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Jimmy, Luke and Nina recreate scenes from history

The team of three's first historical event is the Black Death, which they recreate by bending over and coughing, and saying the words "rats" and "sick".

After Tom Gleeson correctly identifies the event, their second event to recreate is the destruction of Pompeii. They imitate volcanic eruptions, while screaming "fire" and "lava", and then freeze in place, simulating the people getting trapped in volcanic ashes.

After Tom correctly identifies the event, their next historical event to recreate is the fall of the Berlin Wall. The team form a line, with their arms stretched out to the sides, yelling "wall, wall, wall", and then all fall to the stage together, yelling "fall, fall, fall".

After Tom identifies this event correctly, the team have to recreate the cloning of Dolly the sheep. Luke gets down on all fours and impersonates a sheep, and Jimmy plays the part of the scientist, creating his clone in the form of Nina, who parrots his behaviour. The three then start screaming the word "same", interspersed with further bleats. Nina comes up with another strategy to help Tom get it, saying "nine to" and then showing five fingers (though she could have just said "five", of course). She then starts humming the tune of Dolly Parton's song 9 to 5, while performing a dance routine, while Luke shouts "song".

After Tom eventually gets the correct answer, the team have to recreate the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, which they do by shouting "cash, cash, cash, cash", followed by "nooo cash, nooo cash, nooo cash" (Luke specifies that 'no' has three 'O's). Tom correctly identifies it as the "GFC crash", just before the team runs out of time.

With five correct answers, the team wins the task and earns five points each.

(Written by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected and adjusted by: David Fuller)