Most quizzes are about knowing the right answer,
and that will help you here, sure.
but this is a show where if you're confident enough,
you might be able to win without knowing any of the answers.
As long as no one calls your bluff.
Three players are joining me here at the top of this tower.
One will win, and two will get Disconnected
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Welcome to the top of the tower! Good to see you all.
Thank you so much for coming out. Let's play a quiz.
You all have three bars of signal.
If you lose all those bars of signal,
then you get disconnected and you are off the show.
You don't lose a bar of signal for being wrong.
You lose a bar of signal for being wrong and being called on it.
So if you don't know, bluff.
Try and make your opponents think you do.
Vanessa, we're gonna start with you. How are you doing?
Like, congratulations on the YouTube Original.
Thank you, yeah.
Since then, I haven't left my house. So I've been great.
Was it down to the wire? Was it finished just before?
It really was. It was the last day that we were able to film.
So, very lucky. And how's it gone? It's...
Sleeping with Friends. It's a competitive reality show
all about sleep, where people try to improve their sleep.
Yeah, it's done well. It was three episodes,
and they all came out in a binge format, so I think as a creator,
it's funny how quickly things pass when it's a binge.
It's like a thing for a week, and then it's over.
Well, I've got some questions for you.
You get to pick a category first of all.
Would you like Greek Gods or Seas?
I will go with Seas.
Seas, alright. Thank you.
Which sea contains the popular holiday spot, the Turks and Caicos islands?
That is in the Indian Ocean, but specifically in the South Indian Sea.
South Indian Sea, or the Indian Ocean, says Vanessa.
Alright. Kati, Jarvis...
you can challenge that answer if you want to.
If you think it's wrong, put your hand up and challenge.
If it's a good challenge, if the answer's wrong,
Vanessa will lose a bar of signal.
But if you challenge and the answer was right,
you will lose a bar of signal.
There is one other catch:
If Vanessa can sneak a wrong answer past both of you,
you both lose a bar of signal. So knowing all that...
Kati, Jarvis? I'm gonna challenge.
Kati, Jarvis? No pressure.
Do you want to challenge?
I don't know. I— Hm.
This is not my area of expertise. I'm gonna go, you know...
based on the level of specificity,
first going with the ocean and then the specific sea,
I don't think I'm the one to challenge here.
Same. I'm like, Caribbean? Ugh... I don't know.
Alright well, no challenges here.
Vanessa, was that a bluff?
Yes. Yeah, it absolutely was.
It is in the Caribbean. Kati, you did know the answer,
but you didn't challenge.
Vanessa, you have snuck a wrong answer past both your opponents.
So, Kati, that is a bar of signal away on question one.
Jarvis, that is a bar of signal away on question one.
That's unfortunate. Congratulations, Vanessa!
Kati, it is your question next. Yes!
How are you doing? How are you? Good! I mean, just... home.
You know, being bored, doing a thing.
Would you like Leading Actors or US Cities?
Hmm... I'll do US Cities.
US Cities, okay.
Which US city is home to the famous Rocky Steps
from the boxing film Rocky?
Ooh, the Rocky Steps. That is in New York City.
Kati says New York City.
Vanessa, Jarvis?
Oh, hand up straight away. I challenge.
I think it's in Philadelphia.
So, I'm... I'm going to put forward my first challenge.
So I'm gonna challenge. Alright.
Little nervous about it.
Kati, were you bluffing?
Yes. I don't know if it's New York or Philadelphia, to be honest.
Those were my two ideas, and I was like, I'm just gonna go with it.
I feel like you have to be confident. You do have to be confident,
but unfortunately you were confident with the wrong answer.
It is Philadelphia, so... Yeah.
We are only two questions in,
and Kati, you are down to one bar of signal.
Uh-oh. You are in a perilous position,
but it can be done.
Jarvis, how's life? I feel like we're in a cell phone tower,
and so people aren't gonna believe...
People aren't gonna believe that we can lose any bars, we're so close!
This question's for you.
Would you like Types of Clothing or '70s Rock Bands?
Oh...
Those are two brutal categories for you!
I am just going in the order these are in my file here!
Let's go with Types of Clothing. Types of Clothing, alright.
Which type of clothing, famously worn in Hawaii,
is a muumuu?
I believe a muumuu is a type of dress.
Jarvis says dress. Vanessa, Kati, what do you reckon?
Now Kati, you're in a difficult position here. If you challenge wrongly, you're out.
But also, if you let a wrong answer slip past, you're out.
So I think that it would be good for Kati to indicate if she's thinking about challenging,
because then perhaps, I could challenge.
So we're kinda on a more even footing here. Well, how specific...?
Yeah. I call collusion(!)
But I'm curious how specific you're wanting a style of clothing,
'cause in Hawaii, I think of a sarong.
We're looking for a type of clothing.
Okay, so like a dress. A muumuu is a dress.
I have a question for Tom. Would you consider a kaftan a dress?
It's not the question we're asking.
Wow! I believe, yes.
He's like, "I'm not on trial here!"
Yes, I believe we'd call a kaftan a dress.
Okay, I will not challenge,
because I think a muumuu is like a kaftan, maybe like, similar to a sarong,
but a full-body garment, so I'm gonna let Jarvis's answer stay.
And you are absolutely right to do so. Jarvis, that is the correct answer.
And you can't lose lives with a correct answer, so congratulations.
You're still in the game. Vanessa, still on three bars.
Would you like— Oh boy.
Would you like Shipwrecks or Types of Plant?
Wow! Um...
Luckily I studied a little bit of plant biology,
so I guess I'll go with Types of Plants.
I would have the same decision. Good call.
Also studied plants heavily.
No you did not, Jarvis! Vanessa...
from what type of plant is carrageenan extracted to be used in ice cream and toothpaste?
Carrageenan comes from the carrot. Vanessa says carrot.
Yeah, I was like, I don't feel like I have a leg to stand on,
'cause I don't, but I agree with Jarvis.
Jarvis, you went there first. You didn't need to.
You could've let Kati step up there, but you challenged first.
I could have. I had to look out for Kati.
Thanks, Jarvis.
Vanessa, how much of that was bluffing?
So on second thought, it could be the carob plant.
But like, what the hell is carrageenan? Who knows?
It's seaweed or algae. It was the wrong answer.
Jarvis, you are absolutely right to challenge.
Vanessa, you are down to two bars of signal.
Kati... Wow.
I'm not feeling as confident anymore.
If there's one thing I've learned about my deep study of plants,
it's that the colloquial name for something... "The deep study(!)"
and the Latin name is never similar.
So I was like, that sounds oddly convenient!
I also hated plant biology, and it was like three weeks
in a first-level biology course that I took at university.
It was hard— It was so boring! I'm sorry if there's any plant people out there.
Your carrageenan in ice cream and toothpaste comes from seaweed.
So, Kati, next question's to you.
Again, get it right, you can't lose that bar.
So... Okay.
Would you like Musical Instruments or Mental Functions?
Ooh. I mean, I like both of those.
It's funny, I was a double major in music and psychology.
Oh wow! Let's do Musical Instruments.
I'm kinda sick of the brain stuff right now. Alright.
She's getting confident over here(!) With my one bar(!)
Which musical instrument, traditional to Ireland, is a clàrsach?
So that's C-L-A-R-S-A-C-H.
Clàr...sach...
Hmm, okay. I'm gonna go with bagpipes.
Kati says bagpipes.
Not with a huge amount of confidence,
but then that could be a double bluff.
Vanessa, Jarvis, congratulations to the pair of you.
Vanessa, Jarvis, what do you wanna do?
See, there is value in letting the other person go first!
Jarvis, what are you thinking over there?
I jumped the gun last time, so I was like, keeping my mouth shut.
But I'm gonna hazard a guess that bagpipes are Scottish.
I'm not sure about Irish instruments, but I did live on top of an Irish pub,
a hub of the Irish community of San Francisco.
I just can't imagine a bagpipe anywhere near those guys!
Is that a challenge?
I'm gonna let Vanessa...
Oh wow! What a comeback!
Unlike Jarvis, I don't have a deep experience of Irish history and culture and music.
It's true, yeah.
But I mean, I was thinking when Kati said bagpipe,
that there might be some kind of Irish equivalent to the bagpipe,
like some kind of baggy wind instrument.
But I have been to Dublin once, and from that experience that I had,
it could be like a fiddle?
Mmh, yeah.
If either of you are challenging, put your hand up.
Jarvis challenges, and he got his hand up first.
In the end, both of you did. It came very close.
I'll tell you this, there are Irish bagpipes.
They're called uilleann pipes, and I'm probably mispronouncing that,
and apologies to anyone in Ireland.
But the clàrsach... is a harp.
It's the famous Irish harp. Oh, a harp.
It's the thing you see on the logo of Guinness,
so I'm afraid, Kati...
I didn't even know that. That is your last bar of signal gone.
Jarvis, that was a correct challenge. Kati, no!
Kati, it's been lovely having you here.
What have I done? But unfortunately...
you have been disconnected. Good bye!
Oh no, Kati, I feel such immense guilt!
We will see you in the head-to-head after this commercial break!
One of the difficulties in using an LED stage like this is calibration.
The camera keeps track of its position by markers placed on the ceiling
here at White Light's SmartStage,
and it reports that position to disguise's xR rendering platform.
That track has to be rock-solid, and yeah, it is.
We're using a content engine called Notch to render all the interactive elements on the fly,
while disguise pulls in game data, multiple live video calls,
and all the camera data in real time.
There are some challenges with this:
the system has to be as close to zero-lag as possible,
which means that when the camera's moving, the render system has to do latency compensation
to make sure that the scene looks right from the camera's perspective.
Thanks again to the teams at White Light and disguise for helping me put the show together.
There are links to both of them in the description.
And I couldn't have done it without them.
Alright, back to the show!
Players, welcome back to the tower!
The sun is setting, and it's time for the head-to-head round.
I have some categories here, and I'm asking you to name things
in those categories, back and forth, one after the other.
There's no penalty for getting a wrong answer unless you're called on it.
But also, there's no penalty for letting a wrong answer slip past you,
other than it's gonna make your job harder.
So, you've both got two bars of signal, and our first category—
Jarvis, we're starting with you 'cause you struck the killing blow in the last round.
My biggest regret to this day.
Alright, your first category:
We are looking for the 25 largest airlines by international passengers.
So just to be clear, we are looking for the airlines
that carry the most passengers internationally, according to data from the IATA in 2018.
Jarvis, your turn to name first.
I'm gonna kick it off with Delta Air Lines.
Jarvis says Delta Air Lines.
Vanessa, you can challenge that or name something else.
American Airlines.
Jarvis?
Gonna go with... United Airlines.
United, you're running through all the big US carriers.
Vanessa, what do you reckon?
Emirates.
Vanessa says Emirates. Jarvis?
Lufthansa.
Jarvis says Lufthansa. Vanessa?
British... Airlines.
Could you just say that again? British Airlines?
British Airlines, says Vanessa. Jarvis?
I'm just gonna say Air France.
Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines.
Jarvis, how do you feel about that?
I see your Singapore Airlines and I raise you a Japan Airlines.
Japan Airlines. Vanessa?
I see your Japan Airlines,
and I raise you a Cathay Pacific.
I like how you're bouncing off each other's answers here.
You're going, "That part of the globe— That part of the globe's got airlines!"
I have never heard of Cathay Pacific. Maybe I'm uncultured.
Jarvis challenges on Cathay Pacific.
Now, you ran through the US carriers first. Delta, American, United, absolutely right.
Emirates, Lufthansa, exactly right.
Vanessa...
So "British Airlines" is not technically the name of the airline.
It's British Airways. Airways.
I actually didn't know, which is why I hesitated.
But it doesn't matter, 'cause Jarvis, you didn't challenge that.
In fact, almost all your answers were right.
Jarvis, Japan Airlines... not on the list.
Not in the top 25.
That story checks out. I just figured it wouldn't be challenged.
I wasn't sure if Singapore Airlines was on there.
So I was just picking a similarly-sized airline
so there was enough margin of error maybe.
Singapore is on the list, but you challenged on Cathay Pacific.
They're the flag carrier of Hong Kong.
And Hong Kong has a lot of business travel, a lot of international business travel.
And it is on the list. Vanessa, you are absolutely right.
Jarvis, you are down to one bar remaining,
so you need to win the next list.
When I went to Hong Kong, I flew Japan Airlines.
That's my fault. I should've went Cathay Pacific.
Vanessa, you're starting this list.
If you win this list, you win the show.
Jarvis, you need this. Wow.
And it is cities that have hosted the Summer or Winter Olympics.
So we're looking for any city that has already hosted.
It doesn't include future venues.
It also does not include events cancelled due to war,
which has happened.
Or COVID-19, which has also happened(!)
Your first call.
I'm going to start off with the Summer Olympics that I volunteered at:
Sydney, Australia. Sydney, Australia says Vanessa.
I mean, if that's wrong, it's a really good reason why.
Jarvis?
That one's real. I remember that.
I'm gonna go with some obscure ones: Sochi, Winter.
Sochi for the Winter Olympics.
Jarvis says New York City. Vanessa?
Montreal.
Montreal. Jarvis?
Uh, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles. Vanessa?
Calgary.
That one sounds weird to me,
but I'm not gonna challenge, 'cause I've got some more.
So I'm gonna say Rio, Summer.
You don't need to tell me whether it's Summer or Winter,
but yes, Rio hosting the Winter Olympics would be a bit odd.
So, Vanessa?
Melbourne.
Atlanta. 1996.
My college— Georgia Tech, where I went to school—
The campus was where the Olympics were hosted there.
Alright, Vanessa, it's on you.
Vancouver.
Vancouver. You are just running through cities in Canada and Australia there.
I love Canada.
I'm gonna go with... New York City.
Jarvis says New York City. Vanessa?
Challenge. I was gonna say!
You looked hesitant on that one.
Now, are you challenging 'cause it doesn't feel right,
or challenging because you know that?
I don't know it for sure,
but it really doesn't feel right to me.
Jarvis, is this a memory or is this a guess?
It's a guess. It's like a guess that it happened a long time ago.
I mean, there's some very interesting cities on this list.
Like, you could've had Albertville, or I presume it's "al-ber-vee" in France.
Chamonix in France, Helsinki, Innsbruck, Mexico City...
There's a lot of places.
I'll tell you this: before New York City,
every answer you gave, both of you, was correct.
Oh well.
New York City... has bid for the Olympics.
But it bid in 2012, and it was beaten by London.
It has never hosted an Olympics.
Jarvis, I'm really sorry...
but that is your last bar of signal gone.
It has been a pleasure having you here.
Thank you for being part of the show, but...
you've been disconnected.
Vanessa, congratulations! You are the winner of the show today,
with two bars remaining as well. Yes, thank you!
Congratulations, you win the end card of this video.
You have twenty seconds to plug everything that you do.
That is our show. Thank you very much for watching.
Vanessa, take it away!
Amazing! Please go and subscribe to my channel, BrainCraft.
It's about psychology and neuroscience.
I cover a lot of scientific self-improvement type stuff,
like how you can procrastinate less, be more productive,
build good habits, get better sleep. All of that.
So, youtube.com/braincraft!
I think that might be twenty seconds. Thank you for watching!