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