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First in the spotlight tonight is Peter Gaskell, | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
a teacher from Caerphilly. His subject, The Grateful Dead. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
Next, Terence Saunders, a musician from Essex, | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
and his subject is the novels of Wilkie Collins. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
Lindsay Ashford's a novelist from Aberystwyth and she'll be answering | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
questions on the history of Bedlam, Bethlem Hospital. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
And James Maple, a chemistry teacher from Tring. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
His subject, the English Civil Wars. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
AUDIENCE APPLAUDS | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
Tonight's contenders will each make the short | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
and very daunting walk to the black chair where | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
they will answer two minutes of questions on their specialist subject | 0:01:08 | 0:01:12 | |
and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge, and the winner | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
will go through to the next round, the semifinal, | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
and take a step nearer to being crowned the nation's Mastermind, | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
an honour so much more precious than mere baubles. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
Let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
-And your name is? -Peter Gaskell. -Your occupation? -Teacher. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:38 | |
-And your specialist subject. -The Grateful Dead. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
The Grateful Dead, in two minutes. Which singer and founding member of the band suggested the name | 0:01:41 | 0:01:46 | |
-Grateful Dead after finding the words together in a dictionary entry? -Jerry Garcia. -Yes. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
On which major record label was their first self-titled album released on the 17th of March, 1967? | 0:01:50 | 0:01:55 | |
-Warner Brothers. -Yes. What name did the band, then consisting of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
and Ron McKernan perform under when they played their first | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
show at the Tangent in Palo Alto on the 25th of January 1964? | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
-The Warlocks. -Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
Which author best known for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest invited | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
-the Grateful Dead to be the house band at his drug-fuelled parties? -Ken Kesey. -Yes. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
What is the name of the band's part-live second album | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
released in July 1968? | 0:02:20 | 0:02:22 | |
-Anthem of the Sun. -Yes. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
On which small independent label was the band's first single | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
Don't Ease Me In released in the summer of '66? | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
Pass. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:34 | |
What music festival did the band play at on the 16th of August, '69, | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
-a performance they thought of as one of their worst ever? -Woodstock. -Yes. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
After Brent Mydland's death of a drug overdose, | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
the Grateful Dead had two stand-in keyboardists. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
One was Vince Welnick, who became the permanent replacement. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
-Who was the other? -Bruce Hornsby. -Yes. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
What nickname was given to the original band member Ron McKernan | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
-because of his unkempt appearance? He died in March '73, aged 27. -Pigpen. | 0:02:55 | 0:03:00 | |
Yes. The Grateful Dead's early posters and album cover artwork | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
including their trademark skull and roses motif was created by Stanley Mouse and which other artist? | 0:03:03 | 0:03:09 | |
-Alton Kelley. -Yes. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:10 | |
Which single from the band's '87 studio album In The Dark, | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
their first new album for seven years, | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
-gave them their only American top ten hit single? -Touch of Grey. -Yes. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
What was the name of the band's manager, the father of their drummer, | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
-who made off with a record advance of over 150,000? -Lenny Hart. -Yes. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
At which free concert in December '69 did the Grateful Dead refuse to | 0:03:27 | 0:03:31 | |
go on stage after trouble with the Hells Angels who had been | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
-hired as security? -Altamont. -Yes. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
In which country did the Grateful Dead play three open air benefit concerts in September '78? | 0:03:36 | 0:03:41 | |
The last of them coincided with a lunar eclipse. TIMER BEEPS | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
Egypt. Egypt is correct. You had just one pass. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
That small independent label on which they released Don't Ease Me In was | 0:03:48 | 0:03:53 | |
Scorpio Records. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
Peter, you scored 12 points. AUDIENCE APPLAUDS | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
And our next contender, please. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
-And your name is? -Terence Saunders. -Your occupation? -Musician. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
-And your chosen subject? -The novels of Wilkie Collins. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
The novels of Wilkie Collins, in two minutes. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
John Herncastle stole the sacred diamond | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
known as the Moonstone during the storming of an Indian city in 1799. What was the city? | 0:04:26 | 0:04:31 | |
-Seringapatam. -Yes. In Armadale, Allan Armadale and Ozias Midwinter spent a night on board | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
a wrecked ship off the coast of the Isle of Man. What's the ship's name? | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
-La Grace de Dieu. -Yes. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
In The Woman In White, Count Fosco is at an opera | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
-when he recognises Professor Pesca. What is the opera? -Traviata. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
Lucrezia Borgia. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
In No Name, who is described as having a bilious brown eye on the | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
lookout for employment and a bilious green eye in a similar predicament? | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
-Captain Wragge. -Yes. What is the number of the room in the sanitorium | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
where Lydia Gwilt is killed by the poison gas she intended for Allan Armadale? | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
-Nine? -Four. An ancestor of the central character in The Black Robe | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
was given Vange Abbey and its lands by Henry VIII. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
What was the ancestor's name? | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
-Romayne. -Yes, Lewis Romayne. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
In Collins' detective story, The Law and the Lady, what verdict was passed | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
on Eustace Macallan at his trial for the murder of his first wife? | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
-It's referred to in the novel as the Scotch Verdict. -Not proven. -Correct. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
In the historical novel, Antonina, | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
Goisvintha and her child are the only survivors of a massacre of Goth hostages by the Romans. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:32 | |
-In which city did that massacre take place? -Rome. -Aquileia. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
Which of the characters in The Moonstone is introduced as a grizzled | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
elderly man, so miserably lean that he looked as | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
if he'd not got an ounce of flesh on his bones in any part of him? | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
-Sergeant Cuff. -Yes. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
In The Evil Genius, Mrs Presty suggests the bad temper of the judge | 0:05:47 | 0:05:50 | |
presiding over the divorce of her daughter is probably caused by an illness that she calls | 0:05:50 | 0:05:55 | |
-"a constitutional infirmity." What is it? -Pass. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
What does Franklin Blake find along with a letter in the tin case | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
-hidden by Rosanna Spearman at the Shivering Sand? -Some chains. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
No, his own nightgown. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
In I Say No, what is the name of the landlord of the Hand-in-Hand Inn who | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
-testifies at the inquest into the death of Emily Brown's father? -Mr Rook. -Yes. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:16 | |
Which of Collins' novels is considered to be | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
an attack on vivisection, which is described by one character | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
as "useless and detestable cruelty"? | 0:06:22 | 0:06:24 | |
-Heart and Science. -Yes. Correct. TIMER BEEPS | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
You had just one pass. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
That illness that Mrs Presty calls a constitutional infirmity is gout. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:35 | |
Terence, you have eight points. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
And our next contender, please. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
-And your name is? -Lindsay Ashford. -Your occupation? -Novelist. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
-And your chosen subject? -The history of Bedlam. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
Bedlam, in two minutes. Starting now. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
Bethlem or Bethlehem Hospital also became commonly known as Bedlam. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
What was the name of the London alderman who founded the priory that | 0:07:09 | 0:07:13 | |
-became Bethlem Hospital in Bishopsgate in 1247? -Simon Fitzmary. -Yes. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
Which architect and polymath designed the new Bedlam Hospital in Moorfields | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
that accepted its first patients in 1676? | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
-Robert Hooke. -Yes. Who was the physician | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
who took over as keeper of Bethlem Hospital in 1619? | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
He was accused of embezzlement and neglect of the patients | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
-and was dismissed in 1634? -Helkiah Crooke. -Yes. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
In 1547, Bethlem was granted to the city of London. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
Which nearby hospital used as a prison subsequently took over its | 0:07:37 | 0:07:41 | |
management and continued to jointly administer it until 1948? | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
-Bridewell. -Yes. A seamstress | 0:07:45 | 0:07:46 | |
who attacked George III with a dessert knife in 1786 was | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
-committed to Bethlem for life. What was her name? -Margaret Nicholson. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
Yes. What was the name of the periodical published by the satirist | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
Ned Ward in which he described his visits to the hospital with other | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
-tourists who paid a penny to look at the patients? -The London Spy. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
Yes. Who were the medical practitioners who were the physicians | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
at Bethlem Hospital for four generations? | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
-The first, Dr James, took up his appointment in 1728. -Monro. -Yes. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:13 | |
Which major London railway terminus is built on the site of the original Bethlem Hospital? | 0:08:13 | 0:08:18 | |
-Liverpool Street. -Yes. Which Victorian artist became an inmate | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
after stabbing his father to death in 1843, convinced he was the devil? | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
-Richard Dadd. -Yes. The death of a young woman in Bethlem in 1851 | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
led to the Home Secretary granting permission to the lunacy | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
commissioners to inspect the hospital. What was her name? | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
-Hannah Hyson. -Yes. Which facility that opened in Berkshire in 1863 took over care | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
-of the criminally insane from the criminal asylum at Bethlem? -Broadmoor. -Yes. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:42 | |
James Tilly Matthews was diagnosed with paranoid delusions and committed to Bethlem in 1797. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:47 | |
What did he call the machine that he claimed was being | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
-used by a gang of villains to control his mind? -The Air Loom. -Yes. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
In 1930, Bethlem Hospital moved from St George's Fields, Southwark, to Beckenham in Kent. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:58 | |
What institution now occupies the remains of the former hospital building in Southwark? | 0:08:58 | 0:09:02 | |
-The Imperial War Museum. -Yes. From the mid-1700s, the holder of which post... | 0:09:02 | 0:09:06 | |
TIMER BEEPS ..at Bethlem Hospital made most of the medical decisions | 0:09:06 | 0:09:10 | |
and was responsible for formulating medicines for patients? | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
-The Apothecary. -The Apothecary is correct. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
Lindsay, no passes. A perfect round. 14 points. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
AUDIENCE APPLAUDS | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
And our last contender please. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
-And your name is? -James Maple. -Your occupation? -Chemistry teacher. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:44 | |
-And your chosen subject? -The English Civil Wars, 1642 to 1651. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:49 | |
The English Civil Wars. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
What was the first major battle of the civil wars, fought on the 23rd of October 1642, | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
two months after Charles I had formally declared | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
-war on parliament by raising his standard in Nottingham? -Edgehill. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
Yes. Who commanded the parliamentary army at the Battle of Edgehill? | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
-He was defeated at Lostwithiel in 1644. -The Earl of Essex. -Yes. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
What act of parliament, passed in 1645, stripped peers | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
and MPs of their military or naval commands? | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
-Um, the Self-denying Ordinance. -Yes. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
In which battle of July 1644 did Newcastle's Whitecoats stand their | 0:10:17 | 0:10:21 | |
-ground, allowing other Royalists to flee, but were wiped out as a result? -Marston Moor. -Yes. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
What was the nickname given to the cavalry regiment | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
of Sir Arthur Haselrig because of his heavy plate armour? | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
-Lobsters. -Yes. What was the name of the governor of Hull | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
who refused Charles' entry into the city in April 1642 and was proclaimed a traitor by the king? | 0:10:34 | 0:10:39 | |
-He was executed by parliament in 1645. -Sir John Hotham. -Yes. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
What was the agreement between the English parliament | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
and the Scottish Covenanters in 1643 by which the Scots would give | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
military support against the king in return for church reform? | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
-The Solemn League and Covenant. -Yes. What was the political movement behind the 1647 manifesto | 0:10:52 | 0:10:57 | |
called "an agreement of the people which advocated religious toleration and electoral reform"? | 0:10:57 | 0:11:02 | |
-The Levellers. -Yes. Charles I was executed in January 1649. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:06 | |
Which executive body of 41 members was established in February to | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
-implement domestic and foreign policy? -The committee of the... | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
No, pass. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
On the 21st of March 1646, where was the last Royalist field army | 0:11:15 | 0:11:19 | |
commanded by Sir Jacob Astley defeated by a parliamentary force? | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
-Stow-on-Wold. -Yes. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
On 3 December 1651, a Royalist army under the future Charles II was | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
defeated by Oliver Cromwell in the last major battle of the civil wars. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
-What was it called? -Worcester. -Yes. Who was the governor of Pembroke | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
who instigated a rebellion in March 1648 by refusing to hand over the town's castle to | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
a new model army garrison cos his men were owed back pay by parliament? | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
-Colonel Poyer. -Yes. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:45 | |
On the 6th of December 1648, MPs who were willing to continue negotiations | 0:11:45 | 0:11:49 | |
with the king were excluded from the Commons. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:52 | |
TIMER BEEPS What name was given to this action after the army colonel | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
-who carried it out? -Pride's Purge. -Pride's Purge is correct. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
You had just one pass. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:00 | |
That executive body of 41 members was known as the Council of State. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:06 | |
-James, you have 12 points. -Thank you. -AUDIENCE APPLAUDS | 0:12:06 | 0:12:10 | |
A good high-scoring round there. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:19 | |
Let's have a look at all of the scores. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
In fourth place, eight points, Terence Saunders. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
Joint second place, 12 points apiece, Peter Gaskell and James Maple. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
In the lead with 14 points, Lindsay Ashford. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:34 | |
So the general knowledge round now, | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
and if there's a tie at the end of it, | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
the number of passes is taken into account | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
and the person with the fewer passes is the winner, | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
and if they're tied on passes as well there has to be a tie-break. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
The six highest scoring runners-up in this round will also be able to claim | 0:12:51 | 0:12:56 | |
a place in the semifinal. Plenty to play for. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
Let's get on with it and ask Terence to join us again, please. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
You start with eight points with your knowledge of Wilkie Collins' books. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:09 | |
A lot of them to choose from. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
And let's see how you do with your general knowledge. 2.5 minutes now. Here we go. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:16 | |
Which Swedish tennis player won 11 Grand Slam singles titles between | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
1974 and '81 but never won the Australian or United States Opens? | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
-Bjorn Borg. -Yes. Which 1936 romantic epic by Margaret Mitchell is reputed to have sold | 0:13:23 | 0:13:28 | |
-a million copies six months after its publication? -Gone With The Wind. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
-Yep. Who was the lead singer, chief songwriter and rhythm guitarist of the Kinks? -Pass. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:36 | |
Which word for "crudely-made alcoholic drink" | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
comes from the name of an Alaskan people who made strong | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
-liquor from fermented dough and sugar? -Vodka. -Hooch. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
Which river that reaches the sea near Rhyl gave its name to the former | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
-county of northeast Wales that was formed in 1974? -Dee? -Clwyd. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
What small, grey crustacean often found under stones or in decaying | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
timber has regional names such as parsons pig, billy button and cheesy bob? | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
-Crab. -Woodlouse. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:01 | |
According to their titles, the set of dances composed by Brahms | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
-and the rhapsodies composed by Liszt originated in which country? -Hungary. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
Yes. Which First World War field marshal was president of Germany | 0:14:08 | 0:14:12 | |
-from 1925 to '34? -Hindenburg. -Yes. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
What term describes words such as "bang", "cuckoo" and "sizzle" | 0:14:15 | 0:14:18 | |
-that imitates the sound they describe? -Onomatopoeic. -Yes. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:21 | |
Which organisation was founded in Chicago in 1905 to do good in local | 0:14:21 | 0:14:25 | |
communities and to promote a world fellowship of business | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
-and professional men? -Rotary. -Yep. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
Which ancient Greek physician gives his name to the oath sworn by | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
-medical students on graduating? -Hippocrates. -Yes. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
In a story about Washington Irving, who falls asleep as a subject of | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
King George III and wakes up 20 years later as a free American citizen? | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
-Rip Van Winkle. -Yes. Which British writer and producer directed the | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
-films Bugsy Malone, Evita and Midnight Express? -Pass. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
Which political anthem became the Labour Party's theme song in 1925 | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
and is sung at the end of the party's conference? | 0:14:54 | 0:14:56 | |
-The Red Flag. -Yes. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:57 | |
The epic Sanskrit poems, The Mahabharata and The Ramayana, | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
-form part of the literary tradition of what religion? -Hinduism. -Yes. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:06 | |
Which country was known as British Honduras until 1973 | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
-and was a British colony until its independence in '81? -Pass. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
Which American classic horse race is known as the Run for the Roses | 0:15:13 | 0:15:17 | |
because the winner is draped with a blanket of them? | 0:15:17 | 0:15:19 | |
-Kentucky Derby. -Yes. What is the title of Richard Hooker's 1968 novel | 0:15:19 | 0:15:23 | |
set in the Korean War that led to a TV series and a film | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
based on his experience working as a war surgeon? | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
-M*A*S*H. -Yes. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:29 | |
An arts centre opened in Malibu in 1997 funded by the estate | 0:15:29 | 0:15:33 | |
of an American industrialist said to have been the richest man | 0:15:33 | 0:15:36 | |
at the time of his death in 1976. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
-Who was he? -Paul Getty. -Yes. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
What name's given to the drugs that treat allergies | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
-such as hay fever and to prevent travel sickness? -Antihistamine. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
TIMER BEEPS Yes. Started so I'll finish. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
Smithy, Danny and Plug are among pupils at which school that first | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
-appeared in the Beano comic in the 1950s? -The Bash Street Kids. -Yes. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:56 | |
The Bash Street was the name of the school. You had three passes. | 0:15:56 | 0:16:00 | |
Belize became independent in 1981. Used to be British Honduras. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:04 | |
Sir Alan Parker produced and directed those films, Bugsy Malone, etc. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:09 | |
And Ray Davies was the lead singer of The Kinks | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
and all those other things as well. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
You've scored now, Terence, a total of 23 points. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
And now Peter again, please. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
And you begin this round with 12 points. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
You have to beat 23 at this stage of the game. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
Can you do it with your general knowledge? | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
In which US state is the Napa Valley renowned for its wine production? | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
-California. -Yes. Which Beatle cofounded the production company HandMade films | 0:16:42 | 0:16:46 | |
responsible for such films as The Missionary and A Private Function? | 0:16:46 | 0:16:50 | |
-George Harrison. -Yes. In what sport did the Putney rules, drawn up in 1878, | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
prevent people such as mechanics, artisans and labourers | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
-from taking part in amateur competition? -Pass. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
Which real-life 19th-century heroine lived on Longstone, | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
-one of the outermost of the Farne Islands where her father was the lighthouse keeper? -Pass. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:08 | |
Which left-wing MP did Harold Wilson say "immatures with age"? | 0:17:08 | 0:17:12 | |
-Dennis Skinner. -Tony Benn. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:15 | |
In Greek mythology, who was the king of Corinth | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
condemned to role a huge stone up a hill for eternity? | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
Some legends claim this was as punishment for trying to cheat death. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
Pass. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:28 | |
Which spectacular mountain range of northern Italy takes its name | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
from the 18th-century French geologist who studied the region? | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
-Dolomites. -Yes. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:36 | |
"Dance, then, wherever you may be" is a line of a song | 0:17:36 | 0:17:40 | |
-with lyrics by folk musician Sydney Carter. What is the song? -Pass. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
Which play by Oliver Goldsmith has the alternative title | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
-The Mistakes of a Night? -Pass. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:50 | |
What name is given to the class of opiate-like chemicals | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
in the brain that reduce pain as well as producing a feel-good sensation? | 0:17:53 | 0:17:58 | |
-Pass. -Which foodstuff, a staple of the cowboy's diet, became | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
popular in Britain, canned in tomato sauce in the early 20th century? | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
-Beans. -Yes. Baked beans. Which county on Ireland's west coast | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
is bounded by Galway on the north, Tipperary on the east and Limerick | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
and the Shannon Estuary on the south? | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
-Sligo. -Clare. Who wrote the Just William stories, | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
first published as a collection in 1922? | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
Pass. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
Which British sculptor created Single Form, unveiled in 1964, | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
in memory of friend Dag Hammarskjold, | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
the former Secretary General of the United Nations? | 0:18:34 | 0:18:37 | |
-Pass. -The redwing and fieldfare are both winter visitors to Britain. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
Which family of songbirds that includes the blackbird | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
-are they the members of? -Thrush. -Yep. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
What name from the colour of part of their uniform was given to | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
Mussolini's armed squads of fascists | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
and to members of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists? | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
-Blackshirts. -Yes. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:01 | |
An 18th-century Austrian composer's works were catalogued chronologically | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
by Ludwig von Kochel, each work being identified by a K-number. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
-TIMER BEEPS Who was the composer? -Mozart. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
Mozart it was. You had eight passes. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
Barbara Hepworth was that sculptor who created Single Form. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
Richmal Crompton wrote the Just William stories. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
Endorphins are what the brain creates. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
-Yes. You know them all afterwards, don't you? -Yep. -Strange. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
She Stoops to Conquer was the Oliver Goldsmith play. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:30 | |
Lord of the Dance. "Dance, then, wherever you may be" and all that. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:34 | |
Sisyphus kept rolling the rock up the hill. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
Grace Darling was the 19th-century heroine who lived on Longstone. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:42 | |
-And that rather posh sport, certainly in those days, was rowing. -OK. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
Eight passes. Peter, you scored 19 points. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
And now James again, please. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
And you also start out with 12 points with your knowledge | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
of the Civil Wars, and 23 is still the score to beat. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:10 | |
So let's see how you get on. 2.5 minutes of general knowledge. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
In chapter two of the book of Genesis, God created | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
woman from what part of Adam's anatomy? | 0:20:16 | 0:20:18 | |
-A rib. -Yep. Large parts of an upland area in Wiltshire | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
owned by the Ministry of Defence is used for military training. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:25 | |
-What is the area called? -Salisbury Plain. -Yes. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
Which Ravel one-act ballet based on a Spanish dance brought him | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
-great success after its first performance in 1928? -Pass. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
Who was the chief TV commentator in Westminster Abbey | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
at the coronation of the Queen in 1953? | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
-Richard Dimbleby. -Yes. Which north African city | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
and sea port takes its name from the Arabic for "the islands" | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
-because of several small islands that once existed in the bay? -Tunis? | 0:20:44 | 0:20:49 | |
Algiers. Which artist born in Crete in 1541 painted elongated figures | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
that led some 20th-century critics | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
to think he had the optical disorder astigmatism? | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
-El Greco. -Yes. The controversial process of extracting gas or | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
petroleum by injecting a high-pressure fluid into | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
-underground rock is commonly known by what name? -Fracking. -Yes. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
In which 1925 film does Charlie Chaplain play a tramp who | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
-tucks into a Thanksgiving Day meal of a boiled boot? -Pass. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:16 | |
Which financial and trading organisation originated in 1698 | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
when the businessman John Castaing began listing commodity prices | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
-at Jonathan's Coffee-House in Cornhill? -The stock exchange. -Yes. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:27 | |
The seeds of which plant when crushed and sweetened | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
make the traditional Middle Eastern confection halva? | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
-Pass. -What name was given to the seven-inch vinyl records | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
introduced by RCA Victor in 1948? | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
-It came from the speed that they revolved on the turntable. -45s. -Yes. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:43 | |
In 1901, who became American president just six weeks | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
short of his 43rd birthday? The youngest man to have held the office. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
-Hoover. -No. Teddy Roosevelt. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:51 | |
Theo Walcott, Gareth Bale and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
began their professional playing careers with which football club? | 0:21:54 | 0:21:58 | |
-Southampton. -Yes. | 0:21:58 | 0:21:59 | |
In Victorian sideshows, what insects were exhibited in circuses | 0:21:59 | 0:22:03 | |
and performed tricks such as pulling wagons and walking on high wires? | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
-Fleas. -Yes. Whose novel, Cakes and Ale, first published in 1930, | 0:22:06 | 0:22:10 | |
is about the wife of a distinguished author | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
widely thought to be based on Thomas Hardy? | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
-Laurie Lee. -Somerset Maugham. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
Which French department's attractions include the cave at Lascaux | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
and the medieval towns of Sarlat and Brantome? | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
Pass. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:25 | |
Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz both claimed to be | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
-the inventor of which branch of mathematics? -Calculus. -Yes. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
In Norse mythology, who is the cunning and mischievous god | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
who tricked the blind god Hod into killing his brother Baldr | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
-with a piece of mistletoe? -Pass. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
The best-known work by author and journalist Hunter S Thompson | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
is about fear loathing in which American city? | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
-TIMER BEEPS. -Las Vegas. -Las Vegas is correct. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
You had five passes. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
That cunning and vicious god who tricked his brother was Loki, | 0:22:49 | 0:22:54 | |
or "Lo-kee". | 0:22:54 | 0:22:55 | |
The Dordogne is where the cave at Lascaux and all the rest of them are. | 0:22:55 | 0:23:00 | |
Sesame gives you halva if you crush the seeds. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:05 | |
The Chaplain film was The Gold Rush. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
-And Ravel's Bolero. -No! -Yes. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
Always worth taking a guess. There you go. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
But, James, you have 23 points. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
And finally, Lindsay again, please. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
And you start out with 14 points with your knowledge of Bedlam. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:36 | |
23 is still the score to beat. Here we go. 2.5 minutes. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
Under what pseudonym | 0:23:40 | 0:23:41 | |
did Charles Lutwidge Dodgson publish his Alice books? | 0:23:41 | 0:23:45 | |
-Lewis Carroll. -Yes. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:46 | |
Which lobster dish shares its name | 0:23:46 | 0:23:48 | |
with a month in the French revolutionary calendar? | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
-Lobster thermidor. -Yes. Which series of two-man space missions was | 0:23:50 | 0:23:54 | |
launched by the United States in 1965 and '66 preceding the three-man | 0:23:54 | 0:23:58 | |
-Apollo missions? -Pass. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:01 | |
The 1990s drama series The House Of Eliott starring Louise Lombard | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
and Stella Gonet as proprietors of a fashion house was set in what | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
decade of the 20th century? | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
-The 1920s. -Yes. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:11 | |
Which river is the second-longest in Africa after the Nile? | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
-The Congo. -Yes. What British government department | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
did Patrick McLoughlin, who has a fear of flying, | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
take over from Justine Greening in 2012? | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
-The Home Office. -The Department for Transport. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
Renishaw Hall and the village of Eckington in Derbyshire was | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
-the inspiration for locations in which novel by DH Lawrence? -Pass. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:33 | |
In Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals, | 0:24:33 | 0:24:35 | |
which creatures amble along to a version of Offenbach's Can-can | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
played extremely slowly? | 0:24:38 | 0:24:40 | |
-Elephants? -Tortoises. What name that comes from the six demands | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
drafted by the radical William Lovett was given to the movement | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
-in favour of working class rights founded in 1838? -Pass. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
The greyish specks on the inside of the cheek known as Koplik's spots | 0:24:49 | 0:24:53 | |
are an early sign of which childhood illness? | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
-Measles. -Yes. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:57 | |
Which US state gets its nickname "the Bluegrass State" | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
from the grass found there? | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
-Tennessee. -Kentucky. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:03 | |
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Imelda Staunton plays | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
a professor installed at Hogwarts | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Who is the professor? | 0:25:08 | 0:25:12 | |
-Professor McGonagall. -Umbridge. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:14 | |
Which racquet game known as poona was played by British Army | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
officers in India in the 19th century? | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
-Tennis. -Badminton. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
What mythological bird burns itself to ashes on a pyre | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
and is reborn from the flames? | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
-The phoenix. -Yes. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:27 | |
Whose 1971 album Tapestry is one of the bestselling albums of all time? | 0:25:27 | 0:25:31 | |
-Carole King. -Yes. Which TV executive, | 0:25:31 | 0:25:33 | |
a former controller of BBC One and BBC Two, | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
hosts the Imagine series of arts documentaries? | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
-Alan Yentob. -Yes. Which 1941 novel by James M. Cain that was typical of | 0:25:38 | 0:25:43 | |
the hard-boiled school of writing was turned into a TV miniseries starring | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
-Kate Winslet in 2011? -Pass. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:51 | |
The town of Lyndhurst in Hampshire is the capital of which woodland area? | 0:25:51 | 0:25:55 | |
-The New Forest. -Yes. What name from the Latin for "tongue" | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
is given to a dictionary of technical terms or words | 0:25:58 | 0:26:01 | |
-found at the end of a specialised text? -Pass. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
The Danish designer Georg Jensen worked particularly with which metal? | 0:26:03 | 0:26:08 | |
-Steel. -Silver. Which fairground ride... | 0:26:08 | 0:26:10 | |
TIMER BEEPS ..with a revolve vertical wheel with seats suspended from its rim | 0:26:10 | 0:26:14 | |
is named after it American inventor, a bridge builder from Pittsburgh? | 0:26:14 | 0:26:18 | |
-Ferris wheel. -Ferris wheel is correct. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:20 | |
You had five passes. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:22 | |
Glossary is the name for a dictionary of technical terms. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
Mildred Pierce became the TV miniseries in 2011. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:31 | |
Chartism comes from the list of six demands drafted by William Lovett. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:37 | |
Lady Chatterley's Lover was... HE LAUGHS | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
..Renishaw Hall and Eckington and all that. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:43 | |
And Gemini was the series of two-man space missions. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:47 | |
And that last answer really mattered, Lindsay. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:51 | |
You have scored 24 points. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:52 | |
AUDIENCE APPLAUDS | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
Well. What a tight contest that was. Let's look at the scores. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:09 | |
In fourth place with 19 points, Peter Gaskell. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:13 | |
Joint second place, 23 points apiece, Terence Saunders and James Maple. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:18 | |
In the lead, in first place with 24 points - Lindsay Ashford. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:22 | |
Which means of course that Lindsay is tonight's winner | 0:27:30 | 0:27:34 | |
and she goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:38 | |
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