0:00:24 > 0:00:29First in the spotlight tonight is Chris Forse from Stratford-upon-Avon,
0:00:29 > 0:00:31his specialist subject - John F Kennedy.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Next, Liz McSheehy, a charity chief executive from Reading.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38She'll answer questions on the novels of Peter Carey.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44Lawrence Cook, an organic chemist from Lincolnshire, will answer questions on heavyweight boxing.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48And Ramdas Mullath, a business development director from Berkshire,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52his subject, the physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Four more contenders will tonight take the ultimate test of nerve and memory -
0:01:08 > 0:01:15two minutes of questions on their specialist subject and two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Tonight's winner will go through to the next round
0:01:18 > 0:01:22and, therefore, a step closer to becoming the Mastermind champion.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34And your name is...?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
0:01:46 > 0:01:49who administered the oath at Kennedy's inauguration in 1961?
0:01:49 > 0:01:54He also chaired the Commission that investigated Kennedy's assassination.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Earl Warren.- In '61, Kennedy authorised the invasion of Cuba
0:01:57 > 0:02:01by a CIA-trained force of Cubans opposed to Fidel Castro's regime.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03In which bay did the forces land?
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- Bay of Pigs.- In '61, the Soviets started to build the Berlin Wall.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13Kennedy sent Vice-President Johnson and which General, who had organised the Berlin Airlift, to boost morale?
0:02:13 > 0:02:18- General Clay.- On the morning of October 16th, '62, Kennedy was presented with photos
0:02:18 > 0:02:24proving the Soviets had put nuclear missiles on Cuba within striking distance of the US.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Which adviser presented Kennedy with the photos?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Ken O'Donnell.- No, McGeorge Bundy.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33A U-2 pilot was shot down over Cuba on October 27th
0:02:33 > 0:02:37and the National Security Council decided to retaliate with a missile strike,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41but Kennedy cancelled the order, fearing nuclear war. Name the pilot.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- Rudolf Anderson.- Khrushchev agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba
0:02:45 > 0:02:50in exchange for the US removing its Jupiter missiles from Italy and which country?
0:02:50 > 0:02:56- Turkey.- In '62, James Meredith became the first black student to enrol at his university.
0:02:56 > 0:03:02Kennedy authorised the deployment of troops to enforce his enrolment during protests at which university?
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- Ole Miss.- Yes, Mississippi. In 1961, which European leader warned Kennedy
0:03:06 > 0:03:12that intervention in south-east Asia would see America in a "bottomless military and political quagmire"?
0:03:12 > 0:03:17- De Gaulle.- In March '62, Kennedy received a memo about one of his girlfriends, Judith Campbell,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21and her association with underworld figures. Who delivered the memo?
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- Hoover.- What was the name of Kennedy's aid initiative
0:03:25 > 0:03:30to "satisfy the basic needs" of people in Latin America "for homes, work and land, health and schools"?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- Alliance For Progress.- After Kennedy's election as President,
0:03:34 > 0:03:39who filled his Senate seat temporarily until his brother Ted Kennedy won a special election?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- Pass.- Kennedy was shot in Dallas on November 22nd, '63.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47- To which hospital was he rushed where he was pronounced dead at 1pm? - BEEP
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- Parkland.- Parkland Memorial, yes.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53You had just one pass.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58It was Benjamin Smith who temporarily filled his Senate seat.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- Chris, you have ten points. - Thank you.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04APPLAUSE
0:04:09 > 0:04:12And our next contender, please.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21And your name is...?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Which Peter Carey novel won the Booker Prize in '88, a love story
0:04:32 > 0:04:37between the son of a member of the Plymouth Brethren and an heiress from New South Wales?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- Oscar And Lucinda.- In The Unusual Life Of Tristan Smith,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44the title character says he was born in the year 371 of the Efican Calendar
0:04:44 > 0:04:49and his mother's waters broke during a rehearsal for which Shakespeare play?
0:04:49 > 0:04:55- Pass.- In The True History Of The Kelly Gang, which act of 1862 named after an Australian politician
0:04:55 > 0:04:59allows a man or widow to buy land at £1 an acre and to pay it off over eight years?
0:04:59 > 0:05:05- Duffy Land Act.- In The Chemistry Of Tears, who finds out that her lover Matthew has died of a heart attack?
0:05:05 > 0:05:10- Catherine Gehrig.- In Illywhacker, Herbert Badgery says his age makes him a celebrity,
0:05:10 > 0:05:16but also he's been examined by experts and written up in the papers. How old does he claim to be?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- 139.- Name the Voorstand Intelligence Agency officer who became involved
0:05:20 > 0:05:25in the Efica elections and whom Tristan Smith believes killed his mother.
0:05:25 > 0:05:31- Pass.- In His Illegal Self, Che is taken away from his Grandma Selkirk by a woman he thinks is his mother.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33What nickname is she called by?
0:05:33 > 0:05:38- Dial.- The hairdresser Sarkis Alaverdian loses his job in The Tax Inspector
0:05:38 > 0:05:44because he left Mrs Gladd under the hair-dryer and locked up the shop. Who offers him a job as a salesman?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- Frieda McClusky.- Frieda Catchprice.
0:05:47 > 0:05:53Which mesmerist and author shows a great interest in Jack Maggs after he returns to London from Australia?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Pass.- Ned Kelly thinks that he has killed Bill Frost
0:05:56 > 0:06:01until he and Harry Power meet him again in a tavern in Tambo. What is the name of the tavern?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- Finch's Inn.- McFarley's Tavern.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Olivier de Garmont is planning to marry an American girl,
0:06:07 > 0:06:12but the engagement ends when he refuses to take her to France. What is the girl's name?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- Amelia Godefroy.- In My Life As A Fake, the tombstone of David Weiss,
0:06:16 > 0:06:21former editor of the magazine Personae, is engraved with lines from which Bob McCorkle poem?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- Boult To Marina.- No, Petit Testament.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28When Lucinda appears in Oscar And Lucinda, she is playing with what toy bought with money
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- from a jam jar hidden in the Leplastrier household? - BEEP
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- A doll.- It is indeed a doll. You had three passes.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Tobias Oates was the mesmerist... A strange word, isn't it?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43..and author who showed a great interest in Jack Maggs.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Gabe Manzini was the name of that Intelligence Agency officer.
0:06:47 > 0:06:54And Macbeth was the play during which her waters somewhat improbably broke. But there we are.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Three passes, Liz. You have seven points.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00APPLAUSE
0:07:06 > 0:07:08And our next contender, please.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And your name is...?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Who became the first boxer to regain the heavyweight title
0:07:27 > 0:07:32when he knocked out Ingemar Johansson in the fifth round on June 20th, 1960, in New York?
0:07:32 > 0:07:38- Floyd Patterson.- Whom did Joe Frazier beat for the vacant WBC title in February 1970
0:07:38 > 0:07:41to become the undisputed world champion?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- Buster Mathis.- Jimmy Ellis.
0:07:43 > 0:07:49Which Canadian boxer took both Ernie Terrell in 1965 and Muhammad Ali in '66 to the full 15 rounds
0:07:49 > 0:07:52in his only world heavyweight title fights?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- George Chuvalo.- In which round did Sonny Liston knock out Floyd Patterson
0:07:56 > 0:07:59in their '62 and '63 world heavyweight championship bouts?
0:07:59 > 0:08:05- First round.- Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear in a 1997 re-match.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Tyson's camp claimed he was retaliating for what?
0:08:08 > 0:08:14- A head-butt by Holyfield. - Which US boxer did Floyd Patterson knock down more than eight times
0:08:14 > 0:08:19in the second defence of his title in December '61 before the fight was stopped in Round Four?
0:08:19 > 0:08:25- Pete Rademacher.- Tom McNeeley. Sonny Liston didn't come out for Round Seven in his first title fight
0:08:25 > 0:08:27against Muhammad Ali due to what injury?
0:08:27 > 0:08:32- His shoulder.- In the first round of his February '89 fight against Mike Tyson,
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Frank Bruno was penalised one point for what infraction?
0:08:36 > 0:08:41- Holding and hitting.- What rhyming phrase did Muhammad Ali coin for the tactic he used
0:08:41 > 0:08:45to tire out Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle in October '74?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Rope-a-dope.- Michael Moorer fought Axel Schulz for the vacant IBF title
0:08:49 > 0:08:53in June '96 in which city's Westfalenstadion?
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- Frankfurt.- Dortmund. Which former heavyweight champion went on to become a referee?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01His fights included the '65 Liston-Ali re-match.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- Jersey Joe Walcott.- Name the judge
0:09:04 > 0:09:09who controversially scored Evander Holyfield the winner over Lennox Lewis,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11making the overall result a draw in March '99.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16- Eugenia Williams.- In October 1980, Muhammad Ali retired in the tenth round
0:09:16 > 0:09:19of his last title fight against which fighter?
0:09:19 > 0:09:25- Larry Holmes.- In March '67, whom did Ali knock out in the seventh round of his world title defence?
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- It was his last bout before he was stripped of the title... - BEEP
0:09:29 > 0:09:31for ignoring the American army draft.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- Zora Folley.- Is correct.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37No passes, Lawrence. You have 11 points.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39APPLAUSE
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And our final contender, please.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54And your name is...?
0:10:01 > 0:10:05What was the name of the house on his father's estate near Dumfries
0:10:05 > 0:10:10where the 19th century physicist James Clerk Maxwell grew up and spent much of his later life?
0:10:10 > 0:10:15- Glenlair.- A major paper of the mid-1850s expressed Maxwell's theories on the relations
0:10:15 > 0:10:18between magnetic forces and electric currents.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Its title came from whose theory on lines of force?
0:10:21 > 0:10:27- Faraday.- At the Royal Institution in May 1861, Maxwell gave what is seen as the first public demonstration
0:10:27 > 0:10:31of a trichromatic colour photograph. What item featured in the picture?
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- A tartan ribbon.- Name the Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen,
0:10:35 > 0:10:41where Maxwell was Professor of Natural Philosophy. Maxwell married his daughter Katherine in 1858.
0:10:41 > 0:10:47- Daniel Dewar.- In 1864, Maxwell presented a paper to the Royal Society on the propagation of light
0:10:47 > 0:10:50that he titled A Dynamical Theory Of...?
0:10:50 > 0:10:55- Gases.- The Electromagnetic Field. At Cambridge, Maxwell became friends with which Christian Socialist
0:10:55 > 0:11:00who was the founding principal of the Working Men's College where Maxwell later lectured?
0:11:00 > 0:11:05- Maurice.- The law describing the distribution of speeds among the molecules of a gas
0:11:05 > 0:11:08is named after Maxwell and which Austrian physicist?
0:11:08 > 0:11:14- Boltzmann.- Maxwell was awarded the Rumford Medal by the Royal Society for his 1860 paper on what subject?
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- Colours.- In 1860, which friend was chosen ahead of Maxwell
0:11:18 > 0:11:22for the vacant chair of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh University?
0:11:22 > 0:11:27- Tait.- What was the title of Maxwell's paper for the British Association in September 1870
0:11:27 > 0:11:32that explored the mathematical relationship between summits and low areas in landforms?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- Hills And Dales. - Yes, On Hills And Dales.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40William Thomson gave the name Maxwell's Demon to the theoretical being devised by Maxwell
0:11:40 > 0:11:45to make heat flow from a cold body to a hot one. What law of physics did this challenge?
0:11:45 > 0:11:50- Second Law Of Thermodynamics. - Who described Maxwell's 1857 essay on the motion and stability
0:11:50 > 0:11:56of Saturn's rings as "one of the most remarkable applications of mathematics to physics ever seen"?
0:11:56 > 0:12:02- Airy.- In 1871, to what new chair in Experimental Physics at Cambridge was Maxwell appointed Professor?
0:12:02 > 0:12:07- Cavendish.- It led to his setting up the laboratory that shares its name. - BEEP
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Cavendish is correct. No passes, Ramdas. You have 12 points.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13APPLAUSE
0:12:19 > 0:12:23The scores kept creeping up. Let's have a look at all of them.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26In fourth place, Liz McSheehy.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28In third place, Chris Forse.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30In second place, Lawrence Cook.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34In the lead, Ramdas Mullath.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37APPLAUSE
0:12:39 > 0:12:43It is the general knowledge round now. If there's a tie at the end,
0:12:43 > 0:12:49the number of passes is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52If they're tied on passes as well, we have to have a tie-break.
0:12:52 > 0:12:59The six highest-scoring runners-up will also claim a place in the semi-final, so plenty to play for.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Let's get on with it and ask Liz to join us again, please.
0:13:03 > 0:13:09You begin the round with seven points with your knowledge of the Peter Carey novels.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Let's see how you do with general knowledge.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18What imaginary creatures did the young girls Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths claim to have photographed
0:13:18 > 0:13:20near Cottingley, Yorkshire, in 1917?
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- Fairies.- Which French river valley, famous for vineyards and chateaux,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000?
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- Garonne.- The Loire. Purple, white and green were the colours
0:13:31 > 0:13:34of which political movement in the early 20th century?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Pass.- What Hungarian name is used for the powdered spice made
0:13:37 > 0:13:41from the dried and ground flesh of sweet red peppers?
0:13:41 > 0:13:46- Paprika.- Which British guitarist, who died in 2012, wrote the Play In A Day manual in '57
0:13:46 > 0:13:52that introduced aspiring musicians to the three chords that underpinned most rock'n'roll hits of the day?
0:13:52 > 0:13:57- Bert Weedon.- Hans Holbein the Younger was the court painter to which English king,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59making many portraits of him and his wives?
0:13:59 > 0:14:04- Henry VII.- Henry VIII. Under what pen-name did Dora Saint write novels about rural life,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08set in the fictional villages of Thrush Green and Fairacre?
0:14:08 > 0:14:13- Miss Read.- Name the line across the full width of a tennis court at each of its ends.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Tramlines.- Baseline. A spring on Deerplay Moor in Lancashire
0:14:17 > 0:14:20is the source of which river, a tributary of the Mersey?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Pass.- What is the title of the operetta by Sigmund Romberg
0:14:23 > 0:14:27in which Prince Karl Franz attends Heidelberg University?
0:14:27 > 0:14:33- Pass.- Who won her first Best Actress Oscar for the title role in the 1982 film Sophie's Choice?
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- Meryl Streep.- The best-known British species of jumping spider,
0:14:37 > 0:14:43a familiar sight on sunny walls and fences, shares its colouring and name with which striped mammal?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- A tabby cat.- The zebra.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51Which Christian sect takes its name from the Devon city where its first assembly was established in 1831?
0:14:51 > 0:14:56- Plymouth Brethren. - In Romeo And Juliet, whom does Lord Capulet address as Angelica?
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- Pass.- What is the surname of the brothers Joe, Paul, Stephen and Mark
0:15:00 > 0:15:05who appeared together for the first time in the 1995 TV mini-series The Hanging Gale?
0:15:05 > 0:15:11- McGann.- On which Mediterranean island is Calvi where Lord Nelson was blinded in his right eye?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- Sicily.- Corsica. What is the more common name for nacre
0:15:14 > 0:15:19which is obtained from mollusc shells and used in making decorative items?
0:15:19 > 0:15:26- Mother-of-pearl.- Which Parliamentary office, said to date back to 1258, was occupied only by men until 1992?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Speaker of the House of Commons.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33What word for a micro-organism, especially a bacterium, comes from the Greek for "little life"?
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- Amoeba.- Microbe. The '60s folk trio Peter, Paul And Mary
0:15:37 > 0:15:41was composed of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and which female singer?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Mary... I don't know.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48- BEEP - I can tell you because we're out of time now. Mary Travers.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Anyway, the other passes - Lord Capulet addressed Angelica as Juliet's Nurse.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57It was The Student Prince, that Sigmund Romberg operetta.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02That spring on the Deerplay Moor in Lancashire is the source of the River Irwell.
0:16:02 > 0:16:08And, you will be cross with yourself, purple, white and green are the colours of the Suffragettes.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13- Oh, dear.- I know! Five passes, Liz. You now have a total of 16 points.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15APPLAUSE
0:16:20 > 0:16:23And now Chris Forse again, please.
0:16:24 > 0:16:30And you have ten points in the bag with your knowledge of John F Kennedy's Presidency.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40Which Russian goldsmith was famous for his jewelled Easter eggs, first made for Tsar Alexander III in 1884?
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- Pass.- Which long cocktail has a name meaning "strained pineapple"
0:16:44 > 0:16:47as the juice is strained into the glass when it is made?
0:16:47 > 0:16:52- Screwdriver.- Pina colada. Name the TV western series about a cattle drive to Kansas
0:16:52 > 0:16:56starring Clint Eastwood in his first major role as Rowdy Yates.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- Rawhide.- Where is Dozmary Pool where Sir Bedivere is said
0:16:59 > 0:17:03to have thrown King Arthur's sword after the Battle of Camlann?
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- Bodmin Moor.- In which form of rowing does each rower have two oars?
0:17:07 > 0:17:12- Sculls.- According to legend, what was the name of the female Pope, elected in the 9th century,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- who died after giving birth during a church procession?- Pass.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21In the Jeeves and Wooster stories by PG Wodehouse, what is the name of Bertie Wooster's club?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- Pass.- The big five animals of the African safari
0:17:24 > 0:17:28are the rhinoceros, elephant, Cape buffalo, leopard and...?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- Wildebeest.- Lion. In a speech in the Commons in 1845,
0:17:31 > 0:17:36what exactly did Benjamin Disraeli describe as "an organised hypocrisy"?
0:17:36 > 0:17:42- The House of Commons.- A Conservative government. Which writer, best remembered for his horror stories,
0:17:42 > 0:17:48was dishonourably discharged from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1831?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- Benedict Arnold.- Edgar Allan Poe.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54What is the southernmost, largest and most populous of the three Baltic states?
0:17:56 > 0:18:01- Lithuania.- Who was the first female presenter to front the sports programme Grandstand,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05an annual award for "outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity"
0:18:05 > 0:18:07is now presented in her honour?
0:18:07 > 0:18:12- Pass.- Which Basque town was destroyed by German bombers on the 26th of April, 1937,
0:18:12 > 0:18:17in a forerunner to the blitzkrieg tactics used in World War Two?
0:18:17 > 0:18:22- Guernica.- In which Midlands city was a fine porcelain factory established in about 1750?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25George III allowed the use of "Crown" in the name of its products
0:18:25 > 0:18:28and Queen Victoria allowed "Royal" to be added.
0:18:28 > 0:18:34- Stoke-on-Trent.- Derby. Reg Presley, who died in February, was the lead singer with which '60s rock band?
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- The Troggs.- Which Swedish actress co-starred with Humphrey Bogart,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42playing Rick Blaine's long-lost love Ilsa in Casablanca?
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- Ingrid Bergman.- Which Roman historian wrote Annals and Histories,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49a survey of Roman history during the 1st century AD?
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- Plutarch.- Tacitus. In the UK, what is the highest rank of the peerage?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56The title comes from the Latin for "leader".
0:18:56 > 0:19:02- Baron.- Duke. The Torino and Palermo Scales measure the impact hazards of NEOs.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- What do the letters NEO stand for? - BEEP
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- Pass.- I'll tell you because we're out of time.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Near Earth Object. There we go - logical.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18Your other passes - Helen Rollason was the first female presenter of Grandstand.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Bertie Wooster liked going to The Drones club.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Pope Joan apparently, allegedly died after giving birth during a church procession.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31And those famous eggs are Faberge eggs.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Chris, you have a total of 17 points.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36APPLAUSE
0:19:43 > 0:19:46And now Lawrence again, please.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51And you start out with 11 points with your knowledge of heavyweight boxing.
0:19:51 > 0:19:5417 is the score to beat thus far.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58You have two and a half minutes in which to do it.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02In the Toy Story films, which character's catchphrase is "to infinity and beyond"?
0:20:02 > 0:20:08- Buzz Lightyear.- Which chapel in the Vatican is the place where the election of a new pontiff is held?
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- Sistine Chapel.- Who was sacked as Chelsea manager in November 2012,
0:20:12 > 0:20:17just six months after leading the team to an FA Cup and European Champions League double?
0:20:17 > 0:20:22- Roberto Di Matteo. - Which astronomer, the author of numerous popular science books,
0:20:22 > 0:20:27wrote the '85 novel Contact, later made into a film starring Jodie Foster?
0:20:27 > 0:20:32- Pass.- Which member of the weasel family, found mainly in the Scottish Highlands,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35takes its name from the conifer forests it inhabits?
0:20:35 > 0:20:40- Pine marten.- The wet summer of 2012 and the cold winter of '13 are said to have been caused
0:20:40 > 0:20:46by the displacement southwards of an air current in the upper atmosphere. What is its common name?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- The Atlantic Drift.- The jet stream.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Which innovative design style, popular in the '20s and '30s,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55took its name from an exhibition held in Paris in 1925?
0:20:55 > 0:21:00- Art Deco.- Discovery and Laxton's Superb are varieties of which fruit?
0:21:00 > 0:21:05- Pear.- Apples. What name is shared by a river that flows through Ashford and Canterbury
0:21:05 > 0:21:09and a river valley of East Anglia, famous as Constable country?
0:21:09 > 0:21:14- Ouse.- Stour. Which member of The League Of Gentlemen team co-wrote the TV series Sherlock
0:21:14 > 0:21:17and appeared in the series as Holmes' brother Mycroft?
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- Mark Gatiss.- What name did the Senate bestow on Gaius Octavianus
0:21:21 > 0:21:25when he became the first Roman Emperor in 27 BC?
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- Augustus Caesar.- Vexillology is the technical name for the study of what?
0:21:31 > 0:21:37- Nervousness.- No, flags. Which singer, known for her flamboyant, vintage-inspired costumes,
0:21:37 > 0:21:41had a hit in 2012 with a cover of the INXS song Never Tear Us Apart?
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- Paloma Faith.- In which country is the Temple of the Tooth at Kandy
0:21:45 > 0:21:48that houses the sacred relic said to be a tooth of the Buddha?
0:21:48 > 0:21:55- Sri Lanka.- In 2005, who became the first woman and first East German to be elected Chancellor of Germany?
0:21:55 > 0:22:00- Angela Merkel.- Which Irish-born playwright and critic wrote musical columns early in his career
0:22:00 > 0:22:03under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- George Bernard Shaw.- In which sport
0:22:05 > 0:22:09did the Black Ferns New Zealand women's team win the World Cup in 2010?
0:22:09 > 0:22:14- Rugby union.- What type of crane is named after a 17th century Tyburn hangman?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- Pass.- What word, that is now used in computing,
0:22:17 > 0:22:23but originally meant the image of a saint or other religious figure, comes from the Greek for "likeness"?
0:22:23 > 0:22:29- Haji.- Icon. Which battle fought in Somerset in July 1685 was the last pitched battle...
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- BEEP - ..to be fought on English soil?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Take a guess.
0:22:40 > 0:22:46- All right...- Battle of the Boyne? - No. Well, it was worth a try. Sedgemoor.- That's it.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50You were in the wrong part of the country. You had two passes.
0:22:50 > 0:22:56The crane was named after the 17th century hangman called Derrick.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00And the astronomer, the author of all those science books, Carl Sagan.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- Oh, yeah.- Two passes, Lawrence.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- You now have 23 points.- Thank you.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09APPLAUSE
0:23:14 > 0:23:17And now Ramdas again, please.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22And you begin with 12 points with your knowledge of James Clerk Maxwell.
0:23:22 > 0:23:2823 is now the score to beat, so let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.
0:23:28 > 0:23:34What was the name of the fascist dictator who was Italy's Prime Minister from 1922 to '43?
0:23:34 > 0:23:40- Mussolini.- In 1999, which football organisation moved its headquarters to Nyon on Lake Geneva?
0:23:40 > 0:23:46- FIFA.- UEFA. The adult male of which large African monkey, closely related to the baboon,
0:23:46 > 0:23:50is identified by its hairless, bright blue cheeks and scarlet nose?
0:23:50 > 0:23:55- Gorilla.- Mandrill. In astrology, what name of Greek origin is given to a map of the heavens
0:23:55 > 0:23:59at the time of a person's birth that is used to predict their future?
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- Orrery.- Horoscope. Which TV series introduced Leslie Nielsen
0:24:03 > 0:24:08as the bumbling detective Lieutenant Frank Drebin who was later in the Naked Gun films?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- Dad's Army.- Police Squad!
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Which Asian city was called Edo until 1868 when it became its country's capital?
0:24:15 > 0:24:22- Could you repeat that?- Which Asian city was called Edo until 1868 when it became its country's capital?
0:24:22 > 0:24:26- Manila.- Tokyo. What style of music, particularly associated with Bob Marley,
0:24:26 > 0:24:31was first used in the title of a 1968 hit by Toots and the Maytals?
0:24:31 > 0:24:36- Pass.- The Outsider is the best-known novel by which French-Algerian writer?
0:24:36 > 0:24:41- Pass.- Which was the first state to secede from the Union in the American Civil War,
0:24:41 > 0:24:46the site of the first engagement when Fort Sumter was attacked by Confederate troops?
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- South Carolina.- Who played the Bond girl Jinx Johnson in the 2003 film Die Another Day?
0:24:51 > 0:24:56- Gemma Arterton.- Halle Berry. In Greek legend, who was the dearest friend of Achilles?
0:24:56 > 0:25:00It is said their ashes were mixed together after their deaths at Troy.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05- Ulysses.- Patroclus. What common name is given to the larvae of several Australian moths,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09such as the ghost moth, considered a delicacy by native Australians?
0:25:09 > 0:25:15- Pass.- Which ancient monument is made from Sarsen stones, quarried from the nearby Marlborough Downs,
0:25:15 > 0:25:19and Bluestones from the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire?
0:25:19 > 0:25:24- Stonehenge.- Which writer went to live in France and took the alias Sebastian Melmoth
0:25:24 > 0:25:26when he was released from prison in 1897?
0:25:26 > 0:25:32- Oscar Wilde.- In which country is the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places in the world?
0:25:32 > 0:25:37- Chile.- What is the name of the nihilist arts movement that was founded in Zurich in 1915
0:25:37 > 0:25:42by a group that included the Romanian poet Tristan Tzara and the French artist Jean Arp?
0:25:42 > 0:25:48- Dadaism.- Which brass or copper musical instrument is mainly used as a means of military signalling?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Its name derives from the Latin for "ox".
0:25:51 > 0:25:56- Tuba.- Bugle. Charlemagne and Pepin the Short were members of which dynasty of Frankish kings
0:25:56 > 0:26:01who ruled territories in Western Europe from the 8th to the 10th century?
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- BEEP Franks.- The Carolingian Dynasty.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09You had three passes. Witchetty grubs is the name of the larvae
0:26:09 > 0:26:12that the Australians unaccountably like eating.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Albert Camus wrote The Outsider.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18And reggae was that music associated with Bob Marley.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21You have, Ramdas, 18 points.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24APPLAUSE
0:26:30 > 0:26:34So, a clear winner there. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37In fourth place, Liz McSheehy.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Third place, Chris Forse.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Second place, Ramdas Mullath.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48First place, Lawrence Cook.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51APPLAUSE
0:26:57 > 0:27:03Which means that Lawrence is tonight's winner and he goes through to the semi-finals.
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