Episode 27

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0:00:25 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Jonathan Perry,

0:00:27 > 0:00:29a translator from London.

0:00:29 > 0:00:31His specialist subject - Cardinal Wolsey.

0:00:31 > 0:00:34Next, Ken Owen, a marketing consultant from Rochester.

0:00:34 > 0:00:36He'll be answering questions on the Apostle Peter.

0:00:36 > 0:00:40Mary Bucknall from Kent. Her subject - the history of British heraldry.

0:00:40 > 0:00:42Gary Grant, a GP from Bury.

0:00:42 > 0:00:45He'll answer questions on the history of the Monaco Grand Prix,

0:00:45 > 0:00:47and John Beynon, a gardener from Northwich.

0:00:47 > 0:00:50His specialist subject - Catherine the Great.

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

0:00:57 > 0:01:01Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

0:01:01 > 0:01:05Five contenders are about to compete for a place in this year's grand final.

0:01:05 > 0:01:10They may have been here before, but that doesn't make the ordeal any less daunting.

0:01:10 > 0:01:13From the black chair, they will face a minute and a half

0:01:13 > 0:01:15of questions on their specialist subject and then two minutes

0:01:15 > 0:01:17on general knowledge,

0:01:17 > 0:01:21and the winner will take a step closer to owning the famous glass

0:01:21 > 0:01:25bowl and, much more importantly, becoming the nation's Mastermind.

0:01:25 > 0:01:28So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

0:01:34 > 0:01:38- And your name is?- Jonathan Perry. - Your occupation?- Translator.

0:01:38 > 0:01:40In your first round, the heat,

0:01:40 > 0:01:43you answered questions on the Japanese writer Mori Ogai.

0:01:43 > 0:01:47- Tonight, your specialist subject is? - The life and times of Thomas Wolsey.

0:01:47 > 0:01:4990 seconds on Thomas Wolsey starting now.

0:01:49 > 0:01:52Wolsey held various seats at the same time as the Archbishopric of York.

0:01:52 > 0:01:55Which one did he exchange for Winchester in 1529?

0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Durham.- Which Oxford college did Wolsey attend as a student?

0:01:58 > 0:02:00He went on to become a fellow there.

0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Magdalene.- Where did he negotiate a treaty with the Emperor Charles V

0:02:03 > 0:02:06to declare war on France in 1521?

0:02:06 > 0:02:08- Gravelines.- Bruges.

0:02:08 > 0:02:10What action was carried out at St Paul's Cross

0:02:10 > 0:02:13under Wolsey's direction on May 12, 1521?

0:02:13 > 0:02:15- Attacking France. - Burning of the Lutheran books.

0:02:15 > 0:02:20From whom did Wolsey acquire the lease for the original property of Hampton Court?

0:02:20 > 0:02:21Pass.

0:02:21 > 0:02:23Who did Wolsey employ as his representative in Antwerp

0:02:23 > 0:02:25to combat exiled English heretics

0:02:25 > 0:02:28who were involved in an illicit religious book trade?

0:02:28 > 0:02:29Pass.

0:02:29 > 0:02:34Whom did Francis I warn in 1529 that Wolsey had more intelligence

0:02:34 > 0:02:38with the Pope and Cardinal Campeggio than was appropriate to Henry VIII's interests?

0:02:38 > 0:02:39- Thomas More.- Suffolk.

0:02:39 > 0:02:43What was the surname of the mistress who had two children with Wolsey?

0:02:43 > 0:02:45- Larke.- In the Reformation Parliament,

0:02:45 > 0:02:48who referred to Wolsey as "the Great Weather, which is of late fallen,"

0:02:48 > 0:02:52and denounced him as having "untruly juggled with the King"?

0:02:52 > 0:02:53- Norfolk.- More.

0:02:53 > 0:02:56In 1523, Wolsey went to Parliament to ask for a levy

0:02:56 > 0:02:58in the hope of raising £800,000 for the Exchequer.

0:02:58 > 0:03:00What rate of levy did he ask for?

0:03:00 > 0:03:03- 10%. - Four shillings in the pound.

0:03:03 > 0:03:06Which document of 1526 was designed by him

0:03:06 > 0:03:08to reform the King's Council and household?

0:03:08 > 0:03:10The Ordinance of Eltham.

0:03:10 > 0:03:13In early discussion of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon,

0:03:13 > 0:03:15what was the name of the impediment to the marriage

0:03:15 > 0:03:18that Wolsey suggested should be used to the King's advantage?

0:03:18 > 0:03:20Previous marriage to Arthur. BEEP

0:03:20 > 0:03:22No, the impediment of public honesty.

0:03:22 > 0:03:25You had two passes.

0:03:25 > 0:03:29Wolsey employed John Hackett as his representative in Antwerp,

0:03:29 > 0:03:34and he acquired the lease for Hampton Court from the Hospitallers.

0:03:34 > 0:03:37Two passes, Jonathan Perry. You have four points.

0:03:37 > 0:03:39APPLAUSE

0:03:45 > 0:03:46And our next contender, please.

0:03:55 > 0:04:00- And your name is?- Ken Owen.- Your occupation?- Marketing consultant.

0:04:00 > 0:04:05In the heat, your subject was the Roy Grace novels of Peter James.

0:04:05 > 0:04:07Tonight you're answering questions on?

0:04:07 > 0:04:09The Apostle Peter in the New Testament.

0:04:09 > 0:04:10The Apostle Peter in 90 seconds.

0:04:10 > 0:04:13In which trade were Simon Peter and his brother Andrew working

0:04:13 > 0:04:15when Jesus called them to follow him?

0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Fishermen.- Which is the only gospel that names Peter as the one

0:04:18 > 0:04:22who cut off the ear of a guard sent to arrest Jesus after he'd been betrayed by Judas?

0:04:22 > 0:04:25- John.- Near which city did Peter make his famous declaration

0:04:25 > 0:04:28after Jesus asked the disciples who they thought he was?

0:04:28 > 0:04:30- Caesarea Philippi. - What's the Aramaic for Peter,

0:04:30 > 0:04:33the name that Jesus gave to Simon in John's gospel?

0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Cephas.- What happened to Ananias and Sapphira when they lied to Peter

0:04:36 > 0:04:39about how much money they had made from the sale of their property?

0:04:39 > 0:04:40They fell down dead.

0:04:40 > 0:04:43Which of Peter's relations does Jesus cure of a fever

0:04:43 > 0:04:45early on in the Synoptic Gospels?

0:04:45 > 0:04:48- His mother-in-law. - When Peter was miraculously freed from prison

0:04:48 > 0:04:50in Acts 12, the maid answered the door to him at Mary's house.

0:04:50 > 0:04:51What was her name?

0:04:51 > 0:04:53- Rhoda. - In Matthew's gospel,

0:04:53 > 0:04:56Jesus instructed Peter to go to the sea and cast a hook

0:04:56 > 0:05:00and in the mouth of the first fish he catches, he will find payment for what?

0:05:00 > 0:05:01- The temple tax. - Tribute money, yes.

0:05:01 > 0:05:04Peter wrote his first letter to the early Christians

0:05:04 > 0:05:05with the help of which faithful brother?

0:05:05 > 0:05:06- Silas.- Yes, or Silvanus.

0:05:06 > 0:05:09What was the name of the ruler of the synagogue whose daughter

0:05:09 > 0:05:12was brought back to life in the presence of Peter, James and John?

0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Jairus.- In his letter to the Galatians, Paul refers to a visit to Jerusalem

0:05:15 > 0:05:17in which he stayed with Peter for how long?

0:05:17 > 0:05:20- 15 days.- At which gate of the temple did Peter say to a lame man,

0:05:20 > 0:05:22"Silver and gold have I none,

0:05:22 > 0:05:25"but in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk?"

0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Gate Beautiful.- In which town did Peter meet the man named Aeneas,

0:05:28 > 0:05:31who had been bedridden for eight years, sick with palsy?

0:05:31 > 0:05:34- Lydda.- A few days after Jesus was taken up into heaven,

0:05:34 > 0:05:36who was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot as an apostle,

0:05:36 > 0:05:40after Peter had addressed a gathering of about 120 disciples?

0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Matthias.- According to St Mark's Gospel.... - BEEP

0:05:42 > 0:05:44I've started, so I'll finish.

0:05:44 > 0:05:46..before his threefold denial, how did Peter pass the time

0:05:46 > 0:05:48in the courtyard of the high priest's house

0:05:48 > 0:05:50while Jesus was being questioned?

0:05:50 > 0:05:54- Warming his hands by the fire.- Indeed. No passes. A perfect round.

0:05:54 > 0:05:55Ken Owen, you have 15 points.

0:05:55 > 0:05:57APPLAUSE

0:06:05 > 0:06:08And our next contender is profoundly deaf

0:06:08 > 0:06:11and will be reading the questions from a monitor at the same time

0:06:11 > 0:06:15as I read them from the card, so if I can ask her to join us now, please.

0:06:22 > 0:06:27- And your name is?- Mary Bucknall. - Your occupation.- Unemployed.

0:06:27 > 0:06:29In the first round, in the heat,

0:06:29 > 0:06:32you answered questions on Queen Victoria's family.

0:06:32 > 0:06:37- Your specialist subject tonight is? - Heraldry of Britain.

0:06:37 > 0:06:39The heraldry of Britain in 90 seconds starting now.

0:06:39 > 0:06:42Which court, based at New Register House in Edinburgh,

0:06:42 > 0:06:44is the heraldic authority for Scotland?

0:06:44 > 0:06:46The Lord Lyon King of Arms.

0:06:46 > 0:06:50Which English monarch founded the College of Arms in 1484?

0:06:53 > 0:06:54Richard III.

0:06:54 > 0:06:56What term is used for the descent or status

0:06:56 > 0:06:58of a younger branch of a family, the marks of which show

0:06:58 > 0:07:01variations in the same coat of arms to denote each son?

0:07:01 > 0:07:07- Cadency.- Which senior provincial king of arms has jurisdiction over England

0:07:07 > 0:07:08south of the River Trent?

0:07:10 > 0:07:13Clarenceux King of Arms.

0:07:13 > 0:07:15In heraldry, what name is given to a star with straight sides

0:07:15 > 0:07:19and usually five points, used as a mark of cadency for a third son?

0:07:19 > 0:07:21Mullet.

0:07:21 > 0:07:24Which Latin phrase meaning "always the same"

0:07:24 > 0:07:26was a personal motto on the arms of Elizabeth I?

0:07:26 > 0:07:29Semper eadem.

0:07:29 > 0:07:31Which plant, associated with Geoffrey of Anjou,

0:07:31 > 0:07:34who reputedly wore it in his hat or helmet,

0:07:34 > 0:07:37was adopted as a heraldic device by the royal dynasty he founded?

0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Plantagenet.- Yes, or broom.

0:07:40 > 0:07:44By what single name are the four attendant heralds, rouge dragon,

0:07:44 > 0:07:47rouge croix, portcullis and bluemantle, collectively known?

0:07:48 > 0:07:51Pursuivants.

0:07:51 > 0:07:53Which animal, known in heraldry as a herisson,

0:07:53 > 0:07:57was adopted as a punning reference on the arms of some families

0:07:57 > 0:08:00with surnames such as Harris or Harrison?

0:08:00 > 0:08:01Pass.

0:08:01 > 0:08:05If a heraldic object is described as "proper", what does this mean?

0:08:05 > 0:08:07It's in a natural colour.

0:08:07 > 0:08:09Under the rules of cadency, what device,

0:08:09 > 0:08:11often a horizontal bar with three points...

0:08:11 > 0:08:15- BEEP - ..is displayed on the arms of the eldest son of a family?

0:08:15 > 0:08:16Label.

0:08:16 > 0:08:18Is correct. You had one pass.

0:08:18 > 0:08:24The animal known in heraldry as a herisson was the hedgehog.

0:08:24 > 0:08:27One pass, Mary Bucknall. You have 10 points.

0:08:27 > 0:08:29APPLAUSE

0:08:37 > 0:08:39And our fourth contender, please.

0:08:44 > 0:08:48- And your name is?- Gary Grant. - Your occupation?- GP.

0:08:48 > 0:08:52In the first round, you answered questions on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

0:08:52 > 0:08:58- Tonight, your subject is? - The history of the Monaco Grand Prix. - The Monaco Grand Prix in 90 seconds.

0:08:58 > 0:09:00Who laid out the road plan for the first race in 1929?

0:09:00 > 0:09:03The final corner on the circuit is now named in his honour.

0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Anthony Noghes.- Which future world champion made his Formula 1 debut

0:09:06 > 0:09:08- at Monaco in 1973? - James Hunt.

0:09:08 > 0:09:10He retired from the sport after the '79 race.

0:09:10 > 0:09:13- James Hunt.- Ayrton Senna hit the barriers at which corner in 1988

0:09:13 > 0:09:16when he had a commanding lead of almost a minute over Alain Prost?

0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Portier.- Which British driver finished second in the 2004 race,

0:09:19 > 0:09:22less than half a second behind Jarno Trulli?

0:09:22 > 0:09:26- Button.- Monaco became the opening race of the '59 Formula 1 season

0:09:26 > 0:09:28following the cancellation of which country's Grand Prix?

0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Argentina.- In '48, when the race was revived after the Second World War,

0:09:32 > 0:09:34which future world champion was the winner?

0:09:34 > 0:09:38- Farina.- Who was the clerk of the course who stopped the '84 race after 31 laps

0:09:38 > 0:09:41because of torrential rain, denying Senna the chance of victory?

0:09:41 > 0:09:45- Ickx.- In 1958, Maurice Trintignant won the race in a rear-engine car.

0:09:45 > 0:09:47What make of car was it?

0:09:47 > 0:09:49- Cooper.- The 1995 race had to be stopped

0:09:49 > 0:09:52after a crash involving both Ferraris and a Williams driver

0:09:52 > 0:09:55who was taking part in his first Monaco Grand Prix. Who was he?

0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Montoya?- Coulthard.

0:09:57 > 0:10:01In 1931, who became the first driver born in Monaco to win his home Grand Prix?

0:10:01 > 0:10:04- Chiron.- What's the name of the driver and owner of the Connaught team

0:10:04 > 0:10:07who tried but failed to qualify for the '58 race?

0:10:07 > 0:10:09- Shell.- No, Ecclestone. In which year did Monaco become

0:10:09 > 0:10:13the first Grand Prix to determine the order of places on the starting grid

0:10:13 > 0:10:15according to qualifying times rather than luck of the draw?

0:10:15 > 0:10:19- 1933.- Which French constructor won its first Grand Prix for 15 years

0:10:19 > 0:10:20at Monaco in '96?

0:10:20 > 0:10:24- Ligier.- Michael Schumacher lost three laps in the pits during the '98 race

0:10:24 > 0:10:27following a clash with which Austrian driver?

0:10:27 > 0:10:29- Berger?- No, Wurtz. Jea... - BEEP

0:10:29 > 0:10:32I've started, so I'll finish. Jean-Pierre Beltoise gave which constructor

0:10:32 > 0:10:34their last ever Grand Prix victory in the '72 race?

0:10:34 > 0:10:37- BRO.- Is correct.

0:10:37 > 0:10:41No passes, Gary Grant, you have 12 points.

0:10:41 > 0:10:44APPLAUSE

0:10:48 > 0:10:51And our final contender, now, please.

0:10:56 > 0:10:57- And your name is?- John Beynon.

0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Your occupation?- Gardener.

0:10:59 > 0:11:02You won the first round by answering questions

0:11:02 > 0:11:05on the 11th century Christian sect, the Cathars.

0:11:05 > 0:11:10- Your specialist subject tonight is? - Catherine The Great.

0:11:10 > 0:11:11In 90 seconds, starting now.

0:11:11 > 0:11:14Catherine was crowned Empress Of Russia in Moscow in 1762

0:11:14 > 0:11:16following a coup that deposed her husband. What was his name?

0:11:16 > 0:11:18Peter The Third.

0:11:18 > 0:11:20Yes. In her memoirs, which of her lovers does she imply

0:11:20 > 0:11:22to be the father of her son, Paul?

0:11:22 > 0:11:23Saltykov.

0:11:23 > 0:11:25Yes. What name is given to a compendium of general principles

0:11:25 > 0:11:29first presented in 1767, recommending the formation of a new legal code

0:11:29 > 0:11:32while still maintaining absolute monarchy?

0:11:32 > 0:11:33- Nakaz.- Yeah, The Great Instruction.

0:11:33 > 0:11:36Which of her lovers, whom some believe she secretly married,

0:11:36 > 0:11:39organised a sumptuous tour of the Crimea in 1787?

0:11:39 > 0:11:40- Potemkin.- Yes.

0:11:40 > 0:11:43At a banquet in 1762 to celebrate peace with Prussia,

0:11:43 > 0:11:45what did Tsar Peter The Third call Catherine

0:11:45 > 0:11:47when she refused to stand for a toast?

0:11:47 > 0:11:49This humiliation led to his downfall.

0:11:49 > 0:11:51- "Dura" - fool.- Yes.

0:11:51 > 0:11:55What is the title of the last of her anti-masonic trilogy of plays?

0:11:55 > 0:11:57- Erm, The Siberian Shaman. - Yes.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00After the death of Paul's first wife, Natalia, in childbirth,

0:12:00 > 0:12:03Catherine quickly arranged a second bride for her son.

0:12:03 > 0:12:05What was her original name?

0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Sophie Dorothea.- Yes.

0:12:07 > 0:12:08Which princess was appointed as the first

0:12:08 > 0:12:10president of the Russian Academy,

0:12:10 > 0:12:12to produce a dictionary of the Russian language?

0:12:12 > 0:12:14- Dashkova.- Yes.

0:12:14 > 0:12:16At seven, Catherine developed curvature of the spine.

0:12:16 > 0:12:18What was the occupation of the local official

0:12:18 > 0:12:20who supervised her treatment,

0:12:20 > 0:12:22including the use of a corrective harness?

0:12:22 > 0:12:23- Hangman.- Yes.

0:12:23 > 0:12:25What was the title of Alexander Radishchev's

0:12:25 > 0:12:28anonymously published book that alarmed Catherine with its radical views?

0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Journey From St Petersburg To Moscow.- Correct.

0:12:31 > 0:12:33What was the name of Catherine's former lover,

0:12:33 > 0:12:35to whom she offered the throne of Poland in 1763?

0:12:35 > 0:12:38- Stanislaw Poniatowski - Who was her last favourite?

0:12:38 > 0:12:40She relied on him after the death of Potemkin.

0:12:40 > 0:12:41- Zubov.- Yes. What...

0:12:41 > 0:12:43- BEEP - I've started, so I'll finish.

0:12:43 > 0:12:45..was the name of the illiterate Don Cossack

0:12:45 > 0:12:48who led a regional rebellion against Catherine in 1773,

0:12:48 > 0:12:50saying he was Peter The Third?

0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Pugachov.- Is correct.

0:12:53 > 0:12:55No passes. John Beynon, you have 13 points.

0:12:55 > 0:13:00APPLAUSE

0:13:04 > 0:13:08So, that's the end of our first round. Some big scores, there. Let's have a look at them.

0:13:08 > 0:13:10In fifth place with 4 points, Jonathan Perry.

0:13:10 > 0:13:13Fourth place with 10 points, Mary Bucknall.

0:13:13 > 0:13:15Third place with 12 points, Gary Grant.

0:13:15 > 0:13:18Second place with 13 points, John Beynon.

0:13:18 > 0:13:21In the lead, with 15 points, Ken Owen.

0:13:21 > 0:13:24APPLAUSE

0:13:26 > 0:13:29So, it's the general knowledge round now,

0:13:29 > 0:13:31and if there is a tie at the end of it,

0:13:31 > 0:13:33then the number of passes is taken into account

0:13:33 > 0:13:37and the person with the fewer passes will be declared the winner.

0:13:37 > 0:13:38And if they're tied on passes as well,

0:13:38 > 0:13:40there'll have to be tiebreak.

0:13:40 > 0:13:43So let's get on with it, and ask Jonathan Perry to join us again, please.

0:13:45 > 0:13:46And...

0:13:47 > 0:13:50..you didn't do brilliantly in the first round,

0:13:50 > 0:13:53but let's see how you do with general knowledge. Two minutes, starting now.

0:13:53 > 0:13:55What are the two pieces of wood laid

0:13:55 > 0:13:57across cricket stumps to form a wicket?

0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Bails.- In law, what does the acronym ASBO stand for?

0:13:59 > 0:14:02- Anti-social Behaviour Order. - Which Premier League football manager

0:14:02 > 0:14:06had a relatively undistinguished professional playing career with Strasbourg?

0:14:06 > 0:14:09- Arsene Wenger.- Which musical instrument consists of a long hollow branch

0:14:09 > 0:14:11which produces a low pitched resonant sound?

0:14:11 > 0:14:14It was first developed by the Aboriginal people of Australia.

0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Didgeridoo. - What's the old name for the tubercular disease scrofula,

0:14:17 > 0:14:20because it was supposedly cured by the touch of royalty?

0:14:20 > 0:14:22- The King's disease. - The King's evil.

0:14:22 > 0:14:25What word for a substance that acts as a biological catalyst,

0:14:25 > 0:14:28regulating the rate at which biochemical reactions proceed,

0:14:28 > 0:14:31comes from the Greek for leavened?

0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Enzyme. - Which writer's works include Tipping The Velvet,

0:14:34 > 0:14:36dramatised for television in 2002, and The Little Stranger,

0:14:36 > 0:14:39short-listed for the 2009 Man Booker Prize?

0:14:39 > 0:14:40Sarah Waters.

0:14:40 > 0:14:43Who plays Batman in the films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight?

0:14:43 > 0:14:46- Christian Bale. - Prince Edward served briefly in which specific

0:14:46 > 0:14:49branch of the Armed Forces, after leaving university,

0:14:49 > 0:14:50before moving into theatre management?

0:14:50 > 0:14:52- The Fusiliers? - No, the Marines.

0:14:52 > 0:14:54Which area of central London gives its name

0:14:54 > 0:14:57to the writers, artists, and thinkers who lived there in the early 20th century?

0:14:57 > 0:14:58- Bloomsbury.- Yes.

0:14:58 > 0:15:01This celebrated painting of Our Lady of Czestochowa

0:15:01 > 0:15:03in the Jasna Gora monastery in Poland

0:15:03 > 0:15:05is popularly known by what name?

0:15:05 > 0:15:09- Pass.- Which member of the England 2003 World Cup winning rugby team

0:15:09 > 0:15:13became a team captain on the quiz show A Question Of Sport in 2004?

0:15:13 > 0:15:14- Matt Dawson.- Yes.

0:15:14 > 0:15:17What name's given to an examination of tissue from a living person,

0:15:17 > 0:15:19to determine the presence, cause or extent of a disease?

0:15:19 > 0:15:23- Biopsy.- Which former leader of Bradford City Council was appointed

0:15:23 > 0:15:26the Communities And Local Government Secretary in May 2010?

0:15:26 > 0:15:30- Pass. - Which cycle of 63 nostalgic poems by AE Housman

0:15:30 > 0:15:33was first published in 1896 at the author's own expense?

0:15:33 > 0:15:35- The Shropshire Lad.- Yes.

0:15:35 > 0:15:38What's the alternative name for the caudal fin of a fish?

0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Dorsal.- Tailfin. Which British born professor of history

0:15:41 > 0:15:44and art history at Columbia University has presented programmes

0:15:44 > 0:15:47on the power of art and the histories of Britain and America for BBC television?

0:15:47 > 0:15:52- Simon Sharma. - For cars registered on or after 1st March 2001,

0:15:52 > 0:15:57the rate of vehicle excise duty bands are based on the type of fuel, and what else?

0:15:57 > 0:16:00- The age of the car. - No. CO2 emissions.

0:16:00 > 0:16:02You had two passes.

0:16:02 > 0:16:04Eric Pickles became, yeah, you knew it, of course,

0:16:04 > 0:16:07became the Local Government Secretary.

0:16:07 > 0:16:12And that celebrated painting, the Black Madonna of Czestochowa.

0:16:12 > 0:16:16You have, though, now, a respectable score, if I may say so - 16.

0:16:16 > 0:16:20APPLAUSE

0:16:24 > 0:16:27And now let's ask Mary Bucknall to join us again, please.

0:16:35 > 0:16:38And you begin with 10 points with your knowledge

0:16:38 > 0:16:42of British heraldry, general knowledge two minutes, starting now.

0:16:42 > 0:16:44In Chinese cookery, what name is given

0:16:44 > 0:16:47to the curved bottom steel pan used for stir frying,

0:16:47 > 0:16:48similar to a kadhai in India?

0:16:48 > 0:16:53- Wok.- How many centimetres are there in a decimetre?

0:16:53 > 0:16:55- 10.- Yes. What Italian word meaning "little book,"

0:16:55 > 0:16:57is used for the text of an opera?

0:16:57 > 0:17:02- Operetta.- Libretto. Which long-haired breed of dog was introduced

0:17:02 > 0:17:05into Europe in the 1800s by British army officers

0:17:05 > 0:17:07serving in northern India?

0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Pass.- What general term is used for the fatty acids

0:17:10 > 0:17:12found primarily in animal fats

0:17:12 > 0:17:16that tend to increase levels of cholesterol in the blood stream?

0:17:16 > 0:17:21- Pass.- McFerdinand Magellan was killed in a fight with natives

0:17:21 > 0:17:24in 1521 in Mactan. In which island group is this?

0:17:26 > 0:17:29- Tierra del Fuego. - Philippines.

0:17:29 > 0:17:33The chemist, John Mercer, born in 1791, has given his name to a process

0:17:33 > 0:17:37for treating which yarn or fabric so that it becomes shinier and stronger?

0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Rayon.- Cotton.

0:17:41 > 0:17:42According to the Book of Revelations,

0:17:42 > 0:17:44who is the rider of the pale horse?

0:17:45 > 0:17:49- Pass.- The name of the orphan created by the American novelist

0:17:49 > 0:17:52Eleanor H Porter is now used for anyone of

0:17:52 > 0:17:54a particularly sunny and optimistic disposition.

0:17:54 > 0:17:56What is the name?

0:17:56 > 0:17:57- Pollyanna.- Yes.

0:17:57 > 0:18:01Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who took over as Secretary-General

0:18:01 > 0:18:05of NATO in August 2009, is a former prime minister of which country?

0:18:05 > 0:18:07- Sweden.- Denmark.

0:18:07 > 0:18:12An ushanka or chapka is a Russian type of what clothing?

0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Pass.- In 1903 the Frenchman, Maurice Garin,

0:18:15 > 0:18:19became the first winner of which annual sporting event?

0:18:19 > 0:18:20Pass.

0:18:20 > 0:18:24The lateral sulcus, also known as the Fisher of Silvius is

0:18:24 > 0:18:27one of the most prominent features of which part of the body?

0:18:27 > 0:18:29- The face.- No, the brain.

0:18:29 > 0:18:32An item made of what substance was described by the ancient

0:18:32 > 0:18:34Greeks as "elephantinos?"

0:18:34 > 0:18:37- Pass.- Which veteran left-wing politician,

0:18:37 > 0:18:40who entered Parliament as the MP for Bolsover in 1970,

0:18:40 > 0:18:43had been a coal miner before entering politics?

0:18:43 > 0:18:44BEEP

0:18:46 > 0:18:50- Pass.- Well, I can tell you it was Dennis Skinner.

0:18:50 > 0:18:52You had a total of seven passes.

0:18:52 > 0:18:55The item described by the ancient Greeks as "elephantinos,"

0:18:55 > 0:18:57was ivory.

0:18:57 > 0:19:00Maurice Garin became the first winner of the Tour de France.

0:19:00 > 0:19:04An ushanka or chapka is a kind of hat.

0:19:04 > 0:19:06The rider of the pale horse was Death.

0:19:06 > 0:19:12Saturated fats is the term used to describe fatty acids

0:19:12 > 0:19:15found primarily in animal fats.

0:19:15 > 0:19:16And the long-haired breed of dog

0:19:16 > 0:19:20introduced to Europe in the 1800s was the Afghan hound.

0:19:20 > 0:19:23You have, Mary Bucknall, a total of 13 points.

0:19:23 > 0:19:26APPLAUSE

0:19:34 > 0:19:36And now Gary Grant, again, please.

0:19:38 > 0:19:40And you start this round with 12 points,

0:19:40 > 0:19:42with your knowledge of the Monaco Grand Prix.

0:19:42 > 0:19:44Two minutes, starting now.

0:19:44 > 0:19:46Battle Abbey in Sussex was built after which battle

0:19:46 > 0:19:49to fulfil a vow made by William the Conqueror?

0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Hastings. - Which 19th-century English landscape painter

0:19:52 > 0:19:54is best-known for his books of nonsense verse?

0:19:54 > 0:19:56- Lear.- Now known as the Visitors' Gallery,

0:19:56 > 0:19:58what's the name of the area in the House of Commons

0:19:58 > 0:20:01that's open to the public when it's in session?

0:20:01 > 0:20:02- Strangers' Gallery.- Yes.

0:20:02 > 0:20:06Which international organisation was founded in September 1960

0:20:06 > 0:20:08by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela?

0:20:08 > 0:20:11- OPEC.- The katydid, so called because of the male's repetitive

0:20:11 > 0:20:14call is closely related to which other insect?

0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Cricket.- In a Japanese house, what is a tatami?

0:20:16 > 0:20:19Its standardised size is an important architectural

0:20:19 > 0:20:21unit in determining floorspace in a room.

0:20:21 > 0:20:22- It's a mat, or carpet.- Yes.

0:20:22 > 0:20:25Which a range of hills lying mainly in Northumberland form

0:20:25 > 0:20:28the border between England and Scotland for about 35 miles?

0:20:28 > 0:20:32- Cheviots.- Which German writer, who won the 1999 Nobel Prize for literature,

0:20:32 > 0:20:34caused controversy when he admitted

0:20:34 > 0:20:36he had been recruited into the Waffen SS as a 17-year-old?

0:20:36 > 0:20:40- Hesser.- No, Grass. What name is given to the form of precipitation that results

0:20:40 > 0:20:42when pollutants such as sulphur dioxide

0:20:42 > 0:20:44and nitrogen dioxide combine with atmospheric moisture?

0:20:44 > 0:20:48- Acid rain. - Which Girondins sympathiser was guillotined in

0:20:48 > 0:20:50July 1793 for the murder of Jean-Paul Marat,

0:20:50 > 0:20:53a leader of the radical Montagnard faction in the French Revolution?

0:20:53 > 0:20:57- Corday.- Yes. Graham McPherson, known as Suggs, is the vocalist in which group?

0:20:57 > 0:21:01- Madness.- What name's given to a fluid's resistance to a change of shape or flow

0:21:01 > 0:21:03caused by internal friction in its molecules?

0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Viscosity.- Yes. Which chef and a restaurateur was the resident chef

0:21:06 > 0:21:08on the BBC Two programme Food And Drink,

0:21:08 > 0:21:11before going on to present Saturday Kitchen from 2003 to 2006?

0:21:11 > 0:21:15- Worrall Thompson.- Yes. The flag of which African country is made up of horizontal red,

0:21:15 > 0:21:17yellow and green stripes with a central black star.

0:21:17 > 0:21:20- Ghana.- In Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest, what's

0:21:20 > 0:21:23the name of Algy Moncrieff's formidable ant?

0:21:24 > 0:21:26- Mrs Smith. - No, Lady Bracknell.

0:21:26 > 0:21:28The American professional gridiron football team

0:21:28 > 0:21:30the Dolphins is based in which city?

0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Miami.- Westminster Abbey's dedicated to which saint?

0:21:33 > 0:21:34- Edward the Confessor.- Peter.

0:21:34 > 0:21:37Who played Indiana Jones's father, Dr Henry Jones,

0:21:37 > 0:21:39in the '89 film Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade?

0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Connery.- Which stately home in Wiltshire stands on the site of a ruined

0:21:43 > 0:21:46priory bought by Sir John Finn in 1541 for the sum of £53?

0:21:46 > 0:21:48BEEP

0:21:48 > 0:21:49- Longleat.- Is correct.

0:21:49 > 0:21:54No passes. You have a total now of 28 points.

0:21:54 > 0:21:58APPLAUSE

0:22:02 > 0:22:04And John Beynon again now, please.

0:22:06 > 0:22:09And you start out with 13 points with your knowledge

0:22:09 > 0:22:10of Catherine the Great.

0:22:10 > 0:22:1328 is now the score to beat. Quite a big one, let's see if you can do it.

0:22:13 > 0:22:15Two minutes.

0:22:15 > 0:22:18Which former Liberal Democrat leader was elected to Parliament

0:22:18 > 0:22:20as the MP for Ross Cromarty and Skye in 1983?

0:22:20 > 0:22:22- Charles Kennedy. - The mouflon, native to Corsica

0:22:22 > 0:22:25and Sardinia, is a small wild form of which animal?

0:22:25 > 0:22:28- Sheep.- What name is given to the sheet of soft material used to seal

0:22:28 > 0:22:29the joint between a cylinder head

0:22:29 > 0:22:32and a cylinder block in an internal combustion engine?

0:22:32 > 0:22:35- Gasket. - A statue of which artist, often associated with Salford,

0:22:35 > 0:22:39was unveiled in February 2011 in his favourite drinking place in Manchester?

0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Lowry. - In 1828, Daniel O'Connell's

0:22:41 > 0:22:44victory in a by-election in County Clare led to the passing of

0:22:44 > 0:22:47which act that eventually allowed him to take his seat in Parliament?

0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Catholic Emancipation.- In Greek mythology, who was the father of the Titans?

0:22:54 > 0:22:56- Cronus.- Uranus.

0:22:56 > 0:22:58Which American born mezzo-soprano, celebrated

0:22:58 > 0:23:00for her roles at Glyndebourne, especially Carmen,

0:23:00 > 0:23:02which was directed by her then husband, Sir Peter Hall?

0:23:02 > 0:23:04- Callas.- Maria Ewing.

0:23:04 > 0:23:07Which of Wilkie Collins' novels is about a large diamond given

0:23:07 > 0:23:08to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday?

0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Moonstone.- Who knocked down Cassius Clay, as he was then known,

0:23:11 > 0:23:14at the end of the fourth round of their fight at Wembley in June '63?

0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Henry Cooper. - Which moon mission sent the famous message,

0:23:17 > 0:23:20"Houston, we've had a problem here?"

0:23:20 > 0:23:24- Apollo 13.- Which Belgian city is known as Luik to Flemish speakers?

0:23:24 > 0:23:26- Leiden.- Liege.

0:23:26 > 0:23:28Whose early television roles include Jakey Smith,

0:23:28 > 0:23:31a reformed Teddy boy on National Service, in the series Get Some In,

0:23:31 > 0:23:33and Wolfie Smith, the leader of the Tooting Popular Front?

0:23:35 > 0:23:38- Pass.- Which town, now a city, was bypassed by the first

0:23:38 > 0:23:41stretch of motorway to be opened in Britain in 1958?

0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Birmingham.- Preston.

0:23:43 > 0:23:45The Guardian editor, Alan Rusbridger,

0:23:45 > 0:23:47is credited with coining what term for an extreme form

0:23:47 > 0:23:50of press gagging order that prevented his paper reporting on an alleged

0:23:50 > 0:23:53case of toxic waste dumping in west Africa?

0:23:53 > 0:23:56- Super injunction. - In which film musical do Bing Crosby

0:23:56 > 0:23:58and Frank Sinatra sing Well Did You Evah?

0:23:58 > 0:24:01- High Society.- Sir Anthony Eden was given what principle title

0:24:01 > 0:24:04when he was raised to the peerage in 1961,

0:24:04 > 0:24:08along with the subsidiary title, first Viscount Eden of Royal Leamington Spa?

0:24:08 > 0:24:11- Avon?- Graham Greene's novel about a lapsed priest,

0:24:11 > 0:24:14The Power and the Glory, is set in which country?

0:24:14 > 0:24:16- Mexico.- Sage Derby is a green marbled variety of which food?

0:24:16 > 0:24:19- BEEP Cheese.- Is correct.

0:24:19 > 0:24:22You had one pass, it was Robert Lindsay whose television

0:24:22 > 0:24:24roles included Jakey Smith, and so on.

0:24:24 > 0:24:28You have, John Beynon, 26 points.

0:24:28 > 0:24:31APPLAUSE

0:24:37 > 0:24:39And finally, Ken Owen again, please.

0:24:40 > 0:24:46And you start with 15 points with your knowledge of the Apostle Peter.

0:24:46 > 0:24:50And 28 is still the score to beat.

0:24:50 > 0:24:53Here we go, two minutes, starting now.

0:24:53 > 0:24:55Which novel was Mervyn Griffiths-Jones QC referring to

0:24:55 > 0:24:58when he asked the jury at the Old Bailey in October 1960,

0:24:58 > 0:25:01"Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or servants to read?"

0:25:01 > 0:25:04- Lady Chatterley's Lover. - Which old English desert was originally a drink

0:25:04 > 0:25:07made by pouring fresh milk over spiced wine or cider,

0:25:07 > 0:25:09but is now made with whipped cream and is much firmer?

0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Posset.- Syllabub. What did Dr Johnson define as the first month of a marriage

0:25:13 > 0:25:15when there is nothing but tenderness and pleasure?

0:25:15 > 0:25:19- May.- Honeymoon. Who was deposed as the president of Egypt in 2011,

0:25:19 > 0:25:21after 30 years in power?

0:25:21 > 0:25:23- Mubarak.- What collective name is given by the press

0:25:23 > 0:25:26to the senior Conservative politicians who selected the party leader

0:25:26 > 0:25:29prior to Edward Heath's election in 1965?

0:25:29 > 0:25:31- The 1922 Committee. - The Magic Circle.

0:25:31 > 0:25:34What adjective, meaning disdainfully superior in manner,

0:25:34 > 0:25:36comes from the Latin for eyebrow?

0:25:36 > 0:25:37- Supercilious.- Correct.

0:25:37 > 0:25:41Which 20th century British monarch outlived his successor by 20 years?

0:25:43 > 0:25:44- Edward VIII.- Correct.

0:25:44 > 0:25:47The heroine of which opera by Rimsky-Korsakov is

0:25:47 > 0:25:49the daughter of spring and frost?

0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Elias.- The Snow Maiden.

0:25:52 > 0:25:56The 2009 art project, One & Other, involved 2,400 people

0:25:56 > 0:25:59each standing for an hour on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

0:25:59 > 0:26:02Who was the artist behind the project?

0:26:02 > 0:26:04- Alison.- Antony Gormley.

0:26:04 > 0:26:07Roger Miller topped the UK charts in 1965 with which song,

0:26:07 > 0:26:09he part owned a hotel in Nashville named after it?

0:26:09 > 0:26:13- King Of The Road. - Which tool is a small plane with a handle

0:26:13 > 0:26:16on each side of its blade, used for shaping curved surfaces?

0:26:16 > 0:26:18- Bevel.- Spoke shave.

0:26:18 > 0:26:20Whose 1630 treatise Dialogue, concerning

0:26:20 > 0:26:23the two chief world systems, led to him being tried for heresy

0:26:23 > 0:26:25by the Inquisition in Rome?

0:26:25 > 0:26:26- Smith.- Galileo.

0:26:26 > 0:26:29In which city are New Street and Snow Hill railway stations?

0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Birmingham.- What name did the actor Michael Shalhoub adopt when he converted

0:26:32 > 0:26:37from Catholicism to Islam in 1955 to marry the actress Faten Hamama?

0:26:37 > 0:26:41- Omar Sharif.- The last line of Stephen Benet's poem American Names provided

0:26:41 > 0:26:45the title for which work by Dee Brown about the last major

0:26:45 > 0:26:48conflict between the North American plains Indians and the US government?

0:26:48 > 0:26:50- The Wild West. - Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee.

0:26:50 > 0:26:54- Who was appointed as the one-day international England cricket - BEEP

0:26:54 > 0:26:57captain in May 2011 in succession to Andrew Strauss?

0:26:59 > 0:27:02- I'll put you our of your misery.- Sumner.

0:27:02 > 0:27:04Well, it was close. Alastair Cook.

0:27:04 > 0:27:07No passes, Ken Owen, 22 points.

0:27:07 > 0:27:11APPLAUSE

0:27:19 > 0:27:22Well, he held onto his lead. Let's have a look at all those scores.

0:27:22 > 0:27:25In fifth place, with 13 points, Mary Bucknall.

0:27:25 > 0:27:27Fourth place, 16 points, Jonathan Perry.

0:27:27 > 0:27:30Third place, 22 points, Ken Owen.

0:27:30 > 0:27:32Second place, 26 points, John Beynon.

0:27:32 > 0:27:37It wasn't quite enough, in first place, with 28 points, Gary Grant.

0:27:37 > 0:27:42APPLAUSE

0:27:50 > 0:27:53Which means, of course,

0:27:53 > 0:27:56that Gary Grant is the winner, he claims a place in the grand final.

0:27:56 > 0:27:57Congratulations to him.

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