0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Jeremy Renals,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31a technical writer from Banbury, he's answering questions
0:00:31 > 0:00:33on Reading Football Club.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Next, Tom Williams, a student from London,
0:00:35 > 0:00:38on Benjamin Britten.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40David Shah is an education consultant from Cambridge
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and his subject - the city of Venice.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Next, Jim Maginnis, an RAF navigator from Lurgan,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51who's answering questions on the history of Ulster.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54And Margaret Brown, an unpaid carer from Edinburgh,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56on the prohibition era in the United States.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00APPLAUSE
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Five contenders instead of the usual four tonight,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21because this is a semifinal, and all of them hoping,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24believing, that they will be the one who gets through
0:01:24 > 0:01:28to the grand final and the chance to become the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31They'll get 90 seconds of specialist subject questions
0:01:31 > 0:01:33and two minutes on their general knowledge.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36So let's get on with it and ask our first contender
0:01:36 > 0:01:37to join us, please.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46And your name is?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Your occupation?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49And your chosen subject?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Reading in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Reading Football Club was founded in 1871
0:01:57 > 0:01:59and elected to the Third Division in 1920.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00They're now known as The Royals,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02but what was their previous nickname,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05derived from one of the town's major industries?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Biscuitmen.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Which team did Reading beat 4-1
0:02:08 > 0:02:10in the 1988 Simod Cup Final at Wembley?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12It is, to date, their only victory
0:02:12 > 0:02:13in a major cup competition.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Luton Town.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Who was Reading's manager at the time of their move
0:02:17 > 0:02:20from Elm Park to the Madejski Stadium in 1998?
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Tommy Burns.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24In December 1999, Reading fans organised a protest
0:02:24 > 0:02:26known as Pants Day during a home game against Wrexham.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29The acronym Pants is usually said to
0:02:29 > 0:02:31stand for "players are not..."?
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Trying sufficiently.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34After scoring against Rochdale in 1975,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Robin Friday celebrated by running
0:02:37 > 0:02:39behind the goal and kissing who?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40A policeman.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Who scored six of Reading's goals in their 7-3 victory
0:02:43 > 0:02:46over Stoke City in April 1931?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Arthur Alf Baker.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50In recent seasons, rather than being worn by a player,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52what number shirt has been allocated to the Reading fans?
0:02:52 > 0:02:5313.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Reading beat which amateur team by eight goals to three
0:02:56 > 0:02:58in the first round of the FA Cup in 1935?
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Corinthians.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Who was the Reading goalkeeper
0:03:01 > 0:03:03in an FA Cup match against Millwall
0:03:03 > 0:03:06in '33, who stayed on the pitch for some time after all
0:03:06 > 0:03:08of his team-mates had returned to the dressing room?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11He was unaware that the match had been abandoned
0:03:11 > 0:03:13because of heavy fog.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Dick Mellors.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Who became Reading's first million-pound player
0:03:16 > 0:03:18when he was signed from Bristol City in 2005?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Leroy Lita.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Oxford United's owner Robert Maxwell
0:03:21 > 0:03:24planned to merge his club with Reading in 1983.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26What was the proposed name for the new team?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Thames Valley Royals.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30BEEP Which... Just started.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Which non-league team did Reading finally defeat
0:03:32 > 0:03:34in the second round of the FA Cup
0:03:34 > 0:03:37in December 1989 after a third replay?
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Take a guess, you're out of time.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Wealdstone.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44No, no, it was Welling, but there you go.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Apart from that... I shouldn't have asked that last question, should I?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Because you got all of them right up until then, 11 points.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52APPLAUSE
0:03:56 > 0:03:58And our next contender, please.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05And your name is?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Your occupation?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09And your chosen subject?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Benjamin Britten, 90 seconds.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13The English musician Benjamin Britten
0:04:13 > 0:04:15was an opera composer and pianist.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18In 1927, when he was 14, the composer Frank Bridge
0:04:18 > 0:04:19recommended that he should begin
0:04:19 > 0:04:21piano lessons with whom?
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Harold Samuel.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Which song from Britten's settings of the French poet
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Rimbaud Les Illuminations,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29was dedicated to his long-term partner, Peter Pears?
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Pass.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Of which of Britten's early works
0:04:32 > 0:04:33did a Times critic comment,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35"If it is just a stage to be got through,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37"we wish him safely and quickly through it"?
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Our Hunting Fathers.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40According to his own introduction to Peter Grimes,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43which composer did Britten admire for brilliance, freedom
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and vitality in the setting of English texture music?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Mahler.- No, Purcell.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49What musical form is used by Britten
0:04:49 > 0:04:51in a considerable number of works,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53including an interlude in Peter Grimes and
0:04:53 > 0:04:55the finale of the cello symphony?
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Passacaglia.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Which of the Roman poet Virgil's works is used
0:04:58 > 0:04:59in Voices for Today,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02commissioned for the 20th anniversary of the UN founding?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- The Aeneid. - No, the Fourth Eclogue.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06The ethnomusicologist Colin McPhee
0:05:06 > 0:05:08introduced Britten to the music of an island
0:05:08 > 0:05:10which greatly influenced the style of his ballet
0:05:10 > 0:05:12The Prince of the Pagodas, among other works.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Which island?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Bali.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Britten was one of the founders
0:05:16 > 0:05:17of the Aldeburgh Festival in 1948.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20What was the name of the administrator
0:05:20 > 0:05:22who was responsible for much of the festival's success,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24till he fell out with Britten and resigned in '71?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- Humphry Sarr.- Stephen Ryes.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28What unusual instrument did Britten include
0:05:28 > 0:05:31in the last movement of the Spring Symphony?
0:05:31 > 0:05:32- Gamelan.- A cow horn.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35The score of which of Britten's operas is inscribed
0:05:35 > 0:05:38"libretto after Andre Obey's play"?
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Rape of Lucretia.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41What work by the Elizabethan composer John Dowland
0:05:41 > 0:05:43is used as the basis... BEEP
0:05:43 > 0:05:44..for the guitar piece Nocturnal,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47written for Julian Bream in 1963?
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Pass.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I can tell you it's Come Heavy Sleep.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53And you had one other pass.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Apart from that, that song from the
0:05:56 > 0:05:58setting of Rimbaud's Les Illuminations
0:05:58 > 0:06:01was Being Beauteous.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03You've scored, Tom, five points.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06APPLAUSE
0:06:10 > 0:06:12And our next contender, please.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19And your name is?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Your occupation?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23And your chosen subject?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Venice in 90 seconds.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Which bridge in Venice was the only one to cross the Grand Canal
0:06:28 > 0:06:31until the Accademia bridge was built in 1854?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Rialto.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34According to legend, Venice was founded
0:06:34 > 0:06:36when the church of St Giacomo was dedicated at midday
0:06:36 > 0:06:38on what date in 421?
0:06:39 > 0:06:4125th March.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Paolo Lucio Anafesto was said to have
0:06:43 > 0:06:45become the first holder of which post in 697?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Doge.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Which 900-year-old structure collapsed on 14th July 1902?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52It was said that it "fell like a gentleman".
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Campanile San Marco.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55The cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
0:06:55 > 0:06:57stands on an island in the Venetian lagoon
0:06:57 > 0:06:59that was settled in the 5th century
0:06:59 > 0:07:01by the people of the Roman city of Altinum.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Which island?
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Torcello.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05What is the name of the opera house in Venice
0:07:05 > 0:07:07where Verdi's opera La Traviata
0:07:07 > 0:07:08was first performed in 1853?
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Fenice.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Which doge was beheaded in 1355 after he led a conspiracy
0:07:12 > 0:07:14to make himself absolute ruler of Venice?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16His portrait in the Great Council Chamber was replaced
0:07:16 > 0:07:18with a painted black veil.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Marino Faliero.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22What name was given to the doge's ceremonial barge,
0:07:22 > 0:07:23which was used in the annual ritual
0:07:23 > 0:07:26which symbolised the marriage of Venice and the sea?
0:07:26 > 0:07:27The Bucintoro.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Who was the British ambassador in Venice in the reign of
0:07:30 > 0:07:31King James I?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33He coined the saying that "an ambassador is an honest man
0:07:33 > 0:07:35"sent to lie abroad for the good of his country".
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Henry Wotton.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38What name of Arabic origin was used
0:07:38 > 0:07:40for the Venetian shipbuilding yard that was once
0:07:40 > 0:07:42the largest industrial complex in Europe?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Arsenal.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Which island has been the cemetery of Venice
0:07:46 > 0:07:48since Napoleon decreed that all the dead must be taken there?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50It was originally two islands,
0:07:50 > 0:07:51one of which was called St Cristoforo.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53San Micele.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Which Pope was patriarch of Venice before he was elected...
0:07:55 > 0:07:58BEEP ..to the papacy in 1903?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Pious X.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Is correct,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04which means that you have a completely clear round.
0:08:04 > 0:08:0512 points.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09APPLAUSE
0:08:13 > 0:08:15And our next contender, please.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23And your name is?
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Your occupation?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28And your chosen subject?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Ulster in 90 seconds, here we go.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34In 1609, the Solicitor General for Ireland
0:08:34 > 0:08:37proposed sending settlers from mainland Britain to Ulster,
0:08:37 > 0:08:39which he referred to as "a barbarous country".
0:08:39 > 0:08:41What was his name?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Davies.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Which county was created in Ulster in 1613
0:08:44 > 0:08:47as a result of a financial agreement between King James I
0:08:47 > 0:08:48and London livery companies?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- Londonderry. - Yes, or Derry.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52When Ireland was partitioned in 1921,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54six of the nine counties of Ulster remained in the UK.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Two of these had a Catholic majority, Tyrone and...?
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Fermanagh.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02The Society of United Irishmen, formed in Belfast in 1791,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04wanted "a cordial union among all
0:09:04 > 0:09:05"the people of Ireland".
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Who was the Dublin lawyer and revolutionary leader
0:09:07 > 0:09:09who named the society?
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Theobald Wolfe Tone.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12In 1782, in which town did delegates from 143
0:09:12 > 0:09:15independent volunteer companies meet to demand
0:09:15 > 0:09:17that the Irish parliament should not be
0:09:17 > 0:09:18overruled from Westminster?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Dungannon.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21What was the name of the businessman
0:09:21 > 0:09:23who commanded a force of Antrim surgeons
0:09:23 > 0:09:25during the rebellion by the United Irishmen?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28He was hanged in Belfast in July 1798.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Henry McCracken.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31What document, signed by nearly a 250,000 men
0:09:31 > 0:09:33in September 1912, was a protest
0:09:33 > 0:09:35against the Third Home Rule Bill?
0:09:35 > 0:09:36The Solemn League and Covenant.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38The Northern Ireland parliament
0:09:38 > 0:09:40was opened by George VI in 1921, in which building?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Belfast City Hall.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43What did the Irish Prime Minister
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Eamon de Valera send to support the people
0:09:45 > 0:09:47of Belfast after a massive German air raid
0:09:47 > 0:09:48on the city in April 1941?
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Fire appliances.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Which Conservative politician went to Belfast
0:09:51 > 0:09:53to speak against home rule at a meeting
0:09:53 > 0:09:55of Conservatives and Orangemen in 1886?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58He called it "playing the orange card".
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Ronald Churchill.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01What political organisation was set up
0:10:01 > 0:10:03in November 1945 at a conference in Dungannon...
0:10:03 > 0:10:05BEEP ..attended by nearly 500
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Nationalist delegates?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08The Irish Anti-Partition League.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Indeed.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Nothing wrong with any of those answers.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Another 11 points.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16APPLAUSE
0:10:21 > 0:10:23And our final contender, please.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31And your name is?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Your occupation?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36And your chosen subject?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38The Prohibition era in the United States.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42The Prohibition Act resulted from the 18th Amendment
0:10:42 > 0:10:44to the Constitution in 1920,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46banning the sale and manufacture of alcohol.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47What alternative name,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50after a Republican congressman, is given to the act?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51The...
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Volstead Act.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Yes. A woman called Carrie Nation
0:10:54 > 0:10:55was one of the main campaigners
0:10:55 > 0:10:56during the prohibition period
0:10:56 > 0:10:58and led attacks on saloons.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00What weapon or tool became her emblem?
0:11:00 > 0:11:01A hatchet.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Yes. Which Italian-born Chicago mobster
0:11:03 > 0:11:05took over the crime empire of Big Jim Colosimo
0:11:05 > 0:11:07and developed an illegal liquor business
0:11:07 > 0:11:10that he passed on to Al Capone in 1925?
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Johnny Torrio.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12When prohibition came into force,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14brewers could remain in business,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17provided their produce had a maximum of 0.5% alcohol.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20By what rhyming two-word name was the drink widely known?
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Half and half?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Near beer. When a repeal
0:11:25 > 0:11:28of the Volstead Act was considered in 1930,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Senator Morris Sheppard dismissed the idea.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32He said, "A bird had as much chance of flying to Mars
0:11:32 > 0:11:35"with the Washington Monument tied to its tail." Which bird?
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Hummingbird.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Yep. In 1924, the Boston Herald offered 200
0:11:38 > 0:11:40to the reader who invented a new word
0:11:40 > 0:11:42for someone who wilfully violated the 18th Amendment.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44What word won?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Scofflaw.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47What was the name of the temperance organisation
0:11:47 > 0:11:49founded in Ohio in 1893
0:11:49 > 0:11:50and became a powerful force
0:11:50 > 0:11:52behind government policy on prohibition?
0:11:52 > 0:11:53The Anti-Saloon League.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Which industrialist and staunch supporter
0:11:55 > 0:11:56of prohibition commented,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58"If booze ever comes back to the United States,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00"I am through with manufacturing"?
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Henry Ford.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03What alliterative two-word name was most commonly used
0:12:03 > 0:12:05for the line of ships loaded with liquor
0:12:05 > 0:12:07and anchored just beyond the maritime limit
0:12:07 > 0:12:09of the United States from the early '20s?
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Rum Row.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Which gang leader... BEEP
0:12:12 > 0:12:13..and rival to Al Capone
0:12:13 > 0:12:15narrowly missed death in February 1929
0:12:15 > 0:12:16when he was late joining his gang
0:12:16 > 0:12:18to pick up a consignment of illicit whisky?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20All the men inside the building were killed
0:12:20 > 0:12:22in the St Valentine's Day massacre.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Bugs Moran.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Is correct.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27No passes, Margaret. Nine points.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28APPLAUSE
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Well, plenty of high scores there.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41In fifth place, with five points,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Tom Williams. Fourth place, nine points,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Margaret Brown. Joint second place, 11 points apiece,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Jeremy Renals and Jim Maginnis.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51In first place, with 12 points,
0:12:51 > 0:12:52David Shah.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54APPLAUSE
0:12:58 > 0:13:00So it is the General Knowledge round now.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02If there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:13:02 > 0:13:05is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08If they're tied on passes as well,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10then there has to be a tie breaker.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13So let's get on with it and ask Tom to join us again, please.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15And, er...
0:13:15 > 0:13:18here's your chance to do a bit of catching up, Tom,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21because you have two minutes of general knowledge, starting now.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23On her wedding day, a bride should traditionally wear
0:13:23 > 0:13:26something old, something new, something borrowed and...?
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Something blue.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Michael Stipe was the lead singer of which American rock band
0:13:30 > 0:13:31founded in Georgia in 1980?
0:13:31 > 0:13:32R.E.M.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34What facial features are missing from Leonardo Da Vinci's
0:13:34 > 0:13:36portrait of the Mona Lisa?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Recent evidence suggests they might have been worn away
0:13:38 > 0:13:40by overenthusiastic cleaning.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Eyebrows.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Which comedian played the title role
0:13:42 > 0:13:44in the 2014 television programme
0:13:44 > 0:13:48The Incredible Adventures of Professor Brainstorm?
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Harry Hill.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Which classic travel novel starts with a £20,000 wager set
0:13:52 > 0:13:55by the principal character's friends at the Reform Club?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Around The World In 80 Days.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59What legal term is used to describe a person who dies
0:13:59 > 0:14:01without having made a valid will?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Intestate.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03What English word means both tepid
0:14:03 > 0:14:06and having or expressing little enthusiasm or conviction?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07Lukewarm.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Which large variety of turnip with yellow flesh
0:14:09 > 0:14:10takes its name from the country
0:14:10 > 0:14:13where it was first developed and grown in medieval times?
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Swede.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Which British horror writer's novels include
0:14:16 > 0:14:18The Hellbound Heart and The Thief Of Always?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Pass.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21In computing, picture element
0:14:21 > 0:14:23is usually shortened to what single word?
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Pixel.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Which registration mark is issued in Britain
0:14:26 > 0:14:27where there is doubt about
0:14:27 > 0:14:29the age or identity of a vehicle?
0:14:29 > 0:14:30X.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Q. Before large-scale pasteurisation,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35the initials TT showed that the cows that the milk came from
0:14:35 > 0:14:37were free from what disease?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Tetanus?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Tuberculosis. On 9th July 2015,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43which American state voted to take down the Confederate flag
0:14:43 > 0:14:44from the grounds of its capital,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46where it had flown since the 1960s?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48South Carolina?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Yes. In the 2006 film version of the television series
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Miami Vice, Colin Farrell plays Sonny Crockett.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Who plays Ricardo Tubbs?
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Channing Tatum.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Jamie Foxx. Who won his second major
0:14:58 > 0:15:00when he beat Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen
0:15:00 > 0:15:04in a play-off to win the 2015 Open Golf Championship?
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Rory McIlroy?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Zach Johnson. In which English National Park
0:15:07 > 0:15:09are Win Hill and Lose Hill?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10The Peak District.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Members of which profession
0:15:12 > 0:15:14traditionally take the Hippocratic Oath...
0:15:14 > 0:15:15- Doctors.- ..on graduating?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Which former leader of the Liberal Democrats held the
0:15:17 > 0:15:20British record for the 100 metre sprint for seven years?
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Ming Campbell.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23In the Great British Bake Off... BEEP
0:15:23 > 0:15:25..what term is used by the judges and presenters
0:15:25 > 0:15:27when the base of a contestant's pie or tart
0:15:27 > 0:15:28has failed to cook properly,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30resulting in saturated or undercooked pastry?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32A soggy bottom.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34It is indeed, soggy bottom.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36And you had one pass.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39That British horror writer who wrote The Hellbound Heart
0:15:39 > 0:15:40and all that was Clive Barker.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43But, I tell you what, you didn't half put a few points on.
0:15:43 > 0:15:4419 points.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45APPLAUSE
0:15:53 > 0:15:55And now Margaret again, please.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59And, er, you start out with nine points
0:15:59 > 0:16:00with your knowledge of prohibition.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04And 19 is, as we speak, the score to beat with your general knowledge.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Here we go.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Who is the demon barber
0:16:06 > 0:16:08played by Johnny Depp in a 2007 film
0:16:08 > 0:16:09directed by Tim Burton?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Sweeney Todd.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13What everyday objects come with fittings described
0:16:13 > 0:16:15as bayonet or Edison screw?
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Lights.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Yep, light bulbs. Which double Olympic cycling champion
0:16:19 > 0:16:22had their first ride as a jockey in 2015,
0:16:22 > 0:16:24when she rode a horse called Mighty Mambo
0:16:24 > 0:16:25in a flat race at Newbury?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Victoria Pendleton?
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Who presented the opening lecture
0:16:28 > 0:16:31at the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition
0:16:31 > 0:16:32at London's new Burlington Gallery
0:16:32 > 0:16:34dressed in a deep sea diving suit?
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Dali.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37For what branch of literature are the Roman writers
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Virgil and Ovid particularly famous?
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Odes.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42No, poetry. In which present-day country
0:16:42 > 0:16:45was the tennis player Victoria Azarenka born?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48She won the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Switzerland?
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Belarus.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Ardennes 1944 - Hitler's Last Gamble,
0:16:52 > 0:16:54first published in May 2015,
0:16:54 > 0:16:55is by a military historian
0:16:55 > 0:16:57educated at Winchester and Sandhurst.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58What's his name?
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Max Hastings?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Antony Beevor. What French name is usually given
0:17:03 > 0:17:06to a simple glass coffee pot with a mesh filter
0:17:06 > 0:17:09and a tight plunger that forces the grounds down before pouring?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Cafetiere.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12What flower was adopted as the badge of the House of Tudor,
0:17:12 > 0:17:13following the marriage
0:17:13 > 0:17:16of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York in 1486?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17The Tudor Rose?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18The red rose, yes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Which indie rock band from Leeds had their first UK number one
0:17:21 > 0:17:24in March 2007 with Ruby?
0:17:24 > 0:17:25Kaiser Chiefs?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27How many Parliamentary seats were contested
0:17:27 > 0:17:31at the 2010 and 2015 general election?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32256?
0:17:32 > 0:17:33650.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36St Mary's Airport is in which British island group?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38The Canaries?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40No, the Scilly Islands. HE LAUGHS
0:17:40 > 0:17:42What name is usually given to the descendants of
0:17:42 > 0:17:44the French settlers exiled from Acadia,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46largely in modern-day Canada,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48who then settled in Louisiana?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52The Huguenots, oh...!
0:17:52 > 0:17:53The Cajuns.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Which tree-dwelling Australian marsupial
0:17:55 > 0:17:57has a large, rounded leathery nose
0:17:57 > 0:17:59and a pouch that opens downwards, towards its hind legs,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01rather than upwards towards its face?
0:18:01 > 0:18:02A koala?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04In which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is Colonel Fairfax
0:18:04 > 0:18:06held under sentence of death
0:18:06 > 0:18:07in the Tower of London... BEEP
0:18:07 > 0:18:09..on a charge of sorcery?
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Yeomen of the Guard.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Is correct.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Margaret, your score has gone up to...
0:18:13 > 0:18:1418 points.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15APPLAUSE
0:18:23 > 0:18:25And now Jeremy again, please.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27And, er...
0:18:28 > 0:18:33..you start out with 11 points. The score to beat, at the moment, is 19.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37According to the nursery rhyme,
0:18:37 > 0:18:38who went to Gloucester in a shower of rain?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Dr Foster.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Which food items, originally served at Chinese New Year,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44consist of rolled up squares of dough or pastry
0:18:44 > 0:18:47filled with vegetables and sometimes seafood or meat
0:18:47 > 0:18:50and then are usually deep-fried?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Fortune cookies?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Spring rolls. Which Roman leader was born in 100 BC
0:18:53 > 0:18:55and had three wives during his life -
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Cornelia, Pompeia and Calpurnia?
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Caligula?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59No, Julius Caesar.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Which former leader of the Conservative Party
0:19:01 > 0:19:03stood down from the House of Commons
0:19:03 > 0:19:05at the 2015 general election?
0:19:07 > 0:19:08Willie Whitelaw.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09William Hague.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Which British actress won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar
0:19:12 > 0:19:14at the 2006 awards for her role
0:19:14 > 0:19:16as Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Vanessa Redgrave?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Rachel Weisz. What type of animals are the subject matter
0:19:20 > 0:19:23of the two books that the English wood engraver Thomas Bewick
0:19:23 > 0:19:26illustrated in 1797 and 1804?
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Donkey.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Birds. Which television cartoon series
0:19:29 > 0:19:31features the character Robert Terwilliger,
0:19:31 > 0:19:33also known as Sideshow Bob?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36The Simpsons?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Tower Bridge in London is an example of what type of bridge
0:19:38 > 0:19:41that takes its name from the French for seesaw?
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Cantilever?
0:19:42 > 0:19:43No, it's a bascule.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45The Other Boleyn Girl, published in 2001,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47is one of a series of books
0:19:47 > 0:19:49about the Tudor court by which author?
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Henry Moore?
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Philippa Gregory. What name is given
0:19:51 > 0:19:53to the parking of lorries on the M20,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56on the approach into Dover, carried out since 1996,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59whenever there are problems with the Channel crossing?
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Operation Stack.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Which writer was born in Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester
0:20:03 > 0:20:05in 1840, the son of a stonemason?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08He set much of his work in the imaginary county of Wessex.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Thomas Hardy.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Under what name from Greek legend
0:20:11 > 0:20:13did Sir William Connor write a column in the Daily Mirror
0:20:13 > 0:20:15for over 30 years?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Lord Deedes?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Cassandra. Which Australian cricket coach and former player
0:20:19 > 0:20:23replaced Peter Moores as England head coach in May 2015?
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Trevor Bayliss.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27The title of which 1790s Mozart opera
0:20:27 > 0:20:29can be translated into English as Women Are All The Same?
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Donnos totto...
0:20:32 > 0:20:34No, Cosi fan tutte.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37In the ABO blood group system... BEEP
0:20:37 > 0:20:40..which group is the universal red blood cell donor?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41O.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Is correct.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44No passes, Jeremy.
0:20:44 > 0:20:4517 points.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46APPLAUSE
0:20:54 > 0:20:55And now Jim again, please.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58And, er...
0:20:58 > 0:21:01you also start out with 11 points, Jim.
0:21:01 > 0:21:0319 is still the score to beat.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Here we go.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Which disputed British overseas territory occupies
0:21:07 > 0:21:09a narrow peninsula on Spain's southern Mediterranean coast
0:21:09 > 0:21:11and has been nicknamed The Rock?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Gibraltar.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14In the Bible, who were the parents of Cain and Abel?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Adam and Eve.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Which war was ended by the Treaty of Paris,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20signed on 30 March 1856?
0:21:20 > 0:21:21The Franco-Prussion.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22The Crimean War.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24What is the principal ingredient
0:21:24 > 0:21:25for the Greek dish taramasalata,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28usually served with bread or crackers as an hors d'oeuvre?
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Roe.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Yeah. Fish roe eggs.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33In which Charles Dickens novel does the title character
0:21:33 > 0:21:36travel to America with Mark Tapley to seek his fortune?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Pass.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39In which Soviet bloc country
0:21:39 > 0:21:41did the Solidarity trade union movement
0:21:41 > 0:21:42gain world attention during the 1920s,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45when it challenged the power of the Communist government?
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Poland.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Which 1960s television comedy series
0:21:48 > 0:21:50starring Miriam Karlin and Peter Jones
0:21:50 > 0:21:53was set in the dressmaking workshops of Fenner's Fashions?
0:21:53 > 0:21:54The Rag Trade.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56What name meaning "little cape" in Spanish is given to the lace
0:21:56 > 0:22:00or silk scarf worn over the head and shoulders by women?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01Pass.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02The Caledonian Canal in Scotland
0:22:02 > 0:22:05links Loch Lochy, Loch Oich and others,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07including which more famous inland loch?
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Loch Ness.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10The Potato Eaters was the first major painting
0:22:10 > 0:22:12by which Dutch artist?
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Vermeer?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Van Gogh. Which television presenter,
0:22:15 > 0:22:16who was born in Egypt in 1925,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18served as a war correspondent in Korea
0:22:18 > 0:22:20and began the first of his many travel series in 1959?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Hastings?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Alan Whicker. What is the name of the band that kicked off
0:22:26 > 0:22:28the 1985 Live Aid concert with their track
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Rockin' All Over The World?
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Status Quo.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Which fictional secret agent,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35whose original creator was born in May 1908,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37features in Sebastian Faulk's novel Devil May Care,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39published in May 2008?
0:22:39 > 0:22:40James Bond?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44who were supported by The Seven Mules,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46were famous players in American sporting history
0:22:46 > 0:22:48in the 1920s in which sport?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49American football?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Which radio and television broadcaster
0:22:51 > 0:22:53was announced by the BBC in June 2015
0:22:53 > 0:22:55as the new main presenter of Top Gear?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Chris Evans.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01What three-letter abbreviation is defined by the US Air Force as
0:23:01 > 0:23:03"any airborne object, which, by performance,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05"aerodynamic characteristics,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07"or unusual features, does not conform..." BEEP
0:23:07 > 0:23:09"..to any presently known aircraft or missile type"?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11UFO.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Yes, exactly.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Two passes.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Mantilla is that sort of lacy cape
0:23:16 > 0:23:20that women wear over their shoulders and head.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21And the Dickens novel
0:23:21 > 0:23:24was The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26So, those two passes, Jim,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29but you've scored 22 points.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30APPLAUSE
0:23:39 > 0:23:41And finally David, please.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46And you start out, David, with 12 points, which is the good news.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50However, Peter has now gone up to 22, as you just heard.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53So here we go. Can you get through to the grand final?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Which children's television character had
0:23:57 > 0:23:59the Christmas number one in the UK charts in 2000
0:23:59 > 0:24:00with the song Can We Fix It?
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Bob the Builder.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04In which ancient sport do the two competitors throw salt
0:24:04 > 0:24:06as a purification ritual before the start of the bout?
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Sumo.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09What is the only part of the rhubarb plant
0:24:09 > 0:24:11that is used in cookery?
0:24:11 > 0:24:12The roots?
0:24:12 > 0:24:13No, the stalks.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Which English astronomer gave his name to a comet
0:24:15 > 0:24:18that reappears about every 76 years?
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Halley.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21In the television comedy series Only Fools and Horses,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23what is the surname of the characters Rodney and Derek?
0:24:23 > 0:24:24Trotter.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27In which Cumbrian town are the Brewery Arts Centre
0:24:27 > 0:24:29and Abbot Hall Art Gallery?
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Pass.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Which Booker prizewinner's novels
0:24:31 > 0:24:33include Enduring Love and Atonement,
0:24:33 > 0:24:35which were adapted for the cinema
0:24:35 > 0:24:36in 2004 and 2007, respectively?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38McEwan.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40On which Japanese city was the second atomic bomb
0:24:40 > 0:24:42dropped on 9th August 1945?
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Nagasaki.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46What completes the line from Sir Walter Scott's poem Marmion,
0:24:46 > 0:24:47"Oh, what a tangled web we weave.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49"When first we practise..."
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Pass.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Which American female singer entered the UK Singles Chart
0:24:53 > 0:24:56at number one in March 2003 with Beautiful?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Whitney Houston?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Christina Aguilera.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01The Worcester black that appears
0:25:01 > 0:25:03on the county badge of Worcestershire
0:25:03 > 0:25:04and its cricket team
0:25:04 > 0:25:07is one of the oldest varieties of which fruit?
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Plum?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Pear. Who, in August 1875,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12became the first man to swim the English Channel?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Pass.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17In which 1998 Stephen Spielberg film,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19set during the Allied invasion of Normandy,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21is the title character played by Matt Damon?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Saving Private Ryan.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Which English composer,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25especially known for his orchestral music
0:25:25 > 0:25:27and film scores, lived on the island of Ischia
0:25:27 > 0:25:30for many years and died there in 1983?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Erm...
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Britten?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Walton. Which American president,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36who held office from 1923 to 1929,
0:25:36 > 0:25:37was so noted for saying very little
0:25:37 > 0:25:39that, when informed of his death,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Dorothy Parker asked, "How do they know?"
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Hoover?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Coolidge. The novel Mightier Than The Sword,
0:25:44 > 0:25:45published in 2015,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47is the fifth in the Clifton Chronicle series
0:25:47 > 0:25:49by which bestselling author?
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Pass.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53What is the unique ability of Griffin,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55the title character in HG Wells' 1897 novel?
0:25:55 > 0:25:56BEEP
0:25:58 > 0:25:59He can travel in time?
0:25:59 > 0:26:00No, he can't. Well, he might be able to.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02But he's also...
0:26:02 > 0:26:05invisible, when he chooses to be.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Four passes, David.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Jeffrey Archer wrote Mightier Than The Sword etc, etc.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Captain Webb was the first bloke to swim the English Channel.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15"Oh, what a tangled web we weave.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17"When first we practise to deceive!"
0:26:17 > 0:26:18So it ends.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20And Kendal is the town
0:26:20 > 0:26:25which houses the Brewery Arts Centre and the Abbot Hall Art Gallery.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27You have now a total, David, of 19 points.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28APPLAUSE
0:26:36 > 0:26:39So a clear winner. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41In fifth place with 17 points,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Jeremy Renals. Fourth place, 18 points,
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Margaret Brown. Joint second place, 19 points apiece,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Tom Williams and David Shah.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51First place, 22 points, Jim Maginnis.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Which means, of course, that Jim is tonight's winner
0:27:04 > 0:27:07and he goes through to the final. Congratulations to him.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10If you would like to be a contender on the next series,
0:27:10 > 0:27:11do go to our website.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16And you can follow us on Twitter.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19And do join us again next time for the grand final.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Thank you for watching. Goodbye.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23APPLAUSE