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University Challenge.

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Asking the questions - Jeremy Paxman.

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Hello. The Kafkaesque quarterfinal stage of this competition

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demands that teams must win not once but twice

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if they're to get to the semifinals.

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Wolfson College Cambridge and Corpus Christi College Oxford

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already have one quarterfinal victory behind them

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and whichever team wins tonight will match them.

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Now, we wouldn't want to tempt fate by suggesting that the team

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from Warwick University have breezed through the competition so far,

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but they beat the University of Liverpool in round one

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by 235 points to 95

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and East London University by 195 to 55 in round two.

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So, with an accumulated score of 430 points

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and an average age of 20, let's meet the Warwick team again.

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Hello. I'm Sophie Hobbs.

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I'm from Birmingham and I'm studying French and history.

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Hi. I'm Sophie Rudd. I'm from Lincolnshire

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and I'm studying computer science and its applications.

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-This is their captain.

-Hello, I'm Giles Hutchings.

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I'm from Farnham, in Surrey, and I'm studying maths.

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Hello, I'm Thomas Van.

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I'm from Geneva, in Switzerland, and I'm studying history.

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APPLAUSE

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Now, the team from Emmanuel College, Cambridge

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have had closer matches so far but still managed to beat

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Nottingham University by 175 points to 135 in round one

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and their round two victory was at the expense of

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the School of Oriental and African Studies

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by a margin of 195 to 130.

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On an accumulated total of 370 and with an average age of 22,

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let's meet the Emmanuel team again.

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Hello. I'm Tom Hill, I'm from London and I'm reading history.

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Hello, I'm Leah Ward.

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I'm originally from Oxfordshire and I'm studying maths.

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-And this is their captain.

-Hello. My name's Bobby Seagull.

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I'm from East Ham, in the London Borough of Newham.

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I'm studying for a masters in education, specialising in maths.

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Hi, I'm Bruno.

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I'm from Wandsworth, in south-west London, and I'm studying physics.

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APPLAUSE

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OK, you all know the rules by now so let's just get on with it.

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Fingers on buzzers, here's your first starter for ten.

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Weighing 3.25g with a diameter of 18mm

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and now made from nickel-plated steel,

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what coin replaced an older version

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that ceased to be legal tender in the UK at the end of 1990?

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The denomination was introduced in 1968

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as a replacement for the shilling.

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-Five pence.

-Five pence is correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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OK, so you get the first set of bonuses, Warwick.

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They're on tall structures that appear on UNESCO's World Heritage list.

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Firstly for 5.

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In 2005, Italy returned the 24m-high Obelisk of Axum

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to which African country,

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68 years after it had been seized by Mussolini's troops?

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-Probably Ethiopia.

-THEY CONFER

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Shall I go with that? Ethiopia.

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Correct.

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In which country is the Gonbad-e Kavus tower?

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53m in height and more than 1,000 years old,

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it is in the historical region of Hyrcania,

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not far from the border with present-day Turkmenistan.

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-Is it going to be another one of the Stans?

-Probably.

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OK, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.

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So, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan.

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-Iran, Afghanistan.

-Shall we go with Iran?

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Iran.

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Iran is correct.

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And finally, in which city of north-western Spain

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is the Tower of Hercules?

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Located at the entrance to the harbour,

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it was built in the late first century AD.

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Galicia's in the north-west, isn't it?

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-Somewhere in Galicia.

-That's the region.

-Oh, is that the region?

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-Yeah.

-And what's the name of...

-Santiago de Compostela.

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Santiago de Compostela.

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No, it's La Coruna.

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10 points for this.

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"He enjoys perhaps a wider celebrity

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"than any political writer of modern Europe."

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These words, of the historian Macaulay,

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refer to which French political philosopher?

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His 1748 work on The Spirit Of The Laws

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was a major influence...

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-Montesquieu.

-Montesquieu is correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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Bonuses this time on trees and shrubs, Warwick.

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Native to much of tropical Africa and parts of Asia,

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Salvadora persica is a tree often known by the name of what object

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used in personal hygiene?

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Its twigs contain various antimicrobial compounds.

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-Soap?

-Toothbrush...

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-Something tree. A soap tree. Does that make sense?

-A soap bush.

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Soap bush. Is that a thing?

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A soap tree.

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No, it was the toothbrush tree.

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Widely grown as ornamental shrubs,

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Syringa vulgaris and Syringa persica

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have what short, common name also denoting a colour

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and deriving ultimately from the Persian for blue?

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Azure, cyan...

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-It isn't Persian, though, so it's a bit strange.

-I don't know.

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-Do we have any idea?

-Rhododendron?

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It's a short word, isn't it?

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-When he says it, I'll know it.

-No idea, sorry.

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It's lilac.

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And finally, name either of the two major commercial fruits

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obtained from cultivars of Prunus persica.

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Prune.

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-Prunes.

-Raisin.

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-Sultana.

-Grapes and plums.

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-Plums and grapes? Plums and prunes?

-We only need one.

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-We only need one?

-Plums.

-OK, plums.

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No, they come from a different subgenus.

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It's the peach and the nectarine. 10 points for this.

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The French composer Jules Massenet

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said that Johann Strauss the younger was "the perfume of Vienna".

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Which composer did he say was its soul?

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Born in Hamburg in 1833,

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his works include The Hungarian Dances and...

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Brahms.

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It is Brahms. Well done. APPLAUSE

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These bonuses are on mountains in Hinduism, Warwick.

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Often depicted as a meditating aesthetic,

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which god, according to traditional Hindu belief,

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lives on the Himalayan Mount Kailash with his wife, Parvati?

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Parvati. I think, is it Shiva?

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-Yeah.

-I think it's Shiva.

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-I think he's often seen as an aesthetic.

-Shiva.

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Shiva is correct.

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Secondly, which incarnation of Vishnu

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is believed to have balanced Mount Govardhana

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on his little finger to shelter the people of Vrindavana

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from rain and floods brought on by the rain God Indra?

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That does sound like Krishna.

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-I think it's Krishna.

-Yeah.

-Krishna.

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Krishna is correct.

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And finally, built by the Khmer king Suryavarman II,

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which temple complex represents Mount Meru -

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a golden mountain which is the axis of the world,

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according to Hindu mythology?

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Well, I think it sounds like a...name.

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-I could be wrong, though.

-I think he said Khmer.

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Angkor Wat.

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Correct. APPLAUSE

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Right, we're going to take a picture round now.

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For your picture starter, you're going to see the name of

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a member state of the European Union

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written in an official language of the EU

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but not one predominantly spoken in that country.

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For 10 points, I want you to identify the country

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and the language in which it's written.

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It's Finland and Hungarian.

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No. Anyone like to buzz from Warwick?

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Finland and Estonia.

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Finland and Estonian is correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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So your bonuses, Warwick,

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are three more names of EU member states

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each written in an official language of the EU

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not predominantly spoken in that country.

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I need the country and the language to get the 5 points. Firstly...

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I have no... What has accents on As? Is that Hungarian?

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THEY CONFER

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-Something near.

-Garger. Gauze.

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-Gregory.

-Where would that be?

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-Czech...

-Czech Republic and Hungarian.

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Czech Republic and Hungarian.

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No, it's Greece in Hungarian. And secondly...

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-I have no idea.

-I have no idea.

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-I've seen it, I've seen that word.

-You've seen it?

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It could be French.

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Malta in French?

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Malta in French.

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No, it's Germany in Polish. And finally...

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-So this is Irish.

-Yeah.

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The Czech Republic in Irish?

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-Something that's got more than one word.

-Riocht, is that like Reich?

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-But it's not Germanic.

-It's going to be a double-named country, isn't it?

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-Yeah.

-Czech Republic in Irish.

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No, it's the United Kingdom in Irish.

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10 points at stake for this. Fingers on the buzzers.

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Concatenating the chemical symbols of elements 18 and 19

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in the periodic table spells the name of what object?

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Its construction is described in chapter six of the book of Genesis.

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Babel.

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No.

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-Ark.

-Ark is correct, yes.

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Argon and potassium. APPLAUSE

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So you're off the mark and you get a set of bonuses on science

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in the 17th century, Emmanuel College.

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Born in 1588, which French natural philosopher

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gives his name to a prime number that has the form

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two to the power N-1, for example...?

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-Mersenne.

-Mersenne is correct.

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Mersenne disseminated the ideas of numerous contemporary scientists,

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including the experiments of which Italian,

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who was the inventor of the barometer?

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-Torricelli, I think.

-Yeah? That sounds right.

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Torricelli.

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Torricelli is right.

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A 1639 work by Mersenne is a summary of the discourse

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of which physicist and astronomer, born in Pisa in 1564?

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-Galileo.

-Correct.

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10 points for this. APPLAUSE

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Which Prime Minister's term of office

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saw the publication of Robert Tressell's

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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist,

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Arnold Bennett's Clayhanger,

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EM Forster's Howards End and DH Lawrence's Sons and Lovers?

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Asquith.

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HH Asquith is right, yes. APPLAUSE

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So your bonuses this time are on the 1922 general election, Emmanuel.

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Firstly, a Parsi born in Bombay,

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Shapurji Saklatvala was elected for Battersea North,

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endorsed by the Labour Party,

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despite having joined which party the year before?

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-I think it was the Liberals.

-Liberal?

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-I can't think what else it would be.

-Liberal? Liberal party.

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No, he was a Communist.

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Unseating Winston Churchill, Edwin Scrymgeour

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and the Labour candidate ED Morel

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were elected for the two member seats of Dundee.

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Which Scottish party did Scrymgeour represent?

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Its initials were SPP.

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-Scottish Progressive Party?

-Parliamentary?

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Parliamentary? Or Progressive?

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-Parliamentary?

-Go for Parliamentary.

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Scottish Parliamentary Party.

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No, it's the Scottish Prohibition Party.

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And finally, who was elected as an independent for Harrow in 1922

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having previously held the seat as a Conservative?

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He later joined the Labour Party and in 1931 formed the New Party.

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-1931. Do you know anything?

-No.

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-I think we should just...

-Just pass, yes. Smith.

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No, it was Oswald Mosley.

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10 points for this.

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The ancient Greek historian Megasthenes

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is noted for a four-volume account of land situated largely

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in which present-day country?

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Born around 350 BC,

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he was sent by King Seleucus the first

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on embassies to the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta.

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-India.

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses are on the solar system, Emmanuel.

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In each case, name the planet whose data corresponds to the following.

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Firstly, for 5.

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Approximate diameter - 143,000km.

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Mean distance from the sun - 5.2 astronomical units.

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Orbital period - 11.86 years.

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So Earth is one. Is it Mars or Jupiter?

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-I think it's Jupiter.

-Jupiter?

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-Is it Mars?

-It could be a lot longer. I'd go for Mars.

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-Mars.

-No, it was Jupiter.

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Secondly, approximate diameter - 49,500km.

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Mean distance from the sun - 30 astronomical units.

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Orbital period - 164.8 years.

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-Is that Neptune?

-Neptune, yeah. Yeah, Neptune 30.

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-Neptune.

-Correct.

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Approximate diameter - 6,800km.

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Mean distance from the sun - 1.5 astronomical units.

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-Orbital period - 687 Earth days.

-That's Mars. That's Mars.

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That is Mars, yes. 10 points for this.

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APPLAUSE

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Which lower case Greek letter represents, in biology -

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a eukaryotic DNA polymerase implicated in translesion synthesis,

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in particle physics -

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a neutral meson with a mass of 548 mega electron volts

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and in physics generally - the coefficient of viscosity?

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-Eta.

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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Right, these bonuses are on the Greek dramatist Aeschylus.

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Firstly for 5, Aeschylus is believed to have been born in around 525 BC

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because chroniclers say that he was 35 when he fought

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the invading Persians at which major battle?

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THEY CONFER

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Is that when Marathon is?

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Marathon 580, isn't it?

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Marathon. Yeah, go for that?

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-Marathon.

-Correct.

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After the son of Agamemnon,

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what collective name is given to the trilogy by Aeschylus that...

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-Oresteia.

-..includes The Libation Bearers

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-and The Eumenides?

-The Oresteia.

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Correct.

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Often seen as a symbol of defiance against tyrannical power,

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which Titan is described as Bound

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-in a drama traditionally attributed to...?

-Prometheus.

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Correct.

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Right, we're going to take a music round now.

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For your music starter,

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you're going to hear music composed for a ballet.

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For 10 points, please give me the name of the composer.

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ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS

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Tchaikovsky.

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No. You can hear a little more, Warwick.

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MUSIC CONTINUES

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-Delibes.

-It is Delibes, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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The pizzicato interlude from his Sylvia.

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So, for your music bonuses, three more pizzicato sections

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in classical works.

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I simply want the composer in each case.

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Firstly for 5, this French composer.

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PIZZICATO PLAYS

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It sounds baroque.

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It's funky.

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THEY DISCUSS QUIETLY

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-I can't think of any... Bizet, Berlioz.

-Saint-Saens, maybe?

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Saint-Saens, yeah.

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Oh, it might be Saint-Saens. Yeah.

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Saint-Saens.

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No, it's Maurice Ravel.

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Secondly, this Russian composer.

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NEW PIZZICATO PLAYS

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If it was a ballet, I'd say Tchaikovsky...

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-No, it's a pizzicato.

-It's a pizzicato. Prokofiev?

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Or Tchaikovsky. Oh, I don't know.

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Prokofiev.

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No, that was Tchaikovsky.

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And finally, this Italian composer.

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NEW PIZZICATO PLAYS

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Verdi, Puccini...

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Erm, who else is there? I have no idea.

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-Shall I just guess one?

-Guess this one.

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Verdi.

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No, it's Paganini's 24th Caprice.

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10 points for this -

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the subject of extensive excavation in the later 19th century,

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which archaeological site to the south east of Salzburg

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gives its name to the predominant culture in Central Europe

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during the late Bronze...?

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Neanderthal.

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No, I'm afraid you lose 5 points.

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..late Bronze and early Iron Ages?

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-Hallstatt.

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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Right, your bonuses are on pairs of place names

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in which the final letters of the first name begin the second.

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For example, Oldham and Hammersmith.

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Give both names from the descriptions.

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Firstly, for 5 points,

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the two-word name of the Indian state

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whose capital is Kolkata

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and the military campaign of the First World War

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directed against the Ottoman Empire.

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-So, Gallipoli will be the second.

-Gallipoli.

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-What does it...?

-"Gal".

-It would end "gal" or "ga".

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Is there a "Gupita"? Or "gal" - "Mugal"?

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Well, he said it's two words, wasn't it, for the Indian state?

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Yeah, it was.

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Like upper or lower or something.

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Something Pradesh.

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But no, but it has to have Gallipoli,

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-it has to have, like, "gal" at the end.

-Oh.

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But I can't think of...

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-I don't know.

-Like...

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I don't know.

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Upper Mugal and Gallipoli.

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No, you were thinking along the right lines,

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but it was West Bengal and Gallipoli.

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And secondly, the Indian state whose capital is Patna,

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and a French port who's captured by Henry V

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features in Act 3 of the play by Shakespeare.

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-What's that?

-Harfleur.

-And how do...?

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-No, Honfleur, so, H-O-N.

-No, H-A-R.

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-Is it H-A-R?

-Yeah, it's Harfleur.

-Harfleur?

-So, what's a...?

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Something "Radhar".

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Oh, it's terrible, I can't think.

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What are the Indian states?

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Chandigarh?

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-Is that a...?

-Is that something, Chandigarh?

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Chandigarh and Harfleur.

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No, it's Bihar and Harfleur.

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And finally, the Indian state whose capital is Mumbai

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and a decisive naval battle off the south-western coast of Spain.

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-So, Trafalgar.

-Trafalgar.

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Traf... Trafal... Wait, is it Trafalgar?

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Mahabra...no.

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There's something that sounds like Mahabra, but isn't Mahabra.

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-Something that ends in "tra".

-Yeah.

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-Oh.

-Great. Where did they say was compared to Spain?

-South-west Spain.

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-South-west of Spain.

-It's probably Trafalgar. I don't know.

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I can't think of what it is.

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Pass. Sorry, nothing.

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The place you were searching for was Maharashtra and Trafalgar.

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10 points for this -

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which two letters appear at the end of short names

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given in alchemy to the element mercury,

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and in the book of Genesis to the third son of Adam and Eve?

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The same...

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Um, ETH.

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No. You'll hear a little more actually.

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You'll hear the rest of the question,

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but you want to answer now?

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TH.

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TH, is correct, yes. I only asked for two letters.

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APPLAUSE

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OK, you get a set of bonuses this time, Emmanuel,

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on a French thinker.

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Who combined psychoanalysis with semiotics

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into a highly influential and powerful theoretical synthesis?

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He founded the Freudian School of Paris in 1964.

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S-saus...

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-Saussure.

-Ooh, Saussure.

-Saussure, yeah.

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Saussure.

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No, it's Lacan.

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And secondly, an essay entitled The Rotten Donkey

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first suggested to Lacan a new way of thinking

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about the connection between mind and language.

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Which Spanish surrealist was the author?

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-Dali?

-I think it is.

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-Dali.

-Correct.

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In Lacan's psychoanalysis,

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what French term refers to something that is desired

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but can never be obtained?

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-Something that you want but you can never...

-Like an idee fixe.

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And idee fixe is a thing, but...

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-No, I don't know. Do you want to say that?

-Erm.

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-I can't think of anything.

-Idee fixe?

-Yeah.

-Why not?

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Idee fixe.

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-No, no, that's a set view.

-Oh. Yeah.

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It's an objet petite a.

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10 points for this -

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consumption plus investment plus government spending

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plus net exports is a formula for calculating what...?

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GDP.

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Correct. Gross domestic product.

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You get a set of bonuses,

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this time on medical adjectives, Emmanuel College.

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From a Greek word meaning wait,

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what term means relating to the causes and treatment of obesity?

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-So it's going to be bari, right?

-Yeah, bari.

-Bariometry?

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-Bari...

-Barimetry.

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Why are we measuring bari...?

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-Yeah.

-You think it's Barimetry?

-Bariology.

-Bariology.

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Bariology?

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No, you got the right derivation, but it's bariatric.

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Secondly, from the Greek word for a halter,

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what term means preventing blood flow

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through a part of the body by constriction?

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-So, it's like a... No, no, it's not a stent, it's a...

-Constriction.

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Like a, you know, a thing that you...

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-A tourniquet. No, it's a tourniquet, it's not Greek.

-I don't know.

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Say stent.

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Stent.

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No, it's strangulated.

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And finally, what six-letter term from the Latin

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means relating to or caused by disease?

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-Is it something like epi...?

-No, that's Greek.

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-It's from the Latin.

-Pathol...

-So it's going to end in L?

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-No, that's also Greek.

-Oh, I don't know. I'm out.

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LAUGHTER

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What's disease in Latin?

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-I can't...

-Mind blanking.

-OK, never mind.

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It's not the right one,

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pathology.

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-It's morbid.

-Morbid.

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Right, we're going to take a second picture round.

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For your picture starter, you're going to see a still

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from a television series.

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For 10 points, I want the name of the creator of the series.

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Aaron Sorkin.

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Correct. Aaron Sorkin is right. APPLAUSE

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Aaron Sorkin is regarded as a show runner and auteur figure

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with the overall responsibility for the tone and direction

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of a long-form drama.

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Your picture bonuses are stills from three more television series

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of the last 20 years and, again,

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in each case I want the name of the series creator and show runner.

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Firstly, for five.

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-Oh. Is it The Wire?

-So, that's The Wire.

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-Yeah, who's that by?

-Um...

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-Is he American?

-He's called David...

-Fincher?

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-No, no, no.

-I don't know.

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I can picture him.

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-Smith, Smith, Johnson, Jones, Adams...

-No, no, it's not.

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-OK, never mind.

-Do you just want a surname?

-Just pass.

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David Jones.

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-No, it was David Simon.

-Oh!

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It was The Wire. Secondly...

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-So, that's Orange Is The New Black.

-Any idea who...?

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No, nothing. Pass?

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-Jones.

-That's Jenji Kohan, Orange Is The New Black.

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And finally...

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Oh, is this Buffy The Vampire Slayer?

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But who's that by?

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-Joss Whedon.

-Joss Whedon, yeah.

-Joss Whedon?

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-I think it's Joss Whedon.

-Yeah, it is Joss Whedon.

-Josh Whedon.

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Correct. APPLAUSE

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10 points for this.

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The 1865 work, A Dynamical Theory Of The Electromagnetic Field,

0:22:390:22:44

set forth the basis of the four equations...

0:22:440:22:48

James Clerk Maxwell.

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Correct. APPLAUSE

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OK, Emmanuel College,

0:22:530:22:54

these bonuses are on FA Cup final venues before 1914.

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In 1872, the first FA Cup final was played at which London venue?

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It later became the first ground in England to host

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-international test cricket.

-Lords.

-Lords, yeah?

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I'm pretty sure. Lords.

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-No, it was the Oval or the Kennington Oval.

-Ah.

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Which ground in north-west England hosted the final in 1894?

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It's home to a club that has played in the top flight

0:23:190:23:21

of English football since 1954.

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Top flight, so...

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It's not Manchester United, then, because they got relegated...

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-Man City has been relegated, Aston Villa...

-Yes, yes. It's...

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North-west.

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-Liverpool, Everton...

-Everton?

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-So, they want the name of club or the ground?

-I think Everton.

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-Goodison?

-Goodison Park.

-North-west?

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-Yeah.

-Yeah, they're still there.

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-I think Goodison Park.

-Goodison Park.

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-Correct.

-Yeah!

-APPLAUSE

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And finally, which former ground in south-east London

0:23:440:23:47

was the venue of finals from 1895 to 1914?

0:23:470:23:50

The site is now a national sports centre.

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Crystal Palace...that's south-east. So has...?

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-What's the Crystal Palace stadium?

-That's not a sports centre.

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Really? A sports centre.

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Olympia sports centre, but that's in the west, so I don't know.

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I don't know.

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-Say Crystal Palace, even though that's not the answer.

-Come on.

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Crystal Palace.

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-Correct.

-Hey!

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Right, 10 points for this.

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There are about four minutes to go.

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Published in 1989,

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what was the third novel of the Japanese-born writer Kazuo Ishiguro?

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It followed A Pale View Of Hills and An Artist Of The Floating World.

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Remains of the Day.

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Correct. APPLAUSE

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Your bonuses are on seven-letter terms in the sciences.

0:24:300:24:33

In each case, give the term from the definition.

0:24:330:24:36

All three begin with the same letter.

0:24:360:24:38

Firstly, in physics, a term describing fluids

0:24:380:24:41

that have a high degree of resistance to shear

0:24:410:24:44

or, more generally, change in shape.

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So, well, viscous would be, but did he say six letters or seven?

0:24:460:24:50

-He said seven.

-Isn't it...?

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-OK.

-No, it is viscous, yeah.

-Viscous, yeah?

0:24:520:24:53

-What were you thinking?

-No, go.

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-Viscous.

-Correct.

-Good.

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In biology, from the Latin meaning empty,

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what term denotes one of a number of different types of

0:25:000:25:03

membrane-bound organelles in cells?

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-It's vacuole, isn't it?

-Vacuole. V-A-C-U-O-L-E, yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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Vacuole.

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Correct.

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In chemistry, the number of atoms of hydrogen

0:25:110:25:13

with which one atom of a given element can combine or can displace?

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-Valency.

-Valency, yeah?

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-Yeah.

-V-A-L-E...

-Yes, yes, it is.

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-Valency.

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE 10 points for this -

0:25:220:25:25

the US physicist Martin Perl won the 1995 Nobel Prize

0:25:250:25:30

for his discovery of which charge lepton?

0:25:300:25:33

He named it after the Greek letter

0:25:330:25:35

that begins the word for third in that language.

0:25:350:25:38

Uh, tau.

0:25:380:25:40

Tau or "toe" is correct, yes. APPLAUSE

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So, you get a set of bonuses,

0:25:420:25:44

this time, Emmanuel College, on artistic depictions

0:25:440:25:46

of Saint Sebastien.

0:25:460:25:48

Born near Padua in 1431, which artist is noted for paintings

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of Saint Sebastien that are now in collections in Paris,

0:25:520:25:55

Venice, and Vienna?

0:25:550:25:56

-Oh, 1431. What city did he say?

-Padua.

-Giotto is around there.

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Giotto, maybe.

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-Giotto?

-I don't know. I've got no idea.

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Giotto?

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-No, it was Mantegna.

-Ah.

0:26:050:26:07

Saint Sebastien Bound to the Column is one of a series of engravings

0:26:070:26:10

by which artist born in Nuremberg in 1471?

0:26:100:26:14

-It must be Albrecht Durer.

-Durer, yeah.

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-Durer.

-Correct.

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Which artist moved to Spain in 1577 and shortly after produced

0:26:170:26:21

a depiction of Saint Sebastien kneeling and bound to a tree?

0:26:210:26:24

-It's El Greco.

-El Greco, yeah.

0:26:240:26:26

-El Greco.

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE 10 points for this -

0:26:280:26:31

what distinctive architectural form is incorporated into

0:26:310:26:34

the Great Stupa at Sanchi in India,

0:26:340:26:38

the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul,

0:26:380:26:40

and the Reichstag in Berlin?

0:26:400:26:42

Its name derives...

0:26:420:26:43

A dome.

0:26:430:26:45

A dome is correct, yes. APPLAUSE

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Right, a set of bonuses, this time on the holy Roman Empire.

0:26:490:26:52

Firstly, the Golden Bull of 1356 confirmed the status

0:26:520:26:57

of the seven Imperial electors.

0:26:570:26:59

These included the king of which country?

0:26:590:27:01

The region in question now forms the larger part of the Czech Republic.

0:27:010:27:04

-Bohemia.

-Bohemia.

0:27:040:27:05

Correct.

0:27:050:27:06

The Imperial Electors included the archbishops of three cities -

0:27:060:27:09

name any two of them.

0:27:090:27:10

Mainz and Magdeburg.

0:27:100:27:12

Mainz and Magdeburg.

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-No, it was Mainz, Trier and Cologne.

-Oh, sorry.

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And finally, which Maregrave was an Imperial Elector?

0:27:170:27:20

The Margrave shares its name with the present-day German state

0:27:200:27:23

whose capital is Potsdam.

0:27:230:27:26

-Oh, that would be...

-Um, that's, um...

0:27:260:27:28

-Brandenburg.

-Yeah, it's Brandenburg.

0:27:280:27:30

-Brandenburg.

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE 10 points with this -

0:27:310:27:33

dividing in the thigh into the tibial and common fibula nerves,

0:27:330:27:38

which nerve of the lower limb is the largest...?

0:27:380:27:41

-Sciatic.

-Correct, sciatic is right.

0:27:410:27:43

APPLAUSE

0:27:430:27:45

These bonuses are on sisters in 20th-century literature.

0:27:450:27:48

In each case, name the title and the author of the work

0:27:480:27:51

in which the following characters appear.

0:27:510:27:53

Firstly, Julia and Cordelia are the sisters of Sebastien

0:27:530:27:56

in which novel published...? GONG

0:27:560:27:58

And at the gong, Warwick University have 90,

0:27:580:28:00

Emmanuel College, Cambridge, have 200.

0:28:000:28:03

APPLAUSE

0:28:030:28:06

Well, bad luck, Warwick.

0:28:060:28:07

You're going to have to come back and play again anyway,

0:28:070:28:10

but you will have to win then,

0:28:100:28:12

and then win again in order to go through to the semifinals.

0:28:120:28:15

Emmanuel, you have to win one more time to go through

0:28:150:28:17

to the semifinals - congratulations to you.

0:28:170:28:20

I hope you can join us next time for another quarterfinal match,

0:28:200:28:23

-but until then, it's goodbye from Warwick University... ALL:

-Goodbye.

0:28:230:28:26

..it's goodbye from Emmanuel College, Cambridge...

0:28:260:28:28

-ALL:

-Goodbye.

0:28:280:28:29

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

0:28:290:28:31

APPLAUSE

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