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Now, why... Hugh?
Yes?
Why does the actor Edward Woodward have 4 Ds in his name?
[There’s a long pause until John Sessions hits his buzzer.]
Well... No! What are you doing?
John SessionsI'm sorry!
What are you doing?
He can’t do that!
John SessionsI'm sorry. It was a spasm.
John SessionsI’ll put it out. Just carry on.
Did you know, this is quite interesting...
Yes, good. That’s what we’re here for.
Did you know, kiwi fruit uses more than its own weight in aviation fuel to get from New Zealand to Europe?
Another 5 points. It sounds mad, but is of course true. Absolutely.
And regarding the Edward Woodward...
Yes?
That’s how you spell it!
Oh, no, let Hugh... Poor Hugh.
No really, that’s fine. I was gonna say exactly that. It’s got that many Ds in it, cos that’s his name! If you took the Ds out, it would be a different name.
Ewar Woowar!
Ewar Woowar.
Exactly. It would be Ewar Woowar. It’s a sort of structural device, like a joist, which stops his name collapsing into the sort of spongey mass of Ewar Woowar.
