0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is John Wheeler,
0:00:27 > 0:00:31a tutor from Buckinghamshire. His subject is the shipping forecast.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Next, Laurie Handcock,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35an historic buildings consultant from Nottingham.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38He'll be answering questions on the history of the Alpine Club.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Kathryn Palmer, an archivist from Market Harborough,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44answers questions on the pop group, Duran Duran.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And Alan Haddick, a manager from Richmond,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49on Shakespeare's comedies.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Tonight, four contenders will put their knowledge to the test
0:01:08 > 0:01:10in their bid to become the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14And with that title goes this glass bowl.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Modest to look at, but what an honour to own.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20To do that, they have to score more points than anyone else.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23First in their specialist round, two minutes,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26then their general knowledge round, two and a half minutes.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28That is often the killer.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- And your name is?- John Wheeler. - Your occupation?- Tutor.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- And your specialist subject? - Shipping forecast.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48In two minutes, starting now.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51When the Shipping Forecast is broadcast on BBC Radio 4
0:01:51 > 0:01:53on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55what is the first shipping area to be mentioned?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Viking.- Which central figure in the history of the broadcast
0:01:58 > 0:02:01is credited a coining the term "weather forecast"
0:02:01 > 0:02:03and had a shipping sea area renamed in his honour?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- Fitzroy.- At what exact time after midnight
0:02:06 > 0:02:09is the late-night shipping forecast broadcast by the BBC?
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- 0048.- Which island off the southwest coast of Norway,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17popular for herring fishing, gave its name to two shipping forecast areas
0:02:17 > 0:02:19that were introduced in 1984?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Utsira.- Who composed Sailing By,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24the music played before the final forecast of the day?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Ronald Binge. - Which shipping forecast area
0:02:27 > 0:02:30has the only coastal RNLI station manned full-time?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- Humber.- What term is used for visibility
0:02:34 > 0:02:38between 1,000 metres and two nautical miles?
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- Poor.- Which shipping forecast area extends furthest from Britain
0:02:42 > 0:02:45and only features in the late-night broadcast?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- Trafalgar.- In 1924, when forecast areas were first defined,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51what name was given to the area now known as Irish Sea?
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- Area Mersey.- The Met Office compiles and collates the shipping forecast
0:02:56 > 0:03:00broadcast by the BBC in the Fitzroy Road complex in which city?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- Exeter.- When the Inshore Waters Forecast is broadcast by the BBC,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08the first area described stretches from Cape Wrath
0:03:08 > 0:03:11to which headland between Fraserburgh and Peterhead in Scotland?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Pass.- Whose poem Prayer ends with the words,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17"Darkness outside. Inside, the radio's prayer,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20"Rockall, Malin, Dogger, Finisterre"?
0:03:20 > 0:03:21- Carol Ann Duffy.- Yes.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24The shipping forecast areas Sole, Viking and Fisher
0:03:24 > 0:03:26are named after what type of geographical feature?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Sandbank.- In the shipping forecast,
0:03:28 > 0:03:32anything predicted as imminent is expected within how many hours of issue?
0:03:32 > 0:03:37- 12.- Six. What name's given to the pair of headlands flanking Cromarty Firth,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41which, according to legend, are two slumbering giant shoemakers?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- Pass.- Name the 200-year-old lighthouse built by Robert Stevenson
0:03:44 > 0:03:48which stands in Forth, about 12 miles from Arbroath?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Bell Rock. BEEP
0:03:51 > 0:03:52You're out of time. You had two passes.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55That name given to the pair of headlands flanking Cromarty Firth,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58the Sutors, North and South Sutor.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00And the first area described
0:04:00 > 0:04:03stretches from Cape Wrath to Rattray Head.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- You had two passes. John, 13 points.- Thank you.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08APPLAUSE
0:04:16 > 0:04:18And our next contender, please.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- And your name is?- Laurie Handcock.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- Your occupation?- Historic building consultant.- Your chosen subject?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- History of the Alpine Club. - The Alpine Club, in two minutes.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36To which friend did Birmingham land agent and surveyor William Matthews write
0:04:36 > 0:04:39suggesting the formation of an Alpine club in February, 1857?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- The Rev FJA Hort. - At what venue in Covent Garden
0:04:42 > 0:04:46did the first meeting of the club take place on December 22nd, 1857?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- Ashley's Hotel.- Who partnered his fellow club member Chris Bonington
0:04:50 > 0:04:52on the first British ascent of the Eigerwand,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55the north face of the Eiger, in the summer of 1962?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Ian Clough.- Who wrote the classic mountaineering book
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Scrambles Amongst The Alps, first published in 1871?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Edward Whymper.- In 1880, he made the first ascent of which mountain,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06once thought to be the highest in the world?
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- Chimborazo.- To what address on the fringe of the City of London
0:05:10 > 0:05:15did the club move headquarters in 1991, acquiring its first permanent home?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- Savile Row. - No, Charlotte Road.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20What issue debated at a meeting in May '74
0:05:20 > 0:05:23caused mountaineer and explorer Bill Tilman to threaten resignation?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25He was offered honorary membership to appease him.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- The admission of women. - Joe Tasker's and Pete Boardman's 1976
0:05:29 > 0:05:31first ascent of the West Wall of a mountain
0:05:31 > 0:05:33is considered a landmark in Himalayan climbing.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- What's the name of it? - Changabang.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38What route on Mont Blanc was finally conquered in 1961
0:05:38 > 0:05:40by a team including Chris Bonington and Don Whillans?
0:05:40 > 0:05:43During the climb, Whillans fell and lost his hat
0:05:43 > 0:05:46containing his cigarettes and all the team's money.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- The Innominata Arete. - Central Pillar of Freney.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Whose achievements include the first ascent
0:05:51 > 0:05:53of the Schreckhorn and the Bietschorn?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56He was also the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography
0:05:56 > 0:05:57and the father of novelist, Virginia Woolf.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Leslie Stephen. - Who's first application to join the Alpine Club in 1880
0:06:01 > 0:06:04was blocked for unknown reasons, possibly because he was "in trade"
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- despite making a first ascent of the Zmutt Ridge
0:06:07 > 0:06:10on the Matterhorn the previous year? He eventually joined in 1888.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Was it Mummery?- Yes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Of the 281 members of the Alpine Club
0:06:14 > 0:06:18elected between 1857 and '63, 57 were barristers.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22What's the next most numerous profession, 34 members?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Clergy.- Which family of mountaineering pioneers
0:06:25 > 0:06:27consisted of father Frank and his children Horace and Lucy,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30the first woman to climb the Matterhorn in 1871?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- The Walkers.- In 1882,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- which Irish clergyman accompanied by two Swiss guides... - BEEP
0:06:35 > 0:06:38..came within feet of being the first to climb Mount Cook?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42It was another 12 years before it was conquered.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Pass.- I can tell you, because your time is up,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47the Reverend William Spotswoode Green. WS Green.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51You have, though, Laurie, 11 points.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52APPLAUSE
0:06:59 > 0:07:00And our next contender, please.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- And your name is?- Kathryn Palmer.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- Your occupation?- Archivist.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- And your chosen subject? - Duran Duran.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14In two minutes.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Duran Duran took their name from a character played by Milo O'Shea
0:07:17 > 0:07:19in which film starring Jane Fonda?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Barbarella.- What was the title of their first UK top 20 single?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24It peaked at number 12 in 1981.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- Planet Earth.- Which album title was inspired by the name of a drug
0:07:27 > 0:07:29given to Simon Le Bon on a visit to his dentist?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Medazzaland. - "Darken the city, night is a wire,
0:07:32 > 0:07:34"steam at the subway, Earth is afire"
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- the opening line of which Duran Duran song?
0:07:37 > 0:07:38- Rio.- Hungry Like The Wolf.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Duran Duran became the resident band in a Birmingham club
0:07:41 > 0:07:45owned by Paul and Michael Berrow after signing a management contract in 1980.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46What was the name of the club?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Rum Runner.- What was the name of Simon Le Bon's yacht,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51which famously capsized in the Fastnet Race in 1985?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Drum.- When she was a young unknown actress,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56who starred in a short film shot by Nick Rhodes
0:07:56 > 0:07:59to be used as the back drop to A View To A Kill during their live show?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Liz Hurley.- Simon Le Bon was a student at Birmingham University
0:08:02 > 0:08:05before he joined Duran Duran. What subject was he studying?
0:08:05 > 0:08:09- Drama.- The chart-topping single The Reflex is a track on which album?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12It also topped the charts for a week in December 1983.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- Seven And The Ragged Tiger. - What was the name of the offshoot band
0:08:15 > 0:08:17formed by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Grace Jones joined them on their '85 hit, Election Day.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Arcadia.- On which island was the band recording Seven And The Ragged Tiger
0:08:23 > 0:08:26when Nick Rhodes was taken ill with paroxysmal tachycardia,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30a condition where the heart beats faster than usual?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Montserrat. - In 1982, Andy Taylor married hairdresser Tracey Wilson
0:08:33 > 0:08:36in Los Angeles a few days before Duran Duran began a tour
0:08:36 > 0:08:39as the support act for which American band?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Blondie.- What's the title of the only Duran Duran track
0:08:42 > 0:08:45to enter the charts at number one?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Is There Something I Should Know?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48The title of which Duran Duran song
0:08:48 > 0:08:50comes from a novel by William S Burroughs?
0:08:50 > 0:08:52There are references to the story in the video.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- The Wild Boys.- What name is given to the 11 venue UK tour
0:08:55 > 0:08:58that began at the Brighton Dome June 29th, '81?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04- Faster Than Light?- Yes.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Who was the band's bass player and clarinettist at their early gigs?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10He left along with singer Stephen Duffy in '79.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Simon Colley.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Which designer made the suits the band wore in the video for Rio
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- that showed them on board a boat off the coast of Antigua? - BEEP
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- Anthony Price.- Is correct.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22No passes, Kathryn. You have 16 points.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24APPLAUSE
0:09:31 > 0:09:34And our final contender, please.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- And your name is?- Alan Haddick.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Your occupation?- Manager. - And your chosen subject?
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Shakespeare's comedies.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48In two minutes. Which of Shakespeare's comedies,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51written about 1590, is thought to be his earliest play?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- Comedy Of Errors. - Two Gentlemen Of Verona.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55What is the occupation of Dull in Love's Labours Lost,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing and Elbow in Measure For Measure?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- Constable.- The Merchant Of Venice is set partly in Venice
0:10:01 > 0:10:03and partly in Portia's house in which other location?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04- Padua.- Belmont.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07In Taming Of The Shrew, what's the name of Katherina's younger sister,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10who's not allowed to marry until her older sister finds a husband?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Bianca.- What famous stage direction is given in Act Three, Scene Three
0:10:13 > 0:10:17of The Winter's Tale after Antigonus leaves Perdita on the shore of Bohemia?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19"Exit, pursued by a bear."
0:10:19 > 0:10:21In The Taming Of The Shrew, who says of Petruchio,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24"He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips
0:10:24 > 0:10:27"with such a clamorous smack that at the parting, all the church did echo"?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- Lucentio.- Gremio. According to tradition,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Shakespeare wrote The Merry Wives Of Windsor at the Queen's command,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36because she wanted to see which character in love?
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Falstaff. - How much money does Shylock lend for three months
0:10:39 > 0:10:43on the security of Antonio's bond, pledging a pound of his flesh?
0:10:43 > 0:10:463,000 ducats.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46What's the first line of the song Ariel sings
0:10:46 > 0:10:47in Act Five, Scene One of The Tempest
0:10:47 > 0:10:50as he savours the thought of his approaching freedom?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51"Where the bee sucks there suck I."
0:10:51 > 0:10:53All's Well That Ends Well is a complex version
0:10:53 > 0:10:56of the story from Boccaccio's Decameron retold in English
0:10:56 > 0:10:59in which author's 1566 book, The Palace Of Pleasure?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Pass.- in Jacques' Seven Ages Of Man speech,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05in As You Like It, who is described as "Full of strange oaths,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09"bearded like the pard, jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel"?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- Soldier. - Which of Shakespeare's comedies,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17performed at Gray's Inn at Christmas 1594, derives much of its plot
0:11:17 > 0:11:20from Plautus's Roman comedy, Menaechmi?
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- Pass.- In Love's Labours Lost,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24for how long had the King of Navarre and three of his lords
0:11:24 > 0:11:27sworn to fast one day a week and to abstain from the company of women?
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- Three years. - What name from mythology does Rosalind take in As You Like It
0:11:31 > 0:11:34when she travels to the Forest of Arden dressed as a young man?
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- Ganymede.- Which other playwright was probably responsible for the alterations
0:11:38 > 0:11:41made to Measure For Measure by the time it first appeared in print in 1623?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Pass.- In Twelfth Night, Malvolio is deceived
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- into thinking his mistress Olivia is in love with him... - BEEP
0:11:46 > 0:11:49..and he's persuaded to wear cross-gartered stockings of what colour
0:11:49 > 0:11:51to demonstrate his love for her?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- Yellow.- Is correct.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54You had three passes.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Thomas Middleton was the other playwright probably responsible
0:11:57 > 0:12:01for those alterations in Measure For Measure. It was The Comedy Of Errors
0:12:01 > 0:12:04which was performed at Gray's Inn at Christmas 1594
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and that 1566 book The Palace Of Pleasure
0:12:07 > 0:12:09was written by William Painter.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12You have, Alan, ten points.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14APPLAUSE
0:12:20 > 0:12:24That's the end of the first round. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26In fourth place with ten points, Alan Haddick.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Third place, 11 points, Laurie Handcock.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Second place, 13 points, John Wheeler.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34In the lead, 16 points, Kathryn Palmer.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37APPLAUSE
0:12:40 > 0:12:43The general knowledge round now,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45and if there is a tie at the end of it
0:12:45 > 0:12:47then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:47 > 0:12:50and the contender with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53If they're tied passes as well, then there'll be a tiebreaker.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57The six highest-scoring runners-up will also claim a place in the semifinals.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59So, plenty to play for.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Let's get on with it and ask Alan Haddick to join us again, please.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And...you scored ten points
0:13:05 > 0:13:09with your knowledge of Shakespeare's comedies, a big subject.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15In agent Egyptian mythology,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19what creature was depicted with the body of a lion head of a man, usually a pharaoh?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22The most famous example is near the Pyramids of Giza.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Sphinx.- In 2002, Durham became the first city to introduce
0:13:25 > 0:13:27which controversial road toll?
0:13:29 > 0:13:30- Pass.- Sir Henry Wood
0:13:30 > 0:13:33compiled his Fantasia on British Sea Songs for a concert
0:13:33 > 0:13:37held October 21st 1905 to celebrate the centenary of what event?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Pass.- Which Oscar-winning '97 film,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44starring Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito and Kim Basinger
0:13:44 > 0:13:48was based on a novel by the cult writer, James Ellroy?
0:13:48 > 0:13:53- Pass.- Which French artist, considered the first exponent of naive art
0:13:53 > 0:13:57was given the name Le Douanier because of his job as a toll collector?
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- Monet.- Rousseau.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02In the Bible, who was so hated by his half-brothers
0:14:02 > 0:14:05they sold him for 20 pieces of silver to Midianite merchants
0:14:05 > 0:14:08who then sold him into captivity in Egypt?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Joseph.- Which Lancashire football league club
0:14:12 > 0:14:15has had its home ground at Turf Moor since 1883?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- Burnley.- Which spice is an essential ingredient
0:14:18 > 0:14:20in the Hungarian dish goulash?
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Pass.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29Who published his first fantasy novel The Sword Of Shannara, in 1977?
0:14:29 > 0:14:30- David Ellings.- Terry Brooks.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Which future Prime Minister succeeded Nigel Lawson
0:14:33 > 0:14:37as Margaret Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer in October 1989?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38John Major.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40The name of which high altitude clouds
0:14:40 > 0:14:42come from the Latin for a "curl" or "filament"?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45That's a reference to their wispy appearance.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Cirrus.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50On which river do the German cities of Magdeburg, Meissen and Dresden lie?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53- The Rhone.- The Elbe.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54What type of bicycle
0:14:54 > 0:14:57was the symbol of the village in the television series, The Prisoner?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Penny Farthing.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Which athlete broke several world records and equalled another
0:15:02 > 0:15:05in a single day, the 25th of May 1935,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08at a track-and-field meeting at the University of Michigan?
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Jesse Owens.
0:15:09 > 0:15:1114 years after his victory at Bannockburn,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14whose right to the kingship of Scotland was finally recognised
0:15:14 > 0:15:17by the English in 1328 with the Treaty of Northampton?
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Robert the Bruce.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Which seal that typically preys on penguins and smaller seals,
0:15:24 > 0:15:26gets its name from its dark-spotted grey coat?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Leopard seal.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Which American folk singer had her first two UK hit singles in 1965
0:15:31 > 0:15:34with We Shall Overcome and There But For Fortune?
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Janis Joplin.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Joan Baez. What name is given to fine parchment,
0:15:38 > 0:15:39usually prepared from calfskin?
0:15:41 > 0:15:42Vellum.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45The ceremonial uniforms of which personal bodyguards...
0:15:45 > 0:15:46BEEP
0:15:46 > 0:15:48..consist of tunics in the colours of the Medici family,
0:15:48 > 0:15:53with white ruffs and tall helmets topped with ostrich feathers?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54The...
0:15:56 > 0:15:57..Vatican Guard.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- Yes, or the Swiss Guard. - Swiss Guard.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04You had four passes. Paprika is the spice used in goulash,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07LA Confidential was that film starring Kevin Spacey etc,
0:16:07 > 0:16:12The Battle of Trafalgar was Sir Henry Wood,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16and Durham became the first city to introduce the congestion charge.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19You have, Alan, a total of 21 points.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24APPLAUSE
0:16:29 > 0:16:31And now Laurie Handcock again, please.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37You scored 11 points with your knowledge of the Alpine Club.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Let's see how you do with general knowledge.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Which Philistine giant was killed in combat by David,
0:16:44 > 0:16:45armed only with a sling and stones?
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Goliath.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Randy Newman's Oscar-nominated song, You've Got A Friend In Me,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52comes from the soundtrack of which 1995 animated film featuring
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Woody and Buzz Lightyear?
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Toy Story.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57In Chicago, who headed the small team of law officers,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00known as The Untouchables, formed to investigate Al Capone?
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Pass.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03The mysterious Captain Nemo is the principal character
0:17:03 > 0:17:06in which 1870 novel by Jules Verne?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Two Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Which nebula was given its name in the 1840s
0:17:12 > 0:17:14by the Irish astronomer William Parsons
0:17:14 > 0:17:17because of its supposed resemblance to a marine crustacean?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Crab Nebula.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Which Scottish author, born in 1954, adds his middle initial M
0:17:21 > 0:17:24to his name when he publishes his science fiction novels?
0:17:24 > 0:17:25William Burrows.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Iain Banks. What name, of French origin, is given to a jeweller's or
0:17:28 > 0:17:31watchmaker's magnifying glass, often worn in the eye-socket?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Pass.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35In the 2003/4 season, which football club gained the nickname
0:17:35 > 0:17:38"The Invincibles" after going through the Premier League season unbeaten?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Arsenal.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Which Australian-born singer is backed by The Bad Seeds
0:17:42 > 0:17:43on many of his albums?
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Nick Cave.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47In 1870, who set up his first charitable home for boys
0:17:47 > 0:17:48in Stepney after being shown children
0:17:48 > 0:17:50sleeping in the gutters in the East End?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Dr Barnardo.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Which castle, restored in 1903 to a design by Sir Edwin Lutyens,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58stands on Holy Island off the coast of Northumberland?
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Lindisfarne.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01The colouring and flavouring syrup grenadine
0:18:01 > 0:18:03is prepared from the seeds of which fruit?
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Pomegranate?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Who was re-elected Scotland's First Minister in May 2011,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10heading the country's first majority government since devolution?
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Alex Salmond.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Leo Fender and Les Paul are particularly associated
0:18:14 > 0:18:16with the manufacture and development
0:18:16 > 0:18:18of the solid body form of which musical instrument?
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Guitar.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22What Arabic name is given to the annual pilgrimage
0:18:22 > 0:18:24to Mecca that all Muslims are expected to make
0:18:24 > 0:18:25at least once during their lifetime?
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Hajj.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Which hat is named after the heroine
0:18:28 > 0:18:30in a novel by George du Maurier
0:18:30 > 0:18:32because it was worn by the actress playing the lead role
0:18:32 > 0:18:34in the original stage adaptation?
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Pass.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Which species of fig tree, native to tropical Asia,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41has aerial roots that develop from its branches
0:18:41 > 0:18:45and descend to the ground to become new trunks?
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Vine creeper?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47No, Banyan.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50In chemistry, what name is given to a solution or molten substance
0:18:50 > 0:18:53in which charged ions conduct electricity?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Pass.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Which television character, played by Rowan Atkinson,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58has a lime green Mini with a black bonnet?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Mr Bean.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02The long-tailed rodent, the jerboa, was adopted as the symbol
0:19:02 > 0:19:05of the British 7th Armoured Division in the Second World War.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07What nickname did they gain as a result?
0:19:07 > 0:19:08The Desert Rats.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Bizet's opera Carmen
0:19:09 > 0:19:13and Mozart's Marriage of Figaro are both set in or near which city?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15BEEP
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Verona.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19No, it was Seville. You had four passes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24That solution for charged ions and all that is electrolyte.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28The hat was a trilby, in that novel by George du Maurier.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32The jeweller's or watchmaker's magnifying glass is a loupe,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36and Elliot Ness headed The Untouchables.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39You have, Laurie, 24 points.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42APPLAUSE
0:19:47 > 0:19:50And now John Wheeler again, please.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56And you scored 13 points with your subject that fascinates
0:19:56 > 0:19:57most of us, the Shipping Forecast.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Here we go, two and a half minutes.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Who played Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry films?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Clint Eastwood.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07What post was held successively in the 19th century by
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Robert Southey, William Wordsworth and Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Poet Laureate.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14In July 1976, from which airport did an Israeli commando squad
0:20:14 > 0:20:17rescue more than 100 hostages from a hijacked Air France flight?
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Entebbe.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20The name of which primates, native to Madagascar
0:20:20 > 0:20:23and neighbouring islands, comes from the Latin for
0:20:23 > 0:20:25"spirits of the dead" because of their nocturnal habits
0:20:25 > 0:20:27and pale ghostly faces?
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Lemur.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30In Rising Damp, which actress played the role
0:20:30 > 0:20:33of the university administrator Miss Jones, the object of Rigsby's lust?
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Frances De La Tour.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Who was the herald of the Greeks in the Trojan War?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39His voice was said to be equal to that of 50 men.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Stentor.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43The white wines Sancerre and Pouilly Fume
0:20:43 > 0:20:45are produced on opposite banks of which river?
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Rhone?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49The Loire. The plot of which 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth concerns
0:20:49 > 0:20:51the attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle?
0:20:51 > 0:20:52The Day Of The Jackal.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Which song by The Monkees contains the lyric
0:20:54 > 0:20:57"You can be there by 4:30 cos I've made your reservation"?
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Last Train To Clarksville.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01What title is given to certain cathedrals or important parish churches
0:21:01 > 0:21:04such as those at York, Beverley, Southwell and Wimborne?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Minster.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Which field marshal played a leading role in the formation
0:21:08 > 0:21:12of the Royal British Legion after the First World War?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Haig.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Which sporting trophy, donated in 1927 by a British businessman
0:21:16 > 0:21:19who made a fortune from selling penny packets of seeds,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22is competed for every two years between Europe and the United States?
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Sutton?
0:21:24 > 0:21:28The Ryder Cup. What was the name of the southern African republic of Botswana
0:21:28 > 0:21:31before it gained independence from Britain in 1966?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Bechuanaland.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Which Italian painter, famous for his turbulent private life
0:21:35 > 0:21:36and his use of chiaroscuro,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39died on the beach at Porto Ercole, Tuscany in 1610?
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Caravaggio.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43The English National Ballet Company was originally known by what name,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45linking it to the major arts event
0:21:45 > 0:21:48at the time of its establishment in 1951?
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Festival Ballet.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51The essayist and critic Thomas De Quincey wrote
0:21:51 > 0:21:55a book about his use of which drug that he first took for facial neuralgia
0:21:55 > 0:21:56while he was at Oxford?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Opium.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00In a solar eclipse, what name is given to the outer part
0:22:00 > 0:22:02of the shadow where the light of the sun is only partially blocked?
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Pass.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Which canal runs southwest to northeast across Scotland
0:22:06 > 0:22:10linking the Atlantic to the North Sea via the Great Glen and its lochs?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Pass.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Which dove, once found all round Britain's coastline,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16is the ancestor of the common street pigeon?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Rock... Rock dove.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21What word for a great flood or a momentous event that changes
0:22:21 > 0:22:24a social or political system comes from the Greek for "deluge"?
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Pass.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Bach's set of six Concerti Grossi,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32composed in the early 18th century, are known by what name...
0:22:32 > 0:22:33BEEP
0:22:33 > 0:22:35..after the German Margrave to whom they were dedicated?
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Brandenburg.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Is correct.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42You had three passes. That word for a great flood comes from cataclysm.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46It's the Caledonian Canal that runs across Scotland,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49linking the Atlantic to the North Sea, and in a solar eclipse,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52that name for the outer part of the shadow is the penumbra.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54You have, however, 29 points.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56APPLAUSE
0:23:06 > 0:23:09And, Kathryn Palmer, finally, again, please.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14And you start out with a very hefty 16 points
0:23:14 > 0:23:18with your knowledge of Duran Duran, but 29 is the score to beat.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Here we go. Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Which Chinese city gives its name to a dried and roasted duck dish,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25traditionally served with thin pancakes,
0:23:25 > 0:23:26green onions and hoisin sauce?
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Peking.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29The Flanders and Swann song with the lyrics,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32"And there let us wallow, in glorious mud", is about which animal?
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Hippopotamus.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36What film, the winner of five Oscars at the 2012 ceremony,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39was the first silent movie to win the Best Picture Award since Wings in 1929?
0:23:39 > 0:23:40The Artist.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Stella Rimington became the first female
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Director General of which organisation in 1992?
0:23:45 > 0:23:46MI5.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49The Old Norse word "force" or "foss" refers to what geographical feature,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51especially in northern England?
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Ditch?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Waterfall. In which novel by Joanna Trollope is Alexa Riley the title character?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Her husband Dan has just come back from Afghanistan.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Pass.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Which 19th century engineer's first notable railway works
0:24:02 > 0:24:04were the Box Tunnel and the Maidenhead Bridge?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Erm, Telford?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Brunel. Which pop music duo consisted of Alison Moyet on vocals
0:24:10 > 0:24:11and Vince Clarke on keyboard?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Their singles include Only You and Don't Go.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Yazoo.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17The semi-arid plateau that covers most of southern Argentina
0:24:17 > 0:24:19is known by what name, said to come from that
0:24:19 > 0:24:21given to the indigenous inhabitants by European explorers?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Patagonia.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Which Christian rite takes its name
0:24:25 > 0:24:26from the Greek for to "bathe" or "dip"?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Baptism.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Who plays Detective Chief Inspector Stanhope
0:24:30 > 0:24:33in the television series Vera, based on the novels by Ann Cleeves?
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Brenda Blethyn.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Which New World animal,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39famous for the noxious odour it releases as a defence mechanism,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42has the scientific name Mephitis mephitis, meaning "smelly, smelly"?
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Skunk.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Which British king described his wife, Caroline of Brunswick,
0:24:46 > 0:24:48as, "The vilest wretch this world was ever cursed with"?
0:24:48 > 0:24:49George IV.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52In music, what term means "in chapel style"?
0:24:52 > 0:24:53It's used for unaccompanied singing.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54A cappella.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Which writer's first successful play was
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Waiting For Godot, originally performed in Paris in 1953?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Samuel Beckett.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03In painting, what name is given to an emulsion in which egg yolk
0:25:03 > 0:25:06rather than oil is used as a medium for powdered pigments?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Tempera?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Whose historic flight from New York to Paris in 1927
0:25:09 > 0:25:12made him a hero on both sides of the Atlantic?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Bleriot?
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Lindbergh. Tove Jansson was the creator of which family
0:25:16 > 0:25:19of cheery-faced, eccentric trolls?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Smurfs.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22The Moomins. In psychotherapy, what term for releasing
0:25:22 > 0:25:25pent-up emotions by bringing them to consciousness
0:25:25 > 0:25:28and expressing them comes from the Greek for "to cleanse"?
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Pass.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Which tennis player was born in the small town of Binningen,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34near Basel, on the 8th of August 1981?
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Roger Federer.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Which future Prime Minister was baptised as a Christian in 1817
0:25:38 > 0:25:41after his father had a dispute with the Bevis Marks synagogue in London?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Disraeli.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46At about 75mm, the Emperor is one of the largest British species
0:25:46 > 0:25:49of which insect? The males have blue abdomens and are green on the head and thorax?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51BEEP
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Butterfly.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54No, it's the dragonfly.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56You have two passes.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01That term for releasing pent-up emotions is catharsis,
0:26:01 > 0:26:05and the novel by Joanna Trollope was The Soldier's Wife.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08So, two passes, but you have a total of 31 points.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11APPLAUSE
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Well, what a good contest. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23In fourth place,
0:26:23 > 0:26:2421 points, Alan Haddick.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25In third place,
0:26:25 > 0:26:2624 points, Laurie Handcock.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Second place, very high score,
0:26:28 > 0:26:3029 points, John Wheeler.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32In first place,
0:26:32 > 0:26:3431 points, Kathryn Palmer.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36APPLAUSE
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Which means, of course, that Kathryn Palmer is tonight's winner,
0:26:49 > 0:26:51and she goes through to the semifinals.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Congratulations to her.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Commiserations to John Wheeler, but with a score of 29,
0:26:56 > 0:27:00it is entirely possible that we will see him again in the semifinal.
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