0:00:24 > 0:00:30First in the spotlight tonight is Paul Whittaker from Bournemouth. His subject - George Harrison.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35Next, Philip Wharmby from Bury. He'll answer on the city of Rome.
0:00:35 > 0:00:41Alan Sharp from Edinburgh. His subject - mountaineering on Everest.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44And Christine Plume from Southampton.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49Her subject - Anthony Powell's novels A Dance To The Music of Time.
0:01:00 > 0:01:06Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys. Tonight, four contenders put their knowledge
0:01:06 > 0:01:12to the test in their bid to become the nation's Mastermind, the highest honour the quiz world has to offer.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17And the toughest. Two rounds - two minutes on their specialist subject,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21two and a half on general knowledge. That's the one they fear the most.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33And your name is...?
0:01:39 > 0:01:45In two minutes. What grammar school was Harrison attending when he first met Paul McCartney?
0:01:45 > 0:01:50- Liverpool Institute.- Which solo triple album released in 1970
0:01:50 > 0:01:53achieved chart success in the UK and America?
0:01:53 > 0:01:59- All Things Must Pass.- On what track on Rubber Soul did Harrison first use the sitar in a Beatles song?
0:01:59 > 0:02:06- Norwegian Wood.- What was the label founded by Harrison in 1974, initially distributed by A&M?
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- Dark Horse.- What was the first Harrison song on a Beatles album?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13It was on With The Beatles in 1963.
0:02:13 > 0:02:20- Don't Bother Me.- To which town did the Maharishi, Harrison and the other Beatles travel in August, 1967
0:02:20 > 0:02:25after a lecture on transcendental meditation at the Hilton Hotel in London?
0:02:25 > 0:02:30- Bangor.- What was the film company co-founded by Harrison in 1978,
0:02:30 > 0:02:36formed to fund Monty Python's Life of Brian and later producing Withnail And I and The Missionary?
0:02:36 > 0:02:42- Handmade Films.- What is the Gothic mansion in Henley on Thames built in the 19th century
0:02:42 > 0:02:46and bought by Harrison in the early '70s for £200,000?
0:02:46 > 0:02:52- Friar Park.- Frank Sinatra is said to have considered which of Harrison's compositions from Abbey Road
0:02:52 > 0:02:56to be the greatest love song of the past 50 years?
0:02:56 > 0:03:01- Something.- He organised the Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden in 1971
0:03:01 > 0:03:05and raised money for which organisation?
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- UNICEF.- In a court case, his composition My Sweet Lord
0:03:09 > 0:03:14was found to have been subconsciously plagiarised from which song, a hit for the Chiffons?
0:03:14 > 0:03:21- He's So Fine.- Who attacked and repeatedly stabbed Harrison at his Friar Park home in 1999?
0:03:21 > 0:03:26- Michael Abram.- What was the name of the so-called supergroup he formed in 1988
0:03:26 > 0:03:30with Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty?
0:03:30 > 0:03:36- The Traveling Wilburys.- Revolver was the first Beatles album to feature three of his compositions -
0:03:36 > 0:03:39I Want To Tell You, Love You Too and which other?
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Taxman.- He co-produced... - BEEP
0:03:41 > 0:03:46..two albums for Billy Preston on the Apple label.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50That's The Way God Planned It in 1969 and which one the next year?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Encouraging Words.- Correct.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57No passes. You got them all right! 15 points.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08And our next contender, please.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14And your name is...?
0:04:20 > 0:04:24The city of Rome and a long period. According to legend,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28on which of Rome's seven hills did Romulus found his settlement?
0:04:28 > 0:04:33- Capitaline.- No, Palatine. Whose contribution to the architecture of the city included a new forum
0:04:33 > 0:04:37with a fine colonnaded square and a temple to Venus Genetrix?
0:04:37 > 0:04:42- Trajan. - Julius Caesar. Which 15th-century building in the Piazza di San Marco
0:04:42 > 0:04:48did Mussolini adopt as his official headquarters in 1929? He made speeches from its balcony.
0:04:48 > 0:04:55- Palazzo Venezia.- Who was crowned Emperor of the Romans at St Peter's by Pope Leo III in 800?
0:04:55 > 0:05:01- Charlemagne.- What lavish palace did Nero have built after the fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64AD?
0:05:01 > 0:05:08- Golden House.- What Italian name has been given to the 22 districts of the central part of the city?
0:05:08 > 0:05:16- Rioni.- Which people entered Rome in 410AD, the first time in nearly 800 years it was occupied?
0:05:16 > 0:05:22- Goths.- Yes, Visigoths. During the reign of which emperor did building of the Colosseum begin about 72AD?
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- Vespasian.- When Rome became the capital of the united Italy in 1871,
0:05:26 > 0:05:32Victor Emmanuel II established the official residence of the heads of state in which building?
0:05:32 > 0:05:39- Quirinal Palace.- Which Pope moved the Papal residency from Rome to Avignon in 1309 for 68 years?
0:05:39 > 0:05:45- Benedict VI.- Clement V. A statue of which emperor stood on a column built in 113AD
0:05:45 > 0:05:51to commemorate his Dacian campaign? Pope Sixtus V later replaced his statue with one of St Peter.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56- Trajan.- The mutinous forces of the Holy Roman Emperor sacked Rome in May, 1527.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Which leader was killed in their assault?
0:05:59 > 0:06:04- Duke of Bourbon.- Who led the unsuccessful defence of Rome in 1849 against the French army
0:06:04 > 0:06:08who had been invited by the Pope to overthrow Mazzini's Roman republic?
0:06:08 > 0:06:14- Garibaldi.- Which Pope persuaded Attila, King of the Huns, not to invade Rome in 452AD
0:06:14 > 0:06:19and three years later persuaded the Vandals not to destroy it?
0:06:19 > 0:06:25- Leo the Great.- Yes, Leo the First. What celebrated feature of Rome's landscape, built in the 1720s...
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- BEEP - ..was paid for from a bequest by the French Ambassador Gueffier?
0:06:35 > 0:06:40- I...- It's the gardens of the Farnese Palace.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45- I think you'll find it's the Spanish...- Steps.- Yes.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49No passes, Philip. You've got 11 points.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59And our next contender, please.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06And your name is...?
0:07:11 > 0:07:17In two minutes. In what year did Hillary and Tenzing become the first people to reach the summit?
0:07:17 > 0:07:23- 1953.- Who became the first woman to climb Everest when she reached the summit on 16th May, 1975,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25in the Japanese women's expedition?
0:07:25 > 0:07:32- Junko Tabei.- What monastery is on the northern approach, where early parties sought the Lama's blessing?
0:07:32 > 0:07:38- Rongbuk.- Who was asked why he wanted to climb Everest and gave the reply, "Because it's there"?
0:07:38 > 0:07:43- George Mallory.- Which climber reached 28,126 feet in 1924,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46a height equalled but not beaten for 30 years?
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- Edward Norton.- In February, 1980, climbers from which country made the first winter ascent?
0:07:51 > 0:07:55A compatriot of theirs was the first European woman to reach the summit.
0:07:55 > 0:08:01- Poland.- What were controversially claimed to have been photographed by Eric Shipton in 1951?
0:08:01 > 0:08:08- Er...pass.- How many official British expeditions to climb Everest were mounted during the '30s?
0:08:09 > 0:08:15- Four.- By what previously unclimbed route did Scott and Haston become the first Britons
0:08:15 > 0:08:19known to have reached the summit on 24th September, 1975?
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- South-west Face.- Who made the first solo ascent in August, 1980, without bottled oxygen?
0:08:24 > 0:08:30- Reinhold Messner.- What feature of Everest's North Face did Hornbein and Unsoeld find a way through
0:08:30 > 0:08:36in 1963 by the couloir now called after Hornbein? It's named after the apparent colour of its rocks.
0:08:36 > 0:08:43- The Yellow Band.- Who set a record in 1996 by reaching the summit for a 10th time, without bottled oxygen?
0:08:43 > 0:08:49- Apa Sherpa?- Ang Rita Sherpa. When Tenzing reached the summit, he waved an ice axe with flags -
0:08:49 > 0:08:52British, Indian, Nepalese and...?
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- New Zealand?- United Nations. What route, reckoned by Mallory to be too difficult,
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- was conquered in 1983 by an American team?- 1983...
0:09:02 > 0:09:09- The North-East Ridge.- East Face. Who led the expedition that saw the first American reach the summit
0:09:09 > 0:09:11on 1st May, 1963?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Norman Dyhrenfurth.- In 1913... - BEEP
0:09:14 > 0:09:20..which British army officer made an illicit journey into Tibet to try to find a route to Everest?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23He got within 40 miles, nearer than any Westerner before.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- John Noel.- Correct. Just one pass.
0:09:26 > 0:09:34The photographs that Eric Shipton took were supposed to be or said to be Yeti footprints.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38- We'll never know. Alan, 12 points.- Thank you.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49And our final contender, please.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57And your name is...?
0:10:05 > 0:10:12In two minutes. The collective title for Powell's 12 novels is taken from a 17th-century painting by whom?
0:10:12 > 0:10:18- Poussin.- Which close friend of Nicholas Jenkins is described as "classical in type
0:10:18 > 0:10:22"with a massive Beethoven-shaped head"?
0:10:22 > 0:10:28- Moreland.- What garment worn by Kenneth Widmerpool at school was considered the wrong sort?
0:10:28 > 0:10:34- Overcoat.- BooksDo-FurnishA-Room is the nickname of which character who has a taste for white port?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- Bagshaw.- When Jenkins first sees Professor Sillery at a party,
0:10:38 > 0:10:43he describes his trousers as being like those of which comedian?
0:10:43 > 0:10:48- Charlie Chaplin?- Yes. Where in Cairo does Widmerpool first meet his future wife, Pamela Flitton?
0:10:48 > 0:10:53- Groppi's.- Jenkins plays what role in Sir Magnus Donner's series of photos of the Seven Deadly Sins?
0:10:53 > 0:10:59- Sloth.- According to Capt Gwatkin, what is a man's best friend in time of war?
0:10:59 > 0:11:04- Pass.- In the penultimate book, Temporary Kings, a reference is made to the source of its title.
0:11:04 > 0:11:12- What book does it come from?- Pass. - What is the name of Donner's castle, "a piece of monumental vulgarity"?
0:11:12 > 0:11:19- Stourwater.- What is the title of the book Jenkins is writing on the 17th-century writer Robert Burton?
0:11:19 > 0:11:24- Borage and Hellebore.- In Hearing Secret Harmonies, which writer's idea of time is contrasted
0:11:24 > 0:11:29- with that of Poussin and described as "appallingly restless"?- Burton?
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Ariosto. Charles Stringham charms Mrs Maclintick out of her cold rage towards her husband
0:11:34 > 0:11:38by comparing her to a fictional character. Which one?
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- Pass.- Which of Jenkins' friends dies on a secret operation in WWII?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Pamela Flitton accuses Widmerpool of his murder.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50- Templer.- In A Question of Upbringing, Stringham is compared to the depiction of Alexander
0:11:50 > 0:11:54in a famous painting. Who was the artist?
0:11:54 > 0:12:02- Deacon.- Veronese. What does Barbara Goring do to Widmerpool that helps Jenkins overcome his infatuation?
0:12:02 > 0:12:07- Pours sugar over him.- Which ex-Trotskyist changed his name... - BEEP
0:12:07 > 0:12:10..and was the author of Bronstein: Marxist or Mystagogue?
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- Guggenbuhl.- Correct. Three passes.
0:12:14 > 0:12:21- Charles Stringham compared her to a fictional character - Little Bo Peep.- Yes.- That's who it was.
0:12:21 > 0:12:28And in Temporary Kings a reference is made to the source of its title. It came from The Golden Bough.
0:12:28 > 0:12:36And Captain Gwatkin was rather fond of his rifle. That was his best friend. Three passes, 12 points.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48A high-scoring round there. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51In fourth place, Philip Wharmby.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Joint second place, Alan Sharp and Christine Plume.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57In the lead, Paul Whittaker.
0:13:02 > 0:13:08Round two now, general knowledge. If there's a tie, the number of passes is taken into account.
0:13:08 > 0:13:14The contender with the fewer passes wins. If they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19The six highest-scoring runners-up will also claim a place in the semi-finals.
0:13:19 > 0:13:26Everything to play for. Let's get on with it and ask Philip Wharmby to join us again, please.
0:13:26 > 0:13:33And you scored 11 points with your knowledge of Rome. What a long period of Rome's history you took!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35General knowledge, 2½ minutes now.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41Which cage bird, kept for its song, takes its name from the islands that are one of its original homes?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- Canary.- How is the Latin phrase "tempus fugit" translated?
0:13:44 > 0:13:50- Time flies.- Which writer was born in Portsmouth in February 1812, the son of a clerk in the Navy pay office?
0:13:50 > 0:13:56- Charles Dickens.- Miles Standish was the military leader of which emigrants who left Britain in 1620?
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- Pilgrim Fathers.- Who plays the title role, US president Merkin Muffley and British officer Lionel Mandrake
0:14:01 > 0:14:05in Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- Peter Sellers.- Which rock on the right bank of the Rhine near Koblenz
0:14:09 > 0:14:12is the haunt of a siren who lures boatmen to their death?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- Lorelei.- The detective Sam Spade was created by which crime writer?
0:14:16 > 0:14:22- Dashiell Hammett.- What was the name of the youngest son of George V and Queen Mary who died aged 13 in 1919?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- Prince John.- Which type of kebab of marinated meat and vegetables
0:14:26 > 0:14:28takes its name from the Turkish word for "skewer"?
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- Pass.- Which popular composer, born in what is now Belarus in 1888,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36received a Congressional Gold Medal for his song God Bless America?
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Oh...
0:14:40 > 0:14:46- Pass.- In January 1954, on what subject did George Cowling become the first person
0:14:46 > 0:14:50to present a bulletin on BBC TV with pencils and hand-drawn charts?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- The weather. - Which French wine-growing region
0:14:53 > 0:14:56includes the great vineyards of the Cote d'Or escarpment?
0:14:56 > 0:15:01- Bordeaux.- Burgundy. Which close ally of Margaret Thatcher was a pilot with BOAC
0:15:01 > 0:15:03before entering politics in 1970?
0:15:03 > 0:15:08- Tebbit.- Yes, Norman Tebbit. What colour was the Mainbocher wedding gown worn by Wallis Simpson
0:15:08 > 0:15:11on her marriage to the Duke of Windsor?
0:15:11 > 0:15:16- Light blue.- Which football club did businessman Michael Knighton try to buy for £20 million in 1989,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19only for his backers to fail to raise the money?
0:15:19 > 0:15:25- Manchester United.- Which conifer, widely planted in Britain, is one of the few to shed leaves in winter?
0:15:25 > 0:15:30- Spruce.- Larch. Who wrote in The Nake Civil Servant, "There was no need to do any housework at all.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34"After the first four years, the dirt doesn't get any worse"?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Anthony... Pass.- Quentin Crisp.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39In the first act of which opera by Beethoven
0:15:39 > 0:15:44do Marzelline, Jaquino, Leonore and Rocco sing the quartet, "Mir ist so wunderbar"?
0:15:44 > 0:15:49- Egmont.- Fidelio. Which island in the Caribbean is divided into Haiti in the west
0:15:49 > 0:15:51and the Dominican Republic in the east?
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- Hispaniola.- What word meaning "odd" or "eccentric" may come from the Basque for "beard"?
0:15:56 > 0:16:02- Pass.- In which TV programme from the 1950s and '60s did panellists try to guess the profession of a contestant
0:16:02 > 0:16:07- by asking questions that could be answered only "yes" or "no"? - BEEP
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Oh...
0:16:11 > 0:16:17- Take a guess.- It's not Animal, Vegetable or Mineral.- It's not. It's What's My Line?- What's My Line?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Yeah, you knew it. Three passes you had.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23That word meaning "odd or eccentric" is "bizarre".
0:16:23 > 0:16:27- Irving Berlin wrote God Bless America.- I knew that.- Of course.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30And that type of kebab was a shish kebab.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Those three passes, Philip, you have 24 points.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37APPLAUSE
0:16:44 > 0:16:46And now Alan Sharp again, please.
0:16:46 > 0:16:53And you begin this round with 12 points with your knowledge of mountaineering on Everest.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Let's see how you do with general knowledge. 24, the score to beat.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02The Russian city known at various times as Petrograd and Leningrad reverted to what name in 1991?
0:17:02 > 0:17:08- St Petersburg.- Which singer, who won the Eurovision Song Contest, was born Sandra Goodrich in 1947?
0:17:08 > 0:17:13- Sandie Shaw.- Which dignitaries of the Catholic Church have a name from the Latin for "hinge"
0:17:13 > 0:17:16because of the pivotal role they play?
0:17:16 > 0:17:21- Monsignor.- Cardinals. What does Mercutio wish on the houses of Capulet and Montague
0:17:21 > 0:17:24in Act 3, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet?
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- A plague.- Which Confederate General died after being accidentally shot
0:17:28 > 0:17:31by his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863?
0:17:31 > 0:17:37- Pass.- In rugby union, there are 15 players on each side. How many are there in rugby league on each side?
0:17:37 > 0:17:42- 13.- Which Oliver Stone film about the Vietnam War won the 1986 Oscar for Best Film?
0:17:42 > 0:17:47- Platoon.- Which animal closely related to the ferret secretes a foul-smelling scent
0:17:47 > 0:17:50from a gland at the base of the tail,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54giving rise to its old, alternative name the foumart or foul marten?
0:17:54 > 0:18:00- Skunk.- The polecat. Who entered parliament as Ulster Unionist MP for North Antrim in 1970,
0:18:00 > 0:18:04co-founding the more hard-line Democratic Unionist Party the following year?
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- Ian Paisley. - Which is the largest island of Norway's Svalbard archipelago?
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Its name means "jagged peaks".- Pass.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Anthony Horowitz's 2011 novel The House Of Silk is set in 1890
0:18:15 > 0:18:19and features which detective created by another writer?
0:18:19 > 0:18:24- Sherlock Holmes.- What name is given to Chopin's Waltz in D Flat, Opus 64 Number 1,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27because of the time it lasts when played very fast?
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- Minute Waltz.- The British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens drew up the plans
0:18:31 > 0:18:35for which Asian capital city, including the Viceroy's House?
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- New Delhi.- Which is Britain's largest bird of prey? It was reintroduced in the 1970s and '80s
0:18:40 > 0:18:44when 85 young birds were brought from Norway to the island of Rum.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- Golden eagle.- Sea eagle. Who rose to fame when she took over as hostess
0:18:48 > 0:18:53of the American TV talk show AM Chicago in 1984, turning it into a ratings success?
0:18:53 > 0:18:58- Oprah Winfrey.- Which country was invaded by Italian troops on the 3rd of October, 1935?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- Ethiopia.- Yes, Abyssinia at the time
0:19:01 > 0:19:06What term for the lower part of the digestive system comes from the Latin for "little sausage"?
0:19:06 > 0:19:12- Bowels.- Which Northumberland river i spanned by Robert Stephenson's Grade One listed Royal Border Bridge,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14opened by Queen Victoria in 1850?
0:19:14 > 0:19:20- The Wye.- The Tweed. Which green variety of dessert plum is known in France as the Reine Claude
0:19:20 > 0:19:22after the wife of King Francis I?
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- Greengage.- What sort of music, popular in Britain in the 1950s,
0:19:26 > 0:19:31- featured home-made instruments such as the washboard and tea chest bass? - BEEP
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- Skiffle.- Is correct. Two passes.
0:19:33 > 0:19:39Spitsbergen is the largest island of Norway's Svalbard archipelago.
0:19:39 > 0:19:45And Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men by mistake. You have a total, Alan, of 26 points.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47APPLAUSE
0:19:53 > 0:19:57And our next contender, Christine Plume again, please.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03And you also start with 12 points with your knowledge of Anthony Powell's novels.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Let's see how you do with general knowledge. 26 is the score to beat.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11The Viennese and Boston are types of which ballroom dance?
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- Waltz.- Who won an Oscar for Best Director for the 1982 film Gandhi?
0:20:15 > 0:20:21- Richard Attenborough.- In which novel by Thomas Hardy does Bathsheba Everdene marry Sergeant Troy
0:20:21 > 0:20:23and later the shepherd Gabriel Oak?
0:20:23 > 0:20:28- Far From The Madding Crowd.- Which landmark was formally dedicated by President Grover Cleveland in 1886
0:20:28 > 0:20:31on what was Bedloe's Island in New York harbour?
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- Statue of Liberty.- Whose 5th Symphony first performed in 1937
0:20:35 > 0:20:40was described as "a Soviet artist's practical creative reply to just criticism"?
0:20:40 > 0:20:45- Shostakovich.- Which spring flower is distinguished by its bell-shaped corona known as a trumpet?
0:20:45 > 0:20:51- Pass.- John Suchet, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Myleene Klass are presenters on which radio station?
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- Classic FM.- In Greek mythology, what was the name of Odysseus's wife
0:20:55 > 0:20:58who unravelled her weaving each night to keep her suitors at bay?
0:20:58 > 0:21:04- Penelope.- Which spicy meat dish, sai to have originated in Texas, is known there as "a bowl of red"?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- Chilli.- In 1877, on which planet
0:21:07 > 0:21:11did Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli observe a series of straight lines
0:21:11 > 0:21:14that he called "canali", meaning "channels"?
0:21:14 > 0:21:20- Saturn.- Mars. In what post did South Korean diplomat Ban Ki-Moon succeed Kofi Annan on 1st of January, 2007?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- UN Secretary-General.- Which racecourse, known as Prestbury Park,
0:21:24 > 0:21:29hosts a celebrated meeting in March that includes the Champion Hurdle and the Gold Cup?
0:21:32 > 0:21:38- Ascot.- Cheltenham. Which French film actress born in 1943 became the muse of the designer Yves Saint Laurent?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41He designed her outfits for several films.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- Catherine Deneuve. - The publisher of the 1818 Family Shakespeare gave his name
0:21:45 > 0:21:49to what term for the removal of "indelicate" words from a text?
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Bowdlerise.- Which stereotypical Englishman was created in 1712
0:21:53 > 0:21:57by the Scottish physician and satirist John Arbuthnot?
0:21:57 > 0:22:03- John Bull.- What Latin word meaning "field" is used for the grounds and buildings of a university?
0:22:03 > 0:22:08- Campus.- Which historian and broadcaster presented the TV series What The Romans Did For Us,
0:22:08 > 0:22:13spawning spin-off series involving the Victorians, Tudors and Ancients among others?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Pass.- Which major port lies on the New Meuse River,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20one of the channels in the North Sea delta formed by the rivers Rhine and Meuse?
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- Rotterdam.- Who began her writing career in the 1890s
0:22:24 > 0:22:29by sending animal stories in letters to Noel Moore, the sick child of her former governess?
0:22:29 > 0:22:34- Beatrix Potter.- Which decisive battl of the Hundred Years' War was fought on the 25th of October, 1415?
0:22:34 > 0:22:39- Agincourt.- In the old music hall son recorded by Charles Penrose in 1922...
0:22:39 > 0:22:43- BEEP - ..which character arrested a man and laughed until he cried?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- The Laughing Policeman.- Is correct.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50You had two passes. Adam Hart-Davis was the historian and broadcaster.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54And the spring flower with the bell-shaped corona is daffodil.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- Of course.- There we go.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59However, you've got 29 points.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Thank you.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03APPLAUSE
0:23:09 > 0:23:12And finally, Paul Whittaker again, please.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17And you scored 15 points with your knowledge of George Harrison.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22In order to get into the semi-finals, you have to score more than 29 points.
0:23:22 > 0:23:28Here we go. What fruit juice is mixed with champagne or sparkling wine to make a Buck's Fizz?
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- Orange juice.- Which novel by Charles Kingsley about a young chimneysweep
0:23:32 > 0:23:35called Tom highlighted the plight of child labourers?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- Lucky Jim.- The Water-Babies.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43Which actress played the Bond girl Jill Masterson who was painted gold in the film Goldfinger?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Pass.- Puffin Island, also known as Priestholm or Ynys Seiriol in Welsh,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50lies just off the eastern tip of which larger island?
0:23:50 > 0:23:55- Anglesey.- Who unexpectedly announced his resignation as Britain's Prime Minister
0:23:55 > 0:23:57on the 16th of March, 1976?
0:23:57 > 0:24:02- Harold Wilson.- Which 19th century French chemist and biologist's achievements
0:24:02 > 0:24:07include developing vaccines for diseases such as rabies and anthrax?
0:24:07 > 0:24:12- Pasteur.- The grey or timber is the best-known species of which carnivore?
0:24:12 > 0:24:17- Wolf.- What name was given to the coastal region of North Africa notorious for its pirates
0:24:17 > 0:24:19between the 16th and 19th centuries?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22It comes from the Berbers who lived there.
0:24:22 > 0:24:29- Barbary Coast.- Which West Indian batsman, who played in 121 Test matches between 1974 and 1991,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32was known as the Master Blaster?
0:24:32 > 0:24:36- Vivian Richards.- The title character in which poem by Coleridge
0:24:36 > 0:24:40decreed the building of a stately pleasure dome in Xanadu?
0:24:40 > 0:24:45- Kubla Khan.- What is the name of the body of Islamic law governing how Muslims should live,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48based on the teachings of the Quran and the sayings of Muhammad?
0:24:48 > 0:24:53- Sharia law.- The bombing of which Basque city in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War
0:24:53 > 0:24:56inspired a celebrated painting by Picasso?
0:24:56 > 0:25:02- Pass.- Which actress, whose grandfather George was the leader of the Labour Party in the 1930s,
0:25:02 > 0:25:08played the sleuth and writer Jessica Fletcher in the TV series Murder, She Wrote?
0:25:08 > 0:25:13- Angela Lansbury.- What nickname is usually given to Tartini's Violin Sonata in G Minor?
0:25:13 > 0:25:20According to legend, he wrote it after a dream where he sold his soul to Satan who then played his violin.
0:25:20 > 0:25:26- Devil's Concerto.- Devil's Trill. Which Order of Chivalry supposedly got its name from an item dropped
0:25:26 > 0:25:32by the Countess of Salisbury while dancing with Edward III who picked it up and wore it on his leg?
0:25:32 > 0:25:37- The Garter.- In angling, what type of bait is sometimes known as a "gentle"?
0:25:37 > 0:25:42- Lugworm.- A maggot. What name is given to the outer defence of a castle or fortified town,
0:25:42 > 0:25:46especially a projecting tower over a gate or drawbridge?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- A bailey.- No, a barbican.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is based on a 1950 film starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- Sunset Boulevard.- How many bells are traditionally rung...
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- BEEP - ..at the end of each four-hour watch on board a ship?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- Six.- No, it's eight. You had two passes.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09- Picasso's much celebrated painting was of Guernica.- Yeah.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13And Shirley Eaton played the Bond girl Jill Masterson.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17You, Paul, have 27 points.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20APPLAUSE
0:26:27 > 0:26:31He nearly made it, but not quite. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33In fourth place, Philip Wharmby.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Third place, Alan Sharp.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Second place, Paul Whittaker.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42First place, Christine Plume.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46APPLAUSE
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Christine Plume is tonight's winner and goes through to the semi-finals.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Congratulations to her. Commiserations to Paul,
0:27:01 > 0:27:05but with a high score of 27, it's possible we will see him again in the semi-final.
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