0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Diane Hallagan,
0:00:27 > 0:00:28an assistant accountant from Leeds.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Her specialist subject, the television series House Of Cards.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, Mark Roman-Gold, a business manager from London,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37on the life and works of John Milton.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Ian Clark is a solicitor also from London.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44He'll be answering questions on the 1453 Siege of Constantinople.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49And Derek Heyes, a retired teacher from Bolton, on FA Cup Finals.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Four more contenders are all set
0:01:06 > 0:01:09to brave the harsh glare of the spotlight tonight.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12As usual, they will face two minutes of questions
0:01:12 > 0:01:14on their specialist subject
0:01:14 > 0:01:16and 2.5 minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18The winner will go through to the next round
0:01:18 > 0:01:22and will be on course to become the next Mastermind champion.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35And your name is?
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Your occupation?
0:01:39 > 0:01:40And your specialist subject?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45House Of Cards in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48What is the name of the scheming politician and central character
0:01:48 > 0:01:50in the trilogy who habitually replies to questions,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52"You might think that I couldn't possibly comment"?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Francis Urquhart.- What three words are spoken by Urquhart as he stares at
0:01:56 > 0:01:58a photo of Margaret Thatcher at the beginning of House Of Cards?
0:01:58 > 0:01:59"Nothing lasts forever."
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Who wrote the screenplays for all three series,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04which are based on the novels by Michael Dobbs?
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Andrew Davies.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08What is the name of the new political correspondent on The Chronicle
0:02:08 > 0:02:10who approaches Urquhart for an interview?
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Mattie Storin.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Which constituency is the first to declare its results
0:02:13 > 0:02:17in the general election that takes place in the first episode of House Of Cards?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19George Green wins the seat for the Conservatives.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Torbay.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24To Play The King opens with the coronation of a new monarch played by...?
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Michael Kitchen.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28In The Final Cut, Urquhart engineers and then endangers
0:02:28 > 0:02:32the settlement of the political situation on an island that is also seen
0:02:32 > 0:02:34in flashbacks to his army career. Which island?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Cyprus.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38The Prime Minister's brother Charles is taken to a treatment centre in Kent
0:02:38 > 0:02:41before the news of his supposed insider dealing becomes public.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42What is the name of the centre?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44The Fellowship Treatment Centre.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47What is the name of the government whip in House Of Cards
0:02:47 > 0:02:51who reluctantly accepts the role of party chairman in To Play The King?
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Tim Stamper.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Which actress, who later became more famous as a singer,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57propositions the king in the second episode of To Play The King?
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Emma Bunton.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01After troops retake the British High Commission in Cyprus,
0:03:01 > 0:03:02what is the one-word headline
0:03:02 > 0:03:05on the front page of The Sun newspaper the following morning?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06"Kebabbed".
0:03:06 > 0:03:09In To Play The King, what office is held by John Stroud?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11He is the leader of the opposition.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Who plays the cabinet secretary to Henry Ponsonby
0:03:14 > 0:03:16in the first episode of The Final Cut?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Julian Fellowes.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20What book does the businessman and party donor Mr Nures
0:03:20 > 0:03:22present as a gift to the Urquharts in The Final Cut?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Elizabeth Urquhart tells him it's one of her husband's favourites.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27The Prince by Machiavelli.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Which member of Parliament is credited as political adviser On The Final Cut?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33He is also seen sitting next to Tom Makepeace
0:03:33 > 0:03:35in the Commons during his resignation speech.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Pass.- What is the name of Urquhart's chief security officer,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42who at the end of The Final Cut orders a sniper to kill him?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Corder.- An opposition MP suggests that the new Foreign Secretary
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- Geoffrey Booza Pitt... - BEEP
0:03:48 > 0:03:50..resembles which glove puppet?
0:03:50 > 0:03:51- Sooty.- Sooty, indeed.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Just the one pass.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56The member of Parliament credited as political adviser
0:03:56 > 0:04:00on The Final Cut is, or was, Michael Fabricant.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02You have, though, Diane, 16 points.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Thank you.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15And now, our next contender, please.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24And your name is?
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Your occupation?
0:04:28 > 0:04:29And your specialist subject?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33John Milton in two minutes.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35In 1674, the poet
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and political writer John Milton gave permission to John Dryden
0:04:38 > 0:04:41to produce a rhyming version of which of his most celebrated works?
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- Pass.- Milton wrote the elegy Lycidas for a friend at
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Christ's College Cambridge who was drowned at sea in 1637. Who was he?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Edward King.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53What is the name of the fallen angel described
0:04:53 > 0:04:56in Book II of Paradise Lost as, "The strongest and the fiercest spirit
0:04:56 > 0:04:59"that fought in Heaven, now fiercer by despair"?
0:05:00 > 0:05:01- Satan.- Moloch.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Which of Milton's pamphlets, published in 1644, attacks censorship
0:05:05 > 0:05:08in the form of the licensing of books before publication?
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Areopagitica.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13In February 1649, shortly after parliament had executed Charles I,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Milton published a work to justify the action,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19defending the right of people to execute a guilty sovereign.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20What was his title?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22The Tenure Of Kings And Magistrates.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25In which city did Milton read Latin poems to the Svogliati Academy
0:05:25 > 0:05:28in March 1639 during his tour of Europe?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Florence.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32What was the forename of Milton's older sister?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34He taught her sons John and Edward Phillips
0:05:34 > 0:05:36following his return to London in 1639.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Anne.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40In 1649, Milton was appointed Secretary for the Foreign Tongues
0:05:40 > 0:05:44by the Council of State and soon after was asked to write a response to which book,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48supposedly written by Charles I shortly before his execution?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Eikon... Ballistica.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53No, Eikon Basilike.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Which of Milton's works, first published in four books in 1671,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00begins with the line, "I who e're while the happy Garden sung"?
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Paradise Regained.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Who was appointed as Milton's assistant in 1653 after he lost his sight,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09although Milton had stated a preference for Andrew Marvell?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- Pass.- In which work of 1654 does Milton claim that he had changed his plans
0:06:15 > 0:06:18to extend his European travels into Sicily and Greece
0:06:18 > 0:06:21when he heard news of civil disturbances in England?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Defensio Secunda.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Which work by Milton, published in 1637, contains the lines,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29"Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud
0:06:29 > 0:06:31"Turn forth her silver lining on the night"?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Comus.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34In 1665, Milton and his wife...
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- BEEP - I've started, so I'll finish.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39..moved into a cottage in Buckinghamshire to escape the Plague in London.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41In which village is the cottage,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44which now houses a museum dedicated to his life and works?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- Chalfont St Giles. - Is correct.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49You had two passes.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51It was Phillip Meadows who was appointed
0:06:51 > 0:06:54as Milton's assistant in 1653.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57And Milton give permission to John Dryden
0:06:57 > 0:07:00to produce a rhyming version of Paradise lost.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- Ah.- You have, Mark, 9 points.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And our next contender, please.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24And your name is?
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Your occupation?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28And your special subject?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire until 1453
0:07:36 > 0:07:39when the city was besieged and taken by Ottoman forces
0:07:39 > 0:07:41under the command of which Sultan?
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Mehmed II.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Which inlet was defended by a large boom chain
0:07:44 > 0:07:48that initially resisted the Ottoman fleet's attempts to force an entry?
0:07:48 > 0:07:49The Golden Horn.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51An engineer from Germany, thought to be of Scottish descent,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55successfully stopped the Ottoman mining operations under the walls. Who was he?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56John Grant.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00What was the name of the Ottoman pretender who lived in Constantinople in 1453
0:08:00 > 0:08:04and was used as a bargaining counter by the final ruler of the Byzantine Empire,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Constantine XI, in his dealings with Mehmed?
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Orhan.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Which Castilian nobleman was fighting alongside Constantine
0:08:10 > 0:08:12as the Ottomans entered the city?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Don Francisco de Toledo.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17During the first week of April 1453, Nikephoros Palaiologos
0:08:17 > 0:08:19took command of a reserve force in the city
0:08:19 > 0:08:22on the central ridge near which major church?
0:08:25 > 0:08:26The Holy Apostles.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29What was the name of the Hungarian general and former regent
0:08:29 > 0:08:31who sent an embassy to Mehmed during the siege suggesting that
0:08:31 > 0:08:34the three-year truce between them was no longer binding?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35John Hunyadi.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38The captain of a Venetian ship was executed after he refused to allow
0:08:38 > 0:08:43an inspection of his cargo at Rumeli Hisari in November 1452. Who was he?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Antonio Rizo.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47What Greek name was given to the section of the land wars
0:08:47 > 0:08:49between the St Romanus and the Charisian gates
0:08:49 > 0:08:52where Mehmed concentrated much of his attack?
0:08:52 > 0:08:53The Mesotechion.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Which Italian city supplied one ship to the defence of the city
0:08:56 > 0:09:00to supplement the larger contingent from Venice and Genoa?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Ancona.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Who was the enormous man from Ulubat who led the first scaling of the walls
0:09:04 > 0:09:07in the final assault? He was killed by the defenders after a grim struggle.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Hasan.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Who commanded Mehmed's fleet in the final stages of the siege
0:09:11 > 0:09:15after his predecessor had been humiliated and degraded for his failures?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Hamza Bey.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19The Genoese military leader was severely wounded in the final assault
0:09:19 > 0:09:21and withdrew from the front line.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24He died a few days later on Chios. What was his name?
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Giovanni Giustiniani Longo.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Which opponent of church union did Mehmed appoint as Patriarch of the City,
0:09:29 > 0:09:31the first under Ottoman rule?
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Gennadius.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34According to a couplet said to have been uttered by Mehmed...
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- BEEP - ..on touring the captured city,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39from which castle did the owl sound the relief?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41The Castle of Afrasiab.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Yes, indeed. No passes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46A brilliant 15 points.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And our next contender, please.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13And your name is?
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Your occupation?
0:10:17 > 0:10:18And your chosen subject?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24In two minutes, starting now.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Who had a penalty saved in the '91 final by
0:10:27 > 0:10:29the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Mark Crossley?
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Lineker.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33In 1980, which club became the first to appear in three consecutive
0:10:33 > 0:10:36FA Cup finals since West Bromwich Albion in 1888,
0:10:36 > 0:10:37although they only won one of them?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- Everton.- Arsenal.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Who played at right-half for Manchester City in the 1933 and '34 finals
0:10:42 > 0:10:45where he won the only honour of his playing career?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47He later won the cup twice as a manager.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Busby.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Which player picked up a record four winners medals at the old Wembley Stadium,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54three with Manchester United, one with Chelsea?
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Hughes.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58The hymn Abide With Me was first sung at the cup final in which year,
0:10:58 > 0:10:59when Arsenal played Cardiff City?
0:10:59 > 0:11:001927.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04What was the name of the Bolton Wanderers left-back who had the unenviable task
0:11:04 > 0:11:07of marking Stanley Matthews in the '53 final?
0:11:07 > 0:11:08- Bell.- Banks.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Which team had a surprise victory in the '88 final that the commentator
0:11:11 > 0:11:14John Motson described with the words, "The Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club"?
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- Wimbledon.- What was the score when Portsmouth beat Wolverhampton Wanderers
0:11:18 > 0:11:21in the '39 final, the last to be played for seven years
0:11:21 > 0:11:23because of the Second World War?
0:11:23 > 0:11:244-1 to Portsmouth.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28The 1923 FA Cup Final was nicknamed the White Horse Final after the horse
0:11:28 > 0:11:32that PC George Scorey rode to marshal the crowd off the pitch before the match.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33What was the horses name?
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Billy.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37In the '56 final, the Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann
0:11:37 > 0:11:41broke his neck when he dived at the feet of which Birmingham City forward?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Murphy.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Who managed Arsenal to their first FA Cup Final victory in 1930
0:11:45 > 0:11:46against Huddersfield Town,
0:11:46 > 0:11:50the club he previously managed to cup success in 1922?
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Chapman.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Who was the captain of the Luton Town team
0:11:52 > 0:11:55that lost the '59 final to Nottingham Forest?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57He was voted Footballer of the Year the same season.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Owen.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02In '97, which club conceded a goal to Chelsea's Roberto Di Matteo
0:12:02 > 0:12:04inside the first minute of their first appearance in the final?
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Middlesbrough.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08What was the name of the German airship that passed over Wembley Stadium
0:12:08 > 0:12:11during the 1930 final, throwing its shadow over the pitch?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- Graf Spee.- Graf Zeppelin.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Preston North End won the '38 final 1-0 with a penalty scored
0:12:17 > 0:12:20in the last minute of extra time by George Mutch.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23What was the name of Huddersfield Town's captain and centre-half,
0:12:23 > 0:12:25who tripped Mutch to concede the penalty?
0:12:25 > 0:12:26BEEP
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- Beattie.- It was Alf Young.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35However, Derek, with no passes, you have scored 11 points.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Well, a high-scoring round there. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56In fourth place, 9 points, Mark Roman-Gold.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Third place, 11 points, Derek Heyes.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Second place, 15 points, Ian Clark.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04First place, 16 points, Diane Hallagan.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13So, it is the general knowledge round now
0:13:13 > 0:13:16and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:13:16 > 0:13:20is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner
0:13:20 > 0:13:24and if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tiebreaker.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28By the way, the six highest-scoring runners up will also be able
0:13:28 > 0:13:31to claim a place in the semifinals. So, plenty to play for.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Let's get on with it and ask Mark to join us again, please.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38And you...
0:13:40 > 0:13:42..start this round with 9 points.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46And it's 2.5 minutes now, not two.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Here we go.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50In 1901, the schoolteacher and adventurer Annie Edson Taylor
0:13:50 > 0:13:54became the first person to go over which waterfalls in a barrel and survive?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Niagara Falls.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00In 1908, a horse called Rubio who once worked in Towcester pulling an omnibus,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03was the first American-bred winner of which major steeplechase?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Grand National.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07A Blaze Of Autumn Sunshine, published in October 2013
0:14:07 > 0:14:09and subtitled The Last Diaries,
0:14:09 > 0:14:12was written by which veteran politician who died in 2014?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Nelson Mandela.- Tony Benn.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19In cookery, a steak that is very lightly grilled so the outside is seared
0:14:19 > 0:14:21but the inside remains uncooked is said to be what colour?
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Blue.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26In Mesopotamian religion, Marduk was the chief god of which city?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28He became known as Bel meaning 'Lord'.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Constantinople.- Babylon.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Which avant-garde American composer developed the prepared piano,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37a piano modified by objects placed between its strings
0:14:37 > 0:14:39in order to produce original sound effects?
0:14:41 > 0:14:42- Aaron Copland.- John Cage.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Which branch of the British Armed Forces, founded during
0:14:44 > 0:14:47the reign of Henry VIII, is known as the Senior Service?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50- Infantry.- The Royal Navy.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55The 2012 documentary Room 237 explores the various interpretations
0:14:55 > 0:14:59of which classic 1980s Stanley Kubrick horror film?
0:15:01 > 0:15:02- Clockwork Orange. - The Shining.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04What is the name of the radical freethinker who,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06in a series of novels by SJ Parris,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10helps Sir Francis Walsingham to unmask spies in Elizabethan England?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Pass.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17The pilot of a radio programme that featured Graeme Garden and Jo Kendall
0:15:17 > 0:15:19singing Three Blind Mice to the tune of Old Man River
0:15:19 > 0:15:23and Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie performing Sing A Song Of Sixpence
0:15:23 > 0:15:26to the tune of These Foolish Things. Which program?
0:15:26 > 0:15:27- The Goodies. - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31What protein in the red blood cells of humans and many other animals
0:15:31 > 0:15:34is responsible for transporting oxygen to the body's tissues?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Uh...
0:15:37 > 0:15:38- Lucozytes.- Haemoglobin.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Which footballer, who famously cried
0:15:41 > 0:15:43after he was booked in the 1990 World Cup semifinal,
0:15:43 > 0:15:47was voted that year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Paul Gascoigne.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Heather Small was the lead singer of which group, whose top 10 hits
0:15:51 > 0:15:54in the 1990s included Moving On Up and Search For The Hero?
0:15:54 > 0:15:55M People.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00The Wonderful Parliament of 1386 and the Merciless Parliament of 1388
0:16:00 > 0:16:02were both held during the reign of which English monarch?
0:16:06 > 0:16:07- Edward III.- Richard II.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Which fictional character, nicknamed the Fat Owl of the Remove,
0:16:11 > 0:16:12made his first appearance in a story called
0:16:12 > 0:16:15The Making Of Harry Wharton in The Magnet in 1908?
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Billy Bunter.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- What does the abbreviation... - BEEP
0:16:20 > 0:16:23..ABV stand for when referring to the strength of beer?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Alcohol before volume.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Aha, nearly. Alcohol by volume.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Close. One pass.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39The name of that radical freethinker was Giordano Bruno.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41You have a total now, Mark, of 15 points.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54And now, Derek again, please.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10And, Derek, you start this round with 11 points
0:17:10 > 0:17:13with your knowledge of FA Cup Finals.
0:17:13 > 0:17:152.5 minutes of general knowledge, starting now.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18What biscuit, made with golden syrup, oats and coconut,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22takes its name from the acronym for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps?
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Anzac.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26In Orwell's novel Animal Farm, what type of animal puts forward
0:17:26 > 0:17:30the theory that while all animals are equal, some are more equal than others?
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Pigs.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Which lake, that has a shoreline in Kenya,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Uganda and Tanzania, is the largest in Africa?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Victoria.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42At which University, founded as the University College of Wales,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45did Prince Charles spend one term in the spring of 1969
0:17:45 > 0:17:49studying Welsh language and history prior to his investiture as Prince of Wales?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Aberystwyth.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53In 2008, which group's greatest hits album Gold
0:17:53 > 0:17:56topped the UK chart 16 years after it first did so in 1992?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57ABBA.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01What name is given to the usually non-alcoholic drink used as a hangover cure,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04consisting of an unbroken raw egg yolk, Worcestershire sauce
0:18:04 > 0:18:07and other ingredients such as Tabasco or vinegar?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09A... Harvey Wallbanger.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10A Prairie Oyster.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13What name is given to small plots of generally urban public land
0:18:13 > 0:18:16rented by individuals for cultivation? They were especially popular
0:18:16 > 0:18:19during the world wars as a way of alleviating food shortages.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Allotments.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22A building leased by Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Thomas Knyvet,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25the man who later arrested Guy Fawkes,
0:18:25 > 0:18:29was the first recorded domestic house at which well-known London address?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- Downing Street. - Yes, 10 Downing Street.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Julius Caesar defeated Vercingetorix, a chieftain of the Arverni tribe,
0:18:36 > 0:18:39at the Battle of Alesia in 52 BC.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Which series of wars did this victory end?
0:18:43 > 0:18:44- Punic.- The Gallic.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48How is the boxer, born Walker Smith in Detroit in 1921, better known?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50He was a world champion once as welterweight
0:18:50 > 0:18:53and five times as a middleweight between 1946 and 1960.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Sugar Ray Robinson.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Which professional baker, who's worked at some of Britain's
0:18:57 > 0:18:59most prestigious hotels, became a household name after
0:18:59 > 0:19:02he appeared as a judge on the Great British Bake Off?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Pass.- Who was the last Danish king of England?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08He was the son of Cnut and reigned from 1040
0:19:08 > 0:19:10until his death in 1042.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- Cnut.- Nearly - Harthacnut.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19How is the temperature of -273.15 Celsius, or nought Kelvin,
0:19:19 > 0:19:22the lowest temperature theoretically possible, more commonly known?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Absolute zero.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Which bird of prey, a common scavenger in London streets in Tudor times,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30was hunted to extinction in England but has been seen flying over the capital again
0:19:30 > 0:19:32after being reintroduced in the Chilterns?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Buzzard. Great buzzard. - Great kite.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Which Liverpool-based group's biggest hit in the UK singles chart
0:19:37 > 0:19:40was All Together Now? It reached number four in 1990.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Pass.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Who was Secretary of State for Education and Science
0:19:43 > 0:19:46in Edward Heath's government from 1970 to '74?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Walker.- Thatcher. - BEEP
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Yeah, do you remember? Thatcher, Thatcher, milk snatcher.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Two passes, Derek.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00That Liverpool-based group, All Together Now, was The Farm.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02And the baker, the professional baker
0:20:02 > 0:20:04who was a judge on The Great British Bake Off,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07chap called Hollywood, Paul Hollywood.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09You have a total, Derek, of 20 points.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28And now, Ian Clark again, please.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34And you start this round with 15 points
0:20:34 > 0:20:36with your knowledge of the Siege of Constantinople.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Here's your general knowledge. 20 is the score to beat at the moment.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Here we go.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Frank Sinatra's version of which song spent a record
0:20:43 > 0:20:46124 weeks in the top 75 in the UK singles charts?
0:20:46 > 0:20:47My Way.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50A 19th-century milestone in the suburb of Kirkstall in Leeds
0:20:50 > 0:20:54is said to mark a point exactly 200 miles from London to the south
0:20:54 > 0:20:56and which capital city to the North?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Edinburgh.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Which Dickens novel features the Circumlocution Office, the government department
0:21:01 > 0:21:04without which no public business of any kind could possibly be done?
0:21:04 > 0:21:05- Bleak House.- Little Dorrit.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Which small whale has a large single tusk
0:21:07 > 0:21:09which can grow to several metres in length?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12It is sometimes known as the unicorn of the sea.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13The narwhal.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Basin Street, Bourbon Street and South Rampart Street,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18all famed for their connection with jazz, are in which American city?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19New Orleans.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23The film 1977 Saturday Night Fever and its '83 sequel Staying Alive
0:21:23 > 0:21:26star which actor as the dancer Tony Manero?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27John Travolta.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Which Spartan military leader commanded the fleet
0:21:29 > 0:21:33that defeated the Athenians at Aegospotami in 405 BC,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35the final battle of the Peloponnesian War?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38He is commemorated in the words of the song The British Grenadiers.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Lysander.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44In nutrition, which group of compounds, that include sugar,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47starches and cellulose, provides the body's main source of energy?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50- Fruiteins.- Carbohydrates.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53What name of French origin is given to a floating platform
0:21:53 > 0:21:55used as a dock or a temporary bridge,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57typically supported on boats and used by the military?
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Pontoon.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03In the Goon Show, who regularly exclaimed after being blown up,
0:22:03 > 0:22:06"You dirty, rotten swine! You have deaded me again. I do not like this game"?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Bluebottle.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Which English club beat Bayern Munich to win the European Cup in 1982?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14The centre-forward Peter Withe scored the only goal of the game.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Aston Villa.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Which operetta, first performed in 1896,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20was the last collaboration of Gilbert and Sullivan?
0:22:21 > 0:22:22The Grand Duke.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Who won the Booker-McConnell Prize in 1981 for his second novel
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Midnight's Children, a story about the birth of modern India?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Salman Rushdie.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30In Chinese mythology, Da Yu,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33who reputedly founded China's first dynasty, also controlled
0:22:33 > 0:22:37what natural disaster that hit the country in the 21st-century BC?
0:22:39 > 0:22:40A flood.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43The organs of the human body known as the semicircular canals
0:22:43 > 0:22:45found in the inner ear play an important role
0:22:45 > 0:22:46in maintaining what fundamental ability?
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Balance.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51What form of wall painting, sometimes considered to be vandalism,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53was made fashionable in the art world by the New York artists
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Graffiti.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01The G20 group of finance ministers and central bank governors
0:23:01 > 0:23:04consists of 19 member countries and one organisation.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Which organisation?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- The UN.- No, the EU.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Whom did Lewis Morley famously photograph posed naked...
0:23:11 > 0:23:16- BEEP - ..straddling a wooden chair in his London studio in 1963?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- Christine Keeler.- Is correct.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22No passes. 30 points.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35And finally, Diane again, please.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43And you start out with a very hefty 16 points
0:23:43 > 0:23:45and you have a very hefty 30 points to beat.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Here we go. 2.5 minutes of general knowledge, starting now.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52What American-Indian word for a priest became more widely used
0:23:52 > 0:23:55for a conference between or with Native Americans?
0:23:55 > 0:23:56Powwow.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02No. 5, 1948, sold in 2006 by the film mogul David Geffin for around 135 million,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04is a drip painting by which avant-garde American artist?
0:24:04 > 0:24:05Jackson Pollock.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Which New Zealand city was named after the Duke who helped the New Zealand Company
0:24:09 > 0:24:10found the original settlement in 1840?
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Wellington.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Which British television music show took its name from
0:24:14 > 0:24:17an American music industry phrase which suggests that if a grey-suited doorman
0:24:17 > 0:24:20could remember a tune having heard it once, it would become a hit?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21The Old Grey Whistle Test.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23In English, how are the deities,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25known to the Greeks as the Moirai, collectively known?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27There were three of them and they controlled human destiny.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32- The fates.- Which 1853 novel by Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell was based on her upbringing
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- in Knutsford in Cheshire... - Cranford.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37..has been adapted into a BBC drama starring Judi Dench?
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Middlemarch.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- Cranford.- It's Cranford!- Ha!
0:24:40 > 0:24:43The 27-mile stretch of privately-financed motorway that opened in 2003
0:24:43 > 0:24:46and was originally called the Birmingham Northern Relief Road,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49is now officially known by what name?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Pass.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53What stage name, adopted by Adolf Marx of the Marx Brothers,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55was taken from the musical instrument he played?
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Harpo.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Which 19th-century author is best remembered for his historical novel
0:24:59 > 0:25:02The Cloister And The Hearth, published in 1861?
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Pass.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Which Latin American country's flag has an image
0:25:05 > 0:25:08of an eagle on top of a prickly pear cactus with a snake in its beak?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Mexico.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Which athlete, who won three gold medals at the Seoul Olympics
0:25:13 > 0:25:17and set world records in the 100m and 200m the same year, was known as Flo-Jo?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Florence Griffith Joyner.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Which behavioural disorder, most common in children,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22is also known as somnambulism?
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Sleepwalking.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26What title is shared by a popular opera by Puccini
0:25:26 > 0:25:28and a rarely-played one by Leoncavallo?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31They are both based on a novel about Parisian life by Henri Murger.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Madame Butterfly.- La Boheme.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Whose album Bat Out Of Hell, first released in 1977,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38went on to spend 474 weeks in the UK charts?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Meat Loaf.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42What is the largest of the native British snake species?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43It has a typical length of about 1m,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46although much longer individuals have been noted.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47- The adder.- The grass snake.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Which future American president was awarded the distinguished
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Flying Cross for his services as a US Navy pilot during the Second World War?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- John F Kennedy.- George Bush.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Eton, Rugby and Winchester schools give their name to the three forms of
0:25:59 > 0:26:03an indoor court game where a ball is hit with a gloved hand rather than a racket.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Which game?
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Fives.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07In which '80s television sitcom did Richard Briers
0:26:07 > 0:26:11play a pernickety pillar of the local community who was always being upstaged
0:26:11 > 0:26:13by his suave neighbour, played by Peter Egan?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Ever Decreasing Circles.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17What name of Greek origin is given to government by the mob?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- Hoi polloi.- Ochlocracy.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22- Whose novel... - BEEP - ..English Passengers,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25about three eccentric Englishman who set sail for Tasmania to find
0:26:25 > 0:26:29the Garden of Eden was named the 2000 Whitbread Book of the Year?
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- Peter Carey. - Well, it was worth a guess.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- Yes.- No, it was Matthew Kneale.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37But it's always worth guessing
0:26:37 > 0:26:39in this game, always.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Two passes, Diane.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44The author best known for The Cloister And The Hearth
0:26:44 > 0:26:46was Charles Reade.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50And that Northern Relief Road is now known as the M6 Toll road.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- You got close - 28 points. - Thank you.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Well, a couple of whopping scores there.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Let's have a look at all of them now.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11In fourth place, 15 points, Mark Roman-Gold.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Third place, 20 points, Derek Heyes.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19Second place, 28 points - normally a winner - Diane Hallagan.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21First place, 30 points, Ian Clark.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Well done to you.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33SPEECH MUFFLED BY APPLAUSE
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Which means, obviously, that Ian is tonight's winner
0:27:41 > 0:27:43and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Congratulations to him.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Commiserations, though not necessarily,
0:27:47 > 0:27:51to Diane Hallagan because with a score of 28, it is entirely possible
0:27:51 > 0:27:54that we shall see her again in the semifinal.
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