0:00:26 > 0:00:29First in the spotlight tonight is Ron Wood, a clergyman from Yeovil.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33He'll be answering questions on Tutankhamun.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Next, Roderick Cromar, a chartered accountant from Aberdeen.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38His specialist subject,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40The Life And Career Of Clement Attlee.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Richard Chaney is a sign language communicator from Cardiff
0:00:43 > 0:00:47and he'll be answering questions on The James Herriot Books.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Chloe Stone, a housewife from Dorking,
0:00:50 > 0:00:55she's answering questions on English History from 1399 to 1485.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59And Rae Donaldson, a record shop manager from Manchester,
0:00:59 > 0:01:03his subject, The Life And Work Of The Artist Joseph Cornell.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19The race is really hotting up at this stage.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24We are in the semifinals which means we have five contenders
0:01:24 > 0:01:27and one of them will go through to the grand final
0:01:27 > 0:01:29and maybe become the nation's Mastermind
0:01:29 > 0:01:32than which here is no greater honour.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35As usual they will face 90 seconds on their specialist subject
0:01:35 > 0:01:38and two minutes on General Knowledge.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41So let's have our first contender please.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52- And your name is?- Ron Wood. - Your occupation?- Clergyman.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56The last time around, you took The Birds as your specialist subject. Tonight?
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Tutankhamun.- Tutankhamun in a minute and a half. Here we go.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Tutankhamun's tomb was found by Howard Carter in 1922.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04The young pharaoh had ruled in the 14th century BC
0:02:04 > 0:02:07as one of the last kings of which Egyptian dynasty?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- 18th.- Tutankhamun's
0:02:09 > 0:02:12parentage is not known but he was probably the son of a pharaoh whose
0:02:12 > 0:02:15establishment of a new religion led some to consider him a heretic.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17What was his name?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Akhenaten.- Which city did Tutankhamun
0:02:20 > 0:02:22abandon in favour of Memphis because of its associations
0:02:22 > 0:02:25with his immediate predecessors and the religion of Aten?
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- Akhetaten.- Yes or Tell el-Armana.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31As Carter peered into the newly opened tomb
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Lord Carnarvon his financial backer asked him, "Can you see anything?"
0:02:33 > 0:02:35What was Carter's reply?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36"Yes, wonderful things."
0:02:36 > 0:02:39An American lawyer had dug in the Valley Of The Kings
0:02:39 > 0:02:42and found several artefacts relating to Tutankhamun, but he gave up his licence
0:02:42 > 0:02:45to dig in 1914 declaring that, "the Valley Of Tombs is exhausted."
0:02:45 > 0:02:47What was his name?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48- Theodore Davis.- Tutankhamun's
0:02:48 > 0:02:52throne or coronation name was found on a cup found by Davis
0:02:52 > 0:02:55in the Valley Of The Kings and also on the Seals Of The Second Shrine.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56What was the name?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Tutankhaten.- No. Nebkheperure.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Tutankhamun died before he was 20 years old.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05He was directly succeeded as ruler of Egypt by his adviser.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07What was his name?
0:03:07 > 0:03:08- Ay.- Tutankhamun's tomb
0:03:08 > 0:03:10was found below the workmen's huts at the entrance
0:03:10 > 0:03:12to the tomb of another pharaoh. Which one?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- Ramesses VI.- Tutankhamun
0:03:14 > 0:03:17reinstated the old religion including the annual festival
0:03:17 > 0:03:20that united the god Amun with his goddess wife Mut in Luxor.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22What was the festival called?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Opet.- A personal memento of Queen Tiye, possibly Tutankhamun's
0:03:25 > 0:03:29grandmother, was found in a tiny coffin in the tomb. What was it?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- A lock of her hair. - At what Southern region
0:03:31 > 0:03:35did Tutankhamun appoint Amenhotep Huy to be his Viceroy?
0:03:35 > 0:03:36- Nubia.- Nubia is correct.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39No passes. Ron, you've scored ten points.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50And our next contender please.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- And your name is?- Roderick Cromar.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- Your occupation? - Chartered accountant.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Last time around you took Sam Phillips
0:04:04 > 0:04:07And The Sun Record Label as your specialist subject. Tonight?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09The Life And Career Of Clement Attlee.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Clement Attlee in 90 seconds.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Attlee became the leader of the Labour Party in 1935.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Who did he beat in a second ballot to succeed George Lansbury?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Herbert Morrison.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Attlee's commitment to socialism began with a visit in 1905
0:04:23 > 0:04:25to a boys' club in Stepney, set up by his old school.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27What was the club called?
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Haileybury House.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30What post did Attlee serve in the first Labour
0:04:30 > 0:04:32government in 1924 led by Ramsay MacDonald?
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- Undersecretary For Air. - For War.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39A report of 1942 influenced many of the social
0:04:39 > 0:04:41policies of Attlee's post-war administration.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Who was the main author of the report?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Beveridge.- During Attlee's time as Prime Minister
0:04:46 > 0:04:48the National Insurance Act and the Act setting up
0:04:48 > 0:04:51the National Health Service were both passed in which year?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- 47.- 46.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55In which post had Attlee originally served
0:04:55 > 0:04:57in the wartime coalition government? He was replaced
0:04:57 > 0:05:00by Stafford Cripps when he was made Dominion Secretary in 1942.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Lord President Of The Council. - Lord Privy Seal.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Attlee's post-war Labour government carried out an extensive
0:05:05 > 0:05:07programme of nationalisation.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11What was the first organisation to be nationalised by a 1946 Act?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Coal and steel.- The Bank of England.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16In 1939 who led a campaign to replace Attlee
0:05:16 > 0:05:18with Herbert Morrison as party leader?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21She later became Minister Of Education in Attlee's first Cabinet.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- Ellen Wilkinson.- The Chancellor Hugh Dalton leaked details of the November 47 budget
0:05:26 > 0:05:28and resigned forcing Attlee to replace him.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31To which journalist did Dalton leak that information?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- Pass.- What rank was Attlee given when he joined
0:05:34 > 0:05:37the 6th South Lancashire Fusiliers in 1914?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39He eventually rose to the rank of Major.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44- Lieutenant.- At what sport did Attlee win a Half Blue while he was at Oxford?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Billiards.- Yes billiards.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Just one pass, Roderick. The Chancellor leaked the budget details to a journalist
0:05:51 > 0:05:53called John Carvel.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- You have scored six points. - Thank you.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07And our next contender please.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Your name is?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Richard Chaney.- Your occupation? Sign Language Communicator.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Your subject last time was Charles M Schulz. Tonight it is?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24James Herriot.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26James Herriot in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29James Herriot is a pen name borrowed from a Scottish footballer and
0:06:29 > 0:06:32used for the semiautobiographical novels of a country vet.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33What was the author's real name?
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- Alf Wight.- The fictional town of Darrowby where Herriot gets his first
0:06:37 > 0:06:40permanent appointment as assistant to Siegfried Farnon is based
0:06:40 > 0:06:42chiefly on which North Yorkshire town?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- Thirsk.- The local vet Hugo Mottram had accused Herriot and Siegfried
0:06:46 > 0:06:49of poaching his clients, but later sends them a bottle of champagne. Why?
0:06:49 > 0:06:54- Pass.- What is the name of the Georgian house in Darrowby that is
0:06:54 > 0:06:57the headquarters of the practice and is also for a time James and Helen's home?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Skeldale House.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01What textbook does Herriot take with him
0:07:01 > 0:07:02when he joins the RAF?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05It reminds him of good days and gives him hope of more to come.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- Pass.- Mr Kirby's nanny goat almost dies after trying to eat
0:07:11 > 0:07:13a garment from the washing line. What is the garment?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15His winter drawers.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16- Yes. Oh, his summer drawers.- Is it?
0:07:16 > 0:07:20The Pekingese Tricky Woo suffers from various ailments
0:07:20 > 0:07:23including what his owner Mrs Pumphrey calls flop bott.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26What word does she use for his occasional bouts of hysteria?
0:07:26 > 0:07:31- Cracker dog.- When Mrs Tompkin's budgie dies Herriot replaces it without telling her.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33To what does the partially sighted Mrs Tompkins attribute
0:07:33 > 0:07:36the budgie's sudden chattering?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- Pass.- In what he calls his PNS system Siegfried's letters
0:07:40 > 0:07:42to debtors are graduated according to severity.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44What do the letters PNS stand for?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- Polite Normal Solicitors. - Polite Nasty Solicitors.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51What urgent veterinary work occupies James Herriot
0:07:51 > 0:07:54and his new wife Helen on their honeymoon?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Tuberculin testing.- According... - BEEP
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I've just started so I'll finish.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03According to an old Dalesman what sort of ointment is the best
0:08:03 > 0:08:06cure for malanders and salanders in horses?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- No, can't.- All right. I'll tell you
0:08:14 > 0:08:16because we're out of time.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Marshmallow ointment is the answer. There we are. You knew it.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24The other passes, Mrs Tompkins thought her budgie's beak had been clipped.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27The textbook that Herriot took with him when he joined the RAF to remind him
0:08:27 > 0:08:30of the good old days was Black's Veterinary Dictionary.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33And Hugo Mottram sent them a bottle of champagne
0:08:33 > 0:08:35because they saved his horse's life.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Four passes in all. You have scored
0:08:37 > 0:08:39five points.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49And our next contender please.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03- And your name is?- Chloe Stone. - Your occupation?- I'm a housewife.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Your subject last time was the Fethering Mysteries of Simon Brett.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Tonight it is?
0:09:09 > 0:09:14English History from 1399 to 1485.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Henry IV became the first English King
0:09:19 > 0:09:20from the House of Lancaster in 1399.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24By what name is his father, the first Duke of Lancaster, generally known?
0:09:24 > 0:09:25John of Gaunt.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28The armies of a French king were defeated by those of Henry V
0:09:28 > 0:09:30at Agincourt on 25 October 1415.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Which French king?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Charles VI.- Henry VI founded Eton College in 1440.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Which college did he found the following year?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41King's College Cambridge.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44What title was held by the Duke of York's heir, the future Edward IV
0:09:44 > 0:09:46when the Wars Of The Roses began?
0:09:46 > 0:09:51- Earl of March.- In 1478 George, Duke of Clarence was executed for treason
0:09:51 > 0:09:52against his brother Edward IV.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54How was he said to have been killed?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- Drowned in a butt of malmsey. - Following the battle of Agincourt
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Henry V negotiated the treaty with the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03What is the name of the treaty?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- Pass.- In 1455 where was the first battle of the Wars Of The Roses
0:10:06 > 0:10:09during which the Duke of Somerset was killed?
0:10:09 > 0:10:15- St Albans.- At which port did Henry Tudor land on 7th August 1485, 15 days
0:10:15 > 0:10:17before he defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth?
0:10:17 > 0:10:22- Milford Haven.- In January 1484 the Chancellor of France told the Estates General
0:10:22 > 0:10:26that Richard III had murdered Edward IV's sons in the Tower of London.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27What was the Chancellor's name?
0:10:30 > 0:10:35- Pass.- On 29th of March 1461 an army of Henry VI and Queen Margaret
0:10:35 > 0:10:38was heavily defeated at which exceptionally bloody battle?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Towton.- Henry VI was restored to the throne by the Earl of Warwick
0:10:42 > 0:10:45and others in the first week of October 1470.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47What term do historians apply to the events of that week?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- The Readeption.- Correct. Two passes.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55In 1484 the Chancellor of France was Rochefort.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00And it was the Treaty of Canterbury that followed
0:11:00 > 0:11:02the Battle Of Agincourt.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- You have nine points. - Thank you.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15And our final contender, please.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- And your name is? - Rae Donaldson.- Your occupation?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I'm a record shop manager.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Your subject the last time was Philip II of Spain. Tonight?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31It's the Life And Work Of Joseph Cornell.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Joseph Cornell the artist, in 90 seconds.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Cornell was a self-taught artist and pioneer of the art
0:11:36 > 0:11:39of assemblage in which found objects are put together.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42He worked for over 40 years in the family home on which street in New York?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46- Utopia Parkway.- Cornell came to specialise in glass fronted boxes.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49His first was Soap Bubble Set displayed in a 1936
0:11:49 > 0:11:51exhibition at the Museum Of Modern Art.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52What was the name of the exhibition?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Fantastic Art, Dada And Surrealism.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58The collage novel La Femme 100 Tetes, published in Paris in 1929,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00was a major influence on the young Cornell.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Who was its creator?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Max Ernst.- During his early 20s Cornell joined a religious movement that
0:12:05 > 0:12:08would remain central to him for the rest of his life. What was it?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- Christian science. - Cornell's oldest surviving collage is from 1931
0:12:11 > 0:12:15and shows a boat with a rose and spider's web sprouting from a sail.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17What is its accepted title?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Schooner.- Cornell's experimental 1936 film named after the actress
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Rose Hobart was largely created by cutting
0:12:22 > 0:12:25and reassembling which earlier film in which she starred?
0:12:25 > 0:12:30- East of Borneo.- Cornell's box entitled Toward The Blue Peninsula is dedicated
0:12:30 > 0:12:32to a reclusive 19th-century poet. What's her name?
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- Emily Dickinson. - Which of Cornell's major works produced in 1942 is
0:12:36 > 0:12:41based on a copy of a portrait by the little-known 16th century artist Sofonisba Anguissola?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Medici Slot Machine.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46What is the title of Cornell's 1943 shadow box of birds
0:12:46 > 0:12:49with the shattered glass screen that is often considered to be
0:12:49 > 0:12:51a metaphor for the nightmare of World War II?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Habitat Group For A Shooting Gallery.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Cornell became the principal carer of his younger brother
0:12:55 > 0:12:58who was born with cerebral palsy. What was his name?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Robert.- Cornell produced a collage entitled Enchanted Wanderer by the young
0:13:01 > 0:13:03actress originally born in Vienna with whom
0:13:03 > 0:13:05he developed an obsession. Who was she?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Hedy Lamarr.- Hedy Lamarr is right.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10No passes. A perfect round. 11 points.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19So a few very high scores there.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Let's have a look at all the scores in that round.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25In fifth place, five points, Richard Chaney,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28fourth place, six points, Roderick Cromar,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31third place, nine points, Chloe Stone,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34second place, ten points, Ron Wood,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36and still in the lead, 11 points,
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Rae Donaldson.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45So it is the General Knowledge round now and if there is a tie
0:13:45 > 0:13:49at the end of it, the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:49 > 0:13:51and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56If they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Let's ask Richard to join us again please.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06And...you start out with five points
0:14:06 > 0:14:08with your knowledge of the James Herriot books.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Two minutes, starting now.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14What Afrikaans name, meaning "separateness",
0:14:14 > 0:14:16was given to the policy of racial segregation
0:14:16 > 0:14:19practised in South Africa from 1948 to the early '90s?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Apartheid.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Which northern English city
0:14:22 > 0:14:25gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2004
0:14:25 > 0:14:27because of its waterfront buildings?
0:14:29 > 0:14:30York.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Liverpool. On which circuit near Milan
0:14:33 > 0:14:34does the Italian Grand Prix take place?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Imola?
0:14:36 > 0:14:37No, Monza.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Who became the first American to have a memorial
0:14:39 > 0:14:42in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45when a bust was unveiled in 1884, two years after his death?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Lincoln?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Longfellow. Which 1980 film, starring Sissy Spacek,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52is based on the life of country singer Loretta Lynn?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Coal Miner's Daughter.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55What is the name of the painter and sculptor
0:14:55 > 0:14:57who died in 1973
0:14:57 > 0:14:59while entertaining guests at a dinner party?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02His last words were reputedly "Drink to me, drink to my health.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04"You know I can't drink any more."
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Uh...van Gogh?
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Picasso.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Which British rock band did the singer Paul Rodgers join in 2005
0:15:09 > 0:15:12to record the live double album, Return Of The Champions?
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Queen.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Podgorica is the capital of a republic that has borders
0:15:16 > 0:15:17with a number of countries,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20including Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22What is the republic called?
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Montenegro.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24GK Chesterton wrote a sonnet
0:15:24 > 0:15:26to an English cheese - which one?
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Stilton.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30What shark, exceeded in size only by the whale shark,
0:15:30 > 0:15:31is often found in British waters?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34In spite of its large size, it eats only plankton.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Basking shark.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Which American city was the setting
0:15:37 > 0:15:38for drama series The Wire?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Baltimore.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41What Gaelic word is used in Ireland
0:15:41 > 0:15:44for an informal evening of traditional music and dancing?
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Ceili.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Who became director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960
0:15:48 > 0:15:50and succeeded Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre
0:15:50 > 0:15:52in the same post in 1973?
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Sir Peter Hall?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55The translation of the Bible by St Jerome,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57completed in around 405AD,
0:15:57 > 0:15:58is generally known by what name
0:15:58 > 0:16:01that comes from the Latin for common version?
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Pass.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Cuba won three gold and two silver medals
0:16:05 > 0:16:07in a team sport introduced into the Olympics
0:16:07 > 0:16:09as a medal event in 1992
0:16:09 > 0:16:11but dropped for the 2012 Games. What was it?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13OUT-OF-TIME BUZZER
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Judo.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- It was baseball.- Oh.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26One pass, Richard - the translation of the Bible by St Jerome
0:16:26 > 0:16:29was commonly known as the Vulgate version.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32You have a total of 14 points.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35APPLAUSE
0:16:42 > 0:16:44And now, Roderick again, please.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54And you start, Roderick, with six points
0:16:54 > 0:16:55with your knowledge of Clem Attlee.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Let's see how you do with general knowledge.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Two minutes - here we go.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00In which Shakespeare play
0:17:00 > 0:17:02does the character kill his wife Desdemona
0:17:02 > 0:17:04after Iago produces false evidence
0:17:04 > 0:17:05of her unfaithfulness?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Othello.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Who was the third president of the United States
0:17:09 > 0:17:11and chief draughtsman of the Declaration of Independence?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Thomas Jefferson.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Which Royal Navy aircraft carrier was the subject
0:17:15 > 0:17:18of 1976 fly-on-the-wall TV documentary Sailor?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Ark Royal.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Which headland is the northwesternmost point
0:17:21 > 0:17:22of mainland Scotland?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Its name comes from the Old Norse for "turning point."
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Cape Wrath.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28What is the title of Marilyn Monroe's
0:17:28 > 0:17:30last completed film, released in 1961?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32It was also Clark Gable's last screen appearance.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33The Misfits.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Which German football club is nicknamed The Aspirins
0:17:36 > 0:17:38after a product manufactured by their main sponsor?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Bayer Leverkusen.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Whose 1974 novel The Dogs Of War
0:17:41 > 0:17:44is about an attempted coup by British mercenaries
0:17:44 > 0:17:45in an African country?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Frederick Forsyth.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Which architect, who became a Roman Catholic in 1835,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51designed many buildings of the Catholic Revival,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53including St Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham
0:17:53 > 0:17:55and St George's Cathedral in Southwark?
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Gilbert Scott.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Pugin.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Which red wine, famously hurried to London in the '70s and '80s,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03is officially released for sale on the third Thursday in November
0:18:03 > 0:18:04and should be drunk within a few months?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- Beaujolais.- Yes, Beaujolais Nouveau.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09What word that comes from the Greek for "image breaker"
0:18:09 > 0:18:11was used to describe those who opposed the use
0:18:11 > 0:18:13of sacred pictures and statues in the early church?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Iconoclasts.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15Which publishing house,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18known for championing feminist causes and authors,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20was launched in 1973 by Carmen Callil?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Virago.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Which town in Australia's Northern Territory
0:18:23 > 0:18:26was originally known as Stuart but was renamed in 1933
0:18:26 > 0:18:28after a nearby waterhole was discovered
0:18:28 > 0:18:31during the construction of an overland telegraph line?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Alice Springs.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35What is the title of composer Richard Addinsell's best known work,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38written for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight?
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Warsaw Concerto.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Which sea fish get their name
0:18:40 > 0:18:42from their practice of catching smaller fish
0:18:42 > 0:18:44by dangling a lure, part of their dorsal fin,
0:18:44 > 0:18:45in front of their mouths?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Angler fish.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Which country formed the Triple Alliance
0:18:48 > 0:18:50with Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1882
0:18:50 > 0:18:52which lasted until WWI?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Turkey.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Italy. Who was the British novelist and playwright
0:18:55 > 0:18:58who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00He's best remembered for the Forsyte Saga.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01John Galsworthy.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Correct. No passes.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07A very strong round there. You've gone up to 20 points.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09APPLAUSE
0:19:16 > 0:19:18And now Chloe again, please.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28And you begin with nine points with your English history knowledge.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:19:31 > 0:19:3420 is the score to beat, as we speak. Here we go.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38German firm Steiff is famous for manufacturing which soft toy?
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Teddy bears.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42In 1938, the Government Code and Cipher School moved from London
0:19:42 > 0:19:44to the former estate of financier Herbert Samuel-Leon
0:19:44 > 0:19:46in Buckinghamshire. What is it called?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Bletchingly.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Bletchley Park.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Which small, elaborate cakes, usually served at the end of a meal,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54get their name from the French for "little oven?"
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Petits fours.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57In which tale by Hans Christian Andersen
0:19:57 > 0:20:00does a little girl, Gerda, rescue her playmate Kai
0:20:00 > 0:20:03from the icily beautiful but cruel title character?
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Snow Queen?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Who stars as the frequently underestimated detective
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Christopher Foyle in the TV series Foyle's War?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Michael Kitchen.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Which Stephen Sondheim musical, set in Sweden in around 1900,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17is loosely based on an Ingmar Bergman film?
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Chorus Line?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21A Little Night Music.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24On which Atlantic island is embroidery a major handicraft?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26It's said to have been introduced in the 1850s
0:20:26 > 0:20:27by Elizabeth Phelps,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29the daughter of an English wine shipper.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32St Helena?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Madeira. Who won the Wimbledon women singles title
0:20:34 > 0:20:36a record nine times between 1978-90?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Um...
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Pass.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46In 1976, which future founder member of the SDP
0:20:46 > 0:20:49was appointed President of the European Commission?
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Oh. Um...
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Pass.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Which Welsh-born painter who settled in France in 1904
0:20:59 > 0:21:01was the lover of Auguste Rodin?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- John?- Yes, Gwen John.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07What pen name did the writer born Hector Hugh Munro take?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10It was the name of the Minister of Wine in Edward Fitzgerald's
0:21:10 > 0:21:12translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Saki?
0:21:15 > 0:21:16In which county is the village of Tolpuddle,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18home of six agricultural workers
0:21:18 > 0:21:21who were transported to Australia in the 1830s
0:21:21 > 0:21:23after swearing secret oaths when they formed a trade union?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Wiltshire.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Dorset. For which 1981 film
0:21:26 > 0:21:28did Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn
0:21:28 > 0:21:30win the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress?
0:21:32 > 0:21:33On Golden Pond.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34What term...
0:21:34 > 0:21:36OUT-OF-TIME BUZZER
0:21:36 > 0:21:37..coined by Paracelsus
0:21:37 > 0:21:39and now often used for a slender, graceful woman,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42originally referred to a race of mythical spirits
0:21:42 > 0:21:44supposed to inhabit the air?
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Hm...sylph?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48- Yes.- Ah!
0:21:48 > 0:21:49LAUGHTER
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Always worth a guess.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- Two passes, Chloe - it was Roy Jenkins who became...- Oh!
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- I got the wrong...- Often happens.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00And that Wimbledon women singles champion, Martina Navratilova.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- You have a total now, Chloe, of 17 points.- Thank you.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05APPLAUSE
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Now Ron Wood again, please.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21And you begin with ten points, with your knowledge of Tutankhamen.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Let's see how you do with general knowledge.
0:22:23 > 0:22:2620 is still the score to beat. Here we go.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Which English banknote was first issued by the Treasury
0:22:28 > 0:22:30in 1914 and ceased to be legal tender
0:22:30 > 0:22:34in November 1970 after being replaced by the 50 pence piece?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Ten shillings.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Cetshwayo was the king of which people?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39He ruled from 1872 until 1879.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Zulus.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42What must a Welsh rarebit be topped with
0:22:42 > 0:22:43to make it a buck rarebit?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Worcester sauce.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Poached egg.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Which Canadian actor starred in a short-lived TV series
0:22:48 > 0:22:50based on the TekWar science fiction novels
0:22:50 > 0:22:53he co-wrote with Ron Goulart?
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Pass.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Which American soldier and statesman,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58who won the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00introduced an aid plan for European reconstruction
0:23:00 > 0:23:02after WWII?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Marshall.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05What bird, along with the much rarer firecrest,
0:23:05 > 0:23:06is Britain's smallest bird?
0:23:06 > 0:23:08It's around 9cm long.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Goldcrest.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Which English prose narrative,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12about the knights of the Round Table,
0:23:12 > 0:23:16was written by Sir Thomas Malory while in prison in about 1470?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Morte D'Arthur.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Which singer, whose only completed studio album, Grace,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22has sold 2 million copies worldwide,
0:23:22 > 0:23:24drowned in the Mississippi in 1997
0:23:24 > 0:23:25at the age of 30?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- Pass. - In the House of Commons,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31the two red lines in front of the opposing front benches
0:23:31 > 0:23:33are traditionally supposed to be what distance apart?
0:23:33 > 0:23:35No member is allowed to cross the lines while speaking.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Two swords' lengths.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Which word of Greek origin
0:23:38 > 0:23:41is used for someone who speaks or writes many languages?
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Polyglot.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45In which future Canadian province were there two big gold rushes,
0:23:45 > 0:23:46one in 1858 on the Fraser river
0:23:46 > 0:23:49and the other in 1862 in the Cariboo district,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51over 30 years before the Klondike gold rush?
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Yukon.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54British Columbia.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Who became Sebastian Vettel's partner
0:23:56 > 0:23:58in the Red Bull F1 Grand Prix team in 2009?
0:23:58 > 0:24:02They had a spectacular falling out in March 2013.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Pass.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Which historic county got its name
0:24:04 > 0:24:07because it was the territory of the South Saxons?
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Sussex.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Which '69 Western, directed by Sam Peckinpah
0:24:10 > 0:24:12and starring William Holden and Ernest Borgnine
0:24:12 > 0:24:15was criticised for its slow motion screen violence?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Pass.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19In classical mythology,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21two mountains are named as the home of the Muses
0:24:21 > 0:24:25in different traditions. One is Mount Helicon, what is the other?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Olympus?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Parnassus. Which... - OUT-OF-TIME BUZZER
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Just started - which foreign city's opera house
0:24:30 > 0:24:33was designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon?
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Australia, Sydney.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Yep, Sydney is correct.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Four passes - that '69 Western was The Wild Bunch.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Mark Webber fell out with Sebastian Vettel.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Jeff Buckley was the singer
0:24:45 > 0:24:49and William Shatner was the Canadian actor.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52There you go - Ron, a total of 19.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56APPLAUSE
0:25:00 > 0:25:04And finally, Rae Donaldson again, please.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06You started with 11 points,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09with your knowledge of the artist Joseph Cornell.
0:25:09 > 0:25:1120 points is still the score to beat.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Let's see if you can do it, here we go.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Which actor, who played David Addison Jr in Moonlighting,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20went on to star as maverick action hero John McClane
0:25:20 > 0:25:21in the Die Hard films?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Bruce Willis.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24What name, from the Latin for "to fry"
0:25:24 > 0:25:25is usually given to a piece of banana,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28apple or meat dipped in thick batter and fried?
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Pass.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31The ruler of which small island state in the Persian Gulf
0:25:31 > 0:25:34changed his title from emir to king in 2002
0:25:34 > 0:25:36following a referendum in which the people voted
0:25:36 > 0:25:38to become a constitutional monarchy?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Oman?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Bahrain. Which French actor and playwright
0:25:41 > 0:25:44was born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47He died after collapsing on stage in 1673.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Moliere.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50In February 2013,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53which club became the first from the fourth tier of English football
0:25:53 > 0:25:55to reach a major Wembley final?
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Pass.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59What was the maiden name of sisters Nicole and Natalie
0:25:59 > 0:26:01from the group All Saints?
0:26:01 > 0:26:02It was also the name of the duo they formed.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Appleton.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06The common species of which American songbird
0:26:06 > 0:26:08has a Latin name meaning "the many-tongued mimic"
0:26:08 > 0:26:11because of its ability to imitate the song of other birds?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Myna bird?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14The mockingbird.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Which Roman defensive line runs for come of its length
0:26:16 > 0:26:18along a craggy ridge called The Whin Sill?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Hadrian's Wall.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21The French National Assembly
0:26:21 > 0:26:23meets in a palace completed in 1728
0:26:23 > 0:26:25and seized during the French Revolution.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26What is it called?
0:26:27 > 0:26:28The Elysee.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30The Bourbon. Which 1974 film
0:26:30 > 0:26:33was the first sequel to win a Best Picture Oscar?
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Pass.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Which Japanese violinist and teacher
0:26:37 > 0:26:40gave his name to the method he devised for teaching music?
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Suzuki.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42What is the name of the former lawyer
0:26:42 > 0:26:44whose first work of non-fiction,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46The Innocent Man, published in 2006,
0:26:46 > 0:26:51was about small town justice in America that goes terribly wrong?
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Grisham?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54The god Manannan, a master of shape-shifting,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57is said to have given his name to an island in the Irish Sea...
0:26:57 > 0:26:59The Isle of Man.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Which pop artist created the cover of The Beatles' album
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
0:27:04 > 0:27:06and the Oasis album Stop The Clocks?
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Peter Blake.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10In the TV sitcom Men Behaving Badly,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12which comedian was replaced by Neil Morrissey
0:27:12 > 0:27:14as Martin Clunes' male co-star
0:27:14 > 0:27:16after the first series?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19I've no idea.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20We'll take that as a pass.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24I can tell you now, the answer to it is Harry Enfield.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Your other passes -
0:27:25 > 0:27:31The Godfather Part II was the film that won a Best Picture Oscar.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Bradford City became the first from the fourth tier of English football
0:27:35 > 0:27:36to reach a major Wembley final.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39And if you fry something like banana, apple or whatever,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41it's called a fritter.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Rae, you have a total of 19 points.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46APPLAUSE
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Well, that was a tense one.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58In fifth place, with 14 points,
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Richard Chaney.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Fourth place, 17 points, Chloe Stone.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Joint second place, 19 apiece,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Ron Wood and Rae Donaldson.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09In the lead - he just held on -
0:28:09 > 0:28:1120 points, Roderick Cromar.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13APPLAUSE
0:28:27 > 0:28:30So, Roderick is tonight's winner.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33And he goes through to the grand final - congratulations to him.
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