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"Two Of These People Are Lying" summary

1x01

Chris: Kebakko is a Polish sausage company, kielbasa company, formed mid-70s.

Gary: Kebakko is a type if Finnish convenience food, it's a bit like a meatball, it's a bit like a kebab.

Matt: Marcel Kebakko was the more famous of them and they were touring circus artists.

Tom guessed Matt, Gary was correct Matt: 1

Matt: A region of Finland.

Gary: A region of Russia now on the Finnish border - music that comes from that region traditionally played on the nose flute.

Chris: "Lentokenttä" is a fake Swedish thrash metal band formed in 1983 in Detroit (fake Swedish, not fake band).

Tom guessed Chris, Matt was correct
Chris: 1

1x02

Gary: Johnstone's Robin is named after a manoeuvre in cricketing circles in the 1890s.

Chris: Johnstone's Robin is a trig point just north of Bamford in the Hope Valley in the Peak District.

Matt: It's a robin, a type of bird, it lives in Taiwan.

Tom guessed Matt, Matt was correct
Matt: 1, Tom 1
(Actual article name "Coloured Bush Robin")

Chris: It is a minor bowel disorder with everything that you imagine comes with that (from bacteria).

Gary: It was a form of ecclesiastical censure pre-Reformation.

Matt: It is a flowering plant with triangular glandular leaves.

Tom guessed Matt, Matt was correct
Matt: 1, Tom 1

1x03

Matt: Anton Duryard, a cricketer.

Gary: A town in the south west of Britain.

Chris: A town in Nabraska.

Tom guessed Chris, Gary was correct
Chris: 1

Gary: It is a creek in Pennsylvania.

Chris: It is a geological formation on the Willoughby estate derived from the sort of thing that is currently happening at the Willoughby Run in Pennsylvania due to erosion.

Matt: It is an album by jazz multi-instrumentalist, Roland Kirk.

Tom guessed Gary, Gary was correct
Gary: 1, Tom: 1

2x01

Matt: Actually "Hhost" Festival and it's in Croatia.

Gary: A spiritual celebration in China.

Chris: A little festival that popped up in the late 2010's when ghost riding was big "on the YouTube, yo".

Tom guessed Gary, Gary was correct
Gary: 1, Tom: 1

Chris: It happened on the 8'th of april because some guy, Stanley, was the incumbent, got made minister?/chief? of War.

Gary: Is notable for the winning candidate being dead.

Matt: It didn't happen.

Tom guessed Chris, Chris was correct
Chris: 1, Tom: 1

2x02

Gary: Is a musician in the field of sonic art.

Chris: It is a skin disorder.

Matt: Is a Greek archer.

Tom guessed Chris, Matt was correct
Chris: 1

Chris: Is a land speed record car.

Gary: A 19th century rail engine on the East Coast Main Line.

Matt: A brand of absinthe.

Tom guessed Chris, Chris was correct Chris: 1, Tom: 1

(The page is now about the left field wall at Fenway Park.)

2x03

Matt: It's a band.

Gary: It is a museum in Istanbul.

Chris: It is the site of a well-known piece of graffiti. It is a holy-site-cum temple somewhere in the Near East.

Tom guessed Matt, Gary was correct (Chris knew of it as well and gave an almost correct description)
Matt: 1

Gary: Batlow is a river in North Yorkshire (shortest in the county being 3 ft long).

Chris: Batlow is a small village in Shropshire.

Matt: It's a town in New South Wales.

Tom guessed Matt, Matt was correct
Matt: 1, Tom: 1

2x04

Chris: Noted Ceasar-era Roman drunkard.

Gary: A horse, old racehorse, last horse to go around fences and win.

Matt: Also known a Henricopolis, was a settlement.

Tom guessed Matt, Matt was correct
Matt: 1, Tom: 1

Gary: A manual produced by the South Korean government as a lover's/couple's guide.

Chris: 1930s german film starring Marlene Dietrich.

Matt: A series of documentary films.

Tom guessed Gary, Chris was correct
Gary: 1

3x01

Matt: Ford Muster, it was a type of utility vehicle, or a ute - a pickup truck made out of a normal familiy car.

Gary: It is a utility vehicle made in Australia, but it's a collection of them, hence it's a muster.

Chris: It is a gathering of a Latinate study society.

Tom guessed Gary, Gary was correct
Gary: 1, Tom: 1

Matt: It is a squash tournament.

Gary: An architectural competition.

Chris: A miniature golf tournament.

Tom guessed Matt, Matt was correct Matt: 1, Tom: 1

3x02

Gary: Wellington Paranormal is parachute competition held from a propeller-driven aircraft.

Chris: A television program, set in Wellington, New Zealand wherein two normal police officers frequently come up against paranormal activity.

Matt: It's a football (soccer) team in New Zealand.

Tom guessed Chris, Chris was correct
Chris 1, Tom: 1

Matt: Swedish motor oil brand.

Gary: Saint Austol, the saint from St. Austell.

Chris: It's an Austrian metal polish.

Tom guessed Matt, Gary was correct
Matt: 1

3x03

Chris: It is a river in Sweden?

Gary: Finnish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995.

Matt: It's a traditional Norwegian tribe in the northern Norway and crossing the border into northern Sweden.

Tom guessed Matt, Chris was correct
Matt: 1

(The intended article was Lule River, but Chris wrote down the first link in the body instead of the title. This article is about the language spoken by the Sámi people of the region around the river, whom Matt described.)

Gary: Stands for "Hurricane Condition".

Chris: Electronics manufacturer.

Matt: A mexican wrestler from Wigan.

Tom guessed Matt, Gary was correct
Matt: 1

4x01 (2021 Christmas Special)

Matt: 'Tis an oil painting.

Gary: It is a medieval feast around about Christmastide.

Chris: It is a Sri Lankan celebration.

Tom guessed Gary, Gary was correct
Gary: 1, Tom: 1

(Matt and Chris gets bonus points even though there are no bonus points)

Chris: The Badalisc Tunnel, the longest tunnel in Romania.

Gary: An Italian Christmas tradition of a monster(?).

Matt: A dog-drawn vehicle, almost like a sleigh.

Tom guessed Matt, Gary was correct
Matt: 1

4x02 (2021/2022 New Years special)

Celwyddyw'rdrefhon

Gary: A mythical dragon that lives in a cave outside of Machynlleth.

Matt: It is an unspecified beast.

Chris: It is a small town in Glamorganshire, noted for not existing.

Tom guessed Matt, they were all lying

Matt: 1, but I don't think it should count as they weren't paying by the rules.

Chris: This was an attempt to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon.

Gary: French legal case about land-holding.

Matt: A play about the attempted assasasination of Emperor Napoleon.

Tom guessed Chris, Chris was correct Chris: 1, Tom: 1

Final score

  • Tom: 13
  • Chris: 6
  • Gary: 5
  • Matt: 11+1
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