0:00:25 > 0:00:29First in the spotlight tonight is Geoffrey Snape, a geologist from Blackburn.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31His subject - the history of New York.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Sally Mabey from Cardiff will answer questions on the Women's Institute.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Gareth Kingston, a marketing manager from Flitwick,
0:00:38 > 0:00:42answers questions on the architect and designer Augustus Pugin.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And Chris Wills, a masters student from Manchester.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49His subject - Wimbledon tennis singles since 1990.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Four more contenders about to take television's ultimate test of nerve and knowledge.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14In the famous black chair, they will answer two minutes of questions on their specialist subject
0:01:14 > 0:01:17and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22The winner goes through to the semi-finals and takes a step closer to owning the great glass bowl.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26But the real prize is the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- And your name is?- Geoffrey Snape. - Your occupation?- Geologist.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45- And your specialist subject? - The History of New York City. - Two minutes.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48In 1892, which harbour location replaced Castle Garden
0:01:48 > 0:01:51as New York's primary point of entry for immigrants?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Ellis Island.- Yes. Who was the last director general
0:01:53 > 0:01:57of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, holding the post from 1647
0:01:57 > 0:02:00till the colony surrendered to the English fleet in 1664?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Peter Stuyvesant.- Yes. What's the title of the landmark study
0:02:03 > 0:02:07published by the police reporter and photographer Jacob Riis in 1890
0:02:07 > 0:02:10that revealed the squalid living conditions of New York's poor?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- How The Other Half Lives. - Yes. In which Harlem venue
0:02:13 > 0:02:17did Duke Ellington and band begin their long-running residency in 1927?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- The Cotton Club.- It was. In 1975, President Gerald Ford
0:02:20 > 0:02:22refused a federal bailout for New York.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Which newspaper led with the headline "Ford To City: Drop Dead"?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- The Mail.- Daily News. What were the Dead Rabbits, the Kerryonians
0:02:29 > 0:02:33and the True Blue Americans, who were all active in New York City from the 1830s?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Gangs. - Yes. In the late 1930s, a former amusement park
0:02:36 > 0:02:40was the site for the development of which present-day New York transport hub
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- named after a city mayor? - Repeat the question, please.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47In the late 30s, a former amusement park was the site for the development
0:02:47 > 0:02:51of which present-day New York transport hub named after a city mayor?
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- LaGuardia.- Yes. Which German-born businessman arrived in New York
0:02:55 > 0:02:58as a fur trader, made a fortune in the first half of the 19th century
0:02:58 > 0:03:02from Manhattan real estate and became the wealthiest living American?
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- Jacob Astor.- Yes. What was the original name of the skyscraper erected in 1902
0:03:06 > 0:03:09that became known to New Yorkers as the Flatiron Building?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Lincoln Building. - The Fuller Building.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Which New York hotel became famous in the 1920s as the regular meeting place of,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19among others, Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Alexander Woollcott?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Pass.- Which American poet characterised Manhattan as,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26"a city of orgies, walks and joys"
0:03:26 > 0:03:28and as "a mettlesome, mad, extravagant city"?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Walt Whitman.- Yes. From 1841, who was the proprietor
0:03:31 > 0:03:34of the American Museum on Broadway?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Barnum.- Yes. Central Park, created in the heart of Manhattan in the late 1850s,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40was landscaped to a design by Frederick Law Olmsted
0:03:40 > 0:03:43and which English-born American architect?
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- Calvert Vaux.- Yes. Which stadium, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers since 1913,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- was abandoned by the Dodgers in 1957... - BEEP
0:03:49 > 0:03:53I'll finish the question. ..and finally demolished in February 1960?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- Ebbets Field.- Is correct. You had just one pass.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02The hotel where all those famous people met, Dorothy Park and the rest, was the Algonquin.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07As you knew. Geoffrey Snape, you have 11 points.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09APPLAUSE
0:04:16 > 0:04:19And our next contender, please.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- And your name is?- Sally Mabey. - Your occupation?- Retired.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- And your specialist subject? - The Women's Institute.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34In which small community in Ontario, Canada,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36did Adelaide Hoodless, a rural housewife,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39establish the Women's Institute movement in 1897?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- Stoney Creek.- Yes. The first British WI opened in 1915
0:04:42 > 0:04:45in Llanfairpwll under the auspices of which society?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- The Agricultural Organisation. - Yes. Which staunch liberal
0:04:48 > 0:04:52became the first chairman of the National Federation of Women's Institutes in 1917?
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- Lady Gertrude Denman.- Yes. In 1940 in the scheme sponsored by the Ministry of Food,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58what did the WI produce in vast amounts
0:04:58 > 0:05:01with bottling and canning equipment from America?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Jam.- Yes. What is the name of the guild that was formed in 1920
0:05:04 > 0:05:06in part to improve conditions of rural life
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- by encouraging home and local industries?- Pass.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Which song was unofficially adopted as the WI's anthem in the 1920s
0:05:13 > 0:05:18despite some opposition on the grounds that it was an unsuitable allegory for women?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Jerusalem.- Yes. Who was the national chairman of the WI
0:05:21 > 0:05:23during the Golden Jubilee celebrations of 1965
0:05:23 > 0:05:27when thousands of members attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Mrs Batty Shaw? - No, Mrs Gabrielle Pike.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33What was the name of the WI's own magazine? First issued in 1919,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36it was replaced in 2007 by WI Life.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Home And Country.- Yes. Which guild was formed in 1939
0:05:39 > 0:05:42with a government grant of £500 to help members through
0:05:42 > 0:05:46more intensive cultivation of their gardens and allotments?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Pass.- What was the name of the singing festival
0:05:49 > 0:05:51that was held in the Royal Albert Hall in 1950
0:05:51 > 0:05:53for which Vaughan Williams composed a cantata?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- The Brilliant And The Dark. - The Folk Songs Of The Four Seasons.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Members of which local WI launched the Alternative Calendar in 1999
0:06:00 > 0:06:05that provided a great deal of publicity, culminating in the film Calendar Girls?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- Rylstone and District.- Yes. Which former journalist
0:06:08 > 0:06:11became chairman of the NFWI in 2009?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- Pass.- At the 2009 AGM, a resolution was passed
0:06:15 > 0:06:18urging the government to increase funding for research
0:06:18 > 0:06:21into the health of which endangered insect?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- Bee.- Yes. Who was Lady Denman's vice chairman for over 20 years
0:06:24 > 0:06:28until her sudden death in 1940? She was regarded as an outstanding scholar.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- Grace Hadow.- Yes. Which campaign movement was formed in 1955
0:06:32 > 0:06:36as a direct result of the WI's anti-litter resolution of 1954?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Keep Britain Tidy. - Correct. You had three passes.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43It was Ruth Bond who took over in 2009.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49The Produce Guild was formed in 1939 at the start of the war to help people grow more in their gardens.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55And the name of the guild formed in 1920 was the Guild of Learners of Handicrafts.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57You have, Sally Mabey, 10 points.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00APPLAUSE
0:07:08 > 0:07:11And our next contender, please.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- And your name is?- Gareth Kingston. - Your occupation?- Marketing manager.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- And your specialist subject? - The Life And Works Of Augustus Pugin.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Two minutes starting now. Which 16th century manor house in Lancashire
0:07:25 > 0:07:28was Pugin's first commission as an independent architect?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31He began renovating and extending it in 1837.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- Scarisbrick Hall.- Yes. What is the one-word title of the book he published in 1836,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38arguing the merits of gothic architecture and Catholic faith.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- Contrasts.- Yes. Which feature of his original design for Scarisbrick Hall
0:07:42 > 0:07:44became part of the Palace of Westminster?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- Clock tower.- Yes. In 1833, who became his second wife
0:07:48 > 0:07:51and the following year gave birth to his eldest son and heir, Edward?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Louisa Barton.- Yes. Who were the ceramics company
0:07:54 > 0:07:58that Pugin used extensively for the production of encaustic flooring tiles?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01His works include the floors in the Palace of Westminster.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Minton.- Yes. In which Irish town is the imposing St Mary's Cathedral,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08begun in 1842 and designed by Pugin using a cruciform plan?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Killarney.- Yes. What style of architecture did he use
0:08:11 > 0:08:14when he designed the Church of St James in Reading
0:08:14 > 0:08:17in the grounds of a ruined abbey saying it was "best suiting the situation"?
0:08:17 > 0:08:22- Early English Gothic. - Norman. In 1835, Pugin was employed by two architects
0:08:22 > 0:08:25to help in the competition to design the new Houses of Parliament,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27the winner, Charles Barry, and which other?
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- Gillespie Graham.- Yes. Pugin's only pupil moved into his house
0:08:31 > 0:08:33in Ramsgate in 1845. What was his name?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- John Hardman Powell.- Yes. What internal feature of church architecture,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39first included in his design for St Alban's, Macclesfield,
0:08:39 > 0:08:43was considered essential by Pugin but disapproved of by prominent Catholics?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- Rood screen.- Yes. The Church of St Augustine in Ramsgate
0:08:46 > 0:08:49was designed and built at Pugin's own expense.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51What local stone was used for exterior walls?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Flint.- Yes. What was the aristocratic title of John Talbot,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57who became Pugin's chief patron after Pugin began working on
0:08:57 > 0:08:59his ancestral home of Alton Towers?
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- 16th Earl of Shrewsbury. - Yes. In 1843 he had his first major setback
0:09:03 > 0:09:07when designs for rebuilding part of an Oxford college were rejected
0:09:07 > 0:09:09because he was Catholic. Which college?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- Balliol.- Yes. Pugin took part in the Great Exhibition of 1851.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14What name was given to his display area,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17showcasing his designs and the work of his regular craftsmen?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- Medieval Court.- Correct. Who was the craftsman builder
0:09:20 > 0:09:25who from 1838 until Pugin's death was one of his most trusted collaborators?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Myers. - George Myers is correct. No passes.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Gareth Kingston, you have 14 points.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33APPLAUSE
0:09:40 > 0:09:42And our final contender, please.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- And your name is?- Chris Wills. - Your occupation?- Masters student.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55- And your specialist subject? - Wimbledon singles since 1990.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Two minutes. What's the nationality of Lleyton Hewitt, the only player
0:09:59 > 0:10:03from outside America or Europe to win a Wimbledon men's singles title since 1990?
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- Australian.- Yes. Who was the ladies' number one seed at Wimbledon in 2011
0:10:07 > 0:10:09despite never having won a grand slam trophy?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Caroline Wozniacki.- Yes. On the first Monday in 2009,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15the Duke of Kent opened which new court
0:10:15 > 0:10:18before the match between Laura Robson and Daniela Hantuchova?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Court number three.- Number two.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Who did Martina Navratilova defeat in the 1990 final
0:10:23 > 0:10:26for her record-breaking ninth singles title?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- Zina Garrison.- Correct. Which unseeded player did Andre Agassi beat
0:10:30 > 0:10:32in the 1992 semi-final before winning the final?
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- John McEnroe.- Yes. Which Belgian brothers met in the first round in 2002,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38the younger, Olivier, winning the match?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Rochus.- Yes. Tim Henman played in four Wimbledon singles semi-finals
0:10:42 > 0:10:44including one in which he lost a five-set match
0:10:44 > 0:10:48despite having won the third set six games to love. Who was his opponent?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Goran Ivanisevic.- Yes. Who won the 1991 men's singles
0:10:50 > 0:10:54in a final in which both players were from the same country?
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- Michael Stich.- Yes. In 1997 at the age of 16 years and 278 days,
0:10:59 > 0:11:03who became the youngest winner of the ladies' singles title in the 20th century?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Martina Hingis.- Yes. The first time the Centre Court roof
0:11:06 > 0:11:10was closed for play was in 2009 during whose match against Dinara Safina?
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- Erm... Venus Williams. - No, Mauresmo.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18What number seed was Venus Williams when she became the lowest seeded woman
0:11:18 > 0:11:20to win the Wimbledon singles title in 2007?
0:11:20 > 0:11:25- 23.- Yes. In 1994, the defending champion and number one seed Steffi Graf
0:11:25 > 0:11:28lost in the first round to which player, who reached the semi-finals?
0:11:28 > 0:11:33- Lori McNeil.- Correct. Pete Sampras won every final from 1993 to 2000
0:11:33 > 0:11:36except in 1996 when he was beaten in the quarter-finals by which player?
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- Richard Krajicek.- Yes. In 2011, to whom did the defending champion,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Serena Williams, lose in the fourth round,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47after which Williams slumped 150 places in the world rankings to 175th.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Marion Bartoli.- Correct. What was the final score in the final set
0:11:50 > 0:11:54of the longest match in lawn tennis history in which John Isner
0:11:54 > 0:11:57beat Nicolas Mahut after 11 hours and five minutes play in 2010?
0:11:57 > 0:12:02- 70 games to 68. - It was indeed. And what a match it was.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Chris Wills, no passes, you have 13 points.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08APPLAUSE
0:12:13 > 0:12:17So, that's the end of a very close first round. Let's look at the scores.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Fourth place, 10 points, Sally Mabey.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Third place, 11 points, Geoffrey Snape.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Second place, 13 points, Chris Wills.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28in the lead, just, 14 points, Gareth Kingston.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31APPLAUSE
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Round Two now. General knowledge.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41If there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:41 > 0:12:43and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47If they're tied on passes, as well, there'll be a tiebreak.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52And the six highest-scoring runners-up will also claim a place in the semi-finals.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57So all to play for. Let's get on with it and ask Sally Mabey to join us again, please.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02And you start with 10 points from yours knowledge of the WI.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Let's see how you do with two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09In which Shakespeare play have Prospero and his daughter Miranda
0:13:09 > 0:13:12been living on a lonely island for 12 years?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- The Tempest.- Yes. In which sport does a small black ball have a coloured dot on it
0:13:16 > 0:13:18to indicate its speed and bounce?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- Squash.- Yes. Whose diary was saved for posterity,
0:13:20 > 0:13:26partly by the actions of Miep Gies, who died in January 2010 ages 100?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- Anne Frank.- Yes. In which medical drama series
0:13:28 > 0:13:32was Janet played by Barbara Mullen, the housekeeper at Arden House?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- Dr Finlay's Casebook.- Yes. James Lomax-Simpson, chief architect for Lever Brothers,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39was responsible for development in which model village on the Wirral?
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- Leverhulme.- Port Sunlight. What name is given to a series of European wars
0:13:43 > 0:13:48- that broke out in 1618 as a religious conflict in Bohemia?- Pass.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Which singer/songwriter had his biggest UK hit
0:13:51 > 0:13:54with Carole King's You've Got A Friend in 1971?
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- Pass.- In which Essex town does the oyster season begin with the mayor
0:13:58 > 0:14:01dredging the first oyster and toasting the monarch with gin and gingerbread?
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- Whitstable.- Colchester. Who starred as Robert Langdon,
0:14:05 > 0:14:09a professor of symbology, in the film version of The Da Vinci Code?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- Pass. - Which Archbishop of Canterbury,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15who won the military cross in the Second World War,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17upset Mrs Thatcher when he preached reconciliation
0:14:17 > 0:14:21at the service in St Paul's after the Falklands conflict?
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- Robert Runcie.- Yes. Which of Wagner's operas was described as,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27"the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32"After it's been going for three hours, you look at your watch and it says 6:20"?
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- Tannhauser.- Parsifal. A Martha Gunn is the female equivalent
0:14:37 > 0:14:39of what piece of pottery?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Toby jug.- Yes. Which stately home was built on land
0:14:42 > 0:14:47by the River Derwent in Derbyshire bought by Sir William Cavendish in 1549?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- Chatsworth.- Yes. Which small game bird is often roasted
0:14:50 > 0:14:54wrapped in vine leaves and bacon and lays eggs widely sold as a delicacy?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- Quail.- Yes. In the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, what is the name
0:14:57 > 0:15:01of Sherlock Holmes' older brother who holds a position in the government?
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- Mycroft.- Yes. The painting of Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddingston Loch,
0:15:05 > 0:15:09The Skating Minister, is usually attributed to which Scottish artist?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- Pass.- Which country has land borders with Colombia to the north
0:15:13 > 0:15:15and Peru to the east and south?
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- Venezuela.- Ecuador. What name is given to the two instances each year
0:15:19 > 0:15:23when the sun is exactly above the equator, making night and day equal in length?
0:15:23 > 0:15:28- Equinox.- Yes. The East German secret police force was generally known by what name?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- Pass.- The order Acarina comprises ticks
0:15:32 > 0:15:38and which other small arthropods whose name means anything very tiny?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Lice?- Mites.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43The little mite, and all that.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49You have five passes. The East German secret police force are known as the Stasi.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54It was Sir Henry Raeburn who painted the Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddingston Loch.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59Tom Hanks starred as Robert Langdon in the film version of The Da Vinci Code.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04James Taylor had his biggest UK hit with You've Got A Friend.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08And that name given to the European wars that broke out in 1618
0:16:08 > 0:16:11was the Thirty Years' War.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15I suppose they couldn't very well call it that at the time cos they didn't know how long...
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Anyway, there we are. Five passes. Sally Mabey, 20 points.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21APPLAUSE
0:16:29 > 0:16:33And now Geoffrey Snape again, please.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38And you begin with 11 points with your knowledge of New York.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Let's test your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44What name of German origin is given to singing or warbling
0:16:44 > 0:16:47with changes from the normal voice to the falsetto?
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Yodelling.- Yes. Which dish usually made from sheep's offal
0:16:50 > 0:16:53and now associated with Scotland was popular in England until the 1700s.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57- Haggis.- Yes. Which footballer, now an actor, started his career at Auxerre
0:16:57 > 0:17:00where he was fined for giving his goalkeeper a black eye?
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- Pass.- Who co-starred as the trucker Philo Beddoe
0:17:04 > 0:17:09with an orangutan called Clyde in the 1978 film Every Which Way But Loose?
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- Pass. - Which soldier and statesman married Elizabeth Bourchier,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18the daughter of a City of London trader, in August 1620?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Pass.- Which lake is the largest in Italy
0:17:21 > 0:17:25and third largest in the Alpine region behind Lakes Constance and Geneva?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- Como.- Garda. What is the usual name of the small area of public land
0:17:29 > 0:17:33almost opposite the Houses of Parliament where politicians are often interviewed?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35- Westminster Green.- College Green.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38The sackbut is an early form of which brass instrument
0:17:38 > 0:17:41which retains the original slide mechanism?
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- Trombone.- Yes. Which Catalan artist born in 1893,
0:17:44 > 0:17:49who was one of the foremost exponents of abstract art, took up ceramics in the 1940s?
0:17:49 > 0:17:53- Dali.- Miro. The term for what type of supporting structure
0:17:53 > 0:17:56sometimes used to carry power lines originally referred to
0:17:56 > 0:17:59any monumental gateway, especially of an Egyptian temple?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- Pylon.- Yes. Which former Romanian leader and his wife
0:18:02 > 0:18:04were executed on Christmas Day 1989
0:18:04 > 0:18:07after being convicted of mass murder by a military tribunal?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- Ceausescu.- Yes. Which Latin term is used to describe
0:18:10 > 0:18:13the period of time between two reigns when the throne is unoccupied?
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- Interregnum.- Yes. Who presented the BBC2 television series'
0:18:17 > 0:18:20A History Of Ancient Britain and A History Of Celtic Britain?
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- Pass.- The chacma is one of the biggest species of which large,
0:18:28 > 0:18:33often aggressive monkeys characterised by their elongated dog-like snouts?
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- Pass.- Which popular poet who won Opportunity Knocks in 1975
0:18:38 > 0:18:43has released volumes of poetry called Surgically Enhanced and With These Hands?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45- Ian McMillan.- Pam Ayres.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49A diaphoretic is a medicine that induces what bodily function?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- Er, vomiting.- Sweating.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Lyndon B Johnson's wife Claudia was known by what nickname?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Lady Bird.- Yes. Which guitarist replaced Mick Taylor
0:19:00 > 0:19:02in the Rolling Stones in 1975 when they toured?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- He later became a permanent member of the group.- Pass.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08In June 2008, the International Astronomical Union
0:19:08 > 0:19:10created a new category for dwarf planets
0:19:10 > 0:19:12that are further from the sun than Neptune.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- After which former planet is the category named? - BEEP
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Pluto.- Is correct.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24You had six passes. Ronnie Wood was the guitarist who replaced Mick Taylor.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28The chacma is a baboon of sorts.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Neil Oliver presented A History Of Ancient Britain.
0:19:31 > 0:19:38Oliver Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier. Clint Eastwood co-starred as Philo Beddoe.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41And the footballer who gave his goalkeeper a black eye was Eric Cantona.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45You have, Geoffrey Snape, 19 points.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48APPLAUSE
0:19:54 > 0:19:57And now Chris Wills, please.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03You have 13 points with your Wimbledon knowledge. Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07A type of brimless red felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone
0:20:07 > 0:20:11is named after which Moroccan city where they were originally made?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- Fez.- Yes. In the Bible, Samson's strength
0:20:13 > 0:20:15was attributed to which part of his body?
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- Hair.- Yes. Who invented jeans in the mid-19th century
0:20:18 > 0:20:21as durable work clothes reinforced with small copper rivets?
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Denim.- Strauss. Which king led the English to victory
0:20:25 > 0:20:27over the French at the Battle of Agincourt?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Henry V.- Yes. The 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics
0:20:30 > 0:20:33was won by two Manchester University researchers
0:20:33 > 0:20:36for work on graphene, a flat sheet of which element just one atom thick?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- Carbon.- Yes. Which folk singer won
0:20:38 > 0:20:42the Best British Female Solo Artist award at the 2011 Brits?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44- Eliza Carthy. - Laura Marling.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49Who scored 766 runs during the 2010/11 Ashes series in Australia,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52the second best total by any English batsman in a test series?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- Andrew Strauss. - Alastair Cook.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Which religious philosopher, born in Copenhagen in May 1813,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01became a major influence on Existentialism and Protestant theology?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- Niels Bohr. - No, Kierkegaard. The name of what type of railway
0:21:05 > 0:21:08where the carriages are generally pulled uphill by a cable
0:21:08 > 0:21:10comes from the Latin for little rope?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Funicular.- Yes. Malcolm Williamson, who once worked as a nightclub pianist,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17was the first non-British holder of which musical post?
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- Master of the Queen's Music.- Yes. Which 1998 film stars Jim Carrey
0:21:21 > 0:21:25as an insurance agent who has unknowingly lived his life in a television studio?
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- The Truman Show.- Yes. In heraldry, what name is given to an X-shaped cross
0:21:29 > 0:21:31usually occupying an entire field?
0:21:31 > 0:21:35- Saltire.- Yes. The Gulfs of Finland and Riga are inlets off which sea?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- Baltic.- Yes. Which rare squirrel-like primate
0:21:37 > 0:21:40found only in Madagascar has unusually long fingers,
0:21:40 > 0:21:44especially the middle one, that's used to pull insects out of the bark of trees?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Lemur.- The aye-aye. What name was given to the telephone line
0:21:47 > 0:21:50for motorists to complain about roadworks
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- introduced as part of John Major's Citizen's Charter?- Pass.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Who sang I Know Him So Well with Peter Kay for Comic Relief in March 2011?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- Susan Boyle.- Yes.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Which American crime writer was influenced by
0:22:02 > 0:22:05the murder of his mother in 1958, a crime that was never solved?
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- Erm, Stephen King.- James Ellroy. In butcher's shops, what name is given to
0:22:09 > 0:22:13the cheaper meat of lamb or mutton cut first from the best end of the neck?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- Scrag end.- Yes. In his Man And Superman,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18George Bernard Shaw claims every man over 40 is a what?
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- Failure.- A scoundrel. The trademark of which film studios formed in 1928
0:22:22 > 0:22:25was a radio tower on top of the Earth transmitting signals?
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- RKO.- Yes. Which Russian coin is worth 100th of a ruble?
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- Kopek.- Yes. What name is given to the stick with a padded ball at one end,
0:22:32 > 0:22:36sometimes called a rest stick, used by painters to steady the brush hand?
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- A maulstick.- Correct. You had just one pass.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43The telephone line John Major introduced,
0:22:43 > 0:22:48didn't succeed brilliantly well I think it's fair to say, it's the cones hotline.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51You have, Chris Wills, 27 points.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54APPLAUSE
0:22:59 > 0:23:03And finally, Gareth Kingston, please.
0:23:04 > 0:23:11Right. You have 14 points and the score to beat is 27, which is a pretty chunky one.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Two and a half minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16What kind of offal is combined with steak
0:23:16 > 0:23:19for a traditionally British pie or pudding?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- Kidney.- Yes. What season does Keats describe as
0:23:21 > 0:23:23"a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness"?
0:23:23 > 0:23:27- Autumn.- Yes. Which city is the title of a song by Freddie Mercury
0:23:27 > 0:23:29and Montserrat Caballe for the 1992 Summer Olympics?
0:23:29 > 0:23:33- Barcelona.- Yes. On social networking site Twitter, what name is given to
0:23:33 > 0:23:36the symbol used before a word or phrase to mark key items?
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- Hash tag.- Yes. The first satisfactory fully-automatic recoil-operated machine gun
0:23:40 > 0:23:43developed in around 1884 is named after its inventor,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45working in England at the time. Who was he?
0:23:45 > 0:23:50- Gatling.- Maxim. Which footballer scored a record 260 Premier League goals
0:23:50 > 0:23:53during his career with Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56- Shearer.- Yes. What's the usual term originating in America
0:23:56 > 0:24:00for a spirit, especially whisky, served undiluted over ice cubes?
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- Liquor.- On the rocks. In November 1934, which British steam locomotive
0:24:04 > 0:24:07was claimed to be the first to reach a speed of 100 miles an hour?
0:24:07 > 0:24:12- Mallard.- Flying Scotsman. Which conductor, whose family made its fortune from pills,
0:24:12 > 0:24:17who was born in St Helens in 1879, was noted for his pointed beard and sharp wit?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- Bliss.- Beecham. What is the title of Frank McCourt's
0:24:19 > 0:24:23bestselling autobiography about his impoverished upbringing in Limerick?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Angela's Ashes.- Correct. Which South Midlands county
0:24:26 > 0:24:28is known as the county of squires and spires
0:24:28 > 0:24:31because of its country mansions and churches?
0:24:31 > 0:24:35- Staffordshire. - Northamptonshire. Which painting by Velazquez of 1635
0:24:35 > 0:24:38shows the symbolic handing over of the keys of a Dutch city
0:24:38 > 0:24:40to the victorious Spanish army?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Cadiz.- The Surrender of Breda. What is the meaning of Scottorum Malleus
0:24:43 > 0:24:47part of the inscription on Edward I's tomb in Westminster Abbey?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- Hammer of the Scots.- Yes. In Spike Lee's 1992 film, Denzel Washington portrayed
0:24:51 > 0:24:54which black activist politician, earning an Oscar nomination?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- Malcolm X.- Yes. In Greek legend,
0:24:56 > 0:25:00who swam the Hellespont at night to meet his lover, the priestess Hero?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Narcissus.- Leander. Which former NHS doctor
0:25:03 > 0:25:07won the 1992 Perrier Comedy Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival?
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- Harry Hill.- Yes. Who resigned as David Cameron's communications director
0:25:11 > 0:25:14in January 2011 in the wake of the phone hacking controversy
0:25:14 > 0:25:16involving the newspaper he formally edited?
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- Coulson.- Yes. Which small South Atlantic island group, a dependency of St Helena,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24is named after the Portuguese sailor who discovered it in 1506?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- Galapagos Islands. - Tristan da Cunha.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29In a standard three-pin electrical plug, two of the pins connect to
0:25:29 > 0:25:32live and earth wires. What should the third connect to?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Neutral.- Yes. Which 19th century French acrobat
0:25:35 > 0:25:38often varied his act of crossing Niagara Falls on a tightrope
0:25:38 > 0:25:40by doing it blindfold or with a man on his back?
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Blondin.- Yes. In the NATO phonetic alphabet, what is the letter P?
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- BEEP Papa.- Papa is correct.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52No passes. That was an important point. Gareth Kingston, you have 27 points.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55APPLAUSE
0:26:01 > 0:26:06Well, very tightly fought at the end there. Let's have a look at those scores.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08In fourth place, 19 points, Geoffrey Snape.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Third place, 20 points, Sally Mabey.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16Second place, 27 points and one pass, Chris Wills.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21First place, 27 points and no passes, Gareth Kingston.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24APPLAUSE
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Which means that Gareth Kingston is tonight's winner by a nose
0:26:38 > 0:26:42and he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations to him.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Commiserations to Chris Wills, but with a score of 27, it's entirely possible
0:26:46 > 0:26:49that we will see him, as well, in the semi-finals.
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