Episode 16

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0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Alison Rawlinson,

0:00:27 > 0:00:29a registered nurse from Godalming.

0:00:29 > 0:00:32Her subject, the children's fiction of Rudyard Kipling.

0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, Euan McCullough, a solicitor from Perthshire.

0:00:35 > 0:00:38He'll be answering questions on passenger liners.

0:00:38 > 0:00:40Martin Smith, a lecturer from Shillingstone.

0:00:40 > 0:00:43His subject is the British heavy metal band, Motorhead.

0:00:43 > 0:00:46And George Ferzoco, a researcher and translator from Bristol.

0:00:46 > 0:00:50His subject, the Italian film director, Federico Fellini.

0:00:50 > 0:00:53APPLAUSE

0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.

0:01:04 > 0:01:08Four more contenders are about to take television's ultimate test

0:01:08 > 0:01:11of 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 semi-finals

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 > 0:01:31So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

0:01:39 > 0:01:41And your name is?

0:01:41 > 0:01:42Alison Rawlinson.

0:01:42 > 0:01:43Your occupation?

0:01:43 > 0:01:45Registered nurse.

0:01:45 > 0:01:46And your specialist subject?

0:01:46 > 0:01:50The children's fiction of Rudyard Kipling.

0:01:50 > 0:01:53Children's fiction of Rudyard Kipling, two minutes, starting now.

0:01:53 > 0:01:55In the Jungle Books, what animal is Baloo,

0:01:55 > 0:01:58who teaches the law of the jungle to the wolf cubs and Mowgli?

0:01:58 > 0:02:01- A bear.- What's the name of the Little Friend Of All The World

0:02:01 > 0:02:04- who's the title character in Kipling's novel published in 1901?- Kim.

0:02:04 > 0:02:07In the Just So stories, The Beginning Of The Armadillos

0:02:07 > 0:02:09tells the tale of how the painted jaguar is outwitted

0:02:09 > 0:02:12by the slow, solid tortoise and which other animal?

0:02:12 > 0:02:14Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog.

0:02:14 > 0:02:17Which of the schoolboys in Stalky & Co assume the name Stalky

0:02:17 > 0:02:22- or Uncle Stalky after outsmarting the farmer, Vidley?- Corcoran.

0:02:22 > 0:02:24The poem A Smugglers Song in Puck of Pook's Hill,

0:02:24 > 0:02:28repeats the instruction "To watch the war, my darling, while..?

0:02:28 > 0:02:31- The gentlemen go by. - What is the name of the of the little fenced wood

0:02:31 > 0:02:37that Dan and Una maintain as their very own kingdom in Gloriana?

0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Pass.- Which historical figure says he is "a priest in spite of myself,"

0:02:41 > 0:02:43in a story in Rewards And Fairies?

0:02:47 > 0:02:49- Nicholas Culpeper? - No, Taleron.

0:02:49 > 0:02:51In which story of the Jungle Books does the Viceroy of India

0:02:51 > 0:02:54receive a visit from the Emir of Afghanistan,

0:02:54 > 0:02:57"He is a wild king of a very wild country?"

0:03:01 > 0:03:03- No. Pass.- Which conflict provides the setting

0:03:03 > 0:03:05for the story The Way That He Took,

0:03:05 > 0:03:08collected in The Land And Sea Tales For Scouts And Guides?

0:03:08 > 0:03:11- The Boer War. - In Weland's Sword, Puck Of Pook's Hill

0:03:11 > 0:03:15rebukes Dan and Una for using the word "fairies."

0:03:15 > 0:03:18- What term does he prefer? - Farisees.- No, "the people of the hills."

0:03:18 > 0:03:22In the language of the schoolboys in Stalky & Co, what is a tweaker?

0:03:22 > 0:03:25- A catapult. - What's the title of the last of the Mowgli stories,

0:03:25 > 0:03:29at the end of which, the grown-up Mowgli leaves the jungle?

0:03:29 > 0:03:32- The Spring Running.- In the story, The Wrong Thing,

0:03:32 > 0:03:35Hal of the Draft recalls first meeting his enemy Benedetto

0:03:35 > 0:03:37in which English city?

0:03:41 > 0:03:42No. Pass.

0:03:42 > 0:03:46At what time of day does the Kangaroo first visit the Little God Nqa

0:03:46 > 0:03:50to demand he be made different from all the other animals in the story,

0:03:50 > 0:03:52The Singsong Of Old Man Kangaroo?

0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Six before breakfast. BEEP - Correct.

0:03:54 > 0:03:58We're out of time. You had three passes.

0:03:58 > 0:04:02In The Wrong Thing, Hal of the Draft meets Benedetto in Oxford.

0:04:02 > 0:04:06Servants of the Queen is that story in the Jungle Book

0:04:06 > 0:04:09where the Viceroy of India gets a visit from the Emir of Afghanistan,

0:04:09 > 0:04:13and the name of the little fenced wood is Willow Shaw.

0:04:13 > 0:04:15You have, Alison Rawlinson, nine points.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18APPLAUSE

0:04:26 > 0:04:28And our next contender, please.

0:04:34 > 0:04:36- And your name is?- Euan McCulloch.

0:04:36 > 0:04:38- Your occupation?- Solicitor.

0:04:38 > 0:04:40And your specialist subject?

0:04:40 > 0:04:43The world's passenger liners, 1939 to 1979.

0:04:43 > 0:04:44Liners in two minutes.

0:04:44 > 0:04:47What was the Canadian Pacific liner, Empress of Japan,

0:04:47 > 0:04:51hurriedly renamed in 1942 following Japan's entry into the war?

0:04:51 > 0:04:55- Empress of Scotland. - Which ship set sail from Liverpool on 20th August 1947

0:04:55 > 0:04:59as Cunard's first post-war built transatlantic liner?

0:04:59 > 0:05:03- Media.- Which French liner capsized in New York harbour in February 1942

0:05:03 > 0:05:06because of the amount of water pumped into the vessel by fire boats

0:05:06 > 0:05:09after she caught fire while being converted to a troop ship?

0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Normandy.- What was the name of the modification

0:05:12 > 0:05:15made to the funnel top of the P&O liner Himalaya in 1953

0:05:15 > 0:05:17to reduce the amount of soot falling on deck?

0:05:17 > 0:05:20- Thornycroft.- Who was the architect of SS United States,

0:05:20 > 0:05:22the last large liner to win the blue ribbon

0:05:22 > 0:05:24for the fastest transatlantic crossing?

0:05:24 > 0:05:26William Francis Gibbs.

0:05:26 > 0:05:29Which island set up its own shipping company

0:05:29 > 0:05:31after Union Castle ended its passenger service in 1977?

0:05:31 > 0:05:34- St Helena. - During the second world war,

0:05:34 > 0:05:37which liner of the Holland America Line was sunk three times

0:05:37 > 0:05:40while still under construction at the shipyard?

0:05:40 > 0:05:44- Noordam.- Westerdam. What name did the Rio Tunuyan carry

0:05:44 > 0:05:47from 1952 till '55 when she reverted to her original name

0:05:47 > 0:05:50following a regime change in Argentina?

0:05:50 > 0:05:54- Evita.- Which of the British India Line's four D-class liners

0:05:54 > 0:05:57built after the war sank after being damaged

0:05:57 > 0:06:00by a terrorist bomb in the spring 1961?

0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Dara.- What was the last four-funnelled Atlantic liner

0:06:03 > 0:06:05when it was withdrawn from service in 1949?

0:06:05 > 0:06:07Aquitania.

0:06:07 > 0:06:09Which Shaw Savill liner was painted white

0:06:09 > 0:06:12for the Queen's post-coronation Commonwealth tour?

0:06:12 > 0:06:15- Gothic.- In what capacity did HMS Atheling

0:06:15 > 0:06:18and HMS Fencer serve in the war before being converted

0:06:18 > 0:06:21by Flatta Lauro into the Roma and Sydney?

0:06:21 > 0:06:25- Aircraft carriers. - What was the name of the ZIM Lines' new flagship liner

0:06:25 > 0:06:27which started a transatlantic service

0:06:27 > 0:06:29from Haifa to New York in April '64?

0:06:29 > 0:06:35- Shalom.- The Infante Dom Henrique entered service on the African colonial run

0:06:35 > 0:06:39in September 1961 as which country's largest ever liner?

0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Portugal.- In October 1942, the Queen Mary, acting as a troop ship, collided

0:06:43 > 0:06:47with which Royal Navy cruiser escorting her towards the Clyde?

0:06:47 > 0:06:50- Curacao. BEEP - Indeed it was. HMS Curacao.

0:06:50 > 0:06:51You had no passes.

0:06:51 > 0:06:54You have, Euan McCulloch, 14 points.

0:06:54 > 0:06:58Thank you. APPLAUSE

0:07:04 > 0:07:05And our next contender, please.

0:07:12 > 0:07:16- And your name is?- Martin Smith. - Your occupation?- Lecturer.

0:07:16 > 0:07:20- And your specialist subject? - Motorhead.- Motorhead in two minutes.

0:07:20 > 0:07:22Starting now. Ian Kilmister, better known as Lemmy,

0:07:22 > 0:07:26formed Motorhead in 1975 having been fired from which other group?

0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Hawkwind.- In June 1981, what's the name of the band's first live album?

0:07:29 > 0:07:32It went straight into the album charts at number one.

0:07:32 > 0:07:37- No Sleep Till Hammersmith. - The band's logo, often know as War-Pig or Snaggletooth,

0:07:37 > 0:07:39was designed by which artist?

0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Joe Petagno. - Please Don't Touch,

0:07:41 > 0:07:44which reached number five in the UK singles chart

0:07:44 > 0:07:47in 1981 as part of the Valentine's Day Massacre EP

0:07:47 > 0:07:50was a collaboration between Motorhead and which all-female band?

0:07:50 > 0:07:54- Girlschool.- Which Motorhead single includes the line,

0:07:54 > 0:07:57"If you like to gamble, I tell you, I'm your man?"

0:07:57 > 0:08:00- Ace Of Spades.- For which label did the band record their first album,

0:08:00 > 0:08:03On Parole, although it wasn't released until 1979?

0:08:03 > 0:08:04United Artists.

0:08:04 > 0:08:06Which former member of the Pink Fairies

0:08:06 > 0:08:10was the original lead guitarist, soon replaced by Fast Eddie Clarke?

0:08:10 > 0:08:15- Larry Wallis.- In 1979, the band were thrown into jail in which country

0:08:15 > 0:08:18after a rampage on a bus following a not very successful concert?

0:08:18 > 0:08:23- Finland.- In 1976, a deal was made with Stiff Records for Motorhead

0:08:23 > 0:08:26to record White Line Fever. It was arranged by the band's manager

0:08:26 > 0:08:30who'd formerly managed the Moody Blues and The Move. What was his name?

0:08:30 > 0:08:32- Doug Smith. - Tony Secunda.

0:08:32 > 0:08:35Lemmy plays Spider in which film by the Comic Strip team

0:08:35 > 0:08:38with Motorhead providing songs for the soundtrack?

0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Eat the Rich. - After Eddie Clark's departure,

0:08:40 > 0:08:43Brian Robertson joined the band as lead guitarist,

0:08:43 > 0:08:46but features only on which studio album?

0:08:46 > 0:08:47Another Perfect Day.

0:08:47 > 0:08:50The band's first album was the 1977 eponymous Motorhead.

0:08:50 > 0:08:53Who produced the album?

0:08:53 > 0:08:55- Speedy Keen. - Yes, John Keen.

0:08:55 > 0:08:57With which punk band did Motorhead record

0:08:57 > 0:08:59a version of The Sweet's Ballroom Blitz in 1978?

0:08:59 > 0:09:03It appeared as the B-side of I Just Can't Be Happy Today.

0:09:03 > 0:09:07- The Damned.- On which track on the '92 album March or Die

0:09:07 > 0:09:09does Ozzy Osbourne share the vocals with Lemmy?

0:09:09 > 0:09:14- Pass.- What is the name of the 1988 live album released in an attempt

0:09:14 > 0:09:17to match the success of No Sleep Till Hammersmith,

0:09:17 > 0:09:19although it only reached number 79 in the charts?

0:09:19 > 0:09:21- No Sleep At All.- Which track on the Bomber album...

0:09:21 > 0:09:23- BEEP - I've started, so I shall finish.

0:09:23 > 0:09:26..includes the line, "I ain't no beauty,"

0:09:26 > 0:09:30and features Eddie Clarke on lead vocals instead of Lemmy?

0:09:30 > 0:09:33- Step Down.- Is correct. You had just one pass.

0:09:33 > 0:09:36The track on the '92 album March Or Die in which

0:09:36 > 0:09:41Ozzy Osbourne shares the vocals is I Ain't No Nice Guy.

0:09:41 > 0:09:44You have, also, 14 points.

0:09:44 > 0:09:47APPLAUSE

0:09:53 > 0:09:55And our final contender, please.

0:10:02 > 0:10:05- And your name is?- George Ferzoco.

0:10:05 > 0:10:08- Your occupation? - Researcher and translator.

0:10:08 > 0:10:09And your specialist subject?

0:10:09 > 0:10:12The life and films of Federico Fellini.

0:10:12 > 0:10:15Fellini in two minutes, starting now. Fellini was born in which resort

0:10:15 > 0:10:19that attracted circus and vaudeville performers who influenced his work?

0:10:19 > 0:10:22- Rimini.- What's the name of the character in La Dolce Vita

0:10:22 > 0:10:26who makes a living capturing celebrities in comprising situations?

0:10:26 > 0:10:28It's the source of the word for photo reporter.

0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Paparazzo.- At the age of 19, Fellini moved to Rome

0:10:31 > 0:10:35where he contributed to which humour magazine?

0:10:35 > 0:10:38- Marc'Aurelio. - In the 1940s, he received Oscar nominations

0:10:38 > 0:10:41for his work on the screenplays of two Roberto Rossellini films,

0:10:41 > 0:10:43Rome, Open City and...?

0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Paisan.- In which film, his first solo directorial effort,

0:10:46 > 0:10:48did Fellini's wife Giulietta Masina

0:10:48 > 0:10:51make her first appearance as the prostitute Cabiria?

0:10:51 > 0:10:55- The White Sheik. - In Amarcord, what Greek word does Ovo,

0:10:55 > 0:10:57the naughty schoolboy, deliberately mispronounce,

0:10:57 > 0:11:00much to the chagrin of his schoolmaster?

0:11:00 > 0:11:03- Emarpsamen.- Of which composer's death did he say,

0:11:03 > 0:11:06"I was left with a kingdom of silent shadows."

0:11:06 > 0:11:09The last film they worked on together was Orchestra Rehearsal.

0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Nino Rota.- In the film 8 1/2, Guido,

0:11:12 > 0:11:14the director played by Marcello Mastroianni,

0:11:14 > 0:11:17is advised to take 300 gram doses of what,

0:11:17 > 0:11:20to be drunk in three stages at 15-minute intervals?

0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Spa water.- Fellini began keeping notebooks

0:11:23 > 0:11:26in which he sketched his dreams after becoming immersed

0:11:26 > 0:11:28in the ideas of which Swiss psychologist?

0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Jung.- Which global arts prize was he awarded in 1990

0:11:31 > 0:11:33by the Japanese Art Association?

0:11:34 > 0:11:37- Smith. - Praemium Imperiale. What is the name

0:11:37 > 0:11:40of the character played by Mastroianni in the City of Women?

0:11:40 > 0:11:42It was apparently his nickname for the actor.

0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Snaporaz.- In the final scene of Casanova,

0:11:44 > 0:11:48Giacomo enjoys one last dance with a mechanical doll, Rosalba, in Venice.

0:11:48 > 0:11:51He met her at court in which city?

0:11:51 > 0:11:55- Wurttemberg.- His 1968 short film Toby Dammit starring Terence Stamp

0:11:55 > 0:11:59is loosely based on which short horror story by Edgar Allan Poe?

0:11:59 > 0:12:02- Never Bet The Devil Your Head.- In La Dolce Vita, Silvia asked Marcello

0:12:02 > 0:12:05to point out which Florentine landmark

0:12:05 > 0:12:07from the top of St Peter's Dome in Rome?

0:12:09 > 0:12:11- Smith.- Giotto's campanile.

0:12:11 > 0:12:14In 1967, while Fellini was in hospital with pneumonia,

0:12:14 > 0:12:16it was discovered he had a rare...

0:12:16 > 0:12:17- BEEP - I'll finish the question.

0:12:17 > 0:12:20..and potentially life-threatening condition

0:12:20 > 0:12:22impeding his recovery. What was it?

0:12:22 > 0:12:26Santorelli... schwarzmberg syndrome.

0:12:26 > 0:12:30Santorelli schwarzman syndrome.

0:12:30 > 0:12:32But we're going to give it to you. That was very close.

0:12:32 > 0:12:34That's very kind.

0:12:34 > 0:12:38No passes. George Ferzoco, you have 13 points.

0:12:38 > 0:12:39Thank you.

0:12:39 > 0:12:43APPLAUSE

0:12:47 > 0:12:50Well, that's the end of a very close round there.

0:12:50 > 0:12:52Let's have a look at all of the scores.

0:12:52 > 0:12:55In fourth place, nine points, Alison Rawlinson.

0:12:55 > 0:12:58Third place, 13 points, George Ferzoco.

0:12:58 > 0:13:00Joint first place, 14 points apiece,

0:13:00 > 0:13:03Euan McCulloch and Martin Smith.

0:13:03 > 0:13:06APPLAUSE

0:13:10 > 0:13:14So, Round 2 now. General knowledge. And if there is a tie

0:13:14 > 0:13:17at the end of it, the number of passes is taken into account,

0:13:17 > 0:13:20and the person with fewer passes is the winner.

0:13:20 > 0:13:24If they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.

0:13:24 > 0:13:26The six highest scoring runners-up

0:13:26 > 0:13:29will also claim a place in the semi-finals.

0:13:29 > 0:13:31So let's get on with it and ask Alison to join us again,

0:13:31 > 0:13:34if she would, please.

0:13:34 > 0:13:36And you begin with nine points

0:13:36 > 0:13:38with your knowledge of Rudyard Kipling.

0:13:38 > 0:13:42Let's see how you do with general knowledge. 2.5 minutes, starting now.

0:13:42 > 0:13:44In The Sound Of Music, what's the first name

0:13:44 > 0:13:47of the character played by Julie Andrews?

0:13:47 > 0:13:50- Maria.- Which aromatic plant has a stalk that turns bright green

0:13:50 > 0:13:53when it's candied and is used to decorate cakes and trifles?

0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Angelica.- Who in 1997 became the first female

0:13:56 > 0:13:59Secretary of State for Northern Ireland?

0:13:59 > 0:14:02- Pass.- What name is given to the tuft of hair above a horse's hoof

0:14:02 > 0:14:04or the part of the leg where this hair grows?

0:14:04 > 0:14:08- Fetlock. - In 1967, the artist Francis Bacon produced

0:14:08 > 0:14:12a celebrated triptych inspired by which TS Eliot work?

0:14:14 > 0:14:16- The Wasteland. - Sweeney Agonistes.

0:14:16 > 0:14:17In mathematics, what name is given to

0:14:17 > 0:14:20a system of equations that are to be solved together?

0:14:20 > 0:14:24The simplest example is a pair of linear equations and two unknowns.

0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Quadratic equation. - Simultaneous equations.

0:14:27 > 0:14:30Which choreographer and former director of Hot Gossip,

0:14:30 > 0:14:33joined the television programme

0:14:33 > 0:14:35So You Think You Can Dance in January 2010?

0:14:35 > 0:14:37- Flick Colby. - Arlene Phillips.

0:14:37 > 0:14:40Which channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans lies between

0:14:40 > 0:14:45the tip of mainland South America and the island Tierra del Fuego?

0:14:48 > 0:14:52- Magellan Strait.- In music, what word is generally used in modern hymns

0:14:52 > 0:14:56for a soprano part added to the melody while the congregation sings the tune?

0:14:56 > 0:14:57Descant.

0:14:57 > 0:15:01Which 20th-century British monarch whose seven Christian names include

0:15:01 > 0:15:05the four patron saints of the UK was known as David by his immediate family?

0:15:05 > 0:15:08- The Duke of Windsor. - Yes, Edward VIII.

0:15:08 > 0:15:11The name of which islands between the Shetlands and Iceland

0:15:11 > 0:15:14is thought to come from the old Norse for sheep islands?

0:15:14 > 0:15:18- Fair Isle.- No, the Faroes. According to Shakespeare in Henry IV part two,

0:15:18 > 0:15:21"Uneasy lies the head that wears a...?"

0:15:21 > 0:15:24- Crown.- Which explorer and adventurer's exploits include being the first

0:15:24 > 0:15:27to visit both poles by land and sea and the first to run

0:15:27 > 0:15:30seven marathons on seven continents in seven days?

0:15:31 > 0:15:35- Ranulph Fiennes.- Which cellist and conductor who refused to return

0:15:35 > 0:15:37to Spain while Franco ruled did much to revive

0:15:37 > 0:15:40the appreciation of Bach's cello music?

0:15:42 > 0:15:44Pablo Casals.

0:15:44 > 0:15:46In Islam, what is the Hajj?

0:15:46 > 0:15:47The pilgrimage to Mecca.

0:15:47 > 0:15:50Which Canadian city is home to an ice hockey team

0:15:50 > 0:15:54called the Canucks and a football team called the Whitecaps?

0:15:54 > 0:15:55- Quebec.- Vancouver.

0:15:55 > 0:15:58Tatting is a decorative form of which fabric

0:15:58 > 0:16:01usually made by hand with a small shuttle?

0:16:01 > 0:16:04- Lace.- Monica Ali's 2011 novel, The Untold Story,

0:16:04 > 0:16:07about what might have happened if a public figure had disappeared

0:16:07 > 0:16:09into an ordinary suburban life instead

0:16:09 > 0:16:12of dying in an accident. Who was the person?

0:16:12 > 0:16:13- No idea.- Which town... - BEEP

0:16:13 > 0:16:15I've started so I'll finish.

0:16:15 > 0:16:18..on the North Wales coast founded in 1283 by Edward I

0:16:18 > 0:16:19is the site of one of his castles,

0:16:19 > 0:16:23shares its name with the river on whose estuary it stands?

0:16:23 > 0:16:25- Caernarfon.- No, Conwy.

0:16:25 > 0:16:29You had two passes. That person who might have disappeared

0:16:29 > 0:16:32but actually died in an accident was Diana, Princess of Wales.

0:16:32 > 0:16:35That was the subject of Monica Ali's novel.

0:16:35 > 0:16:39And the first female Secretary of State for Northern Ireland was Mo Mowlam.

0:16:39 > 0:16:42Those two passes, Alison Rawlinson, you have 20 points.

0:16:42 > 0:16:46APPLAUSE

0:16:53 > 0:16:56And now George Ferzoco again, please.

0:16:56 > 0:17:00You set out on this round with 13 points

0:17:00 > 0:17:02with your knowledge of Fellini.

0:17:02 > 0:17:05Two and a half minutes of general knowledge. The name of which planet

0:17:05 > 0:17:07comes from the Roman goddess of love and beauty?

0:17:07 > 0:17:11- Venus.- Which ox-like animal, found both wild and domesticated in Tibet,

0:17:11 > 0:17:14has a thick, shaggy coat and widely-spread upturned horns?

0:17:14 > 0:17:19- Yak.- Who wrote The Life And Strange Surprising Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe,

0:17:19 > 0:17:21first published in 1719 and based on the real-life

0:17:21 > 0:17:23adventures of Alexander Selkirk?

0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Defoe.- In December 2010, which small emirate

0:17:26 > 0:17:29was chosen to host the 2022 football World Cup?

0:17:30 > 0:17:35- Qatar.- Which painting by Leonardo da Vinci features Cecilia Gallerani,

0:17:35 > 0:17:37the mistress of the Duke of Milan,

0:17:37 > 0:17:40and is named after the animal she's holding?

0:17:40 > 0:17:43- The Lady with the Weasel. - Yes, or Lady With An Ermine.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46What term is used for the type of engine typically used in modern aircraft

0:17:46 > 0:17:50that obtains forward propulsion by expelling hot gases generated by burning fuel

0:17:50 > 0:17:53and compressed air drawn in from the atmosphere?

0:17:53 > 0:17:57- Smith.- Jet. Which celebrated Austrian composer

0:17:57 > 0:17:59agreed to teach Beethoven in Vienna in 1792?

0:17:59 > 0:18:00Haydn.

0:18:00 > 0:18:04Which Russian Tsar toured Western Europe in 1697,

0:18:04 > 0:18:08and studied ship building at the naval dockyard at Deptford?

0:18:08 > 0:18:09Peter the Great.

0:18:09 > 0:18:12In 1983, whose forged diaries did historian Lord Dacre

0:18:12 > 0:18:14declare to be genuine?

0:18:14 > 0:18:15Hitler.

0:18:15 > 0:18:18Anosmia is a loss of which of the senses?

0:18:18 > 0:18:20- Hearing.- Smell.

0:18:20 > 0:18:23Which 1999 film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton

0:18:23 > 0:18:26as a soap salesman and an insomniac office worker

0:18:26 > 0:18:29is based on a novel by Chuck Palahniuk?

0:18:29 > 0:18:30Fight Club.

0:18:30 > 0:18:33In finance, what term is used for a largely unregulated

0:18:33 > 0:18:36investment portfolio that uses aggressive techniques

0:18:36 > 0:18:39such as short selling to maximise returns?

0:18:40 > 0:18:42- Fraud.- Hedge fund.

0:18:42 > 0:18:44Which Mexican dish is named after the Aztec words

0:18:44 > 0:18:46for avocado and sauce?

0:18:49 > 0:18:50Don't know. Pass.

0:18:50 > 0:18:53In which West Yorkshire village is the parsonage

0:18:53 > 0:18:54that was home to the Bronte sisters?

0:18:54 > 0:18:56Haworth.

0:18:56 > 0:18:57In ancient times, what name was given

0:18:57 > 0:19:00to the rock outcrops that marked the eastern entrance

0:19:00 > 0:19:02of the Strait of Gibraltar?

0:19:03 > 0:19:04The Pillars of Hercules.

0:19:04 > 0:19:06Which detective played by Peter Falk,

0:19:06 > 0:19:08was supposedly based on Porfiry Petrovich,

0:19:08 > 0:19:10who investigates the murder

0:19:10 > 0:19:12in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment?

0:19:12 > 0:19:13Columbo.

0:19:13 > 0:19:16Elvis Presley first recorded on which label owned by Sam Phillips?

0:19:16 > 0:19:19- Sun.- Who resigned as president of Argentina

0:19:19 > 0:19:22in the wake of his country's defeat in the Falklands War?

0:19:23 > 0:19:25- Niamege.- Galtieri.

0:19:25 > 0:19:27Irving Stone's novel, Lust for Life,

0:19:27 > 0:19:29is a fictional biography based on the life

0:19:29 > 0:19:31of which post-Impressionist artist?

0:19:31 > 0:19:32- Toulouse-Lautrec.- Van Gough.

0:19:32 > 0:19:35- Which country borders Germany to the west... - BEEP

0:19:35 > 0:19:38..and the Soviet Union and former Czechoslovakia to the south and east?

0:19:38 > 0:19:39- Poland.- You had one pass.

0:19:39 > 0:19:43The name of that Mexican dish which comes from avocado and sauce,

0:19:43 > 0:19:45guacamole.

0:19:45 > 0:19:48- One pass. George Ferzoco, you have 27 points.- Thank you.

0:19:48 > 0:19:50APPLAUSE

0:19:56 > 0:20:00And now, Euan McCulloch again, please.

0:20:00 > 0:20:05And you begin with 14 points with your knowledge of passenger liners.

0:20:05 > 0:20:09Let's see how you do in general knowledge. 27 is the score to beat.

0:20:09 > 0:20:11Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

0:20:11 > 0:20:14Which domesticated animal has breeds including

0:20:14 > 0:20:15English Lop and Flemish Giant?

0:20:15 > 0:20:16- Sheep.- Rabbits.

0:20:16 > 0:20:19Which legendary hero was the inspiration

0:20:19 > 0:20:22for Lionel Bart's unsuccessful musical, Twang?

0:20:22 > 0:20:23Pass.

0:20:23 > 0:20:25What was the name of the younger son

0:20:25 > 0:20:26of George V and Queen Mary,

0:20:26 > 0:20:28who died aged 13 in 1919?

0:20:28 > 0:20:29John.

0:20:29 > 0:20:33The name of which country means "the saviour" in Spanish?

0:20:33 > 0:20:34El Salvador.

0:20:34 > 0:20:36In a by-election in March 2011,

0:20:36 > 0:20:38in which town's central constituency

0:20:38 > 0:20:40did the Liberal Democrats come sixth

0:20:40 > 0:20:41behind UKIP and the BNP?

0:20:41 > 0:20:43- Oldham.- Barnsley.

0:20:43 > 0:20:45The North Star, the brightest star

0:20:45 > 0:20:46of the constellation Ursa Minor,

0:20:46 > 0:20:48is commonly known by what other name?

0:20:48 > 0:20:50- Orion.- Pole Star.

0:20:50 > 0:20:52In which English city is the Walker Art Gallery?

0:20:55 > 0:20:56- Newcastle.- Liverpool.

0:20:56 > 0:20:58Under what name did Eric Clapton

0:20:58 > 0:21:01and various musicians record the classic album,

0:21:01 > 0:21:03Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs?

0:21:03 > 0:21:04- Cream? - Derek And The Dominoes.

0:21:04 > 0:21:07Aeschylus, Euripides, and which other writer

0:21:07 > 0:21:09were the three great Athenian dramatists

0:21:09 > 0:21:10of the fifth century BC?

0:21:13 > 0:21:14Sophocles?

0:21:14 > 0:21:16In Paris, there's a bronze star

0:21:16 > 0:21:18known as the Kilometre Zero,

0:21:18 > 0:21:20from where all distances to the capital

0:21:20 > 0:21:22from other French cities are measured.

0:21:22 > 0:21:25Which religious building is it in front of?

0:21:25 > 0:21:26Notre Dame.

0:21:26 > 0:21:29Who was excommunicated by the Catholic Church in 1521

0:21:29 > 0:21:32and came before an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire,

0:21:32 > 0:21:33known as the Diet of Worms?

0:21:33 > 0:21:34- Martin Luther.- Yes.

0:21:34 > 0:21:36In 2011, which Oscar-winning actor

0:21:36 > 0:21:38played a former campaigning journalist

0:21:38 > 0:21:40suffering from Alzheimer's

0:21:40 > 0:21:42in the television mini series, Exile?

0:21:43 > 0:21:45- Tom Hanks?- Jim Broadbent.

0:21:45 > 0:21:48Which self-governing island is known as Kalaallit Nunaat

0:21:48 > 0:21:51- in the language of its indigenous people?- Pass.

0:21:51 > 0:21:53In motor racing, who finished on the podium

0:21:53 > 0:21:56in each of his first nine Grand Prix in 2007?

0:22:00 > 0:22:03- Jenson Button? - Lewis Hamilton.

0:22:03 > 0:22:05Members of which religious order,

0:22:05 > 0:22:07named after the Spanish priest who founded it,

0:22:07 > 0:22:12are known as Black Friars because of the colour of their cloaks?

0:22:12 > 0:22:13Dominicans.

0:22:13 > 0:22:15Which former ITN political correspondent

0:22:15 > 0:22:17co-presents the Drive programme on Radio 5 Live?

0:22:19 > 0:22:20Pass.

0:22:20 > 0:22:23What French term is used for pouring spirits over food,

0:22:23 > 0:22:25then setting light to it so the alcohol is burnt off

0:22:25 > 0:22:27and the flavour enhanced?

0:22:27 > 0:22:28Flambe.

0:22:28 > 0:22:30Who created the statue of the pregnant artist,

0:22:30 > 0:22:32Alison Lapper, who was born without arms,

0:22:32 > 0:22:34which occupied the fourth plinth

0:22:34 > 0:22:36at Trafalgar Square in 2005?

0:22:36 > 0:22:38Pass.

0:22:38 > 0:22:40Quicklime is a chemical compound

0:22:40 > 0:22:43- of which element, with oxygen? - BEEP

0:22:43 > 0:22:45- Calcium. - Calcium is correct.

0:22:45 > 0:22:46You had four passes.

0:22:46 > 0:22:50It was Mark Quinn who created the statue of Alison Lapper.

0:22:50 > 0:22:53Peter Allen presents Drive on Radio 5 Live,

0:22:53 > 0:22:57Greenland is known as Kalaallit Nunaat

0:22:57 > 0:22:59in the language of its indigenous people,

0:22:59 > 0:23:04and Twang was all about, though not for very long, Robin Hood.

0:23:04 > 0:23:06You have, Euan McCulloch, 22 points.

0:23:06 > 0:23:08APPLAUSE

0:23:16 > 0:23:20And finally, Martin Smith again, please.

0:23:20 > 0:23:23You also start this round with 14 points

0:23:23 > 0:23:27with your knowledge of Motorhead. 27 still the score to beat.

0:23:27 > 0:23:29Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.

0:23:29 > 0:23:31Which showman noted for his escape tricks

0:23:31 > 0:23:33took his stage name from a 19th-century

0:23:33 > 0:23:35French magician who was considered

0:23:35 > 0:23:37the father of modern conjuring?

0:23:37 > 0:23:38Houdini.

0:23:38 > 0:23:40Which Indian city was known as Bombay

0:23:40 > 0:23:41until the mid-'90s?

0:23:41 > 0:23:43Mumbai.

0:23:43 > 0:23:45The supporters of James II, after his abdication,

0:23:45 > 0:23:47or of the old or young pretender,

0:23:47 > 0:23:48were known by what term

0:23:48 > 0:23:50which derived from the Latin for James?

0:23:50 > 0:23:51Jacobites.

0:23:51 > 0:23:54Which American television comedy series was set

0:23:54 > 0:23:57in the bar of former Boston Red Sox pitcher, Sam Malone?

0:23:57 > 0:23:58Friends.

0:23:58 > 0:24:01Which post-Impressionist artist once said that,

0:24:01 > 0:24:03"for an Impressionist to paint from nature,

0:24:03 > 0:24:06"is not to paint the subject, but to realise sensations?"

0:24:06 > 0:24:07Cezanne.

0:24:07 > 0:24:09Who was the legendary chief of the Onondaga tribe

0:24:09 > 0:24:12of American Indians, whose story is the subject

0:24:12 > 0:24:13of a poem by Longfellow?

0:24:13 > 0:24:14Hiawatha.

0:24:14 > 0:24:17Which film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman

0:24:17 > 0:24:19and Bill Nighy was a tribute to the 1960s

0:24:19 > 0:24:21offshore pirate radio stations?

0:24:21 > 0:24:23- The Boat That Rocked. - Correct.

0:24:23 > 0:24:25The males of which eastern Asian ornate duck

0:24:25 > 0:24:27are distinguished by a red bill,

0:24:27 > 0:24:31orange whiskers, and sail-like feathers on the back?

0:24:31 > 0:24:32Teal?

0:24:32 > 0:24:34What's the surname of Leon and Michael,

0:24:34 > 0:24:36who became the first brothers

0:24:36 > 0:24:38to be world heavyweight boxing champions?

0:24:38 > 0:24:39Pass.

0:24:39 > 0:24:41Jeremy Bentham is considered the founder

0:24:41 > 0:24:44of which doctrine stating that an action is right

0:24:44 > 0:24:45if it promotes happiness

0:24:45 > 0:24:47and wrong if it has the opposite result?

0:24:47 > 0:24:48Utilitarianism.

0:24:48 > 0:24:51Which Welsh singer topped the UK charts in 1981

0:24:51 > 0:24:54with This Old House, a 1954 hit for Rosemary Clooney?

0:24:54 > 0:24:55Shakin' Stevens.

0:24:55 > 0:24:58On Ordnance Survey Explorer and Land Ranger maps,

0:24:58 > 0:25:00what symbol is used along with a date,

0:25:00 > 0:25:03to indicate a battlefield?

0:25:03 > 0:25:05Crossed swords.

0:25:05 > 0:25:08Which bitter extract from the plant artemisia absinthium

0:25:08 > 0:25:10is an important flavouring ingredient in absinthe?

0:25:13 > 0:25:14Pass.

0:25:14 > 0:25:16Which director's films include Batman,

0:25:16 > 0:25:18Edward Scissorhands, and Mars Attacks?

0:25:18 > 0:25:20Tim Burton.

0:25:20 > 0:25:22What Latin phrase did the Queen use to describe

0:25:22 > 0:25:25the year 1992 in a speech in November of that year?

0:25:25 > 0:25:26Annus horribilis.

0:25:26 > 0:25:29The name of which period of the Christian calendar

0:25:29 > 0:25:33is derived from the from the Old English for spring?

0:25:33 > 0:25:34Pass.

0:25:34 > 0:25:37Which political party is known by the initials SWP?

0:25:40 > 0:25:42Pass.

0:25:42 > 0:25:44What was the nationality of the father and son

0:25:44 > 0:25:47Nobel prize-winning physicists, Niels and Auger Bohr?

0:25:47 > 0:25:48Danish.

0:25:48 > 0:25:51Philip Glass's 1980 opera, Satyagraha,

0:25:51 > 0:25:53shows incidents from the early life

0:25:53 > 0:25:55of which great Indian statesman?

0:25:55 > 0:25:57Gandhi.

0:25:57 > 0:25:59Which county is said to take its name

0:25:59 > 0:26:00- from the Dumnonii... - BEEP

0:26:00 > 0:26:04..a Celtic people who lived in the area?

0:26:09 > 0:26:11Gloucestershire.

0:26:11 > 0:26:13It was Devon.

0:26:13 > 0:26:19Four passes. The SWP is the Socialist Workers Party.

0:26:19 > 0:26:24Lent is the period in the Christian calendar deriving from spring.

0:26:24 > 0:26:27Oil of wormwood is that bitter extract.

0:26:27 > 0:26:30And the surname of Leon and Michael, heavyweight boxers, Spinks.

0:26:30 > 0:26:34You have, Martin Smith, 27 points.

0:26:34 > 0:26:36APPLAUSE

0:26:44 > 0:26:47Well, I did say that the passes matter a lot,

0:26:47 > 0:26:51so let's have a look at those scores.

0:26:51 > 0:26:54In fourth place, 20 points, Alison Rawlinson.

0:26:54 > 0:26:58Third place, 22 points, Euan McCulloch.

0:26:58 > 0:27:04Second place, 27 points, and five passes, Martin Smith.

0:27:04 > 0:27:08First place, 27 points and one pass, George Ferzoco.

0:27:08 > 0:27:10APPLAUSE

0:27:20 > 0:27:23So, that means of course that George Ferzoco is tonight's winner.

0:27:23 > 0:27:27He goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations to him.

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