0:00:24 > 0:00:26First in the spotlight tonight
0:00:26 > 0:00:31is Rob White, from Retford. His subject - Scott's last journey.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Next, Chris Quinn, a computer programmer from Liverpool.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36His subject is the films of Mel Brooks.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Richard Tarleton's a retired headmaster from Oakham,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42and he'll be answering questions on the life and poetry of WB Yeats.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Andrew Frazer, a company director from London.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49His subject - the 19th century German statesman Otto von Bismarck.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51And Rachael Neiman, a PhD student from Manchester.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56Her subject - the novels of Sarah Waters.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58APPLAUSE
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Tonight, it's another semi-final.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Our five contenders will put their knowledge to the test once again
0:01:16 > 0:01:18in their bid to reach the grand final
0:01:18 > 0:01:20and perhaps become the nation's Mastermind,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24the highest honour the quiz world has to offer, and the toughest.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Two rounds - 90 seconds on their specialist subject
0:01:26 > 0:01:29and two minutes on general knowledge,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31and that's the one they tend to fear the most.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32So let's get on with it
0:01:32 > 0:01:34and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45And your name is?
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Your occupation?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Your chosen subject last time was Thomas Hardy.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Tonight, it is...?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Scott's last journey in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57What was the name of the former whaling ship
0:01:57 > 0:02:00that Captain Scott bought for £12,500
0:02:00 > 0:02:02for his 1911 expedition to the South Pole?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- Terra Nova.- Which member of the polar expedition
0:02:05 > 0:02:08nicknamed The Soldier walked out into a blizzard,
0:02:08 > 0:02:09never to return, with the words
0:02:09 > 0:02:11"I'm just going outside and may be some time"?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Oates.- Yes. In September 1909,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Scott's public appeal to raise funds to finance the expedition
0:02:18 > 0:02:20stated a total estimated expenditure of how much?
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- £40,000.- Yes. Which veteran of Scott's earlier Discovery Expedition
0:02:24 > 0:02:26was appointed to lead
0:02:26 > 0:02:28the 1911 expedition's scientific staff?
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- Wilson.- Yes. On which island did the Norwegian explorer Amundsen
0:02:32 > 0:02:34send the now famous telegram to Scott saying
0:02:34 > 0:02:35"Beg leave to inform you
0:02:35 > 0:02:39"From proceeding Antarctic", referring to his ship's departure?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Madeira.- Yes. On what date in early 1912
0:02:42 > 0:02:44did Scott's expedition finally reach the Pole,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47although Amundsen and his four companions had been there first,
0:02:47 > 0:02:48almost a month earlier?
0:02:48 > 0:02:4918th January.
0:02:49 > 0:02:5017th January.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52On 18th February 1912,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55who became the first of the party returning from the Pole to die,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57possibly from a blow to the head,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59just after they had reached the Monument Rock?
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Taff Evans.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03The expedition built the now famous Scott's Hut
0:03:03 > 0:03:05on a spur at the foot of which volcano on Ross Island?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Er...sorry, can you repeat the question?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12The expedition built the now famous Scott's Hut
0:03:12 > 0:03:15on a spur at the foot of which volcano on Ross Island?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- Mount Erebus.- Yes.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20What was the nickname of Edward Wilson's Siberian pony
0:03:20 > 0:03:22that had been saved from attack by killer whales
0:03:22 > 0:03:24only to be shot during the trek to the Pole?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- Nobby.- What last seven words...
0:03:27 > 0:03:28BEEP
0:03:28 > 0:03:30..did Scott write as a postscript
0:03:30 > 0:03:32to his final diary entry on 29th March 1912?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35"For God's sake, look after our people".
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Indeed they were.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38No passes, Rob. You have 9 points.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50And our next contender, please.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58And your name is?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Your occupation?
0:04:01 > 0:04:02First time around,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06you chose the novels of Roddy Doyle as your chosen subject. Tonight?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The films of Mel Brooks, 90 seconds, here we go.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13At the Academy Awards ceremony in 1969, for which film
0:04:13 > 0:04:14did Mel Brooks win the Oscar
0:04:14 > 0:04:16for Best Original Screenplay? It was his first film.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17The Producers.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Which actor co-wrote the screenplay for Young Frankenstein
0:04:20 > 0:04:22with Brooks, who came up with the concept
0:04:22 > 0:04:25while working on Blazing Saddles in the role of The Waco Kid?
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Gene Wilder.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29In Young Frankenstein, when Frankenstein's being strangled by the monster,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32what three-syllable word does he communicate to Inga and Igor
0:04:32 > 0:04:34as if they're playing charades?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- Sedative.- At the beginning of To Be Or Not To Be,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Frederick and Anna Bronski, played by Mel Brooks
0:04:38 > 0:04:41and Anne Bancroft, sing Sweet Georgia Brown in which language?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Polish.- What's the full name of the performer
0:04:43 > 0:04:45played by Dick Shawn in The Producers?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48He's chosen to play the lead in Springtime For Hitler,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51described as a gay romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Lorenzo St DuBois.- Yes. Hedley Lamarr lists the sort of people
0:04:54 > 0:04:57he wants in his army to destroy Rock Ridge in Blazing Saddles.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59What's the last group that he names?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02- Hornswogglers.- Methodists.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Brooks' 1977 film High Anxiety is a homage
0:05:05 > 0:05:07to the work of which film director,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10to whom it's dedicated in its opening credits?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Hitchcock.- In History Of The World: Part I,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14when Louis XVI shouts "Pull",
0:05:14 > 0:05:16what's thrown into the air for him to shoot at?
0:05:16 > 0:05:17A peasant.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20When the villagers storm Frankenstein's castle,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22what do they use as a battering ram?
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Kemp's wooden arm.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25What is the only word of audible dialogue
0:05:25 > 0:05:28in Silent Movie as spoken by the French mime artist Marcel Marceau,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30after Mel Funn phones him
0:05:30 > 0:05:32to ask if he wants to appear in his film?
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- Non.- Who was the choreographer and associate producer of History Of The World: Part I
0:05:36 > 0:05:39and directed Brooks' 1983 remake
0:05:39 > 0:05:40of To Be Or Not To Be?
0:05:40 > 0:05:41BEEP
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Alan Johnson.- Correct. No passes.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Chris, you have 10 points.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Thank you.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57And our next contender, please.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06And your name is?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Your occupation?
0:06:08 > 0:06:09In the first round,
0:06:09 > 0:06:13you took Shakespeare's tragedies as your specialist subject.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Tonight, it is?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18WB Yeats in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21The Irish poet WB Yeats was awarded which literary prize
0:06:21 > 0:06:26in 1923 for his "always inspired poetry which gives expression to a whole nation"?
0:06:26 > 0:06:27The Nobel.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29In which of Yeats' poems that begins
0:06:29 > 0:06:31"I will rise and go now"
0:06:31 > 0:06:33is "midnight all a glimmer and noon a purple glow"?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35The Lake Isle of Innisfree.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Yeats wanted the lines
0:06:36 > 0:06:38"And may these characters remain
0:06:38 > 0:06:39"when all is ruin once again"
0:06:39 > 0:06:41to be carved on the Norman tower
0:06:41 > 0:06:42he lived in during the '20s.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44What was the tower called?
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Thoor Ballylee.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Which Fenian leader and political mentor to Yeats
0:06:48 > 0:06:50is named in the refrain of September 1913 that begins
0:06:50 > 0:06:52"Romantic Ireland's dead and gone"?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- O'Leary.- Yes.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Yeats gave a speech in '25
0:06:55 > 0:06:56as a senator of the Irish Free State
0:06:56 > 0:06:59in which he declared that the Protestant minority
0:06:59 > 0:07:00had created the best
0:07:00 > 0:07:02of Ireland's political intelligence.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Which bill was his speech against?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Um, pass.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07According to the poem Lapis Lazuli,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10all who are "worthy their prominent part in the play"
0:07:10 > 0:07:12know that Hamlet and Lear are what?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Pass.- With which aristocrat did Yeats collaborate in the founding
0:07:17 > 0:07:18of a national theatre for Ireland,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- supported by funding from Edward Martin?- Lady Gregory.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24What was the name of the occult hermetic order
0:07:24 > 0:07:27in which Yeats sponsored Georgie Hyde-Lees?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29He later married her in 1917.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31- Pass.- In which poem that expounds
0:07:31 > 0:07:33aspects of Yeats' mystical vision
0:07:33 > 0:07:35does Robartes explain to Aherne that
0:07:35 > 0:07:37"Images can break the solitude
0:07:37 > 0:07:39"of lovely, satisfied, indifferent eyes"?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Michael Robartes And The Dancer.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42No, The Phases Of The Moon.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44In Under Ben Bulben, Yeats said he wanted to be buried
0:07:44 > 0:07:47in the Irish county that was home to many of his ancestors,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50a wish that was granted several years after his death.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51BEEP
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Which county was it?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Sligo.- Correct. You had three passes.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57The name of that occult order was...
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Golden Dawn.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00You know it now. The Golden Dawn, yeah.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02"All those who are worthy
0:08:02 > 0:08:06"their prominent part in the play..." were gay.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11And as a senator, he spoke against the abolition of divorce.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14You have, Richard, 6 points.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15APPLAUSE
0:08:22 > 0:08:24And our next contender, please.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30And your name is?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Your occupation?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34In the first round, your subject
0:08:34 > 0:08:37was the television series When The Boat Comes In.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38What is it tonight?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Otto von Bismarck, in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44In 1832, the future German Chancellor von Bismarck
0:08:44 > 0:08:47began studying at which university?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48- Goettingen.- Correct.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50In a famous speech, Bismarck claimed
0:08:50 > 0:08:51that the great issues of the day
0:08:51 > 0:08:53would not be decided by speeches
0:08:53 > 0:08:55and majority resolutions, but by what?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- Iron and blood.- Yes.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59In which city did a national assembly meet
0:08:59 > 0:09:02in 1848 and 1849 to try to create a united German state?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Two decades later,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Bismarck succeeded where they had failed.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Frankfurt. - On 13th July 1870,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09from where did the king of Prussia
0:09:09 > 0:09:11send a telegram to Bismarck,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13who was then Ministerpraesident of Prussia?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Bismarck edited its text in a manner insulting to France,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18who declared war on Prussia a few days later.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- Ems.- Who was appointed French foreign minister in the new government
0:09:21 > 0:09:22formed after the capture
0:09:22 > 0:09:24of Emperor Napoleon III at Sedan?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26He announced that the French would not surrender
0:09:26 > 0:09:28an inch of their territory to Prussia.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- Favre.- The death of which dangerous king
0:09:30 > 0:09:31in November 1863 reopened
0:09:31 > 0:09:33the Schleswig-Holstein question,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36a controversy between Denmark, Prussia and Austria
0:09:36 > 0:09:37which Bismarck resolved by war?
0:09:37 > 0:09:38- Frederick VII.- Yes.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42What battle fought on 3rd July 1866 proved decisive
0:09:42 > 0:09:43in the Austro-Prussian War,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46which established Prussian dominance in Central Europe?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- Koeniggratz.- What name was given to Bismarck's campaign
0:09:49 > 0:09:52against the power of the Roman Catholic Church after German unification?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- Kulturkampf.- What was the name of the American student
0:09:54 > 0:09:56who became a close friend of Bismarck
0:09:56 > 0:09:58during his student days and later wrote a novel
0:09:58 > 0:10:00whose lead character, Otto von Rabenmark,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02is believed to be based on him?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- John Motley.- Along with disability insurance,
0:10:04 > 0:10:05what was the final part
0:10:05 > 0:10:08of Bismarck's social welfare legislation?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10An act incorporating both became law in 1889.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Old age pensions.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- Which Austrian territory did Bismarck promise to Italy... - BEEP
0:10:14 > 0:10:16in return for its support in the war of 1866
0:10:16 > 0:10:18against Austria?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Venetia.- Correct. No passes. You got them all right.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Andrew, you have 11 points.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33And our final contender, please.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57And your name is?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Your occupation?
0:10:59 > 0:11:00In the first round,
0:11:00 > 0:11:04you chose John Peel's Festive 50s as your specialist subject.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Tonight, it is?
0:11:05 > 0:11:09The novels of Sarah Waters, in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Nancy Astley, the narrator of Sarah Waters' Tipping The Velvet,
0:11:13 > 0:11:15was brought up in an oyster parlour in which town in Kent?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- Whitstable. - In The Night Watch,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20what is Kay Langrish's occupation in the Second World War?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Ambulance driver. - When Maud Lilly marries Richard Rivers in Fingersmith,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26she carries a sprig of dried seed pods instead of flowers.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29What plant do the seed pods come from?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Lilies.- Honesty. In The Little Stranger, the great white clock
0:11:32 > 0:11:35over the stable door on the Ayres estate is stopped at what time?
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Caroline says that it's the time
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Miss Havisham's clocks are stopped in Great Expectations.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- 8:40.- Which member of Mrs Dendy's household
0:11:41 > 0:11:43comes up with the stage name Nan King for Nancy?
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- Professor Emery.- What's the title of the 1947 novel by Julia Standing
0:11:47 > 0:11:50which is to be reviewed by Ursula Waring in The Night Watch?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Bright Eyes Of Danger.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54What object belonging to Maud does Sue take as a keepsake
0:11:54 > 0:11:58and put inside the bodice of her gown shortly before she is committed to the asylum?
0:11:58 > 0:11:59- Kid glove.- In Affinity,
0:11:59 > 0:12:03for what crime was the spiritualist Selina Dawes imprisoned
0:12:03 > 0:12:06in Millbank, according to the tablet hanging outside her cell?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Fraud and assault.- What's the full name of the girl
0:12:09 > 0:12:11bitten by Gyp, the family dog,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14during a party at Hundreds Hall in The Little Stranger?
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- Gillian...Waring. - Gillian Baker-Hyde.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20In which theatre does Nancy first see Kitty Butler
0:12:20 > 0:12:22performing her male impersonation act?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- Canterbury Palace. - Margaret Prior repeatedly likens Selina Dawes
0:12:25 > 0:12:27to figure from a painting by which artist?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- Crivelli.- In The Night Watch,
0:12:29 > 0:12:30what is Mr Mundy's nickname
0:12:30 > 0:12:33for Dr Leonard's lodger, Kay Langrish?
0:12:33 > 0:12:35She in turn refers to him and Duncan as the Stanley Spencer couple.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- Colonel Barker. - In The Little Stranger,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40what did Faraday take from Hundreds Hall
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- during the Empire Day fete when he was ten years old? - BEEP
0:12:42 > 0:12:44When his mother found it, she put it on the fire.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47A plaster acorn from the frieze on the wall.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Indeed, a plaster acorn.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52No passes. Rachael, you too have 11 points.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54APPLAUSE
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Well, that is a very close and high-scoring round.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17In fifth place, with 6 points, Richard Tarleton.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Fourth place, 9 points, Rob White.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Third place, 10 points, Chris Quinn.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Joint first place with 11 points apiece,
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Andrew Frazer and Rachael Neiman.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37So, it's the general knowledge round now,
0:13:37 > 0:13:38and if there is a tie at the end of it,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:41 > 0:13:43and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46If they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Let's get on with it and ask Richard to join us again, please.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57And...you start this round with 6 points.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Two minutes, starting now.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Which fictional detective was helped in his investigations
0:14:05 > 0:14:07by Captain Arthur Hastings and Inspector Japp?
0:14:07 > 0:14:11- Poirot.- The muntjac which barks to warn others of predators
0:14:11 > 0:14:14is a small Asiatic species of animal now found in parts of England. Which animal?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- A deer.- What's the name of the National Trust property
0:14:17 > 0:14:18near Burnham in Buckinghamshire
0:14:18 > 0:14:20that's currently used as the official residence
0:14:20 > 0:14:22of the Chancellor of the Exchequer?
0:14:22 > 0:14:23- Cliveden?- Dorneywood.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Which band that took their name from one of TS Eliot's Practical Cats
0:14:27 > 0:14:30topped the charts in 1970 with In The Summertime?
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Mungo Jerry.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34In 1903, which physicist shared the Nobel Prize
0:14:34 > 0:14:36with the Curies for his discovery of radioactivity?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Pass.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41The Velazquez painting The Toilet Of Venus is also known
0:14:41 > 0:14:44by what name that comes from the Palladian mansion in northeast England
0:14:44 > 0:14:45where it used to be housed?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Rokesby.- No, the Rokeby Venus.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Brigitte Bardot, Annette Stroyberg and Jane Fonda
0:14:49 > 0:14:51have all been married to which film director?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Roger Vadim.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55In which country was the double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah born?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57He moved to Britain when he was eight.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Somalia.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01What German name is given to the sweet wine made from
0:15:01 > 0:15:03late harvest grapes that are picked when frozen by frost?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Er...Schloss.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06No, Eiswein. Which king's death
0:15:06 > 0:15:09was John Betjeman referring to when he wrote
0:15:09 > 0:15:13"Spirits of well-shot woodcock Flutter and bear him up the Norfolk sky"?
0:15:13 > 0:15:14George VI.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16George V. The provincial capital Victoria
0:15:16 > 0:15:18and the city of Nanaimo are among
0:15:18 > 0:15:21the principal settlements on an island off the west coast of North America.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Which one?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Pass.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Which sport, also known as Jai alai,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30takes its name from the Spanish word for ball?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Pelota.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36What two letters do members of the Welsh assembly
0:15:36 > 0:15:38have after their names?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Pass.- St Paul's Church, which dominates
0:15:40 > 0:15:42the western side of Covent Garden Square is often known as what
0:15:42 > 0:15:45because of its long association with the theatre community?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Pass, again.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50In the 1932 film, Grand Hotel, whose spoke the famous line,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54"I want to be alone" in her role as the ballerina Grusinskaya
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Greta Garbo.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57What word for a stage used by public speakers
0:15:57 > 0:16:00comes from the Latin word for "beak" because the platform in the Roman forum
0:16:00 > 0:16:04was decorated with the bows of captured ships that looked like beaks?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05BEEP
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Dais?- Rostrum.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10You have four passes, Richard.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13St Paul's is known as The Actors' Church.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Welsh assembly members have AM after their names.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Vancouver Island is that island off the west coast of North America.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25And the Curies shared their Nobel Prize with Becquerel.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Those four passes, Richard, you have a total now of 13 points.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Thank you.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33APPLAUSE
0:16:37 > 0:16:39And now, Rob White again, please.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49And you begin this round with 9 points, and the score to beat thus far is 13.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Who played James Bond in four films starting with Goldeneye in 1995?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Roger Moore.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Pierce Brosnan. Which poem contains the lines
0:17:00 > 0:17:03"Cannon to the right of them Cannon to the left of them Cannon in front of them
0:17:03 > 0:17:04"Volley'd and thundered"?
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Charge Of The Light Brigade.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Which picturesque Cotswold village, named after its wide,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11grass-fringed main street has been home to Edward Elgar, JM Barrie
0:17:11 > 0:17:12and Vaughan Williams, among others?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- Down Ampney.- Broadway.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Who was captured and killed by the Bolivian army in October 1967
0:17:17 > 0:17:19while he was leading a small band of guerrillas?
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Che Guevara.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23The record label on which Bob Marley and U2 had worldwide success
0:17:23 > 0:17:26was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica in 1959.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27What's it called?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Pye.- Island Records.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Which Spanish painter, whose works reflected contemporary
0:17:33 > 0:17:35historical events, especially warfare,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39was appointed as the chief court painter to King Carlos IV in 1799?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40- Velazquez.- Goya.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42What word for a chamber for the storage of grain
0:17:42 > 0:17:45was used during the Cold War era to describe an underground
0:17:45 > 0:17:47structure where guided missiles were kept?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Silo.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51During his first-class cricket career,
0:17:51 > 0:17:55which sportsman, born in 1848, scored 54,896 runs and 126 centuries?
0:17:55 > 0:17:56WG Grace.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Which member of the crow family, with a smoky grey
0:17:59 > 0:18:01nape of the neck, is, like the magpie, a notorious thief?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Jackdaw.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05What word, the Spanish for "little rope",
0:18:05 > 0:18:07is used for a system of mountain ranges, such as the Andes,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11that consists of a number of more or less parallel chains?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Pass.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15The 1970s television series Poldark was based on whose novels?
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Pass.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20In Greek mythology, who was the first woman on Earth?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23She was created by Hephaestus at the request of Zeus.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Hera.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28Pandora. Which conflict lasted from October 1899 to May 1902?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30The Boer War.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Which administrative region of France encompasses the two
0:18:34 > 0:18:37"departements" of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin and has Strasbourg as it capital?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Alsace.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens use in his early
0:18:41 > 0:18:43writing career as a reporter of the Morning Chronicle
0:18:43 > 0:18:47and also for his sketches of London life first published in 1836?
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Boz.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Which deep purple vegetable is stuffed with onions
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- in the Turkish dish Imam bayildi, meaning "the priest fainted"? - BEEP
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Aubergine. - Aubergine is correct. You had two passes.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03It was Winston Graham who wrote Poldark.
0:19:03 > 0:19:09And that word for "little rope" used for a system of mountain ranges is cordillera.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14You have, Rob, now, a total of 18 points.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18APPLAUSE
0:19:23 > 0:19:26And now Chris Quinn again, please.
0:19:28 > 0:19:35And you start out with 10 points. 18 is now the new score to beat.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38What surname is shared by the politicians
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Charles and Kenneth, both of whom have been Secretary Of State For Education?
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Clarke.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Which loose-skinned fruit of the orange family
0:19:45 > 0:19:48takes its name from a former province on the island of Kyushu,
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Japan, where it was cultivated?
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Satsuma.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Which British racing driver achieved his first Grand Prix victory
0:19:54 > 0:19:57when he won the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix while driving for Honda?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58- Hamilton.- Button.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01In Greek legend, whose punishments in Hades included standing up
0:20:01 > 0:20:04to his neck in water which receded when he tried to drink,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06and having fruit over his head that moved away as he tried to eat?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Tantalus. - On which island are the Troodos mountains?
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Their highest point is the 6,401-foot high Mount Olympus.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Crete.- Cyprus.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Which concert venue was built between 1867 and '71
0:20:18 > 0:20:21on the site of Gore House in Kensington, whose former
0:20:21 > 0:20:23residents include William Wilberforce?
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Royal Albert Hall.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26According to the title of Thomas Hardy's novel,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30what is the Army rank of John Loveday, a soldier during the Napoleonic Wars?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Sergeant.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Trumpet Major. In the '50s radio show Educating Archie,
0:20:35 > 0:20:38whose comedy creations included the posh schoolgirl Monica
0:20:38 > 0:20:40and the Birmingham teddy girl Marlene?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Pass.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43In which German city is the Cecilienhof Palace?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45It was the venue for the last Allied
0:20:45 > 0:20:48conference of the Second World War held in the summer of 1945.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Potsdam.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Which group who broke up in the early '80s saying they wouldn't
0:20:52 > 0:20:55get back together again until hell froze over
0:20:55 > 0:20:58reunited in 1994 for their Hell Freezes Over tour?
0:20:58 > 0:20:59The Eagles.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02The sculptor Grinling Gibbons was particularly famous
0:21:02 > 0:21:04for working in what medium in addition to stone?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- Wood.- Which river rises on Ben Lomond and flows through
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Stirling before widening and entering the North Sea?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- The Dee.- The Forth.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Rachel Hewitt's book, The Map Of A Nation,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16is a biography of which organisation?
0:21:16 > 0:21:17Pass.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20What term for material wealth regarded as a source of evil
0:21:20 > 0:21:22and corruption comes from the Aramaic for "riches"?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24It's referred to in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- Lucre.- Mammon.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Which general who commanded the Federal Army during the late stages
0:21:29 > 0:21:33of the American Civil War became the 18th American president in 1869?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- Grant.- Which is the largest antelope?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38It's a native of central and southern Africa.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40BEEP
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- The rhebok.- No, it's the eland. The giant eland.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45You have two passes.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50Rachel Hewitt's book is about the Ordnance Survey,
0:21:50 > 0:21:56and the actress who played Monica and Marlene was Beryl Reid.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00- You have, Chris, 18 points. - Thank you.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04APPLAUSE
0:22:08 > 0:22:10And Andrew Frazer again, please.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16And you start out with 11 points. The score to beat is still 18.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Here we go with your general knowledge.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Who wrote part of her bestselling novel about a young wizard
0:22:21 > 0:22:25in an Edinburgh cafe while her daughter slept in the pushchair beside her?
0:22:25 > 0:22:26JK Rowling.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Which footballer scored England's controversial third goal
0:22:29 > 0:22:31in the '66 World Cup final?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32- Peters.- Hurst.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35What is the name of the channel between eastern Cuba and
0:22:35 > 0:22:39north-western Haiti that links the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Florida Channel. - Windward Passage.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Which Oscar-winning film of 1962 starring Peter O'Toole
0:22:44 > 0:22:47and Omar Sharif had no female speaking roles?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Lawrence of Arabia.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Two Live Aid concerts were staged simultaneously on the 13th of July 1985.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56One was at Wembley, the other was held at the JFK Stadium in which American city?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- New York.- Philadelphia.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00What's the most popular name for plants of the genus Begonia
0:23:00 > 0:23:04because of their large, leathery oval leaves?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Rubber plants.- Elephant's ears.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08In Pilgrim's Progress, on their way to the Eternal City,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11the pilgrims passed through a town where Beelzebub,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Apollyon and Legion set up a fair with all manner of worldly temptations.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16What is the town called?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- Pandemonium.- Vanity Fair.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20In a speech at the 1979 Conservative Party conference,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23what did the Home Secretary, William Whitelaw,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26promise young offenders, using a phrase from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado?
0:23:26 > 0:23:27A short, sharp shock.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Which national park in Tanzania has a name that
0:23:29 > 0:23:32comes from the Maasai word for "endless plains"?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35It's famous for the vast migrations of wildebeest and other animals.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Serengeti.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Pugsley and Wednesday belong to which macabre television family?
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Addams.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44What dish consists of a thick slice of fillet steak
0:23:44 > 0:23:47served on a fried crouton topped with foie gras and slices of truffle?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50It's named after the composer who suggested it.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- Rossini.- Yes. Tournedos Rossini.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Which businessman who had previously been declared bankrupt
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and imprisoned for debt assassinated
0:23:56 > 0:23:58the Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, in May 1812?
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Bellingham.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02The island of Hoy, famous for its sea stack, the Old Man Of Hoy,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05is the second largest of which group?
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Orkneys.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09What word of Italian origin is used for a bell tower built
0:24:09 > 0:24:11either beside or attached to a church?
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Campanile.- Yes. Which elder brother of Moses is the traditional
0:24:14 > 0:24:15founder of the Jewish priesthood?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Aaron.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Which song by The Kinks tells of a wealthy layabout
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- stripped of his money by the taxman... - BEEP
0:24:21 > 0:24:24..and deserted by his girlfriend?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- Waterloo Sunset. - Sunny Afternoon.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29So, sun was in it, but not quite that.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33You have, Andrew, 21 points.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36APPLAUSE
0:24:40 > 0:24:43And finally, Rachael Neiman again, please.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03And Rachael, you start out with 11 points as well.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06The score to beat now, though, has gone up.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08It is 21.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13What did King Edward I take from Scotland to Westminster Abbey
0:25:13 > 0:25:17in 1296 where it remained for 700 years before returning to Scotland?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Stone Of Scone.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20The 2006 novel, Hannibal Rising,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22is the fourth in the Hannibal Lecter horror series.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Who wrote the novels? - Harris.- Yes, Thomas Harris.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Which small whale is the one most likely to be found off the British coast,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30especially in northwest Scotland and Ireland?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32It is said to be named after a Norwegian whaler.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33- Beluga.- The minke.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Which fashion designer born into poverty in the French countryside
0:25:37 > 0:25:40in 1883 had the real forenames Gabrielle Bonheur?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- Dior.- Chanel. Who triggered a by-election
0:25:42 > 0:25:46when she resigned as the Conservative MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire
0:25:46 > 0:25:48in August 2012 to spend more time with her family?
0:25:52 > 0:25:53- Dorries.- Louise Mensch.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Which South Pacific island kingdom was called The Friendly Islands
0:25:56 > 0:25:59by Captain Cook because of the warm welcome he received from its inhabitants?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- Savage Island.- Tonga.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03A sufferer from coeliac disease is intolerant of which protein
0:26:03 > 0:26:05found in wheat, barley and rye?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Gluten.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09What word for a limbless reptile, especially a snake,
0:26:09 > 0:26:11comes from the Latin for "to creep"?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- Serpent. - Which order of monks was founded
0:26:13 > 0:26:18by St Bruno in 1084 in the Valley of Chartreuse near Grenoble?
0:26:18 > 0:26:19- Dominican.- Carthusians.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Sherlock Holmes was thought to have been killed
0:26:21 > 0:26:23when he and Professor Moriarty fell over which waterfall?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26He was later brought back by Conan Doyle because of popular demand.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- Reichenbach. - What term for opportunistic northerners who went south
0:26:29 > 0:26:33after the American Civil War came from the container used for their possessions?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- Carpetbaggers.- It now refers to anyone seeking gain
0:26:35 > 0:26:37in an area where they have no local connection.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38- Carpetbaggers.- Is correct.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Which poet and playwright who was granted
0:26:40 > 0:26:43a pension by James I in 1616 is often regarded as the first
0:26:43 > 0:26:48poet laureate, although the post was not formally established until 1668?
0:26:48 > 0:26:49- Johnson.- Yes, Ben Johnson.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Which very hot curry dish has a name generally thought
0:26:51 > 0:26:54to come from the Portuguese words for wine and garlic?
0:26:54 > 0:26:55Vindaloo.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59What do the letters MOBO stand for in the British pop music industry?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Music Of Black Origin.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04The pre-Roman king Cunobelinus ruled over much of southern England.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Which Essex town was his capital?
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Cheltenham.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12- Colchester. In 1969... - BEEP
0:27:12 > 0:27:15..the Soviet Union and the United States began
0:27:15 > 0:27:18negotiations to curtail their nuclear arsenals.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21By what acronym were those negotiations known?
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- YALTA.- I'm afraid not, it was SALT.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Rachael, no passes. 20 points.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33AUDIENCE REACTS
0:27:33 > 0:27:37APPLAUSE
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Well, it couldn't have been closer at the end, could it?
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58In fifth place with 13 points,
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Richard Tarleton.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Joint third place, 18 points apiece, Rob White and Chris Quinn.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Second place, 20 points, Rachael Neiman.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10In first place, he held on to that slender lead, 21 points,
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Andrew Frazer.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15APPLAUSE
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Which means, of course, that Andrew Frazer is the winner,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37and he claims a place in the grand final. Congratulations to him.
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0:28:47 > 0:28:49Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52APPLAUSE
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