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Many people think they have what it takes to win the toughest quiz

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on television, but there can be only one victor.

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Over the next 30 weeks, we shall find out who will be the next Mastermind.

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First in the spotlight tonight is Howard Towner,

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a software developer from Woking. His subject is Yes Minister.

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Next, Mark Eves, an accountant from Bexley,

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on the 16th-century naval battle of Lepanto.

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Alice Meynell is a beachcomber from East Lothian and her subject,

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the creator of Peter Pan, JM Barrie.

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And Gareth Kingston, a marketing manager from Flitwick,

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his subject, St Paul's Cathedral.

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APPLAUSE

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

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Four more contenders put themselves to the test

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tonight in the hope that they might be crowned the nation's Mastermind.

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In order to get through to the next round,

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they will be tested twice.

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First, two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,

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followed by two and a half minutes

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on the one that really sorts them out, general knowledge.

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

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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Yes Minister in two minutes.

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In the opening episode, Jim Hacker is made

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the minister for which government department?

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Administrative Affairs.

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When Hacker leaves a reception at the French Embassy

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in a drunken state it leads to a newspaper article

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by William Hickey who describes him as being as overwrought as a...?

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-Newt.

-Where does Sir Humphrey tell Bernard is a good place to send a minister

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so he can't do any damage, in the episode The Right To Know?

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-The House of Commons.

-In A Victory For Democracy,

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when Hacker asks who knows the Foreign Office's secrets

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apart from the Foreign Office, what is Bernard's reply?

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The Kremlin.

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In The Greasy Pole, Sir Humphrey says that a part of the Bible

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would not have been published had it been a government report. Which part?

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-The Sermon on the Mount.

-In Doing The Honours,

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while Sir Humphrey is dining with the Master of "Baillie College" Oxford,

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he compares Hacker's intellect on a good day to which fictional character?

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Winnie-the-Pooh.

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As the newly appointed Prime Minister,

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Hacker intends to introduce his Grand Design defence policy.

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How does he plan to solve defence, education

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and unemployment problems in one stroke?

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By not buying Trident.

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No. Conscription. Or national service.

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When an issue arises over the sovereignty of the Channel Tunnel,

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Hacker asks Sir Humphrey,

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"When was the last time we got our way with the French?"

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What is Humphrey's reply?

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-The Battle of Waterloo.

-When Sir Humphrey suggests that Hacker should be

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the next Prime Minister, Bernard immediately checks his watch.

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What is he checking for?

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To see if it is April 1st.

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In Official Secrets, Bernard struggles to write up

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Cabinet committee minutes that don't wholly reflect the truth.

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What does he say he wants that leads Humphrey to ask him

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when he acquired a taste for luxuries?

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A clear conscience.

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What is the real reason Hacker orders an emergency room

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to be set up when he attends a state reception at the Qumran Palace

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in The Moral Dimension?

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For alcohol supply.

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Yeah, to secretly drink alcohol. Yep.

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In Man Overboard, Sir Humphrey proves Hacker isn't listening to him

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by saying that there has been an earthquake where?

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-Haslemere.

-In The Key, Hacker's political adviser, Dorothy Wainwright,

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is moved out of her office in Number 10.

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What does Sir Humphrey turn the room into?

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A waiting room.

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When Sir Humphrey refers to Hacker's poor grasp of industrial relations

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-in The Compassionate Society...

-BEEP

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..he says the Minister doesn't know his ACAS from his..?

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NALGO.

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Yep, that's it. His ACAS from his NALGO.

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No passes, Howard. 13 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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Your chosen subject?

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The Battle of Lepanto, in two minutes.

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The Battle of Lepanto resulted in a victory for the Christian Holy League

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against the fleet of the Ottoman Empire.

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The battle was fought on which date in 1571?

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7th of October.

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At which Sicilian port did the Holy League fleet gather

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over the summer of 1571 before setting sail in mid-September?

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-Messina.

-Don John of Austria, the victorious commander-in-chief

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of the Holy League fleet, was the illegitimate son of which holy Roman Emperor?

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-Charles V.

-The Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes

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was injured during the battle.

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On which ship was he stationed?

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-Marquesa.

-Which Knight of Malta conducted scouting missions

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for Don John in the weeks preceding Lepanto?

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-Gil de Andrade.

-What was the name of the Holy League galley

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that's said to have been blown up deliberately

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after it was surrounded and overrun by the Ottomans?

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Christ Over The World.

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King Philip II of Spain ordered Don John not to risk battle

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unless he had the unanimous consent of three senior commanders.

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Andrea Doria and Luis de Requesens y Zuniga were two. Who was the third?

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Alvaro de Bazan.

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Ali Pasha, the commander of the Ottoman fleet,

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was killed on his flagship. What was that called?

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-Sultana.

-Who was the commander of the Papal infantry at Lepanto?

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He later held the title of the Duke of Sermoneta.

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Erm...

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Onorato Caetani.

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What was removed from the front of Holy League ships

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so that their guns could be trained lower

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and hit enemy ships at the shortest possible range?

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Their rams.

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Which dukedom was held by Fernando Alvarez de Toledo,

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who wrote to Don John from Flanders before the battle,

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offering him advice on how to manage his soldiers?

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-Alba.

-The Bey or Governor of Alexandria commanded the Ottoman Right Wing

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and was captured during the battle. What was his name?

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Suluk Mehmed.

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Uluc Ali returned for the battle

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with a captured banner of the Knights of St John

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and was awarded the honorary title of Kilic Ali by the Ottoman Sultan, Selim II.

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What does Kilic mean?

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-Sword.

-Under whose command were the six Venetian ships known as galleasses

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placed ahead of the main fleet during the battle?

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Duodo.

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Which Florentine musician,

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who had been sentenced to slavery in the galleys for murdering his wife,

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later wrote an account of the battle?

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Aurelio Scetti.

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Who commanded the Holy League's Left Wing?

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-He was mortally wounded...

-BEEP

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..by an arrow to his eye after raising his visor

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to make his voice heard above the noise of the battle.

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Agostino Barbarigo.

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Is correct.

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A perfect round, Mark. You have 16 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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The life of JM Barrie in two minutes.

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In which of Barrie's novels, published in 1902,

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does the character Peter Pan first appear?

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-Erm, Peter And Wendy.

-The Little White Bird.

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To which Calvinist sect did Barrie's mother belong?

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Her association with the sect played a part in many of Barrie's early publications.

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-The Auld Lichts.

-Yes.

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What is the title of the first play Barrie wrote on his own?

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First performed in 1891,

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it's a parody of the works of a much more famous playwright.

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-Gibson's Ghost.

-Yes.

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What fictional place name does Barrie use in many of his works

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to refer to his hometown of Kirriemuir?

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-Thrums.

-Yes.

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In 1929, JM Barrie was asked by a hospital

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to lead its fundraising appeal.

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He declined but presented it with the copyright to Peter Pan

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and all associated works. Which hospital?

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Great Ormond Street.

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What is the title of Barrie's first novel?

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Unable to interest a publisher,

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he paid the cost himself and he lost £25 when the book was a failure.

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-Better Dead.

-Yes.

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Whom did Barrie enlist to help him

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when he could not complete a libretto

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for Richard D'Oyly Carte's comic opera, Jane Annie?

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The opera ran for just a few weeks in 1893.

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-Arthur Conan Doyle.

-Yes.

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Which British explorer wrote to Barrie

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in the final hours of his life,

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asking him to look after his wife and his son, Peter?

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-Captain Scott.

-Yes.

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What name was given to the St Bernard puppy

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that Barrie bought for Mary Ansell during their honeymoon in 1894?

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-Porthos.

-Yes.

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Which English daily newspaper employed Barrie

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as a leader writer at a salary of £3 a week in 1883?

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The Nottingham Journal.

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What was the name of Barrie's theatrical agent

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who in 1906 confessed to embezzling his clients' money,

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including £16,000 that belonged to Barrie?

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-Addison Bright.

-Yes.

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Gilbert Cannan was appointed as Barrie's secretary to help

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with the author's work with which reforming movement?

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The Committee for Censor...

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Against Censorship in the Theatre.

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Yes, the abolition of censorship of plays.

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What was the name of the London house that Barrie

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moved into in 1909 following his divorce?

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It became his main home for the rest of his life.

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-Adelphi Terrace House.

-Correct.

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Which explorer, famed for his discoveries in East Africa,

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accompanied Barrie on his first trip aboard in 1889

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on a walking holiday in Europe?

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-Joseph Thomson.

-Yes.

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Barrie helped to run a war hospital

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in a country house in Bedfordshire till it was destroyed by fire,

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-what was the name of the house?

-BEEP

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-Wrest Park.

-Wrest Park is correct.

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Well, apart from that first one, you got them all right.

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14 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our final contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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St Paul's Cathedral in two minutes.

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St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Christopher Wren,

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was constructed to replace the building destroyed by the Great Fire of London.

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Which part was the first to open?

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-Erm. The choir.

-Yes.

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The building of the new cathedral was financed by gifts

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and by the income from a tax on which commodity?

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-Coal.

-Yes.

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What name was given to Wren's final design for the cathedral,

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given royal approval on the 14th of May 1675?

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Erm, the...

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-Warrant Design.

-Yes.

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What is the name of the largest of the three clock bells?

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It strikes the hour and is tolled on the deaths of senior members of the royal family.

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-Great Tom.

-Yes.

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Which chapel, spiritual home of the Order of the British Empire,

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shares its dedication with a former parish church

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that was incorporated into Old St Paul's and destroyed by the Great Fire?

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-St Faith's.

-Yes.

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Between 1718 and 1727, who carved the statues of St Paul, Peter and James

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on the pediment and the cathedral's white marble font?

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-Bird.

-Yes.

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Which gallery gets its name from a quirk in its construction

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that allows a sound made against its walls

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to be heard on the opposite side of the building?

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-Whispering Gallery.

-Yes.

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Whose description of St Paul's as dingy and undevotional

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led to the installation of mosaics by William Blake Richmond and others?

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-Inge.

-Queen Victoria.

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What commercial items were brought from Paternoster Row

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to the cathedral's crypt, for protection from the Great Fire of London,

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caught fire and led to the destruction of Old St Paul's.

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-Books.

-Yes.

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To whom was the first memorial at the new cathedral raised in 1790?

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-Erm, John Howard.

-Yes.

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What is the title of Henry Moore's 1983 sculpture

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in the North Choir aisle?

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-Mother And Child.

-Yes.

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Who painted the monochrome scenes inside the cathedral's domes

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that were repainted in 1853?

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-Thornhill.

-Yes.

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Lord Nelson was laid to rest in a black marble sarcophagus

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originally intended for which 16th-century figure?

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-Wolsey.

-Yes.

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There are two galleries outside the cathedral's dome. The Stone Gallery and...?

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-The Golden Gallery.

-Yes.

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The chapel of St Michael and St George was dedicated in 1906.

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For what use was the room originally intended?

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-Consist... Consistory court.

-Yes.

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A version of which painting by William Holman Hunt

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forms the altar piece of the chapel of St Erkenwald and Ethelburga?

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-The Light Of The World.

-Correct.

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-In 1905 the Morning Chapel was dedicated...

-BEEP

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..to which saint, a former Bishop of London?

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-St Dunstan.

-Is correct.

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No passes, Gareth. 16 points.

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APPLAUSE

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Well, what a very high-scoring first round.

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Let's have a look at all the scores.

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In fourth place, 13 points, Howard Towner.

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Third place, 14 points, Alice Meynell.

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In joint first place, 16 points apiece,

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Mark Eves and Gareth Kingston.

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APPLAUSE

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All set for a battle in the general knowledge round now

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and if there's a tie at the end of it

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then the number of passes is taken into account

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and the person with the fewer passes is the winner

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and if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-breaker.

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By the way, the six highest-scoring runners up

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will also be able to claim a place in the semifinal

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so plenty to play for.

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Let's get on with it and ask Howard to join us again, please.

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And you start out with 13 points with your knowledge of Yes Minister.

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Two and a half minutes now on general knowledge, here we go.

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Lady Chatterley's Lover, published privately in 1928,

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was the last major novel by which English author?

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-DH Lawrence.

-Yes.

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Which 2014 film

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starring Russell Crowe in the title role was described by its director,

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Darren Aronofsky, as "the least-biblical biblical film ever made"?

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-Noah.

-Yes.

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The alloy pewter consists of what metallic element

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in combination with copper or antimony and lead?

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-Zinc?

-Tin.

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What term for a place where people take their meals together,

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especially in the armed forces,

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originally referred to a small group of people dining at a banquet?

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-Mess.

-Yes.

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Which island, the sixth largest in the world,

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is separated from the Malay Peninsula by the Strait of Malacca?

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-Borneo.

-Sumatra.

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In Norse mythology, who is the father of Vidar who,

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at the destruction of the world will avenge him by killing the wolf, Fenrir?

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-Thor.

-Odin.

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Which snooker player, famous for the upside-down over-sized specs he wore,

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beat Steve Davis to become World Champion for the only time in April 1985?

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-Dennis Taylor.

-Yes.

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What did the 18th-century French painter Francois Boucher

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famously describe as "too green and badly lit"?

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Pass.

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The Creations, first performed in 1798 and The Seasons, first performed in 1801,

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are oratorios written by a prolific Austrian-born composer.

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Who was he?

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-Handel.

-Haydn.

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What did James Turner Street in the Winson Green area of Birmingham become known as

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in a controversial television documentary series

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shown in January 2014?

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-Dole Street.

-Benefits Street.

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Which large colourful insect found in Britain

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is popularly known as the Devil's Darning Needle?

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-Mayfly.

-Dragonfly.

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What is the name of the character in Sheridan's The Rivals

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famous for her misuse of the English language?

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-Mrs Malaprop.

-Yes.

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Enver Hoxha was the communist dictator of

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which European country from 1944 till his death in '85?

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-Romania.

-Albania.

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Which world-wide Christian movement was

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founded in London in 1844 by George Williams,

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a worker in the drapery trade, concerned about the welfare of his fellow workers?

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-Barnardo's.

-YMCA.

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What kind of fish is split down the back,

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salted and then sometimes smoked to make a kipper?

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-Herring.

-Yes.

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What is the name of the lead singer of the band Radiohead?

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He released his first solo album, The Eraser, in July 2006.

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-Thom Yorke.

-Yes.

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Which town on the Isle Of Wight hosts a week-long yachting festival each August

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that was once a key part of the society season?

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-Cowes.

-Yes.

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A German physician and rival of Louis Pasteur

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won the 1905 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine

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for his work on the causes of tuberculosis.

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What was his name?

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-Robert Koch.

-Yes.

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According to Byron in his epic poem Don Juan,

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-"the English winter ends in July to recommence..."

-BEEP

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..in which month?

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-August.

-Yes.

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One pass.

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The 18th-century painter Boucher

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described as "too green and badly lit" nature.

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Lovely thought. You have a total now, Howard, of 23 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And now, Alice, again, please.

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And you set off with 14 points with your knowledge of JM Barrie.

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23 points is the score to beat at the moment.

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Here we go, two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

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According to Daniel Defoe, only two things in the world are certain.

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One is death the other is...?

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-Taxes.

-Yes. An outbreak of which disease caused Parliament

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to meet at Oxford in 1665 rather than London?

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-The Plague.

-Yes.

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Which explorer, more famous for his Antarctic adventures,

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was the first to navigate a ship through the North West Passage?

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-Shackleton.

-Amundsen.

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In March 2014, who announced in a joint statement with Chris Martin that they

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were "consciously uncoupling" after 11 years of marriage?

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-Gwyneth Paltrow.

-Yes.

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The name of which stringed instrument played by the wind is also

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used as the title of a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

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-The Lyre.

-The Eolian Harp.

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Which cheese made from sheep's milk in the Lazio region

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surrounding Rome and Sardinia is often used as a sharper

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alternative to Parmesan for grating over pastas and pizzas?

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-Er... Gradano padano.

-Pecorino.

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Who observed when he was given the freedom of the city of Leeds

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in 2001 that, "Firstly, I'm a pensioner,

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"secondly I'm unemployed and thirdly, I have a criminal record"?

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-Jeffrey Archer.

-Mandela.

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A branch of which art museum, designed by Frank Gehry,

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was opened in the Spanish city of Bilbao in October 1997?

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-Guggenheim.

-Yes.

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Which planet's four largest moons are known as the Galilean moons

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because of their discovery by Galileo in 1610?

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-Saturn.

-Jupiter.

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Which bird is a symbol of Christ's redemptive act

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on the cross in medieval art

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because it's supposed to feed its young with its own blood?

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-Pelican.

-Yes.

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What fruit juice gives a Cosmopolitan cocktail its red colouring?

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The other ingredients are vodka, orange liqueur and lime juice.

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-Cranberry.

-Yes.

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Which group's first UK top-ten single was

0:17:430:17:45

Shiny Happy People in 1991?

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-The Bangles.

-REM.

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Which novelist, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954,

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lived mainly in Cuba after the end of the Second World War?

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-Hemingway.

-Yes.

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Two South American countries do not have a border with Brazil.

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Ecuador's one, what is the other?

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-Peru.

-Chile.

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Which character from French literature was played

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on screen by Jose Ferrer in 1950 and by Gerard Depardieu in 1990?

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Cyrano de Bergerac.

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The Whitaker family from Yorkshire

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whose members include Olympic medallists John and Michael

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are competitors in which sport?

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Running. Show-jumping.

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Which character, created by Steve Coogan,

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worked as a DJ which the North Norfolk Digital Radio Station?

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-Alan Partridge.

-Yes.

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Which 19th-century American president is the only one

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to have served two non-consecutive terms of office?

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-Andrew Harding.

-Grover Cleveland.

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Who composed Rhapsody In Blue, first performed in New York in February 1924?

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-George Gershwin.

-Yes.

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The Kune Kune originally kept in New Zealand

0:18:420:18:44

is the smallest domesticated breed of which farm animal?

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Pig.

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-BEEP

-Which of... I've started so I'll finish.

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Which of JB Priestley's plays revolves around

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the questioning of the Birling family by a detective called Goole?

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-An Inspector Calls.

-Yes.

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No passes and that last one put you on a total of 26.

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APPLAUSE

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And now Mark Eves again, please.

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You begin with a very hefty 16 points

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with your knowledge of the Battle of Lepanto.

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26 is now the score to beat. Here we go, two and a half minutes.

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What's the name of the young girl played by Judy Garland

0:19:300:19:32

in the '39 film The Wizard Of Oz?

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-Dorothy.

-Yes.

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What military event was Marshal Pierre Bosquet referring to

0:19:350:19:38

when he said, "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre"?

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-Charge of the Light Brigade.

-Yes.

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Which work by Van Gogh painted in 1889 while he was in an asylum

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in St Remy was the inspiration for Don McLean's song Vincent?

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-Starry Starry Night.

-Yes.

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Petrology is the branch of geology concerned with the origin,

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structure and composition of what?

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-Rocks.

-Yes.

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The founder of a far-right political party served in the House Of Commons successively

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as a Conservative, Independent and Labour member between 1918 and 1931.

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Who was he?

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-Oswald Mosley.

-Yes. Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly is set

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in which Japanese city at the beginning of the 20th century?

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-Nagasaki.

-Yes. The village of Denby Dale in West Yorkshire is famous

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for marking moments of national significance

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by producing enormous examples of what food item?

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The first is said to have been made in 1788

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to celebrate the recovery from illness of King George III.

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-Cheese.

-Meat and potato pies. Which playwright's works include

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Ghost, The Wild Duck and The Master Builder?

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-Ibsen.

-Yes.

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Medieval longbows were made from knot-free lengths of the wood of which tree

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commonly found in churchyards?

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-Yew.

-Yes.

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What is the name of the comet that made a dramatic approach to the sun

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and disintegrated in late 2013?

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-Kohoutek.

-ISON.

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Zeta, eta and theta are the sixth, seventh and eighth letters of which alphabet?

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-Greek.

-Yes.

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Which cannibalistic giants does Homer describe in Book Nine of The Odyssey

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as lawless beings who neither plant nor plough but rely on providence for food?

0:20:540:20:58

-Cyclops.

-Yes.

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Three BBC television series documented the travels of a writer and broadcaster

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on his journeys following the Equator,

0:21:020:21:04

the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. What's his name?

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-Michael Palin.

-No, Simon Reeve.

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In cricket, what name is given to a tail-end batsman sent in

0:21:090:21:11

if a senior batsman is out shortly before close of play?

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-Nightwatchman.

-Yes.

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Who met his first wife, Sybil Williams, in 1948

0:21:150:21:18

while he was making his debut film, The Last Days Of Dolwyn set in his native Wales?

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-Dylan Thomas.

-Richard Burton.

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Fes, Marrakech and Meknes have all served as the capital city of which country?

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-Morocco.

-Yes.

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A statue of which naval hero stands in Cathedral Close in Norwich?

0:21:290:21:32

It's close to the school where he was a pupil?

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-Cook.

-Nelson.

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A carpetbag steak is a steak stuffed with what shellfish prior to being grilled?

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-Oyster.

-Yes. What is the name of the English furniture maker,

0:21:400:21:43

born in 1751 who is famous for his Neoclassical designs

0:21:430:21:46

and writings such as The Cabinet-Maker And Upholsterer's Drawing Book?

0:21:460:21:50

-Hepplewhite.

-Sheraton.

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The marabou is one of the largest members of which family of birds native to Africa?

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-Stork.

-Yes.

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What name that comes from the Arabic for news or story is given

0:21:570:22:00

-to the traditions and sayings of...

-BEEP

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..the Prophet Muhammad?

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-Habib.

-No, not quite, the Hadith.

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Nonetheless, Mark, you have a total of 30 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And finally, Gareth, again, please.

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And you also start out with 16 points

0:22:240:22:28

with your knowledge of St Paul's Cathedral.

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30 is the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it.

0:22:300:22:34

Two and a half minutes starting now.

0:22:340:22:36

Which future pop star formed a group called the Quarrymen

0:22:360:22:38

in his native Liverpool when he left school in 1956?

0:22:380:22:41

-John Lennon.

-Yes.

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What animal is sealed in a box in a famous thought experiment

0:22:420:22:44

devised by the physicist Erwin Schrodinger?

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-Cat.

-Yes. In his 1887 work, The Canterville Ghost, Oscar Wilde wrote,

0:22:470:22:51

"We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course..."?

0:22:510:22:54

-Culture?

-Language.

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Which country was partitioned between Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939?

0:22:560:23:00

-Poland.

-Yes. Who created the Elvish languages

0:23:000:23:02

for the fantasy world that his books were set in?

0:23:020:23:05

-Tolkien.

-Yes.

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What machine, invented in the 18th century by the English engineer John Kay,

0:23:060:23:09

substantially improved both output and quality in the manufacture of textiles?

0:23:090:23:14

Erm...

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-Spinning frame.

-The flying shuttle.

0:23:150:23:16

Who first came to fame on the radio show Hancock's Half Hour

0:23:160:23:19

with his catchphrase, "'Ere, stop messing about"?

0:23:190:23:21

-Sid James.

-Kenneth Williams.

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The third century BC Greek poet and astronomer,

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Eratosthenes of Cyrene is thought to be the first person

0:23:250:23:29

to have provided a detailed measurement of the circumference of what?

0:23:290:23:32

-The Earth.

-Yes.

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Which Northern Irish golfer won the silver medal

0:23:330:23:35

as the highest-placed amateur in his first major tournament,

0:23:350:23:38

the 2007 Open at Carnoustie?

0:23:380:23:40

-McIlroy.

-Yes.

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What name, that comes from the Spanish for little fleet,

0:23:410:23:43

is given to a fleet often made up of small ships?

0:23:430:23:46

-Flotilla.

-Yes.

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Which 1979 number-one hit by Buggles was appropriately the first video played on MTV

0:23:470:23:51

when it went on the air in 1981?

0:23:510:23:54

-Video Killed The Radio Star.

-Yes.

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Which Asian country is the world's largest producer of beer with an annual output

0:23:550:23:59

of nearly 50 billion litres, that's roughly a quarter of the global supply?

0:23:590:24:03

-Thailand.

-China.

0:24:030:24:04

The SPECTRE agent Rosa Klebb who has a poisoned knife blade in the toe of her shoe

0:24:040:24:08

is a villain in which Bond film?

0:24:080:24:09

-Goldfinger.

-From Russia With Love.

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Which plant with a long forked root was thought in medieval times to shriek

0:24:110:24:14

when pulled from the ground?

0:24:140:24:15

-Mandrake.

-Yes.

0:24:150:24:16

Which veteran of the Falklands War is the subject of a portrait by Nicky Philipps

0:24:160:24:20

unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in 2014?

0:24:200:24:23

-Weston.

-Yes.

0:24:230:24:24

An orchestra tunes its instruments to the note A

0:24:240:24:26

usually played by which woodwind instrument?

0:24:260:24:29

Erm...

0:24:300:24:32

-Oboe.

-Yes.

0:24:320:24:33

In Greek mythology, Zeus' cupbearer,

0:24:330:24:35

the beautiful youth Ganymede was abducted by a bird of what species?

0:24:350:24:38

-A raven.

-Eagle.

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Which national park, the largest in Britain, includes Arctic landscape on its high tops

0:24:390:24:43

as well as the more fertile valleys of the rivers Spey, Don and Dee?

0:24:430:24:47

-Cairngorms.

-Correct.

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What is the name of the city and the small country

0:24:480:24:50

that occupies a strategic location in the Horn of Africa?

0:24:500:24:53

The country was known as French Somaliland from 1888 to 1967.

0:24:530:24:57

-Yemen.

-Djibouti.

0:24:570:24:58

In which sport did Trina Gulliver become the first woman's world champion in 2001?

0:24:580:25:03

She went on to win the title a further eight times.

0:25:030:25:06

Erm... BEEP

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-Skip-jumping.

-No, it was darts.

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And that's it, you're out of time.

0:25:110:25:13

You nearly got there, Gareth. 28 points.

0:25:130:25:16

APPLAUSE

0:25:160:25:19

Well, what a wonderfully high-scoring round and what a thrilling finish as well.

0:25:240:25:29

What a close finish. Let's have a look at all the scores now.

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In fourth place, 23 points, Howard Towner.

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Third place, 26 points, Alice Meynell.

0:25:350:25:39

Second place with 28 points, normally a winner, Gareth Kingston

0:25:390:25:44

but in first place with 30 points, Mark Eves.

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APPLAUSE

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Which, of course, means that Mark Eves is tonight's winner

0:25:580:26:03

and he definitely goes through to the semifinals.

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So congratulations to him, commiserations, perhaps, to Gareth Kingston

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but with a score of 28 it is entirely possible that we shall see him as well in the semifinals.

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