0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Patrick Macintosh,
0:00:28 > 0:00:29an antiques dealer from Dorset.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32His specialist subject, the Isles of Scilly.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, Harriet MacMillan, a student from Edinburgh.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38She'll be answering questions on Lord Byron.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40David Dutton is a solicitor from Formby.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43His specialist subject, RAF Bomber Command.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46And Nick Harrison, a visual merchandiser from Surrey.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50His subject, the feature films of Wes Anderson.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06The rules, as you will know, are very simple.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Our four contenders must answer two minutes of questions on their
0:01:09 > 0:01:13specialist subject, and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16All of the contenders are hoping that they will make it
0:01:16 > 0:01:18through to the Grand Final,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21with the chance of winning this splendid glass bowl
0:01:21 > 0:01:23and, so much more importantly,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26the right to call themselves the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40And your name is...?
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Your occupation?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44And your chosen subject?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48The Isles of Scilly, two minutes, starting now.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50What's the main settlement on St Mary's,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- the largest island of the Isles of Scilly?- Hugh Town.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Tresco's famous sub-tropical gardens
0:01:54 > 0:01:56contain thousands of plants from around the world.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59The gardens were established around the former site
0:01:59 > 0:02:01of which 12th century Benedictine priory?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03St Nicholas' Priory.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06After Augustus Smith acquired the lease on the Isles of Scilly in 1834,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09what autocratic title did he adopt as the lessee?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Lord Proprietor of the Isles.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13According to Arthurian legend,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15which mythical lost land, now submerged,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17extended from Land's End to the Isles of Scilly?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- Lyonesse. - In the 14th century,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21it's recorded that the annual rent for the islands,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24payable to the Duchy of Cornwall by Ralph de Blanchminster,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28was either a monetary figure or 300 what?
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Puffins.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32In about 384 AD, two Spanish bishops
0:02:32 > 0:02:34were exiled to the Isles of Scilly for heresy.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37One was Tiberianus, who was the other?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Austragus.- Instantius.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Which admiral's fatal error
0:02:41 > 0:02:43led to the deaths of over 1,300 seamen
0:02:43 > 0:02:46after HMS Romney and his flagship, HMS Association,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49hit Outer Gilstone Rock off the Western Rocks
0:02:49 > 0:02:50in October 1707?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Sir Cloudesley Shovell. - The Soleil d'Or,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55one of the most popular varieties of flower
0:02:55 > 0:02:56exported from the Isles of Scilly,
0:02:56 > 0:02:57belongs to which genus?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00It's a daffodil, a narcissi.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Which castle on St Mary's, now a hotel,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04was built in 1593, partly in response
0:03:04 > 0:03:07to the threat of the Spanish Armada five years earlier?
0:03:07 > 0:03:08The Star Castle.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Cuckold's Carn, Dropnose Point and Kittern Hill are all
0:03:11 > 0:03:14geographical features of which uninhabited island?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Samson.- No, the Gugh.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20What was the name of the family who leased the islands
0:03:20 > 0:03:23for most of the period from the 16th until the 19th century,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26when the lease lapsed and the land reverted to the Duchy of Cornwall?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27The Godolphin family.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Prickly and smooth are two New Zealand species of which insect,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32also known as a phasmid,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34that has become naturalised on the Isles of Scilly?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Erm, butterfly. - Stick insect.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40The island of Annet is a bird sanctuary
0:03:40 > 0:03:43renowned for its storm petrels, gulls and puffins,
0:03:43 > 0:03:44and particularly for its colonies
0:03:44 > 0:03:48of which other seabird with the Latin name Puffinus puffinus,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- which nests in underground burrows? - BEEP
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- The Manx Shearwater. - Is correct.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Patrick, you have no passes. You've scored 10 points.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59APPLAUSE
0:04:07 > 0:04:08And our next contender, please.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17And your name is...?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Your occupation?
0:04:19 > 0:04:20And your specialist subject?
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Lord Byron in two minutes.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27What is the name of the Byron ancestral home in Nottinghamshire?
0:04:27 > 0:04:28The poet wrote an elegy to it
0:04:28 > 0:04:31that is in his first published collection, Hours of Idleness.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Newstead Abbey.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36After the publication of the first two cantos of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Byron wrote, "I awoke one morning to find myself...?"
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- Famous.- In English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44which fellow poet does Byron call
0:04:44 > 0:04:48"Framer of a lay, as soft as evening in his favourite May"?
0:04:48 > 0:04:49- Burns?- Wordsworth.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52What is the name of the Italian verse form that Byron first used
0:04:52 > 0:04:55for his satirical poem Beppo and went on to use in Don Juan?
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Ottava rima.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Which of Byron's dramas, begun in Switzerland
0:04:58 > 0:05:01and completed in Italy, are set in the Alps, and is said to show
0:05:01 > 0:05:05his remorse over his relationship with his half-sister Augusta Leigh?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Manfred.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Which of Byron's tales is dedicated to the poet Samuel Rogers
0:05:09 > 0:05:14"as a slight but most sincere token of admiration of his genius"?
0:05:14 > 0:05:15- Erm, Lara.- The Giaour.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18What was the name of the choirboy with whom Byron
0:05:18 > 0:05:19fell in love at Cambridge?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22His gift of a carnelian ring inspired a poem
0:05:22 > 0:05:25that includes the line, "For I am sure the giver loved me."
0:05:25 > 0:05:26John Edleston.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Byron made three speeches after taking a seat in the House of Lords.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31On what subject was his maiden speech?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- The Luddites. - Yes, the Framework Bill.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Whom did Byron marry at her father's house in Seaham
0:05:37 > 0:05:39on the 2nd of January 1815,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41a marriage that would last only 15 months?
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Annabella Milbanke.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45What was the name of the aristocratic lady who became
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Byron's mistress in March 1815?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50In a diary entry on the day she met him, she reputedly called him
0:05:50 > 0:05:51"mad, bad and dangerous to know."
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Lady Caroline Lamb.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55At which Flemish port did Byron land after
0:05:55 > 0:05:57he left England for the final time in April 1816?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59He spent the rest of his life in Europe.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00- Cadiz?- Ostend.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02In January 1824, Byron took command
0:06:02 > 0:06:05of an Albanian corps formerly led by Botsaris
0:06:05 > 0:06:07that was fighting for Greek independence.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09What was its name?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Pass.- According to the opening line of Byron's poem
0:06:12 > 0:06:14The Destruction of Sennacherib,
0:06:14 > 0:06:16how did the Assyrian come down?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- Pass.- Which poem to the Prince Regent's daughter Charlotte,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22originally published anonymously,
0:06:22 > 0:06:23was published under Byron's own name
0:06:23 > 0:06:25in the second edition of The Corsair?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26BEEP
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- Lara.- No, it was Lines to a Lady Weeping.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Two passes, Harriet.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38"Like the wolf on the fold" was how the Assyrians came down.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42And Byron took command of that corps led by Botsaris,
0:06:42 > 0:06:44its name was Soulioti.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48So, those two passes, Harriet, you've scored 8 points.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50APPLAUSE
0:06:55 > 0:06:57And our next contender, please.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05And your name is...?
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Your occupation?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09And your chosen subject?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15RAF Bomber Command, two minutes, starting now.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Who became Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command in 1942?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20He was known to his crews as Butch
0:07:20 > 0:07:22but was later better known to the public as Bomber?
0:07:22 > 0:07:23- Harris.- Sir Arthur Harris.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25What was the number of the Dambusters squadron,
0:07:25 > 0:07:29formed in 1943 to undertake Operation Chastise,
0:07:29 > 0:07:30the precision bombing of the Ruhr Dams
0:07:30 > 0:07:34using the bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis?
0:07:34 > 0:07:35617.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Bomber Command suffered its greatest single loss on the 30th of March 1944
0:07:39 > 0:07:42when nearly 95 of 795 aircraft
0:07:42 > 0:07:45failed to return and 545 air crew were killed.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Which German city had been the target of that raid?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- Nuremberg.- What name was given to the tiny metal foil strips
0:07:51 > 0:07:54dropped by Allied bombers that disrupted German radar screens
0:07:54 > 0:07:57and so blinded the night fighters?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58- Window.- Yes, or chaff.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00A report to Churchill in August 1941
0:08:00 > 0:08:04based on analysis of target photographs from the previous two months
0:08:04 > 0:08:08documented Bomber Command's inability to find and hit targets. Who wrote it?
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Pass.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13In 1942, the saturation or area bombing of whole cities was authorised,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15and Hamburg and Dresden were later heavily targeted.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19The Bishop of Chichester was a major critic of this controversial tactic.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20What was his name?
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- Pass.- What nickname did RAF bomber crews give to the Ruhr Valley?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- Pass.- A 10-tonne bomb,
0:08:27 > 0:08:28designed by Barnes Wallis,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31was first used to destroy the Bielefeld Viaduct
0:08:31 > 0:08:33on the 14th of March 1945.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- What was it called? - Grand Slam.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37What name was given to Sir Arthur Harris' albums,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40into which were pasted reconnaissance photographs of bombed German cities?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Copies were sent to Stalin by Churchill.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- Pass.- Bomber Command had to bring in crews and planes
0:08:46 > 0:08:48from operational training units for the first
0:08:48 > 0:08:51thousand-bomber raid on the night of the 30th of May 1942.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Which city was the target of that operation?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Cologne.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Which German battleship was sunk in Tromso fjord
0:08:57 > 0:09:00by Lancasters using Tallboy bombs
0:09:00 > 0:09:02on the 12th of November 1944?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Tirpitz.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05What codename was given to the group of RAF squadrons
0:09:05 > 0:09:07that were earmarked for transfer
0:09:07 > 0:09:10to participate in the bombing campaign against Japan
0:09:10 > 0:09:12after the German surrender in Europe?
0:09:12 > 0:09:13- Pass. - Where on the Baltic coast
0:09:13 > 0:09:17was the German research and rocket production facility
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- raided by nearly 600 bombers in August 1943? - BEEP
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Peenemunde. - Is correct. Five passes.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Tiger Force was the codename given to that group of RAF squadrons
0:09:27 > 0:09:31that were earmarked to go to Japan.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Blue Books was the name given to Bomber Harris' albums.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Happy Valley was the nickname for Ruhr Valley.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44Bishop George Bell was the bishop who condemned saturation bombing.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48And that report to Churchill in August 1941 was written by
0:09:48 > 0:09:51a man with the unlikely name of David Bensusan-Butt.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- David, you have 8 points.- Thank you.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57APPLAUSE
0:10:02 > 0:10:04And our final contender, please.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12And your name is...?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Your occupation?
0:10:14 > 0:10:15And your chosen subject?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20The feature films of Wes Anderson in two minutes, starting now.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Anderson's 1996 debut feature film
0:10:22 > 0:10:24was developed from a 16mm short of the same name
0:10:24 > 0:10:27that he produced and screened at the Sundance Festival.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28What's the title?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- Bottle Rocket.- Which actor,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32a regular presence in Anderson's ensemble casts,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35plays Walt Bishop in Moonrise Kingdom,
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Herman Bloom in Rushmore
0:10:36 > 0:10:38and Raleigh St Clair in The Royal Tenenbaums?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Bill Murray. - Which animator and director was responsible
0:10:42 > 0:10:45for the fantastical underwater creatures featured in The Life Aquatic?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- Henry Selick. - What fictional New England island
0:10:48 > 0:10:51is the setting for Anderson's 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- New Penzance. - In Moonrise Kingdom,
0:10:55 > 0:10:56what name is given to the storm
0:10:56 > 0:10:59that is considered by the US Department of Inclement Weather
0:10:59 > 0:11:02to be the region's most destructive meteorological event
0:11:02 > 0:11:04of the second half of the 20th century?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- Hurricane Maybelline? - Black Beacon Storm.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Which Indian actor, who also starred in Life of Pi and Slumdog Millionaire,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13appeared as a grieving father in The Darjeeling Limited?
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Erm, Irfan Khan.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19With which member of the film's cast did Anderson share
0:11:19 > 0:11:21the writing credit for The Royal Tenenbaums
0:11:21 > 0:11:23and the subsequent Oscar nomination
0:11:23 > 0:11:25in the Best Original Screenplay category?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Owen Wilson.- What's the name of the refurbished World War II
0:11:28 > 0:11:29long range sub hunter
0:11:29 > 0:11:32in which Steve Zissou searches for the leopard shark that has
0:11:32 > 0:11:34eaten his closest friend in The Life Aquatic?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- Belafonte. - In Moonrise Kingdom,
0:11:36 > 0:11:38who plays the scout leader Commander Pierce
0:11:38 > 0:11:40who strips Ward of his command,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43only to be rescued by him shortly afterwards?
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Harvey Keitel.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47What historical event was the subject of the one-act play that
0:11:47 > 0:11:51earned the precocious student Max Fisher a scholarship in Rushmore?
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Watergate.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56At which film festival did Anderson's film The Darjeeling Limited
0:11:56 > 0:11:58make its world premiere in 2007?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00It won the Little Golden Lion award.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Venice.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04In The Royal Tenenbaums, what is the name of Richie's opponent
0:12:04 > 0:12:08in his final professional tennis match, during which he suffers a breakdown?
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Gandhi.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Which English pop star voices the character of Petey the Farmhand
0:12:13 > 0:12:14in Fantastic Mr Fox,
0:12:14 > 0:12:18who's criticised for weak songwriting by the farmer Bean?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Jarvis Cocker.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22What is the name of the Little League soccer team
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- that Anthony ends up managing in Bottle Rocket? - BEEP
0:12:25 > 0:12:26The Hurricanes.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31Is also correct. Nick, you had no passes. Your score is 13.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34APPLAUSE
0:12:42 > 0:12:45So, a clear leader at the moment, but can he hold on to that lead?
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49In joint third place, 8 points apiece,
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Harriet MacMillan and David Dutton.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Second place, 10 points, Patrick Macintosh.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58In the lead with 13 points, Nick Harrison.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00APPLAUSE
0:13:02 > 0:13:05So it is the general knowledge round now,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08and if there is a tie at the end then the number of passes is
0:13:08 > 0:13:12taken into account, and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14And if they're tied on passes as well,
0:13:14 > 0:13:18there will be a tie-break, and the six highest scoring runners up will
0:13:18 > 0:13:22also be able to claim a place in the semifinals, so plenty to play for.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Let's get on with it and ask Harriet to join us again, please.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30And, er, you have 8 points
0:13:30 > 0:13:32with your knowledge of Byron,
0:13:32 > 0:13:36and you get two and a half minutes now for your general knowledge,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38so let's see how you do with it. Here we go.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Which '87 film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey
0:13:41 > 0:13:44features the Oscar winning song I've Had The Time of My Life?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- It's since become a West End musical.- Dirty Dancing.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49What collective English name is given
0:13:49 > 0:13:51to the Hebrew and Aramaic religious texts
0:13:51 > 0:13:55first discovered near the Middle Eastern settlement of Qumran in 1947?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- The Torah. - The Dead Sea Scrolls.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Which crime fiction author, a Labour peer since 1997,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03also writes under the name Barbara Vine?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Pass.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Admiral's House on the corner of 34th Street
0:14:06 > 0:14:10and Massachusetts Avenue in Washington DC is the official
0:14:10 > 0:14:12residence of the holder of which office?
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Vice President.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15The pygmy species of which large African mammal
0:14:15 > 0:14:17is around the size of the domestic pig
0:14:17 > 0:14:19and is sometimes known as a water cow?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Hippo.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Who swapped Los Angeles for Paris
0:14:22 > 0:14:25when he signed for the football team PSG
0:14:25 > 0:14:27on a five-month deal in January 2013,
0:14:27 > 0:14:30and donated his salary to a local children's charity?
0:14:30 > 0:14:31David Beckham.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Which celebrated painter was born in the city of Leiden
0:14:33 > 0:14:36on the 15th of July 1606?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38He was the son of a miller.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Rembrandt. - In Greek mythology, Autolycus,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44renowned for his thieving and trickery,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46is the maternal grandfather of a hero of the Trojan War.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48What is the hero's name?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49- Achilles?- Odysseus.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Which city has a name
0:14:50 > 0:14:53meaning "sheltered harbour" in Hawaiian?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Pass.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57In which Dickens novel does Inspector Bucket investigate
0:14:57 > 0:14:59the murder of the lawyer Tulkinghorn
0:14:59 > 0:15:02by Lady Dedlock's maid Mademoiselle Hortense?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Bleak House.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05In cookery, what French word is used for a young chicken,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07four to six weeks old,
0:15:07 > 0:15:08usually served whole as a single portion?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Spatchcock.- Poussin.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Who co-wrote The Royle Family with Caroline Aherne
0:15:13 > 0:15:16and went on to co-create the sitcom Early Doors, set in a pub?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Ricky Tomlinson?- Craig Cash.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21The name of which island in the Thames Estuary
0:15:21 > 0:15:23comes from the old English for sheep?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Isle of Sheppey?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Yes! In the Shakespeare play Macbeth, the title character is
0:15:28 > 0:15:32killed by Macduff, but historically, who actually killed Macbeth?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33- Duncan?- Malcolm.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Which Canadian singer released an acoustic version
0:15:36 > 0:15:39of her breakthrough album Jagged Little Pill in 2005?
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Alanis Morissette.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Which small electronic device used to correct heart rhythms
0:15:43 > 0:15:47was first fitted internally to a human patient in 1958
0:15:47 > 0:15:51by the Swedes Ake Senning and Rune Elmqvist?
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Pacemaker.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54What word for a tall, four-sided tapering pillar
0:15:54 > 0:15:57usually made of stone and topped by a pyramid,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59comes from the Greek for "little pointed pillar"?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- Obelisk?- Yes.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Which Russian dramatist's works
0:16:02 > 0:16:04include The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Erm, Anton Chekhov.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07In 1478, what organisation
0:16:07 > 0:16:10did Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain establish...
0:16:10 > 0:16:11- BEEP - I'll finish the question.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14..with the permission of Pope Sixtus IV,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17to combat heresy among recent converts to Christianity?
0:16:17 > 0:16:18The Spanish Inquisition.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Is correct. Two passes, Harriet.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Honolulu is that city whose name means "sheltered harbour"
0:16:23 > 0:16:28in Hawaiian. And Barbara Vine is otherwise known as Ruth Rendell.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32But you've now shot up to 20 points.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34APPLAUSE
0:16:40 > 0:16:42And now David again, please.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46And you also start with 8 points
0:16:46 > 0:16:48with your knowledge of Bomber Command.
0:16:48 > 0:16:5120 is, as we speak, the score to beat.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Two and a half minutes of general knowledge, here we go.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55What name for an amorous young man
0:16:55 > 0:16:58comes from a title character in a Shakespeare play?
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Romeo.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02The adjective "renal" refers to what organs of the human body?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- Kidney.- Which 18th century building on the Strand
0:17:05 > 0:17:07stands on the site of a Tudor palace built by Edward Seymour?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10The building takes its name from his ducal title.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Somerset House.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Which rattlesnake gets its name from the unusual way it moves?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16It propels itself forward in repeated loops to avoid
0:17:16 > 0:17:18prolonged contact with the hot desert sand.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Sidewinder.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22"Dirty old river, must you keep rolling"
0:17:22 > 0:17:24is the opening line of a song
0:17:24 > 0:17:27that was a 1967 hit for the Kinks. What song?
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Waterloo Sunset.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Which modern-day country was at the centre of the former Ottoman Empire?
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Turkey.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36What's the English translation of the phrase "paternoster",
0:17:36 > 0:17:39often used as an alternative name for The Lord's Prayer?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Our Father.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Which mountain in the Swiss Alps,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44whose fearsome north face wasn't climbed until 1938
0:17:44 > 0:17:46has a German name meaning "ogre"?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- Eiger.- How were Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry described
0:17:50 > 0:17:53in the title of a 1970s Western adventure television series
0:17:53 > 0:17:57about two bank robbers who used assumed names to evade capture?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Alias Smith and Jones.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02According to William Congreve's play The Mourning Bride,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05what have "charms to soothe a savage breast"?
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- Pass.- What name was given to the group of five towns on the coast of Kent
0:18:09 > 0:18:12and Sussex that received special privileges in return
0:18:12 > 0:18:15for providing ships and men for the defence of the Channel?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Cinque Ports.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Which film director wrote the story for Oliver Stone's
0:18:19 > 0:18:21'94 film Natural Born Killers?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Tarantino.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Which football club was given its royal prefix
0:18:24 > 0:18:28by King Alfonso XIII in 1920?
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Real Madrid.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31What is the title of the 1957 novel by John Wyndham
0:18:31 > 0:18:35in which the women of an English village mysteriously give birth
0:18:35 > 0:18:37to inhuman and manipulative telepathic children?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Midwich Cuckoo.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41What Italian word meaning "whim" or "fancy"
0:18:41 > 0:18:44is used to describe a musical piece that has great freedom of style?
0:18:44 > 0:18:48It occurs in the title of works by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Pass.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Who stood against De Gaulle for the French presidency in 1965
0:18:52 > 0:18:54as the sole leftist candidate?
0:18:54 > 0:18:55He stood again in '74
0:18:55 > 0:18:58and was finally elected for his first term in '81.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Mitterrand.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03The spice saffron is obtained from the stigmas of which plant?
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Crocus.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06What is the name of Don Quixote's horse in Cervantes' novel?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Pass.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Which British explorer began his seagoing career in 1746
0:19:11 > 0:19:15when he was apprentice to John Walker, a well-respected Whitby ship owner?
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Cook.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19What name is given to Phil Spector's 1960s recording style
0:19:19 > 0:19:22which used multiple musicians, echoes and tape loops
0:19:22 > 0:19:25to produce a dense reverberant effect?
0:19:25 > 0:19:26BEEP Wall of Sound.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Wall of Sound is correct. You had three passes.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32The name of Don Quixote's horse was Rocinante.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36That Italian word meaning "whim" or "fancy" used in music
0:19:36 > 0:19:37is "capriccio."
0:19:37 > 0:19:40And, according to Congreve's play The Mourning Bride,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43"MUSIC has charms to soothe a savage breast."
0:19:44 > 0:19:47You have scored in total, David, 25 points.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51APPLAUSE
0:19:56 > 0:19:59And now Patrick again, please.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03And you start out with 10 points with your knowledge
0:20:03 > 0:20:08of the Isles of Scilly, and 25 is now the score to beat.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Let's see if you can do that in the next two and a half minutes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14The shallot is a variety of which vegetable?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Onion.- On which Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit
0:20:17 > 0:20:19do drivers go through Casino Square,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22past the Hotel Mirabeau and turn into Virage du Portier?
0:20:22 > 0:20:23The Monaco Grand Prix.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Who composed the theme tunes to the programmes
0:20:25 > 0:20:28The Likely Lads, Last of the Summer Wine, Are You Being Served
0:20:28 > 0:20:30and Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, among others?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Pass.- In which town was Margaret Thatcher born
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Margaret Hilda Roberts on the 13th of October 1925?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- Grantham. - Which Russian writer
0:20:39 > 0:20:41who died in mysterious circumstances in 1936
0:20:41 > 0:20:42has a popular park of culture
0:20:42 > 0:20:44in Central Moscow named after him?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45- Pushkin.- Gorky.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48What common shrub produces blue flowers in acid soil
0:20:48 > 0:20:51and pink ones in alkaline soil?
0:20:51 > 0:20:52- Bluebell.- Hydrangea.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Which 1980s television series
0:20:54 > 0:20:56about a band of renegade special forces
0:20:56 > 0:20:59from the Vietnam War was updated to the Iraq War
0:20:59 > 0:21:01for a 2010 film version
0:21:01 > 0:21:04starring Liam Neeson as their leader Hannibal and Bradley Cooper as Face?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- M*A*S*H. - The A-Team.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Which Surrealist artist's last picture was The Swallow's Tail,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11painted in 1983?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Dali.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Napoleon was exiled to which island off the west coast of Italy
0:21:16 > 0:21:18from May 1814 until February 1815?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Elba.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22In chess, what term is used when any of a player's possible moves
0:21:22 > 0:21:25would place his king in check, resulting in a draw?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- Stalemate. - In which American city
0:21:28 > 0:21:30is the Liberty Bell displayed in a pavilion
0:21:30 > 0:21:33about 100 yards from Independence Hall?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35- Boston.- Philadelphia.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38What is the name of the legendary Mesopotamian king,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40the subject of an epic, thought to be one of
0:21:40 > 0:21:42the world's oldest surviving works of mythology?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- Sennacherib.- Gilgamesh.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Which Olympic Gold medallist was played by Ben Cross
0:21:48 > 0:21:50in the '81 film Chariots of Fire?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Harold Abrahams.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Which German-born composer who died in London in 1759 wrote 42 operas?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59The first was Almira, completed in 1705.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Handel.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03What London landmark, completed in 1920,
0:22:03 > 0:22:07replaced an identical temporary structure made of wood and plaster
0:22:07 > 0:22:10that had been erected for the Allied victory parade in 1919?
0:22:12 > 0:22:13- Tower Bridge.- The Cenotaph.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15The 1955 album Satch Plays Fats
0:22:15 > 0:22:19was a tribute by Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars
0:22:19 > 0:22:21to a pianist, organist and composer.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23What was his name?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24- Satchmo.- Fats Waller.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Who in the second printed edition
0:22:26 > 0:22:28of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31wrote that Chaucer, "for his ornate writing in our tongue,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33"may well have the name of the laureate poet"?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Macefield.- Caxton.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41When the list of livery companies was drawn up in 1515,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43which company was made pre-eminent
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- over all the others? - BEEP
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Erm, the Goldsmiths.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51No, it was the Mercers' Company.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56One pass. It was Ronnie Hazlehurst who composed all those theme tunes,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58The Likely Lads, Summer Wine and all the rest of them.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Patrick, you now have a total of 18 points.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04APPLAUSE
0:23:09 > 0:23:12And finally, Nick Harrison again, please.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17And, er, you start with 13 points with your knowledge
0:23:17 > 0:23:21of the films of Wes Anderson. 25 the score to beat still.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger
0:23:25 > 0:23:28have both been governors of which West Coast state?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- California.- In 2006, the Finnish rock band Lordi,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34known for wearing monster masks, became the surprise winners
0:23:34 > 0:23:36of an annual international musical competition. Which one?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Eurovision Song Contest. - According to the Gospel of St Matthew,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41what can pass through the eye of a needle
0:23:41 > 0:23:43more easily than a rich man can enter the Kingdom of God?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- A camel.- Which low-slung two-wheeled carriage,
0:23:46 > 0:23:48named after its original designer,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51was described by Disraeli as "the gondola of London"
0:23:51 > 0:23:52in his novel Lothair?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- Hackney cab?- Hansom cab.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57In which American comedy series does Jason Lee play a redneck
0:23:57 > 0:24:00who spends his life seeking to atone for his past sins
0:24:00 > 0:24:02after winning 100,000?
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- My Name Is Earl.- A clamour or building are among the collective nouns for a group
0:24:06 > 0:24:09of which notoriously noisy birds of the crow family?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- Rook. - Astronomer Einer Herzsprung
0:24:12 > 0:24:15was the first person to propose an absolute standard
0:24:15 > 0:24:19for measuring the brightness of what heavenly bodies?
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Stars.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Which sport provides the background to David Storey's 1960 novel
0:24:23 > 0:24:26This Sporting Life, set in an industrial Northern city?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Rugby league.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30A giant statue of a pregnant woman called Verity
0:24:30 > 0:24:33stands on Ilfracombe Pier. Who's the sculptor?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- Alison Lapper?- Damien Hirst. Which city on the Indian Ocean
0:24:36 > 0:24:37is South Africa's principal port?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40It's also one of the country's most popular beach resorts.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41- Cape Town.- Durban.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Which film became the first in the Bond franchise to win a major BAFTA
0:24:44 > 0:24:49when it was named Outstanding British Film of the 2013 awards?
0:24:49 > 0:24:53- Skyfall.- Who discovered the Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica in 1911
0:24:53 > 0:24:55and named them after the Queen of Norway?
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- Amundsen.- What was the name of the German-born film actress
0:24:58 > 0:25:01and singer whose adoption of trousers and other masculine clothes
0:25:01 > 0:25:04started a fashion that's lasted into the 21st century?
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Marlene Dietrich.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Which Dorset town whose cobbled, gold hill
0:25:07 > 0:25:09featured in a television advert for bread
0:25:09 > 0:25:12was known as Shaston in Thomas Hardy's novels?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Dorchester?- Shaftesbury.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Which publishing house was established in 1936 after
0:25:17 > 0:25:19the founder Alan Lane became frustrated by the lack
0:25:19 > 0:25:22of worthwhile reading matter available at Exeter Railway Station?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Penguin.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26What term indicating the lack of a raising agent
0:25:26 > 0:25:28is given to bread eaten at the Passover?
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Unleavened.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33In January 2007, Andrew Flintoff was the 708th and last player
0:25:33 > 0:25:37to be dismissed in a test match by which Australian spin bowler?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Shane Warne.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Which Swiss-born philosopher wrote the novel Julie,
0:25:40 > 0:25:44or La Nouvelle Heloise, published in 1761?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47It was his most popular work during his lifetime.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48- Kant?- Rousseau.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50What was the name of the golden throne
0:25:50 > 0:25:52stolen from India by the Persians in 1739?
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Although lost, it became the symbol of the Persian,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- and later, the Iranian monarchy. - BEEP
0:25:59 > 0:26:00The...
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Pass.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Well, I can tell you because we're out of time,
0:26:05 > 0:26:06it's the Peacock Throne.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09So, that one pass, and it didn't really matter in the end, Nick,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13because you have scored 26 points.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15APPLAUSE
0:26:22 > 0:26:25So, he did hold on to that lead, if only just, but that's what counts.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30In fourth place with 18 points, Patrick Macintosh.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Third place, 20 points, Harriet MacMillan.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Second place, 25 points, David Dutton.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41And in first place with 26 points, Nick Harrison.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43APPLAUSE
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Which means, of course, that Nick Harrison is tonight's winner,
0:26:56 > 0:27:00and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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0:27:17 > 0:27:19APPLAUSE