0:00:25 > 0:00:31First in the spotlight tonight is Richard Holness, an IT specialist from Swindon.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33His specialist subject is Asterix.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Next, Pete Collin, a social worker from Herefordshire,
0:00:37 > 0:00:41answering questions on the American Civil War General, Robert E Lee.
0:00:41 > 0:00:47Daniel Adler, an IT consultant from Farnham, will answer questions on the Life and Works of Puccini.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51And Betty McAlister from Belfast, her subject, King George IV.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Tonight, four courageous contenders will take the first step
0:01:08 > 0:01:10towards the grand final
0:01:10 > 0:01:13where one of them could win the famous glass bowl
0:01:13 > 0:01:17and, far more importantly, become the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22The rules are simple - two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,
0:01:22 > 0:01:28then two and a half minutes on general knowledge, so let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38And your name is...?
0:01:43 > 0:01:48In the first book, Asterix The Gaul, what is the name of the Roman legionary
0:01:48 > 0:01:52who has to spy on the Gauls after he loses a game of musical chairs?
0:01:52 > 0:01:59Caligula Minus. When Obelix's faithful dog Dogmatix first appears in Asterix And The Banquet,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02he is sitting outside a pork butcher's shop in which city?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Rouen. No, Lutetia.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09In Asterix And Caesar's Gift, what is the name of the daughter of Orthopaedix and Angina
0:02:09 > 0:02:11to whom Obelix takes a fancy?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Arabella. No, Influenza.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20On which colour chariot team does Asterix unsuccessfully bet in Asterix And The Cauldron,
0:02:20 > 0:02:25having been told by the tipster Confidenstrix that it was certain to win?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Blue. Asterix and Obelix want to be sold as slaves
0:02:27 > 0:02:32in Asterix And The Laurel Wreath to get inside Julius Caesar's palace.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Name the luxury slave merchant in Rome who sells them.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41House of Typhus. In Asterix In Britain, what does Asterix's British cousin Anticlimax describe
0:02:41 > 0:02:46as "smaller than the garden of my uncle, but larger than the pen of my aunt"?
0:02:46 > 0:02:51His house. His boat. Who reveals herself to be the mother of the baby apparently abandoned
0:02:51 > 0:02:55on the doorstep of Asterix's house in Asterix And Son?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Cleopatra. Name the merchant and master salesman
0:02:58 > 0:03:01who ferries Asterix and Obelix to Rome in Asterix The Gladiator.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06Ekonomikrisis. What implement does the druid Getafix use to cut mistletoe,
0:03:06 > 0:03:11an important ingredient in his magic potion to make the villagers invincible?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15A sickle. Who are the Sumerians at war with in Asterix And The Black Gold?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18They mistake Asterix and Obelix for their enemy.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23Assyrians. Akkadians. Getafix is awarded a golden menhir for being Druid of the Year
0:03:23 > 0:03:28in Asterix And The Goths. What is he awarded in Asterix And the Soothsayer?
0:03:28 > 0:03:34Golden cauldron. According to one of the songs of Cacofonix the bard in Asterix And The Magic Carpet,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36"the rain in Gaul falls mainly down" what?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38The waterfall. The wall.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43What is the name of chief Vitalstatistix's teenage nephew from Lutetia
0:03:43 > 0:03:46who features heavily in Asterix And The Normans?
0:03:46 > 0:03:51BEEP He drives a sports chariot and is a big fan of The Rolling Menhirs.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Justforkix. Justforkix is exactly right.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Richard, you have no passes. You've scored eight points.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59APPLAUSE
0:04:06 > 0:04:09And our next contender, please.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18And your name is...?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25General Robert E Lee.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28He was born in which American state on 19th January, 1807
0:04:28 > 0:04:32at the family home in Stratford, Westmoreland County?
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Virginia. What rank in the US Army did Lee hold when he turned down Abraham Lincoln's request
0:04:37 > 0:04:42to lead the Federal forces? Instead, he joined the Confederate forces in 1861.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Colonel. After graduating from West Point in 1829,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Lee began serving his first commission in which army corps?
0:04:49 > 0:04:54Engineers. On 17th October, 1859, Lee was sent to a town to lead troops against John Brown
0:04:54 > 0:05:00and a small group of abolitionists who had seized an armoury and a number of hostages. Name the town.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05Harpers Ferry. During which war in 1846 did Lee first experience active combat service?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09One of its major battles was at the fortified port city of Veracruz.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12The Mexican-American War.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16After serving at Fort Monroe, Lee was transferred to Washington in 1834
0:05:16 > 0:05:19as assistant to which General and Chief Engineer?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Pass. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia
0:05:23 > 0:05:28after General Joseph Johnston was wounded at which battle on 1st June, 1862?
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Seven Pines. Which Union General, who had succeeded Hooker
0:05:32 > 0:05:37as the commander of the Army of the Potomac, defeated Lee's forces at the Battle of Gettysburg?
0:05:37 > 0:05:43Meade. What was the nickname of Lee's father Henry, a cavalry commander in the Revolutionary War?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Light Horse Harry. In 1862, when Lee reorganised his forces,
0:05:50 > 0:05:54he gave command of the two wings of the Army of Northern Virginia
0:05:54 > 0:05:58to Thomas Stonewall Jackson and which other Confederate soldier?
0:05:58 > 0:06:03Longstreet. What is the alternative name of the Battle of Sharpsburg fought on 17th September, 1862?
0:06:03 > 0:06:07It is believed to be the bloodiest day of the Civil War.
0:06:07 > 0:06:13Antietam. Which Union General of the newly formed Army of Virginia opposed Lee, Longstreet and Jackson
0:06:13 > 0:06:16at the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862?
0:06:16 > 0:06:21Pope. After a series of battles from June 1864 to '65,
0:06:21 > 0:06:26Lee's eventual decision to evacuate a city led to its capture by General Grant...
0:06:26 > 0:06:29BEEP ..and hastened the end of the Civil War. Which city?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Richmond. No, it was Petersburg.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34You had just one pass.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40Lee was transferred to Washington as assistant to General Charles Gratiot.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Pete, you have 11 points.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44APPLAUSE
0:06:49 > 0:06:52And our next contender, please.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59And your name is...?
0:07:05 > 0:07:10Two minutes. Giacomo Puccini's first opera was performed in Milan's Teatro dal Verme
0:07:10 > 0:07:12in May 1884. What was its title?
0:07:12 > 0:07:18Le Villi. Puccini's last opera Turandot contains an aria in which The Unknown Prince, Calaf, claims
0:07:18 > 0:07:23that his true name will not be revealed before morning. Name the aria.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Nessun Dorma. In Madame Butterfly, name Butterfly's uncle
0:07:26 > 0:07:30who denounces her for abandoning her gods to marry Pinkerton.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35Bonze. In Tosca, Cavaradossi sings an aria comparing the appearance of the blonde Mary Magdalene
0:07:35 > 0:07:40that he is painting to the dark beauty of Tosca. What is the aria called?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Recondita Amore. Recondita Armonia.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48Which work by Verdi was the first opera that the young Puccini saw with some friends at Pisa?
0:07:48 > 0:07:54Aida. Who was the librettist for Le Villi, written for a competition called the Sonzogno Prize?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56It didn't even make the shortlist.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Fontana. By what name is the aria from Act Two of La Boheme, "Quando me'n vo' soletta per la via",
0:08:01 > 0:08:05or "As I walk alone through the street", sometimes known?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Musetta's Waltz. In The Girl Of The Golden West, what is the name
0:08:08 > 0:08:11of the saloon run by Minnie in a mining camp?
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Polka. What was the first name of the married woman with whom Puccini fell in love?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Their first child Antonio was born in 1886.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25Elvira. What is the title of Puccini's setting of a poem by Renato Fucini finished in 1896?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29He sent it to the Marchese Ginori Lisci to whom he dedicated La Boheme.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Sole E Amore. Avanti Urania.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Which soprano created the role of Magda in La Rondine,
0:08:34 > 0:08:39then sang two roles in Il Trittico and did much to popularise Puccini's music?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Gilda dalla Rizza. In which village did Puccini settle in 1891
0:08:43 > 0:08:46and remain until he moved to Viareggio after World War One?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Chiatri. Torre del Lago.
0:08:48 > 0:08:54In her aria from La Boheme, "Si, mi chiamano Mimi," what does Mimi say her real name is?
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Ethel. Lucia. Puccini revised Madame Butterfly after its premiere in Milan.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05What is the title of the short aria he added for Pinkerton to expand his role in the final act of the opera?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I Walk Alone. BEEP
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Addio, Fiorito Asil
0:09:11 > 0:09:13or Farewell, Flowery Refuge.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17No passes, Daniel. You have nine points.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19APPLAUSE
0:09:24 > 0:09:27And our last contender, please.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40And your name is...?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Two minutes. George became King in 1820.
0:09:51 > 0:09:57Which residence on the south coast of England was built in 1787 as a retreat when he was Prince of Wales?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59It was later extended by the designer John Nash.
0:09:59 > 0:10:05Brighton Pavilion. Yes, the Royal Pavilion. George married his long-time companion in secret
0:10:05 > 0:10:07on 15th December, 1785. What was her name?
0:10:07 > 0:10:13Mrs Fitzherbert. As Prince of Wales, George abandoned his support of which cause
0:10:13 > 0:10:18in case it provoked a return of his father's madness? He gave his formal consent to the issue in 1829.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21The Catholic cause. Catholic emancipation, yes.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25When George became Prince Regent in February 1811,
0:10:25 > 0:10:29he accepted that which Prime Minister should remain in office?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Pass.
0:10:31 > 0:10:37In 1779, George became infatuated with the actress Mary Robinson after seeing her perform in which play?
0:10:37 > 0:10:43Perdita, The Winter's Tale. Who wrote of George when he was a young man that he was "inclined to be too fat,
0:10:43 > 0:10:49"but the gracefulness of his manner and his height certainly make him a pleasing figure"? Pass.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54George urged the government to buy the art collection of John Julius Angerstein for ?57,000.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58It led directly to the founding of which institution?
0:10:58 > 0:10:59The...
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Pass. At a ball attended by George and Lord Alvanley,
0:11:04 > 0:11:09which of his former cronies offended George by asking, "Alvanley, who is your fat friend?"
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Brummell. Yes, Beau Brummell.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17In 1812, Leigh Hunt was jailed for two years for calling George "a libertine, in debt and disgrace,
0:11:17 > 0:11:22"a despiser of domestic ties." Of which newspaper was Hunt the editor?
0:11:22 > 0:11:27The Examiner. What was the name of Prince George's cousin whom he married in 1795?
0:11:27 > 0:11:32Caroline of Brunswick. Which large house in Pall Mall was George given after his 21st birthday in 1783,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35becoming his independent residence?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Carlton House. The government introduced a bill in 1820
0:11:38 > 0:11:44to dissolve his marriage to Caroline of Brunswick on the grounds of her adultery. What was the bill called?
0:11:44 > 0:11:50Pains and Penalties. The architect Sir Jeffry Wyattville was given responsibility by George...
0:11:50 > 0:11:55BEEP ..for improvements to which royal residence between 1824 and '28?
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Windsor Lodge. No, Windsor Castle. Three passes, Betty.
0:11:59 > 0:12:07The building that was founded on the basis of that art collection was the National Gallery.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13It was the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana, who wrote that George was fat, but graceful and all the rest.
0:12:13 > 0:12:20And when he became Prince Regent, he accepted that Spencer Perceval should remain Prime Minister.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23So, Betty, you've scored another nine points.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25APPLAUSE
0:12:37 > 0:12:42So that is the end of a very close first round. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44In fourth place, Richard Holness.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49Joint second place, Daniel Adler and Betty McAlister.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52In the lead, Pete Collin.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE
0:12:57 > 0:13:02The general knowledge round now. If there's a tie at the end of it,
0:13:02 > 0:13:07the number of passes is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11If they're tied on passes as well, then we have to have a tie-break.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15So let's ask Richard to join us again if he would, please.
0:13:16 > 0:13:22And you begin this round with eight points with your knowledge of Asterix.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27And you get two and a half minutes now for your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31In music, what name is given to a work written for two performers?
0:13:31 > 0:13:36Duet. The Curse Of The Black Pearl is the subtitle of the first of which series of films?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Pirates Of The Caribbean. In which town is the Riverside Ground
0:13:40 > 0:13:44that became England's first new Test cricket venue since 1902
0:13:44 > 0:13:47when it hosted the Second Test against Zimbabwe in 2003?
0:13:47 > 0:13:53Chester-le-Street. In astronomy, what did Edwin Hubble categorise as elliptical, spiral or irregular?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Galaxies. Which indie rock band fronted by Tim Burgess
0:13:56 > 0:14:00released the 1997 chart-topping album Tellin' Stories?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Pass. Which French seaport is at the mouth of the Divette River
0:14:04 > 0:14:07on the Cotentin Peninsula facing the English Channel?
0:14:07 > 0:14:13Le Havre. Cherbourg. The barrel-like shape of which tree, native to the African savannahs, inspired a belief
0:14:13 > 0:14:18that it had been pulled from the earth by the devil and re-inserted upside down?
0:14:18 > 0:14:24Monkey puzzle tree. Baobab. The memoirs Known And Unknown were written by a Defence Secretary
0:14:24 > 0:14:28who served for six years under George W Bush. What's his name?
0:14:28 > 0:14:34Donald Rumsfeld. In the 1560s, who founded the Royal Exchange in London as a meeting place for bankers?
0:14:34 > 0:14:40Lloyd's. Gresham. Who is the young man who is kidnapped in the RL Stevenson novel of that name?
0:14:40 > 0:14:47David Balfour. Which city's nickname, Auld Reekie, refers to the blanket of smoke that once hung over it?
0:14:47 > 0:14:52Edinburgh. Which painter, born in Massachusetts in 1834,
0:14:52 > 0:14:56settled in England, where some of his most celebrated works were done?
0:14:56 > 0:15:02Pass. What name is given to the sequence of 14 images or pictures portraying events
0:15:02 > 0:15:06in the Passion of Christ to his crucifixion and burial?
0:15:06 > 0:15:11Stations of the Cross. Which pan-fried flaky Indian flatbread
0:15:11 > 0:15:15has a name that means layers of cooked dough? Naan.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20No, paratha. The actors Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes, who married in 2004,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23met on which television drama?
0:15:23 > 0:15:28Spooks. From 1951 to 1993, King Baudoiun was head of state of which European country?
0:15:30 > 0:15:38Luxembourg. Belgium. In which 1951 film did Humphrey Bogart play the skipper of a river boat?
0:15:38 > 0:15:42The African Queen. Who are the parliamentary business managers
0:15:42 > 0:15:46responsible for maintaining party discipline and turnout for votes?
0:15:46 > 0:15:52The whips. Which small Caribbean island, birthplace of poet Derek Walcott,
0:15:52 > 0:15:56claims to have produced the most Nobel Laureates per capita?
0:15:56 > 0:16:01St Lucia. Vaughan Williams' Seventh Symphony is usually known... BEEP
0:16:01 > 0:16:06..by what title, because it was based on his score for a 1948 film about Captain Scott?
0:16:07 > 0:16:12The Antarctic Symphony? Yes, or Sinfonia Antartica.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18You have two passes. James McNeill Whistler was born in Massachusetts.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23And the indie rock band was The Charlatans.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Your score has now gone up to 21.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40And now Daniel again, please.
0:16:42 > 0:16:48You begin with nine points on Puccini. 2? minutes for your general knowledge.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51The score to beat is 21. Here we go.
0:16:51 > 0:16:59Professor Abraham van Helsing is a central character in which novel by Bram Stoker of 1897?
0:16:59 > 0:17:05Dracula. Which American championship golf course has all its holes named after shrubs, trees or flowers?
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Augusta. What Chinese phrase meaning "work together"
0:17:09 > 0:17:14has passed into everyday use to describe a reckless, over-zealous attitude? Pass.
0:17:14 > 0:17:20Which seabird, from the auk family, takes its name from its sharp, heavy beak?
0:17:20 > 0:17:26Spoonbill. Razorbill. Which Portuguese city, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996,
0:17:26 > 0:17:31lies on the banks of the River Douro near the Atlantic Ocean?
0:17:31 > 0:17:37Porto. What title, held by the Prime Minister of Ireland, is Gaelic for chieftain or leader?
0:17:37 > 0:17:43Taoiseach. In which 2003 animated film does the clown fish Marlin search for his only son
0:17:43 > 0:17:46who has ended up in a fish tank?
0:17:46 > 0:17:52Finding Nemo. Which highly-contagious disease, characterised by a grey membrane across the throat,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55has a name from the Greek for leather? Meningitis?
0:17:55 > 0:18:01Diphtheria. Which writer chose the words, "A soldier of the Great War known unto God" to be inscribed
0:18:01 > 0:18:04on the headstones of unknown soldiers?
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Kipling. Which inlet of the Irish Sea separates the Cumbrian coastline
0:18:09 > 0:18:12from that of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland?
0:18:12 > 0:18:18Mull of Kintyre. Solway Firth. Morcilla, which resembles black pudding, and butifarra,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20are Spanish varieties of what?
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Blood sausage. Yes. What sub-sect of the Mennonite religion,
0:18:24 > 0:18:28whose member are known for their plain dress and simple lifestyle,
0:18:28 > 0:18:32takes its name from Jakob Ammann, born in 1644? Sufis?
0:18:32 > 0:18:38Amish. The works of which French Impressionist include Cotton Market At New Orleans and Absinthe Drinker?
0:18:38 > 0:18:44Er...Manet. Degas. The twins Craig and Charlie Reid have had hits with I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
0:18:44 > 0:18:47and Letter From America. How are they known?
0:18:47 > 0:18:53The Proclaimers. Which Shropshire town takes its name from the historic structure
0:18:53 > 0:18:55at the foundry at Coalbrookdale?
0:18:55 > 0:19:03Ironbridge. Which actress has played Boudica and Moll Flanders on TV and River Song in Dr Who?
0:19:03 > 0:19:09Alex Kingston. In 2012, India's Viswanathan Anand, known as the Lightning Kid,
0:19:09 > 0:19:14beat Boris Gelfand of Israel to retain his world title in what game?
0:19:14 > 0:19:21Bowls. Chess. The Dance of the Blessed Spirits comes from which opera by Gluck?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Orfeo ed Euridice. Yes. In which... BEEP
0:19:24 > 0:19:32..1992 film does Tom Hanks play the coach of a women's baseball team whose players include Madonna?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35A League Of Their Own. Correct.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40One pass. That Chinese phrase meaning "work together" is gung ho.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45You have, Daniel, also 21 points.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57Staying very close, isn't it? Betty McAllister now again, please.
0:20:03 > 0:20:10And, Betty, as you know you also have nine points with your knowledge of King George IV.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15The score to beat is still 21. Let's see if you can do it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20Here we go. 2? minutes. The Richter Scale measures which phenomenon?
0:20:22 > 0:20:28Pass. Which writer, born in South Shields in June, 1906, set many of her novels in the north-east?
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Catherine Cookson. Which voice artist, who died in 1989,
0:20:32 > 0:20:36provided the voices of Tweety Pie, Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner?
0:20:37 > 0:20:45Pass. Which city was founded by the Dutch East India Company as a supply base at Table Bay in 1652?
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Pass. Which song, a hit for Bobby Darin and Ella Fitzgerald,
0:20:52 > 0:20:58is a reworking of Moritat from Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's 1928 Threepenny Opera?
0:21:00 > 0:21:07Mack the Knife? Yes. Who founded the Women's Social and Political Union with a group of friends in 1903?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Emmeline Pankhurst. Which Irish dramatist wrote of Shakespeare,
0:21:11 > 0:21:17"It would positively be a relief to me to dig him up and throw stones at him"?
0:21:17 > 0:21:23Sheridan? No, Shaw. What word for a sunshade comes from the Italian for "prepare for the sun"?
0:21:23 > 0:21:28Sombrero? Parasol. Which cable and satellite TV news channel,
0:21:28 > 0:21:34that originally broadcast only in Arabic, was founded in 1996 with support from the Emir of Qatar?
0:21:34 > 0:21:40Al-Jazeera. Which British tennis champion took American citizenship in 1938 and served
0:21:40 > 0:21:42in the American Air Force in WWII?
0:21:42 > 0:21:48Pass. What period of geological time was named by French geologist Alexandre Brongniart
0:21:48 > 0:21:52after a mountain range on the French-Swiss border? Pass.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56The pollack is a member of which fish family?
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Cod? Yes. In which village on the River Alde in Suffolk
0:22:00 > 0:22:04is a barley store or maltings the main venue of a music festival?
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Aldeburgh? Snape. At the end of Oscar Wilde's 1895 play,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Jack Worthing's real name is revealed to be what?
0:22:11 > 0:22:17Ernest. The bird known as Albert that visited northern Scotland many times from the 1970s to the '90s
0:22:17 > 0:22:23struggled to find a mate because his natural breeding ground was the South Atlantic. What species was he?
0:22:23 > 0:22:30Pass! With which painter did Paul Gauguin live briefly in the southern French city of Arles in 1888?
0:22:31 > 0:22:37Pass. Which sword, developed from the duelling sword, is the heaviest weapon used in competitive fencing?
0:22:39 > 0:22:45Epee? Yes. Which country's union with Sweden was officially dissolved in June, 1905?
0:22:47 > 0:22:51BEEP Denmark? No, it was Norway, but always worth a guess.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56You had seven passes. Van Gogh lived with Gauguin,
0:22:56 > 0:23:04the albatross was the bird known as Albert, the Jurassic Period was named by the French geologist,
0:23:04 > 0:23:11Fred Perry was the British tennis champion, Cape Town was founded by the Dutch East India Company,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15the name of that voice artist was Mel Blanc
0:23:15 > 0:23:23and - you'll kick yourself for this - the Richter Scale measures earthquakes. As you knew.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28Seven passes, Betty, you have 16 points.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43And, finally, Pete Collin again, please.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49And you start out with 11 points with your knowledge of General Robert E Lee.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54And 21 is still the score to beat. So here we go.
0:23:54 > 0:23:592? minutes. By what name is the singer Stuart Goddard more commonly known?
0:23:59 > 0:24:04He had two chart-topping singles - Stand and Deliver and Prince Charming.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09Adam Ant. Who was the last Democrat to be American President prior to Barack Obama?
0:24:09 > 0:24:15Pass. Which European capital city did Ernest Hemingway describe as "a moveable feast"?
0:24:15 > 0:24:19The title was given to a memoir published after his death.
0:24:19 > 0:24:25Madrid? No, Paris. What American sitcom starred Danny De Vito and Christopher Lloyd
0:24:25 > 0:24:29as employees of New York City's Sunshine Cab Company?
0:24:29 > 0:24:34Taxi? Yes. The Drum Roll, the Surprise and the Military are symphonies by which composer?
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Haydn. Which university city was spared bombing during WWII
0:24:39 > 0:24:44because Hitler intended using it as his capital when he conquered Britain? Cambridge?
0:24:44 > 0:24:50Oxford. What is a colobus, as mentioned in Gerald Durrell's 1972 memoir Catch Me A Colobus?
0:24:52 > 0:24:59Pass. The Temple of the Emerald Buddha is in the grounds of the Grand Palace in which country?
0:25:00 > 0:25:05Thailand? Yes. Which nut resembles the walnut, but is longer and thinner?
0:25:05 > 0:25:11In America it is used to make a praline candy and traditional Thanksgiving dessert.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16Pass. Which British architect designed the European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg?
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Rogers? Yes. Which Roman writer's 37-volume work Natural History
0:25:21 > 0:25:25was a major source of scientific knowledge until the Middle Ages?
0:25:25 > 0:25:32Juvenal? Pliny the Elder. Who received an Oscar nomination for the title role in Lawrence of Arabia?
0:25:33 > 0:25:38Peter O'Toole. Which magazine, which lists the world's richest people,
0:25:38 > 0:25:44was founded in 1917 by a business columnist working at the time for William Randolph Hearst? Pass.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Who explained his 1926 world heavyweight title defeat by Gene Tunney to his wife with,
0:25:49 > 0:25:52"Honey, I forgot to duck"?
0:25:52 > 0:25:58Er, pass. Jeanette Winterson's novel The Daylight Gate is inspired by the 17th-century trials of people
0:25:58 > 0:26:02from Pendle Forest and Samlesbury. What was their crime?
0:26:02 > 0:26:08Witchcraft. What are removed from organs such as the bladder in the surgical procedure, a lithotomy?
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Stones. In which city was St Paul born as Saul in about 4BC?
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Pass. Which programme, that took its title from a Buddy Holly hit,
0:26:17 > 0:26:23was the UK's first all-music television show for teenagers? It made a star of Cliff Richard.
0:26:23 > 0:26:30No, pass. What term for a countryman or clumsy person is derived from a large, heavy shoe or boot?
0:26:30 > 0:26:32BEEP
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Clog? No, it was clod-hopper.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Close. Very close.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43Seven passes. The programme from the Buddy Holly hit was Oh, Boy!
0:26:43 > 0:26:46St Paul or Saul of Tarsus,
0:26:46 > 0:26:53Jack Dempsey said, "Honey, I forgot to duck", Forbes Magazine lists the world's richest people,
0:26:53 > 0:27:00that nut that's similar to a walnut is the pecan, a colobus is an old world monkey
0:27:00 > 0:27:06and the last Democrat before Obama was Bill Clinton. Yes, of course, you knew it.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11You didn't make it, Pete. You have a total of 19 points. Thank you.
0:27:18 > 0:27:25Well, that really was a very close contest. You'll see why when we look at all the scores.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27In fourth place, Betty McAllister.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Third place, 19 points, Peter Collin.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33In second place,
0:27:33 > 0:27:3721 points and two passes, Richard Holness.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42In first place, 21 points and one pass, Daniel Adler.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00The old rule about not passing if you can possibly avoid it.
0:28:00 > 0:28:07It means Daniel Adler is tonight's winner and he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations.
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