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[Music] 2022 it's certainly been a historic year most of them are but today we are going to try and extract every ounce of factual fun we can from a turbulent 12 months [Applause] so we've seen the continuing effects of pandemic a brutal war in Eastern Europe the death of Britain's longest lived Monarch we've also seen a conspiracy in Germany to bring back the second Reich which I did not have on my bingo card for this year just some of the developments we've seen all over the world they've also been a host of historic anniversaries new ideas and new discoveries that have got historians and history fans talking online at home and most importantly in the pub now we're going to find out if our two teams of top history experts have been paying attention to historical nuggets the last 12 months and I hope you'll be playing along at home don't be shy shout out the answers we might just hear you deep in our history hip bunker on my right we are Professor Sarah Lipscomb and Tristan Hughes Susanna is the champion of all things Tudor and not so Tudor which is lucky if she hosts are not just the tutors podcast and Tristan is our in-house ancient historian though he looks young enough to me together they make up team Pence revolts Susie ass what's your top historic revelation of 2022 so there was the historical discovery of another ship like the Vasa the applet so 17th century warship he's still my Beating Heart which was found off vauxhorn which is near Stockholm after it was decommissioned it's been put there sort of deliberately to stop enemy attacks so that's very exciting uh for 17th century people people interested in archeology or people interested in warships which is all of us crystal is there anything that you can dredge up from the ancient world this year that's of Interest well of course and naturally I mean it's quite Niche but I love the niche stuff and this is a 5 000 year old chalk drum found in Yorkshire which was on display at the British museum earlier this year only just announced this year and they've labeled it the most important piece of prehistoric art ever found in the UK over the past Century because it shows how connected this Stone Age world was 5 000 years ago between like orkney Yorkshire Brittany and Spain I think that connections I love and I thought that was incredible brilliant thank you very much for making us aware of that essential fine on my left we've got Alice loxton and Matt Lewis Alice into visit every every stately home and Cathedral for history at over the last 12 months she's absaled down Wells we've rode across the lake it's now I had to go that was lovely but does she remember anything about them and Matt is our resident medievalist co-host of the gone medieval podcast he knows his Bosworth from his Bannock burn Alice what was your favorite development this year I'd have to say endurance discovery of a lifetime as I'm sure you you would agree people are saying that many people are saying it Matt what about you I'm tempted to talk all about Richard III and the 10th anniversary of the discovery of his remains but there's also the discovery of this early medieval necklace in northamptonshire which is covered in Roman beads and Roman coins and has a small plate at the bottom of the Cross found on a female skeleton talks to female involvement in the early Christian Church in Britain well you guys are the Conquistadors good luck let's get on with round one which is history in the headlines history in the headlines these are questions about all the historical topics that have hit the headlines in the last 12 months you get two points the right answer and one bonus point for something clever that you can add fingers on the special history theme buzzers folks who broke their wand this September yes Susanna the pendant's Revolt okay so this is at the Queen's funeral and it is um terrifying Lord Chamberlain it was the Lord Chamberlain the Lord Chamberlain breaks their wand at the end of the Monarch's Reign symbolizing the end of their service I thought that was the most dramatic moment of the entire day there used to be the whole medieval household would break their ones and throw them into the grave with the Demonic symbolize the end of their office I think we just got our first bonus Point folks Matt Lewis and it's medieval honestly okay next question as all right thinking citizens of the world know not just history fans endurance shackleton's ship was found 3000 meters down the seabed of the Weddell sea what is the name of the cat I knew you're gonna ask that oh wait what was the name of the cat on the Shackleton Expedition Mr chippy oh yeah oh interesting interesting wrong but also about right you're both gonna get one point but Tristan is gonna get a bonus point because he accidentally identified the fact that Mrs chippy was in fact male the male cat does anyone know what happened to Mrs chippies chippy didn't survive the Expedition why not because most of the animals on that expedition tasted too good it was an extra mouth to feed and it led to a famous recipe great moment right moving on what did the University of Michigan discover about its prized Galileo document this year it was forged it's a good guess there's only a certain number of things that could be wrong with a manuscript I suppose it was in fact a 20th century fake was uncovered by Nick Wilding press of history at Georgia State University clearly wasn't someone at Michigan University I know that's infuriating right the last woman convicted in which miscarriage of Justice was finally exonerated this year in Switzerland but that was not this year was it well it's it's the last Roman convicted in which miscarriage Justice not the Pendle witches it's an extremely famous bunch of witches Salem Witch Trials it is the Salem Witch Trials I feel like I was led in it the question was maybe slightly unclear but yeah okay so I think let's give you something you knock them down that's just how it goes so Elizabeth Elizabeth Johnson Jr her name has been cleared her exoneration is included in a state budget uh signed into law by Massachusetts governor 329 years after Johnson was found guilty of Witchcraft I like that she was exonerated because quite often they're pardoned which suggests that they did do something wrong but we're just letting them off yeah I think we'll give them both a point for that right let's keep going what pregnant animal was discovered in the excavations of Pompeii in June Tristan it is and this is so awesome it's a tortoise you're absolutely right it is a tortoise a pregnant tortoise that they found in Pompeii literally mad see this is why industry is the coolest of them no it won't go that far but but like every year at Pompeii they seem to make something new Incredible Discovery and every year something much better than the last year and this for me just takes the biscuit and Pregnant tortoise found in Pompeii Tristan did I win Pompeo this year and I saw another tortoise that was caught there were obviously lots of them wondering about and also saw this beautiful baked bread that was in the oven and is perfectly preserved from the volcanic eruption extraordinary possibly slightly burnt okay folks what was unusual about the discoverer of a huge horde of Roman coins in Spain this year was it an animal yes I think I need a little bit more was it a dog no I'm out okay it was a badger but I think we'll give you guys one point for that I think you're definitely got a point for that the site at La Cuesta cave in Grado yielded a total of 209 late Roman era coins dated from between 200 and 400 C the badger I may have dug up the coins while searching for food or shelter during a huge snowstorm they at Spain in January 2020. how did he let anyone know about them I mean where's the I mean you know the badger discovers them but how do we know about them it feels like there's a missing link here and also there's a potential legal case in this like that monkey that took a selfie of itself does the badger have a name Finders Keepers okay next question who's flying cap was sold at auction this year for 825 thousand dollars not a cap that flies but a cap worn whilst flying one of the damn Busters it's a good guess think about a civilian flyer who is extraordinarily famous an American and the celebrity are flying go Emilia correct Amelia Earhart two points the cap was one by hour when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928 it was expected to sell for around eighty thousand dollars but went for over 10 times that it is cool though isn't it I mean you'd look good wearing that I mean I want one yeah you'd look great Susie thanks would you wear it too just everyday okay Minecraft Atlantic I don't know yeah anytime I happen to go on a plane and with that we come safely to land at the end of round one Laura lascora has let me know that there is an early Advantage enjoyed by the conquistadors were one point ahead of the Penance Revolt giving you a head start because you've got you got a you're revolting already round two tricky expert question [Music] was a long way to go though we're only part way through this the longest day throughout this quiz we're going to be hearing from some of our expert friends at history hit first up is the Natural History Museum's Dr Selena brace hi history quiz team I'm here at the Natural History Museum with the London mammoths and I'm going to ask you a question about ancient DNA so 2022 saw the record for the oldest DNA ever sequenced totally smashed so how old is the oldest DNA to have been sequenced good luck I'm gonna go it can't be anywhere near old enough but I'm going to go the skeletons that were found in Norwich which were 12th century uh Leslie Cena's given us a clue let's find out what it is sing it like a clue I'm going to give you three options a 700 000 years old B one million years old or C two million years old so I didn't hear option D 12th century Norwich [Laughter] really medievalist answer to an ancient question there okay we're seven hundred thousand okay two thousand let's hear the answer from Selena the answer for the oldest DNA ever Secret it's it's two million years out oh my goodness the next round is the quick fire round I will give the team an event all they gotta do is tell me which 22 it was from from 10 22 to 1922. so let's get into it first up let's go with the pendants speed dating [Music] okay Susie and Tristan you've got 90 seconds they start now Gandhi is sentenced to six years for sedition um 1923. correct Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats English troops at the Battle of old byland in North Yorkshire proposal for a different engine 1822 correct Henry VI becomes king of England 1922 correct Eleanor of Aquitaine queen of France and England is born 11 22. chose to start on this appointed General Secretary of the Senate commission correct the Chinese Song Dynasty Army reaches 1 million registered soldiers also the first group of freed slaves from the United States arrive on the west coast of Africa founding Monrovia on April the 25th correct [Music] ottoman Sultan Suleman the first consists seized to expel the Knights of Saint John in Rhodes at 1522. correct so gay dagolev Igor Stravinsky Pablo Picasso Marcel Bruce James Joyce and Eric Satie dying together at their only joint meeting in 19. King James the first of England dissolves the English Parliament 1622 Jamestown Massacre natives killed 347 English settlers outside Jamestown Virginia the Royal Standard of Scotland is adopted 1222 time is up there you're 17th century yeah but we had we had a couple of massive failures on the medieval period but there we go sorry medievalists um that's about Robert the Bruce because he wins Bannockburn in first and 14 doesn't he so obviously it's 13 22 and not 12 22. so sorry sorry medievalist but that's that song Dynasty fact it's extraordinary a million troops I was thinking because Kings can used to invades England just before then with 10 000 men no I mean my brain was saying it must be 1922 and I was like song song the dynasties which one is yeah that was good work by the pendants but let's see what the Conquistadors have got in their locker are you ready 90 seconds Starts Now November the 14th the British Broadcasting Corporation the French playwright is born 1822 1622. elth the Archbishop of Canterbury travels to Rome to obtain the pallium 1022 correct the brown best muzzle loading musket becomes the British Army's standard infantry firearm for land combat 1620. it was in service till after it was but not that long anyway I'm not using at my time Howard Carter and Lord carnarvon become the first people to see inside in 192 in the tied the tomb of Tutankhamun Honda yasutoshi a celebrated Japanese Edo period Samurai dies the University of Padua is found in Italy by Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor the Barbary lion becomes extinct in the wild with the last one killed in Morocco 1822 1922 all the bad things happened 20th century the concordant of worms between Pope calixtus II and the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V settles the investiture controversy 11 23. good Magellan's ship the Victoria returns to Spain becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world 1522 very good first recorded bottled Spring Water I've started so I will finish the first record of bottled spring water in England at holywell Malvern what year I think it's 18th century 17 20 1752 1622. pretty good I thought that was I thought you guys had a harder I had to say I thought it was harder I did like the Magellan fact it was good because it's the ship that travels around the world because remember Magellan dies halfway around the world he doesn't make it and he wasn't alone of 270 men that left on that Spanish explosion only 18 made it back to Spain having second navigate to the world wow brutal right well done folks well done indeed let's get the scores from Laura the scorer and it turns out that the pendants revolts have slipped into the lead this year speaking of exciting history have been lucky enough to spend a lot of time in Egypt we went to the Valley of the Kings I was in Tutankhamun's tomb nearly on the anniversary of its Discovery by Howard Carter and so to mark that historic year we've got one of our favorite egyptologists Chris Naughton asking other expert question tricky expert question [Music] let's hear from Chris hello you lovely history people um 100 years ago Howard Carter discovered the tomb of two-time camoun who we see here in the Tomb of Hui I'd like to know who succeeded to Duncan moon on the throne of Egypt Tristan it is uh very lesson over here called I who was shot of his prime minister kind of and I don't think he lasted very long at all but he still managed to entomb himself in an incredibly elaborative in the Valley of the Kings more elaborate than Tutankhamun's and he features on the wall of Tutankhamun's town he's doing the mouth yeah it's very exciting right in this next round I'm going to describe a historical person I'm going to break it up I'm going to give you one sentence at a time if you get it right after the first sentence you get six points for all that subsequences you get one less Point each time until right at the end I virtually tell you it is and you have a humiliating goal if you want to play this at home we will be showing a picture clue So Close Your Eyes if you want to play along and take on our experts mystery history person okay let's get underway first of information about our first mystery historical figure I was hailed as a communist Hero by Karl Marx okay next I married my second wife within a month of the death of the first Stalin no I considered giving up the law to become a monk Thomas More that's right Thomas More Susanna Lipscomb gets it I thought that one was uh right up your alley next one I was convicted of fraud that narrows it down that's rather huge isn't it my own slave walks out on me I'm not sure if slaves can do that but anyway I liked it Thomas Jefferson controversial but no that's not Thomas Jefferson I like to carry a lamp around in broad daylight I either died from holding my breath eating a bad octopus or being bitten by an infected dog Susanna Louis pasta absolutely not I liked to sleep in public in a large pot who is this person it's definitely someone from the Ancients here we go there in the end that was a special Tristan two points he was the founder of the cynic movement of uh he famously um Alexander the Great apparently approached arginese and you know it's the famous diogenes kind of thing and darje and he's just like you're in MO you're in my sunlight you know you know get out of the way kind of thinking just so absolutely no respect to Alexander the Great that's another story I can add brilliant very good uh this next one here we go last one in fact I was three years old when I took the throne after my father died from a septic boil as a child I like pushing old people over [Laughter] I founded the first standing army printing press and Parliament in my country oh at least one of which it no longer has Gustavus Adolphus nope but it's a reasonable Chinese Louis XV no tough on Louis XIV Army their holy Moses I murdered my own son the fit of rage I didn't like the way his pregnant wife was dressed I asked Elizabeth the first to marry me she refused Phillips second of Spain no no it doesn't make sense sorry like Orthodox liturgical hymn stick it on number one in honor of said piotor it was the first city ever eat in the Soviet Union either terrible correct one point for the pendants an appalling incident he murdered his oldest son his son's pregnant wife we just had about apparently well miscarried probably thanks to the trauma of that event Ivan the Terrible's useless younger son took over who died without product which then um it was the end of his dynasty hence the romanovs after that so that product what a way to talk about children yeah try they're not talking about my products will not enjoy that when they watch this program so that with that the pendants extend their lead well thank you this next question comes from Daisy Dan top classicist a historian that's written on everything from catalus Rome's greatest erotic poet to Oxford between the walls so it could be anything but it does feature a year ending in 22. tricky expert question [Music] let's hear from Daisy the great Roman city of londinium this is Daisy Dunn and I would like to know in ad22 the Roman senate voted controversially to dedicate a statue of which famous member of the praetorian guard for his role in fighting a fire in the theater of Pompey Tristan will be answering that extremely Niche questions it's incredibly Niche but there's only one praetorian prefect I can think of from that time he's quite famous and that's the Janus made famous by I you know I Claudius yes indeed let's go straight to the answer if you're right and the answer is the Janus Hi Well Done you oh that's interesting lucky for everyone else she's got a Bonus question so let's hear that now here's a bonus question the theater of Pompey was the earliest Parliament theater in all of Rome but it's better known for being the site of which cataclysmic event in Rome's history I'm just going to perform Tristan answers I'm gonna give you guys a little pause it's a very very famous thing that happens there okay thanks it's the most famous thing that happens there that you can think of in the history of the Roman Republic where Judas Caesar was stabbed boom exactly right well done thank you I feel that the Conquistadors needed a little bit let's see what Daisy says about it the answer of course is that it was here that Julius Caesar was assassinated right thank you very much to Daisy Dunn uh for lobbing a few easy questions uh mate Tristan there and the scores Remain the Penance slightly ahead [Applause] right let's go with the next round this one is a kind of historical price is right historical more or less I'm going to give you the amount of money that someone was famously ransomed for then I'm going to name a second famous historical hostage and you have to tell me if they're ransomed for more or less money now to anyone watching in North America I'm afraid we are going to be doing this in British pounds but luckily the British government has made it very easy for you to do a very simple currency exchange in your heads because the UK pound is now worth about the same as the American dollar so happy days it's more or less history [Music] all right come crystals here we go 50 years ago West Germany was given the option of paying to release a political prisoner in East Germany that figure for doing so was 40 000 Deutsche marks it's around 12 000 pounds in today's money okay Jeffrey Chaucer when he was captured at the siege of Ras was was ransomed for more or less I'd be tempted to go more because he was quite close to John of gaunt and lots of rich people who would have been willing to pay lots of money yeah let's say let's say more we'll get more brutal brutal it actually slightly less it was a 11 320 quid I'll show how you make that 700 quid between friends yeah exactly so sadly you don't get a point but we got 11 320 pounds that Ed with the third paid to get Chaucer back but I think I just I'd have gone with you I agree Joan of Arc Joan of Arc how much the British paid for the burgundians for Joan was it more or less than sure sir surely more surely no such a figurehead wasn't she yes I think I think we want to say more I exactly right the English paid ten thousand Libra which is about 187 000 pounds Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was captured by Pirates did he get more or less as a rent I bet it's something like didn't pay anything it was just an exchange of Honor or something I'm gonna say less what do you think almost you're wrong but there's a fun element that it was actually more it was around 50 talents 236 000 pounds however initially the Pirates they did ask for just 20 talents but Julius Caesar insisted on upping the prize because he was so valuable important so we weren't going for the first bids we thought we were on the first floor Tristan to tell you uh that pirate didn't get to enjoy that loot because as soon as he was released Julius Caesar predictably rounded up a fleet went down there got the Pirates and crucified them so we're talking about final final bids you were right that it was less money they got it all back right so we're on 236 000 pounds for Julius Caesar big JC what about big JG John Paul Getty the child kidnapped how much cheese it's like a million or something at the time so it'll probably be I've got to be more it's got to be more you're absolutely right it was three million dollars at the time 13.2 million pounds in today's money he was kidnapped at age 16 his Grandpa didn't trust him and thought it was a bit of a ploy to get some cash out of him and only paid up when he received his grandson's ear in the post okay so we're on 13 million pounds for the Getty child Richard the first the big one right in your wheelhouse Richard the first Ransom greater or less than the Getty teenager it was about to equivalent of two years of the treasury's income the exchecker's income so I'm gonna say it should be more in today's money we'll go more 18.9 million pounds to those money 150 000 marks at the time his brother John also offered an amount of money didn't he for them to keep him to keep him ah John such a hopeless man right we're on 18.9 million pounds enough folks now what did citric have to pay the Lord of brega to get his son Olaf back the king of Dublin wants his son back how much did he pay more or less sure it's going to be less than 19 million I think it has to yeah I think we're gonna have to go with this you are right it was that 1200 cows 120 Welsh ponies 60 ounce of gold and 60 ounces of silver approximately some Juniors worked out 1.9 million pounds so the son of citric less valuable than Richard Lionheart well done congratulations everybody I'm afraid to say though the patents have edged ahead in fact it might be pedantic say that they've actually stormed there I'm afraid to say yeah because I want everyone to get along have a nice time I don't want anyone to feel bad here it's the taking part the Mongol horde had this tactic of the the fainted Retreat you know where they would lure the opposition into a full sense of security and then attack so I think the pendants came off better in that exchange like the Normans at Hastings but let's go for a second one we're going to talk about famous palaces now do they have more or fewer rooms because I don't want to get to court out by the pendant here than their predecessor let's find out here we go folks a point for everyone you get right it's more or fewer history [Music] this time I'm going to start with the pendants this folks is Buckingham Palace how many room speaker has extra point if you know how many rooms it's got 98 no incorrect and 20. nope 775 rooms not all there straight away from the beginning obviously these things expand organically in the case of Buckingham house it was it was purchased by George III but no one really made their home there or George IV his fairly useless son turned it into a glorious property and Queen Victoria based herself there first member of the royal family that really did so let's find out what it's a more glamorous cousin across the channel has to offer Versailles more or fewer rooms more more definitely more weirdly fewer rooms no really only 700 rooms Louis XIV would be destroyed the reason you got confused that it famous has no toilets so uh that's why it's got fewer rooms no ensuite yeah that feels like a bit of a design floor I would call that Versailles by some curator the word for Lou comes from Leo meaning the English place where you go like as a sort of rude so instead actually probably what they did was go in the corners the rushes you have rushes on the floor and people just go in the corners and lots of services regularly changing the Russian change in Russia fantastic brilliant okay let's do it the Conquistadors the next iconic Palace is the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg fewer rooms more rooms tend to say more it's hard because they're so big it's a big space But the rooms are pretty huge too but I would say more the absolute right more rooms 1500 rooms in this Palace each one of them no doubt ransacked when The Winter Palace was stormed in 1917 the end of the tsarist dynasty we're moving west to east London Paris Saint Petersburg Beijing the Forbidden City more or fewer roofs I think the rooms are would they be smaller and then oh maybe they've got toilets yeah um um are you having an instant to go more aren't you I do come on okay I feel like I should listen to your gutons go on let's go more yeah well I'm glad you listen to Tristan's gut I wouldn't urge you to do that but you're absolutely right the clue folks is the title The Forbidden City right there are eight thousand eight hundred and eighty six rooms in the Forbidden City think of those concubines gonna squeeze in there yeah that's just you done anyway built to be in the 15th century by the younger Emperor it's where Ming China was based at younger of course the man who sent out most importantly more importantly building that sent out those gigantic Maritime Expeditions that reached as far as the Persian Gulf and the east coast of Africa yeah the next one right here we go we're going back now so we're breaking my uh west to east we're going back to Romania the Palace of the parliament in Bucharest Romania has it got more or fewer than 8 836 rooms I mean we could try for for Tristan's gut let's say fewer I feel it should be fewer but is there some weird thing like they've got loads of meeting rooms or lots of small spaces that count as rooms but if you were I think fewer I can't believe it being more than eight thousand to seven thousand so we'll say fewer you're absolutely right fewer only just over a thousand rooms ordered by ciao chesku built in quite a short amount of time it's the heaviest building in the world only a predator four million tons and it's the second largest Administrative building on earth right next one Neuschwanstein in Bavaria here we go it's gorgeous isn't it gorgeous not everyone's favorite fake Castle does this have more or fewer rooms than chauces white elephant in Bucharest um would there be that many rooms in that it doesn't feel like I mean it feels quite vertical rather than broad doesn't it so okay I feel fewer I think I think fewer as well let's go should we go fewer you're absolutely right there are a few rooms there's only 14 rooms 14. yeah I mean the whole thing is the next answer is easy isn't it well let's see okay don't jump the gun here but the palace was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and a sort of homage to Wagner I mean the whole thing everything about it is completely bizarre but go and take a picture of it looks great on the old insta next one folks this is your chance less than 40. the conquest doors come charging back in like Cortez over the bridge to tenochetland are you ready ready how many ribs the sauce in Potsdam Germany if there's less than 14 rooms in there this is a massive trick question yes I'm going to I would say less is it just a big music hall or something I'm gonna go fewer rooms I don't know I feel like it might be playing fast I'll take that fast and loose without points here look how big it is look how big it looks I think Susie's telling us it's fewer I have no idea I actually have no idea something's telling you fewer I need an answer folks let's say fewer you're absolutely right since you paying her 10 rooms who needs rooms when you can be out with your army slaughtering tens of thousands of men in battling nearly every single neighbor that you have in the 18th century means without worries which is inappropriate for Frederick because he was a man burdened with worries so well done folks I think you've got I think you clawed your way back into that let's see what the scores are Laura the scorer answer is you close the gap but you have not yet caught up with them it's a tough game it's a tough game the Pen's still in the lead right the next expert intervention now we've gone to the National Archives whether archives very own quiz Master James Cronin has pulled out a very special document for us tricky expert question [Music] there's a connection with a year ending 22. let's take a look this is the Captain's Log for HMS swallow for the year 1722. on the 10th of February 1722 the ship's Captain Challenger Ogle a spied and fired upon the ship Royal Fortune killing its captain and capturing its crew off the west coast of Africa my question is this what is the name of the notorious pirate who was killed during the battle to capture the Royal Fortune its 18th century Naval History folks welcome to Dan Snow's year of quiz of the year what would you reckon any answers yet or do you need a clue can we guess why not uh let's I'm going to start out with Blackbeard okay we'll go Blackbeard Bluebeard isn't it Blue Beard is it let's take let's take a little colored beard that's what we're going with let's see if our quiz master has a little hint for us okay so here's your clue he was Notorious Welsh pirate so it's actually a Welsh pirate so you have to go through your quickly database Thomas it's well but I've got the name wrong but it's something like Brad Bart I'm going to say let's hear from the quiz master what was the name of the notorious Captain who was killed by the Royal Navy on the 10th of February 1722 it was Bartholomew Roberts also known as black Bart oh difficult Blackbeard and uh well it's a black Bart it's my shame I didn't know anything about this I'm not gonna have a word myself he captured over 400 prizes 400 ships and he came up with the early variant of the skull and crossbones right team there's now only a few points in it and there's one round left oh my goodness come on let's go into a quick fire round is it shining truth or fake history historical fiction [Music] fingers on the buzzers let's go Magna Carta has never been repealed that's true that is in fact false it was in fact repealed by Pope Urban III very shortly afterwards the only reason remember Magna Carta is because it really binary III and William Marshall boom what a man what a ledge next one polish Cavalry mounted a futile Cavalry attack against German tanks in World War II foreign oh my goodness that was exactly the same time because you're uh losing I'll go to you first true oh it's false it's false it was all propaganda they did charge infantry but never tanks next one Hitler's favorite Christmas present was a Mickey Mouse cartoon true Apparently that is true well done you George the first was known as the pudding King false no he was known as the pudding King because his wife had an affair with somebody who was named after putting oh I was going to say I'd quite like to be known as the pudding King but yeah I think that's right I think Joshua first pregnancy locked his wife in a castle for years is that why because she had an affair really with the pudding yeah and then had a long and happy affair with the Duchess of Kendall yeah well she wasn't happy I mean okay next one Nero played his fiddle while Rome burned that is false it is falsy in fact was 30 miles away at his villain wasn't it well done I think Tristan's been writing some of these questions right Bernard Manning guarded Albert Speer and Carl Donuts at Spandau prison true yes it's true burning Manning the risque comedian guarded senior members of the Third Reich including Carl Dennis who was the only man ever to be fewer of the Third Reich apart from Hitler uh in Spandau prison next one Christopher Columbus was the first person to realize the world wasn't flat false that's absolutely false people have known since olden times that the world wasn't flat that is fake news next one Roman gladiators said hail Caesar we are about to die salute you before fighting in the arena false just to get him before Tristan that is also false uh Tristan was so unhappy and upset by the question he forgot to actually answer it I've done you guys next one Attila the Hun died of a nosebleed true that is apparently true from memory was it on his wedding night it was that big Feast wasn't it big feat drunk a lot yes so I think yes well done that is true next question the first person to refer to the Germans as Huns was Churchill I'm gonna go false it is false and do you know who did the first time it is an extraordinary story it was actually Kaiser Wilhelm oh really you said it in rather kind of he said it as a compliment he said I want you to go out like the Huns to Germany there was this force of Germans that were going out to quell the box of rebellion in China I don't expect a bit like the Huns there you go the next question the pope has been infallible since the Reformation okay oh I think that was just the crickle crackle over there that is true nope because I'm the word Reformation it is false the pope has only been infallible since 1870 nice for him the diarist John Evelyn was arrested for celebrating Christmas false no that is true he fell out of the 1647 Puritan government ordinance of abolishing festivities Ho Chi Minh worked as for escoffier as a pastry chef true that is true Ho Chi Minh also worked in a kitchen in Paris during the parish peace talks and Austin I tried to get invited to the Versailles Peace Treaty talks Martin Luther married a monk I'm gonna say true no it's false okay he married a nun I thought it was a trick question it was just a really basic question he made a nun who he helps I was like I was busy there trying to think about did he ever conduct a wedding that's what I thought he married a nun who he helped escape from an honoree in a in a barrel of herrings Katrina there you go you literally bought her on his back down from the nunnery in 1971 10 copies of the Bible were taken to the Moon foreign false that is false 100 copies the Bible were taken to the Moon in microfilm because everyone on the moon has that particular technology there has never been a Pope John the 20th due to a clerical error two it's too good to be yeah it has to be true exactly too good to be false next one table tennis was first played with champagne corks two true and finally the poet Andrew Marvell referred to Charles II's wife as a pixie I'm going to say false false you're correct he called her a little Goblin that's wonderful that that end of the quiz it's the end of the year it's the end of the road [Applause] news just in from Laura the score in second place it is conquistadors but this year's winners crowned in glory ah the Penance revolt [Applause] a question of History where in fact The Peasants would crush brief the Jack boot of medieval England's Kings and the conquistadors were very much Victorious so there you go thank you very much for watching this year everybody 2022 has been full of surprises one thing is for sure though in 2023 history it will be here bring you the best history both from our deep past and from stories that make history as the year goes along and 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Length: 43min 7sec (2587 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 30 2022