0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Lawrence Cook,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30an organic chemist from Lincolnshire.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33His subject, the eccentric chess player Bobby Fischer.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Next, Neil Wright, a retired biomedical scientist
0:00:37 > 0:00:41from the Wirral, and his subject, the Medieval nobleman Cesare Borgia.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Daniel Adler is an IT consultant from Farnham, and he'll be
0:00:45 > 0:00:49answering questions on the Philip Marlowe novels of Raymond Chandler.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Julie Aris, a service quality manager from East Sussex.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Her subject, the pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02And Cliff Challenger, charity manager from Bradford,
0:01:02 > 0:01:04on British political history.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07APPLAUSE
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and at stake tonight is a place in the Grand Final.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22It doesn't get any easier, of course,
0:01:22 > 0:01:26and the great enemy, as always, is the clock. No time to think.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Just 90 seconds to test them on their specialist subjects
0:01:30 > 0:01:33and two minutes on their general knowledge.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46And your name is?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Your occupation?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Your chosen subject last time was heavyweight boxing.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Tonight it is...?
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Bobby Fischer, the great chess player, in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00At what age did Fischer first become
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Chess Champion of the United States?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- 14.- Which Hungarian scientist and emigre
0:02:04 > 0:02:05may have been Fischer's real father,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08though he's not named on the birth certificate?
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Paul Nemenyi.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Fischer accused Russian players of fixing
0:02:11 > 0:02:13the 1962 Curacao Candidates Tournament.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16In which publication did he make that accusation?
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Chess Life?
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Sports Illustrated.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Soviet players had been World Champion since 1948,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24but in '72 Fischer defeated a Soviet grandmaster
0:02:24 > 0:02:26in Reykjavik to become World Champion.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- What was the Russian's name? - Boris Spassky.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31During the Spassky game, the Soviet delegation
0:02:31 > 0:02:34asked that Fischer's chair and the lighting system
0:02:34 > 0:02:36be investigated for sinister devices.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38What was actually discovered by the search?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Two dead flies.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42At which international tournament in 1959
0:02:42 > 0:02:44did Fischer first defeat the Estonian Paul Keres?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48It established his reputation with the Soviet grandmasters.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Erm...
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Bled?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Zurich. Fischer failed to arrive on time
0:02:54 > 0:02:58for his scheduled match with Spassky in Reykjavik in 1972.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Which statesman telephoned him twice
0:03:00 > 0:03:01to try to save the match?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Henry Kissinger.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04To which player did Fischer lose all four of his games
0:03:04 > 0:03:08at the '59 World Championship Candidates Tournament?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Mikhail Tal. - When Fischer was 13, he defeated Donald Byrne
0:03:10 > 0:03:13in what became known as "the Game of the Century".
0:03:13 > 0:03:16On which number move did he checkmate him?
0:03:16 > 0:03:1725.
0:03:17 > 0:03:2141st. After the Spassky match, Fischer made few public appearances.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24He was wrongly arrested in 1981 on suspicion of bank robbery.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27What was the name of the pamphlet he published in response?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29I Was Tortured in the Pasadena Jailhouse.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30- BEEP - What opening was used...
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I've started so I'll finish, what opening was used by Fischer
0:03:33 > 0:03:35in his game against Botvinnik at the Varna Olympiad?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39King's Indian defence.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41No, the Grunfeld Defence.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44No passes, Lawrence, you have seven points.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46APPLAUSE
0:03:52 > 0:03:54And our next contender, please.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And your name is?
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Your occupation?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Your last subject was French wines of the Rhone Valley.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Tonight it is...?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Cesare Borgia in 90 seconds.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Cesare Borgia was made a cardinal in 1493 while he was still a teenager
0:04:21 > 0:04:24by his father, Rodrigo Borgia, who was the Pope.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25What was his father's papal name?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Alexander VI.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Yes, Cesare's mother was Rodrigo Borgia's most famous mistress.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31What was her name?
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Vanozza dei Cattanei.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35After studying in Perugia in 1491, Cesare
0:04:35 > 0:04:38was sent to study under the famous Milanese jurist, Filippo.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40In which city?
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Pisa.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Cesare was the principal inspiration for which
0:04:43 > 0:04:44work by Machiavelli?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45The Prince.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47What was the name of his tutor,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50who was later created a cardinal by Alexander VI?
0:04:50 > 0:04:51- Don Vera.- Yes.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Which sculptor, who was famous for breaking Michelangelo's nose,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58enlisted in Cesare's army, although he later returned to
0:04:58 > 0:05:01stone-cutting and created Henry VII's tomb in Westminster Abbey?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03- Torreggiani?- Yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06What dukedom did the French King, Louis XII, give to Cesare
0:05:06 > 0:05:09when he married the King of Navarre's sister, Charlotte?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11The name of the dukedom was subsequently used
0:05:11 > 0:05:12as a nickname for Cesare.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Valentinois.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Cesare was accused of abducting a woman in 1501
0:05:17 > 0:05:20while she was on her way from Urbino to Venice to join her husband.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Who was she?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Dorotea Caraccciolo.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Yes, or Malatesta.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29What name was usually given to the quasi-autonomous lords
0:05:29 > 0:05:30who ruled many of the Papal States?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Alexander VI intended to unite those states
0:05:32 > 0:05:34into a Duchy to be ruled by Cesare.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Vicars.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38In late 1500, the despised Gandolfo Malatesta
0:05:38 > 0:05:41surrendered his city-state to Cesare's rule. Which city was it?
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Rimini.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45After the election of his bitter enemy,
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- Giuliano Della Rovere as Pope, Cesare lost power... - BEEP
0:05:47 > 0:05:50..and was eventually sent to Spain as a prisoner.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52In which fortress in Valencia was he first kept
0:05:52 > 0:05:54before being moved to Medina del Campo?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- Chinchilla.- Is correct.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Perfect round, Neil, no passes, 11 points.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01APPLAUSE
0:06:08 > 0:06:09And our next contender, please.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16And your name is?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Your occupation?
0:06:18 > 0:06:22And your chosen subject in the first round was Puccini. Tonight it is?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Raymond Chandler's novels. 90 seconds, starting now.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Which of Chandler's novels, the third to feature
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Los Angeles-based private detective Philip Marlowe,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35ends with the line, "You and Kappa Blanca, I said"?
0:06:35 > 0:06:36The High Window.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38In The Lady In The Lake, what was the name of the lake
0:06:38 > 0:06:40where the body assumed to be Muriel Chess is found?
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Little Fawn Lake.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43In Farewell, My Lovely,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46what is the name of the murderous character who appears to Marlowe to be
0:06:46 > 0:06:49"about as inconspicuous as tarantula on a slice of angel food"?
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Moose Malloy.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52What is the name of the woman said to have
0:06:52 > 0:06:55"that fine, drawn, intense look that is sometimes erotic,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59"sometimes sex-hungry and sometimes just the result of drastic dieting"?
0:06:59 > 0:07:00- Mavis Weld.- Linda Loring.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04In Trouble Is My Business, as well as being a private investigator,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06John D Arbogast is an examiner of what?
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Documents.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Yes, questioned documents. Whom does Marlowe describe to Carmen Sternwood
0:07:10 > 0:07:13in The Big Sleep as "a fellow I used to know around the pool room"?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Doc Houserider.- Peter Pan.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18In The Long Goodbye, Terry Lennox defines his preferred drink as
0:07:18 > 0:07:21"half gin and half Rose's Lime Juice and nothing else." What's the drink?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22A gimlet.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25In The Little Sister, what does Marlowe point out to the police
0:07:25 > 0:07:27on the body of a man known variously as Hix and Hambleton?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Once the object's removed, the police identify the body as Mileaway Marston.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32A toupee.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34On which street is the rooming house in Bay City
0:07:34 > 0:07:37where Marlowe begins his search for Orrin Quest in The Little Sister?
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Idaho Street.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39In The Lady In The Lake,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42who lives in the house directly across the street from Chris Lavery?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Dr L Elmore.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Yes, in The Long Goodbye, Marlowe reminds
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Sewell Endicott that they had met on another case.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50In which earlier novel does Endicott appear as a DA?
0:07:50 > 0:07:51The Little Sister.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54In The Lady In The Lake, the letters "HBD" are used in police slang.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56What do they stand for?
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Have no idea.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Had Been Drinking!
0:07:59 > 0:08:00BEEP
0:08:01 > 0:08:05It was worth a guess! No passes, Daniel, you have nine points.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07APPLAUSE
0:08:13 > 0:08:15And our next contender, please.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23And your name is?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Your occupation?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27In the last round, your specialist subject was
0:08:27 > 0:08:29the Simon Serrailler novels of Susan Hill.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Tonight?
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Amelia Earhart. In 90 seconds.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38What was the type of plane in which the American aviator Amelia Earhart
0:08:38 > 0:08:41became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in May, 1932?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Lockheed Vega.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46In late December, 1920, her father, Edwin, paid for Amelia to be
0:08:46 > 0:08:48taken on a short flight from an airfield in Los Angeles.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51She later said it was from that moment that she knew she had to fly.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Which airfield?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Rogers Field.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56In June 1928, Earhart became the first woman
0:08:56 > 0:08:58to travel as a passenger on a transatlantic flight.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01What's the title of the book she wrote about the experience?
0:09:01 > 0:09:0320 Hours, 40 Minutes.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Earhart took her mother, Amy, on a road trip from Los Angeles
0:09:06 > 0:09:09to Boston in 1924 in a car she called Yellow Peril.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10What make of car was it?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- Kisler.- No, Kissel Car.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Earhart became the Aviation Editor of Cosmopolitan in 1928.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18She'd been offered the same post with another magazine
0:09:18 > 0:09:20but the offer was withdrawn because she advertised cigarettes.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- Which magazine?- McCall's.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25In 1931, Earhart was elected the first president of which
0:09:25 > 0:09:29organisation for women pilots? She helped found it in November, 1929.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30- The Ninety-Nines.- Yes.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36How long was the course over which Earhart set a woman's world speed record
0:09:36 > 0:09:38of 181.18 mph on 5th July, 1930?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- 3 miles?- 3km.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Newman, disappeared
0:09:44 > 0:09:48without trace on 2nd July, 1957, near an atoll in the South West Pacific Ocean,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52many miles from their target destination. Which atoll?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- Howland Island.- The Nukumanu Island.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58In 1935, Earhart became the visiting faculty member
0:09:58 > 0:10:00at which University in West Lafayette, Indiana,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02as a counsellor on student women's careers?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Purdue.- Yes.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07In her first attempt at a round-the-world flight in 1937,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09who was Earhart's co-pilot for the first section
0:10:09 > 0:10:11from Oakland to Honolulu on 17 March?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Paul Mantz.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Is correct.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17No passes, Julie, you have seven points.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19APPLAUSE
0:10:25 > 0:10:27And our final contender, please.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36And your name is?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Occupation?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Subject last time around was Benjamin Britten. Tonight it is...
0:10:46 > 0:10:47In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Who was Harold Wilson's private and political secretary,
0:10:50 > 0:10:54a relationship which caused considerable speculation during his terms of office?
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Lady Falkender.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Yes, Marcia Williams.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58What measure, taken in November 1967,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01caused Jim Callaghan to resign as Chancellor of the Exchequer?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- Devolution.- No, devaluation.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07In January 1979, during the so-called "Winter of Discontent",
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Callaghan said, "I don't think other people in the world would share
0:11:10 > 0:11:11"the view that there is mounting chaos."
0:11:11 > 0:11:14How was that famously paraphrased in a Sun headline?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- "Crisis? What crisis?"- Yes.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19What event at the start of the Falklands War caused
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Margaret Thatcher to tell the press to just "rejoice at that news
0:11:22 > 0:11:24"and congratulate our forces and the Marines"?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25The sinking of the Belgrano.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27No, the recapture of South Georgia.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29What nickname did Harold Wilson use for
0:11:29 > 0:11:32the supporters of the free-market economic policies
0:11:32 > 0:11:35outlined at a meeting of Conservative Party leaders in 1970?
0:11:35 > 0:11:36- Selsdon Man.- Yes.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38In May '76, Michael Heseltine grabbed the Speaker's mace
0:11:38 > 0:11:41when some Labour MPs started singing, after narrowly
0:11:41 > 0:11:44winning a bill to nationalise the aircraft and shipbuilding industry.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46What song where they singing?
0:11:46 > 0:11:47The Red Flag.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50The 1986 Green Paper, Paying For Local Government,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53proposed a uniform business rate and the introduction of a measure
0:11:53 > 0:11:56that contributed to Margaret Thatcher's downfall. What was it?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- The community charge. - Or the poll tax.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Britain joined the European Economic Community in January 1973.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04In which city had Ted Heath signed the Treaty of Accession
0:12:04 > 0:12:05a year earlier?
0:12:05 > 0:12:06- Paris?- Brussels.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09When the Conservative MP for Reigate, Sir George Gardiner,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12was deselected in 1997, he defected to another party
0:12:12 > 0:12:14and became their only MP. What was the party?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Pass.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18At the Labour Party conference in October 1996...
0:12:18 > 0:12:19BEEP
0:12:19 > 0:12:23..what did Tony Blair say would be his three main priorities for government?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Education, education, education.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29That's it. Just those three.
0:12:29 > 0:12:35You had one pass. The party that Sir George Gardiner became the MP for...
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- The Referendum Party?- It was indeed.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40But it's a bit late now, unfortunately.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42However, Cliff, you have six points.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44APPLAUSE
0:12:51 > 0:12:56So, that's the end of the first round. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59In fifth place with six points, Cliff Challenger.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Joint third place with seven points apiece,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Lawrence Cook and Julie Aris.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06In second place with nine points, Daniel Adler.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10In the lead with 11 points, Neil Wright.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18So, it is the general knowledge round now,
0:13:18 > 0:13:20and if there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:13:20 > 0:13:24is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27And if they are tied on passes as well, we have to have a tie-break.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Let's get on with it and ask Cliff Challenger to join us again, please.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35And you start out with six points,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38with your knowledge of those political years.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Two minutes for general knowledge. Here we go.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43What white, powdery substance produced by plants
0:13:43 > 0:13:45during photosynthesis was traditionally mixed with water
0:13:45 > 0:13:47to stiffen the collars and cuffs of men's shirts?
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Starch.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Yes, what French term is used to describe food
0:13:51 > 0:13:53that is wrapped in pastry before cooking?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Er, pass.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Which Sicilian-born composer wrote the music for the operas
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Norma and La Sonnambula?
0:13:59 > 0:14:00- Bellini.- Yes.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Which American state is nicknamed the Lone Star State,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05after the single star on the flag that it adopted
0:14:05 > 0:14:07when it was a republic, prior to joining the union?
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Texas.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10St Kentigern, traditionally identified as the first
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Bishop of Glasgow, is more commonly known by what name?
0:14:13 > 0:14:14- St Mungo.- Yes.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17The best-known play by the Nobel prize-winning author
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Luigi Pirandello is entitled Six Characters In Search Of...?
0:14:20 > 0:14:21- An Author.- Yes.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26Which politician was first elected MP for Sheffield Brightside in 1987,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29became Secretary of State for Education and Employment in '97?
0:14:29 > 0:14:30- David Blunkett.- Yes.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33What name of Anglo-Saxon origin was given to the Roman road
0:14:33 > 0:14:35that ran from Dover north-westward
0:14:35 > 0:14:38via Canterbury, London and St Albans, to Wroxeter in Shropshire?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Watling Street?- Yes.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43In 1968, which Irish actor, a notorious hell-raiser,
0:14:43 > 0:14:44released the album A Tramp Shining,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47which included the hit single, MacArthur Park?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Richard... Pass.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Which British beetle with a warlike name fires a burst of volatile
0:14:53 > 0:14:57and corrosive liquid when it is approached by predators?
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Pass.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01What is the middle name of the English writer, Edmund C Bentley?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04It has become a generic term for the short, humorous,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06biographical verse form that he invented.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07- Clerihew.- Yes.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Which country did the Olympic gold medallists
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Paavo Nurmi and Lasse Viren represent?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12- Finland.- Yes.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Which songwriter does Cary Grant portray in the '46 film, Night And Day?
0:15:16 > 0:15:17- Cole Porter.- Yes.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20What was the name of the long running Radio Four programme
0:15:20 > 0:15:24that was first broadcast in 1947 under the title, How Does Your Garden Grow?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Gardeners' Question Time.- Yes.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28A cousin of Oliver Cromwell was convicted by the Court of the Exchequer
0:15:28 > 0:15:31in 1638 for his refusal to pay Ship Money.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34It was a levy collected by King Charles I. What was his name?
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Pass.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38According to the opening of the novel, 1984,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40what were the clocks striking on a bright, cold day in April?
0:15:40 > 0:15:4113. BEEP
0:15:41 > 0:15:44What name is given to air-dried strips of meat,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47pounded to a powder and mixed with melted fat and buried?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49It comes from a Cree Indian word meaning "grease".
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Biltong.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I'd have thought that, too. No, it's pemmican. Yeah.
0:15:54 > 0:16:00Four passes, Cliff. John Hampden was that cousin of Oliver Cromwell.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03The bombardier beetle has that rather disgusting habit.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Richard Harris. You got the Richard bit. I know, I know. Anyway.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08He was the hell-raising actor.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13And the French term for food wrapped in pastry before cooking, en croute.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16But you've done well. You've got up to 18 points.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17APPLAUSE
0:16:23 > 0:16:26And now, Lawrence again, please.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31You start out with seven points,
0:16:31 > 0:16:33with your knowledge of Bobby Fischer.
0:16:33 > 0:16:3518 at the moment is the score to beat.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38So here we go with your general knowledge. Two minutes.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40The gadget man in the James Bond films
0:16:40 > 0:16:42played by Desmond Llewellyn and Ben Whishaw
0:16:42 > 0:16:44is better known by what letter of the alphabet?
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Q.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48What is the capital of the Australian state of Victoria?
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Melbourne.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53The crab eater that, despite its name, feeds largely on krill,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55is a species of what marine mammal?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58- Prawn?- No, a seal.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01In 2013, who became the second footballer to be named
0:17:01 > 0:17:03the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year,
0:17:03 > 0:17:07as well as the Football Writers' Association Player of the Year
0:17:07 > 0:17:08in the same season?
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Gareth Bale.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Which New York skyscraper, commissioned by the founder of
0:17:11 > 0:17:14a motor manufacturing company, was briefly the world's tallest building
0:17:14 > 0:17:17until it was overtaken by the Empire State Building in 1931?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- The Chrysler Building.- Yes.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24In Greek mythology, Urania was the muse of which of the sciences?
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- Chemistry.- Astronomy.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Who wrote and illustrated the children's books,
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Fungus The Bogeyman and The Snowman?
0:17:33 > 0:17:34- Briggs.- Yes.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Which negatively-charged particles are a basic constituent of the atom?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Their arrangement around the nucleus is
0:17:39 > 0:17:42responsible for the chemical properties of matter.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43- Electrons.- Yes.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45In Doctor Who, which actress
0:17:45 > 0:17:48and comedienne played the Doctor's companion, Donna Noble?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Oh, it's...
0:17:52 > 0:17:53- Catherine Tate.- Yes.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55At which summit in Dumfries & Galloway
0:17:55 > 0:17:58do both the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow
0:17:58 > 0:18:02and the A74(M) motorway reach their highest point?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Gretna?- Beattock Summit.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07In April 2013, who set a record for the most consecutive weeks
0:18:07 > 0:18:12in the UK top ten for a debut album, when Our Version Of Events
0:18:12 > 0:18:16overtook the 62 weeks spent by the Beatles' Please Please Me?
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Adele?
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Emeli Sande.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Idi Amin was the President of which country from 1971-79?
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Uganda.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26What name for the northernmost of the world's oceans
0:18:26 > 0:18:27comes from the Greek word for "bear"?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Arctic Ocean.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Yes. Which Shakespeare play was banned from 1788-1820
0:18:32 > 0:18:35because the mental state of the title character was too similar
0:18:35 > 0:18:37to the madness of King George III?
0:18:37 > 0:18:38King Lear.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39BEEP
0:18:39 > 0:18:41What is the name of the Belgian who was elected
0:18:41 > 0:18:45President of the International Olympic Committee in July 2001,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47in succession to Juan Antonio Samaranch?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Jacques Rogge?- Is correct.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52And that one mattered, because, no passes,
0:18:52 > 0:18:55and you have reached 18 points.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Thank you.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57APPLAUSE
0:19:04 > 0:19:06And now, Julie again, please.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12And you also start out with seven points, with your knowledge
0:19:12 > 0:19:15of Amelia Earhart. It is 18, the score to beat so far.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21On what river does Dorlcote Mill stand in the title of the novel by George Eliot?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- Floss.- Yes.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Which French designer introduced the Little Black Dress in the 1920s?
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Chanel.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Which port, famous for its kippers,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31stands at the end of the West Highland Railway,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34and is the terminus of ferry services to Skye and other Hebridean islands?
0:19:34 > 0:19:35- Arbroath?- Mallaig.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Who was the American President at the outbreak of the Korean War?
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Hoover?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Truman. Which 18th-century writer and clergyman's last novel
0:19:43 > 0:19:46is called A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48He died not long after it was published, in 1768.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Pass.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52What was the name of the ballet dancer who played
0:19:52 > 0:19:55the title role in Ken Russell's '77 film, Valentino?
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Nureyev.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59What type of xylophone, of African origin, is mentioned
0:19:59 > 0:20:02in the first line of Dean Martin's 1950s hit, Sway?
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Pass.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Which English king was responsible for the building of many castles in Wales
0:20:06 > 0:20:09including those at Harlech, Conwy and Caernarfon?
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Edward III.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13What anarchic radio show, billed as "a radio custard pie",
0:20:13 > 0:20:15teamed the future Goodies Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden
0:20:15 > 0:20:17and Tim Brooke-Taylor with John Cleese?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Pass.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21The name of which British shore bird comes from its habit
0:20:21 > 0:20:24of flipping over pebbles and other debris in search of insects,
0:20:24 > 0:20:25molluscs and other food?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Turnstone.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29155 Norman Road in Leytonstone, East London
0:20:29 > 0:20:31was the childhood home of a sportsman
0:20:31 > 0:20:34who announced his retirement in May 2013. What's his name?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Pass.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37What is the common name of the ethical principle
0:20:37 > 0:20:39exemplified by Jesus's injunction
0:20:39 > 0:20:42to do unto others as you would have them do unto you?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44The Golden Rule.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Which 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett
0:20:46 > 0:20:49is set in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51and tells the story of the black maid, Aibileen,
0:20:51 > 0:20:55and her white employer, Miss Skeeter?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Pass.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57In which arm of the Atlantic Ocean
0:20:57 > 0:21:01off the West African coast does the Greenwich Meridian cross the Equator?
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Pass.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05What word that originally denoted a small French coin
0:21:05 > 0:21:06is now used as a unit of weight
0:21:06 > 0:21:10measuring the fineness of silk and man-made fibres?
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Denier.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13The Sword In The Stone, first published in 1938,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16was the first of a quartet of novels by TH White
0:21:16 > 0:21:17based on Arthurian legend
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- and later made into an animated film by Disney. - BEEP
0:21:20 > 0:21:22What's the quartet called?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29- King Arthur. - Well, it might have been.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32No, it was The Once And Future King.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34You had six passes.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38The Gulf of Guinea is where the Greenwich Meridian crosses the Equator.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42The Help was that 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44That sportsman -
0:21:44 > 0:21:47no reason you should have known his name - was David Beckham.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51The anarchic radio show - I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56Marimba is the type of xylophone mentioned in Dean Martin's hit Sway,
0:21:56 > 0:22:00and Laurence Sterne wrote A Sentimental Journey Through France And Italy.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04So, six passes, Julie - a total of 14 points.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05APPLAUSE
0:22:12 > 0:22:15And now, Daniel Adler again, please.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19And you start out with 9 points with your knowledge
0:22:19 > 0:22:21of the great Marlowe novels.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Let's see how you do with your general knowledge,
0:22:23 > 0:22:28and 18 is still the score to beat, so here we go. Two minutes.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30What word, meaning to pass the winter in a dormant state,
0:22:30 > 0:22:32is used for animals that sleep through it
0:22:32 > 0:22:34with their metabolism greatly slowed down?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Hibernate.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38The 2005 novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup formed the basis of
0:22:38 > 0:22:41which 2008 Oscar-winning film directed by Danny Boyle?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Slumdog Millionaire.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Which religious leader attacked
0:22:44 > 0:22:47the Catholic rulers of England, France and Scotland
0:22:47 > 0:22:48with his 1558 work entitled
0:22:48 > 0:22:52The First Blast Of The Trumpet Against The Monstrous Regiment Of Women?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- Martin Luther.- John Knox.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56The name of which side dish comes from an abbreviation
0:22:56 > 0:22:58of the Dutch for "cabbage salad"?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Coleslaw.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Which British singer
0:23:01 > 0:23:03released the album Atlantic Crossing in 1975
0:23:03 > 0:23:05after he decided to move to America?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Rod Stewart.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08What is the name of the Latin poet who wrote the line
0:23:08 > 0:23:11"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"
0:23:11 > 0:23:12in Book Three of his Odes?
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Horace.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16The great spotted, the lesser spotted and the green
0:23:16 > 0:23:19are species of which bird that probes for insects in tree bark?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- Grebe?- Woodpecker.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Setanta, also known as Cu Chulainn, meaning "the Hound of Cullan",
0:23:24 > 0:23:28is a hero in the mythology of which European country?
0:23:28 > 0:23:29- Scandinavia.- Ireland.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Which play, adapted from the 2003 novel by Mark Haddon,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35won seven Olivier Awards at the 2013 ceremony?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40BWV numbers are the standard catalogue numbers
0:23:40 > 0:23:41of which composer's works?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45The catalogue was established by the German musicologist Wolfgang Schmieder.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46JS Bach.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48What is the name of the Anglo-Norman family
0:23:48 > 0:23:50that King Robert I of Scotland belonged to?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52It gives him the title he's best known by.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Bruce.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55The Tatra Mountains, part of the Carpathians,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58form the border between Poland and which country to the south?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Czechoslovakia.- Slovakia.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03The first British branch of a social and educational organisation
0:24:03 > 0:24:07founded in Canada in 1897 opened in Anglesey in 1915.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09What's the organisation called?
0:24:09 > 0:24:10The Women's Institute.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Michael Scott, the insensitive office manager played by Steve Carell,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16is the American equivalent of which sitcom character
0:24:16 > 0:24:18made famous in Britain by Ricky Gervais?
0:24:18 > 0:24:19David Brent.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21The seaside resort of Southsea is a suburb of which city?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Portsmouth.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25What species of edible mollusc takes its name
0:24:25 > 0:24:27from its long, straight, sharp-edged shell?
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- Razor clam.- Yes, the razor shell or razor fish.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31BEEP
0:24:31 > 0:24:34No passes, but you've now got 21 points.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35APPLAUSE
0:24:42 > 0:24:45And finally, Neil Wright again, please.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53And you start out with 11 points with your knowledge of Cesare Borgia.
0:24:53 > 0:24:5721 is the score to beat if you want to get a place in the Grand Final,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00so let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02What word for a dead-end street or close
0:25:02 > 0:25:04comes from the French for the bottom of the bag?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Cul-de-sac.- Which band topped the UK singles charts
0:25:07 > 0:25:11for the first time in 1964 with It's All Over Now?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Rolling Stones.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Who became only the third woman to train a Grand National winner
0:25:15 > 0:25:18when Auroras Encore won the 2013 race?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Pass.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23The edible nut of what tree is sometimes known as the filbert,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25because it ripens around 20th August,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27the feast day of St Philibert?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Hazel.- What is the title of the ballad
0:25:29 > 0:25:32composed by Arthur Sullivan on the death of his brother Fred
0:25:32 > 0:25:33to lyrics by Adelaide Procter?
0:25:33 > 0:25:37It begins, "Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease."
0:25:37 > 0:25:39In Search Of A Lost Chord?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Which actor, better known for his gangster roles,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44won his only Oscar for the role of the song and dance man
0:25:44 > 0:25:46George M Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- Pass.- The Aln, the Coquet and the Rede
0:25:52 > 0:25:54are rivers in which Northern English county?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Northumberland.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Guy Burgess was one of the two British double agents
0:26:01 > 0:26:02who vanished in 1951
0:26:02 > 0:26:05and later reappeared in the Soviet Union. Who was the other?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Maclean.- What word, used in ornithology
0:26:07 > 0:26:11to describe birds that perch, is derived from the Latin for sparrow?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Passerine.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Under what pseudonym did Herman Cyril McNeile create characters
0:26:16 > 0:26:19including the tough British agent, Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21and the private investigator Ronald Standish?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- Saki?- Sapper.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Which French monk, who died in 1115,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27is considered one of the chief protagonists
0:26:27 > 0:26:29in the launching of the First Crusade?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- Pass. - In June 2013,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35a meeting of G8 leaders took place
0:26:35 > 0:26:37in a town in Northern Ireland. What's the town?
0:26:39 > 0:26:44- Pass.- At which university did Angus Wilson and Malcolm Bradbury
0:26:44 > 0:26:47establish a creative writing course in the early 1970s?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Its alumni include Rose Tremain, Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- East Anglia. - Which island in the Caribbean,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55as part of the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta,
0:26:55 > 0:26:59is a popular holiday destination, also known as the Isle of Pearls?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- Pass.- The 1834 painting... - BEEP
0:27:01 > 0:27:03..Rain, Steam And Speed,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06subtitled The Great Western Railway, is now in the National Gallery.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08What's the name of the painter?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- Turner.- Turner is correct.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15You had five passes. That island of the Caribbean, Margarita Island.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Enniskillen is where the G8 leaders met.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Peter the Hermit was the French monk who died in 1115.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24And you'll be cross with yourself about this,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28it was Jimmy Cagney. Yeah, Jimmy Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30And Sue Smith was the woman trainer.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Only the third woman to train a Grand National winner.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Neil, 20 points.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37GROANING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:47 > 0:27:50It's a cruel game. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53In fifth place with 14 points, Julie Aris.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58Joint third place, 18 points apiece, Lawrence Cook and Cliff Challenger.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Second place, 20 points, Neil Wright.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04First place, 21 points, Daniel Adler.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08APPLAUSE
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Which means, of course, that Daniel is tonight's winner
0:28:16 > 0:28:20and he goes through to the Grand Final. Congratulations to him.
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