0:00:26 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Chris Kilbride,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a teacher from Cornwall.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33He'll be answering questions on Vincent Van Gogh.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Tim Allison is a director of public health from Beverley.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39His specialist subject, the Black Death.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Brian Chesney, a retired librarian from Malvern.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47He'll be answering questions on the Musketeer novels of Alexandre Dumas.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Andrew Craig is an editor from London and he'll answer questions
0:00:51 > 0:00:54on the Second World War commander Field Marshal Slim.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58And Emma Laslett, a student from Milton Keynes.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Her subject, the Eurovision song contest.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Tonight, five contenders, not the usual four,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and that's because this is a semifinal
0:01:20 > 0:01:23so one of them will go through to the grand final
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and will have a crack at the title - the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Otherwise the usual rules apply -
0:01:28 > 0:01:3190 seconds of questions on their specialist subject
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and then two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36So let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- And your name is?- Chris Kilbride.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- Your occupation?- Teacher.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51In the first round, your subject was Paul Robeson.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- Tonight, it is?- The life and works of Vincent Van Gogh.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Vincent Van Gogh in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59During his lifetime, Van Gogh's believed to have sold
0:01:59 > 0:02:01just one of his paintings to the artist Anna Boch
0:02:01 > 0:02:03for 400 francs in 1890.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- What was its title?- The Red Vineyard.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Yes.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Van Gogh was financially dependent on his brother for much of his adult life.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- What was his name?- Theo.- Yes.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15At which art dealers in the Hague did Van Gogh begin working in 1869,
0:02:15 > 0:02:19later he was transferred to the London branch and after that to Paris?
0:02:19 > 0:02:20- Goupil and Cie.- Yes.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23What English title did Van Gogh give to the 1882 drawing
0:02:23 > 0:02:27of his regular model seen naked with her head buried in her arms?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Tiredness.- Sorrow.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32After Van Gogh was transferred to Goupil's Paris office in 1875,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34he became friends with a British colleague.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36What was his name?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- Alexander Reid.- No. Harry Gladwell.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41His friendship with Anthon van Rappard ended in 1885
0:02:41 > 0:02:44when Van Rappard criticised a major composition by Van Gogh
0:02:44 > 0:02:46of which he was very proud.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- What was its title?- Pass.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51During his brief stay in Arles with Van Gogh in 1888,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Paul Gauguin made a work entitled Van Gogh painting what?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- Chair.- Sunflowers.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01In 1883, Van Gogh ended his relationship with Sien
0:03:01 > 0:03:04and left the Hague for which province of Holland?
0:03:04 > 0:03:05- Drenthe.- Yes.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08What was the name of the asylum near Saint-Remy de Provence.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11that Van Gogh was admitted to voluntarily in May 1889?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14The painting Starry Night is a view from the asylum.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- Saint-Paul-de-Mausole.- Yes.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18What was the occupation of Joseph Roulin
0:03:18 > 0:03:20who was painted wearing his uniform by Van Gogh in Arles?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- Postman.- Yes.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24What was the surname of the family
0:03:24 > 0:03:26who ran the inn in Auvers-sur-Oise where Van Gogh died,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29after shooting himself in the fields on the outskirts of the village?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- BEEPING - Remy.- Ravoux.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Got the first letter right.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39And your one pass, that composition of which he was so proud
0:03:39 > 0:03:42and Van Rappard criticised was the Potato Eaters.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Oh.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Chris, you have scored six points.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47APPLAUSE
0:03:55 > 0:03:57And our next contender, please.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- And your name is?- Tim Allison.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Your occupation? - Director of public health.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Last time around, you took the fiction of C.S. Lewis
0:04:10 > 0:04:12as your chosen subject.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- Tonight, it is?- The Black Death.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16The Black Death in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19The plague known as the Black Death peaked in Europe between 1348 and 50
0:04:19 > 0:04:21and killed many millions of people.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23The three principle varieties of plague
0:04:23 > 0:04:26are septicaemic, pneumonic and which other?
0:04:26 > 0:04:27- Bubonic.- Yes.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29The Black Death is widely believed
0:04:29 > 0:04:31to have been the result of infection by which bacterium?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Yersinia pestis.- Correct.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34What was the name of Edward III's daughter
0:04:34 > 0:04:36who died of the plague in Bordeaux in 1348
0:04:36 > 0:04:38on her way to marry the son of the King of Castile?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- Joan.- Yes.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42In which county is Melcombe traditionally regarded as the place
0:04:42 > 0:04:45where the Black Death first affected people on English soil?
0:04:45 > 0:04:46- Dorset.- Yes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Who was the 14th century historian and poet born in Valenciennes
0:04:49 > 0:04:52who wrote in his chronicles that a third of the world's population
0:04:52 > 0:04:55died in the pandemic - an estimate still held to be fairly accurate?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Jean de Venette.- No. Jean Francois.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Bishop Bateman founded a Cambridge college in 1350, partly in response
0:05:01 > 0:05:03to the great losses of clergy during the Black Death.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- Which college?- Trinity Hall.- Yes.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Anti-Semitism was rekindled in parts of Europe
0:05:07 > 0:05:10as some people blamed Jews for the Black Death.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12In which modern day French city were several hundred Jews
0:05:12 > 0:05:15reportedly murdered on the 14th of February, 1349?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- Chillon.- Strasbourg.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19What was the diocese of Bishop William Edington,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21who issued a warning of impending plague
0:05:21 > 0:05:23to his clergy in October 1348?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- Winchester.- Correct.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28The chronicler Agnolo di Tura was describing the Black Death
0:05:28 > 0:05:30in which Italian city when he wrote,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32"I buried my five children with my own hands"?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33- Siena.- Yes.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36An Arab philosopher and physician based in Granada believed
0:05:36 > 0:05:38that astrological events, the weather and bad air
0:05:38 > 0:05:40were major causes of the Black Death.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43He advised people to sleep in a room open to the north wind.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44- What was his name?- Ibn Khatima.- Yes.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46What was the name of the papal physician at Avignon
0:05:46 > 0:05:50who advised Pope Clement VI on dealing with the plague?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- Guy de Chauliac.- Is correct.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55No passes, Tim. Nine points.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57APPLAUSE
0:06:04 > 0:06:05And our next contender, please.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- And your name is?- Brian Chesney.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- Your occupation?- Retired librarian.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Last time around, you took Catherine the Great as your subject.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- Tonight you are taking?- The Musketeer novels of Alexandre Dumas.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26The Musketeer novels in a minute and a half, starting now.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28What is the motto of Athos, Porthos and Aramis,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31the Three Musketeers in Dumas's 1844 novel of the same name?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- All for one and one for all.- Yes.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Which celebrated French author is D'Artagnan surprised to encounter
0:06:36 > 0:06:39working at the establishment of the tailor Percerin in the Man in the Iron Mask?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- Moliere.- Yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44On their arrival in London in Twenty Years After, the Musketeers change
0:06:44 > 0:06:46their clothes and do what else in order to disguise themselves
0:06:46 > 0:06:49as Puritans, so as not to be insulted by the populace?
0:06:49 > 0:06:50- Have their hair cut.- Yep.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53D'Artagnan discovers a symbol on the shoulder of Milady de Winter
0:06:53 > 0:06:55identifying her as the treacherous former wife of Athos,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57long presumed dead.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- What's the symbol?- Fleur-de-lis. - Yeah.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02In the Vicomte de Bragelonne, Mary de Mancini is informed
0:07:02 > 0:07:04that there is on the road a horseman who awaits you.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Who is he?- The king. Louis XIV.- Yes.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10In Twenty Years After, what honour does King Charles I bestow
0:07:10 > 0:07:13on Lord de Winter shortly before his betrayal and capture at Newcastle?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- The Garter. - No. The Order of the Holy Ghost.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Of which religious order does Aramis become the general
0:07:17 > 0:07:19following the dramatic death of the incumbent
0:07:19 > 0:07:21in the chapter, The State's Secret?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22- The Jesuits.- Yes.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24In Twenty Years After, the tools required
0:07:24 > 0:07:26for the Duc de Beaufort to escape are brought to him
0:07:26 > 0:07:28by Grimaud concealed in what?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- A giant pie.- Yes.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32In the Vicomte de Bragelonne, when D'Artagnan arrives in Calais,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35he meets the band of ten desperados he has recruited
0:07:35 > 0:07:38for his daredevil mission to England in which tavern?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- The Mighty Monarch.- Yes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42In The Man in the Iron Mask, King Louis XIV's twin brother
0:07:42 > 0:07:46is imprisoned on the king's order in Ile Sainte-Marguerite and made to wear an iron visor.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- What's his name?- Philippe.- Yes.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51What's the name of the ship loaded with explosives on which Mordaunt,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53acting in collaboration with Oliver Cromwell,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55tries to kill the Musketeers in Twenty Years After?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- The Lightning.- Yes.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59BEEPING What character, a goddess of fruit trees and gardens
0:07:59 > 0:08:02and the wife of Spring, is danced by Madame Henrietta
0:08:02 > 0:08:03in the ballet of the seasons?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Pomona.- Is correct.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08No passes. Brian, you have 11 points.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09- APPLAUSE - Thank you.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19And our next contender, please.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- And your name is?- Andrew Craig.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29- Your occupation?- Editor.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Last time around, you took military aircraft of the First World War as your subject.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Tonight?- Field Marshal William Slim.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Field Marshal Slim in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42William Slim commanded the 14th Army in Burma in the Second World War.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Which Roman Catholic grammar school in Birmingham did he attend
0:08:45 > 0:08:47before he went on to King Edward's school?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48- St Philip's.- Yes.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52In which regiment was Slim commissioned as a second lieutenant in August, 1914?
0:08:52 > 0:08:53- Royal Warwickshire.- Yes.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Slim was wounded for the first time in the First World War when he was
0:08:56 > 0:08:58shot during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915
0:08:58 > 0:09:00in the attempt to capture which ridge?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- Sari Bair.- Yes.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Under what pen-name did Slim write articles, essays and short stories
0:09:05 > 0:09:07for many newspapers and magazines in the '30s
0:09:07 > 0:09:08to help supplement his income?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- Anthony Mills.- Yes.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13One of Slim's first actions in higher command in the Second World War
0:09:13 > 0:09:15was to capture the Fort of Gallabat in Sudan.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Who was the Secretary of State for War at the time
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- who wished Slim good luck? - Anthony Eden.- Yes.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23After visiting a town in April, 1942, during the Allied retreat of Burma,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Slim ordered the demolition of its oil field and refinery
0:09:26 > 0:09:28to keep them from enemy hands.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31He later described the explosions as a fantastic and horrible sight.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- What was the name of the town? - Yenangyaung.- Yes.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Who was the commander of IV Corps and later of the Eastern Army
0:09:37 > 0:09:39with whom Slim had a number of disputes?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Stopford.- No. Irwin.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45The leader of the Burma National Army met Slim at his headquarters in '45
0:09:45 > 0:09:47to discuss the BNA changing its allegiance
0:09:47 > 0:09:49from the Japanese to the Allies.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- What was his name?- Aung Sun.- Yes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Operation Extended Capital, the later phase of the reconquest of Burma
0:09:55 > 0:09:59in which Slim recaptured Mandalay and advanced on Rangoon in '45,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01was nicknamed Operation SOB.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02What did the letters SOB stand for?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Sea Or Bust.- Yes.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06In November, '48, Slim returned to military service
0:10:06 > 0:10:09when he was appointed to which post based at the war office?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- BEEPING - Chief of the Imperial General Staff. - Yes.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15And we're out of time. No passes. Andrew, you have nine points.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17APPLAUD
0:10:23 > 0:10:25And our final contender, please.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- And your name is?- Emma Laslett.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- Your occupation?- Student.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Last time around, you took the plays of Samuel Beckett.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Tonight?- The Eurovision Song Contest, 1981 to present.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48The Eurovision Song Contest in a minute and a half. Here we go.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50The '81 Eurovision Song Contest was won
0:10:50 > 0:10:52by the UK entry Making Your Mind Up.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54What was the name of the group that performed the song?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- Bucks Fizz.- Yep.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Linda Martin came second in '84 with Terminal 3
0:10:58 > 0:11:01and won the competition in '92 with the song Why Me?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Which previous Eurovision winning performer wrote both songs?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05- Johnny Logan.- Yes.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08With which song did the French-Canadian singer Celine Dion
0:11:08 > 0:11:10win the '88 contest for Switzerland?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi.- Yes.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15How old was the Belgian representative Sandra Kim
0:11:15 > 0:11:17when she became the youngest winner of the contest in '86?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- 13.- Yes.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23The 1991 contest was presented by the reigning champion Toto Cutugno
0:11:23 > 0:11:25and which other previous Italian winner?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- Gigliola Cinquetti.- Correct.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Which German act came second in both '85 and '87?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34The only performers to be runners-up twice in the modern competition?
0:11:34 > 0:11:35- Wind.- Yes.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40What nationality by birth is the UK's entrant in 1996, Gina G?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- Australian.- Yes.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Before the '93 event held at Millstreet in County Cork, there was
0:11:44 > 0:11:48a qualifying event for the last three Eurovision Song Contest places.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49In which country was this held?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- Slovenia.- Yes.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Which dancer came to prominence after his performance in River Dance,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57the interval entertainment, during the '94 contest in Dublin?
0:11:57 > 0:11:58- Michael Flatley.- Yes.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Which of the founding seven nations became the only country
0:12:01 > 0:12:03to have been represented in every contest
0:12:03 > 0:12:06when Switzerland were relegated from the competition
0:12:06 > 0:12:09and a reduction in participants took place in 1995?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- The United Kingdom.- Germany.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15From 2008 until 2012, the Turkish jury
0:12:15 > 0:12:17awarded the full 12 points to which country?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Cyprus.- Azerbaijan.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23BEEPING What name was shared by the singers of the Dutch and German entries
0:12:23 > 0:12:25in the 2001 contest?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Joan.- Michelle.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35No passes, Emma. You have nine points.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37APPLAUSE
0:12:48 > 0:12:53So that's the end of the first round. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56In fifth place, six points, Chris Kilbride.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Joint second place, nine points apiece,
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Tim Allison, Andrew Craig, and Emma Laslett.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04In the lead with 11 points, Brian Chesney.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06APPLAUSE
0:13:09 > 0:13:12So it's to the general knowledge round now
0:13:12 > 0:13:15and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:13:15 > 0:13:18is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20And if they're tied on passes as well,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22there will have to be a tie break.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25So let's get on with it and ask Chris to join us again, please.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31And you scored six points with your knowledge of Van Gogh.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37And this time, Chris, it is of course two minutes. Here we go.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40What name of French origin is given to a patch of false hair
0:13:40 > 0:13:41or a small wig used to cover a bald patch?
0:13:41 > 0:13:42- Toupee.- Yep.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Which nomadic pastoral people
0:13:44 > 0:13:46who live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania
0:13:46 > 0:13:48have a fearsome reputation as warriors?
0:13:48 > 0:13:49- Masai.- Yeah.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52What was the surname of father and son George and William who were
0:13:52 > 0:13:57respectively Britain's Prime Minister from 1763-65 and 1806-07?
0:13:58 > 0:13:59- Peel?- Grenville.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Which satirical sitcom
0:14:00 > 0:14:03that starred Rik Mayall as an unscrupulous Conservative MP
0:14:03 > 0:14:07used Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition as its theme music?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Pass.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Frank Owen Gehry has won international renown
0:14:12 > 0:14:14in which field of the arts?
0:14:14 > 0:14:15- Sculpture.- Architecture.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Who wrote The History Of King Richard The Third
0:14:17 > 0:14:18in the early 16th century?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20It persuaded historians and Shakespeare
0:14:20 > 0:14:22that the king was a cruel tyrant.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Marlowe?- Thomas More.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25In a 1966 song,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Simon & Garfunkel blended a recording of the seven o'clock news
0:14:29 > 0:14:30with their version of a Christmas carol.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32What was the carol?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- We Three Kings.- Silent Night.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Which river in southern Africa is the fourth-longest on the continent
0:14:39 > 0:14:40and has a name meaning "great river"
0:14:40 > 0:14:44in the language of the Tonga people who live by its middle reaches?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45- Zambezi.- Yes.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47In the Mel Brooks film The Producers,
0:14:47 > 0:14:49what's the title of the tasteless musical
0:14:49 > 0:14:51that's intended to be a box office disaster?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52- Springtime For Hitler.- Yes.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Which soft, mild blue-vein cheese takes its name
0:14:54 > 0:14:56from the Italian for "sweet milk"?
0:14:59 > 0:15:00- Dolcelatte.- Yeah.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Which England striker, who came to prominence
0:15:02 > 0:15:05with a goal against Argentina in the '98 World Cup,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07retired at the end of the season in 2013?
0:15:07 > 0:15:08- Michael Owen.- Yes.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11In ancient Rome, what name was given to the corps that originally acted
0:15:11 > 0:15:13as bodyguards for generals and later for emperors?
0:15:13 > 0:15:16It was disbanded by Constantine I in 312 AD.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- Praetorian.- Yes.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19In 1996,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21part of the Tower of London's collection of arms and armour
0:15:21 > 0:15:23was moved to the Royal Armouries Museum
0:15:23 > 0:15:24in which northern English city?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25- Leeds.- Yes.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28What is the title of Frank Baum's most famous story?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Part of the title is said to be taken from the label
0:15:30 > 0:15:32on one of the drawers in his filing cabinet.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33- The Wizard Of Oz.- Yes.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Which naturally occurring alloy,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37primarily consisting of gold and silver,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39was used in Asia Minor... BEEPING
0:15:39 > 0:15:42..to make coinage as early as about the 6th century BC?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Electrum.- Is correct.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Er, just one pass.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50That satirical sitcom starring Rik Mayall was The New Statesman.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54But you did well in that round. You've a total now of 16 points.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56APPLAUSE
0:16:03 > 0:16:06And now Tim Allison again, please.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14And, er, you have nine points from your knowledge of the Black Death.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Two minutes, starting now.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Which toxic gas produced in car exhausts
0:16:20 > 0:16:22has the chemical formula CO?
0:16:22 > 0:16:23- Carbon monoxide.- Yes.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26In 1983, who returned as James Bond in Never Say Never Again
0:16:26 > 0:16:2812 years after he had previously played the role?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- Roger Moore.- Sean Connery.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32In which English cathedral are there two rose windows
0:16:32 > 0:16:34known as the Dean's Eye and the Bishop's Eye
0:16:34 > 0:16:36that were restored early this century?
0:16:36 > 0:16:37- York.- Lincoln.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Which American black revolutionary party
0:16:39 > 0:16:41was founded in Oakland, California in 1966
0:16:41 > 0:16:43by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale?
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Its original aim
0:16:44 > 0:16:47was to protect the residents of ghettos from police brutality.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48- Black Panthers.- Yes.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50What phrase meaning no choice at all
0:16:50 > 0:16:53comes from the name of the 17th-century liveryman who insisted
0:16:53 > 0:16:56that the customer hired whichever horse was nearest the door?
0:16:56 > 0:16:57- Hobson's choice.- Yes.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Which American singer-songwriter duetted with Barbra Streisand
0:17:00 > 0:17:03on the 1978 hit You Don't Bring Me Flowers?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Pass.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Brodick is the main town and ferry port on which Scottish island?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11- Arran.- Yes.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13The males of a large African mammal participate
0:17:13 > 0:17:16in physical confrontations known as clubbing or necking.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- What's the animal's name? - Giraffes.- Yeah.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Which darts commentator,
0:17:20 > 0:17:23known for his strong north-eastern accent and quirky turns of phrase,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26created the 1980s children's comedy series Jossy's Giants?
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- Sid Waddell?- Yes.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Which opera company was founded by amateurs in Cardiff in 1943,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34and performed Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci
0:17:34 > 0:17:36for its first full production, in '46?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Welsh National Opera.- Yep.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Hakarl, the buried and fermented flesh of the Greenland shark,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45is considered a delicacy in which European country?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46- Iceland.- Yes.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Leslie Ames, Godfrey Evans and Alan Knott
0:17:48 > 0:17:50all had distinguished cricketing careers for Kent and England
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- playing in what position? - Wicketkeeper.- Yep.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Hemingway's Chair, published in '95, was the first novel
0:17:55 > 0:17:58by a broadcaster, actor and member of the Monty Python team.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- What's his name? - Michael Palin.- Yes.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03In Greek myth, the god Zeus adopted the form of a water bird
0:18:03 > 0:18:06in order to seduce Leda, the daughter of King Thestius.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Which bird?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09- Swan.- Yes.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12What name of Dutch origin is given to a piece of low-lying land
0:18:12 > 0:18:14that has been reclaimed from water, especially the sea,
0:18:14 > 0:18:15and is protected by dykes?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16- Polder.- Yes.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Who was the high king of Ireland from 1002 until 1014...
0:18:19 > 0:18:20BEEPING
0:18:20 > 0:18:23..when he was killed at the Battle of Clontarf?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- Brian Boru.- Yes, it was.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Er, one pass.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29The singer who duetted with Barbra Streisand
0:18:29 > 0:18:32on You Don't Bring Me Flowers - it was Neil Diamond.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36You have scored a total now, though, of 22 points.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38APPLAUSE
0:18:46 > 0:18:48And now Andrew again, please.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55And, er, you start out this round with nine points,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57with your knowledge of Field Marshal Slim.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Two minutes of general knowledge, and the score to beat is 22.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01Here we go.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04A chemical compound described as ferric or ferrous
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- contains which metal?- Iron.- Yes.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08What name is given to the period of time between the end
0:19:08 > 0:19:10of one sitting of Parliament and the beginning of the next?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Recession.- No, recess.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Which county, famous for its tweeds,
0:19:13 > 0:19:15is the most northerly in the Republic of Ireland?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- Donegal.- Yes.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19In which '53 Ealing comedy do volunteers take over
0:19:19 > 0:19:21the running of their local passenger train service,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23which is scheduled for closure?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- The Bluebell Line. - The Titfield Thunderbolt.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28By what name were the crime-fighting brothers Frank and Joe known
0:19:28 > 0:19:31in a series of American children's books, written by several authors,
0:19:31 > 0:19:35and published from 1927 under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36- The Hardy Boys.- Yes.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39What nut-bearing tree, originally from Persia, is traditionally
0:19:39 > 0:19:42supposed to be more fruitful after being vigorously beaten?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Erm...
0:19:44 > 0:19:45- Pistachio.- The walnut.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Which word for a large, luxurious car is derived from the French word
0:19:48 > 0:19:51for a type of hooded cloak, because the original model had a hood
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- to protect the driver from the weather?- Limousine.- Yes.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55The Olmecs established
0:19:55 > 0:19:57the first elaborate civilisation in Central America
0:19:57 > 0:20:00between about 1200 BC and 400 BC.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02In which country did they live?
0:20:02 > 0:20:03- Mexico.- Yes.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06In showjumping, how many faults are incurred if the rider falls?
0:20:06 > 0:20:07- Three.- Eight.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Which Irish comedian, who died in 2005,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13usually closed his act with the words, "May your God go with you"?
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Erm...
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- Dave Allen.- Yes.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Whose dirge to autumn, published posthumously in 1824, begins,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23"The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing"?
0:20:23 > 0:20:24- Byron.- Shelley.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27What name is usually given to the stories with a moral purpose
0:20:27 > 0:20:28told by Jesus in the New Testament,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31such as those of the talents and of the mustard seed?
0:20:31 > 0:20:32- Parable.- Yep.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Rod Evans, David Coverdale and Ian Gillan have all been the lead singer
0:20:35 > 0:20:37for a heavy metal band formed in the late '60s.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38- What's it called?- Deep Purple.- Yes.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Which mountain, the highest in Australia,
0:20:40 > 0:20:44was named by the Polish explorer Paul Strzelecki in 1848
0:20:44 > 0:20:46in honour of a Polish patriot?
0:20:46 > 0:20:47- Kosciuszko.- Yes.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49What is the name of the rough French brandy
0:20:49 > 0:20:52created from the skins, pips and stalks left over from winemaking?
0:20:52 > 0:20:53- Grappa.- No, marc.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Which king united the houses of York and Lancaster
0:20:56 > 0:21:00by marrying Elizabeth of York, the daughter of Edward IV, in 1486?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01- Henry VII...- Yes.- ..V!
0:21:01 > 0:21:03JOHN GROANS
0:21:03 > 0:21:04BEEPING
0:21:04 > 0:21:06It actually IS Henry VII,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08not Henry V, as you corrected yourself.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11But the rules of the game say I have to take the first answer offered,
0:21:11 > 0:21:13so you get the point.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15APPLAUSE
0:21:15 > 0:21:21Andrew, you have a total - still not enough, I'm afraid - 19 points.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23APPLAUSE
0:21:28 > 0:21:31And now Emma again, please.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39And you also start with nine points,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41with your knowledge of the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:21:41 > 0:21:4422 still the score to beat.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45So let's see if you can do it.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Here we go - two minutes of general knowledge.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49In which London street
0:21:49 > 0:21:52did the Hospital for Sick Children open in February 1852 in a house
0:21:52 > 0:21:54that had belonged to Richard Mead, Queen Anne's physician?
0:21:54 > 0:21:55- Great Ormond Street.- Yes.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58The dish goulash originated in which European country?
0:21:58 > 0:21:59- Hungary.- Yes.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02The film Meet Joe Black is about a media mogul
0:22:02 > 0:22:04who acts as a guide to death. Who plays the title role?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Er, Brad Pitt.- Yep.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08In Greek myth, which fierce huntress refused to marry
0:22:08 > 0:22:11unless a suitor could beat her in a footrace?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Those whom she overtook, she speared to death.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14- Atlanta.- Yes.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Which television action series starring Richard Dean Anderson
0:22:17 > 0:22:19is the favourite show of the Bouvier sisters, Patty and Selma,
0:22:19 > 0:22:21in The Simpsons?
0:22:22 > 0:22:23- Quantum Leap?- No, MacGyver.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26What word is used for a collection of pieces of writing,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28especially poems, by various authors?
0:22:28 > 0:22:29- Anthology.- Yes.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31The inhabitants of which South American capital city
0:22:31 > 0:22:33are known as "Portenos", probably because
0:22:33 > 0:22:36so many of them originally arrived from Europe by boat?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Buenos Aires.- Yes.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Which rapper had a hit in 1998 with the track Hard Knock Life
0:22:41 > 0:22:44that includes parts of a song from the Broadway musical Annie?
0:22:44 > 0:22:45- 50 Cent?- Jay Z.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48The philosopher and statesman Viscount St Albans,
0:22:48 > 0:22:49who was the lord chancellor to James I,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51is better known by what name?
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Pass.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Which sporting competition was first held
0:22:53 > 0:22:55in the French resort of Chamonix in 1924,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58although it was called International Winter Sports Week at the time?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- The Winter Olympics.- Yes.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Which town in North Wales
0:23:01 > 0:23:04is spelled with C-S rather than X in the Welsh form of its name,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06because the letter X doesn't exist in the Welsh language?
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Pass.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Number One Observatory Circle Washington, DC
0:23:10 > 0:23:13is the official residence of the holder of what post?
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Er, the chief of staff?
0:23:14 > 0:23:15The vice president.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Which French novelist, poet and playwright's works
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Hernani and Le Roi S'amuse
0:23:19 > 0:23:24were adopted by Verdi for his operas Ernani and Rigoletto?
0:23:24 > 0:23:25- Corneille.- Victor Hugo.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27What is the name of the channel
0:23:27 > 0:23:29between southern Spain and north-west Africa
0:23:29 > 0:23:31that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33- The, erm, Strait of Gibraltar.- Yep.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Which turkey-like grouse,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38the male of which is notable for its elaborate courtship display,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41is thought to take its name from the Gaelic for "horse of the woods"?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Pheasant?- Capercaillie.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Which queen of England was the wife of Henry II
0:23:45 > 0:23:48and the mother of Richard I and King John?
0:23:48 > 0:23:49BEEPING
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- Er, Eleanor of Aquitaine. - Is correct.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54You had, er, two passes, Emma.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Wrexham is the name of that North Wales town spelt with an X, of course.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01And Viscount St Albans, Lord Chancellor,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04otherwise known as - better known as - Francis Bacon.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07You've scored a total, Emma, of 18 points.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09APPLAUSE
0:24:17 > 0:24:20And, finally, Brian again, please.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25And, er, you scored 11 points,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28with your knowledge of the Musketeer novels.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34And 22 is still the score to beat.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35Two minutes, starting now.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38What term for the change of the UK from a rural economy
0:24:38 > 0:24:40to one dominated by factory-based manufacturing
0:24:40 > 0:24:42was popularised by the historian Arnold Toynbee?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- Industrial Revolution.- Yes.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46In which city are Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- the main football teams? - Edinburgh.- Yeah.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Whose reforms as first secretary
0:24:49 > 0:24:51of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
0:24:51 > 0:24:55led to the Soviet invasion and occupation of his country in 1968?
0:24:55 > 0:24:56- Dubcek.- Yes.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59In which comedy by JM Barrie does the butler in Lord Loam's household
0:24:59 > 0:25:00prove to be a resourceful leader
0:25:00 > 0:25:02when the family are shipwrecked on a desert island?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- The Admirable Crichton.- Yes.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Who stars as George Webber, a middle-aged songwriter
0:25:06 > 0:25:09who lusts after the newlywed Jenny, played by Bo Derek,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11in the 1979 film 10?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12- Erm, Dudley Moore?- Yeah.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Which German band leader
0:25:14 > 0:25:18had 31 top 40 albums in the UK between 1967 and '86,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20including 10 Years Non Stop Jubilee?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21- James Last.- Yes.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24In which town at the southern edge of Greater London were the two
0:25:24 > 0:25:27airfields that merged to become the airport of London in 1920?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28- Croydon.- Yes.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30What prefix of Anglo-Norman origin was often used in the surnames
0:25:30 > 0:25:33of the illegitimate children of kings and princes?
0:25:33 > 0:25:34- Fitz.- Yes.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37In a famous interview shortly before his death from cancer in 1994,
0:25:37 > 0:25:38which television dramatist said that
0:25:38 > 0:25:41"The nowness of everything is absolutely wondrous"?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42- Dennis Potter.- Yes.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Which armour-plated mammal was known as a "Hoover hog"
0:25:45 > 0:25:46because it was eaten
0:25:46 > 0:25:48in the impoverished southern states of America
0:25:48 > 0:25:49during the presidency of Herbert Hoover?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51- Armadillo?- Yes.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55What took place in October 4004 BC, according to the calculations
0:25:55 > 0:25:58of James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh in the 17th century?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- The creation of the world.- Yes.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Which upper-case Greek letter is conventionally used in mathematics
0:26:03 > 0:26:06to indicate the sum of a series of numbers or terms?
0:26:06 > 0:26:07- X?- Sigma.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Which artist spent most of his life in the village of Cookham
0:26:10 > 0:26:13on the Thames, where he set many of his best-known paintings?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14- Stanley Spencer.- Yes.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18An adventurer set out on his epic 3,500-mile journey in May 1927
0:26:18 > 0:26:21with sandwiches and two canteens of water.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- Who was he?- Pass.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Which orchestral work by George Gershwin
0:26:25 > 0:26:27combines elements of both jazz and classical music,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30and opens with a long glissando played on the clarinet?
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- Slaughter On Tenth Avenue? - Rhapsody In Blue.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34What is Australia's principal river?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Its main tributaries include the Darling and the Murrumbidgee.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- BEEPING - The Murray.- The Murray is correct.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Er, just the one pass.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46It was Charles Lindbergh who rather optimistically set out on that mammoth journey
0:26:46 > 0:26:49with a few packets of sandwiches and a couple of canteens of water.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Amazing, but he did it.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Er, however, Brian, you've done enough - your score is 24.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Right.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58APPLAUSE
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Well, it was close, but a clear winner.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15In fifth place, with 16 points, Chris Kilbride.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Fourth place, 18 points, Emma Laslett.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Third place, 19 points, Andrew Craig.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Second place, 22 points, Tim Allison.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27First place, 24 points, Brian Chesney.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28APPLAUSE
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Which means that Brian is tonight's winner
0:27:41 > 0:27:43and he goes through to the grand final.
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