0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Susan Holmes,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a computer consultant from Berkhamsted.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Her subject - the Richard Hannay novels of John Buchan.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Next, Peter Royle, a software developer from Stockport.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41He answers questions on the Peak District National Park.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Paul Smith, a media technical consultant from Welwyn Garden City.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48His subject - the aircraft of World War II.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52And Steve Watson, a retail manager from Sittingbourne.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56His subject - American number one singles from 1955 to '94.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59APPLAUSE
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Four more Contenders, about to take television's ultimate test
0:01:12 > 0:01:13of nerve and knowledge.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17In the famous black chair, they'll answer two minutes of questions on their subject,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The winner will take a step closer to the final
0:01:23 > 0:01:27and the chance to own the great glass bowl,
0:01:27 > 0:01:32and even more importantly, the honour of becoming the nation's mastermind.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36So, let's get on with it and ask our first Contender to join us please.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45And your name is?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Your occupation?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49And your chosen subject.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53The Richard Hannay novels, starting now.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57In The Thirty-Nine Steps, Hannay has just moved to England from Southern Africa.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58What was his job there?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00He was a mining consultant.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Yes, mining engineer.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05John Buchan took the title Mr Standfast from a character in which literary work?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Pilgrim's Progress.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10At the beginning of Greenmantle, Hannay is convalescing from injuries
0:02:10 > 0:02:12from which First World War battle?
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Loos.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Which Latin phrase, meaning "day of wrath" does Hannay see written in Medina's diary?
0:02:17 > 0:02:18"Dies irae".
0:02:18 > 0:02:22According to the skipper, Jacob Gregarsen, which mythical folk are responsible
0:02:22 > 0:02:25for sabotaging the motorboat on the Island Of Sheep?
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Hulda's Folk.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Dick's son, Peter John, recognises the villain Martel
0:02:30 > 0:02:32by his horseshoe brows and which other feature?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35His long, pointed chin.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37No, his scar on his forehead. Buchan uses the word
0:02:37 > 0:02:40"kranz" and which other Afrikaans term to describe the rocky mountain top
0:02:40 > 0:02:44on which Hannay and his companion shelter at the end of Greenmantle?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Castrol.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48In The Three Hostages, Lord Mercot is the first of the hostages to be located,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50who is the second?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52It's Adela Victor.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56After the fight with Colonel von Stumm, Hannay escapes from the house
0:02:56 > 0:02:59by telling the servant he has what errand to do in the village?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01He has to send an urgent telegram.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03The first time Dick meets Sir Walter Bullivant,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07he proves who he is by using the word "blackstone" and whistling which tune?
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Annie Laurie.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12For what offence is Hannay arrested on his return to London in Mr Standfast?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14He's a suspected deserter.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16In order to gain access to Madame Breda's house,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Mary passes herself off as a district visitor from which church?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- St Jude's.- According to Sir Walter Bullivant, which spy,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26whom Hannay meets for the first time in the Savoy Grill,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30would go through hell with a box of bismuth tablets and a pack of Patience cards?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32John Scantlebury Blenkiron.
0:03:32 > 0:03:38In The Three Hostages, Sandy Arbuthnot assumes the identity of which deceased guru?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40It's Kharama.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43According to von Stumm's notes and map, what is the name of the fort
0:03:43 > 0:03:45on which the defence of Erzerum depends?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Sorry, could you repeat that?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50According to von Stumm's notes and map, what is the name of the fort
0:03:50 > 0:03:52on which the defence of Erzerum depends?
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Pass.- Which of Dick's old pals...
0:03:54 > 0:03:55BEEP
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I've started, so I'll finish. ..compares himself to Mr Standfast,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01for, like him, he had not much trouble in keeping wakeful,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04was as poor as a howler and didn't bother about women?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Peter Pienaar.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12You had just that one pass. The name of the fort on which the defence of Erzerum depended was Kara Gubek.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- Thank you.- You have, however, 14 points.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16APPLAUSE
0:04:25 > 0:04:26And our next Contender please.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36And your name is?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Your occupation?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40And your specialist subject?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44The Peak District, starting now.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47The Peak District was confirmed as the first of Britain's National Parks
0:04:47 > 0:04:49on the 17th April in which year?
0:04:49 > 0:04:501951.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Which legendary character is reputed to be buried in the churchyard
0:04:53 > 0:04:55at St Michael's in Hathersage Village?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Little John.- What is the name of the moor overlooking the Derwent Valley
0:04:58 > 0:05:00known for its barrows and megaliths,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03of which the best known is the Nine Ladies Stone Circle?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Stanton Moor.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Which stately home on the River Wye, near Bakewell,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09is a country seat of the Dukes of Rutland?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Haddon Hall.- What nickname's been given to Mam Tor
0:05:11 > 0:05:15because of the extensive land-slipping of its shale and stone?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16The Shivering Mountain.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Which public house in Edale is the official start of the Pennine Way?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- Nag's Head.- What was the name of the rector of Eyam,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26who, with Thomas Stanley, persuaded the villagers to isolate themselves
0:05:26 > 0:05:27during the Great Plague?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- William Mompesson. - Blue John stone, found exclusively in an area
0:05:30 > 0:05:33around Treak Cliff and Winnats Pass, near Castleton,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35is a highly prized ornamental variety of which mineral?
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Fluorspar.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40On the 24th April, 1932, the mass trespass on Kinder Scout
0:05:40 > 0:05:43to urge greater access to the countryside,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45started from which quarry near Hayfield?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Goyt's Bridge.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Bowden Bridge quarry.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53The parish church in Tideswell is known as the "Cathedral of the Peak".
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Who is it dedicated to?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- Pass.- Which moor, near Buxton, is the source of a number of rivers,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02including the Dove and the Manifold?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Axe Edge.- Which village is known as the mother place of well dressing,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08its annual ceremony takes place there on Ascension Day?
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Tissington.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Who described Black Hill in the northern part of the park as showing
0:06:12 > 0:06:15"a desolate and hopeless quagmire" to the sky?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Wainwright.- Eldon Hole, the largest open pothole in the Peak District,
0:06:18 > 0:06:20was long thought to be bottomless.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Who first descended and measured it in the late 18th century?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- Pass.- What name, after General Wolfe's assault on Quebec,
0:06:28 > 0:06:32is given to the steep ground above Matlock Bath that has cable cars and show caves?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- The Heights of Abraham. - Two villages were submerged to make way
0:06:35 > 0:06:38for the Ladybower Reservoir, completed in 1943.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39One was Derwent, and the other?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Ashopton.- Which renowned architect designed the present St Peter's Church in Edensor
0:06:43 > 0:06:45after most of the village was re-sited...
0:06:45 > 0:06:46BEEP
0:06:46 > 0:06:47..by the Duke of Devonshire?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49George Gilbert Scott.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53You had two passes. John Lloyd was the brave man
0:06:53 > 0:06:56who went into what they thought was a bottomless cave
0:06:56 > 0:06:58and lived to tell the tale.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02And the parish church is dedicated to St John The Baptist.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- You have, Peter Royle, 14 points. - Thank you.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07APPLAUSE
0:07:13 > 0:07:15And our next Contender, please.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24And your name is?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Your occupation?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29And your specialist subject?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34World War II aircraft, starting now. Under what name
0:07:34 > 0:07:37did the naval version of the Spitfire enter service
0:07:37 > 0:07:38with the Fleet Air Arm in June '42?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Seafire.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Over half the total production of which Bell fighter
0:07:42 > 0:07:44was allocated to the Soviet Union from 1942,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46for use mainly in ground-attack roles?
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Airacobra.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Which UK flying boat carried its bombs inside the fuselage
0:07:50 > 0:07:53then deployed them along rails beneath the wings, prior to release?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Short Sunderland.
0:07:54 > 0:07:5616 of which bombers were modified to take off
0:07:56 > 0:07:59from the USS Hornet on the 18th April '42, to bomb Tokyo?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01B-25 Mitchell.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Which Soviet ground-attack aircraft did Stalin once describe as being
0:08:04 > 0:08:08so essential for the Red Army, it was like air, like bread?
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Ilyushin-II Shturmovik.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14What name was given to the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 transatlantic airliner
0:08:14 > 0:08:18when it was pressed into service as a long-range anti-ship bomber?
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Condor.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Which dive-bomber, codenamed "Val" by the Allies,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24played a major role in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Aichi D3A.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Which Vickers bomber was the first RAF aircraft
0:08:28 > 0:08:30to use a geodesic structure in its construction?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Wellington.- No, Wellesley.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Following the fall of France, Germany allocated
0:08:35 > 0:08:3920 Bloch 152 fighters to the air force of which of its allies?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Vichy France.- Romania.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Which British aircraft easily outflew the ME-109s
0:08:44 > 0:08:48it encountered on its first reconnaissance missions over France in September '41?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50DH Mosquito.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53What was the name of the six-engine aircraft built by Blohm and Voss
0:08:53 > 0:08:55for the Luftwaffe? It was the largest flying boat
0:08:55 > 0:08:57to achieve operational status during the war.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Viking.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03What was the last biplane fighter to see active service with the RAF?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05The Gloster Gladiator.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08What was the Allied codename for the Mitsubishi G4M bomber
0:09:08 > 0:09:11that played a part in the sinking of HMS Prince Of Wales and HMS Repulse,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13three days after Pearl Harbor?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Betty.- Which British bomber was known as the Bolingbroke
0:09:16 > 0:09:19when it was built by Fairchild for the Royal Canadian Air Force?
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Er, the Blenheim.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23What name did the Fleet Air Arm briefly give to the Grumman Avenger
0:09:23 > 0:09:27when it took delivery under Lend-Lease in 1943?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- The Hellcat?- The Tarpon.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Which Hawker fighter that ended service in April '44...
0:09:33 > 0:09:34BEEP
0:09:34 > 0:09:37..was one of the main aircraft used to chase V1 flying bombs,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40accounting for around a third of those destroyed by aircraft?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Hawker Tempest.- It was indeed.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45You had no passes, you have 13 points.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48APPLAUSE
0:09:54 > 0:09:57And our final Contender, please.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04And your name is?
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Your occupation?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09And your specialist subject?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15American number one hits, in two minutes.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Which song became the first of 12 number ones for The Supremes
0:10:18 > 0:10:21when it topped the charts on the 22nd August, 1964?
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Where Did Our Love Go?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Which American band had number one hits in the 1980s
0:10:25 > 0:10:27with The Power Of Love, Stuck With You and Jacob's Ladder?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Huey Lewis And The News.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31As a solo artist, Frankie Valli topped the charts
0:10:31 > 0:10:34with the theme song from Grease in '78 and which other song in '75?
0:10:34 > 0:10:35My Eyes Adored You.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Who had number one singles in '78 and '79,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41performing duets with Neil Diamond and Donna Summer?
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Barbra Streisand.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Which year did The Beatles have three consecutive number one singles
0:10:45 > 0:10:48with I Want To Hold Your Hand, She Loves You and Can't Buy Me Love?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- 1964.- Little Eva reached number one with The Locomotion
0:10:51 > 0:10:55in August '62. Which band also took the song to the top of the charts in May '74?
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Grand Funk.- Which Otis Redding track had the distinction
0:10:58 > 0:11:02of being the first posthumous number one when it reached the top in March '68?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Which Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle 1993 chart-topper
0:11:07 > 0:11:11with lyrics by Tim Rice, finishes with the line, "A wondrous place for you and me"?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13A Whole New World.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16The title of which song and number one for Sheb Wooley in '58
0:11:16 > 0:11:18was inspired by the punchline of a schoolboy joke?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19The Purple People Eater.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23In April '77, which song provided Abba with their only American number one single?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Dancing Queen.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Which duo topped the charts in November '91
0:11:27 > 0:11:29with Set Adrift On Memory Bliss,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32a song based on a sample from True, by Spandau Ballet?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- PM Dawn.- What is the title of the song written by Jimmy Dean on a flight to Nashville
0:11:36 > 0:11:39for a scheduled recording session? It topped the charts in November '61.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Big Bad John.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Which songwriting partnership wrote Kiss You All Over,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46which was a number one for Exile in '78,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49and Mickey, which reached the top for Toni Basil in '82?
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Chapman and Chinn.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Debbie Reynolds' only number one came from a film
0:11:53 > 0:11:56in which she starred opposite Leslie Nielsen. What was the song's title?
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- Tammy.- Which British band achieved their only American number one in January '76
0:12:01 > 0:12:02with Saturday Night?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04The Bay City Rollers.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Although Bruce Springsteen has never achieved a number one as a performer,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11he wrote which song that topped the charts for Manfred Mann's Earth Band in '77?
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Blinded By The Light.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15The Carpenters had three American number one singles...
0:12:15 > 0:12:16BEEP
0:12:16 > 0:12:18..Close To You, Top Of The World, and?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- Please Mr Postman. - Please Mr Postman.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24No passes. A whopping 17 points.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26APPLAUSE
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Well, what a high-scoring round that was!
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Let's have a look at those scores.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41In fourth place, 13 points, Paul Smith.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Joint second place, 14 points apiece,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Susan Holmes and Peter Royle.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48In the lead with 17 points, Steve Watson.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51APPLAUSE
0:12:54 > 0:12:58So, the General Knowledge round now. And if there is a tie
0:12:58 > 0:13:01at the end of it, which there very well might be,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04then the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and the person with the fewer passes is the winner. If they're tied on passes,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09then there'll be a tiebreak.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14The six highest-scoring runners-up will also claim a place in the semifinals.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19So, let's get on with it and ask Paul Smith to join us again, please.
0:13:20 > 0:13:26And you scored 13 points with your knowledge of World War II aircraft.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Let's see how you get on with your general knowledge.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Which cartoon strip was created by the American cartoonist Charles Schulz?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Peanuts.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40On a roulette wheel, what colour is the compartment containing the number zero?
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Green.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43In Indian cuisine, which cooling side dish
0:13:43 > 0:13:45generally consists of yoghurt and diced cucumbers
0:13:45 > 0:13:48or other vegetables, flavoured with spices or herbs?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- Raita.- The popular name of which religious group
0:13:50 > 0:13:54is said to have been coined in 1650 by Justice Bennet of Derby
0:13:54 > 0:13:57in mockery of the exaltation "to tremble at the word of God"?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Quakers.- Who was elected to Parliament in the by-election
0:14:00 > 0:14:04in February '89, when he retained Richmond in North Yorkshire for the Conservatives?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- William Hague.- Which painting by Velazquez uses mirrors
0:14:07 > 0:14:10to show the king and queen of Spain and himself,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13painting the Infanta Margarita and her attendants?
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Las Meninas.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17England test captain Andrew Strauss plays club cricket for which county?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Middlesex.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Who was working on the poem The Triumph Of Life
0:14:21 > 0:14:26when he drowned in a boating accident off the Italian coast near Livorno, in July 1822?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27- Byron.- Shelley.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31The act passed by the American Congress in 1964
0:14:31 > 0:14:35which intended to end all discrimination on the basis of race, religion or nationality,
0:14:35 > 0:14:36is known by what name?
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Pass.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42The musician Lang Lang, who played at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in 2008,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44is a virtuoso on which musical instrument?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Piano.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Which islands have the postcode "ZE" reflecting their older, alternative name?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Er...
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- Pass. - Released in 1982,
0:14:53 > 0:14:57what's the title of the first Michael Jackson album to top the UK charts?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- Thriller.- Which member of a comedy double act had youth trials
0:15:00 > 0:15:03at Middlesbrough Football Club, before becoming a solicitor?
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Er, Ant!
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Bob Mortimer.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Which port on North Island is New Zealand's largest city?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- Christchurch.- Auckland.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13What work of art is thought to have been commissioned
0:15:13 > 0:15:16by William the Conqueror's half-brother, Bishop Odo, or his wife, Matilda?
0:15:16 > 0:15:17The Bayeux Tapestry.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Which American poet and novelist, credited with coining
0:15:20 > 0:15:21the term "the Beat Generation",
0:15:21 > 0:15:24produced his best-known work, On The Road, in three weeks?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Jack Kerouac.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Which Prussian general, who fought alongside the Duke Of Wellington
0:15:28 > 0:15:30at Waterloo, was known as "Marshal Forward"?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- Blucher.- What name is given to the lowest temperature at which
0:15:33 > 0:15:37a combustible liquid gives off sufficient vapour to ignite on the application of a flame?
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- Flashpoint.- Susan Philipsz, the 2010 winner of the Turner Prize
0:15:41 > 0:15:45with works including Lowlands Away, was the first person to win using which medium?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Er, digital.- Sound.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Skipjack and bluefin are species of which fish?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- Tuna.- What's the name for a direct vote by the electorate
0:15:54 > 0:15:58on a single issue, deriving from a Latin word meaning "something to be carried back"?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- Referendum.- Which Oscar-winning director had early successes
0:16:00 > 0:16:03with the films Shallow Grave and Trainspotting?
0:16:03 > 0:16:04BEEP
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Er...
0:16:06 > 0:16:09HE MOUTHS WORDS TO HIMSELF
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I'll have to speed you up, you're out of time.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Pass, sorry.- Danny Boyle.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I can tell you your other passes.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18"ZE", the Shetland Islands.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21And that act passed by the Americans in 1964
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- is the Civil Rights Act.- Ah. - You have now, Paul Smith,
0:16:25 > 0:16:26a total of 28 points.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29APPLAUSE
0:16:37 > 0:16:39And now, Susan Holmes again, please.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47And you scored 14 points in the first round
0:16:47 > 0:16:50with your knowledge of the John Buchan novels.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55Let's see how you can do with your general knowledge. 28, the score to beat so far.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59What is the name of the official country residence of the British Prime Minister?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Chequers.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Which large flightless bird, native to Australia,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04is the sole survivor of the family it belongs to?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Rhea.- The emu.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Which crime novelist, who was one of the first women to graduate from Oxford in 1915,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14also made a scholarly translation of most of Dante's Divine Comedy?
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Dorothy Sayers.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18What title, used for biblical figures such as Abraham and Isaac,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21is also applied to the head of an independent orthodox church?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Pass.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Which family's been given the codenames Renegade, Renaissance, Rosebud and Radiance
0:17:29 > 0:17:30by the American secret service?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Reagan.- The Obamas.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Halong Bay was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site
0:17:36 > 0:17:40in 1994, it's famed for its limestone islets that jut out of the sea.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43In which South-East Asian country is it?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Vietnam.- What was the name of Henry VIII's older brother
0:17:46 > 0:17:50who married Catherine of Aragon in 1501, almost eight years before she married Henry?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Prince Arthur.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Which '67 number one single for Procol Harum
0:17:54 > 0:17:56was loosely based on a Bach suite?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Whiter Shade Of Pale.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Which Italian dessert, served chilled, often with fruit,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02has a name meaning "cooked cream"?
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Panna cotta.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Which magazine programme, broadcast on Radio Four at nine o'clock
0:18:09 > 0:18:13on Sunday mornings, has been presented by Eddie Mair and Paddy O'Connell?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- The Week This Week? - Broadcasting House.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Who painted a series of canvases for Charles I,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21representing the reign of James I for the ceiling of the Banqueting House in London?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- Van Dyck.- Rubens.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27What means of communication was used on the 24th May, 1844, to send the message
0:18:27 > 0:18:31"What God hath wrought" in Morse code between Washington and Baltimore?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- Telegraph.- Which actor played the photographer, Lawrence, in the film Calendar Girls
0:18:35 > 0:18:40and DCI Gene Hunt in the TV series Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- David Morrissey.- Philip Glenister.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Which Scottish city's international airport is located at Dyce,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48a few miles north-west of the city?
0:18:48 > 0:18:49- Glasgow.- Aberdeen.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Who performed the first human heart transplant operation
0:18:52 > 0:18:55at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town in December, 1967?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Christiaan Barnard.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59In which of Mozart's operas is Soave Sia Il Vento sung
0:18:59 > 0:19:02by the sisters Fjordiligi and Dorabella,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04with the roguish Alfonso?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Marriage Of Figaro. - Cosi Fan Tutte.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Which British tennis player, now a sports presenter,
0:19:09 > 0:19:13was beaten in the semifinal of the Wimbledon women's singles, 1977?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Sue Barker.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17What widely used typeface was created for a national newspaper
0:19:17 > 0:19:22by Stanley Morison and first appeared in the 3rd October, 1932 edition?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Times New Roman.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26The Geneva Bible of 1560 is sometimes known...
0:19:26 > 0:19:27BEEP
0:19:27 > 0:19:29..by the name of which garments, because in its version of Genesis,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Adam and Eve made them to cover their nakedness?
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- Breeches.- Yes, the Breeches Bible. You had only one pass.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40The title used for biblical figures such as Abraham and Isaac
0:19:40 > 0:19:44and is also used for the head of an independent orthodox church is a patriarch.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- You have, Susan Holmes, a total of 25 points.- Thank you.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50APPLAUSE
0:19:57 > 0:20:00And now, Peter Royle again, please.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06And you have 14 points with your knowledge of the Peak District.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11Let's see how you do with your general knowledge, 28 still the score to beat.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17In Sickness And In Health was the sequel to which TV comedy series?
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Till Death Us Do Part.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Which two words are often added to places such as Southend and Bexhill
0:20:21 > 0:20:23to denote their geographical location?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25"On Sea."
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Who resigned as Home Secretary in June 2009,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30in the wake of controversy over her expenses claims?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- Theresa May.- Jacqui Smith.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35In Greek mythology, which youth, who pined away after falling in love
0:20:35 > 0:20:38with his own reflection, was turned into the flower that bears his name?
0:20:38 > 0:20:42- Narcissus.- Which river rises on Great Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales
0:20:42 > 0:20:45and passes north of Harrogate before joining the Ouse near York?
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Pass.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Who became the youngest winner of the Formula One Drivers' World Championship
0:20:55 > 0:20:58when he won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November 2010?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01- Hamilton.- Vettel.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Which of the Romantic poets had a dog called Boatswain
0:21:04 > 0:21:08and a poetic tribute to him is inscribed on a monument in his owner's garden?
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- Byron.- Which Canadian city was originally named Bytown
0:21:13 > 0:21:17after Lieutenant-Colonel John By but was renamed in the mid-1850s
0:21:17 > 0:21:19after the local Amerindian tribe?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- Ottawa.- What name is given to the two-handled jar used in ancient times
0:21:24 > 0:21:26to hold liquids, especially wine?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Amphora.- Which woodwind instrument's described in the film
0:21:29 > 0:21:34The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty as "the ill wind that no-one blows good"?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Bassoon.- Oboe. Which small member of the crow family is black with a grey neck,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42likes to nest in old buildings, church towers and chimneys?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Jackdaw.- What's the temperature difference
0:21:44 > 0:21:48between the normal boiling and freezing points of water on the Fahrenheit scale?
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- Two hundred and... - No, 180 degrees.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Which English navigator and explorer was buried at sea off Portobello in Panama
0:21:57 > 0:21:59in January 1596?
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- Pass.- Which character was played by Marlon Brando in the film The Godfather?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Don Corleone.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Man Ray's 1924 photograph Violon D'Ingres features a violin
0:22:12 > 0:22:15superimposed onto what?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- A woman's body. - Yes, a woman's back.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union
0:22:22 > 0:22:24in March 1985 after whose death?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Pass.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33Whose version of A Boy Named Sue won him a 1969 Grammy Award
0:22:33 > 0:22:35for best country vocal performance?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Johnny Cash.- What name for an animal that suckles its young
0:22:39 > 0:22:42comes from the Latin for "breast"?
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Mammal.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45BEEP
0:22:45 > 0:22:47And we're out of time. You had three passes.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52Mikhail Gorbachev became leader after the death of Chernenko.
0:22:52 > 0:22:59The English explorer who was buried at sea off Portobello, Panama, in 1596, was Sir Francis Drake.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01And that river that rises on Great Whernside
0:23:01 > 0:23:03and passes north of Harrogate
0:23:03 > 0:23:06before joining the Ouse near York, is the River Nidd.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09You have, Peter Royle, 25 points.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11APPLAUSE
0:23:19 > 0:23:22And finally, Steve Watson, please.
0:23:25 > 0:23:32And 17 points is what you already have with your knowledge of American number one singles.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36And still the score to beat is 28.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Let's see if you can do it, with your general knowledge.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42What name is given to the snacks originally served with drinks in Spanish bars
0:23:42 > 0:23:44and now found in many other countries?
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- Tapas.- Which symphonic fairytale for narrator and orchestra by Prokofiev
0:23:48 > 0:23:50was first performed in 1936?
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Peter And The Wolf.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Which carnivorous plant has a botanical name
0:23:53 > 0:23:56that loosely translates as "Aphrodite's mousetrap"?
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- Venus flytrap.- Who returned to manage Liverpool after the sacking
0:24:00 > 0:24:05of Roy Hodgson, in January 2011, almost 20 years after he resigned from the post?
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Kenny Dalglish.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Which novelist lived in Paris with her French husband from 1802 to 1814
0:24:10 > 0:24:13and is best remembered for Evelina, published in 1788?
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- Pass.- In which science-fiction film does Leonardo DiCaprio
0:24:18 > 0:24:22play the leader of a gang who break into sleepers' dreams to steal their secrets?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- The Dream?- Inception.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Henry Stuart, Duke of Albany, father of King James VI of Scotland, the I of England,
0:24:30 > 0:24:31is generally known by what title?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Lord Darnley.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Juno is the Roman counterpart of which Greek goddess?
0:24:35 > 0:24:40- Hera.- Which TV comedy series featured an accident-prone vet called Mr Chinnery
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and a bickering theatre group called Legz Akimbo?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Pass.- Who served two terms as president of France,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49from '95 to 2007?
0:24:52 > 0:24:57- Pass.- In which city does Robert Adam's Pulteney Bridge cross the River Avon?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- Er, Bristol?- Bath.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Which Pre-Raphaelite painter's first wife, Elizabeth Siddal,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04was the model for many of his paintings?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Gabriel Dante Rossetti.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09When Penguin paperbacks first appeared in 1935,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11they were colour-coded to indicate a subject.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13What did a green and white cover denote?
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- Er, children's?- Crime.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Which powerful analgesic drug was isolated from opium
0:25:18 > 0:25:23at the beginning of the 19th century by the German chemist, Friedrich Wilhelm Serturner?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Morphine.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Hollands is the Dutch variety of which spirit?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30It's distilled from malted barley and other grains
0:25:30 > 0:25:31and flavoured with juniper berries.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- Gin.- What is the name of the central character
0:25:34 > 0:25:36of JD Salinger's novel, The Catcher In The Rye?
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Holden Caulfield.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Which metal is present in the ores malachite and azurite?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- Iron.- Copper.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Fran Healy is the lead singer of which Scottish rock group?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Travis.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51In church architecture, what term is used for a bracket projecting from the underside
0:25:51 > 0:25:54of hinged, tip-up seats, enabling a person to rest whilst standing?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- Pass.- Which former junior health minister left Parliament
0:25:59 > 0:26:02after losing a seat in South Derbyshire at the '97 general election?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Clare Short.- Edwina Currie.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07In 1907, Florence Nightingale became the first woman
0:26:07 > 0:26:09to be appointed to which order of chivalry?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11BEEP
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- The Order Of Merit.- The Order Of Merit is correct.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19You had four passes. In the church, that bracket is the misericord.
0:26:19 > 0:26:26Jacques Chirac was president twice, from '95 to 2007.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30The League Of Gentlemen was the TV comedy series featuring Mr Chinnery and Legz Akimbo.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34And Fanny Burney was the novelist who lived in Paris
0:26:34 > 0:26:36from 1802 to 1814.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Four passes. Steve Watson, 29 points.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42APPLAUSE
0:26:52 > 0:26:57Well, that is as close as it gets! Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00In joint third place, with 25 points apiece,
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Susan Holmes and Peter Royle.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Second place, 28 points, Paul Smith.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08And in first place, he did it with the final question,
0:27:08 > 0:27:1129 points, Steve Watson!
0:27:11 > 0:27:13APPLAUSE
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Which means, of course, that Steve Watson is tonight's winner.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28He goes through to the semifinals, congratulations to him.
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