- I don't want to force your hand, my lord.
- And Thomas says, "And I don't want to twist your arm."
And then they kiss.
(upbeat spunky music)
- Hi, I'm Allen Leech,
and if I had a dollar for every time
I heard this statement,
"I'm the biggest Downton Abbey fan."
I'd be a very rich man.
Well I've been brought here today
'cause apparently I'm going to meet
the biggest Downton Abbey fan.
So let's go meet him.
(upbeat playful music)
Let's see who is the biggest Downton Abbey fan.
(laughs)
- Lord Allen, I presume.
Greetings.
- Josh Groban, or it's Abraham Lincoln?
I don't know who it is.
- No, no, no, no, no, I've got the mustache too.
Come on in.
- [Allen] How are you? - We bow, we bow.
- [Josh] My lord, my lord.
- [Allen] Well, my lord.
Very deep bow.
- Thank you, very much, yes. - You look fantastic.
- I stretched before this
because I didn't know how low of a bow
would be appropriate. - I feel so under-dressed.
I feel terrible. - That's okay.
No, this is wonderful. - [Allen] I'm terribly sorry.
- I am a huge fan. - Great.
I am a huge fan. - Yes.
Well I'm gonna test you.
- Yes, yes, and this cane has,
there's a hidden flask in it full of whiskey.
- Oh, so it is Maggie's.
- Yes, it is Maggie's, that's right, yes.
Yeah.
- Shall we?
- Shall we.
- Let's see how good you are.
Round one.
True or false.
- [Josh] Oh, start easy.
- Downton Abbey is located in Yorkshire county.
True or false?
- That's true.
- That is true.
- Yes, yes. - He's off to a fine start.
- And I love their pudding.
- Lord Grantham names his dogs
after figures from Greek mythology.
- That's false, it's Egyptian pharaohs.
- Oh, he's good. - Oh, woo!
- Prior to moving to Downton,
Matthew Crawley was a foreign diplomat.
- Wrong, false.
Lawyer.
- He's correct.
Mr. Molesley leaves Downton to become an innkeeper.
- False.
He leaves to become a teacher.
- This is very good.
This is very good. - Did I get it right?
- Lord Grantham loses the family fortune
with a bad investment in a Canadian railroad company.
I see this is troubling you.
- I know.
I don't know the answer specifically,
so now I have to think about, would he?
I'm gonna say.
- I'm going to have to rush you.
- I've done a lot of falses in a row,
so I'm gonna have to say true.
- Damn you!
- Did I get it right?
- Shh, yes, you did.
- Rose's father, Lord Flintshire's nickname
that even the King uses is Shrimpie.
- Yeah, that's true.
I can't forget that.
- It is true. - Yeah, sure.
- Matthew Crawley dies tragically
just before meeting his newborn son.
- No!
- Oh, spoiler alert. - God dammit.
(laughs) Kidding.
- So Matthew Crawley dies tragically
just before meeting his newborn son.
- True.
Car accident. - False!
- What, really?
- Just before.
No, it's just after he meets his son.
- Oh!
(laughing)
Well.
- You know how it literally was the last moment in the show.
- Yeah, I remember.
- They still didn't want him to leave so they were
trying to convince him not to.
- [Josh] Oh, God.
- He ruined Christmas that year.
- Ruined it.
I couldn't eat.
- He literally canceled Christmas.
- Yes.
Tom Branson. - Yes, yes, yes.
- My character's daughter is named after her godmother Cora.
- No, named after Sybil.
- Correct. - Yep.
- I mean, that's a bit easy.
- Yeah.
- Matthew Crawley and Robert Crawley are first cousins.
- Second cousins?
- God, you're good.
Second cousins once removed.
- Yeah, that's what I thought, okay, yeah.
- That's the only reason,
once removed, you need because otherwise.
- [Josh] Otherwise. - Mary and him
getting together would be like.
- There'd be three eyeballs. - [Allen] How very British.
- Yeah, yeah.
(laughing)
- You're doing incredibly well.
- Well, true or false, we started a little.
- Right, we're going to go to general trivia.
- Now I have to say actual words.
- General knowledge.
- I have to string words together now.
- Round two. - [Josh] Okay.
- General trivia. - [Josh] Okay.
- What items does Mrs. Hughes always keep tied to her belt?
- Tied to her belt?
Keys?
- Yeah, that's very good,
so I'll have to give you most of the point for that one.
- [Josh] Okay. - There is one other item
that obviously, a housekeeper would need.
- The keys of her enemies!
(crew laughing)
- A pair of small scissors.
- Oh scissors.
Of course, sure.
- And someone has them and showed Phyllis Logan,
who plays Mrs. Hughes,
had Mrs. Hughes' keys tattooed on their thigh.
- Wow.
See that person should be sitting here.
- No, no, no.
No, I think that person is in an institution.
- In jail.
That person's been arrested, yeah.
- Who was Lady Mary engaged to before she married Matthew?
Oh, this is a good one.
- Oh my.
Yeah, yeah. - [Allen] Come on now.
- Yeah, we've approached the--
- [Allen] We've reached the limit.
- We've reached the limit.
- [Allen] The limit of his knowledge.
- Let me just peer into my top hat.
(laughs)
- It's a picture of Lady Mary.
- Was it someone named William?
- It was not, you're wrong.
- Okay.
- It was Sir Richard Carlisle, he ran paper.
- Oh, Richard Carlisle.
Oh, wonderful. - Played by Iain Glen.
- Iain Glen from Game of Thrones, right?
- He was also in that, but he was in ours first.
- He was in yours first, yeah.
- Two part question. - Okay.
- Part one. - Yes.
- What crime was Mister Bates charged with,
and eventually exonerated?
- Mister Bates was charged with the murder
of his first wife.
- Damn, you're good.
- Oh.
- Part two. - [Josh] Yes.
- How did she die?
- Oh, very Romeo and Juliet.
She poisoned herself with rat poison.
- Oh, she actually did do that, did she?
I can't remember.
- Well, yes she did. - But she ingested poison.
- She ingested poison, they thought that--
- [Allen] Do you know what it was?
- It was Master Bates.
Mister Bates, excuse me, did this,
and so he went to jail for it,
but it turned out that she did it herself,
and as a last ploy of vengeance, tried to pin him on it.
- That's correct. - [Josh] Yeah.
- God, you know better, know more than me.
- Whatever happens here today, Allen,
we're gonna be friends. - I think we will be.
- We're gonna be friends.
- We can't high five for shit but we're gonna be friends.
- No that's true.
That's very true.
- What infamous event led Matthew Crawley
to become the heir of Downton Abbey estate?
First episode opening.
- Well, yeah, first episode opening.
Well, it was the sinking of the Titanic.
- It was correct.
- Because Mary's fiance, cousin?
Fiance, was sank with the Titanic.
That was a shock that ruined my Christmas that year.
(laughing)
- Stop watching it at Christmas
and you will have a great Christmas.
- I binge at Christmas.
- Does that mean you're not going to go to the cinema?
You're going to wait till Christmas.
- [Josh] I'm going to wait till Christmas, yeah.
- Great. - Yeah, yeah.
- I was really counting on your ticket there.
- I'll pay for it.
- Whose bedroom catches fire
in the premier episode of season five?
- Lady Edith. - Correct, damn!
- I gotta say though, Robert Crawley with a hose.
Fabulous, fabulous.
- You know what, because it was,
we were expecting a big fire, man,
you know, it was gonna go flying everywhere.
I need a hero!
- Yeah, right.
- And then instead, because it was
obviously 1912 or whatever, it was like pfft.
- Yeah, it was very omissive.
- Oh, this was nothing heroic.
Two part question. - Okay.
- What's the name of Lady Edith's
daughter born out of wedlock?
And it's not Bastard Child.
- (laughing) It's not, you bastard.
- Bastard child.
- Is it Marigold?
- Oh my God, you're disgusting.
- Is it right? - Yes!
Okay, you have to remove the top hat for the next.
Okay.
Who is Marigold's father?
- Marigold's father is,
is it her publisher?
- I'm gonna need a name.
- Oh god.
Shaw, no, not Shaw.
No, he died, I know that, but I forgot the name.
- Yes, good.
Michael Gregson, the magazine editor.
- Michael Gregson.
Forgettable name, really.
- You see, this is hard.
We're gonna have to do this
because you got half of it right.
- I got half of it right, thank you.
Come on, muscles.
- Okay. - There we are, thank you.
- You definitely are going to get this one.
- I am? - Yeah.
What major announcement news does Lord Grantham
receive at the end of season one?
- Major announcement?
God, it's because you said I'm definitely
going to get this one that I--
- I'm gonna do that now for every question.
- Most definitely am not going to get it.
Where's my hat?
- [Allen] But what does he say?
- What does he say at the end of season one?
You know.
- It leads into season two.
- Should be, you know, that should be a real big fan.
- What happens in season two?
Why am I even helping you?
- Intrigue, drama, births, deaths.
- And main.
- Massive plot point in season two.
- Oh, the war!
We're going to war.
- Finally.
(sighs)
- Literally fell off.
I couldn't believe you didn't get that.
- That was rough.
- Fuckin' intelligent.
- You know all these already.
- I really don't.
No, I would have known that one.
- "You Raise Me Up" was written in what year?
(chuckles)
- Bertie Pelham inherits what unexpected position?
- Missionary with Edith.
(laughs)
- I should give it to you just for that.
- You should. - That was so good.
- You should.
What did he inherit?
I mean, does he inherit something, something, money.
- Unexpected, no position. - Oh, position.
- He becomes the seventh Marquess of Hexham.
- Oh!
Of course. - Yeah.
You're doing very well. - All right, okay.
- You would have to literally get all of these wrong,
which I doubt is going to happen.
I mean, and when they start with this.
- [Josh] I had beans.
- [Allen] This is actually quite hot,
I'm going to take it off.
Round three. - [Josh] Round three.
- Quotes. - [Josh] Quotes.
- This is so easy.
Who said, "What is a weekend?"
- "What is a weekend?"
Was it Violet?
- Yes, it was. - Yes, of course.
What is a weekend?
- "I'm not a romantic, but I even concede that the heart
does not exist solely for the purpose to pump blood."
- That also Violet?
- Yes. - Oh, yeah.
- Should have shuffled these.
- Fucking.
(laughing)
- "No one ever tells you about raising daughters.
"You'll think it'll be like Little Women.
"Instead they're at each other's throats."
- That feels like a very Robert Crawley thing to say.
- No, Lady Grantham. - Lady Grantham!
- Cora, brilliant.
"I'm not a complete stranger to romance, Mrs. Hughes,
"if that's what you're implying."
- That was Mister Carson. - It was indeed.
"Sympathy butters no parsnips."
- Is that a Patmore? - Yes.
- The guy with the butter gave it away.
- Yeah, I know. - Yeah.
- "Good men, they're not like buses.
"There won't be another one around in 10 minutes."
- Was that an Edith line?
- No, Anna. - Anna.
- "It's the gloomy things that need our help.
"If everything in the garden is sunny, why meddle?"
- [Josh] That's nice. - Now, I'm gonna say,
I would not have guessed this.
- [Josh] That's a sweet thing to say.
Was it Cora?
- No, it was my late wife, Lady Sybil.
- Oh Sybil.
Full of wisdom.
- And death. - Yes.
- "How many lives are you going to wreck
"just to smother your own misery?
"You're a coward, Mary.
"Like all bullies, you're a coward."
- Is that Edith?
- No, it was I. - It was you.
- Yep. - Wow.
- It was the one moment that I feel
that Tom Branson is really one of the family,
because it's the first time and only time--
- You really stands up. - He stands up to her.
- You stand up to her.
- "If anyone had told me that Mary
"would hitch up with a mechanic
"and Edith would marry one of the greatest men in England,
"I'd have knocked them down."
- I mean, that could have been.
- [Allen] A lot of people - A lot of people.
- [Allen] But who was it?
- I'm gonna say it was the Earl though.
I'm gonna say it was Robert.
- You're correct. - [Josh] Yes
- That's very good, I'm very impressed.
I would have gone with Grantham, Lady Grantham.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- What's she called?
Oh yeah, the Countess. - [Josh] That's her name.
- Last one.
Very best of luck to you. - Thank you.
- "You've made me strong, Mister Molesley.
"Your strength has made me strong."
"You've made me strong, Mister Molesley.
"Your strength has made me strong."
- [Josh] Is that Mister Baxter?
- Who?
- No, nevermind.
There is no Mister Baxter.
There was a Mister Baxter, but that's not Mister Baxter.
- Well hang on, there was a Baxter.
- [Josh] There was a Baxter, that's right, yes.
It wasn't Baxter, though, is what I'm saying.
- It was Miss Baxter.
- "You've made me strong, Mr. Molesley."
Is that Thom?
- No.
It was Miss Baxter.
You said Mister Baxter.
- Oh, God.
So it was Baxter.
- Well it was Miss Baxter.
I'm afraid, no.
Maybe that was it, now, I'm excited.
- I got the name right and the gender wrong.
We're fluid.
- Okay, now, I'm gonna have to just quickly check this.
- That's pretty good, okay, yep, yep.
Get my half.
- Oh yeah, got your half.
You know what, that might actually be the difference.
Okay. - Okay.
Oh boy, oh boy.
- [Allen] No.
- Do you take bribery?
- [Allen] You know, you don't have to do it.
You've got it.
- Really? - Yeah.
- I was very nervous.
- You are possibly, if not definitely,
the greatest fan of Downton Abbey.
- It's been an honor and a pleasure.
- No one leaves this show empty-handed.
First thing, we give you the theme tune.
(soft orchestral music)
And then you get your actual prize.
- [Josh] I get a prize?
Oh, my goodness.
I will treasure this.
- Like, it's a working bell.
(bell rings)
And the great thing is, in the modern day.
- Lady Edith needs me.
- Exactly.
Well, we've done it, we've built it in,
so this does everything.
You can get a maid. - Yes.
- A servant. - Yes.
- You can get Mrs. Patmore. - Yep.
- They'll all come running.
- They will all come. - They'll just know
by the difference in the sound.
- They'll know.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you. - You deserve this.
- I've never been happier in my life.
This is so much better than a Grammy.
(laughing)
(cheering and applause)
- Thank you guys.
Thank you Allen.
- That was a lot of fun. - That was fun.
I feel like my ears are really popping in this hat,
by the way.
I feel like I'm feeling them do a thing
- [Allen] Wouldn't use it as your new headshot.
Or an album cover.
- Should I tuck them in?
I feel like I should tuck them into the hat.
- Again, not a strong look.
(laughing)
Somewhere in the middle.
- If I had a monocle. - Why don't you tuck one in?
Tuck one in and leave one out.
- I could have let you pass GO and collect 200 dollars.
- Hi, I'm Allen Leech. - And I am Lord Groban.
- Please watch more episodes of Quizzed on Billboard.
- M'lady.