0:00:24 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Malcolm Sumner, a teacher from Cheltenham.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30His subject, Bing Crosby.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35Next, Pat Baker from London. She answers questions on EastEnders.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Diana Muir, an antiques dealer from Galashiels.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42Her subject, the 18th-century naturalist and explorer Sir Joseph Banks.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And John Tanner, a systems support administrator from Greenford.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49His subject, the hangman Albert Pierrepoint.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11Four more contenders are about to take television's ultimate test of nerve and knowledge.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14In the famous black chair, they will answer two minutes of questions
0:01:14 > 0:01:18on their specialist subject, and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21The winner goes through to the semifinals,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25and takes a step closer to owning the great glass bowl,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29but the real prize, the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Bing Crosby, two minutes, starting now.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Which song, first performed by Bing Crosby in the film Holiday Inn,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54is still one of the biggest-selling records of all time?
0:01:54 > 0:01:55White Christmas.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Yes. Crosby played Father Chuck O'Malley in two films.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Going My Way is the first. What's the title of the sequel?
0:01:59 > 0:02:00The Bells Of St Mary's.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Yes. Who was the third member of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
0:02:03 > 0:02:05alongside Al Rinker and Crosby?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07He co-wrote Mississippi Mud for the new threesome.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Harry Barris.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Yes. When Crosby got married, it prompted a number of headlines,
0:02:10 > 0:02:15such as "20th Century Fox Star Marries Obscure Crooner".
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Whom did he marry?
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Dixie Lee.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Yes. Which song, performed by Crosby in The Big Broadcast,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21became his theme song and was an instant bestseller?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Yes. Which of his school friends is credited with first calling him Bingo,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30from a character in a newspaper comic feature? It was later shortened to Bing.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Val Hobart.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Yes. What starring role did he play in the 1966 remake of John Wayne's Stagecoach,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36directed by Gordon Douglas?
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Doc Josiah Boone.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Yes. In the late 1940s, Crosby bought a share
0:02:39 > 0:02:41in which Major League Baseball team
0:02:41 > 0:02:44that didn't win the World Series until 1960?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Pittsburgh Pirates.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Correct. In 1931, he recruited a fellow former pupil
0:02:47 > 0:02:50of Gonzaga High School as his chauffeur and movie stand-in.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Who was he?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Leo Lynn.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Yes. Crosby was nominated for an Oscar for his role
0:02:57 > 0:02:59as an alcoholic singer and actor in which film?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01It was his co-star Grace Kelly who actually won one.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02The Country Girl.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Yes. What's the name of the church in Las Vegas
0:03:04 > 0:03:07where Crosby finally married Kathryn Grant in 1957,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09after the wedding had been called off several times?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10St. Anne's.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Yes. What's the title of the road film
0:03:12 > 0:03:14originally intended to be called The Road To Mandalay,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16in which he starred with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Road To Singapore.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Yes. When Crosby became the first signing for the new Decca record label,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23he recorded Just A-Wearyin' For You and which other track?
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Pass.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Which guitarist did he first meet
0:03:25 > 0:03:27when they both played with The Paul Whiteman Band?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Crosby toured with him until the guitarist's death in 1933
0:03:30 > 0:03:33after a routine operation to have his tonsils removed?
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Eddie Lang.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Correct. What condition did Crosby suffer from
0:03:36 > 0:03:38which made him unfit for service in the Second World War?
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Colour blindness.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Yes. What was the title of his last album, which included a tune
0:03:41 > 0:03:44for each part of the year including April Showers and June in January?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Seasons.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48It was. In which 1935 film co-starring WC Fields
0:03:48 > 0:03:49did Crosby have to don sideburns...
0:03:49 > 0:03:51BEEP
0:03:51 > 0:03:52I'll finish the question.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54..a moustache and a girdle because he'd put on weight?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Mississippi.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Is correct.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58You had one pass.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01When he became the first signing for the new Decca record label,
0:04:01 > 0:04:05he recorded Just A-Wearyin' For You and I Love You Truly.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07You have, however, 16 points.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09APPLAUSE
0:04:18 > 0:04:20And our next contender, please.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41EastEnders in two minutes, starting now.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43In a controversial story line in March 2008,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46which character was buried alive by his wife Tanya?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Branning. Max Branning.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Yes. June Brown was nominated for a Bafta Television Award
0:04:51 > 0:04:54for her performance in a 2008 episode-long monologue.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57What was she doing for her husband Jim in this episode?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01They were listening to music.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03No, recording a message for him.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07In March 2011, the Royal Mail announced that the Olympic Park in east London
0:05:07 > 0:05:09will share a postcode with the fictional area
0:05:09 > 0:05:11of Walford in Eastenders. What is it?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12E20.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Yes. Which character returned to the Square in time to catch
0:05:14 > 0:05:17the bride's bouquet at Phil and Kate Mitchell's wedding in 2003?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Lisa Shaw.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Yes. What object did Archie Mitchell leave to Janine in his will
0:05:21 > 0:05:25"in the sure and certain knowledge that it would drive her absolutely nuts"?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Pass.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Frank Butcher was wearing what particularly memorable accessory and not much else
0:05:30 > 0:05:33when he turned up at Pat's door for a secret liaison in 2000?
0:05:33 > 0:05:34A spinning bow tie.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Yes. Before she gave her up for adoption,
0:05:36 > 0:05:39what name did Sonia give to her baby who was born in October 2000?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Chloe.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Yes. On which London landmark did Jim Branning
0:05:43 > 0:05:45propose to Dot Cotton on 21st December 2001?
0:05:45 > 0:05:46The London Eye.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49It was. What was the online username of the man
0:05:49 > 0:05:52that Heather Trott met on the Internet?
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Pass.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55For what purpose did Arthur Fowler steal
0:05:55 > 0:05:56the Christmas Club money in 1986?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59The theft resulted in him having a breakdown
0:05:59 > 0:06:00on Christmas Day of the same year.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02To pay for Michelle's wedding.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Yes. Which character, who left the soap in August 2009,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07thought that he was Bobby Beale's biological father,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10until a blood test proved the father was Ian?
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Garry Hobbs.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Yes. The WOOF campaign was launched in Walford
0:06:13 > 0:06:15to fight for the freedom of which character,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18incarcerated after biting Ian Beale on the backside?
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Wellard.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Yes, the dog. What was the name of the disused pub in Turpin Road
0:06:22 > 0:06:25that ex-army officer James Willmott-Brown converted into a wine bar?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Simon Wicks, Angie Watts and Kathy Beale all worked there at various times.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30The Dagmar.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Correct. Which actress played Lou Beale,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34one of the characters when the soap began in 1985?
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Anna Wing.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Yes. In the 20th anniversary episode in February 2005,
0:06:38 > 0:06:42three characters colluded to cover up Den's so-called "second" death...
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- BEEP - ..Samantha Mitchell, Chrissie Watts and...?
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Zoe Slater?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Yes, absolutely right. You had two passes.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Kevin68 was the online username of that guy who turned out to be Ben Mitchell,
0:06:54 > 0:06:58and the object that Archie Mitchell left to Janine
0:06:58 > 0:07:02"in the sure and certain knowledge that it would drive her absolutely nuts" was a Newton's cradle.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- Thank you.- You have a total, Pat Baker, of 12 points.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24And our next contender, please.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Sir Joseph Banks, two minutes, starting now.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41In 1768, Joseph Banks joined a scientific expedition
0:07:41 > 0:07:45to the south Pacific Ocean on a ship under the command of Captain Cook.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Which ship?
0:07:46 > 0:07:47The Endeavour.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Yes. Which astronomer and musician benefited from Banks's patronage,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54becoming the King's private astronomer on his suggestion?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Erm, Flamsteed?
0:07:56 > 0:08:02No, Herschel. Whom did Banks marry in March 1779 at St Andrew's Church, Holborn?
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Dorothea Hugessen.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Yes. Banks was a special adviser and director to George III
0:08:06 > 0:08:09and in 1773 was a director of which of the Royal Gardens?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Kew.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Yes. What was the name of Banks' close friend and patron,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16a First Lord of the Admiralty who helped him gain his overseas commissions?
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Sandwich.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Yes. Which Oxford college did he attend in the early 1760s,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22where his interest in botany increased?
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Christchurch.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Yes. In 1772, Banks turned down the opportunity
0:08:25 > 0:08:27for a second voyage with Captain Cook,
0:08:27 > 0:08:29and in July set sail on the Sir Lawrence.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Which country was his main destination?
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Iceland.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35It was. The first major plant collector for Kew Gardens,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38appointed in 1771, was directed by Banks on many expeditions,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42on which he collected thousands of valuable plants. What was his name?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Hooker?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45No, Masson. What official position was held
0:08:45 > 0:08:50by the Rvd Dr Nevil Maskelyne, with whom Banks had various disagreements?
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Erm, head mathematician.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54He was Astronomer Royal.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Which society was founded in 1804 by Banks
0:08:56 > 0:08:59and a group of his friends, including John Wedgwood?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Er, the Society of Antiquaries.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03No, the Royal Horticultural Society.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05What name did Captain Cook give to the Australian bay
0:09:05 > 0:09:06where Banks and Solander first landed
0:09:06 > 0:09:09because of the number of new plant species they collected there?
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Botany Bay.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Yes. In 1784, Banks was forced to defend his position in the Royal Society
0:09:14 > 0:09:15against a vote of no confidence.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Which clergyman and mathematician led the group against him?
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- Hutton?- Horsley. Who painted the best-known portrait of Banks,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25completed when he was 30? It now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Reynolds.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Yes. The purpose of the Endeavour's voyage
0:09:29 > 0:09:31was to observe what rare astronomical event?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- The Passage of Venus. - Yes. Who captained the ship that Banks commissioned
0:09:35 > 0:09:37to collect bread-fruit trees from Tahiti
0:09:37 > 0:09:39for transport to the West Indies...
0:09:39 > 0:09:40BEEP
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Bligh.- ..to provide cheap food for the slaves on the plantations?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Bligh.- And Bligh, William Bligh, is correct.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49No passes, Anna Muir, you have 10 points.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And our final contender, please.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Albert Pierrepoint, in two minutes.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21The first person Pierrepoint hanged after his appointment as chief executioner
0:10:21 > 0:10:24was Antonio Mancini. What single word did Mancini say to him
0:10:24 > 0:10:26as he waited for the drop?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Cheerio.- Yes. Pierrepoint's first commission came not from the Home Office
0:10:29 > 0:10:32but from his Uncle Tom, who asked him to act as his assistant
0:10:32 > 0:10:33for a hanging at which prison in Dublin?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Mountjoy Gaol.- Yes. What was the name of the pub near Oldham
0:10:36 > 0:10:38that Albert took over after the Second World War?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Help The Poor Struggler.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Yes. In which prison did Albert train for the post
0:10:42 > 0:10:46of assistant executioner and later work as head executioner for the first time?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- Pentonville.- Yes. Who chaired the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment
0:10:49 > 0:10:51to which Pierrepoint gave evidence?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- Sir Ernest Gowers.- Correct. After applying to join the list of executioners,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Pierrepoint had his initial interview at which prison
0:10:57 > 0:10:59at the same time as 11 others?
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Strangeways.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Yes. Pierrepoint resigned in 1956 because he didn't think he'd received enough expenses
0:11:04 > 0:11:08after travelling to Manchester for the execution of which prisoner, later reprieved?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Joseph Broadbent.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12No, Thomas Bancroft. Where did he start working part-time
0:11:12 > 0:11:13at the age of 12-and-a-half?
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Marlborough Mills.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Yes, cotton mills. In which town in Somerset was the American military prison
0:11:18 > 0:11:22where Pierrepoint participated in executions during the Second World War?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Shepton Mallet.- Correct. In December 1945, at which prison
0:11:25 > 0:11:27did he carry out 13 executions in a single day,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30mainly for war crimes committed at Belsen?
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Hamelin.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Yes. Pierrepoint received an anonymous gift each Christmas for years
0:11:34 > 0:11:36after he'd executed the Nazi war criminals.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40The first time he received it, the envelope included a piece of paper
0:11:40 > 0:11:42with "Belsen" written on it. What was the gift?
0:11:42 > 0:11:43£5.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Yes. Who was hanged for treason in December 1945,
0:11:45 > 0:11:49having greeted him with the words "I've always wanted to meet you Mr Pierrepoint,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51"but not, of course, under these circumstances"?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53John Amery.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Yes. In May '51, he completed the hanging of James Inglis
0:11:56 > 0:11:58at Strangeways Prison in what record time?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Seven seconds. - Yes. Pierrepoint's father Henry moved his family
0:12:01 > 0:12:05to which part of Manchester during the First World War after a newspaper
0:12:05 > 0:12:07ran articles on his experiences as an executioner?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- Failsworth.- Correct. What was the name of the so-called "Acid Bath Murderer"
0:12:11 > 0:12:13who was hanged by Pierrepoint in August 1949?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- Neville Haigh. - John George Haigh. James Corbitt,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17a regular at Pierrepoint's pub,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- was found guilty of strangling his girlfriend... - BEEP
0:12:20 > 0:12:21..and Pierrepoint had to carry out his execution.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23What nicknames did they have for each other?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Tish and Tosh.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Tish and Tosh is correct.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30No passes. John Tanner, you have 14 points.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Well, that's a high-scoring first round.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47In fourth place, Diana Muir,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49third place, Pat Baker,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52second place, John Tanner,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55first place, in the lead,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Malcolm Sumner.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Which takes us to the General Knowledge round now,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07and if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12and the contender with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16If they're tied on passes as well, then there's a tie-break.
0:13:16 > 0:13:22The six highest-scoring runners-up will also claim a place in the semifinals.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27So, let's get on with it and ask Diana to join us again, if you would, please.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34And you begin this round with 10 points with your knowledge of Joseph Banks.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Two and a half minutes now of general knowledge.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38What name is given to a folk dance
0:13:38 > 0:13:40performed around a tall column garlanded with ribbons
0:13:40 > 0:13:42that are woven into elaborate patterns?
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- Maypole dance. - Yes. Which soprano, born near Doncaster,
0:13:45 > 0:13:49has appeared in television series such as Strictly Come Dancing and Viva La Diva?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Pass.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Which atmospheric gas is absorbed by plants during photosynthesis?
0:13:55 > 0:13:59- Carbon dioxide.- Correct. What is the common name of the herb Armoracia rusticana,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02grown for its roots, which are crushed to make a pungent sauce
0:14:02 > 0:14:04sometimes served with roast beef?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Horseradish.- Yes. The 1908 Olympics were planned to take place in Rome
0:14:07 > 0:14:10but had to be moved following an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Which stadium was built in London to host the games instead?
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Olympia?
0:14:14 > 0:14:19White City. Which 2009 film about an American army unit that uses paranormal powers
0:14:19 > 0:14:23in their missions stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- X-Men?- No, The Men Who Stare At Goats.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31What item of clothing did Arthur Wellesley instruct the firm
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Hoby of St James's Street to make for him?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35It's named after the title by which he's better known.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- Boots. - Yes, Wellington boots.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Which former footballer and Green Party spokesman
0:14:40 > 0:14:42announced on Terry Wogan's show in 1991
0:14:42 > 0:14:44that he believed he was the Son of God?
0:14:47 > 0:14:52- George Best?- David Icke. Which small Emirate is bordered by Iraq to the north and west,
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Saudi Arabia to the south and the Persian Gulf to the east?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- Dubai?- Kuwait. Which brothers, born in the Isle of Man,
0:15:03 > 0:15:07wrote much of the original music for the film Saturday Night Fever?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- The Bee Gees.- Yes, the Gibbs. Llandaff Cathedral is situated a few miles
0:15:10 > 0:15:13northwest of which city centre?
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Er, Caernarfon?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17No, Cardiff. What is the name of the teenage criminal mastermind
0:15:17 > 0:15:20created by the Irish writer Eoin Colfer?
0:15:20 > 0:15:25- Erm, Lemony Snicket? - Artemis Fowl. Which Christmas decoration
0:15:25 > 0:15:28was once particularly associated with the druids
0:15:28 > 0:15:31and therefore traditionally excluded from church decorations?
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- Mistletoe.- Correct. In which American medical television series
0:15:35 > 0:15:37is the title character, played by Edie Falco,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41well-known for her role as Carmela in the television series The Sopranos?
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- House.- Nurse Jackie. What's the name of Queen Victoria's home near Cowes
0:15:47 > 0:15:49on the Isle of Wight where she died in 1901?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Osborne.- Yes. Which form of iron, traditionally used for railings
0:15:52 > 0:15:59and decorative purposes, gets its name because it is beaten into shape while hot?
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- Erm, pass.- Which two letters are placed after the surnames
0:16:02 > 0:16:04of Members of the Lower House of the Irish Parliament?
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Erm...
0:16:07 > 0:16:08BEEP
0:16:08 > 0:16:09RM.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14It's TD. And your two passes - which form of iron is traditionally used for railings and so on?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17It's wrought iron, as opposed to cast iron, I suppose.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21And on that soprano, Strictly Come Dancing and all that, Lesley Garrett.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Two passes, Diana Muir, you have 17 points.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26APPLAUSE
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And now Pat Baker again, please.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47And you begin this round with 12 points
0:16:47 > 0:16:51with your knowledge of EastEnders. An awful lot of EastEnders programmes to mug up on.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Which female amateur detective was played on television
0:17:00 > 0:17:01by Joan Hickson from 1984 to 1992?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- Miss Marple.- Yes. What colour were the uniforms
0:17:04 > 0:17:06that were issued to British troops in India in the 1840s?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09The name derives from the Persian for "dust".
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- Khaki.- Yes. What common name is given to the type of bursitis
0:17:12 > 0:17:16that takes the form of a swelling at the base of the big toe?
0:17:18 > 0:17:22- Pass it, I know what it is. - A Village Affair, A Passionate Man and Daughters-in-Law
0:17:22 > 0:17:25are novels by which author, credited with the creation of "Aga sagas"?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Jilly Cooper? - No, Joanna Trollope.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Which Kentish castle, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33was confiscated by Henry VIII and later given to Anne of Cleves
0:17:33 > 0:17:35in return for a quick divorce?
0:17:35 > 0:17:39- Dover?- Hever. In cookery, what term is used for a vessel with closely
0:17:39 > 0:17:42perforated holes at the bottom used as a sieve or strainer?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Colander.- Yes. Who became the world's first elected female prime minister
0:17:45 > 0:17:49when her party won the 1960 general election in Ceylon?
0:17:49 > 0:17:53- Bandaranaike.- Yes. In the Flanders and Swann song, which animal told a man
0:17:53 > 0:17:57who "thought he knew the lot" that he was "g-not a camel or a kangaroo"?
0:17:58 > 0:17:59A gnu.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04Yes. Which everyday object contains a regulating device known as an escapement?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- A microwave?- A watch or clock. The bridge in Venice between the prisons
0:18:08 > 0:18:11and the Judgment Halls in the Doge's Palace is known by what name?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Bridge of Sighs. - Yes. Which sea monster of Norwegian folklore
0:18:14 > 0:18:18is thought to have been inspired by sightings of a giant squid or octopus?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20- Pass.- In the UK, what name is given
0:18:20 > 0:18:23to a small, sloping writing desk with drawers at the side?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26In America, the same word denotes a sofa bed.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30- Espetral?- Davenport. The overture to which opera by Rossini was used
0:18:30 > 0:18:33as the theme music for the television series The Lone Ranger?
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Thieving Magpie?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37William Tell. Which 19th-century American president
0:18:37 > 0:18:39discarded his first name Hiram
0:18:39 > 0:18:42and accidentally acquired the middle initial S?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Harry S. Truman?
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Ulysses S. Grant.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Some 230 of the world's airlines
0:18:46 > 0:18:49are represented by an organisation founded in 1945.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51By what acronym is it known?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54ABTA?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57IATA. On which Caribbean island is Pitch Lake,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00an area of natural asphalt covering over 100 acres?
0:19:00 > 0:19:01Jamaica?
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Trinidad. In 1995, who became the first athlete
0:19:04 > 0:19:08to break the 18-metre barrier in the triple jump, setting a new world record?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Jonathan Edwards?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Yes. Which film star's final wish was granted in March 2011
0:19:14 > 0:19:17when she arrived 15 minutes late for her own funeral?
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Marilyn Monroe?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Elizabeth Taylor. What name for an otter's den
0:19:21 > 0:19:24is a variant of an Old English word for a stronghold?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Set?- Holt. In the novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin...
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- BEEP - I'll finish the question.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32..the lively Rebecca Randall comes to live with her aunts
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Miranda and Jane in Riverboro. Which farm does she come from?
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Animal Farm?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Sunnybrook Farm is the answer.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44You had two passes.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47The sea monster was the Kraken, hence The Kraken Wakes,
0:19:47 > 0:19:51and that type of bursitis that leads to such swelling...
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Yes.- Bunion.- Bunion.- You've got it! You knew it all the time.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Two passes, you have now a total, Pat Baker, of 19 points.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59APPLAUSE
0:20:13 > 0:20:15And now John Tanner again, please.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21And you start out with 14 points with your knowledge,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24your rather gruesome knowledge of Albert Pierrepoint.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go, two and a half minutes.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Which vegetable is a symbol of Wales, along with the daffodil?
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- Leek.- Yes. In the human body, the clavicle is more commonly known by what name?
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- Collarbone.- Yes. What name of Old French origin for a young animal
0:20:38 > 0:20:41is applied to a young deer, especially a fallow deer?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- Doe.- Fawn. Which month features in the opening lines
0:20:44 > 0:20:47of Robert Browning's poem Home Thoughts From Abroad,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49following the line, "Oh! To be in England?"
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- Now it is April?- Yes. The battles of Blenheim, Ramillies,
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Oudenaarde and Malplaquet were the principal engagements of which war?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Thirty Years' War.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01No, War of the Spanish Succession.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Who captained India to victory in the 2011 ICC World Cup,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07hitting the six that won the final against Sri Lanka?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Sachin Tendulkar.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09No, Dhoni.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Which German composer was befriended by Schumann and his wife,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15and wrote his Alto Rhapsody in response to the engagement
0:21:15 > 0:21:17of their daughter Julie?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Brahms.- Yes. Which Greek god of wine and vegetation
0:21:19 > 0:21:21was also known as Bacchus?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- Eros.- Dionysus. In building, what name is given
0:21:27 > 0:21:28to a mixture of sand, cement and water
0:21:28 > 0:21:30used to bond bricks or stones together?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Mortar.- Yes. Which former Newsnight presenter
0:21:33 > 0:21:37took over Jimmy Young's lunchtime spot on Radio 2 in January 2003?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- Jeremy Vine.- Yes. Which French penal colony was situated
0:21:40 > 0:21:43on a rocky island of the Iles du Salut in the Atlantic Ocean
0:21:43 > 0:21:46and held political prisoners including Alfred Dreyfus?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- Devil's Island.- Yes. What is the name of the 15-member council
0:21:49 > 0:21:52of the United Nations whose primary responsibility is
0:21:52 > 0:21:54to maintain peace and international order?
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Security Council.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Yes. Who wrote the novel The Cobra, about an ex-CIA man's battles with drug dealers?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01It was first published in 2010.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- Jack Pullman.- Freddie Forsyth. Which giant-screen film projection system
0:22:07 > 0:22:09has its origins in Montreal's EXPO '67?
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- IMAX.- Yes. With what phrase did Lord Haw Haw usually begin his propaganda
0:22:13 > 0:22:15to Britain during the Second World War?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- Germany calling.- Yes. In which county are Sulgrave Manor,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20the ancestral home of George Washington,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23and Althorp, the family home of Diana, Princess of Wales?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- Northamptonshire.- Correct. Which popular American tune of uncertain origin has often
0:22:27 > 0:22:31had nonsensical words added to it and appears to be referenced
0:22:31 > 0:22:33in the finale of Dvorak's New World Symphony?
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Clementine.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Yankee Doodle. What do the initials DPI stand for when measuring
0:22:41 > 0:22:45the quality or resolution of the image produced by a printer or scanner?
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Digital pixels per inch.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Dots per inch. Which independent state in the South Pacific,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52whose capital is Apia, removed the prefix "Western"
0:22:52 > 0:22:54from its official name in 1997?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- South Georgia. - Samoa. The name of...
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- BEEP - I've started, so I'll finish.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05The name of which fruit is used to describe deep pink or red glass?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Cherise.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Cranberry.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11No passes. John Tanner, you have 25 points.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12APPLAUSE
0:23:23 > 0:23:25And finally, Malcolm Sumner, please.
0:23:28 > 0:23:34And you start with a substantial 16 points from your first round.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38The score to beat is 25. Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Two and a half minutes.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42What kind of pastry is used for profiterole and eclairs
0:23:42 > 0:23:45and also for savoury items such as cheese puffs?
0:23:45 > 0:23:46Choux.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Yes. In which Asian country is the 33.8-mile-long Seikan rail tunnel,
0:23:50 > 0:23:55which was opened in 1988 and is the longest in the world?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- South Korea.- Japan. In which year is the French Revolution
0:23:58 > 0:24:01generally considered to have started?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- 1789.- Yes. What term, meaning "to rope down" in German,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06is used in mountaineering for the technique
0:24:06 > 0:24:08of lowering oneself down a rock face using a rope?
0:24:08 > 0:24:13- Abseiling.- Yes. Which marsupial, native to the southeastern part of Australia
0:24:13 > 0:24:16and Tasmania, is the largest burrowing herbivorous mammal?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- Wombat.- Yes. Ken Clarke, John Patten and Gillian Shephard
0:24:19 > 0:24:22were secretaries of state in which department
0:24:22 > 0:24:24during John Major's years as prime minister?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26It merged with the Department of Employment in 1995.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Education.- Yes. Which television series
0:24:28 > 0:24:30starred Trevor Eve as a private detective
0:24:30 > 0:24:34and radio presenter who asked listeners to phone in with cases for him to solve?
0:24:34 > 0:24:39- Shoestring.- Yes. Which group of remote Hebridean islands has been unpopulated
0:24:39 > 0:24:43since the inhabitants of the largest island, Hirta, left in 1930?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- Pass.- In football, who was restored to the England captaincy
0:24:46 > 0:24:50in March 2011 after being stripped of it prior to the 2010 World Cup?
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- John Terry.- Yes. A cartoon by Richard Doyle was used continuously
0:24:54 > 0:24:58from 1849 to 1956 on the front cover of which magazine?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Punch.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Yes. Which European city gave its name to the syndrome
0:25:01 > 0:25:04whereby hostages bond positively with their captors,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06following a bank robbery that occurred there in 1973?
0:25:06 > 0:25:10- Stockholm.- Yes. Who wrote and had the original hit version
0:25:10 > 0:25:12of Blue Suede Shoes in May 1956?
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- Elvis Presley.- Carl Perkins. Which American monument, completed in 1941,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20was the work of the sculptor Gutzon Borglum,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24although the final details were added by his son?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Mount Rushmore. - Yes. In which 1969 film does Michael Caine say,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29"Just remember this - in this country,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32"they drive on the wrong side of the road"?
0:25:32 > 0:25:33The Italian Job.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Yes. In meteorology, the okta,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37a unit equal to one eighth of the visible sky area,
0:25:37 > 0:25:39is used to express the extent of what?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Light. Daylight. - Cloud, cloud cover.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45David Lodge's novel A Man Of Parts is based on the life of which writer,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47best remembered for his science fiction?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Ray Bradbury.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51HG Wells. The Lakes Albert, Edward, George
0:25:51 > 0:25:55and Victoria all lie wholly or partly within which African country?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- Uganda.- Yes. What name was given to the first mainline steam engine
0:25:59 > 0:26:02to be built in Britain since 1960? It was publicly launched in 2008.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- Pass.- Which classical composer, who died in 2006,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08won an Academy Award for The Bridge On The River Kwai,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11and also wrote the scores for the St Trinian's films?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12BEEP
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Think of a composer!
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Come on, I've got to hurry you. You're out of time.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Sorry, no.- All right, I'll tell you. Malcolm Arnold.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25You knew it!
0:26:25 > 0:26:30The other passes - the name given to that first mainline steam engine built since 1960
0:26:30 > 0:26:36was the Tornado, and the island - you'll kick yourself for this as well - St Kilda.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42Didn't matter, thought, because in spite of those three passes, you have 28 points.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Thank you.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45APPLAUSE
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Well, there it is. A clear lead at the end of it all, so let's have a look at those scores.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00In fourth place, Diana Muir.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Third place, Pat Baker.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Second place, John Tanner.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08In first place, Malcolm Sumner.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Which means that Malcolm Sumner is tonight's winner, of course,
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Congratulations to him.
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0:27:29 > 0:27:32or indeed be a contender on the next series, do go to our website.
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0:27:38 > 0:27:40Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
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