first choice of job, that's what you wanted to do?
01:39It was, yep.
01:39Just helping people, I suppose, that got me there, yep.
01:41Fantastic.
01:42Well, this is going to be fun.
01:43We've got the copper, we've got the paramedic, we've got the fiery and they're all about
01:47to play round one.
01:48Let's do it.
01:49It's Bank Builder.
01:55Righto.
01:56Bank Builder's your chance to make some serious cash in this round.
01:58Every counter you can push over the tipping point will put $100 into your bank.
02:02And in the round, you each start with three counters.
02:05If you buzz in and answer correctly, you can choose to play one of your counters into the
02:09machine or you could ask one of your opponents to play one of theirs instead.
02:13If you answer incorrectly or don't answer within three seconds, then I'm going to take
02:17your counter away from you.
02:19Now in the machine, top shelf, two double counters.
02:21If you can push those over, you'll double the value of your drop along with the two mysteries
02:25that are on the bottom left.
02:27Push those over and you'll be going home with a great prize.
02:30Time to get started.
02:31Hands on buzzers.
02:32Here's your first question.
02:34Which family of large hairy spiders derives its name from the Italian city of Taranto?
02:39Adam.
02:40Tarantula.
02:40That's correct.
02:41Yes.
02:42Right.
02:43Greed easy now, Adam.
02:44You've got one right.
02:45Where would you like to go?
02:47And or if you want to play the first counter.
02:49I didn't come this far just to pass.
02:51No good.
02:52So I'm going to play.
02:53I'll ask my son.
02:55He's thinking one.
02:56Should we take the advice of a teenager?
03:00Alright.
03:00We'll go drop zone one.
03:02Light it up.
03:03First one.
03:03See if we can get a bit of a payday early here.
03:11Okay.
03:13Oh.
03:15Finally it sits.
03:17Yeah.
03:19Now that's not necessarily Max's fault.
03:22Yes it is.
03:23It just sat in that little crevice there.
03:26It needed to get directly behind.
03:27So one down for you Adam as we move on to our second question.
03:31Said to have the world's cleanest air, Cape Grim is part of which Australian state?
03:36Adam.
03:37Tasmania.
03:37That's correct.
03:38Now.
03:39Do you go again?
03:41Or do you let someone else see what they can do?
03:44No I'm going to keep playing.
03:45But I was thinking two.
03:48I'll ignore my son.
03:49Let's go drop zone two.
03:50Okay.
03:51Righto.
03:52Light that one up for us.
03:59Alright.
04:01Yeah.
04:02I'm happy with that.
04:03Oh come on.
04:04Don't do it again.
04:06Here we go.
04:07Okay.
04:08Give me something.
04:09Give me something.
04:10Hey.
04:11Well done.
04:13Well done.
04:14I'll take it.
04:14That's four over the tipping point.
04:16400 will go into the machine.
04:17We put that into the bank.
04:18And you've got a lead but only one counter left to place.
04:23Alright.
04:23Here comes the next question.
04:25Love is a battlefield and hit me with your best shot.
04:28Pat Benatar.
04:29Yes Roland.
04:31Yes.
04:31Pat Benatar.
04:32I'll take that.
04:33And you're so quick on it.
04:35Just let me get your name out first next time.
04:38Now.
04:39What would you like to do?
04:40Um.
04:40I'll go with number one.
04:41Light up one for Roland.
04:44And being the police officer I'm going to listen to what he says.
04:46So.
04:47Yeah.
04:47Hopefully uh.
04:49Oh I'm supposed to buzz it.
04:50Yeah.
04:50Got to put it in there.
04:53Oh no.
04:54No.
04:55It's okay.
04:55There's plenty of room at the moment.
04:57That's good.
04:58Yeah.
04:59And down it goes.
05:00It'll slide on down that left hand wall.
05:02Yeah.
05:03Hopefully knock something down.
05:05Keep up with the firefighter over there.
05:06Here we go.
05:09Oh here we go.
05:13Nice work.
05:14And you're not done yet.
05:16Because you're going to get another push here.
05:18Alright.
05:18Let's go.
05:18Let's see.
05:19Come on.
05:22Almost gets the mystery with it.
05:24Five over for you Roland.
05:25You'll take the lead off Adam down the other end.
05:28Take the 500 from the machine.
05:30Put that into the bank.
05:31And it's a one counter lead over Adam.
05:33Alright.
05:34Here comes the next question.
05:36Popularised by model and TV personality Tyra Banks.
05:40The term smize means smiling with what body part?
05:44Michelle?
05:44Your eyes.
05:45That's correct.
05:47Smizing.
05:48Well don't tell the other two.
05:50But I fancy myself a mystery.
05:52So light up drop zone one please Don.
05:54I'm going to light it up.
05:55I won't tell them though.
05:56No don't tell them.
05:57No.
06:03Okay.
06:05What will that do?
06:05If it goes right it will be good.
06:07Come on just one.
06:08Oh yes.
06:09Alright.
06:09Alright.
06:09Good.
06:10Good.
06:10Good.
06:10Happy to get a lateral there.
06:12Yes.
06:16Love a tight game.
06:17Four including the mystery Michelle.
06:18You'll get $400.
06:19It goes into the machine.
06:21Whip it out there.
06:22Put it into your bank.
06:22And that means you and Adam are tied.
06:24But you're not going home empty handed.
06:26Because you can discover the stunning beauty of this Milky Way stacking ring.
06:30Thanks to Ikecho Australia.
06:32Featuring nine sparkling opals valued at over $1,700.
06:37Oh my goodness.
06:39Wow.
06:42Very good.
06:43Well Roland Michelle you've got two counters left to play.
06:45Adam you've got a single counter as we head on to the next question.
06:49In cricket the term caught behind typically refers to a catch by a player in which fielding
06:53position.
06:54Michelle?
06:55Wicket keeper?
06:56Yeah correct.
06:56Oh.
06:57You look like you thought you failed at it.
07:00I doubted myself for a second.
07:01You did.
07:02You thought you'd had a drop catch didn't you?
07:03I did.
07:04Right.
07:04Where do you want to go this time Michelle?
07:06I think I might pass this one because it looks a bit emptier up the top there and
07:10the bottom.
07:12I will pass to Roland.
07:13Right Roland.
07:14That's interesting isn't it?
07:15Because there's still two drop zones we haven't played.
07:17Okay.
07:17Three and four.
07:18I'm going to go four.
07:20Okay light it up.
07:28Oh hello.
07:30Ambient.
07:32Oh pretty good, pretty good.
07:34Spreading two.
07:35Come on.
07:35Spread out.
07:37Well done.
07:38You're well man.
07:39I'll set it up for you.
07:40Two came over the tipping point and that means Roland you'll have 700 when we move it out
07:45of the machine put that into your bank and that gets you a three counter lead over Michelle
07:49and Adam.
07:50You got a counter left so is Adam.
07:51Michelle you've still got two.
07:53The next question.
07:54In maths a number that has been cubed has been raised to the power of what digit?
07:59Adam.
07:59Three.
08:00That's correct.
08:01Right.
08:02Right.
08:02Adam.
08:03Drop zone three.
08:05That means we'll have played all of the drop zones.
08:16Could be good.
08:17Could be good.
08:17Yeah.
08:18He got in behind the black one.
08:19So that's good.
08:20Hello.
08:21Hello.
08:22Hello.
08:23And.
08:25Yes.
08:25Very good.
08:30Alright.
08:3018 I think it was Todd.
08:32Divided by three at least.
08:34We'll give you six.
08:35Alright I'll take it.
08:36600 goes up and into the machine and we'll put that into your bank and at the end of the
08:41round you'll have a thousand dollars.
08:42Nice work.
08:43Good tally.
08:43Alright Adam you've used all three counters so you're out of it at the moment.
08:47Roland's got one left and Michelle you have two.
08:50And the next question is this.
08:52Sarah Michelle Gellar stars in the 90s teen horror film I know what you did last.
08:57Michelle.
08:58Summer.
08:58Correct.
09:00Last what?
09:01And it was summer?
09:02Mhm.
09:03Right.
09:04You passed the last time.
09:06I'm pretty sure you probably won't do that now.
09:07No I think I'll play this one and I think light up drop zone three please.
09:11Light it up please.
09:12Yes.
09:19Oh it's alright.
09:20It's behind one of them.
09:21At least.
09:22Give it a big push.
09:24Let's go push something over.
09:26Oh.
09:27I had luck there.
09:28Okay.
09:29Hmm.
09:30I know it looked like it was going to come over.
09:32Might get another bump.
09:33We'll wait and see.
09:35No.
09:37Okay down to the final two counters.
09:39Second last question.
09:41As well as his Paris tower, Gustave Eiffel designed the internal structure of which New
09:45York?
09:46Roland?
09:47Eiffel Tower.
09:48New York landmark.
09:50Oh.
09:51The Statue of Liberty.
09:52The Statue of Liberty.
09:53Yes.
09:53Oh Roland got to take that one away from you.
09:56No.
09:56So that means that you're out of the game.
09:57It'll keep you three behind Adam and Michelle.
09:59You've got the final question.
10:01Don't need to buzz in.
10:02Do you need to give me an answer?
10:04You've got three seconds to do it.
10:05Here it is.
10:06A false clue or idea intended to distract attention is commonly known as a what colour
10:12herring?
10:13Red.
10:14Correct.
10:14Well done Michelle.
10:15Right.
10:17Michelle you're three behind Roland, you're six behind Adam.
10:20What can you get out of this final counter?
10:22Line up three please Tony.
10:23Line it up.
10:29Oh.
10:30Oh no.
10:31Goodness me.
10:32That was bad timing.
10:33That one's another rider.
10:34Yeah.
10:35It's going to climb up on top.
10:36Another Winona.
10:36Oh.
10:37Hello.
10:38Yeah.
10:39That's unusual.
10:40Let's get some here.
10:42Oh good.
10:43Hey.
10:43I was lucky.
10:44Yeah.
10:45That's kind of getting something out of nothing you could call that drop.
10:48Yeah.
10:48That was 200 so 200 is going to go up.
10:51We're going to take it from the machine.
10:52Add it to your total.
10:54Michelle you'll have 600.
10:55And at the end of our bank build around, it's a very tight race between the police,
11:00the paramedics and the fireys.
11:02And we'll be back after the break to see who can survive in quick fire.
11:18Welcome back to our very special first responders episode of Tipping Point today.
11:23Roland is our police officer, Michelle is our paramedic and Adam is our firefighter.
11:27One of you will go on to play for $20,000 to find out who's going to stay in the
11:31game.
11:32Let's play quick fire.
11:38So in quick fire, you each have 30 seconds to answer as many questions as possible.
11:42For every correct answer, I'll give you a counter to play into the machine.
11:46Now, the contestant with the lowest score at the end of this round, we have to say goodbye
11:50to.
11:50So, Adam, you've got the lead.
11:53That gives you first dibs if you would like to take it.
11:56Yes.
11:57Yes, it is.
11:58Alright.
11:58Will play.
12:00So I'll put 30 seconds on the clock and your time starts now.
12:04By definition, the term Einsteinian means pertaining to which scientist?
12:08Einstein.
12:08Correct.
12:09Which New Zealand born actor was nominated three years in a row for best actor at the
12:13Academy Awards?
12:14Russell Crowe.
12:15Correct.
12:15How many Grand Slam tennis titles were won by Australian player Pat Cash?
12:19Two.
12:20One.
12:21The Danish territory of Greenland lies closest to which North American country?
12:27Canada.
12:28Correct.
12:28Which US pop star released the Grammy-nominated album Speak Now and Reputation?
12:33Taylor Swift.
12:34Correct.
12:34But God...
12:39Got a Taylor Swift question right.
12:42Did you know he was a Swifty, Max?
12:44Zara would be proud.
12:45That's Zara being your daughter.
12:47Yes, I do have a 12-year-old daughter, so if I got that wrong, she would not be happy.
12:50Oh, well you've made her very proud.
12:52We've got four to play here.
12:54Good luck.
12:54Where are you off to?
12:56I do like a mystery, so let's go drop zone two please, Todd.
13:00Okay.
13:01Light that up.
13:09It's flat.
13:10At least it's flat.
13:11Flat.
13:11It's sort of sitting in between possible rows though.
13:15Oh!
13:16Oh!
13:16You get away with it.
13:18Yes.
13:18Pushes from both sides.
13:20Yeah!
13:21Yes.
13:21All right.
13:23Setting the game alight.
13:24You are Adam with seven over the tipping point.
13:26$700 goes up.
13:28Awesome.
13:29All right.
13:31Three more to go though.
13:32We'll keep chasing that mystery.
13:34Let's go drop zone two.
13:36Thanks.
13:36Light it up.
13:44Yeah, it's going to be flat.
13:45Should be fine.
13:46A little lateral maybe.
13:47Yeah, go to the right.
13:48Almost.
13:48Oh!
13:49Well done.
13:50Double push again.
13:51Hello.
13:56Another half a dozen, so that's going to take you well over a thousand in the machine.
14:00That'll give you 1,300.
14:02And you've still got two more, Adam.
14:05Let's stick it with two, Todd.
14:06Keep chasing that mystery.
14:08Light it up.
14:11Come on.
14:12Mystery or another 1,300.
14:13I'll take it.
14:14Take it.
14:16Oh!
14:17That was a happy drop.
14:19Oh!
14:19No, it's a good position again, I think.
14:23Oh!
14:24Another!
14:24Another one.
14:25It's not just one coming over.
14:26There's these wide bushes.
14:29Wow.
14:31That's another half a dozen.
14:32Another 600.
14:33Keep going.
14:34One thousand.
14:35Nine hundred.
14:37Okay.
14:37Hell.
14:38One more.
14:39Just leave some.
14:40Yeah.
14:41Just...
14:41Something.
14:44Um...
14:44We'll just keep chasing the mystery.
14:46Let's go drop zone two.
14:47Thanks, Todd.
14:47Light it up.
14:49Or another six.
14:51Either way.
14:52Oh!
14:56Yeah.
14:57Again, it's going to get something off.
14:59That looks nice.
15:01Yeah.
15:02Take it.
15:02Yeah, a little...
15:03That way.
15:04That way.
15:04That way.
15:05That way.
15:05Yeah, it's going to push it.
15:06Oh!
15:08Oh!
15:08Hey!
15:08Just one more.
15:10Just to make it look nice and even.
15:12Yeah.
15:13Yeah, yeah.
15:13Just to give it 2,000.
15:14Round it out.
15:15Wow.
15:15Let's take it out of there.
15:16Yeah, that's an incredible amount for you.
15:18When we add it into the bank, Adam?
15:20Yeah.
15:20$3,000.
15:23Well done.
15:24Awesome.
15:25Good work, Adam.
15:26Well done.
15:27Adam, you've set a very large target for both Roland and Michelle.
15:31I certainly did.
15:31Roland, you're a one-counter in front of Michelle.
15:33So you two are going to have a little battle between yourself.
15:36It's the police versus the paramedics.
15:38Roland, you've got the option of playing first if you would like.
15:41I'll play.
15:41I don't think there's as much left in there as what he took out, but...
15:44See if you can chase him.
15:45You just never know.
15:46So I'll put 30 seconds on the clock.
15:48Good luck.
15:49Your time starts now.
15:51Hydroelectricity is generated by the flow of what liquid?
15:53Water.
15:54Correct.
15:54In 2023, Andrew Dillon took over as CEO of which Australian sports organisation?
15:59Soccer.
16:00AFL.
16:01Giacconi is the surname of which Grammy-winning female music icon?
16:06Pass.
16:07Madonna.
16:07In Australian slang, Yui is commonly short for the name of what traffic manoeuvre?
16:11U-turn.
16:12Correct.
16:12What is the most populous city in the Nordic country of Finland?
16:18Finlandia.
16:19Helsinki.
16:20Alexander Skarsgård plays...
16:22Two.
16:23Alright.
16:25Right.
16:27Roland.
16:28There's pressure there, not just from Adam.
16:30Can you get enough in front of Michelle to challenge Adam in the next round?
16:34That's your target here.
16:36I might chase that mystery.
16:38I'll go two.
16:40Okay.
16:40Right up two.
16:41Got it a bit closer for you.
16:44You might need both the counters to get it.
16:46I don't have the fire hose that my friend was using.
16:50Yeah, right?
16:51Let's see how we go.
16:53That could definitely go over.
16:55Adam was definitely washing them down for sure.
16:58Here we go.
17:01Trying to get something hopefully.
17:03One.
17:03One's alright.
17:04One.
17:05One.
17:05A hundred goes up.
17:05Might need to put the siren on here, Roland.
17:08Oh.
17:08As I was saying, I wanted to borrow his fire hose.
17:12Alright, I'm going to go number three.
17:13Let's go three.
17:14Light up drop zone three.
17:17Remember, there's still the game within the game between you and Michelle.
17:23Oh, that's good.
17:24It's flat.
17:24What's that looking?
17:24I think we'll get something there.
17:26I think that'll push it over.
17:28Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:29Yeah.
17:30Good stuff.
17:30Alright, that's good.
17:31That's good.
17:32There we go.
17:32Why don't you just let something come down?
17:33Yay!
17:35Alright.
17:35Very good.
17:36We've got some.
17:37That's another few that came over.
17:38We'll put 300 in.
17:40So that'll give you 400.
17:41Let's take it out.
17:42Put that in your bank.
17:43Roland, you'll have 1,100.
17:44Generally, that's pretty good.
17:48Michelle, you're next.
17:50Yes.
17:50Five counters behind Roland.
17:51Good luck.
17:52You ready to play?
17:53Yes.
17:5330 seconds is on the clock.
17:55And your time starts.
17:56Now, in the Winnie the Pooh books by A.M. Milne, what animal is kangaroo?
18:00Kangaroo.
18:01Correct.
18:02Which element of the periodic table has the chemical symbol U?
18:05Uranium.
18:06Correct.
18:07Which iconic French singer was known as the Little Sparrow?
18:10Pass.
18:10Edith Piaf.
18:11Jacinta Allen became state premier of Victoria in 23.
18:14Victoria.
18:14Succeeding Andrews.
18:15Incorrect.
18:16Also called sinew, what connective tissue in the human body attaches muscle to bone?
18:21Cartilage.
18:22Tendon.
18:23The African country of Kenya has a coastline on which ocean?
18:26Atlantic.
18:27Indian.
18:29Tendon.
18:29Tendon.
18:30Tendon.
18:30Tendon.
18:41Tendon.
18:41Tendon.
18:49Tendon.
19:10Tendon.
19:11Tendon.
19:12Tendon.
19:16Tendon.
19:17Tendon.
19:19Tendon.
19:19Tendon.
19:21Tendon.
19:22Tendon.
19:38Tendon.
19:50Tendon.
19:51Tendon.
19:52Tendon.
19:52Tendon.
19:55Tendon.
20:04Tendon.
20:07Tendon.
20:09Tendon.
20:09Tendon.
20:09We're about to go head-to-head.
20:11It's the police versus the fireys.
20:12Who's going to play for the 20,000?
20:14Stick around to find out on Tipping Point.
20:28Welcome back to our First Responders episode.
20:31Roland, our police officer, has got a bit of work to do
20:33to track down Adam, our firey, today.
20:36You're about to go head-to-head,
20:37but let's find a little bit more about both of you.
20:40Roland, you've got your wife with you here today.
20:42Hello, Linda.
20:43Hello.
20:44And a couple of cousins.
20:45Yeah, she's got a cousin, Marie and Jackie with us.
20:47Hi, guys.
20:48Linda, let me ask you this.
20:49My father was a police officer.
20:51Living with a policeman is not an easy thing to do.
20:55Yes and no.
20:55He does switch off when he comes home.
20:57That's good.
20:58So it makes it easier.
20:59But you worry, right?
21:00You do worry, but we only see the funny,
21:03relaxed, easygoing Roland at home.
21:05Perfect.
21:05That's a good thing to be able to do.
21:07How many kids have you got at home?
21:08We have three.
21:09Fantastic.
21:10Three kids.
21:11Ages, Roland?
21:1211, 12, 13.
21:13Fantastic.
21:14That will keep you busy, that is for sure.
21:16And not only that, you went into the police force quite young, right?
21:19Yes, I was 21.
21:2021.
21:21OK, and you stayed in there.
21:22Well, thank you for doing what you do.
21:23Massively important.
21:26And now, Adam.
21:28Max here.
21:29He's been putting on quite a show behind you.
21:31You haven't been able to watch him.
21:32He's going pretty well, Max.
21:33How are you feeling about his performance today?
21:35This is awesome.
21:36Best I've seen out of all the Tipping Point episodes I've watched.
21:40I like that.
21:41Fantastic.
21:42Any other words of wisdom as he gets set to try to hang on to this lead?
21:46Don't take too many big risks.
21:47Play it safe.
21:48All right, we'll see whether you're able to do that or not.
21:52But, Adam, before you went into firefighting, you were in hospitality.
21:56Why the change?
21:58Yeah, hotel concierge was a great life for a single guy, but not too family-friendly.
22:04And the life of a firefighter is pretty cool as well.
22:08Yeah.
22:09So I haven't regretted a second of it.
22:11Good to see.
22:11Now, I'm a bit intrigued by the jacket and the logo that you've got just above your left
22:17pocket there.
22:18Yeah, this is the logo of the Cronulla Polar Bears, one of my swimming teams.
22:20I'm still heavy into my swimming.
22:23When you say you're still into your swimming, that was because in your youth, Max's age,
22:26you were pretty good.
22:27Yeah.
22:28Yeah, I did all right.
22:29Oh, go on, boast just a little bit.
22:31Well, I didn't get to the Olympics, but...
22:33But you were very close.
22:34Yeah, I was a very close race.
22:36And that logo, you said the Cronulla...
22:39Cronulla Polar Bears, yeah, the winter swimming.
22:40They're the crazy guys who swim at the beach throughout winter and everyone loves it.
22:44And those crazy guys that you swim with, are they all crazy enough too to have put the
22:48same logo as a tattoo?
22:50Not all of them.
22:51There are a few guys who've joined me, but yeah, I've been with the Polar Bears for almost
22:5530 years.
22:55Where's this tattoo?
22:57Just here.
22:57Okay.
22:58My producer, she'd love to see it.
23:02Oh, there it is.
23:03Have a look at that.
23:04There it is.
23:08So, Polar Bear for life now.
23:09Fantastic.
23:10Well, we've got to keep the game moving along.
23:12Roland, you've got a lot of work to do.
23:1419 counters behind as you two get set to go head-to-head.
23:23And in our head-to-head round, you each get two questions.
23:25If you answer your question correctly, you get the counter to play in the machine, but
23:28if you get it wrong, your opponent steals it.
23:30If you're unsure, you can pass the question.
23:33Adam, you're up first.
23:34I'm up.
23:34As you have the lead.
23:35Here's the question.
23:36Born in Rockhampton in 1938, which retired Australian tennis player is nicknamed Rocket?
23:42Pass or play?
23:44I will play and say Rod Laver.
23:49Roland?
23:50What did he say?
23:51Good.
23:52100%.
23:53Is it Rocket Rod Laver?
23:57The only man to have won two calendar year Grand Slams?
24:02Yes.
24:03All right.
24:03Playing it beautifully today, Adam.
24:05We're off to next.
24:06All right.
24:06Well, Michelle set that mystery up for us.
24:09So let's have a go at two.
24:10So let's have a go at two.
24:10Light up drop zone two.
24:13There's not as many left after I clean the board, but may as well get more.
24:21Oh, gee, I thought that was going to ride, but it's done back off.
24:24So do I.
24:24It's flat, but it's nowhere near to mystery.
24:28Oh.
24:31Oh.
24:33Just keeps chugging along.
24:35Whew.
24:36That's four.
24:37Another four will go into the machine, 400, and so we'll take it out of there.
24:41That'll give you 3,400, and that's now a 23-counter lead.
24:46Time to cut his hose, I think, Roland.
24:48Oh, yeah.
24:50Right.
24:51Your first question.
24:53They paved paradise and put up a parking lot is a lyric from what 1970 song by Joni Mitchell?
25:00Pass or play?
25:02My loves the music.
25:03I reckon she's looking at me going, you better know it.
25:05I know the song.
25:07It's just not coming.
25:09I'm going to pass through the fire here.
25:15Oh, yeah, I can hear it.
25:20I have to give you an answer, so let's just say shake it off.
25:28Your daughter, Zara, was lovely for that.
25:30Is it shake it off?
25:33Big yellow taxi.
25:35Big yellow taxi.
25:36Big yellow taxi.
25:37Right, he's bolted, Roland.
25:39It's your chance.
25:40Come on.
25:42Okay.
25:43The line-up number two.
25:44I'm going to try and get that mystery.
25:45Fair enough, too.
25:51Yeah, there it is.
25:52Yeah.
25:52It's there we go, haven't we?
25:53It's yours.
25:54Mystery.
25:55Go on the mystery.
25:55Go on the mystery.
25:58Oh, come on.
25:59Yes.
26:00Come on.
26:01I've got to go with stuff.
26:02Come on.
26:02Get in.
26:03Oh!
26:04Oh!
26:06Oh!
26:07It doesn't want to come down.
26:09Oh, Roland.
26:09It was yours.
26:10It's fine.
26:10You should arrest our machine.
26:11That's criminal.
26:12You've got a couple over, though.
26:14So it's $200 we'll add to your bank account.
26:17Let's take it from the machine.
26:18Put it in there.
26:19And you've got $1,300.
26:21But I tell you what, Adam's building a magnificent bank.
26:24And we'll be back after the break to see how much he accumulates here.
26:27Could he pay for the $20,000?
26:28Will he win that?
26:29We'll find out next on Tipping Point.
26:43Welcome back, everyone.
26:44Super episode.
26:45Adam's got a strong lead of 21 counters.
26:47And you have the next question.
26:49Inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2005, the ancient city of Syracuse is on which
26:55Mediterranean island?
26:57Pass or play?
26:59Ooh, that's a good one.
27:02I'm going to check out Roland's poker face, or his interrogation face is probably more like
27:06it, because I have no idea, so I'm going to have to pass it.
27:10All right.
27:13Roland, that means you could possibly get two counters and catch up.
27:17If I knew it.
27:20I'm not 100% sure, but I'm not sure why Crete is on my head, but I'm just going to
27:24say Crete.
27:25Okay.
27:25Crete, we'll find out if that's the correct answer.
27:31Cicely, it is.
27:32Cicely.
27:33Bad luck.
27:34Adam, you've got the counter.
27:36All right.
27:37I don't know whether to go for the mystery now.
27:40If I take the mystery off Roland, he might be waiting for me in the car park.
27:46But yeah, let's go drop zone two.
27:48Oh, he's gone for it.
27:50Oh, absolutely no sympathy.
27:53Fiery's.
27:53Fiery's.
27:54He always come after and just takes the credit.
27:57I wouldn't be allowed back at the fire station if I didn't do this.
28:00Oh, my.
28:04Oh.
28:05That's good.
28:05All right.
28:07There is a bit of a gap.
28:08Does it get something off the top?
28:10It does.
28:12This will have to be lateral if it's going to get it.
28:14I'll leave it for you afterwards.
28:16Now he's left it for you, Roland.
28:18So now you've got it.
28:19Oh, well, well.
28:20That's two more.
28:20So $200 will go in our machine.
28:23$3,600.
28:25And normally I'd say it's like a game within a game,
28:27but this is just a game that we're all rooting for Roland
28:30to get the mystery counter.
28:32Come on, Roland.
28:33Thanks so much.
28:33Here's your final question.
28:35Thank you, thank you.
28:40Unfortunately, we need that thing to give it to me, though.
28:43We might just give you the answer so you can have a crack.
28:47Can't do that, but here's your question.
28:49At the start of a standard game of Jenga,
28:51how many blocks make up each layer of the stack?
28:56Pass or play?
28:57I'll play.
28:58Yep.
28:59Three?
28:59Let's find out if it's three.
29:03Let's go.
29:04Come on, Roland.
29:07Come on.
29:08All right.
29:12It's three.
29:13OK.
29:14Right.
29:14Rock in drop zone two.
29:16Right.
29:18Roland, I want you to go home with the mystery counter.
29:21Let's light up two.
29:22Come on.
29:22Light it up.
29:25Left, left, left.
29:26Here we go.
29:28Left, left, left.
29:31Yes.
29:32That's got to be it.
29:33Come on.
29:33Oh, we'll see.
29:34He needs to go to the last one.
29:37Whoa.
29:37Whoa.
29:38Whoa.
29:39Whoa.
29:41I'm sorry.
29:42I feel like I let them down.
29:45Hang on.
29:46Keep going.
29:47Oh.
29:47Oh, I'm sorry.
29:48Go on, I'll go over and kick the machine and get it for you.
29:52But I'm happy for my friend here.
29:54You're a good man, Roland, because at the end of our head-to-head round, Adam with 3,600,
29:59you know you're safe.
30:00Roland, unfortunately for you, with only 1,300, we've found your tipping points.
30:06Good luck, man.
30:07Roland, great playing, great attitude.
30:10Thanks for everything that you do in our community with the work that you've done in over 20 years
30:13in the force.
30:14I hope you've had a great time with us here on Tipping Point.
30:17I was here to enjoy myself.
30:18Good stuff.
30:19Well, Adam, so everybody back at the station, they're going to be going yee-haw because you're
30:25playing for this, the jackpot counter, worth $20,000.
30:29Yes.
30:29We're all hoping you can continue to form and master our machine.
30:33Will you?
30:33We'll find out right after the break.
30:51Welcome back to Tipping Point.
30:52Adam, you got through.
30:54Of all the first responders, it seems the fireys do best.
30:57They must be sitting at the table doing all of those quizzes, waiting for the next call.
31:02Is that what happens?
31:03That's pretty much what happens.
31:04We do spend a lot of downtime doing a few quizzes and watching Tipping Point.
31:09Yeah, good.
31:09We love that.
31:10Whilst in the gym.
31:11Now, look, you've got $3,600.
31:13That's your own money now.
31:14Yeah.
31:15We want you to get more.
31:16Before we do that, what do you love about being a firefighter?
31:19It's an amazing job.
31:21We get to be out in the community, helping the community, just driving the big red truck
31:25down the street and having the kids wave at you.
31:27It's an amazing feeling.
31:28It's obviously not all about putting out fires, because we would rather be back at the station
31:34or at a school teaching kids about safety and preventing the fires.
31:39We've got all the slogans in the world, you know, change your clocks, change your smoke
31:43alarm battery, keep looking when cooking, keep a meter from the heater, all the fun ones,
31:47because it really is about preventing the fires.
31:51So we're there, prepared for anything.
31:53Now, Max, there was talk at the beginning of the show that this goes very well.
31:57There might be some money for a car.
31:59How are you feeling about it at the moment?
32:00Yeah, hopefully he wins the 20K.
32:02I would love to be rocking up in a BMW school next week.
32:06You've got to work your way to that, Max.
32:08Yeah, I think he's looking at the doubles and thinking a little bit far ahead.
32:12Right, well, let's see if we can get you some money towards this vehicle that you're after.
32:17You ready, Adam?
32:18I'm ready.
32:18Let's play the jackpot round.
32:24We'll put the jackpot counter in.
32:25If you can push it out, there's 20, but you also mentioned doubles.
32:28There is two of them on that top shelf of drop zone four.
32:31You could double the amount of that.
32:33It could be 40, it could be 80.
32:34That would be nice.
32:35Yes, it would.
32:36So, four.
32:38Four.
32:39I think everyone's got the same idea as me.
32:41Let's light up drop zone four.
32:43Light it up.
32:44Let's see if we can get the thing flat.
32:45That's cute.
32:45That's crystal.
32:46Timing.
32:54Good spot.
32:55Good spot.
32:56Not on top of the double, but it's down that wall.
33:00Keeps it nice and tight.
33:02This will get something off.
33:03Get you more money.
33:05Nice work.
33:06That's two over the tipping points.
33:08You've got 3,800.
33:09As we go to find out what five categories you've got today, you'll be playing musicals, maths,
33:17meat, motorsports and monkeys.
33:18You've got all the M's today.
33:20All the M's.
33:20Right, you know how it works.
33:22If you're watching it at the station, you've got one, two or three you can play for.
33:25The more you play for, the harder that question's going to be.
33:28We'll be going with the threes for sure, Todd.
33:30Well, let's climb the ladder to use a little pun of the Fieries.
33:37Let's go from top to bottom.
33:38Monkeys for three.
33:40I'll just say bottom to top.
33:44Okay, monkeys.
33:47Featuring in films and TV shows, including The Hangover Part 2 and Night at the Museum,
33:53Crystal is a species of what monkey?
33:57Capuchin, marmoset or a baboon?
34:00Wow.
34:02I'm a fan of the movies.
34:04I can't say I am an expert on monkeys.
34:08Baboons I know are huge, so I'd say that would be out of the question.
34:13Capuchin, I have no idea.
34:16Capuchin.
34:16Capuchin, sorry.
34:18Capuchin.
34:18Oh, well, that makes all the difference, a capuchin.
34:21Um, so I am going to have to say marmoset.
34:25Okay.
34:27Is Crystal a species of marmoset?
34:34Did you know that one, Max?
34:35Yeah, it was capuchin.
34:37Yeah, capuchin, yeah.
34:39Right, not an ideal start.
34:41That's all right.
34:41So, first little bump in your road today.
34:44Yes, yes.
34:44So if we're going up the ladder.
34:46Going up the ladder.
34:47Motorsports.
34:48Motorsports.
34:48Is next.
34:49Motorsports for three.
34:54In Formula One racing, what is the term for an aerodynamic effect that causes a car to
34:59bounce violently on its suspension?
35:02Porpoising, Dolphining or Warrising?
35:05Wow, Max is not going to like me if I get this wrong, because he's a Formula One fan.
35:11Ah, Warrising doesn't sound like the right thing.
35:17We're porpoising or we're Dolphining if we're bouncing.
35:20I would have to light up porpoising.
35:24Let's light up porpoising.
35:25Not filling me with confidence.
35:27No, no, either.
35:28The effect that causes a car to bounce violently is a porpoising.
35:34Yes.
35:36Woo!
35:37Okay.
35:37Do you hear that?
35:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
35:40He does now.
35:41He does now.
35:42Right, okay.
35:43Here's our opportunity.
35:44Let's light up drop zone four, please.
35:52Come on, keep going.
35:54Oh, it's flat at least.
35:55Sort of going to squeeze in there.
35:57Laterally.
35:58Maybe gets a bit of a push.
35:59Just light it up.
36:01Okay.
36:01Oh, you'll get some cash again though.
36:03More cash?
36:03Yeah.
36:04Hey, hey.
36:04Oh!
36:05Yeah!
36:06Alright.
36:07You've had some very consistent big drops today.
36:10I have been very lucky today.
36:11Another half a dozen.
36:12Wow.
36:12600 more to go into your tally.
36:154,400.
36:17And we'll put the second counter in.
36:18Light up four again.
36:27Just came down.
36:28Stuck hard.
36:30Yes.
36:30Stuck the landing.
36:31It's flat, but...
36:34More money.
36:34More money.
36:35Just keep adding.
36:37Yes.
36:39And that is two more.
36:41So 4,600.
36:42We need one to go on the right.
36:43Yes.
36:43We need to get it to the wall.
36:45Light her up.
36:46Drop zone four.
36:47Come on now.
36:50Sit down.
36:51Stop.
36:52Come on.
36:53Spin a little more.
36:54Oh.
36:55Come on.
36:56Just not getting in there enough.
37:02Okay.
37:03Right.
37:04Made some good cash, but didn't nudge the jackpot at all.
37:07So, let's go back to categories.
37:08Moving on up is meat.
37:10Meat for three.
37:12Alright.
37:13Meat for three.
37:14Meat for three.
37:15The cheng bao chow cheng is a popular Taiwanese pork and rice street food whose name translates
37:22as small sausage in what?
37:25Cold soup, large sausage or spicy bun?
37:28That is an interesting one, Todd.
37:32Yeah.
37:33There's cheng twice, which makes me think sausage in sausage.
37:39So, let's light up large sausage.
37:43Amazing.
37:44I've got nothing.
37:46I've got nothing.
37:46I'm going to light up large sausage.
37:48Is it a small sausage in large sausage?
38:02It's my favourite food.
38:03You'll be eating it on the way home.
38:05I'm going straight to Taiwanese street food.
38:07Right.
38:08That was great.
38:08Now we need to continue the momentum that you had earlier in the game.
38:11It's going to light up four.
38:12Here we go.
38:13Alright.
38:17Yes.
38:18Yes.
38:18Yes.
38:18Yes.
38:20Come on.
38:21Go right a bit.
38:22A little bit.
38:22That's it.
38:23Yep.
38:24Okay.
38:24Alright.
38:26Excellent.
38:28Alright.
38:28Two more.
38:29Two more.
38:30$4,800 is going in the machine.
38:33One more on that right side and it's down on the lower shelf.
38:36Okay.
38:36Let's get it out of the way early here.
38:38Alright.
38:38Light her up again.
38:40Come on, Adam.
38:42Get it right.
38:43Yes!
38:44Oh, it was on top and came off as well.
38:47Right.
38:48Come on now.
38:49Let's do this.
38:49Yep.
38:50An axe out.
38:55Come on.
38:56There's money here.
38:57Right.
38:58And now it's all heating up again.
39:00Alright.
39:00That was another three.
39:01You're over 5k now.
39:02It'll be $5,100.
39:04And if we can go one more hard to that wall, you're a push away from $20,000.
39:09Alright.
39:10Let's put the third one in.
39:11Light her up.
39:12Come on, Adam.
39:18Oh, shit.
39:19Yeah.
39:20Alright.
39:22Three for three.
39:23Come on.
39:24Oh.
39:25What's that?
39:27Sorry.
39:27We're counting our chickens a bit before they were hatched right there.
39:32Woof.
39:32That was good fun.
39:33Right.
39:34We're out of counters.
39:35No more sausages left as we go back to the categories.
39:39Now onto a more academic subject like maths.
39:43Let's do maths for three.
39:45It was my favourite subject in high school, so hopefully.
39:52Which of these is the name of a 3D shape that resembles a bagel or donut?
40:00Virgo, Taurus or Leo?
40:03Oh, I didn't know we were bringing star signs into this, Todd.
40:06Yeah.
40:06Uh.
40:08Wow.
40:08I did three in at maths and I cannot remember that.
40:13Um.
40:14Okay, Taurus, Leo.
40:16This would be a complete guess, Todd.
40:19Uh.
40:20Let's.
40:21If it's a round figure, let's go with the middle.
40:26Let's light up Taurus.
40:29Right.
40:29We're gonna light up Taurus.
40:31And all of a sudden everything got quiet and tense.
40:34It did.
40:34And we're gonna have to wait till after the break to see whether we can
40:37release some of that tension.
40:52Welcome back everyone to Tipping Point.
40:53Adam, have a look at that.
40:545,100 is yours.
40:56But we thought we were going to be one push away a moment ago.
40:59We didn't quite get there.
41:00Yeah.
41:00We need more counters to make it happen.
41:02We need to shake it off that tension a little bit, hey?
41:06Another little bit of Taylor Swift in the show today.
41:09So before the break, the question was, which of these is the name of a 3D shape that resembles
41:13a bagel or donut stab in the dark?
41:17Totally.
41:18You said light up Taurus.
41:20How'd we go?
41:24Oh.
41:25Yeah.
41:27Oh!
41:30Oh!
41:31Right.
41:34Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
41:36Yes.
41:37I'll take it Todd.
41:38And if you have both, you'll get 20,000.
41:41We've got three more counters to play.
41:43But before we do that, let's check in with the newsroom.
41:49OK, before we went to the newsroom,
41:51in prime position to go home with this $20,000,
41:54we've got three more counters to make that happen.
41:56You ready to put the first one in?
41:58I'm ready.
41:58Righto. Let's light her up. Drop zone four.
42:01Come on.
42:13It's riding two, is it?
42:14Yeah, not there.
42:15It's not going to do us any good at all, even if it does ride.
42:17It's left.
42:18Oh, that's shuffled.
42:20Shuffled some things.
42:21Right.
42:22Oh, well.
42:22OK.
42:23It's all right.
42:24Put the second one in. Light her up again.
42:25Here we go, Adam.
42:31Right.
42:32That's better than the last one.
42:34That could nudge it down.
42:37Yeah, go right. Go right. Go right.
42:38Oh, it's going to, you know. It's going to.
42:40Yeah!
42:47Two more, but we're all watching it slide across like that.
42:51Everyone's leaning to the right.
42:52And now it's $5,300.
42:54You've got one more here,
42:56and one more on that right-hand side
42:58could see you with $20,000.
43:00Yeah.
43:01Are you ready?
43:02Yeah!
43:03Or should I just go and get that mystery?
43:05No, I'm just kidding.
43:08What's he throwing at me?
43:10Are you ready?
43:12Let's go.
43:14Light her up.
43:15Come on.
43:19Oh!
43:20Oh!
43:21Come on.
43:23Bring it home.
43:24Bring it home.
43:26Come on.
43:27Come on now.
43:28Come on.
43:29Come on.
43:30Yeah!
43:41Maybe I should have gone for the misfit.
43:43I should not have been a fan-tastic.
43:45Oh, fans.
43:47There we go.
43:52Oh, look at that.
43:56Well done, Max.
43:57Congratulations.
43:59Well, you might have your car.
44:02Whoa, whoa, whoa.
44:03Hey, slow down.
44:04Slow down.
44:04She's got other plans for this money.
44:07Has she?
44:07She's got other plans.
44:08What other plans might be out there?
44:09Well, I did get them hooked on theme parks when we went to the Gold Coast a while ago.
44:14So we might have to chase the theme parks and then buy Vegas, maybe.
44:18I don't know.
44:20He'll be 18 soon.
44:22How fantastic.
44:23How brilliant was that?
44:24You were absolutely fantastic.
44:26You were even better.
44:27You were going to be a star at the station.
44:29Congratulations.
44:30$20,000 is yours.
44:32What an episode.
44:33It was a special first responders episode.
44:36The fire is most certainly one this time.
44:39Thanks to all of our audience.
44:40You've been magnificent.
44:42And so have you at home.
44:43Thanks for watching.
44:43And join us next time when three new contestants drop into the wind zone on Tipping Boy.
44:48Yes!
44:48Thanks.
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