Episode 25 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Paul Philpot,

an administrator from Bristol.

He'll be answering questions on Factory Records.

Next, Nick Harrison, a visual merchandiser from Surrey.

His specialist subject, the novels of the prize-winning author Carol Shields.

Carol Atkinson's a retired teacher from the Isle of Wight,

and she will be answering questions on Homer's Odyssey.

James Ludden's a journalist from Essex.

His subject, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.

And Michael McPartland, a civil servant from Middlesbrough.

His subject, the great basketball player Michael Jordan.

Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.

And we are in the closing stages of this race.

This is one of the semifinals.

The winner tonight goes through to the grand final

with the most enviable prize in the world of quizzing awaiting -

the title of Mastermind, theirs for the taking.

Five contenders, then, and two sets of questions.

As ever, 90 seconds on their specialist subject

and two minutes on general knowledge.

So, let's get on with it, and ask our first contender to join us, please.

-And your name is...?

-Paul Philpot.

-Your occupation?

-Administrator.

In the first round, your specialist subject

was the life and career of Sebastian Coe.

-Tonight it is...?

-Factory Records.

Factory Records in 1.5 minutes, starting now.

Which Salford-born journalist and broadcaster

co-founded the Factory record label with Alan Erasmus?

-Tony Wilson.

-Yes.

Who designed the poster for the first Factory event in 1978?

The poster was given the catalogue number Fac 1.

-Peter Saville.

-Correct.

Factory's first release was funded personally by Tony Wilson,

using money inherited from his mother.

It featured tracks by Joy Division, Durutti Column, Cabaret Voltaire

and which comedian?

-Er, Jon Dowie.

-Yes.

The Hacienda nightclub opened in Manchester in 1982 on which street?

-Whitworth Street.

-Yes.

Which Hacienda DJ produced Delightful,

the first Happy Mondays release for Factory?

Er... Erm...

-Er...Mike Pickering.

-Yes.

Which live album by the Durutti Column

was released in 1985, but only as a compact disc?

At the time, Tony Wilson predicted that,

"Vinyl will be dead in two years."

-Domo Arigato.

-Correct.

Factory assigned the catalogue number Fac 61

to a lawsuit taken out against the label

by the producer of many of their early releases.

What was his name?

-Martin Hannett.

-Yes.

What was the title

of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's debut single,

which was released by Factory in 1979?

-Electricity.

-Yes.

The Durutti Column recorded a Hoagy Carmichael song,

with vocals from Tony Wilson's ex-wife, Lindsay Reade.

What was it called?

-I Get Along Without You Very Well.

-Yes.

Which Factory single was recorded by New Order

in collaboration with the England football team

and topped the UK charts in June 1990?

-World In Motion.

-Yes.

Who produced Northside's first single, Shall We Take A Trip,

and the Wendys debut album, Gobbledygook?

-Ian Broudie.

-Yes.

What was the title of the James compilation EP

featuring five songs from their previous singles...

TIMER BEEPS I've started, so I'll finish.

..which was released in 1985?

The band left Factory for Sire the same year.

Er, Jimone, or Jim-one.

Oh, what a shame! You nearly had a perfect round.

No, it was Village Fire.

But you have anyway, Paul, scored 11 points.

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is...?

-Nick Harrison.

-Your occupation?

-Visual merchandiser.

In the first round, your subject was the feature films of Wes Anderson.

-Tonight it is...?

-The novels of Carol Shields.

Carol Shields' books in 90 seconds. Here we go.

In Carol Shields' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel

The Stone Diaries,

after Daisy's father Cuyler Goodwill retires,

he and his second wife move to a cottage on Lake Lemon.

What does he plan to build there?

-A pyramid.

-Yes.

The novel A Celibate Season consists of letters between a married couple,

Chas and Jocelyn, or Jock.

Carol Shields wrote the letters from Chas.

Which other author wrote the letters from Jock?

-Blanche Howard.

-Yes.

At the beginning of Happenstance,

Jack and Bernie are discussing the meaning of history.

Jack has decided that history consists of...?

Pass.

In Larry's Party, what becomes a lifelong passion for Larry

after he visits Hampton Court

with his first wife Dorrie on their honeymoon?

-Mazes.

-Yes.

In Mary Swann, the librarian, Rose Hindmarch,

always holds a party on Christmas Day,

at which she invites her guests to have a glass of which drink,

although an alternative of rye and ginger ale is also on offer?

-Eggnog.

-Yep.

In Unless, what had Gwen Reidman, the leader of Reta's book group,

advised the others to read

because they carry tiny kernels of narrative that she calls putty?

-Obituaries.

-Yes.

Judith Gill is writing her third biography in Duet.

Which Canadian Victorian novelist is her subject?

-Susanna Moodie.

-Yes.

Larry's mother Dot accidentally poisoned her mother-in-law

with severe type C botulism

when she served her vegetables that she hadn't preserved properly.

What were the vegetables?

-Runner beans.

-Yes.

Tom Avery first meets Fay McLeod

when he is picking up his godson from a birthday party.

What's his godson's name?

-Gary Waring.

-Yes.

In A Celibate Season,

what does Chas build for Jock as a Christmas present?

She's not impressed.

-A solarium.

-Yep.

In The Stone Diaries, Magnus Flett is said to be 115 years old.

Which novel is he famous for being able to recite in its entirety?

-TIMER BEEPS

-Jane Eyre.

-Is correct.

Er, you had one pass.

Jack decided that history consists of endings.

Which is a nice thought. You have scored, Nick, 10 points.

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is...?

-Carol Atkinson.

-Your occupation?

-Retired teacher.

Your specialist subject in the first round

was the Richard Hannay novels of John Buchan.

-Tonight it is...?

-It's Homer's Odyssey, in English.

Homer's Odyssey in 90 seconds. Here we go.

What is the name of the goddess who protects Odysseus

on his long journey home from the Trojan Wars to Ithaca?

She adopts various disguises to help him on the way.

-Athene.

-Yes.

Odysseus consults a blind seer of Thebes in the underworld,

in the hope of finding out how to return home.

-What's his name?

-Teiresias.

-Yes.

What substance does Odysseus use to block the ears of his crew

so they can't hear the seductive song of the Sirens?

-Beeswax.

-Yes.

What epithet is regularly used in the Odyssey

to describe the colour of the sea,

such as in the description of the sea around Crete

that Odysseus gives to Penelope?

-Wine-dark.

-Yes.

Circe describes the sea route

that Jason's Argo had successfully passed through,

but Odysseus chooses not to go that way because of the hazard along it.

What's the hazard?

-Scylla and Charybdis.

-No, it's wandering rocks.

What is the name of the city of the Cicones

that Odysseus and his men raid immediately after leaving Troy?

-Ismarus.

-Yes.

Odysseus's son Telemachus visits the king of Pylos,

who fought with his father at Troy, to ask about his father's fate.

-What's the king's name?

-Nestor.

-Yes.

On what island does the nymph Calypso detain Odysseus for seven years

in the hope that he'll eventually agree to marry her?

-Ogygia.

-Yes.

What is the name of the youth whose insults lead Odysseus to say,

"The gods do not grace men equally

"with the attributes of good looks, brains and eloquence"?

-Eurymachus?

-Er, Euryalos.

What had Penelope been weaving during the day

and unpicking during the night for three years,

in order to avoid marrying one of her many suitors?

-A shroud for Laertes.

-Yes, a burial shroud.

Odysseus at last makes it back to Ithaca on board a Phaeacian ship.

What does the god Poseidon turn the ship into as it nears home?

-TIMER BEEPS

-A rock.

Yes, or a stone, or a rocky island, yep.

Er, Carol, no passes. You have 9 points.

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is...?

-James Ludden.

-Your occupation?

-Journalist.

The Rugby Union World Cup was your subject in the first round.

-Tonight it is...?

-Roald Amundsen.

Roald Amundsen. 90 seconds. Here we go.

Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole

in December 1912.

-What was the name of the expedition's ship?

-Fram.

-Yep.

The young Amundsen was inspired by stories

of John Franklin's expeditions.

Which sea route, that Franklin had been unsuccessful in completing,

did Amundsen navigate for the first time in 1906?

-Northwest Passage.

-Yes.

During the Belgian expedition to the Antarctic of 1897-99,

Amundsen learned about survival in polar regions

from the ship's American doctor.

-What was his name?

-Frederick Cook.

-Yes.

What name did Amundsen give to the chalet-style house near Oslo

that he bought in 1908?

-Uranienborg.

-Yes.

Which organisation did Amundsen address for the first time

on 11th February 1907?

He gave an account of his voyage through the Northwest Passage.

-Er, Royal Geographical Society.

-Correct.

Amundsen's expedition spent two years from September 1903

at an inlet he named Gjoa Haven

before making the final push through the Northwest Passage.

-On what island is Gjoa Haven?

-King William Island.

-Yes.

What was the name of the ship built by Christian Jensen

in which Amundsen intended to drift in the pack ice

over the Arctic Ocean?

-Maud.

-Yes.

It was reported that Amundsen considered using what animals

instead of dogs on his expedition to the North Pole,

after seeing what the zoologist Carl Hagenbeck had achieved with them?

-Polar bears.

-Yes.

In September 1910, Amundsen revealed to the crew of the Fram

that their destination had changed

from the North Pole to the South Pole.

At which island were they anchored at the time?

-Madeira.

-Yes.

Amundsen left a tent at the South Pole

with a letter for the King of Norway, as well as one for which explorer?

-Captain Scott.

-Yes. TIMER BEEPS

What was the name of Nansen's home near Oslo, at which Nansen agreed

to let Amundsen use the Fram for his expedition to the North Pole?

-Borastad?

-It was Polhogda, or Polar Heights.

No passes, James. You have 10 points.

And our final contender, please.

-And your name is...?

-Michael McPartland.

-Your occupation?

-Civil servant.

Father Ted was your subject last time around, and tonight it is...?

The life and career of Michael Jordan.

Michael Jordan. Here we go.

Michael Jordan was a basketball player who achieved

the National Basketball Association's highest career scoring average

of 30.1 points a game.

He was raised in Wilmington, North Carolina.

In which city was he born, in February '63?

-New York.

-Yep.

What career milestone did Jordan reach

in a game against the Chicago Bulls in January 2002,

while he was playing for the Washington Wizards?

He was the fourth player in NBA history to achieve the milestone.

-30,000 points.

-Yes.

The NBA uses a draft system for teams to recruit new players.

The worst-performing teams from the previous year get the first picks.

In which position in the draft was Jordan taken by the Chicago Bulls

in the '84 NBA draft?

-Third.

-Yep.

Jordan became part-owner of an NBA club in 2006,

and was named the managing member of basketball operations.

Which club?

-Er, Charlotte Bobcats.

-Yes.

Which high school in Wilmington, North Carolina, did he attend?

He failed to make their senior basketball team in his second year.

-Laney High.

-Yeah.

In which city did Jordan play in his first NBA all-star game

as a rookie in '85?

-Indianapolis.

-Yep.

Which former model did Jordan marry in Las Vegas in 1989?

They divorced in 2006.

-Juanita Vanoy.

-Correct.

Against which team did Jordan score a career best of 69 points,

in March 1990?

-Cleveland Cavaliers.

-Yes.

Jordan broke a tarsal bone playing against the Golden State Warriors

in the third game of the '85-'86 season.

It caused the longest injury break of his career. Which bone was it?

-Er, the navicular bone in his left foot.

-Yes, the navicular bone.

After the death of his father in 1993,

Jordan announced his retirement from basketball,

and started a brief professional career in which other sport?

-Baseball.

-Yes.

TIMER BEEPS What NBA award did Jordan win

for the 1987-'88 season,

in addition to the MVP award and scoring titles?

Defensive player of the year.

Defensive player of the year is right.

You had them all right, in fact, Michael. You have 11 points.

Well, what a great round. But, then, it is the semifinals.

Let's have a look at the scores.

In fifth place, with 9 points, Carol Atkinson.

Joint third place, 10 points apiece, Nick Harrison and James Ludden.

Joint first place, 11 points apiece, Paul Philpot and Michael McPartland.

So, it is the general knowledge round now.

And if there's a tie at the end of it,

then the number of passes is taken into account,

and the person with the fewer passes is the winner, of course.

And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.

So let's get on with it,

and ask Carol to join us again, if she would, please.

And, er, you start out, Carol, with 9 points,

with your knowledge of, er, Homer's Odyssey.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Here we go - two minutes, starting now.

The Queen's coronation took place at Westminster Abbey

on 2nd June of what year?

-1953.

-Yes.

The Wiltshire Cure, developed by the Harris family,

is a method of producing what sort of food?

-Bacon.

-Yep.

The paintings Catching The Thanksgiving Turkey

and Sugaring Off In The Maple Orchard

are among the works of an American primitive artist

who began painting in her 60s.

Who was she?

-Grandma Moses.

-Yes.

Which inland port is the capital of the Andalusia region

and the fourth-largest city in Spain?

Pass.

What instrument is the telyn, often mentioned with the pibau, or pipes,

in Welsh medieval literature?

-Harp.

-Yes.

Which film actor, who died in 2003,

had sisters called Rain, Liberty and Summer?

Pass.

What 1939 song, a protest against the racism of America's Deep South,

was a controversial hit for Billie Holiday,

and went on to become her signature song?

-Kumbaya.

-Strange Fruit.

Which large, heron-like bird, a rare visitor to the UK,

takes its common name from its long, spatulate beak?

-Albaset?

-The Spoonbill.

Which stately home was begun in 1705

to the design of Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor,

though Vanbrugh resigned before its completion in about 1724?

-Castle Howard.

-Blenheim Palace.

What's the name of the former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party

who shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize with John Hume of the STLP?

-Michael...Martin McGuinness?

-No, it was David Trimble.

Which actress was portrayed as a cruel, manipulative mother

in her daughter Christina's biography Mommie Dearest?

Pass.

The name of which people

who inhabited eastern and north-eastern Scotland

possibly comes from the Latin for painted,

because of their custom of body painting?

-Pict.

-Yeah.

According to Pliny the Elder,

what scavenging mammal carried a stone in its eye

that had the power to give a person the gift of prophecy?

-Basilisk.

-Hyena.

What is the title of the 2001 novel by Philippa Gregory

about the arrival at court

of Henry VIII's second wife and her sister Mary

that was later made into a major film?

-The Other Boleyn Girl.

-Yes.

The white wine gavi comes from which region of northern Italy,

close to the Alps?

-Piedmont.

-Yes.

What was the name of the genial bearded broadcaster

who was one of the first television chefs, with his programme Cookery?

TIMER BEEPS It ran from 1946 to '51.

-Philip Harben.

-Philip Harben is correct.

You had three passes, Carol.

That actress who was portrayed as a cruel, manipulative mother was Joan Crawford.

The film actor who died in 2003, whose sisters were called Rain, Liberty and Summer,

was called River Phoenix.

And that inland port in Andalusia, fourth-largest city in Spain - Seville.

You have a total, Carol, of 17 points.

And now Nick Harrison again, please.

And you start out, Nick, with 10 points,

with your knowledge of Carol Shields.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Two minutes, starting now.

What term for a cessation of hostilities

is applied to the agreement on 11th November 1918,

that ended the First World War?

-Armistice.

-Yes.

What is the principal flavouring of the Greek spirit ouzo?

-Er, aniseed.

-Yes.

Which painter's work, The Ball At The Moulin De La Galette,

was first shown at the Impressionist exhibition of 1877?

-Degas?

-Renoir.

In which southern city is the residential area

known as Countess Wear, named after a weir

built by a countess of Devon in the 13th century?

-Exeter.

-Yes.

What term for an informal and unofficial group of advisors

was first applied to the entourage

of the 19th-century American president Andrew Jackson?

-Er, Colloquium?

-No, the Kitchen Cabinet.

In which '84 film does the inventor Randall Peltzer

bring his son Billy a new pet called Gizmo?

It becomes violent when it's wet and must never be fed after midnight.

-Gremlins.

-Yeah.

At what major event is the Val Barker Cup awarded

to the man judged to be the best boxer in the competition?

-The World Amateur Championships?

-No, the Olympic Games.

Which of Oscar Wilde's plays is subtitled

A Trivial Comedy For Serious People?

-Importance Of Being Earnest.

-Correct.

In zoology, the word apterous

describes insects such as silverfish and springtails

that lack what body part?

-Wings.

-Yes.

Which vocal group, who had an unexpected hit in 1983 with Only You,

took their name from a gang organised to move from place to place

supporting local strikers?

-The Flying Pickets.

-Yes.

On which island is the heavily forested Owen Stanley mountain range?

It's named after a British sea captain

who explored its coast in the 1840s.

-Greenland.

-New Guinea.

In the term poll tax, what's the original meaning of the word poll?

Pass.

Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism on her marriage to whom?

-Arthur Miller.

-Yes.

Which television drama series

adapted from a quartet of novels by David Peace

starred Andrew Garfield as a young reporter

exploring press and police corruption in 1970s West Yorkshire?

-1974.

-Red Riding.

According to the Bible, which city in Mesopotamia

was the original home of the patriarch Abraham

and the starting point of his migration to Canaan?

-Er, Babylon.

-TIMER BEEPS

No. It was Ur.

One pass. The original meaning of the word poll in poll tax was head.

You have scored, Nick, 18 points.

And now James again, please.

And you also start out with 10 points, with your knowledge of Roald Amundsen, James.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.

What name is given to leather that has been processed with lacquer

to give a hard, glossy surface?

Pass.

In 1892, which Norwegian painter wrote,

of his anxiety at seeing the sky at sunset turning blood red,

"I stood there trembling with fright

and I felt a loud, unending scream piercing nature"?

-Edvard Munch.

-Yes.

Which Scottish city was once known as St John's Ton,

a fact reflected in the name of its football club, St Johnston?

-Glasgow?

-Perth.

Who played the title role in the Crocodile Dundee films?

-Um, Hogan.

-Yep.

Which port city in northern Spain is the capital

of the province and autonomous community of Cantabria?

-San Sebastian?

-Santander.

What two-word term now in common use

originally described the dominance hierarchy

within a flock of chickens or turkeys?

-Er, pecking order.

-Yes.

Which Russian playwright supported himself and his family

by writing comic short stories while he studied medicine?

-Chekov.

-Yes.

A politician was notoriously replaced by a tub of lard

after he withdrew at short notice

from the panel show Have I Got News For You.

Who was he?

-Hattersley.

-Yep. Roy Hattersley.

Which man-eating mythological creature was said to have

the head of a man, the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion?

-Griffin.

-Manticore.

Which Mexican dish consisting of strips of meat, chopped vegetables

and grated cheese served in a soft tortilla

has a name meaning little belts?

-Burrito.

-Fajitas.

What was the name of the singer who had a top 10 hit in 1999

with a re-release of his 1967 single Music To Watch Girls By?

-He died in 2012.

-Andy Williams.

-Yes.

What form of motorcycle racing on a dirt track

was brought to Britain from Australia by Johnnie Hoskins in 1928?

-Speedway.

-Yes.

What name from the Dutch for 'to mumble' was given to followers

of the 14th-century English religious reformer John Wycliffe?

-Lollards.

-Yes.

Who wrote the novel The Bonfire Of The Vanities about New York life?

-Wolfe.

-Yes. Tom Wolfe.

Which large flightless bird of Australasian forests

has been called the world's most dangerous bird

because of the damage it can inflict with its long dagger-like talons?

TIMER BEEPS

Take a guess. You're out of time.

-Cassowary.

-Yes! Cassowary.

Always worth taking a guess.

You had one pass.

The name of the leather that's been processed with lacquer and gives it a hard, glossy surface -

you'll kick yourself - patent leather.

Yeah. Yeah.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS Exactly.

James, you have a total of 20 points.

And now Paul again, please.

And you start off with 11 points, with your knowledge of Factory Records.

20 is the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Here we go.

The two main branches of Islam are the Sunnis and...?

-Erm, Shi'ites.

-Yes.

The jargon-spouting yuppie Gus Hedges

was an executive of Globelink News in a 1990s television comedy series.

-What was it called?

-Drop The Dead Donkey.

-Yes.

What four-letter word can mean the prong of a fork

or the pointed branch of a deer's antler?

-Erm, head.

-Tine.

The place where William the Conqueror landed in 1066

at the start of the Norman invasion is near a village in East Sussex.

What's the village called?

-Battle.

-Pevensey.

Who was appointed the Secretary of State

for culture, Olympics, media and sport

in the coalition government in May 2010,

and then Secretary of State for health in September 2012?

-Hunt?

-Yes, Jeremy Hunt.

Which soft, black form of carbon, also called black lead and plumbago,

was given its common name because of its use in pencils?

-Er, graphite.

-Yes.

The novels of which British author and critic include

The Book Of Dave, The Sweet Smell Of Psychosis and Umbrella?

The latter was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker prize.

-Er, Barnes?

-Will Self.

What costume is Angus Young, the lead guitarist with the rock band AC/DC,

famous for wearing onstage?

-Schoolboy.

-Yep, school uniform.

Literally meaning before the flood,

what word has come to be used for anything old-fashioned or antiquated?

-Er, ancient?

-Antediluvian.

In which work by John Milton does Satan say,

"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven"?

-Paradise Lost.

-Yes.

In a 2004 animated film,

what's the superhero identity of the Parr family,

whose mother, Helen, was formerly known as Elastigirl?

-Incredibles.

-Yes.

Which district in New York state has given its name to a type of informal

dinner jacket, originally intended to be worn at small dinner parties?

-Er, Queens?

-Tuxedo.

An exhibition dedicated to an English rock star became

the fastest-selling event ever for the Victoria and Albert Museum

when it opened in March 2013.

Who is the rock star?

-Erm, Elvis Presley?

-David Bowie.

Which England fast bowler

spent a world-record 103 minutes at the crease before scoring a run

to help England draw the test series against New Zealand in March 2013?

-Oh! Rogers.

-Broad.

What sort of soup, said to be introduced to Britain by Huguenots,

could not be made when the main ingredient was temporarily

withdrawn from sale in the wake of the BSE scare?

-TIMER BEEPS

-Oxtail.

Oxtail is correct.

You had no passes, Paul, but you didn't quite make it - 19 points.

And Michael again, finally, please.

And you also start out with 11 points,

with your knowledge of Michael Jordan.

Now, the score to beat is still 20 points.

So, let's see if you can do it.

Two minutes, starting now.

Who was ousted as Libya's leader in 2011?

He took power in 1969, following a military coup.

-Colonel Gaddafi.

-Yes.

Which former music journalist wrote the '99 novel Man And Boy,

about a father struggling to bring up his son alone?

-Nick Hornby.

-Tony Parsons.

In May 2013, which football club became the first to win the FA Cup

and to be relegated from the top flight in the same season?

-Wigan.

-Yeah.

What English four-word phrase is represented by the letters PBUH?

It is often used in writing by Muslims,

after the name of the Prophet Muhammad.

Pass.

Whernside is the highest summit in which of Britain's national parks?

-Yorkshire Dales.

-Yes.

What common herb is used with lemon zest and garlic to make gremolata,

a garnish for braised dishes, such as osso bucco?

-Paisley.

-Parsley.

The critically endangered vaquita,

found only in the northern waters of the Gulf of California,

is a member of what dolphin-like mammal family?

-Manatee?

-Porpoise.

The name of which well-known Disney cartoon character

is used to describe something thought to be inadequate or trivial?

-Dumbo.

-Mickey Mouse.

Which country on the south-western corner of the Arabian Peninsula

has land borders with Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the east?

-Yemen.

-Yes.

In 1799, who was appointed as the court painter

to the Spanish king Carlos IV?

-Goya.

-Correct.

Which Shakespearean actor's film credits

include playing Magneto in X-Men

and Gandalf in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy and The Hobbit?

-Ian McKellen.

-Yes.

In the 2010 general election, a constituency in a North East city

became the first to declare its result for the fifth time running.

-Which city?

-Sunderland.

-Yes.

Which indie pop trio, later fronted by Sarah Cracknell,

was formed in the late 1980s,

and took its name from a French football team?

-Saint Etienne.

-Yes.

Novello & Company, founded in London in 1811,

is famous for publishing what?

-Musical notes.

-Sheet music, yes.

What is the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury

who was beheaded in 1645 after he was declared guilty of treason

and the advancement of Roman Catholicism?

-Fisher?

-No, William Laud.

Which South-East Asian country's flag

features both a yellow lion holding a sword

and four yellow bo leaves on a crimson background?

-Sri Lanka.

-Yes.

In which Dickens novel does the title character marry Madeline Bray

after the plans of his Uncle Ralph to marry her to an old moneylender

are thwarted?

TIMER BEEPS

Erm...

Timon Of Athens.

No, Nicholas Nickleby.

Er, one pass, Michael.

Those letters, PBUH, often used in writing by Muslims -

peace be upon him, in relation to the Prophet Muhammad.

You scored, Michael, 21 points.

Well, a great contest. Really close.

Let's have a look at all the final scores.

In fifth place, 17 points, Carol Atkinson.

Fourth place, 18 points, Nick Harrison.

Third place, 19 points - it's climbing - Paul Philpot.

Second place - you can guess - 20 points, James Ludden.

In first place, with 21 points, Michael McPartland.

Which means that Michael is tonight's winner,

and he goes through to the grand final.

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