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