0:00:23 > 0:00:29First in the spotlight tonight is Paul Philpot, an administrator from Bristol,
0:00:29 > 0:00:31his specialist subject, Sebastian Coe.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Next, Andrew Spooner, a retired teacher from Surrey.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38He'll answer questions on photographer Eadweard Muybridge.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44Ron Wood is a clergyman from Yeovil and he'll answer questions on the American rock band The Byrds.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48And Carol O'Byrne, a local government officer from Pontypridd,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52her subject, the Second World War spy Violette Szabo.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10Our contenders will, as ever, answer questions on their specialist subjects, then on general knowledge,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12all under the pressure of the clock,
0:01:12 > 0:01:162 minutes in the first round, 2½ minutes in the second round.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20The winner will come back in the semi-finals and do it again,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23so let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28And your name is...?
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Sebastian Coe was born in London and spent his early years in Warwickshire,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43but to which city did he move with his family in 1968?
0:01:43 > 0:01:49Sheffield. Which local athletics club did Coe join in Sheffield under the guidance of coach Hubert Scheiber
0:01:49 > 0:01:52who worked in a cutlery factory run by Coe's father?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Hallamshire Harriers. Which American businesswoman did Coe replace
0:01:56 > 0:01:59as leader of the bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games?
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Barbara Cassani. What leg injuries meant that the 17-year-old Coe
0:02:03 > 0:02:06missed the whole of the summer season of '74?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Shin fractures. Yes, stress fractures.
0:02:08 > 0:02:14Sebastian Coe broke the world record for which distance at the Bislett Games in July 1980
0:02:14 > 0:02:17and thus held four world records at the same time?
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Later that day, Steve Ovett took the one mile world record away from him.
0:02:21 > 0:02:241,000 metres. At Crystal Palace on August 30th, 1976,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Coe broke the four-minute mark for the first time in which race?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31He came seventh in that race and won the event the next year.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Emsley Carr Mile. At the '78 European Championships in Prague,
0:02:35 > 0:02:41which East German runner caused a major upset and beat both Coe and Ovett to win the 800 metres?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Olaf Beyer. At which Cambridge college is the Great Court
0:02:44 > 0:02:47that Coe and Steve Cram tried to run around in 1988
0:02:47 > 0:02:51within the time it takes the college clock to strike the hour of 12?
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Trinity College. Who was the gold medallist when Coe won silver
0:02:55 > 0:03:00in the 800 metres at the Los Angeles Olympics? Coe retained his 1,500 metres title at that Games.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Joaquim Cruz. At the '72 English Schools Intermediate Cross-Country Championships,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09who became the first person to beat Coe and Ovett in the same race?
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Kirk Dumpleton. What constituency did Coe represent as a Conservative MP
0:03:13 > 0:03:16from '92 until he lost the seat at the '97 General Election?
0:03:16 > 0:03:21Falmouth and Camborne. Who was the fourth member of the team with Coe, Cram and Elliott
0:03:21 > 0:03:26that broke the world 4 x 800 metres relay world record at Crystal Palace in '82?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Garry Cook. During the 2012 Olympics, Coe was involved
0:03:29 > 0:03:32in just one medal presentation. For which British athlete?
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Jessica Ennis. Coe was diagnosed with a parasitic disease with symptoms...
0:03:37 > 0:03:39BEEP ..like glandular fever in 1983
0:03:39 > 0:03:45and could not be considered for the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Helsinki. Which disease?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Toxoplasmosis. Is correct.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51No passes, Paul. 14 points.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53APPLAUSE
0:04:00 > 0:04:03And our next contender, please.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10And your name is...?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Two minutes. Eadweard Muybridge was a pioneer in photographic motion,
0:04:20 > 0:04:24born in Kingston upon Thames in 1830. What was his original surname?
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Muggeridge. Muybridge first moved to San Francisco in 1855.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32In which street at number 113 did he open his first bookstore?
0:04:34 > 0:04:40Pass. A Civil War General appointed him as the photographer on a fact-finding mission
0:04:40 > 0:04:44to the newly acquired territory of Alaska in 1868. Name the General.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50Halleck. Muybridge was asked for photographic evidence that all four feet of a horse called Occident
0:04:50 > 0:04:52were off the ground while trotting.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Which former Governor of California hired him to do that?
0:04:55 > 0:05:01Leland Stanford. Muybridge called the projector of moving images he developed the "zoogyroscope",
0:05:01 > 0:05:05but what name did he settle on for his demonstrations of it from 1879?
0:05:05 > 0:05:11Zoopraxiscope. Charon At The Ferry is the title of a self-portrait taken in 1868
0:05:11 > 0:05:15on the banks of the River Merced in an area he photographed extensively.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17In which National Park does the river now lie?
0:05:17 > 0:05:23Yosemite. Muybridge shot and killed Harry Larkyns, the lover of his wife Flora,
0:05:23 > 0:05:29but was acquitted of the murder on the grounds of justifiable homicide. Name the mine where it happened.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34Yellow Jacket. Muybridge went to Central America after the murder trial on which company's ship
0:05:34 > 0:05:37that partially sponsored his work?
0:05:37 > 0:05:42The Pacific Mail Company. What title did Muybridge give to the series of photographs he took
0:05:42 > 0:05:47at the Buena Vista Vineyard in the early 1870s that followed the wine-making process?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Pass. His moving horse photographs were published in 1878
0:05:50 > 0:05:55and led to an invitation from photographer Etienne-Jules Marey to visit Paris.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59In which French science journal were the sequences published?
0:05:59 > 0:06:05La Nature. What name did Muybridge adopt as his professional name when he started his career in 1866?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07It was also the middle name he gave his son Florado.
0:06:07 > 0:06:13Helios. His 1887 work Animal Locomotion shows both men and women performing various activities.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17What activity is shown in Plates 399 and 400?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Pass. BEEP
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Well, the time is up anyway.
0:06:22 > 0:06:28He was pouring water or somebody was pouring water from a bucket. And it was Montgomery Street.
0:06:28 > 0:06:34You've remembered the other "pass". It was Montgomery Street where he moved in San Francisco in 1855.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40And the title he gave that series of photographs was A Vintage In California.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Andrew, you have 9 points.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44APPLAUSE
0:06:50 > 0:06:53And our next contender, please.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02And your name is...?
0:07:06 > 0:07:11Which song written by Bob Dylan gave The Byrds their first hit single in 1965?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14It topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Mr Tambourine Man. Who adapted the words from Ecclesiastes for the song Turn! Turn! Turn! -
0:07:19 > 0:07:22it became the band's second No.1 single in the US in '65?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Pete Seeger. Name the former Beatles' press officer
0:07:26 > 0:07:29who did public relations work for The Byrds in their early days.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35Derek Taylor. Name the producer, the son of Doris Day, who produced the band's first two albums.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Terry Melcher. Which song, associated with Vera Lynn, was the last track
0:07:39 > 0:07:42on side two of the band's first album Mr Tambourine Man?
0:07:42 > 0:07:48We'll Meet Again. Name the supper club in Los Angeles where the band had a residency during spring '65,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52allowing them to hone their performance and distinctive sound.
0:07:52 > 0:07:58Ciro's Le Disc. What article of green suede clothing did David Crosby wear on stage in the band's early days?
0:07:58 > 0:08:03A sort of cape. Which band shared a stage with The Byrds for the first time in Boston in '69?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07It was the first of a number of collaborations between the bands
0:08:07 > 0:08:10who over time had several band members in common.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16The Flying Burrito Brothers. Who was the only band member to play his instrument on Mr Tambourine Man
0:08:16 > 0:08:19as experienced session musicians provided the rest of the backing?
0:08:19 > 0:08:25Jim McGuinn. Name the road manager who played guitar on the band's South African tour of '68
0:08:25 > 0:08:29to replace the country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons who had recently left.
0:08:29 > 0:08:35Carlos Bernal. Their 1970 double album Untitled comprises live and studio recordings.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38A live version of which song takes up the entire second side?
0:08:38 > 0:08:44Eight Miles High. A brief commitment to which Indonesian religious movement led Jim McGuinn
0:08:44 > 0:08:46to change his name to Roger in 1967
0:08:46 > 0:08:51after he had been told by the founder to choose a name beginning with R?
0:08:51 > 0:08:57Subud. Who replaced Michael Clarke as the drummer with the band in 1968 after Clarke was fired?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Gene Parsons. Kevin Kelley.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05What was the title of the band's sixth studio album released in 1968,
0:09:05 > 0:09:09the only album by the band to feature Gram Parsons? BEEP
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Sweetheart Of The Rodeo. Correct.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17So you got them all right apart from that one. You scored, Ron, 13 points. Thank you.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19APPLAUSE
0:09:25 > 0:09:27And our final contender, please.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35And your name is...?
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Violette Szabo was a secret agent who was awarded the George Cross
0:09:46 > 0:09:49for her work in the Special Operations Executive.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53In which city was she born Violette Bushell on June 26th, 1921?
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Levallois-Perret. In...? Paris. Yes. After leaving school at 14,
0:09:57 > 0:10:02in which shop on Oxford Street did she work? Its slogan was "Nothing Over Sixpence".
0:10:02 > 0:10:08Woolworths. Which part of the war effort did she join early on? She worked at Fareham near Portsmouth.
0:10:08 > 0:10:14The Land Army. On what occasion did she meet her French Legionnaire husband Etienne Szabo in 1940?
0:10:14 > 0:10:18He was taking part in a parade of the Free French Forces in Whitehall.
0:10:18 > 0:10:24Bastille Day. In which capacity did Szabo join the Auxiliary Territorial Service in September 1941?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27She left in '42 due to the impending birth of her daughter Tania.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31She joined an ack-ack battery as a Vickers predictor.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Her first SOE mission was to determine whether the network
0:10:34 > 0:10:38around Rouen and Le Havre could be resurrected. Name this network.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Salesman. What injury during her training may have recurred
0:10:42 > 0:10:45when she was trying to flee from a Nazi ambush in 1944?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47She hurt her ankle. Yes, she sprained it.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53She returned from her first assignment to France on which aircraft chosen for its ability
0:10:53 > 0:10:56to land on unprepared airstrips behind enemy lines?
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Lysander. In which battle was her husband Etienne mortally wounded in October 1942?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Violette did not learn of his death until many months later.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08El Alamein. In 1943, under what assumed name did Selwyn Jepson,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12one of SOE's talent-spotters, invite Violette to an interview in London?
0:11:12 > 0:11:17Mr Potter. What was the real name of the local Resistance leader, codenamed Anastasie,
0:11:17 > 0:11:22with whom Violette was travelling when she was arrested near the village of Salon-la-Tour?
0:11:22 > 0:11:29Dufour. During her first mission, Violette brought back a "wanted" poster calling for Clement's arrest.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31This was the codename of which French SOE agent?
0:11:31 > 0:11:36Philippe Liewer. Violette was chained by the ankle to another woman en route to Germany
0:11:36 > 0:11:41when the train was bombed by the RAF. What feat of bravery did she perform?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44She took some water to some other prisoners. Violette...
0:11:44 > 0:11:48BEEP ..was executed early in 1945 at Ravensbruck prison,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52alongside Denise Bloch and which other SOE agent?
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Lilian Rolfe. Is correct. No passes. A perfect round - 14 points.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58APPLAUSE
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Well, what a brilliant round! Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12In fourth place, Andrew Spooner.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14In third place, Ron Wood.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Joint first place, you don't often see this, 14 points apiece,
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Paul Philpot and Carol O'Byrne.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23APPLAUSE
0:12:26 > 0:12:30So the general knowledge round now and if there's a tie at the end,
0:12:30 > 0:12:35the number of passes is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes wins.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39If they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:12:39 > 0:12:45The six highest scoring runners-up will also claim a place in the semi-finals, so plenty to play for.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Let's get on with it and ask Andrew to join us again, please.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54And you scored nine points with your knowledge of Eadweard Muybridge.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Two and a half minutes starting now.
0:12:59 > 0:13:05Which comedian's Half Hour was introduced on radio and TV by its star, known as "the lad himself"?
0:13:05 > 0:13:11Tony Hancock. Which city's tourist attractions include Nelson's HMS Victory and Henry VIII's Mary Rose?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Portsmouth. In 1992, who became the first British golfer
0:13:14 > 0:13:18to win the Open Championship three times since Henry Cotton in 1948?
0:13:18 > 0:13:23Tony Jacklin. Faldo. Which US President addressed what he called "the silent majority"
0:13:23 > 0:13:25during a broadcast in November 1969?
0:13:28 > 0:13:33Lyndon Johnson. Richard Nixon. Which Italian soft cheese, whose name means "re-cooked",
0:13:33 > 0:13:37is widely used for pasta dishes such as cannelloni?
0:13:39 > 0:13:45Ri...Ricotta. What did David Livingstone become the first European to see in 1855,
0:13:45 > 0:13:49"the most wonderful sight I witnessed in Africa"?
0:13:49 > 0:13:55Source of the Nile? Victoria Falls. Coming Up For Air is a lesser-known novel of which English author?
0:13:55 > 0:14:01George Orwell. In 2013, the third series of the astronomy programme Stargazing Live
0:14:01 > 0:14:07with Dara O Briain and Professor Brian Cox was broadcast from which Cheshire observatory?
0:14:07 > 0:14:12Jodrell Bank. Who painted the first official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge, unveiled in 2013,
0:14:12 > 0:14:20to mixed reviews? Pass. Who sang True Love with Bing Crosby in the 1956 film High Society?
0:14:22 > 0:14:28Pass. Collop Monday was traditionally the last day when meat was eaten before which long period of fasting?
0:14:28 > 0:14:34Lent. At what battle of September, 490 BC, did the Athenians under Miltiades win
0:14:34 > 0:14:38a decisive victory over the invading Persians?
0:14:38 > 0:14:45Thermopylae? Marathon. The Bridgewater Canal, built to take coal from Worsley to Manchester,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49was the first completed work of which engineer and canal builder?
0:14:49 > 0:14:55James Brindley. Who's the middle-aged Liverpool housewife played by Pauline Collins in a 1989 film
0:14:55 > 0:14:59who has a fling on the island of Mykonos with a Greek taverna owner?
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Pass. What generic term, referring to their appearance,
0:15:03 > 0:15:09is used for the bottom-dwelling fish that include the flounder, halibut, turbot and the plaice?
0:15:09 > 0:15:16Flatfish. Which Anglo-Irish dramatist's play The Critic premiered at the Theatre Royal,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18which he partly owned?
0:15:19 > 0:15:26George Bernard Shaw? No, Sheridan. The Churnet, Dove and Derwent are tributaries of which Midlands river?
0:15:26 > 0:15:30The Trent. What is the trade name... BEEP
0:15:30 > 0:15:35..of the first truly synthetic resin, invented in 1907 and used for electrical insulation?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Bakelite? Bakelite's correct. You had three passes.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44That middle-aged Liverpool housewife was Shirley Valentine. Of course.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49Grace Kelly sang True Love with Bing Crosby and Paul Emsley painted
0:15:49 > 0:15:54the Duchess of Cambridge's first official portrait.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58You have scored, Andrew, 19 points.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And now Ron Wood again, please.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15You have 13 points with your knowledge of The Byrds.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Let's see how you do. Here we go.
0:16:19 > 0:16:26Thank You And Goodbye was the last front page headline of which newspaper that closed in 2011?
0:16:26 > 0:16:32News of the World. Which Bolton steeplejack presented programmes about industrial history?
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Fred Dibnah. Dante Gabriel Rossetti's 1849 painting The Girlhood of Mary Virgin
0:16:37 > 0:16:41was the first work exhibited with what initials?
0:16:41 > 0:16:47PRB. The name of which collection of Pacific Ocean island groups comes from the Greek for "many islands"?
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Polynesia. After WWI, who sought anonymity as Aircraftsman JH Ross
0:16:52 > 0:16:56and then in the Royal Tank Corps as Private TE Shaw?
0:16:56 > 0:17:03TE Lawrence. What band was formed by the remaining members of Joy Division after Ian Curtis's death?
0:17:03 > 0:17:09Pass. Which palace on the north bank of the Thames was originally built by Cardinal Wolsey,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12but taken over by Henry VIII in 1529?
0:17:12 > 0:17:18Hampton Court. The title of which '81 Oscar-winning British film was inspired by a line by William Blake?
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Chariots of Fire. Which debonair, cricket-loving burglar was created by EW Hornung?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29His exploits are told by his admiring accomplice Bunny.
0:17:29 > 0:17:36Raffles. Who resigned as Labour leader in June, 1983, after a disastrous General Election?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Neil Kinnock. Michael Foot. Which religious movement
0:17:41 > 0:17:45was established by Mary Baker Eddy in the 1870s?
0:17:45 > 0:17:52Christian Science. The widespread devastation of which plants was caused by accidental introduction
0:17:52 > 0:17:56of the destructive insect Phylloxera to Europe in the mid-19th century?
0:17:56 > 0:18:02Grape vines. What term for "entrance" in Latin is used for the two upper cavities of the heart?
0:18:02 > 0:18:09Atria. Striding Edge and Swirral Edge are narrow ridges on which mountain in the Lake District?
0:18:11 > 0:18:17Pass. Which novel by Compton Mackenzie is based on the sinking of a ship off Eriskay in 1941
0:18:17 > 0:18:20and the fate of its precious cargo?
0:18:20 > 0:18:25Whisky Galore. Who set a new record of 23 Test centuries for England in December, 2012,
0:18:25 > 0:18:29when he scored 190 in the Third Test against India in Kolkata?
0:18:31 > 0:18:36Pass. French Breakfast and White Icicle are both varieties of which salad vegetable?
0:18:37 > 0:18:43Radish? Yeah. Which Royal was born at Buckingham Palace on 14th November, 1948?
0:18:45 > 0:18:50Prince Charles. Which satirist and author was appointed Dean... BEEP
0:18:50 > 0:18:53..of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, in 1713?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Jonathan Swift. Yes. Three passes.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Alastair Cook set that new cricket record, 23 Test centuries.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05Helvellyn is the Lake District mountain with those ledges.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10And New Order was the band formed by the last members of Joy Division.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14But you've scored, Ron, 28 points.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26And Paul Philpot again now, please.
0:19:26 > 0:19:33And you have a very healthy 14 points with your knowledge of Seb Coe,
0:19:33 > 0:19:39but 28 is the score to beat. Two and a half minutes of general knowledge in which to do it.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44Which political party, founded in 1981, was known by the initials SDP?
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Social Democratic Party. Which American pop artist's works include
0:19:48 > 0:19:54the 1963 acrylic and oil on canvas painting Whaam! showing one plane destroying another?
0:19:54 > 0:19:59Roy Lichtenstein. What property of a liquid or gas can be measured by a manometer?
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Em, viscosity. Pressure. Gruoch, an early Queen of Scotland,
0:20:03 > 0:20:07inspired which scheming Shakespearean character?
0:20:07 > 0:20:12Macbeth? Lady Macbeth. Which spirit, distilled from the blue agave plant,
0:20:12 > 0:20:16is named after the town in Mexico where it was first produced?
0:20:16 > 0:20:22Tequila. What term from the Latin for "belly" and "speaking" is used for the art of talking in such a way
0:20:22 > 0:20:25that the sound appears to come from some other source?
0:20:25 > 0:20:32Ventriloquism. Which band, fronted by Johnny Borrell, topped the UK charts for the first time in 2006?
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Razorlight. Which French philosopher wrote, "If God did not exist,
0:20:36 > 0:20:40"it would have been necessary to invent him"? Rousseau?
0:20:40 > 0:20:46Voltaire. What type of industrial plants are located at Hinkley Point, Sizewell and Wylfa on Anglesey?
0:20:48 > 0:20:55Nuclear plants. The holder of which English ecclesiastical post is known to staff by the abbreviation ABC?
0:20:55 > 0:21:00Archbishop of Canterbury. In which 1937 film does Groucho Marx say,
0:21:00 > 0:21:06"I have a confession. I really am a horse doctor, but marry me and I'll never look at another horse"?
0:21:06 > 0:21:13A Day At The Races. What is the nest of a bird of prey, especially of an eagle on a mountainside or cliff?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Egret. Eyrie. In which multi-discipline track cycling event
0:21:16 > 0:21:20did Laura Trott win gold at the 2012 Olympics?
0:21:20 > 0:21:26Omnium. What was abolished in the US in 1865 by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Slavery. The name of which district of north-west London comes from
0:21:30 > 0:21:35ownership of an area of woodland by an order of knights in the Middle Ages?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Wandsworth. St John's Wood.
0:21:38 > 0:21:45Lauren Laverne, Huey Morgan, Jarvis Cocker and Cerys Matthews present shows on which radio station?
0:21:45 > 0:21:52Radio Six? Yes, BBC Radio Six Music. Various species of beetle, all with a single prominent horn on the head,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55are named after which African mammal?
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Rhinoceros. Which city in Norway was known as Kristiania until it was renamed in 1925?
0:22:00 > 0:22:08Oslo. The 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper also took whose life?
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Ritchie Valens. Who created Jack Aubrey... BEEP
0:22:12 > 0:22:18..and his surgeon friend Stephen Maturin, shown in the 2003 film adaptation Master and Commander?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23CS Forester? Patrick O'Brian.
0:22:23 > 0:22:29No passes, Paul. You have a total now of 28 points.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41And, finally, Carol again, please.
0:22:41 > 0:22:47You also start this round with 14 points with your knowledge of Violette Szabo.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52And the score to beat is 28. Here we go.
0:22:52 > 0:22:59In which musical does Inspector Javert pursue Jean Valjean for committing a minor offence?
0:22:59 > 0:23:04Les Miserables. What name from the German for a splash is given to a drink made up of white wine
0:23:04 > 0:23:06and soda or mineral water?
0:23:06 > 0:23:11A spritzer. Koi is the Japanese word for which fish often kept in ponds?
0:23:11 > 0:23:17Carp. Which high office of state dating back to the 13th century became purely honorary in 1884
0:23:17 > 0:23:21and is held by the Leader of the House of Lords? Black Rod?
0:23:21 > 0:23:27Lord Privy Seal. Who won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in the 1987 film Moonstruck?
0:23:27 > 0:23:33Cher. Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Alexander Woollcott are associated with the round table
0:23:33 > 0:23:36at which New York hotel?
0:23:36 > 0:23:41Algonquin. Waters from which English city's pump room were described by Tobias Smollett
0:23:41 > 0:23:44as "medicated with sweat and dirt and dandruff"?
0:23:44 > 0:23:50Bath. What name for a papal letter comes from the Latin for a leaden seal? Encyclical.
0:23:50 > 0:23:57Bull. Australian writer PL Travers, who died in 1996, created which fictional nanny?
0:23:57 > 0:24:03Mary Poppins. Neptune's largest satellite is named after which Greek god of the sea?
0:24:03 > 0:24:09Neptune. Triton. What peninsula in south-west Europe is divided from the continent by the Pyrenees?
0:24:09 > 0:24:16Gibraltar. Iberian. Which Earl, a former favourite of Elizabeth I, was executed for treason in 1601?
0:24:17 > 0:24:22Raleigh. Essex. Which actor, known for roles in Tipping The Velvet and Sherlock,
0:24:22 > 0:24:26played physicist Stephen Hawking in a 2004 BBC drama? Pass.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32What word for the killer of an important person comes from the Arabic for "hashish eater",
0:24:32 > 0:24:36a reference to an 11th-century Persian sect notorious for murders?
0:24:36 > 0:24:43Pass. Which rock star, born Jean-Philippe Smet in Paris in 1943, is known as the French Elvis?
0:24:43 > 0:24:49Johnny Hallyday. Which branch of science is specifically concerned with the study of plants?
0:24:49 > 0:24:54Botany. What name is given to Mendelssohn's Symphony Number Three in A Minor,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56inspired by a visit to Edinburgh?
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Scottish Symphony. Which tennis competition, launched in 1963,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04is now the world's largest team competition in women's sport?
0:25:04 > 0:25:10Davis Cup. Federation Cup. Who founded a fashion empire with her husband Bernard in the 1950s
0:25:10 > 0:25:12at their factory in mid—Wales?
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Laura Ashley. Which city is burnt to the ground in Gone With The Wind?
0:25:19 > 0:25:24Atlanta. Which Polish novelist, a British citizen from 1886... BEEP
0:25:24 > 0:25:29..was a seaman and wrote Heart of Darkness after sailing up the Congo?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Conrad. Is correct. Two passes.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37Assassin is... I know. It's all the other details that throw you.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42And the actor known for Tipping the Velvet is Benedict Cumberbatch.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46You've scored a total, Carol, of 27 points.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Well, it doesn't get much closer than that.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00In fourth place, Andrew Spooner.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Third place, Carol O'Byrne.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08Second place, 28 points and three passes, Ron Wood.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12First place, 28 points and no passes, Paul Philpot.
0:26:22 > 0:26:28Ah, the perils of passing. So Paul Philpot is tonight's winner and goes through to the semi-finals.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Congratulations. Commiserations to Ron Wood, but with a score of 28,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36it is entirely possible that we will see him again in the semi-finals.
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