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First in the spotlight tonight, Ruth Green, a retired academic from Staffordshire.

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Her subject is the English coast to coast walk.

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Next, Phil Short, a project worker from Bangor.

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He'll answer questions on the pop music of the '80s.

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Danielle Tom, a PhD student from London.

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Her subject, the satirical works of the 18th century artist William Hogarth.

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And David Love, a financial planner from Wolverhampton.

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His subject, the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

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Four more contenders are about to take television's ultimate test of nerves and knowledge.

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In the famous black chair, they will answer two minutes of questions on their specialist subject

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and then 2.5 minutes on general knowledge.

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The winner goes through to the semifinals,

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and takes a step closer to owning the great glass bowl.

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But the real prize, the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.

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So let's ask our first contender to join us, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your specialist subject?

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Coast to coast walk in two minutes.

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The walk devised by Alfred Wainwright in the early 1970s

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runs for over 190 miles from St Bees in Cumbria

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to which village on the North Sea coast?

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Robin Hood's Bay.

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Travelling west to east, it ascends its first summit

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after leaving the village of Cleator.

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-What is the name of this fell?

-Dent.

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The route passes a ruined farmhouse

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built for Lord Wharton's gamekeeper.

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It stands above the confluence of Swinner Gill and the River Swale.

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-What's the house called?

-Crackpot Hall.

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By what name are the rock outcrops on the summit of Helm Crag popularly known

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because of their shape viewed from below?

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The lion and the lamb.

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The monument at Black Dub commemorates King Charles II

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and his army, drinking from a beck on their march from Scotland in 1651.

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-What's the name of the beck?

-Pass.

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After Ingleby Cross, the route is shared

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by the Cleveland Way and which long-distance path

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associated with coffin-carrying across the North York Moors?

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The Lyke Wake Walk.

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White Cross on Danby High Moor is known by what name

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-because of its ungainly appearance?

-Fat Betty.

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Which former shepherd's bothy at the head of Ennerdale

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did Wainwright call the loneliest youth hostel?

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Black Sail Hut.

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What's the name of the footbridge over the River Eden

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by which the route leaves Kirkby Stephen?

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Frank's Bridge.

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The cairns on a rigg near Hartley were built,

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according to legend, to convince marauding Scots an English army was there.

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-What's the rigg called?

-Nine Standards Rigg.

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What's the name of the dismantled branch of railway

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the route follows around the northern end of Farndale?

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The Rosedale Ironstone Railway.

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Between Grasmere and Patterdale there are two alternative routes,

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one via Helvellyn and Striding Edge, the other across which crag?

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St Sunday Crag.

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Shap Abbey stands on the banks of which river?

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The Lowther.

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The halfway point's reached at which village in upper Swaledale

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-where, Wainwright said, "Always there is the music of the river"?

-Keld.

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The ravines the route passes near Gunnerside Gill

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were created by the release of dammed water to remove topsoil

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and expose minerals for mining.

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-What local term is used for them?

-Hush.

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What's the name of the boulders and pinnacles

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popular with rock climbers on Hasty Bank before the route goes to Clay Bank Top?

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-The Wainstones.

-Correct.

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You had one pass.

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That monument at Black Dub that commemorates King Charles.

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-The name of the beck is Lyvennet.

-Yes.

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-And that was your only slight falter, because you have a total of 15 points.

-Thank you.

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Our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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In two minutes.

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Huey Lewis And The News, Jennifer Rush and Frankie Goes To Hollywood

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all used the same song title.

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-What was it?

-Power Of Love.

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After the break up of The Jam,

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what was the band Paul Weller formed with keyboard player Mick Talbot?

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Style Council.

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Before topping the charts with All Around The World in '89,

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Lisa Stansfield featured on which group's top 20 hit,

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-People Hold On, in the same year?

-Coldcut.

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Despite being the bestselling album ever,

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only one song on Michael Jackson's Thriller

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reached the top of the UK charts.

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-What was its title?

-Billie Jean.

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Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson formed which duo

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whose biggest hit was Since Yesterday in 1984?

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Strawberry Switchblade.

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The last of ABBA's hits to make the top five

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before they split, entered the UK chart in December '81.

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-What was its title?

-Super Trooper.

-No, One Of Us.

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Under what stage name, that she found in the Edinburgh phone directory,

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did the Gaelic folk singer Mary Sandeman release her 1981 chart topper Japanese Boy?

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-Aneka.

-Yes. Which punk and new wave band,

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whose drummer used the stage name Jet Black,

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had 12 top 40 UK hit singles in the '80s?

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-Stranglers.

-Yes.

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Cliff Richard and the Young Ones reached the top of the singles chart in 1986

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with a new version of which song that had given Cliff his first number one in 1959?

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-Living Doll.

-Yes.

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What surname was shared by all the members of Five Star

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who topped the album chart with Silk And Steel in '86?

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Pearson.

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What was the title of Madonna's first UK number one single in '85?

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The song featured in the film Desperately Seeking Susan.

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Into The Groove.

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Which single by Paul Hardcastle that reached number 19

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in the UK charts in '85 features the voices of Laurence Olivier and Bob Hoskins?

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-The Wizard?

-No, Just For Money.

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In the '80s, Aretha Franklin had hits

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with George Benson, the Eurythmics and Elton John.

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Which other artist did she have her biggest hit with, in '87?

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George Michael.

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Which band, who topped the UK singles chart in 87,

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were named after a Star Trek character from Mr Spock's home planet Vulcan?

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-T'Pau.

-On which record label were the first Wham! singles

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and the album Fantastic released before the band signed to Epic?

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BEEP

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-EMI?

-No, Inner Vision.

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You have no passes, Phil Short. You have 12 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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And your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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Hogarth in two minutes.

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Hogarth's first satirical print on a contemporary theme

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was published in 1721, and refers to which financial scandal?

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-The South Sea bubble.

-What's the alternative title of the painting

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The Gate Of Calais where he pokes fun at the French and the Jacobites

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after his own trip across the Channel in 1748?

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O, The Roast Beef Of Old England.

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"Morning" from The Four Times Of Day is set in which district of London?

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-Covent Garden.

-Which engraving, published in 1751,

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was Hogarth's response to the report

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-"An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers?"

-Gin Lane?

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In the last scene of the 1751 series Four Stages Of Cruelty,

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what happens to Tom Nero's heart after his execution?

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It's eaten by a dog.

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Which mock heroic poem by Samuel Butler

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was illustrated by Hogarth in 12 plates and published in 1726?

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-Hudibras.

-Yes.

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What was the subject of the act of Parliament supported by Hogarth

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that caused him to delay publication of his Rake's Progress

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until it became law in June of 1735?

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-Copyright.

-In the general election campaign of 1754,

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which county was the inspiration for paintings

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highlighting bribery and corruption in politics?

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-Oxfordshire.

-Which series of six prints did Hogarth

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first advertise to the London public in 1743,

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proclaiming they would be engraved by the best Masters in Paris?

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Marriage a-la-Mode.

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How many paintings make up A Rake's Progress?

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-Six.

-Eight. Which musical play inspired him

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to paint a number of versions of the final scene between 1728 and 31?

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-A Beggar's Opera.

-Yes. What a title did Hogarth give the 1763 reworked engraving

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of his Self-Portrait With Pug

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when he replaced his own image with that of a beer-swilling bear?

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Pass.

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Whom did Hogarth ask to produce cheaper woodcuts

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of The Four Stages Of Cruelty because he wanted the poor to purchase them?

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-George Virtue?

-John Bell.

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In 1747, he published a series of 12 engravings in a style

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appealing to apprentices to give them moral guidance.

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-By what title is the series known?

-Industry And Idleness.

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What's the companion print to Gin Lane which shows

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a contrasting London, declaring "All is joyous and thriving industry?"

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Beer Street.

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In plate one of Hogarth's 1762 engraving of the times,

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the firefighter depicted putting out the flames of conflict is said

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to be either the King or which politician?

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-Lord Bute.

-Indeed, the Earl of Bute.

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You had one pass.

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The title that he gave to that reworked engraving was The Bruiser.

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You have, Danielle Thom, 13 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our final contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your specialist subject?

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Ralph Vaughan Williams, starting now.

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In which Gloucestershire village was Vaughan Williams born on 12 October 1872?

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-Down Ampney.

-Yes.

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Which piece inspired by George Meredith's poem was written in 1914

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but revised and received its first London performance in 1921?

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-The Lark Ascending.

-Yes.

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What was the name of Williams' aunt

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who gave him music lessons?

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-Sophie.

-Yes.

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Which of his compositions was performed at Charterhouse

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when he was at school there in August 1888?

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-A piano trio.

-Yes. In G major.

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Vaughan Williams went to Trinity College, Cambridge,

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gaining a doctorate in music and a degree in what other subject?

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-History.

-Yes.

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Where was the first performance of

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the Fantasia On A Theme of Thomas Tallis in September 1910?

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Gloucester Cathedral.

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He started at the Royal College of Music in 1890,

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and studied composition with whom, the composer of Jerusalem?

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-Hubert Parry.

-Yes.

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He composed five variants of an English folk song between 1938 and 1939.

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What was the name of the song?

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-Dives And Lazarus.

-Yes.

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Which popular song composed by Vaughan Williams

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that begins "Within the woodlands flow'ry gladed"

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was probably first performed at Hooton Roberts

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near Rotherham in September 1902?

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-Linden Lea.

-Yes.

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What was the name of the shepherd whose singing of a song

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called Bushes And Briers at Ingrave in Essex in December 1903

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was a breakthrough moment for Williams?

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-Charles Potiphar.

-Yes.

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At the Royal College of Music he met which other composer

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with whom he became a lifelong friend?

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-Gustav Holst.

-Correct.

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Williams was the musical editor of which book first published in 1906?

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It went on to sell over five million copies in the next 50 years.

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-The English Hymnal.

-Yes.

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In 1905, his sister Margaret founded a festival

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in which Vaughan Williams conducted village choirs

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for the rest of his life. What was it called?

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-The Leith Hill Festival.

-Yes.

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In 1914, at the age of nearly 42 he enlisted

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as a private in which Army Corps?

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-The Royal Army Medical Corps.

-Yes.

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For which 1948 film did Vaughan Williams compose the music,

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later using it as the basis of his Seventh Symphony?

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-Scott Of The Antarctic.

-Yes.

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Which coastal town did he visit on the 9th and 10th January 1905

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where he collected songs such as The Captain's Apprentice

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-and A Bold Young Sailor...

-BEEP

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..that inspired his first Norfolk Rhapsody?

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-King's Lynn.

-Is correct. No passes.

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A perfect round. 16 points.

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APPLAUSE

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Well, what a cracking first round. Let's have a look at the scores.

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In fourth place, 12 points, Phil Short.

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Third place, 13 points, Danielle Thom.

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Second place, 15 points, Ruth Green. In the lead, 16 points, David Love.

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Which takes us to the General Knowledge Round now.

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And if there's a tie at the end of it,

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then the number of passes is taken into account

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and the contender with the fewer passes is the winner.

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And if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.

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The six highest scoring runners-up will also claim a place

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in the semi-finals.

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So, let's get on with it and ask Phil Short to join us again, please.

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And you got a very strong 12 points

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with your knowledge of Pop Music of the '80s.

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Let's see how you do with your General Knowledge.

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Two and a half minutes starting now.

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Which town is the home of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club

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regarded as golf's ruling body?

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-St Andrews.

-Yes.

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What name meaning sent out was given to

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each of the 12 disciples who were closest to Jesus?

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-Pass.

-Which secret agent created by another author

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is the hero of Jeffery Deaver's 2011 novel Carte Blanche?

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-James Bond.

-Yes.

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What kind of song is a berceuse,

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the name comes from the French for to rock or to cradle?

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-Lullaby.

-Yes.

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In some Native American mythologies which wolf-like mammal

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of the North American plains was the chief animal of the age before humans?

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-Sasquatch.

-Coyote.

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What name is given to a very low resistance path

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in an electrical circuit that can cause damage through excessive currents?

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-Line of resistance.

-Short circuit.

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Which American army general commanded forces

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that liberated Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War?

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Norman Schwarzkopf.

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Which character played by George Cole used the catchphrase,

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"A nice little earner" and "'Er indoors"?

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-Arthur Daley.

-Yes.

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What's the patriotic hymn with words by Cecil Spring-Rice

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and music from the movement Jupiter in Holst's Planets Suite?

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-Battle Hymn Of The Republic.

-I Vow To Thee, My Country.

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Which English football club founded in 1862 claims to be

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the world's oldest surviving professional football league club?

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-Notts County.

-Yes.

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Which South American republic gets its name from an Italian city

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because explorers who arrived there saw Indian villages

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on stilts over water?

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-Venezuela.

-Yes.

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Following the establishment of the Tate Modern

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on the South Bank,

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the original Tate gallery at Millbank changed its name.

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What's it now known as?

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-National.

-No, Tate Britain.

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Which breed of cattle is named after the former county

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in south-west Scotland where it originated?

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-Angus.

-Ayrshire.

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Which former lawyer, now a writer of legal thrillers,

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served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983-1990?

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-John Grisham.

-Yes.

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What statutory days of rest were introduced by an act of Parliament of 1871?

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-Bank holidays.

-Yes.

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Which 2001 cult film stars Jake Gyllenhaal

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as an introverted student who has visions of a rabbit

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who tells him the end of the world is nigh?

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-Donnie Darko.

-Yes.

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In 1974, Barbara Edwards became the first woman to present

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what type of broadcast on BBC television?

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-Colour.

-The weather forecast.

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Which bloodthirsty play by the Jacobean dramatist

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John Webster features the wicked Vittoria Corombona as the title character?

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Pass.

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On which Welsh bay are the village of Mumbles

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and the headland that it's named after?

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-Gower.

-Swansea.

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In May 2011, a rose was unveiled at the Chelsea Flower Show

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bearing the name of which place of worship whose own Rose Window

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-was extensively damaged in 1984?

-BEEP

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-York Minster.

-Is correct. You had two passes.

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That bloodthirsty play by John Webster

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featuring the wicked Vittoria was called The White Devil.

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And when Jesus sent out his disciples they were apostles.

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Two passes. Phil Short, you have 23 points.

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And now, Danielle Thom again, please.

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And you start out with 13 points

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with your knowledge of William Hogarth.

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Let's see how you get on with General Knowledge.

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What was the name of the policy of separation of the races

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practised in South Africa from 1948 until the early '90s?

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-Apartheid.

-Yes.

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Which of the performing arts provide the setting

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for the 2010 psychological thriller film Black Swan?

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-Ballet.

-Yes.

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What Greek word's used for a pastry

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consisting of many thin layers, brushed with melted butter?

0:16:340:16:37

-Baklava.

-Filo.

0:16:370:16:38

Who visited the Irish village of Moneygall in May 2011

0:16:380:16:41

in search of ancestors, and joked that the apostrophe

0:16:410:16:43

in his surname had been lost over the years?

0:16:430:16:46

Pass.

0:16:460:16:48

In 1488, which Portuguese navigator led the first European expedition

0:16:480:16:52

to round the Cape of Good Hope?

0:16:520:16:53

-Vasco da Gama.

-No, Dias.

0:16:530:16:55

In a hit TV series, which New Jersey mafia boss

0:16:550:16:57

was played by James Gandolfini?

0:16:570:16:59

-The Sopranos.

-Yes.

0:16:590:17:00

In Hindu mythology, what animal is Kamadhenu who grants wishes and desires?

0:17:000:17:05

-A monkey.

-Cow.

0:17:050:17:07

Which town where Osama Bin Laden was living

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until his death is named after a 19th-century British officer

0:17:090:17:12

who lived there and wrote a poem about it?

0:17:120:17:15

-Sir Richard Burton.

-Abbottabad.

0:17:150:17:17

In which indoor sport is the playing surface divided into three areas

0:17:170:17:20

known as the defending, neutral and attacking zones?

0:17:200:17:23

-American football.

-Ice hockey.

0:17:230:17:25

Ben Drew who won three awards at the 2011 Ivor Novello ceremony

0:17:250:17:29

is better known by what name?

0:17:290:17:31

Pass.

0:17:310:17:32

Which Dorset resort features in Jane Austen's Persuasion

0:17:320:17:35

and is the setting for John Fowles's novel The French Lieutenant's Woman?

0:17:350:17:40

-Lyme Regis.

-Yes.

0:17:400:17:41

Which large nut, grows in the Seychelles, gets its name

0:17:410:17:44

because it was found floating in the Indian Ocean

0:17:440:17:46

before the palm producing it was known?

0:17:460:17:48

-Coconut.

-Coco de mer.

0:17:480:17:50

What male pseudonym was adopted by the 19th-century French novelist

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born Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin

0:17:540:17:56

who was noted for her affair with Chopin?

0:17:560:17:58

-George Sand.

-Yes.

0:17:580:18:00

Satsuma, a cream-coloured decorated pottery,

0:18:000:18:02

is made in which country?

0:18:020:18:03

-Japan.

-Yes.

0:18:030:18:04

Which anonymous street artist was nominated for an Oscar in January 2011

0:18:040:18:08

for his documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop?

0:18:080:18:11

-Banksy.

-Yes.

0:18:110:18:12

In electronic technology, what do the initials LCD stand for?

0:18:120:18:15

-Light control display.

-Liquid crystal display.

0:18:170:18:19

Which novel written by Roald Dahl features Aunt Sponge

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and Aunt Spiker and a group of insects?

0:18:220:18:25

James And The Giant Peach.

0:18:250:18:26

Which American state is known as the Green Mountain State?

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-Montana.

-Vermont.

0:18:290:18:31

In cinematography, what term is used for the strip

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on the margin of the film that carries all the audio content of the film?

0:18:330:18:36

Pass.

0:18:360:18:38

In which opera by Pietro Mascagni is the Easter Hymn sung?

0:18:380:18:41

Pass.

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Which pioneer of make-ups, specifically designed for screen actors,

0:18:440:18:48

-was born in Lodz in 1877?

-BEEP

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-Max Factor.

-Max Factor is correct.

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You had four passes. That opera by Mascagni is Cavalleria Rusticana.

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The term used for that strip down the side of the film,

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it's soundtrack.

0:19:020:19:03

That's all. I know.

0:19:030:19:05

Ben Drew is better known as Plan B.

0:19:050:19:10

And that bloke who visited Moneygall in May 2011

0:19:100:19:13

in search of his ancestors was somebody called Obama.

0:19:130:19:17

Four passes. Danielle Thom, you have 22 points.

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And now, Ruth Green again, please.

0:19:300:19:32

And you start this round with 15 points.

0:19:350:19:40

Let's see how you get on with your General Knowledge. Here we go.

0:19:400:19:43

Two and a half minutes starting now. In rowing,

0:19:430:19:46

whose duties include steering the boat

0:19:460:19:48

and issuing instructions to the crew?

0:19:480:19:49

-The cox.

-Yes.

0:19:490:19:51

The characters in which musical include Juan Peron and Che

0:19:510:19:53

who was played by David Essex in the original stage version?

0:19:530:19:56

-Evita.

-Yes.

0:19:560:19:58

What name is given to the clear jelly used to coat foods

0:19:580:20:00

-such as cold meat or fish?

-Aspic.

-Yes.

0:20:000:20:03

Which story by Charles Perrault was first published in the late 1690s

0:20:030:20:06

under the title La Belle Au Bois Dormant?

0:20:060:20:08

Pass.

0:20:110:20:12

Which early symphony by Gustav Holst containing an elegy

0:20:120:20:15

for William Morris as its slow movement is named after

0:20:150:20:18

a range of hills near Cheltenham?

0:20:180:20:20

-The Cotswolds.

-Yes.

0:20:210:20:22

What name is given to the corridors entered

0:20:220:20:24

from each side of the Speaker's chair

0:20:240:20:26

through which MPs pass to register votes?

0:20:260:20:29

Pass.

0:20:290:20:30

Which flowering shrubs are named after a 16th-century German botanist

0:20:300:20:34

and give their name to a reddish-purple colour seen in the blooms of some species?

0:20:340:20:38

-Wisteria.

-Fuchsia.

0:20:380:20:40

The McDonalds were the central characters of which TV series

0:20:400:20:43

loosely based on the Highland novels of Sir Compton Mackenzie?

0:20:430:20:46

Pass.

0:20:460:20:47

In horseracing, what race makes up the Triple Crown

0:20:470:20:50

with the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness Stakes?

0:20:500:20:53

-Kentucky Derby.

-Yes.

0:20:530:20:54

Which English painter and rival of Gainsborough

0:20:540:20:57

became the first president of the Royal Academy in 1768?

0:20:570:20:59

-Reynolds.

-Yes.

0:20:590:21:01

Which major French city port was founded in around 600 BC

0:21:010:21:04

by Greek traders from Asia Minor?

0:21:040:21:06

-Marseille.

-Yes.

0:21:060:21:07

What name is given to the cells distributed

0:21:070:21:10

over the surface of the tongue that give information about flavours?

0:21:100:21:13

-Taste buds.

-Yes. Sir Julian Huxley

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and Sir Peter Scott were leading lights in the founding

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of which international conservation body, now known by its initials, in 1961?

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-RSPB.

-No, WWF.

0:21:230:21:24

Which carol is sung as the traditional dish is carried in

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before Christmas at Queen's College, Oxford?

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It's one of the oldest English carols.

0:21:290:21:32

-St David's City.

-No, The Boar's Head Carol.

0:21:370:21:40

In the referendum of May 2011,

0:21:400:21:42

a proposal to introduce a different system of voting in British general elections

0:21:420:21:46

was defeated by a majority. What was the system?

0:21:460:21:48

-Proportional Representation.

-Alternative Vote.

0:21:480:21:51

Which poem by Keats opens with:

0:21:510:21:53

"Oh, what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and paling loitering?"

0:21:530:21:56

-Lady Of Shalott.

-La Belle Dame Sans Merci.

0:21:560:21:59

Which stadium that opened in 1999 stands on land reclaimed

0:21:590:22:02

from the River Taff and given by the Marquis of Bute

0:22:020:22:05

to the city of Cardiff for recreational purposes in 1803?

0:22:050:22:07

-Millennium Stadium.

-In the Roman Catholic Church,

0:22:070:22:10

what title's given to one at the completion

0:22:100:22:12

of the first stage towards canonisation?

0:22:120:22:14

-BEEP Pass.

-Well, I can tell you

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because your time is up. Venerable.

0:22:170:22:20

That's what you become. And your other passes.

0:22:200:22:22

The Monarch Of The Glen was that television series

0:22:220:22:25

loosely based on Compton Mackenzie's novels.

0:22:250:22:29

In Parliament, they pass through, the House of Commons,

0:22:290:22:31

they pass through the division lobbies when they go off to vote.

0:22:310:22:34

That fairy story by Charles Perrault was The Sleeping Beauty.

0:22:340:22:38

Four passes. Ruth Green, you have a total, now, of 24 points.

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And finally, David Love again, please.

0:22:520:22:55

And you start out with 16 points.

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And the score you have to beat with your General Knowledge is 24.

0:23:000:23:04

Let's see how you do. Here we go.

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Which board game was developed by Charles Darrow, a heating engineer,

0:23:060:23:10

who used the names of streets in Atlantic City as part of his design?

0:23:100:23:14

-Monopoly.

-Yes.

0:23:140:23:15

Which novel features the lawyer Atticus Finch

0:23:150:23:17

-and his daughter?

-To Kill A Mockingbird.

0:23:170:23:19

What name from the French for spindle-shaped is given

0:23:190:23:22

to the main body of an aircraft?

0:23:220:23:24

-Fuselage.

-Yes.

0:23:240:23:25

Jack Slipper was famous for his pursuit of which escaped criminal?

0:23:250:23:29

-Ronald Biggs.

-Yes.

0:23:290:23:30

Which 16th-century Venetian artist

0:23:300:23:32

who's thought to have trained under Titian

0:23:320:23:34

was responsible for the vast series of paintings for the Scuola di San Rocco?

0:23:340:23:38

-Tintoretto.

-Yes.

0:23:380:23:39

What term for a bunch of bananas can also be used

0:23:390:23:42

for a bundle of tobacco leaves tied together

0:23:420:23:44

or a branched rootstock of ginger?

0:23:440:23:47

Pass.

0:23:470:23:48

Dijon is the historic capital of which French region

0:23:480:23:51

famed for its wine production?

0:23:510:23:53

-Burgundy.

-Yes.

0:23:530:23:54

Which King of Macedonia first restored order in his own country

0:23:540:23:58

before going on to gain ascendancy

0:23:580:24:00

over almost the whole of Greece by 338 BC?

0:24:000:24:03

-Philip.

-Yes.

0:24:030:24:04

What cabinet post did David Miliband hold

0:24:040:24:06

from 2007 until the general election in 2010?

0:24:060:24:09

-Foreign Secretary.

-Yes.

0:24:110:24:12

In March 2011, the amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen

0:24:120:24:15

riding Long Run won which race in record time?

0:24:150:24:18

-The Oaks.

-No, Cheltenham Gold Cup.

0:24:180:24:20

Which Cornish resort is named after an Irish princess

0:24:200:24:23

who, according to legend, was wafted across the sea from Ireland

0:24:230:24:26

on a leaf to land there in about the fifth century?

0:24:260:24:29

Um...

0:24:290:24:31

-Isolde.

-No, St Ives.

0:24:310:24:33

What three-word greeting is associated with the US armed forces

0:24:330:24:36

radio DJ Adrian Cronauer?

0:24:360:24:37

It is the title of a film about him starring Robin Williams.

0:24:370:24:41

Good Morning, Vietnam.

0:24:410:24:43

An omelette made with haddock, grated cheese and cream

0:24:430:24:45

was created at The Savoy Hotel for which British novelist?

0:24:450:24:48

-Arnold Bennett.

-Yes.

0:24:500:24:51

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur had the body of a man and the head of a...?

0:24:510:24:55

-A bull.

-Yes.

0:24:550:24:56

Whose song Sir Duke was a tribute to the jazz musician Duke Ellington?

0:24:560:25:01

Pass.

0:25:010:25:02

What is the catalogue of celestial objects

0:25:020:25:05

that the British amateur astronomer Kenneth Glyn Jones

0:25:050:25:08

made a 110th addition to, in 1966?

0:25:080:25:11

Pass.

0:25:130:25:14

Which Radio 4 horticultural forum

0:25:140:25:16

is chaired either by Eric Robson or Peter Gibbs?

0:25:160:25:19

Gardeners' Question Time.

0:25:190:25:20

Who wrote the sporting verse Vitae Lampada

0:25:200:25:23

that ends with the words, "Play up! Play up! And play the game"?

0:25:230:25:27

-Newbolt.

-Yes.

0:25:270:25:28

In architecture, what term is used for the top course of brickwork

0:25:280:25:32

in a wall which usually slopes in order to throw off water?

0:25:320:25:35

-Pass.

-In the music hall song...

-BEEP

0:25:350:25:38

I'll finish the question.

0:25:380:25:39

..written and sung by Will Fyfe which city did he say he belonged to?

0:25:390:25:43

-Glasgow.

-He did indeed.

0:25:430:25:45

I Belong To Glasgow. Four passes.

0:25:450:25:48

-That top course of masonry is the coping.

-Coping.

0:25:480:25:51

Coping stone or whatever.

0:25:510:25:52

The name of the catalogue of celestial objects

0:25:520:25:55

is the Messier catalogue.

0:25:550:25:57

Stevie Wonder did Sir Duke, a tribute to Duke Ellington.

0:25:570:26:02

And it is a hand of bananas or tobacco leaves or whatever.

0:26:020:26:05

Well, don't worry about it because you have a total score,

0:26:050:26:08

-now, David Love, of 30 points.

-Thank you.

0:26:080:26:13

So, a very clear winner at the end of that game.

0:26:220:26:25

Let's have a look at the scores.

0:26:250:26:27

In fourth place, 22 points, Danielle Thom.

0:26:270:26:29

Third place, 23 points, Phil Short.

0:26:290:26:31

Second place, 24 points, Ruth Green.

0:26:310:26:35

First place, a big 30 points, David Love.

0:26:350:26:38

Which means, of course, that David Love is tonight's winner

0:26:480:26:51

and he goes through to the semifinals.

0:26:510:26:54

Congratulations to him.

0:26:540:26:55

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