Episode 20

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0:00:24 > 0:00:30First in the spotlight tonight is Phil Bennion from Wrexham, his subject, Marilyn Monroe.

0:00:30 > 0:00:35Next, Tim Parry, a lecturer from Basingstoke, he answers questions on David Lloyd George.

0:00:35 > 0:00:41Nell Whiteway, a researcher from Cambridge, her subject, Swallows And Amazons.

0:00:41 > 0:00:46And Peter Gibbs from London, his subject, the First Duke of Wellington.

0:00:47 > 0:00:49APPLAUSE

0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

0:01:04 > 0:01:08As you will know by now, this is the quiz show that does not take prisoners.

0:01:08 > 0:01:11The rules are simple, but no quarter is given.

0:01:11 > 0:01:17The contenders get two minutes on their specialist subject and two-and-a-half on general knowledge

0:01:17 > 0:01:19and hesitation can prove fatal.

0:01:19 > 0:01:25The prize is modest, a glass bowl, but the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind is priceless,

0:01:25 > 0:01:30so let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

0:01:36 > 0:01:38Your name is...?

0:01:44 > 0:01:49Two minutes. Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on the 1st of June, 1926,

0:01:49 > 0:01:52in the General Hospital of which American city?

0:01:52 > 0:01:58- Los Angeles.- What was the name of the sports star Monroe married in San Francisco in January 1954?

0:01:58 > 0:02:03- Joe DiMaggio.- At which venue did Monroe sing Happy Birthday to President John F Kennedy

0:02:03 > 0:02:07on the 19th of May 1962, less than three months before her death?

0:02:07 > 0:02:12- Madison Square Garden.- In which '53 film does Monroe perform the number Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend?

0:02:12 > 0:02:16- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.- What was the surname of Ida and Albert,

0:02:16 > 0:02:21the deeply religious couple who fostered the young Norma Jeane from 1926 until around 1933?

0:02:21 > 0:02:26- Bolender. - On which New York thoroughfare at the junction with 52nd Street

0:02:26 > 0:02:30did Monroe pose above a subway vent with the air blowing up her white skirt

0:02:30 > 0:02:35during the production of The Seven Year Itch, although the scene was re-shot in the studio?

0:02:35 > 0:02:40- Lexington Avenue.- Arthur Miller, Monroe's third husband, broke a Writers' Guild strike

0:02:40 > 0:02:45to help re-work the screenplay of which 1960 film starring Monroe and Yves Montand?

0:02:45 > 0:02:49- Let's Make Love.- What incriminating object falls from Monroe's dress

0:02:49 > 0:02:53when, as the ukulele player Sugar Kane in Some Like It Hot,

0:02:53 > 0:02:56she gives an energetic performance of Running Wild?

0:02:57 > 0:03:02- A flask of bourbon.- Yes, a hip flask. With which screen comedian who plays Sam Grunion

0:03:02 > 0:03:06does Monroe exchange her few lines of dialogue in the film Love Happy?

0:03:06 > 0:03:11- Groucho Marx.- Monroe made a brief appearance in a 1948 film called Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

0:03:11 > 0:03:16Under what alternative title was the film also released in the UK?

0:03:16 > 0:03:22- Pass.- Which of Monroe's co-stars allegedly described his love scenes with her as "like kissing Hitler"?

0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Tony Curtis.- According to her biographer Daniel Spoto,

0:03:25 > 0:03:29a reporter once challenged her to spell the name of Grushenka,

0:03:29 > 0:03:34the female character in The Brothers Karamazov whom she was interested in playing on screen.

0:03:34 > 0:03:36What was her three-word response?

0:03:36 > 0:03:39- "Yes, can you?" - No, it was, "Look it up."

0:03:39 > 0:03:45With which teacher, a major exponent of "method acting", did Monroe study at the Actors Studio in 1955?

0:03:45 > 0:03:49- BEEP - He became a close friend and read the eulogy at her funeral.

0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Lee Strasberg.- Correct. Just one pass.

0:03:51 > 0:03:55That brief appearance in Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!,

0:03:55 > 0:04:00that was the film that was released here as Summer Lightning.

0:04:00 > 0:04:02You have, Phil, 11 points.

0:04:02 > 0:04:04APPLAUSE

0:04:10 > 0:04:13And our next contender, please.

0:04:18 > 0:04:20And your name is...?

0:04:27 > 0:04:30Lloyd George was born in Manchester in 1863,

0:04:30 > 0:04:34but in which Caernarvonshire village was he brought up?

0:04:34 > 0:04:39- Llanystumdwy.- During the 1918 General Election, Lloyd George gave a speech in Wolverhampton

0:04:39 > 0:04:44and said it was the country's task to make Britain "a fit country for" who "to live in"?

0:04:44 > 0:04:50- Heroes.- What was the title of his 1929 pamphlet, popularly known as the Orange or Little Yellow Book?

0:04:50 > 0:04:55- We Can Conquer Unemployment. - What name is given to Lloyd George's Finance Bill of 1909

0:04:55 > 0:05:00that introduced new taxes to pay for old age pensions and increased naval expenditure?

0:05:00 > 0:05:06- The People's Budget.- He tried to speak in opposition to the Boer War at Birmingham Town Hall in 1901,

0:05:06 > 0:05:11but the meeting was broken up by an armed mob and he had to escape, disguised as what?

0:05:11 > 0:05:15- A policeman.- Lloyd George's sale of honours became a public scandal

0:05:15 > 0:05:21when a South African mining magnate was nominated for a peerage in the 1922 Birthday Honours List,

0:05:21 > 0:05:24in spite of a conviction for fraud. Who was he?

0:05:24 > 0:05:27- Robertson?- Sir Joseph Robinson.

0:05:27 > 0:05:32In his 1909 budget speech, what did Lloyd George say "costs as much to keep up as two dreadnoughts"?

0:05:32 > 0:05:35- A duke.- Yes, "a fully equipped duke".

0:05:35 > 0:05:39In 1917, who did Lloyd George appoint as the commander of the Allied army in Egypt

0:05:39 > 0:05:43to capture Jerusalem, a task he fulfilled later that year?

0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Allenby.- In 1888, Lloyd George represented the Roberts family

0:05:46 > 0:05:52who had buried their father in consecrated ground despite the opposition of the local rector.

0:05:52 > 0:05:54By what name is this case known?

0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Pass.- A newspaper article on Sunday, 3rd December 1916,

0:05:57 > 0:06:01describing Lloyd George's plans for reorganising the government,

0:06:01 > 0:06:07led to him becoming Prime Minister after Asquith's resignation. Which newspaper was it in?

0:06:07 > 0:06:10- The News Chronicle?- Reynold's News.

0:06:10 > 0:06:16Lloyd George made a controversial speech in 1911 after Germany sent a gunboat to which Moroccan port?

0:06:16 > 0:06:21- Agadir.- In later years, Lloyd George specialised in growing which type of soft fruit,

0:06:21 > 0:06:22including one named after him?

0:06:22 > 0:06:29- Raspberry.- Lloyd George made his last great speech in May 1940, calling for Chamberlain's resignation...

0:06:29 > 0:06:32- BEEP - ..after the fall of which country to the Germans?

0:06:32 > 0:06:36- It was the Norwegian debate. - It was indeed. It was Norway.

0:06:36 > 0:06:40You had one pass. That case when he represented the Roberts family

0:06:40 > 0:06:43was called the Llanfrothen Burial Case.

0:06:43 > 0:06:45- You have, Tim, 10 points.- Thank you.

0:06:45 > 0:06:47APPLAUSE

0:06:55 > 0:06:57And our next contender, please.

0:07:04 > 0:07:06And your name is...?

0:07:12 > 0:07:16What is the family name of the children who make up the crew of the good ship Swallow?

0:07:16 > 0:07:21- Walker.- The first book in the Swallows And Amazons series is dedicated by Arthur Ransome

0:07:21 > 0:07:24to "the six for whom it was written in exchange for" what?

0:07:24 > 0:07:30- A pair of slippers.- What is the pirate name of Ruth Blackett, the tomboyish master of the Amazon?

0:07:30 > 0:07:34- Nancy.- The mysterious Timothy in Pigeon Post turns out to have been

0:07:34 > 0:07:37Captain Flint's prospecting partner in South America.

0:07:37 > 0:07:40What did the children expect him to be?

0:07:40 > 0:07:45- An armadillo.- Which of the Walker children brings the book Simple Cooking For Small Households

0:07:45 > 0:07:48on the expedition to Wildcat Island in Swallows And Amazons?

0:07:48 > 0:07:52- Susan.- The Swallow is wrecked on what rock in high winds in Swallowdale?

0:07:52 > 0:07:56The children haul the boat onto the beach to try and salvage it.

0:07:56 > 0:08:00- Pike Rock.- In Great Northern?, which of the children, a keen birdwatcher,

0:08:00 > 0:08:06takes "the first five photographs ever taken of a Great Northern Diver nesting in the British Isles"?

0:08:06 > 0:08:10- Dick.- In what language is the writing in the mysterious notebook

0:08:10 > 0:08:13Roger finds in a box in the Pict-house in Great Northern?

0:08:13 > 0:08:18- Gaelic.- Who, in the make-believe games played by the children in Secret Water, is sacrificed,

0:08:18 > 0:08:23put in a cooking pot and reluctantly rescued after the Swallows are captured by the savage Eels?

0:08:23 > 0:08:27- Bridget.- In The Big Six, Dorothy takes down the Coot Club sign in the club shed

0:08:27 > 0:08:29and writes a new sign saying what?

0:08:29 > 0:08:35- Scotland Yard.- According to the Swallow's Original Ship's Papers, what is the ship's home port?

0:08:35 > 0:08:39- Holly Howe.- In Pigeon Post, what is the first sea shanty the Swallows sing

0:08:39 > 0:08:43while wheeling the handcart and their bicycles to the Tysons' farm?

0:08:43 > 0:08:48- Hanging Johnny. - An animal called Sinbad is rescued and nursed to health

0:08:48 > 0:08:53with medicinal alcohol and Carnation milk in We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea. What type of animal is he?

0:08:53 > 0:08:56- A cat.- Who is the skipper of the Goblin who avoids a crash

0:08:56 > 0:09:00thanks to John's knot-tying skills in We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea?

0:09:00 > 0:09:05- Jim Brading.- At what activity which "uses muscles that seem to be mostly on holiday"

0:09:05 > 0:09:08are Dick and Dorothea surprisingly skilled in Winter Holiday?

0:09:08 > 0:09:14- Rowing.- Skating. The Death And Glory is a patrol boat of which organisation, part of the Coot Club?

0:09:14 > 0:09:17- BEEP The Bird Protection Society.- Correct.

0:09:17 > 0:09:22No passes and, apart from that one "skating" error, you got them all right.

0:09:22 > 0:09:24You got 15 points.

0:09:24 > 0:09:26APPLAUSE

0:09:33 > 0:09:35And our final contender, please.

0:09:42 > 0:09:44And your name is...?

0:09:52 > 0:09:54Arthur Wellesley, future Duke of Wellington,

0:09:54 > 0:09:58spent his early years in Dublin and at which family home near Trim?

0:09:59 > 0:10:01- Langan Castle.- Dangan Castle.

0:10:01 > 0:10:07Which horse did he buy from Charles Stewart, his Adjutant-General during the Peninsular War?

0:10:07 > 0:10:11- Copenhagen.- Name the confederacy he defeated in the 1803 Battle of Assaye.

0:10:11 > 0:10:15He described it as his finest accomplishment on the battlefield.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18- The Maratha.- After which battle did Wellington write,

0:10:18 > 0:10:23"Our loss is immense, particularly in that best of all instruments, British infantry.

0:10:23 > 0:10:25"I never saw the infantry behave so well"?

0:10:25 > 0:10:27- Salamanca.- The Battle of Waterloo.

0:10:27 > 0:10:33Wellington was angered by British troops breaking ranks to loot rather than pursuing the beaten French

0:10:33 > 0:10:37following which decisive victory in the Peninsular War in June 1813?

0:10:37 > 0:10:42- That was Vitoria.- What was the name of the publisher who tried to blackmail Wellington

0:10:42 > 0:10:46over the forthcoming memoirs of the courtesan Harriette Wilson?

0:10:46 > 0:10:50He declined with the reported comment, "Publish and be damned."

0:10:50 > 0:10:53- Pass.- Which political post did he accept in 1807

0:10:53 > 0:10:57on condition it would not be allowed to interfere with his army career?

0:10:57 > 0:10:59Chief Secretary of Ireland.

0:10:59 > 0:11:05Wellington's immaculate appearance during his military years was the source of which of his nicknames?

0:11:08 > 0:11:10- Wellington Boots.- No, the Beau.

0:11:10 > 0:11:13During his first Premiership, over what issue

0:11:13 > 0:11:19did Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea go through the motions of a duel in 1829 at Battersea Fields?

0:11:20 > 0:11:27- Catholic Emancipation.- What was the name of the French soldier who tried to assassinate Wellington in 1818?

0:11:27 > 0:11:32He was left 10,000 francs in the will of Napoleon Bonaparte for making the attempt.

0:11:32 > 0:11:37- Pass.- Over what issue did Wellington hold negotiations with the Russians in 1826?

0:11:37 > 0:11:40It was referred to as the Protocols of St Petersburg.

0:11:40 > 0:11:44- Pass.- Wellington's government resigned in 1830,

0:11:44 > 0:11:48the day before a scheduled debate on parliamentary reform,

0:11:48 > 0:11:53following a proposal that a select committee should examine which government account?

0:11:53 > 0:11:55BEEP

0:11:56 > 0:12:00- Pass.- I can tell you because your time is up. It was the Civil List.

0:12:00 > 0:12:04The issue that he held negotiations with the Russians over,

0:12:04 > 0:12:07these are your other passes, was Greek independence.

0:12:07 > 0:12:14Marie-Andre Nicolas Cantillon was the name of the French soldier who tried to assassinate him.

0:12:14 > 0:12:18And John Joseph Stockdale was the publisher who tried to blackmail him.

0:12:18 > 0:12:21He had a pretty rough time of it at times.

0:12:21 > 0:12:24Anyway, four passes, Peter, you have 5 points.

0:12:24 > 0:12:26APPLAUSE

0:12:33 > 0:12:37That's the end of the first round. Let's have a look at the scores.

0:12:37 > 0:12:39In fourth place, Peter Gibbs.

0:12:39 > 0:12:41Third place, Tim Parry.

0:12:41 > 0:12:44Second place, Phil Bennion.

0:12:44 > 0:12:47In the lead, Nell Whiteway.

0:12:47 > 0:12:50APPLAUSE

0:12:52 > 0:12:57It's the general knowledge round now. If there is a tie at the end,

0:12:57 > 0:13:02the number of passes is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes wins.

0:13:02 > 0:13:04If they're tied on passes, there is a tie-break.

0:13:04 > 0:13:10The six highest scoring runners-up from the heats will also be able to claim a place in the semi-finals,

0:13:10 > 0:13:15so lots to play for. Let's ask Peter Gibbs to join us again, please.

0:13:19 > 0:13:25You have two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge now, so let's see how you can do with that.

0:13:25 > 0:13:29What popular name is given to the struggle for air supremacy

0:13:29 > 0:13:33in the skies above south-east England in late summer 1940?

0:13:33 > 0:13:37- Battle of Britain.- Whose plays were first published collectively in 1623

0:13:37 > 0:13:42in the so-called First Folio collated by the actors John Heminge and Henry Condell?

0:13:43 > 0:13:48- Shakespeare.- Which North American capital city hosted the 1968 Olympic Games?

0:13:48 > 0:13:54- Mexico City.- What name is usually given to a square or marketplace in an Italian town or city?

0:13:54 > 0:14:00- Piazza.- Which 1955 film musical opens with Gordon MacRae singing Oh, What A Beautiful Morning?

0:14:00 > 0:14:05- Oklahoma!- Since January 2010, jewellery made from the precious metal with the chemical symbol "Pd"

0:14:05 > 0:14:08has required a hallmark. What is the metal?

0:14:08 > 0:14:11- Silver.- No, palladium.

0:14:11 > 0:14:14St Michael's Cathedral, consecrated in 1962, contains works

0:14:14 > 0:14:19by Jacob Epstein, John Piper, Graham Sutherland and Elisabeth Frink. In which city is it?

0:14:19 > 0:14:24- Coventry.- What name that comes from the Greek words meaning "horse" and "a course"

0:14:24 > 0:14:27was often used for theatres and cinemas?

0:14:27 > 0:14:33- Pass.- Which reclusive writer's first novel was The Catcher In The Rye, published in 1951?

0:14:33 > 0:14:36- John Schlesinger.- JD Salinger.

0:14:36 > 0:14:39It's Alright, sung by Dennis Waterman, is the theme tune

0:14:39 > 0:14:43of which TV crime drama in which Waterman is also one of the stars?

0:14:43 > 0:14:49- New Tricks.- Who was elected leader of the Labour Party after James Callaghan resigned in 1980?

0:14:49 > 0:14:53- Michael Foot.- Which English artist, who died in 1898 aged 25,

0:14:53 > 0:14:56drew the illustrations for Oscar Wilde's play Salome?

0:14:56 > 0:14:59They brought him widespread notoriety.

0:15:00 > 0:15:05- Pass.- The blossoms of which fruit tree are an unofficial national emblem of Japan?

0:15:06 > 0:15:09- Chrysanthemum.- The cherry tree.

0:15:09 > 0:15:13Which conductor of the BBC Dance Orchestra hosted his own Guest Night on the radio

0:15:13 > 0:15:17and made a well-known recording of The Teddy Bears' Picnic in 1932?

0:15:17 > 0:15:23- Victor Silvester.- Henry Hall. The York cycle of Mystery Plays enact events from the Bible.

0:15:23 > 0:15:27Whose story was traditionally performed by the carpenters or shipwrights?

0:15:28 > 0:15:33- Pass.- Water glass, or sodium silicate, was formerly used

0:15:33 > 0:15:36as a household preservative, especially for which food?

0:15:36 > 0:15:43- Eggs.- Who was made Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War in February 1865,

0:15:43 > 0:15:46surrendering to Ulysses S Grant on the 9th of April 1865?

0:15:46 > 0:15:53- Robert E Lee.- Which country is bordered by Tunisia and Algeria on the west and Egypt on the east?

0:15:53 > 0:15:57- Libya.- Which football cup competition takes place between the winners...

0:15:57 > 0:16:01- BEEP - ..of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League?

0:16:03 > 0:16:07- The Charity Shield. - No, it's the UEFA Super Cup.

0:16:07 > 0:16:14You had three passes. The story of Noah was traditionally performed by the carpenters in the Mystery Plays.

0:16:14 > 0:16:19Aubrey Beardsley was that English artist who drew the illustrations for Salome.

0:16:19 > 0:16:25And that name that comes from the Greek words meaning "horse" and "course" was "hippodrome".

0:16:25 > 0:16:27You have now, Peter, 16 points.

0:16:27 > 0:16:30APPLAUSE

0:16:36 > 0:16:39And now Tim Parry again, please.

0:16:41 > 0:16:47And you begin with 10 points with your knowledge of David Lloyd George.

0:16:47 > 0:16:50General knowledge, starting now.

0:16:50 > 0:16:53Which part of Achilles did his mother Thetis hold him by

0:16:53 > 0:16:57when she dipped him into the River Styx, so he would be immortal?

0:16:57 > 0:17:02- Heel.- The Chiltern Hills are primarily composed of which rock, a form of limestone?

0:17:02 > 0:17:08- Chalk.- The mutual defence treaty signed by the Soviet Union and its East European allies in May 1955

0:17:08 > 0:17:10is generally known by what name?

0:17:10 > 0:17:14- The Warsaw Pact.- In which 1977 sci-fi film does Richard Dreyfuss try

0:17:14 > 0:17:18to create a model of Devils Tower, Wyoming, out of mashed potato?

0:17:18 > 0:17:23- Pass.- In 1930, which country became the first winners of the football World Cup

0:17:23 > 0:17:26when they beat Argentina 4-2 in the final?

0:17:26 > 0:17:28- Uruguay.- By what title was William Basie known

0:17:28 > 0:17:34that associated him with other members of the "jazz aristocracy" like Duke Ellington and Earl Hines?

0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Louis Armstrong.- Count Basie.

0:17:36 > 0:17:42The term "may blossom" refers to the white or pink flowers of which common thorny shrub?

0:17:42 > 0:17:48- Cherry.- Hawthorn. The north and south branches of which river join near Hexham in Northumberland?

0:17:48 > 0:17:54- Aire.- The Tyne. Which spirit is used to make a Planter's Punch cocktail along with fruit juices and sugar?

0:17:54 > 0:17:58- Pass.- In the novel by Evelyn Waugh, adapted for television in 1981,

0:17:58 > 0:18:01what is the name of the Flyte family's country house?

0:18:02 > 0:18:06- Brideshead.- In which Italian city is the Palace of Capodimonte?

0:18:06 > 0:18:11A royal factory to produce fine porcelain was established there in 1743.

0:18:11 > 0:18:17- Padua.- Naples. In psychoanalysis, which mental disorder characterised by extreme self-absorption

0:18:17 > 0:18:22is named after a youth in Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection?

0:18:22 > 0:18:24- Pan... Neurosis.- Narcissism.

0:18:24 > 0:18:28In the UK, what system of income tax collection came into force in 1944,

0:18:28 > 0:18:31replacing annual or twice yearly collections?

0:18:31 > 0:18:35- PAYE.- In the TV series based on the novels of Elizabeth George,

0:18:35 > 0:18:38the 8th Earl of Asherton is known in the police force by what name?

0:18:38 > 0:18:42- Pass.- Which Cornish engineer built the first steam locomotive

0:18:42 > 0:18:47to run successfully on rails in 1804 at Penydarren Ironworks near Merthyr Tydfil?

0:18:47 > 0:18:53- Trevithick.- What nickname did King John acquire because he was left with little inheritance?

0:18:53 > 0:18:59- Lackland.- From which US city has the country music show the Grand Ole Opry been broadcasting since 1925?

0:18:59 > 0:19:04- Memphis.- Nashville. The 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to which Russian author

0:19:04 > 0:19:07who turned it down because of political pressure?

0:19:07 > 0:19:10- Boris Pasternak.- In Judaism, name the wooden chest

0:19:10 > 0:19:15that housed the two stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments given to Moses by God.

0:19:15 > 0:19:19- The Ark.- Which Scottish city will host the 2014 Commonwealth Games...

0:19:19 > 0:19:23- BEEP - ..having seen off the challenge of the Nigerian capital Abuja?

0:19:23 > 0:19:27- Glasgow.- Glasgow is correct. You had three passes.

0:19:27 > 0:19:32In that TV series, the Earl of Asherton is better known as Detective Inspector Lynley.

0:19:32 > 0:19:36Rum is what you need to make a Planter's Punch.

0:19:36 > 0:19:42And the movie in which he tried to make Devil's Tower out of mashed potatoes

0:19:42 > 0:19:47- was Close Encounters of the Third Kind. You have now, Tim, 21 points. - Thank you.

0:19:56 > 0:19:59And now Phil Bennion again, please.

0:19:59 > 0:20:05And you start out with 11 points with your knowledge of Marilyn Monroe.

0:20:05 > 0:20:10Let's see how you do with general knowledge. 2½ minutes starting now.

0:20:10 > 0:20:14At what London sporting venue is the Mound Stand topped by Father Time?

0:20:14 > 0:20:20- Lord's.- The influenza pandemic that wiped out millions of people in 1918 was given what popular name,

0:20:20 > 0:20:24in spite of probably originating in America?

0:20:24 > 0:20:30- Spanish Flu.- Which early blooming spring flower is also known as the Fair Maid of February?- Pass.

0:20:30 > 0:20:34The River Witham flows through which city on its course to the Wash?

0:20:34 > 0:20:40- Norwich.- Lincoln. What name is given to the tall headdress worn by archbishops and bishops

0:20:40 > 0:20:42as a symbol of their office?

0:20:42 > 0:20:48- Mitre.- Which writer bought an estate in the San Fernando Valley, California, in 1919,

0:20:48 > 0:20:51and renamed it the Tarzana Ranch?

0:20:51 > 0:20:59- Hearst?- Edgar Rice Burroughs. Which crustacean is cooked with Irish whiskey and cream in Dublin Lawyer?

0:20:59 > 0:21:06- Prawns?- Lobster. Who won the men's French Open tennis championship in 2012 for a record seventh time?

0:21:06 > 0:21:11He was beaten at Wimbledon shortly afterward by the world number 100.

0:21:11 > 0:21:18- Nadal.- Which leading French revolutionary was described by Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle

0:21:18 > 0:21:20as the Seagreen Incorruptible?

0:21:20 > 0:21:26- Robespierre.- Which work by Carl Orff opens and closes with the dramatic chorus O Fortuna?

0:21:26 > 0:21:33- Carmina Burana.- What is the particular characteristic of German towns whose names begin with Bad?

0:21:36 > 0:21:42- Pass.- The parents of which fashion designer, whose work includes the Queen's Coronation dress,

0:21:42 > 0:21:45ran the Crown and Sceptre public house?

0:21:45 > 0:21:51- Norman Hartnell?- Yes. In the poem by Longfellow, what is the name of Hiawatha's lover?

0:21:51 > 0:21:58- Minnehaha.- In 1971, who became the first actor to refuse an Oscar? He was awarded it for Patton.

0:21:58 > 0:22:04- George C Scott.- In medicine, what's considered to be normal at or about 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit

0:22:04 > 0:22:06or 37 degrees Celsius?

0:22:07 > 0:22:11- Er, 99.- The body temperature.

0:22:11 > 0:22:16Which former head of the Royal Bank of Scotland was stripped of his knighthood in 2012?

0:22:16 > 0:22:21- Fred Goodwin. - Which Jerome Kern musical is set on the paddle steamer Cotton Blossom?

0:22:21 > 0:22:26- Show Boat.- In pre-decimal currency, the coin known as the florin, first minted in 1849,

0:22:26 > 0:22:29was worth how many old pence?

0:22:29 > 0:22:34- 24.- Clayton Moore, who never appeared in public without a mask, played which Western hero on TV?

0:22:34 > 0:22:41- Lone Ranger.- Which Simon and Garfunkel song opens with, "When you're weary, feeling small"?

0:22:41 > 0:22:44- BEEP Bridge Over Troubled Water. - Yes, indeed.

0:22:44 > 0:22:51You had two passes. Bad in front of a German town means that they are spa towns.

0:22:51 > 0:22:56And that early-blooming spring flower is the snowdrop.

0:22:56 > 0:23:02It came to you too late. Nevertheless, Phil, you now have a total of 25 points.

0:23:09 > 0:23:13And, finally, Nell Whiteway again, please.

0:23:13 > 0:23:21And you scored 15 points with your knowledge of Swallows and Amazons.

0:23:21 > 0:23:29The score to beat to get into the semi-finals is 25. 2½ minutes starting now.

0:23:29 > 0:23:34Kylie Minogue played Charlene Mitchell in which soap opera about the residents of Ramsay Street?

0:23:34 > 0:23:39- Neighbours. - The writer Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for which 1982 novel

0:23:39 > 0:23:43about the life of a poor, uneducated black woman in Georgia?

0:23:43 > 0:23:48- Secret Life of Bees?- The Color Purple. On which West Midlands spa town did Queen Victoria confer

0:23:48 > 0:23:50the title Royal in 1838?

0:23:50 > 0:23:55- Leamington Spa. - What's the anatomical name of the fleshy muscles of the buttock

0:23:55 > 0:23:58from the pelvic girdle to the femur?

0:23:58 > 0:24:04- Thigh?- Gluteus. Which of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world was on an island at Alexandria, Egypt?

0:24:04 > 0:24:09- The Pharos. - Which dark-coloured tea has a Chinese name meaning black dragon?

0:24:09 > 0:24:14- Bohea?- Oolong. Whose film roles include the history teacher Hector in The History Boys

0:24:14 > 0:24:18and Uncle Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films?

0:24:18 > 0:24:21- Pierce Brosnan.- Richard Griffiths.

0:24:21 > 0:24:27What term from the Latin for to trample down or pound is given to an area of compacted snow for skiing?

0:24:27 > 0:24:34- Piste.- Which American President's great-grandfather set sail for America from County Wexford in 1848?

0:24:35 > 0:24:41- George Bush.- John F Kennedy. Which of the world's oceans is the smallest in area?

0:24:43 > 0:24:50- Antarctic.- The Arctic. What is the common name of the wild dog brought to Australia from Asia?

0:24:50 > 0:24:55- Dingo.- Which Bolton-born encyclopaedist is well-known for his Filmgoer's Companions?

0:24:55 > 0:24:58The first appeared in 1965.

0:24:58 > 0:25:03- Peter Bradshaw? - Halliwell. Which singer, who uses her middle name as a stage name,

0:25:03 > 0:25:08reached number 2 in the UK charts in 2005 with her debut single Pon De Replay?

0:25:08 > 0:25:13- Adele?- Rihanna. Who is the Greek god of love? His Roman counterpart is Cupid.

0:25:13 > 0:25:19- Eros.- Which 19th-century writer's novel North and South contrasts the values of rural southern England

0:25:19 > 0:25:22with the industrial north?

0:25:22 > 0:25:28- Elizabeth Gaskell.- Which British 11-times Paralympic gold medallist was made a Dame in 2005?

0:25:28 > 0:25:32- Tanni Grey-Thompson. - Two of Henry VIII's wives outlived him. Anne of Cleves and...?

0:25:32 > 0:25:37- Catherine Parr. - In 2012, the Belgian Raf Simons was chosen to succeed John Galliano

0:25:37 > 0:25:40as designer for which fashion house?

0:25:40 > 0:25:46- Ralph Lauren?- Dior. In which TV series do the writers Beverly and Sean Lincoln go to Hollywood

0:25:46 > 0:25:50to remake a successful comedy and are forced to cast Matt LeBlanc?

0:25:50 > 0:25:56- Episodes.- James Bay, situated between Northern Ontario and Quebec, is an extension of which larger bay?

0:25:56 > 0:26:01- Hudson.- In music, what word for the highest voice in choral singing... - BEEP

0:26:01 > 0:26:03..is mainly used for a boy soprano?

0:26:03 > 0:26:06- Treble.- Is correct. No passes.

0:26:06 > 0:26:09You needed 26 points. You have 27.

0:26:19 > 0:26:23Well, what a close-run thing. Let's look at all the scores.

0:26:23 > 0:26:26In fourth place, Peter Gibbs.

0:26:26 > 0:26:28Third place, Tim Parry.

0:26:28 > 0:26:31Second place, Phil Bennion.

0:26:31 > 0:26:34In first place, 27 points, Nell Whiteway.

0:26:44 > 0:26:52Which means that Nell Whiteway is tonight's winner and goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations.

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