Episode 9

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0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight, Kate Foley,

0:00:28 > 0:00:30an administrator from Mid Glamorgan.

0:00:30 > 0:00:33Her subject is The Archers.

0:00:33 > 0:00:35Next, Paul Radford, a copywriter from Leicester.

0:00:35 > 0:00:38He'll answer questions on the Apollo Space Programme.

0:00:38 > 0:00:41Mark Wyatt, a chartered accountant from Birmingham.

0:00:41 > 0:00:43His subject, the singer-songwriter Nick Drake.

0:00:43 > 0:00:47And Chris Forse, a retired teacher from Stratford-upon-Avon

0:00:47 > 0:00:50and his subject, the Cold War.

0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

0:01:03 > 0:01:06Four more contenders are about to take

0:01:06 > 0:01:09television's ultimate test of nerves and knowledge.

0:01:09 > 0:01:12From the famous black chair, they will answer two minutes of questions

0:01:12 > 0:01:15on their specialist subject and then two and a half minutes

0:01:15 > 0:01:16on General Knowledge.

0:01:16 > 0:01:19The winner will take a step closer to the final.

0:01:19 > 0:01:21And the chance to own the great, glass bowl

0:01:21 > 0:01:23and, far more importantly,

0:01:23 > 0:01:26the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.

0:01:26 > 0:01:27So, let's get on with it

0:01:27 > 0:01:30and ask our first contender to join us, please.

0:01:37 > 0:01:42- And your name is?- Kate Foley. - Your occupation?- Administrator.

0:01:42 > 0:01:46- And your specialist subject? - The Archers, 1980 to the Present Day.

0:01:46 > 0:01:48The Archers in two minutes, starting now.

0:01:48 > 0:01:50Which actress finally gave voice to Pru Forrest

0:01:50 > 0:01:53in the 10,000th episode of The Archers in 1989

0:01:53 > 0:01:55after she'd been silent for many years?

0:01:55 > 0:01:56- Buffy Davis.- Judi Dench.

0:01:56 > 0:01:59What is the name of the son born as a result of the affair

0:01:59 > 0:02:01between Siobhan Hathaway and Brian Aldridge?

0:02:01 > 0:02:02- Rory.- Yes.

0:02:02 > 0:02:05In 1982, who emerged unscathed following the road accident

0:02:05 > 0:02:07in which Sid Perks' wife Polly was killed?

0:02:09 > 0:02:10- Tony Archer.- Pat Archer.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12Tamsin Greig plays Debbie Aldridge.

0:02:12 > 0:02:15When Tamsin's unavailable for recording, her character

0:02:15 > 0:02:16is said to be managing a farm in which country?

0:02:16 > 0:02:18- Hungary.- Yes.

0:02:18 > 0:02:20In 2010, whom did Alice Aldridge marry in Las Vegas

0:02:20 > 0:02:23while on holiday before her final year

0:02:23 > 0:02:25studying engineering at Southampton University?

0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Chris Carter.- Yes.

0:02:27 > 0:02:29Which property did Lillian Bellamy sell in 1994

0:02:29 > 0:02:31in order to raise money for her son James

0:02:31 > 0:02:33who wanted to buy a house of his own?

0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Nightingale Farm. - Blossom Hill Cottage.

0:02:36 > 0:02:38The parish church of Ambridge established in 1281

0:02:38 > 0:02:39is dedicated to which saint?

0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Stephen.- Yes.

0:02:41 > 0:02:44The actress Moir Leslie has played two major characters in The Archers.

0:02:44 > 0:02:46One was the Reverend Janet Fisher, who was the other?

0:02:46 > 0:02:49- Pass.- Susan Carter's brother carried out an armed raid

0:02:49 > 0:02:51on the village post office in 1993

0:02:51 > 0:02:54which led to both him and Susan being imprisoned. What was his name?

0:02:54 > 0:02:55- Clive Horrobin.- It was.

0:02:55 > 0:02:57Who replaced long-time writer and producer

0:02:57 > 0:03:00William Smethurst as editor of the programme in 1986?

0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Vanessa Whitburn. - No, Liz Rigby.

0:03:02 > 0:03:04What nationality was Debbie Aldridge's husband

0:03:04 > 0:03:06Simon Gerrard, whom she discovered in the arms

0:03:06 > 0:03:08of a colleague at the college where he lectured?

0:03:08 > 0:03:09- Canadian.- He was.

0:03:09 > 0:03:12Which ex-Navy officer courted Peggy Archer in the late '80s after

0:03:12 > 0:03:14moving into one of the barn conversions in the village?

0:03:16 > 0:03:17Pass.

0:03:17 > 0:03:18Although his voice was never heard,

0:03:18 > 0:03:21who was Jack Woolley's chauffeur and handyman for many years?

0:03:21 > 0:03:22- Higgs.- Yes.

0:03:22 > 0:03:24Who was the GP in Ambridge between '86 and '91,

0:03:24 > 0:03:27briefly sharing Ambridge Farm with Caroline Bone

0:03:27 > 0:03:30before moving to a practice in Somerset?

0:03:30 > 0:03:31- Richard Lock. - Matthew Thorogood.

0:03:31 > 0:03:35What were the names of the two Anglo-Nubian goats

0:03:35 > 0:03:37that Lynda Snell bought in the late '80s?

0:03:37 > 0:03:38Pass.

0:03:38 > 0:03:40Following the death of the actor George Hart,

0:03:40 > 0:03:43how was the character Jethro Larkin killed off in The Archers?

0:03:45 > 0:03:47- Farming accident.- No, a falling branch from a tree.

0:03:47 > 0:03:48- Which trophy... - END OF ROUND BUZZER

0:03:48 > 0:03:50I've started so I'll finish.

0:03:50 > 0:03:53..is presented to the winner of Ambridge cricket club's

0:03:53 > 0:03:55annual Single Wicket competition?

0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Pass.- Well, I can tell you cos you're out of time.

0:03:59 > 0:04:03The Mark Hebden Memorial Trophy. And your other passes.

0:04:03 > 0:04:08The names of those Anglo-Nubian goats were Demeter and Persephone.

0:04:08 > 0:04:13Godfrey Wendover was the ex-Navy officer who courted Peggy Archer.

0:04:13 > 0:04:17And Moir Leslie played the Reverend Janet Fisher

0:04:17 > 0:04:19and Sophie Barlow.

0:04:19 > 0:04:22Four passes. You have, Kate Foley, seven points.

0:04:32 > 0:04:34And our next contender, please.

0:04:40 > 0:04:44- And your name is?- Paul Radford. - Your occupation?- Copywriter.

0:04:44 > 0:04:47- And your specialist subject? - The Apollo Space Programme.

0:04:47 > 0:04:50The Apollo Space Programme. Two minutes, starting now.

0:04:50 > 0:04:52Crewed by Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham,

0:04:52 > 0:04:54which was the first manned Apollo flight?

0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Apollo 7.- Yes. On 19 November '69,

0:04:57 > 0:05:00which Apollo 12 astronaut became the fourth man to walk

0:05:00 > 0:05:02on the moon after Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Pete Conrad?

0:05:02 > 0:05:03- Alan Bean.- Yes.

0:05:03 > 0:05:06What were the Apollo 10 command and lunar modules called?

0:05:08 > 0:05:12- St... um, Snoopy and Charlie Brown.- Yes.

0:05:12 > 0:05:15Which Apollo astronaut honoured his wife Marilyn

0:05:15 > 0:05:16by naming a crater on the moon after her

0:05:16 > 0:05:18during the Apollo 8 mission?

0:05:18 > 0:05:20- Jim Lovell.- Yes. According to the Apollo 11 flight plan,

0:05:20 > 0:05:22what were Armstrong and Aldrin supposed to do

0:05:22 > 0:05:23when they landed on the moon?

0:05:23 > 0:05:26The plan was hastily revised so they could step out immediately.

0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Er, have, take a rest period.- Yes.

0:05:28 > 0:05:30What name was given to the four billion-year-old

0:05:30 > 0:05:33chunk of crystalline igneous rock that was found

0:05:33 > 0:05:35by Jim Irwin and brought back by Apollo 15?

0:05:35 > 0:05:36- The Genesis Rock.- Yes.

0:05:36 > 0:05:38Which member of the Apollo 14 backup crew

0:05:38 > 0:05:40was left out of the Apollo 17 crew in order to

0:05:40 > 0:05:43make way for Jack Schmitt, a qualified geologist?

0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Donn Eisele.- Joe Engel.

0:05:46 > 0:05:48What did the Apollo 13 crew have to construct

0:05:48 > 0:05:51from various objects held together with duct tape?

0:05:51 > 0:05:53- An air scrubber. - Yes. An air purifier.

0:05:53 > 0:05:55The Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott dropped a hammer

0:05:55 > 0:05:58and which other object before a television camera

0:05:58 > 0:05:59to show the effect of lunar gravity?

0:05:59 > 0:06:01- A feather.- Yes.

0:06:01 > 0:06:02What was discovered at Shorty Crater

0:06:02 > 0:06:05on the Apollo 17 mission that provided evidence

0:06:05 > 0:06:07of explosive volcanic activity on the moon?

0:06:07 > 0:06:09- Orange dust. - Yeah, orange soil.

0:06:09 > 0:06:11What was the name of the amphibious assault ship

0:06:11 > 0:06:12that picked up the Apollo 13 crew

0:06:12 > 0:06:14after splashdown in the South Pacific?

0:06:14 > 0:06:15Pass.

0:06:15 > 0:06:16What was always served up for

0:06:16 > 0:06:19the traditional astronaut's breakfast on launch day?

0:06:19 > 0:06:20- Steak and eggs.- Yes.

0:06:20 > 0:06:22How did the astronauts of Apollo 8 know

0:06:22 > 0:06:25the precise moment that they had gone behind the moon?

0:06:25 > 0:06:28- They could see it.- No. Loss of radio signal.- Oh.

0:06:28 > 0:06:30What did Pete Conrad smuggle aboard Apollo 12

0:06:30 > 0:06:32in his spacesuit but he couldn't use it

0:06:32 > 0:06:34because it was buried in a bag of rock samples?

0:06:34 > 0:06:37- An automatic camera timer. - Yes.

0:06:37 > 0:06:39What was left behind by Dave Scott

0:06:39 > 0:06:41on the Apollo 15 Lunar Rover's control panel

0:06:41 > 0:06:44for future explorers who might want to understand

0:06:44 > 0:06:46who had left the machine there?

0:06:46 > 0:06:48Pass.

0:06:48 > 0:06:50- Which Latin phrase meaning "From the moon, knowledge" - END OF ROUND BUZZER

0:06:50 > 0:06:52was on the Apollo 13 mission patch?

0:06:52 > 0:06:55- Ex luna, scientia. - Exactly right.

0:06:55 > 0:06:57You had two passes.

0:06:57 > 0:07:01It was a red leather bible that Dave Scott left behind

0:07:01 > 0:07:03for future explorers.

0:07:03 > 0:07:06And the name of that amphibious assault ship that picked up

0:07:06 > 0:07:09the Apollo 13 crew was the Iwo Jima.

0:07:09 > 0:07:11You have, Paul Radford, 12 points.

0:07:21 > 0:07:23And our next contender, please.

0:07:29 > 0:07:33- And your name is?- Mark Wyatt.- Your occupation?- Chartered accountant.

0:07:33 > 0:07:36- And your chosen subject? - The Life & Music of Nick Drake.

0:07:36 > 0:07:39Nick Drake in two minutes, starting now.

0:07:39 > 0:07:41Nicholas Rodney Drake was born on the 19 June 1948

0:07:41 > 0:07:42in which Asian city?

0:07:42 > 0:07:43- Rangoon.- Correct.

0:07:43 > 0:07:45At which London venue was Ashley Hutchings of

0:07:45 > 0:07:47Fairport Convention so impressed by Drake's performance

0:07:47 > 0:07:50that he subsequently put him in touch with the band's manager Joe Boyd?

0:07:50 > 0:07:51- The Roundhouse.- Yes.

0:07:51 > 0:07:54Which classic song by his friend and contemporary John Martyn

0:07:54 > 0:07:56was reputedly written for and about Drake?

0:07:56 > 0:07:57- Solid Air.- Yes.

0:07:57 > 0:08:00The Drake family settled in which Warwickshire village on their return from Burma?

0:08:00 > 0:08:01- Tamworth-in-Arden.- Yes.

0:08:01 > 0:08:03While travelling in Morocco, Drake and his friends

0:08:03 > 0:08:05were let off a large part of the cost of car repairs

0:08:05 > 0:08:08after the garage owner had his photograph taken with them.

0:08:08 > 0:08:09Who did he think they were?

0:08:09 > 0:08:10- The Rolling Stones.- Yes.

0:08:10 > 0:08:12Which housemaster at Marlborough wrote of Drake that,

0:08:12 > 0:08:16"He would, I think, secretly like to be good enough to make his living in music"?

0:08:16 > 0:08:17- Dennis Silk.- Yes.

0:08:17 > 0:08:19In 1968, he signed to which production

0:08:19 > 0:08:21and management company set up by Joe Boyd

0:08:21 > 0:08:23and later sold to Island Records?

0:08:23 > 0:08:24- Witchseason.- Yes.

0:08:24 > 0:08:25What is the name of the female figure

0:08:25 > 0:08:27who features in the lyrics of River Man?

0:08:27 > 0:08:28- Betty.- Yup.

0:08:28 > 0:08:31Which friend of Drake's from Cambridge University arranged

0:08:31 > 0:08:33the strings on several tracks on his debut album

0:08:33 > 0:08:36including Way To Blue, Day Is Done and Fruit Tree?

0:08:36 > 0:08:37- Robert Kirby.- Correct.

0:08:37 > 0:08:39At which studios in a former dairy in Chelsea

0:08:39 > 0:08:41did Drake record all three of his albums?

0:08:41 > 0:08:42- Sound Techniques.- Correct.

0:08:42 > 0:08:45In March 1970, he opened for which group on a five-date UK tour?

0:08:45 > 0:08:47The other act on the bill being the Humblebums

0:08:47 > 0:08:49featuring Gerry Rafferty and Billy Connolly.

0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Fotheringay.- Correct.

0:08:51 > 0:08:52Which guest musician plays organ, celeste

0:08:52 > 0:08:55and piano on the Bryter Layter track, Northern Sky?

0:08:55 > 0:08:56- John Cale.- Correct.

0:08:56 > 0:08:59Who sang the four Drake songs chosen for the very rare

0:08:59 > 0:09:021970 album issued to showcase artists from Joe Boyd's

0:09:02 > 0:09:04Warlock Music publishing arm?

0:09:04 > 0:09:05- Elton John.- Yup.

0:09:05 > 0:09:07Drake died at the age of 26.

0:09:07 > 0:09:09Which book by Camus was at his bedside

0:09:09 > 0:09:10when his mother found his body?

0:09:10 > 0:09:12- The Myth Of Sisyphus.- Yes.

0:09:12 > 0:09:14Which photographer took the famous running man shot

0:09:14 > 0:09:16on the sleeve of Drake's debut album Five Leaves Left?

0:09:16 > 0:09:17- Keith Morris.- Correct.

0:09:17 > 0:09:19A line from which song is inscribed

0:09:19 > 0:09:21on the back of his gravestone in Tamworth-in-Arden?

0:09:23 > 0:09:24- From The Morning.- Yes.

0:09:24 > 0:09:26Who had a rare interview with Drake which

0:09:26 > 0:09:29was published in the music paper Sounds in March 1971?

0:09:29 > 0:09:30- Jerry Gilbert.- Correct.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32At which venue did Drake support Fairport Convention

0:09:32 > 0:09:35in September 1969 in the band's first major concert

0:09:35 > 0:09:38since the car crash that killed Fairport's drummer?

0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Royal Festival Hall.- Yes. - END OF ROUND BUZZER

0:09:41 > 0:09:44No passes. A perfect round. 18 points.

0:09:55 > 0:09:58And our final contender, please.

0:10:03 > 0:10:07- And your name is?- Chris Forse. - Your occupation?- A retired teacher.

0:10:07 > 0:10:12- And your chosen subject? - The Cold War, 1946-64.

0:10:12 > 0:10:13The Cold War in two minutes.

0:10:13 > 0:10:16Which mutual defence pact was signed by 12 countries

0:10:16 > 0:10:18in Washington in April 1949?

0:10:18 > 0:10:19- NATO.- Yes.

0:10:19 > 0:10:21Which American general's plan for the post-war recovery

0:10:21 > 0:10:25of Europe was unveiled in a speech at Harvard University in June 1947?

0:10:25 > 0:10:26- Marshall.- Yes.

0:10:26 > 0:10:29Who was the Foreign Secretary in Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government?

0:10:29 > 0:10:30- Ernest Bevin.- Yes.

0:10:30 > 0:10:33Which country exploded their first nuclear weapon in October '64?

0:10:33 > 0:10:34- China.- Yes.

0:10:34 > 0:10:36In his speech of March '46,

0:10:36 > 0:10:39Winston Churchill said that two cities were linked

0:10:39 > 0:10:43by an Iron Curtain that had descended across Europe from Stettin to where?

0:10:43 > 0:10:44- Trieste.- Yes.

0:10:44 > 0:10:46Whom did the Soviets put in charge of Hungary after

0:10:46 > 0:10:50they crushed the popular uprising led by Imre Nagy in 1956?

0:10:50 > 0:10:51- Kadar.- Yes.

0:10:51 > 0:10:54Which conclusive battle in '54 saw the defeat of

0:10:54 > 0:10:57the French forces in Indochina to their Viet Minh opponents?

0:10:57 > 0:10:58- Dien Bien Phu.- Correct.

0:10:58 > 0:11:01In May '60, a U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviets.

0:11:01 > 0:11:04Which American company was it manufactured by?

0:11:04 > 0:11:05- Lockheed.- Yes.

0:11:05 > 0:11:08Which European Communist leader was openly critical

0:11:08 > 0:11:10of Stalin's policies and later pioneered

0:11:10 > 0:11:11the policy of non-alignment?

0:11:12 > 0:11:13- Tito.- Yes.

0:11:13 > 0:11:15Who led the Iranian government

0:11:15 > 0:11:18that nationalised Britain's oil holdings in 1951?

0:11:18 > 0:11:19- Mossadegh.- Correct.

0:11:19 > 0:11:21In the same month as the Bay of Pigs fiasco,

0:11:21 > 0:11:23the Soviets gained a huge propaganda first

0:11:23 > 0:11:25over the Americans by achieving what?

0:11:25 > 0:11:29- Sputnik.- No. The first manned space flight.

0:11:29 > 0:11:32Where on the Berlin Wall did American and Soviet tanks

0:11:32 > 0:11:35come into direct confrontation on 27th October 1961,

0:11:35 > 0:11:37although no shots were actually fired?

0:11:37 > 0:11:38- Checkpoint Charlie.- Correct.

0:11:38 > 0:11:41Which Czech foreign minister favoured continuing relations

0:11:41 > 0:11:43with the West but was found dead in March 1948

0:11:43 > 0:11:45following the Communist coup in his country?

0:11:45 > 0:11:46- Jan Masaryk.- Correct.

0:11:46 > 0:11:48Who was the president of South Korea

0:11:48 > 0:11:49when the North invaded in June 1950

0:11:49 > 0:11:51leading to a three year war?

0:11:51 > 0:11:52- Syngman Rhee.- Correct.

0:11:52 > 0:11:54Which country's American missile bases

0:11:54 > 0:11:55were dismantled as part of the agreement

0:11:55 > 0:11:57to settle the Cuban Missile Crisis?

0:11:57 > 0:11:58- Turkey.- Correct.

0:11:58 > 0:11:59Which spy, the head of Section IX,

0:11:59 > 0:12:02dealing with Soviet counter-intelligence for the British,

0:12:02 > 0:12:04helped the Soviets penetrate US nuclear secrets?

0:12:04 > 0:12:06- Oleg Penkovsky.- Kim Philby.

0:12:06 > 0:12:08Following the Kremlin coup of October '64,

0:12:08 > 0:12:11- President Johnson was initially faced by... - END OF ROUND BUZZER

0:12:11 > 0:12:12I've started so I shall finish.

0:12:12 > 0:12:15..a triumvirate of Soviet leaders, Alexei Kosygin

0:12:15 > 0:12:17and Nikolai Podgorny were two, who was the third?

0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Brezhnev.- Is correct.

0:12:19 > 0:12:22Chris Forse, no passes. 15 points.

0:12:32 > 0:12:36So, shaping up to be quite a battle, let's have a look at the scores.

0:12:36 > 0:12:38In fourth place, seven points, Kate Foley.

0:12:38 > 0:12:41Third place, 12 points, Paul Radford.

0:12:41 > 0:12:43Second place, 15 points, big score, Chris Forse.

0:12:43 > 0:12:47In the lead, 18 points, an enormous score, Mark Wyatt.

0:12:52 > 0:12:54So, it's the General Knowledge round now

0:12:54 > 0:12:56and if there is a tie at the end of it,

0:12:56 > 0:12:58then the number of passes is taken into account

0:12:58 > 0:13:00and the contender with the fewer passes is the winner.

0:13:00 > 0:13:04And if they're tied on passes as well then there will be a tie-break.

0:13:04 > 0:13:07And by the way, the six highest-scoring runners-up will

0:13:07 > 0:13:11also be able to claim a place in the semi-finals.

0:13:11 > 0:13:14So, let's get on with it and ask Kate Foley to join us again, please.

0:13:18 > 0:13:21And you chose an enormous subject in The Archers.

0:13:21 > 0:13:23They've been around a very long time.

0:13:23 > 0:13:25- Yes.- You have seven points to begin this round with,

0:13:25 > 0:13:28let's see how you do with your general knowledge, here we go.

0:13:28 > 0:13:30What title was once given to the senior woman nursing officer

0:13:30 > 0:13:33in charge of all the nursing staff at a hospital?

0:13:33 > 0:13:34- Matron.- Yes.

0:13:34 > 0:13:36The last episode of which television school drama was

0:13:36 > 0:13:38broadcast in September 2008,

0:13:38 > 0:13:4030 years after the first episode?

0:13:40 > 0:13:41- Byker Grove.- Grange Hill.

0:13:41 > 0:13:44The name of which variety of pasta normally served stuffed

0:13:44 > 0:13:47literally means big tubes or pipes?

0:13:47 > 0:13:48- Cannelloni.- Yes.

0:13:48 > 0:13:51What is the southernmost of Spain's Mediterranean costas?

0:13:51 > 0:13:53It includes the resorts of Torremolinos,

0:13:53 > 0:13:54Fuengirola and Marbella.

0:13:54 > 0:13:55- Costa del Sol.- Yes.

0:13:55 > 0:13:58Which pioneering female aviator disappeared

0:13:58 > 0:14:01after bailing out over the Thames Estuary in 1941

0:14:01 > 0:14:04while she was on a mission for the Air Transport Auxiliary?

0:14:04 > 0:14:05- Amy Johnson.- Correct.

0:14:05 > 0:14:07At the heart of which English university city

0:14:07 > 0:14:09is the crossroads called Carfax

0:14:09 > 0:14:12from the Latin quadri furcus meaning four-forked?

0:14:12 > 0:14:13- Bristol.- Oxford.

0:14:13 > 0:14:17Who set a new world record of 1,190 points in test rugby

0:14:17 > 0:14:20during England's victory over France in February 2011?

0:14:22 > 0:14:23- Jonny Wilkinson.- Yes.

0:14:23 > 0:14:26The singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding reached number two

0:14:26 > 0:14:28in the UK charts in 2010 with a cover version

0:14:28 > 0:14:29of which Elton John song?

0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Your Song.- Correct.

0:14:31 > 0:14:33Reremouse and flittermouse are archaic names

0:14:33 > 0:14:35for which animal?

0:14:35 > 0:14:36- Bat.- Yes.

0:14:36 > 0:14:38Peter Mandelson was once said to have mistaken

0:14:38 > 0:14:40an item in a chip shop for guacamole.

0:14:40 > 0:14:41What was it?

0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Mushy peas.- Yes.

0:14:43 > 0:14:44Which youthful Dickensian hero

0:14:44 > 0:14:47has a villainous half-brother called Monks?

0:14:47 > 0:14:49- David Copperfield. - Oliver Twist.

0:14:49 > 0:14:52Daniel Libeskind's design of which museum in Salford

0:14:52 > 0:14:54represents the Earth shattered by conflict?

0:14:54 > 0:14:57- Imperial War Museum.- Yes. Imperial War Museum North.

0:14:57 > 0:14:59What relation was Queen Mary II to Queen Anne

0:14:59 > 0:15:02who succeeded Mary's husband to the throne?

0:15:03 > 0:15:04- Daughter-in-law.- Sister.

0:15:04 > 0:15:07Which poet in her first published volume

0:15:07 > 0:15:08Making Cocoa For Kingsley Amis

0:15:08 > 0:15:11reduces T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land to five limericks?

0:15:11 > 0:15:12- Wendy Cope.- Yes.

0:15:12 > 0:15:15In Greek mythology, which hero is traditionally said

0:15:15 > 0:15:18to have sulked in his tent after Agamemnon took

0:15:18 > 0:15:21his captured slave girl Briseis for himself?

0:15:21 > 0:15:22- Achilles.- Correct.

0:15:22 > 0:15:24In computing, what two-word term is given to

0:15:24 > 0:15:27an online messaging service, dedicated to real-time exchanges

0:15:27 > 0:15:31and the notional area occupied by participants in it?

0:15:31 > 0:15:32Pass.

0:15:32 > 0:15:35In The Phantom Of The Opera, what is the first name

0:15:35 > 0:15:38of the young soprano originally played on stage by Sarah Brightman?

0:15:38 > 0:15:39Pass.

0:15:39 > 0:15:42Which Italian fashion house uses the head of Medusa

0:15:42 > 0:15:43as its trademark?

0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Gucci.- Versace.

0:15:48 > 0:15:49What name from the French for horse

0:15:49 > 0:15:52is used for a full-length mirror mounted so as to tip backwards

0:15:52 > 0:15:54and forwards within a frame?

0:15:55 > 0:15:57- Equine.- Cheval.

0:15:57 > 0:15:59Which actor once married to Madonna has won...

0:15:59 > 0:16:00END OF ROUND BUZZER

0:16:00 > 0:16:03..Best Actor Oscars for both Mystic River and Milk?

0:16:03 > 0:16:05- Sean Penn. - Sean Penn is correct.

0:16:05 > 0:16:08You had two passes. In The Phantom Of The Opera,

0:16:08 > 0:16:13the first name of that young soprano was Christine.

0:16:13 > 0:16:18And that rather complicated description of what you do

0:16:18 > 0:16:21on your computer was a chat room.

0:16:21 > 0:16:23Sounds much more simple when you say chat room, doesn't it?

0:16:23 > 0:16:24But that's what it was.

0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Two passes, Kate Foley, you have 19 points.- Thank you.

0:16:37 > 0:16:39And now, Paul Radford again, please.

0:16:44 > 0:16:46And you start out with 12 points with your knowledge

0:16:46 > 0:16:48of the Apollo Space Programme.

0:16:48 > 0:16:51Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.

0:16:51 > 0:16:54Sabres and epees are types of which weapon?

0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Swords.- Yes. At which ground in Glasgow do Scotland normally play

0:16:57 > 0:16:59their home international football matches?

0:16:59 > 0:17:00- Hampden Park.- Yes.

0:17:00 > 0:17:03What name's given to chunks of pork rind deep-fried

0:17:03 > 0:17:05and coated with salt and seasoning, often sold in pubs?

0:17:05 > 0:17:07- Pork scratchings.- Yes.

0:17:07 > 0:17:09Which sea is bounded on the south by Venezuela, Colombia

0:17:09 > 0:17:11and Panama and on the west by Central America?

0:17:13 > 0:17:14- Caribbean.- Yes.

0:17:14 > 0:17:17Which future prime minister had three spells as Foreign Secretary,

0:17:17 > 0:17:20the first from 1935-38 and the last ending in 1955?

0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Eden.- Yes.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25Who presents the Radio 2 programme Melodies For You,

0:17:25 > 0:17:27although he's better known for his work

0:17:27 > 0:17:28on gardening programmes?

0:17:28 > 0:17:29Pass.

0:17:29 > 0:17:31Which dog was bred in Germany to hunt wild boar,

0:17:31 > 0:17:34is known as the German Mastiff or Deutsche Dogge

0:17:34 > 0:17:35in its homeland?

0:17:35 > 0:17:37- Alsatian.- Great Dane.

0:17:37 > 0:17:39Which author created the Yorkshire police detectives

0:17:39 > 0:17:42Dalziel and Pascoe who made their first appearance

0:17:42 > 0:17:43in A Clubbable Woman?

0:17:44 > 0:17:45Pass.

0:17:45 > 0:17:48According to the Book of Exodus, the idol made by Aaron

0:17:48 > 0:17:51and worshipped by the Jews during Moses's absence

0:17:51 > 0:17:52on Mount Sinai took what form?

0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Fire.- A golden calf.

0:17:56 > 0:17:58In 1971, the American football Super Bowl trophy

0:17:58 > 0:18:01was named in honour of which Green Bay Packers coach?

0:18:01 > 0:18:02Pass.

0:18:02 > 0:18:05Which Spanish cheese takes its name from the plain

0:18:05 > 0:18:07to the south of Madrid that was home to Don Quixote?

0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Gorgonzola.- Manchego.

0:18:11 > 0:18:13What was codenamed Operation Overlord

0:18:13 > 0:18:14in the Second World War?

0:18:14 > 0:18:17- The in... Allied invasion.- Yes.

0:18:17 > 0:18:20Which hormone that is secreted by the outer layer

0:18:20 > 0:18:22of the adrenal glands has been synthesised

0:18:22 > 0:18:24and used as an anti-inflammatory agent

0:18:24 > 0:18:26for rheumatoid arthritis and other ailments?

0:18:28 > 0:18:29Pass.

0:18:29 > 0:18:32Which New York group's debut album features Nico

0:18:32 > 0:18:33as one of the vocalists

0:18:33 > 0:18:35and credits Andy Warhol as the producer?

0:18:38 > 0:18:39Pass.

0:18:39 > 0:18:41What did Oliver Cromwell refer to as "this bauble"

0:18:41 > 0:18:44in his speech dismissing the Rump Parliament in April 1653?

0:18:44 > 0:18:47- The sceptre. - Yes, or the mace.

0:18:47 > 0:18:49Which director's films include Seven,

0:18:49 > 0:18:52Fight Club and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button?

0:18:52 > 0:18:54- Spielberg. - Fincher, David Fincher.

0:18:54 > 0:18:56In which Cathedral is there a stained-glass window

0:18:56 > 0:18:59dedicated to Elgar? It's where the first performance

0:18:59 > 0:19:02of the revised version of his Enigma Variations took place.

0:19:02 > 0:19:04- Coventry.- Worcester.

0:19:04 > 0:19:06Which surrealist artist wrote the autobiography

0:19:06 > 0:19:09Diary Of A Genius, first published in America in 1965?

0:19:09 > 0:19:10- Warhol.- Dali.

0:19:10 > 0:19:14The adjective postprandial means after what?

0:19:14 > 0:19:15- Eating.- Yes.

0:19:15 > 0:19:18Which fictional space hero made his first appearance

0:19:18 > 0:19:20in Amazing Stories in 1928

0:19:20 > 0:19:22for a magazine serial called Armageddon 2419 A.D.?

0:19:22 > 0:19:24END OF ROUND BUZZER

0:19:24 > 0:19:26- Buck Rogers. - Buck Rogers is correct.

0:19:26 > 0:19:30Your passes, there were five of them.

0:19:30 > 0:19:33The New York group which featured Nico as one of the vocalists

0:19:33 > 0:19:35and Andy Warhol as producer was Velvet Underground.

0:19:35 > 0:19:41Cortisone is the hormone that's secreted by the adrenal glands.

0:19:41 > 0:19:46Vince Lombardi was that very famous Green Bay Packers coach.

0:19:46 > 0:19:49Reginald Hill created Dalziel and Pascoe and all of that.

0:19:49 > 0:19:51You'll kick yourself for this one.

0:19:51 > 0:19:53That Radio 2 presenter

0:19:53 > 0:19:55but, more importantly, gardening presenter,

0:19:55 > 0:19:57a bloke called Titchmarsh.

0:19:59 > 0:20:02Five passes, Paul Radford, 21 points.

0:20:12 > 0:20:14And now, Chris Forse again, please.

0:20:18 > 0:20:20And you scored 15 with your knowledge of the Cold War,

0:20:20 > 0:20:24you were rattling away there.

0:20:24 > 0:20:27Two and a half minutes now on general knowledge

0:20:27 > 0:20:29and the score to beat at the moment is 21.

0:20:29 > 0:20:30Let's see how you do.

0:20:30 > 0:20:33In 2003, Mervyn King succeeded Sir Eddie George

0:20:33 > 0:20:34in which financial post?

0:20:34 > 0:20:36- Governor of the Bank of England.- Yes.

0:20:36 > 0:20:39What does an horologist specialise in making?

0:20:39 > 0:20:40Pass.

0:20:40 > 0:20:43Desiree is a red-skinned, yellow-fleshed variety

0:20:43 > 0:20:44of which vegetable?

0:20:44 > 0:20:45Pass.

0:20:45 > 0:20:47The name of which small, nocturnal lizard comes from

0:20:47 > 0:20:49the Malay imitation of its distinctive cry?

0:20:50 > 0:20:52- Gecko.- Yes.

0:20:52 > 0:20:54Which novel by Ernest Hemingway set in the Spanish Civil War

0:20:54 > 0:20:56has a quotation from John Donne as its title?

0:20:56 > 0:20:58- A Farewell To Arms. - No, For Whom The Bell Tolls.

0:20:58 > 0:21:01Which major Paris museum and art gallery, opened in 1986,

0:21:01 > 0:21:03is situated in a former railway station?

0:21:03 > 0:21:04Pass.

0:21:04 > 0:21:06In 2008, who took over from Michael Aspel

0:21:06 > 0:21:10as the regular presenter of Antiques Roadshow?

0:21:10 > 0:21:11- Fiona Bruce.- Yes.

0:21:11 > 0:21:13Which theoretical physicist was

0:21:13 > 0:21:15the Lucasian professor of mathematics

0:21:15 > 0:21:18at Cambridge University from 1979 to 2009?

0:21:18 > 0:21:19- Stephen Hawking.- Yes.

0:21:19 > 0:21:21What sort of shop did Margaret Thatcher's father

0:21:21 > 0:21:22Alderman Alfred Roberts own?

0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Grocers.- Yes.

0:21:24 > 0:21:26Which author was born the sixth child

0:21:26 > 0:21:28of John Marshall Clemens in the small town

0:21:28 > 0:21:31of Florida, Missouri on 30th November 1835?

0:21:32 > 0:21:35- Mark Twain.- Yes.

0:21:35 > 0:21:37Which controversial socialist politician began

0:21:37 > 0:21:39his first term as president of Venezuela in 1999?

0:21:39 > 0:21:41- Hugo Chavez.- Yes.

0:21:41 > 0:21:42What is the usual colour of the flower

0:21:42 > 0:21:44of the saffron crocus?

0:21:44 > 0:21:46- Yellow.- Purple.

0:21:46 > 0:21:48Which English song is first referred to

0:21:48 > 0:21:50in the 1580 Stationer's Company register

0:21:50 > 0:21:52where it's described as "a new northern ditty"?

0:21:52 > 0:21:54It's also twice mentioned in The Merry Wives Of Windsor.

0:21:54 > 0:21:56Pass.

0:21:56 > 0:21:58In which small island nation in the Indian Ocean

0:21:58 > 0:22:00is the rufiyaa the unit of currency?

0:22:02 > 0:22:03- The Maldives.- Yes.

0:22:03 > 0:22:05What name was given to the French Protestants,

0:22:05 > 0:22:07many of whom were persecuted for their faith

0:22:07 > 0:22:09in the 16th and 17th centuries?

0:22:09 > 0:22:10- Huguenots.- Yes.

0:22:10 > 0:22:12The world heavyweight boxing title was held

0:22:12 > 0:22:14by which American from 1937 till '49?

0:22:15 > 0:22:17- Joe Louis.- Yes.

0:22:17 > 0:22:19Which of the seven hills of Rome was the home

0:22:19 > 0:22:20of the wealthy during the Republican era

0:22:20 > 0:22:23and, under the Empire, became the site of the Imperial Palaces?

0:22:23 > 0:22:24- Palatine.- Yes.

0:22:24 > 0:22:27The musician Mike Oldfield has had three top-five hits

0:22:27 > 0:22:30with instrumental albums, sharing what title in common?

0:22:30 > 0:22:31Pass.

0:22:31 > 0:22:33The eastern part of the Labrador Peninsula

0:22:33 > 0:22:35lies in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador,

0:22:35 > 0:22:37in which province does the western part lie?

0:22:39 > 0:22:40- Ontario.- Quebec.

0:22:40 > 0:22:43What Spanish word is used for a male inhabitant of Madrid?

0:22:44 > 0:22:45Pass.

0:22:45 > 0:22:47In Scandinavian mythology,

0:22:47 > 0:22:49what was the name of Odin's eight-legged horse?

0:22:49 > 0:22:50Pass.

0:22:50 > 0:22:54Which novelist and playwright was born in Kirriemuir in 1860?

0:22:54 > 0:22:56He set his early novels, including The Little Minister,

0:22:56 > 0:22:59in the town, disguising it as Thrums.

0:22:59 > 0:23:01- Pass.- Which market... - END OF ROUND BUZZER

0:23:01 > 0:23:03Just started so I'll finish.

0:23:03 > 0:23:05Which market town has a 12th-century Norman castle

0:23:05 > 0:23:06and stands on the River Wye

0:23:06 > 0:23:08close to its confluence with the Severn?

0:23:12 > 0:23:15- Monmouth.- No, it's Chepstow. You had eight passes.

0:23:15 > 0:23:19It was J.M. Barrie who was born in Kirriemuir in 1860.

0:23:19 > 0:23:23The name of Odin's eight-legged horse was Sleipnir.

0:23:23 > 0:23:27Somebody who is a male inhabitant of Madrid is a Madrileno.

0:23:27 > 0:23:32Tubular Bells One, Two and Three were the Mike Oldfield albums.

0:23:32 > 0:23:36Greensleeves was the English song referred to in 1580.

0:23:36 > 0:23:41The Musee d'Orsay was opened in 1986 in a former railway station.

0:23:41 > 0:23:43A Desiree is a potato.

0:23:43 > 0:23:48And an horologist makes clocks or watches.

0:23:48 > 0:23:49Eight passes, Chris Forse, you have 26 points.

0:23:59 > 0:24:02And finally, Mark Wyatt again, please.

0:24:04 > 0:24:07And you start out with a very large 18 points

0:24:07 > 0:24:09because you knew a lot about Nick Drake.

0:24:09 > 0:24:13Let's see if you know enough about general knowledge to beat the score,

0:24:13 > 0:24:16at the moment, the top score of 26 points. Here we go.

0:24:16 > 0:24:19What popular name is used for the narrow, white neckband

0:24:19 > 0:24:20worn by many clergy?

0:24:20 > 0:24:22- Dog collar.- Yup.

0:24:22 > 0:24:23Where did King Arthur hold his court?

0:24:23 > 0:24:26The name was later used for President Kennedy's administration.

0:24:26 > 0:24:27- Camelot.- Yes.

0:24:27 > 0:24:30Which large swan belies its name by hissing and snorting when it's angry?

0:24:30 > 0:24:31- Mute swan.- Yes.

0:24:31 > 0:24:33The chairman of which committee oversees

0:24:33 > 0:24:35Conservative Party leadership elections?

0:24:35 > 0:24:36- 1922 Committee.- Yes.

0:24:36 > 0:24:38What name is used for food additives such as lecithins

0:24:38 > 0:24:40that help mix together ingredients

0:24:40 > 0:24:43that would normally separate, such as oil and water?

0:24:43 > 0:24:44- Emulsifiers.- Yes.

0:24:44 > 0:24:46Which band in its classic line-up featured Slash

0:24:46 > 0:24:48on lead guitar and Axl Rose on vocals?

0:24:48 > 0:24:49- Guns N' Roses.- Yes.

0:24:49 > 0:24:51Which biblical scene did Leonardo da Vinci paint

0:24:51 > 0:24:52on the refectory wall

0:24:52 > 0:24:54of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in 1498?

0:24:54 > 0:24:56- The Last Supper.- Yes.

0:24:56 > 0:24:58Who received the first Nobel Prize for physics

0:24:58 > 0:25:00in 1901 for his discovery of X-rays?

0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Rutgens.- Rontgen.

0:25:03 > 0:25:05Which English composer wrote the anthem

0:25:05 > 0:25:09My Heart Is Inditing for the coronation of King James II in 1685?

0:25:09 > 0:25:11- Handel.- Purcell.

0:25:11 > 0:25:13What is the common name of the family of flowering plants

0:25:13 > 0:25:15most of which belong to the genus Papaver?

0:25:18 > 0:25:19- Poppies.- Yes.

0:25:19 > 0:25:22President Zardari of Pakistan, who came to power in 2008,

0:25:22 > 0:25:24is the widower of which former president?

0:25:24 > 0:25:25Pass.

0:25:25 > 0:25:27Which German midfielder scored the last goal

0:25:27 > 0:25:29at the old Wembley Stadium in October 2000?

0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Lothar Matthaus.- Hamman.

0:25:31 > 0:25:33In chemistry, what name is given to the class of compounds

0:25:33 > 0:25:35that includes alkalis and that, in general,

0:25:35 > 0:25:39show opposite characteristics to acids?

0:25:39 > 0:25:40Pass.

0:25:40 > 0:25:42Which science fiction writer's first law of robotics

0:25:42 > 0:25:45is "a robot may not injure a human being or,

0:25:45 > 0:25:47"through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm"?

0:25:47 > 0:25:49- Isaac Asimov.- Yes.

0:25:49 > 0:25:51In which castle was Edward II murdered, supposedly

0:25:51 > 0:25:53on the orders of his wife and her lover?

0:25:53 > 0:25:55- Farthinghoe. - Berkeley Castle.

0:25:55 > 0:25:57What name is commonly given to the pedestrian crossings

0:25:57 > 0:26:00first introduced onto Britain's roads in 1951?

0:26:00 > 0:26:02- Pelican crossings. - Zebra crossings.

0:26:02 > 0:26:04The ordination of the 32 priests in Bristol Cathedral

0:26:04 > 0:26:08on 12th March 1994 was a first for the Church of England, why?

0:26:08 > 0:26:09- Women priests.- Yes.

0:26:09 > 0:26:13Which restaurateur starred in a BBC2 series in 2011

0:26:13 > 0:26:15training eight young people in front-of-house skills?

0:26:15 > 0:26:17- Jamie Oliver. - No, Michelle Roux Jr.

0:26:17 > 0:26:20In horse racing, what's the name of the sharp, left-hand

0:26:20 > 0:26:21final bend on the Epsom Derby course?

0:26:23 > 0:26:25- The Elbow.- Tattenham Corner.

0:26:25 > 0:26:27Which American president who held office during the 1920s

0:26:27 > 0:26:30stated that the chief business of the American people is business?

0:26:30 > 0:26:32- Wilson.- Coolidge.

0:26:32 > 0:26:33Which Somerset coastal resort

0:26:33 > 0:26:36has the mediaeval Latin for "on-sea" added to its name?

0:26:36 > 0:26:38- Weston-super-Mare.- Correct.

0:26:38 > 0:26:40Who, in her white bathing suit, was voted their favourite

0:26:40 > 0:26:43pin-up by American servicemen during the Second World War?

0:26:43 > 0:26:44Betty Grable.

0:26:44 > 0:26:46Which former party political leader

0:26:46 > 0:26:48served as a Royal Marines officer from 1959 to 1972?

0:26:48 > 0:26:49END OF ROUND BUZZER

0:26:49 > 0:26:51- Paddy Ashdown.- Is correct.

0:26:51 > 0:26:53You had two passes.

0:26:53 > 0:26:56In chemistry, the name given to that class of compounds

0:26:56 > 0:26:58that includes alkalis is bases.

0:26:58 > 0:27:03And the President Zardari was the widower

0:27:03 > 0:27:05of former president Benazir Bhutto.

0:27:05 > 0:27:09Not that it matters because you have a total of 31 points.

0:27:20 > 0:27:23So, a clear winner there. Let's have a look at all the scores.

0:27:23 > 0:27:26In fourth place, 19 points, Kate Foley.

0:27:26 > 0:27:28Third place, 21 points, Paul Radford.

0:27:28 > 0:27:32Second place, 26 points, Chris Forse.

0:27:32 > 0:27:35First place, 31 points, Mark Wyatt.

0:27:46 > 0:27:49Which means, of course, that Mark Wyatt is tonight's winner

0:27:49 > 0:27:51and he goes through to the semi-finals.

0:27:51 > 0:27:53Congratulations to him.

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