0:00:25 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is James Cullen,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29a postgraduate student from Oxford.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31His subject, Kate Bush.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Next, Edwin Deady, retired librarian from Falmouth.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37His subject, ancient and primitive boats.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Jackie Heaton, a college lecturer from Glasgow,
0:00:39 > 0:00:43is answering questions on the detective novels of Agatha Christie.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45And Anthony Barton, a plumber from Bolton.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47His subject, the Franco-Prussian War.
0:00:47 > 0:00:53APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Four more Contenders are about to take
0:01:06 > 0:01:09television's ultimate test of nerve and knowledge.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11In 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 > 0:01:19And the winner goes through to the semifinal
0:01:19 > 0:01:22and 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 > 0:01:31So let's get on with it and ask our first Contender to join us, please.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37And your name is?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Your occupation?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41And your specialist subject?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Kate Bush. In two minutes, starting now.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47In which album did Kate Bush's chart-topping single
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Wuthering Heights appear in '78,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51the album reached number three in spring that year?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- The Kick Inside.- Yes.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56At which convent grammar school was she educated between '69 and '76?
0:01:56 > 0:01:57- St Joseph's Grammar.- Yes.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00What collective name is given to the tracks on side two
0:02:00 > 0:02:02of the original vinyl album of Hounds Of Love?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03- The Ninth Wave.- Yes.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Who produced her first two albums, The Kick Inside and Lionheart?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08- Andrew Powell.- Yes.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11In which Comic Strip episode aired by the BBC in 1990
0:02:11 > 0:02:13did she have her first screen acting role?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14- Les Dogs.- Yes.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Who was the family friend who introduced Kate
0:02:16 > 0:02:19to the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour who sent her demo tape to EMI?
0:02:19 > 0:02:20- Ricky Hopper.- Yes.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22She's covered two Elton John songs.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Which one was included on the '91 tribute album
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Um... Rocket Man.- Yes.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Kate sang with the KT Bush Band at venues in South London in '77.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36The band included the bass player Del Palmer
0:02:36 > 0:02:39and which guitarist who also appeared on some of her albums?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40- Ian Bairnson.- Brian Bath.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43At which venue was the official opening night
0:02:43 > 0:02:45of Kate's only UK tour on the 3rd April '79?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Poole Arts Centre. - Liverpool Empire.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50What is the name of Kate Bush and Danny McIntosh's son
0:02:50 > 0:02:52who has a song named after him on her album Aerial?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- Albert.- Yes, or Bertie.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Which vocal group added backing vocals to tracks on
0:02:56 > 0:02:59The Sensual World, The Red Shoes and Director's Cut?
0:02:59 > 0:03:00- The Trio Bulgarka.- Correct.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04In the mid '70s, Kate went to dance and mime lessons taught by Lindsay Kemp
0:03:04 > 0:03:07after seeing his production based on a novel by Jean Genet.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08What was the production called?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09- Flowers?- It was.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Which Marvin Gaye song did she cover for the second song
0:03:12 > 0:03:14on the CD single King Of The Mountain?
0:03:14 > 0:03:15- Sexual Healing.- Yes.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17What does Kate have in her mouth on the photograph
0:03:17 > 0:03:19on the cover of the album The Dreaming?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Um... Pass.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24What was the name of her only Christmas-themed song,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26which reached number 29 in December 1980?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- December Will Be Magic Again.- Yes.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Which famous actor stars in the video for the '85 single
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Cloudbusting, directed by Julian Doyle?
0:03:33 > 0:03:34- Donald Sutherland.- Yes.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Kate's 2011 single Deeper Understanding on the album Director's Cut
0:03:37 > 0:03:40was released on her own label, which is called what?
0:03:40 > 0:03:41- Fish People.- Yes.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43In March '87 Kate sang Running Up That Hill and Let It Be
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- at the London Palladium with David Gilmour as part.. - BEEP
0:03:46 > 0:03:49..of a charity benefit show. What was it called?
0:03:49 > 0:03:50The Secret Policeman's Ball.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Is correct. You had one pass.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55What she had in her mouth on the photograph on that cover
0:03:55 > 0:03:58of the album The Dreaming was a gold key.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01One pass. James Cullen, you have 15 points.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05APPLAUSE
0:04:10 > 0:04:11And our next Contender, please.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19And your name is?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22And your occupation?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And your specialist subject?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Ancient and primitive boats. Two minutes.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32An excavated log with a carbon-dating of at least 6,300 BC
0:04:32 > 0:04:34is thought to be the oldest surviving dugout.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Where in The Netherlands was it discovered?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37- Pesse.- Yes.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Which Welsh river has preserved a tradition of short, squat coracles
0:04:41 > 0:04:43that are semi-circular in shape at the back?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- The Tywi.- The Teifi.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49What wood was used to make the five broad strakes - or lines of planking -
0:04:49 > 0:04:52of the Hjortspring Boat found in a bog on the island of Als?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Linden or tilia. - Yes. Lime wood, yes.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56According to Herodotus,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58how were the skins of the hide boats used in Mesopotamia
0:04:58 > 0:05:02returned to Armenia after the boats delivered their cargo in Babylon?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03- Carried on pack donkeys.- Yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Where in Dumfriesshire was a logboat with flared sides
0:05:06 > 0:05:08and a flat bottom discovered in 1973,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12radiocarbon dating suggests it may be the oldest such vessel found in Britain?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Carpoe. - Catherinefield or Locharbriggs.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16What was the name of the Roman riverboat
0:05:16 > 0:05:18first identified from a fresco in the Vatican
0:05:18 > 0:05:21whose mast had a number of functions including towing?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Zuamadan.- The codicaria.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26How were the main strakes secured to one another in the oak-built
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Nydam Boat excavated in the 19th century?
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Nydam... Um...
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Um... Tree-nails. - Iron nails.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Which Paleo-Siberian people used two types of kayaks,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39one on the sea and one for rivers,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41the latter used for hunting reindeer?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- Koryaks. - No, the Chukchee.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Where in Java are there 9th-century AD reliefs
0:05:45 > 0:05:47that depict a form of two-masted ship?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48- Angkor Wat.- No, Borobudur.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51What was the name of the vessels that were built at Omana
0:05:51 > 0:05:53on the Persian Gulf and exported to Arabia?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- Quafa.- Madarata.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Which primitive coracle-style boat was used
0:05:58 > 0:06:00by the Plains Indians of North America
0:06:00 > 0:06:03till the destruction of the buffalo removed the source of hide?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04- The bull boat.- Yes.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06According to Theophrastus, what was the preferred wood
0:06:06 > 0:06:11used for the keels of Greek warships in the 4th century BC?
0:06:11 > 0:06:12- Cedar.- Oak.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Which people who lived around the Gulf of California preserved
0:06:15 > 0:06:17a tradition of reed canoe manufacture?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Er... Gulf of California...
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Um...
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Tho... No.- No, the Seri Indians.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Which artefact from Gebel el-Arak depicts a boat with upright ends
0:06:25 > 0:06:28that shows similarities to Mesopotamian examples?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- A jug.- A knife handle.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31What devices were used to fasten
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- the upper and lower timbers of the composite bow... - BEEP
0:06:34 > 0:06:36..on to the oak logboat, I'll finish,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38excavated at Hasholme in North Humberside?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- Sewn.- Three vertical tree-nails, actually.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43There we are.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45No passes.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Edwin Deady, four points.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Thank you.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50APPLAUSE
0:06:57 > 0:06:59And our next Contender please.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09And your name is?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Your occupation?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13And your specialist subject?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Agatha Christie's novels. Two minutes starting now.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Which author of detective stories, loosely based on Christie herself,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24is one of the main characters in the novel Mrs McGinty's Dead?
0:07:24 > 0:07:25- Ariadne Oliver.- Yes.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Miss Marple suspects the body in the library is not
0:07:28 > 0:07:30that of the professional dancer Ruby Keene.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Two physical features of the victim suggest this,
0:07:32 > 0:07:34one is her prominent teeth, the other?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- Her fingernails. - Yeah, chewed fingernails.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39In which country house does Hercule Poirot solve
0:07:39 > 0:07:43the mystery of the murder of Simeon Lee?
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Pass.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46What is the name of the retired policeman
0:07:46 > 0:07:48who acts as the detective in the novel Murder Is Easy?
0:07:48 > 0:07:49- Luke Fitzwilliam.- Yes.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Miss Gilchrist, the murderer in After The Funeral,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55hoped to raise £5,000 from the sale of her victim's Vermeer painting.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57What did she intend to do with it?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58- Open a tearoom.- Yes.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02In A Murder Is Announced the cook Mitzi makes a special rich chocolate cake
0:08:02 > 0:08:04for the family at Little Paddocks.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05What does Patrick call the cake?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Death By Chocolate. - Delicious Death.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Which is the only Christie novel not to be set in the 20th century?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Death Comes As The End.- Yes.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16In Sparkling Cyanide, at which West End restaurant
0:08:16 > 0:08:20are both Rosemary Barton and her husband George poisoned in separate visits?
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Pass.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25In which city is Poirot staying when he overhears Raymond Boynton saying,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27"You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?"
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Cairo.- Jerusalem.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Which of Christie's novels includes a dedication in the form
0:08:31 > 0:08:35of an open letter to the writer Robert Graves?
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Pass.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39In Dead Man's Folly, Ariadne Oliver convinces Poirot to travel to Devon.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42When he arrives, she explains that she's organising
0:08:42 > 0:08:44what type of entertainment for the local fete?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45- A Murder Hunt.- Yes.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48What's the name of the mine in Africa that's the apparent motive
0:08:48 > 0:08:51for the murder of Rex Fortescue in A Pocket Full Of Rye?
0:08:51 > 0:08:52- Blackbird Mine.- Yes.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55In One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, which head of a banking firm,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57is with the Prime Minister in Downing Street
0:08:57 > 0:09:00when an attempt is made on the minister's life?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01- Alistair Blunt.- Yes.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04The tile of the novel Five Little Pigs refers to five characters,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Philip and Meredith Blake, Elsa Greer, Cecilia Williams and who else?
0:09:07 > 0:09:08- Angela Warren.- Yes.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11In Ten Little Indians, ex-inspector Blore is killed
0:09:11 > 0:09:13when what object is dropped on his head?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Um... A stone bear.- Yes.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- When a body is found... - BEEP
0:09:18 > 0:09:21..in the grounds of Rutherford Hall in 4:50 From Paddington,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24it is thought which woman once engaged to Edmund Crackenthorpe?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Martine. - Martine Dubois is correct.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32Three passes. Towards Zero was the novel dedicated to Robert Graves.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35The Luxembourg was the name of that West End restaurant
0:09:35 > 0:09:37in Sparkling Cyanide.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40And Gorston Hall was the country house in which Poirot solved
0:09:40 > 0:09:42the mystery of the murder of Simeon Lee.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45You have, Jackie Heaton, 11 points.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49APPLAUSE
0:09:54 > 0:09:56And our final Contender, please.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05And your name is?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Your occupation?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10And your specialist subject?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Franco-Prussian War in two minutes.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15France declared war on Prussia in July 1870 as a result
0:10:15 > 0:10:18of the final interview between King Wilhelm and the French ambassador.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21What is Bismarck's edited version of this interview known as?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- The Ems Telegram.- Yes.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25As the chief of the Prussian General Staff,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27who supervised the detailed planning for the war?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28- Von Moltke.- Yes.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Which inventor gave his name to the French rifle that had a range
0:10:32 > 0:10:33twice that of the Prussian needle gun?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- Chassepot.- Yes.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38By what means of transport did Leon Gambetta leave besieged Paris
0:10:38 > 0:10:40in October 1870 in order to reach Tours?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- He went by balloon.- He did.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Which battle is notable for Von Bredow's Death Ride in which cavalry
0:10:45 > 0:10:49successfully charged French rifles and artillery?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- The Battle of Mars-La-Tour. - Yes.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Which French fortress city withstood a long siege
0:10:53 > 0:10:57but finally surrendered at the end of October 1870?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Metz.- Yes.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01To what position was Empress Eugenie appointed
0:11:01 > 0:11:04when Napoleon III left Paris to lead the Army of the Rhine?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Pass.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08In which country were the remnants of General Bourbaki's
0:11:08 > 0:11:11defeated French army interned on the 1st of February 1871?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- In Switzerland.- Yes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15What was the value in francs of the war indemnity that France
0:11:15 > 0:11:18had to pay Germany as part of the peace agreement?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19- Five billion.- Yes.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Which Italian revolutionary came to France in October 1870,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24volunteering to fight for the Republic
0:11:24 > 0:11:26and was given command of the Army of the Vosges?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- Giuseppe Garibaldi.- Yes.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30What items did the French army try to recover
0:11:30 > 0:11:32from the Paris National Guard in Montmartre,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36an event that contributed to the Declaration of the Paris Commune?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- They wanted the cannons. - They did.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Which treaty signed on the 10th of May 1871 formally ended the war?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42- The Treaty of Frankfurt. - Correct.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45At what battle on the 9th of November 1870 were the French
0:11:45 > 0:11:48victorious over forces led by General von der Tann,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50the victory led to the liberation of Orleans?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- The Battle of Coulmiers. - Correct.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54After being released from captivity in Germany,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57in which country did Napoleon III spend the rest of his life?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- He spent it in England. - He did.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01In which room at Versailles was the ceremony held
0:12:01 > 0:12:04that proclaimed Wilhelm I of Prussia as Emperor of Germany?
0:12:04 > 0:12:05- The Hall of Mirrors.- Yes.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08After recovering from injuries received at Sedan,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10which French Marshall was given the responsibility
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- of recapturing Paris from the Commune? - BEEP
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Marshal MacMahon.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Yes, indeed.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18You had just one pass.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20The position to which Empress Eugenie was appointed
0:12:20 > 0:12:23was Head of the Council of Regency.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27But you have, Anthony Barton, 15 points.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31APPLAUSE
0:12:36 > 0:12:41So that's the first round. Let's have a look at those scores.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42In fourth place, four points,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Edwin Deady.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Third place, 11 points,
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Jackie Heaton.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Joint first place,
0:12:48 > 0:12:4915 points apiece,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52James Cullen and Anthony Barton.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55APPLAUSE
0:12:59 > 0:13:01So, the general knowledge round now.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05And if there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:13:05 > 0:13:08is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10And if they are tied on passes as well,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14well, then there'll be a tie break. The six highest scoring runners-up
0:13:14 > 0:13:17will also be able to claim a place in the semifinals.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Let's get on with it and ask Edwin Deady to join us again,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22if you would, please.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26And you have a bit of a fight on your hands.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Four points on the first round.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Two and a half minutes starting now.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36What general term is given to an alcoholic drink often with an exotic name
0:13:36 > 0:13:38consisting of spirits mixed together
0:13:38 > 0:13:40with other ingredients such as fruit juice?
0:13:40 > 0:13:41- Cocktail.- Yes.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Which statue in Liverpool city centre sculpted by Tommy Steele
0:13:44 > 0:13:47as a tribute to The Beatles is "Dedicated to all the lonely people"?
0:13:47 > 0:13:48No idea. Pass.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Toxicology is the scientific study of...?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51- Poisoning.- Yes.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54In rugby union, which player at the centre of the
0:13:54 > 0:13:57front row of the scrum also usually throws the ball in at line-outs?
0:13:57 > 0:13:58- Central forward.- Hooker.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00As part of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03the German company Bayer was made to surrender the brand name
0:14:03 > 0:14:06of a common painkilling drug to the Allies, what drug?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07- Aspirin.- Yes.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Who won the first of her four Best Actress Oscars
0:14:10 > 0:14:12for the 1933 film Morning Glory
0:14:12 > 0:14:15and the last for the 1981 film On Golden Pond?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Er... Pass.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Which adverb is used, especially in legal and official documents,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23to mean "immediately" or "without undue delay"?
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Pass.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Which range of hills, lying on the boundary between
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Herefordshire and Worcestershire
0:14:29 > 0:14:32takes its name from the Celtic "moelfryn," meaning "Bare Hill"?
0:14:32 > 0:14:33- Malverns.- Yes.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35In Greek mythology, who was the god of sleep
0:14:35 > 0:14:37and the brother of Thanatos, god of death?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38- Morpheus.- Hypnos.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41According to Mark Twain in his travelogue Following The Equator,
0:14:41 > 0:14:46which is the only animal that blushes, or needs to?
0:14:46 > 0:14:47- Man.- Yes.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51In around 182 BC, which military leader poisoned himself
0:14:51 > 0:14:54in Bithynia, in Asia Minor, where he was taking refuge from the Romans?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- Hannibal.- Yes.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58In biology, what name is given to the thread-like structures
0:14:58 > 0:15:01normally occurring in pairs in the cell nucleus
0:15:01 > 0:15:03that carry hereditary information in the form of genes?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- DNA.- Chromosomes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07The capital cities of Budapest,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Bratislava and Vienna all stand on which river?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Danube.- Yes.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15The words of which non-conformist preacher and writer
0:15:15 > 0:15:17were adapted for the hymn He Who Would Valiant Be?
0:15:17 > 0:15:18- Milton.- Bunyan.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22What alternative name for the puma comes from early Spanish explorers
0:15:22 > 0:15:24who named it "leon" or "gato montes"?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Jaguar.- The mountain lion.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Who resigned as the Conservative MP for Louth in 1974
0:15:29 > 0:15:31after being faced with bankruptcy?
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Pass.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36What is cooked with sage for the Italian dish fegato alla salvia?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Pork.- Liver.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40In the television series The Professionals,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42who played the CI5 agent Ray Doyle?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Pass.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Elgar's opus 36, Variations On An Original Theme,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49is more usually known by what title?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Nimrod.- Enigma.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54The name of which heavy silk fabric with a knobbly surface
0:15:54 > 0:15:57comes form the province of North-East China where it was originally made?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58- Shanting.- Yes, shantung.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Under what pseudonym does the French archaeologist
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- and historian Frederique Audoin-Rouzeau... - BEEP
0:16:04 > 0:16:09publish her crime novels which feature the detective Commissaire Adamsberg?
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Er... Pass.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I can tell you, you're out of time.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Fred Vargas is the answer to that.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18And your other passes. Martin Shaw played Ray Doyle.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23Jeffrey Archer had to resign because he was faced with bankruptcy.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27"Forthwith" is that word that they use in legal documents.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Katharine Hepburn won all of those Best Actress Oscars.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34And Eleanor Rigby, "All the lonely people."
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Edwin Deady, you know have a total, respectable total, of 12 points.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43Thank you. APPLAUSE
0:16:47 > 0:16:50And now, Jackie Heaton again, please.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55And you start out with 11 points with your knowledge
0:16:55 > 0:16:58of Agatha Christie and her detective books.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Let's see how you do with general knowledge.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Two and a half minutes starting now.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Which modern-day musical instrument normally has 88 keys
0:17:05 > 0:17:07and covers over seven full octaves?
0:17:07 > 0:17:08- Piano.- Yes.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Which Art Deco designer launched a bizarre range
0:17:10 > 0:17:12of pottery for everyday use in 1928?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- Clarice Cliff.- Yes.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17What name is given to the cone-shaped object made from plastic or cork
0:17:17 > 0:17:20with feathers attached used in the game of badminton?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21- Shuttlecock.- Yes.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Which 1998 film stars Jane Horrocks as a reclusive girl who finds
0:17:24 > 0:17:27she can mimic some of the world's greatest singing talents?
0:17:27 > 0:17:28- Little Voice.- Yes.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30The Mantoux test and the Heath test were used to determine
0:17:30 > 0:17:34if a person has immunity to which bacterial disease?
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Pass.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38What occasion celebrated on the second Monday in March
0:17:38 > 0:17:41is marked by the Queen delivering a message, broadcast around the world,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44and leading a multi-faith service at Westminster Abbey?
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Pass.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48The name of which thin net fabric typically used for wedding dresses
0:17:48 > 0:17:50and ballet tutus comes from the town in
0:17:50 > 0:17:53central France where the fabric was originally made?
0:17:53 > 0:17:54- Tulle.- Yes.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Which form of musical composition has a name derived
0:17:57 > 0:18:00from the Italian verb for to sound?
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Pass.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03The sea pink is also known by what alternative name
0:18:03 > 0:18:07that comes from the flower's ability to flourish in many conditions?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- Desert pink.- It's thrift.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Which member of a distinguished acting family
0:18:11 > 0:18:14assassinated president Abraham Lincoln?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- John Wilkes Booth.- Yes.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Which human rights organisation was founded in London in 1961,
0:18:19 > 0:18:21mainly through the work of the lawyer Peter Benenson?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- Amnesty International.- Yes.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25In the Gospel of John, who along with another
0:18:25 > 0:18:27unnamed disciple of John the Baptist
0:18:27 > 0:18:30was the first of the apostles to be called to follow Jesus?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- Peter.- Andrew.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Which celebrated cave in the Bay of Naples was rediscovered in 1826
0:18:35 > 0:18:39by the German writer August Kopisch and his friend Ernst Fries?
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Pass.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Which former Poet Laureate's first published volume of poetry
0:18:43 > 0:18:46was The Pleasure Steamers in 1978?
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Pass.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53What French term is used for a rich seasoned, smooth shellfish soup,
0:18:53 > 0:18:54often thickened with rice
0:18:54 > 0:18:57and flavoured with white wine, cognac and fresh cream?
0:18:57 > 0:18:58- Bisque.- Yes.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Who was appointed as Labour's
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Director of Campaigns and Communications in 1985?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Alastair Campbell? - Peter Mandelson.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Which Danish television crime series features Deputy Superintendent Sarah Lund,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13who is noted for her Faroe Island sweaters?
0:19:13 > 0:19:14- The Killing.- Yes.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Which hospital stands by the river Thames
0:19:16 > 0:19:18opposite the Houses of Parliament?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Barts.- St Thomas'.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23In printing and word processing what term is used for the arrangement
0:19:23 > 0:19:29of text so that it is aligned with the left or right margins or both?
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Pass.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Which 1954 film...
0:19:31 > 0:19:32BEEP
0:19:32 > 0:19:34..musical starring Howard Keel and Jane Powell
0:19:34 > 0:19:38features the songs Sobbin' Women and Spring, Spring, Spring?
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Paint Your Wagon.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Oh, close, really, in a way,
0:19:43 > 0:19:45but it was Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.
0:19:45 > 0:19:50Your passes. Justification is the term used in printing for aligning text.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Sir Andrew Motion was the Poet Laureate
0:19:52 > 0:19:56whose first published volume was The Pleasure Steamers.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59The Blue Grotto is that celebrated cave in the Bay of Naples.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04And that musical composition, named derived form the Italian verb to sound is sonata.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Commonwealth Day is celebrated on the second Monday in March.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12And the Mantoux test and the Heath test are used to find tuberculosis.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15You have a total, Jackie Heaton, of 20 points.
0:20:15 > 0:20:21APPLAUSE
0:20:25 > 0:20:30And now James Cullen again, please.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33You start off with 15 points.
0:20:33 > 0:20:3620 is the score to beat and you have
0:20:36 > 0:20:40two and a half minutes of general knowledge. See if you can do it.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Here we go. Starting now.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45What building is the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- Um...number ten. - 11 Downing Street.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Which former member of the Monty Python team plays
0:20:50 > 0:20:53the ghost known as Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter films?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- John Cleese.- Yes. Which Scottish philosopher and economist wrote
0:20:56 > 0:20:59An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations,
0:20:59 > 0:21:00first published in 1776?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Adam Smith.- Yes. What name is given to unstable saturated sand
0:21:03 > 0:21:06unable to support objects or people on its surface?
0:21:06 > 0:21:07- Shale.- Quicksand.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11The name of which member of the cat family native of Central and South America
0:21:11 > 0:21:14comes from a Tupi-Guarani word for any large carnivore?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15- Jaguar.- Yes.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18In which television series presented by Evan Davis do entrepreneurs
0:21:18 > 0:21:21pitch business ideas to five venture capitalists?
0:21:21 > 0:21:22- Dragons' Den.- Yes.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Udon is a Japanese type of what food usually made from wheat flour?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27- Rice.- Noodles.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Which art style originating in France in the early 18th century
0:21:30 > 0:21:33is characterised by elaborate ornamentation,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36especially a profusion of scrolls, foliage, and animal forms?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Baroque. - Rococo or Late Baroque.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Who returned to Formula 1 motor racing in 2010
0:21:40 > 0:21:42as part of Ross Brawn's Mercedes team
0:21:42 > 0:21:44after an absence of over three years?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45- Michael Schumacher.- Yes.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Which organ of the body is covered by projections
0:21:48 > 0:21:52known as the circumvallate, filiform, foliate and fungiform papillae?
0:21:52 > 0:21:53- The liver.- No, the tongue.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Which radio presenter has a weekly film review show
0:21:56 > 0:21:59on Radio 5 live with Mark Kermode?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- Em... Simon Mayo.- Yes.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04What geographical distinction is held by Out Stack,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08a rock to the north-east of the island of Muckle Flugga in the Shetland Isles?
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Pass.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13In which 2011 film does Robert Pattinson star as a young veterinary student
0:22:13 > 0:22:16who gives up his studies to join a circus after his parents are killed?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Elephants...In The Water.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Water For Elephants.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Before the break up of the Soviet Union,
0:22:22 > 0:22:27the cities of Gyumri, Khujand and St Petersburg were all named after which person?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- Lenin.- Yes.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32What word for a large lorry comes from a statue of the god Krishna
0:22:32 > 0:22:34which is dragged through the streets on a heavy wagon
0:22:34 > 0:22:36during an annual festival at Puri in India?
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Pass.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Which American singer-songwriter's album Doo-Wops & Hooligans
0:22:41 > 0:22:43was released in 2010?
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Pass.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48In which city did the Saint Valentine's Day massacre take place in 1929?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- Liverpool.- Chicago.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Who wrote the novel Body Work, the 14th in a series of books
0:22:53 > 0:22:55featuring the detective V.I. Warshawski?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Oh... Sarah... Pass.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Sara Paretsky.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Which television show host was the subject of the opera written
0:23:03 > 0:23:06by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee that had its London premier in 2003?
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Er... Hansel and Gretel.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Jerry Springer.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11What word for a festive occasion is thought to come...
0:23:11 > 0:23:12BEEP
0:23:12 > 0:23:16..from the medieval Latin for removing of meat from the diet?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Um...
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Pass.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- Interesting one. It's carnival.- Oh. - Meat, carnival and all that.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Your other passes -
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Bruno Mars was the songwriter,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Doo-Wops & Hooligans.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Juggernaut comes from the statue of the god Krishna
0:23:33 > 0:23:36dragged through the streets that now we think of as a big lorry.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39And the geographical distinction of Out Stack
0:23:39 > 0:23:42is that it is the most northerly point of Britain.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45You have, James Cullen, 22 points.
0:23:45 > 0:23:51APPLAUSE
0:23:53 > 0:23:55And, finally, Anthony Barton, please.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02And you also start this round with 15 points.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05And the score you now have to beat is 22.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08See if you can do it with general knowledge. Starting now.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Which European capital is often called the Eternal City?
0:24:11 > 0:24:12- Rome.- Yes.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16What was the maiden name of the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Marguerite.- Bowes-Lyon.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Which army captain walked out of his tent in March 1912 saying,
0:24:21 > 0:24:26"I'm just going outside and may be some time"?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27- Oates.- Yes.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Which constituency in county Durham did Tony Blair represent
0:24:30 > 0:24:33throughout his parliamentary career?
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Pass.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39In the West of Scotland, what name of Gaelic origin
0:24:39 > 0:24:42is used for a narrow channel between an island and the mainland
0:24:42 > 0:24:44or between two islands?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- Strait.- A kyle.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Which jazz trumpeter recorded the classic albums
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Kind Of Blue and Sketches of Spain?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- Miles Davis.- Yes.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Which 10th-century Bohemian martyr prince noted for his piety
0:24:55 > 0:24:57is the subject of a Christmas carol?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- King Wenceslas.- Yes.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01What is the name of the small Russian pancakes
0:25:01 > 0:25:04traditionally served with sour cream and caviar?
0:25:04 > 0:25:05- Blinis.- Yes.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09The post-apocalyptic novel The Drowned World, published in 1962,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12is set in the flooded streets of London after the polar ice-caps had melted.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Which British author wrote it?
0:25:18 > 0:25:19Pass.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24In 2008, Rajasthan Royals became the first winners of which cricket competition?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- The Indian Premier League. - Yes.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Who was inspired to compose his third symphony, The Scottish,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32after a visit to Holyrood Palace? He dedicated it to Queen Victoria.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33- Mendelssohn.- Yes.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37In which country is the farming region of the Canterbury Plains?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38- In New Zealand.- It is.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41What general term is used for a small, woody, often bushy plant
0:25:41 > 0:25:44that has several stems, none of which are dominant?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Pass.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48In a popular radio series in the '40s and '50s,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51police constable Archibald Barclay Willoughby, played by Brian Rees,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53was better known by what name?
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- Pass.- Which celebrated Austrian-born film director,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59dubbed the Master Of Darkness by the British Film Institute,
0:25:59 > 0:26:03fled Nazi Germany after Goebbels invited him to become Hitler's film-maker?
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Pass.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06In which musical does the character Grizabella,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09originally played by Elaine Paige, sing Memory?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10- In Cats.- Yes.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13What Latin term is given to a darkened room or box
0:26:13 > 0:26:16into which light is admitted through a small hole
0:26:16 > 0:26:19producing an inverted image of an outside scene?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20- Camera obscura.- Yes.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Which 16th-century Flemish artist's later works include
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Hunters In The Snow and The Magpie On The Gallows?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- Van Dyck.- Bruegel.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35Which dukedom has been held by members of the Russell family since 1694?
0:26:37 > 0:26:38- Duke of Bedford.- Yes.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- What word for the... - BEEP
0:26:40 > 0:26:43..art of movement and supply of troops has been adopted
0:26:43 > 0:26:47by the road haulage industry to describe their operations?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- Transportation. - No, it's logistics.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52- Yeah.- There we are.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Five passes.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Fritz Lang was the film director who fled Nazi Germany.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Constable Archibald Barclay Willoughby was PC49.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05A shrub is the small, woody, bushy plant.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08J.G. Ballard wrote The Drowned World.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10And Tony Blair represented Sedgefield
0:27:10 > 0:27:13throughout his parliamentary career.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16But, Anthony Barton, you have 26 points.
0:27:16 > 0:27:22APPLAUSE
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Well, we did it.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32At the end of that round, let's look at the scores.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Fourth place with 12 points,
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Edwin Deady.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Third place, 20 points,
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Jackie Heaton.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Second place, 22 points,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41James Cullen.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43First place, 26 points,
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Anthony Barton.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49APPLAUSE
0:27:54 > 0:27:59Which means, of course, that Anthony Barton is tonight's winner.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01He goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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