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Hard Quiz - Season 11 - Episode 06: Funnel Web Spiders, State Of Origin, P-51 Mustang & The Nanny
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00:04Tonight on A Hard Quiz
00:07Joe, 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
00:27Angelina, nanny
00:29Expert subject, the nanny
00:34Here's your host, Tom Gleeson
00:38Hello, too much sport is barely enough
00:42Welcome to Hard Quiz, these contestants are preppers
00:45Last one to leave the bunker will be tonight's Hard Quiz champions
00:48To be part of the show at home, go to the ABC iview socials
00:54Let's say hello, g'day Angelina
00:56Hello
00:56Now the nanny is a bit before your time
00:59Quite a bit
01:00Yeah, how'd you get into the nanny?
01:01My mum raised me as a 90s kid in the 2000s
01:04Which happens when you grow up in the sticks in Adelaide
01:06So you know
01:07Okay
01:09And you liked it
01:10Even 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
01:22How 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
01:29So I can't even count, probably like 50
01:31Yeah
01:32I don't even know
01:34It'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?
01:57It 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
02:07Hello, Tom
02:09How'd you get into the Mustang?
02:11Uh, well, it goes a long story
02:12I better not give it a long story because my daughter said
02:15Don't talk too much, Jack
02:16Thanks, daughter
02:21I 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
02:27Oh, you beauty
02:28I fell in love with her straight away
02:31And, uh, actually did a flight in a few years back
02:33Um, flying a mile higher over Maitland for about, uh, 20 minutes
02:38Doing aerobatics and, uh, 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
02:46Uh, I always wanted to be a pilot but I never did make it
02:50But, um
02:51So you're sitting behind the pilot then?
02:53I am, yeah
02:53I'm telling him what to do
02:55How did you not spill?
02:56Well, he told me, he said to hold my stomach in
02:59Mm-hmm
03:00And, uh, 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?
03:08Uh, 92
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?
03:36Oh, probably all the above, Tom
03:38Yeah, you like watching the grubs go at it?
03:41Watching the blues get up, more importantly
03:42Yeah
03:43Um
03:47Yay
03:50What would you do if one of your kids started supporting Queensland?
03:53Um, that would be tough to take
03:56Um, 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?
04:10Oh
04:13Joe
04:14Tom
04:15Why do you like funnel web so much?
04:17And what's wrong with you?
04:19Well
04:21You need to approach danger
04:23Yes
04:23With knowledge
04:25With, um, courage
04:27Yeah
04:28Vigilance
04:28Yeah
04:29And purpose
04:29So therefore you will not be afraid
04:32Oh, so is this overcoming a fear?
04:34No
04:34I 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
04:43Yeah
04:44So I decided to learn as much as I could about them
04:46Alright, 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
04:52Very important
04:55Do you think they've had a bit of a bad rap
04:57Or are we right to be scared of them?
05:00Who doesn't love
05:01A cute little animal
05:02With shiny little eyes
05:04And fluffy little feet?
05:06Yeah, well
05:07When you describe a koala
05:09I agree with you
05:10But you did not describe a funnel web 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 subjects
05:28Win or lose five points
05:30Steal and answer
05:31Double points
05:32I'll ask each of you five questions on 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 to get double points
05:40Let's start with Joe
05:41And our expert subject
05:43Australian funnel web spider
05:46The Sydney funnel web can be identified by its large spinnerets
05:50Which produce what?
05:52Joe
05:52Silk
05:53Correct
05:58At the Australian Reptile Park on New South Wales' central coast
06:02Visitors can witness a keeper provoke funnel web spiders
06:05As part of what demonstration?
06:07Joe
06:07Milking
06:09Correct
06:12The park is the only provider of venom for the production of anti-venom
06:16And this is what milking a funnel web looks like
06:20So you basically just annoy the spider so much that it tries to kill you
06:25Is that right, Joe?
06:26It's a dream job
06:27Yeah
06:28I'd love to do that
06:29That's what Virginia Trioli's like when you take a latte too
06:35Measuring 9.2 centimetres foot to foot
06:38This large male funnel web was named after which trio of Australian actor brothers?
06:43Joe
06:43Hemsworth
06:44Correct
06:50In 1958, a research lab's appeal for funnel webs was followed a day later
06:55By a statement from a government spokesperson saying that spiders must not be sent through
07:00What service?
07:01Joe
07:02Mail
07:02Correct
07:08Last question in your set, Joe
07:10A peptide that can prevent cardiac damage after a heart attack
07:14Has been discovered in the venom of funnel webs
07:16Located on which sand island?
07:19Joe
07:19Gari Island
07:20Correct
07:24Also known as Fraser Island
07:26Have you been to watch a milking?
07:28Oh, several times
07:29It's one of my sort of annual outings
07:33Five for five!
07:39Next set of questions is for Pete on State of Origin
07:45State of Origin is an annual rugby league series between the New South Wales Blues
07:49Nicknamed the Cockroaches and the Queensland Maroons
07:52Nicknamed after which invasive pest?
07:54Pete
07:55Canetope
07:56Correct
08:02In 1985, Blues captain Steve Mortimer was carried off the field
08:06After the team won their first ever Origin series at which Sydney stadium?
08:10Pete
08:11SCG
08:12Correct
08:17From 2006 to 2013, the Maroons won eight consecutive series with which former Queensland captain
08:23as coach?
08:24Pete
08:24That's Mal Meninga
08:26Correct
08:30In June 2018, a try in the last six minutes of play saw 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 to watch
08:55Last question in your set, Pete
08:57In 2025, Cameron Munster captained the Maroons to a series win while grieving the recent loss
09:02of which family member?
09:03Pete
09:03His father
09:05Correct
09:08Five for five!
09:14Time now for Jack and the P-51 Mustang
09:20The first Mustang fighter planes arrived in Britain two years into the Second World
09:24War after being designed and built in which then neutral country?
09:28Jack
09:29In America
09:30Correct
09:35The Mustang performed poorly at high altitude until it was fitted with which high-powered
09:41Rolls-Royce engine
09:42The Merlin V-12
09:43The Merlin V-12
09:46The Merlin V-12
09:52The Merlin V-12
09:54The Merlin V-12
10:08What a bloody outrage
10:10I've never seen such polite behaviour
10:14Everyone's like me
10:16I was so sweet
10:18I was so sweet
10:24Oh 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, disposable tanks made from paper and glue were informally
10:42named after what crafting technique?
10:45Jack
10:45Paper mache
10:46Correct
10:52Those are all 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, the Germans picked them up and used them for building their aircraft
11:04Right, but when you drop these in the channel, they just frid away to nothing
11:08Not a fun piñata though
11:12Featured in the film Top Gun Maverick is a vintage Mustang
11:16owned in real life and 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 and featuring two fuselages joined by a wing
11:33the F82 is known as the what Mustang?
11:37338
11:44338
11:46Incorrect, it's wide open
11:48It's wide open
11:52Time's up
11:52Twin
11:54It's known as the twin Mustang
11:55That way one pilot could doze off while the other one kept the plane flying
11:59I could use a co-pilot on this show to be honest
12:03Last set in the expert round, it's Angelina and the nanny
12:08How do you think you're going to go, like, after this show goes to air and Australia's seen you, you're
12:13going to be the most loathed contestant of all time due to how horrible you were to lovely Jack next
12:18to you
12:20You're going to be booed in the street
12:22I'm going to cry later on about this, it's going to eat me up
12:28I'm proud of you, Angelina, you take what you can get
12:31Blue Collar New Yorker Fran Fein becomes the nanny for a wealthy British widower's children after she's fired from her
12:38job at what type of shop?
12:40Fire shop
12:42Correct
12:45In an interview with Vogue, Fran Drescher described an outfit as the definitive nanny-looking costume
12:51A skirt suit with trim in what animal print?
12:55Angelina
12:56White leopard
12:57Correct
13:02When one of Fran's schemes backfires, the butler Niles tells her, you spend so much time up this creek, I
13:09should think by now you'd have bought what?
13:13Angelina
13:13A life jacket
13:15Incorrect, it's wide open
13:17Jack, it's wide open
13:22Time's up
13:23A paddle
13:25I've never been so tempted to give a contestant an answer
13:30When Fran's boss, Mr Sheffield, proposes to her for the second time, she can't hear him over the sound of
13:36rushing water at what tourist attraction?
13:39Agra Falls
13:39Correct
13:45Last question in your set, Angelina
13:47Fran Drescher occasionally played other characters in the show, including record executive Bobby Fleckman
13:53A role she first performed in what 80s mockumentary?
13:58It's wide open
14:00Angelina
14:02No
14:03Incorrect, it's wide open
14:09Time's up, this is Spinal Tap
14:11Oh
14:12I didn't know that one
14:13No, no
14:14Yeah, she was in This Is Spinal Tap
14:15Alright, we've picked through their subjects, now let's pick through mine
14:19Tom's round
14:20Tom's subject, multiple choice
14:24This week I've been really getting into stretching
14:28I love stretching, I often limber up before the quiz so I don't pull a muscle trying to care about
14:34their subjects
14:36This round is multiple choice, select your answers on your screens then press the buzzer to lock in the answer
14:41Able to stretch to four times its size, the children's toy Stretch Armstrong is made of a latex body filled
14:48with what substance?
14:50A. Flour
14:51B. Corn syrup
14:53C. Water
14:54D. Gelatin
14:57The answer is
14:59B. Corn syrup
15:06This stretch limo called the American Dream is over 30 metres long
15:10Which of these features is not included on the back?
15:14A. A putting green
15:16B. A swimming pool
15:17C. A helipad
15:19D. A bowling alley
15:27The answer is
15:28D. A bowling alley
15:35Totally worth the effort for a car
15:38That can't even go round a corner
15:41Which of these mountain ranges stretches across the greatest distance?
15:45A. The Himalayas in Asia
15:46B. The Rocky Mountains in North America
15:48C. The Great Dividing Range in Australia
15:50D. The Andes in South America
15:56The answer is
15:57D. The Andes in South America
16:01Yeah, they stretch out for about 7,000 kilometres
16:05Introduced in the 1960s
16:07The IBM 7030 supercomputer
16:09Nicknamed Stretch
16:10Was developed to assist the US government in researching what?
16:14A. Astrophysics
16:16B. Thermodynamics
16:17C. Nuclear weapons
16:19D. Stock market crashes
16:23The answer is
16:25C. Nuclear weapons
16:27Yeah, it was the fastest supercomputer at the time
16:34And there they are
16:35A bunch of happy nerds
16:36After a long day
16:38After a long day of developing weapons of mass destruction
16:43Last question in my rounds were
16:45Double points
16:46In 2015
16:47A British woman broke her world record
16:49After she stretched
16:50Which chocolate bar
16:52To a 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
17:07E. Curly Whirly
17:08All right, at the end of my round
17:15Angelina, 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
17:33I'm so glad
17:34I've never seen someone so happy to be booted out
17:37I'm just going to take it
17:39I was feeling so guilty
17:41So I'm glad
17:42You ready to go?
17:43Yes
17:44Okay
17:44Out
17:48There she goes
17:52All right
17:53It's the people's round
17:55The people's round against the clock
17:58Rub your gums, Clay Long at home
18:00Your time starts
18:01Now
18:02In the Wizard of Oz film
18:04What's the name of Dorothy's dog?
18:06P.
18:06Toto
18:07Yes
18:07A cube has how many square faces?
18:11Jack
18:11Six
18:12Yes
18:13Fructose sugar is primarily found in which major food group?
18:17P
18:18Carbohydrate
18:19No
18:19Fruit
18:20Garfield the cat is known for loving what specific Italian dish?
18:24Joe
18:25Lasagna
18:26Yes
18:26Which Queen song opens with the lyric
18:29Is this the real life?
18:31P
18:36Too slow?
18:37The answer is Bohemian Rhapsody
18:39An animated series featuring Sky, Chase and Ryder is what patrol?
18:43Pete
18:44Paul
18:44Yes
18:45Often called the ghost of the mountains is what?
18:48Alpine leopard
18:50Pete
18:50Snow
18:51Yes
18:52Time's up
18:55All right
18:56At the end of the people's round
18:57Jack you're at the bottom on 20
18:59Get over here
19:00Get over mate
19:05I think you did all right Jack
19:11Well yeah
19:12I gave it my best shot Tom
19:14But I bombed out and I finished didn't I
19:17It's the youth of today mate
19:18They'll steal anything
19:19Yeah
19:20I need some more law and order in this country
19:24All right
19:25You ready to go Jack?
19:26Yep
19:26All right
19:26Help
19:33There he goes
19:39All right
19:40Only two left
19:41Who's going to be the hard quiz champion?
19:43Joe and Pete
19:43Get over here
19:44Because it's time to play hard quiz
19:46Final round
19:47Head to head
19:48State of origin
19:50Versus Australian funnel web spiders
19:53Hard quiz
19:55Now there can only be one hard quiz champion
19:56Who gets to take home the limited edition big brass mug
19:59What will you do with the mug if you win Joe?
20:01It's not really to my taste
20:03Oh
20:04I probably would just put it in the cupboard
20:06With all the other stuff I don't like
20:07And when I'm dead
20:08My kids could worry about it
20:13What about you Pete?
20:14Being a teacher myself
20:15It probably would be a handy stationary pot
20:18So pens, pencils
20:21Rulers
20:22Scissors
20:22All that
20:24I know what stationary is
20:27It's best to fire penalty shootout style
20:29Harder questions on your expert subjects
20:31So it's Joe's knowledge of Australian funnel web spiders
20:34Versus Pete's knowledge of state of origin
20:36Let's play
20:37Hard
20:41Marty
20:43Oh good
20:47Diagram
20:47Joe
20:48This is a drawing of a male Sydney funnel web spider
20:51But 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
21:01And the correct segment of the leg
21:03So on me or on them
21:06On you?
21:07You can put her on me or yourself
21:10It'll be f***ing wrong, won't it?
21:13Okay
21:14It's on this second leg
21:15But whereabouts?
21:18That's really mean
21:21It's to hold the female down while he's doing the deed of mating
21:27So she doesn't kill him in the act
21:29Oh
21:29Um
21:33Okay
21:35No, I'm going to go here
21:37Yep
21:39Okay
21:44Correct
21:50Marty
21:53Well done
21:54Pete
21:56In the 1997 series
21:58Former Blues captain turned coach
22:00Tommy Radonikus
22:01Used the code word
22:03Cattle dog
22:04To prompt the team to do what?
22:07Cattle dog
22:08Tommy being Tommy
22:10Was a call to
22:12To invoke some violence
22:14So it was to
22:15Start a fight with the other team
22:18Correct
22:23Joe
22:23After many years spent trying to develop
22:26A funnel web anti-venom
22:27It was discovered that the venom being studied
22:30Was accidentally losing potency
22:32For what reason?
22:36Why was it losing potency?
22:38That's a very good question
22:43They're all good questions, Joe
22:46Every single one
22:47It was losing potency
22:50Because it needed
22:53Refrigeration
22:56Incorrect
22:58The correct answer is
22:59The main toxin in the venom
23:00Was sticking to the lab equipment
23:02And glassware
23:04Yeah, they fixed it
23:05By lining their glass tools
23:06With silicone
23:07Oh, yes
23:09And that
23:11You're blaming us
23:12For you being poorly researched
23:16P
23:17The 2025 Maroons
23:19Men's jersey
23:20Was inspired by
23:21By a past Queensland team
23:22What detail on the right sleeve
23:25Have we obscured?
23:27Hmm
23:29So I'm not really sure
23:30Don't really like that jersey, Tom
23:33Maybe a maroon stripe
23:38Incorrect
23:38The correct answer is
23:401995
23:42No
23:44Now that I say that
23:46You know why?
23:47For their series win, perhaps
23:49Well, the 1995 refers to the 95 Maroons side
23:52Dubbed the Neville Nobodies
23:54Yes
23:54Who went on to win the series
23:56So they were
23:57Yep
23:57Inspired by the Neville Nobodies
23:58Because that particular team
24:00Was full of nobodies
24:01That makes sense
24:03Joe
24:05Identified by
24:06And later named
24:06After spider enthusiast
24:08Kane Christensen
24:10The species
24:11Atrax christen-seni
24:13Had what earlier nickname?
24:17Rather apt
24:19It was called
24:20It came from
24:21Newcastle
24:23And the Novocastrian said
24:25Well, we're going to claim this
24:25As the Newcastle
24:27Big Boy
24:30Correct
24:36Pete
24:36In game one
24:38Of the 2000 series
24:40Gordon Tallis
24:41Was sent off the field
24:42Because he said
24:43What word
24:45To referee
24:45Bill Harrigan?
24:47He called him a cheat
24:50Correct
24:54Joe
24:55According to the
24:56Australian Museum
24:57The Adelaide Encers
24:59Species Group
25:00Are the only known
25:01Funnelwebs
25:02To include
25:03What unusual feature
25:04As part of their burrows?
25:08Okay
25:09They're South Australian
25:11So anything goes
25:12Really
25:12Is it?
25:15So
25:16Hello to our
25:17South Australian viewers
25:19Um
25:20I reckon
25:22It'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
25:33On their burrows
25:34Pete
25:35Despite Queensland
25:36Officially being declared
25:38The winner
25:38Of the 1987 series
25:39Some New South Wales
25:41Players
25:41Maintained that
25:42The series was a draw
25:43For what reason?
25:4787 series
25:48Have been three games
25:50So they would have
25:51Had to have
25:51Won 2-1
25:52If the maths is right, Tom
25:53Um
25:55So 2-1
25:57Queensland
25:58Mmm
25:59So New South Wales
26:00We're disputing that
26:03Due to refereeing
26:07Incorrect
26:07Uh, the correct answer is
26:09New South Wales
26:10Won a fourth game
26:11Uh, it was an
26:12Exhibition match
26:13In California
26:14Right
26:14So that would have
26:15Made it 2-2
26:15Gotcha
26:16Joe
26:17Unlike most spiders
26:19The megalomorphs
26:20The infraorder
26:21That includes funnel webs
26:23Cannot cement silk threads
26:24Together
26:24Because they don't have
26:26Which gland?
26:30They don't have
26:32The
26:35Sticky substance gland
26:40Incorrect
26:41The correct answer is
26:43Pyraform
26:44Oh god
26:45The pyraform gland
26:47Pete, if you get this right
26:48You are tonight's
26:48Hardquist champion
26:49Andrew Johns has said
26:51He only keeps one
26:52Blues jersey at home
26:53Which is a family heirloom
26:55During which origin game
26:57Did he wear it?
26:58I will need the game number
27:00And year
27:01One jersey
27:02Maybe game
27:04Three
27:062005
27:11Close
27:11Game 2
27:122005
27:13It was game 2
27:142005
27:15Oh
27:18Yeah, so he'd been injured
27:19For most of the season
27:20And wasn't match fit
27:21But he got a late call up
27:23To the team
27:23And they ended up
27:24Winning the series
27:25Yeah
27:25Okay, let's go to the tiebreakers
27:31Joe
27:32With the creation of the anti-venom
27:34Downplayed by the Department of Health
27:36When the anti-venom
27:37Was first successfully used
27:38On a child
27:39The developer
27:40Dr. Struan Sutherland
27:42And ICU
27:42Dr. Malcolm Fisher
27:43Claimed that they were accused
27:45Of doing what?
27:48Well
27:48Were they playing God
27:50Or were they
27:51Um
27:53Abusing children
27:55Um
27:58Experiment
28:02Incorrect
28:03The correct answer is
28:06Organising the child's bite
28:10I 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
28:19I like how I just said it
28:19And you're like
28:19What's the problem
28:22Alright
28:23Pete
28:23If you get this right
28:24You are tonight's hard quiz champion
28:26During the 2006 origin decider
28:29In the 74th minute of play
28:32Who intercepted the ball
28:34To score a match
28:35Equalling
28:35Try
28:36To equal the game
28:39Conversion
28:40Won it
28:41Was it Matt Bowen?
28:45Incorrect
28:47The correct answer is
28:48Darren Lockyer
28:49Yeah, it's considered
28:50The beginning of the Maroons
28:52Eight year winning streak
28:53I can see why you chose
28:55To forget it
28:56Quite right
28:58Okay
28:59Scores are still tied
29:00That means it's time
29:01For a Tom's Tiebreaker
29:03Tom's Tiebreaker
29:07Okay
29:07So one random question
29:09Nearest to the pin
29:10Will be the hard quiz champion
29:11Here we go
29:11In a 1960s sleep experiment
29:14American teen
29:15Randy Gardner
29:16Stayed awake
29:17For how many hours straight?
29:19Jo
29:2142
29:23Pete
29:2570
29:27The answer is
29:28264
29:29Which means
29:29Pete you're out tonight
29:30Time to be champion
29:32Alright Jo
29:32You know what this means
29:33Up
29:38There she goes
29:43Congratulations Pete
29:44You're out tonight
29:45Time to be champion
29:45Which means you get
29:46The big brass mug
29:47Thanks mate
29:47And you get to be decided
29:49Thanks for playing
29:50Hard
29:52Up the blues
29:53Go to the blues
29:55The blues get a win
29:57Yeah
29:57Go to the blues
29:58Go to the blues
29:58Go to school
29:59Go to the blues
29:59Big brass Mrs.
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