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* AnachronisticClue: Matt's claim that there were "tractors everywhere" during an agricultural protest in 1878 (although to his credit, they were trying to think of farming technology; Tractor seems to have been the first thing they thought of). Tractors didn't become commonplace for at least 100 years later.

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* AnachronisticClue: Matt's claim that there were "tractors everywhere" during an agricultural protest in 1878 (although to his credit, they were trying to think of farming technology; Tractor seems to have been the first thing they thought of). Tractors didn't become commonplace for at least 100 years later.another century.
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* BlackComedy: Gary mentioning that a Ghost Festival celebrating the dead "Is like celebrating a party in an old people's home". Tom does a {{facepalm}} in response.

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* BlackComedy: Gary mentioning that a Ghost Festival celebrating the dead "Is like celebrating a party in an old people's home". Tom does responds by doing a {{facepalm}} in response.{{facepalm}}.
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** To ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' and "Star Lord", when mentioning potential "Space Lord" candidates.

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** To ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' and "Star Lord", when mentioning potential "Space Lord" candidates.
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* ObviousRulePatch: From this series on, the contestants no longer "swap handwriting" when writing down their wikipedia article name. Instead, they print the articles' names on the cards.

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* ObviousRulePatch: From this series on, the contestants no longer "swap handwriting" when writing down their wikipedia Wikipedia article name. Instead, they print the articles' names on the cards.
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** To Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy and "Star Lord", when mentioning potential "Space Lord" candidates.

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** To Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' and "Star Lord", when mentioning potential "Space Lord" candidates.
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* BlackComedy: Gary mentioning that a Ghost Festival celebrating the dead "Is like celebrating a party in an old people's home". Tom does a facepalm in response.

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* BlackComedy: Gary mentioning that a Ghost Festival celebrating the dead "Is like celebrating a party in an old people's home". Tom does a facepalm {{facepalm}} in response.



** Gary compares a house on a cliff to ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', and later jokes about a political variation of ''Film/WeekendAtBernies'' featuring a dead candidate for prime minister of England with a stick up his back.

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** Gary compares a house on a cliff to ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', and later jokes about a political variation of ''Film/WeekendAtBernies'' featuring a dead candidate for prime minister Prime Minister of England with a stick up his back.
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Episode title: '''Thin Necks and Terrifying Tractors'''
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* '''Round 1:''' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Festival "Ghost Festival"]]
* '''Round 2:''' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1878_North_Lancashire_by-election "1878 North Lancashire by-election"]]
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* AnachronisticClue: Matt's claim that there were "tractors everywhere" during an agricultural protest in 1878 (although to his credit, they were trying to think of farming technology; Tractor seems to have been the first thing they thought of). Tractors didn't become commonplace for at least 100 years later.
* BlackComedy: Gary mentioning that a Ghost Festival celebrating the dead "Is like celebrating a party in an old people's home". Tom does a facepalm in response.
* CaptainObvious: The many repeats of the phrase "1878 North Lancashire by-election", where Matt, Chris and Gary all have to think of something about that article, which as they all note, is [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative very hyper-specific]].
* DullSurprise: Gary and Chris do this when Tom wins the episode by guessing both rounds' answers correctly.
* JobStealingRobot: Matt's take on the "1878 North Lancashire by-election" is that it didn't happen due to farmers protesting against newer technology of the time taking away their jobs without sufficient compensation.
* MathematiciansAnswer: Gary jokingly mentions that the corpse who ran for his constituent of Lancashire "was one the best they've had", leading to:
-->'''Chris''': Corpses or politicians?\\
'''Matt''': ''Yes''.
* ObviousRulePatch: From this series on, the contestants no longer "swap handwriting" when writing down their wikipedia article name. Instead, they print the articles' names on the cards.
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: The article title for Round 2 is "1878 North Lancashire by-election", an article title so specific that it makes everyone laugh because of how tricky it'll be to make something up about it.
* ARareSentence:
** Chris's use of "Minor Vehicular Events" to describe Ghost Riding.
** Matt mentioning "Tractors Everywhere" when describing the prevalence of farming equipment.
* ShoutOut:
** Gary compares a house on a cliff to ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', and later jokes about a political variation of ''Film/WeekendAtBernies'' featuring a dead candidate for prime minister of England with a stick up his back.
** To Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy and "Star Lord", when mentioning potential "Space Lord" candidates.
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