0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Tom Williams,
0:00:27 > 0:00:28a researcher from London.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31He is answering questions on Barbara Castle.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Next, Nicola Ann Burton, an operations manager from Glasgow,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37on the Cypriot leader Archbishop Makarios.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Kenny Alexander is an electrician from Renfrewshire.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41His specialist subject -
0:00:41 > 0:00:46George MacDonald Fraser's Complete McAuslan trilogy.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48And Michael Teague, from East Sussex.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51His subject - the record producer Joe Meek.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06John Humphrys. Four contenders with us
0:01:06 > 0:01:08this evening whose confidence may have been boosted
0:01:08 > 0:01:11as much as possible by knowing that they can spend many hours
0:01:11 > 0:01:13preparing for the specialist round.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17But they can't do the same for the general knowledge questions
0:01:17 > 0:01:19because they can come from anywhere.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22As always, they get two minutes of questions on the first
0:01:22 > 0:01:23and then 2.5 minutes on the second.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25The winner will go through to the next round
0:01:25 > 0:01:29and take a step nearer to becoming the owner of a rather fine
0:01:29 > 0:01:31glass bowl and, far more importantly,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34the prestige of becoming one of the nation's true masterminds.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36So, let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43And your name is?
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Your occupation?
0:01:46 > 0:01:47And your chosen subject?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Barbara Castle, in two minutes.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Barbara Castle was the Labour MP
0:01:51 > 0:01:53for Blackburn and held several
0:01:53 > 0:01:54cabinet posts in Parliament.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Of which left-wing faction of the Labour Party was
0:01:56 > 0:01:57she a prominent member?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00It was formed in the '50s in opposition to Hugh Gaitskell's
0:02:00 > 0:02:02leadership and named after the former minister who headed it.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- Bevanites.- Yes.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06What device used by the police was introduced
0:02:06 > 0:02:08in Castle's 1967 Road Safety Act
0:02:08 > 0:02:10to much opposition from people who claimed
0:02:10 > 0:02:12it infringed their personal liberties
0:02:12 > 0:02:15and personal safety was threatened on account of it?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16- The breathalyzer.- Yes.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Which local independent Labour Party newspaper did
0:02:19 > 0:02:21she contribute articles to while she was a student
0:02:21 > 0:02:22at St Hugh's Oxford?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Her father, Frank Betts, was an editor of the paper.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Bradford Pioneer.- Yep.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29When Castle entered Parliament in 1945,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31she was given the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary
0:02:31 > 0:02:34to the President of the Board of Trade. Who was he?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35- Sir Stafford Cripps.- Yes.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Who stood with Castle in a televised Oxford Union
0:02:38 > 0:02:41debate in 1975 against the motion
0:02:41 > 0:02:43that supported entry into the EEC?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- Peter Shaw?- Yep.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47She first met her future husband,
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Ted Castle, following her speech
0:02:48 > 0:02:50at the 1943 Labour Party conference
0:02:50 > 0:02:52when he was the night editor of which newspaper?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- The Mirror.- Yep.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Which country house in Oxfordshire
0:02:55 > 0:02:57was occasionally loaned to Castle
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and other Labour politicians as a weekend meeting place
0:03:00 > 0:03:02by its owner, the Labour peer Lord Faringdon?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Pass.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06For which department was Castle appointed
0:03:06 > 0:03:08both First Secretary and the Secretary of State
0:03:08 > 0:03:11at the height of her political powers in 1968?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Employment and Productivity. - Yes.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15What was the name of her white paper
0:03:15 > 0:03:17published in January '69,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20outlining her proposals for trade union reform?
0:03:20 > 0:03:21It never became law and marked
0:03:21 > 0:03:23the start of her fall from power.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24- In Place Of Strife.- Yes.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Which major bill introduced by her in January 1970
0:03:28 > 0:03:30was passed unopposed and enacted in late May,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32just before the general election
0:03:32 > 0:03:33the following month?
0:03:33 > 0:03:34- The Equal Pay Act.- Yes.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Who was the chairman of British Rail
0:03:36 > 0:03:38who was forced to resign in 1967
0:03:38 > 0:03:41while Castle was Minister of Transport?
0:03:41 > 0:03:42- Stanley Raymond?- Yes.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Stafford Cripps sent Castle
0:03:44 > 0:03:46on a fact-finding mission in 1937
0:03:46 > 0:03:48to report for the Tribune
0:03:48 > 0:03:50about the position of women in which country?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- BEEP - USSR.- Is correct.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Just the one pass.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57That country house that they were able to borrow occasionally,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00it was a Buscot Park.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02You have scored, Tom, 11 points.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05APPLAUSE
0:04:11 > 0:04:12And our next contender, please.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20And your name is?
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Your occupation?
0:04:24 > 0:04:25And your chosen subject?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Archbishop Makarios.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30In two minutes.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Makarios was elected
0:04:31 > 0:04:34the first president of the Republic of Cyprus in 1959.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37What traditional spiritual and political title had he assumed
0:04:37 > 0:04:40when he was enthroned as Archbishop of the Orthodox Church
0:04:40 > 0:04:42in Cyprus in October 1950
0:04:42 > 0:04:44and also became the de facto leader
0:04:44 > 0:04:45of the Greek Cypriot community?
0:04:45 > 0:04:46- Ethnarch.- Yes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49In which monastery did the future archbishop become
0:04:49 > 0:04:50a novice at the age of 13?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52He was buried near there in 1977.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53- Kykkos.- Yep.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Makarios obtained his theology degree
0:04:56 > 0:04:58from Athens University in 1942.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00What subject did he subsequently study there
0:05:00 > 0:05:02as the German occupation of Greece
0:05:02 > 0:05:03prevented his return to Cyprus?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04- Law.- Yep.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06What name was given to the struggle
0:05:06 > 0:05:08that Makarios came to lead for the union
0:05:08 > 0:05:10of Cyprus with Greece?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12It was a desire expressed by almost all Greek
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Cypriots in a plebiscite of January 1950.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17- Enosis.- Yes.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19What was the name of the governor's country house
0:05:19 > 0:05:21overlooking Victoria Harbour
0:05:21 > 0:05:24where Makarios stayed during his exile in the Seychelles?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- Mahe.- No, Sans Souci.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30What was the Greek acronym of the national organisation
0:05:30 > 0:05:33of Cypriot fighters, a militant group formed in 1955
0:05:33 > 0:05:36that favoured the union of Cyprus and Greece?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38The British believed Makarios to be deeply involved with it.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- EOKA.- Yes.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Near which city was an assassination attempt
0:05:42 > 0:05:46made against Makarios on 7 October, 1973?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Mines were detonated as he made his way
0:05:48 > 0:05:50to the village of Agios Sergios
0:05:50 > 0:05:51to conduct a service.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Famagusta.- Yep. Who was the last
0:05:53 > 0:05:55British governor of Cyprus? Before independence,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58he urged Harold Macmillan to allow Makarios
0:05:58 > 0:05:59to return to Cyprus.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Sir Hugh Foot.- Yep.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02To which Greek president,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05a general installed by the military regime,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08did Makarios write a letter in July '74 requesting
0:06:08 > 0:06:11the removal of all Greek officers from Cyprus?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Ionides.- No, Gizikis.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16To which group of islands was Makarios exiled
0:06:16 > 0:06:19by the British Government in March 1956,
0:06:19 > 0:06:21following his arrest at Nicosia airport?
0:06:21 > 0:06:22- Seychelles.- Yep.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Diaries purporting to belong to which EOKA leader were published
0:06:26 > 0:06:28by the British Government during Makarios' exile
0:06:28 > 0:06:30in the Seychelles with the aim,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32at least in part, of discrediting Makarios?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- BEEP - Grivas.- Grivas is correct.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36And your time is up.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40No passes. Nicola, you have nine points.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44APPLAUSE
0:06:49 > 0:06:50And our next contender, please.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58And your name is?
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Your occupation?
0:07:01 > 0:07:02And your chosen subject?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09In Silence In The Ranks, what is the name
0:07:09 > 0:07:11of the commander of D Company who informs
0:07:11 > 0:07:13the newly arrived Lieutenant Dand MacNeill
0:07:13 > 0:07:16that Private McAuslan is the dirtiest soldier in the world?
0:07:16 > 0:07:17- Bennet Bruce.- Yes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Which regiment does George MacDonald Fraser confirm
0:07:20 > 0:07:22in the final chapter, Extraduction,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25to be the basis for the one depicted in the McAuslan stories?
0:07:25 > 0:07:26- The Gordon Highlanders.- Yep.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28In The Servant Problem, MacNeill is sent home
0:07:28 > 0:07:30from North Africa for one month on leave
0:07:30 > 0:07:31in advance of Python.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33What is Python the codeword for?
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Pass.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36What is the nickname of the rugged giant
0:07:36 > 0:07:37of extraordinary strength
0:07:37 > 0:07:40and evil temper who McAuslan is paired with in the company
0:07:40 > 0:07:43orienteering exercise in the North African desert at night
0:07:43 > 0:07:46in The Constipation Of O'Brien?
0:07:46 > 0:07:47- Wee Wullie.- Yes.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Although McAuslan has been in the Army longer than MacNeill,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51they are demobilised on the same day.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53What demobilisation number do they share?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Pass.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57In Fly Men, what are Big Aggie and
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Baby Boadicea employed as in the Blue Heaven club?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- Belly dancers.- Yep. Which soldier, described
0:08:03 > 0:08:05as a terrible creature of blood and iron,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07does Captain Errol manage to stop in the third round
0:08:07 > 0:08:10in the final of the regimental boxing tournament?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- Captain McCann?- Captain Stock.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15In The Gordon Women, what is the nickname
0:08:15 > 0:08:17of Aeneas McLaren, an elderly criminal
0:08:17 > 0:08:19who was running an illegal whisky still?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- The Dipper.- Yes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Which corporal is the father of the mischievous
0:08:23 > 0:08:25nine-year-old twins Davie and Donnie who were known
0:08:25 > 0:08:27to the locals as bullet-headed little bandits?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Pass.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30In Night Run To Palestine,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Lieutenant MacNeill finds himself
0:08:32 > 0:08:34in command of a troop train to Jerusalem.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35From which city does it leave?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- Cairo.- Yep.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39What is the name of the Medical Corps coronel's daughter
0:08:39 > 0:08:41who comes out to North Africa?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42McAuslan asks her to marry him.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43- Ellen Ramsey.- Yep.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47In Monsoon Selection Board, during Dand MacNeill's interview with
0:08:47 > 0:08:50an Army psychiatrist, he says the only regret he has about being
0:08:50 > 0:08:52in the Army is that it prevented him
0:08:52 > 0:08:54from signing on to sail on a what?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- Norwegian whaler.- Yep. McAuslan has a fight
0:08:56 > 0:08:58with Private Chisholm in the Battalion library
0:08:58 > 0:09:00when Chisholm objects to him hogging
0:09:00 > 0:09:02the gramophone and repeatedly playing a song
0:09:02 > 0:09:04sung by Richard Tauber. Which song?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Beauty.- Because.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08BEEP What was the name of the play...
0:09:08 > 0:09:09I started, I'll finish.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11..in which MacNeill says he played the part
0:09:11 > 0:09:13of a Prussian general in a production for India Radio
0:09:13 > 0:09:16while he was completing his officer training course
0:09:16 > 0:09:17in Bangalore?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- Pass.- I can tell you cos you're out of time.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22It is the harbour called Mulberry.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25And your other passes... You had four altogether.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Corporal Cooper was the father of the mischievous twins.
0:09:29 > 0:09:3357 was there demob number, the number that they shared.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38And in The Servant Problem, Python is the code word for demobilisation.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41You have scored, Kenny, eight points.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45APPLAUSE
0:09:50 > 0:09:52And our final contender, please.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00And your name is?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Your occupation?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04And your chosen subject?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Joe Meek in two minutes, starting now.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Joe Meek was a British record producer whose life
0:10:09 > 0:10:11ended in tragic circumstances.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13His first listed credit is for a 1956 top 20 hit
0:10:13 > 0:10:16that he engineered for the Humphrey Lyttelton Band.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17What was it called?
0:10:17 > 0:10:18- Bad Penny Blues.- Yes.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20What was the name of the record company
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Meek founded in 1960,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23in partnership with William Barrington-Coupe?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Triumph Records.- Yep.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28One of Meek's first major successes as a solo producer
0:10:28 > 0:10:29was the single Be Mine.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Which singer had a number four hit with it
0:10:32 > 0:10:33in early 1960?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- Don Charles.- Lance Fortune.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37After finishing his national service
0:10:37 > 0:10:38in the RAF as a radar mechanic
0:10:38 > 0:10:40and working briefly for a high street store,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Meek joined which regional utilities company?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45The Southwest Electricity Board.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Midlands Electricity Board.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49John Leyton's 1961 single Johnny Remember Me
0:10:49 > 0:10:51that became the first number one
0:10:51 > 0:10:52with Joe Meek as sole producer was
0:10:52 > 0:10:54released on which record label?
0:10:54 > 0:10:55- Top Rank.- Yep.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Meek's greatest hit was the instrumental Telstar,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59the first single by a British group
0:10:59 > 0:11:00to top the American charts.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02What was the name of that group?
0:11:02 > 0:11:03- The Tornados.- Yep.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Which mass-produced electronic keyboard
0:11:05 > 0:11:07introduced in France in 1947
0:11:07 > 0:11:09and a forerunner of the modern synthesizer
0:11:09 > 0:11:11provided the distinctive sound for Telstar?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- The Clavioline.- Yes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Meek built his studio and control room
0:11:15 > 0:11:17in two bedrooms of his rented property
0:11:17 > 0:11:20above a leather goods shop in which London street?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21- Holloway Road.- Yes.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24An early success for Meek as a songwriter came with
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Put A Ring On Her Finger,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28which reached the US top 40 for Les Paul and Mary Ford.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Tommy Steele subsequently recorded it
0:11:30 > 0:11:33as the B-side to which 1958 hit single?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- Singing The Blues. - Come On, Let's Go.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38What was the name of the group credited on Meek's concert EP
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I Hear A New World, released in 1960
0:11:41 > 0:11:44and described as an outer space musical fantasy?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45- The Blue Men.- Yep.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Although he was always known as Joe,
0:11:47 > 0:11:48what was Meek's actual first name?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Robert.- Yep. When Meek auditioned a band
0:11:51 > 0:11:52called The Raiders,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54he advised them that their teenage lead singer
0:11:54 > 0:11:57was not up to standard. Who was that singer?
0:11:57 > 0:11:58- Rod Stewart.- It was.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Meek killed his landlady
0:11:59 > 0:12:03and then immediately turned the gun on himself in February 1967.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05What was her name?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Violet Shenton. - Yes. The final Meek produced single...
0:12:07 > 0:12:10BEEP to be released in his lifetime was
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Gotta Be A First Time by which group that failed to chart?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15The Crying Shames.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17It was The Riot Squad.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Michael, no passes. You have scored ten points.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24APPLAUSE
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Well, a very close first round there.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Let us have a look at the scores.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Fourth place with eight points, Kenny Alexander.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Third place, nine points, Nicola Ann Burton.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Second place, ten points, Michael Teague.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46First place, 11 points, Tom Williams.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50APPLAUSE
0:12:53 > 0:12:54The general knowledge round now.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58If there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is
0:12:58 > 0:13:01taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04And if they are tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08And the six highest scoring runners-up will also be able
0:13:08 > 0:13:11to claim a place in the semifinal. So lots to play for.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Let's get on with it and ask Kenny to join us again, please.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20And you start out with eight points with your knowledge
0:13:20 > 0:13:21of the McAuslan trilogy.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:23 > 0:13:252.5 minutes for this round.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27What is the colour of the first adhesive
0:13:27 > 0:13:30penny postage stamp that went on sale on 1 May, 1840?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Black.- Yep. Which name for the devil comes from the Hebrew
0:13:33 > 0:13:35for lord of the flies?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- Satan?- Beelzebub.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40In January 2015, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
0:13:40 > 0:13:42was elected as the first female president
0:13:42 > 0:13:44of which European Union member state
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and former Yugoslav Republic?
0:13:46 > 0:13:47- Serbia?- Croatia.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50What type of car is indicated by the letters SC
0:13:50 > 0:13:53in the acronyms NASCAR in North America
0:13:53 > 0:13:54and BriSCA in Britain?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- Saloon car.- Stock cars.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58The headquarters of the Royal Yacht Squadron
0:13:58 > 0:14:00are at which port on the Isle of Wight?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01- Cowes?- Yep.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04What nickname was given to the 18th century Whig politician
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Viscount Townshend for his contribution
0:14:06 > 0:14:09to the development of crop rotation?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Pass.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Wigan Warriors, Warrington Wolves
0:14:12 > 0:14:15and Huddersfield Giants are leading teams
0:14:15 > 0:14:16in which 13-a-side team sport?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17- Rugby league.- Yep.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Bacchus, sculpted between 1496 and '97,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23is the earliest surviving large-scale statue
0:14:23 > 0:14:25by an Italian Renaissance sculptor and painter
0:14:25 > 0:14:27who was also an architect and poet.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28What was his name?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Pass.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Which Canadian pop singer became famous after his mother,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Pattie Mallette, posted videos of him on YouTube
0:14:35 > 0:14:37and they caught the attention of a talent scout?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38- Justin Bieber.- Yeah.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Which novel by Michael Ondaatje,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42later made into an Oscar-winning film,
0:14:42 > 0:14:46shared the '92 Booker Prize with Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- French Lieutenant's... - The English Patient.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Which military hero was Lord Byron describing
0:14:52 > 0:14:55when he wrote in his poem The Age Of Bronze
0:14:55 > 0:14:57of "an eagle beak, that nose, the hook
0:14:57 > 0:14:59"where he suspends the world."
0:14:59 > 0:15:00- The Duke of Wellington.- Yes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02The chemical elements palladium
0:15:02 > 0:15:05and cerium are named after examples of what type of object
0:15:05 > 0:15:07in the solar system that were discovered
0:15:07 > 0:15:09around the same time as those elements?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Galaxies?- Asteroids.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15In which 2002 film set in the Pleistocene era
0:15:15 > 0:15:17do Manny, the woolly mammoth,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19and Sid, the sloth, find a lost human child?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20- Ice Age.- Yes.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Which region of Northern Italy
0:15:22 > 0:15:24takes its name from the tribe who settled in the area
0:15:24 > 0:15:25in about 1000 BC?
0:15:25 > 0:15:29It is known to some British tourists as Chiantishire.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30- Tuscany?- Yep.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32In which Canadian province does the city of London
0:15:32 > 0:15:34lie on the River Thames?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Saskatchewan?- Ontario.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Field, Sussex and English Springer
0:15:38 > 0:15:40are breeds of which working gun dog?
0:15:40 > 0:15:41- Spaniel.- Yep.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42Which spirit is mixed with cranberry
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and grapefruit juices to make a Sea Breeze cocktail?
0:15:45 > 0:15:46- Vodka?- Yep.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49In 1968, a Desert Island Discs guest
0:15:49 > 0:15:51chose his own autobiography as the book,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53his trumpet as the luxury item
0:15:53 > 0:15:54and his own recording BEEP
0:15:54 > 0:15:56of Blueberry Hill as his favourite track
0:15:56 > 0:15:58to take to the island. What was his name?
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- Fats Domino?- No, it was... He was quite big as well, this one.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04But it was Louis Armstrong.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05You had two passes, Kenny.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09It was Michelangelo, that bloke who sculpted Bacchus
0:16:09 > 0:16:11and did one or two other things besides.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15And the nickname for the Whig politician who contributed to
0:16:15 > 0:16:19crop rotation was Turnip Townshend.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22You have scored, Kenny, a total of 17 points.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26APPLAUSE
0:16:30 > 0:16:32And now, Nicola Ann again, please.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40And you have nine points as a result of your knowledge of Makarios.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41And you have 2.5 minutes
0:16:41 > 0:16:44to answer general knowledge questions. Here we go.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47According to the proverb, what is it that proves the rule?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Um...
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Pass.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54What name is given to the central casing of a fruit
0:16:54 > 0:16:57such as an apple or pear that contains the seeds or pips?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58- Core.- Yeah.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Which former member of Genesis composed
0:17:00 > 0:17:01the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's
0:17:01 > 0:17:04controversial film The Last Temptation Of Christ?
0:17:04 > 0:17:05- Peter Gabriel.- Yep.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08The ancient Greek poet Antipater of Sidon
0:17:08 > 0:17:10who lived in the 2nd century BC
0:17:10 > 0:17:12is often credited with having compiled what list
0:17:12 > 0:17:14of monumental structures?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16The Seven Wonders of the World.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Yes, of the Ancient World.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19According to a poem by Hilaire Belloc,
0:17:19 > 0:17:23whose defect was chewing little bits of string?
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Uh...
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Smith.- No, Henry King.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Where did Hercule Poirot investigate the murder
0:17:29 > 0:17:32of an American businessman travelling under the name of Ratchett
0:17:32 > 0:17:35according to the title of Agatha Christie's novel?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Bertram's Hotel. - On The Orient Express.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Who caused a scandal with his 1863 painting
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46which depicts a naked woman picnicking with two clothed man?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Oh...
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- Um... Manet.- Yes.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54In which European country is La Liga the equivalent
0:17:54 > 0:17:56of the English football Premier League?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57- Spain.- Yep.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59The Emperor is the largest species of penguin in the world.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Which regal-sounding bird is the second largest?
0:18:02 > 0:18:03- King.- Yep.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04What is the name of the Roman poet
0:18:04 > 0:18:06who claimed in his satires that
0:18:06 > 0:18:08the Roman populace wanted only
0:18:08 > 0:18:10bread and circuses to keep them happy?
0:18:10 > 0:18:11- Ptolemy.- Juvenal.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14The name of which band formed on the Wirral in the late '70s
0:18:14 > 0:18:16by Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey
0:18:16 > 0:18:18was often abbreviated to OMD?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Yes. Mount Baekdu, a volcanic peak on the border
0:18:23 > 0:18:25with China is, at over 2,700m,
0:18:25 > 0:18:28the highest mountain in which Far Eastern peninsula?
0:18:29 > 0:18:30- Himalayas.- The Korean Peninsula.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32What name that comes from the Latin for breath
0:18:32 > 0:18:35is given to the condition of bad breath?
0:18:35 > 0:18:36- Halitosis.- Yep.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38The British classical musician
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Jack Brymer, who died in 2003, aged 88,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43was a leading exponent of which wind instrument?
0:18:43 > 0:18:44- Clarinet.- Yep.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46In the world of economics and commerce,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49the letters GDP stand for Gross Domestic...?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50- Product.- Yep.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Which Yorkshire city has five rivers running through it,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54including the Don and the Sheaf
0:18:54 > 0:18:56and, according to local folklore,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58is built, like Rome, on seven hills?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59- Sheffield.- Yep.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02In Mexican cuisine, what name that comes from little donkey
0:19:02 > 0:19:03is given to a tortilla folded
0:19:03 > 0:19:05and rolled to completely enclose
0:19:05 > 0:19:07any of several savoury fillings?
0:19:07 > 0:19:08- Enchilada.- A burrito.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Closing Time, published in 1993
0:19:11 > 0:19:12and set in the '90s,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14is the sequel to which satirical novel
0:19:14 > 0:19:16set in the Second World War?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- BEEP - Um...
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- How Late It Was, How Late. - Catch-22.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23You had...
0:19:23 > 0:19:24You had one pass.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26According to the proverb...
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- BOTH:- The exception.- It has been in my brain since.- Right, I bet.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32The exception proves the rule.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Nicola, you have 20 points. - Thank you.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37APPLAUSE
0:19:42 > 0:19:45And Michael again, please.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47And you have ten points already, Michael,
0:19:47 > 0:19:48with your knowledge of Joe Meek.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52And 20, as you have just heard, is the score to beat.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55If you are to get through to the next round. 2.5 minutes, here we go.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57In archery, what name is traditionally given
0:19:57 > 0:19:59to the portable case for holding the arrows?
0:19:59 > 0:20:00- A quiver.- Yep.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04The scaup and the smew are species of which water birds?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Gulls?- Duck.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09What single word name is given to the total quantity
0:20:09 > 0:20:11or weight of living organisms in a given area?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14The word is used to refer to organic matter used as fuel
0:20:14 > 0:20:15in a power station.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16- Biomass.- Yep.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18The exiled Duke of Reichstadt,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20who died aged 21 in 1832,
0:20:20 > 0:20:22was the son of which French leader?
0:20:22 > 0:20:23- Napoleon?- Yep.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Lancelot Brown, the foremost English master
0:20:25 > 0:20:27of garden design in the 18th century,
0:20:27 > 0:20:28was better known by what name?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- Capability.- Yes.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31The Victorian model Lizzie Siddal
0:20:31 > 0:20:34posed in a bath for John Everett Millais' painting
0:20:34 > 0:20:35of a Shakespearean character
0:20:35 > 0:20:38who drowns herself after being rejected by her lover.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Which character?
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Pass.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48In the early English church, what name was given
0:20:48 > 0:20:50to the feast day at the beginning of August
0:20:50 > 0:20:52that celebrates the first fruits of the harvest?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Its name comes from the Old English for loaf mass.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56- Lammas.- Yep.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57The 2002 film City Of God,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02is set among gangland rivalry
0:21:02 > 0:21:04in the slums of which South American city?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- Rio?- Yep.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08What name is given to the tax paid by companies
0:21:08 > 0:21:10and other organisations on their taxable profits?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- Corporation tax.- Yes.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14A novel by Wilkie Collins takes its title
0:21:14 > 0:21:17from a giant diamond that is given to Rachel Verinder
0:21:17 > 0:21:19on her 18th birthday and subsequently stolen.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20What is the title?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- The Woman In White? - No, The Moonstone.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23In which city's cathedral was
0:21:23 > 0:21:25TS Eliot's Murder In The Cathedral
0:21:25 > 0:21:29first staged in 1935 with Robert Speaight as Becket?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- Canterbury?- Yes.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32What term can be used to describe
0:21:32 > 0:21:34a document or text that has been
0:21:34 > 0:21:36compiled from a number of previous sources?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39It comes from the Latin for "to bring back".
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- Palimpsest?- Redacted.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43What is laid transversely across swampy ground
0:21:43 > 0:21:45to make a track known as a corduroy road?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47The name comes from its profile
0:21:47 > 0:21:49that resembles the ribbed fabric.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Pass.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Which disease that has spores that can contaminate the soil
0:21:55 > 0:21:59for many years is also known as Woolsorter's disease?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Uh...
0:22:02 > 0:22:03- Brucellosis.- Anthrax.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05What widely covered song
0:22:05 > 0:22:06by Leonard Cohen has the first line
0:22:06 > 0:22:09"I've heard there was a secret chord that David played
0:22:09 > 0:22:10"and it pleased the Lord"?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11- Hallelujah?- Yep.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Which theatre in St Martin's Lane, London,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15is the home of the English National Opera Company?
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Its name sounds like that of a famous Roman monument.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20- The Coliseum.- Yes.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21The leaves of which wild plant
0:22:21 > 0:22:24are used in France for a salade de pissenlit.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- The dandelion.- Yes.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28BEEP I'll finish.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Which capital city is linked to Malmo, in Sweden,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34by a 16km combined road, rail, bridge
0:22:34 > 0:22:36and tunnel system known as the Oresund Link
0:22:36 > 0:22:38that opened in 2000?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Copenhagen.- Is correct.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Two passes, Michael.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46That rather strange track across swampy ground is made of logs,
0:22:46 > 0:22:47or tree trunks, yeah.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50And the character in the John Everett Millais painting
0:22:50 > 0:22:52was Ophelia.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55You have scored, Michael, 22 points.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58APPLAUSE
0:23:05 > 0:23:08And finally, Tom again, please.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09And you...
0:23:09 > 0:23:13have 11 points with your knowledge of Barbara Castle.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16The score to beat now is 22.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18So, here we go.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20In Greek mythology, who flew too close to the sun
0:23:20 > 0:23:22on wings constructed by his father, Daedalus,
0:23:22 > 0:23:24when the wax on the wings melted,
0:23:24 > 0:23:25he fell into the sea and drowned.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26- Icarus.- Yep.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Which band's first UK top 20 hit was Love Me Do?
0:23:29 > 0:23:30- Beatles.- Yes.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33What name that comes from a French term meaning
0:23:33 > 0:23:34to clap one's hands is given
0:23:34 > 0:23:36to a group of people who are hired
0:23:36 > 0:23:37to applaud at a theatrical performance?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Pass.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Which river in Ireland was the scene of a battle fought
0:23:41 > 0:23:44on 1 July, 1690, where William III
0:23:44 > 0:23:47and his troops defeated the army of James II?
0:23:47 > 0:23:48- The Boyne.- Yep.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51The acronym PETA is used by a charity that
0:23:51 > 0:23:52lobbies for the end of the fur trade,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54among other things. The acronym stands for
0:23:54 > 0:23:56People for the Ethical Treatment of what?
0:23:56 > 0:23:57- Animals.- Yep.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Which house on the banks of the Thames became infamous
0:24:00 > 0:24:03during the Profumo affair when it belonged to the Astor family?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Pass.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07On which BBC TWO game show were questions delivered
0:24:07 > 0:24:09in one round by the Dove from Above?
0:24:11 > 0:24:12- Shooting Stars.- Yes.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Hasselback potatoes, almost cut through in thin slices
0:24:15 > 0:24:17and baked with a topping of crispy bread crumbs and cheese,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20get their name from a hotel in which Scandinavian country?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21- Sweden.- Yep.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26Who was the UK's poet laureate from 1972 until his death in May '84?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27- Betjeman?- Yep.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Immaturity, The Irrational Knot
0:24:29 > 0:24:33and Cashel Byron's Profession were among the unsuccessful novels
0:24:33 > 0:24:35by which writer born in Dublin in 1856
0:24:35 > 0:24:37and best-known as a playwright?
0:24:37 > 0:24:38- Joyce?- Shaw.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Which newsreader joined ITN as its political editor in 1963
0:24:42 > 0:24:44and for many years anchored the News At 10?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46He was knighted in 1984.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Trevor McDonald? - Now, Alastair Burnet.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50What name that comes from the Latin for shepherd is given
0:24:50 > 0:24:53especially in some Protestant churches to a person
0:24:53 > 0:24:56who has spiritual charge of a body of Christians?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- Pastor.- Yeah.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Paramaribo is the capital of which republic
0:25:00 > 0:25:02and former Dutch colony in South America?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Suriname.- Yeah.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Which actress who spent her childhood in India
0:25:06 > 0:25:09and Malaya is credited with the concept of the garden bridge,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11a pedestrian bridge across the Thames
0:25:11 > 0:25:13designed by Thomas Heatherwick
0:25:13 > 0:25:14and scheduled to open in 2018?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16- Joanna Lumley.- Yeah.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Which city is the largest in Texas in terms of population,
0:25:19 > 0:25:20the fourth largest in America?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21- Houston?- Yep.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24What was the nationality of the composers Erik Satie
0:25:24 > 0:25:25and Adolphe Adam?
0:25:25 > 0:25:26- French.- Yeah.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29What word more typically associated with a large group
0:25:29 > 0:25:31of insects is also used to describe a series
0:25:31 > 0:25:33of many similar sized earthquakes
0:25:33 > 0:25:35in a short period of time?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36- Swarm?- Yeah.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37What name for a fungal disease
0:25:37 > 0:25:39of plants such as broccoli,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41cabbage and cauliflower comes from the swollen
0:25:41 > 0:25:43and knobbly appearance that it causes to part of the plant?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- Blight.- Club root.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Who played Tom Parfitt,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48a frail Yorkshire pensioner...
0:25:48 > 0:25:49BEEP haunted by the ghost
0:25:49 > 0:25:52of his childhood nanny in the television series Remember Me?
0:25:52 > 0:25:56It was his first straight acting role for more than 20 years.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Spike Milligan.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58No. I suppose it might have been,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00but it wasn't. It was Michael Palin.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02And you had two passes, Tom.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Cliveden was the name of that house on the Thames that became famous
0:26:05 > 0:26:07during the Profumo affair.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10And the group of people who are hired
0:26:10 > 0:26:14to applaud at a theatrical performance is a claque.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16C-L-A-Q-U-E.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21There you go. You have scored, Tom, 24 points.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24APPLAUSE
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Well, he got there. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35In fourth place, with 17 points, Kenny Alexander.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Third place, 20 points, Nicola Ann Burton.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Second place, 22 points, Michael Teague.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41It wasn't quite enough.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45In first place, with 24 points, Tom Williams.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48APPLAUSE
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Which means, of course, that Tom is tonight's winner.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59He goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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