0:00:25 > 0:00:26First in the spotlight tonight is
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Annabel Lloyd, a teacher from Wantage.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31She's answering questions on Vincent van Gogh.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Next, Andy Duxbury, also a teacher,
0:00:33 > 0:00:36from Abingdon, on Burnley Football Club.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Robert Kent is a student from Cambridge.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41His specialist subject, the Thirty Years War.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45And Richard Tring is an administrator from Kent,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49and his subject, the Tom Kirk novels of James Twining.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Tonight, as ever, four contenders are about to sit in the black chair
0:01:08 > 0:01:12and face both the glare of the lights and the tyranny of the clock.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14There is no appeal against either.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17They get two minutes of questions on their specialist subject
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and two and a half on general knowledge.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21And tonight's winner, of course, will go through to the next round
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and maybe all the way to the final,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27where they could win the coveted title of Mastermind champion.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28So, let us get on with it,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42And your name is?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Your occupation?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46And your chosen subject?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50In two minutes, starting now, what name is generally given
0:01:50 > 0:01:54to the home that van Gogh rented on Place Lamartine in Arles?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57He hoped it would become the centre of a community of artists.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- The yellow house.- The work that is generally acknowledged
0:02:00 > 0:02:01to be van Gogh's first masterpiece
0:02:01 > 0:02:03features the family of Gordina de Groot,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05who lived in Nuenen.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06By what title is the painting now known?
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- The Potato Eaters.- What was the name of the hill near Arles which was
0:02:09 > 0:02:12topped by a ruined abbey and features in a number of van Gogh's works?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15He also painted the spectacular view from the summit.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- Montmajour.- Which art dealers, based in the Hague, did he begin working for
0:02:19 > 0:02:21in 1869 after leaving school?
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- Goupil.- Which symbolist poet and critic wrote the first
0:02:26 > 0:02:29published article about van Gogh's art? It appeared in
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Mercure de France in January 1890.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Um...
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- Albert Aurier. - Van Gogh was a keen collector of what type of art,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40which features in the background of his portraits of Pere Tanguy?
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- Japanese woodcuts. - Before deciding to become an artist, he worked
0:02:44 > 0:02:47briefly as a lay preacher among the impoverished coalminers
0:02:47 > 0:02:49of which region in Belgium?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Borinage. - What English title did van Gogh give to his 1882
0:02:53 > 0:02:55drawing that shows a distraught, naked woman?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58The model was a prostitute known as Sien, who lived
0:02:58 > 0:03:00with him briefly and became his regular model.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- Sorrow.- Reputedly, the only painting he sold during his lifetime was
0:03:04 > 0:03:07The Red Vineyard, which was bought by the Belgian artist
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Anna Boch in 1890. How many francs did she pay for it?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- 400.- Van Gogh was admitted voluntarily to
0:03:14 > 0:03:18an asylum in May 1889. In which town in Provence was it?
0:03:18 > 0:03:23- Saint-Remy.- What is the name of the family who owned the inn in Auvers-sur-Oise,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27where van Gogh rented a room? He died there from a gunshot wound in 1890.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- Ravoux.- In November 1888, while Paul Gauguin was living and working
0:03:31 > 0:03:34with van Gogh, he wrote to a fellow artist, complaining that,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37"Vincent and I agree on very little, especially on painting."
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Which artist?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- Bernard.- What is the usual title of the Courtauld Gallery's
0:03:44 > 0:03:47self-portrait of van Gogh painted in 1889,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49in which he depicts himself in a hat and overcoat?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51BEEP
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Self-Portrait...
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- dedicated to... - No, I'm afraid not.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Grey Felt Hat, is it?
0:03:59 > 0:04:04- It was Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear.- Oh, yes.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09- But, Annabel, nonetheless, you have scored 12 points.- Thank you.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Thank you.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13APPLAUSE
0:04:20 > 0:04:22And our next contender, please.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31And your name is?
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Your occupation?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Chosen subject?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Burnley Football Club. In two minutes, here we go.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Burnley was one of the 12 inaugural members of the Football League
0:04:40 > 0:04:44in 1888, and won the league title in 1921 and 1960.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Who was their manager during the 59-60 season?
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- Harry Potts.- Which club did Burnley beat 2-1 on the last day of the 86-87 season
0:04:51 > 0:04:54to avoid relegation from the Football League,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56after 99 years of continuous membership?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00- Leyton Orient. - At the end of the first season of the Football League,
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Burnley had to apply for re-election. In what position did they finish?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- Second from bottom.- Ninth.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Burnley lost to which team in the quarterfinals of the European Cup
0:05:09 > 0:05:13tie in 1960 after they beat Stade de Reims 4-3
0:05:13 > 0:05:15on aggregate in the previous round?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16- Hamburg.- Yes.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18In February 1883,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20less than a year after switching from rugby
0:05:20 > 0:05:21to association football,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Burnley moved from Calder Vale to Turf Moor.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25What was the name of the club who beat them 6-3
0:05:25 > 0:05:27in their first game at the new ground?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28- Rawtenstall.- Yep.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Ralph Coates was sold to which club in '71
0:05:31 > 0:05:34for a reported transfer fee of £190,000?
0:05:34 > 0:05:35- Tottenham Hotspur.- Yep.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37What was the name of the player
0:05:37 > 0:05:39who scored a club record at six goals
0:05:39 > 0:05:42for Burnley in a 7-1 win over Birmingham City in 1926?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Louis Page.- Yes.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46What was the name of the local butcher who was club chairman
0:05:46 > 0:05:48between 1951 and '81,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51and gave his name to a stand at Turf Moor?
0:05:51 > 0:05:52- Bob Lord.- Yes.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Burnley won the league championship in 1920-21,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58even though they lost their first three games
0:05:58 > 0:05:59and finished the season with a run
0:05:59 > 0:06:01of how many matches without a win?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Er, five.- Six.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Which club did Burnley beat both home and away
0:06:06 > 0:06:09in the Premier League during the 2014-15 season,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11although they only won five other games
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and were relegated at the end of the season?
0:06:14 > 0:06:15That was...
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- Man City.- No, it was Hull.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Who was the club's most capped international,
0:06:19 > 0:06:21with 51 caps for Northern Ireland
0:06:21 > 0:06:22between 1951 and '62?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25He's often said to be Burnley's greatest player.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26- Jimmy McIlroy.- Indeed.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Between 1987 and '94, in the era before squad numbers,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33who played for Burnley in every shirt number from 1 to 11,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35and also appeared as a substitute
0:06:35 > 0:06:37wearing numbers 12 and 14?
0:06:37 > 0:06:38- Andy Farrell.- Yes. BEEP
0:06:38 > 0:06:40At which ground did Burnley win 2-1
0:06:40 > 0:06:43in May 1960 to clinch the football league title
0:06:43 > 0:06:45by a single point?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Main Road Manchester. - Main Road is exactly right, Andy.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50You have a total of 10 points.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Thank you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54APPLAUSE
0:07:00 > 0:07:03And our next contender, please.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11And your name is?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13You occupation?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15And your specialist subject?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17The Thirty Years War - in two minutes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19The Thirty Years War was initially a conflict
0:07:19 > 0:07:22between Protestant and Catholic powers in Central Europe.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25It's generally said to have begun in May 1618,
0:07:25 > 0:07:26when two Habsburg officials
0:07:26 > 0:07:28were thrown out of the windows of a castle
0:07:28 > 0:07:30by Bohemian Protestant nobles.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32By what name is this event known?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- The Defenestration of Prague.- Yes.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Which battle fought on the 8th of November 1620 near Prague
0:07:37 > 0:07:40resulted in the defeat of Frederick V of Bohemia
0:07:40 > 0:07:42by the imperial Catholic forces?
0:07:42 > 0:07:43- White Mountain.- Yes.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46In which German city were up to 20,000 men and women massacred
0:07:46 > 0:07:50when it was sacked by Catholic forces in 1631
0:07:50 > 0:07:52after allying itself with Sweden?
0:07:52 > 0:07:53- Magdeburg.- Yeah.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg
0:07:55 > 0:07:57signed a ceasefire with Sweden in 1641
0:07:57 > 0:07:59because he could no longer defend himself
0:07:59 > 0:08:01or expect any imperial protection -
0:08:01 > 0:08:04by what title is he generally remembered?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- The Great Elector.- Yes.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Robert Monro wrote about a Scottish regiment
0:08:08 > 0:08:11that lost 500 men defending the walls of Stralsund.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13What was its name?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- Pass.- Which Swedish king was killed
0:08:15 > 0:08:18when his troops and the imperial forces finally met
0:08:18 > 0:08:20at the battle of Lutzen in 1632?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Gustavus Adolphus.- Yes.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24What nickname is given to the day in 1630
0:08:24 > 0:08:28when an extreme Catholic faction at the French court
0:08:28 > 0:08:30tried to remove Cardinal Richelieu
0:08:30 > 0:08:31and came close to succeeding?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- The Day of the Dupes.- Yes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Who was the commander in chief of the Catholic League field forces
0:08:36 > 0:08:38at the outbreak of the war in 1618?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Tilly.- Yes.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41By what treaty of 1626
0:08:41 > 0:08:45did Gabor Bethlen, the prince of Transylvania,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47finally conclude a truce with the emperor Ferdinand
0:08:47 > 0:08:50when Bethlen became too ill to keep fighting?
0:08:50 > 0:08:51- Pressburg.- Yes.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53The 1629 Treaty of Lubeck
0:08:53 > 0:08:56was signed between the imperial forces
0:08:56 > 0:08:59and Christian IV after he was finally defeated
0:08:59 > 0:09:01at the battle of Lutter am Barenberge.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Of what country was he king?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Denmark.- Yeah.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06With which country did the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus
0:09:06 > 0:09:10sign a truce brokered by France at Altmark in 1629
0:09:10 > 0:09:13to free himself for the war in Germany?
0:09:13 > 0:09:14- Poland.- Yes.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16At which battle of 1645,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19fought southeast of Prague, did the Swedish general Torstenson...
0:09:19 > 0:09:20BEEP
0:09:20 > 0:09:21..decisively beat the imperial army?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Jankau.- Is correct.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Just one pass - the name of that Scottish regiment was -
0:09:28 > 0:09:29obviously, when you think about it -
0:09:29 > 0:09:32MacKay's Regiment. What else could it be?!
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Robert, you have 11 points.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36APPLAUSE
0:09:44 > 0:09:46And our final contender, please.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54And your name is?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Your occupation?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58And your chosen subject?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03The James Twining novels. Here we go - in two minutes.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Tom Kirk is a reformed legendary art thief
0:10:05 > 0:10:06turned investigator.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08What is the name of his former fence
0:10:08 > 0:10:10who becomes his friend and business partner?
0:10:10 > 0:10:11- Archie Connolly.- Correct.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12At the start of The Double Eagle,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Archie tells Tom that he's concerned
0:10:14 > 0:10:15that he'll be killed by Cassius
0:10:15 > 0:10:18if, in 12 days' time, he doesn't deliver two stolen...what?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- Faberge eggs.- Yes.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22At which hospital is Mr Weissman staying
0:10:22 > 0:10:24when intruders break into his room and murder him
0:10:24 > 0:10:27and two members of staff in The Black Sun?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28- St Thomas'.- Yes.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30In the first book of the series,
0:10:30 > 0:10:31what rare and valuable object
0:10:31 > 0:10:34does Father Gianluca Ranieri swallow just before he dies
0:10:34 > 0:10:37to prevent it passing into the hands of his killers?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38It's found during his autopsy.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- A 1933 double eagle coin.- Yes.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43In The Black Sun, who rescues Tom and Archie
0:10:43 > 0:10:45by dressing as the enemy and freeing them
0:10:45 > 0:10:47from an old copper mine before they can be blown up?
0:10:47 > 0:10:48- Victor.- Yep.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50What is the full name of the counterfeiter
0:10:50 > 0:10:52whom Tom and Allegra visit at the Trevi Fountain
0:10:52 > 0:10:56to ask for information about the symbol of the Delian League?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Enrico Eco.- Johnny Li.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02In The Gilded Seal, the thief Ludovic Royal
0:11:02 > 0:11:04is known to leave a gambling chip
0:11:04 > 0:11:07at the scene of his crimes to autograph his thefts.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09What letter of the alphabet is always inlaid on the chip?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10- M.- Yes.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13To which art gallery do Tom and Allegra go
0:11:13 > 0:11:15to speak to Aurelio Eco before he gives a lecture
0:11:15 > 0:11:18so that he can identify a statue fragment
0:11:18 > 0:11:19from a Polaroid photograph?
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- Galleria Pamphilj. - Yes, the Galleria Doria Pamphilj.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25In The Gilded Seal, Tom tricks a security team
0:11:25 > 0:11:27into moving a painting from the museum
0:11:27 > 0:11:29before it can be stolen by his rival Milo,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31and then steals it from an armoured van.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33What is the name of the painting?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- The Mona Lisa.- Yes. In The Double Eagle,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Franklin Roosevelt's 1933 Executive Order number 6102
0:11:38 > 0:11:40makes what illegal?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- Er, hoarding of gold.- Yes.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Which palace in Pushkin near Saint Petersburg
0:11:44 > 0:11:46does Tom visit in The Black Sun,
0:11:46 > 0:11:47where he's told by Harry Renwick
0:11:47 > 0:11:50that his father was involved in criminal activity?
0:11:50 > 0:11:51- Catherine Palace.- Yes.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52In The Gilded Seal,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Agent Browne shows the forgery expert Henri Besson
0:11:55 > 0:11:57the number she copied from Hammon's fax machine.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Besson says that it's an accession number
0:12:00 > 0:12:01relating to which museum?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02- The Louvre.- Yep.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05In The Double Eagle, how much money is transferred into...
0:12:05 > 0:12:06BEEP
0:12:06 > 0:12:07..the bank account of Tony Short -
0:12:07 > 0:12:10a security guard whose murder is made to look like suicide?
0:12:10 > 0:12:15- 250,000.- Is exactly right - and, Richard, you have no passes,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17and you've scored 12 points.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19APPLAUSE
0:12:27 > 0:12:29So, that's the end of a very close first round,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31and let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34In fourth place, 10 points, Andy Duxbury.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Third place, 11 points, Robert Kent.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Joint first place, 12 points apiece,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Annabel Lloyd and Richard Tring.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44APPLAUSE
0:12:48 > 0:12:50The general knowledge round now,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53and if there is a tie at the end of it then the number of passes
0:12:53 > 0:12:57is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner -
0:12:57 > 0:13:01and if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie break.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04And the six highest-scoring runners up
0:13:04 > 0:13:07will also be able to claim a place in the semifinals.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09So, plenty to play for - let's get on with it,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12and ask Andy to join us again, please.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15And you start out, Andy, with 10 points,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17with your knowledge of Burnley.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21You have two and a half minutes of general knowledge now.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Let's see how you do - here we go.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Which writer of children's books
0:13:24 > 0:13:26created Jemima Puddle-Duck
0:13:26 > 0:13:27and other animal characters?
0:13:27 > 0:13:28- Beatrix Potter.- Yes.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31On what river was the Aswan High Dam completed in 1970?
0:13:31 > 0:13:32It created a reservoir
0:13:32 > 0:13:35now known as Lake Nasser or Lake Nubia,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38with a total capacity of more than 168 billion cubic metres.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39- The Nile.- Yeah.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Which television sitcom stars its creator Lee Mack
0:13:42 > 0:13:43as a lazy slacker
0:13:43 > 0:13:44and Sally Bretton as Lucy,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46his long-suffering flatmate and landlady?
0:13:46 > 0:13:47- Not Going Out.- Yep.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50What common phrase meaning that there are clear indications
0:13:50 > 0:13:52of imminent trouble or misfortune
0:13:52 > 0:13:54comes from the story of Belshazzar's feast
0:13:54 > 0:13:56in the biblical book of Daniel?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- Fateful?- The writing on the wall.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01What is the name of the endocrine gland in the throat
0:14:01 > 0:14:03below the larynx that produces hormones that help control
0:14:03 > 0:14:06blood pressure, body temperature and heart rate?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07- Thyroid gland.- Yes.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Whose volumes of poetry include The Whitsun Weddings in 1964
0:14:10 > 0:14:12and High Windows in '74?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Er...
0:14:14 > 0:14:15- Philip Larkin.- Yep.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Ursus maritimus is the scientific name
0:14:17 > 0:14:20for which carnivorous animal found throughout the Arctic?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- Polar bear.- Yeah.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Pam Greer played the title role in a '97 crime thriller
0:14:25 > 0:14:27directed by Quentin Tarantino.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28What's its title?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Erm...
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Reservoir Dogs.- Jackie Brown.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Which conservation charity has its headquarters
0:14:33 > 0:14:36in an innovative and eco-friendly building
0:14:36 > 0:14:38called Heelis in Swindon?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Friends Of The Earth. - National Trust.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Who was the president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
0:14:43 > 0:14:45from 1997 till October 2000,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49when he was defeated and subsequently arrested for war crimes?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- Jaruzelski.- Milosevic.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Which Australian soprano married the conductor
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Richard Bonynge in London in October 1954?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- Melba?- Dame Joan Sutherland.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Which Edinburgh-born lawyer and writer
0:15:03 > 0:15:04was a companion of Dr Samuel Johnson
0:15:04 > 0:15:07and published a celebrated biography of him in 1791?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Oh...
0:15:09 > 0:15:10- Webster.- Boswell.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12In brewing, what name is given to the liquid
0:15:12 > 0:15:14that results from the mashing process,
0:15:14 > 0:15:15and is rich in malt sugars?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17It's fermented to make beer.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18- Wort.- Yeah.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Of which future Conservative Prime Minister
0:15:20 > 0:15:22did the Liberal leader David Lloyd George say,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25"He'd make a drum out of the skin of his own mother
0:15:25 > 0:15:27"in order to sound his own praises"?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28- Churchill.- Yes.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Which song gave Heatwave their first UK singles entry
0:15:31 > 0:15:32and number two hit?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- Here Comes The Sun.- Boogie Nights.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Which Japanese city gives its name
0:15:37 > 0:15:40to an international treaty or protocol adopted in 1997
0:15:40 > 0:15:43that's aimed at reducing the emission of greenhouse gases?
0:15:43 > 0:15:44- Kyoto.- Yes.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46In the New Testament, what natural phenomenon
0:15:46 > 0:15:49caused Paul's cell door to open and his bonds to be loosened
0:15:49 > 0:15:51while he was imprisoned at Philippi?
0:15:51 > 0:15:52- A flood.- An earthquake.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54What is the name of the education campaigner...
0:15:54 > 0:15:55BEEP
0:15:55 > 0:15:59..who became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
0:15:59 > 0:16:00in 2014 at the age of 17?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Oh...
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Erm...
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Come on, you have to answer. - Erm...Mary Quant.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10It was Malala - Malala Yousafzai.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- Which you knew, of course, but it wouldn't...- Yeah.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Yep, there we go. Andy, you now have a total of 19 points.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Thank you.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19APPLAUSE
0:16:24 > 0:16:27And next, Robert, again, please.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33And you have 11 points to kick off with.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Your knowledge of the Thirty Years War.
0:16:36 > 0:16:3919 is the score to beat as it stands.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41You have two and a half minutes. Here we go.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Conger, spiny and electric are types of which fish?
0:16:43 > 0:16:44- Eel.- Yeah.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47What name that comes from the Greek word for sacred carving
0:16:47 > 0:16:48is used for the picture characters
0:16:48 > 0:16:50in the writings of ancient Egyptian
0:16:50 > 0:16:52and other civilisations?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- Hieroglyphics.- Yes. In his poem The Fairies,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57the 19th century Irish poet William Allingham wrote,
0:16:57 > 0:16:59"Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen
0:16:59 > 0:17:02"We dare not go a-hunting For fear of..."?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Pass.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Which Oscar-nominated actor who died in 2014
0:17:06 > 0:17:07reportedly described himself
0:17:07 > 0:17:10as "the only actor who had to diet and wear lifts
0:17:10 > 0:17:12"to play Mussolini"?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Pass.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Which planet has at least 27 moons,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18mostly named after Shakespearian characters,
0:17:18 > 0:17:20and at least ten rings?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21- Saturn.- Uranus.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Hannah Massey and Maggie Rowan
0:17:23 > 0:17:26are heroines created by which bestselling novelist?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Pass.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30What alternative name for the deadly nightshade flower
0:17:30 > 0:17:33is said to come from its previous use as a cosmetic
0:17:33 > 0:17:36by some women to dilate the pupils of their eyes?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Foxglove.- Belladonna.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Which territory of northwestern Canada,
0:17:40 > 0:17:41famous as the scene of a gold rush,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43has a western border with Alaska?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Klondike.- The Yukon.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46In which Spanish city
0:17:46 > 0:17:49did the museum designed for the Guggenheim Foundation
0:17:49 > 0:17:52by the Canadian-born architect Frank Gehry open in 1997?
0:17:52 > 0:17:53- Bilbao.- Correct.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56What historical term for the personal servant
0:17:56 > 0:17:58of an officer in the British armed services
0:17:58 > 0:18:01was originally applied to a person in charge of a horse
0:18:01 > 0:18:03that carried military equipment?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- Batman?- Yeah.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Which former champion triple jumper
0:18:07 > 0:18:09went on to present Songs Of Praise on television?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Pass.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Which small British mammal was traditionally known as an urchin?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Pass.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18The name of a biblical sea creature
0:18:18 > 0:18:20mentioned in the Psalms and the book of Job
0:18:20 > 0:18:24was used by Thomas Hobbes for the title of his best-known work,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26first published in 1651. What's it called?
0:18:26 > 0:18:27- Leviathan.- Yes.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Which Roman emperor who reigned from AD 54 to 68
0:18:30 > 0:18:34was the last direct descendant of Augustus to ascend the throne?
0:18:34 > 0:18:35- Nero.- Yes.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38The 1994 UK chart-topping single
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Things Can Only Get Better reached the top 20 again in '97
0:18:41 > 0:18:43after it was adopted by New Labour
0:18:43 > 0:18:45as their election campaign song.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Which band recorded the single?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47- D:Ream.- Yes.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49An American composer and bandmaster
0:18:49 > 0:18:51gives his name to a type of bass tuba,
0:18:51 > 0:18:53an adaptation of the helicon,
0:18:53 > 0:18:55with circular coiling and a removable bell
0:18:55 > 0:18:57that he developed in the 1890s.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58What's his name?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Pass.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Which political philosopher
0:19:02 > 0:19:05was born at Trier in Prussia in May 1818?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Hegel.- Marx.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09On the Old Course at St Andrews,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11what sort of obstacle are Hell...
0:19:11 > 0:19:12BEEP
0:19:12 > 0:19:13..Cockle and notorious Road?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- Bunkers.- Bunkers, indeed.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17You had six passes altogether.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21John Philip Sousa was that composer and bandmaster
0:19:21 > 0:19:24who gave his name to the sort of brass tuba.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Hedgehog, traditionally known as an urchin.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33Jonathan Edwards was both triple jumper and Songs Of Praise presenter.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38Catherine Cookson created Hannah Massey and Maggie Rowan.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Bob Hoskins played Mussolini and had to wear built-up heels,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44and the William Allingham poem,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46"Up the airy mountains" et cetera, et cetera -
0:19:46 > 0:19:50"We dare not go a-hunting For fear of little men."
0:19:50 > 0:19:53You have scored, Robert, 19 points.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55APPLAUSE
0:20:02 > 0:20:05And now Annabel Lloyd again, please.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12And you begin this round with 12 points,
0:20:12 > 0:20:16and the score to beat with your general knowledge is 19 -
0:20:16 > 0:20:20so, let's see if you can do it in two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22What word describes a vehicle
0:20:22 > 0:20:23used to convey sick or injured people
0:20:23 > 0:20:26that comes from a Latin term meaning to walk about?
0:20:26 > 0:20:27- Ambulance.- Yes.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Chain, band and tenon are all types of what tool?
0:20:33 > 0:20:34- Hammer.- A saw.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37The island of Aruba, a popular tourist destination
0:20:37 > 0:20:38in the Caribbean Sea,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41is a self-governing part of which European country?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44- Portugal.- The Netherlands.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Which system of fortification
0:20:46 > 0:20:48in northeast France was built in the 1930s
0:20:48 > 0:20:51and named after a French war minister?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Oh...pass.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54What was the nationality
0:20:54 > 0:20:56of the painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58who worked in Paris with the Impressionists
0:20:58 > 0:21:00and exhibited at four of their shows,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02beginning in 1879?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- Nationality? French.- American.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06In mathematics and physics,
0:21:06 > 0:21:09what name is given to a quantity such as velocity or force
0:21:09 > 0:21:11that has both magnitude and direction?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Pass.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Which political leader did the carpenter Georg Elser
0:21:16 > 0:21:21come within minutes of killing with a bomb in November 1939?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Um...
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Pass.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30In Roman legend, the cackling of birds
0:21:30 > 0:21:32that were sacred to Juno alerted the garrison
0:21:32 > 0:21:34on the Capitoline Hill
0:21:34 > 0:21:37to the presence of invading Gauls in 390 BC.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Which birds?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- Geese.- Yes. Which city in northwest England
0:21:40 > 0:21:44was known as Cottonopolis in the 19th century?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45- Manchester.- Yes.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47The multi-award-winning stage show
0:21:47 > 0:21:50The Play What I Wrote that was directed by Kenneth Branagh
0:21:50 > 0:21:52was a tribute to which duo?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Pass.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Published in 2015,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Go Set A Watchman is the sequel to a novel
0:21:58 > 0:22:01published 55 years earlier - what novel?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Erm...To Kill A Mockingbird.- Yes.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05What is the name of the Mafia code of silence
0:22:05 > 0:22:08and the obligation to never under any circumstances
0:22:08 > 0:22:10apply for justice to the legal authorities?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11- Omerta.- Yes.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Which television presenter was the founder of the charities
0:22:14 > 0:22:15ChildLine and Silver Line,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17and was made a Dame of the British Empire
0:22:17 > 0:22:19in the 2015 New Year Honours list?
0:22:19 > 0:22:20- Esther Rantzen.- Yes.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21What is the name of the state
0:22:21 > 0:22:24that covers the southeastern portion of Germany
0:22:24 > 0:22:27and is the largest of the country's Lander?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28- Bavaria.- Yes.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30What name is given to the pair of fins
0:22:30 > 0:22:32on either side of a fish's body
0:22:32 > 0:22:35towards the front that correspond to the forelimbs of tetrapods?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- Gills.- Pectoral fins.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40In French cuisine, what is mixed with melted chocolate
0:22:40 > 0:22:42to make the rich icing or filling for pastries
0:22:42 > 0:22:43known as ganache?
0:22:45 > 0:22:46- Cream.- Yes.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Which American gangster is played by Johnny Depp in the 2009
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Michael Mann film... BEEP
0:22:51 > 0:22:53..Public Enemies?
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Tell me the film again.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- I'm afraid I can't, because we've run out of time.- Oh...
0:22:58 > 0:22:59- I'm so sorry.- OK.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00All right, I shall tell you -
0:23:00 > 0:23:02it's John Dillinger.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Your other passes - five altogether.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09Morecambe and Wise were the duo in The Play What I Wrote.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- Adolf Hitler was the...- Oh...!
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- I know!- I thought... I thought it and then didn't say it!
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- I know - it's always a good idea to say it.- That's...
0:23:16 > 0:23:18There we are - next time.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Mathematics and physics,
0:23:19 > 0:23:23that name given to a quantity such as velocity or force - vector.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27The Maginot Line was the system of fortifications,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29and there we are.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33However, Annabel, you have scored a total of 20 points.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:23:44 > 0:23:47And finally Richard again, please.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52And you also start with 12 points, Richard,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55and now it is 20 points that you have to beat,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58if you are to get through to the semifinals.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01And you have two and a half minutes in which to do it - here we go.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Which is the largest of the Balearic Islands?
0:24:04 > 0:24:05- Ibiza.- Mallorca.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Which children's television programme
0:24:07 > 0:24:08first presented by Eamonn Andrews
0:24:08 > 0:24:09featured Double Or Drop,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11where contestants were given a cabbage
0:24:11 > 0:24:13if they failed to answer the question correctly?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- Crackerjack.- Yes.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17The Irish footballer Stephanie Roche finished runner-up
0:24:17 > 0:24:21to Colombia's James Rodriguez in 2014
0:24:21 > 0:24:22for which Fifa award?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- Goal of the season. - Yes - goal of the year.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29By what name is the American folk painter
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Anna Mary Robertson better known?
0:24:31 > 0:24:32She was born in 1860
0:24:32 > 0:24:35and noted for her pictures of rural life.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36- Grandma Moses.- Yes.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39The opening bars of which composer's 5th symphony
0:24:39 > 0:24:42consist of a motif resembling the Morse code for V?
0:24:42 > 0:24:45It was used by the BBC in radio broadcasts to Europe
0:24:45 > 0:24:46during the Second World War.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47- Beethoven.- Yes.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Which English town, now a city,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51did Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Highlanders
0:24:51 > 0:24:52reach on their march south
0:24:52 > 0:24:56before retreating back to Scotland in December 1745?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- Nottingham.- Derby.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01In 2012, who became the first person in at least 400 years
0:25:01 > 0:25:03to be appointed Lord Chancellor
0:25:03 > 0:25:06without having a legal qualification?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Pass.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Which university that opened in 1969
0:25:09 > 0:25:11originally used television or radio broadcasts
0:25:11 > 0:25:13and correspondence courses to teach?
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Its courses are now accessible online.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16- Open University.- Yes.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19What literary form did Percy Bysshe Shelley
0:25:19 > 0:25:23describe in an 1821 essay as, "The record of best and happiest moments
0:25:23 > 0:25:25"of the happiest and best minds"?
0:25:25 > 0:25:26- Sonnet.- Poetry.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29In Greek mythology, what did Prometheus steal from the gods,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock?
0:25:32 > 0:25:33- Fire.- Yes.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36An international Christian religious and charitable movement
0:25:36 > 0:25:38has the motto "Blood and Fire" - which one?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39- Salvation Army.- Yes.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Which northerly Italian city is particularly renowned
0:25:42 > 0:25:46for "risi e bisi" - a soup of fresh peas, rice and onions
0:25:46 > 0:25:48served with Parmesan cheese?
0:25:48 > 0:25:49- Milan.- Venice.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50What word for a traitor
0:25:50 > 0:25:53is taken from the name of a Norwegian army officer
0:25:53 > 0:25:56who attracted notoriety by collaborating with the Nazis
0:25:56 > 0:25:57during the Second World War?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58- Quisling.- Correct.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Crinkle Crags and the Langdale Pikes
0:26:00 > 0:26:03are a feature of which English National Park?
0:26:03 > 0:26:04- Lake District.- Yes.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06If a tree or shrub is described as bacciferous,
0:26:06 > 0:26:10it means that it is capable of producing what?
0:26:10 > 0:26:11- Currants.- Berries.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Which actor plays an unlikely twin to Arnold Schwarzenegger
0:26:14 > 0:26:16in the 1988 film Twins?
0:26:16 > 0:26:17- Danny DeVito.- Yep.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20In 2014, which boy band sang the opening line,
0:26:20 > 0:26:22"It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid"
0:26:22 > 0:26:24on the Band Aid 30 charity single
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Do They Know It's Christmas?
0:26:25 > 0:26:26- One Direction.- Yes.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28On which London thoroughfare
0:26:28 > 0:26:30known for its theatres and hotels
0:26:30 > 0:26:32are the Royal Courts Of Justice situated?
0:26:32 > 0:26:33BEEP
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- The Strand.- Is correct.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37You had one pass -
0:26:37 > 0:26:41it was Chris Grayling who became the first person in centuries
0:26:41 > 0:26:43to be appointed Lord Chancellor without being a lawyer.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45So, Richard, you had that one pass -
0:26:45 > 0:26:49you have scored a total of 24 points.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51APPLAUSE
0:26:59 > 0:27:02So, there we are - he did it. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04In joint third place, 19 points apiece,
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Andy Duxbury and Robert Kent.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Second place, 20 points,
0:27:08 > 0:27:09Annabel Lloyd.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11First place, 24 points,
0:27:11 > 0:27:12Richard Tring.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14APPLAUSE
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Which means that Richard is tonight's winner,
0:27:27 > 0:27:29and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Congratulations to him.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33And if you would like to be a contender in the next series,
0:27:33 > 0:27:34do go to our website...
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0:27:44 > 0:27:46Thanks for watching - goodbye.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48APPLAUSE