0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Duncan Mitchell,
0:00:27 > 0:00:28an optometrist from Halifax.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31His specialist subject is punk music.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Next, Andries Van Tonder, a graduate student from Oxford.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37He'll be answering questions on the history of Rhodesia.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Emma Laslett is a student from Milton Keynes.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Her specialist subject, the plays of Samuel Beckett.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45And Neil Wright, a scientist from the Wirral.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48His subject, the wines of the Rhone Valley.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Four more contenders put themselves to the test tonight
0:01:06 > 0:01:09in the hope that they might be crowned the nation's Mastermind -
0:01:09 > 0:01:10a great honour.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13In order to get through to the next round they will be subjected to
0:01:13 > 0:01:16two sets of questions under the tyranny of the clock.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19First, two minutes on their specialist subject,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21followed by 2½ minutes of general knowledge.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- And your name is?- Duncan Mitchell.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- Your occupation?- Optometrist.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- And your chosen subject? - Punk music 1976-1979.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Punk music in two minutes.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Which record by The Damned released in late '76
0:01:45 > 0:01:47is usually credited as being the first punk single?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49New Rules.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51During Bill Grundy's interview with the Sex Pistols,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54which of the band's followers sarcastically told Grundy that
0:01:54 > 0:01:55she'd always wanted to meet him?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57When he suggested meeting afterwards,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Steve Jones swore at him.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Siouxsie Sioux.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Which American band entered the British charts for
0:02:02 > 0:02:03the first time in May '77 with
0:02:03 > 0:02:05the single Sheena Is A Punk Rocker?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06The Ramones.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08On which Granada show introduced by Tony Wilson did
0:02:08 > 0:02:11the Sex Pistols make their television debut in September '76?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13So It Goes.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Which Tyneside band were led by a vocalist known simply as Mensi?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19They released the album Teenage Warning in '79.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Angelic Upstarts.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Before Wire released their debut studio album Pink Flag,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26two of their songs appeared on a live LP
0:02:26 > 0:02:29that had been recorded for The Roxy in '77 -
0:02:29 > 0:02:32one was 12XU, what was the other?
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Dot Dash.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Lowdown.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Which punk poet had his only hit single in '79
0:02:37 > 0:02:41with "Gimmix! (Play Loud)", which reached number 39 in the UK charts?
0:02:41 > 0:02:42John Cooper Clarke.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44What was the name of Stiff Little Fingers'
0:02:44 > 0:02:48first single released on their own record label, Rigid Digits,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50and played by John Peel on his radio show?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Inflammable Material.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Suspect Device.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56In 1978, after Johnny Rotten had left the Sex Pistols,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59he reverted his real surname of Lydon and
0:02:59 > 0:03:02formed a band which featured Jah Wobble and Keith Levene -
0:03:02 > 0:03:03what was its name?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Public Image Limited.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07What nationality were the band The Saints, who had a hit
0:03:07 > 0:03:09single in '77 with This Perfect Day?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Australian.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14In early '77, EMI withdrew the Sex Pistols debut Anarchy In The UK
0:03:14 > 0:03:15and released the band.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18They were then signed to another label who themselves
0:03:18 > 0:03:20withdrew their next single God Save The Queen -
0:03:20 > 0:03:21which label was it?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23A&M.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25In late '76, Billy Idol, Tony James
0:03:25 > 0:03:27and John Towe left which other band to form Generation X?
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- Chelsea.- Who was the founding member of Buzzcocks with
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Pete Shelley before leaving to form Magazine?
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Howard Devoto.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Which DJ at The Roxy club in London filmed the documentary
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Punk Rock Movie?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Don Letts.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Which band's '78 album Tell Us The Truth included the track...
0:03:43 > 0:03:45BEEP
0:03:45 > 0:03:47..George Davis Is Innocent, about the convicted robber?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Sham 69.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Er, no passes, Duncan, you've scored 13 points.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54APPLAUSE
0:04:03 > 0:04:04And our next contender, please.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- And your name is? - Andries Van Tonder.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Your occupation?- Graduate student.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22- And your chosen subject? - The history of Rhodesia, 1965-1980.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24In two minutes, starting now.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27In 1965, Southern Rhodesia made a unilateral
0:04:27 > 0:04:29declaration of independence from the United Kingdom -
0:04:29 > 0:04:31on which date was the declaration
0:04:31 > 0:04:32made by their Prime Minister Ian Smith?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- 11th November. - At the time of independence,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Smith was the leader of which political party
0:04:37 > 0:04:40that had been founded to maintain white minority rule?
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Rhodesian Front.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43The first military encounter of the Rhodesian War
0:04:43 > 0:04:46took place near which town on 28th April 1966?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Seven Zimbabwe African National Union guerrillas were
0:04:49 > 0:04:50killed in the fighting.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Chinhoyi.- What is the name of the Royal Navy ship where Harold Wilson
0:04:54 > 0:04:57and Ian Smith first met for talks in December '66?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00The UK chose not to take military action
0:05:00 > 0:05:02but imposed sanctions on Rhodesia.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03HMS Tiger.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06The Apartheid regime of another African country provided
0:05:06 > 0:05:09military support to the Rhodesian government who are fighting
0:05:09 > 0:05:12joint operations by ZAPU and the ANC - which country was that?
0:05:12 > 0:05:13South Africa.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15In '73, the Rhodesian Army formed
0:05:15 > 0:05:17a mixed-race special forces unit
0:05:17 > 0:05:20to infiltrate the enemy and conduct covert operations -
0:05:20 > 0:05:21what was its name?
0:05:21 > 0:05:22The Selous Scouts.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24The white minority government declared Rhodesia's
0:05:24 > 0:05:26independence in 1970.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Who became the republic's first president?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Clifford Dupont. - After multiracial elections in '79,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34who became the first black African Prime Minister
0:05:34 > 0:05:35of the renamed Zimbabwe Rhodesia?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Robert Mugabe and the Patriotic Front
0:05:38 > 0:05:39refused to co-operate in the elections.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Abel Muzorewa.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43What was the name of the short-lived political party that was
0:05:43 > 0:05:46launched in October '71 by James Chikerema?
0:05:46 > 0:05:47FROLIZI.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Herbert Chitepo, a leading member of ZANU, was murdered in which
0:05:51 > 0:05:53African capital city in March '75?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Lusaka.- On 9th August '76,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59the Rhodesian security forces carried out a raid on which Zimbabwe
0:05:59 > 0:06:02African National Liberation Army camp across the border
0:06:02 > 0:06:04in Mozambique, that left hundreds dead?
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Nyadzonia.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08After Smith agreed to the eventual end of minority rule under
0:06:08 > 0:06:11foreign pressure, who chaired the '76 Geneva Convention
0:06:11 > 0:06:12on Rhodesia that broke up without
0:06:12 > 0:06:14achieving a settlement of the war?
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Ivor Richard.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Joshua Nkomo was the leader of which political party
0:06:18 > 0:06:20that lost to Robert Mugabe's ZANU
0:06:20 > 0:06:22in the multiracial '80 elections?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24It led to Mugabe becoming the first
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28ZAPU. BEEP
0:06:28 > 0:06:31No passes. You had a perfect round there, Andries, 13 points.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32APPLAUSE
0:06:40 > 0:06:42And our next contender, please.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- And your name is?- Emma Laslett.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55- Your occupation?- Student.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- And your chosen subject? - The plays of Samuel Beckett.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Samuel Beckett's plays in two minutes.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03The Irish playwright Samuel Beckett won
0:07:03 > 0:07:05the Nobel Literature Prize in 1969.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08In which London theatre were Beckett's plays Footfalls,
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Krapp's Last Tape and That Time
0:07:09 > 0:07:11all first publically performed?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14The Aldwych.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15The Royal Court.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Beckett dedicated the one-act play to Roger Blin,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20the director of many of his plays in French.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23It was first performed in 1957 as Fin De Partie. Which play?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Endgame.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27In Waiting For Godot, what does Pozzo say are a constant
0:07:27 > 0:07:30quantity after Lucky has kicked Estragon in the shins?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32The tears of the world.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Beckett wrote the works All That Fall, Embers,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Words And Music, and Cascando for performance on what medium?
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Radio.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41In All That Fall, what is the stationmaster who's reluctant
0:07:41 > 0:07:45to admit to Mrs Ronney that the 12:30 train will be delayed?
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Mr Barrell.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Beckett's play The Old Tune is an English adaptation of which
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Swiss-born French writer's earlier play for radio La Manivelle?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Robert Pinget.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Which piece written by Beckett in '79 in response to
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Kenneth Tynan's request for a contribution to his revue
0:07:59 > 0:08:01"Oh! Calcutta!" lasts less than a
0:08:01 > 0:08:02minute and contains no dialogue?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Breath.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07In Endgame, Nagg chuckles at the complaints
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Hamm is making about noise keeping him awake.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12In response, Nell says that there is nothing funnier than what?
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Unhappiness.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16In Waiting For Godot, Pozzo eats an item of food
0:08:16 > 0:08:19taken from his basket and throws the remains on the floor.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Estragon then picks the remains up. What is the food?
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Chicken leg.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Who wrote the musical accompaniment
0:08:25 > 0:08:28for Beckett's mime in Act Without Words I
0:08:28 > 0:08:30written in 1956?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31John Beckett.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Estragon sometimes calls Vladimir Didi.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36By what nickname does Vladimir sometimes call Estragon?
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Gogo.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39In Krapp's Last Tape, what spool number is
0:08:39 > 0:08:43the 30-year-old tape from box three that Krapp listens to?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Five.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46What is the title of Beckett's
0:08:46 > 0:08:48'72 stage piece performed by a character called Mouth,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50whose mouth is the only part of the
0:08:50 > 0:08:51body revealed to the audience?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Not I.- In which play are the character's listener
0:08:54 > 0:08:57and reader described as being as alike in appearance as possible?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59They finish the piece by simultaneously
0:08:59 > 0:09:01lowering their right hand, raising their heads
0:09:01 > 0:09:02and looking at each other?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Ohio Impromptu. - What is the name... - BEEP
0:09:05 > 0:09:06I just stared, so I'll finish.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08What is the name of the character who is being interrogated
0:09:08 > 0:09:11in the play that now goes under the title Rough For Radio II?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Fox.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17No passes. You have scored 14 points.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19APPLAUSE
0:09:30 > 0:09:32And our final contender, please.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- And your name is?- Neil Wright.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Your occupation? - Retired biomedical scientist.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- And your specialist subject? - French wines of the Rhone Valley.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49French wines of the Rhone Valley in two minutes.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51What is the major red grape variety
0:09:51 > 0:09:53of the Northern Rhone Valley area?
0:09:53 > 0:09:54It's also known as Shiraz.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Syrah.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Which renowned wine of the Southern Rhone is produced
0:09:58 > 0:10:00just north of Avignon on the hills dominated
0:10:00 > 0:10:02by a ruined Papal Palace from which it derives its name?
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07An appellation is a name given to wine from a particular region.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Which appellation of the Northern Rhone
0:10:08 > 0:10:10is noted for its sparking wine
0:10:10 > 0:10:13made by the traditional method mainly from the Marsanne grape?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Saint-Peray.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Rhone meridional is the French term
0:10:16 > 0:10:18for the Southern Rhone area.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20What equivalent name is given to the Northern Rhone
0:10:20 > 0:10:22where much of the region's finest wine comes from?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Septentrional.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Which village in Vaucluse, Southern Rhone,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29gives its name to a famous sweet Muscat wine
0:10:29 > 0:10:32that is one of the best known of the so-called vin doux naturel?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Beaumes de Venise.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Victor Hugo refers to a wine in Les Miserables that is
0:10:38 > 0:10:39from a small village just south
0:10:39 > 0:10:41of Tournon in the Saint-Joseph appellation.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43What is the name of the wine?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Pass.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47What is the dominant grape for red wine in the Southern Rhone
0:10:47 > 0:10:50and must be present in all red Cotes du Rhone in the region?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- Grenache. - According to legend,
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Charlemagne greatly admired
0:10:54 > 0:10:56the wines of an appellation just west of Valence
0:10:56 > 0:10:57and neighbouring Saint-Peray
0:10:57 > 0:11:00that has vineyards dating back to ancient times.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Which appellation?
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Cornas.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Which variety of white grape now also widely planted in Australia
0:11:05 > 0:11:07and California is used to make
0:11:07 > 0:11:09the highly distinctive wine, Condrieu?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Viognier.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12What local name is used for the fine
0:11:12 > 0:11:13top soil of decomposed mica,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16chalk and sometimes clay of the granite-rich hillside
0:11:16 > 0:11:19vineyards that contributes to Condrieu's unique flavour?
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Arzelle.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22What sort of wine made predominantly
0:11:22 > 0:11:23from the Grenache grape
0:11:23 > 0:11:26is the historic speciality of the appellation of Tavel?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Rose.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Which well-known Northern Rhone
0:11:29 > 0:11:31appellation is named after its hill chapel
0:11:31 > 0:11:33which, according to legend, was founded by a knight called
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Gaspard de Sterimberg?
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Hermitage.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38The red wine appellation near Ampuis
0:11:38 > 0:11:40where some vineyards are still occupied,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43the original Roman terraces takes its name from the French
0:11:43 > 0:11:44for roasted slope - what is it?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Cote-Rotie.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Which well-known actor went into partnership with
0:11:48 > 0:11:50the Rhone vineyard owner Alaine Paret...
0:11:50 > 0:11:51BEEP
0:11:51 > 0:11:53..over 30 years ago, after tasting
0:11:53 > 0:11:56a Condrieu of Paret's in the local restaurant?
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Gerard Depardieu.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02You had one pass.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07The wine to which Victor Hugo was referring was Mauve.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11But you have also scored, Neil, 13 points.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13APPLAUSE
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Well, you don't see that very often. What a round. What high scores.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Let's have a look at them all.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29In joint second place, 13 points apiece,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Duncan Mitchell, Andries Van Tonder
0:12:32 > 0:12:34and Neil Wright.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35In the lead, with 14 points,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Emma Laslett.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Let's move on to the general knowledge round.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Let's see if that sorts them out.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49If there is a tie at the end of it, and there very well might be -
0:12:49 > 0:12:51then the number of passes is taken into account -
0:12:51 > 0:12:54and the contender with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58And if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tiebreak.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02The six highest-scoring runners-up in this round are also able to
0:13:02 > 0:13:06claim a place in the semifinals. So, plenty to play for.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Let's get on with it
0:13:07 > 0:13:10and ask Duncan to join us again if he would, please.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14A 13-pointer...
0:13:15 > 0:13:17..with your first round.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Let's see how you do with the general knowledge round.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22We get 2½ minutes with this round. So here we go.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24General knowledge, starting now.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Which pair of Los Angeles undercover
0:13:25 > 0:13:27policemen were played on television
0:13:27 > 0:13:29by Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul?
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Starsky & Hutch.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Which Scottish dish traditionally consists
0:13:32 > 0:13:34of a sheep's stomach lining stuffed with a minced mixture
0:13:34 > 0:13:36of offal, onions, oatmeal and mutton fat?
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Haggis.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39What is the northern-most and third largest
0:13:39 > 0:13:41of the Channel Islands?
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Guernsey.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Alderney. Which Italian composer, who wrote
0:13:45 > 0:13:48around 40 operas in two decades, supposedly once remarked,
0:13:48 > 0:13:50"Show me a laundry list and I'll set it to music"?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Verdi.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Rossini.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Nick Stone is the hero of novels by a former member of the SAS
0:13:55 > 0:13:57who writes under a pseudonym. What is it?
0:13:57 > 0:13:58MacRae.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Andy McNab. Which English king's reign from 1135 to 1154
0:14:01 > 0:14:05was marked by a period of civil strife and general unrest?
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Henry I.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09No, Stephen.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10What member of the finch family,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12identifiable by its heavy build
0:14:12 > 0:14:15and the male's bright pink breast, is a notorious pest
0:14:15 > 0:14:18because of its habit of eating flower buds from fruit trees?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Pass.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Which type of camera that originally produced sepia-toned
0:14:23 > 0:14:24prints within a minute of exposure
0:14:24 > 0:14:27was invented by Edwin Land in 1947?
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Polaroid.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30In which South American country is the Chubut Valley,
0:14:30 > 0:14:34where a group of Welsh settlers first landed in 1865?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36A form of Welsh is still spoken there.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Argentina.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39What was the name of the racing driver
0:14:39 > 0:14:41and motor manufacturer to whom
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Countess Paulina entrusted the prancing horse emblem
0:14:44 > 0:14:47that had been used by her son?
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Ferrari.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51According to the proverb, what is the mother of invention?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Necessity.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Which long-running film festival was the Mussolini Cup
0:14:55 > 0:14:57awarded between 1934 and '42?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- Cannes?- Venice.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Which Prime Minister owned a series
0:15:01 > 0:15:03of yachts called Morning Cloud?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Edward Heath.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07In Coleridge's poem The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10who is transfixed by the old man's "glittering eye"
0:15:10 > 0:15:12and stops to hear his story?
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Pass.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15What is the name of the Bishop of Hippo,
0:15:15 > 0:15:16born in 354AD,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19who was one of the first four theologians to be
0:15:19 > 0:15:23recognised as a doctor of the Western Christian church?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Augustine.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26In horse racing,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29what age is a horse that runs in a nursery race?
0:15:29 > 0:15:30- One year.- Two.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32What group of British painters took their name
0:15:32 > 0:15:33from the area of London
0:15:33 > 0:15:36that was made popular as a subject by Walter Sickert
0:15:36 > 0:15:37at whose studio they met?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Camden Group.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Which 1981 film starring Michael Caine
0:15:41 > 0:15:44and Sylvester Stallone has a supporting cast
0:15:44 > 0:15:46of top football stars including Pele,
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Osvaldo Ardiles and Bobby Moore?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Escape To Victory.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Which American folk singer, who died in 1967,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54wrote and recorded the Dust Bowl Ballads in 1940?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56BEEP Woody Guthrie.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Is correct. You had two passes.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03In Coleridge's poem, it was the wedding guest who is transfixed
0:16:03 > 0:16:06by the old man's glittering eye and stops to hear his story.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10And that bird with the very bright breast
0:16:10 > 0:16:14and the habit of eating all those flower buds, that's the bullfinch.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- You have, Duncan, 24 points in total.- Thank you.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20APPLAUSE
0:16:27 > 0:16:30And now Andries again, please.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33And... I should get tired of saying this, but you also start
0:16:33 > 0:16:38with 13 points with your knowledge of Rhodesia as it was.
0:16:38 > 0:16:4024 is the score to beat at the moment.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Let's see if you can do that with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Which company made America's
0:16:44 > 0:16:47first commercial jet airliner, the 707?
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Boeing.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Hairstreaks, Metalmarks
0:16:49 > 0:16:51and Fritillaries are all examples
0:16:51 > 0:16:52of what type of insect?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- Butterflies.- Olga Khokhlova was the first wife
0:16:54 > 0:16:56of which Spanish artist?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58They met while he was designing for the Ballet Russes
0:16:58 > 0:17:01production of Parade in 1917?
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Pablo Picasso.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03In cricket, what delivery
0:17:03 > 0:17:05that spins unexpectedly from the off-side
0:17:05 > 0:17:06to the leg-side is also known
0:17:06 > 0:17:09as a wrong 'un in Australia or as a Bosie, after its
0:17:09 > 0:17:11supposed inventor Bernard Bosanquet?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Googly.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Raymond Cusick, who died in 2013,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16was best known as the designer of which
0:17:16 > 0:17:19merciless television aliens?
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Pass.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22The Oktoberfest originated in 1810
0:17:22 > 0:17:24as a celebration of the marriage
0:17:24 > 0:17:25of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27In which city does it traditionally
0:17:27 > 0:17:29take place over a 16-day period?
0:17:29 > 0:17:30- Munich.- Who wrote the play
0:17:30 > 0:17:32The Fifth Column, based on his experiences
0:17:32 > 0:17:33of the Spanish Civil War,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36gathered while he was working as a correspondent
0:17:36 > 0:17:38for the North American Newspaper Alliance?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Ernest Hemingway.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Capelli d'angelo, meaning angel's hair,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43is one of the finest-cut varieties
0:17:43 > 0:17:44of which type of food?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- Pasta.- Who led the first American overland expedition
0:17:47 > 0:17:49west of the Mississippi with William Clark,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51journeying to the Pacific coast and back
0:17:51 > 0:17:53between 1804 and 1806?
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Lewis.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56The deadly poison ricin is obtained
0:17:56 > 0:17:57from the seeds of which plant?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- Apple.- Castor oil plant.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02What was the name of the singer-songwriter
0:18:02 > 0:18:03who died in 1974 at the age of 26,
0:18:03 > 0:18:07but whose records include Bryter Layter and Pink Moon?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09They've subsequently attracted a strong cult following.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Pass.- Which type of boat with two hulls
0:18:12 > 0:18:15takes its name from the Tamil for tied wood?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Catamaran.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18The tors on Dartmoor are primarily composed
0:18:18 > 0:18:20of which igneous rock type?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21- Granite.- What is the name
0:18:21 > 0:18:23of the American science-fiction author
0:18:23 > 0:18:25and biochemist whose collection of short stories
0:18:25 > 0:18:28"I, Robot" was made into a film in 2004?
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Isaac Asimov.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Who was Ronald Reagan's Vice President from 1981 to 1989
0:18:32 > 0:18:34before succeeding him as President?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36George Bush.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38The 19th-century body-snatchers and serial killers
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Burke and Hare worked on behalf
0:18:39 > 0:18:41of the surgeon Robert Knox,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43who lectured in anatomy at medical schools in which city?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Edinburgh.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46In The Simpsons Movie, what type of animal
0:18:46 > 0:18:48is the house pet that Homer
0:18:48 > 0:18:49tries to help walk on the ceiling?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Pig.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52What figure is seen riding a pale horse
0:18:52 > 0:18:53in the Book of Revelation?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Pass.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Which German composer and organist,
0:18:58 > 0:18:59who lived from 1685 to 1750,
0:18:59 > 0:19:03fathered 20 children, a number of whom became celebrated composers
0:19:03 > 0:19:06in their own right?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Bach.- Which Bach?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- Johann Sebastian.- Yes.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09What name is given to slot machines
0:19:09 > 0:19:11where a ball is propelled up a slope
0:19:11 > 0:19:13and then falls through a number of obstacles whose
0:19:13 > 0:19:14- electrical contact points... - BEEP
0:19:14 > 0:19:16..register a score?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17- Pinball.- Pinball is correct.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19You had three passes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23The pale horse in the Book of Revelation is being ridden by Death.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28Nick Drake was that songwriter-singer who died in 1974,
0:19:28 > 0:19:33and Raymond Cusick created those ghastly things called the Daleks.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Your total score now, though, Andries, is 29.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39APPLAUSE
0:19:45 > 0:19:47And now Neil again, please.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53And you are another of our 13ers.
0:19:53 > 0:19:5729 is now the score to beat, so 2½ minutes of general knowledge
0:19:57 > 0:20:01to see if you can do it and move through to the semifinals.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Here we go.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04The abbreviation UHT refers to a method
0:20:04 > 0:20:07used particularly to extend the shelf life
0:20:07 > 0:20:08of what everyday foodstuff?
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Milk.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11From which town in Somerset did Arthur Wellesley
0:20:11 > 0:20:13take his ducal title,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16although he reputedly visited it only once in 1819?
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Wellington.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20What general name is given to the flatfish known for the barbs
0:20:20 > 0:20:23on their tails that can cause serious or fatal wounds?
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Pass.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Which British airship crashed on a hill
0:20:26 > 0:20:28near Beauvais in France in October 1930
0:20:28 > 0:20:30during a violent rainstorm while en route to India?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31R101.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Who played the title role
0:20:33 > 0:20:35in the television detective series Kojak?
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Telly Savalas.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40The Pacific island of Nauru claims to be the world's smallest
0:20:40 > 0:20:41independent nation.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44It is a self-governing territory in free association with
0:20:44 > 0:20:46a Commonwealth country - which one?
0:20:46 > 0:20:47New Zealand.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50On which chart-topping single featured in the film GI Blues
0:20:50 > 0:20:53did Elvis Presley sing in both English and German?
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Wooden Heart.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57The city of Hannibal on the Mississippi River was
0:20:57 > 0:20:59the boyhood home of the 19th-century novelist and humorist
0:20:59 > 0:21:02and provided the setting for some of his best-known books -
0:21:02 > 0:21:03what was his name?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Mark Twain. - Which French football club
0:21:05 > 0:21:07is often known as the abbreviation PSG?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Paris Saint-Germain.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10What's the name of the Australian soprano
0:21:10 > 0:21:12whose recording of "O Mio Babbino Caro"
0:21:12 > 0:21:14was one of the first classical records to win
0:21:14 > 0:21:16a gold disc for sales of over a million?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18- Nellie Melba.- Joan Hammond.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19In which 1979 Monty Python film
0:21:19 > 0:21:22does John Cleese play several roles
0:21:22 > 0:21:24including a Wise Man, a Jewish official and a centurion?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Life Of Brian.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28In physics, what name is given to the direct
0:21:28 > 0:21:30conversion of a substance from a solid state into a vapour
0:21:30 > 0:21:32without the intermediate formation of a liquid?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Sublimation.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36In which 1980 children's novel by Roald Dahl
0:21:36 > 0:21:38did the title characters get their comeuppance
0:21:38 > 0:21:39at the hands of Muggle-Wump,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41his family of monkeys and the Roly-Poly Bird?
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Pass.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Which island capital city founded in 1565
0:21:45 > 0:21:48was named after a grandmaster of the Order of Hospitallers,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem?
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Valletta.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53In politics, who famously said,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55"I don't mind how much my ministers talk,
0:21:55 > 0:21:56"as long as they do what I say"?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Margaret Thatcher.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Which national museum is in the grounds of Lord Montagu's
0:22:00 > 0:22:02home at Beaulieu in Hampshire?
0:22:02 > 0:22:03The Motor Museum.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05In ancient Egyptian art, Thoth, the God of Moon,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08is usually pictured with the head of which wading bird?
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Ibis.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11What was the name of the cockney singer
0:22:11 > 0:22:13and comedian known for songs such as Tulips From Amsterdam,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16who was the son of the professional boxer Battling Tom Smith?
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Max Bygraves.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19In 2009, Vincent Nichols succeeded
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
0:22:20 > 0:22:23as the Catholic Archbishop of which diocese?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- Westminster.- What's the name of the traditional Cajun
0:22:25 > 0:22:27or Creole dish from Louisiana
0:22:27 > 0:22:28consisting of highly-spiced rice
0:22:28 > 0:22:30with meat, poultry or shellfish?
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Jambalaya.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Which 1953 biblical epic starring Victor Mature...
0:22:33 > 0:22:35BEEP
0:22:35 > 0:22:37..and Richard Burton was the first film to be
0:22:37 > 0:22:38shot in CinemaScope?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40The Robe.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42The Robe is correct. You had two passes.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44That children's novel by Roald Dahl
0:22:44 > 0:22:47with Muggle-Wump and all the rest of them in it was The Twits,
0:22:47 > 0:22:53and the flatfish with the nasty barbs on its tails is the stingray.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56You've scored, Neil, 31 points.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59APPLAUSE
0:23:06 > 0:23:11Finally, Emma...again, please...
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and you start out with 14 points.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17You now have a whopping 31 to beat.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20So, let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.
0:23:20 > 0:23:222½ minutes, here we go.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Which singer and actress is known as J.Lo?
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Jennifer Lopez.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28What word for the paper used to register a vote
0:23:28 > 0:23:30comes from the Italian for a little ball?
0:23:30 > 0:23:31Ballot.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Which major city on America's east coast
0:23:33 > 0:23:35was founded by Puritan colonists in 1630
0:23:35 > 0:23:37and named after the town in Lincolnshire
0:23:37 > 0:23:39where many had come from?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- Plymouth.- Boston.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Which 19th-century poet wrote a series of love poems
0:23:44 > 0:23:47to her husband, entitled Sonnets From The Portuguese,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49published in 1850?
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- Rossetti.- Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53What is the name of the actor well known for his role
0:23:53 > 0:23:54as the private eye Thomas Magnum,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57who appeared in the sitcom Friends as Dr Richard Burke?
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Tom Selleck.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01In which English city are the medieval streets
0:24:01 > 0:24:03The Shambles, High Petergate and Stonegate?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04York.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06What term was first used in tennis by the journalist
0:24:06 > 0:24:09John Kieran in 1933, after Jack Crawford
0:24:09 > 0:24:11won three of the four Major singles titles,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14but lost in the US Championship final?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16- Grand slam.- The Dagger Awards,
0:24:16 > 0:24:18presented in recent years to authors including Lee Child
0:24:18 > 0:24:20and Frederick Forsyth,
0:24:20 > 0:24:22are awarded by the writers association
0:24:22 > 0:24:23for what genre of fiction?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Crime.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Carl Barat and Peter Doherty were the founders of which
0:24:27 > 0:24:29indie-rock band?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- Babyshambles.- The Libertines.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34In 1918, Constance Countess Markievicz
0:24:34 > 0:24:36was elected Britain's first female MP
0:24:36 > 0:24:38but refused to take her seat at Westminster.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41What Irish party did she represent?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Sinn Fein.
0:24:43 > 0:24:44In Greek myth, what shipping hazard
0:24:44 > 0:24:47was caused by Charybdis who, like the sea monster Scylla,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49is associated with the straits of Messina?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Whirlpool.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Which medical condition or symptom
0:24:52 > 0:24:54is caused when the red blood cells
0:24:54 > 0:24:55are reduced in number or volume
0:24:55 > 0:24:57or are deficient in haemoglobin?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Anaemia.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Prior to the release of the film version
0:25:00 > 0:25:02of her novel Interview With The Vampire,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04who said that Tom Cruise is "no more my vampire Lestat
0:25:04 > 0:25:07"than Edward G Robinson is Rhett Butler."
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Anne Rice.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Ananas is the botanical name for which tropical fruit
0:25:11 > 0:25:15said to have been discovered in South America in the 16th century?
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Pineapple.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17In which opera does Gilda,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19the daughter of the title character,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21sing the aria "Caro Nome"?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Tosca.- Rigoletto. What title was given to the eldest son
0:25:25 > 0:25:29and heir-apparent of the French king from 1350 to 1813?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Dauphin.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34In which 2005 animated film do four animals escape
0:25:34 > 0:25:37from New York Zoo and get shipwrecked on an exotic island?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Madagascar.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Which New York City thoroughfare,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42associated particularly with commercial theatre,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44is also known as the Great White Way?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Broadway.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47What name for a small turtle,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49once widely eaten and is now often kept as a pet,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53comes from the Native American Algonquin language?
0:25:53 > 0:25:54BEEP Terrapin.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56You got there in time.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Yes, the terrapin was absolutely right.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03You have no passes. Emma, you have 29 points.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05APPLAUSE
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Well, some whopping scores there! What a round.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23In fourth place, with 24 points, Duncan Mitchell.
0:26:23 > 0:26:30Joint-second place, 29 points each, Andries Van Tonder and Emma Laslett.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34In first place, a huge 31 points, Neil Wright.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38APPLAUSE
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Which means, you'll have guessed that Neil Wright is tonight's winner
0:26:48 > 0:26:51and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Commiserations, sort of, to Andries and Emma, but with their score,
0:26:56 > 0:27:0029 points, it's entirely possible that we shall see them again
0:27:00 > 0:27:01in the semifinals.
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0:27:17 > 0:27:20APPLAUSE