0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight is Catherine Goodwin, a teacher from Newcastle.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Her subject is one of the first feminist campaigners and writers,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Mary Wollstonecraft.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Next, Ebb Saxton, a bookbinder from Morley.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39His subject, the classic sitcom Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Gary Grant, a GP from Bury,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45he'll be answering questions on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
0:00:45 > 0:00:47and Eliot Wilson, a House of Commons clerk from London.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50His subject, Enoch Powell.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Four more contenders are about to take television's
0:01:07 > 0:01:11ultimate test of nerve and knowledge in the famous black chair.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14They 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 > 0:01:19The winner goes through to the semifinals
0:01:19 > 0:01:23and takes a step closer to owning the great glass bowl
0:01:23 > 0:01:24but the real prize, of course,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- And your name is?- Catherine Goodwin. - And your occupation?- Teacher.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42And your specialist subject?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44The life and works of Mary Wollstonecraft.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Mary Wollstonecraft, two minutes, starting now.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Who famously described her as, "A hyena in petticoats,"
0:01:49 > 0:01:53following the publication of A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman in 1792?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Horace Walpole.- Yes. To which friend in Beverley,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58the daughter of a philosopher and lecturer, did 14-year-old Wollstonecraft
0:01:58 > 0:02:00write her earliest surviving letter?
0:02:00 > 0:02:01- Jane Arden.- Yes.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03In which London church did she marry
0:02:03 > 0:02:06the anarchist and novelist William Godwin on 29 March 1797?
0:02:06 > 0:02:07- St Pancras.- Yes.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09In A Vindication Of The Rights Of Men,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12whose, "definition of English liberty," did she attack as security of property?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Oh, erm...pass.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Which young woman of, "slender and elegant form,"
0:02:19 > 0:02:23who Wollstonecraft met in 1775 was thought to be the principal model for Ann
0:02:23 > 0:02:24in the novel Mary?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- Fanny...Blood.- Yes.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29In the conclusion of Maria or The Wrongs Of Woman,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Maria says, "the conflict is over," and then says that she will live for whom?
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Pass.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Which writer and artist provided illustrations for the second edition
0:02:40 > 0:02:42of Wollstonecraft's original stories from real life?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- William Blake.- Yes.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46In the 15th of her Letters Written During a Short Residence In Sweden,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Norway and Denmark, Wollstonecraft says,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50"her thoughts darted from Earth to Heaven,"
0:02:50 > 0:02:53when she saw what "sublime" waterfall,?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Pass.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57With which political group, sometimes known as Brissotins,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59was she closely involved during the French Revolution?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Girondins.- Yes.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Which institution is described in Maria Or The Wrongs Of Woman
0:03:03 > 0:03:07as "the most insufferable bondage for minds governed by superior principles"?
0:03:07 > 0:03:08- Marriage.- Yes, matrimony.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10In her early Thoughts On The Education Of Daughters,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12which animal story by Dorothy Kilner
0:03:12 > 0:03:15does Wollstonecraft recommend to amuse and instruct?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- The Perambulations Of A Mouse.- Yes.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Which other celebrated writer
0:03:18 > 0:03:20was present at the dinner party of Joseph Johnson
0:03:20 > 0:03:23where Wollstonecraft first met her future husband William Godwin?
0:03:23 > 0:03:24- Holcroft.- Thomas Paine.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26To which politician and former churchmen was
0:03:26 > 0:03:28A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman dedicated?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Talleyrand.- Yes.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32According to the Letters On Sweden, Norway And Denmark,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34"the design of the Deity throughout the whole of nature"
0:03:34 > 0:03:36appears to be the preservation of what?
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Pass.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Who registered Wollstonecraft as his wife
0:03:39 > 0:03:41at the American Embassy in Paris to give her protection
0:03:41 > 0:03:44after war broke out between Britain and revolutionary France?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45- Gilbert Imlay.- Yes.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Wollstonecraft jumped off which bridge over the Thames...
0:03:47 > 0:03:48- BEEP - finish the question,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51in an attempt to commit suicide in 1795
0:03:51 > 0:03:54following the breakdown of her relationship with Gilbert Imlay?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Putney Bridge.- Putney Bridge it was. You had four passes.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59According to the Letters on Sweden, Norway and Denmark,
0:03:59 > 0:04:04"the design of deity" appears to be the preservation of the species.
0:04:04 > 0:04:10It was Frederikstad, that wonderful, "sublime" waterfall, that she saw.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13She said in the conclusion of Maria Or The Wrongs Of Woman,
0:04:13 > 0:04:17"The conflict is over," she will live for "my child".
0:04:17 > 0:04:20And it was Edmund Burke's definition of, "English liberty"
0:04:20 > 0:04:23that she attacked as "security of property".
0:04:23 > 0:04:25You have, Catherine Goodwin, 11 points.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27APPLAUSE
0:04:36 > 0:04:38And our next contender, please.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- And your name is?- Ebb Saxton. - Your occupation?- Bookbinder.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- And your specialist subject? - Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54The Likely Lads! In two minutes.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55In the first episode,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58when Terry Collier meets Bob Ferris again after five years in the Army,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01which town does he describe as the "West Hartlepool of West Germany"?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02- Moenchengladbach.- Yes.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05What's the name of the girl who's referred to in a number of episodes
0:05:05 > 0:05:06as an embarrassment to Bob?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Terry mentions her at the beginning of his best man speech,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10despite having been warned not to.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Deirdre Birchwood.- Yes.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13In the '74 Christmas special,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17what means of transport does Terry use to take a drunken Bob back home
0:05:17 > 0:05:18after their drinking session?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- A digger.- A forklift truck.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Which actor, who starred in Last Of The Summer Wine,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25plays the part of Mr Chambers, Thelma's father and Bob's employer?
0:05:28 > 0:05:29- Bill Owen.- Yes.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30In a famous episode,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Bob and Terry are trying to avoid learning the outcome of a football match.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36What's the name of the character, played by Brian Glover,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38who chases them around town to tell them the result?
0:05:38 > 0:05:39- Flint.- Yes.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Which character, who never actually appears,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43is listed in the credits for the episode End Of An Era,
0:05:43 > 0:05:47as being played by April Walker?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Pass.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Terry awarded Thelma two stars out of three in his ranking system
0:05:51 > 0:05:55during a coach trip in 1967. What was the destination of the coach?
0:05:55 > 0:05:56- Blackpool.- Yes.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59In the episode Moving On Terry learns that a multi-storey car park
0:05:59 > 0:06:01has been built over which music club that Bob describes as,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03"the North's premier music Mecca"?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Roxy.- The Go-go Club.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08What costume does Thelma wear to a Christmas Eve fancy dress party
0:06:08 > 0:06:11that she's worried that people might think she's a pixie or an elf?
0:06:11 > 0:06:12- Peter Pan.- Yes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Along with Andrew, what's Bob's other middle name
0:06:14 > 0:06:17which is revealed when the banns are read for his wedding?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18It's where he was conceived.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19- Scarborough.- Yes.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22What was the name of the skiffle group in which Bob and Terry
0:06:22 > 0:06:25played with Big John Gibson on banjo and Maurice Hardaker on drum?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26- The Wildcats.- Correct.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28When Bob says that "There are many roads to God,"
0:06:28 > 0:06:32what does Thelma's mother say that she considers to be the Church Of England?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- The M1.- Yes.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Who is Little Norman, Bob's companion,
0:06:37 > 0:06:41in the episodes The Expert and Between Ourselves?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Pass.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45What is the name of the character who gets into fights with both Terry and Bob
0:06:45 > 0:06:47in the episode Conduct Unbecoming
0:06:47 > 0:06:49leading to them both ending up in the Magistrate's Court.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Dougie Scaife.- Yes.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53In the final episode of series two, The Shape Of Things To Come,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56what's the name of the elderly man, played by Jack Woolgar...
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- BEEP - ..whose life has been ruined
0:06:58 > 0:07:00by his friendship with Terry's great-uncle Jacob?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Chapman?- No, it's Hargreaves.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Joe Hargreaves. You had two passes.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Bob's companion in The Expert and Between Ourselves was his teddy bear.
0:07:10 > 0:07:17And the character who never actually appears is Jutta Baumgarten -
0:07:17 > 0:07:18but we never see her.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Two passes, Ebb Saxton, you have ten points.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24APPLAUSE
0:07:32 > 0:07:34And our next contender, please.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- And your name is?- Gary Grant. - Your occupation?- GP.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- And your chosen subject? - Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in two minutes.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52In which city is the statue of Zeus believed to have been destroyed by fire
0:07:52 > 0:07:55during the second half of the fifth century after its removal from Olympia?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56- Constantinople.- Yes.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58What was the name of Nebuchadnezzar II's Median wife,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01for whom he is said to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
0:08:01 > 0:08:03because she missed the mountain scenery of her homeland?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04- Amytis.- Yes.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Which sculptor from Lindos created the 110 feet high statue
0:08:07 > 0:08:09known as the Colossus of Rhodes?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10- Chares.- Yes.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11According to Pliny the Elder,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15to which architect of Cnidus did King Ptolemy grant the right
0:08:15 > 0:08:17to inscribe his name on the Pharos of Alexandria?
0:08:17 > 0:08:18- Sostratus.- Yes.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Mausolus, for whom the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was built,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24was Governor of which province of the Persian Empire?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- Caria.- Yes. One of the first known lists of seven famous ancient monuments
0:08:27 > 0:08:32occurs in a short poem attributed to which second century BC writer from Sidon?
0:08:32 > 0:08:33- Antipater.- Yes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Who burned down the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in 356 BC
0:08:37 > 0:08:40in a quest for his name to be remembered in perpetuity?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- Herostratus.- Yes.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43The people of Rhodes built the Colossus
0:08:43 > 0:08:45from funds raised from the sale of siege equipment
0:08:45 > 0:08:49left by which of Alexander The Great's successors? What was his name?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Erm, Demetrius Poliorcetes.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Yes. The name of which biblical character
0:08:53 > 0:08:55was attached to the Pyramids during the middle ages,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57when they were thought to be his granaries.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58- Joseph.- Yes. According to Pliny the Elder,
0:08:58 > 0:09:03how many ionic columns were there in total in the temple of Artemis at Ephesus?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04- 127?- Yes.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Which Roman emperor sent workmen to move the statue of Zeus at Olympia to Rome,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10only for them to be frightened off, claiming the statue laughed at them.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11- Caligula.- Yes.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14The archaeologist Kamal el-Mallakh discovered the remains
0:09:14 > 0:09:16of what important artefact next to the Great Pyramid of Giza?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18It's since been put on display in its own museum.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- A solar boat.- Yes.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Which son of the architect Chersiphron
0:09:22 > 0:09:25helped his father construct the first great temple of Artemis at Ephesus?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28- Metagenes.- Yes.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29What is the name of the Caliph
0:09:29 > 0:09:32who made an entrance into the Great Pyramid of Giza in the 9th century AD
0:09:32 > 0:09:34in an attempt to find treasure?
0:09:34 > 0:09:35- Al-Ma'mun.- Yes.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37The name of which favourite of the sculptor Phidias
0:09:37 > 0:09:38was said to be seen in some graffito
0:09:38 > 0:09:41scratched on the finger of the statue of Zeus at Olympia?
0:09:41 > 0:09:42- Antarkis.- Yes.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Which priest of Bel wrote a work on the history and culture of Babylonia
0:09:45 > 0:09:48that describes the building of the Hanging Gardens by Nebuchadnezzar II?
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- Barossus.- Yes. Which king of Lydia, famous in antiquity for his great wealth...
0:09:52 > 0:09:53- BEEP - ..sponsored the building -
0:09:53 > 0:09:55I'll finish - of the first great Temple of Artemis
0:09:55 > 0:09:59when he was overlord of Ephesus in the 6th century BC?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- Croesus.- Correct.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05You have, I don't often say this, a perfect round at 17 points,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07no passes. Gary Grant.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08APPLAUSE
0:10:17 > 0:10:18And our final contender, please.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- And your name is?- Eliot Wilson.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- Your occupation? - House of Commons clerk.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30And your specialist subject?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- The life and career of Enoch Powell. - Enoch Powell in two minutes.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37To which school did the 13-year-old Enoch Powell gain a scholarship in 1925?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38- King Edward's, Birmingham.- Yes.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40In which Birmingham hotel did Powell make
0:10:40 > 0:10:43his notorious "rivers of blood" speech on 20 April 1968?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44- The Midland Hotel.- Yes.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Powell was elected as Conservative MP for Wolverhampton Southwest
0:10:47 > 0:10:49at the general election in February 1950.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53For which constituency had he previously stood unsuccessfully
0:10:53 > 0:10:54in a by-election in 1947?
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Normanton.- Yes. In his first year at King Edward's School,
0:10:57 > 0:10:58what language did his mother teach him
0:10:58 > 0:11:00so he could keep up academically with the other boys?
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- Greek.- Yes. The killing of an alleged Mau Mau terrorist at a prison camp in Kenya
0:11:04 > 0:11:06inspired one of Powell's most famous speeches
0:11:06 > 0:11:09criticising a fellow MP who claimed the victims were subhuman
0:11:09 > 0:11:12so the circumstances of their deaths didn't matter.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13What was the name of the camp?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Hola camp.- Yes. In November 1950
0:11:15 > 0:11:18it was reported that Powell was not going to stand again for his constituency
0:11:18 > 0:11:20because the committee of one of the wards had criticised his methods
0:11:20 > 0:11:22during the previous election. Which ward?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23- Graiseley?- Yes.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Powell published a lexicon and then a re-translation
0:11:25 > 0:11:27of the works of which Greek historian?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- Hirodotus.- Yes. He was elected as an Ulster Unionist MP
0:11:30 > 0:11:32for which constituency in October 1974?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33- South Down.- Yes.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35He abandoned academic life in order to enlist
0:11:35 > 0:11:37when the Second World War broke out.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40At which English university had he been scheduled to take a post in 1940?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- Durham.- Yes.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44How many votes did Powell receive from Conservative MPs
0:11:44 > 0:11:48in the election to succeed Sir Alec Douglas-Home as leader of the party in 1965?
0:11:48 > 0:11:49- 12.- 15.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51In a radio interview in 1986,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Powell was asked how he'd like to be remembered.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55What memorable reply did he give?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- "I should like to have been killed in the war."- Yes.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00In his "rivers of blood" speech, Powell misquoted Virgil's Aeneid
0:12:00 > 0:12:02by comparing himself to "the Roman"
0:12:02 > 0:12:04who saw "the River Tiber foaming with much blood".
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- Who actually made the prophecy to Aeneas?- Pass.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12In which regiment did Powell enlist as a private in 1939
0:12:12 > 0:12:16by claiming to be Australian before rising to the rank of brigadier at the age of 32?
0:12:16 > 0:12:17- The Royal Warwickshire.- Yes.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Which future Australian Prime Minister was taught by Powell at the University of Sydney
0:12:21 > 0:12:23but soon stopped attending his Greek lectures,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26which he described as "as dry as dust"?
0:12:26 > 0:12:27- Gough Whitlam.- Yes.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29In the general election of February 1974,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Powell refused to stand as a Conservative
0:12:31 > 0:12:33and encouraged voters to elect a Labour government instead.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- On what issue did he agree with Labour policy? - BEEP
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Membership of the EEC and the referendum on it.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Indeed he did. You had one pass.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45In his "rivers of blood" speech, it was the Sybil who should have made that prophecy
0:12:45 > 0:12:48and not Virgil, as he had suggested.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50You have, however, 13 points.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52APPLAUSE
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Well, what a high scoring round. Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05In fourth place, with 10 points, Ebb Saxton.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Third place, 11 points, Catherine Goodwin.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Second place, 13 points, Eliot Wilson.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15In the lead, with a massive 17 points, Gary Grant.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16APPLAUSE
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Which, of course, takes us to the general knowledge round
0:13:24 > 0:13:27and if there is a tie the end of it, well, then, the number of passes
0:13:27 > 0:13:31is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35If they are tied on passes as well there will be a tie-break.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38The six high-scoring runners-up will be able to claim
0:13:38 > 0:13:40a place in the semifinals as well.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43So, let's get on with it and ask Ebb Saxton to join us again, please.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50And you start out with 10 points, which is a good score
0:13:50 > 0:13:54but, my word, you're up against some competition here! Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Two and a half minutes starting now.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59What name is given to a home-made mixture of decaying organic substances
0:13:59 > 0:14:02used as manure to fertilise soil?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Pass.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Which member of a comedy double act was born
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston in June 1890?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11- Stan Laurel.- Yes.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Which vegetable, along with potato and onion,
0:14:13 > 0:14:15is used to make the soup vichyssoise,
0:14:15 > 0:14:16which is usually served chilled.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- Onion.- Leek.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21What common name is given to many members of the scarab subfamily of beetles
0:14:21 > 0:14:24because they feed on animal droppings?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25- Dung beetles.- Yes.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28The Polish refusal to hand over which port to the Germans
0:14:28 > 0:14:31was used, by Hitler, as a pretext to invade which country
0:14:31 > 0:14:33to start the Second World War?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34- Danzig.- Yes.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Which bank was brought down in 1995
0:14:36 > 0:14:39by the dealings of the rogue trader Nick Leeson?
0:14:39 > 0:14:40- Barings.- Yes.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42What description of the English was used by Adam Smith
0:14:42 > 0:14:46in The Wealth Of Nations and has also been attributed to Napoleon?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- A nation of shopkeepers. - Correct.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50The former England rugby coach Andy Robinson
0:14:50 > 0:14:53took over as coach of which country in 2009?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- South Africa.- Scotland.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Which term for a small airship was used by the cartoonist
0:14:57 > 0:15:02David Low for the name of an incurably conservative elderly military officer?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Blimp.- What name did Edwin Land give to the material he invented
0:15:05 > 0:15:09that only transmits light waves vibrating in one direction?
0:15:09 > 0:15:14- The material is used in sunglasses to cut down glare.- Pass.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Which 19th century Poet Laureate wrote,
0:15:16 > 0:15:21"And may there be no moaning of the bar when I put out to sea"?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Pass.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Which statesman was largely responsible for Athens becoming
0:15:25 > 0:15:29the political and cultural centre of Greece during the fifth century BC?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Pericles.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Yes. Who played the title role in the TV series
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Dixon Of Dock Green from 1955-1976?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Jack Warner.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44The Queen of the Night and the Moor Monostatos are characters in which Mozart opera?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- Fidelio.- The Magic Flute.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51What type of bed has no attached headboard
0:15:51 > 0:15:54and takes its name from the Persian for a long seat?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- Sedan.- Divan.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Which twangy guitarist, whose hits include Rebel Rouser
0:15:59 > 0:16:03and Because They're Young, influenced many British guitarists?
0:16:03 > 0:16:04- Bo Diddley?- Duane Eddy.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Which French artist,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09whose works include Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grand Jatte,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11founded The School of Neo-Impressionism?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Gaugin?- Seurat.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17What is the capital and chief port of the northern territory of Australia?
0:16:17 > 0:16:18- Adelaide.- Darwin.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Which novelist, whose first published novel was Metroland in 1980,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25wrote detective fiction under the name Dan Kavanagh?
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Pass.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28According to the popular music hall song,
0:16:28 > 0:16:32people with which surname come from the Isle of Man?
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- Smith.- It might have been. It was Kelly.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44You had four passes. It was Julian Barnes who wrote Metroland.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49That 19th-century Poet Laureate was Alfred Lord Tennyson.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52The name that Edwin Land gave to that strange material
0:16:52 > 0:16:56that is used in sunglasses to cut down the glare is Polaroid.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59And you'll kick yourself for this.
0:16:59 > 0:17:06Homemade mixture of decaying organic substance used in manure as a fertiliser was compost.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Four passes, 18 points.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10APPLAUSE
0:17:19 > 0:17:22And now Catherine Goodwin again, please.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28You start out with 11 points with your knowledge of Mary Wollstonecraft.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35What name is giving to a person who officiates at a cricket or tennis match?
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Umpire.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Yes. In about 1910, which future leader adopted a surname
0:17:39 > 0:17:41that comes from the Russian for steel?
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Stalin.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Which animated film and its sequels feature a boy called Andy
0:17:45 > 0:17:47and his much-loved possessions?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Pass.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52What adjective is used for the period spanning
0:17:52 > 0:17:54the reign of James I and the style of artefacts
0:17:54 > 0:17:57made in the first half of the 17th century?
0:17:57 > 0:17:58- Stuart.- Or Jacobean.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Which fortified wine is produced by a process known as the estufa,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05in which the wine in the cask is gradually heated then allowed to cool down?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- Port.- Madeira. Which factors in human blood
0:18:08 > 0:18:10are so named because they were first found
0:18:10 > 0:18:13in the blood of a particular species of monkey?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Rhesus.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17What name that comes from the Greek for thanksgiving is given
0:18:17 > 0:18:20to the Christian sacrament in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Communion.- Eucharist.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Which radio presenter was a member of The Communards
0:18:25 > 0:18:28before becoming an Anglican priest?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31He succeeded Fi Glover as host of Radio Four's Saturday Live in April 2011.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Pass.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Kate Colquhoun's novel, Mr Briggs' Hat, is a sensational
0:18:35 > 0:18:39account of Britain's first murder on which form of transport?
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Train.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42What name for the only bear native to South America
0:18:42 > 0:18:46comes from the light marks that partly or wholly encircle their eyes?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Pass.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54At which London hospital were Princes William and Harry born?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Portland.- St Mary's, Paddington.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00At which sport is the rank of Yokozuna the highest attainable title?
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- Judo.- Sumo.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05What name's given to the Egyptian section of the reservoir
0:19:05 > 0:19:09formed on the Nile by the Aswan High Dam?
0:19:09 > 0:19:13- Pass.- Which song from the soundtrack of the 1984 film The Woman In Red
0:19:13 > 0:19:16won Stevie Wonder the Oscar for Best Original Song?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Isn't She Lovely?- I Just Called To Say I Love You.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22The hero Of which 1749 novel by Henry Fielding is described as
0:19:22 > 0:19:25"A Foundling" in its full title?
0:19:25 > 0:19:26- Vanity Fair.- Tom Jones.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Who was successively Chancellor of the Exchequer,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37with the title Deputy Prime Minister, between 1979 and 1990?
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- Geoffrey Howe.- Which headland in the Scottish Highlands
0:19:40 > 0:19:43is the most westerly point of the British mainland?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- Pass.- Which Anglo-Saxon king, whose name means "noble counsel",
0:19:47 > 0:19:51was given a nickname that meant "bad" or "no counsel"?
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- Ethelred. - In classical architecture,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56what name is given to a roof structure supported by columns,
0:19:56 > 0:20:01that forms the entrance to a building or is extended into a colonnade?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Dome.- Portico. - BEEP
0:20:04 > 0:20:07And we are out of time - you had five passes.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11The headland in the Scottish Highlands is Ardnamurchan Point.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Lake Nasser is the name given to the Egyptian section
0:20:14 > 0:20:17of that reservoir. The bear with the light-coloured marks
0:20:17 > 0:20:20around its eyes is the spectacled bear.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Richard Coles - the Rev Richard Coles - took over from Fi Glover.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29And Andy is in Toy Story.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Those five passes, Catherine Goodwin, you have 18 points.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34APPLAUSE
0:20:41 > 0:20:44And now Eliot Wilson again, please.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48And you begin with 13 points.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Let's see how you do in your general knowledge.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Two and a half minutes starting now.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58Which method of cooking an egg involves simmering it in water without its shell?
0:20:58 > 0:21:03- Poaching.- Which Irish band had a UK number one single called Beautiful Day in 2000?
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- U2.- What name for the one-humped Arabian camel comes from the Greek for "running"?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Dromedary. - The Brothers Karamazov was the last major work
0:21:10 > 0:21:12of which 19th-century Russian novelist?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- Dostoevsky.- In April 2010, Tracey Emin erected a neon tube
0:21:15 > 0:21:17spelling out "I never stopped loving you"
0:21:17 > 0:21:20in which town in Kent where she spent her childhood years?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Ramsgate?- Margate.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Which composer's orchestral works include the ballet Appalachian Spring?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Aaron Copland.- In English cricket, what score or a multiple of it
0:21:29 > 0:21:31is known as a Nelson and is thought to be unlucky?
0:21:31 > 0:21:35- Pass.- The cultured milk preparation skyr
0:21:35 > 0:21:37comes from which Northern European island country?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- Iceland.- The Stirling Prize, named after James Stirling,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43was first awarded in 1996 in which field of the arts?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- Architecture.- In evolution, the hypothetical creature
0:21:46 > 0:21:50halfway between modern humans and our anthropoid ancestors
0:21:50 > 0:21:52is popularly known by what term?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- The missing link. - Which conservative Catholic organisation
0:21:55 > 0:21:57was founded by the Spanish priest
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer y Albas in 1928?
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- Opus Dei.- Which 2011 film stars Jake Gyllenhall as a soldier
0:22:03 > 0:22:07who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and finds he's part of a mission
0:22:07 > 0:22:09to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- Pass.- What is the surname of the twin brothers Peter and Anthony,
0:22:12 > 0:22:16whose plays include The Royal Hunt of the Sun and Sleuth respectively?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Shaffer.- Who presented the series The History of Modern Britain
0:22:19 > 0:22:21and The Making of Modern Britain?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- David Dimbleby.- Andrew Marr.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25In which Yorkshire castle did Richard II die
0:22:25 > 0:22:28in February 1400 after he'd been imprisoned there?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- Pass.- Which aircraft maker, best known for his firm's two-seater Cub
0:22:31 > 0:22:33was nicknamed the Henry Ford of aviation
0:22:33 > 0:22:35for popularising air travel in America?
0:22:35 > 0:22:36- Boeing?- Piper.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Who became the first Japanese director to win international acclaim
0:22:40 > 0:22:42with films such as Rashomon and Seven Samurai?
0:22:42 > 0:22:47- Kurosawa.- Which sea port on Dublin Bay was renamed Kingstown in 1821
0:22:47 > 0:22:48following a visit by George IV,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51but reverted to its original name in 1921?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- Pass.- Which French author wrote The Second Sex,
0:22:54 > 0:22:58a classic of feminist literature, published in 1953?
0:22:58 > 0:23:02- Simone de Beauvoir. - What name is given to Thursday 24th October, 1929,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04the day the Wall Street Crash began?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Black Thursday. - In which Bavarian village
0:23:06 > 0:23:08has a Passion Play been staged regularly since 1634,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11in fulfilment of a vow made when the village
0:23:11 > 0:23:13was spared from the effects of the plague?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Oberammergau. - The Russian security and counter-intelligence service
0:23:16 > 0:23:20created by Boris Yeltsin as one of the successors to the KGB
0:23:20 > 0:23:21is known by what initial letters?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- FSB.- In chess, fianchetto is a term
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- for the development of which piece? - BEEP
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- The pawn.- The bishop.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30You had four passes -
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Dun Laoghaire was the sea port that had been renamed Kingstown in 1821.
0:23:35 > 0:23:41Pontefract was the castle where Richard II died in February 1400.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Source Code was the name of that 2011 film,
0:23:45 > 0:23:52and the cricket score thought to be terribly unlucky is 111.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Don't know why, but there it is.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Those four passes, Eliot Wilson - you have 28 points.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59APPLAUSE
0:24:06 > 0:24:08And finally Gary Grant again, please.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15And you have your enormous 17 points to begin with,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19but 28 is the score to beat, which is a hefty one.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26What method of execution was used for the first time in Paris in April 1792?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Guillotine.- Which cocktail of Mexican origin is made from tequila
0:24:29 > 0:24:31and orange liqueur and lime or lemon juice,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34often from a glass whose rim has been dipped in salt?
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- Margarita.- Saint Peter Port is the principal town on which island?
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- Guernsey.- What term's used for the transfer of video or audio material
0:24:41 > 0:24:44over the Internet in real time, allowing live events to be viewed?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Streaming.- Which US state is known as the Centennial State
0:24:47 > 0:24:48because it was admitted into the Union
0:24:48 > 0:24:51100 years after the Declaration of Independence?
0:24:51 > 0:24:52- Connecticut?- Colorado.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Which 2003 Coldplay song opens with the lines,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59"Lights go out and I can't be saved, Tides that I tried to swim against"?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01- In My Place.- Clocks.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Sodom and Gomorrah are two of the five Biblical cities known collectively as what?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- Pass.- Which of his fellow dramatists
0:25:08 > 0:25:11wrote that Shakespeare had "small Latin and less Greek"?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12- Pope?- Ben Jonson.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15In December 2010, whom did Vince Cable say he had declared war on?
0:25:15 > 0:25:19It led to him being stripped of his responsibilities for media regulation.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Murdoch.- Which symphony by Arthur Bliss has four movements
0:25:22 > 0:25:25that are interpretations of purple, red, blue and green
0:25:25 > 0:25:27through their heraldic associations?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- Pass.- Which letter of the Greek alphabet identifies the US Army's
0:25:30 > 0:25:34special forces group which is similar to the British SAS?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- Delta.- Who won the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year award
0:25:37 > 0:25:40with The Amber Spyglass, the first children's author to do so?
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Philip Pullman. - On which programme, broadcast on BBC Two on Friday nights,
0:25:44 > 0:25:48is Frank Skinner joined by two fellow comedians to discuss topical issues?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Erm... Forgotten, pass.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Which small fountain sculpture in Brussels depicting a young boy
0:25:53 > 0:25:56is known by local people as the Oldest Citizen?
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- The Manneken Pis. - Who was sacked as the coach of Real Madrid in 2007,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02days after guiding them to the League title?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- Capello. - Which musical set in the 1920s
0:26:05 > 0:26:07features the songs Razzle Dazzle and All That Jazz?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- Chicago.- The name of which garden plant,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12a cultivated member of the viola family,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14comes from the French for "a thought"?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- Pensee?- No, pansy.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20What was the name of the ship commanded by Captain Cook on his first Pacific voyage?
0:26:20 > 0:26:25- Endeavour.- Which 2010 film, nominated for seven Oscars, stars Mark Wahlberg
0:26:25 > 0:26:27and Christian Bale as two boxing brothers?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- Er, The Fighter. - In the Church of England
0:26:29 > 0:26:31what name's given to the notice of intended marriage
0:26:31 > 0:26:34read out three times before the wedding day?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- Banns.- Bradenham is a variety of which preserved meat?
0:26:37 > 0:26:40It's often cured in molasses, with juniper berries and spices,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42to give it a sweet flavour and a black exterior?
0:26:42 > 0:26:43- Venison.- Ham.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Which village near Coventry claims that the medieval cross
0:26:46 > 0:26:49on its village green marks the centre of England?
0:26:49 > 0:26:50- Lichfield.- Meriden.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52What name was first given to the young men in the 1950s
0:26:52 > 0:26:56whose dress was characterised by a long velvet coloured jacket...
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- BEEP - ..and drainpipe trousers?
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Teddy boys.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Yes, or Teds as we sometimes called them.
0:27:02 > 0:27:08Your passes - the Frank Skinner show, Frank Skinner's Opinionated.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10A Colour Symphony was the Arthur Bliss work.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15And Sodom and Gomorrah are two of the Cities of the Plain.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20So, three passes - Gary Grant, 31 points.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22APPLAUSE
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Well, a cracking round there. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Joint third place, 18 points apiece, Catherine Goodwin and Ebb Saxton.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Second place, 28 points -
0:27:36 > 0:27:39a very high score in its own right - Eliot Wilson.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43In first place, with 31 points, Gary Grant.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44APPLAUSE
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Which means that Gary Grant is of course tonight's winner.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59He goes through to the semifinals, congratulations to him.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Commiserations to Eliot Wilson, but with a score of 28
0:28:01 > 0:28:07it is entirely possible that we will see him again in the semifinal.
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0:28:18 > 0:28:20Thank you for watching, goodbye.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22APPLAUSE
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