0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Sidin Sunny, a writer from London.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29His subject - champagne.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Next, Graham Gowland, a solicitor from Middlesbrough
0:00:32 > 0:00:34answering questions on the Manhattan Project.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Lena Gazey is an administrator from Leeds and her subject -
0:00:37 > 0:00:40the pioneering photographer, Tina Modotti.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44And Mike Foden, a retired nurse from Newcastle upon Tyne.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46He will be answering questions on The Prisoner.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Tonight, as ever,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07four contenders will sit in the notorious black chair
0:01:07 > 0:01:10where they were answered two minutes of questions
0:01:10 > 0:01:11on their specialty subject
0:01:11 > 0:01:14and then 2.5 minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Tonight's winner will go through to the next round, of course,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and maybe all the way to the final
0:01:19 > 0:01:22where they could win the coveted title of Mastermind Champion.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33And your name is?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37And your occupation?
0:01:37 > 0:01:38And your chosen subject?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Champagne. In two minutes. Here we go.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43What is the oldest existing Champaign house?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45It was established in 1729,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48the year after Louis XV legalised the transport of wine in bottles.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Ruinart.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52In which Abby did the Benedictine monk, Dom Perignon,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54work as treasurer and cellar master for many years?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56He later became known as the father of champagne.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Hautvillers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Which wine producing district of Champagne
0:02:00 > 0:02:01within the Marne department
0:02:01 > 0:02:05contains the Grand Cru villages of Ambonnay, Verzonay, and Bouzy?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Montagne de Reims.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10What small and highly traditional house in Epernay
0:02:10 > 0:02:13has been managed by a member of the Jaeger family
0:02:13 > 0:02:14for four generations?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15- Mumm.- Gratien.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17What term literally meaning "ladder of growth"
0:02:17 > 0:02:20supplies to the percentage scale of classification system
0:02:20 > 0:02:23of communes or villages in the Champagne area introduced in 1911?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Echelle.- Yes, Echelle des Crus.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28In 1876, the house of Louis Roederer created an exclusive cuvee
0:02:28 > 0:02:30at the request of the Russians tsar
0:02:30 > 0:02:33and presented it in a special bottle of clear crystal.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Which tsar?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Pass.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39What major vine pest thought to have come from the New World
0:02:39 > 0:02:42affected most of France's wine growing areas
0:02:42 > 0:02:43in the mid-19th century
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and attacked champagne's vines from around 1890?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Phylloxera.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50What is the maximum number of grams of residual sugar per litre of wine
0:02:50 > 0:02:55permitted in a champagne if it's to be classified as extra brut?
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Six.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Which house makes a cuvee named after Winston Churchill?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00He was a great fan of their champagne
0:03:00 > 0:03:02and even named a racehorse after the member of the family?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Pol Roger.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Which winemaker produces a Cuvee Speciale Les Chetillons
0:03:06 > 0:03:09from old vines in the village of Le Mesnil sur Oger
0:03:09 > 0:03:11in the Cote des Blancs?
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Pass.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16What grape constitutes 60% or more of Veuve Clicquot's
0:03:16 > 0:03:19flagship champagne, La Grande Dame.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20- Chardonnay.- Pinot Noir.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23In 2009, which house launched champagne with the experimental
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Maestro closure, a crown cap with a lever for easier opening?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29The cap was deemed illegal and the bottles had to be withdrawn.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Bollinger.- Duval-Leroy.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34A Methuselah is an extra large bottle equivalent
0:03:34 > 0:03:36to how many standard 75 centilitre bottles?
0:03:38 > 0:03:39- 32.- Eight.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Following disturbances in 1911, which department...
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- BEEP - I'll finish.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45..acquired the right to produce sparkling wine
0:03:45 > 0:03:47as Champagne Deuxieme Zone?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49The term was later appealed.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- Aube.- Aube is correct. You had two passes.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58The winemaker who produced that cuvee speciale
0:03:58 > 0:04:01was Rodolphe or Pierre Peters.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05And in 1876, the house of Louis Roederer
0:04:05 > 0:04:09created that special cuvee for Alexander II.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12So, those two passes, Sidin, you have eight points.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23And our next contender, please.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31And your name is?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Your occupation?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34And your specialist subject?
0:04:36 > 0:04:38The Manhattan Project in two minutes...starting now.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41The Manhattan Project produced the first atomic bombs
0:04:41 > 0:04:42during the Second World War.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45A letter was given to Franklin D Roosevelt in October '39
0:04:45 > 0:04:48signed by Einstein stating that it was possible
0:04:48 > 0:04:49that a nuclear bomb could be built.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Which economist delivered it?
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Erm... Alexander Sachs.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55In September '42, the Deputy Chief of Construction
0:04:55 > 0:04:57of the Army Corps Of Engineers
0:04:57 > 0:04:59who had supervised the building of the Pentagon
0:04:59 > 0:05:01was put in charge of the Manhattan Project. What was his name?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Leslie Groves.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Which unit was founded in '43 to gather intelligence
0:05:05 > 0:05:07of scientific developments in Italy and Germany,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09particularly in atomic research?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11It's name came from the Greek for "grove".
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Alsos.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Which physicist who collaborated with Enrico Fermi
0:05:14 > 0:05:18to create the first man-made nuclear chain reaction in December '42
0:05:18 > 0:05:21said the day would go down as a black day in the history of mankind?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Leo Szilard.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25The Los Alamos Laboratory became the site
0:05:25 > 0:05:28for the final processing assembly and testing of the atomic bomb.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Which Major in the Manhattan Engineer District
0:05:30 > 0:05:34was given the task of finding a suitable site for laboratory?
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Dudley.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Following the first test of the atomic bomb known as the Trinity Test,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory
0:05:40 > 0:05:42said he recalled the phrase from Hindu Scripture,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
0:05:45 > 0:05:46What was his name?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Robert Oppenheimer.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Which Massachusetts construction engineering company
0:05:51 > 0:05:55did Col. James C Marshall select as the principal contractor
0:05:55 > 0:05:57for the atomic bomb project in 1942?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Stone &...Webster.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Which naval officer was appointed in '43
0:06:02 > 0:06:04to direct the expanded Ordnance Division?
0:06:04 > 0:06:07His responsibilities included the assembly and arming
0:06:07 > 0:06:09of the Little Boy uranium bomb.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10William Parsons.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12In which city was an agreement signed in August '43
0:06:12 > 0:06:15by Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt
0:06:15 > 0:06:19that renewed the partnership between America and Britain for developing the atomic bomb?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Quebec.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22The Trinity Test took place in July 1945
0:06:22 > 0:06:25at the Alamogordo bombing range in the New Mexico desert.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28What was the name of the hill 20 miles from ground zero
0:06:28 > 0:06:30that was used as an observation point?
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Pass.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Which future Nobel prize-winning physicist
0:06:33 > 0:06:36was in the observation plane that accompanied the B-29 Enola Gay
0:06:36 > 0:06:39and measured the explosive yield of Little Boy
0:06:39 > 0:06:41when it was dropped and detonated over Hiroshima?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42BEEP William Morrison.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44No, it was Luis Alvarez.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49And your pass - the name of that hill 20 miles from ground zero
0:06:49 > 0:06:53used as an observation point was Compania.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55You have, Graham, nine points.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06And our next contender, please.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16And your name is?
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Your occupation?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19And your specialist subject?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Tina Modotti, here we go, two minutes.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Tina Modotti was a photographer, actress, and political activist
0:07:25 > 0:07:27who lived from 1896 to 1942.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30What was her full first name which she shared with her mother?
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Assunta.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34When Modotti was young, her family moved from Italy to Austria
0:07:34 > 0:07:35where they lived in Ferlach,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37and which other town near Klagenfurt?
0:07:37 > 0:07:38St Ruprecht.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Modotti posed nude for murals on the walls
0:07:40 > 0:07:43on the agricultural college in Chapingo.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Which celebrated Mexican artist painted the murals with his two assistants?
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Diego Rivera.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50In 1923, Modotti moved to Mexico City with her married lover,
0:07:50 > 0:07:52a photographer whom she worked for
0:07:52 > 0:07:54in return for photography lessons. Who was he?
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Edward Weston.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58What make of single lens reflex camera did Modotti use
0:07:58 > 0:08:01from 1926 that enabled her to work without a tripod?
0:08:01 > 0:08:04She went on to use it for much of her career in photography.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05A Graflex.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08What's the title of the poem by Modotti that was published
0:08:08 > 0:08:11in the New York literary journal, The Dial, in May '23?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Pass.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14One of the best known photographs is of a type writer
0:08:14 > 0:08:16belonging to a Cuban revolutionary
0:08:16 > 0:08:19who was her lover in the late 1920s. Who was he?
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Julio Antonio Mella.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22In the summer of 1926,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Weston and Modotti travelled around Mexico
0:08:24 > 0:08:25taking photographs for a book
0:08:25 > 0:08:28on the country's art and folklore by the journalist, Anita Brenner.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29What's the title of the book?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Idols Behind Altars.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34What two symbolic items are resting on a Mexican sombrero
0:08:34 > 0:08:35in the iconic Modotti photograph
0:08:35 > 0:08:38that appeared on the front of the October 1928 edition
0:08:38 > 0:08:41of the radical American periodical, New Masses?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44A sickle and an ear of corn.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45A hammer and sickle.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47In the silent film The Tiger's Coat,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Modotti appears in her only leading role as a Mexican servant
0:08:50 > 0:08:53who pretends to be her Scottish mistress, Jean Ogilvie.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55What's the servant girl's name?
0:08:55 > 0:08:56- Carmen.- Maria.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00What was the name of the Italian communist also known as Comandante Carlos
0:09:00 > 0:09:02who had a strong influence on Modotti?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04He was accused by some of being involved in her death.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Vittorio Vidali.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08What was the name of the hospital Modotti helped to administer
0:09:08 > 0:09:11when she arrived in Spain during the Civil War?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12The Hospital Obrero.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Modotti died suddenly in Mexico in 1942.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18What was the name of the architect and former director of the Bauhaus
0:09:18 > 0:09:20was home she visited on the night she died?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Erm... Hannes Meyer.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- BEEP - In 1928... I started, I'll finish.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30..Modotti became a fundraiser for the Mexican communist Hands Off Nicaragua Committee.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Who was the guerrilla leader of the resistance in Nicaragua
0:09:32 > 0:09:34whom the committee supported?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Sandino.- Is correct.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38You had just one pass.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42The title of that poem by Modotti was Plenipotentiary.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45So that one pass, Lena, but you have 11 points.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57And our final contender, please.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05And your name is?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Your occupation?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09And your specialist subject?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12The Prisoner in two minutes.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14In the 1960s television series The Prisoner,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17a former secret agent's abducted and imprisoned in a village
0:10:17 > 0:10:18where he is known only as Number Six.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Which village in North Wales was used
0:10:20 > 0:10:22for most of the exterior shots in the series?
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Portmeirion.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Number Six makes many unsuccessful attempts to escape the village.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29What vehicle does he try to escape in at the end of the first episode
0:10:29 > 0:10:31unaware that it's being controlled by Number Two?
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Helicopter.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34What's the name of the massive white balloon
0:10:34 > 0:10:36that acts as a security device in the village?
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Rover.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40The General is revealed to be a large computer which Number Six destroys
0:10:40 > 0:10:43by asking it a question he says cannot be answered. What is the question?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Why.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47What title does Number Six give to his multipiece abstract sculpture
0:10:47 > 0:10:50that wins the village art competition? It's actually a boat.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Escape.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Number Six is twice seen taking part in a martial art
0:10:53 > 0:10:56involving two trampolines and a pool of water. What's it called?
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Kosho.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00What message is slowly revealed at the bottom of the glass
0:11:00 > 0:11:02where Number Six drinks a pint of beer at his local pub
0:11:02 > 0:11:03in The Girl Who Was Death?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05You have just been poisoned.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Throughout the series,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Number Six is questioned about why he resigned from his job.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10What's the name of the interrogation technique
0:11:10 > 0:11:13that Number Two uses for seven days in Once Upon A Time?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Degree Absolute.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17What piece does Number Six represent
0:11:17 > 0:11:21when he takes part in the human game of chess in the episode Checkmate?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Queen's pawn.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25In The Chimes Of Big Ben, Number Two watches Number Six
0:11:25 > 0:11:26put on an item of clothing
0:11:26 > 0:11:29and says he makes even that appear as a gesture of defiance.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30What's the item of clothing?
0:11:30 > 0:11:31- Jacket.- Dressing gown.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33In the final episode, what song does Number 48 sing
0:11:33 > 0:11:35that causes the members of the assembly
0:11:35 > 0:11:37to jump from their seats and eventually join in?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Dem Bones.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40In his election campaign speech,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Number Six says many people have chosen to stay in the village
0:11:42 > 0:11:44and will eventually die there.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46What vegetable does he compare them to?
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Cabbage.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49What building is Number Two seen entering
0:11:49 > 0:11:51at the end of the final episode
0:11:51 > 0:11:54after escaping the village with Number Six and 48?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55Palace of Westminster.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Yes, House of Parliament.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58In Hammer Into Anvil,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01a birthday greeting to Number Six from Number 113 is broadcast,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04but Number Two knows two reasons why the greeting is a fake.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06One is that it isn't Number Six's birthday.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07What's the other?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Pass.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11What is the first question Number Two asks Number Six
0:12:11 > 0:12:13after he takes the speed learning course...
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- BEEP - ..on European history since Napoleon?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18In what year was the Treaty of Adrianople.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Exactly right. You had that one pass.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24The other reason why that greeting was fake
0:12:24 > 0:12:27is that Number 113 was dead.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30But, Mike, you have scored 13 points.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42All right, well, a good close first round.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Fourth place, eight points, Sidin Sunny.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Third place among nine points, Graham Gowland.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Second place, 11 points, Lena Gazey.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54First place, 13 points, Mike Foden.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02So it is the general knowledge round now.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05If there's a tie at the end of it, the number of passes
0:13:05 > 0:13:08is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12If they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16So let's go on with it. I'll ask Sidin to join us again, please.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17And, uh...
0:13:18 > 0:13:20You start this round with eight points
0:13:20 > 0:13:22with your knowledge of champagne.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27It is 2.5 minutes this time. Here we go.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Which king married his brother's widow in 1509?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31She was the first of his six wives.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Henry VIII.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Who starred opposite Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
0:13:35 > 0:13:37in 1969 and again in The Sting four years later?
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Redford.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40The name of which small, graceful antelope
0:13:40 > 0:13:42comes from the Arabic for wild goats?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Ibex.- Gazelle.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47The leaves of what African shrub whose name translates as "red bush"
0:13:47 > 0:13:49are used to make a popular herbal tea,
0:13:49 > 0:13:50although the shrub is unrelated,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52the camellias from which true teas are made?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Chamomile.- Rooibos.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Which city in New Zealand is known as the City of Sails
0:13:57 > 0:14:00cos of the large number of yachts generally seen in its harbours?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Auckland.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Which diplomat who was Spain's ambassador
0:14:03 > 0:14:06to the Soviet Union and Mongolia from 1977-80
0:14:06 > 0:14:10was president of the International Olympic Committee from 1982 to 2001?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11- Havelange.- No, Samaranch.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15In sociology, what letter is often used to denote the generation
0:14:15 > 0:14:17that roughly corresponds to people born in the '80s and 90s?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20They're also known as the Millennials.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21- X.- Y.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24What equine nickname is used to describe the tops of ocean waves
0:14:24 > 0:14:26in particularly choppy weather?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Pass.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Which conservative MP who upset the party hierarchy
0:14:31 > 0:14:34when she appeared on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
0:14:34 > 0:14:37had previously accused David Cameron and George Osborne
0:14:37 > 0:14:38of being two arrogant posh boys.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Baroness Warsi.- Nadine Dorries.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island
0:14:43 > 0:14:45is famous for the cultivation of the vegetable
0:14:45 > 0:14:47to which a museum is dedicated in the village of O'Leary.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49What is the vegetable?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50- Asparagus.- Potato.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Who composed the music for the opera
0:14:52 > 0:14:53The Girl Of The Golden West
0:14:53 > 0:14:55that was first performed in New York in 1910
0:14:55 > 0:14:57with Arturo Toscanini conducting?
0:14:57 > 0:14:58- Gershwin.- Puccini.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00In which television sitcom
0:15:00 > 0:15:02did Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey star as Gary and Tony -
0:15:02 > 0:15:05two adolescent-minded males who shared a South London flat?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Pass.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Which English footballer was filmed sleeping
0:15:09 > 0:15:11by the artist Sam Taylor-Wood for the work commissioned
0:15:11 > 0:15:14by the National Portrait Gallery and exhibited in 2004?
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Beckham.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Which modern form of communication is officially known
0:15:17 > 0:15:19as 'courriel' in France?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20- Telephone.- Email.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23What Spanish name was given to the ruler of a South American people
0:15:23 > 0:15:25who was believed to cover his body with gold dust
0:15:25 > 0:15:26at certain festivals?
0:15:26 > 0:15:29His name came to be applied to his legendary kingdom
0:15:29 > 0:15:31abounding in gold and precious stones.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32El Dorado.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34When The Lion Feeds, published in 1964,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36and featuring the twins Garrick and Sean Courtney
0:15:36 > 0:15:38was the first novel by which writer
0:15:38 > 0:15:40who would set many of his books in southern Africa?
0:15:43 > 0:15:44- Leon Uris.- Wilbur Smith.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Which band had successful number one albums with Parachutes in 2000,
0:15:48 > 0:15:50A Rush Of Blood To The Head in 2002,
0:15:50 > 0:15:51and X&Y in 2005?
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Coldplay.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54The birthday of which ancient Chinese philosopher,
0:15:54 > 0:15:58whose teachings were the state ideology of China for centuries...
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- BEEP - ..is celebrated in Southeast Asia on 28 September?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Confucius.- Is correct.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Two passes. That television series
0:16:05 > 0:16:06with Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey
0:16:06 > 0:16:09was Men Behaving Badly.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11And this is one of those irritating ones
0:16:11 > 0:16:12when you think about it after.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15It's the equine nickname to describe the top of ocean waves
0:16:15 > 0:16:17in choppy weather - white horses.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Ha! I know, irritating, isn't it? Sidin, you have 15 points.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32And now Graham Gowland again, please.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33You start out with nine points
0:16:33 > 0:16:36with your knowledge of the Manhattan Project.
0:16:36 > 0:16:402.5 minutes to go, as I say, in this round.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43In Doctor Who, which of the doctors adversaries were created by Davros
0:16:43 > 0:16:45and come from the planet Skaro?
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Daleks.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49A crash is the collective name for which large animals?
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Could you repeat the question?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52A crash is the collective name for which large animals?
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Rhinoceros.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56What is the surname of the brothers George and Weedon who wrote
0:16:56 > 0:16:59The Diary Of A Nobody, a comic account of 15 months in the life of the clerk,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Mr Charles Pooter, in the late Victorian era.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Pass.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06On the London underground, the stations Angel, Elephant & Castle,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Manor House, Royal Oak, and Swiss Cottage are all named after what?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Pass.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Which was the only Eastern Bloc country not to boycott
0:17:15 > 0:17:17the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20It finished second behind the United States with 20 gold medals.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- East Germany.- Romania.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24What names given to the 1918 general election
0:17:24 > 0:17:27which coalitionist candidates were given a letter of endorsement signed by both
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Lloyd George and Bonar Law.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Pass.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Benjamin Britten's opera, Gloriana,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35was commissioned by the Royal Opera House
0:17:35 > 0:17:36to celebrate what event of 1953?
0:17:36 > 0:17:37The coronation.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40In Greek mythology, who is the goddess of witchcraft and sorcery?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42She was believed to haunt the earth at night
0:17:42 > 0:17:44accompanied by a pack of howling dogs.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Harpy.- Hecate.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Red, Spanish, Sugarloaf, Cayenne, and Queen are varieties
0:17:50 > 0:17:53of what exotic fruit often sold sliced in cans?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55- Peach.- Pineapple.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Which all-American action hero created by Tom Clancy has been
0:17:58 > 0:18:00played on-screen by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Ben Affleck, and more recently, Chris Pine?
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Pass.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Which Baltic Republic abandoned its former currency, the lats,
0:18:09 > 0:18:13and became the 18th member of the Eurozone on 1 January, 2014?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- Kazakhstan.- Latvia.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19In anatomy, what name that comes from the Latin for an enclosure,
0:18:19 > 0:18:21is given to the partition between the nostrils,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24or the membrane separating the ventricles of the heart?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Septum.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27What was the surname of the twins Matt and Luke
0:18:27 > 0:18:29were three members of the pop group, Bros?
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Goss.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Which American state named after the wife of King Charles I
0:18:32 > 0:18:35was founded in 1632 as a colony where Roman Catholics
0:18:35 > 0:18:38were free to practise their religion?
0:18:38 > 0:18:39- Virginia.- Maryland.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42What style of painting that flourished in the early 20th century
0:18:42 > 0:18:44in the works of artists such as Henri Matisse
0:18:44 > 0:18:47took its name from the French for "wild beasts"?
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Pass.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Dance Of The Knights is a piece of music well known
0:18:51 > 0:18:54for its use in the BBC television series, The Apprentice.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Which ballet by Prokofiev does it come from?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- The Rite of Spring. - Romeo And Juliet.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00The goldfish belongs to which family of fish?
0:19:00 > 0:19:04The larger variety of it is a popular delicacy in Eastern Europe.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05Um...
0:19:05 > 0:19:06Carp.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Which pair of Yorkshire detectives made their first appearance...
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- BEEP - ..in Reginald Hill's novel, A Clubbable Woman, in 1970?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- Pass.- Well, I can tell you because your time is up.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19It's Dalziel and Pascoe. But you knew that, didn't you?
0:19:19 > 0:19:23And your other passes - Fauvism is the style of painting
0:19:23 > 0:19:25that I was after.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Jack Ryan was that All-American action hero
0:19:27 > 0:19:29everybody seems to have played, just about.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32The election in 1918 was the Coupon election.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36And all those London underground stations are named after pubs.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39And the surname of the brothers George and Weedon
0:19:39 > 0:19:43who wrote The Diary Of A Nobody is Grossmith.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46You also have now 15 points.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58And now Lena, again, please.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02And you start out, Lena, with 11 points with your knowledge
0:20:02 > 0:20:06of Tina Modotti, about whom I suspect many of us had not heard.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09But anyway, 15 is the score to beat. 2.5 minutes starting now.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12What name is given to any sudden shaking of the ground
0:20:12 > 0:20:15caused by the passage of seismic waves through the Earth's rocks?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Earthquake.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Which national heroine led the French forces to a decisive victory
0:20:19 > 0:20:22over the English in Orleans in 1429 during the Hundred Years' War?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Jeanne d'Arc.- Yep, Joan of Arc.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27In children's literature, what's the name of the Marmalade Cat
0:20:27 > 0:20:29created by the British author and illustrated Kathleen Hale?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Pass.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34What is the usual English name for the sugary confection
0:20:34 > 0:20:37known in France as 'barbe a papa' and in America as cotton candy?
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Candyfloss.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Which singing cowboy recorded the classic Oscar-winning theme tune
0:20:42 > 0:20:44to the 1952 film High Noon?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Pass.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48What name has been given to the vast entrance room at London's Tate Modern?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50It was a central element of the building
0:20:50 > 0:20:52before its conversion from a power station to a gallery.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- Engine Room.- The Turbine Hall.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Which Italian explorer who was the first European to sail into New York Harbour
0:20:57 > 0:21:00in 1524 gives his name to the suspension bridge
0:21:00 > 0:21:03crossing the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Vasco da Gama.- Verrazano.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Which radio serial moved into the 6:45 PM slot on the Light Programme
0:21:09 > 0:21:12when Dick Barton - Special Agent ended?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13The Archers.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Who published the first edition
0:21:15 > 0:21:17of his Peerage to England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1802?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20A rival publication by John Burke appeared in 1826?
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Pass.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26Which composers Ninth Symphony first performed in 1824 is known as the Choral?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Beethoven.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30In swimming, what term is used for a relay or individual race
0:21:30 > 0:21:32where the four different strokes are used
0:21:32 > 0:21:34with each stroke used for a quarter of the distance?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35- Freestyle.- Medley.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39A webster is an archaic term for a person employed or engaged in what occupation?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Pass.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44A beautiful young spaniel and a scruffy mongrel who fall in love
0:21:44 > 0:21:47are the title characters in which 1955 Disney animated film?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Pass.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53In which Shakespeare play does Falstaff send identical love letters
0:21:53 > 0:21:57to Mistress Ford and Mistress Page who proceed to plot his downfall?
0:21:57 > 0:21:58The Merry Wives Of Windsor.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01What common name is given to cacti of the genus Opuntia
0:22:01 > 0:22:04because of the shape of the fruit that is edible in some species?
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Prickly pear.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Which television variety show who's comperes included Tommy Trinder
0:22:08 > 0:22:12and Bruce Forsyth featured the audience participation game, Beat The Clock?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Pass.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19In Greek mythology, which god of flocks and shepherds
0:22:19 > 0:22:21famous for his pipes was generally represented
0:22:21 > 0:22:23as having the horns, legs, and years of a goat?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24- Syrinx.- Pan.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Which former Prime Minister died on a sea voyage
0:22:27 > 0:22:30to South America in November 1937?
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Pass.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Which vegetable was described by Mark Twain as
0:22:33 > 0:22:35"nothing but cabbage with a college education"?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- Broccoli.- Cauliflower.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39In 1938, the American surgeon, Robert E Gross...
0:22:39 > 0:22:41BEEP
0:22:41 > 0:22:42..became one of the first people to perform
0:22:42 > 0:22:45a major surgical procedure on what organ of the human body?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- The heart.- Yes, the heart.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50And you had seven passes.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Ramsay MacDonald was the former Prime Minister
0:22:53 > 0:22:54who died on that sea voyage.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Sunday Night At The London Palladium was the variety show.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00And you'll kick yourself with this one -
0:23:00 > 0:23:03beautiful dog, scruffy mongrel, Lady And The Tramp.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- Yes.- Yes, you knew it, of course.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- Webster was the archaic term for somebody who weaves.- Weaver, yes.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Debrett published the first edition
0:23:12 > 0:23:14of the Peerage of England and so on.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Tex Ritter was the singing cowboy.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21And the name of the Marmalade Cat was Orlando.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23You have 19 points.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35And finally, Mike, again, please.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38And Mike, you start out with 13 points
0:23:38 > 0:23:41with your knowledge of The Prisoner. 2.5 minutes of general knowledge.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44The score to beat is 19. Let's see how you do. Here we go.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Players of which sport were described by Kipling as
0:23:47 > 0:23:50"flannelled fools at the wicket" in his poem, The Islanders.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Cricket.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53On what subject did Henry Gray first publish a book in 1858
0:23:53 > 0:23:56that is still a standard text for medical students?
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Anatomy.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59What was the name of the computer that beat
0:23:59 > 0:24:01the World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparovin,
0:24:01 > 0:24:03in the first of a series of six matches in 1996?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06It beat him over the whole six matches and a rematch the following year.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- Big Blue.- No, Deep Blue.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11The Kiss, painted in 1907 and widely reproduced since
0:24:11 > 0:24:14is one of the best-known works by an Austrian artist
0:24:14 > 0:24:18notable for his distinctive use of richly decorative patterns. Who was he?
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Klimt.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21What name is given to the straits designated North and Little
0:24:21 > 0:24:26that separate the islands of the Outer Hebrides from mainland Scotland and Skye?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27- Minch.- Yep, the Minches.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Which novel by Daphne du Maurier is narrated
0:24:30 > 0:24:32by the second wife of Maxim de Winter?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Rebecca.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37What resinous substance make from the secretions of the insect Laccifer lacca,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40is used in an alcohol solution as a varnish
0:24:40 > 0:24:43for priming and finishing furniture and floors?
0:24:43 > 0:24:44Pass.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Which ancient people whose civilisation reached its height in the sixth century BC
0:24:48 > 0:24:51inhabited the part of Italy between the Tiber and the Arno?
0:24:52 > 0:24:53- Goths.- Etruscans.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56What word meaning "renown" or "prestige"
0:24:56 > 0:24:58come directly from the Greek for "fame" or "glory"?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Pass.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03What Italian name is given to a piquant sauce including capers and parsley
0:25:03 > 0:25:08traditionally served as an accompaniment to boiled meats or 'bollito misto'?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Pass.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Which work by Handel was written to accompany the display in Green Park in 1749
0:25:13 > 0:25:16to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Water Music. - Music For The Royal Fireworks.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Which veteran actress received her sixth Emmy nomination
0:25:25 > 0:25:29in 2013 for playing Lady Olenna Tyrell in Game Of Thrones?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Her first two nominations were for her role in The Avengers.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Diana Rigg.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35In a story in the Dime Detective Magazine in 1938,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37which American crime novelist first used the phrase
0:25:37 > 0:25:40"private eye" for a private detective?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42- Mick Blain.- Raymond Chandler.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45In Sir Thomas Malory's account of the Arthurian legends,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48what name meaning "cut steel" is given to King Arthur's sword?
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Excalibur.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Lake Volta, one of the world's largest man-made lakes,
0:25:52 > 0:25:53is found in which west African country?
0:25:53 > 0:25:57It's dam's hydroelectric plant supplies most of the country's electricity needs.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58- Lesotho.- Ghana.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Which political leader is the subject of the 2012 biography
0:26:01 > 0:26:04by Masha Gessen entitled, The Man Without A Face?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Obama.- Putin.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Whose novel, The Virgin Soldiers,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12and its sequels Onward Virgin Soldiers and Stand Up Virgin Soldiers
0:26:12 > 0:26:15are based on his National Service experiences in the British Army?
0:26:15 > 0:26:16Leslie Thomas.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- BEEP - Leslie Thomas is correct.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Just got in there before the buzzer. You have three passes.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26That piquant sauce - the Italian name for it is 'salsa verde'.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31'Kudos' is the word in Greek meaning "renown" or "prestige".
0:26:31 > 0:26:34And shellac is that resinous substance.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38So, three passes altogether, but you have 21 points.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52So, we have a clear winner.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56In joint third place,
0:26:56 > 0:26:5815 points apiece, Sidin Sunny and Graham Gowland.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Second place, 19 points, Lena Gazey.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05First place, 21 points, Mike Foden.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Which means that Mike is tonight's winner, of course.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24He goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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