0:00:02 > 0:00:04Many people think they have what it takes to win the toughest quiz
0:00:04 > 0:00:08on television, but there can be only one victor.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13Over the next 30 weeks, we shall find out who will be the next Mastermind.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40First in the spotlight tonight is Howard Towner,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44a software developer from Woking. His subject is Yes Minister.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Next, Mark Eves, an accountant from Bexley,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49on the 16th-century naval battle of Lepanto.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Alice Meynell is a beachcomber from East Lothian and her subject,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56the creator of Peter Pan, JM Barrie.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And Gareth Kingston, a marketing manager from Flitwick,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01his subject, St Paul's Cathedral.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05APPLAUSE
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Four more contenders put themselves to the test
0:01:20 > 0:01:24tonight in the hope that they might be crowned the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26In order to get through to the next round,
0:01:26 > 0:01:27they will be tested twice.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31First, two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33followed by two and a half minutes
0:01:33 > 0:01:36on the one that really sorts them out, general knowledge.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47And your name is?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Your occupation?
0:01:50 > 0:01:51And your chosen subject?
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Yes Minister in two minutes.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56In the opening episode, Jim Hacker is made
0:01:56 > 0:01:59the minister for which government department?
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Administrative Affairs.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03When Hacker leaves a reception at the French Embassy
0:02:03 > 0:02:05in a drunken state it leads to a newspaper article
0:02:05 > 0:02:09by William Hickey who describes him as being as overwrought as a...?
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- Newt.- Where does Sir Humphrey tell Bernard is a good place to send a minister
0:02:13 > 0:02:16so he can't do any damage, in the episode The Right To Know?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- The House of Commons. - In A Victory For Democracy,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21when Hacker asks who knows the Foreign Office's secrets
0:02:21 > 0:02:24apart from the Foreign Office, what is Bernard's reply?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27The Kremlin.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29In The Greasy Pole, Sir Humphrey says that a part of the Bible
0:02:29 > 0:02:33would not have been published had it been a government report. Which part?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- The Sermon on the Mount. - In Doing The Honours,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38while Sir Humphrey is dining with the Master of "Baillie College" Oxford,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42he compares Hacker's intellect on a good day to which fictional character?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Winnie-the-Pooh.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45As the newly appointed Prime Minister,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Hacker intends to introduce his Grand Design defence policy.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51How does he plan to solve defence, education
0:02:51 > 0:02:53and unemployment problems in one stroke?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54By not buying Trident.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56No. Conscription. Or national service.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59When an issue arises over the sovereignty of the Channel Tunnel,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Hacker asks Sir Humphrey,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03"When was the last time we got our way with the French?"
0:03:03 > 0:03:04What is Humphrey's reply?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- The Battle of Waterloo. - When Sir Humphrey suggests that Hacker should be
0:03:07 > 0:03:10the next Prime Minister, Bernard immediately checks his watch.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12What is he checking for?
0:03:12 > 0:03:13To see if it is April 1st.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16In Official Secrets, Bernard struggles to write up
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Cabinet committee minutes that don't wholly reflect the truth.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22What does he say he wants that leads Humphrey to ask him
0:03:22 > 0:03:24when he acquired a taste for luxuries?
0:03:24 > 0:03:25A clear conscience.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28What is the real reason Hacker orders an emergency room
0:03:28 > 0:03:32to be set up when he attends a state reception at the Qumran Palace
0:03:32 > 0:03:33in The Moral Dimension?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35For alcohol supply.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Yeah, to secretly drink alcohol. Yep.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40In Man Overboard, Sir Humphrey proves Hacker isn't listening to him
0:03:40 > 0:03:42by saying that there has been an earthquake where?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Haslemere.- In The Key, Hacker's political adviser, Dorothy Wainwright,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48is moved out of her office in Number 10.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50What does Sir Humphrey turn the room into?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52A waiting room.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56When Sir Humphrey refers to Hacker's poor grasp of industrial relations
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- in The Compassionate Society... - BEEP
0:03:58 > 0:04:01..he says the Minister doesn't know his ACAS from his..?
0:04:01 > 0:04:02NALGO.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Yep, that's it. His ACAS from his NALGO.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08No passes, Howard. 13 points.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10APPLAUSE
0:04:16 > 0:04:18And our next contender, please.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27And your name is?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Your occupation?
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Your chosen subject?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35The Battle of Lepanto, in two minutes.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38The Battle of Lepanto resulted in a victory for the Christian Holy League
0:04:38 > 0:04:40against the fleet of the Ottoman Empire.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43The battle was fought on which date in 1571?
0:04:43 > 0:04:447th of October.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47At which Sicilian port did the Holy League fleet gather
0:04:47 > 0:04:50over the summer of 1571 before setting sail in mid-September?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Messina.- Don John of Austria, the victorious commander-in-chief
0:04:54 > 0:04:57of the Holy League fleet, was the illegitimate son of which holy Roman Emperor?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- Charles V. - The Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes
0:05:01 > 0:05:02was injured during the battle.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04On which ship was he stationed?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Marquesa. - Which Knight of Malta conducted scouting missions
0:05:07 > 0:05:09for Don John in the weeks preceding Lepanto?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Gil de Andrade. - What was the name of the Holy League galley
0:05:12 > 0:05:14that's said to have been blown up deliberately
0:05:14 > 0:05:17after it was surrounded and overrun by the Ottomans?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Christ Over The World.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21King Philip II of Spain ordered Don John not to risk battle
0:05:21 > 0:05:24unless he had the unanimous consent of three senior commanders.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Andrea Doria and Luis de Requesens y Zuniga were two. Who was the third?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Alvaro de Bazan.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Ali Pasha, the commander of the Ottoman fleet,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35was killed on his flagship. What was that called?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- Sultana.- Who was the commander of the Papal infantry at Lepanto?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41He later held the title of the Duke of Sermoneta.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Erm...
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Onorato Caetani.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46What was removed from the front of Holy League ships
0:05:46 > 0:05:48so that their guns could be trained lower
0:05:48 > 0:05:50and hit enemy ships at the shortest possible range?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Their rams.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Which dukedom was held by Fernando Alvarez de Toledo,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56who wrote to Don John from Flanders before the battle,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59offering him advice on how to manage his soldiers?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- Alba.- The Bey or Governor of Alexandria commanded the Ottoman Right Wing
0:06:03 > 0:06:06and was captured during the battle. What was his name?
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Suluk Mehmed.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Uluc Ali returned for the battle
0:06:09 > 0:06:11with a captured banner of the Knights of St John
0:06:11 > 0:06:15and was awarded the honorary title of Kilic Ali by the Ottoman Sultan, Selim II.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17What does Kilic mean?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Sword.- Under whose command were the six Venetian ships known as galleasses
0:06:21 > 0:06:23placed ahead of the main fleet during the battle?
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Duodo.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Which Florentine musician,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29who had been sentenced to slavery in the galleys for murdering his wife,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31later wrote an account of the battle?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Aurelio Scetti.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Who commanded the Holy League's Left Wing?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- He was mortally wounded... - BEEP
0:06:36 > 0:06:38..by an arrow to his eye after raising his visor
0:06:38 > 0:06:42to make his voice heard above the noise of the battle.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Agostino Barbarigo.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Is correct.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48A perfect round, Mark. You have 16 points.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50APPLAUSE
0:06:58 > 0:07:00And our next contender, please.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07And your name is?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Your occupation?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12And your chosen subject?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14The life of JM Barrie in two minutes.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17In which of Barrie's novels, published in 1902,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19does the character Peter Pan first appear?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Erm, Peter And Wendy. - The Little White Bird.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24To which Calvinist sect did Barrie's mother belong?
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Her association with the sect played a part in many of Barrie's early publications.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29- The Auld Lichts.- Yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31What is the title of the first play Barrie wrote on his own?
0:07:31 > 0:07:32First performed in 1891,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35it's a parody of the works of a much more famous playwright.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36- Gibson's Ghost.- Yes.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39What fictional place name does Barrie use in many of his works
0:07:39 > 0:07:41to refer to his hometown of Kirriemuir?
0:07:41 > 0:07:42- Thrums.- Yes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44In 1929, JM Barrie was asked by a hospital
0:07:44 > 0:07:46to lead its fundraising appeal.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49He declined but presented it with the copyright to Peter Pan
0:07:49 > 0:07:51and all associated works. Which hospital?
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Great Ormond Street.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54What is the title of Barrie's first novel?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Unable to interest a publisher,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59he paid the cost himself and he lost £25 when the book was a failure.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00- Better Dead.- Yes.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Whom did Barrie enlist to help him
0:08:01 > 0:08:03when he could not complete a libretto
0:08:03 > 0:08:06for Richard D'Oyly Carte's comic opera, Jane Annie?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08The opera ran for just a few weeks in 1893.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09- Arthur Conan Doyle.- Yes.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Which British explorer wrote to Barrie
0:08:11 > 0:08:13in the final hours of his life,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15asking him to look after his wife and his son, Peter?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- Captain Scott.- Yes.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19What name was given to the St Bernard puppy
0:08:19 > 0:08:23that Barrie bought for Mary Ansell during their honeymoon in 1894?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24- Porthos.- Yes.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Which English daily newspaper employed Barrie
0:08:27 > 0:08:29as a leader writer at a salary of £3 a week in 1883?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31The Nottingham Journal.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33What was the name of Barrie's theatrical agent
0:08:33 > 0:08:36who in 1906 confessed to embezzling his clients' money,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39including £16,000 that belonged to Barrie?
0:08:39 > 0:08:40- Addison Bright.- Yes.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Gilbert Cannan was appointed as Barrie's secretary to help
0:08:43 > 0:08:46with the author's work with which reforming movement?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48The Committee for Censor...
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Against Censorship in the Theatre.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Yes, the abolition of censorship of plays.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54What was the name of the London house that Barrie
0:08:54 > 0:08:57moved into in 1909 following his divorce?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59It became his main home for the rest of his life.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- Adelphi Terrace House. - Correct.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Which explorer, famed for his discoveries in East Africa,
0:09:03 > 0:09:07accompanied Barrie on his first trip aboard in 1889
0:09:07 > 0:09:08on a walking holiday in Europe?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- Joseph Thomson.- Yes.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Barrie helped to run a war hospital
0:09:11 > 0:09:14in a country house in Bedfordshire till it was destroyed by fire,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- what was the name of the house? - BEEP
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Wrest Park. - Wrest Park is correct.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Well, apart from that first one, you got them all right.
0:09:21 > 0:09:2314 points.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25APPLAUSE
0:09:32 > 0:09:33And our final contender, please.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41And your name is?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Your occupation?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45And your chosen subject?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47St Paul's Cathedral in two minutes.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Christopher Wren,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53was constructed to replace the building destroyed by the Great Fire of London.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Which part was the first to open?
0:09:55 > 0:09:56- Erm. The choir.- Yes.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58The building of the new cathedral was financed by gifts
0:09:58 > 0:10:00and by the income from a tax on which commodity?
0:10:00 > 0:10:01- Coal.- Yes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04What name was given to Wren's final design for the cathedral,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07given royal approval on the 14th of May 1675?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Erm, the...
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Warrant Design.- Yes.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12What is the name of the largest of the three clock bells?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16It strikes the hour and is tolled on the deaths of senior members of the royal family.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17- Great Tom.- Yes.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Which chapel, spiritual home of the Order of the British Empire,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22shares its dedication with a former parish church
0:10:22 > 0:10:25that was incorporated into Old St Paul's and destroyed by the Great Fire?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26- St Faith's.- Yes.
0:10:26 > 0:10:32Between 1718 and 1727, who carved the statues of St Paul, Peter and James
0:10:32 > 0:10:35on the pediment and the cathedral's white marble font?
0:10:35 > 0:10:36- Bird.- Yes.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Which gallery gets its name from a quirk in its construction
0:10:39 > 0:10:41that allows a sound made against its walls
0:10:41 > 0:10:43to be heard on the opposite side of the building?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44- Whispering Gallery.- Yes.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Whose description of St Paul's as dingy and undevotional
0:10:48 > 0:10:51led to the installation of mosaics by William Blake Richmond and others?
0:10:53 > 0:10:54- Inge.- Queen Victoria.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57What commercial items were brought from Paternoster Row
0:10:57 > 0:11:00to the cathedral's crypt, for protection from the Great Fire of London,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03caught fire and led to the destruction of Old St Paul's.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04- Books.- Yes.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08To whom was the first memorial at the new cathedral raised in 1790?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09- Erm, John Howard.- Yes.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12What is the title of Henry Moore's 1983 sculpture
0:11:12 > 0:11:13in the North Choir aisle?
0:11:13 > 0:11:14- Mother And Child.- Yes.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Who painted the monochrome scenes inside the cathedral's domes
0:11:17 > 0:11:18that were repainted in 1853?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19- Thornhill.- Yes.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Lord Nelson was laid to rest in a black marble sarcophagus
0:11:22 > 0:11:25originally intended for which 16th-century figure?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26- Wolsey.- Yes.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30There are two galleries outside the cathedral's dome. The Stone Gallery and...?
0:11:30 > 0:11:31- The Golden Gallery.- Yes.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34The chapel of St Michael and St George was dedicated in 1906.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36For what use was the room originally intended?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- Consist... Consistory court.- Yes.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41A version of which painting by William Holman Hunt
0:11:41 > 0:11:45forms the altar piece of the chapel of St Erkenwald and Ethelburga?
0:11:45 > 0:11:46- The Light Of The World.- Correct.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- In 1905 the Morning Chapel was dedicated... - BEEP
0:11:49 > 0:11:51..to which saint, a former Bishop of London?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- St Dunstan.- Is correct.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56No passes, Gareth. 16 points.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58APPLAUSE
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Well, what a very high-scoring first round.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13In fourth place, 13 points, Howard Towner.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Third place, 14 points, Alice Meynell.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18In joint first place, 16 points apiece,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Mark Eves and Gareth Kingston.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24APPLAUSE
0:12:26 > 0:12:29All set for a battle in the general knowledge round now
0:12:29 > 0:12:31and if there's a tie at the end of it
0:12:31 > 0:12:33then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:33 > 0:12:36and the person with the fewer passes is the winner
0:12:36 > 0:12:40and if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-breaker.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43By the way, the six highest-scoring runners up
0:12:43 > 0:12:46will also be able to claim a place in the semifinal
0:12:46 > 0:12:47so plenty to play for.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Let's get on with it and ask Howard to join us again, please.
0:12:53 > 0:12:59And you start out with 13 points with your knowledge of Yes Minister.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Two and a half minutes now on general knowledge, here we go.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Lady Chatterley's Lover, published privately in 1928,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06was the last major novel by which English author?
0:13:06 > 0:13:07- DH Lawrence.- Yes.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Which 2014 film
0:13:09 > 0:13:12starring Russell Crowe in the title role was described by its director,
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Darren Aronofsky, as "the least-biblical biblical film ever made"?
0:13:16 > 0:13:17- Noah.- Yes.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20The alloy pewter consists of what metallic element
0:13:20 > 0:13:23in combination with copper or antimony and lead?
0:13:23 > 0:13:24- Zinc?- Tin.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27What term for a place where people take their meals together,
0:13:27 > 0:13:28especially in the armed forces,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31originally referred to a small group of people dining at a banquet?
0:13:31 > 0:13:32- Mess.- Yes.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Which island, the sixth largest in the world,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38is separated from the Malay Peninsula by the Strait of Malacca?
0:13:38 > 0:13:39- Borneo.- Sumatra.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42In Norse mythology, who is the father of Vidar who,
0:13:42 > 0:13:46at the destruction of the world will avenge him by killing the wolf, Fenrir?
0:13:46 > 0:13:47- Thor.- Odin.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Which snooker player, famous for the upside-down over-sized specs he wore,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54beat Steve Davis to become World Champion for the only time in April 1985?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- Dennis Taylor.- Yes.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58What did the 18th-century French painter Francois Boucher
0:13:58 > 0:14:01famously describe as "too green and badly lit"?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Pass.
0:14:04 > 0:14:10The Creations, first performed in 1798 and The Seasons, first performed in 1801,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13are oratorios written by a prolific Austrian-born composer.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Who was he?
0:14:15 > 0:14:16- Handel.- Haydn.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20What did James Turner Street in the Winson Green area of Birmingham become known as
0:14:20 > 0:14:23in a controversial television documentary series
0:14:23 > 0:14:26shown in January 2014?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- Dole Street.- Benefits Street.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Which large colourful insect found in Britain
0:14:30 > 0:14:32is popularly known as the Devil's Darning Needle?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Mayfly.- Dragonfly.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38What is the name of the character in Sheridan's The Rivals
0:14:38 > 0:14:40famous for her misuse of the English language?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41- Mrs Malaprop.- Yes.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Enver Hoxha was the communist dictator of
0:14:43 > 0:14:47which European country from 1944 till his death in '85?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- Romania.- Albania.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Which world-wide Christian movement was
0:14:50 > 0:14:53founded in London in 1844 by George Williams,
0:14:53 > 0:14:57a worker in the drapery trade, concerned about the welfare of his fellow workers?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00- Barnardo's.- YMCA.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02What kind of fish is split down the back,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04salted and then sometimes smoked to make a kipper?
0:15:04 > 0:15:05- Herring.- Yes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08What is the name of the lead singer of the band Radiohead?
0:15:08 > 0:15:11He released his first solo album, The Eraser, in July 2006.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12- Thom Yorke.- Yes.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Which town on the Isle Of Wight hosts a week-long yachting festival each August
0:15:16 > 0:15:18that was once a key part of the society season?
0:15:18 > 0:15:19- Cowes.- Yes.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21A German physician and rival of Louis Pasteur
0:15:21 > 0:15:24won the 1905 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine
0:15:24 > 0:15:26for his work on the causes of tuberculosis.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27What was his name?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28- Robert Koch.- Yes.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31According to Byron in his epic poem Don Juan,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- "the English winter ends in July to recommence..." - BEEP
0:15:34 > 0:15:35..in which month?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- August.- Yes.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38One pass.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41The 18th-century painter Boucher
0:15:41 > 0:15:45described as "too green and badly lit" nature.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Lovely thought. You have a total now, Howard, of 23 points.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51APPLAUSE
0:15:59 > 0:16:02And now, Alice, again, please.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08And you set off with 14 points with your knowledge of JM Barrie.
0:16:10 > 0:16:1223 points is the score to beat at the moment.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Here we go, two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18According to Daniel Defoe, only two things in the world are certain.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20One is death the other is...?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- Taxes.- Yes. An outbreak of which disease caused Parliament
0:16:23 > 0:16:26to meet at Oxford in 1665 rather than London?
0:16:26 > 0:16:27- The Plague.- Yes.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Which explorer, more famous for his Antarctic adventures,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33was the first to navigate a ship through the North West Passage?
0:16:33 > 0:16:34- Shackleton.- Amundsen.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38In March 2014, who announced in a joint statement with Chris Martin that they
0:16:38 > 0:16:41were "consciously uncoupling" after 11 years of marriage?
0:16:41 > 0:16:42- Gwyneth Paltrow.- Yes.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45The name of which stringed instrument played by the wind is also
0:16:45 > 0:16:48used as the title of a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50- The Lyre.- The Eolian Harp.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Which cheese made from sheep's milk in the Lazio region
0:16:52 > 0:16:55surrounding Rome and Sardinia is often used as a sharper
0:16:55 > 0:16:59alternative to Parmesan for grating over pastas and pizzas?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- Er... Gradano padano.- Pecorino.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Who observed when he was given the freedom of the city of Leeds
0:17:04 > 0:17:06in 2001 that, "Firstly, I'm a pensioner,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09"secondly I'm unemployed and thirdly, I have a criminal record"?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- Jeffrey Archer.- Mandela.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15A branch of which art museum, designed by Frank Gehry,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18was opened in the Spanish city of Bilbao in October 1997?
0:17:21 > 0:17:22- Guggenheim.- Yes.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Which planet's four largest moons are known as the Galilean moons
0:17:25 > 0:17:27because of their discovery by Galileo in 1610?
0:17:27 > 0:17:28- Saturn.- Jupiter.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Which bird is a symbol of Christ's redemptive act
0:17:31 > 0:17:32on the cross in medieval art
0:17:32 > 0:17:35because it's supposed to feed its young with its own blood?
0:17:35 > 0:17:36- Pelican.- Yes.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39What fruit juice gives a Cosmopolitan cocktail its red colouring?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42The other ingredients are vodka, orange liqueur and lime juice.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43- Cranberry.- Yes.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Which group's first UK top-ten single was
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Shiny Happy People in 1991?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50- The Bangles.- REM.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Which novelist, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56lived mainly in Cuba after the end of the Second World War?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57- Hemingway.- Yes.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Two South American countries do not have a border with Brazil.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Ecuador's one, what is the other?
0:18:02 > 0:18:03- Peru.- Chile.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Which character from French literature was played
0:18:07 > 0:18:11on screen by Jose Ferrer in 1950 and by Gerard Depardieu in 1990?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Cyrano de Bergerac.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14The Whitaker family from Yorkshire
0:18:14 > 0:18:16whose members include Olympic medallists John and Michael
0:18:16 > 0:18:18are competitors in which sport?
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Running. Show-jumping.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Which character, created by Steve Coogan,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24worked as a DJ which the North Norfolk Digital Radio Station?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25- Alan Partridge.- Yes.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Which 19th-century American president is the only one
0:18:28 > 0:18:30to have served two non-consecutive terms of office?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- Andrew Harding.- Grover Cleveland.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Who composed Rhapsody In Blue, first performed in New York in February 1924?
0:18:41 > 0:18:42- George Gershwin.- Yes.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44The Kune Kune originally kept in New Zealand
0:18:44 > 0:18:47is the smallest domesticated breed of which farm animal?
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Pig.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- BEEP - Which of... I've started so I'll finish.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Which of JB Priestley's plays revolves around
0:18:52 > 0:18:56the questioning of the Birling family by a detective called Goole?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- An Inspector Calls.- Yes.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05No passes and that last one put you on a total of 26.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07APPLAUSE
0:19:14 > 0:19:18And now Mark Eves again, please.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23You begin with a very hefty 16 points
0:19:23 > 0:19:25with your knowledge of the Battle of Lepanto.
0:19:25 > 0:19:3026 is now the score to beat. Here we go, two and a half minutes.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32What's the name of the young girl played by Judy Garland
0:19:32 > 0:19:34in the '39 film The Wizard Of Oz?
0:19:34 > 0:19:35- Dorothy.- Yes.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38What military event was Marshal Pierre Bosquet referring to
0:19:38 > 0:19:41when he said, "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre"?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Charge of the Light Brigade.- Yes.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Which work by Van Gogh painted in 1889 while he was in an asylum
0:19:46 > 0:19:50in St Remy was the inspiration for Don McLean's song Vincent?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- Starry Starry Night.- Yes.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Petrology is the branch of geology concerned with the origin,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57structure and composition of what?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58- Rocks.- Yes.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01The founder of a far-right political party served in the House Of Commons successively
0:20:01 > 0:20:06as a Conservative, Independent and Labour member between 1918 and 1931.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Who was he?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- Oswald Mosley.- Yes. Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly is set
0:20:11 > 0:20:14in which Japanese city at the beginning of the 20th century?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Nagasaki.- Yes. The village of Denby Dale in West Yorkshire is famous
0:20:17 > 0:20:19for marking moments of national significance
0:20:19 > 0:20:21by producing enormous examples of what food item?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23The first is said to have been made in 1788
0:20:23 > 0:20:27to celebrate the recovery from illness of King George III.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Cheese.- Meat and potato pies. Which playwright's works include
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Ghost, The Wild Duck and The Master Builder?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33- Ibsen.- Yes.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Medieval longbows were made from knot-free lengths of the wood of which tree
0:20:36 > 0:20:38commonly found in churchyards?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39- Yew.- Yes.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42What is the name of the comet that made a dramatic approach to the sun
0:20:42 > 0:20:44and disintegrated in late 2013?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45- Kohoutek.- ISON.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Zeta, eta and theta are the sixth, seventh and eighth letters of which alphabet?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50- Greek.- Yes.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Which cannibalistic giants does Homer describe in Book Nine of The Odyssey
0:20:54 > 0:20:58as lawless beings who neither plant nor plough but rely on providence for food?
0:20:58 > 0:20:59- Cyclops.- Yes.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Three BBC television series documented the travels of a writer and broadcaster
0:21:02 > 0:21:04on his journeys following the Equator,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. What's his name?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- Michael Palin.- No, Simon Reeve.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11In cricket, what name is given to a tail-end batsman sent in
0:21:11 > 0:21:14if a senior batsman is out shortly before close of play?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15- Nightwatchman.- Yes.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Who met his first wife, Sybil Williams, in 1948
0:21:18 > 0:21:23while he was making his debut film, The Last Days Of Dolwyn set in his native Wales?
0:21:23 > 0:21:24- Dylan Thomas.- Richard Burton.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Fes, Marrakech and Meknes have all served as the capital city of which country?
0:21:28 > 0:21:29- Morocco.- Yes.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32A statue of which naval hero stands in Cathedral Close in Norwich?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34It's close to the school where he was a pupil?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- Cook.- Nelson.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40A carpetbag steak is a steak stuffed with what shellfish prior to being grilled?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Oyster.- Yes. What is the name of the English furniture maker,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46born in 1751 who is famous for his Neoclassical designs
0:21:46 > 0:21:50and writings such as The Cabinet-Maker And Upholsterer's Drawing Book?
0:21:50 > 0:21:51- Hepplewhite.- Sheraton.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55The marabou is one of the largest members of which family of birds native to Africa?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- Stork.- Yes.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00What name that comes from the Arabic for news or story is given
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- to the traditions and sayings of... - BEEP
0:22:03 > 0:22:04..the Prophet Muhammad?
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- Habib.- No, not quite, the Hadith.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Nonetheless, Mark, you have a total of 30 points.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13APPLAUSE
0:22:21 > 0:22:24And finally, Gareth, again, please.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28And you also start out with 16 points
0:22:28 > 0:22:30with your knowledge of St Paul's Cathedral.
0:22:30 > 0:22:3430 is the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Two and a half minutes starting now.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Which future pop star formed a group called the Quarrymen
0:22:38 > 0:22:41in his native Liverpool when he left school in 1956?
0:22:41 > 0:22:42- John Lennon.- Yes.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44What animal is sealed in a box in a famous thought experiment
0:22:44 > 0:22:47devised by the physicist Erwin Schrodinger?
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Cat.- Yes. In his 1887 work, The Canterville Ghost, Oscar Wilde wrote,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54"We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course..."?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- Culture?- Language.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Which country was partitioned between Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Poland.- Yes. Who created the Elvish languages
0:23:02 > 0:23:05for the fantasy world that his books were set in?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06- Tolkien.- Yes.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09What machine, invented in the 18th century by the English engineer John Kay,
0:23:09 > 0:23:14substantially improved both output and quality in the manufacture of textiles?
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Erm...
0:23:15 > 0:23:16- Spinning frame. - The flying shuttle.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Who first came to fame on the radio show Hancock's Half Hour
0:23:19 > 0:23:21with his catchphrase, "'Ere, stop messing about"?
0:23:21 > 0:23:22- Sid James.- Kenneth Williams.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25The third century BC Greek poet and astronomer,
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Eratosthenes of Cyrene is thought to be the first person
0:23:29 > 0:23:32to have provided a detailed measurement of the circumference of what?
0:23:32 > 0:23:33- The Earth.- Yes.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Which Northern Irish golfer won the silver medal
0:23:35 > 0:23:38as the highest-placed amateur in his first major tournament,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40the 2007 Open at Carnoustie?
0:23:40 > 0:23:41- McIlroy.- Yes.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43What name, that comes from the Spanish for little fleet,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46is given to a fleet often made up of small ships?
0:23:46 > 0:23:47- Flotilla.- Yes.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Which 1979 number-one hit by Buggles was appropriately the first video played on MTV
0:23:51 > 0:23:54when it went on the air in 1981?
0:23:54 > 0:23:55- Video Killed The Radio Star.- Yes.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Which Asian country is the world's largest producer of beer with an annual output
0:23:59 > 0:24:03of nearly 50 billion litres, that's roughly a quarter of the global supply?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04- Thailand.- China.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08The SPECTRE agent Rosa Klebb who has a poisoned knife blade in the toe of her shoe
0:24:08 > 0:24:09is a villain in which Bond film?
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- Goldfinger. - From Russia With Love.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Which plant with a long forked root was thought in medieval times to shriek
0:24:14 > 0:24:15when pulled from the ground?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16- Mandrake.- Yes.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Which veteran of the Falklands War is the subject of a portrait by Nicky Philipps
0:24:20 > 0:24:23unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in 2014?
0:24:23 > 0:24:24- Weston.- Yes.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26An orchestra tunes its instruments to the note A
0:24:26 > 0:24:29usually played by which woodwind instrument?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Erm...
0:24:32 > 0:24:33- Oboe.- Yes.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35In Greek mythology, Zeus' cupbearer,
0:24:35 > 0:24:38the beautiful youth Ganymede was abducted by a bird of what species?
0:24:38 > 0:24:39- A raven.- Eagle.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Which national park, the largest in Britain, includes Arctic landscape on its high tops
0:24:43 > 0:24:47as well as the more fertile valleys of the rivers Spey, Don and Dee?
0:24:47 > 0:24:48- Cairngorms.- Correct.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50What is the name of the city and the small country
0:24:50 > 0:24:53that occupies a strategic location in the Horn of Africa?
0:24:53 > 0:24:57The country was known as French Somaliland from 1888 to 1967.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58- Yemen.- Djibouti.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03In which sport did Trina Gulliver become the first woman's world champion in 2001?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06She went on to win the title a further eight times.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Erm... BEEP
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- Skip-jumping.- No, it was darts.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13And that's it, you're out of time.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16You nearly got there, Gareth. 28 points.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19APPLAUSE
0:25:24 > 0:25:29Well, what a wonderfully high-scoring round and what a thrilling finish as well.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32What a close finish. Let's have a look at all the scores now.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35In fourth place, 23 points, Howard Towner.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Third place, 26 points, Alice Meynell.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44Second place with 28 points, normally a winner, Gareth Kingston
0:25:44 > 0:25:48but in first place with 30 points, Mark Eves.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50APPLAUSE
0:25:58 > 0:26:03Which, of course, means that Mark Eves is tonight's winner
0:26:03 > 0:26:05and he definitely goes through to the semifinals.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10So congratulations to him, commiserations, perhaps, to Gareth Kingston
0:26:10 > 0:26:18but with a score of 28 it is entirely possible that we shall see him as well in the semifinals.
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