0:00:02 > 0:00:03Over the next 31 weeks,
0:00:03 > 0:00:0696 contenders put themselves through television's ultimate
0:00:06 > 0:00:08test of nerve and knowledge in this chair,
0:00:08 > 0:00:12but only one of them can be crowned the nation's mastermind.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41First in the spotlight tonight is Beth Webster, a health
0:00:41 > 0:00:42and safety advisor from Watford.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Her subject is the Muppet films.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Next, John Berridge,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49a medical consultant from York on Alexander the Great.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Ricky Kendal, a supply teacher from Lincolnshire.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55His subject is the writings of St John.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58And Cliff Challenger, a charity director from Bradford.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00His subject, Benjamin Britten.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:13 > 0:01:18Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21So, four contenders put themselves to the test tonight
0:01:21 > 0:01:24in the hope they might take that first step towards the grand final.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28But to clear the hurdle, they must be tested tonight over two rounds.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Two minutes on their specialist subject,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33followed by two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- And your name is? - Beth Webster.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- Your occupation? - Health and safety advisor.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- And your chosen subject? - The Muppet films.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51The Muppet films in two minutes.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Who provided the voice of Miss Piggy
0:01:53 > 0:01:56in the first six Muppet films before being replaced by Eric Jackobson
0:01:56 > 0:01:58in the 2011 film The Muppets?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- Frank Oz.- Which Oscar-winning actor plays the part of Ebenezer Scrooge
0:02:01 > 0:02:02in The Muppets Christmas Carol?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- Michael Cane.- What's the name of the restaurant franchise
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Doc Hopper wants Kermit to be the face of The Muppet Movie?
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Doc Hopper's French Fried Frogs' Legs.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12In The Muppets Take Manhattan,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14what is the name of the musical
0:02:14 > 0:02:15that the muppets take to Broadway
0:02:15 > 0:02:17and pitch to the producer, Mr Price,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19who wants 300 from each of them to put it on?
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Manhattan Melodies.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22In The Great Muppet Caper, Kermit says that he
0:02:22 > 0:02:27and Fozzie are crack investigative reporters for which newspaper?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29The Daily Chronicle.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Who directed Muppets from Space?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33He took over from Jim Henson's son, Brian,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35who had directed the previous two Muppet films.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Tim Hill.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38In The Muppets Take Manhattan, what does Miss Piggy borrow
0:02:38 > 0:02:40from a man in the park to help her
0:02:40 > 0:02:42catch up with the thief who stole her purse?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Roller-skates.- In The Muppet Movie, Kermit meets Fozzie Bear in a cafe
0:02:45 > 0:02:47and invites him to join him on his trip to Hollywood.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50They travel in a 1951 Studebaker belonging to Fozzie's
0:02:50 > 0:02:51hibernating uncle.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53What is the name of the cafe where they meet?
0:02:55 > 0:02:56El Sleezo.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Gonzo believes an alien race is trying to send him messages
0:02:59 > 0:03:02through his alphabet cereal in Muppets From Space.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05What does the first message say, spelled out by the cereal?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06- Watch the sky. - In The Muppet Movie,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09when Kermit goes into Dr Bunsen Honeydew's laboratory,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12he sees a piece of fruit that is four feet tall.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13What type of fruit is it?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Prune.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17In The Muppets, Miss Piggy tells Kermit that a celebrity has
0:03:17 > 0:03:20graciously agreed to do the telethon when, in fact,
0:03:20 > 0:03:22the muppets have kidnapped him. Who is the celebrity?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Jack Black.- In The Muppets Christmas Carol,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27how many brothers and sisters
0:03:27 > 0:03:29does Rizzo the Rat tell Gonzo the Great that he has?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- 1,274.- In The Great Muppet Caper,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33what is the name of the hotel that the
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Muppets stay in when they arrive in London?
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- Happiness Hotel.- What is the name of the woman Scrooge falls in love with
0:03:39 > 0:03:42and promises to marry as soon as he has enough money to provide for her?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- Belle.- In the Great Muppet Caper, Lady Holiday's most famous
0:03:45 > 0:03:48piece of jewellery, the fabulous baseball diamond,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50is on permanent display at which gallery?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- The Mallory Gallery. - What drink does...?
0:03:52 > 0:03:53BEEPS
0:03:53 > 0:03:56..Long John Silver bring out in order to raise a toast to
0:03:56 > 0:03:57a prosperous voyage?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00He describes it as having been "laid down by the brothers
0:04:00 > 0:04:03"of Buckfast Abbey, vintage 1737."
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Brandy.- Is correct,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07as was every other answer.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11You have scored a total of 16 points.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15APPLAUSE
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And our next contender, please.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- And your name is? - John Berridge.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Your occupation? - Medical consultant.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- And your specialist subject? - Alexander the Great.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Alexander the Great. Two minutes.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Alexander the Great was a fourth century king of Macedonia.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49What was the name of the 300-strong unit of the Theban army that was
0:04:49 > 0:04:53virtually wiped out by Alexander's men at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55The Sacred Band.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Alexander defeated Darius at a battle fought in November
0:04:58 > 0:05:00333 BC near the mouth of the Pinarus River.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Darius fled, leaving his wife
0:05:01 > 0:05:04and family behind to be taken into Alexander's care.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05What was the name of the battle?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- Issus.- In which village was the Sanctuary of Nymphs where Aristotle
0:05:09 > 0:05:11tutored the young Alexander and his friends?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Mieza.- Which was Alexander's officers were said to have
0:05:13 > 0:05:15saved his life at the Battle of Granicus
0:05:15 > 0:05:18but was later killed by Alexander during the quarrel in Samarkand?
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- Cleitus the Black.- Alexander organised a mass wedding between more than 90 of his
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Macedonian officers and high-born
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Persian women to symbolically unite the two cultures.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Where did the wedding take place?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Susa.- Which tribe had previously wounded Alexander's father
0:05:31 > 0:05:33but was forced to surrender to Alexander on an island
0:05:33 > 0:05:35in the Danube after his father was murdered?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37The Triballi.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Alexander's mother, Olympias, was from which kingdom where
0:05:41 > 0:05:43she was a member of the Molossian Dynasty?
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- Epirus.- At which oasis in Egypt did an oracle apparently confirm
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Alexander as both a divinity and a legitimate Pharaoh?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Siwah.- Alexander always kept a copy of a work by Homer under his pillow
0:05:53 > 0:05:55together with his dagger.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58What was the work, which was said to have been annotated by Aristotle?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- Iliad.- What was the name of the Athenian courtesan who is claimed to
0:06:01 > 0:06:03have persuaded Alexander to burn down the royal
0:06:03 > 0:06:05palace at Persepolis after a drunken party?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- Thais.- Which rocky fortress near the Indus did Alexander take after
0:06:09 > 0:06:11building a mound of earth and wood across a ravine?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13He was said to have been determined to capture it
0:06:13 > 0:06:15because Heracles had failed to do so.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Sogdian Rock.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23Aornus. In which city in Cilicia did Alexander fall seriously ill
0:06:23 > 0:06:28after swimming in the very cold waters of the River Cydnus in 333 BC?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Pass.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Alexander's horse Bucephalus is said to have died either during or
0:06:33 > 0:06:35shortly after a battle fought between the Macedonians
0:06:35 > 0:06:38and the Indian King Porus in 326 BC. What was the battle?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Hydaspes. - According to tradition,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43the house of which poet to gather with the city's temples was...?
0:06:43 > 0:06:44BEEPS
0:06:44 > 0:06:46..the only building left standing after Alexander
0:06:46 > 0:06:48destroyed Thebes for rebelling against him?
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- Pindar. - Is correct. You had one pass.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55That city in Cilicia where he fell seriously ill was Tarsus.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57John, you scored 12 points.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01APPLAUSE
0:07:08 > 0:07:10And our next contender, please.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- And your name is? - Ricky Kendall.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Your occupation? - Supply teacher.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- And your specialist subject? - The Biblical writings of St John.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24St John in two minutes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26John's considered to have written a gospel, three epistles
0:07:26 > 0:07:29and the Book of Revelation. To which island does he say he was banished
0:07:29 > 0:07:32when he heard a voice instructing him to write the Book of Revelation?
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Patmos.- What number that symbolically stands for completeness repeatedly
0:07:36 > 0:07:39occurs in the Book of Revelation? It's mentioned over 50 times.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Seven.- The earliest manuscripts of John's Gospel do not include
0:07:42 > 0:07:45the 12 verses beginning with Chapter Seven of Verse 53.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47What story is told in this passage?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It's the woman accused of adultery.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51How does Jesus describe himself in Chapter Eight,
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Verse 12 of John's Gospel?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56The phrase forms the title of a celebrated painting by Holman Hunt.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- The Light of the World. - Although some scholars date the Book of Revelations to the
0:07:59 > 0:08:04reign of Nero, it's generally thought to have been written in about 95 AD during
0:08:04 > 0:08:07a period of Christian persecution under which Roman emperor?
0:08:07 > 0:08:08- Nero. - Domitian
0:08:08 > 0:08:11John has a vision of the harlot Babylon the Great,
0:08:11 > 0:08:12who's thought to represent Pagan Rome.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16When she appears to him, her clothing is of scarlet and which other colour?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Purple.- According to John's Gospel, before the Crucifixion,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Jesus received a drink of wine vinegar then spoke his final words.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25What does John say those final words were?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- It is finished.- John describes the garden where Jesus was arrested
0:08:28 > 0:08:31not as Gethsemane but as being on the side of which valley?
0:08:31 > 0:08:32The Kidron Valley.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35According to John's Gospel, what item of food does Jesus give
0:08:35 > 0:08:38to Judas that identifies him as the one who will betray him?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- A piece of bread.- Revelation Chapter 13 states "no-one could buy or sell
0:08:41 > 0:08:43"unless he had the mark of the beast."
0:08:43 > 0:08:47This number, 666, is placed on the forehead or which other part of the body?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48The right hand.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51John's Gospel records seven signs or miracles performed by Jesus.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54The first is the turning of water into wine at the wedding
0:08:54 > 0:08:56feast of Cana. What is the last?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59It's the healing of Malchus, the centurions.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01The raising of Lazarus.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03What is the Aramaic name of the place where Pilate
0:09:03 > 0:09:06sat on the judge's seat and condemned Jesus to be crucified?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08It's English name is stone pavement.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Gabbatha.- For how long is their said to be silence in heaven after
0:09:11 > 0:09:14the opening of the seventh seal? Before the seven angels blow seven trumpets,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17with each trumpet heralding an apocalyptic event.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- Half-an-hour.- What does John encourage his readers to do in the final
0:09:20 > 0:09:21verse of his First Epistle?
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Pass. BEEPS
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I've just started, so I'll finish.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29The early chapters of Revelation are addressed to the seven
0:09:29 > 0:09:32churches of Asia. The church Ephesus is the first one addressed.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34What is the last one?
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Laodicea.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37You had one pass.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41John encourages readers in the final verse of his first epistle to
0:09:41 > 0:09:43"keep yourselves from idols."
0:09:43 > 0:09:47That one pass but you, Ricky, have also scored 12 points.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49APPLAUSE
0:09:56 > 0:09:58And our final contender, please.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- And your name is? - Cliff Challenger.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Your occupation? - I'm a charity manager.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- And your specialist subject?- The life and work of Benjamin Britten.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Benjamin Britten in two minutes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Which of Britten's works composed for a 1946 Ministry of Education
0:10:17 > 0:10:20film is subtitled Variations and Fugue a Theme of Henry Purcell?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25What was the name of the tenor Britten first met in '37?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Their partnership lasted until Britten's death in '76.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- Peter Pears.- The action of Britten's opera Billy Budd takes place on a warship.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32What's the ship called?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- The Indomitable.- What was the name of Britten's
0:10:35 > 0:10:37composition teacher whom he met in 1927?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Britten composed variations on a theme by him ten years later.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Frank Bridge.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44What's the title of Britten's work to a text devised by WH Auden
0:10:44 > 0:10:46that premiered in Norwich in 1936?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49The section called Rats Away! brought shrieks of laughter
0:10:49 > 0:10:51from the orchestra when it was rehearsed.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- Our Hunting Fathers.- Britten composed his Alpine Suite
0:10:53 > 0:10:55while on a skiing holiday with friends.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57For which musical instruments was it written?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Recorders. - Three of them.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Which was the first of Britten's operas
0:11:01 > 0:11:03for which Eric Crozier wrote the libretto?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- Albert Herring. - What is the title
0:11:05 > 0:11:07of the poem by the Suffolk writer and clergymen
0:11:07 > 0:11:10George Crabbe that provided Britten with the plot for Peter Grimes?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- The Borough.- Britten composed his War Requiem partly
0:11:13 > 0:11:15to poems by Wilfred Owen for the consecration of a cathedral
0:11:15 > 0:11:17in 1962. Which cathedral?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Coventry.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21In the early 1940s, Britten and Pears spent some
0:11:21 > 0:11:24months in a house in New York run as a kind of artists' commune.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Residents included Auden, Salvador Dali and Gypsy Rose Lee.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28On which street was that house?
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- Middagh Street.- Gloriana, the opera the Earl of Harewood suggested Britten
0:11:32 > 0:11:35should compose to mark the Queen's Coronation tells
0:11:35 > 0:11:38of Elizabeth I's relationship with one of her favourites, which one?
0:11:38 > 0:11:39The Earl of Essex.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42In which German prisoner of war camp did The Ballad
0:11:42 > 0:11:45of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard have its world premiere in 1994?
0:11:45 > 0:11:49It was sent out secretly on microfilm to one of the prisoners, Richard Wood.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- Pass.- Britten's last opera was based on a story
0:11:52 > 0:11:54by Thomas Mann. What's its title?
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- Death In Venice.- In the opera Owen Wingrave, which had its premiere on BBC television
0:11:58 > 0:12:01in 1971, what is the name of the Wingrave's ancestral home?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- Paramore.- What is the title of the choral work that Britten completed
0:12:04 > 0:12:07while he was sailing back from America?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09The piece was his final collaboration with WH Auden.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11The Hymn to St Cecilia.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Which Lancashire-born contralto shared the title role...?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15BEEPS
0:12:15 > 0:12:18..of Britten's The Rape of Lecretia with Nancy Evans in the opera's opening
0:12:18 > 0:12:20season at Glyndebourne in 1946?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22- Kathleen Ferrier. - Is correct.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24One pass.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27It was in Oflag Seven B that the Ballad of Little Musgrave
0:12:27 > 0:12:30and Lady Barnard had its world premier.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34One pass and, Cliff, you have 15 points.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37APPLAUSE
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Well, that... That really was a high-scoring round.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49In joint third place, 12 points-a-piece,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52that's a high score in itself, John Berridge and Ricky Kendall.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55But, in second place, 15 points, Cliff Challenger.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59In the lead, a remarkable 16 points, Beth Webster.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08So, let's see if they can keep it up with the general knowledge round.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12And if there is a tie at the end of the round, then the number of passes
0:13:12 > 0:13:15gets taken into account and whoever has the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18And if their tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie breaker.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22The six highest scoring runners up will also be able to claim
0:13:22 > 0:13:24a place in the semifinal.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25So, lots to play for.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29So, let's got on with it, and ask John to join us again, please.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31And...
0:13:31 > 0:13:3512 points with your knowledge of Alexander the Great.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Two-and-a-half minutes, now, for this section. Here we go.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Who made a personal statement to the House of Commons in March,
0:13:44 > 0:13:451963, stating,
0:13:45 > 0:13:49"There was no impropriety whatsoever in my aquaintanceship with Miss Keeler"?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- Pass.- In which London venue have the Promenade concerts
0:13:52 > 0:13:56traditionally been held since the bombing of the Queen's Hall in 1941?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- Albert Hall.- Which form of rugby will make its debut as an Olympic
0:13:59 > 0:14:01sport at the 2016 games?
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- Rugby sevens.- In physics, what name is given to the study of the propulsion,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07flight and impact of projectiles such as bullets?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Ballistics.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14In which country are the Black Sea ports of Burgas and Varna?
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- Bulgaria.- Which Russian-born novelist, the author of Pnin, Pale Fire
0:14:18 > 0:14:22and Lolita, was also a renowned expert on butterflies?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Nabokov.- Whose home was described in a 1938 edition of Homes
0:14:25 > 0:14:27and Gardens magazine as a
0:14:27 > 0:14:31"handsome Bavarian chalet 2,000 feet up on the Obersalzberg amidst pine
0:14:31 > 0:14:32"woods and cherry orchards"?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- Adolf Hitler.- What term for the weather conditions prevailing over a long period,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38or in a particular area,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41is derived from the Greek word for a slope?
0:14:41 > 0:14:42- Prevailing. - Climate.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Which lake lies at the northern end of Borrowdale in the Lake District?
0:14:46 > 0:14:47- Bassenthwaite - Derwentwater.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Whose single Release Me kept the double A side of Penny Lane
0:14:50 > 0:14:54and Strawberry Fields by The Beatles from the number one spot in 1967?
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Engelbert Humperdinck.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00In which Italian city is the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03where Leonardo Da Vinci's painting the Last Supper covers an end
0:15:03 > 0:15:05wall of the dining hall?
0:15:05 > 0:15:06- Bologna. - Milan.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Which outlaw of the old west has been played in films
0:15:09 > 0:15:12by Robert Duvall, Rob Lowe, Colin Farrell and Brad Pitt?
0:15:12 > 0:15:17- Jesse James.- What did Thomas Carlyle refer to as the "dismal science"
0:15:17 > 0:15:20in his Latter-Day Pamphlets of 1850?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- Pass.- Dreamtime is the sacred period
0:15:22 > 0:15:24when the earth and patterns of life took
0:15:24 > 0:15:27shape according to the mythology of which country's indigenous people?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- Australia.- Which exceptionally long-lived tree, whose bark
0:15:30 > 0:15:34and foliage is poisonous, is often found growing in church yards?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Yew.- What term is used for the insertion of strips of pork fat or
0:15:37 > 0:15:40bacon into meat or fish to keep it succulent during roasting?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Basting. - Larding.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47Which barrister and author created The Old Bailey hack Horace Rumpole?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- John Mortimer.- Which group of Greek islands are so named
0:15:50 > 0:15:53because they form a rough circle around the sacred island of Delos?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- Cyclades.- Who beat Roy Hattersley, Eric Heffer and Peter Shore
0:15:56 > 0:15:59in a ballot to become leader of the Labour Party in October, 1983?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Erm...
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- Michael Foot. - Neil Kinnock.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08The Saffir-Simpson Scale classifies the potential damage
0:16:08 > 0:16:12from which meteorological phenomenon on a scale of one-to-five?
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Pass. BEEPS
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Well, I can tell you because your time is up - it's hurricanes.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Your other passes...
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Carlyle described as the miserable science - economics.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27And John Profumo said there was nothing...
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Amazing, isn't it? How something like that slips away.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Anyway, there we are. You knew it, obviously.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34You've now a total score, John, of 24 points.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37APPLAUSE
0:16:43 > 0:16:46And Ricky Kendall again now, please.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49And you also start this round with 12 points with your knowledge
0:16:49 > 0:16:54of the writings of St John. And 24 is the score to beat as we speak -
0:16:54 > 0:16:55let's see if you can do it.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01In which games are the terms eagle and albatross used to denote
0:17:01 > 0:17:03a particularly good performance during play?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Golf.- In which city is the Harland and Wolff Shipyard where the ocean
0:17:06 > 0:17:07liner Titanic was built?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Belfast.- What make of car, famous for its gull-wing doors,
0:17:10 > 0:17:14was used to travel through time in the Back to the Future films?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- The Delorean.- Survival was the official song of the 2012 London Olympics -
0:17:18 > 0:17:20which British rock band wrote and performed it?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- M People. - Muse. St Louis is the largest
0:17:23 > 0:17:26and most populous metropolitan area in which American state?
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- Missouri.- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is a Cold War thriller featuring
0:17:30 > 0:17:34the mild-mannered secret agent George Smiley. Who is the author?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- John le Carre.- Which insect order, with over 350,000 species,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39is the last largest in the animal kingdom?
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- Beetle.- What term for a set of letters arranged in a conventional
0:17:43 > 0:17:45order and used in a particular writing system
0:17:45 > 0:17:48comes from the first two Greek letters?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- Alphabet.- In Formula One motor racing, a competitor is awarded just
0:17:51 > 0:17:55one point if they finish in what position in a Grand Prix?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- Eighth. - Tenth.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Which former Liberal Democrat Cabinet Minister
0:17:59 > 0:18:01resigned as an MP after pleading guilty to
0:18:01 > 0:18:04a charge of perverting the course of justice in February, 2013?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- Chris Huhne.- The amphibian Baron Greenback and his sidekick Stiletto
0:18:08 > 0:18:12the Crow were the arch enemies of which television cartoon super hero?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Danger Mouse.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Jeanne-Antionette Poisson became Louis XV's official mistress in 1745,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20by what name is she better known?
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Madame de Pompadour.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Which common mathematical symbol was first
0:18:26 > 0:18:30proposed by the 16th century Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- Infinity. - Equals sign.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Which work by Dante is divided into three major sections -
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso?
0:18:37 > 0:18:41- La Divina Comedia.- What type of very hot red pepper shares its name with
0:18:41 > 0:18:42the capital of French Guiana?
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- Pass.- The passionate love of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca Da Rimini
0:18:49 > 0:18:53was the inspiration for which 1886 sculpture by a Auguste Rodin?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55The Kiss.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58The white stallion Kanthaka, who died of grief but was reincarnated
0:18:58 > 0:19:01as a god, is said to have been the favourite horse
0:19:01 > 0:19:02of which religious figure?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Pass.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Who is the musician, television presenter
0:19:07 > 0:19:10and host of an annual New Year Hootenanny who played
0:19:10 > 0:19:12keyboards for the group Squeeze earlier in his career?
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- Jools Holland.- What word for miscellaneous articles or equipment comes
0:19:16 > 0:19:20ultimately from the Greek for property apart from a dowry?
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- Pass.- Which range of hills reaches its highest
0:19:23 > 0:19:25point at Cross Fell in Cumbria?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30The Peak District. BEEPS
0:19:30 > 0:19:32The Pennines.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Three passes.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Paraphernalia is that word that comes from the Greek for property
0:19:37 > 0:19:39apart from a dowry.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42It was the Buddha that reincarnated as a god and all that.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46And that very hot red pepper is Cayenne.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50So, three passes, Ricky. You've gone into the lead just - 25 points.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55APPLAUSE
0:20:01 > 0:20:03And now Cliff again, please.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06And you start this round with 15 points -
0:20:06 > 0:20:08your knowledge of Benjamin Britten.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11And, as you just heard, 25 is now the score to beat.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Two and a half minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18The breed of dog famous for aiding travellers in the Alps is
0:20:18 > 0:20:19named after which saint?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- Bernard.- In Shakespeare's Macbeth,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23whose ghost terrifies Macbeth at a banquet?
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- Duncan. - No. Banquo's ghost.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Which British city has suburbs called Bearsden, Milngavie
0:20:28 > 0:20:30and Bishopbriggs?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Glasgow.- Which Swedish-American actress's
0:20:33 > 0:20:34first spoken words onscreen were
0:20:34 > 0:20:38"Give me a visky" in the 1930 film Anna Christie?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Greta Garbo.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Which building did Boris Johnson describe as the tip of a cocktail
0:20:42 > 0:20:45stick emerging through the skin of a super colossal pickled onion
0:20:45 > 0:20:48when he officially opened its observation deck in February, 2013?
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- The Shard.- In 2011, which country cricket team won their first outright
0:20:52 > 0:20:55championship since 1934 but were relegated to the Second
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Division in the following season?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Nottinghamshire. - Lancashire.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03The dried female flower clusters of the climbing plant
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Humulus lupulus are very important for giving beer its bitter flavour.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08How are they better known?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Hops.- Which classic radio show, hosted by Kenneth Horne,
0:21:11 > 0:21:13introduced the characters Julian and Sandy,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15played by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams?
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- Round the Horne. - The giant and colossal species of what sea
0:21:18 > 0:21:21creature are the largest known living invertebrates?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- Squid.- Which singer's home at 56 Hope Street, Kingston, Jamaica,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26is now a museum dedicated to him?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30- Bob Marley.- Which astronaut, who served four terms as a senator for Ohio,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33returned to space in 1988 at the age of 77?
0:21:33 > 0:21:37- John Glenn.- In which European country was the playwright and screen writer
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Tom Stoppard born?
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Czechoslovakia.- In Greek legend, the master carpenter Epeius was responsible
0:21:43 > 0:21:46for the construction of what famous object used for subterfuge?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- The wooden horse. - The Trojan horse, yes.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Which country extends from the island of Sumatra in the west
0:21:51 > 0:21:53to the island of New Guinea in the east?
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Indonesia.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58In February, 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign
0:21:58 > 0:22:00since which pope in 1415?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Oban IV? - Gregory XII.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05What term, widely known after its use by Rudyard Kipling in Kim
0:22:05 > 0:22:07has been given to the rivalry between Great Britain
0:22:07 > 0:22:10and Russia in Central Asia in the late 19th century?
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- The Great Game.- Created in about 1704, which dark shade of blue
0:22:14 > 0:22:17gets its name from the German kingdom where it was first produced?
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- Prussian blue.- In which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta does the hero
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Strephon have a fairy for a mother?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- Ruddigore. - Iolanthe.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Where do Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew journey to
0:22:28 > 0:22:31according to the title of Jules Verne's 1863 novel?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32The Centre of the Earth.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Which Russian word, originally used for an official of the Communist Party
0:22:35 > 0:22:39administration, is now used for any bureaucrat of a large organisation?
0:22:39 > 0:22:43- Apparatchik.- Which motorway originally ran from London to Basingstoke but has
0:22:43 > 0:22:45since been extended to Southampton?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47M3. BEEPS
0:22:47 > 0:22:49What was introduced throughout the United States of America
0:22:49 > 0:22:51by the 19th Amendment to the Constitution,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54ratified by Congress in August, 1920?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- Prohibition. - No. Women's suffrage -
0:22:56 > 0:22:58bit of a difference.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02But you've got a total, Cliff, of 32 points.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05APPLAUSE
0:23:11 > 0:23:15And, finally, Beth again, please.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20And you start the round with 16 points
0:23:20 > 0:23:22with your knowledge of the Muppets.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- Bye golly, you'll need them.- Yep.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27The score to beat is 32.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- So, are you ready?- Just about.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31Let's go for it. Here we go.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Which 1997 film is about a group of unemployed Sheffield steel
0:23:34 > 0:23:37workers who become strippers for a night at their local club?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- The Full Monty. - Which American state
0:23:39 > 0:23:41shares its name with a desert of sponge cake
0:23:41 > 0:23:42topped with ice-cream,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44sealed with meringue, then baked in a very hot oven?
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- Alaska.- Who became the first female British tennis to win a WTA singles
0:23:48 > 0:23:51title in 24 when she won the HP Japan Open in October, 2012?
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- Heather Watson.- The name of which common wild plant comes from the French
0:23:55 > 0:23:58for Lion's tooth, a reference to the shape of its leaves?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Dandelion.- Richard II, Richard III, Henry VIII
0:24:00 > 0:24:03and James I all had wives with which Christian name?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04- Catherine. - Anne.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Which Jane Austin novel begins, "It's truth universally acknowledged
0:24:07 > 0:24:09"that a single man in possession a good fortune
0:24:09 > 0:24:11"must be in want of a wife"?
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Pride and Prejudice. - What name of Hindi origin, originally applied to calicoes
0:24:14 > 0:24:17imported from India, is given to a glazed colourfully printed
0:24:17 > 0:24:19cotton fabric used for upholstery and curtains?
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- Damask.- Chintz. Which American sitcom starring Zach Braff as the intern
0:24:23 > 0:24:27John 'JD' Dorian is set in the Sacred Heart Hospital?
0:24:29 > 0:24:30- Green Wing. - Scrubs.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Which North Yorkshire fishing port
0:24:32 > 0:24:35and tourist resort lies at the mouth of the River Esk?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Tenby. - Whitby.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40In 2013, who succeeded Hillary Clinton
0:24:40 > 0:24:42as the American Secretary of State?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- Bob Dole. - John Kerry.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47In the novels by Sue Townsend,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50what is the name of Adrian Mole's first girlfriend?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Pandora.- Which DJ and musician was once listed in the Guinness Book
0:24:53 > 0:24:55of Records for releasing hit records under more names
0:24:55 > 0:25:00than any other artist? His aliases included Beats International and Fatboy Slim.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Norman Cook.- In Norse mythology, what name is given to the epic
0:25:03 > 0:25:05battle between the gods and the powers of evil?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It's also known as Gotterdammerung or the Twilight of the Gods.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- Pass.- Which sea, an arm of the Mediterranean,
0:25:11 > 0:25:12lies between the eastern coast of Italy
0:25:12 > 0:25:15and the western coast of the Balkan Peninsula?
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- Adriatic.- Glossitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20- Vocal chords. - The tongue.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22What term is give to the self-contained
0:25:22 > 0:25:25sections of a large musical composition such as a symphony?
0:25:25 > 0:25:28They're normally separated from each other by brief pauses.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Movements.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Which city in Northern Ireland was chosen as the UK City
0:25:33 > 0:25:35of Culture for 2013?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Londonderry.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39The juice and peel of which fruit form the basis of bigarade
0:25:39 > 0:25:41sauce served with duck?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- Plums.- Orange. Who stars as Georgiana,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46the Duchess of Devonshire, in the 2008 film The Duchess?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Keira Knightly. - The Mariinsky Ballet company
0:25:48 > 0:25:51formerly known as the Kirov Ballet, is based in which Russian city?
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- St Petersburg.- Which English nurse was executed by the Germans in 1915 for helping
0:25:55 > 0:25:58allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- Pass.- Which three-letter word for an evil spell or a curse is derived...
0:26:01 > 0:26:03BEEPS
0:26:03 > 0:26:06..Pennsylvania Dutch dialect word meaning "to practice witchcraft"?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Curse.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Might have been, hex. You weren't far off.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15You have two passes.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Edith Cavell was the nurse who helped those allied soldiers escape,
0:26:19 > 0:26:24and Ragnarok in Greek mythology was the name given to that epic battle.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29You have, Beth, a very creditable 28 points.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32APPLAUSE
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Well, that really was a very high-scoring contest.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Fourth place, 24, John Berridge.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Often a winner in itself, that score.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Third place, 25 points, Ricky Kendall.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Second place, 28 points, Beth Webster.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00First place, a stonking 32 points, Cliff Challenger.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04APPLAUSE
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Which means that Cliff is tonight's winner and he, of course,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18goes through to the semifinal, so congratulations to him.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22But Beth Webster, with that score of 28,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25it's entirely possible that we will see her again in the semifinal.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29If you would like to be a contender yourself in the next series,
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