0:00:25 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Andries Van Tonder,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29a graduate student from Oxford.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33He'll be answering questions on the rock band Black Sabbath.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Next, Beth Webster, a health and safety advisor from Watford.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Her specialist subject, the novels of Barbara Vine.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Colin Foster is an accountant from Warrington,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48and he'll be answering questions on the life and times of William II.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Ben Holmes, a customer service agent from Salford.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54He answers questions on Adolf Hitler.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And Hamish Cameron, from Elgin.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01His subject, the artist Paolo Veronese.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Not long to go now, because we are in the semifinal stage,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23which is why we have five contenders instead of the usual four tonight.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26And one of them will go through to the grand final
0:01:26 > 0:01:29and maybe become the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31The rules are the same - two sets of questions,
0:01:31 > 0:01:3690 seconds on their specialist subject, and then two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40So let's get on with it, and ask our first contender to join us please.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49And your name is...?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Your occupation?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Last time around, your subject was the history of Rhodesia.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Tonight it is...?
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Black Sabbath in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Immediately before they changed their name to Black Sabbath in 1969,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Terence 'Geezer' Butler
0:02:08 > 0:02:10had performed under what name?
0:02:10 > 0:02:11- Earth.- Yes.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13On what day and date in February 1970
0:02:13 > 0:02:16was the debut album Black Sabbath released in the United Kingdom?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- 25th January.- No - Friday the 13th.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Black Sabbath had two albums that reached number one in the UK charts.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26The most recent is 13, released in 2013.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28What's the name of the other album, released in 1970?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Paranoid.- Yes.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Who was the producer of the band's first three albums?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34He also produced for Judas Priest.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35- Rodger Bain.- Correct.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37After releasing Paranoid in 1970,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40it was nearly eight years before Black Sabbath issued another single.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42What's the title of that?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43- Never Say Die.- Yes.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47In which London recording studio was the band's debut album recorded
0:02:47 > 0:02:48with a budget of £600?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- Regent.- Yes, Regent Sound.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51On what record label
0:02:51 > 0:02:54were Black Sabbath's first four albums released in the UK?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- Vertigo.- Correct.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00The designer Ernie Cefalu devised the cover of a Black Sabbath album
0:03:00 > 0:03:03with the artwork produced by Drew Struzan. Which album?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.- Correct.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08On the 1978 Never Say Die tour, the band was predominately supported
0:03:08 > 0:03:11on dates in Europe and America by which rock band?
0:03:11 > 0:03:12- Van Halen.- Correct.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Which keyboard player made a guest appearance with the band
0:03:14 > 0:03:18on the track Sabbra Cadabra from the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album?
0:03:18 > 0:03:19- Rick Wakeman.- Yes.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21In which country is the Sounds Interchange recording studio,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24where the Never Say Die album was made in 1978?
0:03:24 > 0:03:25- Canada.- Yes.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28The band decided not to produce the album Heaven And Hell themselves,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31and instead hired a producer who had worked with
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Deep Purple, Wishbone Ash and Fleetwood Mac.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34- BEEP - What was his name?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Bill Anderson. - It was Martin Birch.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41No passes. You have scored, Andries, 10 points.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53And our next contender, please.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00And your name is...?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Your occupation?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06In the first round, you took the Muppet films as your specialist subject.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Tonight you are taking...?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Barbara Vine's books in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Ruth Rendell has written 14 psychological thrillers
0:04:14 > 0:04:16under the pen name Barbara Vine.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18What's the title of the first book, published in 1986?
0:04:18 > 0:04:19- A Dark-Adapted Eye.- Yes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22When Kerstin Kvist acts as a nurse to John Cosway in The Minotaur,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25she finds he's given a strong sleeping tablet each night
0:04:25 > 0:04:26by his mother.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28What does his mother tell him the tablets are?
0:04:30 > 0:04:31- Vitamin.- Yes.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34In The Brimstone Wedding, Richard is found to have which blood type?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37- B.- Yes.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40In King Solomon's Carpet, the house where Jarvis Stringer lives
0:04:40 > 0:04:43while working on his history of the London Underground
0:04:43 > 0:04:45overlooks the Metropolitan line, and which other line?
0:04:45 > 0:04:46- Jubilee.- Yes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49In The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, who wants Sarah to write a memoir
0:04:49 > 0:04:53of her father, the successful author Gerald Candless?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- A publicist... Publisher.- The name?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Pass.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00In Gallowglass, Sandor and Joe are staying at the Railway Arms
0:05:00 > 0:05:03when they start observing their potential victim.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05They then move into a more convenient guesthouse.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06What's it called?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- Willows?- The Lindsey.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12In The Birthday Present, Jane Atherton takes a job
0:05:12 > 0:05:15as a resident nanny, hoping to ensnare her widowed boss Gerry.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Who rents her flat, meets Gerry and becomes engaged to him?
0:05:18 > 0:05:19- Pandora Flint.- Yes.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22In Grasshopper, how much money is thought to have been stolen
0:05:22 > 0:05:24when Liv's father is mugged?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26£200,000. £2,000.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I'm sorry - I'll have to take the first answer. It WAS £2,000.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32What genetic disorder does Martin Nanther discover
0:05:32 > 0:05:34he and his wife Jude both carry the gene for?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Muscular atrophy. - Spinal muscular atrophy, yes.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41In Gallowglass, Tilly accidentally discovers...
0:05:41 > 0:05:43BEEP
0:05:43 > 0:05:45..that Sandor and Joe are planning to kidnap a famous former model,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49whom they refer to as "the princess". What's her name?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- Nina Abbot.- Nina Abbot is correct.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52You had just one pass, Beth.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55In The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, it was Robert Postle
0:05:55 > 0:05:58who wanted Sarah to write a memoir of her father.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Er, you have scored 7 points.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11And our next contender, please.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21And your name is...?
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Your occupation?
0:06:22 > 0:06:26In the first round, you took British Summer Olympic medallists as your subject.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Tonight it is...?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32William II, in 90 seconds.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34On the death of William the Conqueror in 1087,
0:06:34 > 0:06:35his third son, William Rufus,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37succeeded to the English throne as William II.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40What dukedom was inherited by Rufus's older brother Robert?
0:06:40 > 0:06:41- Normandy.- Yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Who was Archbishop of Canterbury at the start of William II's reign?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46He'd been his father's main advisor,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49but died in 1089 and was not replaced for four years.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Lanfranc.- Yes.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52An older brother of William died
0:06:52 > 0:06:55in a hunting accident in the New Forest while still in his teens.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56- Who was he?- Richard.- Yes.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Which Bishop, a half-brother of the Conqueror,
0:06:59 > 0:07:00led a rebellion against William that planned
0:07:00 > 0:07:03to put Duke Robert of Normandy on the English throne in 1088?
0:07:03 > 0:07:04- Odo.- Yes.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06William invaded Wales
0:07:06 > 0:07:08and the king of South Wales was killed in battle in 1093.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- What was his name? - Rhys ap Tewdwr.- Yes.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13In what region, disputed between Normandy and the French kingdom,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15did William II fight successful campaigns
0:07:15 > 0:07:18while Duke Robert was on crusade?
0:07:18 > 0:07:19- Vexin.- Yes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21During William's reign,
0:07:21 > 0:07:23the Pope called for the First Crusade in 1095.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Which Pope was he? - Urban II.- Yes.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Where was a council held in February 1095
0:07:27 > 0:07:30to resolve the dispute between William and Archbishop Anselm,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32who wanted the King's permission to visit the Pope
0:07:32 > 0:07:34to receive his pallium, a sign of office?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- Rockingham.- Yes.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38What was the name of the Bishop of Rochester,
0:07:38 > 0:07:40a Master Mason responsible for the White Tower in London,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43who William employed to rebuild Rochester Castle?
0:07:43 > 0:07:44- Gundulf.- Yep.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46What did William do to his brother Robert on campaign,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48which is said to have provoked Robert
0:07:48 > 0:07:50into rebellion against their father in l'Aigle?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Urinated over him. - Yeah, they poured urine over him.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56In 1097, William commissioned the building of the Great Hall,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59the largest surviving medieval hall in Europe. What's it called today?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Westminster Palace. - Yes, or Westminster Hall.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03- How many... - BEEP
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Just started, so I'll finish.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07How many silver marks did William loan his older brother
0:08:07 > 0:08:09to cover his outgoings on the First Crusade?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11In return, Robert pledged the Duchy of Normandy as security.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- 10,000.- 10,000 silver marks, indeed.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17No passes, Colin.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19A perfect round - 12 points.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29And our next contender, please.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37And your name is...?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Your occupation?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43In the first round, you took the Manic Street Preachers as your subject.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Tonight it is...?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46There's a change.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Adolf Hitler in 90 seconds - starting now.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Hitler became chancellor in 1933.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Who helped persuade President Hindenburg
0:08:53 > 0:08:56to appoint Hitler to the post and himself as vice chancellor?
0:08:56 > 0:08:57- Von Papen.- Yes.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00In August 1914, Hitler volunteered for the German army,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02and was assigned to which Bavarian regiment?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- The List Regiment.- Yes - the 16th.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08In which military hospital was Hitler recovering from a gas attack
0:09:08 > 0:09:10when he learned of Germany's defeat in November 1918?
0:09:12 > 0:09:13- Pasewalk.- Yes.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Hitler was born in Austria, but gave up his Austrian citizenship in 1925.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19In what year did he become a German citizen,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21which meant he could contest the presidential election?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- 1932.- Correct.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Hitler led an uprising in Munich in 1923,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27and was sent to jail, where he wrote Mein Kampf.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29He dictated the first volume to two other prisoners.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- One was Rudolf Hess. Who was the other?- Pass.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Which journalist co-founded the German Workers' Party
0:09:35 > 0:09:36with Anton Drexler?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Hitler was sent by the army to investigate them,
0:09:38 > 0:09:39and ended up becoming a member.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- Eckart.- Karl Harrer.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Many of Hitler's opponents were murdered by the SS
0:09:43 > 0:09:46during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48including his predecessor as Chancellor.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Who was he?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- Bruening?- Von Schleicher.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Which statesman did Hitler first meet
0:09:54 > 0:09:56at the Berghof on 15th September 1938,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58and then on the 22nd at Bad Godesberg?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- Chamberlain.- Yes.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Hitler specified that the French armistice in June 1940
0:10:02 > 0:10:05be signed in the same railway carriage where the Germans
0:10:05 > 0:10:07had signed an armistice at the end of the Great War.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- In which forest was the carriage? - Pass.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14In a speech on 11th December 1941, Hitler declared war on a country
0:10:14 > 0:10:16that he said was set on the destruction of Germany,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19supported by the "entire satanic insidiousness" of the Jews.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20- Which country? - BEEP
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- The United States.- The United States of America is correct.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Er, you had two passes.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29It was in the forest of Compiegne that Armistice was signed.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35And Emil Maurice was the other prisoner to whom he dictated Mein Kampf.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38You have, Ben, 6 points.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47And our final contender, please.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56And your name is...?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Your occupation?
0:10:58 > 0:11:02In the first round, you took James Ramsay MacDonald as your subject.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Tonight...?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Paolo Veronese in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Veronese was born in Verona in 1528,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12and moved to which city in the 1550s,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14where he painted the majority of his great works?
0:11:14 > 0:11:15- Venice.- Yes.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Around 1541, Veronese became the pupil of a local artist,
0:11:19 > 0:11:20whose daughter he married many years later.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- Who was the artist?- Badile.- Yes.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Veronese's father Gabriele was known by the surname Spezapreda,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28because of his profession. What job was this?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Stonecutter.- Yes.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Veronese was questioned by the Inquisition on the grounds
0:11:32 > 0:11:35that some of the detail of his painting The Last Supper
0:11:35 > 0:11:36was considered inappropriate.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38What alternative title did he give the work
0:11:38 > 0:11:41to avoid being charged with irreverence and indecorum?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Feast In The House Of Levi.- Yes.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Before Veronese renamed The Last Supper,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48it was suggested by the Inquisition that the dog in the picture
0:11:48 > 0:11:51be replaced by a New Testament figure. Which one?
0:11:51 > 0:11:52- Mary Magdalene.- Yes.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Who was his colleague from Badile's school,
0:11:55 > 0:11:57with whom Veronese was commissioned to paint frescoes
0:11:57 > 0:12:00at the Villa Soranzo in Treville in 1551?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- Zelotti.- Yes - or Battista.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Which of his major works measures 32 by 22 feet,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08contains over 100 figures and is now housed in the Louvre?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- Wedding At Cana.- Yes.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Veronese's painting The Family Of Darius Before Alexander
0:12:13 > 0:12:16shows the family mistakenly petitioning someone for clemency,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18thinking it to be Alexander the Great himself.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- Who was it?- Hephaestus. - Yes - Hephaestion.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Which sea battle of October 1571
0:12:23 > 0:12:25is commemorated in Veronese's fresco in the Doge's Palace
0:12:25 > 0:12:28showing Sebastiano Venier giving thanks for victory?
0:12:28 > 0:12:29- Lepanto.- Correct.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Which Venetian family commissioned and featured in Veronese's painting
0:12:32 > 0:12:34The Family Of Darius Before Alexander?
0:12:34 > 0:12:35- Pisani.- Yes.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Veronese reputedly turned down an invitation by Philip II of Spain...
0:12:38 > 0:12:39BEEP
0:12:39 > 0:12:42..to help decorate a monastery palace near Madrid
0:12:42 > 0:12:44then under construction. What was it?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Escorial.- Escorial is correct.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49No passes, Hamish. 11 points.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02So, that's the end of the first round. Some very high scores there. Let's have a look at them all.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05In fifth place, with 6 points, Ben Holmes.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Fourth place, 7 points, Beth Webster.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Third place, 10 points, Andries Van Tonder.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Second place, 11 points, Hamish Cameron.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18First place, with 12 points, Colin Foster.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26So, the general knowledge round now.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29And if there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35And if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39So let's ask Ben to join us again, if he would, please.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46And, er, you start out with 6 points, with your knowledge of Adolf Hitler.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Let's see how you do with general knowledge.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50And it's two minutes, now, for this round.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Jacques Sauniere, the curator at the Louvre Museum, is murdered
0:13:53 > 0:13:56at the start of a 2003 novel by Dan Brown.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- What's the novel called? - The Da Vinci Code.- Yes.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01The green basilisk is sometimes known as the Jesus Christ lizard
0:14:01 > 0:14:03because of its ability to run on what surface?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04- Water.- Yeah.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Which Italian city-state ruled Corsica
0:14:06 > 0:14:09from the Middle Ages until the middle of the 18th century?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10- Milan?- Genoa.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Which actor and comedian is well known
0:14:12 > 0:14:14for his roles as Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted
0:14:14 > 0:14:17and as the superhero Thermoman in My Hero?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18- Ardal O'Hanlon.- Yeah.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21What word describes a leaf with two or more colours
0:14:21 > 0:14:24or that has pale patches as a result of mutation or infection?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25- Variegated.- Yes.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Which Australian cricketer,
0:14:27 > 0:14:29in a test career lasting from 1928 to 1948,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33finished with a batting average of 99.94 - the highest in test cricket?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Donald Bradman.- Yes.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38What common name is given to magnesium sulphate heptahydrate,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41a white crystalline substance used as a laxative?
0:14:41 > 0:14:42The name comes from the Surrey town
0:14:42 > 0:14:44where it occurs naturally in spring water.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45- Epsom salt.- Yes.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48The so-called BRICS countries with rising economic growth
0:14:48 > 0:14:50consist of Russia, India, China, South Africa and...?
0:14:50 > 0:14:51- Brazil.- Yes.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Which 1966 film starring Michael Caine was remade in 2004
0:14:55 > 0:14:56with Jude Law in the title role?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- Alfie.- Yes.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Ernest Hemingway took the title of one of his novels
0:15:00 > 0:15:03from John Donne's work Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04What is the novel called?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- The Sun Also Rises? - For Whom The Bell Tolls.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08What is the name of the Chinese communist leader
0:15:08 > 0:15:10who was born in the village of Shaoshan in Hunan province
0:15:10 > 0:15:13on 26th December 1893?
0:15:13 > 0:15:14- Mao Tse-tung.- Yes.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Which resort on the North Wales coast
0:15:16 > 0:15:18lies on a bay between the headlands of Great Orme and Little Orme?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Llandudno.- Yes.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21The official rules of a game specify
0:15:21 > 0:15:24that it must be played on a mat six feet by three feet,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27with the egg-cup-shaped target 38mm high.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29What's the game?
0:15:29 > 0:15:30- Tiddlywinks?- Yes.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Which major city in America's South
0:15:32 > 0:15:35was known as Terminus when it was laid out in 1837
0:15:35 > 0:15:37at the end of a proposed railroad to Chattanooga?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It was renamed Marthasville
0:15:39 > 0:15:41before being given its present name in 1845.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42- Jacksonville?- Atlanta.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Which band released the chart-topping double album
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Rattle And Hum in 1988?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47- U2.- Yes.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Which former director-general of the BBC
0:15:49 > 0:15:52was appointed chairman of the Football Association in March 2013?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- BEEP - He succeeded David Bernstein.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- Greg Dyke.- Is correct.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Well, you rattled away in that round, Ben.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Your score has now gone up to 19 points.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11And now Beth again, please.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16And, er, you start out with 7 points,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19with your knowledge of the Barbara Vine books.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Two minutes. Here we go.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Anne Hathaway sang I Dreamed A Dream
0:16:23 > 0:16:26in the 2012 film version of a well-known musical.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- What's the musical called? - Les Miserables.- Yes.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Which deer takes its name from the powerful scent it produces,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33much sought after for use in perfumes and alternative medicine?
0:16:33 > 0:16:34- Musk.- Yes.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37In a poem by John Milton Hayes, who paid with his life for stealing
0:16:37 > 0:16:40the green eye of the yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- Kubla Khan.- Mad Carew.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Which city in South West England was built on the site
0:16:45 > 0:16:48of the Roman settlement of Glevum?
0:16:48 > 0:16:49- Bath.- Gloucester.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Which singer's debut solo album Life Thru A Lens
0:16:52 > 0:16:55entered the charts in October '97?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Robbie Williams.- Yes.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01What name is given to the dark brown substance made by heating sugar
0:17:01 > 0:17:03that's used as colouring and flavouring in food and drinks?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- It's also the name of a chewy sweet. - Caramel.- Yes.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Which figure in Celtic legend was the father of Fionnuala?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11He was later the central figure in a Shakespearean tragedy.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14- Macbeth.- King Lir.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16In which island group is La Gomera?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17It was Columbus's last port of call
0:17:17 > 0:17:20before sailing across the Atlantic in 1492.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- Spain.- The Canary Islands.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23What's the name of the Scottish architect
0:17:23 > 0:17:25whose works included the Glasgow School of Art
0:17:25 > 0:17:28and the interior designs for Miss Cranston's chain of tearooms,
0:17:28 > 0:17:30also in Glasgow?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Pass.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Which improvisational comedy series of the late 1980s and '90s
0:17:36 > 0:17:39had games called Party Quirks, Scenes From A Hat and Hoedown?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- Whose Line Is It Anyway?- Yes.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Which seal is so named because it has a black mark on its back
0:17:45 > 0:17:47that resembles a musical instrument?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49It's been controversially harvested for fur
0:17:49 > 0:17:50in Russia, Norway and Canada.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53Pass.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55The Rainbow was the first novel by DH Lawrence
0:17:55 > 0:17:57to feature the sisters Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59What was the title of the second?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- Sons And Lovers?- Women In Love.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Which hormone was first isolated in 1921
0:18:03 > 0:18:07by the Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- Adrenaline?- Insulin.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10In the film Alien,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13what is the name of the character played by Sigourney Weaver?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15By the end, she's the only survivor of the spaceship Nostromo,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17along with her cat, Jones.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18- Ripley.- Yes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20What name is given to the practice in Parliament
0:18:20 > 0:18:22of surrounding a speaker with members of his party
0:18:22 > 0:18:24- BEEP - to give the impression on television
0:18:24 > 0:18:26of a packed House of Commons?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- Pass.- Why, it's doughnutting!
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- Oh!- Is what they call it, for obvious reasons.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32You had two other passes.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37That seal with the funny mark on it is the harp seal. Yep.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41- And Charles Rennie Mackintosh... - Of course.- ..was of course the Scottish...
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- Whenever you think Scottish architecture...- Yeah.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- I knew it - couldn't grab it.- Of course you did. Of course you did.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Beth, you have a total of 13 points.- Thank you.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58And now Andries again, please.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04And you have 10 points already, with your knowledge of Black Sabbath.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09The male and female of which large water bird
0:19:09 > 0:19:12are known respectively as the cob and the pen?
0:19:12 > 0:19:13- Swan.- Yes.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Which traditional Spanish dish named after the two-handled pan
0:19:16 > 0:19:19in which it's cooked consists of saffron-flavoured rice, vegetables
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- and a variety of meats and shellfish?- Paella.- Yes.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Which West Indian island group was split between Britain and Denmark
0:19:24 > 0:19:28until 1917, when Denmark sold its part to America?
0:19:28 > 0:19:29- Virgin Islands.- Yes.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31What French term meaning "untying"
0:19:31 > 0:19:33is used for the unravelling of mysteries and confusions,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37usually in a final scene or chapter of a play or novel?
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Pass.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42The Dutch forger Han van Meegeren convinced art historians
0:19:42 > 0:19:44that his painting Christ And The Disciples At Emmaus
0:19:44 > 0:19:48was a lost work by a 17th-century artist. Who was the artist?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- Rembrandt?- No, Vermeer.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Which television crime drama
0:19:51 > 0:19:53starring David Tennant as Detective Inspector Hardy
0:19:53 > 0:19:56takes its title from the fictional Dorset town in which it's set?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- Whitechapel?- Broadchurch.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01What name is given to the stone-like substance found on the seabed
0:20:01 > 0:20:03that's made up of the skeletons of marine invertebrates?
0:20:03 > 0:20:04- Coral.- Yes.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06In which city is the Church of the Holy Rude,
0:20:06 > 0:20:10where the infant James VI was crowned King of Scotland in 1567?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- Edinburgh.- Stirling.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Which composer wrote Moon River,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16the Oscar-winning theme from the film Breakfast At Tiffany's,
0:20:16 > 0:20:19in collaboration with the lyricist Johnny Mercer?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- Hammerstein?- Henry Mancini.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23In Slavic legend, what is the name of the ogress
0:20:23 > 0:20:27who flies through the air in a cauldron and eats children?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Brunhilde?- Baba Yaga.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31In New Zealand, the national rugby union team
0:20:31 > 0:20:32is known as the All Blacks.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34By what name is the rugby league team known?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- The Silver Ferns?- Kiwis.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Songs Of Enchantment and Infinite Riches are sequels
0:20:38 > 0:20:41to the 1991 Booker Prize-winning novel The Famished Road.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Who's the Nigerian author?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- Chinua Achebe?- Ben Okri.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Which actor, who starred in Moonstruck, Wild At Heart
0:20:47 > 0:20:50and Ghost Rider, is the nephew of the director Francis Ford Coppola?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- Nicolas Cage.- Yes.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56The town of Alghero became a Catalan colony in about 1354,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58and a dialect of Catalan is still spoken there,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00even though it's not part of Spain.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02On which Mediterranean island is Alghero?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Corsica?- Sardinia.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Who said, of a historic 1955 bus journey in Montgomery, Alabama,
0:21:08 > 0:21:09BEEP
0:21:09 > 0:21:12"All I was doing was trying to get home from work"?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- Rosa Parks.- Is correct.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Er, one pass, Andries.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18That French term meaning "untying" is denouement.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23So, one pass, Andries. You have a total of 16 points.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33And Hamish again now, please.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40And you already have 11 points in the bag, with your knowledge of Veronese.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45And 19 is still the score to beat. Here we go.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Which revolution is sometimes known as the Revolution of 1789,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50the year it's generally considered to have started?
0:21:50 > 0:21:51- French.- Yes.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54What was the stage name of Leonard, the eldest of the Marx Brothers,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- who always spoke with an Italian accent?- Chico.- Yep.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Which stately home in North Yorkshire has stained glass
0:21:58 > 0:22:01in the chapel that was commissioned from Edward Burne-Jones
0:22:01 > 0:22:03and William Morris by the future 9th Earl of Carlisle?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- Leeds.- Howard.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08In 1982, which current affairs presenter provoked the defence
0:22:08 > 0:22:11secretary John Nott to walk out of a live television interview,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14by referring to him as a "here-today gone-tomorrow politician"?
0:22:14 > 0:22:15- Barksman.- Robin Day.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18The desman, found both in Russia and the Pyrenees,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21is an aquatic relative of an insect-eating, burrowing mammal
0:22:21 > 0:22:23found widely in Britain.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- What mammal?- Mole.- Yep.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27The title of which novel by Thomas Hardy
0:22:27 > 0:22:30is taken from a line in Gray's Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard?
0:22:30 > 0:22:31- Far From The Madding Crowd.- Yes.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34What word for the treeless grasslands of North America
0:22:34 > 0:22:36comes from the Latin for "meadow"?
0:22:36 > 0:22:37- Prairie.- Yep.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39The heckelphone and the cor anglais
0:22:39 > 0:22:41both belong to which family of woodwind instruments?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- Tuba.- Oboe.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44The name of which biblical bread of heaven
0:22:44 > 0:22:46comes from the Hebrew for "what is it?"
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Because, when it appeared miraculously in the wilderness,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- the Israelites did not recognise it.- Manna.- Yes.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53What is the name of the British general
0:22:53 > 0:22:55who died in 1759 at the age of 32 on the battlefield
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- of the Plains of Abraham? - Wolfe.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59He's remembered for his role in securing the end
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- of French rule in Canada. - Wolfe.- Yes.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Which cricket ground hosted the archery competition of the 2012 Olympics?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06- Lord's.- Yep.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Which river rises on the Tibetan Plateau and flows in a generally
0:23:09 > 0:23:11south-easterly direction through Laos and Cambodia,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14before emptying into the South China Sea in southern Vietnam?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- Mekong.- Yes.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18What Italian term is used for a variety of chicory
0:23:18 > 0:23:20that has red leaves veined with white?
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Pass.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Which puppet family that featured on the BBC's Watch With Mother
0:23:24 > 0:23:29segment in the 1950s owned the very biggest spotty dog you ever did see?
0:23:29 > 0:23:30- Bill and Ben?- The Wooodentops.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32The comedies of an Athenian playwright
0:23:32 > 0:23:34include The Wasps, The Birds and The Frogs.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- What was his name? - Aristophanes.- Yes.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Which bravery award, the highest for civilians, was instituted in 1941,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41and replaced the Empire Gallantry Medal,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43the Albert Medal and the Edward Medal?
0:23:43 > 0:23:44- George Cross.- Yes.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- The 1998 film Hilary And Jackie... - BEEP
0:23:46 > 0:23:49..is about a musician's life, as told by her sister.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Who is the musician?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- Barenboim.- No. It was... sort of close in a way.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- It was Jacqueline du Pre. - That's who I meant.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Well, exactly - the other half of Barenboim.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00There we are. Erm, one pass.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05Radicchio is that chicory that has red leaves veined with white.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07But you've scored, Hamish, 22 points.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18And finally, Colin Foster again, please.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23And, er, you start out with 12 points, Colin,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26with your knowledge of William II.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33And now, as you've just heard, 22 is the score to beat. Here we go.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36"Tora-tora-tora", meaning "Tiger-tiger-tiger" in Japanese,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38was the signal for the attack on an American naval base
0:24:38 > 0:24:39in December 1941.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- Which base?- Pearl Harbor.- Yes.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42In which novel by Thomas Hughes
0:24:42 > 0:24:45is the title character bullied by Flashman and his cronies?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- Tom Brown's School Days.- Yes.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49The tin whistle and pipe player Paddy Moloney
0:24:49 > 0:24:51was one of the founders of an Irish folk group
0:24:51 > 0:24:53established in Dublin in the early '60s.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- What's the group? - The Chieftains.- Yes.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Which tree, a member of the poplar family,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00is notable for the almost constant trembling motion of its leaves?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Erm...
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Pine?- The Aspen.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Which world-famous horse race forms part of the Spring Double
0:25:05 > 0:25:08with the Lincoln Handicap for betting purposes?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- Cesarewitch.- The Grand National.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Who was the last leader of the Conservative Party to be chosen
0:25:12 > 0:25:15by a select few party grandees, rather than to be elected?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17He succeeded Harold Macmillan in 1963.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18- Alec Douglas-Home.- Yes.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Which nostalgic American comedy drama series
0:25:21 > 0:25:24first broadcast in the UK in 1989, used Joe Cocker's
0:25:24 > 0:25:27version of With A Little Help From My Friends as its theme music?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Thirtysomething?- The Wonder Years.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Which island off the Cornish coast near Penzance
0:25:31 > 0:25:33is named after the archangel
0:25:33 > 0:25:36who is said to have appeared to some local fishermen in 495 AD?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- St Mary's?- St Michael's Mount.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41What name is given to the weak glue used mainly in art,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44for filling the porous surface of wood or canvas before priming?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- Er, balsa glue?- Size.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48What French cheese, similar to Camembert but often milder,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51is named after the district between the rivers Seine and Marne
0:25:51 > 0:25:53where it was originally made?
0:25:53 > 0:25:54- Erm, Brie?- Yes.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56In which classic 1962 Western
0:25:56 > 0:25:58does John Wayne play the rancher Tom Doniphon,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01who shoots the local villain, played by Lee Marvin,
0:26:01 > 0:26:02in the town of Shinbone?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- Rio Bravo? - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Which island country's largest glacier, the Vatna, is equal in area
0:26:08 > 0:26:11to the total area of all the glaciers in continental Europe?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12- Norway.- Iceland.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15What Latin word meaning "I forbid" has come to mean
0:26:15 > 0:26:17the exercising of the right to prevent
0:26:17 > 0:26:18legislation or action by others?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- Veto.- Yes.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22The works of which Liverpool horror writer
0:26:22 > 0:26:24include the 1987 novel Weaveworld
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and the story collection Books Of Blood?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- Michael Smith.- Clive Barker.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32What period of fasting in the Church was once known as Quadragesima?
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- It is also the traditional name... - BEEP
0:26:34 > 0:26:37..for the first Sunday of the period?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- Lent.- Lent is correct.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43No passes. You didn't quite make it, Colin. 19 points.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55So, at the end of the contest, let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57In fifth place, with 13 points, Beth Webster.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Fourth place, 16 points, Andries Van Tonder.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05Joint second place, 19 points apiece, Colin Foster and Ben Holmes.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09In first place, with 22 points, Hamish Cameron.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Which means, of course, that Hamish is tonight's winner
0:27:24 > 0:27:27and he goes through to the grand final.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Congratulations to him.
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