TEAMS: Ian Hislop & Clive Anderson; Paul Merton & Russell Davies
ROUND ONE - FILM CLIPS:
Ian & Clive - BSB and Sky merge
Paul & Russell - The Sun's 'two-fingers at France' campaign
Ian & Clive - Heseltine's public popularity level increases
Paul & Russell - Terry Marsh acquitted of attempting to murder boxing promoter
Scores: Ian & Clive 4; Paul & Russell 4
ROUND TWO - TABLOID HEADLINES:
Paul: 'THE 'BANANA BANDIT' WHO SLIPPED UP'
Man holds up bank with a banana
Russell - EXEMPT: THE HOLY CHURCH OF GNOME - postman sets up 'gnome church'
to avoid paying poll tax
Clive: 'I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE A WOMAN'
Pete Townshend claims to be female
Ian: 'OIL LOOKS WELL FOR PRINCE FILL-UP!'
Oilwell found in Windsor Castle grounds
Scores: Ian & Clive 6; Paul & Russell 10
ROUND THREE - CONNECTIONS:
Ian & Clive - Tory MP complains about Gulf hostages' families
Paul & Russell - survey shows more people know the seven dwarves than they do the Cabinet
Scores: Ian & Clive 8; Paul & Russell 12
ROUND FOUR - ARCHIVE:
Ian & Clive - Geoffrey Howe sings taxman song
Paul & Russell - Heseltine announces reductions in paper usage
Scores: Ian & Clive 10; Paul & Russell 13
ROUND FIVE - ODD ONE OUT:
Paul - Norman Willis; Norman Tebbit; Lord Hailsham; Kenneth Baker
(Tebbit, as all the others are amateur poets)
Russell - David Sheppard; Princess Anne; Anthony Blunt; Jeffrey Archer
(Blunt, as all the others represented England at sport)
Clive - John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr; Derek Hatton
(Starr, as all the others attended the Liverpool Institute)
Ian - Enoch Powell; Neil Kinnock; David Owen; Winston Churchill
(Kinnock, as all the others changed political party)
Scores: Ian & Clive 13; Paul & Russell 15
ROUND SIX - MISSING WORDS:
Ian & Clive:
VOTERS WANT THATCHER TO __________
ATTENTION DRIFTS AS KINNOCK SPEAKS TO HIS __________
LET THEM EAT __________ FOR SCHOOL DINNER
WIFE OF SADDAM SNAPS UP £350M __________
Paul & Russell:
FLYING DOCTOR PRESCRIBES A TWO-WEEK __________ FOR FERGIE
CLIFF IS STILL A BIG __________ AT 50
SOOTY'S SECRET HOLD ON __________
LOCAL PARTY PUTS A __________ UP HESELTINE
Final Scores: Ian & Clive 19; Paul & Russell 21
