0:00:24 > 0:00:30First in the spotlight tonight is Tony Wheeler, a retired financial consultant from Suffolk.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32His subject is Ian Dury.
0:00:32 > 0:00:38Next, Rob Hymer, a mature student from Middlesbrough, his subject, the Red Army in the Second World War.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43Ann Yourston, a pet sitter from Penicuik, answers questions on Gerald Durrell.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49And John Savage, a salesman from Polmont, on the history of Celtic Football Club.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:09If you ever wonder why anyone would want to put themselves through this particular ordeal,
0:01:09 > 0:01:14becoming a Mastermind champion is the greatest honour the quiz world has to offer.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17And all they have to do is answer two sets of questions -
0:01:17 > 0:01:23one on their specialist subject and one on general knowledge, but the pressure comes from the clock.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Two minutes on one and two and a half minutes on the other and no help from anyone.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40And your name is...?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Two minutes, starting now.
0:01:46 > 0:01:52Released in 1974, what was the first single that Dury released as part of Kilburn and the High Roads?
0:01:52 > 0:01:59- Billy Bentley.- Rough Kids. At which Essex resort is the swimming pool where it is generally accepted
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Dury contracted the polio virus in August 1949 when he was seven?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- Westcliff-on-Sea. - Yes, in Southend-on-Sea.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12At which art school, in 1961, did Dury first meet the pop artist Peter Blake who became a lifelong friend?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- Walthamstow Art College.- With which musician did Dury write many songs,
0:02:16 > 0:02:21including Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and Sweet Gene Vincent?
0:02:21 > 0:02:27- Chaz Jankel.- Dury recorded the theme tune for the TV series, The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾,
0:02:27 > 0:02:31and released it as a single in 1985. What is the title of the song?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Profoundly In Love With Pandora.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Who directed the documentary into Dury's life on Channel 4 in 1983
0:02:37 > 0:02:41in which he discussed his childhood, disability and struggle with fame?
0:02:41 > 0:02:47- Franco Rosso.- Which grammar school in High Wycombe did Dury attend after help from his aunt Molly Walker?
0:02:47 > 0:02:53- Royal Grammar School.- What was Dury's third and final top ten single in the UK charts with the Blockheads?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55It peaked at No.3 in '79.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. - Reasons To Be Cheerful.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05In 1973, Kilburn and the High Roads supported which legendary rock band on a short UK tour?
0:03:05 > 0:03:11- The Who.- What character did Dury play in Roman Polanski's '86 film Pirates starring Walter Matthau?
0:03:11 > 0:03:16- Meat Hook.- At which studio in the Bahamas was the album Lord Upminster recorded in '81
0:03:16 > 0:03:19with the reggae artists Sly and Robbie?
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- Nassau.- Compass Point. What was the real name of the Stiff Records PR man Kosmo Vinyl
0:03:24 > 0:03:27who sometimes introduced Dury and his band on stage?
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- No idea at all.- Where did Dury give his final live performance with the Blockheads in February 2000?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34He died the following month.
0:03:34 > 0:03:40- London Palladium.- What is the name of the music journalist who profiled Dury's band in September '73
0:03:40 > 0:03:45in an article titled: Kilburn And The High Roads Hardened Criminals Plan Big Break-Out?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- BP Fallon.- Nick Kent. What... - BEEP
0:03:48 > 0:03:54What is the last song on the Mr Love Pants album released in 1998 by Ian Dury and the Blockheads?
0:03:55 > 0:04:01- No, sorry, I didn't hear you.- I'll have to tell you because we're out of time. It is Mash It Up, Harry.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07And your other pass - the real name of that Stiff Records PR man Kosmo Vinyl was Mark Dunk.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10You have, Tony, 9 points.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12APPLAUSE
0:04:19 > 0:04:22And our next contender, please.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30And your name is...?
0:04:37 > 0:04:41What name was given to the Supreme Command of the Soviet Armed Forces,
0:04:41 > 0:04:46initially under Marshal Timoshenko, established after the German invasion of June 1941?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- Stavka.- What became the standard medium tank used by the Red Army?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53It was regarded as the best tank used by any army during the war.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59- T-34.- Which order, issued by Stalin in 1941, condemned as traitors all Soviet troops who surrendered?
0:04:59 > 0:05:03It also said that their families would be subject to reprisals.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- Order 270.- Who commanded the 62nd Army at Stalingrad,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09was the first Soviet officer to hear of Hitler's suicide
0:05:09 > 0:05:13and accepted the surrender of German troops in Berlin in '45?
0:05:13 > 0:05:19- Chuikov.- The recapture of which rail junction outside Leningrad from the Germans on 9th December '41
0:05:19 > 0:05:22helped shorten the Road of Life supply line into the city?
0:05:22 > 0:05:28- Tikhvin.- What defensive line, named after a town 100 km west of Moscow, fell to the Germans in October 1941?
0:05:28 > 0:05:33As a result, martial law was declared in Moscow and plans were made to evacuate the city.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- Stalino Line.- No, Mozhaysk Line.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40Whom did Stalin re-appoint as Chief of the General Staff in place of Zhukov
0:05:40 > 0:05:43after Zhukov suggested the Soviet forces should evacuate Kiev?
0:05:44 > 0:05:51- Burdeinei.- Shaposhnikov. Established in July 1942, what name was given to the units formed in each division
0:05:51 > 0:05:55whose responsibility was to shoot Soviet troops that tried to flee
0:05:55 > 0:05:58after Stalin's order commanding "not a step back"?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- The Barrage Battalions. - Blocking Detachments or Units.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07Which town on the River Bug saw fierce Soviet resistance immediately after the German invasion?
0:06:07 > 0:06:12- Brest-Litovsk.- Where did the pincers of the Soviet counter-offensive meet on 23rd November 1942,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15trapping the German 6th Army in Stalingrad?
0:06:15 > 0:06:22- Kalach.- What was the Soviet nickname for the mobile rocket launchers the Germans called the "Stalin organ"?
0:06:22 > 0:06:27- Katyusha.- Which Soviet army was virtually wiped out on the Volkhov Front near Leningrad in '42?
0:06:27 > 0:06:32It was commanded by Andrey Vlasov who defected to the Germans after his capture.
0:06:32 > 0:06:38- 44th.- The 2nd Shock Army. At the start of Operation Uranus, Soviet forces broke through...
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- BEEP - ..and encircled the 3rd and 4th armies of which of Germany's allies?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- Romania.- Is correct. No passes, Rob. You have 9 points.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50APPLAUSE
0:06:56 > 0:06:58And our next contender, please.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06And your name is...?
0:07:11 > 0:07:15On which island did Durrell spend five years of his childhood,
0:07:15 > 0:07:19evoked in idyllic terms in his memoir My Family And Other Animals?
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- Corfu.- What was Durrell's first book, published by Spencer Curtis Brown in 1953?
0:07:24 > 0:07:30- The Overloaded Ark.- Name the '63 TV documentary about Durrell's travels with his first wife Jacquie
0:07:30 > 0:07:32to Australia, New Zealand and Malaya.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37- Two In The Bush.- A hard-drinking local potentate oversaw Durrell's visits to Cameroon,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40as described in A Zoo In My Luggage. What was his title?
0:07:40 > 0:07:45- The Fon of Bafut.- In which town did Durrell marry music student Jacquie Rasen
0:07:45 > 0:07:47in '51 after they eloped together?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51- Bournemouth.- Who founded the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology
0:07:51 > 0:07:53at the University of Kent in 1989?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Pass.- Which local doctor and naturalist did Durrell credit
0:07:57 > 0:08:01with encouraging his interest in zoology as a ten-year-old on Corfu?
0:08:01 > 0:08:07- Theodore Stephanides.- Between '47 and '51, Durrell undertook collecting expeditions to Bafut in Cameroon
0:08:07 > 0:08:09and to which South American country?
0:08:09 > 0:08:15- Argentina.- British Guiana. Which New Zealand islands did Durrell visit in order to acquire a tuatara,
0:08:15 > 0:08:21- a rare reptile described by Durrell as "a genuine, living, breathing prehistoric monster"?- Pass.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23What unusual double-barrelled name
0:08:23 > 0:08:28did Durrell give to the boat built by his brother Leslie as a birthday present?
0:08:28 > 0:08:33- The Bootle-Bumtrinket.- At which US university was the zoologist Lee Wilson McGeorge working
0:08:33 > 0:08:36when Durrell met her? In '79, she became his second wife.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Duke University. - What species of bird was Ulysses,
0:08:39 > 0:08:43captured by the young Durrell when hunting for squirrel dormice?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- Scops owl.- Name the taxi driver described by Durrell
0:08:46 > 0:08:52as "a suntanned gargoyle" and "great brown, ugly angel" who took the Durrells under his wing on Corfu.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Spiro Amerikanos.- What word did the pidgin-speaking people of Bafut use
0:08:56 > 0:09:00to describe every kind of wild animal in A Zoo In My Luggage?
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- Beef.- Durrell's animal-collecting trips to Cameroon were inspired
0:09:04 > 0:09:08by an account of a hunting expedition to the same region led by whom?
0:09:08 > 0:09:14- Pass.- After World War Two, Durrell took a job as a student keeper at which wildlife establishment?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- BEEP Whipsnade.- Whipsnade Zoo it was.
0:09:17 > 0:09:24You had three passes. Percy Sladen led that hunting expedition that led to his animal-collecting trips.
0:09:24 > 0:09:30The name of those New Zealand islands that Durrell visited to acquire a tuatara was The Brothers.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36And it was Ian Swingland who founded the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- You have, Ann, 12 points.- Thank you.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41APPLAUSE
0:09:47 > 0:09:49And our final contender, please.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58And your name is...?
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Two minutes. Celtic Football Club was founded on 6th November 1887
0:10:08 > 0:10:12to generate funds for the needy children of the east end of Glasgow
0:10:12 > 0:10:16by which member of the religious order, the Marist Brothers?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Brother Walfrid.- Who became the first Celtic manager in 1897?
0:10:19 > 0:10:24He won 16 League Championships and 14 Scottish Cups before retiring in 1940.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- Willie Maley. - Which club did Celtic beat 2-1 in the '67 European Cup Final,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31earning the nickname the Lisbon Lions?
0:10:31 > 0:10:36- Inter Milan.- Who was the only one of the Lisbon Lions signed by manager Jock Stein,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39the others having been there before his arrival?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Willie Wallace.- What was the nickname of the group of players,
0:10:42 > 0:10:47including David Hay, George Connelly and Kenny Dalglish, who came through in the late '60s?
0:10:47 > 0:10:53- The Quality Street Kids. - Which Irish politician laid a sod of Donegal turf on the centre spot
0:10:53 > 0:10:57at Celtic Park in 1892 and became the club's honorary patron?
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- Michael Davitt.- In '94, Celtic suffered a surprise defeat in the League Cup Final
0:11:02 > 0:11:05to which team in a penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw?
0:11:05 > 0:11:11- Raith Rovers.- In which city did Celtic play the final of the UEFA Cup in May 2003,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14losing 3-2 to Jose Mourinho's Porto after extra-time?
0:11:14 > 0:11:19- Seville.- How many goals did Jimmy McGrory score against Dunfermline
0:11:19 > 0:11:23in a league game on the 14th January 1928 in a 9-0 victory?
0:11:23 > 0:11:29- Eight.- Which two-tier stand at Celtic Park was demolished in 1929 to make way for the new South Stand
0:11:29 > 0:11:32that featured both terracing and 4,800 wooden seats?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- The Ferguson Stand.- The Grant Stand.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42Who was signed from Feyenoord in July 1997 for a reported fee of £650,000?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46He scored 242 goals in 315 appearances for Celtic.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51- Henrik Larsson.- In which league position did Celtic finish in the '77-78 season,
0:11:51 > 0:11:56the first after Kenny Dalglish's transfer to Liverpool? It was their lowest for 13 years.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- Fourth.- Fifth. In 2007, which Celtic player was voted Scottish Footballer of the Year
0:12:01 > 0:12:03by the football writers and the PFA?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- Henrik Larsson.- Nakamura. Because of his mastery of strategy...
0:12:07 > 0:12:12- BEEP - ..what nickname was given to Celtic inside forward Jimmy McMenemy?
0:12:12 > 0:12:17He won 11 League Championships with the club, the last in 1919 at the age of 38.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Napoleon.- Napoleon is correct.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22No passes, John. You have 11 points.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24APPLAUSE
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Well, a pretty close first round. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39In joint third place, Tony Wheeler and Rob Hymer.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Second place, John Savage.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44In the lead, just, Ann Yourston.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48APPLAUSE
0:12:50 > 0:12:54It is the general knowledge round now. If there is a tie at the end,
0:12:54 > 0:12:59the number of passes is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes wins.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02If they're tied on passes, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07The six highest-scoring runners-up from the heats will also claim a place in the semi-finals,
0:13:07 > 0:13:12so plenty to play for. Let's ask Tony Wheeler to join us again, please.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19And 9 points with your knowledge of Ian Dury.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Let's see how you do. 2½ minutes on general knowledge, starting now.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26At which circuit is the British Grand Prix run?
0:13:26 > 0:13:32- Silverstone.- Which character is played by Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?
0:13:32 > 0:13:38- Prince John.- Sheriff of Nottingham. What collective name is given to the maidens who served the god Odin?
0:13:41 > 0:13:48- Don't know. Pass.- A memorial to which Poet Laureate was unveiled by Seamus Heaney in December, 2011?
0:13:50 > 0:13:56- Pass.- Which river's estuary is bounded by the Wirral Peninsula and the North Wales coast?
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- Mersey.- The Dee. Who became leader of the Conservative Party in 1997?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04He'd been Secretary of State for Wales.
0:14:04 > 0:14:10- William Hague.- Which mausoleum has a name widely thought to come from the Persian for "crown palace"?
0:14:11 > 0:14:17- The...Taj Mahal.- In which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical did Michael Ball play Alex Dillingham,
0:14:17 > 0:14:21who reflects on his romantic entanglements over 17 years?
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- Aspects of Love.- What nationality is the girl with the bluey-green face
0:14:25 > 0:14:29who is the subject of a print by Russian artist Vladimir Tretchikoff?
0:14:29 > 0:14:35- Burmese?- Chinese. Black-headed, great and lesser black-backed are species of which seabirds?
0:14:35 > 0:14:42- Gull.- What was the name of the starships captained by James T Kirk and others in Star Trek?
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- Enterprise.- The name of which substances in animals and plants
0:14:46 > 0:14:52that regulate activities such as growth and reproduction comes from the Greek for "to set in motion"?
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- Pass.- Which song, associated with Frank Sinatra, includes the lines,
0:14:56 > 0:15:01"When I bit off more than I could chew, I ate it up and spit it out"?
0:15:01 > 0:15:07- My Way.- What name is now given to the fruit yang tao, brought from China to New Zealand in 1904?
0:15:07 > 0:15:11It was known as the Chinese gooseberry.
0:15:11 > 0:15:17- Kiwi fruit.- In which country is the world's highest national capital, La Paz, 12,000 feet above sea level?
0:15:17 > 0:15:24- Peru.- Bolivia. Which American athlete did Zola Budd collide with and bring down at the 1984 Olympics?
0:15:24 > 0:15:31- Mary Decker Slaney.- What is the name of Dante's beloved, immortalised in The New Life and The Divine Comedy?
0:15:31 > 0:15:38- Pass.- What did Malcolm Campbell and his son Donald call their boats for their water speed record attempts?
0:15:38 > 0:15:43- Bluebird. - Which historic region of France and Belgium has a Flemish name
0:15:43 > 0:15:47thought to mean lowland or flooded land?
0:15:47 > 0:15:53- Flanders.- Who was the Danish King of England from 1016 to 1035? He also ruled Denmark and Norway.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55BEEP
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Ethelred.- It was King Canute.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03Four passes. The name of Dante's beloved was Beatrice.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Hormones were those substances regulating all sorts of things.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Seamus Heaney unveiled a memorial to Ted Hughes.
0:16:11 > 0:16:19And the collective name for the maidens who served Odin was Valkyries. You have 20 points.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30And now Rob Hymer again, please.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38You also kick off with nine points with your knowledge of the Red Army.
0:16:38 > 0:16:4220 points to beat so far. 2½ minutes. Here we go.
0:16:42 > 0:16:48The Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Perignon is credited with improving the quality of which drink?
0:16:48 > 0:16:53- Champagne.- In 1842, a mathematician and surveyor from Bengal calculated the height of which mountain
0:16:53 > 0:16:56as the tallest above sea level?
0:16:56 > 0:17:03- Everest.- What name was given to a sub-genre of cowboy films made in Italy from the 1960s onwards?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Spaghetti Westerns.- Which tree, with the Latin name Salix babylonica,
0:17:06 > 0:17:10has long, drooping branches and is a symbol of mourning?
0:17:10 > 0:17:15- Weeping Willow.- What was the title of the first Beatles album which topped the charts in 1963?
0:17:15 > 0:17:21- With The Beatles.- Please Please Me. In the New Testament, Jesus is descended from which King of Israel?
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- David.- Which Hungarian-born novelist created the Scarlet Pimpernel,
0:17:25 > 0:17:29who rescues innocent victims of the Reign of Terror in France?
0:17:29 > 0:17:34- Baroness Orczy. - Who was the first woman to be placed in the Grand National,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37finishing third on Seabass in 2012?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41- Pass.- This Wheel's On Fire is the title music of which TV comedy
0:17:41 > 0:17:45starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as Edina and Patsy?
0:17:46 > 0:17:52- Pass.- Which sculptor was born the son of a miner in Castleford, West Yorkshire, in 1898?
0:17:53 > 0:17:59- Pass.- What colloquial term is commonly used for any small, bowed instrument, especially the violin,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- when used as a folk instrument? - Can you repeat that?
0:18:03 > 0:18:09What colloquial term is commonly used for any small, bowed instrument, especially the violin?
0:18:09 > 0:18:15- Fiddle.- Yes. Which British Prime Minister was MP for Warwick and Leamington from 1923 to 1957?
0:18:17 > 0:18:22- Shinwell.- Eden. Which fictional hero was named after the author of Birds of the West Indies?
0:18:22 > 0:18:26His creator had a copy of it in his Jamaican home.
0:18:26 > 0:18:32- James Bond.- The maxillae are the two bones that form the upper jaw. What bone forms the lower part of it?
0:18:32 > 0:18:38- Mandible.- Which historic woodland extends about 12 miles from Manor Park in East London into Essex?
0:18:38 > 0:18:44- Epping Forest.- Aaron Copland incorporated which of his Fanfares into his Third Symphony?
0:18:44 > 0:18:51- Fanfare for the Common Man.- Who was Lord Mayor of London three times, in 1397, 1406 and 1419?
0:18:51 > 0:18:56- Dick Whittington. - The American roadrunner is a close relative of which bird in Britain?
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- Cuckoo.- Which naval base on the Cromarty Firth had a mutiny in 1931
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- when sailors refused to put to sea in protest against pay cuts?- Rosyth?
0:19:05 > 0:19:13Invergordon. Whose last screen role was as the gladiator trainer Proximo in Ridley Scott's Gladiator?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15BEEP
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Take a guess.- Em...
0:19:22 > 0:19:28- Pass.- All right, I'll tell you. Oliver Reed.- Of course.- You knew it! You nearly said it at one point.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33Your other passes. Henry Moore was the sculptor born in Castleford.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38- Absolutely Fabulous... You knew that.- Yes.- With Joanna Lumley.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43And Katie Walsh was the first woman to place in a Grand National race.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46You have now, Rob, a total of 22 points.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59And John Savage again now, please.
0:19:59 > 0:20:06And you have 11 points with your knowledge of Celtic Football Club. 22 is the score to beat.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Let's see if you can do it. In the English Civil War,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14what were the Parliamentary supporters called?
0:20:14 > 0:20:20- Roundheads.- What type of screwdriver is named after the American inventor who patented it in the 1930s?
0:20:20 > 0:20:26- Phillips.- Who wrote Goodbye To Berlin, about his time in Germany during the Weimar Republic,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30providing the original inspiration for the musical Cabaret?
0:20:30 > 0:20:37- Christopher Isherwood.- What addition to an address was introduced in Britain on a trial basis in 1959?
0:20:37 > 0:20:43- Post code.- Which future American President married his distant cousin Eleanor in March, 1905?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Franklin D Roosevelt.- The Moluccas in the Indonesian archipelago
0:20:47 > 0:20:51also have what name, referring to their export of cloves and nutmeg?
0:20:51 > 0:20:58- Spice Islands.- In 1909, the British Lightweight Boxing champion Freddie Welsh won the first of what trophy?
0:20:58 > 0:21:04- Lonsdale Belt.- In which classic 1942 film did Dooley Wilson sing As Time Goes By?
0:21:04 > 0:21:10- Casablanca.- The Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture, opened in Madrid in 1819,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12was given what name in 1868?
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- Prado.- In April, 2011, which observatory in Cheshire was chosen
0:21:16 > 0:21:20to head the project to build the world's largest radio telescope?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- Jodrell Bank.- Which song, memorably recorded by Ella Fitzgerald,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28gave Simply Red a Top 20 hit in 1987?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Memories.- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye.
0:21:30 > 0:21:36What name for the fruit of the blackthorn is also sometimes applied to the bush itself and used in gin?
0:21:36 > 0:21:41- Sloe.- Which poet, painter and mystic wrote the words of the hymn known as Jerusalem?
0:21:41 > 0:21:47- William Blake.- Elver is the name given to which creature before it has reached its full adult stage?
0:21:47 > 0:21:52- Eel.- In The Good Life, what was the surname of the neighbours, Margo and Jerry?
0:21:52 > 0:21:57- Leadbetter.- The idea for which annual British sporting event, first held in 1981,
0:21:57 > 0:22:02was hatched in a pub in Richmond, according to the event's founders?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- Tiddlywinks?- The London Marathon.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10What name is given to the fine powdery grains produced on the anther of a flower?
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- Stamen.- Pollen. What city is the capital of the Cote d'Or departement
0:22:14 > 0:22:18and of the Burgundy region of east-central France?
0:22:20 > 0:22:26- Burgundy.- Dijon. Who was the muse of lyric poetry and dancing in Ancient Greek and Roman mythology?
0:22:26 > 0:22:33- Athena?- Terpsichore. Which actress, born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, in 1908,
0:22:33 > 0:22:38won her only Best Actress Oscar for the title role in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce?
0:22:38 > 0:22:44- BEEP Joan Russell.- Joan Crawford. You got the first name right! No passes.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48John, you now have a total of 25 points.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02And our final contender, Ann Yourston, please.
0:23:02 > 0:23:0812 points is what you start out with from your knowledge of Gerald Durrell.
0:23:08 > 0:23:1225 points is the score to beat now. Here we go.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18The Last Battle, published in 1956, is the last of which series of children's books by CS Lewis?
0:23:18 > 0:23:24- Narnia.- What three-word phrase became Barack Obama's slogan during the 2008 Presidential Election
0:23:24 > 0:23:27after he won the South Carolina Primary?
0:23:27 > 0:23:32- "We will win"?- "Yes, we can." The tombs of the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson are in which crypt?
0:23:32 > 0:23:38- Westminster Abbey.- St Paul's. Which 2012 Wes Anderson film tells the story of two 12-year-olds in love?
0:23:38 > 0:23:43- The cast includes Bruce Willis and Frances McDormand.- Pass.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47What name for normal did inhabitants of New Zealand call themselves
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- to distinguish them from European settlers?- Pass.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Which soup, normally served cold, is made with potatoes, leeks and cream?
0:23:56 > 0:24:01- Pass.- Which rock'n'roll revivalists had seven successive Top Ten entries in the 1970s
0:24:01 > 0:24:04including Under The Moon of Love?
0:24:04 > 0:24:10- Slade.- No, Showaddywaddy. What word of modern Latin origin is used to describe plants, especially roses,
0:24:10 > 0:24:13that flower profusely in clusters?
0:24:14 > 0:24:20- Pass.- Which legendary Ancient Greek writer's fables include The Hare and The Tortoise?
0:24:20 > 0:24:27- Aesop.- Malcolm McLaren owned a punk clothes shop on the Kings Road with which female fashion designer?
0:24:27 > 0:24:34- Vivienne Westwood.- What name is given to a stitch holding together the edges of a wound?
0:24:34 > 0:24:39- Butterfly?- Suture. Which TV series was about the Ingalls family
0:24:39 > 0:24:42living on the American plains in the late 19th century?
0:24:42 > 0:24:48- Little House On The Prairie. - Which of Charles II's mistresses persuaded him to give her son
0:24:48 > 0:24:52the titles of Earl of Burford and Duke of St Albans?
0:24:52 > 0:24:57- Henrietta... - Nell Gwyn. Who equalled Billie Jean King's record of 20 Wimbledon titles
0:24:57 > 0:25:01when she won the Mixed Doubles with Leander Paes in 2003?
0:25:01 > 0:25:06- Pass.- In 1673, the French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
0:25:06 > 0:25:10discovered the mouth of which river where it enters the Mississippi?
0:25:12 > 0:25:17- Pass.- In Judaism, a meal known as the seder which includes specific foods with symbolic meanings,
0:25:17 > 0:25:21is eaten at the beginning of which major festival?
0:25:21 > 0:25:26- Passover?- Yes. Clarence Nash, who died in 1985, was famous as the voice
0:25:26 > 0:25:30of which ill-tempered cartoon character?
0:25:30 > 0:25:36- Tom?- Donald Duck. The Bridgewater Canal, from Worsley to Manchester, was built to transport what?
0:25:37 > 0:25:43- Pass.- In which novel by Peter Carey does the owner of a glassworks try to win the love of a defrocked...
0:25:43 > 0:25:49- BEEP - ..priest by transporting a glass church to the Australian outback?
0:25:49 > 0:25:54- Pass.- Well, I can tell you it is Oscar and Lucinda.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Your other passes - the Bridgewater Canal was built to transport coal,
0:25:58 > 0:26:03the Missouri is the river that enters the Mississippi,
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Navratilova was the player who equalled Billie Jean King's record,
0:26:07 > 0:26:13floribunda is the word for a group of flowers in profuse clusters,
0:26:13 > 0:26:17vichyssoise is the soup made from potatoes, leeks and so on,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Maori is the name the inhabitants of New Zealand gave themselves
0:26:21 > 0:26:26and Moonrise Kingdom was that 2012 Wes Anderson film.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Ann, you have a total of 17 points.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Well, there it is. A clear winner. Let's look at the scores.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44In fourth place, Ann Yourston.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Third place, Tony Wheeler.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Second place, Rob Hymer.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52In first place, 25 points, John Savage.
0:27:03 > 0:27:10Which means that John Savage is tonight's winner and he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations.
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