0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Paul Styrin,
0:00:28 > 0:00:29a civil servant from Selby.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32He's answering questions on the Second World War in Europe.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, Sue Clark, a receptionist from Aylesbury,
0:00:35 > 0:00:38on the social reformer Josephine Butler.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Alisdair Scott is a carer from Leeds.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43His specialist subject - the Freemasons.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47And Andrew Diamond is an IT consultant from Walthamstow.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49His subject - the folk singer Pete Seeger.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Four more contenders have volunteered,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10for reasons best known to themselves, for the black chair ordeal.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12And it's not just the chair that's scary -
0:01:12 > 0:01:16it's knowing that the clock is the ultimate master and must be obeyed.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18They each get two minutes on their specialist subject,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21followed by two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23One of them will get through to the next round,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and then perhaps the grand final itself
0:01:25 > 0:01:28and the prospect of becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31So let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- And your name is?- Paul Styrin.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- Your occupation?- Civil servant.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- And your specialist subject? - The Second World War in Europe.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47In two minutes, starting now.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49On which of the five Normandy beaches
0:01:49 > 0:01:52did the American 1st and 29th Infantry Division land on D-Day?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55They eventually secured it, but with extremely heavy casualties.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- Omaha.- Who was the Commander in Chief of the French forces
0:01:59 > 0:02:00at the beginning of the Battle of France,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03although he was soon replaced by Maxime Weygand?
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- Gamelin.- Who was in command of the German 6th Army
0:02:07 > 0:02:09which captured Kiev in September 1941
0:02:09 > 0:02:11and collaborated in the massacre at Babi Yar
0:02:11 > 0:02:14that followed where more than 33,000 Jews were murdered?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Pass.- Germany obtained most of its oil
0:02:17 > 0:02:19from the oil fields near which Romanian city?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22The refineries were eventually destroyed by Allied bombing.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- Ploiesti.- Which Belgian fortress on the Albert Canal
0:02:26 > 0:02:28was captured by German paratroopers
0:02:28 > 0:02:31who landed in gliders on 10 May 1940?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- Eben-Emael.- The Blue Division, who fought on the German side
0:02:34 > 0:02:37against the Soviets, was formed by volunteers from which country?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Denmark.- Spain.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41What was the name of the battle in which the Royal Navy sank
0:02:41 > 0:02:46five Italian ships off the southern coast of Greece in March 1941?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Cape Matapan.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51On 19 November 1942, the Red Army began an operation
0:02:51 > 0:02:55to encircle more than 200,000 Axis troops around Stalingrad.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59What was the codename of the operation?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- Uranus.- During the German invasion of Crete in May '41,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Allied troops were unable to prevent the Germans capturing an airfield
0:03:06 > 0:03:08in the north-west of the island and using it
0:03:08 > 0:03:11to bring in reinforcements. Which airfield?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Maleme.- Which German Panzer commander who was at the forefront
0:03:14 > 0:03:17of the advances in France and the Soviet Union
0:03:17 > 0:03:19was sacked by Hitler for withdrawing troops
0:03:19 > 0:03:21in front of Moscow in 1941?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24He was later appointed by Hitler as the new army chief of staff
0:03:24 > 0:03:27after the July '44 assassination plot.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- Guderian.- What was the name of the American general
0:03:30 > 0:03:32who commanded the US 5th Army
0:03:32 > 0:03:35that landed at Salerno in September '43?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Mark Clark.- During the Battle of Britain,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41which New Zealander commanded 11 Group of fighter command
0:03:41 > 0:03:44that defended London and the south-east of England?
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- Park.- Which capital city was bombed by the Germans...
0:03:48 > 0:03:49BEEP
0:03:49 > 0:03:52..on 6 April 1941, resulting in thousands of civilian casualties?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Within a week, the city had been occupied.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- Pass.- Well, I can tell you,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04because your time is up - Belgrade.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07And your other pass - it was Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau
0:04:07 > 0:04:09who was commander of the German 6th Army
0:04:09 > 0:04:12which captured Kiev in September '41.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Paul, you have scored 10 points.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18APPLAUSE
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And our next contender, please.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- And your name is?- Sue Clark.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Your occupation?- Receptionist.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- And your chosen subject?- The life and work of Josephine Butler.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Josephine Butler. Two minutes, starting now.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Josephine Butler was a social reformer
0:04:46 > 0:04:48concerned with the rights and welfare of women.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Which book, published in 1896,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53contains her memoirs of her many campaigns?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Personal Reminiscences Of A Great Crusade.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Butler played a major role in the repeal of acts of Parliament
0:05:01 > 0:05:04of the 1860s that made women in ports and garrison towns
0:05:04 > 0:05:07liable for compulsory examination for venereal disease.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09What were the acts called?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Contagious Diseases Acts.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14What name is commonly given to the document referring to the quantity and quality
0:05:14 > 0:05:17of prostitutes supplied to British soldiers in India,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20which Butler said "exceeded in horror and wickedness
0:05:20 > 0:05:21"anything we have ever read?"
0:05:21 > 0:05:23The Infamous Memorandum.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26From 1867 to 73, Butler was the president of
0:05:26 > 0:05:30the North of England Council for promoting what for women?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32The higher education of women.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34In her writings and speeches, Butler often quoted
0:05:34 > 0:05:37the words of an American abolitionist who wrote:
0:05:37 > 0:05:40"I am in earnest. I will not equivocate and I will be heard."
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Who was he?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45William Garrison.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47In which town was the house called the Priory,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50where the Butlers were living when their five-year-old daughter Ava
0:05:50 > 0:05:53fell to her death from a banister in 1864?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- Cheltenham.- Butler published her first pamphlet in 1868.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59What was it called?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01The Education And Employment Of Women.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Butler was angered by the attitude among Oxford intellectuals
0:06:04 > 0:06:06towards women's sexuality, in particular,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09their reaction to a novel first published in 1853
0:06:09 > 0:06:11called Ruth. Who was the author?
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Mrs Gaskell.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14In a series of letters published in The Shield,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Butler included a quotation from a Chatham prostitute
0:06:17 > 0:06:19denouncing men and male power.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21What was the title of the letters?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- Pass.- In 1880, from which country
0:06:26 > 0:06:29did she secure the release of 34 British girls from brothels
0:06:29 > 0:06:32during her campaign against international trafficking?
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- Belgium.- Butler wrote a biography of which 14th century
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Dominican saint, philosopher and theologian?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Catherine of Siena.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42In the autumn of 1870, during a by-election
0:06:42 > 0:06:45contested by the liberal candidate Henry Storks...
0:06:45 > 0:06:47BEEP ..Butler's presence led to violence
0:06:47 > 0:06:50from supporters of the Contagious Diseases Act.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Where was the by-election?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- Colchester.- It was.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54You had just one pass.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58The title of that series of letters published in The Shield was
0:06:58 > 0:07:01The Garrison Towns Of Kent.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03You have scored, Sue, 11 points.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06APPLAUSE
0:07:12 > 0:07:14And our next contender, please.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- And your name is?- Alisdair Scott.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Your occupation?- A carer.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- And your chosen subject? - The history of Freemasonry.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Freemasonry. In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Freemasonry is a secretive fraternal organisation
0:07:33 > 0:07:36with symbolism largely based on tools used by craftsmen.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40What item of protective clothing, now worn for symbolic purposes,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43is the principal item of the Freemasons' regalia?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- The Masons' apron.- At what alehouse in an area of London
0:07:46 > 0:07:49known as St Paul's Church was the Premier Grand Lodge founded
0:07:49 > 0:07:52on St John the Baptist Day 1717?
0:07:52 > 0:07:53The Goose and Gridiron.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56The Royal Arch Masons trace their lineage
0:07:56 > 0:07:59to the start of the construction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
0:07:59 > 0:08:02under the supervision of which biblical figure?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Zerubbabel.- Which Church of Scotland minister was the author
0:08:06 > 0:08:09of The Constitutions Of The Freemasons, published in 1723?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- James Anderson.- Who was the chief minister to Louis XV
0:08:13 > 0:08:15who banned Masonic gatherings in France
0:08:15 > 0:08:17after he was sent a copy of a speech due to be given
0:08:17 > 0:08:20in the Grand Lodge of France in 1737
0:08:20 > 0:08:23by the Freemason Chevalier Andrew Ramsay?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Cardinal Fleury.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27By what name by the early Masonic texts that include
0:08:27 > 0:08:30the Cooke and Regis manuscripts collectively known?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- The Old Constitutions. - The Old Charges.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36The daughter of Viscount Doneraile was allowed to become a Freemason
0:08:36 > 0:08:38after she eavesdropped on a Masonic degree ceremony
0:08:38 > 0:08:42at her father's home in Cork in the early 18th century. What was her name?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Elizabeth Aldworth, nee St Leger.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47What is the name of the figure in Masonic lore
0:08:47 > 0:08:49who was mentioned in the first Book of Kings
0:08:49 > 0:08:52as the principal architect in the building
0:08:52 > 0:08:54of the original King Solomon's Temple?
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- Hiram Abiff.- Which Huguenot clergymen and fellow of the Royal Society
0:08:58 > 0:09:02served as the third Grand Master of the London Grand Lodge?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Desaguliers.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07A sprig of what shrub or tree representing immortality
0:09:07 > 0:09:10and divine guidance is often depicted at the head of coffins
0:09:10 > 0:09:12or added to graves in Masonic symbolism?
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Acacia.- Which member of the Royal family was initiated
0:09:15 > 0:09:18into Naval Lodge number 2612 in 1919,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21and became the Senior Grand Warden
0:09:21 > 0:09:23of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1923?
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Was he later King George V?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29No, he was later King George VI. He was the Duke of York.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Which Boston-born Freemason
0:09:30 > 0:09:33wrote the 1871 work Morals And Dogma...
0:09:33 > 0:09:34BEEP
0:09:34 > 0:09:37..and was a key figure in the history of the Scottish Rite?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Albert Pike.- Is correct.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42No passes, Alisdair. You've scored 10 points.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44APPLAUSE
0:09:51 > 0:09:53And our final contender, please.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- And your name is?- Andrew Diamond.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Your occupation?- IT consultant.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- And your chosen subject?- The activist and musician Pete Seeger.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Pete Seeger. In two minutes, here we go.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Pete Seeger was an influential American folk singer
0:10:13 > 0:10:15who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era
0:10:15 > 0:10:18for his left-wing views. To which group that included Woody Guthrie
0:10:18 > 0:10:20did Seeger belong in the early '40s?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- The Almanac Singers.- Seeger with his group The Weavers
0:10:23 > 0:10:26topped the American record charts for 13 weeks in 1950
0:10:26 > 0:10:29with an adaptation of a song by Lead Belly. Which song?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Goodnight Irene.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33What pro-war song that's the title track of an album
0:10:33 > 0:10:36did Seeger write after Hitler's invasion of Russia
0:10:36 > 0:10:38had changed his pacifist views?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- Round and Round Hitler's Grave. - Dear Mr President.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44What was the name of the Hudson River sloop that Seeger had built
0:10:44 > 0:10:47and launched in 1969 to highlight the need to clean up the river?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- The Clearwater. - Who was the counsel
0:10:49 > 0:10:51for the House Un-american Activities Committee
0:10:51 > 0:10:54who led the interrogation of Seeger in August 1955?
0:10:54 > 0:10:58- Pass.- In 1947, Seeger was taught a classic protest song
0:10:58 > 0:11:00by the musician and activist Zilphia Horton,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02although when he sang it, he altered the title.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04What was the Seeger version called?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- We Shall Overcome. - Which singer-songwriter friend of Seeger's
0:11:07 > 0:11:10edited the book Songs And Sketches Of The First Clearwater Crew
0:11:10 > 0:11:13after sailing on the sloop's maiden voyage?
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- Pass.- What was the name of Seeger's half-Japanese wife
0:11:16 > 0:11:20whom he married in 1943? She died aged 91 in 2013.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Toshi Aline Ohta.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25In the mid-1960s, while he was banned from network television
0:11:25 > 0:11:28because of his left-wing views, Seeger filmed his own series of shows,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31which were seen only by a very limited television audience.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32What was the series called?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- Rainbow Quest.- Seeger was invited by a collector of folk music
0:11:35 > 0:11:38to work with him at the Archive of American Folk Song
0:11:38 > 0:11:41at the Library Of Congress in '39. Which collector?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Adam Lomax.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44The legend on Seeger's banjo read:
0:11:44 > 0:11:47This machine surrounds what and forces it to surrender?
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Hate.- What was the title of the Woody Guthrie song
0:11:50 > 0:11:53recorded by the Almanac Singers that tells the story
0:11:53 > 0:11:55of the men drowned in the first American ship
0:11:55 > 0:11:58to be torpedoed in the Second World War?
0:11:58 > 0:11:59The Reuben James.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02In which town did riots erupt in the summer of '49
0:12:02 > 0:12:05when Paul Robeson and Seeger sang at a benefit concert?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08The town had a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Peekskill.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Which 16th-century hymn tune did Seeger use...
0:12:12 > 0:12:15BEEP ..for a song he wrote with the same title in 1984?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17He kept the opening line of the hymn.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- No, pass.- OK, I can tell you, because your time is up -
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Old 100th. Your other passes -
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Don McLean was the singer friend of Seeger's
0:12:29 > 0:12:32who edited the book Songs And Sketches.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34And Frank Tavener was the counsel
0:12:34 > 0:12:37for the House Un-american Activities Committee.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Three passes altogether, then. You, too, Andrew, have 10 points.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44APPLAUSE
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Well, that's the end of a very close first round.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Joint second place, they all got 10 points -
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Paul Styrin, Alisdair Scott and Andrew Diamond.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05In first place, she crept ahead -
0:13:05 > 0:13:0811 points, Sue Clark.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10APPLAUSE
0:13:13 > 0:13:15So it is the general knowledge round now,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19and if there's a tie at the end of it, which there very well might be,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25And if they are tied on passes as well,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29And the six highest-scoring runners up
0:13:29 > 0:13:32will also be able to claim a place in the semifinal.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35So, plenty to play for. Let's get on with it,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37and ask Paul to join us again, please.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41So, Paul, you, along with many others,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44start out this round with 10 points,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and it is the general knowledge round,
0:13:46 > 0:13:48and therefore you get two and a half minutes.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Starting now.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53In modern lighting, what do the letters LED stand for?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Light-emitting diode.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Which famous scientist helped draft
0:13:57 > 0:13:59the American Declaration of Independence
0:13:59 > 0:14:00and was one of its signatories?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Pass.- What name taken from old French
0:14:05 > 0:14:06is given to the thin porridge
0:14:06 > 0:14:08that Oliver Twist asks for more of?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- Gruel.- In the sentence traditionally used to test
0:14:11 > 0:14:15that all the keys of a keyboard or typewriter are working properly,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy...?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Cow.- Dog.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22In which English city is the district of Knotty Ash
0:14:22 > 0:14:24that was made famous by Ken Dodd?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- Liverpool. - Which item of clothing
0:14:26 > 0:14:28used to be requested by a young woman
0:14:28 > 0:14:30of her suitor on Valentine's Day,
0:14:30 > 0:14:32then to be worn on Easter Sunday?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- Pass.- Published in 2014, The Four Streets
0:14:35 > 0:14:38is a Conservative MP's debut novel,
0:14:38 > 0:14:39a semi-autobiographical account
0:14:39 > 0:14:42of her working-class childhood. What is her name?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Edwina Currie?- Nadine Dorries.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Novosibirsk, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk
0:14:47 > 0:14:51are among the principal cities of what vast region of Asiatic Russia?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Siberia.- Which former political correspondent
0:14:54 > 0:14:56presents the travelogue Barging Round Britain
0:14:56 > 0:14:59in which he explores Britain's canal network?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- John Sergeant.- In which city did Walter Gropius
0:15:02 > 0:15:05found the school of architecture and applied art
0:15:05 > 0:15:07known as the Bauhaus in 1919?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10- Berlin.- Weimar.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12With which song did Roy Orbison first top
0:15:12 > 0:15:15the UK singles chart in October 1960?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Pass.- Which knight who was the lover of Isolde,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22the wife of his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25is said to be remembered by the seven-foot-high stone
0:15:25 > 0:15:28beside the road leading to Fowey in Cornwall?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- Galahad.- Tristan.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34What seasonal song does Judy Garland's character sing
0:15:34 > 0:15:35to soothe her younger sister
0:15:35 > 0:15:37in the film musical Meet Me In St Louis?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- Pass.- According to the line from act three, scene one
0:15:40 > 0:15:42of Shakespeare's Henry IV part two,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45"Uneasy lies the head that wears..."?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- The crown.- Which contemporary American composer's works
0:15:48 > 0:15:50include Einstein On The Beach
0:15:50 > 0:15:53and 1,000 Airplanes On The Roof?
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- Pass.- In 1984, Russia's Oleg Salenko set a record
0:15:57 > 0:16:00for goals scored by a player during a World Cup finals game.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03How many times did he score in a group match against Cameroon?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Five.- The hill town of Frascati, famous for its wine,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09lies about 20km south-east
0:16:09 > 0:16:11of which major Italian city?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Naples.- Rome.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15The title character of which novel by Thomas Hardy
0:16:15 > 0:16:17has the surname Fawley?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- Pass.- Who played the 40-something Timothy Lumsden...
0:16:21 > 0:16:22BEEP
0:16:22 > 0:16:24..in the 1980s television comedy Sorry?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Ronnie Corbett.- Is correct.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28You had six passes, Paul.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31It was Jude The Obscure, that Thomas Hardy novel.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Philip Glass was the composer who wrote Einstein On The Beach.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas was the song
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Judy Garland sang to soothe her younger sister.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Roy Orbison first topped the charts with Only The Lonely.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Young ladies used asked their suitor on Valentine's Day
0:16:48 > 0:16:51to give them a pair of gloves.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53And Benjamin Franklin was the famous scientist
0:16:53 > 0:16:56who helped draft the American Declaration of Independence.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59You have a total, Paul, of 18 points.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01APPLAUSE
0:17:08 > 0:17:10And now Alisdair again, please.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15And you also have ten points, Alisdair.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18So, 18, as we speak, is the score to beat.
0:17:18 > 0:17:202.5 minutes of General Knowledge, starting now.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23England's travelling followers of an international sport
0:17:23 > 0:17:25are known informally as the Barmy Army. Which sport?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Cricket.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Who was the goddess of victory in Greek mythology?
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Nike.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33The ostrich-like flightless birds,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36the rheas, are native to which continent?
0:17:36 > 0:17:37- Australasia. - South America.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40What sweet, made by boiling syrup and then kneading it until soft,
0:17:40 > 0:17:45creamy and smooth, has a name that comes from the French for melting?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Pass.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Which sculptor created the work Another Place?
0:17:48 > 0:17:52It consists of 100 cast-iron life-sized figures on Crosby Beach.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53Pass.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Which British software engineer is credited with inventing
0:17:56 > 0:18:00the World Wide Web while he was working at Cern in Geneva in 1989?
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Tim Berners-Lee.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Who wrote the 2014 historical novel The King's Curse,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08which tells the story of the Plantagenet heiress, Margaret Pole,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11and her demise at the hands of Henry VIII?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Pass.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15What is the name of the Russian guitar-like instrument that is
0:18:15 > 0:18:19triangular in shape with a fretted neck and normally three strings?
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Balalaika.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Which Scottish river is crossed by the Erskine Bridge, opened in 1971?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25- Forth.- The Clyde.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Which country won the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest?
0:18:29 > 0:18:33They were represented by Conchita Wurst singing Rise Like A Phoenix.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- Italy.- Austria.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38What French term is used in ballet
0:18:38 > 0:18:40for a dance for two people?
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Pas de deux.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Who played the widowed father Arthur Kipps in the film version
0:18:44 > 0:18:47of Susan Hill's The Woman In Black in his first big-screen role
0:18:47 > 0:18:49after the last Harry Potter film?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Daniel Radcliffe.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Which 17th-century English composer wrote choral works entitled
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Come Ye Sons Of Art and Hail! Bright Cecilia?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Arne. Purcell.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05In 1988, Debi Thomas became the first African-American to win
0:19:05 > 0:19:08a medal at the Winter Olympics when she finished third in what event?
0:19:08 > 0:19:12The gold medal was won by the East German Katarina Witt.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14- Erm, slalom.- Figure skating.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17What euphemism for being killed originated among RAF
0:19:17 > 0:19:19pilots in the Second World War
0:19:19 > 0:19:22and may refer to a Staffordshire town once famous for its beer?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- Erm, buying it. - Gone for a Burton.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Which Euro-sceptic MP, who stood against
0:19:28 > 0:19:31John Major for the Conservative Party leadership in 1995,
0:19:31 > 0:19:35was also one of the candidates in the '97 leadership election?
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Pass.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Hounslow Heath Aerodrome, which became Britain's first civil airport
0:19:41 > 0:19:44in 1919, was the forerunner of which nearby airport?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Heathrow.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49In cricket, a 20-20 championship that started in 2008
0:19:49 > 0:19:52and attracts star players from many cricketing countries...
0:19:52 > 0:19:54BEEP ..is known by the initials IPL?
0:19:54 > 0:19:55What do they stand for?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Absolutely no idea. - No, I don't think so!
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- Indian Premier League. - Right.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03So, your other passes.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06John Redwood was the MP who tried a couple of times for the leadership.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Philippa Gregory wrote The King's Curse.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Gormley, Sir Anthony Gormley, did that sculpture, Another Place.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18And fondant is the sweet that you make with boiling syrup
0:20:18 > 0:20:20and all that disgusting stuff.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- You have, Alisdair, 17 points. - Thank you.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24APPLAUSE
0:20:31 > 0:20:33And now Andrew again, please.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40And you also start with ten points and 18 is still the score to beat.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Well, let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45In a monastery or convent, by what name, that comes from the Latin
0:20:45 > 0:20:48for "refreshed", is the dining hall usually known?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Refectory.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Professor Sir Bernard Lovell was the first director of an observatory where
0:20:53 > 0:20:56a radio telescope, then the world's largest, began operating in 1957.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Which observatory?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Jodrell Bank.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02The works of which German philosopher include Also Sprach Zarathustra
0:21:02 > 0:21:04and Ecce Homo?
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Nietzsche.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07What object, a symbol of mortality,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10is revealed in the foreground of Hans Holbein the Younger's painting
0:21:10 > 0:21:13The Ambassadors if the picture is viewed from a certain angle?
0:21:13 > 0:21:14An anamorphic skull.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Roy Cazaly, known for his high leaps and the subject of the catchphrase
0:21:18 > 0:21:21"Up there, Cazaly", became a rallying figure for Australian troops in
0:21:21 > 0:21:25the Second World War because of his exploits in what Australian sport?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Australian rules football.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Which larger sea is connected to the inland
0:21:29 > 0:21:31sea of Azov by the Kerch Strait?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Er...
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Black Sea.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Which Mexican artist is played in a 2002 biopic by the Mexican-born
0:21:38 > 0:21:40actress Salma Hayek?
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Erm...
0:21:41 > 0:21:43The eyebrow woman, what's her name?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- I'm afraid... - Pass, pass.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48The part of the Napoleonic Wars fought between 1808
0:21:48 > 0:21:52and 1814 in Spain and Portugal is usually known by what name?
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Peninsular War.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56What is the name of the chemical element that is the lightest metal?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58It's used extensively in battery manufacture
0:21:58 > 0:22:00and in medicine in its carbonate form.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01Lithium.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06Which Northern Irish city stands at the mouth of the River Lagan?
0:22:06 > 0:22:07- Armagh.- Belfast.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09What is the name of the Bolton social club that was
0:22:09 > 0:22:14run by Brian Potter, played by Peter Kay in a television comedy series?
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Pass.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18In Judaism, which festival that takes place in November or December
0:22:18 > 0:22:21has a name that means "dedication" or "consecration"?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23It's also called the Festival of Lights.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Hanukkah.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28In which satirical work by Voltaire is the unworldly title
0:22:28 > 0:22:31character raised in the household of Baron Thunder-ten-Tronck
0:22:31 > 0:22:34and tutored by the incurably optimistic Dr Pangloss?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Candide.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Which Dutch city is famous for its blue-patterned,
0:22:38 > 0:22:39tin-glazed earthenware?
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Delft.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Who made her solo debut in the UK singles chart in 1977 with
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Pearl's A Singer, after the band Vinegar Joe split up?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Pass.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53A novel by Charles Dickens set during the anti-Catholic Gordon riots
0:22:53 > 0:22:56of 1780 features the character Dolly Varden, who subsequently
0:22:56 > 0:23:00inspired songs, paintings and fashions in women's clothing.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Which novel?
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Pass.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05A former Conservative Home Secretary,
0:23:05 > 0:23:06who died in 2015, employed
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Nick Clegg during his tenure as vice president
0:23:08 > 0:23:10of the European Commission.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12What was his name?
0:23:13 > 0:23:14- Pass. - BEEP
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Well, I can tell you, cos we are just out of time,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- it was Leon Brittan, Lord Brittan.- Of course.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Yup. Your other passes, five altogether.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Barnaby Rudge was the novel by Charles Dickens that was
0:23:25 > 0:23:28set during the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Elkie Brooks made her solo debut with Pearl's A Singer.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- The Phoenix Club is the name of that Bolton social club.- Never watched it.
0:23:36 > 0:23:42Never watched it, there you go. And Frida Kahlo is the Mexican artist.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46And you have, Andrew, 21 points.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48APPLAUSE
0:23:56 > 0:23:58And, finally, Sue.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01And you start out already with a one-point advantage
0:24:01 > 0:24:03because you got 11, unlike the rest of them.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08But now 21 is the score to beat and you have two-and-a-half minutes
0:24:08 > 0:24:11in which to do it and go through to the semifinals or not.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Here we go.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Who wrote The Canterbury Tales about
0:24:14 > 0:24:15a group of pilgrims who gather at
0:24:15 > 0:24:17the Tabard Inn in Southwark and agree
0:24:17 > 0:24:19to engage in a story-telling contest?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Chaucer.- Yup, Bluefaced Leicester,
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Greyface Dartmoor
0:24:22 > 0:24:24and Whitefaced Woodland are breeds of which farm animal?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- Sheep.- Yup. Which Italian electrical engineer jointly won
0:24:27 > 0:24:29the 1909 Nobel Prize for physics with
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Karl Ferdinand Braun in recognition
0:24:31 > 0:24:33of their contributions to the development
0:24:33 > 0:24:35of wireless telegraphy?
0:24:35 > 0:24:36- Volta?- Marconi.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Greg LeMond who, in 1986 became
0:24:38 > 0:24:40the first non-European cyclist to
0:24:40 > 0:24:42win the Tour de France, was born in which country?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- USA.- Yes, what is the name of
0:24:44 > 0:24:46the flamboyant Spanish-courtship dance,
0:24:46 > 0:24:47usually performed by couples,
0:24:47 > 0:24:48and featured in the third act
0:24:48 > 0:24:50of the opera The Marriage Of Figaro?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- Fandango.- Yes. Which veteran singer
0:24:52 > 0:24:54and songwriter released the album
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Shadows In The Night in 2015?
0:24:55 > 0:24:58It contains his versions of songs associated with
0:24:58 > 0:25:00the career of Frank Sinatra.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Leonard Cohen.- Bob Dylan.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05What word, that originally referred to
0:25:05 > 0:25:06a citizen of a French town,
0:25:06 > 0:25:08as opposed to a peasant or gentleman,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11has come to be used for any member of the middle class,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14often with derogatory connotations?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15- Civilian?- The bourgeois.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17What significant day in the Christian calendar
0:25:17 > 0:25:19is the title of a six-part poem
0:25:19 > 0:25:21by TS Eliot published in 1930
0:25:21 > 0:25:23after his conversion to Anglicanism?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24- Ash Wednesday.- Yes.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Spencer Compton, the first Earl of Wilmington,
0:25:27 > 0:25:28is generally considered to have been
0:25:28 > 0:25:30the second person to hold what
0:25:30 > 0:25:32position in the British Government
0:25:32 > 0:25:34when he succeeded Walpole in 1742?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- Chancellor of the Exchequer? - Prime Minister.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39A television presenter and former newsreader who was
0:25:39 > 0:25:42knighted in 1999 began his broadcasting career
0:25:42 > 0:25:43reporting for local radio stations
0:25:43 > 0:25:46in his native Trinidad. What's his name?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- I can't remember. - I'll take that as a pass.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52In which city did Constantine the Great
0:25:52 > 0:25:54hold the first Ecumenical church council
0:25:54 > 0:25:57in 325 AD where the creed named after it was
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- originally formulated? - Constantinople.- Nicaea.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Which English novelist and journalist's works include
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow
0:26:05 > 0:26:06and Three Men On The Bummel?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- Christopher Isherwood. - Jerome K Jerome.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11On which island group off the south-west coast of Turkey
0:26:11 > 0:26:13is Rhodes the largest island?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16It's been part of Greece since 1947.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17- The Ionian.- The Dodecanese.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Shchi is a popular Russian soup
0:26:19 > 0:26:21made principally with which vegetable?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- Potato.- Cabbage.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Which regular presenter on Radio 2
0:26:24 > 0:26:26performed as the character Lily Savage,
0:26:26 > 0:26:28who was known as the blonde bombsite?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- Paul O'Grady.- Yup.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Which Hungarian-born architect
0:26:31 > 0:26:33was a prime advocate of London's
0:26:33 > 0:26:34residential tower blocks?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Ian Fleming named a Bond villain after him.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Erm, don't know, pass.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43The acronym WYSIWYG... BEEP
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I've started, so I'll finish.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47..used since the early 1980s
0:26:47 > 0:26:49in the design of computer interfaces
0:26:49 > 0:26:51stands for What You See Is What...
0:26:51 > 0:26:53What... Sorry, What You Get.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55You've got it, that's correct.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57You had two passes, Sue.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Goldfinger was that...- Oh!
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- Yeah. The clue was in the Ian Fleming thing.- Yes!
0:27:04 > 0:27:07And the newsreader, you'll be cross, Trevor McDonald.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Sue, 18 points.- Thank you.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15APPLAUSE
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Well, it was close right up to the end. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27In fourth place, 17 points, Alisdair Scott.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Joint second place, 18 points apiece,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Paul Styrin and Sue Clark.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35First place, he edged it, 21 points, Andrew Diamond.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37APPLAUSE
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Which means, of course, that Andrew is tonight's winner
0:27:49 > 0:27:52and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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0:28:08 > 0:28:11APPLAUSE