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Our first contender tonight is Jack Bennett,

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he's a student from Lancaster.

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His specialist subject, the James Bond films.

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Next, John Millar, an investment manager from Edinburgh,

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on Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street novels.

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Kester Ford is a marketer from Southend-on-Sea,

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and he'll answer questions on 20th-century American presidents.

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And Frances Slack, a university lecturer from Manchester.

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Her specialist subject, the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.

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Tonight's contenders will answer questions

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on their specialist subject and then on general knowledge.

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Sounds easy enough, if you're watching,

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but not when the clock is ticking away and the lights are bright and

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you're all alone in that black chair.

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They get two minutes in the first round,

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two and a half minutes in the second.

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So let's have our first contender, please.

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And your name is?

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-Jack Bennett.

-Your occupation?

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-Student.

-And your specialist subject?

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The official James Bond films.

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The James Bond films. In two minutes, here we go.

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Which CIA agent,

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who has been played by a succession of actors in Bond films,

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is portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace?

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Felix Leiter.

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In the film For Your Eyes Only, who performs the theme song

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and appears in the opening credit sequence?

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-Sheena Easton.

-Yes. In Dr No,

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M instructs Major Boothroyd to give Bond a Walther PPK firearm as a

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replacement for which other make of gun that Bond carried for ten years?

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-Beretta.

-Yes.

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Which actor plays the vengeful British Secret Service agent

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Alec Trevelyan, who betrays MI6 in GoldenEye and jeers that Bond is

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"Her Majesty's loyal terrier"?

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-Sean Bean.

-Yes. In The Man With The Golden Gun,

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Bond is assigned to recover a small device from Scaramanga that converts

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the sun's radiation into electricity.

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What's the device called?

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-Solex Agitator.

-Yes.

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Who sings the Oscar-winning theme song to the 2012 Bond film Skyfall?

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-Adele.

-Yes.

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In On Her Majesty's Secret Service,

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what is the name of the operation that's been set up to find

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Ernst Stavro Blofeld?

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-Gold.

-Bedlam.

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In From Russia With Love,

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which actor plays the SPECTRE-trained killer Donald Grant,

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who is assigned to make Bond's death a particularly unpleasant and

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humiliating one?

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-Robert Shaw.

-Yes. In You Only Live Twice,

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what is the name of the ship seen by Bond in a photograph that eventually

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leads him to an island where a secret rocket base is concealed

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within a volcano?

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Ning-Po.

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What is the name of the supposed Soviet defector who, with Bond's

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help, escapes to the West through the trans-Siberian pipeline

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in The Living Daylights?

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Georgi Koskov.

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In which 1989 film does Timothy Dalton make his second appearance

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as James Bond?

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Licence To Kill.

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Who plays Spectre's number two agent, Emilio Largo,

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in the '65 film Thunderball?

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Adolfo Celi.

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In the 2006 film Casino Royale,

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which actress plays Vesper Lynd,

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the Treasury agent who accuses Bond of regarding women as disposable

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pleasures rather than meaningful pursuits?

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-Eva Green.

-Yes.

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Which New Zealand film-maker directed Die Another Day?

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Lee Tamahori.

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In Quantum Of Solace, Bond overhears the plans of Dominic Greene,

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the CEO of Greene Planet,

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while he is in Austria attending a performance of which opera?

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-Carmen.

-No, Tosca.

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You have no passes, Jack, but you score 13 points.

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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-John Millar.

-Your occupation?

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-Investment manager.

-And your specialist subject?

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The 44 Scotland Street novels by Alexander McCall Smith.

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In two minutes, starting now.

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In which newspaper did the 44 Scotland Street novels

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by Alexander McCall Smith first appear in serialised form?

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The Scotsman.

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Bertie Pollock's baby brother Ulysses is prone to

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spontaneous vomiting,

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the sight of a member of his family seems to be the cause. Who?

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His mother, Irene.

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Yes. In a hotel, after a series of mishaps, Bertie's mother, Irene,

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is mistaken for the new wife of a Bedouin leader in which city?

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Dubai.

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What name does the gallery owner Matthew give to his new

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mud-coloured car which is cheap,

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reliable and capable of carrying three babies and their impedimenta?

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Efficient.

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The Holy Grail.

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In The World According To Bertie,

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what is the title of the plain white canvas that the Duke of Johannesburg

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eventually buys for £320?

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-Peace Be With You.

-Yes.

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What was the name of the three-year-old who was the subject

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of an academic paper by Dr Fairbairn?

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When they came across each other on a bus several years later, the boy

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head-butted the doctor as a precautionary measure.

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Wee Fraser.

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The portrait painter and amateur poet Angus Lordie has taught his

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dog, Cyril, to relieve himself when Angus says what two-word phrase?

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-Turner Prize.

-Yes.

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What is the name of the illness that strikes down the would-be historical

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novelist Antonia Collie in the Uffizi Gallery?

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-Stendhal syndrome.

-Yes.

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The Glasgow gangster Aloysius Lard O'Connor visits

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Edinburgh with a painting that turns out to be

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the long-lost portrait of Robert Burns by which artist?

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-Raeburn.

-Yes.

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When the children Olive and Bertie are playing,

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Olive takes a blood sample from Bertie and later tells him he has

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tested positive for what disease?

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Leprosy.

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In Love Over Scotland,

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the art history student Pat McGregor moves from 44 Scotland Street

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to Spottiswoode Street.

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What punning nickname does her ex-flatmate, Bruce, give it?

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Acne tree.

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Acne Timber Street.

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What present that Bertie receives for his seventh birthday does he

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throw into the Water of Leith?

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A gender-neutral doll.

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Which real-life writer is in a hot tub in his garden when Matthew and

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Pat turn up at his house, hoping to retrieve a painting?

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Ian Rankin.

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What does Bruce Anderson take from the house of his boss,

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the surveyor Raeburn Todd,

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shortly before the South Edinburgh Conservative Association ball?

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-Underpants.

-Yes. BEEPING

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And that's it, no passes.

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John, you have 12 points.

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Thank you.

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And our next contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Kester Ford.

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-Your occupation?

-Marketer.

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And your chosen subject?

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20th-century US presidents.

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In two minutes, starting now.

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Which senator for Tennessee was chosen by Bill Clinton to

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be his running mate in the '92 election?

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They formed the youngest ever team to lead the nation.

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-Al Gore.

-Yes.

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What did Franklin Roosevelt say was "the only thing we have to fear"

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in his first inaugural address in March 1933?

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-Fear itself.

-Yes.

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Which American general publicly disagreed with President Truman

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over the conduct of the Korean War,

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and was sacked for insubordination as a result?

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-MacArthur.

-Yes.

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Which Republican president warned in his farewell address that,

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"we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence

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"by the military industrial complex?"

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-Eisenhower.

-Yes.

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The nickname "creep" was given to the CRP, a fundraising

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organisation that aimed to secure Richard Nixon's second term.

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The initial CRP stood for the Committee For...

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The Re-election Of The President.

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Which President's earlier posts include

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American Ambassador to the United Nations,

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Chief of the US Liaison Office in China

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and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency?

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George HW Bush.

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The CIA and Eisenhower planned an invasion that was implemented

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by John F. Kennedy, who took personal responsibility

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when it turned into a disaster. What invasion?

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The Bay of Pigs.

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In September 1901,

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President William McKinley died after he was shot while he was

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attending the Pan-American Exposition in which city?

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Buffalo.

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What code name was given to the sustained bombing raids

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over North Vietnam, ordered by Lyndon B. Johnson

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in early 1965?

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Operation Menu?

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Rolling Thunder.

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In September 1977,

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Jimmy Carter signed treaties to hand back control of which territory

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from the end of 1999?

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Puerto Rico?

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Panama Canal.

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What is the popular name of the statement of common purpose agreed

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between Roosevelt and Churchill in August 1941?

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The Atlantic...Treaty?

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Charter.

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Who was president at the time of the stock market crash

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that led to the Great Depression?

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Herbert Hoover.

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What was the name of the man who tried to murder Ronald Reagan in

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'81, after which the president said to his wife,

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"Honey, I forgot to duck"?

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John Schrank.

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John W Hinckley Junior.

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Whom did Lyndon B. Johnson beat in the November '64 election

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with a record 61% of the popular vote?

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Goldwater.

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In 1947, to what post did Harry Truman

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appoint George C Marshall? BEEPING

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In office, he was responsible for drawing up the European recovery

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programme that gave billions of dollars of aid to Western Europe?

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Um. Secretary of War?

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No, Secretary of State.

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Yeah, there you go.

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No passes, ten points.

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And our final contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Frances Slack.

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-Your occupation?

-University lecturer.

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And your chosen subject?

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The musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

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Rodgers and Hammerstein. In two minutes, here we go.

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Oklahoma! was the first collaboration

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between the composer Richard Rogers

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and the librettist Oscar Hammerstein.

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What is the opening song of the musical,

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performed by the cowboy Curly?

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Oh, What A Beautiful Morning.

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In '57, Rodgers and Hammerstein

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wrote a version of Cinderella for CBS television.

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Who played the title role?

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Julie Andrews.

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Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical,

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released as a film in 1945,

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was written directly for the screen rather than the stage?

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State Fair.

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In the Sound of music, which of the Von Trapp children sings the duet

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16 Going On 17 with the delivery boy, Rolf Gruber?

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Liesl.

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In the original '51 New York production of The King And I,

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who starred as the King of Siam?

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Yul Brynner.

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That's The Way It Happens, a song included in the '96 Broadway version

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of State Fair, was from which other musical that premiered in '53?

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Me and Juliet.

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You'll Never Walk Alone is sung twice in the performance of

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Carousel, once by Nettie Fowler and then as an ensemble piece

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in the show's finale, set at what ceremonial event?

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The school graduation ceremony.

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Which Rodgers and Hammerstein show

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won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize For Drama?

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It was the first musical to do so since Of Thee I Sing in 1932.

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South Pacific.

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Henry Fonda was considered for the part of Doc in Pipe Dream, but

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couldn't sing well enough. Who actually played the role

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when the production opened on Broadway in '55?

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Vernon Dursley.

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Bill Johnson.

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Who wrote the play Green Grow the Lilacs that

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Rodgers and Hammerstein based the musical Oklahoma on?

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-Lynn Riggs.

-In the King and I,

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which character writes the play The Small House Of Uncle Thomas and

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presents it to the King of Siam and his guests?

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Tuptim.

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Who co-wrote the book for the '49 musical South Pacific and later

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directed the film based on the stage musical?

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Josh Logan.

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Which experimental musical opened at the Majestic Theatre, New York

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in October '47 and closed less than a year later,

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even though there had been large advance sales?

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Allegro.

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The part of Fauna, the brothel keeper in Pipe Dream,

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was played by which opera singer when the musical opened in 1955?

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Petunia Dursley.

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Helen Traubel. What is the title

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of the only song... BEEPING

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..for which Rodgers and Hammerstein jointly won an Academy Award?

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It comes from the film of State Fair.

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It's A Grand Night For Singing.

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It Might As Well Be Spring.

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-Oh.

-Yeah.

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There we go, no passes for you either, Frances.

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You have 12 points.

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Well, a very close contest so far,

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not a single pass in that round either.

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Let's have a look at all the scores.

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In fourth place with ten points, Kester Ford.

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Joint second place, 12 points apiece, John Millar

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and Frances Slack.

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In first place, 13 points, Jack Bennett.

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So it is the general knowledge round now,

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and if there's a tie at the end of it,

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then the number of passes is taken into account and the person with

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the fewer passes is the winner.

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And if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-breaker.

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The six highest scoring runners-up will also be able to claim a place

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in the semifinals, so plenty to play for.

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Let's get on with it and ask Kester to join us again, please.

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And you have ten points on the board as we speak,

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but as I say, it is a very close contest.

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Two and a half minutes of general knowledge to romp away with it.

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Here we go. Which small gazelle-like antelope provides the nickname

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of the South African rugby union team?

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-Springbok.

-In chemistry,

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what name's given to the listing of the elements arranged in rows and

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columns in order of atomic numbers, such that elements with similar

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chemical properties appear in the same column?

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Periodic table.

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Yes. What is the name of the Welsh female writer whose novels include

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Tipping The Velvet, Affinity and The Paying Guests?

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-Maeve Binchy.

-Sarah Waters. The holder of which religious office

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is helped in the everyday management of his affairs by the

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group of officials and departments known as the Curia Romana?

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-The Pope.

-What is the address of the official London residence

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of the Chancellor Of The Exchequer?

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11 Downing Street.

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What word, describing an intentionally surly or rude

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behaviour, has its origins in an old English term

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for a person of very low rank in Norman times?

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Brusque.

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Churlish. Dustin Hoffman won his second Best Actor Oscar for playing

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the autistic Raymond Babbitt in a 1988 Barry Levinson film.

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What's its title?

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Rain Man.

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In which genteel sport is the premier international trophy,

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the MacRobertson Shield, contested by Australia, Great Britain,

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New Zealand and America?

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The trophy is named after the millionaire who donated it.

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Polo.

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Croquet. Which of Jane Austen's novels, first published in 1813,

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was originally a youthful work called First Impressions?

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Pride And Prejudice.

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What was the nationality of the artist Diego Rivera

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and his wife and fellow artist Frida Kahlo?

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Mexican.

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Which society, founded in Oxford in 1946 by two barristers,

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restricts its membership to those with an IQ equal to

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the top 2% of the population?

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Mensa.

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What magazine did Lord Reith establish in 1923

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when the Newspaper Publishers Association demanded payment

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to carry radio listings in their publications?

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Radio Times.

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Which Irish singer topped the UK album charts in 1990

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with I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got?

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Sinead O'Connor.

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What is the subtitle of episode seven of the Star Wars films,

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which opened in December 2015?

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The Force Awakens.

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Which insect that resembles a wasp or a bee, but has no sting,

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takes its name from its ability to remain stationary

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in the air above flowers?

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Hover fly.

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Which cocktail, similar to an American mimosa,

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is made from fresh orange juice topped up with iced champagne?

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Buck's fizz.

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The Oasis song Half The World Away is the theme tune for a television

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comedy series that stars Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash. Which series?

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The Royle Family.

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The Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith is best-known

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for a work of 1776 that has the full title,

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An Enquiry Into Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of... What?

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Nations.

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What was the nationality of the pop groups Golden Earring,

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Shocking Blue and Pussycat, all of whom have had UK top ten singles?

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Australian.

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Dutch. BEEPING

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And that's it, no passes, Kester.

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You now have a total of 25 points.

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And now John again, please.

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And you start the round, John, with 12 points, and the score to beat,

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as we speak, is 25,

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and you have two and a half minutes of general knowledge questions.

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Here we go.

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Kelvin, Fahrenheit and Celsius are all scales for measuring what?

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Temperature.

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Which field event in athletics involves throwing a metal ball

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that is 16lbs for men and 8.8lbs for women as far as possible using

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only one hand?

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Shot put.

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IMAP and POP3 are protocols for storing a type of message by a

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computer server that can be viewed and manipulated by an end-user.

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What type of message?

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E-mail.

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What is the surname of the Flintstones' next-door neighbours,

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Barney, Betty and Bamm-Bamm in the television series The Flintstones?

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Rubble.

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Which German composer's best-known works include the

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Academic Festival Overture? It was written in acknowledgement

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of an honorary doctorate conferred on him in 1879?

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Wagner.

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Brahms. A celebrated painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is

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thought to have been partly inspired by the red skies that were seen

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around the world after the eruption of Krakatoa. Which painting?

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The Scream.

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Which classic 1963 film about a breakout from a POW camp

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in the Second World War stars Steve McQueen,

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Richard Attenborough and James Garner?

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The Great Escape.

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In the Bible, who was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac,

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even though she was childless until she was 90 years old?

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Ruth.

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Sarah. Guy Garvey is the lead singer

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with which Mercury-award-winning group?

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Elbow.

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What word for an expert on a particular subject who expands on

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it to the general public comes from the Sanskrit for "learned person"?

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Pundit.

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In the opening line of a poem about solitude by William Cowper,

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which marooned seaman says, "I am monarch of all I survey"?

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The Ancient Mariner.

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Alexander Selkirk.

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What name did the former British colony of the Gold Coast take

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when it gained independence in 1957? It's derived from the name

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of a medieval West African trading empire.

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Pass.

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Which American athlete was accidentally tripped by Zola Budd

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in the 3,000 metres final at the '84 Olympic Games?

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Mary Decker.

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The Scottish engineer John Logie Baird gave the first

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practical, public demonstration of an invention to members of the

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Royal Institution in 1926. What was it?

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Television.

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Who was the chief engineer of the Great Western Railway,

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and introduced the broad gauge to railways in Britain, with tracks

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that are just over seven feet apart?

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Which small, graceful British deer that normally live in small groups

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rather than in large herds have a coat that is reddish-brown in summer

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and grey in winter?

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Roe deer.

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Which Greek philosopher poisoned himself in 399 BC

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by drinking hemlock after he was sentenced to death

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on charges of impiety and corrupting the youth?

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Socrates.

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What is the name of the river, actually a tidal strait,

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that is overlooked by the United Nations building in Manhattan?

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-The Hudson River.

-BEEPING

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No, it's the East River. The Hudson is on the other side.

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You had one pass -

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that former British colony, used to be the Gold Coast,

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became Ghana.

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-You have 25 points.

-Thank you.

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And now Frances again, please.

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And you also kick off with 12 points,

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and the score to beat is still 25.

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So, here we go, two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

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What name is given to the statutory public holidays that were introduced

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by an Act of Parliament of 1871, authored by Sir John Lubbock?

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Bank holidays.

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Which 1966 chart-topping song by Tom Jones begins,

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"The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train"?

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The Green, Green Grass Of Home.

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Evelyn Waugh took the title of his '34 novel A Handful Of Dust

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from which work by TS Eliot?

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The Wasteland.

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What was the name of the bumbling, fez-wearing magician and

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comedian who made a speciality of getting his conjuring tricks wrong

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in his various television series?

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Tommy Cooper.

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Dr Robert McIntyre became a party's first MP when he won

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a by-election for the Motherwell constituency in 1945.

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Which party?

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Scottish National Party.

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What was the nickname of the snooker player

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Alex Higgins because of his hasty style of play?

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Hurricane.

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Which rock star is portrayed by Val Kilmer in the '91 Oliver Stone film

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The Doors?

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Jim Morrison.

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Which North Wales holiday resort promotes

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Alice in Wonderland town trails, commemorating the fact

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that the Liddell family had a holiday home there?

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Llandudno.

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The June '67 war between the Arab nations of Egypt, Syria,

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Jordan and Israel was known by what name because of its short duration?

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Six Days War.

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Who wrote the requiem poem In Memoriam AHH,

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published in 1850, about the death of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam

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in Vienna in 1833?

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Tennyson.

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What name is given to the pole that's associated with the

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coming of spring which children dance around,

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plaiting ribbons into patterns?

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Maypole.

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Which breed of toy dog with a long, silky, pure white coat

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is named after a Mediterranean island in the area where it's

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thought to have originated?

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Marmite.

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Maltese.

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Which Russian composer wrote the music for the four-act ballet

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Swan Lake, which had its premiere in Moscow in 1877?

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Tchaikovsky.

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What French term is used for the lighter style of food,

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simply cooked and attractively presented,

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that was developed in the 1960s and '70s, and popularised

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by the food critics Henri Gault and Christian Millau?

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Cordon.

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-Nouvelle cuisine.

-Oh.

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The name of what very loud warning hooter,

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originally used on early motorcars,

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takes its name from the American company that manufactured it?

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-Klaxon.

-The chapel of a public school with the River Thames

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prominent in the foreground is the subject of a landscape

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by the Venetian artist Canaletto, painted in about 1754.

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Which public school?

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Eton.

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In which South American country is the port city of Fray Bentos?

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It's historically famous as a meat processing centre.

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Uruguay.

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What did the 17th century Danish astronomer Ole Romer show has a

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finite and measurable speed by observing time differences between

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eclipses of Jupiter's moons?

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Light.

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In which year did the Queen celebrate her silver jubilee?

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BEEPING

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-1977.

-Is correct. Wow.

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No passes, 29 points.

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And finally, Jack again, please.

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And you start out, Jack, with 13 points.

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And I don't suppose you need me to tell you how many you have to get

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to get through to the semifinals,

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but 29, I'm afraid, is the score to beat.

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Let's see how you do with two and a half minutes of general knowledge,

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starting now.

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In which story, collected by the Brothers Grimm, is the title

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character a girl with very long hair who is locked away in a tower

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by an enchantress?

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Rapunzel.

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Which classic cow's milk cheese from Normandy is customarily

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shaped in discs measuring about 11 cm in diameter

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and four cm in thickness?

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Camembert.

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In which 2009 Oscar-winning science-fiction film by

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James Cameron is the planet Pandora inhabited by the Na'vi,

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a race of people who are ten feet tall with long tails?

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Avatar.

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In 1485, who became the last English king to die in battle?

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-Richard III.

-Which island is at the apex of a mythical triangle that,

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together with Miami and Puerto Rico,

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forms an area of sea where many planes and boats have been lost?

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Bermuda.

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Which women's seven-a-side game is played on a court divided into

0:23:110:23:14

thirds and measuring 100 feet by 50 feet?

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Netball.

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Which raccoon-like animal,

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whose scientific name means shining cat,

0:23:180:23:21

was once thought to be related to the giant panda?

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Red panda.

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What acronym has been used since 1975 for the body that helps

0:23:240:23:27

settle disputes between employers and employees?

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CPR?

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ACAS. What term is used to describe the occupation of Lovely Rita

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in the song of the Beatles' Sgt Pepper album?

0:23:370:23:39

Teacher.

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Meter maid. Which town in Gwent became the fifth in Wales

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to be granted city status as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee

0:23:440:23:47

celebrations in 2002?

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St Asaph.

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Newport. What is the common name for a deformed ear cartilage caused by

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repeated blows, and typically suffered by

0:23:530:23:55

boxers and rugby players?

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Cauliflower.

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What is the name of the small Himalayan kingdom that lies

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between China in the north and India in the south,

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and has Thimphu as its capital city?

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Bhutan.

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Which small dagger with a slender,

0:24:070:24:08

tapered blade has a name meaning "little dagger" in Italian?

0:24:080:24:11

Pugio?

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Stiletto. What is the name of the character whose progress in the

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British Army during the Napoleonic Wars is charted in a series of

0:24:210:24:24

novels by Bernard Cornwell and a television adaptation?

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He was played by Sean Bean.

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Sharpe.

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John Harrison invented what timekeeping device of great accuracy

0:24:290:24:32

that is used for determining longitude while at sea?

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Parliament eventually, and reluctantly, paid most of the

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£20,000 prize it had promised for it in the 1714 Longitude Act.

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Marine chronometer.

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In which television comedy series, set in a Spanish holiday resort,

0:24:440:24:47

did Johnny Vegas appear as a pub quiz champion known as the Oracle?

0:24:470:24:51

Benidorm.

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What decorative motif,

0:24:520:24:54

dated from ancient Greece and symbolising abundance,

0:24:540:24:57

is also known as the Horn Of Plenty?

0:24:570:24:59

BEEPING

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Pass.

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Well, I can give it to you, because your time is up.

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It is the cornucopia.

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And you've got a total of 25 points.

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Well, what a very high-scoring contest,

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and hardly any passes, only two.

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Let's have a look at all of the scores.

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In joint second place - they all got 25 points - Jack Bennett,

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John Millar and Kester Ford.

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And in first place, 29 points, Frances Slack.

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So...

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Well done. Mind you, you sort of had to win, didn't you?

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Certainly against Jack, because you're the lecturer

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-and he's the student.

-Yes.

-So...

-Absolutely.

-The pressure was on.

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-Did you think you were going to win?

-No.

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Ha! And are you looking forward...

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You don't have to tell me whether you are looking forward to doing it

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all over again. You've got to do it at least once, and possibly twice.

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-We will look forward...

-That's the challenge.

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That's the challenge. We will look forward to seeing you again,

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and, of course, it's possible that we will see one or more of the

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others again, John, Jack or Kester, with their score of 25 points.

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It's possible that we shall be seeing them again.

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go to our website,

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