0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Katie Johnston,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30a marketing manager from London. Her subject is the band Pulp.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Next, Allan MacPherson, a postman from Devon,
0:00:33 > 0:00:36and he will be answering questions on FC Barcelona.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Brian Chesney is a retired librarian from Malvern.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41His subject - Catherine the Great.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43And Tony Richardson, a teacher from Newcastle.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46His subject - the novels of David Peace.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Hello and welcome to Mastermind,
0:01:02 > 0:01:03with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Four more contenders put themselves to the test tonight
0:01:07 > 0:01:10in the hope that they might be crowned the nation's Mastermind,
0:01:10 > 0:01:14than which there is no greater honour in the world of quizzing.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17To get through to the next round, they will be subjected
0:01:17 > 0:01:20to two sets of questions under the tyranny of the clock -
0:01:20 > 0:01:22the first two minutes on their specialist subject,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25followed by two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- And your name is? - Katie Johnston.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- Your occupation? - Marketing manager.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- And your chosen subject? - Pulp.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Pulp in two minutes. Here we go.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Pulp were formed by Jarvis Cocker and Peter Dalton
0:01:45 > 0:01:47while still at school in Sheffield.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49What was the band's original name, said to be
0:01:49 > 0:01:53inspired by the title of a Michael Caine film and the name of a coffee bean?
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Arabicus Pulp.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56What was the nickname of the band's bass player,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59David Lockwood, who left soon after the band's formation?
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- Fungus.- Pulp had their first chart entry in November 1993,
0:02:02 > 0:02:0413 years after the band was formed.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06What was the title of the single that reached
0:02:06 > 0:02:08number 50 in the charts that year?
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- Lipgloss.- Which song gave the band their first top 40 hit?
0:02:11 > 0:02:18They used it to open sets in 2011 such as at venues in Hungary and Serbia.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Do You Remember The First Time?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22What is the name of the studios in Goldhawk Road, London,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25where Pulp's first chart-topping album Different Class
0:02:25 > 0:02:26was recorded and mixed?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28The Townhouse.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Common People gave the band one of their biggest hits, reaching No 2 in the charts.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Where did it have its first public performance in August '94?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Um, Bristol.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38No, the Reading Festival.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41On which indie label was the original vinyl version
0:02:41 > 0:02:45of their debut mini-LP, It, released in 1983?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Red Rhino.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Which song written for the compilation album Hits opens with the lines
0:02:51 > 0:02:54"kids are spitting on the town hall steps
0:02:54 > 0:02:56"and frightening old ladies.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58"I dreamt that I was living back in the mid-1980s"?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Last Day Of The Miners' Strike.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03David Hinkler joined in 1982 and left the following year.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07What instrument did he play in addition to guitar and keyboards?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- Drums. - Trombone.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12The monologue Duck Diving appears on Pulp's 2001 Peel session.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16The words are from a story in a '70s English textbook by which writer?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Philippa Pearce.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20What song was Michael Jackson performing at the Brit Awards
0:03:20 > 0:03:22when Jarvis Cocker jumped on the stage?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Cocker ended up spending a night in the cells.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- Earth Song.- What's the name of the former keyboard player
0:03:27 > 0:03:30with Psychedelic Furs, who produced several of their records,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33including the Sisters EP and the His 'N' Hers album?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- Ed Buller.- Pulp were the headline act
0:03:35 > 0:03:37at Glastonbury as a replacement for a band
0:03:37 > 0:03:42who pulled out because one member broke his collarbone. What was that band?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- Stone Roses. - Pulp submitted a song... - BEEP
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I've started, so I'll finish.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Pulp submitted a song to be the theme
0:03:48 > 0:03:50for a '97 Bond film, but it was rejected.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Under what title was it released as a B-side
0:03:53 > 0:03:54of the single Help The Aged?
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Tomorrow Never Lies.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01No passes, Katie, you've scored 12 points.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04APPLAUSE
0:04:10 > 0:04:12And our next contender, please.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- And your name is? - Allan MacPherson.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22- Your occupation? - Postman.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- And your specialist subject? - FC Barcelona.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27FC Barcelona in two minutes.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Who was the world's most expensive footballer at the time,
0:04:30 > 0:04:32when he moved from Barcelona to Real Madrid
0:04:32 > 0:04:34for a reported fee of 37 million in 2000?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- Luis Figo.- Which striker did Barcelona and Real Madrid
0:04:38 > 0:04:40claim to have signed in '53?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42The Spanish FA decreed he should play for each team
0:04:42 > 0:04:45on alternate years, but Barca sold their share in him?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- Di Stefano. - In which Barcelona newspaper
0:04:47 > 0:04:52did Swiss-born businessman Joan Gamper place an advert in 1899
0:04:52 > 0:04:56asking for anyone interested in forming a football club to get in contact?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00- Er, Deportivo. - Los Deportes.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Barcelona were the first winners of the Fairs Cup in '58.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Who did they beat in a match in '71
0:05:05 > 0:05:07to decide who would permanently keep the trophy
0:05:07 > 0:05:10from the now-discontinued competition?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Leeds United. - What was the name of the first stadium
0:05:12 > 0:05:13owned by the club -
0:05:13 > 0:05:17a 6,000-capacity ground they moved into in 1909?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Carrer de la Industria.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Who became Barcelona's longest-serving president
0:05:22 > 0:05:25after he was elected in '78 and served until 2000?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Nunez.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29In 2009, a statue of the Hungarian forward
0:05:29 > 0:05:33who became one of the club's leading goal-scorers
0:05:33 > 0:05:37was unveiled outside the Camp Nou. Who was he?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- Kubala.- How many goals did Lionel Messi score
0:05:40 > 0:05:44in competitive matches in the 2011-12 season
0:05:44 > 0:05:47to set a new European scoring record?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- 47.- No, it's 73.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51By what nickname, a reference to the Catalan
0:05:51 > 0:05:54for their shirts' colour is the team sometimes known?
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Blaugrana.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Which Hungarian goalkeeper's heroics in a cup match
0:05:57 > 0:06:00against Real Sociedad in '28
0:06:00 > 0:06:04inspired the poet Rafael Alberti to write a poem about him?
0:06:04 > 0:06:05- Nunez?- Platko.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Who followed Bobby Robson to Barcelona as his assistant from FC Porto,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13but stayed on to work under Robson's successor, Louis Van Gaal?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- Terry Venables? - Mourinho.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Who made the claim that Barcelona is "more than a club"
0:06:21 > 0:06:23when he was appointed club president in '68?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- Pass.- By what aggregate score were Barcelona beaten...- BEEP
0:06:29 > 0:06:30I'll finish the question.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34..by Bayern Munich in the semifinal of the 2013 Champions League?
0:06:34 > 0:06:40- Bizarrely, 7-0.- It was indeed 7-0, as you say. Just one pass.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42The guy who made the claim that Barcelona is more than a club -
0:06:42 > 0:06:47"mas que un club" - when he was appointed president was De Carreras.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50You have, Allan, eight points.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Thank you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53APPLAUSE
0:06:59 > 0:07:00And our next contender, please.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- And your name is? - Brian Chesney.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- Your occupation? - Retired librarian.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- And your specialist subject? - Catherine the Great.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Catherine the Great. Two minutes. Here we go.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18By which of Catherine's lovers did she have a child, Alexei,
0:07:18 > 0:07:22who was born before the coup that brought her to power in 1762?
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Gregory Orlov.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26In which Moscow cathedral was Catherine crowned Empress of Russia
0:07:26 > 0:07:31in 1762, three months after she usurped husband Peter III?
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Assumption Cathedral.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36What is the art museum founded by Catherine 1764,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38it stands behind the Winter Palace in St Petersburg
0:07:38 > 0:07:40and has been frequently extended?
0:07:40 > 0:07:41The Hermitage.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Catherine commissioned a dinner service from Wedgwood
0:07:44 > 0:07:47of over 900 pieces, decorated with scenes of England.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50What creature featured in an emblem on each piece?
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Pass.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55In 1763, whom did Catherine appoint to carry out her foreign policy?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58He'd previously been ambassador to Denmark and Sweden.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Panin.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04A French astronomer, the Abbe Chappe d'Auteroche, wrote A Journey To Siberia,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07in which he described Russia as a "barbarous" country.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09What is the title of the work Catherine wrote in reply?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10The Antidote.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Catherine recruited a Scottish American naval officer
0:08:13 > 0:08:17as a rear-admiral during the second Russo-Turkish War. What was his name?
0:08:17 > 0:08:18John Paul Jones.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21What name was given to Catherine's plan that aimed to restore
0:08:21 > 0:08:24the old Byzantine Empire with one of her grandsons as its ruler?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26The Greek Project.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Which great port did Catherine have constructed
0:08:29 > 0:08:31after the annexation of the Crimea in 1783?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- Sebastopol. - What was the name of the editor of the
0:08:34 > 0:08:39Correspondance litteraire whom Catherine appointed as her agent in Paris?
0:08:39 > 0:08:40- Grimm.- Yes, Von Grimm.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43The rebel Cossacks led by the pretender Pugachev
0:08:43 > 0:08:47were finally defeated by Catherine's forces
0:08:47 > 0:08:50under Colonel Michelson in August 1774.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Outside which city did this take place?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Tsaritsyn.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Catherine wrote three plays that satirised mysticism and freemasonry.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Which features the character Kalifalkzherston,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04who embezzles gold from gullible victims?
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Pass.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Catherine ordered a marble bust made
0:09:07 > 0:09:09of a British politician for display in the Hermitage.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11A bronze copy was displayed between
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Demosthenes and Cicero in her sculpture gallery. Who was he?
0:09:16 > 0:09:17BEEP Charles James Fox.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Is correct. And you had two passes.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24The play that Catherine wrote that featured the character Kalifalkzherston
0:09:24 > 0:09:28was The Deceiver.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33And on that dinner service, every one of the 900 pieces
0:09:33 > 0:09:35had a green frog.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Brian, you've scored 11 points. - Thank you.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41APPLAUSE
0:09:47 > 0:09:49And our final contender, please.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- And your name is? - Tony Richardson.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- Your occupation? - Teacher.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- And your chosen subject? - The novels David Peace.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02The novels of David Peace in two minutes. Here we go.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06What was the name of the man imprisoned for murder in 1974,
0:10:06 > 0:10:08the first of David Peace's Red Riding Quartet?
0:10:08 > 0:10:09In the last novel, 1983,
0:10:09 > 0:10:13solicitor John Piggott visits him in Park Lane Special Hospital.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Michael Myshkin.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Which character in Tokyo Year Zero,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18the first book in his Tokyo Trilogy,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20is described as the Shogun of Shinbashi?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- Senju Akura.- Akira, yes.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27In The Damned Utd, in his first television interview
0:10:27 > 0:10:30as manager of Leeds, Brian Clough is asked if he's superstitious.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33What does Clough describe himself as in his reply?
0:10:33 > 0:10:34A socialist.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39What dispute is the subject of the 2005 novel GB84?
0:10:39 > 0:10:40The miners' strike.
0:10:40 > 0:10:431980, the third book in the Red Riding Quartet,
0:10:43 > 0:10:47has an epigraph taken from a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Which poem?
0:10:47 > 0:10:48The Raven.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Which celebrity is speaking about her husband's murder
0:10:50 > 0:10:54on the radio shortly after Peter Hunter wakes up on 11th December, 1980?
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Yoko Ono.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57What is the name of the Wakefield pub
0:10:57 > 0:11:01where the Christmas Eve shooting of Derek Box takes place in 1974?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Strafford.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Which Leeds footballer enrages Brian Clough in The Dammed Utd
0:11:06 > 0:11:09when he asks, "Did you ever play at Wembley, did you, Mr Clough?"
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Billy Bremner.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14In the Red Riding Quartet, Eddie Dunford, and later Bob Fraser,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18occupy room 27 in a motel on the Doncaster Road. Which motel?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Redbeck.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22In GB84, what code name does Terry Winters say is to be used
0:11:22 > 0:11:27by the NUM leadership for pickets, differentiating them from the police,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29who are to be known as potatoes?
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Pass.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Which Bury centre-half and future Sunderland manager
0:11:33 > 0:11:35accuses Brian Clough of acting up, or codding,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38when he's injured during a match in '62?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40The injury ends Clough's playing career.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- Bob Stokoe. - In Occupied City, a businessman and politician
0:11:43 > 0:11:44delivers a series of lessons.
0:11:44 > 0:11:50Lesson one is dog kills dog. What is the eighth and final lesson?
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Pass.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54What nickname does veteran journalist Jack Whitehead
0:11:54 > 0:11:57use for Eddie Dunford throughout 1974?
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- Scoop.- What epithet does the crime reporter use repeatedly
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- for the city of Tokyo in the novel Occupied City? - BEEP
0:12:04 > 0:12:07He often writes it in upper-case letters.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13- The Black Door? - No, the Fictional City.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14You had two passes.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18The eighth and final lesson in Occupied City was
0:12:18 > 0:12:21dog is always hungry for more dog.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25And, in GB84, the police were known as potatoes,
0:12:25 > 0:12:29the pickets were known as apples.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Tony, you have scored 11 points.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33APPLAUSE
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Well, that was a close round.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47In fourth place with eight points Allan MacPherson,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50joint second place, 11 points apiece,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Brian Chesney and Tony Richardson.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56In the lead, just, with 12 points, Katie Johnston.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05So, it's the general knowledge round now, and if there is a tie at the
0:13:05 > 0:13:07end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:07 > 0:13:09and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12And if they're tied on passes as well,
0:13:12 > 0:13:16we have to have a tie-break, and the six highest-scoring runners-up
0:13:16 > 0:13:19in this round will also be able to claim a place in the semi-finals.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21So, still plenty to play for, let's get on with it
0:13:21 > 0:13:23and ask Allan to join us again, please.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28And you start this round with eight points,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30with your knowledge of Barcelona FC.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Let's see how you do with two-and-a-half minutes
0:13:32 > 0:13:34of general knowledge, here we go.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36What is the surname of Graham and Damon, the only father
0:13:36 > 0:13:38and son to have both won the Formula 1 World Championship?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Hill.- Yep. The emperors who ruled Germany
0:13:41 > 0:13:43from 1871 to 1918 are known by what title?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45It comes from the Latin word "Caesar".
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- Kaiser.- Which resort on the South Devon coast
0:13:47 > 0:13:49famous for its red sandstone cliffs
0:13:49 > 0:13:53is separated from the sea by the Main Line from Paddington?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Teignmouth.- Dawlish. What part of a rabbit's body is known as a "scut"?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57- Its tail.- Yeah.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Who is the star and co-producer of the film
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Jack Reacher about the ex-military policeman created by Lee Child?
0:14:04 > 0:14:05- Michael Caine?- Tom Cruise.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Which French city, one of the busiest
0:14:07 > 0:14:10ports on the Mediterranean, is the country's oldest major city?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Marseille.- Yes. What is the name of the American soul singer who
0:14:13 > 0:14:16produced his own 1971 album What's Going On,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19breaking with the producer-dominated Motown tradition?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Marvin Gaye.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Yes. Churches dedicated to which saint, the patron of lepers
0:14:22 > 0:14:24and the lame, are often outside the city's walls
0:14:24 > 0:14:28because lepers were not permitted to enter the city?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- Saint Cecil.- Saint Giles.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Which former jockey, who wrote
0:14:31 > 0:14:32thrillers after his retirement,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35was the author of a biography about Lester Piggott?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Dick Francis.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Yes. What did Andre Le Notre
0:14:38 > 0:14:40design for the Palace of Versailles
0:14:40 > 0:14:43and many other chateaux in the late 17th century?
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Gardens.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Yes. Which spice that comes from a plant of the ginger family
0:14:47 > 0:14:49consists of a green, dried pod containing black seeds?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51It's often used in Asian cuisine,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55and also in Scandinavia to flavour flans and stewed fruits.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56- Vanilla?- Cardamom.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58What was the name of Christopher Columbus'
0:14:58 > 0:15:02flagship on his first voyage to the New World in 1492?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03The Santa Maria.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Who successively beat his Democrat opponents Hubert Humphrey
0:15:06 > 0:15:10and George McGovern to be elected American President in 1968 and 1972?
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Nixon.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15What major traffic junction
0:15:15 > 0:15:16in the London borough of Southwark
0:15:16 > 0:15:18takes its name from a famous coaching inn?
0:15:20 > 0:15:21- Swiss Cottage?- Elephant and Castle.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23What type of soft felt brimmed hat
0:15:23 > 0:15:25with a lengthwise crease
0:15:25 > 0:15:26in the crown is said to take
0:15:26 > 0:15:27its name from the title
0:15:27 > 0:15:30of a play by the French dramatist Victorien Sardou?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31- Fedora.- Yes.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34In his poem Leisure, who wrote, "What is this life,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36"if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?"?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39- Keats.- WH Davis.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Which English king is played by Rupert Everett in the
0:15:41 > 0:15:432003 film To Kill A King?
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- Henry VIII?- Charles I.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48What is the name of the mysterious masked swordsman
0:15:48 > 0:15:51who was the alter ego of Don Diego de la Vega in
0:15:51 > 0:15:53a popular American television show of the 1950s?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- The Lone Ranger?- It was Zorro.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56In boxing, what name is given
0:15:56 > 0:15:58to a punch delivered from below,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00usually to an opponent's jaw?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01- Uppercut.- Yup. Which board game
0:16:01 > 0:16:03played with black and white discs...
0:16:03 > 0:16:04BEEP
0:16:04 > 0:16:06..shares its name with the title
0:16:06 > 0:16:08character in a Shakespeare play?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- Take a guess.- Backgammon.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Well, why not? Othello.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- No passes, Allan, your score is now 19 points. - Thank you.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22APPLAUSE
0:16:28 > 0:16:30And now Brian again, please.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36And you begin with 11 points,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38with your knowledge of Catherine the Great.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Which London street named after the wife of
0:16:42 > 0:16:43the 3rd Earl of Burlington
0:16:43 > 0:16:45has been associated with high-quality tailoring
0:16:45 > 0:16:47since the mid 19th century?
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Savile Row.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Yes, pecorino is an Italian cheese made from the milk of which animal?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- Goat?- No, a ewe, a sheep.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56In the famous Soviet leadership double-act of the 1950s
0:16:56 > 0:16:58known as B&K, Bulganin was B, who was K?
0:16:58 > 0:16:59- Khrushchev.- Yep.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02The American television series I Love Lucy starred which
0:17:02 > 0:17:03red-headed comedy actress?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Lucille Ball.- Yes. Which West African country has one of the
0:17:06 > 0:17:08world's largest shipping fleets?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Foreign ships are registered there under its flag of convenience.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11- Liberia.- Yes.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13What name is usually given to
0:17:13 > 0:17:14a war galley with three banks of oars?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16They were used in the Mediterranean
0:17:16 > 0:17:17by the 5th century BC.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18- Trireme.- Yes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Which writer and occultist,
0:17:20 > 0:17:23the author of the 1922 novel The Diary of a Drug Fiend, was famously
0:17:23 > 0:17:26described by a British newspaper as "The wickedest man in the world"?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27- Aleister Crowley?- Yes.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30In Greek myth, what's the name of the son of the god Helios?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32He was struck down by Zeus for bringing his father's
0:17:32 > 0:17:34fiery chariot too close to the Earth.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Icarus?- Phaeton.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Which racecourse on the banks of the River Dee is the oldest in Britain?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40It dates back to 1539.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41- Chester.- Yep.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Which Polish astronomer advanced
0:17:43 > 0:17:44the theory that the sun rather
0:17:44 > 0:17:46than the Earth was the centre of the solar system
0:17:46 > 0:17:49in his work De revolutionibus?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- Copernicus.- Yes.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54What insect has a name that means "Prophet" in Greek because it
0:17:54 > 0:17:57folds its long forelegs as if in prayer while waiting for its prey?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Pass.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Which Liverpool band who topped the charts in 1963 with
0:18:02 > 0:18:05their debut single Sweets For My Sweet took their name from the title
0:18:05 > 0:18:06of a John Ford Western?
0:18:06 > 0:18:07- The Searchers.- Yes.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10The council of the Roman Catholic Church met between 1545
0:18:10 > 0:18:13and 1563 to define church doctrine.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15What name is given to the council,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17after the Italian city where the meeting was held?
0:18:17 > 0:18:18- Council of Trent.- Yes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Which Carry On film had the alternative title
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Let Sleeping Bags Lie?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24HE SIGHS
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- Pass.- How many stars make up the group known as
0:18:26 > 0:18:27the Plough or the Big Dipper?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30It's part of the larger constellation of Ursa Major.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31- Seven?- Yes.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33What is the name of land of giants where Gulliver is
0:18:33 > 0:18:36stranded in the second part of Gulliver's Travels?
0:18:36 > 0:18:37- Brobdingnag.- Yes.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39In Britain, Elsanta is a widely-grown variety of
0:18:39 > 0:18:41which soft fruit?
0:18:41 > 0:18:42- Strawberry.- Yep.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Which country's monarchy is descended from one of
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Napoleon's marshalls, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte,
0:18:47 > 0:18:51who ruled as Charles XIV John from 1818 to 1844?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Sweden. Yes.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55What is the name of the limestone
0:18:55 > 0:18:57escarpment in Shropshire made
0:18:57 > 0:18:59famous in AE Houseman's A Shropshire Lad?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00- Wenlock Edge.- Yes.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02The dome of the Cathedral of
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence
0:19:04 > 0:19:07is the most celebrated work of which architect?
0:19:07 > 0:19:08- Michelangelo?- Brunelleschi.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Operation Nestegg was launched on VE Day...
0:19:10 > 0:19:12BEEP
0:19:12 > 0:19:13..to liberate which part of
0:19:13 > 0:19:15the British Isles from German rule?
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- Channel Islands.- Is correct. You had two passes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22The Carry On film that had the alternate title
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Let Sleeping Bags Lie was Carry On Camping.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Ha-ha.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31And that insect name that means "Prophet",
0:19:31 > 0:19:34folds its long forelegs - praying mantis.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Oh, right.- There you go.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- However, Brian, you have scored 27 points in total.- Thank you.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41APPLAUSE
0:19:48 > 0:19:50And now Tony Richardson again, please.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53And, erm...
0:19:53 > 0:19:57You have 11 points as well to start with, with your knowledge
0:19:57 > 0:20:01of the books of David Peace, and 27 is the score to beat.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Big one. Here we go.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04What word for a hereditary blood feud
0:20:04 > 0:20:06comes from the Italian for "revenge"?
0:20:06 > 0:20:07- Vendetta.- Yes.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10A famous statue of Robin Hood unveiled in 1952
0:20:10 > 0:20:11stands outside which castle?
0:20:11 > 0:20:12- Nottingham.- Yes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Which 1995 film stars Clint Eastwood as a photographer
0:20:15 > 0:20:19sent on an assignment to Iowa by National Geographic Magazine, where
0:20:19 > 0:20:21he falls in love with a farmer's wife played by Meryl Streep?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- Bridges of Madison County.- Yes.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Part II of Handel's Messiah is brought to a close by which chorus?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- The...Slaves' Chorus. - The Hallelujah Chorus.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34What was the principal title held by James II
0:20:34 > 0:20:36and George VI before they ascended the throne?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- Prince of Wales.- Duke of York.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Which Irish wit and dramatist
0:20:40 > 0:20:42wrote a book of short stories for children called
0:20:42 > 0:20:44The Happy Prince and Other Tales,
0:20:44 > 0:20:47published early in his literary career in 1888?
0:20:47 > 0:20:48- Oscar Wilde.- Yes.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51The comedy drama series El C.I.D starring Alfred Molina
0:20:51 > 0:20:53and John Bird followed the adventures of two former
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Scotland Yard officers in which European country?
0:20:57 > 0:20:58- Holland.- Spain.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01In John Charles Dollman's painting A Very Gallant Gentleman,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04who is pictured walking out to his death in March, 1912?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Erm, Oates.- Yes, Captain Oates.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Which Irish political party
0:21:10 > 0:21:12founded in 1933 by an amalgamation
0:21:12 > 0:21:14of other parties is also known
0:21:14 > 0:21:16as the United Ireland Party?
0:21:16 > 0:21:17- Fianna Fail?- Fine Gael.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19What name is given particularly in Cornwall to the
0:21:19 > 0:21:22small fish of the herring family whose young are called sardines?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Sprats.- Pilchards.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26In the newspaper comic strip by Bill Watterson, Hobbes,
0:21:26 > 0:21:30the best friend of Calvin is what type of stuffed toy animal?
0:21:30 > 0:21:31- Dog.- A tiger.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Which city on the Ganges where devout Hindus hope to die is
0:21:34 > 0:21:36also known as Benares or Kashi?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Varanasi.- Yes.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Which cricketing reference book celebrated its 150th edition
0:21:41 > 0:21:43with its 2013 publication?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44- Wisden.- Yes.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46What term for a charitable or helpful person
0:21:46 > 0:21:48comes from the parable in
0:21:48 > 0:21:50chapter ten of the Gospel of Saint Luke?
0:21:50 > 0:21:51- Good Samaritan.- Yes.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Which Nobel prize-winning novelist
0:21:53 > 0:21:54admitted in his 1996 memoir
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Peeling the Onion that as
0:21:56 > 0:21:57a young man in Nazi Germany he'd been
0:21:57 > 0:21:59recruited by the Waffen SS?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- Gunter Grass.- Yes. Which Scottish city's
0:22:01 > 0:22:03motto is "Bon Accord"?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Legend says it was the password for the local people's
0:22:05 > 0:22:08attack on its castle, held at the time by the English.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09- Aberdeen.- Yes.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Whose '64 chart hit You Never Can Tell reached a new audience
0:22:12 > 0:22:14when John Travolta and Uma Thurman
0:22:14 > 0:22:17danced the twist to it in the '94 film Pulp Fiction?
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- Chuck Berry.- Yes. To which bird of prey does the word "aquiline" refer?
0:22:21 > 0:22:22- Eagle.- Yes.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Which gate that stands at the western end of the
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Unter den Linden is the only surviving town gate of Berlin?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28- Brandenburg.- According to
0:22:28 > 0:22:30The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy,
0:22:30 > 0:22:31what is the answer to the ultimate question
0:22:31 > 0:22:33of life, the universe and everything?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34BEEP 42.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Is correct, and we're out of time. No passes.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40You didn't quite get there, Tony. 25.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42APPLAUSE
0:22:49 > 0:22:53And finally, Katie again, please.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57And you start out with 12 points with your knowledge of Pulp.
0:22:57 > 0:23:0027 is still the score to beat.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03So, here we go. Two-and-a-half minutes, general knowledge.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07The '96 chart-topping song Wannabe was the first
0:23:07 > 0:23:08hit single for which pop group?
0:23:08 > 0:23:09- Spice Girls.- Yes.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12David Garrick's Catharine and Petruchio, written in 1754,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15was a reworked version of which Shakespearean comedy?
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- Midsummer Night's Dream. - Taming Of The Shrew.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21What name is shared by the principal island
0:23:21 > 0:23:24in both the Orkneys and the Shetlands?
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Pass.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28A politician who was partly paralysed by polio in 1921
0:23:28 > 0:23:31went on to become Governor of New York from 1929 to '33
0:23:31 > 0:23:36and American President from '33 until his death in '45 - who was he?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- Hoover.- Franklin Roosevelt.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Montana, which flowers profusely in early spring,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44is a variety of which genus of climbing plants?
0:23:44 > 0:23:45- Ivy.- Clematis.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48In the film Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, who plays
0:23:48 > 0:23:51the part of the defence against the dark arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart?
0:23:53 > 0:23:54- Kenneth Branagh.- Yes.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Which classic French apple desert, named after the two sisters
0:23:58 > 0:24:00who made it famous, is inverted to serve
0:24:00 > 0:24:03so that the apples sit on top of the rich pastry base?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04- Tarte Tatin.- Yes.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Which English king was imprisoned for ransom in Duke Leopold's
0:24:07 > 0:24:08castle at Durnstein on the Danube
0:24:08 > 0:24:12when he was returning from the Crusades in 1192?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Richard the Lionheart.- Yes.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15In women's lawn tennis, what
0:24:15 > 0:24:18match score is known as a "double bagel"?
0:24:18 > 0:24:19- Pass.- Sarah Burton designed the
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress
0:24:21 > 0:24:23after she became the creative director of which
0:24:23 > 0:24:25London fashion house on the death of its founder?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27- Alexander McQueen.- Yes.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Who wrote in a draft preface to his poetry,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30"My subject is war and the pity of war.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33"The poetry is in the pity."
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Siegfried Sassoon. - Wilfred Owen.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37What collective name is given to the Canadian provinces
0:24:37 > 0:24:39of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba that
0:24:39 > 0:24:43lie in the Northern Great Plains region of North America?
0:24:43 > 0:24:44Pass.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Which screenwriter who won
0:24:45 > 0:24:47an Oscar for the film Gosford Park
0:24:47 > 0:24:50also writes the television series Downtown Abbey?
0:24:50 > 0:24:51- David Hare.- Julian Fellowes.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54In Norse mythology, Skinfaxi, who pulls the god Dagr
0:24:54 > 0:24:57across the sky every morning, is what kind of creature?
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- Er, eagle.- It's a horse.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02What term is used for the amount of C02 emitted through
0:25:02 > 0:25:05the combustion of fossil fuels by an organisation or
0:25:05 > 0:25:08an individual as part of their everyday activities?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Carbon footprint.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Yes, Quechua, a language still spoken today in Peru
0:25:12 > 0:25:16and elsewhere, was the chief language of which ancient empire?
0:25:16 > 0:25:17- Mayan.- The Inca.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Whose painting Liberty Leading The People
0:25:19 > 0:25:21shows a young woman waving a flag?
0:25:21 > 0:25:24It was inspired by an incident during the revolution
0:25:24 > 0:25:25in France of July, 1813.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Pass.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29The Puerta del Sol is the traditional centre of which
0:25:29 > 0:25:30European capital city?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- Madrid.- Yes. Which Roman soldier
0:25:34 > 0:25:35who was beheaded in around 300 AD...
0:25:35 > 0:25:37BEEP
0:25:37 > 0:25:39..is believed to be the first British Christian martyr?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41A monastery was built in his honour
0:25:41 > 0:25:42in the Hertfordshire city
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- that bears his name. - Don't know that one.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Well, I'll tell you, we'll take
0:25:46 > 0:25:48that as a pass, it was Saint Alban.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50And your other passes - Delacroix,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53it was his painting Liberty Leading the People,
0:25:53 > 0:25:58those Canadian provinces, Alberta etc, are the Canadian Prairies,
0:25:58 > 0:26:02and a double bagel in women's lawn tennis is 6-0, 6-0.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Logical when you think about it!
0:26:04 > 0:26:07And the name shared by the principal island in both the Orkneys
0:26:07 > 0:26:10and Shetlands is Mainland.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13You've scored a total now, Katie, of 19 points.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15APPLAUSE
0:26:24 > 0:26:27So, Brian held on to the lead. Let's have a look at all the scores there.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30In joint third place, 19 points apiece, Katie Johnston
0:26:30 > 0:26:32and Allan Macpherson.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Second place, 25 points, Tony Richardson.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38In first place with 27 points, Brian Chesney.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Which means, of course, that Brian is tonight's winner,
0:26:53 > 0:26:56and he goes through to the semifinal, congratulations to him.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59And if you would like to be a contender on the next series,
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