The answer... at the end of the show.

Hello, and welcome to Lateral.

This is a quiz all about thinking outside the box

and coming up with answers that you may not expect.

Playing today, first of all, we have...

Well, do introduce yourselves.

I'm Dr Kat Arney, I'm a science writer and broadcaster.

I'm Helen Arney, I'm her sister

and I make songs and books, and shows about science.

And do you have a team name?

It seems like there's an obvious choice here.

Okay, we were going to go Team Arney,

but thanks to some unkind bullying at primary school,

we're going to be called Team Terminator, to get our own back on them.

-Excellent. -And we will be back.

I was going to go with the Arney Sisters, but it sounds like a really twee folk band

so team Terminator is a good alternative to that.

Anything you're particularly strong on or weak on here?

-Physics. -Biology.

-Please no sport questions. -No sport.

I have no idea what's coming up in this round.

I can't promise anything.

-Can we have a question about the double luge? -Any particular reason?

It's the only sport I know about.

I'd say I'll see what I can do but there's literally nothing I can do.

Okay, playing against you today, we have...

We're Team Double Luge.

I'm Simon Clark, I'm a recovering PhD student.

I am Sally Le Page, I am doing a PhD in Evolutionary Biology at the moment.

Are you actually Team Double Luge, are we going to go with that?

No. We are going to go for a Coldplay classic and go for Viva La Vida,

and hope that Simon doesn't get flashbacks to his viva.

Alright, I'll probably shorten that to Team Viva

because I'm not going to be able to say all those syllables every time.

Anything you're hoping comes up today?

I think between us, again, we've got a physicist and a biologist

so science would be good.

Alright, well very best of luck as we start Round One.

Round One is called Deep Thought.

There are six lateral thinking questions in this round.

You're going to have sixty seconds to answer a question.

The earlier you buzz in, the more points you get and if you don't know it immediately,

I'm going to give you a clue after each fifteen seconds.

It starts at worth four points; after each clue,

one of those points goes away.

If you buzz in and get it right, you get the points.

If you buzz in and get it wrong, it hands over to your opponents

and the clock starts again.

You all ready?

No.

-As we can be... -Close enough.

Team Terminator, you're getting the first question this round.

Buzz in when you know the answer.

Have a look at this.

What do these two things have in common?

Okay, is that, it's Helena Bonham Carter and a shotgun, right.

Shotgun wedding, wedding...

Er, has she been in any films that involve guns?

She's been in like the one with the...

-I can think Tim Burton, scary things. -... the wardrobe. Tim Burton.

Weird goth, Frankenstein, is that...

The woman is Helena Bonham Carter.

Okay, yeah. That's the worst clue ever!

-Okay. -What kind of a clue is that?

On the right, is that a gun? Are we sure about that?

-Another clue for me? -Double-barrel...

-Oh! -Double-barrels.

Is exactly right, for three points.

Oh, I like what you did there.

Helena Bonham Carter has a double-barrelled name;

the shotgun is double-barrelled.

You left that high-five hanging a long time there.

-Just feel like... -You can wait.

-It's okay. -I'm still the favourite, you know.

I've waited my whole life.

You've suddenly slammed that out of nowhere.

It was bold, it worked.

What did we get? Did we get...

-You got three points. -You get a gun.

Team Viva, what item of clothing is known in Japanese as a 'Sebiro'?

A Sebiro, okay.

Items of clothing that it could be,

like literally anything in the human language, okay.

Well, I'm guessing it's something that isn't;

so it's not a Japanese named item of clothing, like a kimono type thing.

-It's the Japanese name for another item of clothing.

-Yeah. -So that's pretty wide open at the moment.

-Do you know... -It has a London connection.

Has a London connection.

Erm, are you from London?

Oh, er, nylon has got a London connection, New York-London.

Do you want to... I don't know.

-Let's wait for another one. -It's something to do with

the sound of the word.

Sebiro, so it's onomatopoeic.

It's an item of clothing that sounds like 'Sebiro'.

Sebiro, Sebiro.

I don't think if I say it over and over again, it'll be obvious.

It has a connection to a specific street.

This would be really helpful if either of us lived in London.

-It's like a suit, or a jacket. -Oh, erm...

Go for it!

-For one point. -A jacket.

-Specifically? -A suit jacket, a tailored jacket.

-Yes. -Savile Row.

Yes, it's a Savile Row business suit.

-I heard a gasp from over there. -Yeah, we've got to do something.

Yes, you're absolutely right.

Saville Row gets translated into Japanese as Sebiro.

Ah, okay.

Team Terminator, this one's for you.

In 2012, the Australian Broadcasting Company

had to permanently remove one of the episodes of Peppa Pig from its library

because of one of the show's characters.

However, the episode continues to run in the UK.

What was the problem?

-Oh, I remember, yeah... -I know this.

Because I was talking about it with my husband last night, exactly this.

It was about spiders and it was saying,

“Don't worry, everyone. Spiders are fine.

“Spiders are our friends. Love spiders, don't kill them.”

This is not a good plan for your personal safety in Australia.

They hide in the toilet and kill you.

-Even I know this. -Aaargh!

You're exactly right, that's four points straight off the bat, congratulations.

I don't know who Peppa Pig is but I know about the toilet spiders.

Team Viva, in some French villages,

it's traditional to call upon the services of a 'Quatorzième'

at a dinner party or restaurant meal.

Though likely unknown to the group,

it's thought to be preferable to feed a stranger than to leave it to luck.

Why?

'Quatorzième' sounds like it's got four to do with it.

Four, so fourth.

Oh, no, fourteenth.

-Fourteenth at a dinner. -Oh, is this because it's got a...

Because you don't want to have thirteen guests?

A fear of the number thirteen or associating it with being unlucky.

Yes, you're absolutely right, they're the fourteenth person at the table.

To avoid having the number of thirteen around the table,

-that's absolutely right for four points. -Okay.

This is a high scoring game, this is going well.

How many people do we have to pay to get fourteen on our team?

I mean, I'd say I accept bribes, but... I do accept bribes.

That's absolutely true.

The next two questions are on the buzzer for both teams.

So both of you, fingers on buzzers.

In the 1910s, Brooklyn had streetcar trams on the city's roads,

which proved to be an occupational hazard for pedestrians of the city.

It was such a feature of the city that they named a sports team

after those pedestrians...

That was a buzz!

You better have got this right.

Is it the Dodgers, the LA Dodgers?

It is, astonishingly for four points, the Los Angeles Dodgers.

What? That's not even in Brooklyn.

-I mean, Brooklyn... -Team 'Don't Ask us Questions About Sport'.

I don't even know anything about sport.

-Then the question goes on to say... -Finish reading it out.

They moved to the West Coast.

You're absolutely right, that is four points for Team Terminator.

-Congratulations. -Ooh!

Well, the Philadelphia Tutters are...

Last question in this round is on the buzzer, so if you're ready...

London's Millennium Concert and the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana

are just two of the major events that required laying of cables over long distances

through tiny underground tunnels.

The engineers didn't have poles

that could push the wire through these long, twisty tunnels.

So what did they do instead?

Used ferrets?

-Is absolutely right, for four points. -Yes!

-No! -Good grief!

See, we can do it too!

They do that for aeroplanes as well,

when they want to feed wires into aeroplane engines, they put a ferret through.

Not only have you got the question right for four points,

you have also given the background information

that I have got on my card for an extra point.

-That's not an extra point. -Damn it!

In what is frankly an astonishingly high-scoring first round,

-Team Terminator, you have eleven points. -Whoa!

Team Viva, you're on nine.

The second round is called Second Thoughts.

Teams, you're going to see twelve numbers on the board.

Each of you is going to take turns to pick a number and reveal the clue that is behind it.

There is one thing that all those clues point to, and I need you to tell me what it is

and it's got to be exactly what's on there.

There are plenty of things that some of these clues could match with.

It needs to be what's true for all of them.

No penalty for guessing wrong, so take a guess even if you're not sure -

it might just be right.

Team Terminator, you're starting this round

so pick a number off the board.

-Eight. -Number eight.

Needs cement.

-A building! -Dentistry.

I'm going to take your first answer there on building.

What kind of a dentist do you go to?

I'm not going to ask; we're going to throw it over.

-Pick a number. -After you.

One. -Number one.

Makes a picture or a pattern.

-Makes a picture and needs cement. -Masonry art.

Is not what I have, so we're going to pass that back over.

You pick a number this time, I didn't do well. -Six.

Number six.

-Glass or stone. -Ooh, I think mosaic.

Mosaic because you would have cement,

you'd make a picture, and could have glass or stone.

-Need an answer. -Mosaic!

Is correct, for four points. Absolutely right.

You were very clear with masonry art,

but if we have a look at what else is on the board,

there isn't a browser called Masonry Art and you don't generally find one in paint.

Team Viva, you kick off the next one.

Pick a number off the board. -Number ten.

Number ten. Sam's fire engine.

Red.

Lots of fire engines are, but no, not what I've got on the card.

So Team Terminator.

-Let's go three. -Number three.

Zeus.

-Is it lightning? -It's not.

I'm going to pass it back over for four points. Pick a number.

-Number eight, please. -Number eight.

Roman army symbol.

Lightning bolt?

No.

No, I'm going to pass that back over, so for four points, pick a number.

-Five. Five is calling to me. -Number five.

The largest of eight.

Octave? No.

Octave is not what I've got, so pass it back for three points.

-Number two. -Number two.

A famous anticyclone.

Famous...