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First in the spotlight tonight is Clive Dunning,

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a teacher from Stockton-on-Tees.

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He'll be answering questions on John Lennon.

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Next, Lindsay Ashford, a novelist from Aberystwyth.

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Her subject - the 19th-century murderers, Burke and Hare.

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Andrew Warmington is a trade journal editor from Ledbury

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and he'll be answering questions on Charles II.

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Jon Jacobs, a solicitor from Chesham.

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His subject - the Peloponnesian War.

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And Steven Broomfield, a veterinary hospital manager from Eastleigh.

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His subject - the novels of Patrick Hamilton.

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

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Our five contenders have already had their mettle tested.

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They got through the first round and this is the semifinal.

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One of them will take the next step to the grand final

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and have a crack at the big prize - the Mastermind title.

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The usual rules apply.

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90 seconds of questions on their specialist subject

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and then two minutes on general knowledge.

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

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And your name is?

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-Clive Dunning.

-Your occupation?

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I'm a teacher.

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Last time around, your subject was Blackadder.

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Tonight, it is...?

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-John Lennon.

-John Lennon in 90 seconds, starting now.

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Lennon was born in October 1940 and given what middle name?

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He changed it later to Ono.

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-Winston.

-Which primary school where George Harrison also went,

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did Lennon attend till 1952?

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(Primary school. Mmm.)

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-Mosspits.

-Dovedale.

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Lennon's parents separated when he was young.

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What was the name of his maternal aunt who raised him at

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her house in Menlove Avenue.

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Mimi.

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In 1957, John Lennon formed a skiffle group with local friends

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including Pete Shotton.

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What name did they later choose after the name of John's high school?

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Quarrymen.

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Who was the London Evening Standard journalist to whom

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Lennon gave the interview in March '66 in which he claimed

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that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus now?

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Maureen Cleave.

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In 1958, The Quarrymen which then included Paul McCartney

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and George Harrison, recorded two songs at the home studio of Percy Phillips.

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One song was That'll Be The Day, what was the other?

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Warboy.

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In Spite Of All The Danger.

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On which Beatles album did Lennon's composition

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Nowhere Man, Norwegian Wood and In My Life, all first appear.

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Rubber Soul.

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At which London art gallery did Lennon meet Yoko Ono in November '66?

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Indica.

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In November '69, Lennon returned his MBE to Buckingham Palace

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as a political protest and also, he claimed,

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in response to his current single slipping down the charts.

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What was it called?

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-Cold Turkey.

-The first unfinished music album released by Lennon

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and Yoko Ono was subtitled 'Two Virgins'.

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What was the subtitle of the second?

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Life With The Lions.

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Which single by John and Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band with the

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Harlem Community Choir reached number four in the UK charts in December '72?

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BUZZER SOUNDS Merry Christmas, War Is Over.

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No - Happy Christmas, War Is Over.

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No passes, Clive. You have eight points.

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Thank you.

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is...?

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-Lindsay Ashford.

-And your occupation?

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Novelist.

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Last time around, your subject was The History Of Bedlam.

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Tonight, it is?

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-Burke and Hare.

-Burke and Hare.

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In 90 seconds.

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William Burke and William Hare sold 16 bodies

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they murdered in 1828 to an Edinburgh doctor

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who dissected them in his anatomy classes. What was his name?

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Knox.

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Where in Edinburgh was the lodging house run by William Hare

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and common-law wife, Margaret?

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Tanner's Close.

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Which of Burke and Hare's victims

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was murdered on the night of Halloween 1828?

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-Mary Doherty.

-Burke and Hare murdered a woman identified as Mary or Elizabeth

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in spring, 1828, and then her daughter Peggy later in the year.

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What was their surname?

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-Haldane.

-The order of the murders is different

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in Burke's two published confessions.

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Its final and most complete confession was

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published in which Edinburgh newspaper on 7 February 1829?

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The Evening Courant.

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How much were Burke and Hare

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paid by Knox for the corpse of the old man known as Donald?

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£7 and 10 shillings.

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Burke's long-term mistress, whom he met while working

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on the construction of the Union Canal, was given a

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verdict of not proven at her trial.

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What was her name?

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Helen McDougall.

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What did William Burke give as his

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occupation on his arrest in November 1828?

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Cobbler.

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Following his release from prison in February 1829,

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Hare was forced to take refuge in a pub in Dumfries.

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What was the name of the pub?

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Pass.

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Burke claimed to have got a suspiciously fresh

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body of a woman in apparently good health from an old

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woman at the back of the Canongate.

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Whose body was it?

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Um.

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Pass.

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What was the name of the reformist Whig advocate

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who acted as the chief legal counsel for Burke at his trial?

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Moncreiff.

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What was the name of the patrolman who, on November 1, 1828,

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went with police Sergeant John Fisher to Burke's home after

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the discovery of Doherty's body?

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BUZZER SOUNDS Pass.

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Well, I can tell you because your time is up.

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That was John Finlay.

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'The suspiciously fresh body,' as they put it,

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was that of Mary Patterson.

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And The King's Arms was the pub where he took refuge.

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You have, Lindsay, nine points.

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And our next contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Andrew Warmington.

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-Your occupation?

-Trade magazine editor.

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In the first round the French Revolution was your subject,

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-Tonight...?

-The life and reign of Charles II.

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Charles II in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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Charles lived in exile during Oliver Cromwell's protectorate.

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What name was given to the English Parliament that

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voted to restore the monarchy in May 1660,

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allowing him to return?

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Convention.

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When Charles was 12,

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he was almost captured at a civil war battle.

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He wanted to make a charge against the parliamentarians

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but was persuaded not to.

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What was the battle?

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-Edgehill.

-In which royal residence was Charles born on 29 May 1613?

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St James's Palace.

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Charles claimed to be the father of five of the children of one

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of his mistresses with whom he had a relationship during

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his first decade as king. What was her name?

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-Barbara Castlemaine.

-Yes, Barbara Villiers, Lady Castlemaine.

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Following defeat at the Battle of Worcester,

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Charles hit in an oak tree in the grounds of which country house?

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Boscobel.

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What was the name of the miniaturist who drew the

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profile sketch of Charles used as the model for the new coinage date stamped 1662?

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Van Dyke.

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Samuel Cooper. Under a declaration made on 4th April 1660,

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Charles promised to give a pardon

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to all former enemies except

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those who had signed his father's death warrant.

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In which Dutch city

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did this take place?

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Breda.

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Charles dictated an account of his escape after the

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Battle of Worcester to Samuel Peeps.

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Whom did Charles say refused to wear a disguise

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although he was his companion throughout his travels?

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John Wilmot.

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No - Henry Wilmot.

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During which disaster of September 1666

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did Charles and his brother take singular care and pains

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handling water in buckets while they stood ankle deep in water?

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Great Fire of London.

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The Popish Plot of 1678 was a fictitious conspiracy to kill Charles

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and put his catholic brother, James, on the throne.

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-BUZZER SOUNDS

-What was the name of the eccentric clergymen

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at Associate of Titus Oates

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who first gave Charles documents about the fabricated plot?

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Israel Tonge.

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Is correct.

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No passes, Andrew.

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You have eight points.

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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-Jon Jacob.

-Your occupation?

-Solicitor.

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Last time around you took Sir Arthur Sullivan as your subject.

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-Tonight?

-The Peloponnesian War.

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The Peloponnesian War in 90 seconds, starting now.

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Athens and Sparta and their allies

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went to war in the fifth century BC.

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The main source of the conflict is an historian who

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served during the war. Who was he?

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Thucydides.

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Yes. An Athenian decree that excluded an ally of Sparta from trade with

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the Athenian empire was a factor in the outbreak of the war.

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What was the name of the ally?

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Megara.

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After which battle did the Spartan Hippocrates

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send a dispatch that read, "Ships lost, Mindarus dead and men starving.

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"Don't know what to do."

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Cyzicus.

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Which Athenian leader proposed that the men of the captured city of Mytilene

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should be massacred and everyone else enslaved?

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Cleon.

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Two cities were most prominent among Sparta's allies in advocating the

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destruction of Athens after her final defeat? Thebes was one,

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what was the other?

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Corrinth.

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An attack by Thebes on Plataea is often

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said to mark the start of the war.

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What was the name of the man

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who betrayed Plataea to the Thebans?

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Pass.

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The piece that was agreed in 421 and lasted six years is often

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named after the general who persuaded the Athenians

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to accept the Spartan's piece offer.

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Who was he?

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Nicias.

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A state ship was sent to Sicily with orders to bring the Athenian

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general and statesman Alcibiades back to Athens to stand trial.

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What was the ships name?

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Pass.

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Who, with Cleopompus, was the joint commander of an

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expedition against Potidaea in 430?

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He failed to take the city.

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Hippocrates.

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Hagnon. According to Thucydides, in which speech made during the war did

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Pericles describe Athens as an 'education to Greece'?

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Pass.

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-BUZZER SOUNDS

-What was the name of the Spartan king who,

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with the Athenian general, Nicias, was largely

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responsible for the peace of 421?

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Archidamus.

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It was Pleistoanax.

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You had three passes.

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The funeral speech was made by Pericles

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when he said Athens was an education to Greece.

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That state ship that was sent

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to Sicily with orders to bring the general back

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was Salaminia.

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And Naucleides was the name of the man who

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betrayed Plataea to the Thebans.

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You have, Jon, six points.

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And our final contender, please.

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And your name is?

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-Stephen Broomfield.

-And your occupation?

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Veterinary hospital manager.

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Your subject last time was the Battle of Balaclava,

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tonight it is?

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The novels of Patrick Hamilton.

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Patrick Hamilton's books in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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What's the title of Hamilton's first full-length novel published in 1925?

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It tells the story of Anthony Charteris Forster's attempts to be a writer.

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Monday Morning.

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In Twopence Coloured, Jackie unexpectedly bumps into her lover, Richard Gissing,

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outside the sports ground where she's been watching

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his brother Charles play cricket. Which ground?

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Lord's.

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In Hangover Square, what is the name of George's old

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school friend whom he meets by chance in a London pub?

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Johnny Littlejohn.

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What is the title of the semi-autobiographical

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trilogy of novels by Hamilton that was made into a television series,

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first broadcast by the BBC in 2005?

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20,000 Streets Under The Sky.

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In Mr Stimpson And Mr Gorse, a colonel's widow

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is persuaded to put her life savings into a joint account

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opened by Ernest Ralph Gorse. What is her name?

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Joan Plumleigh-Bruce.

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In The Slaves Of Solitude, Albert Brent sometimes lunches at the

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Rosamund Tearooms' boarding house because he is a friend of the landlady.

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What's his occupation?

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Cobbler.

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No, piano tuner.

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In The Plains Of Cement, what is the full name of the ardent

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middle-aged suitor of the Midnight Bell barmaid, Ella?

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Ernest Eccles.

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What award for bravery during the First World War does

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Ernest Ralph Gorse claim to have won to impress Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce

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in Mr Stimpson And Mr Gorse?

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Military Cross.

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In Monday Morning, what title does Anthony Forster finally settle on

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for his poem about the loss of his loved one, Diane de Mesgrigny?

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Relinquishment.

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Deditio.

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What is the name of the fictional town described as lying on

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the river some miles beyond Maidenhead where

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The Slaves Of Solitude is largely set?

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-BUZZER SOUNDS

-Thames Lockdon.

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Thames Lockdon is correct.

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No passes and you also have eight pointS.

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So, that's the end of a very close first round.

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Let's have a look at the scores.

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In fifth place, with six points - Jon Jacob.

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Joint second place, eight points a piece -

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Clive Dunning, Andrew Warmington and Steven Broomfield.

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In the lead, just one point ahead, nine points - Lindsay Ashford.

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So, round two now.

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The general knowledge round

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and if there is a tie at the end of it then the number of passes

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is taken into account and the person with fewer passes is the winner.

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And if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-breaker.

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So, let's get on with it and ask Jon to join us again

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if you would, please.

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And you begin with six points

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with your knowledge of the Peloponnesian Wars.

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General knowledge now.

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Two minutes for this round. Here we go.

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What word meaning 'stone' in German is used for

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an earth and ware beer mug with a hinged metal lid?

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Stein.

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In which Shakespeare play does the group, The Mechanicals,

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including Bottom and Quince perform the play Pyramus and Thisbe?

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A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Over what distance in metres do all Olympic and international

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men's rowing events take place?

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2km.

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Yes, 2,000 metres.

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Which Israeli actor plays Tevye

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the milkman in the film version of

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Fiddler On The Roof, a role created on Broadway by Zero Mostel?

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-Topol.

-Which island at the southern entrance to the Bay of Naples

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was a favourite retreat of early

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Roman emperors, especially Tiberius?

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-Capri.

-In a Cole Porter song,

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what phrase completes the lines, "in olden days, a glimpse of stocking

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"was looked on as something shocking but now heaven knows..."?

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Anything goes.

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Which Cockney comedian whose real name was Abraham Basalinsky

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played Private 'Excused Boots' Bisley

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in the television comedy series The Army Game?

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Pass.

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What common British water bird, similar in appearance to the coot,

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can be identified by its red foreign

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shield and red and yellow bill?

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Pass.

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The newspaper, Granma, is the main organ of the communist government

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in which Caribbean country?

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Cuba.

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In 1986, Elvis Pressley, Robert Johnson and Sam Cooke

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were among the first musicians to be inducted into what

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exclusive American institution?

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Rock 'n' roll Hall of Fame.

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What name is given to copper plated with silver using a technique

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invented in about 1742 by the cutler Thomas Bolsover?

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Pass.

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In the biblical book of Ezekiel,

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the fearsome warlord Gog is described as the ruler of which land?

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-Pass.

-What did David Lloyd George say cost as much to keep as

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two Dreadnoughts, was just as great a terror and lasted longer?

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Pass.

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The word "llan" that prefixes many Welsh place names originally

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meant enclosure. What's it since come to mean?

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-Lake.

-Church.

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What is the name of the St Custard schoolboy known for his poor

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spelling and philosophical outlook created by Geoffrey Willians

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and Ronald Searle in a series of books beginning with Down With Skool in 1953?

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-Jennings.

-Nigel Molesworth.

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Which actress and singer, who was nominated for an Oscar for the title role of the

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'64 film The Unsinkable Molly Brown, is the mother of Carrie Fisher?

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BUZZER SOUNDS

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-Debbie Reynolds.

-Debbie Reynolds is correct.

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Erm, you had five passes all together.

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David Lloyd George said that

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what cost as much to keep as two Dreadnoughts,

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just as great a terror and lasted longer was a fully equipped Duke.

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In the book of Ezekiel, Gog was the ruler of Maygog.

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Sheffield plate is what you get

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if you plate copper with silver and all of that.

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The common moorhen is similar in appearance to the coot.

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And Alfie Bass was the comedian

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who played Private 'Excused Boots' Bisley.

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You have, John, a total of 15 points.

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And now, Clive Dunning again, please.

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And you start with eight points with your knowledge of John Lennon.

0:16:320:16:35

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

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Here we go. Two minutes.

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What name is given to the Spanish soup usually served chilled

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that's basically a mixture of raw salad ingredients made into a puree?

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-Gazpacho.

-Who co-wrote, directed, and starred in the '77 film Annie Hall?

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-Woody Allen.

-On the front of Euro banknotes,

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the word 'Euro' is printed in Roman and which other script?

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-Erm, Latin.

-Greek. Which country withdrew from the integrated military

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command of NATO in 1966 but remained a member of the organisation?

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-France.

-Nine poems were interspersed with the Latin Mass For The Dead

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in Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. Who wrote the poems?

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-Wilfred Owen.

-Which Mexican city, a popular tourist destination, lies

0:17:090:17:13

near the Pacific Coast, immediately south of the border with California?

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-Acapulco.

-Tijuana.

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Who wrote to the RAF after a life jacket was named after her, commenting,

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"I've been in Who's Who and know what's what,

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"but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary"?

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-Mae West.

-Yes. Which painter, who was born in Tenby in 1878,

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became particularly interested in Gypsy culture, spent long periods

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travelling in caravans and based much of his work on his experiences?

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-John.

-Augustus John, yep.

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The meadow pipit, dunnock and reed warbler are among the most common hosts of a parasitic

0:17:370:17:41

bird notorious for laying its eggs in other birds' nests. What's the bird called?

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-Cuckoo.

-Yes.

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Which English player was 41

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when he was voted the first European Footballer of the Year in '56?

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-Stanley Matthews.

-Yes.

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What act of 1701 that required the British sovereign to be a Protestant

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has regulated the succession to the throne of Great Britain ever since?

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-The Act of Succession.

-Act of Settlement.

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What French expression for a child whose remarks

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cause embarrassment has come to be applied to a person

0:18:040:18:06

whose speech and behaviour is ill considered or unconventional?

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-Enfant terible.

-Yes.

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The works of which American novelist,

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who became a naturalized British citizen in 1915,

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include Washington Square and The Ambassadors?

0:18:160:18:18

-Henry James.

-Yes.

0:18:180:18:19

What was the name of America's

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first submarine-launched ballistic missile.

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It was a mainstay of Britain's nuclear deterrent in the '70s and '80s?

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-Patriot.

-The Polaris.

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Which satirical television comedy series first shown in 1984 was created from an idea

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of the graphic artist Martin Lambie-Nairn

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by the caricaturist Peter Fluck and Roger Law?

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-Spitting Image.

-Yes.

-BUZZER SOUNDS

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In architecture, what name is given to a bay window on an upper floor supported by

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brackets and usually semi-hexagonal or rectangular in shape?

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Oriel.

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Yes. That is correct!

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Good guess. Always worth a guess. No passes, Clive. You got 20 points.

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Thank you.

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And Andrew Warmington again, please.

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And you also have eight points with your knowledge of Charles II.

0:19:100:19:14

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

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20 is the score to beat as we speak. Here we go.

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In which '97 Oscar-winning film does Leonardo DiCaprio play

0:19:210:19:24

Jack Dawson who wins his passage on a ship in a poker game?

0:19:240:19:27

-Titanic.

-Yes.

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King Ludwig II of Bavaria was an enthusiastic patron of which composer?

0:19:280:19:32

He also contributed generously to the building of the theatre at Bayreuth.

0:19:320:19:35

-Wagner.

-Yes. Flogging A Dead Horse, published in 2011, is the definitive

0:19:350:19:40

collection of the controversial art of two brothers.

0:19:400:19:42

One is Dinos Chapman, who is the other?

0:19:420:19:44

-Jake.

-Yes.

0:19:440:19:46

What seafood is the main ingredient of the Scottish Partan Bree soup?

0:19:460:19:50

-Haddock.

-Crab.

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What word for air pollution found in large urban areas was coined

0:19:510:19:55

in 1905 by Dr Henry Antoine Des Voeux of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society?

0:19:550:20:01

-Smog.

-Yes.

0:20:010:20:02

Who became the first Australian golfer to win the US Masters

0:20:020:20:05

when he beat Angel Cabrera in a playoff in April 2013?

0:20:050:20:09

-Greg Norman.

-Adam Scott.

0:20:100:20:11

In 1872, the unconventional American reformer and feminist,

0:20:110:20:15

Victoria Woodhull, became the first woman to run for what office?

0:20:150:20:18

-President.

-Yes. Which northern English city has hosted an internationally

0:20:180:20:22

renowned piano competition since 1963, winners include Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia?

0:20:220:20:28

-Newcastle.

-Leeds. Kingdom Come and Crash are among the novels

0:20:280:20:31

of an English science fiction author. What was his name?

0:20:310:20:33

-JG Ballard.

-Yes.

0:20:330:20:34

Which Devon resort is the birthplace of Agatha Christie,

0:20:340:20:37

Peter Cook and Miranda Hart?

0:20:370:20:38

It's Gleneagles Hotel was also the inspiration for Fawlty Towers?

0:20:380:20:42

-Torquay.

-Yes. Who recorded the 1971 album Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon,

0:20:420:20:47

the follow-up to his 1970 breakthrough album Sweet Baby James?

0:20:470:20:51

-Pass.

-The name of which Scandinavian capital city is

0:20:520:20:55

used for an early interpretation of quantum

0:20:550:20:57

mechanics as developed by Bohr and Heisenberg among others?

0:20:570:21:01

-Stockholm.

-Copenhagen.

0:21:010:21:03

Which snake native to America has a French name

0:21:030:21:05

that translates roughly as spearhead?

0:21:050:21:07

-Rattlesnake.

-Fer-de-lance.

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What regiment was formed by order of Queen Victoria in 1900

0:21:100:21:13

to commemorate the bravery of soldiers from Ireland who had fought in World War II?

0:21:130:21:18

-The Irish Guards.

-Yes.

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Which novel by Ernest Hemingway tells of the struggle of an ageing Cuban

0:21:190:21:23

-fisherman called Santiago to catch a huge marlin?

-BUZZER SOUNDS

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-The Old Man And The Sea.

-Is correct. You had one pass.

0:21:260:21:29

The chap who recorded that album Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon

0:21:290:21:34

was James Taylor.

0:21:340:21:35

You have a total, Andrew, of 17 points.

0:21:350:21:38

And now Steven Broomfield again, please.

0:21:460:21:48

And you also start with eight points with your knowledge

0:21:520:21:55

of the books of Patrick Hamilton.

0:21:550:21:57

20 still the score to beat. Here we go.

0:21:570:21:59

Two minutes of general knowledge.

0:21:590:22:01

Homer's Odyssey tells the story of the hero's return from the Trojan war.

0:22:010:22:05

What work, also attributed to Homer, tells the story of the war itself?

0:22:050:22:08

-Argoth.

-The Iliad.

0:22:100:22:11

On a wind instrument, what name is given to the thin piece

0:22:110:22:14

of cane or metal that is made to vibrate by air directed against it?

0:22:140:22:17

-The reed.

-Yes. Which West African Republic, whose capital is Lome,

0:22:170:22:21

is sandwiched between Ghana to the west and Benin to the east?

0:22:210:22:25

-San Tome.

-Togo. Which film actress, who wore a trademark hat made of fruit,

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was nicknamed the Brazilian bombshell even though she was born in Portugal?

0:22:290:22:32

-Carmen Silvera.

-Carmen Miranda.

0:22:320:22:34

Leopard, ash-gray and kerry are among the rarer British

0:22:340:22:37

species of what plant-eating gastropod regarded as a garden pest?

0:22:370:22:41

-Slugs.

-Yes. Which painter's decision to travel to Tahiti was partly

0:22:410:22:45

inspired by Pierre Loti's novel Le Mariage De Loti

0:22:450:22:48

in which the island is portrayed as an idyllic paradise?

0:22:480:22:51

-Gauguin.

-Yes.

0:22:520:22:53

Which Puritan preacher's Book Of Martyrs deals principally

0:22:530:22:56

with the martyrdom of Protestants

0:22:560:22:58

from the 14th century until the reign of Queen Mary I?

0:22:580:23:00

-Knox.

-Foxe.

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The 1983 television play Woodentop, which took its name from a CID term

0:23:020:23:06

for a uniformed police officer, inspired a long-running police drama series.

0:23:060:23:10

What's the series called?

0:23:100:23:12

-The Bill.

-Yep.

0:23:120:23:13

Schwenk and Seymour were the middle names of which celebrated musical duo?

0:23:130:23:18

-Gilbert and Sullivan.

-Yes.

0:23:180:23:19

Winston Churchill delivered the speech containing

0:23:190:23:22

the memorable sentence, "This was their finest hour,"

0:23:220:23:25

on the 125th anniversary of what famous battle?

0:23:250:23:27

-Waterloo.

-Yes. Which river that rises in the Yorkshire Wolds

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gives its name to the city and port that lies at its confluence with the Humber estuary?

0:23:300:23:35

-Hull.

-Yes. Which writer of spy thrillers best known for his early

0:23:350:23:38

novels The Ipcress File and Funeral In Berlin later created

0:23:380:23:42

the secret intelligence service agent Bernard Samson?

0:23:420:23:44

-John le Carre.

-Len Deighton.

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In a 14th-century poem of unknown authorship,

0:23:480:23:50

which of King Arthur's knights has an encounter with the Green Knight?

0:23:500:23:53

-Gawain.

-Yes.

0:23:530:23:54

Which American city has a basketball team known as the Bulls,

0:23:540:23:57

and the gridiron football team known as the Bears?

0:23:570:23:59

-Chicago.

-Yes. The former Prime Minister Ahmet Muhtar Bej Zagu was proclaimed

0:23:590:24:03

-King Zog I of which European country in 1928?

-BUZZER SOUNDS

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-Albania.

-Is correct.

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No passes. You nearly made it, but not quite. You have 18 points.

0:24:100:24:13

And finally, Lindsay again, please.

0:24:210:24:24

And you start out with nine points with your knowledge

0:24:250:24:28

of the murderers Burke and Hare.

0:24:280:24:30

And 20 is still the score they all are struggling to crack

0:24:300:24:34

and haven't yet managed to do so.

0:24:340:24:37

Let's see if you can do it in two minutes. Starting now.

0:24:370:24:39

In Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice,

0:24:390:24:41

what's the name of Mr Darcy's estate in Derbyshire?

0:24:410:24:44

Erm, Pemberton.

0:24:440:24:46

Pemberley. The 18th-century artist Francesco Guardi is best

0:24:460:24:49

known for his views of which Italian city?

0:24:490:24:52

-Naples.

-Venice. Which triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms

0:24:520:24:55

part of the pelvis has a name that comes from the Latin

0:24:550:24:57

for 'holy bone' because of a belief that it contained the soul?

0:24:570:25:00

-Coccyx.

-Sacrum.

0:25:000:25:02

The BBC drama series The Village,

0:25:020:25:03

which tells the story of the 20th century from a small town perspective,

0:25:030:25:06

is set in the region of England that is now a national park.

0:25:060:25:09

What region?

0:25:090:25:10

-Derbyshire.

-The Peak District.

0:25:100:25:12

What was the name of the French Empress who entertained

0:25:120:25:14

lavishly at the country house Malmaison, outside Paris, which she bought in 1979?

0:25:140:25:18

-Eugenie.

-Josephine.

0:25:180:25:19

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice created the song You Must Love Me

0:25:190:25:22

for the 1996 film adaptation of which of their musicals?

0:25:220:25:26

-Evita.

-Yes. What is the maximum number of fielders normally

0:25:260:25:29

allowed on a pitch in a game of rounders?

0:25:290:25:31

-Three.

-Nine. Which bee gets its name from its habit of using its

0:25:320:25:36

powerful jaws to trim neat semicircles from the edges of foliage for use in its nest?

0:25:360:25:41

-The leaf cutter.

-Yes.

0:25:410:25:42

Which actress with whom George Bernard Shaw was

0:25:420:25:44

deeply in love played the role of Eliza Doolittle in the 1940

0:25:440:25:47

London premiere of Pygmalion when she was nearly 50?

0:25:470:25:50

-Sarah Bernhardt.

-No, Mrs Campbell.

0:25:500:25:52

What is the name of the rabbit in the Walt Disney film Bambi?

0:25:520:25:55

-Thumper.

-Yes. According to legend, which lake in Northern Ireland,

0:25:550:25:58

the largest in the British Isles, was formed when Finn McCool

0:25:580:26:01

scooped up some earth to throw it at his enemy, a Scottish giant?

0:26:010:26:05

-Lough Neagh.

-Yes.

0:26:050:26:06

Which opera by Richard Strauss is described on the score as a comedy

0:26:060:26:09

for music and is set in Vienna in the middle of the 18th century?

0:26:090:26:12

-Pass.

-Who wrote the 1972 novel An Unsuitable Job For A Woman in

0:26:120:26:15

which the detective, Cordelia Gray, makes her first appearance?

0:26:150:26:19

-Erm, Agatha Christie.

-PD James.

0:26:200:26:21

Which Californian city on the Mexican border was originally called San Miguel

0:26:210:26:26

but was renamed in 1602 by the explorer Sebastian Vizcaino after a Spanish saint?

0:26:260:26:31

-Pass.

-Henry VIII is said to have kept

0:26:310:26:34

the recipe of a type of almond-flavoured puff pastry

0:26:340:26:36

tartlets under lock and key at Richmond Palace because he liked them so much.

0:26:360:26:40

-What are they called?

-BUZZER SOUNDS

0:26:400:26:41

Bakewell tarts.

0:26:410:26:42

They were called maids of honour. Rather bizarrely.

0:26:420:26:46

You had two passes, Lindsay.

0:26:460:26:48

Erm, San Diego, that Californian city on the Mexican border

0:26:480:26:52

originally called San Miguel.

0:26:520:26:54

And the opera by Strauss was Rosenkavalier.

0:26:540:26:57

You have 13 points.

0:26:570:26:59

So, he held on to his lead to the end.

0:27:090:27:12

Let's have a look at the scores.

0:27:120:27:13

In fifth place, with 13 points, Lindsay Ashford.

0:27:130:27:16

Fourth place, with 15 points, Jon Jacobs.

0:27:160:27:18

In third place, 17 points, Andrew Warmington.

0:27:180:27:21

Second place, 18 points, Steven Broomfield.

0:27:210:27:25

In first place, 20 points, Clive Dunning.

0:27:250:27:28

Which means, Clive Dunning is tonight's winner.

0:27:400:27:43

And he goes through to the grand final. Congratulations to him.

0:27:430:27:46

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0:27:460:27:49

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