0:00:25 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Ailsa Prosser,
0:00:27 > 0:00:28a housewife from Winchester.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Her subject - the great designer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Roderick Cromar, a chartered accountant from Aberdeen.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36He'll be answering questions
0:00:36 > 0:00:39on the pioneering rock'n'roll label, Sun Records.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42James Knight, an anaesthetic technician from Middlesex.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46He'll be answering questions on the Sharpe novels of Bernard Cornwell.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49And Paul Gregan, a journalist from London.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52His subject - Alfred Wainwright's much-loved Lakeland guides.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Tonight, four more courageous contenders
0:01:07 > 0:01:11begin the journey that each of them hopes will end up with them
0:01:11 > 0:01:16taking home this glass bowl and for ever more being able to claim,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18"I was the nation's Mastermind."
0:01:18 > 0:01:19That's what's at stake.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20So, the rules -
0:01:20 > 0:01:23two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- And your name is?- Ailsa Prosser.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- Your occupation?- Housewife.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- And your chosen subject? - Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Two minutes, starting now.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Mackintosh was an influential Scottish architect,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54designer and artist.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Who ran the architectural firm that he was apprenticed to between 1884 and '89?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- Honeyman & Keppie. - John Hutchison.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Mackintosh designed a building on Renfrew Street, Glasgow,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06that was completed in two phases in 1899 and 1909
0:02:06 > 0:02:09and is considered to be his architectural masterpiece.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Which building?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12The Glasgow School of Art.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Yes. Mackintosh designed the striking decor for
0:02:15 > 0:02:17the guest bedroom at 78 Derngate, Northampton.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20When asked if it would disturb his sleep, who replied,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23"No, I always sleep with my eyes closed"?
0:02:23 > 0:02:24- George Bernard Shaw.- Yes.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Mackintosh's first major architectural job was
0:02:27 > 0:02:29the construction of an office building for which newspaper?
0:02:29 > 0:02:33It now houses Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35The Glasgow Herald.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Yes. For whom did Mackintosh design a jewel box in 1896?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41He was engaged to her before he switched his affections
0:02:41 > 0:02:44to Margaret MacDonald, whom he married in 1900.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Jesse Keppie.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Correct. Margaret was a fellow artist.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50What name was given to the room in pink, silver and white
0:02:50 > 0:02:52that was the Mackintoshes' principal exhibit
0:02:52 > 0:02:56at the Exhibition of Modern Decorative Arts in Turin in 1902?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- The Salle de Luxe? - The Rose Boudoir.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01What is the only church designed by Mackintosh that was actually built?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03It's now the international headquarters of
0:03:03 > 0:03:05the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Queen's Cross Church.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Yes. Mackintosh worked closely on the opulent design
0:03:09 > 0:03:11of the first floor of the Willow Tea Rooms with his wife
0:03:11 > 0:03:13and the local press described it as,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16"A marvel of the art of the upholsterer and decorator."
0:03:16 > 0:03:18What was the name of the room?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- The Willow Tea Rooms. - The Salon de Luxe.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Where in Suffolk did Mackintosh and his wife move
0:03:23 > 0:03:26shortly before the outbreak of the First World War?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27- Walberswick.- Correct.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Under what pseudonym did Mackintosh submit designs
0:03:30 > 0:03:34for a competition by a German magazine to design a house for an art lover in 1901?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- Der Vogel. - Yes, or The Bird.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Mackintosh was part of a group of artists known as the Glasgow four.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41They were also known by what name
0:03:41 > 0:03:45because of the elongated skeletal figures in their artworks, particularly posters?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- The Spooks. - Yes, the Spook School.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Mackintosh used stylised playing pieces...
0:03:49 > 0:03:50BLEEP
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I've started, so I shall finish.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55..from which game to replace the numbers on a clock face
0:03:55 > 0:03:57designed for 78 Derngate?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- Pass.- Well, I can tell you because you're out of time.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Dominoes is the answer.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Ailsa, with that one pass, you have scored eight points.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09APPLAUSE
0:04:19 > 0:04:21And our next contender, please?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- And your name is?- Roderick Cromar.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Your occupation? - Chartered accountant.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35And your chosen subject?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Sam Phillips and the Sun Record label, 1950-1960.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Sun Record label. In two minutes, here we go.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Sam Phillips, record producer and businessman,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46opened the Memphis Recording Service in January, 1950,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48on the corner of Marshall and which other avenue?
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Union Avenue.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Yes. Phillips went on to found Sun Records in 1952
0:04:52 > 0:04:53and signed Elvis Presley.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55What was the A-side of the first single
0:04:55 > 0:04:57that Elvis released on 19th July, 1954?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- That's All Right Mama.- Yes.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Who was the lead vocalist with the Teen Kings?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03They made their debut on Sun Records
0:05:03 > 0:05:06in April '56 with the song Ooby Dooby.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08He was later to become a major solo artist.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09- Roy Orbison.- Yes.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Jerry Lee Lewis's Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
0:05:11 > 0:05:14rose to number two in the Billboard Hot 100
0:05:14 > 0:05:16after he appeared on whose television show?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- Ed Sullivan.- Steve Allen.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22In 1957, Sun Records released its first LP.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24What was the title of the album,
0:05:24 > 0:05:26which includes the name of the artist that recorded it?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Pass.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30What was the name of the short-lived label
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Phillips set up in '55 for his country artists,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35which was shut down after legal threats
0:05:35 > 0:05:38from another label in Los Angeles with the same name?
0:05:38 > 0:05:39- Flip.- Correct.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Who was the fourth member of the so-called million-dollar quartet
0:05:42 > 0:05:44joining Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis
0:05:44 > 0:05:47for a jam session on 4th December, 1956?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- Carl Perkins.- Yes.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52The 1951 single, Rocket 88, written by Ike Turner and his band,
0:05:52 > 0:05:56is often considered to be the first rock 'n' roll track to be released.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Which act performed the single?
0:05:58 > 0:05:59- Jackie Brenston.- Yes.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01What was the nickname of the blues singer, guitarist
0:06:01 > 0:06:03and harmonica player, Chester Burnett,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06whose first sessions with Phillips took place in 1951?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Howling Wolf.- Correct.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Phillips set up a publishing company in '54 to handle Sun's copyright issues.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13What was its name?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Pass.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17What phrase did Phillips suggest should replace the words "go, boy, go"
0:06:17 > 0:06:20between takes of Carl Perkins' Blue Suede Shoes?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Go, cat, go.- Yes.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Which Sun artist sang the demo for I Forgot To Remember To Forget,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28which became the B-side for Presley's Mystery Train
0:06:28 > 0:06:31and for which he received half of the copyright royalties?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- Warren Smith? - No, Charlie Feathers.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36A novelty song by Rufus Thomas, intended to be a version of
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Big Mama Thornton's Hound Dog with male performers,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41gave Sun Records its first major hit in '53. What was it called?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43BLEEP
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Bear Cat.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Bear Cat is correct. You had two passes.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52Hi-Lo Music was the name of that publishing company they set up.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54And the title of that album from '57,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57released as Sun Records' first LP,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01was Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05It was quite a record. Roderick, you've scored nine points.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07APPLAUSE
0:07:14 > 0:07:15And our next contender, please?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- And your name is?- James Knight.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Your occupation? - Anaesthetic technician.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- And our specialist subject?- The Sharpe novels by Bernard Cornwell.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30The Sharpe novels in two minutes. Here we go.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32What is the name of the sergeant who recruits the young
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Richard Sharpe into the 33rd Foot Regiment
0:07:35 > 0:07:38and becomes his bitter enemy till he's executed by firing squad?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39- Obadiah Hakeswill.- Yes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41On which ship, commanded by Captain Joel Chase,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44does Sharpe lead a party of Marines during the Battle of Trafalgar?
0:07:44 > 0:07:45- Pucelle.- Yes.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48In which book of the series does Sharpe's friend,
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Patrick Harper, make his first appearance
0:07:49 > 0:07:53when he is being questioned about the contents of a sack by Captain Dunnett?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54- Sharpe's Prey.- Yes.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Which lieutenant teaches Sharpe to read and write using a page from the Bible
0:07:58 > 0:08:01while they're in prison together in Tipu Sultan's dungeon?
0:08:01 > 0:08:02- William Lawford.- Yes.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04In Sharpe's Gold, which Spanish guerrilla leader,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06whose real name is Joaquin Jovellanos,
0:08:06 > 0:08:11crosses Sharpe's path as he searches for hidden gold in the village of Castejeda?
0:08:12 > 0:08:13- El Catolico.- Yes.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Sharpe promises Frederickson his horse in the event of his death.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20The horse is killed by a cannon ball during the Battle of Toulouse in Sharpe's Revenge.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21What was the horse's name?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22- Sycorax.- Yes.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25In which book do Sharpe and Harper beat Napoleon Bonaparte
0:08:25 > 0:08:27face-to-face on the island of St Helena?
0:08:27 > 0:08:28- Sharpe's Devil.- Yes.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33What substance does Sharpe use to temporarily blind the French attacking the fort
0:08:33 > 0:08:37at Teste-de-Buch under General Calvert's command in Sharpe's Siege?
0:08:37 > 0:08:38- Quicklime.- Yes.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41On whose staff is Sharpe serving at the onset of the Battle of Waterloo?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43He's nicknamed Slender Billy or Young Frog
0:08:43 > 0:08:47and Sharpe deliberately shoots him in order to remove him from the field of battle.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- William, Prince of Orange.- Yes.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52In Sharpe's Skirmish, what is the name of the Scottish Foreman of the Ordnance
0:08:52 > 0:08:54who suggests breaking wine bottles
0:08:54 > 0:08:56and using the broken glass to halt a French cavalry charge?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- MacKeon.- Yes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Sharpe is rewarded with a battlefield commission as an Ensign in Sharpe's Triumph
0:09:02 > 0:09:05after saving the Duke of Wellington's life at the Battle of Assaye.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07In which regiment is he made Ensign?
0:09:07 > 0:09:08- 74th.- Yes.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12In Sharpe's Honour, which Irish soldier is hanged in place of Sharpe
0:09:12 > 0:09:15in a charade to fool the French and Spanish that Sharpe is dead?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16- Liam Dooley.- Correct.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19In Sharpe's Rifles, Major Blas Vivar asks Sharpe
0:09:19 > 0:09:21to help him take the banner of St James
0:09:21 > 0:09:24to which city that he hopes to capture from the French?
0:09:24 > 0:09:25- Santiago de Compostela.- Correct.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27What is the name of the Spanish boy who accompanies Sharpe
0:09:27 > 0:09:30on his mission to find La Marquesa Helene in Sharpe's Honour?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- Angel.- Correct.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33BLEEP
0:09:33 > 0:09:37No passes, a perfect round. James, you've got 14 points.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40APPLAUSE
0:09:46 > 0:09:48And our final contender, please.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56- And your name is?- Paul Gregan.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- Your occupation?- Journalist.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00And your specialist subject?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Wainwright's pictorial guides to the Lakeland Fells.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05The great guides. In two minutes, starting now.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Alfred Wainwright is best known for his seven pictorial guides to the Lakeland Fells.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11What's the title of the first volume, published in '55?
0:10:13 > 0:10:14- The Western Fells. - The Eastern Fells.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16What was the name of the librarian
0:10:16 > 0:10:19who collaborated with Wainwright when the guides were first produced?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21He's credited as the publisher in early editions.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22- Henry Marshall.- Correct.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Easy Buttress, Easy Gully and Easy Terrace
0:10:24 > 0:10:28are all on which fell west of Coniston Old Man that Wainwright says,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30"Most walkers might get up if a mad bull was in pursuit"?
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Pass.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34On which northern fell is the spectacular ridge Sharp Edge
0:10:34 > 0:10:37that was formerly known as Razor Edge because, as Wainwright states,
0:10:37 > 0:10:39"Its crest is sharp enough for shaving."
0:10:39 > 0:10:40- Blencathra.- Correct.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43He describes four routes to ascend Pavey Ark from Stickle Tarn.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45What is route two called?
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Described as, "A rock climb,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50"the knees and elbows contributing as much to progress as hands and feet"?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51- Jack's Rake.- Yes.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53What rugged hills, south of Buttermere,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56does Wainwright liken to, "A shaggy terrier in the company of foxhounds"?
0:10:56 > 0:10:57- Haystacks.- Yes.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Which crag in the far eastern fells, just southwest of High Street fell,
0:11:00 > 0:11:04is topped by a 14 foot high column of stones that Wainwright calls,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06"One of the most distinctive cairns in Lakeland"?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- Harter Fell. - Thornthwaite Crag.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Which hill in the north-west corner of the Lake District
0:11:10 > 0:11:12does Wainwright describe as, "The odd man out,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15"detached and solitary like a dunce set apart from the class"?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Pass.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20To whom does Wainwright dedicate Book 4,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22referring to them as, "The hardiest of all fell walkers
0:11:22 > 0:11:24"and the truest lovers of the mountains"?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25- The sheep.- Yes.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Which type of dark igneous rock, which Wainwright mentions is a rarity in Lakelands,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31a feature of Carrock Fell in the Northern Fells?
0:11:31 > 0:11:32- Gabbro.- Yes.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35What alternative name does Wainwright give the Sphinx Rock on Great Gable
0:11:35 > 0:11:38in his illustration, because of its resemblance
0:11:38 > 0:11:40to another animal when seen from a different angle?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- Cat.- Yes.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44In his description of Place Fell, Wainwright states that
0:11:44 > 0:11:47the lakeside path from a beck near Sandwick to Patterdale
0:11:47 > 0:11:49is the "most beautiful and rewarding walk in Lakeland."
0:11:49 > 0:11:51What is the name of the beck?
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Um...
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Sandwath Beck?- No, Scalehow.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59What name is given to the prehistoric workshop on the Langdale Pikes,
0:11:59 > 0:12:03described by Wainwright in a section on Pike of Stickle in the Central Fells?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Pass.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Who was the pioneer fell walker and...
0:12:06 > 0:12:07BLEEP
0:12:07 > 0:12:10..rock climber from Lawton, to whom the memorial cairn
0:12:10 > 0:12:12on Wainwright's high-level route at Pillar is dedicated?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- Walker?- No, it's Robinson, John Wootton Robinson.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19You had three passes.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24The name given to that prehistoric workshop was the Stone Axe Factory.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Binsey was the hill in the north-west corner
0:12:26 > 0:12:29that he described as the "odd man out."
0:12:29 > 0:12:31And Dow Crag was the one
0:12:31 > 0:12:35that you might get up if a mad bull was in pursuit.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Paul, you have scored seven points.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40APPLAUSE
0:12:46 > 0:12:49At the end of that round, one contender way out in front.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Let's see if he can hold on to the lead. Let's review the scores.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55In fourth place, seven points, Paul Gregan.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Third place, eight points, Ailsa Prosser.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Second place, nine points, Roderick Cromar.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Then there's a great leap in the lead with 14 points, James Knight.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07APPLAUSE
0:13:10 > 0:13:13And it's the general knowledge round now, of course.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15And if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18then the number of passes is taken into account.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20The person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22And if they're tied on passes as well,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24there will have to be a tie-break.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27And the six highest scoring runners-up from this round
0:13:27 > 0:13:29will also be able to claim a place in the semifinal.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34So, lots to play for and let us ask Paul to join us again now, please.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38And you start out, as I just said, with seven points,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41with the knowledge of the Lakeland guides.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44And you have two and a half minutes now for your general knowledge,
0:13:44 > 0:13:45so let's see how you do. Here we go.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49The terrier dog derives its name from the Latin word terra, meaning what?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- Land.- Earth.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Which Soviet president was the youngest member of Politburo
0:13:53 > 0:13:56when he was elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party in 1985?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- Mikhail Gorbachev.- Yes.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Who was the subject of a Scottish love song
0:14:00 > 0:14:03popular with soldiers of the Crimean War that is said to be based on
0:14:03 > 0:14:05a poem by William Douglas of Fingland?
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Pass.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10At which Suffolk racecourse is the Bunbury Mile part of the July course?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Pass.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16In astronomy, what name is given to an object with gravity so strong
0:14:16 > 0:14:18that not even light can escape from it?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21It's thought to be formed when a massive star collapses in on itself.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22- Black hole.- Yes.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Which Shakespeare play contains the lines,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players..."
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- All's Well That Ends well. - As You Like It.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32One of Europe's largest areas of wetlands, the Pripet Marshes,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36occupy the southern part of Belarus and the northern part of which neighbouring country?
0:14:36 > 0:14:37- Ukraine.- Yes.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40What is the name of the Welsh mezzo-soprano whose 2009 album, Believe,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43features a duet with Andrea Bocelli?
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Pass.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48In classical mythology, which lizard, also known as cockatrice,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51was able to turn living things to stone just by looking at them?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52- Basilisk.- Yes.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Which British artist's 1961 painting, We Two Boys Together Clinging,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58takes its title from a work by Walt Whitman?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Pass.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Which action game show, first broadcast in 1992,
0:15:02 > 0:15:06was originally presented by John Fashanu and Ulrika Jonsson,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08with John Anderson as the referee?
0:15:08 > 0:15:09- Superstars.- Gladiators.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Which island of the Inner Hebrides, the largest of the Small Isles,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15has been regularly visited by the television programme Autumnwatch
0:15:15 > 0:15:18because of its spectacular deer rut?
0:15:18 > 0:15:19- Bute.- Rum.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22After the Second World War, which ruler had to renounce his divinity
0:15:22 > 0:15:24but was allowed to retain his title?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25- Hirohito.- Yes.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28The best-known novel by the Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov
0:15:28 > 0:15:30is entitled The Master And...?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31- Margarita.- Correct.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Who married his first wife, Cynthia Powell,
0:15:33 > 0:15:39at Mount Pleasant Registry Office in Liverpool on 23rd August 1962?
0:15:39 > 0:15:40- John Lennon.- Yes.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42What name of Old English origin is given to
0:15:42 > 0:15:45an ancient earth built burial site or tumulus?
0:15:45 > 0:15:46- Bower.- Yes.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48In Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho,
0:15:48 > 0:15:53which actress plays Marion Crane, who's murdered in the shower scene?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54- Janet Leigh.- Yes.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58The Myrmidons were a band of soldiers from the island of Aegina
0:15:58 > 0:16:02who followed Pelios and which other Greek hero to the Trojan War?
0:16:02 > 0:16:03- Hercules.- Hercules is correct.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07In art, what name is given to the weak glue known as size when it has pigment added to it?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10It's used mainly for painting scenery or wall decorations.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11- Gouache?- Distemper.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14In the novel Lucky Jim, the eponymous hero Jim Dixon
0:16:14 > 0:16:17is a junior lecturer in which department of a small provincial university?
0:16:17 > 0:16:18BLEEP
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- History.- He is indeed in the history department.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Four passes.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25David Hockney painted We Two Boys Together Clinging.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Katherine Jenkins was the Welsh mezzo-soprano.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Newmarket was the Suffolk racecourse
0:16:32 > 0:16:37and Annie Laurie was the subject of that Scottish love song.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- You now have a total, Paul, of 18 points.- Thank you.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41APPLAUSE
0:16:47 > 0:16:50And now Ailsa, again, please.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53And...
0:16:54 > 0:16:57..you begin this round with eight points
0:16:57 > 0:17:01with your knowledge of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03And you have two and a half minutes for your general knowledge.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Here we go.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08What was the surname of the notorious East End criminals Ronnie and Reggie?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- Kray.- Yes.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Hips are the fruit of which shrub?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14A syrup rich in vitamin C can be made from them.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15- Wild Rose.- Yes.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Since the early 18th century, which annual musical event has been hosted in turn
0:17:20 > 0:17:23by the cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- The... The Three Choirs.- Yes.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31In October 1553, who was crowned the first Queen to rule England in her own right?
0:17:35 > 0:17:36- Mary Tudor?- Yes.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38The television dramas A Dinner Of Herbs,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Tilly Trotter and The Cinder Path are based on novels
0:17:41 > 0:17:43by a prolific Tyneside author. What's her name?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Catherine Cookson.- Indeed.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47According to a popular American folk song,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49whose body lies a-mouldering in its grave?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50- John Brown.- Yes.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54The icthus, an ancient Christian symbol taken from the initials of the Greek
0:17:54 > 0:17:58for Jesus Christ Son of God, Saviour, and still in common use today,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01is a simplified depiction of what creature?
0:18:01 > 0:18:02- A fish.- Yes.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Which heavyweight printed cotton or linen fabric,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06typically used for chair covers, is thought to
0:18:06 > 0:18:10take its name from the village in Normandy where it originated?
0:18:10 > 0:18:11- Chintz?- No, Cretonne.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Who as Chancellor of the Exchequer
0:18:13 > 0:18:16pushed through the National Insurance Act of 1911
0:18:16 > 0:18:18that provided the first ever sickness and unemployment benefits?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20- Lloyd George.- Yes.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24What was Walt Disney's first full-length cartoon feature film?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25It was released in 1937.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.- Yes.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30The name of which Texan city on the border with Mexico
0:18:30 > 0:18:32comes from its position at the foot of a narrow pass where
0:18:32 > 0:18:35the Rio Grande emerges from the Franklin Mountains?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- Amarillo?- El Paso.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Who wrote the 1962 play, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? -
0:18:40 > 0:18:42a witty and savage portrayal of married life.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Pass.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Which member of the Royal family rode Doublet to victory
0:18:46 > 0:18:49in the 1971 European three-day Eventing Championships?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50- Princess Anne.- Yes.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54The libretto of the opera The Magic Flute was originally written in what language?
0:18:56 > 0:18:57- Italian.- German.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Which vegetable is cooked with calf's liver in the dish fegato alla Veneziana?
0:19:03 > 0:19:04- Spinach.- Onions.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI delivered a broadcast for a short daily Radio 4 feature
0:19:09 > 0:19:12that comments on current affairs from a religious perspective.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14What's it called?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Pass.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18What was the name of Wordsworth's sister, who was also a poet and diarist,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21whose description of daffodils inspired his poem?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22- Dorothy.- Yes.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Robert Mapplethorpe, who lived from 1946 to '89,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28was a controversial figure in which field of art?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30- Painting.- Photography.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Which two letters are used to designate human male and female sex chromosomes?
0:19:34 > 0:19:35- X and Y.- Correct.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36BLEEP
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Which Protestant church... I've started so I'll finish.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42..whose origins date back to the 15th century, takes its name
0:19:42 > 0:19:45from one of the areas of the Czech Republic where its founders originated?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Pass.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Well, I can tell you, because you're out of time,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52it is the Moravian Church, or the Brethren.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54You had two other passes.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59That Radio 4 feature, it's Thought For The Day.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02And the author of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- The playwright was Edward Albee. - Of course.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09- You have scored, Ailsa, now a total of 21.- Thank you.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12APPLAUSE
0:20:21 > 0:20:24And now Roderick, again, please.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33And you scored nine points with your knowledge of Sun Records.
0:20:33 > 0:20:3620 is the score to beat so far.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41What is the number of the beast according to the book of Revelation?
0:20:41 > 0:20:42- 666.- Yes.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Which French monarch was known as Le Roi Soleil, meaning the Sun King?
0:20:45 > 0:20:46- Louis XIV.- Yes.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Rembrandt's painting
0:20:48 > 0:20:52The Militia Company Of Captain Frans Banning Cocq And Lieutenant Willem Van Ruytenburc
0:20:52 > 0:20:55has become better known by another title
0:20:55 > 0:20:58because the ageing varnish has created the impression of darkness.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59What is the title?
0:20:59 > 0:21:00- The Night Watch.- Yes.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Which European territory is known for its population of Barbary macaques,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Europe's only wild monkey species?
0:21:06 > 0:21:07- Gibraltar.- Yes.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Which conniving US Army motor pool officer was first seen on screen
0:21:10 > 0:21:12in 1955 in You'll Never Get Rich,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14later retitled The Phil Silvers Show?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15- Sergeant Bilko.- Yes.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20What name is given to the high-speed multi-camera technology that replaced Cyclops
0:21:20 > 0:21:24at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in 2007 and is now also used in cricket?
0:21:24 > 0:21:25- Hawk-Eye.- Yes.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Which herb, whose name comes from the Latin for healing plant,
0:21:28 > 0:21:32provides the distinctive flavour of the sausages traditionally made in Lincolnshire?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35- Bergamot.- Sage.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Which city did Philip Larkin described as "a frightful dump"
0:21:38 > 0:21:40when he first arrived to work there in 1955?
0:21:40 > 0:21:41- Hull.- Yes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44What name is given to Vaughan Williams' 2nd Symphony
0:21:44 > 0:21:46that contains the Westminster chimes,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49the lavender seller's cry and street musicians?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- London Symphony.- Yes.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55In which 2002 film does Tom Hanks play the hit man Michael Sullivan?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- Redemption. - Road To Perdition.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Asuncion is the capital of which country?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Pass.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Who was president of the United States from 1909 to 1913
0:22:06 > 0:22:09and went on to become Chief Justice, the only man to have held both posts?
0:22:09 > 0:22:10- Taft.- Yes.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13The Ceremony of Upping that takes place on the River Thames
0:22:13 > 0:22:17and concludes at Abingdon in Oxfordshire is an annual census of what birds?
0:22:17 > 0:22:18- Swans.- Yes.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Whose first drama, Brand, published in 1866,
0:22:21 > 0:22:23was followed by Peer Gynt, published the next year?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24- Henrik Ibsen.- Yes.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28What name was given to the weapon developed by the British during the First World War
0:22:28 > 0:22:32that was used by surface ships or aircraft to attack submerged submarines?
0:22:32 > 0:22:33- Depth charge.- Yes.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37In 2009, the Pyrenean ibex, an extinct species of mountain goat,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40became the first species to be recreated by what process?
0:22:40 > 0:22:44It soon became the first species to become extinct twice.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45- Cloning.- Yes.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Who composed the Oscar-winning music for the 1981 film Chariots Of Fire?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- Don Williams.- Vangelis.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54A decree of 1876 banned the Japanese warrior class,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57the Samurai, from wearing what item in public?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00It culminated in an uprising known as the Satsuma Rebellion.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01- A sword.- Yes.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04In heraldry, a dragon-like creature similar to a gryphon
0:23:04 > 0:23:07has a name that comes from the old French for a viper. What is it?
0:23:07 > 0:23:08- Wyvern.- Yes.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Which character in James Joyce's novel Ulysses
0:23:11 > 0:23:13was the hero of Joyce's earlier work,
0:23:13 > 0:23:15A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- Leopold Bloom. - It was Stephen Dedalus.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25One pass. Asuncion and is the capital of Paraguay.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29You have now, though, Roderick, a total of 24 points.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31APPLAUSE
0:23:37 > 0:23:41And finally, James again, please.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Now, you already have a whopping 14 points,
0:23:44 > 0:23:48but the score to beat has gone up to 24.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52So, let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54The natterjack, distinguished by its loud call
0:23:54 > 0:23:57and vivid yellow stripe, is a rare species of what amphibian?
0:23:57 > 0:23:58- Toad.- Yes.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Pomodoro, meaning golden apple,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03is the Italian name for which salad ingredient?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04- Tomato.- Yes.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Frans Hals' painting, Young Man Holding A Skull,
0:24:06 > 0:24:10was thought for a long time to be a portrait of which Shakespearean character?
0:24:10 > 0:24:11- Hamlet.- Yes.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14In 1987, who had a Christmas number one with Always On My Mind
0:24:14 > 0:24:17after they performed the song on a television programme
0:24:17 > 0:24:19to mark the 10th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Pet Shop Boys.- Yes.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate defeated by Barack Obama
0:24:24 > 0:24:26in America's 2012 presidential election,
0:24:26 > 0:24:30was the governor of which state between 2002 and 2006?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- Colorado.- Massachusetts.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Which loch, celebrated in song,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37stands at the centre of Scotland's first National Park, opened in 2002?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Pass.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43In cricket, what score did the future England captains Graham Gooch and Mike Atherton
0:24:43 > 0:24:45both make on their Test debuts?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- 100.- No, nought, a duck!
0:24:47 > 0:24:50The annual award for the best science-fiction novel
0:24:50 > 0:24:53published in the UK is named after which writer?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Pass.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56What name, often abbreviated to ACT,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59is given to Canberra and its surrounding area?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Pass.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06In which 2006 Disney animated film does the racing car Lightning McQueen
0:25:06 > 0:25:09get arrested in the town of Radiator Springs?
0:25:09 > 0:25:10- Cars.- Yes.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12What member of the crow family, closely associated with Cornwall,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15was once reputed to be in the habit of starting fires?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- Jackdaw?- A chough.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18The Grand March from a Verdi Opera
0:25:18 > 0:25:21has been used as an anthem by Dutch football fans.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22What is the name of the opera?
0:25:22 > 0:25:23- Aida.- Yes.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Which character, created by Steve Coogan,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28pitched the programmes Cooking In Prison and Monkey Tennis
0:25:28 > 0:25:30to an unimpressed BBC executive in a desperate bid
0:25:30 > 0:25:33to revive his failing television career?
0:25:33 > 0:25:34- Alan Partridge.- Yes.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37In Greek mythology, what was the name of the fluid
0:25:37 > 0:25:40that was said to flow like blood in the veins of the gods?
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Pass.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46In June 1611, which explorer was set adrift by mutineers in the bay that bears his name?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Along with his son and seven others, he was never seen again.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Pass.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Which novel by Kenneth Grahame was partly based on stories he told to his son
0:25:54 > 0:25:56and was recommended to his publisher by Theodore Roosevelt?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- The Wind In The Willows.- Yes.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00What is the name of the cross with two horizontal bars
0:26:00 > 0:26:03that the free French used as their symbol during the Second World War?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Pass.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11Which Asian country is known as Bharat in its most widely spoken native language?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15- Iraq.- India.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19What means of communication was publicly launched in Britain
0:26:19 > 0:26:21by Ernie Wise on 1st January, 1985?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Pass.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25BLEEP
0:26:25 > 0:26:26And that's it, we're out of time.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28You had a total of seven passes.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32That means of communication that Ernie Wise launched,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36rather improbably, was the mobile phone, cellphone.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41The Cross of Lorraine is the cross the free French used.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutineers in 1611.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50The name of the fluid said to flow like blood in the veins of the gods is ichor.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54A-C-T is given to Canberra and its surrounding area.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56It is Australian Capital Territory.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58The annual award for best science-fiction novel,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00named after Arthur C Clarke.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03And that loch celebrated in song, Loch Lomond.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- Ach!- Yes, I know, irritating!
0:27:05 > 0:27:10Seven passes, James, 22 points.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13APPLAUSE
0:27:20 > 0:27:22So, it turned out to be a close contest at the end of it.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26In fourth place, with 18 points, Paul Gregan.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Third place, 20 points, Ailsa Prosser.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Second place, 22 points, James Knight.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36In first place, with 24 points,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39he did very well in the general knowledge, Roderick Cromar.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42APPLAUSE
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Which means that Roderick is tonight's winner, of course,
0:27:52 > 0:27:56and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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