0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Peter Wharmby,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30a teacher from Bristol. His subject is The Titanic.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Next, Thomas Grinyer, trainee actuary from London.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35His subject, The American Revolutionary War.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Colin Wilson is a sales manager from Annan and he'll be answering questions
0:00:39 > 0:00:43on athletics in Communist East Germany.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47And Rachael Neiman, a PhD student from Manchester.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Her subject, John Peel's Festive Fifties.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09If you ever wonder why anyone would want to put themselves through this ordeal,
0:01:09 > 0:01:14well, becoming a Mastermind champion is the greatest honour the quiz world has to offer.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17All they have to do is answer two sets of questions.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20One on their specialist subject and one on general knowledge.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23But the pressure comes from the clock.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Two minutes on one, two-and-a-half minutes on the other.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28And no help from anyone.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us please.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39And your name is?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Your occupation?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43And your chosen subject?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46The Titanic in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49The Titanic, the largest-moving man-made object in the world at the time
0:01:49 > 0:01:51was launched on 31 May 1911
0:01:51 > 0:01:53from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in which city?
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- Belfast.- What was the name of the look-out in the crow's nest
0:01:56 > 0:02:00who spotted the iceberg that led to the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- Frederick Fleet. - Which north German Lloyd liner
0:02:02 > 0:02:05was the first ship to reply to the vessel's distress call
0:02:05 > 0:02:08although they were unable to reach the sinking ship in time?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- Frankfurt.- What was the name of the two-month-old child
0:02:10 > 0:02:14who was the youngest survivor of the Titanic? She lived to be 97
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and was the longest-living survivor of the disaster,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- Millvina Dean. - From which Cunard liner
0:02:18 > 0:02:21had the Titanic's bandmaster Wallace Hartley been recruited?
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- Carpathia.- The Mauretania.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27At the time of the sinking, what call letters were used to identify the Titanic
0:02:27 > 0:02:29when she was sending wireless messages?
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- MGY.- Which first-class passenger said of himself and his personal secretary,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37"We have dressed in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen",
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- before going down with the ship?- Benjamin Guggenheim.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43What was the occupation of the crew member Charles Joughin
0:02:43 > 0:02:46who was drunk and stepped off the stern as the ship sank?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49He stayed alive in the water for over an hour before he was rescued.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Chief Baker.- The Vice-Commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club
0:02:53 > 0:02:57was the only male passenger allowed into a lifeboat by second officer Charles Lightoller.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59What was his name?
0:02:59 > 0:03:05- Peuchen.- Which New York department store was owned by the first-class passengers Isidor and Ida Straus
0:03:05 > 0:03:09who chose to go down with the ship together rather than be parted from each other?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Macy's.- Who was the chairman and managing director
0:03:12 > 0:03:14of the Titanic's owners, The White Star Line,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17who was later pilloried for leaving the sinking ship in a lifeboat?
0:03:17 > 0:03:22- J.Bruce Ismay.- A replica of the sidewalk cafe was located outside the a la carte restaurant
0:03:22 > 0:03:27in the first class section. Its large picture windows gave diners a view of the sea. What was its name?
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- Cafe Parisien.- Which Cunard steam ship replied to the vessel's distress call
0:03:32 > 0:03:34and altered course to come to the rescue,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36picking up more than 700 survivors?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- Carpathia.- Who was the wireless operator on board the Californian
0:03:39 > 0:03:44who did not receive the distress calls from the Titanic because he'd left his post for the night?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Evans.- Which was the last boat to be lowered...
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- BEEP - ..from the rapidly sinking Titanic at around 2.05am?
0:03:50 > 0:03:55- Collapsible D.- Yes, collapsible lifeboat D. No passes.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Peter, you have 14 points.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09And our next contender, please.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16And your name?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Your occupation?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20And your chosen subject?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23The American Revolutionary War. Two minutes starting now.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Who was the British prime minister throughout most of the American War of Independence
0:04:26 > 0:04:29during which 13 American colonies broke free of British rule?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Lord North.- What was the name of the silversmith who was one of the couriers
0:04:32 > 0:04:34who alerted the local people of the British advance
0:04:34 > 0:04:36starting the battles of Lexington and Concord?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39He's the subject of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- Paul Revere.- During the Battle of Long Island in August 1776
0:04:43 > 0:04:45which pass did Washington leave virtually unguarded
0:04:45 > 0:04:47allowing the British to turn his flank?
0:04:47 > 0:04:53- Jamaica.- The crossing of which river on Christmas night in 1776 by George Washington and his troops
0:04:53 > 0:04:56became a crucial moment in the American War of Independence?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- The Delaware. - A Quaker ironmaster from Rhode Island
0:04:58 > 0:05:00was a private soldier at the start of the war
0:05:00 > 0:05:04and had become a general in the American army in the south by 1780. Who was he?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- Who was he?- Lincoln.- No, Greene.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09In July 1777, the killing and scalping of a young woman
0:05:09 > 0:05:11reportedly by Native Americans allied to the British
0:05:11 > 0:05:14led to an increase in recruitment to the patriot cause.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15What was her name?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Jane...
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Yes?
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- ..Thomas.- I'll tell you, no. Jane McCrae.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Although generally known as The Battle of Bunker Hill,
0:05:25 > 0:05:30most of the action on 17 June 1775 took place in a redoubt on which nearby hill?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- Breed's Hill. - What location in Pennsylvania
0:05:33 > 0:05:38was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777 to '78?
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- Valley Forge.- Which American army officer defected to the British in 1780
0:05:42 > 0:05:46while in command of West Point? His name became a by-word in the US for treason.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51- Benedict Arnold.- South Carolina's partisan guerrilla leader, General Francis Marion,
0:05:51 > 0:05:55was described as "ugly, cross, knock-kneed and hook-nosed". What was his nickname?
0:05:55 > 0:06:01- Pass.- What name did John Paul Jones give the ship in which he captured the British frigate HMS Serapis
0:06:01 > 0:06:05off Flamborough Head in September 1779? It was formerly called the Duc de Duras.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- The Countess of Scarborough. - Bonhomme Richard.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12At which battle near Wilmington on 27 February 1776
0:06:12 > 0:06:17did North Carolina patriots defeat mainly Scottish loyalists who'd been expecting reinforcements?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- Sullivan's Island. - Moore's Creek Bridge.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The siege of which city in Virginia in October 1781
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- resulted in the British surrender... - BEEP
0:06:24 > 0:06:27..under Charles Cornwallis and the end of general military operations?
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- Yorktown. - Correct. You had one pass.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36That bloke described as "ugly, cross, knock-kneed and hook-nose had the nickname The Swamp Fox.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38You have, Thomas, eight points.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49And our next contender, please.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Your name is?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Your occupation?
0:06:59 > 0:07:00And chosen subject?
0:07:03 > 0:07:04East German athletics in two minutes.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07What was the name of the men's Olympic long jump champion
0:07:07 > 0:07:10who later admitted he'd been an informer for the Stasi
0:07:10 > 0:07:12and had passed on information about his team-mates to...
0:07:12 > 0:07:17- Dombrowski.- Who won the women's shot putt at the '86 European Championships?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19She later underwent gender reassignment surgery,
0:07:19 > 0:07:23claiming the steroids she'd been given as part of the East German doping program
0:07:23 > 0:07:25had altered her physiology.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Krieger.- In 1976, the world record holder Ruth Fuchs
0:07:28 > 0:07:31retained her Olympic title with an Olympic record throw
0:07:31 > 0:07:34of 69.94 metres in which event?
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- Javelin.- What event did Torsten Voss win at the '87 world championships in Rome?
0:07:39 > 0:07:43He went on to represent the unified Germany at the '98 Winter Olympics in the bobsleigh.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- Decathlon.- Who won silver in the men's discus at the Montreal Olympics
0:07:47 > 0:07:49but was imprisoned for his opposition to the East German regime
0:07:49 > 0:07:52before being allowed to emigrate and represent West Germany?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Schmidt.- In what event did East German women win all three medals
0:07:55 > 0:07:58at the first World Championships in Helsinki in '83?
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- Heptathlon.- Who became the second man to successfully defend the Olympic marathon title
0:08:02 > 0:08:04at Moscow in 1980?
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- Cierpinski.- At the '76 Olympics, the East German women finished first, third and fourth
0:08:08 > 0:08:11in one event with West Germans second and fifth. What event?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- 100 metres.- 200 metres.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Which East German athlete won the women's javelin gold medal at the '88 Olympics
0:08:17 > 0:08:21beating the World and European champion Fatima Whitbread into second place?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- Felke.- Gladisch, Rieger, Gohr and which other woman
0:08:24 > 0:08:27made up the East German sprint relay team that set a world record time
0:08:27 > 0:08:30of 41.37 seconds which stood for nearly 27 years?
0:08:30 > 0:08:35- Auerswald.- At the '88 Seoul Olympics, Heike Drechsler won bronze in both sprints
0:08:35 > 0:08:39and silver in what field event in which she later represented the unified Germany?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- Long jump.- How many points did both Siegrun Siegl and Christine Laser score
0:08:43 > 0:08:45in the pentathlon at the '76 Olympics?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Siegl was awarded the gold as she'd finished ahead of Laser in three events.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54- 4745.- When Britain's Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett won gold and bronze respectively
0:08:54 > 0:08:57in the 1980 Olympic 1500 metres, who won silver,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- having led...- Straub. - ..until the final bend?- Straub.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Which East German athlete won the bronze medal at the '88 Olympics
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- in the women's marathon in a time of two hours 26 minutes?- BLEEP
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- Dorre.- Yes, Katrin Dorre-Heinig.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11You have no passes, Colin, and 13 points.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24And our final contender, now, please.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42And your name is?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Your occupation?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And your chosen subject?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Festive Fifties in two minutes, starting now.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52In which year did John Peel first broadcast the Festive Fifty
0:09:52 > 0:09:55on Radio 1, consisting of the top 50 tracks voted for by listeners
0:09:55 > 0:09:57who could each nominate their three favourite tracks?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- 1976.- The Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the UK
0:10:00 > 0:10:03topped the Festive Fifty for three consecutive years in '78, '79 and '80.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Which Joy Division song replaced it at the top in 1981?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- Atmosphere.- Popeth, which reached number 29 in the 1992 Fifty
0:10:10 > 0:10:12was the first entry sung in which language?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16- Welsh.- Which Led Zeppelin song was the first number one in the Festive Fifty?
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- Stairway to Heaven. - Frank Chickens, who reached number 42 in the Festive Fifty chart in '84
0:10:20 > 0:10:24with Blue Canary were originally a female duo from which country?
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- Japan.- Which song gained Prince's only entry in John Peel's Festive Fifty in '87
0:10:28 > 0:10:31although a cover of his song Kiss by Age of Chance
0:10:31 > 0:10:33reached number two on the list the year before?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- Sign o' the Times. - The 2002 Fifty saw the Datsuns enter the chart at number 21
0:10:37 > 0:10:40with the song In Love and The D4 enter at number 47
0:10:40 > 0:10:43with the song Get Loose. From which country were these artists?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- New Zealand.- There was no official Fifty in '77,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49but Peel presented and broadcast his own favourite tracks of the year instead.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Which group topped the chart with the song Dancing The Night Away?
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- The Motors.- Which group featured in John Peel's Festive Fifty over 80 times
0:10:56 > 0:10:58including ten times in '93?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- The Fall. - On which Liverpool-based record label
0:11:01 > 0:11:04were The Teardrop Explodes' 1980 entry Treason
0:11:04 > 0:11:08and The Wild Swans' 1982 entry Revolutionary Spirit both originally released?
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- Bazaar.- Zoo Records. Which Nirvana track topped the '91 Fifty?
0:11:12 > 0:11:15The list was never broadcast that year, so it became known as the Phantom Fifty.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- Sounds Like Teen Spirit. - Who wrote the Lemonheads' 1990 Festive Fifty entry
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Different Drum which came 13th?
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Linda Ronstadt.- Mike Nesmith.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Which became the only David Bowie track to appear in the list
0:11:26 > 0:11:29reaching its highest position at number 16 in '78?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- Heroes.- Neko Case and her Boyfriends came top of the Festive Fifty of 2000
0:11:33 > 0:11:36with which country-style song beginning "Tenderly, tenderly..."
0:11:36 > 0:11:41- Twist The Knife.- In '97 it was decided there'd only be enough air time
0:11:41 > 0:11:43for the Festive Fifty consisting of how many entries?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- 31.- Which Merseyside group's various entries in the Festive Fifty
0:11:46 > 0:11:50have included the songs The Trumpton Riots, Vatican Broadside and Breaking News?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Half Man Half Biscuit. BEEP - Half Man Half Biscuit is correct.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55No passes, Rachael. You have 14 points.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19So, that is the end of a very close first round.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Let's have a look at the scores. In fourth place, Thomas Grinyer.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Third place, Colin Wilson.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27In the lead, 14 points apiece,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Peter Wharmby and Rachael Nieman.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40General knowledge round now. If there's a tie at the end of it,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:42 > 0:12:44and whoever has the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47If they're tied on passes as well, there is a tie-break.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50The six highest-scoring runners-up
0:12:50 > 0:12:53will also claim a place in the semi-final, so plenty to play for.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Let's get on with it and ask Thomas Grinyer to join us again, please.
0:12:59 > 0:13:05And you begin with eight points with your knowledge of the Revolutionary War in America.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08See how you do with two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Which country's travelling cricket supporters are known as The Barmy Army?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- England.- Which art gallery was opened to the public in May 2000
0:13:15 > 0:13:17in the redundant Bankside power station in Southwark?
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- Tate Modern.- What name is given to a musical setting of the Mass for the Dead
0:13:21 > 0:13:22such as those by Verdi and Faure?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- Requiem.- The name of which chemical element comes from the Greek for water
0:13:26 > 0:13:28and a suffix meaning "producer of"?
0:13:28 > 0:13:33- Hydrogen.- Sissy Spacek played the title role of a high-school pupil with telekinetic powers
0:13:33 > 0:13:36in the 1976 film version of which Stephen King novel?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Pass.- In Japanese cuisine,
0:13:39 > 0:13:43what name is used for a dish of meat or seafood marinated in soy sauce and grilled or broiled?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- Sashimi.- Teriyaki. Which historic region of north-west France
0:13:47 > 0:13:51is on a peninsula bounded by the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- Brittany.- David Cameron is the 19th British prime minister
0:13:54 > 0:13:56to have attended which public school?
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- Eton.- Who embarked on a solo career after the break-up of The Style Council?
0:14:00 > 0:14:03He topped the album charts with Stanley Road in 1995.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- Pass.- Which English city has a Bridge of Sighs
0:14:06 > 0:14:10and a mathematical bridge popularly, but wrongly, said to have been designed by Sir Isaac Newton?
0:14:10 > 0:14:15- Cambridge.- By what name was the Tour of Britain cycle race known from 1958 to '93?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Tour of England.- The Milk Race.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Which comedian and actor was the presenter of Radio 6's Breakfast Show
0:14:20 > 0:14:24for five years, a long-serving team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks?
0:14:25 > 0:14:30- Pass.- Who wrote the Just So stories for little children published in 1902,
0:14:30 > 0:14:34developed from tales he'd told his daughter Josephine who died aged six in 1899?
0:14:34 > 0:14:39- Kipling.- Which island in the Irish Sea was used for the internment of so-called "enemy aliens"
0:14:39 > 0:14:41during the First and Second World Wars?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Anglesey.- The Isle of Man.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46What fortified wine is famously produced in the Douro region of northern Portugal?
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- Port.- What's the name of the film set in the year 2084
0:14:50 > 0:14:54starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a construction worker who dreams of going to Mars?
0:14:54 > 0:14:59- Total Recall.- The Leonids and the Perseids are among the best-known examples of which phenomenon
0:14:59 > 0:15:03marked by a large number of shooting stars appearing over a relatively short period of time?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- Meteor showers. - What word for an uncivilised or brutish person
0:15:06 > 0:15:09originally referred to someone in Ancient Greece who was not a Greek?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- Barbarian.- What was the nationality of Pope John Paul II?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- Polish.- Which river is the longest in Italy?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17It rises near the Italian border with France
0:15:17 > 0:15:20and flows into the Adriatic after a course of over 400 miles?
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- The Po.- What term is used for nouns that are the names of people or places
0:15:24 > 0:15:27and are usually written with an initial capital letter?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- Proper nouns.- Which British coin worth a tenth of a pound
0:15:30 > 0:15:33was first issued in 1849 in anticipation of decimal coinage?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Half a crown.- The florin.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Which Australia writer's novel Ice Station...- BEEP
0:15:40 > 0:15:43set in Antarctica, tells of a secret buried deep beneath the ice?
0:15:43 > 0:15:48- Pass.- I can tell you it was Matthew Reilly.
0:15:48 > 0:15:54Your other passes. The comedian who presented the Breakfast Show for Radio 6 for five years
0:15:54 > 0:15:55was Phill Jupitus.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Paul Weller went on to a solo career after The Style Council broke up.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04That Sissy Spacek film was from the Stephen King novel Carrie.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07You have a total of 23 points.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19And now Colin Wilson again, please.
0:16:22 > 0:16:28You begin with 13 points with your knowledge of athletics in the old East Germany.
0:16:28 > 0:16:3223 is the score to beat. Two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge starting now.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37What type of foodstuff is shitake? It was originally grown on tree logs in Japan.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Mushroom.- Fungi, yes. Who was the football manager
0:16:40 > 0:16:43whose three-year project to revamp Chelsea F.C. ended after eight months
0:16:43 > 0:16:47when the club lost to West Brom at a premier league match in March 2012?
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Andre Villas-Boas.- What did the Duke of Wellington refer to as
0:16:50 > 0:16:53"A damned nice thing. The nearest run thing you ever saw in your life."
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- War.- Waterloo.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Which 19th-century horror novel by Mary Shelley
0:16:58 > 0:17:00is subtitled The Modern Prometheus?
0:17:00 > 0:17:05- Frankenstein.- The Phantom Flan Flinger was a character in which anarchic children's TV series
0:17:05 > 0:17:07of the 1970s starring Chris Tarrant and Sally James?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Tiswas.- Who was Barack Obama's Republican opponent
0:17:09 > 0:17:12in the 2008 American presidential election?
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- Cheney.- John McCain. Which geological period, popularly associated with dinosaurs,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18is the Middle Period of the Mesozoic Era?
0:17:18 > 0:17:22- Jurassic.- The classic rock song Freebird which opens with the lines
0:17:22 > 0:17:24"If I leave you here tomorrow, would you still remember me?"
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- was first recorded by which group?- Lynyrd Skynyrd.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29What term registered by Burroughs Wellcome & Company in 1884
0:17:29 > 0:17:32as a trade name for medicines in a compressed form
0:17:32 > 0:17:34is now used for a type of newspaper?
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- Tabloid.- Which tiny islet over 200 miles west of the Outer Hebrides
0:17:38 > 0:17:42legally became part of the UK by an Act of Parliament in February 1972?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- Shetland Isles.- Rockall.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Which story by H.G.Wells is set mostly in the year 802,701?
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- The Time Machine.- What name is given to the flap of skin hanging from the throat of cattle?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54In some animals it's known as a wattle.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Yolk.- A dewlap. A fashion photographer born in Peru
0:17:57 > 0:18:02created the famous image of Princess Diana used on the cover of Vanity Fair in July 1007.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Who was he?- Monet.- Testino.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08The participants in which traditional eight-a-side sport are called pullers?
0:18:08 > 0:18:13- Polo.- Tug of War. In April 2012, the Korean-born American Dr Jim Yong Kim
0:18:13 > 0:18:17became the 12th president of which international financial institution?
0:18:17 > 0:18:22- The World Bank.- Who plays the title role in the 2012 film The Dictator
0:18:22 > 0:18:26in which Admiral General Aladeen oppresses the people of the oil-rich African country of Wadiya?
0:18:26 > 0:18:30- DiCaprio.- Baron Cohen. Which gas, also known as marsh gas,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32is the main constituent of natural gas?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Methane. - What's the ancient name for the Dardanelles,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37the strait joining the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara?
0:18:37 > 0:18:38- Bosphorus.- Hellespont.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42An American writer's travel books include The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- What's his name?- Kerouac.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Paul Theroux. Which ceramic material has three main types,
0:18:47 > 0:18:51true or hard paste, artificial or soft paste and bone china?
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- Tile.- Porcelain. In Islam, what name is given to a person who has learned the Qur'an by heart?
0:18:55 > 0:19:00- Um... Moram.- Hafiz. Which Roman poet's "Georgics"
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- encouraged the revival of...- BEEP
0:19:02 > 0:19:05..an agricultural way of life and old Italian virtues?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- Ovid.- Virgil.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10No passes, Colin. You have 23 points.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22And Peter Wharmby again now, please.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29And you start out with 14 points with your knowledge of the Titanic.
0:19:29 > 0:19:3223 is still the score to beat.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35You have two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge coming up now.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Who says the catchphrase "You're fired" on the BBC TV programme The Apprentice?
0:19:38 > 0:19:43- Lord Sugar.- Which German family firm made its first jointed teddy bear in 1902?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- Pass.- The town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire
0:19:46 > 0:19:49is particularly famous for the manufacture of which flavour sweets?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- Mint.- Liquorice.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Who was appointed the Chilean army's commander-in-chief in 1973
0:19:54 > 0:19:58three weeks before he led a coup against Salvador Allende, the man who'd appointed him?
0:19:58 > 0:20:03- Pinochet.- What type of musical instrument typically has one chanter on which the melody is played
0:20:03 > 0:20:05and one or more drones that provide a background?
0:20:05 > 0:20:11- Bagpipes.- The name of which arid region in Botswana but extending into Namibia and South Africa
0:20:11 > 0:20:14comes from the Tswana word meaning great thirst or waterless place?
0:20:16 > 0:20:17- Namib Desert.- The Kalahari.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Which poet and librarian compared work to a toad, squatting on his life?
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Larkin.- In Greek mythology, how many labours did Heracles perform
0:20:25 > 0:20:27as a penance for killing his wife and children?
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- 12.- Stefani Germanotta is the real name of which pop singer
0:20:31 > 0:20:35who had worldwide chart success with her album Born This Way in 2011?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- Lady Gaga.- Scotland's oldest university was founded in 1413,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42and is the third-oldest in the English speaking world. What's it called?
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- St Andrews.- Which British political party has the pound sign as its logo?
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- UKIP.- Which 1997 film set in Sheffield was made into a musical
0:20:52 > 0:20:54about unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York?
0:20:54 > 0:21:00- The Full Monty.- To whose death in Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop was Oscar Wilde referring
0:21:00 > 0:21:04when he said "One must have a heart of stone to read of her death without laughing."
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- Little Nell.- Which Babylonian king gives his name to a size of champagne bottle
0:21:08 > 0:21:11containing 20 normal size bottles?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- Balthazar.- Nebuchadnezzar.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18New York has two professional baseball teams. One is the Yankees. What's the other?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- Patriots.- The Mets. What is the name of the urban area south-west of Johannesburg
0:21:24 > 0:21:27originally set up by the white South African government
0:21:27 > 0:21:29as a residential area for black people?
0:21:29 > 0:21:34- Pass.- The objects sent from the Parthenon to Britain in the early 19th century
0:21:34 > 0:21:37by the ambassador to the Ottoman empire are now in the British museum.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39By what name are they known?
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- The Elgin Marbles. - Which French composer's works include Pavane for a Dead Infanta
0:21:43 > 0:21:45and the Rapsodie Espagnole?
0:21:46 > 0:21:52- Pass.- Which criminal's life was romanticised in William Harrison Ainsworth's 1834 novel Rookwood?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- Dick Turpin.- What's the Si unit of temperature?
0:21:56 > 0:22:01It's named after the title taken by the 19th-century physicist William Thompson.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Kelvin.- King George VI was born and died on which royal estate?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06BEEP
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Richmond.- No, it was Sandringham.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14You had three passes. Ravel was the French composer we were looking for.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19The south-west district of Johannesburg is Soweto.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23And that German family that made those very famous teddy bears
0:22:23 > 0:22:24was Steiff.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27You have, Peter, a total of 27 points.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41And finally, Rachael Nieman again, please.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Rachael, you start out with 14 points
0:22:59 > 0:23:01with your knowledge of the Festive Fifties.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05The score to beat now if you're to make it through to the next round is 27.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Who assumed the twin titles of Fuhrer and Chancellor of Germany in August 1934?
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- Adolf Hitler.- The hornet is the largest member of which family of insects found in Britain?
0:23:16 > 0:23:21- Wasps.- Which city in Massachusetts is famous for the witchcraft trials held there in 1692?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- Salem.- The best-selling novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin
0:23:24 > 0:23:27is set in Catalonia during the Second World War. Who wrote it?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- Louis de Bernieres. - The Middle-Eastern dish hummus
0:23:30 > 0:23:33is made by crushing which legume with sesame paste, lemon and garlic?
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- Chick pea.- In which European country did the New Democracy party narrowly win the General Election
0:23:37 > 0:23:41in June 2012 after a previous election in May failed to produce a government?
0:23:41 > 0:23:47- Egypt.- Greece. What name of Japanese origin is given to the two-wheeled carriages in the Far East
0:23:47 > 0:23:49originally pulled by a man but now more frequently by a bicycle?
0:23:49 > 0:23:54- Rickshaw.- Which area of reclaimed marshland extends from Hythe in Kent to the north
0:23:54 > 0:23:55to Dungeness in the south?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- The Wash.- Romney Marsh.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00In 1796, the Gloucestershire surgeon Edward Jenner
0:24:00 > 0:24:05proved that inoculation with cow pox was an effective immunisation against which more serious disease?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Smallpox.- The Roman emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus
0:24:08 > 0:24:12who ruled from 37 to 41 AD is better known by what name meaning "little boot"?
0:24:12 > 0:24:16- Caligula.- Which Danish-born comedienne and author succeeded Simon Hoggart
0:24:16 > 0:24:19as chair of Radio 4's The News Quiz in 2006?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Sandi Toksvig.- Which Spanish autonomous region
0:24:21 > 0:24:24comprises the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona and Lleida?
0:24:24 > 0:24:29- Catalonia.- Who directed the film The Godfather and its sequels?
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- Francis Ford Coppola. - In which religious and charitable organisation
0:24:32 > 0:24:36founded by William Booth in 1865 does the world leader have the title of General?
0:24:36 > 0:24:40- Salvation Army.- The Toy Symphony was thought to have been written by Haydn.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44It's now thought to be by Leopold, the father of which great 18th-century composer?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Mozart.- What Latin term meaning "equal" is used in golf
0:24:47 > 0:24:50for the number of strokes a scratch player should take for a hole?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Par.- Which Italian Renaissance artist spent the last three years of his life
0:24:53 > 0:24:56as the court painter to Francis I of France?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59He reportedly died in the king's arms in 1519.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06- Da Vinci.- Which doll was created by the Californian businesswoman Ruth Handler
0:25:06 > 0:25:07in 1959 and named after her daughter?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- Barbie.- According to popular tradition,
0:25:09 > 0:25:13oysters should never be eaten unless what letter is in the name of the month?
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- Y.- R. Which ocean is also known as the Southern Ocean?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- Atlantic.- Antarctic.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Attar is a fragrant essential oil used in perfumes
0:25:22 > 0:25:26distilled from the petals of the damask variety of which flower?
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- Rose.- In the Book of Genesis,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31whom did Jacob describe to his mother Rebecca as "a hairy man"
0:25:31 > 0:25:33while calling himself "a smooth man"?
0:25:33 > 0:25:38- Esau.- What French term popularised by the food critics Henri Gault and Christian Millau
0:25:38 > 0:25:40is used for the modern lighter style of food...
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- BEEP- ..that is presented elegantly?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- Nouvelle cuisine. - Is correct. No passes.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49You have an enormous score, Rachael. 33 points!
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Well, it started out pretty equal. It didn't end up that way!
0:26:15 > 0:26:16Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18In joint third place, 23 points apiece,
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Thomas Grinyer and Colin Wilson.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Second place, 27 points - a good score - Peter Wharmby.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25In first place, 33 points,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Rachael Neiman.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Which means, of course, that Rachael Nieman is tonight's winner
0:26:43 > 0:26:46and she goes through to the semi-finals.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Congratulations to her, commiserations to Peter Wharmby
0:26:49 > 0:26:53but with his score of 27, it is possible that we will see him again
0:26:53 > 0:26:54in the semi-final.
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