0:00:23 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight, Nick Duffy, a retail worker from Washington,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31his subject, the Novels of Martin Amis.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36Next, Julie Aris, service quality manager from West Ham, her subject, Lady Jane Grey.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Steve Watson, a retail manager from Sittingbourne, his subject, The Who.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44David Love from Wolverhampton, his subject, British Birds of Prey.
0:00:44 > 0:00:50And Stuart Reid, a writer from Solihull, he'll answer questions on the Roman Emperor Caligula.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Five contenders are about to compete for a place in this year's final.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12They may have been here before, but that doesn't make the ordeal any less daunting.
0:01:12 > 0:01:18They will face a minute and a half of questions on their specialist subject,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21then two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25The winner will take a step closer to owning the famous glass bowl
0:01:25 > 0:01:29and, much more importantly, becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:45 > 0:01:51A minute and a half. Which of Amis's novels is dedicated to his late father, the writer Kingsley Amis?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- The Information.- London Fields.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58In Yellow Dog, what natural event happens at the same time as the crash landing of Flight 101?
0:01:58 > 0:02:04- A comet nearly collides with it. - Why does Gregory's sister Ursula Riding come to London in Success?
0:02:04 > 0:02:09- To go to secretarial college. - In The Rachel Papers, what age does Charles describe as,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12"If not the start of maturity," then "the end of youth"?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- 20.- What is the subject of the only book that Keith Talent has read?
0:02:16 > 0:02:22- Darts.- When Gwyn Barry appeared on the TV programme The Seven Vital Virtues, which virtue did he pick?
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- Uxoriousness.- In Other People, what does Mary Lamb describe
0:02:26 > 0:02:32as "extravagantly lovely, white creatures, fat, sleepy things that hovered, cruised and basked"?
0:02:32 > 0:02:38- Clouds.- On what charge was Lev arrested and sent to join his brother at the Arctic Gulag in 1948?
0:02:38 > 0:02:43- Praising the Americas. - In Night Train, lithium is found in Jennifer Rockwell's body.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Which of her friends had she taken the drug from?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Stephanie.- Phyllida Trounce.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52What realistic tattoo does Clint Smoker have around his neck?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- A chain.- A noose. When John Self earned a lot of money,
0:02:55 > 0:03:00his father invoiced him for what he had spent on his upbringing? How much did he claim?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- £15,000.- £19,000. Quentin Villiers is the editor
0:03:03 > 0:03:08of London University's satirico-politico-literary magazine. What's it called?
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- Yes.- The wife of the beer-crate operative and freelance bouncer Fat Vince is said
0:03:13 > 0:03:16to have died from what condition?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Cancer.- No, being too lower class. - BEEP
0:03:19 > 0:03:22No passes, Nick Duffy, you have 8 points.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24APPLAUSE
0:03:30 > 0:03:33And our next contender, please.
0:03:48 > 0:03:5390 seconds. Jane was the great-granddaughter of which English King?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Henry VII.- How many days is Jane said to have reigned for,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00although 13 days passed between King Edward's death and Mary's accession?
0:04:00 > 0:04:06- Nine.- She tried to resist the plan to marry her to Guildford Dudley, saying she was betrothed to whom?
0:04:06 > 0:04:12- Earl of Hertford.- Which Duke tried to put Jane on the throne, but failed due to his own unpopularity?
0:04:12 > 0:04:18- Northumberland.- When Henry VIII died, Jane lived with Catherine Parr and her husband. What was his name?
0:04:18 > 0:04:23- Thomas Seymour.- In 1551, Jane went to a state banquet in honour of which dowager queen of Scotland?
0:04:23 > 0:04:28- Mary of Guise.- After she accepted the throne, Jane decided her husband should be a Duke.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31What title did she intend to give him?
0:04:31 > 0:04:37- Clarence.- In 1548, she accompanied Catherine Parr to which estate where Catherine died shortly afterwards?
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- Sudeley.- Who came to England in 1553 as Emperor Charles V's new ambassador
0:04:41 > 0:04:44and urged Mary to execute Jane?
0:04:44 > 0:04:49- Renard.- Name her first tutor to whom she wrote an irate letter from the Tower after he became a Catholic.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54- Harding.- Who led a rebellion in Kent against Mary's proposed marriage to Philip of Spain?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57It led to the execution of Jane and her husband.
0:04:57 > 0:05:03- Wyatt.- At her execution, Jane tied her own blindfold, then panicked as she couldn't find what?
0:05:03 > 0:05:09- The block.- Who was Jane's Italian teacher and author of a biography of her, only published in 1607?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Florio.- When the Greys visited Mary at Newhall,
0:05:12 > 0:05:18Jane asked how the consecrated bread on the altar could be the body of Christ when it was made by whom?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- The baker.- On the scaffold before her execution...
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- BEEP - ..Jane recited Psalm 51. By what name is this psalm also known?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Miserere.- Miserere is correct.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32A perfect round, Julie Aris, you have 15 points.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34APPLAUSE
0:05:41 > 0:05:43And our next contender, please.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Name Roger Daltrey's band when John Entwistle and Pete Townshend joined
0:05:58 > 0:06:01after they had been at Acton County Grammar School.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06- The Detours.- Who signed the band before becoming involved in a legal case
0:06:06 > 0:06:08about his right to future royalties?
0:06:08 > 0:06:14- Shel Talmy.- What word is spelled out on the American football helmets on the cover of Odds & Sods?
0:06:14 > 0:06:19- R-O-C-K.- Which song on Who's Next was the only one written and sung by John Entwistle?
0:06:19 > 0:06:25- My Wife.- In 1973, Keith Moon collapsed at a concert and a member of the audience completed the show.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27In which city was the concert?
0:06:27 > 0:06:33- Boston.- San Francisco. Who is the central character in the rock opera and double album Quadrophenia?
0:06:33 > 0:06:39- Jimmy.- Which US music producer, who worked with The Eagles, produced the 1981 album Face Dances?
0:06:39 > 0:06:44- Bill Szymczyk.- Roger Daltrey is said to have developed pneumonia after sitting in a cold bath
0:06:44 > 0:06:48filled with what for the cover shoot of The Who Sell Out album?
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- Baked beans.- At a concert in 1976, the band's sound was measured at 120 decibels,
0:06:53 > 0:06:57making it the loudest concert ever recorded. What was the venue?
0:06:57 > 0:07:03- Charlton Athletic football ground. - What was the first single released from the Quadrophenia album?
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- 5:15.- During a performance on Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1967,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Keith Moon set off a loud powder explosion in his drum kit.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Which actress allegedly fainted backstage as a result?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Bette Davis.- Which singer appeared as the Pinball Wizard
0:07:17 > 0:07:21when the rock opera Tommy was staged at the Rainbow Theatre in 1972?
0:07:21 > 0:07:27- Pass.- Which group provided the backing vocals for the 1965 single I Can't Explain?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- BEEP Ivy League.- Is correct.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34You had one pass. Rod Stewart appeared as the Pinball Wizard.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37You have, Steve Watson, 11 points.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39APPLAUSE
0:07:45 > 0:07:48And our next contender, please.
0:08:00 > 0:08:0690 seconds. Which British falcon can hang in the air for a long time, giving it the nickname "windhover"?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- Kestrel.- Which bird, recorded as extinct in 1916,
0:08:09 > 0:08:13returned to breed in Scotland in the '50s at Loch Garten?
0:08:13 > 0:08:19- Osprey.- What is the common name of Milvus milvus which incorporates man-made fabrics into its nest?
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- Red kite.- Which is Britain's smallest bird of prey? The male helps incubate the eggs.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30- Merlin.- Which bird's scientific name means "smaller than a buzzard" and has a silhouette like a large swift?
0:08:30 > 0:08:36- A hobby.- What is thought to be the main reason for the revival of the goshawk in the '60s and '70s?
0:08:36 > 0:08:42- Escapees.- Escaped from captivity, yes. The claws of which woodland bird of prey are straight and blunt
0:08:42 > 0:08:45to allow it to dig out its food of insect larvae?
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- Honey buzzard.- Which rare harrier was first recognised as distinct from the hen harrier in the 19th century?
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- Montagu's harrier.- Special structures in the peregrine's nostrils allow it
0:08:54 > 0:08:58to breathe at speed when stooping. What are they called?
0:08:58 > 0:09:03- Baffles.- In Scotland, which bird mistaken for a golden eagle is called the "tourist's eagle"?
0:09:03 > 0:09:09- Buzzard.- Which farm near Rhayader in Powys became the official Red Kite Rehabilitation Centre in 2003?
0:09:09 > 0:09:14- Pass.- Which bird associated with wetland habitats hovers over open water,
0:09:14 > 0:09:19scaring its prey into diving repeatedly until it swoops to take the exhausted creature?
0:09:19 > 0:09:25- Marsh harrier.- The plumage of the male hen harrier is pale blue-grey. What is the female's main colour?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Brown.- On which nature reserve in central England
0:09:28 > 0:09:32did ospreys breed in 2001 for the first time in over 150 years?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- BEEP Rutland Water.- Correct. One pass.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40That farm near Rhayader, Powys that became the Red Kite Rehabilitation Centre was Gigrin Farm.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43One pass, nothing wrong, 13 points.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46APPLAUSE
0:09:53 > 0:09:56And our final contender, please.
0:10:16 > 0:10:22What is the meaning of the word Caligula which became the nickname of the Roman Emperor Gaius?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Little Boots. - Caligula lived with which relative
0:10:25 > 0:10:28who believed he was "nursing a viper for the Roman people"?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- Tiberius.- When he became Emperor, Caligula said which month
0:10:32 > 0:10:35would be renamed Germanicus in honour of his dead father?
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- September.- Whose funeral oration did Caligula give at the age of 17?
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- Livia.- Name the King of Mauretania who was executed in the year 40,
0:10:43 > 0:10:47supposedly for wearing a purple cloak in Caligula's presence?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- Ptolemy.- Caligula issued a coin with a picture of his sisters
0:10:51 > 0:10:54portrayed as Securitas, Concordia and which other figure?
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- Fortuna.- Name his favourite horse which he allegedly planned to appoint as a consul.
0:10:59 > 0:11:05- Incitatus.- Which young aristocrat stated publicly that Caligula had worn him out by his sexual demands?
0:11:05 > 0:11:10- Pass.- Which tragic poet was the author of the line sometimes quoted by Caligula,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13"Let them hate me as long as they fear me"?
0:11:13 > 0:11:19- Seneca.- Accius. Suetonius said when the people at the Games cheered for the team Caligula opposed,
0:11:19 > 0:11:23he cried out that he wished they had a single what?
0:11:23 > 0:11:28- Neck.- In the last year of his reign, which building did he order to be turned into an imperial shrine
0:11:28 > 0:11:31with a statue of himself in the guise of Jupiter?
0:11:32 > 0:11:38- Pass.- What spoils of war did he order his troops to gather during his abortive invasion of Britain?
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- Sea shells.- Which historian described the assassination of Caligula
0:11:42 > 0:11:45as a practical demonstration "that he was not God"?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Tacitus.- Cassius Dio. The philosopher Philo...
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- BEEP - ..led a delegation of Jews from which city
0:11:51 > 0:11:54to meet with Caligula near the end of his reign?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Alexandria.- Correct. Two passes.
0:11:57 > 0:12:03It was the temple in Jerusalem that he ordered to be turned into an imperial shrine.
0:12:03 > 0:12:09And that young aristocrat who said that Caligula had worn him out with his sexual demands was Catullus.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12You have, Stuart Reid, 10 points.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14APPLAUSE
0:12:31 > 0:12:35That's the end of the first round. Let's look at the scores.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37In fifth place, Nick Duffy.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Fourth place, Stuart Reid.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Third place, Steve Watson.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Second place, David Love.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49In the lead with a very high 15 points, Julie Aris.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51APPLAUSE
0:12:54 > 0:13:00It's general knowledge now. If there is a tie at the end, the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:00 > 0:13:07and the person with the fewer passes is the winner. If they're tied on passes as well, there's a tie-break.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Let's ask Nick Duffy to join us again, please.
0:13:11 > 0:13:17And you begin with 8 points with your knowledge of Martin Amis's novels.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19General knowledge, two minutes.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24Who was the lead vocalist in the band Queen from 1971 until his death in 1991?
0:13:24 > 0:13:29- Freddie Mercury. - The Mekon was the enemy of which comic strip space hero?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Dan Dare.- The sequel to which film had the tagline,
0:13:32 > 0:13:36"Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water"?
0:13:36 > 0:13:41- Jaws.- Name the cocktail of vodka and tomato juice with a dash of Worcestershire sauce.
0:13:41 > 0:13:47- Bloody Mary.- Who stated his Law of Elasticity in an anagram of the Latin phrase, "Ut tensio, sic vis",
0:13:47 > 0:13:50which means "as the extension, so the force"?
0:13:50 > 0:13:56- Newton.- Hooke. Which castle north of Dundee has been owned by the late Queen Mother's family since 1372?
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- Glamis.- In which TV comedy series do Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith play characters
0:14:01 > 0:14:06including Mr Jelly, Oscar Lomax, the Silent Singer and David and Maureen Sowerbutts?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- Psychoville.- What is the English translation of Bahia de los Cochinos
0:14:10 > 0:14:17where 1,500 Cuban exiles landed in April 1961 in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's regime?
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- Bay of Pigs.- Who lost his job as manager of Chelsea in May, 2011,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25in spite of guiding them to their first League and FA Cup double?
0:14:25 > 0:14:31- Mourinho.- Ancelotti. Which channel, separating Africa from Madagascar, shares its name
0:14:31 > 0:14:34with the country on its western shore?
0:14:34 > 0:14:40- Mozambique Strait.- Which novel by Sir Walter Scott takes its name from Edinburgh's old Tolbooth Prison?
0:14:40 > 0:14:45- Ivanhoe?- Heart of Midlothian. What title did Pope Leo X bestow on Henry VIII in 1521
0:14:45 > 0:14:49as a reward for his pamphlet against Martin Luther?
0:14:49 > 0:14:54- Defender of the Faith?- Correct. Which US composer has won five Oscars for film scores
0:14:54 > 0:14:57including Schindler's List and ET?
0:14:57 > 0:15:03- John Williams.- Which yucca plant got its name because its branches reminded Mormon settlers
0:15:03 > 0:15:05of a Biblical leader?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- Joshua Tree.- Who managed The Beatles from '61 until 1967?
0:15:09 > 0:15:15- Brian Epstein.- In November 2003, which Northern Hemisphere country won the Rugby Union World Cup?
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- England.- The Parthenon was the chief temple of which Greek goddess?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- Aphrodite.- Athena. What was... - BEEP
0:15:22 > 0:15:26..the opera that opened at Covent Garden in February 2011
0:15:26 > 0:15:29in which a glamour model marries an octogenarian millionaire?
0:15:29 > 0:15:35- Anna Nicole Smith.- Or Anna Nicole. You have no passes, Nick Duffy. You have 22 points.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48And Stuart Reid again now, please.
0:15:57 > 0:16:03And you begin with 10 points on Caligula. Two minutes on general knowledge, starting now.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09Which Shakespearean lovers are subjects of a Berlioz symphony, a Gounod opera and Prokofiev ballet?
0:16:09 > 0:16:14- Romeo and Juliet.- Who played straight man to Lou Costello in comedy films of the '40s and '50s?
0:16:14 > 0:16:20- Abbott.- Which British boxer lost his WBA world heavyweight title to Wladimir Klitschko
0:16:20 > 0:16:23in Hamburg in July, 2011?
0:16:23 > 0:16:28- David Haye.- Which author began using a pseudonym, a Mississippi riverman's expression,
0:16:28 > 0:16:32while he was working as a reporter in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1863?
0:16:32 > 0:16:38- Mark Twain.- What process produces the energy radiated by the Sun and most other stars?
0:16:40 > 0:16:46- Radiation?- Fusion. Yellow buns, known as Lucia Cats, are eaten around St Lucia's Day in Sweden.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- What spice are they flavoured with?- Pass.
0:16:50 > 0:16:57Which Central Asian republic became the largest land-locked country with the Soviet Union's break-up in 1991?
0:16:57 > 0:17:03- Uzbekistan?- Kazakhstan. Who succeeded his father John to the English throne in 1216 aged nine?
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- Stephen? - Henry III. Sharleen Spiteri is the singer with which Scottish group?
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Their UK hits include Black-Eyed Boy and Halo.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18- Texas.- In which British national park are the mountains of Glaramara and Blencathra?
0:17:18 > 0:17:24- Grampian?- Lake District. In Islamic law, what general term is used for foods that are unlawful?
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- Pass.- Which poet and critic, eldest son of a celebrated headmaster,
0:17:28 > 0:17:32described Oxford as "that sweet city with her dreaming spires"?
0:17:32 > 0:17:37- Shakespeare? - Matthew Arnold. What other name for the European Wolf Spider
0:17:37 > 0:17:41- comes from a city in southern Italy where it's found?- Pass.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46In 1957, Kwame Nkrumah became the first Prime Minister of which country?
0:17:46 > 0:17:52- Nigeria?- Ghana. Which Cardiff-born broadcaster was appointed BBC's Middle East Editor in 2005?
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- Jeremy Bowen.- Whose novel, Solar, about climate change
0:17:57 > 0:18:01won the 2010 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Pass.- Which bird... - BEEP
0:18:05 > 0:18:09..appears on the flag of Papua New Guinea and is native to there?
0:18:11 > 0:18:15- Pass.- I can tell you it's the Bird of Paradise.
0:18:15 > 0:18:22Your other passes - Ian McEwan wrote Solar, the tarantula is the other name for the European Wolf Spider,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26in Islamic law, foods that are unlawful are haram,
0:18:26 > 0:18:32and that spice in yellow buns in Sweden is saffron.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36You have a total, Stuart Reid, of 16 points.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58And now Steve Watson again, please.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04And you begin with 11 points with your knowledge of The Who.
0:19:04 > 0:19:1022 is still the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it. Two minutes, starting now.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Which day of the week is the Jewish Sabbath?
0:19:14 > 0:19:20- Saturday.- A gorget, a brassard and a gauntlet were all parts of what protective clothing?
0:19:20 > 0:19:25- A suit of armour.- Who was nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay of A Fish Called Wanda?
0:19:25 > 0:19:31- John Cleese.- Which Greek playwright's seven surviving complete works include Oedipus Rex?
0:19:31 > 0:19:37- Aeschylus?- Sophocles. The name of which Irish sea port means Fort of the Foreigners,
0:19:37 > 0:19:41said to refer to the Danes who settled there in the 9th century?
0:19:41 > 0:19:47- Limerick?- Donegal. Who is widely accepted as the first Prime Minister of Britain?
0:19:47 > 0:19:53- Walpole.- Which Premier League football club was taken over by billionaire Randy Lerner in 2006?
0:19:53 > 0:19:59- Manchester City?- Aston Villa. In 1843, Daniel McNaughton was acquitted of the murder
0:19:59 > 0:20:03of Robert Peel's secretary. On what grounds was he acquitted?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- Insanity.- Which pop duo joined forces with Sadler's Wells
0:20:07 > 0:20:13- to present the ballet The Most Incredible Thing, based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen?- Pass.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Which desert in Arizona is named for the multi-coloured rocks there?
0:20:18 > 0:20:24- Painted Desert.- What name is used in England for the once-fashionable closed vehicle with seating for one
0:20:24 > 0:20:26carried on two poles by bearers?
0:20:26 > 0:20:32- Sedan chair.- Which Polish composer's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs became a global hit after a version
0:20:32 > 0:20:36by the London Sinfonietta and Dawn Upshaw was released in 1992?
0:20:36 > 0:20:42- Chopin.- Gorecki. St Paul made his final journey as a prisoner to which city, where he was probably executed
0:20:42 > 0:20:45some time between 62 and 67AD?
0:20:45 > 0:20:51- Rome?- Yes. What's the family surname of the First Earl of Snowdon, former husband of Princess Margaret?
0:20:51 > 0:20:57- Armstrong-Jones.- What is the process whereby heat is transferred by the mass movement of a fluid?
0:20:57 > 0:21:04- Convection.- Which smoked fish product has a name derived from a fishing village south of Aberdeen?
0:21:04 > 0:21:09- Er, Arbroath?- No, Finnan Haddock. Who started writing Room At The Top
0:21:09 > 0:21:13- while convalescing from tuberculosis in a sanatorium? - BEEP
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- Pass. I don't know. - I can tell you it was John Braine.
0:21:18 > 0:21:25Your other pass - that pop duo that joined up with Sadler's Wells was The Pet Shop Boys.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27You have, Steve Watson, 21 points.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Now David Love again, please.
0:21:40 > 0:21:46And you begin with 13 points with your knowledge of the birds of prey.
0:21:46 > 0:21:5122 is still the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it. Two minutes, starting now.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55What section of a symphony orchestra includes violins, violas and cellos?
0:21:55 > 0:22:01- Strings.- Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon wrote poetry during which conflict?
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- World War One.- Danny Boy is a vocal version of which Irish folk tune?
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- Londonderry Air.- In Roman numerals, what letter represents 500?
0:22:09 > 0:22:15- D.- What local name of Old English origin is given to a steep-sided ravine cut by a stream
0:22:15 > 0:22:17descending into the sea?
0:22:17 > 0:22:24- Bourne?- Chine. Which genus of plants gets its name from the Greek for "to mimic"?
0:22:25 > 0:22:31- Pass.- The lead character in the film Death In Venice is based on which composer?
0:22:31 > 0:22:36- Mahler.- What term is used for winning all five games in rugby union's Six Nations?
0:22:36 > 0:22:43- Grand Slam.- Which novel by Nicholas Monsarrat tells of the crew of the corvette HMS Compass Rose?
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- The Cruel Sea.- Who was the first person to renounce his title,
0:22:47 > 0:22:5122 minutes after the passage of the Peerages Act in July, 1963?
0:22:53 > 0:22:58- Pass.- What is the official radio broadcasting network of the American Government,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01which first broadcast on 24th February, 1942?
0:23:01 > 0:23:07- Radio America?- Voice of America. Borsch, Ukraine's national soup, is made from which root vegetable?
0:23:07 > 0:23:12- Beetroot.- On 13th February, 1692, 38 innocent people were murdered in the Scottish Highlands.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15What name is given to this event?
0:23:15 > 0:23:20- The...Massacre of... The Glencoe Massacre.- Yes.
0:23:20 > 0:23:26What term for a person who is paying for the misdeeds of another comes from a Jewish Biblical ritual?
0:23:26 > 0:23:33- Scapegoat.- Whose History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was published between 1776 and 1788?
0:23:33 > 0:23:40- Gibbon.- Which 1967 film stars Julie Christie as Bathsheba Everdene and Terence Stamp as Sgt Troy?
0:23:40 > 0:23:46- Far From The Madding Crowd.- Which group of Roman Catholic clergy are properly addressed as Your Eminence
0:23:46 > 0:23:48and wear distinctive red attire?
0:23:48 > 0:23:53- Bishop.- Cardinals. The Nipkow disk was a scanning device used... - BEEP
0:23:53 > 0:23:57..in the 1920s in early mechanical forms of what invention?
0:23:57 > 0:24:02- X-ray?- No, you're on it right now. Television!- Telly!
0:24:02 > 0:24:09You have two passes. Tony Benn was... You knew it all the time! ..the first to renounce his peerage.
0:24:09 > 0:24:15- And that plant that gets its name from the Greek for "to mimic" is the mimosa.- Mimosa.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18You have, however, David Love, 25 points.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31And, finally, Julie Aris again, please.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40And 15 is your score already with your knowledge of Lady Jane Grey.
0:24:40 > 0:24:4525 is now the score to beat. Two minutes, starting now.
0:24:45 > 0:24:51What German name is given to a crisp savoury snack baked in the form of a knot, covered with coarse salt?
0:24:52 > 0:24:56- Kohler?- Pretzel. Long-case, carriage and cuckoo are types of what?
0:24:56 > 0:25:03- Clocks.- The so-called Poll Tax, introduced in Scotland in 1989 and in England and Wales in 1990,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06had officially what name?
0:25:06 > 0:25:12- Council Tax.- Community Charge. In which musical does Bloody Mary sing about the mystical Bali Ha'i?
0:25:12 > 0:25:19- South Pacific.- Which serious disease of sheep that arrived in Britain in 2007 is spread by certain midges?
0:25:19 > 0:25:25- Pass.- On what everyday items did Queen Elizabeth's head first appear in 1960?
0:25:26 > 0:25:32- Coins.- Notes. Chicago stands on the south-western shores of which of the Great Lakes?
0:25:34 > 0:25:40- Superior.- Michigan. In 2011, who became the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles tennis title
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- when she beat Francesca Schiavone in the French Open final?- Pass.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50Which writer, best known for The Gruffalo, became the new Children's Laureate in June, 2011?
0:25:52 > 0:25:57- Pass.- Which Greek islands became a British protectorate after the fall of Napoleon,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00then ceded back to Greece in 1864?
0:26:00 > 0:26:05- Dodecanese.- Ionian. In Japanese architecture, a shoji is a sliding door or window
0:26:05 > 0:26:09consisting of a wooden lattice covered with what substance?
0:26:09 > 0:26:15- Paper?- Yes, rice paper. Which composer dedicated his Piano Sonata Number 21
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- to Count Ferdinand von Waldstein, who had supported him?- Mozart?
0:26:18 > 0:26:25Beethoven. Which organisation campaigns against the use of jargon and awards a Crystal Mark?
0:26:25 > 0:26:32- Plain English.- What's the surname of the family in Louisa M Alcott's semi-autobiographical Little Women?
0:26:35 > 0:26:40- Pass. - Which port at the mouth of the Loire is the site of extensive shipyards
0:26:40 > 0:26:44where the liners France and Normandie were both built?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47BEEP
0:26:48 > 0:26:53- Shall I tell you?- Yes. - It's Saint-Nazaire.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57And your other passes - March was the family in Little Women,
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Julia Donaldson took over as Children's Laureate,
0:27:02 > 0:27:07Li Na became the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles
0:27:07 > 0:27:11and Bluetongue is the name of the disease that sheep get.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14You have a total now, Julie Aris, of 19 points.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Well, a clear winner. Let's look at all the scores.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30In fifth place, Stuart Reid.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Fourth place, Julie Aris.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Third place, Steve Watson.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Second place, Nick Duffy.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41First place, 25 points, David Love.
0:27:52 > 0:27:59Which means, of course, that David Love is the winner and he claims a place in the Grand Final.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Congratulations to him.
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