0:00:24 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is John Abernethy,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a tourism advisor from Edinburgh.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32His subject is the band The Pogues.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Next, Andrew Craig, an editor from London.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38He answers questions on the military aircraft of the First World War.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40James Lockwood, a civil servant from Tunbridge Wells.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44His subject, the Unionist politician Edward Carson.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And Russell Clements, a retired chief executive from London.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50His subject, the novels of Jonathan Coe.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Four more contenders put themselves to the test tonight
0:01:06 > 0:01:10in the hope that they might be crowned the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12In order to get through to the next round,
0:01:12 > 0:01:16they will be subjected to two sets of questions under the tyranny of the clock.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19First, two minutes on their specialist subject
0:01:19 > 0:01:23and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35And your name is?
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Your occupation?
0:01:38 > 0:01:39And your chosen subject?
0:01:40 > 0:01:42The Pogues in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46What was the title of the first Pogues song to enter the UK singles chart
0:01:46 > 0:01:49when it peaked at number 72 in April 1985?
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- A Pair of Brown Eyes.- Who produced The Pogues most successful single Fairytale of New York,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56and the album that it was taken from, If I Should Fall From Grace With God?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Steve Lillywhite.- In October '86, The Pogues recorded two songs with The Dubliners.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03One was the Irish Rover, a top ten hit in the UK singles chart.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06What's the title of the other song which appeared on the B side?
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- The Wild Rover. - The Rare Ould Mountain Dew.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Which new wave artist produced The Pogues' second album,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14which was released in August 1985?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Elvis Costello.- What was the title of The Pogues' debut single for Stiff Records
0:02:17 > 0:02:20that failed to chart when it was released in October '84?
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- Boys From the County Hell. - Following a number of promotional appearances,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28The Pogues' first live American concert performance took place in February '86
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- at what venue in New York? - The Roseland Ballroom.- The World.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35What was the title of the four-track EP, released in March '86
0:02:35 > 0:02:38featuring among its songs A Rainy Night in Soho and The Body of an American?
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- Poguetry in Motion.- Who replaced the guitarist Philip Chevron
0:02:42 > 0:02:45when he missed the band's American tour of late '87 because of ill health?
0:02:45 > 0:02:51- Joe Strummer.- During July and August '87, The Pogues opened for which band in a number of stadium gigs?
0:02:51 > 0:02:55The first was at Wembley in front of a crowd of over 70,000.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00- U2.- The video for the song Fiesta was filmed in Barcelona in April '88.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Which comedian directed it?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Adrian Edmondson.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08By what nickname was the tin whistle player and occasional vocalist Peter Stacy better known?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Spider.- Apart from the annual re-releases of Fairytale of New York,
0:03:12 > 0:03:17what was the title of the song that was the last single released by the band to make the UK Top 20?
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Tuesday Morning.- What is the name of the bass player who left the band in '86
0:03:20 > 0:03:23following her marriage to Elvis Costello earlier in the year?
0:03:23 > 0:03:28- Cait O'Riordan.- What was the title of the first album of new material released by the band
0:03:28 > 0:03:29following the departure of MacGowan?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33It was produced by Michael Brook and recorded in '93.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Waiting for Help.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39The Pogues played a benefit concert at The Electric Ballroom in Camden in December 1990
0:03:39 > 0:03:43for their manager's daughter after she was injured in a diving accident. What was her name?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45BEEPER
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Alison.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48It was Shannon.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50But it's always worth a guess at that stage.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- No passes, John. You've scored 12 points.- Thank you.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And our next contender, please.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13And your name is?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Your occupation?
0:04:15 > 0:04:16And your specialist subject?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Military aircraft of World War I in two minutes, starting now.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25The humped fairing over the British Sopwith F1 Fighter's machine guns
0:04:25 > 0:04:28meant the aircraft was commonly known by what nickname?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- Camel.- Which German aviation company, later better known for making airships,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35made its move into producing bombers in November 1914
0:04:35 > 0:04:38with the first designs for the three-engine VG0.I?
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- Zeppelin.- In May 1915, William Rhodes-Moorhouse was posthumously awarded
0:04:42 > 0:04:46the first Air Victoria Cross for a successful bombing raid. In which aircraft did he make that raid?
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- B.E.2B.- In which aircraft was the German ace Manfred von Richthofen flying
0:04:51 > 0:04:54when he was shot down and killed on 21 April 1918?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Fokker Dr.1.- What make of three-engined bomber
0:04:58 > 0:05:01carried out the first Italian air raid against the Austro-Hungarian empire
0:05:01 > 0:05:03on 20 August 1915?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- Caproni.- A Royal Flying Corps squadron became Britain's first specialised fighter unit
0:05:07 > 0:05:12when it arrived in France on 25 July 1915. Which squadron was it?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- 26th- No, number 11.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19The Handley Page V/1500 was the only four-engined British bomber built during the war.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Which Rolls-Royce engines powered it?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Eagle.- The Eagle..?- Eight.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28Which company manufactured the Flying Boats sold at the Royal Navy Air Service early in the war?
0:05:28 > 0:05:32The design, after modification, became the basis of the Felixstowe F1.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- Curtiss.- What innovation developed by Fokker in 1915
0:05:35 > 0:05:37for the Eindecker series of fighters
0:05:37 > 0:05:40earned these aircraft the nickname The Scourge by British pilots?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Interrupter gear. Or synchronising gear.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49Synchronising gear, right. What design feature was incorporated into the fuselage of the Parnall Panther
0:05:49 > 0:05:51to allow easier storage onboard ships?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- It folded.- It did. The fuselage was hinged.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59What name was given to aircraft such as the RAF FE2 and Airco DH2
0:05:59 > 0:06:02where a backward-facing propeller was mounted behind the pilot?
0:06:02 > 0:06:09- Pushers.- Which German manufacturer adapted its C1 scout plane into the 6B float plane in 1916
0:06:09 > 0:06:11to meet the Imperial Navy's urgent requirement
0:06:11 > 0:06:14for a waterborne fighter to defend its bases?
0:06:14 > 0:06:15- Albatross.- No, the Rumpler.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Which British aircraft maker was known by the initials RAF at the beginning of the war
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- before changing its name in 1918 to confusion with the Royal Air Force? - BEEPER
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- Royal Aircraft Factory.- Correct.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28No passes, Andrew. You have 11 points.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40And our next contender, please.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48And your name is?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Your occupation?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52And your chosen subject?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Sir Edward Carson in two minutes.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Edward Carson was an Irish Unionist politician and lawyer
0:06:58 > 0:07:00who in 1895 came to wide public attention
0:07:00 > 0:07:05representing the defence in the criminal libel case brought by Oscar Wilde against whom?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06The Marquess of Queensberry.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10To what government post that came with a knighthood was Carson appointed in 1900?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Solicitor General for the United Kingdom.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17In July 1912, a major Unionist rally against Asquith's Home Rule Bill took place
0:07:17 > 0:07:20at which Carson declared that if the government accused them of treason,
0:07:20 > 0:07:24they were prepared to take the consequences. Where was the rally held?
0:07:24 > 0:07:29- Blenheim.- At which town in County Cork did a riot break out in September 1887
0:07:29 > 0:07:33after two Nationalist MPs were charged for incitement under the new Crimes Act
0:07:33 > 0:07:36with Carson appearing as Counsel for the Crown?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- Mitchelstown.- In February 1914,
0:07:38 > 0:07:43Carson gave his approval to Fred Crawford, the self-styled Director of Ordnance of the Ulster Volunteers
0:07:43 > 0:07:48to illegally bring arms from Hamburg to which port in County Antrim?
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- Larne.- While a student at Trinity College, Dublin,
0:07:52 > 0:07:56he became an active member of which prestigious debating society there?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58The College Historical Society.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Which German spa town did Carson visit regularly from about 1901?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06He was invited to a lunch with Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1913.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- Homburg.- In 1901, Carson appeared for the Crown at the trial of Earl Russell
0:08:10 > 0:08:12who was on charge for what crime?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- Bigamy.- Carson represented the lawyer and MP Sir Rufus Isaacs
0:08:16 > 0:08:18in a libel action in 1913
0:08:18 > 0:08:21connected with which shares scandal the previous year?
0:08:21 > 0:08:26- Marconi.- In March 1914, British army officers based at a camp in County Kildare
0:08:26 > 0:08:29declared that they would not attack Ulster Unionists.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34This encouraged Carson to press further for exclusion of Ulster from the Home Rule Bill.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35What was the name of the army camp?
0:08:35 > 0:08:40- Curragh.- Carson resigned as Attorney General in October 1915.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44His main reason for resignation was the government's failure to come to the aid of which country?
0:08:44 > 0:08:49- Serbia.- What was the name of the English poet who was prosecuted by Carson in 1887
0:08:49 > 0:08:52after urging tenants of Lord Clanricarde to resist eviction?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- Sullivan.- No, Blunt.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- As Counsel to the Attorney General...- BEEPER
0:08:56 > 0:09:00I've started, so I'll finish. ..for Ireland in the late 1880s,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Carson prosecuted tenants during the so-called Plan of Campaign.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Which nickname did this earn him?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- Coercion Carson.- Is correct.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11No passes, James. You have 12 points.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23And our final contender, please.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31And your name is?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Your occupation?
0:09:33 > 0:09:34And your chosen subject?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38The novels of Jonathan Coe in two minutes. Here we go.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41In The Rotters' Club, Benjamin Trotter's entire religious faith
0:09:41 > 0:09:45is based on the fact that God answered his prayers on a momentous day in the locker room at school.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47What item of clothing did God appear to provide?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- A pair of swimming trunks. - In What A Carve Up!
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Henry Winshaw meets the President of the Oxford University's Conservative Association
0:09:53 > 0:09:57at a meeting in 1946 and describes her as "an absolute pip!" Who is she?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- Margaret Thatcher. - In A Touch of Love,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Robin Grant and Professor Davis try to avoid each other as much as possible.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05What is the professor's relationship to Robin?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Pass.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12In The House of Sleep, Sarah suggests that if Ruby wants a special present from her parents,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16she should ask for it while pretending to talk in her sleep. What is the present?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- A bicycle.- Yes, a bike.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Rolf Baumann, the head of BMW Corporate Strategy,
0:10:21 > 0:10:26owes the MP Paul Trotter a favour because of something Paul did when they were children. What was it?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- He saved him from drowning.- In The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33when the title character meets the author figure at the end of the novel,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Maxwell wonders how the story will end.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37What is the author's two-word response?
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- "Like this."- What does Sarah find hidden at page 173
0:10:41 > 0:10:45of the book The House of Sleep, 12 years after Robert put it there?
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- A poem.- In The Rotters' Club, what is the name of Philip and Benjamin's band
0:10:49 > 0:10:52that exists for a single day in November 1976?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54The name is inspired by The Lord of the Rings.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Gandalf's Pikestaff.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Maxwell Sim asks Emma to marry him
0:10:58 > 0:11:01after three days, even though he thinks she's getting too big for her boots.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Who, or what, is Emma?
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- A sat-nav.- When Sarah first meets Robert in the kitchen at Ashdown,
0:11:07 > 0:11:08she notices he's been crying.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10What news has he just received from home?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- His cat has died. - In The Rotters' Club,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16which newspaper does Paul Trotter describe as being
0:11:16 > 0:11:18"full of platitudinous codswallop"?
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- The Daily Mirror.- Daily Mail.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Which love song by Canteloube from his Songs of the Auvergne
0:11:24 > 0:11:27evokes memories for Rosamund of an idyllic camping holiday in France
0:11:27 > 0:11:30with Rebecca and Thea in The Rain Before It Falls?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Pass.- In The Accidental Woman,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Maria discovers a notebook in Anthea's bedroom in Cribbage House.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38What phrase is written repeatedly in the book?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40BEEPER
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Go on, take a guess!
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Pass.- No? I'll tell you.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48It is, "I hate Maria."
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Would have been tricky to guess that.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Your other two passes.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56That love song by Canteloube was Bailero.
0:11:56 > 0:12:02And the professor's relationship to Robin was he was his PhD thesis supervisor.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Three passes. Russell, you have nine points.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16So, that's the end of a very close first round.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20In fourth place with nine points, Russell Clements.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Third place, 11 points, Andrew Craig.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25In joint first place,
0:12:25 > 0:12:3012 points apiece, John Abernethy and James Lockwood.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38So, Round Two, the general knowledge round.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42If there's a tie at the end, the number of passes is taken into account,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46If they're tied on passes as well,
0:12:46 > 0:12:50then there will be a tie break.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52The six highest-scoring runners-up in these rounds
0:12:52 > 0:12:55will also be able to claim a place in the semi-finals.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59So plenty to play for. Let's ask Russell to join us again, please.
0:12:59 > 0:13:05And you got nine points with your knowledge of Jonathan Coe's books.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Two-and-a-half minutes now for general knowledge.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Let's see how you get on with it. Here we go.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16In the '80s TV series, with whom was policewoman Cagney partnered to patrol the streets of New York?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- Lacey.- In which village outside Paris
0:13:18 > 0:13:23did the artist Monet create a garden with a lily pond after he moved there in 1883?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25- Pass.- Shelley's elegy Adonais
0:13:25 > 0:13:29was written on hearing of the death in Rome of which fellow poet?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Byron.- Keats. The former British colony of Northern Rhodesia
0:13:32 > 0:13:36that in 1953 became part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
0:13:36 > 0:13:40adopted what name when it became independent in 1964?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- Zimbabwe.- Zambia.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46The three snake species native to Britain are the adder, the smooth snake and what other species?
0:13:46 > 0:13:50It's identifiable by its olive green colouring and black and yellow collar.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- Pass.- What name is given to the soft fatty tissue containing blood vessels
0:13:56 > 0:13:57found in the cavities of bone?
0:14:00 > 0:14:05- Pass.- Which Italian football club was founded in Turin by students in 1897?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08It takes its name from the Latin for "youth".
0:14:08 > 0:14:13- Juventus.- Which novel by John Boyne is about the friendship between a Jewish boy
0:14:13 > 0:14:15and the son of a Nazi concentration camp commandant?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17It was adapted for the cinema in 2008.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. - What common item of sporting equipment
0:14:20 > 0:14:24has regional varieties called Manchester or Log End,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26and Yorkshire or Kent Doubles?
0:14:29 > 0:14:34- Pass.- Which Roman statesman and general committed suicide in Alexandria in 30 BC
0:14:34 > 0:14:36by falling on his sword?
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- Mark Antony.- What celestial objects have three parts,
0:14:40 > 0:14:44a nucleus, a coma and a long luminous tail when they are travelling near the sun?
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- Comets.- Who left the band Genesis in 1975 to pursue a solo career?
0:14:48 > 0:14:52He was replaced as the lead vocalist by Phil Collins who'd been the band's drummer.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- Mark Rutherford.- Peter Gabriel.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Which town in the historic county of Berkshire
0:14:56 > 0:15:01was known as "Biscuitopolis" after Thomas Huntley and George Palmer set up business there in 1841?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Swindon.- No, Reading.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Which sport is the subject of the 1996 Kevin Costner film Tin Cup?
0:15:10 > 0:15:14- Golf.- What is the name of the French composer whose opera Samson and Delilah
0:15:14 > 0:15:17was first performed in Germany in 1877
0:15:17 > 0:15:21because of disquiet in France about portraying Biblical characters on stage?
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- Bizet.- Saint-Saens. Which paste made from ground sesame seeds
0:15:25 > 0:15:28takes its name from the Arabic for "to grind or crush"?
0:15:30 > 0:15:36- Pass.- In Greek myth, which nocturnal bird was considered sacred to Athena, the goddess of wisdom?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Nightingale.- The owl.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Who suggested that poor children should be sold as food to rich landlords...
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- BEEPER - ..in his satirical Modest Proposal of 1729?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Swift.- Yes, Swift it was. You have five passes.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51The paste made from ground sesame seeds is tahini.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56It's a dart board, the Log End and the Kent Doubles and all that.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58They play a version of darts on it.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02What name is given to the soft fatty tissue - you'll hate this - bone marrow.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07You'll hate this one as well. The other variety of snake is the grass snake.
0:16:08 > 0:16:14And the village outside Paris where Monet created that beautiful garden was Giverny.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16You have, Russell, 16 points.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27And now Andrew Craig again, please.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34You have 11 points already in the bag
0:16:34 > 0:16:36with your knowledge of World War I aeroplanes.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Let's see how you do with general knowledge, starting now.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Which fictional detective had a brother called Mycroft?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Sherlock Holmes. - What name for a temporary loss of brain function
0:16:45 > 0:16:48caused by a blow to the head comes from the Latin for "to shake"?
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- Concussion.- In 1912, which American-born sculptor
0:16:52 > 0:16:56made the angel for Oscar Wilde's tomb in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris?
0:16:56 > 0:17:01- Epstein.- The TV comedy Whoops Baghdad! that starred Frankie Howerd as Ali Oopla
0:17:01 > 0:17:04was a follow-up to what better-known series set in Ancient Rome?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- Up Pompeii.- Walden Robert Cassotto is the real name of which singer songwriter
0:17:08 > 0:17:11whose hits include Splish Splash and Beyond the Sea?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- Captain Sensible.- Bobby Darin.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18Which party achieved second place in a parliamentary by-election for the first time in Eastleigh in 2013
0:17:18 > 0:17:21when Diane James received nearly 28% of the vote?
0:17:21 > 0:17:27- UKIP.- What was the nationality of the polar explorers Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- Norwegian.- Hebden Bridge and Brighouse lie in the valley of a river
0:17:30 > 0:17:33that joins the Aire near Castleford. What's the river called?
0:17:33 > 0:17:37- Ribble.- No, the Calder. The name of what type of long-grain rice with a delicate flavour
0:17:37 > 0:17:39comes from the Hindi for fragrant?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- Basmati.- Which character in Shakespeare's Richard II
0:17:42 > 0:17:46delivers the speech containing the line, "This royal throne of kings, this sceptre'd isle"?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Gloucester.- John of Gaunt.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Who made the 1,000th appearance of his professional football career
0:17:51 > 0:17:56when Manchester United played against Real Madrid in a Champions League game in March 2013?
0:17:56 > 0:18:01- Ryan Giggs.- Which capital city at the foot of the Himalayas has a name meaning wooden temple?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04It's said to refer to a temple built in 1596 from a single tree.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- Kathmandu.- Who won a Best Director Oscar for the 1980 film Ordinary People?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- It was his debut as a director. - Robert Redford.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15In which ballet with music by Tchaikovsky do the Lilac Fairy and the evil Carabosse appear?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- Swan Lake.- Sleeping Beauty.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21The male blister beetle, a striking green insect found only occasionally in Britain,
0:18:21 > 0:18:25is the source of what severe irritant that was once believed to be an aphrodisiac?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Itching powder.- Spanish Fly.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Which number is the basis of the hexadecimal counting system widely used in computers?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- 16.- Which former Lord Chancellor of England was beheaded in 1535
0:18:36 > 0:18:39for refusing to recognise Henry VIII as head of the Church of England?
0:18:39 > 0:18:44- Cromwell.- Thomas More. Who collaborated with the American Blue Grass musician Alison Krauss
0:18:44 > 0:18:47on the acclaimed 2007 album Raising Sand?
0:18:47 > 0:18:48- Elvis Costello.- Robert Plant.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53What was the surname of the lexicographer whose 1926 Dictionary of Modern English Uses
0:18:53 > 0:18:55is still considered the standard text for writers and editors?
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- Fowler.- In what type of internal combustion engine
0:18:58 > 0:19:03is fuel ignition achieved by compression of air in the cylinder rather than by a spark plug?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Diesel.- Which city that had been insignificant since ancient times
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- re-emerged in 1834 when it was chosen as the Port of Athens... - BEEPER
0:19:09 > 0:19:12..the capital of the newly-independent Greece?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Piraeus.- Correct.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18No passes, Andrew. You have now 25 points.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30And John Abernethy again, please.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36John, you have 12 points starting this round
0:19:36 > 0:19:38with your knowledge of The Pogues.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43And 25 is now the score to beat to get through to the next round.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Which classic 1972 novel by Richard Adams
0:19:49 > 0:19:51is about a group of rabbits in search of a new warren?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Watership Down. - The Central Criminal Court in London
0:19:54 > 0:19:57is commonly known by what name, after the street where it stands?
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- Old Bailey.- The fruit of which tree related to the cashew provides the greenish edible kernel
0:20:01 > 0:20:04that is frequently roasted and salted or used as an ice cream flavouring?
0:20:04 > 0:20:09- Pass.- Who captained England on the 1986/'87 Ashes tour,
0:20:09 > 0:20:12the last time the Ashes were retained prior to the 2010/11 tour?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Mike Gatting. - The antibiotic streptomycin
0:20:15 > 0:20:19was the first effective treatment for which disease, once commonly known as consumption?
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- Tuberculosis.- Sergeant Bash, Shunt and Sir Killalot
0:20:23 > 0:20:28featured in a cult TV series hosted first by Jeremy Clarkson and then by Craig Charles.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30What was the series called?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- Top Gear.- Robot Wars.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Which African capital city was founded in 1822
0:20:34 > 0:20:36as a settlement for freed American slaves?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39It's named after the American president at the time.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42- Jacksonville.- Monrovia.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Girl Who Got Away, released in March 2013
0:20:45 > 0:20:47is the fourth album by which British singer?
0:20:49 > 0:20:54- Pass.- Nicholas Brakespear is the only Englishman to have held what great office?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56He held it between 1154 and 1159?
0:20:56 > 0:21:02- Pope.- What is the name of Ken Kesey's 1962 novel set in a psychiatric hospital ward?
0:21:02 > 0:21:03One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06What term for extremist militant Republicans during the French Revolution
0:21:06 > 0:21:09literally translates as "without breeches"?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12It refers to their rejection of the knee breeches worn by the upper classes.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- Pass.- Which bear-like Australian marsupial mammal
0:21:15 > 0:21:19feeds very selectively on the leaves of certain species of the eucalyptus tree?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20- Wombat.- Koala.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24In which city is the Bullring shopping centre dominated by a building that's been described as
0:21:24 > 0:21:26"a blue blancmange with chicken pox"?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30- Birmingham.- The designer Marcel Breuer pioneered the use of what material
0:21:30 > 0:21:32in his designs of furniture, especially chairs?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35He was supposed to have been inspired by the handlebars of his new bike.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Plastic.- Tubular steel.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Which European country's return to civilian rule
0:21:40 > 0:21:44began in 1976 when the socialist Mario Soares became prime minister?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46He served as president from '86 to '96.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51- Portugal.- Which British actor plays the title role in Oliver Stone's '95 film Nixon?
0:21:51 > 0:21:56- Anthony Hopkins.- Who composed the waltz The Blue Danube in 1867?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Richard Strauss.- Johan Strauss.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03The name penguin was first applied to a flightless black and white seabird of the North Atlantic
0:22:03 > 0:22:05hunted to extinction in the mid-19th century.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07What was it?
0:22:08 > 0:22:13- Pass.- What term is normally used for a piece of the curd or head of broccoli or cauliflower
0:22:13 > 0:22:15when it's broken up for cooking?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- Pass.- In the place names given on a map... - BEEPING
0:22:18 > 0:22:22..of Wales, the word pistyll refers to what geographical feature?
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- Hill.- No, a waterfall, or cataract.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Worth guessing. Five passes.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37A floret is that bit of the broccoli or cauliflower that's sometimes known as the curd.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41The Great Auk was the flightless black seabird.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Sans-culottes, the name of those militant Republicans during the revolution.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Dido was the British singer of Girl Who Got Away
0:22:49 > 0:22:53and the fruit of that tree was the pistachio.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Yes, you knew it afterwards.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- There you go. John, a total now of 21 points.- Thank you.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10And finally, James Lockwood again, please.
0:23:10 > 0:23:17And you also start this round with 12 points with your knowledge of Carson.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19The score to beat is still 25.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22So, let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25The form given to an employee when he or she leaves a job
0:23:25 > 0:23:29showing the amount of tax paid in that tax year is known by what letter and number?
0:23:29 > 0:23:33- P45.- Who became the first person to win three Best Actor Oscars
0:23:33 > 0:23:37when he won the award at the 2013 ceremony for playing the title role in Lincoln?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- Daniel Day-Lewis.- The Hellbender, native to North America,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43is a large species of which tailed amphibian?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Newt.- A salamander. In the novels by Jules Verne,
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Prince Dakkar, a rajah's son, builds a vessel from which he fights against British Imperialism.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54By what name is he better known?
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- Pass.- In which town was the comedian Peter Kay born and brought up?
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Birmingham.- Bolton. Which popular form of one-day cricket
0:24:01 > 0:24:05introduced in 2003 lasts for a maximum of 40 overs?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Twenty20.- What name that comes from the Persian for pounded meat
0:24:08 > 0:24:12is given to an Indian dish that contains minced meat or vegetables
0:24:12 > 0:24:14shaped into a ball, fried and often stuffed?
0:24:14 > 0:24:19- Pass.- Which member of the Manchester band The Happy Mondays, whose real name is Mark Berry
0:24:19 > 0:24:22is well known for his style of dancing on stage?
0:24:22 > 0:24:26- Pass.- Which Commonwealth capital was originally known as Charlestown
0:24:26 > 0:24:30but was renamed in the 1690s after a Dutch royal title of King William III?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Nassau.- What name is given to the square cap
0:24:35 > 0:24:38worn by Roman Catholic clergy? Its colour varies according to rank.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Priests wear black, bishops purple and cardinals red.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46- Biretta.- Which opera by Verdi tells the story of Violetta's doomed love for Alfredo?
0:24:46 > 0:24:50- La Traviata.- In what form of gambling are horses' names drawn out by lot
0:24:50 > 0:24:52with all the participants' pooled money going to the winners?
0:24:52 > 0:24:57- Pass.- Which trade union headed by Bob Crow since 2002
0:24:57 > 0:24:59is known by the initials RMT?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Rail, Maritime and Transport.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04What was the name of the 18th-century highwayman
0:25:04 > 0:25:07who accidentally shot his partner in crime, Tom King,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09and was finally hanged for horse stealing in 1739?
0:25:09 > 0:25:15- Dick Turpin.- Which supermodel is the subject of Marc Quinn's solid gold statue, Siren?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- Katie Price.- Kate Moss.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20What is the name of the sand and shingle spit
0:25:20 > 0:25:24that stretches about 3.5 miles across the entrance to the Humber Estuary in East Yorkshire?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Spurn Point.- Yes, or Spurn Head.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31In Greek mythology, who gave Theseus the thread enabling him to escape from the labyrinth
0:25:31 > 0:25:33after he slew the Minotaur?
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- Ariadne.- What is the title of the 2000 TV fantasy drama
0:25:36 > 0:25:38that starred Celia Imrie and Jonathan Rhys Myers
0:25:38 > 0:25:41and was adapted from the novels of Mervyn Peake?
0:25:41 > 0:25:45- Gormenghast.- Which Chinese martial art and exercise regime
0:25:45 > 0:25:48where all movements are performed slowly and purposefully
0:25:48 > 0:25:51has a name that roughly translates as "supreme ultimate fist"?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- Tai-Chi.- Four American states have a border... - BEEPER
0:25:54 > 0:25:59..with Mexico. California, New Mexico and Texas are three. The fourth is..?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- Arizona.- Yes!
0:26:06 > 0:26:08It's always worth a guess! Absolutely.
0:26:08 > 0:26:15Four passes. The gambling, where the horses' names are thrown into one pool is sweepstake.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Bez was the member of the Manchester band whose real name is Mark Berry.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24Kofta is the name that comes from the Persian for pounded meat.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27And in that Jules Verne novel,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Prince Dakkar is better known as Captain Nemo.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33James, you have 25 points.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Well, remember the rule about passes? Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49In fourth place with 16 points, Russell Clements.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Third place, 21 points, John Abernethy.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58Second place, 25 points and four passes, James Lockwood.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04First place, 25 points and no passes, Andrew Craig.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20Which means that Andrew is tonight's winner and he goes through to the semi-finals.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Congratulations to him.
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