- 1 day ago
Riddiculous - Season 3 - Episode 11
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:18Welcome to Ridiculous, the Ridiculously Clever Show,
00:21where three teams of riddle solvers take on our devious riddle master.
00:25Hello, Henry. Hi, Rav here.
00:27Now, Henry, another day, another run of ravishing riddles.
00:30Yeah, I'll tell you what, try this one out for size.
00:32In one way, I howl at night, but the other way, I run like a river.
00:37What am I?
00:39I've got it.
00:40Have you?
00:40I can be very proud of myself, but I'm going to hold on to the answer for a second
00:44whilst we meet today's teams.
00:47Who's with us today?
00:48I'm Jill. This is my sister-in-law, Joanne, and we're from Cheshire.
00:52I'm Chris. This is my friend, Sophia, and we both live in Manchester.
00:55I'm Mari. This is my friend, Katie, and we're from Edinburgh.
00:58Well, it's lovely to have you all here, eager and ready to tackle the riddle master.
01:02Now, before we get into the game proper, OK, I like these ones when I know them.
01:07Do remind us, won't you, Henry?
01:10Yeah, of course.
01:11The riddle is, in one way, I howl at night, but the other way, I run like a river.
01:15What am I?
01:16Yes, Sophia is nodding away.
01:18Are you?
01:18Are you about to steal my thunder?
01:20I think it's wolf and flow.
01:23Wolf and flow, yes.
01:25Very good, because...
01:26Yeah, wolves howl at night.
01:28If you flip wolf round, you get flow, which is what a river does.
01:31Well done.
01:31Brilliant. I have peaked already.
01:33So, from now on in, the pressure's off me.
01:35Brilliant, but the pressure is on you guys.
01:37Welcome to the show, one and all.
01:38Let me remind you how this is going to work.
01:41You're going to face a series of riddles from Henry,
01:44and in order to unlock each riddle,
01:47you'll first have to correctly answer three general knowledge questions.
01:52Now, in this first round, the questions are worth £25.
01:56Henry, how much are your riddles worth?
01:58Well, in the first round, the riddles are easy.
02:00They're worth £100.
02:01The easiest ones you're going to face in the whole game,
02:03so you don't want to be getting these ones wrong.
02:05And we will be saying goodbye to one team at the end of this round.
02:10So, every question is important.
02:13OK, deep breaths, hands by the buzzers.
02:16Are you ready?
02:17Yes.
02:18Fantastic.
02:19Let's play.
02:22Which day of the week follows Sheffield in the name of an English?
02:26Chris and Sophia?
02:27Wednesday.
02:28Yes.
02:28In the name of an English football club?
02:31£25 to Chris and Sophia.
02:33Which part of an egg is beaten with oil and vinegar to make mayonnaise?
02:38Mari and Katie?
02:39The white.
02:41Incorrect.
02:42Chris and Sophia?
02:43The oak.
02:44Well, it had to be the other bit, didn't it?
02:46It's not the shell.
02:46We all know it's not the shell.
02:48Now, Chris and Sophia, one more question,
02:50and you'd be facing the first riddle of the game.
02:52Good luck.
02:53Taken from the title of her 2007 TV series,
02:57the retail expert Mary Portis has the nickname Mary Queen of what?
03:03Chris and Sophia.
03:04Shops.
03:05Mary Queen of Shops.
03:06It is.
03:07Look at that.
03:08Chris and Sophia,
03:09we made quick work of the opening ground.
03:12Here we are.
03:12You're about to face a riddle, Master.
03:14Tell us a bit about your friendship.
03:15Sophia and I have known each other for about 12 years.
03:18We met at a rock and metal society for Manchester University students.
03:23Nice.
03:24Even though neither of us were actually studying there at the time.
03:26Not sure how that worked out.
03:27But over the years, we've replaced gigs and clubs with pub quizzes and a slightly more sedate lifestyle.
03:33Now, you're calling this sedate, are you?
03:35This is fairly sedate.
03:36Compared with gigs.
03:37Yeah.
03:38Compared with gigs, perhaps it is.
03:39Now, remember, you do have access to a clue when you're trying to crack the riddles,
03:44but you only get one during a game.
03:46Henry, over to you.
03:47I'm a symbol of peace and love, but I look like I've recently plunged headfirst into a swimming pool.
03:54What am I?
03:57Dove.
03:58Dove.
03:59Yeah.
03:59Dove.
04:00Dove.
04:01Oh, I see.
04:02Symbol of peace and love is dove.
04:05If you read the word dove, it looks like dove.
04:07Dove.
04:07Yeah.
04:08Shall we go with that?
04:09Yeah.
04:10Sounds good.
04:11I'm going to lock in dove.
04:12Dove.
04:13Tell us why, Sophia.
04:14Dove is a symbol of peace, and the past tense of dove is dove.
04:20It's the right answer.
04:21Yeah, well done.
04:22A dove is a symbol of peace and love, and if I recently plunged into a swimming pool, I dove.
04:28Yes, very good.
04:29Well done.
04:30Headfirst into your first riddle, and you came up swimming.
04:32Well done.
04:33£100 to Chris and Sophia.
04:37Hands by the boss, so let's keep playing.
04:38Which Latin American dance appears in the title of a UK number one single by Lou Bega?
04:46Chris and Sophia.
04:47Mambo.
04:48Yes.
04:49Subtitle a little bit of Mambo number five.
04:52Which city in Somerset was known by the Romans as Acque Sulis?
04:57Chris and Sophia.
04:59Bath.
05:00Correct.
05:01Again, just one away from unlocking the next riddle.
05:03In measurements, which imperial unit of mass is represented by the letters O-Z?
05:11Chris and Sophia.
05:13Ounce.
05:13Correct.
05:14Fast, aren't you?
05:16They're fast.
05:17They're fast.
05:17Yeah, very fast.
05:18Okay.
05:19Over to you, Henry.
05:20I may be stationary, but I'll hold fast a sheath with my sharp metal teeth.
05:25What am I?
05:26I think stationary is the word play.
05:28Yeah.
05:30A sheath is a piece of paper.
05:32Yeah.
05:32And sharp metal teeth is a staple.
05:36Yeah, but stationary with an A doesn't mean papers and things.
05:42Oh, but you mean it's just a play on the words?
05:44I think it's a play on words, yeah.
05:46Because it's a staple.
05:48Yeah.
05:48A whole fast a sheath.
05:51I haven't got anything else.
05:52Yeah, a sheath of paper.
05:53Yeah?
05:53Sharp metal teeth.
05:54I think a staple works, yeah?
05:56I'd like to lock in a staple.
05:58Staple.
05:59Tell us your thinking again.
06:01I think stationary is a play on words with stationary stills, but, you know, it means paper and related things.
06:09And our whole fast a sheath, which we think is paper with my sharp metal teeth, the prongs of a
06:15staple.
06:16Feeling confident?
06:18Not now you've given me that look.
06:22It's the right answer.
06:23Staple.
06:24Staple is an item of stationary.
06:26Different spelling, as you said, but, yeah, stationary.
06:28If you need to hold sheaves of paper together with something with sharp metal teeth, that would be a staple.
06:32Well done.
06:33So, let's give you another £100 into your prize pot.
06:36Jill and Joanne and Mari and Katie have yet to get off the mark.
06:40But, of course, there is still plenty of money to play for.
06:43Now that you've warmed up those fingers and thumbs, get going.
06:46Right, yes, good.
06:47Here we go.
06:48Which of Disney's Seven Dwarfs has a name meaning shy?
06:55Jill and Joanne.
06:56Bashful.
06:57Yeah.
06:58And you're up and running.
06:59Lovely stuff.
07:00In which sport might a player bowl a googly?
07:05Chris and Sophia.
07:06Cricket.
07:07Correct.
07:08The slang term Canadian tuxedo describes an outfit consisting of a jacket and trousers, both made of which hard-wearing
07:26fabric.
07:26The answer was denim.
07:27Everyone is up and running.
07:28In British Sign Language fingerspelling, which vowel is signed by touching the thumb?
07:35Mari and Katie.
07:36A.
07:37Correct.
07:38You're just one correct answer away from unlocking the next riddle.
07:42Which warrior class from Japan follows the code of honour named Bushido?
07:47Chris and Sophia.
07:48Samurai.
07:49Yes, correct.
07:50OK, Chris and Sophia, Mari and Katie.
07:53It could be down to either one of you to unlock the next riddle.
07:56Well, what geographical feature is known in French as la plage?
08:02Mari and Katie.
08:03The beach.
08:04Yes, very good.
08:05You've unlocked your first riddle.
08:07How are you both?
08:09Good.
08:09Feeling great.
08:09Good, yeah.
08:10Your friends?
08:11Childhood friends?
08:12Yeah, we met in primary school and then we stayed together in secondary school.
08:16Weren't geographically close in university, but now we live again in the same city.
08:20How lovely.
08:20And can I ask what you both do for a living?
08:22I'm a game designer.
08:23Pardon?
08:24Excuse me.
08:25Sorry, how did you get through the door?
08:27We've got a games designer in the room.
08:29Katie, what do you do?
08:30I'm a diospatial analyst, so I make maps.
08:32Oh, wow.
08:33These are great minds we have here.
08:36Mari, can you explain?
08:36You're a games designer.
08:38What do you design?
08:39Actually, mostly puzzle games, but at the moment a lot of video games and things like escape
08:43rooms.
08:44You're perfectly poised to figure these riddles out.
08:47Hopefully.
08:48No pressure.
08:49Well, good luck.
08:50Right, riddle master, you may have met your match.
08:52I know, maybe.
08:53Well, let's see.
08:54Let's see.
08:54You can't whip me well if I'm single, but if there's two of me, you can, and then you'll
08:59have the top of the crop.
09:01What am I?
09:02I think it's cream, because you have the cream of the crop.
09:04Yeah, and single cream as well.
09:06You can't whip a single cream.
09:07But the two of me.
09:09Yeah, single cream, you can't whip very well, but when it's like double cream, it's like
09:13very easy to whip.
09:14So, lock it in.
09:14Can we lock in cream, please?
09:16Cream.
09:16Yes.
09:18Quite a quick answer.
09:20But it's the right answer.
09:22Well done.
09:22Cream, yeah, of course.
09:23Yeah.
09:23Single cream, yeah.
09:24Too thin to whip.
09:26Yeah.
09:26If you want to make whipped cream, you need double cream, really.
09:28And yeah, of course, cream of the crop.
09:29Well done.
09:30Sounded like my old dating profile.
09:32Well, where's he got that from?
09:33One hundred pounds to Mari and Katie.
09:36Well done.
09:38Right.
09:38One more riddle to go in this round.
09:42Which politician who married Ed Balls in 1998 became UK Home Secretary?
09:47Mari and Katie.
09:48Yvette Cooper.
09:49Correct.
09:50In 2024.
09:52Which culinary drama series set in Chicago stars Mari and Katie?
09:59The Bear.
09:59Yes, it is.
10:01Good interception.
10:02You must be a fan of the show.
10:03I just started it the other week.
10:05And the full question was stars Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Adebri.
10:10OK, Mari and Katie, once again, you're just one correct answer away from unlocking the
10:13final riddle in this round.
10:14The four shapes on the face buttons of a PlayStation controller are a circle, cross, square and which
10:21other?
10:22Mari and Katie.
10:23Triangle.
10:24Correct.
10:25Not a games designer.
10:27You have to know that one, although Katie answered it in the end.
10:30And we were both hovering.
10:31Good luck on this next one.
10:32And you did very well with your other riddle.
10:34Yeah, if you could just take a little bit longer and just pretend to, you know, at least pretend.
10:38When I'm part of a tree, I'm grounded.
10:41At school, I'm often square.
10:43If there's a problem, I could be the cause.
10:45What am I?
10:47Root.
10:47I was thinking root.
10:48I think it's root.
10:49Square root at school in math.
10:51Root of the problem.
10:52Yeah.
10:52And then the part of the tree in the ground.
10:55Yeah.
10:55That's the root.
10:56So, final answer, root.
10:58I specifically asked you to try and make it look a bit harder.
11:02And the first thing you said was the right answer.
11:04Root, part of a tree, obviously a root.
11:06At school, you might study the square root.
11:08You might figure out the square root of something.
11:10And if there's a problem, you might find the root cause.
11:13Yeah, well done.
11:13Mari and Katie, that's another £100 to you.
11:17At the end of that round, Chris and Sophia have £400.
11:22Mari and Katie have £350.
11:24And Jill and Joanne, well, you have £25.
11:28I'm afraid we have to say goodbye.
11:29It was tricky, wasn't it, getting in on the general knowledge questions?
11:33Yeah.
11:33Too fast.
11:34Just let us find out a little bit more about you.
11:36Your sister-in-laws?
11:37Yes.
11:38Who's married to whose brother?
11:39Jill is married to my brother.
11:41Right.
11:42So what does that mean, Jill?
11:43Does that mean, you know, when one of you's got a problem with your brother,
11:46you can just chat to each other?
11:47I don't have a problem with him.
11:49You don't have a well.
11:50Who's this man in question?
11:51Who's the man who's brought you together?
11:53What's his name?
11:54Chris.
11:54Chris.
11:55Oh, lovely.
11:55And you two just get on like a house on fire, though?
11:58Yep, we do, yeah.
11:59He chose well.
12:00Oh, well, isn't that a lovely thing?
12:01It's really nice to see.
12:03Well, I hope you've had a nice day out with us here at Ridiculous.
12:06All right, my love, thank you so much.
12:07And that's it for part one.
12:09How about another riddle to keep us occupied over the break?
12:13We make your feet look neat when you're out on the street
12:15or help keep you trim when you're down at the gym.
12:18What are we?
12:19I'll give you the answer when we come back.
12:32Welcome back.
12:33Now, before the break, Henry, what was that riddle?
12:35The riddle was, we make your feet look neat when you're out on the street
12:39or help keep you trim when you're down at the gym.
12:41What are we?
12:42What do you think, Rambi?
12:44Trainers.
12:45Trainers is the right answer.
12:47Yes, very good.
12:47Haven't seen mine in a while, but never mind.
12:50Thank you so much, Henry.
12:52Now, Chris and Sophia, Mari and Katie, you are serious riddlers.
12:57I can tell by the way you've been playing this game.
12:59Mari and Katie, listen, Mari, you design games,
13:02and yet in your spare time you choose to come on a quiz.
13:04Katie, does this dominate her life?
13:06Is it sort of all fun and all work just quizzing and being competitive?
13:10Definitely.
13:11Her last birthday was a perfect example
13:13when we played competitive hide-and-seek, which she organised.
13:18Competitive hide-and-seek.
13:19It was like a whole game system where people had to hide around a certain area
13:22and score points and do challenges against other teams.
13:25And Katie's team won, actually, so I'm very proud.
13:27Wow, and I thought hide-and-seek was a gentle game you played with your kids.
13:30No, it's competitive.
13:30Turns out not, if you're in the room.
13:34And Chris and Sophia, you're obviously taking the game seriously.
13:37I can see it, you love to win, you love sort of getting your brain challenged.
13:42Sophia, does Chris take it a bit too far sometimes?
13:45This is what I'm hearing.
13:46Yeah, I mean, he's always fair,
13:47but he might have memorised the rules beforehand,
13:50so, yeah, other people might not stand a chance.
13:53And you're a stickler for the rules.
13:55Yeah, I don't like anybody cheating,
13:56but if they haven't read the rules, that's their problem, isn't it?
14:00Oh, you're one of those, aren't you?
14:01So when you play board games with your family and stuff,
14:04are they just like, Chris, can you just let it go?
14:06Yeah, basically, yeah.
14:08Christmas isn't a fun time.
14:09Christmas isn't a fun time.
14:11That's the kind of game we want.
14:13We want where you're competitive
14:14and you're desperate to get to the riddle realm.
14:16So let's take a look at the scores.
14:17Well, look at this.
14:18You're so evenly matched as teams, it's exciting.
14:21Mari and Katie, you have £350.
14:24Chris and Sophia, you have £400.
14:27Now, in round two, the questions are worth £50.
14:31Now, once again, you'll need three correct from me to unlock a riddle.
14:36And the riddles themselves have changed.
14:38They certainly have.
14:39In this round, you're going to be facing visual riddles.
14:41So as you might expect, they contain pictures,
14:43but also numbers, shapes and words.
14:45They're a little bit trickier, but if you can get them right,
14:47they're worth £200 each.
14:49Also, only one member of your team will be able to answer the riddle
14:54and you'll have just 60 seconds in which to get it right.
14:57And if you get your riddle wrong,
14:59it will then be passed over to the opposing team for a steal.
15:02So it's a very exciting round.
15:03It's my favourite because the pressure is on.
15:06OK, time for more general knowledge questions.
15:08Hands by the buzzers.
15:09Let's play.
15:12Here we go.
15:13Question one.
15:13In Greek mythology, a giant known as a cyclops has how many eyes?
15:19Chris and Sophia.
15:20One.
15:20Correct.
15:22£50 to Chris and Sophia.
15:25Which actress played Joan Watson in Elementary
15:28and Ling Wu in Ally McBeal?
15:30Mari and Katie.
15:32Lucy Liu.
15:32Correct.
15:33That's £50.
15:35Capybaras are large rodents native to which continent?
15:39Chris and Sophia.
15:41South America.
15:42Correct.
15:43One away from unlocking the first visual riddle.
15:47An astronomical unit is the distance between the Earth and which?
15:52Mari and Katie.
15:53The sun.
15:53And which object in the solar system?
15:55The sun is correct.
15:57So evenly matched,
15:59either one of you could unlock the next riddle.
16:01Which pond plants are the subject of a series of...
16:06Chris and Sophia.
16:07Lilies.
16:08We can accept.
16:09Lilies.
16:10It's water lilies.
16:12Which pond plants are the subject of a series of paintings by Claude Monet on display at the Orangery Museum
16:18in Paris?
16:19A very impressive interception of the question there.
16:23Chris and Sophia, you've unlocked the first visual riddle.
16:26Only one of you can face this and there are three categories to choose from.
16:29We've got numbers, pictures and shapes.
16:34What do you think?
16:35Do you think numbers?
16:36Do you think?
16:37Yeah.
16:37Do you have numbers to go?
16:38Yeah.
16:39I'm going to have a go at numbers, please, Rambia.
16:41Sophia didn't fight you for it, did she?
16:42Let's be honest.
16:44Brave choice.
16:45Numbers it is for Chris.
16:47Now, remember, you can still use a clue if you need it.
16:49Henry, over to you.
16:50Thanks, Rambia.
16:51Chris, 60 seconds to give me a correct answer after I've finished reading the riddle that goes with this.
16:56Which of these colours completes this equation?
16:58Your time starts now.
17:00Which of these colours completes this equation?
17:03So, red, red, yellow.
17:08Oh, I think this is the number of letters in the colour.
17:13So, let me check that out.
17:14So, yellow is six, plus blue is four, minus green is five.
17:20That equals green, which is five.
17:22So, red is three, yellow is six, so that's nine, minus blue is four.
17:29I'm just going to run through that again, so I've got it right.
17:31Three plus six, minus...
17:35Three plus six is nine, minus four is five, so it'll be five.
17:39So, the colour will be green.
17:42You're locking in green, Chris?
17:44Yes.
17:46Feeling good about that answer?
17:47Yeah, I think so.
17:49You should do it. It's the right answer.
17:51Green is correct.
17:52Yeah, absolutely.
17:52Very quickly identified, of course, it's to do with the number of letters in the colour as written.
17:56So, red will always be a value of three, green a value of five, blue a value of four, yellow
18:01a value of six.
18:02You've got to do the equation as you did, absolutely right, yeah.
18:04So, three plus six is nine, minus four for blue, it leaves you with five.
18:09And green is the colour with five letters.
18:11Well done.
18:12And that's another £200 added to your prize part.
18:15Murray and Katie, there are still two more visual riddles in this round.
18:18Of course, plenty to play for.
18:20Hands by the buzzer, so let's keep playing.
18:21What first name is shared by film directors with the surnames Lean, Cronenberg and Lynch?
18:30Murray and Katie.
18:31David.
18:31Correct.
18:33Which team won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2024?
18:41Chris and Sophia.
18:43Australia.
18:44Incorrect.
18:45Which team won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2024?
18:51Marie and Katie.
18:52South Africa.
18:53Incorrect, it's actually India.
18:56Which Tudor Palace on the banks of the Thames, famous for its maze?
19:02Marie and Katie.
19:03Hampton Court.
19:04Correct.
19:05Have you been?
19:06Yeah, a long time ago.
19:07Yeah, it's lovely.
19:08Which Tudor Palace on the banks of the Thames, famous for its maze, was built by Cardinal Wolsey,
19:12but became home to Henry VIII?
19:15Now, Murray and Katie are just one correct answer away from unlocking your visual riddle.
19:20Which author wrote the Rutshire Chronicles, including novels titled Riders, Polo and Rivals?
19:29Chris and Sophia.
19:30Jilly Cooper.
19:31Yes, Jilly Cooper.
19:33Awesome.
19:35Which bird is depicted in the logo of the clothing company Hollister?
19:41Marie and Katie.
19:42Seagull?
19:43Correct.
19:44You've unlocked the next riddle.
19:46Now, of course, you've got two categories to choose from.
19:49So, you've got pictures or shapes.
19:53I think you're stronger on riddles, so...
19:55I'll do it.
19:56And I think maybe pictures.
19:57I'm going to go for pictures.
19:59You're going to have pictures.
19:59Marie, 60 seconds to give me a correct answer after I've finished reading the riddle that goes with this.
20:05Which footballer is this?
20:07Your time starts now.
20:10OK, football is my worst subject, but it's like toilet, Lucy, medal.
20:17Lucy Silver.
20:19Lucy.
20:21Lucy.
20:23I don't know any footballers, so I'm just going to lock in Lucy Silver.
20:28Lucy Silver.
20:29I'm sorry.
20:30It's wrong, I'm afraid.
20:31It's OK.
20:31OK.
20:32Chris and Sophia, I need your answer for a steal.
20:34It's Lucy Bronze.
20:37Lucy Bronze is the right answer.
20:40Lucy Bronze, yes.
20:41The footballer, yeah.
20:41You've got Lucy, obviously.
20:42You just didn't get the right medal at the end there.
20:44It is a bronze medal.
20:45Lucy Bronze.
20:46Yeah, one of the Lionesses, is part of the squad who won the Euros in 2022.
20:49Oh, great steal there from Chris and Sophia.
20:52Well done.
20:52That's £100.
20:54Katie, would you have got it?
20:56Yes, I remember watching that one, but you were really close to the silver.
20:59I've never seen a football match in my life.
21:02Sorry.
21:03OK, one more visual riddle to go.
21:06Let's keep playing.
21:07In 2024, Simon Harris was elected the Taoiseach of which country?
21:13Chris and Sophia.
21:14Republic of Ireland.
21:15Correct.
21:17Matt Berry plays what type of supernatural creature?
21:22Mari and Katie.
21:24Vampire.
21:25Yeah, you must know the show.
21:26Matt Berry plays what type of supernatural creature in the sitcom?
21:29What We Do in the Shadows.
21:32Correct.
21:34Which then-unknown cook baked the cake featured on the cover of the 1969 Rolling Stones album?
21:42Chris and Sophia.
21:43Mary Berry.
21:44Incorrect.
21:45Which then-unknown cook baked the cake featured on the cover of the 1969 Rolling Stones album, Let It Bleed?
21:59Mari and Katie.
22:00Prue-leaf?
22:01No, it's Delia Smith.
22:03It's a great bit of trivia, that, though, isn't it?
22:05Really good.
22:06Which parts of the body might be categorised as milk or molars?
22:11Chris and Sophia.
22:12Teeth.
22:12Correct.
22:13Chris and Sophia, one away from unlocking the next visual riddle.
22:18Graz, Innsbruck and Salzburg are cities in which mountainous...
22:22Chris and Sophia?
22:23Austria.
22:24Correct.
22:26Which mountainous European country?
22:28Chris and Sophia, you've done it again.
22:30Here we are.
22:30Right.
22:31Now, Sophia, you didn't put up a fight for the last visual riddle.
22:34I wonder what you'll do this time.
22:35Let's see what category is left.
22:37We have shapes.
22:38Is it a strong point, Sophia, for you?
22:40No.
22:41You said this was the one category that you were going to avoid.
22:45Yeah, yeah.
22:46You can have a go if you want, but I'm happy to take it if you don't feel confident.
22:48No, you should.
22:49OK, OK.
22:50Chris, once again into the breach.
22:52Shapes.
22:53Henry.
22:54Chris, here we are again.
22:5460 seconds to give me a correct answer once I've finished reading the riddle that goes
22:58with this.
22:59Which shape completes the second pattern?
23:01Your time starts now.
23:03OK.
23:08So, oh, the cross and the square aren't visible in the end pattern on the front, on the end,
23:15sorry, on the top row.
23:17So, the only shape that's missing from that is the two lines in the middle and the cross,
23:26which does, which B fits.
23:28So, let me just take a little look at that.
23:31All the outsides are there.
23:33The cross in the middle isn't there and neither are the two lines.
23:41Yeah, I'm going to take, I'm going to lock in B for this one, please.
23:46B.
23:49Confident?
23:50Yeah, I think so, yeah.
23:51Yeah.
23:52That's the right answer.
23:53B's correct.
23:54Yeah, well done.
23:55Yeah, absolutely.
23:56So, yeah, the trick with this is about filling up all of the grey kind of negative lines.
24:00That's true in the top one.
24:01Between those three shapes, all of the grey negative lines are covered, so you need the
24:05shape that does that job.
24:06And B is the right answer.
24:07All the others would overlap with other coloured lines.
24:10Oh, my goodness.
24:10I was breaking out into a sweat.
24:12Sophia, were you right to step back?
24:14Yeah.
24:15All I could see was lines, I just couldn't...
24:16Yes, exactly.
24:17Felt like I was back in my 11-plus exam.
24:19Mari and Katie, would you have been able to steal it?
24:22Yes.
24:22Oh, you got it, did you?
24:24Yes.
24:24Right, OK.
24:25Chris, there you are.
24:26It was yours for the taking.
24:27£200 added to the prize pod.
24:30And that's the end of our visual riddles round.
24:32So, let's take a look at the scores.
24:34Chris and Sophia have £1,250.
24:37Mari and Katie, you have £650.
24:40But don't be put off by that gap, actually, and also don't be complacent about it, on the
24:44other hand, because all of that genuinely can change in the next round.
24:49So, stay focused.
24:50Have a little breath.
24:52Henry, how about another riddle for us to solve over the break?
24:55Coming right up.
24:56We are usually high, drifting by.
24:58Although we are silent, we are also somewhat bang in the middle.
25:01What are we?
25:02I'll give you the answer when we come back.
25:15Welcome back to Ridiculous, the ridiculously clever and brain-teasing show.
25:20Now, you had us doing mental gymnastics over the break.
25:22Certainly did.
25:23We are usually high, drifting by.
25:26Although we are silent, we are also somewhat bang in the middle.
25:30What are we?
25:31Any ideas from our teams?
25:34Nodding, go on.
25:35We think cloud, because loud is in the middle of cloud.
25:38Yeah, it's very close.
25:40So, clouds is the correct answer.
25:43Clouds.
25:44And the reason it's clouds specifically, do you know why it's clouds, not cloud?
25:47Could we have the loud in the middle?
25:49In the middle.
25:49Loud in the middle, of course.
25:50Yeah, bang in the middle.
25:52Yeah, it needs to be loud in the middle, so you need the S to make loud in the middle.
25:55Clouds is the right answer.
25:56Brilliant.
25:56Thank you, Henry.
25:57Now, Chris and Sophia, you said that you thought quizzing was a sort of sedate at the time.
26:01How relaxed are you actually feeling on Ridiculous?
26:04Not as relaxed as I was.
26:06It's as sedate as the pub.
26:08It's exactly what you wanted.
26:10Their pulse is racing.
26:11Absolutely.
26:11Just as much as it was at the rock and metal.
26:15Society, wasn't it?
26:16Society, that was what it was, yes.
26:17University society.
26:18Murray and Katie, how are you finding the game so far?
26:21It's really good fun.
26:22Yeah, because I do it in my free time, so this is great.
26:24And in your work life.
26:25And in my work life.
26:26Yes, exactly.
26:27Well, let me just tell you what your prize pots are looking like at the moment.
26:30So, we've got £650 and £1,250.
26:34That gap might seem like quite a lot, but genuinely, it isn't, because everything can change.
26:40This part of the competition is where it gets really serious,
26:43as the team with the highest prize pot at the end of this round
26:47will be going through to the final to face Henry's Riddle Run.
26:51Now, this time, correct questions are worth £100
26:56and the riddles are worth a lot more, too.
26:59Certainly are.
26:59This is the deciding round.
27:00So, these are the toughest riddles you've faced so far.
27:02If you can get them right, they're worth £300 each.
27:06So, that gap can close, the lead can change, anything could happen,
27:10everything to play for.
27:11Hands by the buzzers.
27:13Let's play.
27:16Which city is the capital of Portugal?
27:19Chris and Sophia.
27:20Lisbon.
27:21Correct.
27:23What surname is shared by the 38th President of the United States,
27:29Gerald, and car manufacturer, Chris and Sophia?
27:33Ford.
27:34Yes, and the car manufacturer, Henry.
27:36Chris and Sophia, one away from unlocking the first high-value riddle.
27:40Which animated comedy series features the characters,
27:44Dr. Zoidberg, Lila, Chris and Sophia?
27:47Futurama.
27:48Yes, and Fry.
27:50Futurama is the right answer.
27:52Here we are.
27:53Right, you've unlocked your first £300 riddle and you still have your clue to use.
27:59So, bear that in mind if you struggle.
28:02Henry, over to you.
28:03Tough riddle coming your way.
28:05I am below blankets.
28:06I am below blankets.
28:07I am sub-shelter.
28:08I am concealed by a canopy.
28:10Don't tell anyone.
28:11What am I?
28:28I am below blankets.
28:37Yeah, underneath.
28:38Undercover.
28:38This is all just different words of saying undercover, isn't it?
28:41Yeah.
28:41Don't tell anyone.
28:42And if you're working undercover, you wouldn't want anyone to know.
28:45You wouldn't want anyone to know.
28:47Erm, undercover.
28:49What am I?
28:49Yeah, I feel...
28:50I think...
28:52Don't tell anyone.
28:53I should go with it, yeah.
28:54Concealed by it, yeah.
28:56Yeah?
28:56Yeah?
28:57Should go with it?
28:57Yeah.
28:58You say it.
29:00We think we're going to lock in undercover.
29:04Undercover.
29:04Yeah.
29:09It's the right answer.
29:10Well done, yeah.
29:12Undercover.
29:12If you're below blankets, you are undercover.
29:14Sub-shelter.
29:14Concealed by a canopy.
29:15Both synonyms for, yeah.
29:17Undercover.
29:17Sub-shelter.
29:18Undercover.
29:19If you are undercover, if you're going undercover, you wouldn't tell anyone about that.
29:22Yeah, well done.
29:24Sophia, you made quick work of that.
29:25That was the first word that came out of your mouth.
29:27Brilliant stuff.
29:28£300 to Chris and Sophia.
29:30OK, let's keep playing.
29:32Which small blue flower is used as the emblem of the Alzheimer's Society?
29:39Chris and Sophia.
29:40Forget-me-not.
29:41Correct.
29:43During the English Civil War, what nickname was given to the Royalist soldiers who...
29:50Mari and Katie.
29:51Roundheads.
29:52Incorrect.
29:53During the English Civil War, what nickname was given to the Royalist soldiers who fought
29:58against the Parliamentarian Roundheads?
30:01Chris and Sophia.
30:03Cavaliers.
30:04Yes.
30:04Right.
30:05Chris and Sophia, one more correct answer from you, and you'll be facing another £300 riddle.
30:11What word, meaning poisonous or harmful, is the title of a...
30:16Chris and Sophia.
30:18Toxic.
30:19Go on, then.
30:20What was the rest of the question?
30:21Go on.
30:22I want to know.
30:22Britney Spears single.
30:24Yes.
30:25That was brilliant.
30:26That is a really interesting interception.
30:29Brilliant.
30:29What word, meaning poisonous or harmful, is the title of a 2004 UK number one single by Britney
30:35Spears?
30:35It is toxic.
30:37Right.
30:38Chris and Sophia, are you ready for your next riddle?
30:40Yes.
30:41Yep.
30:41Seeing as how well you did that, I'm only going to read half of it and see if you can...
30:44Yeah, that's the way to do it.
30:47I'm a fish found in the ocean, and unfortunately, tins too.
30:51A confused aunt would even serve me in a stew.
30:54What am I?
30:56Tuna.
30:58Cryptic cost words are coming in here because, yeah, confused aunts.
31:02Confused jumped out at me because I was like, this is a wordplay.
31:05Tins too.
31:06You get tinned tuna.
31:07It's a fish in the ocean.
31:08Yeah.
31:09It's a confused aunt.
31:10Yeah.
31:11Yeah, let's go.
31:13You would even serve me in a stew.
31:15A confused...
31:15Oh, yeah, you wouldn't have a tuna in a stew, but a confused aunt is...
31:18Confused aunt.
31:18Yeah, I got it, yeah.
31:19Yeah.
31:20Yeah.
31:21Can we lock in tuna?
31:23Tuna.
31:25It's the right answer.
31:27Yeah, well, cryptic crosswords have served you very, very well there indeed.
31:30Confused is the anagram indicator and aunt is the anagram, aunt being an anagram of tuna,
31:35of course.
31:35It's a fish found in the ocean.
31:36But also, there's another interesting point with this.
31:38I'm a fish found in the ocean and unfortunately, because it's important that the comma is after
31:42unfortunately because you're looking for a fish found in the ocean and found in unfortunately
31:46because tuna is in, unfortunately.
31:49Yes, forensic riddling going on from Chris and Sophia.
31:53Well done.
31:53That's another £300.
31:56OK, so we're on to our final riddle of this round.
31:59Good luck to both teams.
32:00Here we go.
32:02Opened in 1890, the fourth bridge connects Fife with which other Scottish...
32:08Mari and Katie?
32:09Edinburgh.
32:10Yes, which other Scottish city?
32:12Edinburgh is correct.
32:13Which stringed instrument is owned by Captain Corelli in the title...
32:18Chris and Sophia?
32:19Mandolin.
32:20Yes.
32:21It's very well known, isn't it?
32:22Captain Corelli in the title of a 1994 novel by Louis de Bernier.
32:26OK, the MMR vaccine protects children against measles, mumps and...
32:32Chris and Sophia?
32:33Rubella.
32:33Correct.
32:34Which other disease?
32:36Plodding on is the final episode of which dark comedy series written by
32:41and starring Rhys Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton?
32:45Chris and Sophia?
32:46Inside number nine.
32:47Yeah, they're brilliant, aren't they?
32:49I love Inside number nine.
32:50Right, Chris and Sophia, goodness me, you are making this look very easy.
32:54What have you got for them?
32:56Come on, rumble them.
32:57I know, well, you've got two right in the hard round.
33:00So, I've got to, for my reputation, I've got to make sure you don't get this.
33:03How might you use a little bread to create a lot of dough?
33:07Cut a thick slice from the answer and my undershirts on show.
33:14I think this is money-related, use a little bread.
33:18I think you can...
33:19We should take our clue anyway.
33:21Can we use our clue?
33:22The clue is, are you hoping for a good return on this clue?
33:25Yeah, so the last part of it, in your undershirt, which is a vest.
33:30In your vest.
33:31In vest.
33:32Got a thick slice.
33:33Yeah.
33:35Undershirt, vest.
33:36It's a vest, so invest.
33:37Little bread to create a lot of dough, yeah.
33:39Let's lock in invest.
33:42Invest.
33:43If this is right, you've got every single riddle in this deciding round correct.
33:52And it is right.
33:54Invest is the right answer.
33:55Yeah, of course, invest.
33:57You correctly identified it was about money very, very quickly.
34:00A little bread to create a lot of dough.
34:01You take a little money, try and make a lot of money, you might invest it, yeah.
34:04You cut a thick slice from the answer, so you cut I and N off the word invest,
34:07and you're left with a vest, which is another word for an undershirt.
34:11Very well done.
34:11I'm impressed.
34:12You may be saluting our competitors rather than the other way around in this game, I suppose.
34:16You have to show respect to the great riddle solvers we sometimes have on the show,
34:19including Chris and Sophia.
34:21Fantastic work.
34:23£300 to Chris and Sophia.
34:25Well, after that round, congratulations.
34:28It's obvious, isn't it, that it's Chris and Sophia who are through to the final
34:31with a prize pot of £3,050.
34:36And Mari and Katie, you had £750, but I don't think that really reflected
34:41actually how good you were in the end.
34:44Did you enjoy being on the show?
34:45Yes, it was good fun.
34:47And who is it out of the two of you who's fluent in Morse code?
34:51That's me.
34:53I know you're laughing because you're thinking, yep, that's me.
34:55I've never come up outside of an escape room, but that's me.
34:58Tell us a bit about this then.
34:59How did you become fluent in Morse code?
35:02Actually, it was quite funny.
35:03I was on a flight and I decided that was the moment I was going to download an app
35:06and learn, and so I spent the whole flight sitting there going dot, dot, dot, dash, dash.
35:09My partner was like, no, please stop.
35:11And by the time we landed, I could do anyone's name, I could do whole sentences.
35:14And then we did go and play like a World War II-themed escape room,
35:17and the whole time I was like, please, Morse code, come.
35:19I didn't even come up.
35:20Oh, my goodness.
35:21Can you do my name?
35:23Can you do Henry in Morse code?
35:24Yeah.
35:24So, H is dot, dot, dot, dot, E is dot, N is dash, dot, R is dot, dash, dot, and
35:32Y is dash, dot, dash, dash.
35:35Amazing.
35:36That's brilliant.
35:36I think a round of applause for Mari.
35:38That's pretty impressive.
35:40My goodness me.
35:41But it's been great to get to know you, and I'm sure we'll all be playing some of your games,
35:45Mari,
35:46that you've designed in the future.
35:48Lovely to have you on the show.
35:49Now, well done, Chris and Sophia.
35:51After the break, they will be facing Henry's Riddle Run,
35:54and we'll see how they cope with all that pressure,
35:56with all that cash that they've accumulated, up for grabs.
35:59But first, Henry, what have you got for us for over the break?
36:02Well, I'm going to try and get this one past Chris and Sophia.
36:04I'm located within a hamster-damaged capital city.
36:07Where am I?
36:08I'll give you the answer when we come back.
36:21Welcome back.
36:22This is ridiculous.
36:24Now, Henry, what was that pesky riddle you set us all over the break?
36:27The riddle was, I'm located within a hamster-damaged capital city.
36:31Where am I?
36:32Chris and Sophia, any ideas?
36:34It's another cryptic word one, so we did get it fairly.
36:38Fairly, you, Sophia got it straight away.
36:40It took me a few seconds, but Sophia got it straight away.
36:43Amsterdam.
36:44Amsterdam.
36:45Located within hamster-damaged, you have Amsterdam.
36:48Yeah, well done.
36:49Very good.
36:49And that plays to one of your lovely other hobbies, doesn't it, which is travel.
36:53You love travelling, Sophia, is that right?
36:55Yeah.
36:55Yeah, within the UK and around the world, but I really like doing scavenger hunts as well.
37:00Oh, yes.
37:00That combines them.
37:01So, I've done one in York, Manchester, Liverpool.
37:05I really like to do some abroad.
37:06And what do you have to do in a scavenger hunt?
37:09So, usually, I do the ones on the app.
37:11I've done one in Hull as well.
37:12And you just follow the clues on the app and you get to different landmarks and have to solve questions
37:18to do with those landmarks.
37:19I love that.
37:20And it's just a really nice way of learning more about different cities as well.
37:23Yeah, and getting some exercise and fresh air.
37:25It's fantastic.
37:26And, Chris, I know you're a dad as well, aren't you?
37:28Is that right?
37:29Yeah.
37:29Who's a little one?
37:31My son, Eric.
37:32Oh, Eric.
37:33Such a cute name, actually.
37:34Eric.
37:34And is he into quizzing yet or is he too little?
37:37He does like his puzzles.
37:38He'll do his jigsaw puzzles.
37:40And, yeah, so hopefully, you'll get him on the old quiz train when he's about maybe three or four.
37:44Oh, my goodness.
37:46Me, your protege.
37:47But would you be really tough on Eric and be like, never let him win?
37:51No, there's a bit of give and go, I think, yeah.
37:54I don't want to put him off completely, but I also don't want to...
37:57It's important to let him know that he has to lose sometimes, because when he goes out
38:01and plays with his friends and he's not winning every game, he might get frustrated.
38:05So a little bit of a tough love here and there.
38:07Yes.
38:08Set him on the right path.
38:09And is that what it was like for you, Sophia, growing up?
38:11I mean, where did all your quiz brain come from?
38:13Oh, I think probably from my dad.
38:14My mum loves watching quizzes, but my dad's just full of useless trivia.
38:21He'll just come out with random Latin bits and stuff, so, yeah.
38:24Well, that useless trivia, might I say, has got you to the final, as well as your fantastic riddle solving.
38:30Let me just tell you that you have managed to accrue a very impressive £3,050 today.
38:38If you manage to take that home, what will you spend it on, Sophia?
38:42Travelling, again.
38:44I'd like to combine it with my lover, rock music, so I'd like to follow Guns N' Roses on tour.
38:50Oh, great, gorgeous.
38:52Right, and what about you, Chris?
38:55During... Since I've been a dad, we've not really had a chance to get away.
38:57There's three of us, and we've been away with family, but it'd be nice to just go away, the three
39:01of us,
39:01somewhere hot with a pool and a kids' club.
39:03Oh, that sounds lovely, actually. And a few puzzles?
39:06Maybe not.
39:08You allow yourself a day off, do you, from puzzles?
39:11Super stuff. Well, as you both know, I know you're fans of the show,
39:15that to take that money home, you have to face Henry's riddle run.
39:19Henry, can you explain to us all what your riddle run is?
39:21Of course. So, in my riddle run, you'll be facing puzzles in which words are represented by combinations of pictures
39:26and letters.
39:26They're sometimes known as rebus riddles, and the answers are phrases, sayings, or a combination of words that are familiar
39:32to all.
39:33So, Chris and Sophia, the rules now are simple.
39:36There are ten riddles in all.
39:39You need six correct in 60 seconds to take home the money that you've built up so far.
39:44If you're not sure about a particular riddle, you can say pass and come back to it.
39:49And that's not all. If you do answer six correctly, you'll then have the chance to double your winnings and
39:54take home £6,100.
39:57And don't worry, if it did go wrong, you'll still go home with our collectible teacup and saucer.
40:03First, though, of course, you've got to face Henry's riddle run.
40:07It's what you were born to do, I'm sure of it.
40:10Are you ready?
40:11Yes.
40:11Yeah.
40:12Good luck.
40:12Henry.
40:13Your 60 seconds will start as soon as your first riddle is revealed.
40:17Let's play.
40:22All over the world.
40:23Correct.
40:25Bells.
40:26Hells bells.
40:27Hells bells.
40:30Apple.
40:31Upset the apple cart?
40:33No.
40:33Applause.
40:34Round of applause.
40:34Correct.
40:35Round of applause.
40:35Well done.
40:36Green goal.
40:37Green goal.
40:38Down, down, gold.
40:39Should we pass?
40:40Pass.
40:42No woman, no crying.
40:43No woman, no crying.
40:44Correct.
40:45Line through the game.
40:46Line through the game.
40:47Split game.
40:48Split game.
40:48Game of two halves.
40:49Game of two halves.
40:50Silly sausage.
40:51Correct.
40:53Silly sausage.
40:55Oh, that was excellent.
40:58Just nice shouting silly sausage.
41:01That's absolutely lovely.
41:02Well done.
41:03You got all six riddles correct, which means you've just won £3,050.
41:08Absolutely worth a fist bump.
41:11Right, Henry.
41:11It was never in doubt, was it, with these guys?
41:13I know.
41:14Throughout the game, they've solved every riddle you've posed to them.
41:16Absolutely, yeah.
41:17Incredibly impressive.
41:18Very methodical.
41:19You passed when you needed to.
41:20Only passed on one, though.
41:21Let's have a quick look back at that round.
41:23And this one, all over the world.
41:25Of course, the word all written over the word world, all over the world.
41:29Hell's bells, bells dressed as devils, hell's bells.
41:31You also got this one right.
41:33This is a round of applause.
41:34You got a bit stuck on apples and stuff, but then you moved on to applause.
41:36Apple turnover at one point.
41:39Yeah, no, round of applause is the right answer.
41:41Then you passed on this one.
41:43I think you said all the component words, but you didn't put it together into the phrase.
41:47So we've got green light for go, and we've got down written in flames.
41:51So what might it be?
41:52Go down in flames.
41:52Go down in flames, yeah.
41:54You can enjoy that, Rhythm Master.
41:56Just enjoy that one for now, will you?
41:58Exactly.
41:58Line out on it.
41:59I will, absolutely.
42:00I'll be telling everyone about go down in flames and the fact that you didn't go down in flames at
42:04all.
42:04Yeah, very good.
42:05You got the final three correct.
42:06No woman, no cry, of course.
42:08Oh, so quick.
42:09Yeah, very quick on that one.
42:11You also got this one.
42:12Yeah, game of two halves, game split into two.
42:15Two halves of game, game of two halves, yeah.
42:17And finally, silly sausage.
42:19Well done.
42:20Yeah.
42:21You said that one with glee, the two of you.
42:23A sort of relief.
42:24Silly sausage.
42:25Right, well done.
42:26Chris and Sophia, you've managed to win £3,050.
42:30Now, if that's enough for you, then we are delighted.
42:33And you can finish the game and leave with that money.
42:36Or you can choose to face one last riddle.
42:39Now, this time, you'll have just 20 seconds to give an answer.
42:43If you get it right, you will double your winnings and take away £6,100.
42:50But if you can't find the right answer in that time, you'll lose everything and you'll leave
42:58with nothing apart from, of course, our teacup and saucer.
43:02I imagine you've already talked this one through.
43:05You're quite methodical, strategic people.
43:07What's the plan?
43:08Oh, I'd be gutted if we lost that.
43:11Yeah, we've had a really good show.
43:14Yeah, I think with that money, we could do what we wanted to do.
43:17We've done really well.
43:18I wouldn't want hubris to be our undoing.
43:22It's got away winners.
43:23I think we'll take the money, yeah.
43:25I can tell the competitors in you, though, are, like, really tempted, aren't you?
43:29My being is screaming gamble, but I'm...
43:31Yeah.
43:32It would take it.
43:33I guess if you were at home watching yourselves, you'd be like,
43:35oh, just do it.
43:36But now you're here, it's different, right?
43:38Because the money's real.
43:39Go on, have a gamble.
43:40Yes, exactly.
43:41The money is real.
43:42OK, Chris and Sophia, congratulations.
43:44You're walking away with £3,050.
43:47But, I know, you're not relaxing yet,
43:50because you know what we're going to do.
43:52Henry, tell them what you're about to do to them.
43:54Well, I'm going to, just because you've done so well,
43:57I'm going to make you suffer a little bit
43:58by having a look at the riddle that we would have given you
44:00had you chosen to play it for the Double or Nothing.
44:02So, you would have had 20 seconds to have answered this.
44:08Why? Why? Why?
44:09I can't believe it.
44:10Why?
44:11Why?
44:11Year, vocabulary, date.
44:13Years, year talk, year, date.
44:17You have 10 seconds left.
44:18Dating talk, date.
44:21Year, speak.
44:22Well, I think we made the right choice, didn't we?
44:25I've no idea.
44:26No.
44:26That's 20 seconds, that would have been your time.
44:28So, yeah.
44:29So, well done, riddle master.
44:31You made the right choice.
44:32Yeah.
44:33Yeah, so what have we got on the left there?
44:34Year.
44:35It looks like years.
44:36No, but even simpler than that.
44:38Why, why, why?
44:39Wise.
44:40Yeah, wise, yeah.
44:40And what have we got on the right?
44:42Wise words.
44:42Wise words.
44:44Oh.
44:45So glad.
44:46Get the right.
44:47Oh, my goodness.
44:49Well, you see, you ended on a flurry there.
44:51Well done, riddle master.
44:52Reputation restored.
44:53Thank you very much.
44:53Very good.
44:55Very good.
44:56Okay, well, listen, you've been fantastic competitors.
44:59Thank you so much, Chris and Sophia, for joining us today.
45:02Well done.
45:03Enjoy the money.
45:04And enjoy Guns N' Roses.
45:05Thanks.
45:06Yeah, brilliant.
45:07Fantastic show today.
45:08Thank you, riddle master.
45:09We salute you.
45:10And thank you for joining us at home.
45:12We'll see you next time for more Ridiculous Riddles.
45:42APPLAUSE
45:43importance Riddles.
45:47Absolutely.
Comments