0:00:24 > 0:00:27In the spotlight tonight, Eliot Wilson,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29a House of Commons clerk from London.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31His specialist subject, Harold Macmillan.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Quentin Holt, a tax consultant from Kingston.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37His subject, Sir Isaac Newton. Sarah Waller, a teacher from Ascot.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41She'll be answering questions on the history of the Cayman Islands.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Mark Wyatt, a chartered accountant from Birmingham.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46His subject, the television series Band of Brothers.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48And Simon Alvey, a market researcher from Middlesex
0:00:48 > 0:00:51who'll answer questions on the English Civil Wars
0:00:51 > 0:00:53in the 17th century.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56APPLAUSE
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 > 0:01:08in this year's Grand Final. They may have been here before,
0:01:08 > 0:01:12but that doesn't 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 > 0:01:18on their specialist subject, then two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Tonight is the last of our semifinals,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24so the winner will claim the one remaining place
0:01:24 > 0:01:27in the Grand Final and be in with a chance of owning
0:01:27 > 0:01:30the famous glass bowl, and becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41And your name is?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Your occupation?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Now, in the heats, you were one of the highest scoring runners-up,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49answering questions on Enoch Powell. Tonight, your subject is...
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Harold Macmillan in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55In his budget speech of April 1956,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57what radical innovation did Macmillan announce
0:01:57 > 0:01:59to increase private savings?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- Premium Bonds.- In which ministry in the coalition
0:02:01 > 0:02:04did Macmillan take up his first government post in May 1940?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- The Ministry of Supply. - On which island did he have talks
0:02:06 > 0:02:08with President Eisenhower in March '57,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10two months after becoming Prime Minister?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- Bermuda. - From which department
0:02:12 > 0:02:14did three ministers resign in January '58?
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Macmillan shrugged it off as,
0:02:16 > 0:02:17"These little local difficulties."
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- The Treasury. - On 20th July 1957,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21he made a famous speech stating that
0:02:21 > 0:02:23"Most of our people have never had it so good."
0:02:23 > 0:02:25In which town did that speech take place?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Bedford.- Whom did Macmillan appoint
0:02:27 > 0:02:30as the British Ambassador to Washington in 1961?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32He was one of his own relatives by marriage.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33- David Ormsby-Gore. - What phrase,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35taken from German history,
0:02:35 > 0:02:36was given to Macmillan's sacking
0:02:36 > 0:02:38of a third of his cabinet in July '62?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Night of the Long Knives.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42In which church did he marry Lady Dorothy Cavendish
0:02:42 > 0:02:44in a society wedding that included royalty?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45St Margaret's, Westminster.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47What was the surname of the cartoonist Vicky
0:02:47 > 0:02:49who portrayed Macmillan as "Supermac"?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Weisz.- At the UN General Assembly in September 1960,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55who interrupted Macmillan's speech
0:02:55 > 0:02:57by hitting the desk with his shoe?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59The Prime Minister responded by asking for a translation.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00- Khrushchev.- During his time
0:03:00 > 0:03:03as the Minister for Housing and Local Government,
0:03:03 > 0:03:04which civil servant did he describe
0:03:04 > 0:03:06as, "The ablest woman I've ever known?"
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Er, um...Sharp, Evelyn Sharp.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Macmillan's "wind of change" speech
0:03:11 > 0:03:13on 3rd of February 1960 came in an address
0:03:13 > 0:03:14to which country's parliament?
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- South Africa.- He was wounded twice in battle in 1915.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18An injury to his right hand
0:03:18 > 0:03:20left him with a weak handshake for life.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22At which battle was he injured?
0:03:22 > 0:03:23- The Somme.- Loos.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- In 1985, at an anniversary dinner... - BEEP
0:03:25 > 0:03:26I've started, so I shall finish.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29..Macmillan attacked privatisation of public assets
0:03:29 > 0:03:30by the Thatcher government,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32likening it to "selling the family silver".
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Which organisation was the dinner being held for?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- Tory Reform Group. - Is correct.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39No passes. Eliot Wilson, you have 13 points.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42APPLAUSE
0:03:48 > 0:03:49And our next contender, please.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57And your name is?
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Your occupation?
0:03:58 > 0:04:02You won your heat answering questions on the Olympics in London.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Tonight, your specialist subject is...?
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Isaac Newton in 90 seconds. In 1669, Newton became the second holder
0:04:09 > 0:04:12of what chair of mathematics at Cambridge University?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Lucasian.- Which of his laws can be summarised as,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?"
0:04:18 > 0:04:19- Third. - What name did Newton give
0:04:19 > 0:04:21to the branch of mathematics
0:04:21 > 0:04:23now known as differential calculus?
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Fluxions.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26What forced him to leave Cambridge in 1665,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28and again in '66? He returned to the family home
0:04:28 > 0:04:30at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Plague.- What's the title of the nine-page treatise
0:04:33 > 0:04:35sent to Edmond Halley that acts as a prelude
0:04:35 > 0:04:38to Newton's major work, Principia Mathematica?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- De motu.- In 1693, Newton wrote two letters
0:04:41 > 0:04:43that suggested he'd had a nervous breakdown.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44One of the letters was to John Locke,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46the second was to which other close friend?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Pepys.- What was the title
0:04:48 > 0:04:51of his 1704 treatise on the properties of light?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Er, Optics.- In 1687, he was involved in the move
0:04:54 > 0:04:55to block James II's wish
0:04:55 > 0:04:58to enrol a Benedictine monk into a Cambridge degree
0:04:58 > 0:04:59without taking the Oath of Supremacy.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01What was the name of the monk?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Alban Francis.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04The curator of experiments to the Royal Society
0:05:04 > 0:05:07was hostile to Newton's Theory of Light and Colours,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09prompting a feud between the pair. What was his name?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Robert Hooke.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13What name's given to his law that governs the rate
0:05:13 > 0:05:16at which a force decreases with distance?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Inverse-square. - What was the occupation of William Clarke,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21with whom Newton lodged while he was at grammar school?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Apothecary.- A Royal Society report of 1713
0:05:23 > 0:05:25found in Newton's favour
0:05:25 > 0:05:28in his long-running dispute with which mathematician
0:05:28 > 0:05:29over the invention of calculus?
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Leibniz.- What's the title of the 1693 treatise,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34in which Newton tries to summarise
0:05:34 > 0:05:36his lengthy studies of alchemy?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Erm...erm...
0:05:38 > 0:05:40BEEP
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Go on. Shall I tell you? - No. I'm sorry.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44One second.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Erm, it's called Praxis.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49It is called Praxis. You just got away with that,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51which gives you a perfect round.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- 13 points.- Thank you.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55APPLAUSE
0:06:01 > 0:06:03And our next contender, please.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10And your name is?
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Your occupation?
0:06:11 > 0:06:14You won the first round answering questions
0:06:14 > 0:06:17on the children's author Antonia Forest.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Your specialist subject tonight is...?
0:06:21 > 0:06:2490 seconds, starting now. The Caymans are a group of islands
0:06:24 > 0:06:26of the Caribbean Sea consisting of Grand Cayman,
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Little Cayman and which other...?
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- Cayman Brac.- What name did Columbus propose
0:06:29 > 0:06:32for the islands when he sailed past Cayman Brac
0:06:32 > 0:06:33and Little Cayman in May 1503
0:06:33 > 0:06:36because of the large number of turtles he saw there?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Las Tortugas.- The first census of the Caymans
0:06:38 > 0:06:40in 1802 revealed that over 50%
0:06:40 > 0:06:41of the inhabitants were slaves.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Who carried out that census?
0:06:44 > 0:06:45- Erm, Corbet.- In 1717,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48which legendary pirate is said to have shot
0:06:48 > 0:06:50one of his crew, Israel Hands, in the knee
0:06:50 > 0:06:52during a drinking session while visiting the Caymans?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Blackbeard? - Which map of 1523
0:06:54 > 0:06:56was the first to show all three islands
0:06:56 > 0:06:58in roughly the correct position,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01naming the group as Lagartos, meaning lizards?
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Juan Vespucci?
0:07:04 > 0:07:05The Turin Map.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Who did King Charles II send to Spain
0:07:06 > 0:07:08to carry out the negotiations
0:07:08 > 0:07:10that led to the Treaty of Madrid of 1670,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12ceding the Caymans and other islands to England?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Pass.- Which items, bearing the name of the Cayman Islands,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18were first officially sold on the 19th February 1901?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- Stamps. - The capital, George Town,
0:07:20 > 0:07:21was named after King George III.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23What was the original name of the town?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Hogstyes.- What motto on the Caymans' coat of arms
0:07:25 > 0:07:29is taken from Psalm 24 and reflects the islands' marine environment
0:07:29 > 0:07:30and Christian heritage?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32"He hath founded it upon the seas."
0:07:32 > 0:07:33In May 1835, which Governor of Jamaica
0:07:33 > 0:07:35visited the Caymans and announced
0:07:35 > 0:07:37the immediate freeing of slaves?
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- Lord Sligo.- What's the name of the stretch of white sand
0:07:39 > 0:07:40on the west coast of Grand Cayman
0:07:40 > 0:07:42where tourist development began in the '50s?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Seven Mile Beach.- Until 1898, what Latin name was given
0:07:45 > 0:07:47to the chief magistrate who governed the islands?
0:07:47 > 0:07:48- Castos.- What's the name
0:07:48 > 0:07:50of the hurricane of September 2004
0:07:50 > 0:07:52that caused widespread damage in the Caymans?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Ivan. - According to tradition... - BEEP
0:07:54 > 0:07:55I've started so I'll finish.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58..the first settlers were two soldiers from Cromwell's army
0:07:58 > 0:07:59disbanded in Jamaica
0:07:59 > 0:08:01who arrived in the Caymans in about 1658.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02One had the surname Walton.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04What was the surname of the other?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- Bodden.- Is correct.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09You had just one pass.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11King Charles sent to carry out the negotiations
0:08:11 > 0:08:16that led to the Treaty of Madrid a chap called Sir William Godolphin.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19You have, Sarah Waller, 12 points.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21APPLAUSE
0:08:27 > 0:08:29And our next contender now, please.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36And your name is?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Your occupation?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40You won the first round answering questions
0:08:40 > 0:08:41on the life and music of Nick Drake.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Tonight, your specialist subject is...?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Band of Brothers in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Band of Brothers follows
0:08:49 > 0:08:51which company of the 101st Airborne Division
0:08:51 > 0:08:52during World War II?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- Easy Company. - Which British actor
0:08:54 > 0:08:56plays the second platoon's leader, Lt Richard Winters?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Damian Lewis.- What's the motto of the company?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01It's the hill used during their training sessions?
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- Currahee.- The series is based on a book by which author,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07who was also co-executive producer of two episodes?
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Stephen E Ambrose.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Which unpopular officer, played by David Schwimmer,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12is in charge of training the company
0:09:12 > 0:09:14at Camp Toccoa, Georgia?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- Sobel.- In episode two, what greeting is used
0:09:16 > 0:09:18by the paratroopers to enable them
0:09:18 > 0:09:20to distinguish between friend and foe
0:09:20 > 0:09:21after landing in occupied France?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Flash, thunder.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Near which Bavarian town does the company come across
0:09:26 > 0:09:28a concentration camp in the woods?
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Er, Obersalz.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Landsberg. What one-word message
0:09:30 > 0:09:32was delivered to the German commander
0:09:32 > 0:09:34after he'd requested the surrender
0:09:34 > 0:09:35of American forces at Bastogne?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- Nuts.- In episode four,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40which Sergeant is separated from the rest of the company
0:09:40 > 0:09:41during the retreat from Nuenen,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43and takes cover in a storm drain?
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Randleman.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Lieutenant Dike is replaced
0:09:46 > 0:09:47as the commander of Easy Company
0:09:47 > 0:09:49by Lieutenant Speirs during their assault
0:09:49 > 0:09:50on which town in Belgium?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Foy.- In a regimental lottery to celebrate
0:09:53 > 0:09:55the anniversary of D-Day,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57who won the right to be discharged early
0:09:57 > 0:09:59and return home to the United States?
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Powers.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01In which German town
0:10:01 > 0:10:03is a string quartet playing Beethoven
0:10:03 > 0:10:06while residents clear up the extensive bomb damage?
0:10:06 > 0:10:07- Talling.- How many bottles
0:10:07 > 0:10:09of the world's best liquor, wine and champagne
0:10:09 > 0:10:11did Winters say were in the cellars
0:10:11 > 0:10:13of Hermann Goring's house at the end of the war?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- 10,000.- In episode ten,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- Lewis Nixon offers Winters a job after the war. - BEEP
0:10:18 > 0:10:19What type of industrial plant
0:10:19 > 0:10:21would the job involve working in?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- A nitration works. - Is correct.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27No passes for you either. Mark Wyatt, you have 13 points.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29APPLAUSE
0:10:34 > 0:10:36And our final contender, please.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45And your name is?
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Your occupation?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48You won the first round with your knowledge
0:10:48 > 0:10:50of the television series The West Wing.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Tonight, your specialist subject is...?
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Civil Wars in 90 seconds.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Which city did Charles raise the Royal Standard
0:10:58 > 0:11:00on 22nd August 1642,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02effectively declaring war against Parliament?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- Nottingham.- Cromwell and the cavalry troops
0:11:04 > 0:11:06were a key factor in the Parliamentary victory
0:11:06 > 0:11:08at Marston Moor. What was their nickname?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09- The Ironsides. - Which Leveller,
0:11:09 > 0:11:11known as Freeborn John,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13was found not guilty of treason in 1649?
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- John Lilburne.- Who commanded the Parliamentary forces
0:11:16 > 0:11:18at the Battle of Edge Hill in October 1642?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19- The Earl of Manchester? - The Earl of Essex.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22What was the name of the bill drawn up by the House of Commons in 1641,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24listing all grievances that had occurred
0:11:24 > 0:11:25during the King's reign?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27The Self-Denying Ordinance.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29The Grand Remonstrance. After Naseby,
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Charles' private papers were captured.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33What title was given to these when they were published?
0:11:33 > 0:11:34The Queen's Cabinet Opened?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37The King's Cabinet Opened. Who was the chief prosecutor
0:11:37 > 0:11:39at Charles' trial in January 1649
0:11:39 > 0:11:41and read out the charges against him?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42- William Bradshaw. - John Cook.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury
0:11:45 > 0:11:47who was executed in January 1645?
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- William Laud?- Yes. At which battle in the Scottish Borders
0:11:50 > 0:11:52were the Scottish Royalists under Montrose
0:11:52 > 0:11:54finally defeated in September 1645?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- Er, Dunbar. - Battle of Philiphaugh.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59After escaping from Hampton Court, Charles was imprisoned
0:11:59 > 0:12:00in which castle on the Isle of Wight
0:12:00 > 0:12:03in November 1647 in the custody of Robert Hammond?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Carisbrooke.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Cromwell's son-in-law died of fever in November 1651
0:12:07 > 0:12:08following the Siege of Limerick.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- What was his name? - Ireton.- In January 1642,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Charles tried to arrest five MPs in the Commons chamber.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Pym, Haselrig, Holles and Strode were four.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- Who was the other? - Can you repeat the question?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21In January 1642, Charles tried to arrest
0:12:21 > 0:12:22five MPs in the Commons chamber.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Pym, Haselrig, Holles
0:12:24 > 0:12:25and Strode were four. Who was the other?
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- John Hampton.- Which Parliamentary commander... - BEEP
0:12:28 > 0:12:29..ended Scottish resistance
0:12:29 > 0:12:31by taking Stirling in August 1651
0:12:31 > 0:12:33and Dundee the following month?
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Fairfax.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35George Monck.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38No passes. Simon Alvey, you have seven points.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40APPLAUSE
0:12:47 > 0:12:52Well, a very close contest so far. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Fifth place with seven points, Simon Alvey.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Fourth place, 12 points, Sarah Waller.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Joint first place, 13 points for each of them,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Eliot Wilson, Quentin Holt and Mark Wyatt.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05APPLAUSE
0:13:09 > 0:13:13The general knowledge round now. And if there's a tie at the end,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16the number of passes gets taken into account.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19The contender with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23If they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie break.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25So let's get on with it and ask Simon Alvey
0:13:25 > 0:13:27to join us again, if he would, please.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32And you begin with seven points
0:13:32 > 0:13:34with your knowledge of the English Civil Wars.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Let's try your general knowledge. Two minutes, starting now.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Who founded the Microsoft Corporation
0:13:40 > 0:13:42with his friend Paul Allen in 1975?
0:13:42 > 0:13:43- Bill Gates.- Which cocktail,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45very similar to the American Mimosa,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47is made from fresh orange juice and champagne?
0:13:47 > 0:13:48- A Cosmopolitan. - Buck's Fizz.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50What abbreviated term's come into popular use
0:13:50 > 0:13:53for a piece of software that can be added to a smartphone
0:13:53 > 0:13:54to increase its functions?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- App.- What colour is copper carbonate,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59which forms when copper is exposed to moist air?
0:13:59 > 0:14:00- Green. - Which popular romance
0:14:00 > 0:14:03for violin and orchestra by Vaughan Williams was inspired
0:14:03 > 0:14:06by a poem of the same name by George Meredith?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- Lark Ascending?- Correct. What word for a tall,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10upright standing stone, erected in prehistoric times
0:14:10 > 0:14:12comes from the Breton for "long stone?"
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- Pass.- What term is used in Britain
0:14:14 > 0:14:16for a very small or nominal rent
0:14:16 > 0:14:18paid for property or land?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19- Peppercorn. - Which singer and songwriter
0:14:19 > 0:14:21was born Robert Allen Zimmerman
0:14:21 > 0:14:23in Duluth, Minnesota in May 1941,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25the son of a furniture store owner?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Bob Dylan.- In which city is the Stahlberg
0:14:27 > 0:14:30part of the Imperial Palace that's home to the stables
0:14:30 > 0:14:31of the Spanish Riding School?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- Er, Vienna.- In physics,
0:14:33 > 0:14:35what name's given to the property of a body
0:14:35 > 0:14:37whereby it remains at rest or in uniform motion
0:14:37 > 0:14:40in a straight line unless acted on by a force?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Pass.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Which reference work was the idea
0:14:43 > 0:14:44of two Edinburgh printers,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Andrew Bell and Colin MacFarquhar,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48and was first published in 1768?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Encyclopaedia Britannica.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51The 2011 film Talihina Sky
0:14:51 > 0:14:53is the story of which American rock band?
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- Pass.- Which athlete, one of Roger Bannister's pacemakers
0:14:57 > 0:14:59for his historic run, won an Olympic Gold Medal
0:14:59 > 0:15:01in the 3,000 metre steeplechase,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04and was the organiser of the first London Marathon?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Er, Colin Cowdrey. - Chris Brasher.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07In Roman religion, which goddess
0:15:07 > 0:15:09was the personification of peace?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- Er, Venus? - Pax. What name is given
0:15:11 > 0:15:13to the spectacular display of whales
0:15:13 > 0:15:15in which they break through the surface of the water
0:15:15 > 0:15:19and fall back again with a resounding splash?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- Breaching.- Which Shakespearean character
0:15:21 > 0:15:23describes himself as "more sinned against than sinning"?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24- Malvolio.- King Lear.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27The highest point in the Peak District National Park
0:15:27 > 0:15:29lies on which moorland plateau?
0:15:29 > 0:15:30- Pass.- The name of what instrument
0:15:30 > 0:15:32for measuring high temperatures
0:15:32 > 0:15:34comes from the Greek words meaning "fire" and "measure?"
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Thermometer?- Pyrometer.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37The white curd tofu
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- that originated in China as doufu... - BEEP
0:15:40 > 0:15:41..is made from which variety of bean?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- Mung?- Soya bean. Four passes.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48The highest point in the Peak District National Park
0:15:48 > 0:15:51lies on Kinder Scout.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56That 2011 film, Talihina Sky, is the story of the Kings of Leon.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00That name given to the property of a body whereby it remains at rest
0:16:00 > 0:16:03and so on is inertia, or inertial mass.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07And the word for a tall, upright, standing stone is a Menhir.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10You have, Simon Alvey, a total of 16 points.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12APPLAUSE
0:16:19 > 0:16:22And Sarah Waller again now, please.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25And you start out with 12 points,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27with your knowledge of the Cayman Islands.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Two minutes, general knowledge, starting now.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Which object, associated with Arthurian legend,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35is on display in the Great Hall at Winchester?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- Pass.- The title character
0:16:37 > 0:16:38of which novel by Muriel Spark
0:16:38 > 0:16:41refers to a set of pupils as the "creme de la creme"?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- Er, Miss Jean Brodie. - In skiing, what name's given
0:16:43 > 0:16:45to the braking technique that involves
0:16:45 > 0:16:47moving the skis into the shape of an inverted V
0:16:47 > 0:16:50while digging the inner edges of the skis into the snow?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Snow plough.- Which former British tabloid newspaper editor
0:16:53 > 0:16:54took over from Larry King
0:16:54 > 0:16:56on CNN's talk show in January 2011?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Piers Morgan.- The works of which poet and designer
0:16:58 > 0:17:01associated with the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
0:17:01 > 0:17:02include News from Nowhere,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04describing a socialist, rural utopia?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Pass.- What type of instrument is the Messiah,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08thought to have been made in Cremona in 1716
0:17:08 > 0:17:11and now in the Ashmolean Museum?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12- Organ?- Violin.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Which Provencal sauce, whose name means "rust",
0:17:14 > 0:17:16is coloured by the red chillies in it
0:17:16 > 0:17:17and is served with bouillabaisse?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- Er, Roux?- No, Rouille.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Which city, along with Minneapolis,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22forms the Twin Cities metropolitan area,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24and is the state capital of Minnesota?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- St Paul. - Who resigned as Commissioner
0:17:26 > 0:17:29for the Metropolitan Police in the wake of the phone hacking
0:17:29 > 0:17:31and corruption scandal in July 2011?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32He was quickly followed
0:17:32 > 0:17:34by Assistant Commissioner John Yates.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Brian Paddick? - Paul Stephenson.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Which ligaments, found in the knee
0:17:38 > 0:17:40and other parts of the body are so named
0:17:40 > 0:17:42because they form an X-shaped cross?
0:17:42 > 0:17:43- Cruciate. - On which planet
0:17:43 > 0:17:45are nearly all the main geographical features
0:17:45 > 0:17:47named after real or mythological women?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Venus.- Whose written works include commentaries
0:17:50 > 0:17:51on the Gallic and the Civil Wars?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Pass.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Which 2011 film starring Emily Blunt
0:17:55 > 0:17:58and Matt Damon is based on a story by Philip K Dick?
0:17:58 > 0:17:59The Adjustment Bureau.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Which animals, introduced to North and South Uist in 1974
0:18:02 > 0:18:04to control garden pests were controversially culled
0:18:04 > 0:18:06in the first decade of this century
0:18:06 > 0:18:09because of their habit of eating birds' eggs?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Pass.- In Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream,
0:18:11 > 0:18:15when Lysander marries Hermia, whom does Demetrius marry?
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- Helena.- Which town was known as Durnovaria in Roman times?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22- Er, Exeter?- Dorchester.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Charlie Fink's the lead singer with which band,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26whose third album, Last Night on Earth,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28was released in March 2011?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- Pass. - What French word is used
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- for a piece of ridiculous pretence... - BEEP
0:18:32 > 0:18:35..or a game in which the syllables of a word
0:18:35 > 0:18:36are acted out or mimed?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Charade.- Is correct. You had five passes.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Charlie Fink is the lead singer with Noah and the Whale.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Those animals that were eating birds' eggs
0:18:45 > 0:18:48and were culled for it were hedgehogs.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Julius Caesar wrote commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54William Morris was the poet who was associated
0:18:54 > 0:18:57with the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00And that object on display in the Great Hall at Winchester
0:19:00 > 0:19:02is the Round Table.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Those five passes, Sarah Waller, you have 21 points.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07APPLAUSE
0:19:13 > 0:19:14And now Eliot Wilson again, please.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22And you begin with 13 points with your knowledge
0:19:22 > 0:19:27of Harold Macmillan, and 21 is the score to beat as we speak.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Let's see if you can do that. Two minutes, starting now.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33New York International Airport
0:19:33 > 0:19:35was renamed after whom in 1963?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36- JFK.- Which branch of mathematics
0:19:36 > 0:19:38that uses letters as symbols when calculating
0:19:38 > 0:19:41takes its name from the Arabic for "re-setting"?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Algebra.- What name's given to a woven textile
0:19:43 > 0:19:45used for hangings, curtains and upholstery,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48characterised by complicated pictorial designs?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- Pass.- Which rock festival was the subject of a song
0:19:50 > 0:19:53written by Joni Mitchell that became a number one hit
0:19:53 > 0:19:55for Matthews Southern Comfort in 1970?
0:19:55 > 0:19:56- Woodstock. - Which range of hills
0:19:56 > 0:19:59form the north-western edge of the North York Moors
0:19:59 > 0:20:00overlooking the Tees Valley?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02The, er, Pennines.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Clevelands.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06What alternative name for the poison hydrocyanic acid
0:20:06 > 0:20:08came from its presence in the pigment
0:20:08 > 0:20:09of a particular shade of dark blue?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- Prussic acid. - Which book by Edmund de Waal
0:20:12 > 0:20:14tells how an inheritance of some netsuke
0:20:14 > 0:20:16leads a potter to trace his family history?
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Pass.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Which former England manager returned to English football
0:20:20 > 0:20:23when he was appointed manager of Nottingham Forest in June 2011?
0:20:23 > 0:20:24- Sven-Goran Eriksson? - Steve McClaren.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27What name's given to the settlements of 1648
0:20:27 > 0:20:29that brought to an end a series of conflicts in Europe?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31The Peace of Westphalia.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Which former choirboy presents The Choir on Radio 3
0:20:33 > 0:20:35and Good Morning, Sunday on Radio 2?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- Aled Jones.- Soubise,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39named after an 18th century French aristocrat,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42is a term used for a sauce made from which vegetable?
0:20:42 > 0:20:43- Tomatoes.- Onion.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45What name's given to the circular device
0:20:45 > 0:20:48on older maps or charts showing the principle directions
0:20:48 > 0:20:50because of its resemblance to the petals of a flower?
0:20:50 > 0:20:51A compass rose.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics and music
0:20:53 > 0:20:55for which Broadway musical
0:20:55 > 0:20:56about a barber who rents a room
0:20:56 > 0:20:57above a pie shop in London?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Sweeney Todd. - Which English artist's series
0:21:00 > 0:21:02of electronically produced pictures
0:21:02 > 0:21:04entitled Fleurs Fraiches
0:21:04 > 0:21:06was exhibited in Paris in October 2010?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Pass.- What name is given to the group
0:21:08 > 0:21:10of six Dorset farm labourers who were sentenced
0:21:10 > 0:21:12to seven years transportation to Australia?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15They'd been involved in early trade union activities.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- Pass.- Which work by William Makepeace Thackeray
0:21:18 > 0:21:19is subtitled "a novel without a hero"?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Vanity Fair.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23What name, taken from the Greek for "divine wisdom",
0:21:23 > 0:21:25is usually given to the beliefs of Madame Blavatsky,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28who founded the society in New York in 1875?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Er, Sophism.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- Theosophy. Which tiny British mouse... - BEEP
0:21:32 > 0:21:33..builds a globular nest of grass
0:21:33 > 0:21:35suspended between vertical stems
0:21:35 > 0:21:36during the breeding season?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Dormouse. - The harvest mouse.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Even smaller, I think. Four passes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46It's the Tolpuddle Martyrs who were transported to Australia.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49David Hockney was the artist who did Fleurs Fraiches.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54The Hare With Amber Eyes was the Edmund de Waal book.
0:21:54 > 0:22:01And that woven textile with all the complicated designs, a tapestry.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Four passes, Eliot Wilson. 22 points.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06APPLAUSE
0:22:12 > 0:22:14And now Quentin Holt again, please.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19And you also begin with 13 points,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22in your case, with your knowledge of Isaac Newton.
0:22:22 > 0:22:2522 points is now the score to beat. Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27In 2011, the Duchess of Cornwall
0:22:27 > 0:22:29made a guest appearance in which radio soap opera?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- The Archers. - Which farm animal
0:22:31 > 0:22:34appears with the Union Jack on the Falkland Islands' flag?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Sheep.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37What's the name of Milan's world famous opera house
0:22:37 > 0:22:38which opened in August 1778
0:22:38 > 0:22:41after the previous theatre had been destroyed by fire?
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- La Scala.- Near which city is the Castle Stuart Golf Club
0:22:44 > 0:22:46where the 2011 Scottish Open took place?
0:22:46 > 0:22:47- Gleneagles.- Inverness.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49In physics, what name's given to the phenomenon
0:22:49 > 0:22:51in which waves appear to bend or spread out
0:22:51 > 0:22:53as they pass through a small aperture
0:22:53 > 0:22:54or round the edge of a barrier?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- Refraction?- Defraction.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Which French revolutionary
0:22:57 > 0:23:00and leading exponent of the Reign of Terror
0:23:00 > 0:23:02was guillotined with 21 of his supporters
0:23:02 > 0:23:04on the 28th July 1794?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- Robespierre.- Which close relative of the red deer,
0:23:07 > 0:23:08with which it interbreeds,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10was introduced into deer parks in Britain
0:23:10 > 0:23:13from Eastern Asia in the second half of the 19th century?
0:23:13 > 0:23:14- Er, muntjac.- The sika.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16What is the alternative English name
0:23:16 > 0:23:18for Thai fragrant rice because of its flavour?
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Basmati.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Jasmine. Which song from the rock opera Tommy
0:23:21 > 0:23:24gave The Who a UK number four hit in 1969
0:23:24 > 0:23:27and Elton John a UK number seven hit in '76?
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Pinball Wizard.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia,
0:23:30 > 0:23:31is on which island?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33- Sumatra.- Java.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Who won his third Best Actor Oscar playing Melvin Udall,
0:23:35 > 0:23:37a bigoted writer of trashy novels,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40in the '97 film As Good As It Gets?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Er...erm, Robin Williams.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Jack Nicholson. In which city
0:23:44 > 0:23:46was the Soumaya Museum opened in March 2011?
0:23:46 > 0:23:49It contains one of the biggest collections
0:23:49 > 0:23:52of Rodin sculptures outside Europe.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Erm, Buenos Aires.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Mexico City. Which 13th century Italian theologian
0:23:56 > 0:23:58was known as Doctor Angelicus?
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Fra Angelico.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01No, Thomas Aquinas. In the Second World War,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04the British Army used Matildas, Valentines
0:24:04 > 0:24:05and Churchills. What were they?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- Er, bridges.- Tanks.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Which radio and television presenter took over as host
0:24:09 > 0:24:12of the Radio Four music quiz Counterpoint in 2008?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Toksvig. - Paul Gambaccini.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Which Dorset peninsula gives its name to
0:24:15 > 0:24:17and is the source of the marble-like stone
0:24:17 > 0:24:19used in the construction of many famous churches?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Portland Bill.- Purbeck.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23What is the alternative common name
0:24:23 > 0:24:25for the sacred pipe or calumet,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27one of the most revered objects
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- of many North American Indians? - BEEP
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- Peace pipe. - The peace pipe, yeah.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- No passes. Quentin Holt, 19 points.- Thank you.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36APPLAUSE
0:24:42 > 0:24:45And finally Mark Wyatt again, please.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48And you also start with 13 points,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50with your knowledge of Band of Brothers.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54The score to beat is still 22. Here we go.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Two minutes of general knowledge to see if you can get into the Grand Final.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00What name is given to the stick
0:25:00 > 0:25:03used for playing instruments of the violin family?
0:25:03 > 0:25:04- Bow.- In South East Asia,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06a Mahout is the keeper and driver of which animal?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Cattle.- Elephant.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Who was nominated for an Oscar
0:25:09 > 0:25:11for Best Supporting Actress
0:25:11 > 0:25:13for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth
0:25:13 > 0:25:14in The King's Speech?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Er...Helena Bonham Carter.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17What Latin word's used for a book
0:25:17 > 0:25:19containing several works
0:25:19 > 0:25:20by the same author or on the same topic?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- Omnibus.- At which battle fought in Yorkshire
0:25:22 > 0:25:24three weeks before the Battle of Hastings,
0:25:24 > 0:25:26did Harold II defeat a Viking army
0:25:26 > 0:25:28that included his own brother Tostig?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- Stamford Bridge.- Which metal was produced in India and China
0:25:31 > 0:25:32from about the 13th century?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35The first smelting works in Europe didn't appear
0:25:35 > 0:25:36till about 1740 in Bristol.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- Iron.- Zinc. Whose television roles
0:25:38 > 0:25:40include King Edward VII, Winston Churchill
0:25:40 > 0:25:42and the ruthless Northern industrialist
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Bradley Hardacre in Brass?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- Pass.- Which French composer's best known for his Requiem,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48sometimes called the Lullaby of Death?
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Faure.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Which winter sports centre's the capital
0:25:51 > 0:25:53of the Japanese island of Hokkaido?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- Sapporo.- What name's given to the male reproductive part
0:25:55 > 0:25:57of a plant where pollen is produced?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59It consists of the anther and the filament.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- Pass.- Which former MP
0:26:01 > 0:26:02and Speaker of the House of Commons
0:26:02 > 0:26:04was a member of the dance troupe
0:26:04 > 0:26:05the Tiller Girls in her youth?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Betty Boothroyd.- Which green vegetable's cooked
0:26:07 > 0:26:09with feta cheese in filo pastry
0:26:09 > 0:26:11for the Greek dish Spanakopita?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12- Leek.- Spinach.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13The Florentine painter
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi
0:26:16 > 0:26:17was born in about 1445.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19By what name's he better known?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20- El Greco.- Botticelli.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Which duo's first UK chart entry, Tainted Love in 1981,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25was their only UK number one hit?
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Soft Cell.- Which term for the band of colour formed
0:26:28 > 0:26:29when a beam of visible light
0:26:29 > 0:26:31is split into its constituent wavelengths
0:26:31 > 0:26:33was coined by Isaac Newton in 1672?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- Spectrum.- In May 2011, who was appointed
0:26:35 > 0:26:37as the England Twenty20 cricket captain
0:26:37 > 0:26:39in succession to Paul Collingwood?
0:26:39 > 0:26:40- Stuart Broad. - In Greek mythology,
0:26:40 > 0:26:41who was chained to a rock
0:26:41 > 0:26:43as a sacrifice to a sea monster
0:26:43 > 0:26:45till she was rescued by her future husband Perseus?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- Andromeda.- What name for the Palestinian uprising
0:26:48 > 0:26:50that began in 1987 against Israeli rule
0:26:50 > 0:26:52in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
0:26:52 > 0:26:54literally means "a shaking off" in Arabic?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56- Intifada. - Which of the Lake Poets
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- immediately preceded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate? - BEEP
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- Coleridge. - No, it was Robert Southey.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04You had two passes.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07The stamen is the male reproductive part of a plant.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12And Timothy West played Edward VII, Winston Churchill and so on.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15But didn't matter because, Mark Wyatt, you have 25 points.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18APPLAUSE
0:27:27 > 0:27:31So there it is. A clear winner in the end. Let's look at the scores.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34In fifth place with 16 points, Simon Alvey.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Fourth place, 19 points, Quentin Holt.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Third place, 21 points, Sarah Waller.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Second place, 22 points, Eliot Wilson.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47And in first place, he pulled away with 25 points, Mark Wyatt.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49APPLAUSE
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Which means, of course, that Mark Wyatt is the winner
0:27:59 > 0:28:02and he claims a place, the last place, in the Grand Final.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07Congratulations to him. So we now have our six finalists.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Do please join us next time for the Grand Final. Thanks for watching.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12Goodbye.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15APPLAUSE
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd