0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Clive Dunning,
0:00:28 > 0:00:29a teacher from Stockton-on-Tees.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33He'll be answering questions on John Lennon.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Next, Lindsay Ashford, a novelist from Aberystwyth.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Her subject - the 19th-century murderers, Burke and Hare.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Andrew Warmington is a trade journal editor from Ledbury
0:00:43 > 0:00:46and he'll be answering questions on Charles II.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Jon Jacobs, a solicitor from Chesham.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51His subject - the Peloponnesian War.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56And Steven Broomfield, a veterinary hospital manager from Eastleigh.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01His subject - the novels of Patrick Hamilton.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Our five contenders have already had their mettle tested.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23They got through the first round and this is the semifinal.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26One of them will take the next step to the grand final
0:01:26 > 0:01:30and have a crack at the big prize - the Mastermind title.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31The usual rules apply.
0:01:31 > 0:01:3490 seconds of questions on their specialist subject
0:01:34 > 0:01:37and then two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49And your name is?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- Clive Dunning.- Your occupation?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I'm a teacher.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Last time around, your subject was Blackadder.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Tonight, it is...?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- John Lennon.- John Lennon in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Lennon was born in October 1940 and given what middle name?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05He changed it later to Ono.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Winston.- Which primary school where George Harrison also went,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10did Lennon attend till 1952?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14(Primary school. Mmm.)
0:02:14 > 0:02:15- Mosspits.- Dovedale.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Lennon's parents separated when he was young.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20What was the name of his maternal aunt who raised him at
0:02:20 > 0:02:21her house in Menlove Avenue.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Mimi.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25In 1957, John Lennon formed a skiffle group with local friends
0:02:25 > 0:02:26including Pete Shotton.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30What name did they later choose after the name of John's high school?
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Quarrymen.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Who was the London Evening Standard journalist to whom
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Lennon gave the interview in March '66 in which he claimed
0:02:36 > 0:02:38that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus now?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Maureen Cleave.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42In 1958, The Quarrymen which then included Paul McCartney
0:02:42 > 0:02:46and George Harrison, recorded two songs at the home studio of Percy Phillips.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49One song was That'll Be The Day, what was the other?
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Warboy.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51In Spite Of All The Danger.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53On which Beatles album did Lennon's composition
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Nowhere Man, Norwegian Wood and In My Life, all first appear.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Rubber Soul.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02At which London art gallery did Lennon meet Yoko Ono in November '66?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Indica.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07In November '69, Lennon returned his MBE to Buckingham Palace
0:03:07 > 0:03:09as a political protest and also, he claimed,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12in response to his current single slipping down the charts.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13What was it called?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Cold Turkey.- The first unfinished music album released by Lennon
0:03:16 > 0:03:18and Yoko Ono was subtitled 'Two Virgins'.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20What was the subtitle of the second?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Life With The Lions.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Which single by John and Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band with the
0:03:25 > 0:03:30Harlem Community Choir reached number four in the UK charts in December '72?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32BUZZER SOUNDS Merry Christmas, War Is Over.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34No - Happy Christmas, War Is Over.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36No passes, Clive. You have eight points.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Thank you.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47And our next contender, please.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57And your name is...?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Lindsay Ashford.- And your occupation?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Novelist.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Last time around, your subject was The History Of Bedlam.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Tonight, it is?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- Burke and Hare.- Burke and Hare.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09In 90 seconds.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11William Burke and William Hare sold 16 bodies
0:04:11 > 0:04:13they murdered in 1828 to an Edinburgh doctor
0:04:13 > 0:04:16who dissected them in his anatomy classes. What was his name?
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Knox.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Where in Edinburgh was the lodging house run by William Hare
0:04:20 > 0:04:21and common-law wife, Margaret?
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Tanner's Close.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Which of Burke and Hare's victims
0:04:24 > 0:04:26was murdered on the night of Halloween 1828?
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- Mary Doherty.- Burke and Hare murdered a woman identified as Mary or Elizabeth
0:04:30 > 0:04:33in spring, 1828, and then her daughter Peggy later in the year.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34What was their surname?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- Haldane.- The order of the murders is different
0:04:36 > 0:04:38in Burke's two published confessions.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Its final and most complete confession was
0:04:40 > 0:04:44published in which Edinburgh newspaper on 7 February 1829?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45The Evening Courant.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47How much were Burke and Hare
0:04:47 > 0:04:50paid by Knox for the corpse of the old man known as Donald?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52£7 and 10 shillings.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Burke's long-term mistress, whom he met while working
0:04:54 > 0:04:57on the construction of the Union Canal, was given a
0:04:57 > 0:04:59verdict of not proven at her trial.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00What was her name?
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Helen McDougall.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03What did William Burke give as his
0:05:03 > 0:05:06occupation on his arrest in November 1828?
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Cobbler.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Following his release from prison in February 1829,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Hare was forced to take refuge in a pub in Dumfries.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14What was the name of the pub?
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Pass.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Burke claimed to have got a suspiciously fresh
0:05:17 > 0:05:19body of a woman in apparently good health from an old
0:05:19 > 0:05:21woman at the back of the Canongate.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Whose body was it?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Um.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Pass.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27What was the name of the reformist Whig advocate
0:05:27 > 0:05:30who acted as the chief legal counsel for Burke at his trial?
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Moncreiff.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34What was the name of the patrolman who, on November 1, 1828,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37went with police Sergeant John Fisher to Burke's home after
0:05:37 > 0:05:38the discovery of Doherty's body?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40BUZZER SOUNDS Pass.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Well, I can tell you because your time is up.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44That was John Finlay.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47'The suspiciously fresh body,' as they put it,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50was that of Mary Patterson.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55And The King's Arms was the pub where he took refuge.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57You have, Lindsay, nine points.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08And our next contender, please.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- And your name is?- Andrew Warmington.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- Your occupation? - Trade magazine editor.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20In the first round the French Revolution was your subject,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Tonight...?- The life and reign of Charles II.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Charles II in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Charles lived in exile during Oliver Cromwell's protectorate.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30What name was given to the English Parliament that
0:06:30 > 0:06:32voted to restore the monarchy in May 1660,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34allowing him to return?
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Convention.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36When Charles was 12,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38he was almost captured at a civil war battle.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41He wanted to make a charge against the parliamentarians
0:06:41 > 0:06:42but was persuaded not to.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43What was the battle?
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Edgehill.- In which royal residence was Charles born on 29 May 1613?
0:06:48 > 0:06:49St James's Palace.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Charles claimed to be the father of five of the children of one
0:06:52 > 0:06:55of his mistresses with whom he had a relationship during
0:06:55 > 0:06:57his first decade as king. What was her name?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- Barbara Castlemaine.- Yes, Barbara Villiers, Lady Castlemaine.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Following defeat at the Battle of Worcester,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Charles hit in an oak tree in the grounds of which country house?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Boscobel.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08What was the name of the miniaturist who drew the
0:07:08 > 0:07:13profile sketch of Charles used as the model for the new coinage date stamped 1662?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Van Dyke.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Samuel Cooper. Under a declaration made on 4th April 1660,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Charles promised to give a pardon
0:07:19 > 0:07:20to all former enemies except
0:07:20 > 0:07:23those who had signed his father's death warrant.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24In which Dutch city
0:07:24 > 0:07:25did this take place?
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Breda.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Charles dictated an account of his escape after the
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Battle of Worcester to Samuel Peeps.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Whom did Charles say refused to wear a disguise
0:07:32 > 0:07:35although he was his companion throughout his travels?
0:07:35 > 0:07:36John Wilmot.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38No - Henry Wilmot.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40During which disaster of September 1666
0:07:40 > 0:07:43did Charles and his brother take singular care and pains
0:07:43 > 0:07:47handling water in buckets while they stood ankle deep in water?
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Great Fire of London.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53The Popish Plot of 1678 was a fictitious conspiracy to kill Charles
0:07:53 > 0:07:55and put his catholic brother, James, on the throne.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- BUZZER SOUNDS - What was the name of the eccentric clergymen
0:07:58 > 0:07:59at Associate of Titus Oates
0:07:59 > 0:08:03who first gave Charles documents about the fabricated plot?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Israel Tonge.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Is correct.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07No passes, Andrew.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09You have eight points.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18And our next contender, please.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27And your name is?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Jon Jacob.- Your occupation? - Solicitor.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Last time around you took Sir Arthur Sullivan as your subject.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Tonight?- The Peloponnesian War.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37The Peloponnesian War in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Athens and Sparta and their allies
0:08:39 > 0:08:41went to war in the fifth century BC.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43The main source of the conflict is an historian who
0:08:43 > 0:08:45served during the war. Who was he?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Thucydides.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Yes. An Athenian decree that excluded an ally of Sparta from trade with
0:08:50 > 0:08:53the Athenian empire was a factor in the outbreak of the war.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54What was the name of the ally?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Megara.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57After which battle did the Spartan Hippocrates
0:08:57 > 0:09:01send a dispatch that read, "Ships lost, Mindarus dead and men starving.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03"Don't know what to do."
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Cyzicus.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Which Athenian leader proposed that the men of the captured city of Mytilene
0:09:09 > 0:09:12should be massacred and everyone else enslaved?
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Cleon.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Two cities were most prominent among Sparta's allies in advocating the
0:09:17 > 0:09:20destruction of Athens after her final defeat? Thebes was one,
0:09:20 > 0:09:21what was the other?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Corrinth.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24An attack by Thebes on Plataea is often
0:09:24 > 0:09:26said to mark the start of the war.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27What was the name of the man
0:09:27 > 0:09:29who betrayed Plataea to the Thebans?
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Pass.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34The piece that was agreed in 421 and lasted six years is often
0:09:34 > 0:09:36named after the general who persuaded the Athenians
0:09:36 > 0:09:38to accept the Spartan's piece offer.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Who was he?
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Nicias.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43A state ship was sent to Sicily with orders to bring the Athenian
0:09:43 > 0:09:48general and statesman Alcibiades back to Athens to stand trial.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49What was the ships name?
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Pass.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Who, with Cleopompus, was the joint commander of an
0:09:53 > 0:09:55expedition against Potidaea in 430?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57He failed to take the city.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Hippocrates.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Hagnon. According to Thucydides, in which speech made during the war did
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Pericles describe Athens as an 'education to Greece'?
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Pass.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- BUZZER SOUNDS - What was the name of the Spartan king who,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11with the Athenian general, Nicias, was largely
0:10:11 > 0:10:13responsible for the peace of 421?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Archidamus.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16It was Pleistoanax.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18You had three passes.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21The funeral speech was made by Pericles
0:10:21 > 0:10:24when he said Athens was an education to Greece.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25That state ship that was sent
0:10:25 > 0:10:28to Sicily with orders to bring the general back
0:10:28 > 0:10:29was Salaminia.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33And Naucleides was the name of the man who
0:10:33 > 0:10:35betrayed Plataea to the Thebans.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36You have, Jon, six points.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47And our final contender, please.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55And your name is?
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- Stephen Broomfield. - And your occupation?
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Veterinary hospital manager.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Your subject last time was the Battle of Balaclava,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03tonight it is?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05The novels of Patrick Hamilton.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Patrick Hamilton's books in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11What's the title of Hamilton's first full-length novel published in 1925?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14It tells the story of Anthony Charteris Forster's attempts to be a writer.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Monday Morning.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20In Twopence Coloured, Jackie unexpectedly bumps into her lover, Richard Gissing,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22outside the sports ground where she's been watching
0:11:22 > 0:11:25his brother Charles play cricket. Which ground?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Lord's.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28In Hangover Square, what is the name of George's old
0:11:28 > 0:11:30school friend whom he meets by chance in a London pub?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Johnny Littlejohn.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34What is the title of the semi-autobiographical
0:11:34 > 0:11:38trilogy of novels by Hamilton that was made into a television series,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40first broadcast by the BBC in 2005?
0:11:40 > 0:11:4320,000 Streets Under The Sky.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45In Mr Stimpson And Mr Gorse, a colonel's widow
0:11:45 > 0:11:48is persuaded to put her life savings into a joint account
0:11:48 > 0:11:50opened by Ernest Ralph Gorse. What is her name?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Joan Plumleigh-Bruce.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55In The Slaves Of Solitude, Albert Brent sometimes lunches at the
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Rosamund Tearooms' boarding house because he is a friend of the landlady.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00What's his occupation?
0:12:02 > 0:12:03Cobbler.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04No, piano tuner.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07In The Plains Of Cement, what is the full name of the ardent
0:12:07 > 0:12:10middle-aged suitor of the Midnight Bell barmaid, Ella?
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Ernest Eccles.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14What award for bravery during the First World War does
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Ernest Ralph Gorse claim to have won to impress Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce
0:12:17 > 0:12:19in Mr Stimpson And Mr Gorse?
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Military Cross.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24In Monday Morning, what title does Anthony Forster finally settle on
0:12:24 > 0:12:28for his poem about the loss of his loved one, Diane de Mesgrigny?
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Relinquishment.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Deditio.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33What is the name of the fictional town described as lying on
0:12:33 > 0:12:35the river some miles beyond Maidenhead where
0:12:35 > 0:12:37The Slaves Of Solitude is largely set?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- BUZZER SOUNDS - Thames Lockdon.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Thames Lockdon is correct.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43No passes and you also have eight pointS.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54So, that's the end of a very close first round.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58In fifth place, with six points - Jon Jacob.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Joint second place, eight points a piece -
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Clive Dunning, Andrew Warmington and Steven Broomfield.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08In the lead, just one point ahead, nine points - Lindsay Ashford.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15So, round two now.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16The general knowledge round
0:13:16 > 0:13:19and if there is a tie at the end of it then the number of passes
0:13:19 > 0:13:23is taken into account and the person with fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27And if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-breaker.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29So, let's get on with it and ask Jon to join us again
0:13:29 > 0:13:31if you would, please.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35And you begin with six points
0:13:35 > 0:13:38with your knowledge of the Peloponnesian Wars.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40General knowledge now.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Two minutes for this round. Here we go.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44What word meaning 'stone' in German is used for
0:13:44 > 0:13:46an earth and ware beer mug with a hinged metal lid?
0:13:46 > 0:13:47Stein.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50In which Shakespeare play does the group, The Mechanicals,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53including Bottom and Quince perform the play Pyramus and Thisbe?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54A Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Over what distance in metres do all Olympic and international
0:13:57 > 0:13:59men's rowing events take place?
0:13:59 > 0:14:002km.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Yes, 2,000 metres.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Which Israeli actor plays Tevye
0:14:04 > 0:14:05the milkman in the film version of
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Fiddler On The Roof, a role created on Broadway by Zero Mostel?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Topol.- Which island at the southern entrance to the Bay of Naples
0:14:12 > 0:14:13was a favourite retreat of early
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Roman emperors, especially Tiberius?
0:14:15 > 0:14:16- Capri.- In a Cole Porter song,
0:14:16 > 0:14:20what phrase completes the lines, "in olden days, a glimpse of stocking
0:14:20 > 0:14:23"was looked on as something shocking but now heaven knows..."?
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Anything goes.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Which Cockney comedian whose real name was Abraham Basalinsky
0:14:27 > 0:14:28played Private 'Excused Boots' Bisley
0:14:28 > 0:14:31in the television comedy series The Army Game?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Pass.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35What common British water bird, similar in appearance to the coot,
0:14:35 > 0:14:37can be identified by its red foreign
0:14:37 > 0:14:39shield and red and yellow bill?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Pass.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45The newspaper, Granma, is the main organ of the communist government
0:14:45 > 0:14:46in which Caribbean country?
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Cuba.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50In 1986, Elvis Pressley, Robert Johnson and Sam Cooke
0:14:50 > 0:14:53were among the first musicians to be inducted into what
0:14:53 > 0:14:55exclusive American institution?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Rock 'n' roll Hall of Fame.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59What name is given to copper plated with silver using a technique
0:14:59 > 0:15:02invented in about 1742 by the cutler Thomas Bolsover?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Pass.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05In the biblical book of Ezekiel,
0:15:05 > 0:15:09the fearsome warlord Gog is described as the ruler of which land?
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- Pass.- What did David Lloyd George say cost as much to keep as
0:15:12 > 0:15:16two Dreadnoughts, was just as great a terror and lasted longer?
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Pass.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21The word "llan" that prefixes many Welsh place names originally
0:15:21 > 0:15:23meant enclosure. What's it since come to mean?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24- Lake.- Church.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27What is the name of the St Custard schoolboy known for his poor
0:15:27 > 0:15:30spelling and philosophical outlook created by Geoffrey Willians
0:15:30 > 0:15:34and Ronald Searle in a series of books beginning with Down With Skool in 1953?
0:15:34 > 0:15:35- Jennings.- Nigel Molesworth.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Which actress and singer, who was nominated for an Oscar for the title role of the
0:15:39 > 0:15:42'64 film The Unsinkable Molly Brown, is the mother of Carrie Fisher?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45BUZZER SOUNDS
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Debbie Reynolds. - Debbie Reynolds is correct.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Erm, you had five passes all together.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51David Lloyd George said that
0:15:51 > 0:15:53what cost as much to keep as two Dreadnoughts,
0:15:53 > 0:15:57just as great a terror and lasted longer was a fully equipped Duke.
0:15:57 > 0:16:03In the book of Ezekiel, Gog was the ruler of Maygog.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Sheffield plate is what you get
0:16:04 > 0:16:07if you plate copper with silver and all of that.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The common moorhen is similar in appearance to the coot.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13And Alfie Bass was the comedian
0:16:13 > 0:16:16who played Private 'Excused Boots' Bisley.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18You have, John, a total of 15 points.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32And now, Clive Dunning again, please.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And you start with eight points with your knowledge of John Lennon.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Here we go. Two minutes.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42What name is given to the Spanish soup usually served chilled
0:16:42 > 0:16:45that's basically a mixture of raw salad ingredients made into a puree?
0:16:45 > 0:16:50- Gazpacho.- Who co-wrote, directed, and starred in the '77 film Annie Hall?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Woody Allen. - On the front of Euro banknotes,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56the word 'Euro' is printed in Roman and which other script?
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- Erm, Latin.- Greek. Which country withdrew from the integrated military
0:17:00 > 0:17:03command of NATO in 1966 but remained a member of the organisation?
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- France. - Nine poems were interspersed with the Latin Mass For The Dead
0:17:07 > 0:17:09in Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. Who wrote the poems?
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- Wilfred Owen. - Which Mexican city, a popular tourist destination, lies
0:17:13 > 0:17:16near the Pacific Coast, immediately south of the border with California?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Acapulco.- Tijuana.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Who wrote to the RAF after a life jacket was named after her, commenting,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23"I've been in Who's Who and know what's what,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25"but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary"?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- Mae West.- Yes. Which painter, who was born in Tenby in 1878,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32became particularly interested in Gypsy culture, spent long periods
0:17:32 > 0:17:35travelling in caravans and based much of his work on his experiences?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- John.- Augustus John, yep.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41The meadow pipit, dunnock and reed warbler are among the most common hosts of a parasitic
0:17:41 > 0:17:45bird notorious for laying its eggs in other birds' nests. What's the bird called?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46- Cuckoo.- Yes.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Which English player was 41
0:17:48 > 0:17:51when he was voted the first European Footballer of the Year in '56?
0:17:51 > 0:17:52- Stanley Matthews.- Yes.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56What act of 1701 that required the British sovereign to be a Protestant
0:17:56 > 0:18:00has regulated the succession to the throne of Great Britain ever since?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- The Act of Succession. - Act of Settlement.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04What French expression for a child whose remarks
0:18:04 > 0:18:06cause embarrassment has come to be applied to a person
0:18:06 > 0:18:09whose speech and behaviour is ill considered or unconventional?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Enfant terible.- Yes.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13The works of which American novelist,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16who became a naturalized British citizen in 1915,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18include Washington Square and The Ambassadors?
0:18:18 > 0:18:19- Henry James.- Yes.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21What was the name of America's
0:18:21 > 0:18:23first submarine-launched ballistic missile.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26It was a mainstay of Britain's nuclear deterrent in the '70s and '80s?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- Patriot.- The Polaris.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Which satirical television comedy series first shown in 1984 was created from an idea
0:18:32 > 0:18:35of the graphic artist Martin Lambie-Nairn
0:18:35 > 0:18:37by the caricaturist Peter Fluck and Roger Law?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- Spitting Image.- Yes. - BUZZER SOUNDS
0:18:40 > 0:18:44In architecture, what name is given to a bay window on an upper floor supported by
0:18:44 > 0:18:49brackets and usually semi-hexagonal or rectangular in shape?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Oriel.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Yes. That is correct!
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Good guess. Always worth a guess. No passes, Clive. You got 20 points.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57Thank you.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10And Andrew Warmington again, please.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14And you also have eight points with your knowledge of Charles II.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:19:17 > 0:19:2120 is the score to beat as we speak. Here we go.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24In which '97 Oscar-winning film does Leonardo DiCaprio play
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Jack Dawson who wins his passage on a ship in a poker game?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28- Titanic.- Yes.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32King Ludwig II of Bavaria was an enthusiastic patron of which composer?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35He also contributed generously to the building of the theatre at Bayreuth.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40- Wagner.- Yes. Flogging A Dead Horse, published in 2011, is the definitive
0:19:40 > 0:19:42collection of the controversial art of two brothers.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44One is Dinos Chapman, who is the other?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- Jake.- Yes.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50What seafood is the main ingredient of the Scottish Partan Bree soup?
0:19:50 > 0:19:51- Haddock.- Crab.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55What word for air pollution found in large urban areas was coined
0:19:55 > 0:20:01in 1905 by Dr Henry Antoine Des Voeux of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society?
0:20:01 > 0:20:02- Smog.- Yes.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Who became the first Australian golfer to win the US Masters
0:20:05 > 0:20:09when he beat Angel Cabrera in a playoff in April 2013?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11- Greg Norman.- Adam Scott.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15In 1872, the unconventional American reformer and feminist,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Victoria Woodhull, became the first woman to run for what office?
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- President.- Yes. Which northern English city has hosted an internationally
0:20:22 > 0:20:28renowned piano competition since 1963, winners include Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- Newcastle.- Leeds. Kingdom Come and Crash are among the novels
0:20:31 > 0:20:33of an English science fiction author. What was his name?
0:20:33 > 0:20:34- JG Ballard.- Yes.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Which Devon resort is the birthplace of Agatha Christie,
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Peter Cook and Miranda Hart?
0:20:38 > 0:20:42It's Gleneagles Hotel was also the inspiration for Fawlty Towers?
0:20:42 > 0:20:47- Torquay.- Yes. Who recorded the 1971 album Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon,
0:20:47 > 0:20:51the follow-up to his 1970 breakthrough album Sweet Baby James?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Pass. - The name of which Scandinavian capital city is
0:20:55 > 0:20:57used for an early interpretation of quantum
0:20:57 > 0:21:01mechanics as developed by Bohr and Heisenberg among others?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03- Stockholm.- Copenhagen.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Which snake native to America has a French name
0:21:05 > 0:21:07that translates roughly as spearhead?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- Rattlesnake.- Fer-de-lance.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13What regiment was formed by order of Queen Victoria in 1900
0:21:13 > 0:21:18to commemorate the bravery of soldiers from Ireland who had fought in World War II?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19- The Irish Guards.- Yes.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Which novel by Ernest Hemingway tells of the struggle of an ageing Cuban
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- fisherman called Santiago to catch a huge marlin? - BUZZER SOUNDS
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- The Old Man And The Sea. - Is correct. You had one pass.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34The chap who recorded that album Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
0:21:34 > 0:21:35was James Taylor.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38You have a total, Andrew, of 17 points.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48And now Steven Broomfield again, please.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55And you also start with eight points with your knowledge
0:21:55 > 0:21:57of the books of Patrick Hamilton.
0:21:57 > 0:21:5920 still the score to beat. Here we go.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Homer's Odyssey tells the story of the hero's return from the Trojan war.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08What work, also attributed to Homer, tells the story of the war itself?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11- Argoth.- The Iliad.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14On a wind instrument, what name is given to the thin piece
0:22:14 > 0:22:17of cane or metal that is made to vibrate by air directed against it?
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- The reed.- Yes. Which West African Republic, whose capital is Lome,
0:22:21 > 0:22:25is sandwiched between Ghana to the west and Benin to the east?
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- San Tome.- Togo. Which film actress, who wore a trademark hat made of fruit,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32was nicknamed the Brazilian bombshell even though she was born in Portugal?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- Carmen Silvera.- Carmen Miranda.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Leopard, ash-gray and kerry are among the rarer British
0:22:37 > 0:22:41species of what plant-eating gastropod regarded as a garden pest?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- Slugs.- Yes. Which painter's decision to travel to Tahiti was partly
0:22:45 > 0:22:48inspired by Pierre Loti's novel Le Mariage De Loti
0:22:48 > 0:22:51in which the island is portrayed as an idyllic paradise?
0:22:52 > 0:22:53- Gauguin.- Yes.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Which Puritan preacher's Book Of Martyrs deals principally
0:22:56 > 0:22:58with the martyrdom of Protestants
0:22:58 > 0:23:00from the 14th century until the reign of Queen Mary I?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Knox.- Foxe.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06The 1983 television play Woodentop, which took its name from a CID term
0:23:06 > 0:23:10for a uniformed police officer, inspired a long-running police drama series.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12What's the series called?
0:23:12 > 0:23:13- The Bill.- Yep.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18Schwenk and Seymour were the middle names of which celebrated musical duo?
0:23:18 > 0:23:19- Gilbert and Sullivan.- Yes.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Winston Churchill delivered the speech containing
0:23:22 > 0:23:25the memorable sentence, "This was their finest hour,"
0:23:25 > 0:23:27on the 125th anniversary of what famous battle?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- Waterloo.- Yes. Which river that rises in the Yorkshire Wolds
0:23:30 > 0:23:35gives its name to the city and port that lies at its confluence with the Humber estuary?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- Hull.- Yes. Which writer of spy thrillers best known for his early
0:23:38 > 0:23:42novels The Ipcress File and Funeral In Berlin later created
0:23:42 > 0:23:44the secret intelligence service agent Bernard Samson?
0:23:46 > 0:23:48- John le Carre.- Len Deighton.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50In a 14th-century poem of unknown authorship,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53which of King Arthur's knights has an encounter with the Green Knight?
0:23:53 > 0:23:54- Gawain.- Yes.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Which American city has a basketball team known as the Bulls,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59and the gridiron football team known as the Bears?
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- Chicago.- Yes. The former Prime Minister Ahmet Muhtar Bej Zagu was proclaimed
0:24:03 > 0:24:08- King Zog I of which European country in 1928? - BUZZER SOUNDS
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- Albania.- Is correct.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13No passes. You nearly made it, but not quite. You have 18 points.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24And finally, Lindsay again, please.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28And you start out with nine points with your knowledge
0:24:28 > 0:24:30of the murderers Burke and Hare.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34And 20 is still the score they all are struggling to crack
0:24:34 > 0:24:37and haven't yet managed to do so.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Let's see if you can do it in two minutes. Starting now.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41In Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44what's the name of Mr Darcy's estate in Derbyshire?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Erm, Pemberton.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Pemberley. The 18th-century artist Francesco Guardi is best
0:24:49 > 0:24:52known for his views of which Italian city?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Naples.- Venice. Which triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms
0:24:55 > 0:24:57part of the pelvis has a name that comes from the Latin
0:24:57 > 0:25:00for 'holy bone' because of a belief that it contained the soul?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- Coccyx.- Sacrum.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03The BBC drama series The Village,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06which tells the story of the 20th century from a small town perspective,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09is set in the region of England that is now a national park.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10What region?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- Derbyshire.- The Peak District.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14What was the name of the French Empress who entertained
0:25:14 > 0:25:18lavishly at the country house Malmaison, outside Paris, which she bought in 1979?
0:25:18 > 0:25:19- Eugenie.- Josephine.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice created the song You Must Love Me
0:25:22 > 0:25:26for the 1996 film adaptation of which of their musicals?
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- Evita.- Yes. What is the maximum number of fielders normally
0:25:29 > 0:25:31allowed on a pitch in a game of rounders?
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- Three.- Nine. Which bee gets its name from its habit of using its
0:25:36 > 0:25:41powerful jaws to trim neat semicircles from the edges of foliage for use in its nest?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42- The leaf cutter.- Yes.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Which actress with whom George Bernard Shaw was
0:25:44 > 0:25:47deeply in love played the role of Eliza Doolittle in the 1940
0:25:47 > 0:25:50London premiere of Pygmalion when she was nearly 50?
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Sarah Bernhardt. - No, Mrs Campbell.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55What is the name of the rabbit in the Walt Disney film Bambi?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Thumper.- Yes. According to legend, which lake in Northern Ireland,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01the largest in the British Isles, was formed when Finn McCool
0:26:01 > 0:26:05scooped up some earth to throw it at his enemy, a Scottish giant?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06- Lough Neagh.- Yes.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Which opera by Richard Strauss is described on the score as a comedy
0:26:09 > 0:26:12for music and is set in Vienna in the middle of the 18th century?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- Pass. - Who wrote the 1972 novel An Unsuitable Job For A Woman in
0:26:15 > 0:26:19which the detective, Cordelia Gray, makes her first appearance?
0:26:20 > 0:26:21- Erm, Agatha Christie.- PD James.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26Which Californian city on the Mexican border was originally called San Miguel
0:26:26 > 0:26:31but was renamed in 1602 by the explorer Sebastian Vizcaino after a Spanish saint?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Pass. - Henry VIII is said to have kept
0:26:34 > 0:26:36the recipe of a type of almond-flavoured puff pastry
0:26:36 > 0:26:40tartlets under lock and key at Richmond Palace because he liked them so much.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41- What are they called? - BUZZER SOUNDS
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Bakewell tarts.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46They were called maids of honour. Rather bizarrely.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48You had two passes, Lindsay.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Erm, San Diego, that Californian city on the Mexican border
0:26:52 > 0:26:54originally called San Miguel.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57And the opera by Strauss was Rosenkavalier.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59You have 13 points.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12So, he held on to his lead to the end.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16In fifth place, with 13 points, Lindsay Ashford.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Fourth place, with 15 points, Jon Jacobs.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21In third place, 17 points, Andrew Warmington.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Second place, 18 points, Steven Broomfield.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28In first place, 20 points, Clive Dunning.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Which means, Clive Dunning is tonight's winner.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46And he goes through to the grand final. Congratulations to him.
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