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First in the spotlight tonight

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is Rob White, from Retford. His subject - Scott's last journey.

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Next, Chris Quinn, a computer programmer from Liverpool.

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His subject is the films of Mel Brooks.

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Richard Tarleton's a retired headmaster from Oakham,

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and he'll be answering questions on the life and poetry of WB Yeats.

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Andrew Frazer, a company director from London.

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His subject - the 19th century German statesman Otto von Bismarck.

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And Rachael Neiman, a PhD student from Manchester.

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Her subject - the novels of Sarah Waters.

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APPLAUSE

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

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Tonight, it's another semi-final.

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Our five contenders will put their knowledge to the test once again

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in their bid to reach the grand final

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and perhaps become the nation's Mastermind,

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the highest honour the quiz world has to offer, and the toughest.

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Two rounds - 90 seconds on their specialist subject

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and two minutes on general knowledge,

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and that's the one they tend to fear the most.

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So let's get on with it

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and ask our first contender to join us, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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Your chosen subject last time was Thomas Hardy.

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Tonight, it is...?

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Scott's last journey in 90 seconds, starting now.

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What was the name of the former whaling ship

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that Captain Scott bought for £12,500

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for his 1911 expedition to the South Pole?

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-Terra Nova.

-Which member of the polar expedition

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nicknamed The Soldier walked out into a blizzard,

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never to return, with the words

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"I'm just going outside and may be some time"?

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-Oates.

-Yes. In September 1909,

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Scott's public appeal to raise funds to finance the expedition

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stated a total estimated expenditure of how much?

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-£40,000.

-Yes. Which veteran of Scott's earlier Discovery Expedition

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was appointed to lead

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the 1911 expedition's scientific staff?

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-Wilson.

-Yes. On which island did the Norwegian explorer Amundsen

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send the now famous telegram to Scott saying

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"Beg leave to inform you

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"From proceeding Antarctic", referring to his ship's departure?

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-Madeira.

-Yes. On what date in early 1912

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did Scott's expedition finally reach the Pole,

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although Amundsen and his four companions had been there first,

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almost a month earlier?

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18th January.

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17th January.

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On 18th February 1912,

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who became the first of the party returning from the Pole to die,

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possibly from a blow to the head,

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just after they had reached the Monument Rock?

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Taff Evans.

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The expedition built the now famous Scott's Hut

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on a spur at the foot of which volcano on Ross Island?

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Er...sorry, can you repeat the question?

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The expedition built the now famous Scott's Hut

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on a spur at the foot of which volcano on Ross Island?

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-Mount Erebus.

-Yes.

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What was the nickname of Edward Wilson's Siberian pony

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that had been saved from attack by killer whales

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only to be shot during the trek to the Pole?

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-Nobby.

-What last seven words...

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BEEP

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..did Scott write as a postscript

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to his final diary entry on 29th March 1912?

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"For God's sake, look after our people".

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Indeed they were.

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No passes, Rob. You have 9 points.

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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First time around,

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you chose the novels of Roddy Doyle as your chosen subject. Tonight?

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The films of Mel Brooks, 90 seconds, here we go.

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At the Academy Awards ceremony in 1969, for which film

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did Mel Brooks win the Oscar

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for Best Original Screenplay? It was his first film.

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The Producers.

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Which actor co-wrote the screenplay for Young Frankenstein

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with Brooks, who came up with the concept

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while working on Blazing Saddles in the role of The Waco Kid?

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Gene Wilder.

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In Young Frankenstein, when Frankenstein's being strangled by the monster,

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what three-syllable word does he communicate to Inga and Igor

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as if they're playing charades?

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-Sedative.

-At the beginning of To Be Or Not To Be,

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Frederick and Anna Bronski, played by Mel Brooks

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and Anne Bancroft, sing Sweet Georgia Brown in which language?

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-Polish.

-What's the full name of the performer

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played by Dick Shawn in The Producers?

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He's chosen to play the lead in Springtime For Hitler,

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described as a gay romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden?

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-Lorenzo St DuBois.

-Yes. Hedley Lamarr lists the sort of people

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he wants in his army to destroy Rock Ridge in Blazing Saddles.

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What's the last group that he names?

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-Hornswogglers.

-Methodists.

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Brooks' 1977 film High Anxiety is a homage

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to the work of which film director,

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to whom it's dedicated in its opening credits?

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-Hitchcock.

-In History Of The World: Part I,

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when Louis XVI shouts "Pull",

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what's thrown into the air for him to shoot at?

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A peasant.

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When the villagers storm Frankenstein's castle,

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what do they use as a battering ram?

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Kemp's wooden arm.

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What is the only word of audible dialogue

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in Silent Movie as spoken by the French mime artist Marcel Marceau,

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after Mel Funn phones him

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to ask if he wants to appear in his film?

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-Non.

-Who was the choreographer and associate producer of History Of The World: Part I

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and directed Brooks' 1983 remake

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of To Be Or Not To Be?

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BEEP

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-Alan Johnson.

-Correct. No passes.

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Chris, you have 10 points.

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Thank you.

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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In the first round,

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you took Shakespeare's tragedies as your specialist subject.

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Tonight, it is?

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WB Yeats in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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The Irish poet WB Yeats was awarded which literary prize

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in 1923 for his "always inspired poetry which gives expression to a whole nation"?

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The Nobel.

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In which of Yeats' poems that begins

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"I will rise and go now"

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is "midnight all a glimmer and noon a purple glow"?

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The Lake Isle of Innisfree.

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Yeats wanted the lines

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"And may these characters remain

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"when all is ruin once again"

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to be carved on the Norman tower

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he lived in during the '20s.

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What was the tower called?

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Thoor Ballylee.

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Which Fenian leader and political mentor to Yeats

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is named in the refrain of September 1913 that begins

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"Romantic Ireland's dead and gone"?

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-O'Leary.

-Yes.

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Yeats gave a speech in '25

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as a senator of the Irish Free State

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in which he declared that the Protestant minority

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had created the best

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of Ireland's political intelligence.

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Which bill was his speech against?

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Um, pass.

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According to the poem Lapis Lazuli,

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all who are "worthy their prominent part in the play"

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know that Hamlet and Lear are what?

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-Pass.

-With which aristocrat did Yeats collaborate in the founding

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of a national theatre for Ireland,

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-supported by funding from Edward Martin?

-Lady Gregory.

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What was the name of the occult hermetic order

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in which Yeats sponsored Georgie Hyde-Lees?

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He later married her in 1917.

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-Pass.

-In which poem that expounds

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aspects of Yeats' mystical vision

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does Robartes explain to Aherne that

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"Images can break the solitude

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"of lovely, satisfied, indifferent eyes"?

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Michael Robartes And The Dancer.

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No, The Phases Of The Moon.

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In Under Ben Bulben, Yeats said he wanted to be buried

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in the Irish county that was home to many of his ancestors,

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a wish that was granted several years after his death.

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BEEP

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Which county was it?

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-Sligo.

-Correct. You had three passes.

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The name of that occult order was...

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Golden Dawn.

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You know it now. The Golden Dawn, yeah.

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"All those who are worthy

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"their prominent part in the play..." were gay.

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And as a senator, he spoke against the abolition of divorce.

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You have, Richard, 6 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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In the first round, your subject

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was the television series When The Boat Comes In.

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What is it tonight?

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Otto von Bismarck, in 90 seconds, starting now.

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In 1832, the future German Chancellor von Bismarck

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began studying at which university?

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-Goettingen.

-Correct.

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In a famous speech, Bismarck claimed

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that the great issues of the day

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would not be decided by speeches

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and majority resolutions, but by what?

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-Iron and blood.

-Yes.

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In which city did a national assembly meet

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in 1848 and 1849 to try to create a united German state?

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Two decades later,

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Bismarck succeeded where they had failed.

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-Frankfurt.

-On 13th July 1870,

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from where did the king of Prussia

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send a telegram to Bismarck,

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who was then Ministerpraesident of Prussia?

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Bismarck edited its text in a manner insulting to France,

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who declared war on Prussia a few days later.

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-Ems.

-Who was appointed French foreign minister in the new government

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formed after the capture

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of Emperor Napoleon III at Sedan?

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He announced that the French would not surrender

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an inch of their territory to Prussia.

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-Favre.

-The death of which dangerous king

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in November 1863 reopened

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the Schleswig-Holstein question,

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a controversy between Denmark, Prussia and Austria

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which Bismarck resolved by war?

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-Frederick VII.

-Yes.

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What battle fought on 3rd July 1866 proved decisive

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in the Austro-Prussian War,

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which established Prussian dominance in Central Europe?

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-Koeniggratz.

-What name was given to Bismarck's campaign

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against the power of the Roman Catholic Church after German unification?

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-Kulturkampf.

-What was the name of the American student

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who became a close friend of Bismarck

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during his student days and later wrote a novel

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whose lead character, Otto von Rabenmark,

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is believed to be based on him?

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-John Motley.

-Along with disability insurance,

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what was the final part

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of Bismarck's social welfare legislation?

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An act incorporating both became law in 1889.

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Old age pensions.

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-Which Austrian territory did Bismarck promise to Italy...

-BEEP

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in return for its support in the war of 1866

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against Austria?

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-Venetia.

-Correct. No passes. You got them all right.

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Andrew, you have 11 points.

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And our final contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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In the first round,

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you chose John Peel's Festive 50s as your specialist subject.

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Tonight, it is?

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The novels of Sarah Waters, in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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Nancy Astley, the narrator of Sarah Waters' Tipping The Velvet,

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was brought up in an oyster parlour in which town in Kent?

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-Whitstable.

-In The Night Watch,

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what is Kay Langrish's occupation in the Second World War?

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-Ambulance driver.

-When Maud Lilly marries Richard Rivers in Fingersmith,

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she carries a sprig of dried seed pods instead of flowers.

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What plant do the seed pods come from?

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-Lilies.

-Honesty. In The Little Stranger, the great white clock

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over the stable door on the Ayres estate is stopped at what time?

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Caroline says that it's the time

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Miss Havisham's clocks are stopped in Great Expectations.

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-8:40.

-Which member of Mrs Dendy's household

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comes up with the stage name Nan King for Nancy?

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-Professor Emery.

-What's the title of the 1947 novel by Julia Standing

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which is to be reviewed by Ursula Waring in The Night Watch?

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Bright Eyes Of Danger.

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What object belonging to Maud does Sue take as a keepsake

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and put inside the bodice of her gown shortly before she is committed to the asylum?

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-Kid glove.

-In Affinity,

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for what crime was the spiritualist Selina Dawes imprisoned

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in Millbank, according to the tablet hanging outside her cell?

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-Fraud and assault.

-What's the full name of the girl

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bitten by Gyp, the family dog,

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during a party at Hundreds Hall in The Little Stranger?

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-Gillian...Waring.

-Gillian Baker-Hyde.

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In which theatre does Nancy first see Kitty Butler

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performing her male impersonation act?

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-Canterbury Palace.

-Margaret Prior repeatedly likens Selina Dawes

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to figure from a painting by which artist?

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-Crivelli.

-In The Night Watch,

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what is Mr Mundy's nickname

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for Dr Leonard's lodger, Kay Langrish?

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She in turn refers to him and Duncan as the Stanley Spencer couple.

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-Colonel Barker.

-In The Little Stranger,

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what did Faraday take from Hundreds Hall

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-during the Empire Day fete when he was ten years old?

-BEEP

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When his mother found it, she put it on the fire.

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A plaster acorn from the frieze on the wall.

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Indeed, a plaster acorn.

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No passes. Rachael, you too have 11 points.

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APPLAUSE

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Well, that is a very close and high-scoring round.

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Let's have a look at all of the scores.

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In fifth place, with 6 points, Richard Tarleton.

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Fourth place, 9 points, Rob White.

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Third place, 10 points, Chris Quinn.

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Joint first place with 11 points apiece,

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Andrew Frazer and Rachael Neiman.

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So, it's the general knowledge round now,

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and if there is a tie at the end of it,

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the number of passes is taken into account

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and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

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If they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.

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

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And...you start this round with 6 points.

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Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

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Two minutes, starting now.

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Which fictional detective was helped in his investigations

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by Captain Arthur Hastings and Inspector Japp?

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-Poirot.

-The muntjac which barks to warn others of predators

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is a small Asiatic species of animal now found in parts of England. Which animal?

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-A deer.

-What's the name of the National Trust property

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near Burnham in Buckinghamshire

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that's currently used as the official residence

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of the Chancellor of the Exchequer?

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-Cliveden?

-Dorneywood.

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Which band that took their name from one of TS Eliot's Practical Cats

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topped the charts in 1970 with In The Summertime?

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Mungo Jerry.

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In 1903, which physicist shared the Nobel Prize

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with the Curies for his discovery of radioactivity?

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Pass.

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The Velazquez painting The Toilet Of Venus is also known

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by what name that comes from the Palladian mansion in northeast England

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where it used to be housed?

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-Rokesby.

-No, the Rokeby Venus.

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Brigitte Bardot, Annette Stroyberg and Jane Fonda

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have all been married to which film director?

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Roger Vadim.

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In which country was the double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah born?

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He moved to Britain when he was eight.

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Somalia.

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What German name is given to the sweet wine made from

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late harvest grapes that are picked when frozen by frost?

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Er...Schloss.

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No, Eiswein. Which king's death

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was John Betjeman referring to when he wrote

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"Spirits of well-shot woodcock Flutter and bear him up the Norfolk sky"?

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George VI.

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George V. The provincial capital Victoria

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and the city of Nanaimo are among

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the principal settlements on an island off the west coast of North America.

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Which one?

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Pass.

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Which sport, also known as Jai alai,

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takes its name from the Spanish word for ball?

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Pelota.

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What two letters do members of the Welsh assembly

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have after their names?

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-Pass.

-St Paul's Church, which dominates

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the western side of Covent Garden Square is often known as what

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because of its long association with the theatre community?

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Pass, again.

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In the 1932 film, Grand Hotel, whose spoke the famous line,

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"I want to be alone" in her role as the ballerina Grusinskaya

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Greta Garbo.

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What word for a stage used by public speakers

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comes from the Latin word for "beak" because the platform in the Roman forum

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was decorated with the bows of captured ships that looked like beaks?

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BEEP

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-Dais?

-Rostrum.

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You have four passes, Richard.

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St Paul's is known as The Actors' Church.

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Welsh assembly members have AM after their names.

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Vancouver Island is that island off the west coast of North America.

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And the Curies shared their Nobel Prize with Becquerel.

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Those four passes, Richard, you have a total now of 13 points.

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Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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And now, Rob White again, please.

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And you begin this round with 9 points, and the score to beat thus far is 13.

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Here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge.

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Who played James Bond in four films starting with Goldeneye in 1995?

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Roger Moore.

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Pierce Brosnan. Which poem contains the lines

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"Cannon to the right of them Cannon to the left of them Cannon in front of them

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"Volley'd and thundered"?

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Charge Of The Light Brigade.

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Which picturesque Cotswold village, named after its wide,

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grass-fringed main street has been home to Edward Elgar, JM Barrie

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and Vaughan Williams, among others?

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-Down Ampney.

-Broadway.

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Who was captured and killed by the Bolivian army in October 1967

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while he was leading a small band of guerrillas?

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Che Guevara.

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The record label on which Bob Marley and U2 had worldwide success

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was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica in 1959.

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What's it called?

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-Pye.

-Island Records.

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Which Spanish painter, whose works reflected contemporary

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historical events, especially warfare,

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was appointed as the chief court painter to King Carlos IV in 1799?

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-Velazquez.

-Goya.

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What word for a chamber for the storage of grain

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was used during the Cold War era to describe an underground

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structure where guided missiles were kept?

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Silo.

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During his first-class cricket career,

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which sportsman, born in 1848, scored 54,896 runs and 126 centuries?

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WG Grace.

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Which member of the crow family, with a smoky grey

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nape of the neck, is, like the magpie, a notorious thief?

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Jackdaw.

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What word, the Spanish for "little rope",

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is used for a system of mountain ranges, such as the Andes,

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that consists of a number of more or less parallel chains?

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Pass.

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The 1970s television series Poldark was based on whose novels?

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Pass.

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In Greek mythology, who was the first woman on Earth?

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She was created by Hephaestus at the request of Zeus.

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Hera.

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Pandora. Which conflict lasted from October 1899 to May 1902?

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The Boer War.

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Which administrative region of France encompasses the two

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"departements" of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin and has Strasbourg as it capital?

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Alsace.

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What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens use in his early

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writing career as a reporter of the Morning Chronicle

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and also for his sketches of London life first published in 1836?

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Boz.

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Which deep purple vegetable is stuffed with onions

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-in the Turkish dish Imam bayildi, meaning "the priest fainted"?

-BEEP

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-Aubergine.

-Aubergine is correct. You had two passes.

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It was Winston Graham who wrote Poldark.

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And that word for "little rope" used for a system of mountain ranges is cordillera.

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You have, Rob, now, a total of 18 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And now Chris Quinn again, please.

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And you start out with 10 points. 18 is now the new score to beat.

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Two minutes of general knowledge.

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What surname is shared by the politicians

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Charles and Kenneth, both of whom have been Secretary Of State For Education?

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Clarke.

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Which loose-skinned fruit of the orange family

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takes its name from a former province on the island of Kyushu,

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Japan, where it was cultivated?

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Satsuma.

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Which British racing driver achieved his first Grand Prix victory

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when he won the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix while driving for Honda?

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-Hamilton.

-Button.

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In Greek legend, whose punishments in Hades included standing up

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to his neck in water which receded when he tried to drink,

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and having fruit over his head that moved away as he tried to eat?

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-Tantalus.

-On which island are the Troodos mountains?

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Their highest point is the 6,401-foot high Mount Olympus.

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-Crete.

-Cyprus.

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Which concert venue was built between 1867 and '71

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on the site of Gore House in Kensington, whose former

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residents include William Wilberforce?

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Royal Albert Hall.

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According to the title of Thomas Hardy's novel,

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what is the Army rank of John Loveday, a soldier during the Napoleonic Wars?

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Sergeant.

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Trumpet Major. In the '50s radio show Educating Archie,

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whose comedy creations included the posh schoolgirl Monica

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and the Birmingham teddy girl Marlene?

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Pass.

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In which German city is the Cecilienhof Palace?

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It was the venue for the last Allied

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conference of the Second World War held in the summer of 1945.

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Potsdam.

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Which group who broke up in the early '80s saying they wouldn't

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get back together again until hell froze over

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reunited in 1994 for their Hell Freezes Over tour?

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The Eagles.

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The sculptor Grinling Gibbons was particularly famous

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for working in what medium in addition to stone?

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-Wood.

-Which river rises on Ben Lomond and flows through

0:21:040:21:07

Stirling before widening and entering the North Sea?

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-The Dee.

-The Forth.

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Rachel Hewitt's book, The Map Of A Nation,

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is a biography of which organisation?

0:21:140:21:16

Pass.

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What term for material wealth regarded as a source of evil

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and corruption comes from the Aramaic for "riches"?

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It's referred to in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

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-Lucre.

-Mammon.

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Which general who commanded the Federal Army during the late stages

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of the American Civil War became the 18th American president in 1869?

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-Grant.

-Which is the largest antelope?

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It's a native of central and southern Africa.

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BEEP

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-The rhebok.

-No, it's the eland. The giant eland.

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You have two passes.

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Rachel Hewitt's book is about the Ordnance Survey,

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and the actress who played Monica and Marlene was Beryl Reid.

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-You have, Chris, 18 points.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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And Andrew Frazer again, please.

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And you start out with 11 points. The score to beat is still 18.

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Here we go with your general knowledge.

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Who wrote part of her bestselling novel about a young wizard

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in an Edinburgh cafe while her daughter slept in the pushchair beside her?

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JK Rowling.

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Which footballer scored England's controversial third goal

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in the '66 World Cup final?

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-Peters.

-Hurst.

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What is the name of the channel between eastern Cuba and

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north-western Haiti that links the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea?

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-Florida Channel.

-Windward Passage.

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Which Oscar-winning film of 1962 starring Peter O'Toole

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and Omar Sharif had no female speaking roles?

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Lawrence of Arabia.

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Two Live Aid concerts were staged simultaneously on the 13th of July 1985.

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One was at Wembley, the other was held at the JFK Stadium in which American city?

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-New York.

-Philadelphia.

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What's the most popular name for plants of the genus Begonia

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because of their large, leathery oval leaves?

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-Rubber plants.

-Elephant's ears.

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In Pilgrim's Progress, on their way to the Eternal City,

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the pilgrims passed through a town where Beelzebub,

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Apollyon and Legion set up a fair with all manner of worldly temptations.

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What is the town called?

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-Pandemonium.

-Vanity Fair.

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In a speech at the 1979 Conservative Party conference,

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what did the Home Secretary, William Whitelaw,

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promise young offenders, using a phrase from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado?

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A short, sharp shock.

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Which national park in Tanzania has a name that

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comes from the Maasai word for "endless plains"?

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It's famous for the vast migrations of wildebeest and other animals.

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Serengeti.

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Pugsley and Wednesday belong to which macabre television family?

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Addams.

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What dish consists of a thick slice of fillet steak

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served on a fried crouton topped with foie gras and slices of truffle?

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It's named after the composer who suggested it.

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-Rossini.

-Yes. Tournedos Rossini.

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Which businessman who had previously been declared bankrupt

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and imprisoned for debt assassinated

0:23:540:23:56

the Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, in May 1812?

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Bellingham.

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The island of Hoy, famous for its sea stack, the Old Man Of Hoy,

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is the second largest of which group?

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Orkneys.

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What word of Italian origin is used for a bell tower built

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either beside or attached to a church?

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-Campanile.

-Yes. Which elder brother of Moses is the traditional

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founder of the Jewish priesthood?

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Aaron.

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Which song by The Kinks tells of a wealthy layabout

0:24:170:24:19

-stripped of his money by the taxman...

-BEEP

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..and deserted by his girlfriend?

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-Waterloo Sunset.

-Sunny Afternoon.

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So, sun was in it, but not quite that.

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You have, Andrew, 21 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And finally, Rachael Neiman again, please.

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And Rachael, you start out with 11 points as well.

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The score to beat now, though, has gone up.

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It is 21.

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Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.

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What did King Edward I take from Scotland to Westminster Abbey

0:25:100:25:13

in 1296 where it remained for 700 years before returning to Scotland?

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Stone Of Scone.

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The 2006 novel, Hannibal Rising,

0:25:180:25:20

is the fourth in the Hannibal Lecter horror series.

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-Who wrote the novels?

-Harris.

-Yes, Thomas Harris.

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Which small whale is the one most likely to be found off the British coast,

0:25:250:25:28

especially in northwest Scotland and Ireland?

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It is said to be named after a Norwegian whaler.

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-Beluga.

-The minke.

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Which fashion designer born into poverty in the French countryside

0:25:330:25:37

in 1883 had the real forenames Gabrielle Bonheur?

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-Dior.

-Chanel. Who triggered a by-election

0:25:400:25:42

when she resigned as the Conservative MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire

0:25:420:25:46

in August 2012 to spend more time with her family?

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-Dorries.

-Louise Mensch.

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Which South Pacific island kingdom was called The Friendly Islands

0:25:530:25:56

by Captain Cook because of the warm welcome he received from its inhabitants?

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-Savage Island.

-Tonga.

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A sufferer from coeliac disease is intolerant of which protein

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found in wheat, barley and rye?

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Gluten.

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What word for a limbless reptile, especially a snake,

0:26:060:26:09

comes from the Latin for "to creep"?

0:26:090:26:11

-Serpent.

-Which order of monks was founded

0:26:110:26:13

by St Bruno in 1084 in the Valley of Chartreuse near Grenoble?

0:26:130:26:18

-Dominican.

-Carthusians.

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Sherlock Holmes was thought to have been killed

0:26:190:26:21

when he and Professor Moriarty fell over which waterfall?

0:26:210:26:23

He was later brought back by Conan Doyle because of popular demand.

0:26:230:26:26

-Reichenbach.

-What term for opportunistic northerners who went south

0:26:260:26:29

after the American Civil War came from the container used for their possessions?

0:26:290:26:33

-Carpetbaggers.

-It now refers to anyone seeking gain

0:26:330:26:35

in an area where they have no local connection.

0:26:350:26:37

-Carpetbaggers.

-Is correct.

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Which poet and playwright who was granted

0:26:380:26:40

a pension by James I in 1616 is often regarded as the first

0:26:400:26:43

poet laureate, although the post was not formally established until 1668?

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-Johnson.

-Yes, Ben Johnson.

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Which very hot curry dish has a name generally thought

0:26:490:26:51

to come from the Portuguese words for wine and garlic?

0:26:510:26:54

Vindaloo.

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What do the letters MOBO stand for in the British pop music industry?

0:26:550:26:59

Music Of Black Origin.

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The pre-Roman king Cunobelinus ruled over much of southern England.

0:27:010:27:04

Which Essex town was his capital?

0:27:040:27:06

Cheltenham.

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-Colchester. In 1969...

-BEEP

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..the Soviet Union and the United States began

0:27:120:27:15

negotiations to curtail their nuclear arsenals.

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By what acronym were those negotiations known?

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-YALTA.

-I'm afraid not, it was SALT.

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Rachael, no passes. 20 points.

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APPLAUSE

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Well, it couldn't have been closer at the end, could it?

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Let's have a look at the scores.

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In fifth place with 13 points,

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Richard Tarleton.

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Joint third place, 18 points apiece, Rob White and Chris Quinn.

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Second place, 20 points, Rachael Neiman.

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In first place, he held on to that slender lead, 21 points,

0:28:070:28:10

Andrew Frazer.

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APPLAUSE

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Which means, of course, that Andrew Frazer is the winner,

0:28:300:28:33

and he claims a place in the grand final. Congratulations to him.

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