0:00:24 > 0:00:26First in the spotlight tonight is the Rev Simon Rundell,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28a vicar from Plymouth.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30His subject - Monty Python.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Next, Kate Jamieson, a student from Wincanton.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35She answers questions on Lord Nelson.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40Mark Skinner is a bookseller from Cambridge and his subject is Tintin.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42And Rob Hemming, a writer from Evesham.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46His subject is the African animals known as the Big Five.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07This is the quiz show where the contenders can swot up on their specialist subjects
0:01:07 > 0:01:09as much as they like
0:01:09 > 0:01:12but what they can't prepare for is the way they will react
0:01:12 > 0:01:14under the pressure of the lights and the clock.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16And then there's the general knowledge round,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18the one that really sorts them out.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Two minutes on one, two and a half minutes on the other.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24And the big prize? Well, the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27So let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- And your name is? - Simon Rundell.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- Your occupation? - I'm a Church of England vicar.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- And your chosen subject? - Monty Python.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Monty Python. Two minutes starting now.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Which march by Sousa was used as the title music for Monty Python¹s Flying Circus?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Liberty Bell.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Which of the original six Pythons did not appear in the final BBC series,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55although he is credited as a writer for several episodes?
0:01:55 > 0:01:56John Cleese.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59During the Inquisition¹s interrogation of a woman on suspicion of heresy,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01what does Cardinal Biggles poke her with
0:02:01 > 0:02:04before Cardinal Fang is ordered to "fetch the comfy chair"?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- A washing-up rack. - No, cushions, actually.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10The third series features an all-England contest
0:02:10 > 0:02:12for summarising the work of which writer in 15 seconds,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15once in a swimsuit and once in evening dress?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Marcel Proust.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Which female singer appears as herself, along with Ringo Starr of the Beatles,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21at the end of an episode in the third series?
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Lulu.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25The giant foot that appears at the end of the original opening titles
0:02:25 > 0:02:28was taken from a painting of Venus and Cupid by which artist?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Bronzino.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Who produced the first four episodes of Monty Python
0:02:32 > 0:02:34before handing over to Ian MacNaughton?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Pass.
0:02:36 > 0:02:42Which WWII battle is re-enacted by the Batley Townswomen¹s Guild?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- The battle of... Pearl Harbor. - Pearl Harbor, yeah.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47What is the name of the character played by Michael Palin
0:02:47 > 0:02:49in rolled-up trousers and a knotted hankie,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51who tells a doctor, "My brain hurtsº?
0:02:51 > 0:02:52EL Gumby.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Who is the surprise inclusion in the German philosophers' football team
0:02:56 > 0:02:58playing against Greece?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Er, Beckenbauer.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04What is the name of the venue for the 127th Upper Class Twit of the Year Show,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06won by Gervaise Brooke-Hamster?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Hurlingham.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11When Michael Palin books an argument, what reason does the receptionist give
0:03:11 > 0:03:15for sending him to see Mr Barnard rather than to Mr du Beke?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Because he's a little bit conciliatory.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21What is the full name of the animated character who appears in episode number 23
0:03:21 > 0:03:24where his teeth are seen dancing to the music of a fairground organ?
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Conrad Poohs.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Which spoof game show, presented by Michael Palin,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31has a postal address of "Behind the Hot-water Pipes,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34"Third Washroom Along, Victoria Station"?
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Blackmail.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37According to the subtitle of episode six,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41which imaginary Hungarian award had it been entered for by the BBC?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43The Golden Stoat. BEEP
0:03:43 > 0:03:48- Actually, it was the Zinc Stoat.- Ah! - But that was very close.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51It was the Zinc Stoat of Budapest, as it happens.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56You had just one pass. It was John Howard Davies who produced the first four episodes
0:03:56 > 0:03:58before handing over to Ian MacNaughton.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00You have, Simon, 12 points.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02APPLAUSE
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And our next contender, please.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19- And your name is? - Kate Jamieson.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- Your occupation?- Student.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- And your chosen subject? - The life and career of Lord Nelson.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Lord Nelson in two minutes.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Whom did Nelson describe as "one of the very best women in this world"
0:04:30 > 0:04:33in a letter to his wife after they met in Naples in September 1798?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Emma Hamilton.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39Horatio Nelson joined the Royal Navy on board HMS Raisonnable in 1771.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42What relation was the captain, Maurice Suckling, to Nelson?
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Uncle.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45What was the meaning of Signal Number 39,
0:04:45 > 0:04:47which, according to popular legend,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Nelson claimed not to see during the Battle of Copenhagen?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Er...
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- To cease the battle. - Discontinue the action, yes.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00During the Battle of Trafalgar, which ship, captained by Eliab Harvey,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02came to the aid of Nelson's flagship Victory
0:05:02 > 0:05:05after she became locked together with the Redoutable?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06- Royal Sovereign. - No, the Temeraire.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10During which battle in July 1794 did Nelson write to Lord Hood,
0:05:10 > 0:05:15"I got a little hurt this morning - not much, as you may judge from my writing"?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- Er, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. - No, Calvi.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Nelson spent the Christmas of 1800 with the Hamiltons
0:05:20 > 0:05:24at Fonthill Abbey, the Wiltshire home of which novelist?
0:05:24 > 0:05:25- Becker.- Beckford.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29What collective name did Nelson give to the group of trusted senior officers
0:05:29 > 0:05:32whom he commanded from the Battle of the Nile until his death?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Band Of Brothers.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36According to the memorandum written by Nelson shortly before Trafalgar,
0:05:36 > 0:05:40ªNo captain can do very wrong if he places his ship...º where?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42"Alongside that of his enemy."
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Which of Nelson¹s crew saved his life twice in hand-to-hand fighting
0:05:45 > 0:05:47on a barge accompanying a bomb vessel
0:05:47 > 0:05:50during the bombardment of Cadiz in July 1797?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Pass.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Whom did Nelson promote to his Flag Captain on the Vanguard,
0:05:54 > 0:05:55having sent Edward Berry to London
0:05:55 > 0:05:58with news of the victory at the Battle of the Nile?
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Pass.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02At which port did Nelson and the Hamiltons arrive back in England in November 1800
0:06:02 > 0:06:06following their overland journey from Naples?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Chatham.- Yarmouth.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Which admiral did Nelson criticize in letters to his wife
0:06:11 > 0:06:15for failing to fully engage the French in the Mediterranean in the summer of 1795?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- Jervis.- No, Hotham.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19During the Battle of Cape St Vincent,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22which ship did Nelson first capture then use as a bridge
0:06:22 > 0:06:24to take the much larger San Josef?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28BEEP Pass.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Well, I can tell you. It was the San Nicolas.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33You had two other passes, Kate.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38It was Hardy that Nelson promoted to his flag captain on the Vanguard.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43And John Sykes is the man who saved his life twice in hand to hand fighting.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- You have, Kate, five points. - APPLAUSE
0:06:53 > 0:06:54And our next contender, please.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- And your name is? - Mark Skinner.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03- Your occupation? - Bookseller.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- And your chosen subject? - The Tintin books of Herge.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08The Tintin books in two minutes.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11What was the name of the Belgian artist who created the Tintin series of comics
0:07:11 > 0:07:13and who wrote under the pen-name of Herge?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Georges Remi.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17What was the English title of the first Tintin comic,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20originally published in a supplement to a Belgian newspaper
0:07:20 > 0:07:21beginning in 1929?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Tintin In The Land Of The Soviets.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25In which adventure does the scientist Frank Wolff
0:07:25 > 0:07:27explain to Tintin and Captain Haddock
0:07:27 > 0:07:30how a nuclear reactor works?
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Destination Moon.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Who or what appears in the first frame of the Tintin mystery
0:07:35 > 0:07:36the Castafiore Emerald
0:07:36 > 0:07:39and is eventually revealed as the jewel thief at the end of the story?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41A thieving magpie.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Which super salesman from Lisbon appears for the first time
0:07:44 > 0:07:47in the Tintin adventure Cigars Of The Pharaoh,
0:07:47 > 0:07:49reappearing in Land Of Black Gold and other later books?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Oliveira de Figueira.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Of which ship is Captain Haddock drunkenly in charge
0:07:54 > 0:07:57when he appears for the first time in the Crab With The Golden Claws?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Karaboudjan.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Which real-life character is depicted
0:08:00 > 0:08:02as trying to control diamond production in Africa
0:08:02 > 0:08:04in the adventure Tintin In The Congo?
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Al Capone.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08What creatures are called "a pair of perambulating fire pumps"
0:08:08 > 0:08:11by Captain Haddock in Prisoners Of The Sun?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Parrots?- Llamas.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15What unlikely weapon is used to knock out an informant
0:08:15 > 0:08:18about to disclose some vital information to Tintin
0:08:18 > 0:08:20at the start of the story Tintin In America?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- A vase?- A boomerang.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Which pirate captain captures the Unicorn,
0:08:24 > 0:08:28the ship of Captain Haddock's ancestor in The Secret Of The Unicorn.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Red Rackham.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Two characters replaced the railway porters of the original version
0:08:33 > 0:08:36in the first frame of the coloured reissue of Tintin In The Congo in 1946.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37What were there names?
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Thomson and Thompson.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43What type of aircraft is the arms dealer Dawson selling to General Alcazar
0:08:43 > 0:08:45at the start of The Red Sea Sharks?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46De Havilland Mosquito.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49What was the name of the leader of the Iron Guard fifth columnists
0:08:49 > 0:08:53in state of Syldavia in King Ottokar's Sceptre?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Musstler.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Which overtly political Tintin story depicts
0:08:57 > 0:08:59the events surrounding the invasion of Manchuria by Japan
0:08:59 > 0:09:03and the subsequent Japanese withdrawal from the League of Nations
0:09:03 > 0:09:04in 1933?
0:09:04 > 0:09:05The Blue Lotus.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- Which real-life arms dealer... - BEEP
0:09:08 > 0:09:12..with a reputation for playing one country off against another to create demand
0:09:12 > 0:09:16who is satirised by Herge in the Tintin story The Broken Ear?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Basil Zaharoff. - Is correct.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21No passes, Mark. You've scored 13 points.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24APPLAUSE
0:09:30 > 0:09:32And our final contender, please.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- And your name is? - Rob Hemming.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- Your occupation? - Writer.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- And your chosen subject? - The African Big Five.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48The African Big Five in two minutes.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52In Africa, the Big Five is a term used by big game hunters
0:09:52 > 0:09:54to describe the most difficult animals to track.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57They are the elephant, buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros and...?
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Lion.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00What are the groups of spots on a leopard¹s body called -
0:10:00 > 0:10:03they're broken circles of irregular dark marks?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Rosettes.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07How many sets of cheek teeth does an elephant have over its lifetime?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10The animal dies after its last teeth are lost.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Six.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15What term, also used in politics, is used for a group of young male lions
0:10:15 > 0:10:17who live together after leaving the birth pride?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- Pride. Oh.- Coalition.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22In male buffalo, what is the large shield on the top of the head called...
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Boss.- ..where the two horns meet? - Sorry. Boss.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27The Rwenzori Mountains National Park,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29where a rare, very dark subspecies of leopard is found
0:10:29 > 0:10:31is predominantly in which country?
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Uganda.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35What colour are the marks on the back of a lion¹s ears
0:10:35 > 0:10:37that are used as an indication of aggression
0:10:37 > 0:10:40when the ears are twisted and drawn back to make the marks visible?
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Black.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43What Arabic word meaning soldier,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46also used in Swahili for a police officer,
0:10:46 > 0:10:48is sometimes given to young bull elephants
0:10:48 > 0:10:52that form a loose alliance with older bulls and help give them protection?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Pass.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56What term from the Zulu word for mud is given to old buffalo
0:10:56 > 0:11:00that have left the main herd and spend their time wallowing in mud?
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Dagga boys.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05The horn of the rhinoceros is composed of what fibrous protein material?
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Keratin.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10The scientific name of the black or hook-lipped rhino is Diceros bicornis.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13What is the scientific name of the white or square-lipped rhino?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Ceratotherium serum. - Simum but yes.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21In which African mountain is the Kitum Cave
0:11:21 > 0:11:23that has been excavated for centuries
0:11:23 > 0:11:26by herds of elephants seeking natural salt in the rock?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Elgon.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31What term is given to the period that adult bull elephants intermittently go through
0:11:31 > 0:11:34in which they exhibit very aggressive and unpredictable behaviour,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36with heightened testosterone levels?
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Musth.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40What is the prominent lump behind the head of the white rhino,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42which helps distinguish it from the black rhino?
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Pass.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47How many days is usually given as the gestation period of a buffalo?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49BEEP Pass.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53All right. I'll tell you. It's 314.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- LAUGHTER - The two other passes.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01That prominent lump behind the head of a white rhino is a nuchal, NUCHAL, hump.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06And the Arabic meaning soldiers is askari.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10With those three passes, Rob, you have scored 11 points.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12APPLAUSE
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Well, some close scoring, there. Let's have a look at them.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25In fourth place with five points, Kate Jamieson.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Third place, 11 points, Rob Hemming.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Second place, 12 points, Simon Rundell.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32In the lead with 13 points, Mark Skinner.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40And it is the general knowledge round now
0:12:40 > 0:12:44and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:44 > 0:12:46and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50If they're tied on passes as well, then there will be a tie-break.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53And the six highest scoring runners-up from these heats
0:12:53 > 0:12:57will also be able to claim a place in the semifinals, so plenty to play for.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Let's get on with it and ask Kate Jamieson to join us again, please.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07And you start off with five points with your knowledge of Nelson.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Let's see how you do with general knowledge. You have two and a half minutes. Here we go.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14What is the common name for the extreme tiredness felt by someone
0:13:14 > 0:13:17after a long flight across different time zones?
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Jet lag.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Which Indian town, whose name is synonymous with tea,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24was developed as a sanatorium for British troops from 1835?
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Darjeeling.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Which British actor has won Golden Globe and Emmy awards
0:13:28 > 0:13:32for his portrayal of a controversial doctor in the television series House?
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Hugh Laurie.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36The President of North Vietnam from 1945 to '69
0:13:36 > 0:13:40was generally known by what pseudonym meaning "he who enlightens"?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Pass.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Which London building that for many years housed the Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths
0:13:46 > 0:13:48is now a big arts centre?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- The Tate Modern. - Somerset House.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Which choirmaster led a group of military wives to chart-topping success in 2011
0:13:54 > 0:13:56with the song Wherever You Are?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Pass.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02What is the title of Zadie Smith's 2006 Orange Prize-winning novel?
0:14:02 > 0:14:07It is said by the author to be a homage to EM Forster's Howards End.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Pass.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12In April 2012, which British sporting contest had to be restarted
0:14:12 > 0:14:18after the anti-elitist protester Trenton Oldfield appeared between the two sides?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20The Oxford-Cambridge boat race.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25Picasso's design of which bird was used for the World Peace Congress poster in 1949?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Dove.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30What is the name of the domed, rich, yeasted fruit cake from Milan,
0:14:30 > 0:14:32traditionally eaten at Christmas and Easter?
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Panettone.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels was the first feature-length film
0:14:37 > 0:14:38for which director?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Oh... Guy Ritchie.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Which behavioural condition where a person feigns illness to gain attention
0:14:44 > 0:14:48is named after a German nobleman famous for telling tall stories?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- Hypochondria. - Munchausen syndrome.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54What title is held by the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism,
0:14:54 > 0:14:58the country's ruler until the Chinese imposed military rule in 1959?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Burma. - The Dalai Lama.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Which singer, who came to fame in 2001 with her debut single I'm Like A Bird,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07was born in Canada to Portuguese parents
0:15:07 > 0:15:11and was named after a celebrated Soviet Olympic gymnast?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Nelly Furtado.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16The Mole And The Water-Rat was a working title
0:15:16 > 0:15:18of which literary classic for children?
0:15:18 > 0:15:19The Wind In The Willows.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24Which island kingdom was ruled by Queen Salote from 1918 to 1965?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26She famously rode in an open carriage in the pouring rain
0:15:26 > 0:15:30at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Pass.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34What name is given to the short-lived male honey bees,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36whose only duty is to mate with the queen?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Pass.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- Which sign of the zodiac represented by a ram... - BLEEPING
0:15:42 > 0:15:44..marks the beginning of the astrological year?
0:15:44 > 0:15:45- Aries. - Aries is correct.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46You have five passes.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Those honey bees, the ones whose only job is to mate with the queen,
0:15:50 > 0:15:51they're called drones.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55It was the Queen of Tonga who rode in the open carriage.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59The title of Zadie Smith's book was - is - On Beauty.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Gareth Malone was that very famous choirmaster
0:16:02 > 0:16:06and Ho Chi Minh was the president of North Vietnam.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08You have, Kate, now a total of 15 points.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11APPLAUSE
0:16:17 > 0:16:19And now Rob Hemming again, please.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26And you begin with 11 points, with your knowledge of the Big Five.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Now it's general knowledge. Two and a half minutes. Here we go.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32What name is given to the Japanese art of folding paper into objects
0:16:32 > 0:16:33without cutting or pasting?
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Origami.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Which German city hosted the summer Olympic Games in 1972?
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Munich.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Which small, brightly coloured bird with a relatively long bill
0:16:41 > 0:16:42is native to the New World
0:16:42 > 0:16:45and has the ability to fly in all directions, including backwards?
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Hummingbird.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51Who was nominated for an Oscar for her role as Rita in the 1983 film Educating Rita?
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Julie Walters.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Which conservation body acquired its first building,
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Alfriston Clergy House in East Sussex, for £10 in 1896?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- English Heritage. - The National Trust.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05What did Oscar Wilde supposedly say "is the curse of the drinking classes"?
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Work.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Which city in Missouri, the hometown of President Harry S Truman,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11was the starting point for people going west
0:17:11 > 0:17:14on the Oregon, California and Santa Fe wagon trails?
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Pass.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Who published the first edition of the almanac that bears his name in 1864,
0:17:19 > 0:17:21the year after he retired as a cricketer?
0:17:21 > 0:17:22- Old Moore. - John Wisden.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25The phrase "cleaning windows" has featured in the title of songs
0:17:25 > 0:17:30by George Formby and which singer born in Northern Ireland in 1945?
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Pass.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34The former Cabinet Secretary, Sir Robert Armstrong, admitted
0:17:34 > 0:17:36to being "economical with the truth"
0:17:36 > 0:17:39during the government's attempt to suppress publication of which book?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Spycatcher.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43What was the name of the first American shuttle to go into space?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45It made its maiden flight in April 1981?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Discovery. - Columbia.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49The landmarks of which city include Sugar Loaf Mountain
0:17:49 > 0:17:53and the giant statue of Christ The Redeemer on Mount Corcovado?
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Rio de Janeiro.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56What momentous historical event took place
0:17:56 > 0:18:01outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall on 30th January 1649?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Pass.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Which actor, who died in June 1987,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09played the chief warder, Mr Mackay, in the television comedy Porridge?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Erm... Fulton Mackay.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15What is the name of the Northamptonshire ancestral home of the Spencers,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17the family of the late Diana, Princess of Wales?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Oh... Pass.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Which opera by Leoncavallo is usually performed in a double bill
0:18:22 > 0:18:26known as Cav And Pag with Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Carnival Of The Animals. - I Pagliacci.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34What name is given to the thymus gland and pancreas of an animal when used as food?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Sweetbreads.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41Which county is bordered by Dorset and Somerset on the east and Cornwall on the west?
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Devon.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45The oldest Caribbean newspaper still in circulation, the Gleaner,
0:18:45 > 0:18:49was first published in 1834 and is one of the broadsheets of which island?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Jamaica.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Ehrich Weiss, who emigrated to America from Hungary
0:18:53 > 0:18:56as a young boy with his family, was a famous showman.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57By what name is he better known?
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Houdini. BEEP
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Which - I started so I'll finish -
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Which Nuremberg artist drew Praying Hands,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04believed to be based on the hands of his brother,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06who worked in the mines to support him while he was studying?
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Erm... Van Gogh.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13No, it was Durer. Albrecht Durer.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18You had four passes. The name of Princess Diana's home was Althorp.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23That momentous historical event, 1649, was the execution of Charles I.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24JOHN CHUCKLES
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Van Morrison also sang "cleaning windows"
0:19:27 > 0:19:34and Independence is where they set out from in Missouri to go west.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37You have now, Rob, a total of 23 points.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38APPLAUSE
0:19:46 > 0:19:49And now Simon Rundell again, please.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56And you start out with 12 points with your knowledge of Monty Python.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Let's how you do with general knowledge. 23 is the score to beat to get through to the next round.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Here we go.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Which band, formed in Birmingham in 1978,
0:20:04 > 0:20:08took their name from the numbering system used on unemployment benefit forms?
0:20:08 > 0:20:09UB40
0:20:09 > 0:20:15Which vegetable releases a tear-inducing chemical irritant called syn-Propanethial-S-oxide
0:20:15 > 0:20:16when it is cut?
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Onions.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Who began writing his Inspector Morse novels after reading a detective novel
0:20:20 > 0:20:23during a holiday in North Wales and deciding he could do better?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Pass.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Which French-Jewish army captain was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1894
0:20:29 > 0:20:32on trumped-up charges of selling military secrets to Germany?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Dreyfus.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Which of the major golf tournaments is the first to be played each year
0:20:36 > 0:20:39and the only one to be staged at the same venue every time?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- The US. - No, the US Masters.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45In the film Meet The Parents who plays the formidable Jack Byrnes,
0:20:45 > 0:20:49a retired CIA officer with a lie detector in his basement?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Robert de Niro.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53In which city did the street artist Banksy begin his career?
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Bristol.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58The date in August when red grouse become fair game is known by what name?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00The Glorious Twelfth.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02What is the title of the BBC2 observational comedy
0:21:02 > 0:21:06starring Warwick Davis and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant?
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Pass.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11The name of which period of geological time
0:21:11 > 0:21:13comes from the Latin for coal-bearing?
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Pass.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20The pleasure pier in which Essex seaside resort became the longest in the world
0:21:20 > 0:21:22when an extension was opened in 1898?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Clacton.- Southend-on-Sea.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26In Greek mythology, who went into the underworld
0:21:26 > 0:21:29in an attempt to bring his wife Eurydice back to life?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Pass.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36The echidnas or spiny ant eaters and which other Australian animal
0:21:36 > 0:21:38are the only mammals to hatch from an egg?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Platypus.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Which cocktail is said to have got its name
0:21:41 > 0:21:44from the implement used by American oil men in the Middle East
0:21:44 > 0:21:47to stir vodka into their cans of orange juice?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Screwdriver.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52London is one of the cities in A Tale Of Two Cities - what is the other?
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Paris.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Which girls' public school was founded in Kemptown, outside Brighton,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58by three sisters in 1885?
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Roedean.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02What was the first commercially available artificial sweetener,
0:22:02 > 0:22:07discovered by Ira Remsen and Constantin Fahlberg in 1879?
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Saccharin.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Which capital city lies just south of the point
0:22:10 > 0:22:12where the Blue Nile and White Nile merge to form one river?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- Cairo.- Khartoum.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury has duties
0:22:17 > 0:22:19that include maintaining party discipline.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20By what title is he better known?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22The Chief Whip.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Which entertainer, who began his career as a pop singer,
0:22:24 > 0:22:27sculpted the statue of Eleanor Rigby in Stanley Street
0:22:27 > 0:22:29near the Cavern Quarter of Liverpool?
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Pass.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Which playwright was president of Czechoslovakia... - BEEP
0:22:33 > 0:22:35..from 1989 to '92
0:22:35 > 0:22:38and became president of the new Czech Republic from '93 to 2003?
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Vaclav Havel. - Is correct. You have five passes.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Tommy Steele sculpted the statue of Eleanor Rigby.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Orpheus went in the underworld, as you very well know.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Carboniferous is the name of that period, coal-bearing.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Life's Too Short is the title of the observational comedy
0:22:56 > 0:22:58starring Warwick Davis and Ricky Gervaise
0:22:58 > 0:23:03and Colin Dexter is the writer of the Inspector Morse novels.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07With those five passes, Simon, you have scored 25 points.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09APPLAUSE
0:23:18 > 0:23:20And finally, Mark Skinner again, please.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27And you start out with 13 points with your knowledge of Tintin
0:23:27 > 0:23:31and 25 is now the score to beat to get through to the semi-finals.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Here we go. Two and a half minutes.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Which dog, similar to a small greyhound,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39was particularly popular as a racing dog in Northern mining communities?
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Pass.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Which rock singer founded the Official Monster Raving Loony Party,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46first registered as a political party in 1983?
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Screaming Lord Sutch.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51What two-word term for a seductive woman who lures men into dangerous situations
0:23:51 > 0:23:52means "deadly woman" in French?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Femme fatale.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Which courtier of Dionysius of Syracuse is said to have been seated at a banquet
0:23:57 > 0:24:00with a sword suspended over his head, held by a single hair,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03in order to show the transitory nature of power?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Damocles.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Which atoll in the Marshall Islands was used by the Americans
0:24:07 > 0:24:10to conduct atomic weapons tests between 1946 and '58?
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Bikini.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14What name is given to a hard-boiled egg enclosed in sausage-meat,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17coated in breadcrumbs, then deep-fried and usually eaten cold?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Scotch egg.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Richard Ashcroft was the lead singer with which band that split up in 2009?
0:24:22 > 0:24:23The Verve.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26In medicine, what term that comes from the Greek for "guarding again",
0:24:26 > 0:24:32describes an extreme allergic reaction, such as when some people eat nuts?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Pass.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Which Yorkshire-based detective created by Peter Robinson
0:24:36 > 0:24:40made his first appearance in 1987 in the novel Gallows View?
0:24:40 > 0:24:41DCI Banks.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43In which spin-off series from Doctor Who
0:24:43 > 0:24:46does John Barrowman play Captain Jack Harkness?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47Torchwood.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49What was the name of the American sailing ship
0:24:49 > 0:24:53found drifting and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on 5th December 1872?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54- Mary Rose.- Mary Celeste.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Which Welsh mezzo-soprano, born in 1980,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00surprised the travellers on the London Underground
0:25:00 > 0:25:04by playing a 45-minute set disguised as a busker in November 2011?
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Katherine Jenkins.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09In which city was the Royal Pavilion transformed from a relatively modest house
0:25:09 > 0:25:12into an Oriental fantasy by John Nash for the Prince Regent?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Brighton.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16What phrase for winning an easy victory originated in horse racing
0:25:16 > 0:25:19and refers to a jockey relaxing his grip on the reins
0:25:19 > 0:25:21when victory appears certain?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Pass.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Which James Bond villain had the first name Auric?
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Goldfinger.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29The name of which Chinese city means "northern capital"?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Kathmandu.- Beijing.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34What items used in gambling were known as devil's bones
0:25:34 > 0:25:36because they were made of bone and led to ruin?
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Dice.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Which Hungarian-born composer was renowned both as a virtuoso pianist
0:25:40 > 0:25:42and for his scandalous private life,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45although he later took minor orders in the Catholic church?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Bartok.- Liszt.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Which month of 1929 saw the start of the Wall Street crash?
0:25:52 > 0:25:53- November.- October.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55What is the name of the red felt hat with a black silk tassel,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57similar to a fez, worn by Muslim men?
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Pass.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02In 1964, which artist filmed the Empire State Building
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- from early evening until just before 3.00am... - BEEP
0:26:04 > 0:26:06..for his film Empire -
0:26:06 > 0:26:08the only thing that happened was the lights going on and off?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- Andy Warhol. - Andy Warhol is correct.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Four passes.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15That phrase, when the jockey thinks he's won,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18is winning hands down.
0:26:18 > 0:26:24Anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock is that term that comes from "guarding again".
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Whippet is the name of that small greyhound
0:26:28 > 0:26:32and the name of that red felt hat with the black silk tassel is a tarboosh.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37Four passes, Mark. You have scored - that last point was very important -
0:26:37 > 0:26:3826 points.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40APPLAUSE
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Well, that was a close-run thing. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55In fourth place, 15 points, Kate Jamieson.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Third place, 23 points, Rob Hemming.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Second place, 25 points, Simon Rundell.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05In first place, just got it - 26 points, Mark Skinner.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Which means that Mark Skinner is tonight's winner
0:27:19 > 0:27:22and he goes through to the semifinals - congratulations to him.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Commiserations to Simon Rundell but with his score of 25
0:27:25 > 0:27:29it's possible that we will see him again in the semifinal.
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