0:00:24 > 0:00:26First in the spotlight tonight is Chris Cummins,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29a linguistics researcher from Cambridge.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31His subject, the US Masters.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Mike Clark, from Angus.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37His subject, the His Dark Materials novels by Philip Pullman.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39John Marshall, a retired bank manager from Barnsley.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43He'll be answering questions on the Clyde River steamers.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Paul Smith, a media technical consultant from Welwyn Garden City.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48His subject, classical mythology.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51And Andy Tucker, former diplomat from Winchester.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55His subject, the East African campaign of World War I.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Five contenders are about to compete for a place
0:01:06 > 0:01:07in this year's grand final.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09They may have been here before,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12but that does not make the ordeal any less daunting.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15From the black chair they will face a minute and a half of questions
0:01:15 > 0:01:17on their specialist subject,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and then two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23The winner will take a step closer to owning the famous glass bowl.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Far more importantly, becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us please.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- And your name is? - Chris Cummins.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Your occupation? - Linguistics researcher.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- And your specialist subject? - The US Masters.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45The US Masters in 90 seconds.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Since 1965, the winner of the tournament has traditionally been presented
0:01:48 > 0:01:50with a green jacket by the previous champion.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52In which building does this take place?
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- Butler Cabin. - Yes.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Which four-time winner was made an honorary starter of the Masters in 2007?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- Arnold Palmer.- Yes.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Who wrongly marked Roberto de Vicenzo's scorecard in the final round in 1968,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07thereby depriving him of a play-off against Bob Goldie?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08- Tommy Erin.- Yes.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Which of the three holes that make up Amen Corner is a 510 yard par-5?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- The 12th.- 13th.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Who is the only caddie to have carried the bag
0:02:16 > 0:02:20for four different winners, beginning in 1938 with Henry Picard?
0:02:22 > 0:02:23- Pappy Stokes.- Yes.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Which debutant finished runner-up one stroke behind
0:02:26 > 0:02:30when Jack Nicklaus won his first Masters title in 1963?
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Pass.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37The Zimbabwean golfer Nick Price only finished in fifth place in the '86 Masters,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40despite setting a course record in the third round with what score?
0:02:40 > 0:02:41- 63.- Yes.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Several crystal commemorative prizes are awarded during the tournament.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47For what score would player win a pair of crystal goblets?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48- An eagle. - Yes.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Who began his play-off round against Ben Hogan in the 1942 tournament
0:02:51 > 0:02:53with a double bogey six at the first hole?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54- Byron Nelson. - Yes.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Which CBS commentator was banned from covering the tournament
0:02:58 > 0:03:01after he referred to the crowd at the 18th green as "that mob", in 1966?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Pass.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Who played the 12th hole in the first two rounds of the 1980 tournament
0:03:06 > 0:03:08in a total of 14 over par?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09- Tom Weiskopf.- Yes.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Which chairman of the course helped Nick Faldo into his green jacket
0:03:13 > 0:03:16after his successful defence of the Masters title in 1990?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Hord Hardin.- Is correct.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21You had two passes.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23It was Jack Whittaker, that commentator.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26And it was Tony Lima who finished runner-up
0:03:26 > 0:03:30when Nicklaus won his first Masters title in 1963.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33You have, Chris Cummins, nine points.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43And our next contender, please.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- And your name is?- Mike Clark.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- And your occupation?- Unemployed.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- And your specialist subject? - Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58His Dark Materials in 90 seconds.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02At the beginning of the trilogy, Lyra Belacqua and her demon, Pantalaimon
0:04:02 > 0:04:07live at which Oxford college, described as being the grandest and richest of them all?
0:04:07 > 0:04:08- St Gabriel's.- Jordan College.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11In Northern Lights, what's the name of the room in which Lyra is hiding
0:04:11 > 0:04:14when she sees the poisoning of the Tokaji wine
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and the presentation of Stanislaus Grumman's ice-encased head?
0:04:17 > 0:04:18- The Retiring Room. - Yes.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21The witch Serafina Pekkala is the clan Queen of which region?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Enara.- Yes.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26What is the name of the device that Gallivespian spies used
0:04:26 > 0:04:28to communicate with each other when they are far apart?
0:04:28 > 0:04:29- Lodestone resonator.- Yes.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33In The Subtle Night, what's the name of the city where Will first meets Lyra
0:04:33 > 0:04:35after he's crossed into a parallel universe?
0:04:35 > 0:04:36- Cittagazze.- Yes.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38What's the name of the witch who kills Will's father,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40immediately after he's realised Will is his son?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Lena Feldt.- No, Juta Kamainen.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45At the end of the Amber Spyglass, Will and Lyra agree to sit the same spot
0:04:45 > 0:04:49in the Botanic Gardens at noon on which day of every year for as long as they live?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- Midsummer's day.- Yes.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54When Lyra leaves Jordan College with Mrs Coulter and is presented with an Alethiometer,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57the master tells her it's one of only how many ever made?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58- Six.- Yes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00What is the name of Tony Makarios' daemon
0:05:00 > 0:05:03from whom he is severed in Bolvangar with tragic results?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04- Ratter.- Yes.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07What have the Mulefa attached to their feet as wheels
0:05:07 > 0:05:08to allow them to move around?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- Seed pods.- Yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Will's father succeeds in healing his son's wound
0:05:12 > 0:05:13after the witch's spell has failed.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15What ointment does he use?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16- Blood moss.- Yes.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19What's the first rule of the Guild of the Torre degli Angeli
0:05:19 > 0:05:21in relation to The Subtle Knife?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Not to mention its use.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24No, never open without closing.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28In Northern Lights, the master and the librarian discuss the two renegade theologians
0:05:28 > 0:05:31who were the first to suggest the existence of other worlds.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32I'll finish the question.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Barnard was one, what was the name of the other?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- Stokes. - Stokes is correct.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40No passes. Mike Clark, you have 10 points.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49And our next contender, please.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56- And your name is?- John Marshall.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Your occupation? - Retired bank manager.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00And your specialist subject?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Clyde River Steamers, 1890 to 1960.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Clyde River Steamers in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Which restored Clyde paddle steamer, originally launched just after World War II,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12is still providing excursions around the coast of the UK?
0:06:12 > 0:06:13- Waverly.- Yes.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Carriages from whose novels were used to name the majority of the steamers in fleets
0:06:17 > 0:06:19associated with the North British Railway Company?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20- Sir Walter Scott.- Correct.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Which paddle steamer was sold in 1902 for service at Rio de Janeiro?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- Meg Merrillies.- Yes.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29For what reason were the captains of the Marchioness of Lorne and the Glen Sannox
0:06:29 > 0:06:32severely censured by the Board of Trade following a collision in 1899?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Pass.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Which Clyde paddle steamer was initially known as the teetotal boat,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39because it didn't serve alcohol on board?
0:06:39 > 0:06:40- Ivanhoe.- Yes.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45For which railway company was the paddle steamer Jeanie Deans built in 31?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- LNER, London North Eastern.- Yes.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Bought by the Glasgow and South Western Railway in 1991.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Which was the oldest and smallest of its first fleet of six paddle steamers?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- Sultan.- Yes.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58The Red Gauntlet was steered ashore onto an island
0:06:58 > 0:07:00after it struck rocks in gale force winds in 1899.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01What was the name of the island?
0:07:01 > 0:07:02- Aran.- Yes.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Which company owned the world-renowned paddle steamer Columba,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09which was eventually broken up in '36 after many years service?
0:07:09 > 0:07:10- David MacBrayne.- Yes.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Which Clyde steamer's name was changed in 1935
0:07:12 > 0:07:15because of the introduction of a similarly named Cunard liner?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- Queen Mary.- Yes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20The paddle steamer Chancellor was built to provide a service to Arrochar
0:07:20 > 0:07:21at the head of which loch?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- Loch Long.- Yes.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Which Clyde vessel built in 1901
0:07:24 > 0:07:27was the world's first commercially-operated turbine power passenger steamer?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- King Edward.- Yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Launched in 1937,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33which paddle steamer was renamed HMS Helvellyn
0:07:33 > 0:07:35for minesweeping duties in World War II,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38was bombed and sunk in the Thames in 1941?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40- Juno.- Is correct.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42You had just one pass.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47The reason that the captains of the Marchioness of Lorne and the Glen Sannox
0:07:47 > 0:07:51were severely censured was because they had been racing each other.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55You have, John Marshall, 12 points.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04And our next contender, please.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- And your name is?- Paul Smith.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Your occupation? - Digital media technical consultant.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- And your specialist subject? - Classical mythology.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Classical mythology in 90 seconds.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27In classical mythology, what name was given
0:08:27 > 0:08:30to the space or void from which the early gods of darkness and night appeared?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31- Chaos.- Yes.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35The Titaness Mnemosyne was the mother of the nine Muses and a wife of Zeus.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36What did she personify?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- Memory.- Yes.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Odysseus and Diomedes
0:08:39 > 0:08:42entered Troy to steal what image on which the city's safety depended?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- The Palladian.- Yes.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46What sort of creature was the wise and kind Chiron,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49who was the tutor of many heroes including Achilles?
0:08:49 > 0:08:50- A centaur.- Yes.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53According to Ovid, who did Perseus turn into a mountain
0:08:53 > 0:08:55by showing him the gorgon Medusa's head?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Erm...
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- King Acrisius.- Atlas.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04As a punishment to mortal men, Pandora was created as the first mortal woman.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Who moulded her from earth or clay?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- Hephaestus.- Yes.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Which King sent Jason to fetch the Golden Fleece
0:09:10 > 0:09:13from a grove in Colchis, guarded by a dragon that never slept?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Hades.- Pelleas.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18What did Theseus forget to do near the end of his return voyage to Athens
0:09:18 > 0:09:20that resulted in his father killing himself
0:09:20 > 0:09:23because he thought his son was dead?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Put the right colour sail up. - Yes, he forgot to change the sail from black to white.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29In which region, sometimes described as "beneath the underworld",
0:09:29 > 0:09:32were the defeated enemies of the gods held and punished?
0:09:32 > 0:09:33- Tartarus.- Yes.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36What did Rhea give to Chronos in place of the younger son Zeus,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39after Chronos had swallowed all of the other children?
0:09:39 > 0:09:40- A big rock.- Yes.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42What was the Roman equivalent of the Moirae,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45the Greek personification of destiny,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47also known as the fate, or fates?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- I was going to say the fates. Pass. - OK.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Which female monster with six heads and 12 legs
0:09:52 > 0:09:55lay in wait for sailors in rocks between Italy and Sicily?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Scylla.- The Scylla is correct.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00And the one you nearly said,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- the Roman equivalent of the Moirae were the Parcae. - OK.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06One pass. Paul Smith, you have nine points.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17And our final contender, please.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25And your name is?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Your occupation?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29And your chosen subject?
0:10:32 > 0:10:36The East Africa campaign in World War I in 90 seconds.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Who was appointed commander
0:10:37 > 0:10:40of the British East Africa Expeditionary Force in 1916
0:10:40 > 0:10:41when General Smith Dorrien became unwell?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Jan Smuts.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Yes. In November 1917, what form of aerial transport
0:10:45 > 0:10:47did the Germans send to try to get supplies
0:10:47 > 0:10:48to their troops in East Africa?
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Zeppelin.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Correct. Which territory did the Germans invade
0:10:52 > 0:10:55when they crossed the Rovuma River on 25 November 1917?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Portuguese East Africa.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Yes. In 1915, HMS Mimi and HMS Toutou were taken by ship to South Africa,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04then moved overland to attack German vessels on which lake?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Lake Tanganyika.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Yes. Troops from which country took the town
0:11:07 > 0:11:09of Tabora when Germany withdrew in September 1916?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10The Belgians.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Yes. What position did Heinrich Schnee hold throughout the war?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17He was Governor of Tanganyika...er, German East Africa.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Yes. Who arrived in Dar Es Salaam in 1914 to command the colony's
0:11:20 > 0:11:24protective force and led the German troops until their surrender in 1918?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Von Lettow-Vorbeck.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Yes. In November 1914, which British military force
0:11:28 > 0:11:32made an amphibious landing at Tanga, only to be evacuated a few days' later?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Indian Expeditionary Force B.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Correct. What Arabic word meaning soldier was used for native troops
0:11:37 > 0:11:39recruited within the East African colonies?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Askari.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Correct. Which new British artillery unit under the command
0:11:43 > 0:11:46of Sir John Willoughby took part in the assault on the Lukigura River?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Er, Willoughby's Motor Cars.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50The Armoured Car Battery, yes.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53At which battle in February 1916 did the newly-arrived
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Second South African Brigade suffer heavy casualties?
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Narungombe?
0:11:59 > 0:12:00No, Salaita Hill.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Which British territory did German forces enter in November 1918,
0:12:04 > 0:12:05surrendering at Abercorn on the 25th?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07BEEP
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Northern Rhodesia.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Northern Rhodesia is correct. You had no passes.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13You have, Andy Tucker, 11 points.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18APPLAUSE
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Well, a very close first round, that. Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26In joint fourth place, nine points apiece,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Chris Cummins and Paul Smith.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Third place, 10 points, Mike Clark.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Second place, 11 points, Andy Tucker.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36In the lead, just, 12 points, John Marshall.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41APPLAUSE
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Which means, of course, it's the General Knowledge round now,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46and if there is a tie at the end of it,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49which is entirely possible, then the number of passes
0:12:49 > 0:12:54is taken into account, and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55If they're tied on passes as well,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58then we have to have a tie-break, so let's get on with it
0:12:58 > 0:13:00and ask Chris Cummins to join us again, if you would, please.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08And you begin with nine points, with your knowledge of golf.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Two minutes, starting now.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Pyrophobia is an extreme fear of what?
0:13:13 > 0:13:14Fire.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Yes. Which small cake with a hard surface
0:13:16 > 0:13:18and a chewy inside is made with ground almond,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21sugar and egg whites, and is similar to the Italian Amaretti biscuits?
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Pass.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25The fourth in which series of films was released in 2011,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27with the subtitle "On Stranger Tides."
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Pirates of the Caribbean?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Yeah. What term is used for a flat tract of land bordering a river,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33generally covered by sediment,
0:13:33 > 0:13:35that's especially liable to be submerged in times of heavy rain?
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Floodplain.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Yes. In American politics, Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz
0:13:39 > 0:13:42were early protagonists of which doctrine that advocates
0:13:42 > 0:13:45free-market economics and an aggressive foreign policy?
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Neo-liberalism.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47Neo-conservativism.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Chichen Itza was a sacred city of which people who lived in an area
0:13:51 > 0:13:54that included southern Mexico, Guatemala and northern Belize?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Aztec.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56No, the Mayan.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Singer Alecia Moore, who topped the UK singles charts in 2002
0:14:00 > 0:14:04with Just Like A Pill is better known by what colourful name?
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Pink.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Yes. What term for the science of heredity was coined
0:14:07 > 0:14:10by the biologist William Bateson, who was born in Whitby in 1861?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Genetics.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Yes. Which fantasy world created by Sir Terry Pratchett travels through
0:14:14 > 0:14:17space on the backs of four elephants that stand on a giant turtle?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Discworld.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Yes. What name is given to the 90-mile long system of gorges
0:14:21 > 0:14:23and rapids on the River Danube that forms
0:14:23 > 0:14:25part of the border between Romania and Serbia?
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Pass.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Which international television festival was held in Montreux
0:14:28 > 0:14:33from 1961 to 2003, but has since transferred to Lucerne?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Gold Rose?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Yes. In 1877, Thomas Edison recited the first line
0:14:36 > 0:14:40of which nursery rhyme into his first successful phonograph?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Mary Had A Little Lamb.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Yes. What term is used for the code of common courtesy expected of users
0:14:44 > 0:14:47of online sites such as chatrooms and bulletin boards?
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Netiquette.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Yes. Which property developer adopted the catchphrase
0:14:50 > 0:14:53"You're fired" in the original version of The Apprentice?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Donald Trump.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Correct. In July 2011, who became the first Briton since Robert Miller
0:14:58 > 0:15:02in 1984 to win one of the three prestigious jerseys in the Tour de France?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Mark Cavendish.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Yes. Which composer used the Alla Turca or Turkish style in his opera
0:15:07 > 0:15:10The Abduction from the Seraglio, and for the Rondo of his Piano Sonata in A?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12BEEP
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Mozart.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Is correct.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16You had two passes.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20The name given to the 90-mile long system of gorges and rapids
0:15:20 > 0:15:24on the River Danube is the Iron Gate, and that little cake with a
0:15:24 > 0:15:30hard surface and a chewy inside and almonds and all that is a macaroon.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Two passes. Your total now, Chris Cummins, is 21 points.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38APPLAUSE
0:15:41 > 0:15:43And now Paul Smith again, please.
0:15:46 > 0:15:52And you also have nine points from your knowledge of classical mythology.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:15:55 > 0:15:5921 is the score to beat at the moment. Here we go, two minutes.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01The outlaw sometimes known as William H. Bonney, Jr,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03who was shot and killed by Marshall Pat Garrett
0:16:03 > 0:16:06in New Mexico in 1881 is better known by what name?
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Billy the Kid.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Yes. Which sauce, originally from Genoa, is made by adding
0:16:10 > 0:16:14olive oil to pounded basil, pine nut kernels, garlic and Parmesan cheese?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Pesto.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Yes. Which of his albums did Paul Simon partially record in South Africa,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21helping to raise the profile of African music?
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Graceland.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Yes. In July 1837, George D. Watt was baptised by American missionaries
0:16:26 > 0:16:30in the River Ribble as the first British convert to which sect?
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Latter-day Saints. Mormon.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Mormonism, yes. Which European country had African colonies
0:16:34 > 0:16:37including Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Erm, Germany.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Spain. Who effectively ruined Michael Howard's bid
0:16:41 > 0:16:43for the Conservative party leadership in 1997,
0:16:43 > 0:16:46when she said he had something of the night about him?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Erm, Margaret Thatcher.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Ann Widdecombe.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Which American writer first came to prominence
0:16:51 > 0:16:53with The Corrections, published in 2001?
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Pass.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Which football club were relegated from the Premier League
0:16:57 > 0:16:59in May 2011 after one season, prompting their manager,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Ian Holloway, to say their castle was made of sand?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Blackpool.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Yes. What's the alternative common name for the snow leopard
0:17:06 > 0:17:09found in the high mountains of Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Clouded leopard.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12The ounce. Which dramatic cantata by William Walton
0:17:12 > 0:17:14is based on a story in the book of Daniel?
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Belshazzar's Feast.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Yes. Which anti-crime scheme was established in Britain
0:17:18 > 0:17:22after a group of police officers visited Chicago in 1982?
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Pass.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Who collaborated with John Fletcher on many plays between 1606 and 1613,
0:17:27 > 0:17:31and was the sole author of The Knight Of The Burning Pestle?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Erm, Marlowe.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Beaumont.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Which Formula 1 racing driver is the subject of a 2010 biopic
0:17:36 > 0:17:40made by the British filmmaker Asif Kapadia?
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Ayrton Senna.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Yes. In which country was the art movement "de stijl"
0:17:43 > 0:17:45or "the style" founded in 1917?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Holland.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Its members included Piet Mondrian and Theo Van Doesburg
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Holland.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Yes. What name is given to the assassination in Dublin in 1882
0:17:53 > 0:17:54of Lord Frederick Cavendish,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57the British Chief Secretary of Ireland, and his Under-Secretary T.H. Burke?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Pass.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00The title song from which...
0:18:00 > 0:18:01BEEP
0:18:01 > 0:18:03..1933 Film musical is performed by Ruby Keeler
0:18:03 > 0:18:05on the roof of a New York cab?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Streetcar Named Desire?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09No, it was 42nd Street.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13You had three passes.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16The assassination in Dublin in 1882 of Cavendish and Burke
0:18:16 > 0:18:20were the Phoenix Park murders, or so they said.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22That anti-crime scheme that came from Chicago in 1982
0:18:22 > 0:18:24was Neighbourhood Watch.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26And the man who wrote The Corrections,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29which was published in 2001, was Jonathan Franzen.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32You have, Paul Smith, 17 points.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38APPLAUSE
0:18:41 > 0:18:43And now Mike Clark again, please.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53And you start out with 10 points with your knowledge of His Dark Materials.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54The score to beat is still 21.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Two minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Sugarloaf Mountain overlooks which South American city?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Rio de Janeiro.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Yes. Which sequence of films stars Michael J Fox as Marty McFly?
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Back To The Future.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Yes. During the First World War, what did some women,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09under the direction of Admiral Charles Fitzgerald hand out
0:19:09 > 0:19:11to able-bodied young men who were not in uniform?
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Stockings.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18White feathers. The word for which financial arrangement
0:19:18 > 0:19:20comes from the old French words for death and pledge?
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Mortgage.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Yeah. Which Hong Kong-born author's been shortlisted
0:19:24 > 0:19:27for the Man Booker Prize for the novels Sour Sweet
0:19:27 > 0:19:30and Insular Possession and The Redundancy of Courage?
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Wang Chung.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Timothy Mo.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35The high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle developed for
0:19:35 > 0:19:38the American military around 1981 is commonly known by what acronym?
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Humvee.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Yes. Pashka is a type of rich cheesecake traditionally
0:19:42 > 0:19:44served in Russia at which Christian festival?
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Easter.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Yes. The name of which brightly coloured tin-glazed earthenware
0:19:48 > 0:19:53comes from a city in northern Italy that was famed for its production of mejolica?
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Capestrano?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Faience. Who served as George W. Bush's Vice President
0:19:57 > 0:19:59during his two terms of office?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Dan Quayle?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Dick Cheney. In which television series did teams representing their home towns
0:20:05 > 0:20:08compete over a series of obstacle courses for the right to represent Britain
0:20:08 > 0:20:10in the European finals of Jeux Sans Frontieres?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11It's A Knockout!
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Yes. The monitor, which can range in length from 20 centimetres
0:20:14 > 0:20:17to 3 metres, is a genius of which reptile?
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Lizard.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Yes. When Roman Britain was split into two provinces
0:20:20 > 0:20:21in the third century A.D.,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24London became the capital of Britannia Superior.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28What became the capital of the northern province of Britannia Inferior?
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Norwich?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30York. Which actor and singer,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32a leading member of Sinatra's Rat Pack recorded
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Little Old Wine Drinker Me,
0:20:34 > 0:20:36as a joke reference to his supposed fondness for a drink?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Dean Martin.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Yes. Which play by Sean O'Casey set in 1920 is the first in his trilogy
0:20:41 > 0:20:43about the struggle for Irish independence?
0:20:43 > 0:20:44The Queer Fellow.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45The Shadow Of A Gunman.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48In a motor vehicle, what name is given to the type of gears introduced
0:20:48 > 0:20:51to avoid the need for double-declutching when changing gear?
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Synchromesh.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Yes. Which city of London institution is based at 10 Paternoster Square?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57BEEP
0:20:57 > 0:20:59The Stock Exchange?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Stock Exchange is correct. No passes.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Mike Clark, you have 20 points.
0:21:03 > 0:21:09APPLAUSE
0:21:12 > 0:21:14And Andy Tucker, please.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21And you have 11 points with your knowledge of the East African campaign of World War I.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Two minutes on general knowledge, and still the score to beat is 21.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Here we go.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30The autobiography of which adventurer born in Venice in 1725
0:21:30 > 0:21:33established his reputation as the archetypal seducer of women?
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Casanova.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Yes. The liqueur cassis, a speciality of Dijon,
0:21:36 > 0:21:38is made from which soft fruit?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Blackcurrant.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Yes. What rank is traditionally held
0:21:41 > 0:21:42by the head of the Metropolitan Police?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Commissioner.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Yes. Which city's Roman Catholic Cathedral,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47a tent-like structure in the shape of a crown,
0:21:47 > 0:21:49was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd
0:21:49 > 0:21:51after the original by Sir Edwin Luytens
0:21:51 > 0:21:52was abandoned because of the cost?
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Liverpool.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Yes. Which award-winning British jazz singer
0:21:55 > 0:21:57is a presenter of Jazz Lineup on Radio Three?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Jamie Cullum?
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Clare Martin. In business, what term is given to a person or company
0:22:02 > 0:22:04that comes to the aid of one facing an unwelcome takeover bid?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06A white knight.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Yes. The town of Sandwich in Kent gives its name
0:22:08 > 0:22:11to a species of seabird first identified there in the 1780s?
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Tern.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Yes. Which poet and playwright's first marriage to Vivienne Haigh-Wood
0:22:15 > 0:22:19is the subject of Michael Hastings's 1984 play Tom and Viv?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21T. S. Eliot.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Yes. Prior to Queen Victoria,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25who was the last British Queen to reign in her own right?
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Anne.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Yes. Which small European principality is traditionally divided in two regions,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31known as the upper country or Oberland,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33and the lower country or Unterland?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Liechtenstein.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Yes. Which singer's first successful albums were Hunky Dory
0:22:36 > 0:22:39and The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars?
0:22:39 > 0:22:40David Bowie.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Yes. Who was appointed as Chief Secretary of the Treasury
0:22:43 > 0:22:47after the resignation of David Law shortly after the 2010 General Election?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Danny Alexander.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Yes. What term is used for the figure of speech
0:22:50 > 0:22:53in which apparently contradictory terms are placed together?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55It comes from the Greek for sharp and foolish.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Litotes.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Oxymoron. Which tone poem by Richard Strauss features the fanfare Sunrise,
0:23:01 > 0:23:04which was used in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Also Sprach Zarathustra.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Yes. What name is given to a stretch of salt or brackish water
0:23:09 > 0:23:11separated from the sea by a sandbank or coral reef?
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Fleet?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15A lagoon. Which French scientist gave his name to the heat treatment
0:23:15 > 0:23:19used to destroy harmful organisms in certain foods and liquids, such as milk?
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Pasteur.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Yes. The centre of the city of Durham
0:23:22 > 0:23:24is surrounded on three sides by a meander of which river?
0:23:24 > 0:23:25The Wear.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Yes. Which 1972 film starring Liza Minnelli and Michael Yorke
0:23:28 > 0:23:31was based on Christopher Isherwood's Berlin stories?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Cabaret.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Is correct. No passes.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36You've now moved well into the lead.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Andy Tucker, you have 26 points.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42APPLAUSE
0:23:46 > 0:23:49And, finally, John Marshall again, please.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58And you start out with 12 points with your knowledge of the Clyde River steamers,
0:23:58 > 0:23:59but now, as I say, 26 is the score to beat.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Two minutes of general knowledge to see if you can do it,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06and win a place in the final.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Entomology is the scientific study of which creatures?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Insects.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Yes. Brown Windsor, which became something of a joke with mentions
0:24:12 > 0:24:15on The Goon Show and Fawlty Towers is a variety of what?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Soup.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Yes. What title of the Italian for master
0:24:18 > 0:24:20is given to noted composers and conductors?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Maestro.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Yes. African and French are two popular varieties
0:24:23 > 0:24:25of which summer bedding plant?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Pass.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Which early Greek mathematician is best known
0:24:28 > 0:24:31for his 13-volume work Elements on geometry and related subjects?
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Euclid.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Yes. What name is given to the Wedgwood design of pale blue stoneware
0:24:35 > 0:24:39with applied white relief decoration that was first produced in about 1774?
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Jasper.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Yes. Who starred as a bumbling chaplain in the comedy series
0:24:43 > 0:24:46All Gas And Gaiters, then as a monk in Oh, Brother! and its sequel, Oh, Father!?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47Derek Nimmo.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Yes. Which building was officially opened in October 1965,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53when Harold Wilson made a telephone call to the Lord Mayor of Birmingham?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54The Post Office Tower.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Yes. Which city stands at the head of the Moray Firth?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Inverness.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Yes. What name is given to a hypothetical gas that obeys the gas laws
0:25:01 > 0:25:04including Boyle's Law and Charles' Law at all pressures and temperatures?
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Pass.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08In the Bible, what was the name of the wife of Uriah the Hittite,
0:25:08 > 0:25:09who was seduced by King David?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Pass.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Friedrich von Schiller's work An die Freude, or Ode to Joy,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19was set to music by which composer in the last movement of his ninth Symphony?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Pass.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23James I became the first Stuart King of England in 1603.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25What title did he hold in Scotland?
0:25:25 > 0:25:26James VI.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Yes. In July 2011, in which sport did Hayley Turner become the first woman
0:25:29 > 0:25:31to be the outright winner of a Group One race in Britain?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Horseracing.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Yes. The Russian novelist Mikhail Sholokov
0:25:35 > 0:25:37won the 1965 Nobel Prize for literature for his stories about
0:25:37 > 0:25:41which people's struggle for independence from the Bolsheviks?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Ukrainians?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43The Cossacks.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Who played the militant shop steward Fred Kite in the 1959 comedy film
0:25:47 > 0:25:48I'm All Right, Jack?
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Peter Sellers.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Yes. Which Duke and Uncle of the Queen was killed in a plane crash
0:25:52 > 0:25:54in the north of Scotland in August 1942,
0:25:54 > 0:25:56while he was on active service in the Second World War?
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Duke of Kent.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Is correct. Which playwright married the historian
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Lady Antonia Fraser in 1980?
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Harold Pinter.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Correct. What name was given to the associations of craftsmen and tradesmen
0:26:07 > 0:26:09formed for mutual benefit that developed in Britain
0:26:09 > 0:26:10and Europe in the Middle Ages?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12BEEP
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Freemason Lodge.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15No, the Guilds.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Let me give you your passes, four of them. Beethoven and Ode to Joy.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22The name of the wife of Uriah the Hittite was Bathsheba.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27That hypothetical gas that obeys all those laws is ideal gas,
0:26:27 > 0:26:29or sometimes perfect gas,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32and African and French are two varieties of Marigold.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35You have, John Marshall, 25 points.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41APPLAUSE
0:26:45 > 0:26:50So, very close. At the end of the General Knowledge round, let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53In fifth, 17 points, Paul Smith.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Fourth place, 20 points, Mike Clark.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Third place, 21 points, Chris Cummins.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Second place, 25 points, John Marshall.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05First place, 26 points, Andy Tucker.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10APPLAUSE
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Which means that Andy Tucker is the winner,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22and he claims a place in the grand final.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Congratulations to him.
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