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First in the spotlight tonight

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is Roger Canwell from Norfolk.

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His subject - the films of Norman Wisdom.

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John Wheeler, a tutor from Buckinghamshire.

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His subject - the Magna Carta.

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Sian West, an independent consultant from Sevenoaks. Her subject is the Pembrokeshire coast.

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Mark Roberts, a retired insurance broker from Pontefract

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will answer questions on the novels of William Boyd.

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And Jonathan Gordon, a student administrator from Oxford.

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And his subject - the French Wars of Religion of the 16th century.

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APPLAUSE

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me John Humphrys.

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If you ever wondered why anyone would put themselves through this ordeal,

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well, becoming Mastermind champion is quite simply the greatest honour the quiz world has to offer,

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the summit of the quizzing mountain, as it were.

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All they have to do is answer two sets of questions.

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One on their specialist subject and one on general knowledge.

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But the pressure, of course, comes from the clock.

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90 seconds on one, 2 minutes on the other.

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So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

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-And your name is?

-Roger Canwell.

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-Your occupation?

-I'm retired.

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In the first round, you took Kett's Rebellion as your subject.

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-Tonight, it is?

-Films of Norman Wisdom.

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Films of Norman Wisdom in 90 seconds, starting now.

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In which 1953 film does Norman Wisdom

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sing Don't Laugh At Me, Cos I'm A Fool, his signature tune?

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Trouble In Store.

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Edward Chapman who played Mr Stoneway in Just My Luck

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later appeared in three other films with Wisdom as which character?

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Mr Grimsdale.

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A television comedian appeared uncredited as a drunken party guest

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who gets slapped in the face by a female in Follow A Star, who was he?

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Dick Emery.

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In which film does Wisdom see a sign advertising for a window cleaner?

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He adds the words, "Ideal height 5'2" underneath.

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-Up In The World.

-When Miss Bacon arrives at Burridge's in Trouble In Store,

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what's the first department she asks directions to?

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-The luggage department.

-Suitcases.

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From which RAF base does Lesley Cartland fly

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to France on her mission in The Square Peg?

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-Pass.

-In On The Beat, Wisdom's character Pitkin tries to join the police.

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What is propelled across the room when the doctor checks his reflexes in the medical?

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-His crutch.

-No, one of the stilts he's wearing.

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What's the name of the island off the southwest of Tawaki

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on which Britain wants to establish a base in Man Of The Moment?

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-Mafoola.

-Which film is based on the book Yea Yea Yea by Angus McGill?

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Wisdom co-wrote the screenplay with Eddie Lesley.

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Er...

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-Stitch In Time.

-Press For Time.

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In which film is Wisdom's character beaten up by a gang that includes a young

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Oliver Reed before three sailors come to his aid?

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One of the sailors is played by Michael Caine.

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-The Bulldog Breed.

-In The Square Peg, who does Mr Grimsdale say

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gave him assurance that none of his men would be called up

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-BEEP

-just as he opens his own conscription papers?

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-The prime minister.

-No. You elevated him. The mayor.

-The mayor.

-Absolutely.

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One pass. That RAF base was RAF Tangmere. One pass.

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Roger, you have seven points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-John Wheeler.

-Your occupation?

-Tutor.

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The shipping forecast was your subject last time and this time it is?

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-The Magna Carta.

-The Magna Carta in 90 seconds, starting now.

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Magna Carta was based on a document issued in 1215 by a group of barons to protect

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their interests and limit the king's powers, to which monarch was it presented?

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-John.

-In the final clause of the original Magna Carta of 1215, for how long are

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liberties, rights and concessions to men in all things and places guaranteed?

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-Forever.

-What title was given to barons to oppose King John

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by chroniclers including Ralph of Coggeshall?

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-Pass.

-In which king's reign did Magna Carta and its companion

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Charter of the Forest first become part of statute law?

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-Edward I.

-What famous phrase from clause 39 of Magna Carta referring to how people

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should be tried according to the law of the land

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describes the concession made by John in letters of the 10th of May 1215?

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-Trial by jury.

-A judgment by peers.

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Which newly appointed abbot met King John in June 1215 in Staines Meadow

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for business that coincided with the king's meeting with the barons?

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-Pass.

-How many barons were listed as monitors

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and enforcers in the final clause of Magna Carta?

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-25.

-What major concession did Henry III gain from his

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confirmation of the charters in 1225, 1237 and 1253?

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-Pass.

-Scutage was a tax on knights as substitute for military service.

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Clause 12 of the charter of 1215 has three exceptions

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to the restrictions on such payments. What is the first?

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-Pass.

-In August 1215, who condemned Magna Carta as unjust, illegal, a diminishment

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of the royal prerogative and a danger to the success of John's planned crusade?

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-Pass.

-Clause 56 guarantees

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-the application of English law...

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I'll finish the question...

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to English tenements and Welsh law to Welsh tenements,

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which other area was granted the same sort of provision?

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-Scotland.

-No, it was the Marches. You have

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five passes. It was Pope Innocent III who condemned Magna Carta in that robust language.

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The ransom of the king's person was one of the exceptions in scutage,

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that strange-sounding tax. The right to levy taxes was one of the concessions Henry III gained.

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Hugh of Bury St Edmunds was the newly appointed abbot,

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who met King John in June 1215.

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And The Northerners was the title given to the earliest barons.

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-You have, John, four points.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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Our next contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Sian West.

-Your occupation?

-Independent consultant.

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In the first round, you took the life and music of Billie Holiday as your specialist subject.

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-Tonight, you are choosing?

-The Pembrokeshire coast.

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The Pembrokeshire coast in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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Pembrokeshire coastal path extends for 186 miles along the coast from Amroth

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on Caernarfon Bay to which village near Cardigan Bay?

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-St Dogmaels.

-The Welsh name of which resort on the coast

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can be translated as "little fort of the fish"?

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-Tenby.

-According to legend, what Neolithic burial chamber near Abercastle gets its name

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from the saint who put its capstone in place with just his little finger?

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-Carreg Samson.

-Which river is considered to divide Pembrokeshire and is crossed

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by the coast path via a toll bridge near Pembroke Dock?

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-The Cleddau.

-What is the name of the natural harbour at the mouth of the River Alyn

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that formally served as the port for St Davids?

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St David is said to have been baptised there by Bishop Elvis of Munster?

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-Porthclais.

-Which stretch of the coast by Cemais Head

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has a Welsh name meaning "goat's head"?

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-Dinas.

-Pen Yr Afr. By what name is the limestone arch on the Castlemartin peninsula

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near Stack Rocks known? It's a celebrated feature of the Pembrokeshire coast.

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-It's the Green Bridge.

-What is the name of the stone in St Thomas's church

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in St Dogmaels which played a key role in deciphering the Ogham alphabet?

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-The Sagranus stone.

-Stack Rocks are known as Elegug Rocks from the Welsh word

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"heligog," to which seabird that nests there does the word refer?

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-Guillemot.

-The village with a medieval castle overlooking a bay was the birthplace

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of Gerald of Wales who called it the most pleasant place in the country. What's its name?

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-Manorbier.

-A headland near Fishguard was the site of the last invasion of Britain

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when 1400 Frenchmen landed in February 1797, what's the name of the headland?

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-Carregwastad.

-Which valley between Cwm-yr-Eglwys and Pwllgwaelod is the site

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of scientific interest and separates Dinas Island from the adjacent plateau?

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-Cwm-yr-Eglwys.

-Cym Dewi. Close. You nearly got it.

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No passes. You have, Sian, ten points.

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Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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Our next contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Mark Roberts.

-Your occupation?

-Retired insurance broker.

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In the first round, you dealt with Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.

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-In this round?

-The novels of William Boyd.

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The novels of William Boyd in 90 seconds.

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William Boyd's debut novel won the Whitbread first-novel award in 1981, what's its title?

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-Good Man In Africa.

-In Any Human Heart, who recruits Logan Mountstuart

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as a spy at the start of the World War II?

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-Pass.

-What single word is written on a piece of paper that Lysander Rief pins

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to the body of Captain Vandenbrook at the conclusion of Waiting For Sunrise?

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-Andromeda.

-In Brazzaville Beach, what's the name of the author and expert

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on chimpanzee behaviour who founded the Grosso Arvore Research Centre?

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-Eugene Mallabar.

-In Stars And Bars, Henderson Dores discovers that his father

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died during the war having been hit on the head and killed. What hit him?

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-A tin of pineapple.

-Who comes to Kay Fischer's house

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in The Blue Afternoon and claims to be her father?

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-Salvador Carriscant.

-In The New Confessions,

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Todd gets a job with the propaganda department

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of the Foreign Office known as the WOCC. What do the initials stand for?

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The War Office Cinema Commission.

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Ah! Committee. In Restless, Ruth receives a letter from Lord Mansfield saying that

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he's unable to meet her. What's his assistant's name who signed the letter?

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-Lucas Romer.

-Anna Orloggi.

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At which intercontinental hotel

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does the works outing take place in Brazzaville Beach?

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-Pass.

-In An Ice Cream War, what crop does Temple Smith

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try to grow in Tavita in British East Africa but all his seedlings fail?

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-Coffee.

-Whose death is revealed to Morgan

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in a phone call from the police in A Good Man In Africa?

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-Er, Innocence.

-Dr Murray.

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What is the name of the dull man whom Logan Mountstuart beats easily at golf having

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-suitably joined

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-the Jesus College Golf Society in Any Human Heart?

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-Um... The Duke of Windsor.

-No, it's Parry-Jones.

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Two passes. That intercontinental hotel was Nova Santos.

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And in Any Human Heart, it was Ian Fleming who recruited Mountstuart as spy.

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-You have, Mark, six points.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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Our final contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Jonathan Gordon.

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-Your occupation?

-I'm a student administrator.

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Grand opera was your subject in the first round. What is it tonight?

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The French Wars of Religion 1559-1598.

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The French Wars of Religion in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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In which French town did the Duke of Guise's men kill a large number of Huguenots

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on the 1st of March 1562? It's considered to be the start of the wars.

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-Vassy.

-Which French king who tried to suppress heresy

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and persecute Protestants died in July 1559?

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-Henry Deux.

-Henry II. The marshal of France and lieutenant-general recorded

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his experiences in his commentaries and declared,

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"One man hanged is a better example than 100 killed in battle." Who was he?

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-Blaise de Montluc.

-What name was given to moderate Catholics who opposed

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extremism on either side and believed that ending the war should be the priority?

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-Politiques.

-Which of Henry III's favourites was killed

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at the Battle of Coutras on 20 October 1587 during the War of the Three Henrys?

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-The Duke of Joyeuse.

-What Catholic league was formed in Dijon in 1567

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by Gaspard de Saulx? Members swore an oath to take up arms to defend the faith.

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-Order of the Blessed Sacrament.

-Confraternity of the Holy Ghost.

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Catherine de Medici called a colloquy that met from September 1561 to establish

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a compromise satisfactory to Catholics and Protestants, in which town did it meet?

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-Poissy.

-Which pope had a commemorative medal struck with his profile on one side

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and an avenging angel on the other to celebrate the St Bartholomew's Day massacre?

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-Sixtus V.

-Gregory XIII.

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What was the name of the first President of Paris who was hanged on

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the 15th of November 1591 during a reign of terror in the capital?

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-Derac.

-Brisson.

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A document issued on the 13th of April 1598

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-is regarded as marking the end of the wars,

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-what was its name?

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-The Edict of Nantes.

-No passes, Jonathan. You have seven points.

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APPLAUSE

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That's the end of the first round. Let's have a look at the scores.

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Fifth place, four points, John Wheeler.

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Fourth place, six points, Mark Roberts.

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Joint second place, seven points apiece, Roger Canwell and Jonathan Gordon.

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In the lead with ten points, Sian West.

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Which brings us to the general knowledge round.

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If there's a tie, the number of passes is taken into account.

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The person with fewer passes is the winner.

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If they're tied on passes, we have a tiebreak.

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Let's get on with it and ask John Wheeler to join us again, please.

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And this time we have two minutes for general knowledge.

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Let's see how you do starting now.

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The musician James Galway is a virtuoso on which instrument?

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-Flute.

-Which British king was born at Osnabruck, Hanover, on 28th May 1660?

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-George I.

-What's the name of the imaginary land created

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by novelist Samuel Butler? It's an anagram of "nowhere".

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-Cloud Cuckoo.

-Erewhon. Which street gets its name because it was originally

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on the Thames's shore between the City of London and Westminster?

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-The Strand.

-Which former athlete was William Hague's private secretary

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from 1997 to 2001, often partnering him at judo during that period?

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-Seb Coe.

-What French name is given to white sauce made

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with milk and a roux of flour and butter?

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It is the basis for other sauces such as mornay.

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-Bechamel.

-Who presented the '60s satirical TV show That Was The Week That Was

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after Brian Redhead and John Bird turned the job down?

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-David Frost.

-Which bay is an inlet of the Atlantic separating New Brunswick

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and Nova Scotia? Its tides are among the highest in the world.

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-Fundy.

-In Judaism, what name is given to a musical instrument

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traditionally made from a ram's horn blown at religious ceremonies?

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-Shorn.

-Shofar. Which film about the Guilford Four stars Daniel Day-Lewis

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as Jerry Conlon and Pete Postlethwaite as his father Giuseppe?

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-Pass.

-What work by George Gershwin was one of the first to combine jazz

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with elements of a concerto and first performed by Paul Whiteman's orchestra

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in 1924 accompanied by Gershwin on piano?

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-Rhapsody In Blue.

-Which boxer born in Helston in Cornwall in 1863 was the first

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to be world champion at three different weights including heavyweight?

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-Bob Fitzsimmons.

-Who painted Wheatfield With Crows

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in July 1890 shortly before he committed suicide?

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-Van Gogh.

-The Duchy of Cornwall bought which Gloucestershire house

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for the Prince of Wales in 1980?

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-Highgrove.

-In Africa, the antbear is more usually

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known by what name of Afrikaans origin?

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-Aardvark.

-Which novel by Annie Proulx is about a failed journalist

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who moves to Newfoundland with his children after his wife dies in a car crash?

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-The Shipping Forecast.

-The Shipping News.

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Which American musician grew his trademark kiss curl

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to draw attention away from his blind eye?

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-Bill Haley.

-What name is given to the precipice on the Capitoline Hill

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in Rome from which traitors were thrown to their death?

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-Pass.

-I can tell you as you're out of time. It's the Tarpeian Rock.

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The other pass was about the Guildford Four. It was In The Name Of The Father.

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-But, John, you've shot up to 17 points.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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Mark Roberts again, please.

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And you have scored thus far six points.

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The score to beat in the general knowledge round is 17. Here we go.

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Two minutes starting now.

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The field marshal who commanded the German Africa Korps

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in World War II was known as the Desert Fox, what was his name?

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-Eric Rommel.

-No, Erwin Rommel.

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To which mythical island was King Arthur taken for healing after his final battle?

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-Avalon.

-What show originally acted by marionettes does Samuel Pepys record seeing

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in his diary entry of May 9th 1662? It's the first written reference to it in Britain.

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-Pass.

-Which American state is nicknamed the Beehive State?

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Its settlers applied for statehood under the name "deseret" meaning honeybee.

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-Maryland.

-Utah.

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In the 2011-12 football season, Manchester City won their first championship

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for 44 years, who scored the winning goal in stoppage time?

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-Suarez.

-Aguero. The Warden grown by Cistercian monks in Bedfordshire

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is a hard-cooking variety of which fruit?

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-Apple.

-Pear. Which actor's TV roles have included Dr Tom Latimer in Don't Wait Up

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and Lewis Archer in Coronation Street?

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-Pass.

-How are Dmitri, Ivan and Alexei known

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in the title of a novel by Dostoevsky?

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-The Brothers Karamazov.

-In 1836, Charles Barry was chosen to design

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which London building after entering a competition?

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The original building had been destroyed by fire.

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-Houses of Parliament.

-Which composer was appointed Birmingham University's

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first professor of music in 1905?

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-Pass.

-What name for the formerly densely wooded area of Kent, Sussex and Surrey

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between the North and South Downs comes from the Old English for forest?

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-Weald.

-In which 1993 film does Robin Williams play a divorced father

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who goes to work for his ex-wife disguised as an eccentric British nanny?

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-Mrs Doubtfire.

-In May 1973, Edward Heath described the Lonrho affair as the

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"unpleasant and unacceptable face of" what?

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-Capitalism.

-Whose novel Sweet Tooth is set in 1972

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and features Serena Frome who is recruited as a spy for MI5?

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-Pass.

-Who was the first American player to win the World Chess Championship

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when he beat Boris Spassky in Reykjavik in 1972?

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-Fischer.

-Which well-known hymn written by the

-BEEP

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Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould was first sung by children of his Yorkshire parish

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as they marched to church at Whitsuntide in 1865?

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-Onward Christian Soldiers.

-Is correct. You had four passes.

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It was Ian McEwan who wrote Sweet Tooth.

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Sir Edward Elgar was the composer to be appointed Birmingham University's first professor of music.

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Nigel Havers was that actor who played in Don't Wait Up and Coronation Street.

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And Punch And Judy was the show that Pepys saw and wrote about.

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-You have 14 points in total.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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Roger Canwell, please.

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And the score to beat now is 17.

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And you have 7. Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge, two minutes starting now.

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Which public school gives its name to a dessert

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of mashed strawberries with cream and meringue?

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-Eton.

-Which mountain pass used by invaders of the Indian subcontinent

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links Kabul in Afghanistan to Peshawar in Pakistan?

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-Khyber Pass.

-What term was applied by the Nazis to modern art that did not

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conform to their ideology? It includes works by Picasso, Kandinsky and Mondrian?

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-Pass.

-Which disease has the alternative name of hydrophobia

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because symptoms include a fear of water and the inability to drink?

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-Rabies.

-Which American singer noted for her sultry voice

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had her only UK top-ten hit with a song Under The Bridges Of Paris in 1955?

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-Eartha Kitt.

-Who said he was "a fighter not a quitter"

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when he retained his seat in Hartlepool at the 2001 general election?

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-Peter Mandelson.

-Thames Head, the source of the Thames,

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lies on the southeastern slopes of which hills?

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-The Cotswolds.

-Sandy Arbuthnot, Peter Pienaar and John S Blenkiron

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are characters who appear in the adventure stories by which Scots-born novelist?

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-Walter Scott.

-John Buchan. Winter sports biathlon

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is cross-country skiing and what other sport?

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-Rifle shooting.

-Which Umbrian white wine comes from the region

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around the hilltop known to the Romans as urbs vetus meaning old city?

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Er... Er... Pass.

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The third battle of Ypres fought in 1917 is also known by the name of which village

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whose capture was one of the main objectives?

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-Passchendaele.

-Who won best-actor Oscar for his role as the pool hustler

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"Fast Eddie" Felson in the '86 film The Color Of Money?

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-Paul Newman.

-To which royal post did the composer Sir Henry Walford Davies

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succeed Elgar in 1934? He held it until his death in 1941.

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-Master of the Queen's Music.

-Which marine mollusc is well known for the way

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it fastens itself to a rock using its foot muscle?

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-The limpet.

-Whose first romantic-comedy play was called The Real Thing?

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It premiered in 1982 and featured a playwright as one of the main characters.

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-Alan Ayckbourn.

-Tom Stoppard.

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Which river estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguayan Parana rivers

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has two capitals Buenos Aires and Montevideo on its shores?

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-The River Plate.

-In 1983, Australia II

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became the first non-American winner of which sporting trophy?

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-The America's Cup.

-You had two passes. That Umbrian wine is Orvieto.

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And the Nazi's called the sort of modern art that they did not like "Degenerate art".

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-Those two passes, Roger. You've taken over the lead, you have 20 points.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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Jonathan Gordon again now, please.

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So 20 is now the score to beat.

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Let's see if you can do it with general knowledge. Two minutes starting now.

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Which musical is about gang warfare between the Jets and the Sharks?

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-West Side Story.

-What imaginary line encircles the North Pole

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at latitude 66 degrees 30 minutes north?

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-Arctic Circle.

-Which battle was Churchill referring to when he said,

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"Before it we never had a victory and after it we never had a defeat"?

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-Al Alamein.

-The blossom of which citrus tree

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is traditional decoration for a bride in many countries?

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-Orange.

-What is the name of the ginger tom cat adopted by the former homeless busker

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James Bowen? Their story is told in a best-selling book.

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-Ginger.

-Bob. Which composer's masterpiece Prince Igor

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was completed after his death by RimskyKorsakov and Glazunov?

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-Borodin.

-Which cricketer joined Nottinghamshire when he moved to Britain in 2001

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before going on to Hampshire and Surrey?

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-Peterson.

-What does USB stand for in the technology

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that allows computers to connect with devices such as a mouse of printer?

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-Er, Universal connection...

-Universal Serial Bus.

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Which British actor reprised his role as Commissioner Gordon

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in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises?

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-Gary Oldman.

-What word from Latin for "to purloin sacred objects"

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is used for the violation or misuse of something that's considered holy?

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-Sacrosanct.

-Sacrilege. What is the only mythological creature

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among the 12 animals that represent Chinese years?

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-The ram.

-The dragon. In which village is St Giles Church where Thomas Gray is buried?

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He composed Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard there.

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-Stoke Poges.

-The chief legal adviser to the government holds what post?

0:23:430:23:47

Dominic Grieve succeeded Baroness Scotland after the general election in 2010.

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-Attorney General.

-Which large gulf indents the northern coast of Australia

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between Arnhem Land in the west and Cape York in the east?

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-Sydney Harbour.

-Carpentaria. In Doctor Who, which actress played Rose Tyler

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opposite Christopher Ecclestone and David Tennant?

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-Billy Piper.

-The spicy rice dish jambalaya

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is famously associated with which American city?

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-New Orleans.

-In Greek legend, who received the gift of prophecy from Apollo?

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He decreed her prophecies wouldn't be believed after she refused him favours.

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-Cassandra. BEEP

-Yes. And we are out of time.

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You have no passes and a total of 19 points.

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APPLAUSE

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Finally, Sian West again, please.

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And you start this round with ten points.

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And the score to beat is still 20. Let's see if you can do it.

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Two minutes general knowledge starting now.

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In which country were Dame Nellie Melba and Dame Joan Sutherland born?

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-Australia.

-What name is given to sheepskin coats with a shaggy border

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popular with hippies in the late '60s and early '70s?

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-Afghan.

-Which post-war prime minister was foreign secretary

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before and after his premiership?

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-Er... Lord Home.

-Yes. Douglas-Home.

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Which town along with Portland hosted sailing events in the 2012 Olympics?

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-Weymouth.

-What French term is used for sweet chestnuts poached in syrup and glazed?

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They're often served as luxury sweetmeats.

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-Marron glace.

-Which 1987 film based on a novel by John Updike

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stars Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon as the title characters?

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-The Witches of Eastwick.

-Which dolphin has a permanent smile

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formed by the curvature of its mouth?

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It's the most widely kept dolphin in marine aquaria.

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-Pass.

-What term that comes from the Italian for "to play the harp"

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is used for a chord where notes are played in rapid succession not simultaneously?

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-Glissando.

-Arpeggio. Which area of North London takes its name from the pub

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next to a toll gate on the Finchley Road built

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in about 1840 in the style of an Alpine chalet?

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-Swiss Cottage.

-Which song co-written by Glenn Miller

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was recorded by his orchestra in 1939 and adopted as its signature tune?

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-Take The "A" Train.

-Moonlight Serenade.

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What's the surname of Charles Lewis, a New York jeweller, and his son Louis Comfort,

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celebrated for his Art Nouveau stained glass?

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-Tiffany.

-Which much-loved book by Nina Bawden

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tells of a girl evacuated with her brother Nick

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to a small Welsh village during World War II?

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-Pass.

-In 1916, Diaghilev commissioned which Spanish composer to write the music

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for the ballet The Three-Cornered Hat?

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-De Falla.

-What did Isaiah prophesy that people would beat their swords in to

0:26:350:26:40

when he foretold of peace among all humankind?

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-Ploughshares.

-In which TV series narrated by Geoffrey Palmer did

0:26:420:26:46

Arthur Smith, Rory McGrath and others talk about things that irritated them?

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-Grumpy Old Men.

-Mount Narodnaya is the highest point

-BEEP

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of which Russian mountain range? It stands at over 1,890 metres.

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-The... Carpathians.

-No. Good guess. The Urals.

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-Two passes. Carrie's War.

-Yeah.

-You knew it, didn't you?

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And the dolphin with the smile is the bottlenose.

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However, those passes didn't matter in the end because, Sian, you have 21 points.

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APPLAUSE

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Well, what a nail-biter that was. Let's have a look at the scores.

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In fifth place with 14 points, Mark Roberts.

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Fourth place, 17 points, John Wheeler.

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Third place, 19 points, Jonathan Gordon.

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Second place, 20 points, Roger Canwell.

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In first place with 21 points, Sian West.

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APPLAUSE

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So, Sian West did it and she is the winner and claims a place in the grand final. Congratulations to her.

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And if you would like to be a contender on the next series,

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then go to our website bbc.co.uk/mastermind

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