0:00:24 > 0:00:26First in the spotlight tonight is Les Morrell,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29a retired company director from Norwich.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32His specialist subject - the late, great Bobby Moore.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, Jeremy Renals, a college tutor from Northamptonshire.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39He'll be answering questions on the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Chris Grandison,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43a hospital administrator from Coventry, will be answering
0:00:43 > 0:00:46questions on the television series Our Friends In The North.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50And Susan Sworn, a London Blue Badge Guide from Wimbledon,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53her subject - Richard The Lionheart.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55APPLAUSE
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Tonight, four contenders will face the first
0:01:09 > 0:01:12hurdle in pursuit of the Mastermind title,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15and, of course, take possession of the famous
0:01:15 > 0:01:17and rather beautiful glass bowl.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20The rules are simple enough - two minutes on their specialist
0:01:20 > 0:01:24subject and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36- And your name is?- Les Morrell.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Your occupation? - Retired company director.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- And your specialist subject? - Bobby Moore.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Bobby Moore in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Moore made his England debut in May 1962,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49just before the World Cup in Chile against which country?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50Peru.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Who described Bobby Moore as, "The heartbeat of the team.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56"A cool, calculating footballer I could trust with my life."?
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Ramsey.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Moore spent most of his career with West Ham
0:01:59 > 0:02:00and later played for Fulham.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03He shared one of his middle names with which other London team?
0:02:03 > 0:02:04Chelsea.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08In the '72 League Cup semifinal second replay against Stoke City,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12an injury to West Ham's goalkeeper led to Moore taking over in goal
0:02:12 > 0:02:15and saving a penalty, although Stoke scored from the rebound.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Who was the injured goalkeeper?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Bobby Ferguson.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21In the 1966 World Cup final, Moore was fouled and took the free
0:02:21 > 0:02:24kick from which Geoff Hurst headed England's equaliser.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Which German player had fouled him?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Overath.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30In which year did Moore captain the first West Ham team
0:02:30 > 0:02:34to win the FA Cup, as well as being voted footballer of the year?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35'64.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36What was the name of the dancehall
0:02:36 > 0:02:39where Moore first met Tina, whom he married in 1962?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Ilford Palais.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42The '70 World Cup match against Brazil is often
0:02:42 > 0:02:45regarded as Moore's finest, particularly for his tackle
0:02:45 > 0:02:48on a player who scored seven goals in the tournament. Which player?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Jairzinho.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Shortly before the 1970 World Cup, Moore was accused of
0:02:53 > 0:02:56stealing a bracelet from a gift shop in a Bogota hotel.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59What was the name of the hotel?
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Tequendama.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02In which city did Moore beat Bobby Charlton's
0:03:02 > 0:03:05record of 106 caps in a friendly against Italy in '73?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Turin.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Moore appeared alongside Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and many
0:03:10 > 0:03:13famous footballers, including Pele, in the film Escape To Victory.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16What was the name of Moore's character?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Terry...
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Pass.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Tina and Bobby had two children - a daughter Roberta
0:03:22 > 0:03:24and a son who was given what first name,
0:03:24 > 0:03:25which was Tina's maiden name?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Dean.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Which team did Moore play for in
0:03:28 > 0:03:31the North American Soccer League in the summer of '76?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33San Antonio Thunder.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Who was Moore's roommate during the '66 World Cup?
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Greaves.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40What shirt number, worn by Moore for most of his professional career,
0:03:40 > 0:03:41was retired by West Ham in 2008?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- Six.- A week before his death in February '93...
0:03:44 > 0:03:45BEEP
0:03:45 > 0:03:46I've started, so I'll finish.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49..Moore made his final visit to Wembley to commentate on an
0:03:49 > 0:03:52international between England and which team?
0:03:52 > 0:03:53San Marino.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Is correct.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56You had just one pass
0:03:56 > 0:03:59and that was only half a question cos you got half of it right.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Terry Brady.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02You knew it all along - it was Terry Brady.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Nevertheless, Les, you have a total of 15 points.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09APPLAUSE
0:04:17 > 0:04:19And our next contender, please.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26- And your name is? - Jeremy Renals.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- Your occupation? - College tutor.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31And your chosen subject?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33The short stories of Edgar Allan Poe.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34And there were a lot of them.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Edgar Allan Poe short stories in two minutes.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Poe's considered the creator of the genre of detective fiction
0:04:39 > 0:04:42with his 1841 story The Murders In The Rue Morgue.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44What is the name of the detective in the story?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45C Auguste Dupin.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48What animals gnaw through the strap with which the narrator's
0:04:48 > 0:04:49bound in The Pit And The Pendulum,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52just as the razor-sharp pendulum touches his chest?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Rats.- What's the name of Bobby's uncle who's asked to give the date when
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Bobby can marry his daughter Kate and replies,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00"When three Sundays come together in a week."?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Grand Uncle Rumbuncle.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Rumgudgeon.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07At the beginning of The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10a hot-air balloon made of newspapers descends over which city?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Rotterdam.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13In The Cask of Amontillado,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Montresor takes revenge on his Italian friend by luring him
0:05:16 > 0:05:18into his wine vaults and entombing him alive.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19What's the Italian's name?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Fortunato.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22In The Purloined Letter,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Minister D has another occupation which the prefect describes as,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27"Only one removed from a fool." What is it?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28- Poet.- In The Fall Of The House Of Usher,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31on what instrument does Roderick Usher play rhapsodies
0:05:31 > 0:05:32such as The Haunted Palace?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Lute.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Guitar. What does Hop-Frog the jester persuade the king
0:05:36 > 0:05:39and his courtiers to dress up as for the masquerade?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Orang-utans.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42In The Tell-Tale Heart,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45what feature of the old man does the narrator hate so much he kills him?
0:05:45 > 0:05:46His one eye.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Yes, his evil eye.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50In The Thousand-And-Second Tale, Scheherazade promises to
0:05:50 > 0:05:52finish one of the stories from Arabian Nights. Which one?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- Sinbad The Sailor. - In William Wilson,
0:05:54 > 0:05:58the narrator kills his alter-ego in the palazzo of a Neapolitan duke.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Which duke?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Di Broglio.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03What is the name of the ship on which Cornelius Wyatt sails from
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Charleston for New York with his family and a mysterious oblong box?
0:06:07 > 0:06:08The Independence.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11The creature made from wine bottles and kegs who claims
0:06:11 > 0:06:15he is the angel responsible for accidents is The Angel of...?
0:06:15 > 0:06:16The Odd.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19The guide in A Descent into the Maelstrom shows the narrator
0:06:19 > 0:06:22the great whirlpool from the top of what mountain?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Helseggen, the Cloudy.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26The narrator of The Black Cat kills his pet.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28The cat he replaces it with has a white
0:06:28 > 0:06:30patch on its chest that is gradually
0:06:30 > 0:06:31revealed to be an image of what?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- The gallows. - In Some Words With A Mummy,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- before the narrator goes to bed he eats a large quantity... - BEEP
0:06:36 > 0:06:39..of a cheese dish washed down with brown stout.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41What is the dish?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Welsh rarebit.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43It is indeed.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Jeremy, no passes, 14 points.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48APPLAUSE
0:06:56 > 0:06:58And our next contender, please.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- And your name is? - Chris Grandison.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- And your occupation? - Hospital administrator.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10And your specialist subject?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Our Friends In The North television series.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Our Friends In The North television series.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19The series is based on four friends from Newcastle over a 30-year period.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22In the first episode, Mary gives Nicky a gift that turns out to be
0:07:22 > 0:07:25relevant to his career two decades later - what is it?
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Camera.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29What's the name of the Labour MP who Nicky writes speeches for,
0:07:29 > 0:07:34who announces he'll retire amid stories of corruption?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- Arthur Watson. - In 1964,
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Geordie Peacock, played by Daniel Craig,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40has made a girl pregnant and is expected to marry her,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42but he runs away to London. Who is she?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Beniston. - Margaret Beniston.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47In 1970, what is the name of the chief constable who leads
0:07:47 > 0:07:52an enquiry into criminal activities in the Metropolitan Police force?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Roy Johnson.- What's the name of the tribute band that
0:07:54 > 0:07:58performs during the opening night of the floating nightclub Terry's Bar?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Artificial Animals.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Which hit song plays over the end credits of the episode 1984,
0:08:03 > 0:08:04which deals with the miners' strike?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Two Tribes.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Mary and Tosker's son is a police officer
0:08:08 > 0:08:11and agrees to give evidence at the trial of the Roddy brothers.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12What's his name?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Anthony.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16By the episode 1970,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Nicky has joined an anarchist group that machine-guns the outside
0:08:19 > 0:08:21walls of a London embassy. Which country's embassy?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Spanish.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25At which Soho club does Geordie first meet Benny Barrett,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27played by Malcolm McDowell?
0:08:27 > 0:08:28King Club.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Who plays Les, a talent agent who watches Tosker sing at his
0:08:31 > 0:08:34parents' pub and offers the advice, "Don't give up the day job."?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Pass.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38In 1974, Mary and Tosker row about money
0:08:38 > 0:08:40and the amount of time she spends on the Labour Party
0:08:40 > 0:08:42and studying for a degree in what subject?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Law.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Tosker leads a choir to sing a hymn
0:08:45 > 0:08:47at the funeral of Mary's brother. What hymn?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Faith Of Our Fathers.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53In 1987, what prison sentence is Geordie given for arson with
0:08:53 > 0:08:56intent to endanger life, after he sets fire to his mattress?
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Life.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59What is the name of the MP Eddie Wells'
0:08:59 > 0:09:01American parliamentary researcher in 1987,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05who is in fact working for the PR firm Colin Butler Communications?
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Francine Volker.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09In 1979, Tosker's drinking and womanising leads to him
0:09:09 > 0:09:12missing his daughter playing in a final of which sport?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Netball. - Claud Seabrook,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16the senior Conservative MP who goes on to become chairman...
0:09:16 > 0:09:17BEEP
0:09:17 > 0:09:21..of Edwards Overseas Construction Services, is played by which actor?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Julian Fellowes.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Is correct. One pass.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26"Don't give up your day job,"
0:09:26 > 0:09:29was the advice offered by one Bobby Knutt.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- You've scored 15 points.- Thank you.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34APPLAUSE
0:09:42 > 0:09:44And our final contender, please.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- And your name is? - Susan Sworn.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- Your occupation? - London Blue Badge Guide.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- And your specialist subject? - Richard The Lionheart.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Richard The Lionheart in two minutes.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Richard I of England, commonly known as Richard The Lionheart,
0:10:03 > 0:10:04was born on the 8th of September 1157
0:10:04 > 0:10:07at which palace also known as The King's House?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Beaumont Palace.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10When he was 14, Richard became the ruler of a duchy that had
0:10:10 > 0:10:14become part of the Angevin Empire after his mother married the future
0:10:14 > 0:10:15King Henry II. Which duchy?
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Aquitaine.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Richard established his reputation as a military commander
0:10:19 > 0:10:22in 1179 by capturing a fortress on the bank of the River Charente.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23What was its name?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- Taillebourg.- On his way to the Holy Land in 1191,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Richard exchanged gifts with King Tancred of Sicily,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30who gave him 19 ships.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33According to Richard, the gift he presented in return was...?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Excalibur.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Where was Richard put on trial by Emperor Henry VI at Easter 1193?
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Speyer.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42While Richard was still in captivity in 1193, who did
0:10:42 > 0:10:44he select as the next Archbishop Of Canterbury?
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Hubert Walter.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48To raise money for his crusade, Richard formally acknowledged
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Scotland's independence in September 1189,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53in return for 10,000 marks. What was the treaty called?
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Quitclaim Of Canterbury.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56What was the name of the self-proclaimed
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Emperor Of Cyprus who surrendered to Richard on condition
0:10:59 > 0:11:00he would not be put in irons?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Richard agreed and instead had him bound in silver chains.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Isaac Komnenos.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07The re-building of a castle by Richard provided
0:11:07 > 0:11:09a pretext for his brother Henry to oppose him.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Which castle?
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Clairvaux.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14With which of Saladin's brothers did Richard conduct
0:11:14 > 0:11:15negotiations in the Holy Land?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Safadin.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Richard never reached Jerusalem, but in 1192,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21he established a camp in which place,
0:11:21 > 0:11:22only a dozen miles away?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Beit Nuba.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Richard died whilst besieging a castle in 1199,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29when he was fatally wounded by a crossbow bolt. Which castle?
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Chalus-Chabrol.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33In which abbey was Richard's body interred beside that of his father?
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Fontevraud.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Who was commander who served Richard
0:11:36 > 0:11:39for many years and helped capture the Bishop Of Beauvais in 1197?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Mercadier.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Richard's army defeated Saladin's at a battle
0:11:42 > 0:11:46on the 7th of September 1191, during the march from Acre to Jaffa.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Which battle?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Arsuf.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Which castle on the River Seine was built
0:11:50 > 0:11:53in only two years, between 1196 and 1198?
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Richard boasted that he could defend
0:11:54 > 0:11:56it even if its walls were made of butter.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Chateau Gaillard.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Richard was betrothed to the sister of King Philip of France,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03but ended the engagement. What was her name?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Alys.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Yes. What an extraordinary round!
0:12:07 > 0:12:09You had no passes.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13You've got...this is most unusual in the first round, 17 points.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15APPLAUSE
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Well, a remarkably high-scoring round altogether.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35In fourth place, 14 points - a high score in itself - Jeremy Renals.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Joint second place, 15 points apiece,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Les Morrell and Chris Grandison.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44First place, with that remarkable 17 points, Susan Sworn.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52So it is the general knowledge round
0:12:52 > 0:12:54and if there is a tie at the end of it,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57which seems entirely possible, then the number of passes is
0:12:57 > 0:13:01taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03And if they're tied on passes as well,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05there'll have to be a tie-break.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07The six highest-scoring runners up, incidentally,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10will also be able to claim a place in the semifinals,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12so plenty to play for.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Let's get on with it and ask Jeremy to join us again, please.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20And you start out with 14 points.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Here we go - two and a half minutes this time.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28What bird did Picasso feature on his poster for the first
0:13:28 > 0:13:31International Peace Congress, held in Paris in 1949?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- A dove. - The name of what condiment
0:13:33 > 0:13:37and cooking ingredient comes from the French for "sour wine"?
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Vinegar.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Who became one of Britain's best-know war reporters
0:13:40 > 0:13:42when she covered conflicts around
0:13:42 > 0:13:45the world as the BBC's chief news correspondent from 1989 to 2003?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Kate Adie.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49The boto, or pink dolphin, is a native of the upper
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Madeira River, the Orinoco, and which other river?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55The Amazon.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57What term for a second crop of grass after the first has been mown
0:13:57 > 0:14:00or harvested has come to mean the state of affairs
0:14:00 > 0:14:03following a significant event, especially on that is destructive?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Pass.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Who wrote the novel The Black Arrow, set during the Wars of the Roses
0:14:07 > 0:14:09and first published as a single volume in 1888?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Pass.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Which American president, who served from 1977 to '81,
0:14:14 > 0:14:18was born in Plains, Georgia, the son of a peanut farmer and warehouser?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Jimmy Carter.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Which 1971 film starring Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach
0:14:23 > 0:14:24is based on a novel by Thomas Mann
0:14:24 > 0:14:27and features excerpts from two of Mahler's symphonies?
0:14:27 > 0:14:28The Silence.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Death In Venice.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32What name that comes from the old English word for drill or bore
0:14:32 > 0:14:35is given to the striking limestone arch near Lulworth Cove in Dorset?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Durdle Door.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40In 1980, which England all-rounder became the first cricketer to
0:14:40 > 0:14:42score a century and take ten wickets in a test match?
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Ian Botham.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45The Motown singer Mary Wells, who died in '92,
0:14:45 > 0:14:50had a UK top 20 hit in 1964 and again in '72 with the same song.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51What was the song?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54All Of My Love.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55My Guy.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The name of which West African country, whose capital is Yaounde,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00comes from the Portuguese for "river of prawns"?
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Cameroon.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Who was killed by the future King David, using a stone and his sling,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07according to the first book of Samuel?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Goliath.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Bursa and Edirne were the capital cities of which empire
0:15:12 > 0:15:15until the capital was moved to Constantinople?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Ottoman.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18What laboratory at Cambridge University was
0:15:18 > 0:15:22opened in 1874 under the direction of James Clark Maxwell and named
0:15:22 > 0:15:24after the university's chancellor, the Duke Of Devonshire?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Cavendish.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Which celebrated soprano made her final
0:15:28 > 0:15:31appearance as Tosca at Covent Garden in July 1965?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Dame Margot Fonteyn.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Maria Callas. Robert Harris' 2013 novel An Officer And A Spy
0:15:38 > 0:15:42is about an historic miscarriage of justice in late 19th-century France,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45seen through the eyes of a whistle-blower Colonel Georges Picquart.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48What is the historical case called?
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Pass.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51The name of which black sea bird comes from the
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Latin for "sea raven" or "sea crow"?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Gannet.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Cormorant.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Which islet, that is the southernmost point of Ireland,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00was known as the Teardrop of Ireland
0:16:00 > 0:16:02cos it was the last place many emigrants
0:16:02 > 0:16:04saw as they sailed for America?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Tralee.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06It was Fastnet.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07The Fastnet Rock.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09You had three passes.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14The Dreyfus Affair was Georges Picquart and all of that.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Chap who wrote The Black Arrow was Robert Louis Stevenson.
0:16:17 > 0:16:23And the "aftermath" is the word for that second crop of grass.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25You have, Jeremy, 25 points.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27APPLAUSE
0:16:34 > 0:16:38And, now, Les Morrell again, please.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43You have 15 points in this very high-scoring game.
0:16:43 > 0:16:4625 is now the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Two and a half minutes of general knowledge - here we go.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Which entrepreneur launched the ZX80, the UK's first
0:16:52 > 0:16:55mass-market home computer in 1980, and the C5 electric vehicle?
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Sinclair.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59What word that originally meant the reach of the outstretched arms
0:16:59 > 0:17:01is used for a unit of depth of water?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- Fathom.- In Hindu religious philosophy,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06which system of disciplines to free the body from the limitations
0:17:06 > 0:17:08of the flesh and attain union with the Supreme Being,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11has become associated in the West with exercises to promote
0:17:11 > 0:17:12physical and mental well-being?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Cetic.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Yoga.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17What expression describing disorderly haste is also
0:17:17 > 0:17:20the name of a fairground amusement with a spiral slide?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Helter skelter.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Which 1896 HG Wells novel is about a naturalist who gets
0:17:24 > 0:17:27stranded on an island where a mad scientist is trying to
0:17:27 > 0:17:29humanise animals by surgery?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31The Island of Doctor Moreau.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Which rugby league club based in Perpignan,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36beat Wigan Warriors on their Super League debut in 2006?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Dragons.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41The finale of Elgar's Coronation Ode for Edward VII is
0:17:41 > 0:17:44a version of what patriotic song with words by AC Benson?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Land Of Hope And Glory.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1995 for her role as the nun
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Sister Helen Prejean, in Dead Man Walking?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Susan Sarandon.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55What treaty of March 1918 between Soviet Russia
0:17:55 > 0:17:58and the Central Powers ended Russian involvement in the First World War?
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Brest-Litovsk.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02The 17th-century physician Franciscus Sylvius is said to have
0:18:02 > 0:18:05invented gin when he redistilled spirits with berries in
0:18:05 > 0:18:07an attempt to create a diuretic medicine.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09What plant were the berries from?
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Cotton.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Juniper. Which lake which lies to the east of the Caspian Sea
0:18:13 > 0:18:16was once the world's fourth-largest inland body of water?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Its volume has been drastically reduced by irrigation.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Sea of Asov.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23The Aral Sea. What is the name of the veteran TV radio
0:18:23 > 0:18:25and television quizmaster and presenter,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27who had his first television success
0:18:27 > 0:18:29as the straight man to Arthur Haynes and later Benny Hill?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Pass.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Which tree-dwelling mammals, native to Central and South America,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37are known for the slowness of their movement,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39have families named two-toed and three-toed?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- Sloth.- In which fictional town is Ruth Rendell's Reg Wexford based?
0:18:42 > 0:18:45It was initially inspired by the West Sussex town of Midhurst.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Maidstone.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Kingsmarkham.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Which painter and Dominican friar was born Guido di Pietro around
0:18:50 > 0:18:551400 and was described as, "Not an artist but an inspired saint."?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Giotto.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Fra Angelico.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00What term for the state of tension between the rival power
0:19:00 > 0:19:03blocks after the Second World War did the American political
0:19:03 > 0:19:06commentator Walter Lippmann help popularise in the title
0:19:06 > 0:19:08of his book, published in 1947?
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Balance of power.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11The Cold War. Which American rock group of the late '60s
0:19:11 > 0:19:15and early '70s consisted of John Fogerty on lead vocals, his brother
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Tom on guitar, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Loving Spoonful.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Creedence Clearwater.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22BEEP
0:19:22 > 0:19:24One pass, Les, and you'll be ever so cross
0:19:24 > 0:19:28when I tell you the name of that veteran quizmaster...
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Nicholas Parsons.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- Oh...- I know. And the problem is, it leaves you with 24 points.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35APPLAUSE
0:19:44 > 0:19:48And, now, Chris again, please.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51And you also got 15 points to start with
0:19:51 > 0:19:53and the score to beat is still 25.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56So, here we go - two and a half minutes.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59In November 1972 Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky to become
0:19:59 > 0:20:01the first American-born world champion in which game?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Chess.- The rich, creamy milk produced by Jersey
0:20:04 > 0:20:07and Guernsey cows is sold in bottles capped with a top of what colour?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Gold.- Which London art gallery was established in 1856 to
0:20:11 > 0:20:14display paintings of those persons who are most honourably
0:20:14 > 0:20:18commemorated in British history as warriors, statesmen, in arts,
0:20:18 > 0:20:19literature or science?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21National Portrait Gallery.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23The Falabella is one of the smallest breeds of which animal?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25It was bred in the Argentinian Pampas
0:20:25 > 0:20:27and reaches a height of only about 30 inches.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Horse.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31An award-winning museum in the port of Fraserburgh is dedicated to
0:20:31 > 0:20:33lenses, prisms and other artefacts
0:20:33 > 0:20:36from which particular type of building?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38There's an example of it nearby at Kinnaird Head.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Lighthouses.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Which hit song by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles featured the line,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46"But don't let my glad expression give you the wrong impression."?
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Tears Of A Clown.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49What term for a crucial or definitive examination
0:20:49 > 0:20:53comes from a method of assessing the purity of gold?
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Assay.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55No. The acid test.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57What is the title of the 2005 film based on the life of the
0:20:57 > 0:21:02heavyweight boxing champion James J Braddock, that stars Russell Crowe?
0:21:03 > 0:21:04The Champ.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Cinderella Man. Who wrote Manfred,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08the dramatic Gothic poem that inspired
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Tchaikovsky's symphony of that name, which was composed in 1885?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Disraeli.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Byron. Which Roman emperor was
0:21:13 > 0:21:15murdered at the Palatine Games in 41AD
0:21:15 > 0:21:18and was succeeded by his uncle Claudius?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Nero.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Caligula. In Islamic tradition,
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Balqis is the name of which
0:21:22 > 0:21:27legendary queen who also appears in the Bible?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Queen Of Sheba.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30In which TV series did Nicholas Lyndhurst play
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Peter Chapman, a quiet electronics lecturer recruited by MI5 to help
0:21:34 > 0:21:36inept spies adapt to new technology?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39As Time Goes By.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40The Piglet Files.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42In 1920, Britain gained administrative
0:21:42 > 0:21:45control of the East African colony of Tanganyika
0:21:45 > 0:21:46from which other European state?
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Germany.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49What general term, meaning "bizarre" in French,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53is used for music composed from roughly between 1600 and 1750,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55spanning the period between Monteverdi and Handel?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Baroque.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Which chemical element with the symbol HO
0:21:59 > 0:22:01comes from Latinised name for Stockholm?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Holmium.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Who wrote the music The Rocky Horror Show
0:22:06 > 0:22:09and appeared as the butler Riff Raff in the film version?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Richard...Jones.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15O'Brien.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Who declined the offer of the poet laureateship after
0:22:17 > 0:22:19the death of John Betjeman in 1984?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22The post was later filled by his biographer Andrew Motion.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Larkin.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26What earldom was held by John Stuart?
0:22:26 > 0:22:27BEEP
0:22:27 > 0:22:31He became Britain's first Scots-born Prime Minister in 1762.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Roseberry.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39It was the Third Earl Of Bute.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42No passes, Chris, 26 points.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44APPLAUSE
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Finally, Susan Sworn again, please.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01And, well, you start out with 17 points,
0:23:01 > 0:23:04but 26 is now the score to beat.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Here we go - two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10What word that originally meant a sheet for writing on
0:23:10 > 0:23:14is used for a small, flat hand-held computer with a touch-screen?
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Tablet.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17In the Roman calendar, what is the day
0:23:17 > 0:23:19that marked the middle of the month,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21falling on the 13th in some months and the 15th in others?
0:23:21 > 0:23:22The ides.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25The former Royal Yacht Britannia, decommissioned in 1997,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28is now moored permanently at which port in Edinburgh?
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Glasgow.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Leith. What term for an for an exceptional work of art originally
0:23:32 > 0:23:34referred to a work produced by a craftsman on completing
0:23:34 > 0:23:36his apprenticeship in order to achieve promotion...?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38"Chedove."
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Masterpiece. What screen name was used by the actor
0:23:40 > 0:23:42and singer Leonard Franklin Slye?
0:23:42 > 0:23:46He appeared in over 80 cowboy films between 1938 and '52.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47John Wayne.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Roy Rodgers. In Tibetan Buddhism,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51what title is usually held by the second-highest spiritual leader?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53The current holder, appointed by the Chinese,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56is not recognised by followers of the Dalai Lama.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- Pass.- The first book of The Austen Project, that aims to
0:23:59 > 0:24:01reinterpret Jane Austen's books was
0:24:01 > 0:24:02a reworking of Sense And Sensibility,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05published in 2014. Who wrote it?
0:24:05 > 0:24:06- Pass.- What term is used in
0:24:06 > 0:24:08mathematics to describe a positive
0:24:08 > 0:24:09whole number that's only
0:24:09 > 0:24:11divisible by itself and the number one.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Prime number. - Which English singer-songwriter won
0:24:14 > 0:24:17the Best British Female Solo Artist award at the 2014 Brits?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Adele.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Ellie Goulding.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23The Osier, a shrubby tree whose twigs are often used in basket making,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25is a member of which genus of trees?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Oak.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Willow. Which American city has a
0:24:27 > 0:24:29baseball team named the Red Sox,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32an ice hockey team named the Bruins and a basketball team named the Celtics?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Boston.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Which former grammar school boy and Balliol College organ scholar
0:24:36 > 0:24:39was Prime Minister between 1970 and 1974?
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Edward Heath.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43What name is given to the hour-long musical performances
0:24:43 > 0:24:45broadcast daily on Radio 3 from 1pm to 2pm?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Eh...Music Hour.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49The Lunchtime Concert.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Which songbird is poetically known as the "Philomel"?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54The name is an illusion to the myth of the maiden Philomela's
0:24:54 > 0:24:56transformation into that bird.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Nightingale.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59What collective name, first used by
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Frederick Boas in 1896, is given to Shakespeare's plays
0:25:01 > 0:25:04such as All's Well That Ends Well, Measure For Measure
0:25:04 > 0:25:05and Troilus and Cressida,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08cos they are too dark to be regarded as comedies?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Eh...the folio.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Problem plays.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13A pibroch is a type of music, generally ceremonial
0:25:13 > 0:25:16in character written for and played on which Scottish instrument?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Bagpipe.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20What faith that teaches the essential unity of all religions
0:25:20 > 0:25:26and of humanity itself was founded in Iran in 1863 by Mirza Hussein Ali?
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Humanism.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Bahia. In which Northern city was the 1997 film The Full Monty set?
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Oh...!
0:25:33 > 0:25:35I know this! Pass.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39The name of what butter substitute is based on the Greek for "pearl"?
0:25:39 > 0:25:40BEEP
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Erm...
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Margarine.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Yes. Correct.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Three passes, Susan.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49And you'll hate it when I tell you.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51That Northern city - you know it was Sheffield.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Of course it was.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Joanna Trollope wrote the other version of Sense And Sensibility.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02And it's The Panchen Lama as opposed to the Dalai Lama
0:26:02 > 0:26:06who's the second-highest spiritual leader.
0:26:06 > 0:26:0825 points.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10APPLAUSE
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Well...
0:26:21 > 0:26:23What a contest - doesn't get much closer than that, does it?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29In fourth place, 24 points - good score - Les Morrell.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Joint second place, 25 points apiece, Jeremy Renals
0:26:33 > 0:26:34and Susan Sworn.
0:26:34 > 0:26:40First place, 26 points - one point in it, Chris Grandison.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42APPLAUSE
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Which means, of course, that Chris is tonight's winner
0:26:54 > 0:26:56and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Congratulations to him.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Commiserations to Jeremy and Susan,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04but with their score, 25, just possible that we will see them
0:27:04 > 0:27:06again in the semifinals.
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0:27:18 > 0:27:20Thanks for watching. Goodbye.