0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Stephen Wilson,
0:00:28 > 0:00:29a business analyst from Glasgow.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32He's answering questions on Scottish pop music.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, Rob Coley, a retired travel manager from West Sussex
0:00:35 > 0:00:37on Aston Villa.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Dennis Tomlinson is a postman from London.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42His specialist subject, East Germany.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44And Ruth Green from Stafford.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Her subject, the great ceramicist Clarice Cliff.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Four more contenders are all set to take to the stage tonight.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08It's hard to know what's the more intimidating,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10the spotlight or the clock.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12One of our four will go through to the next round,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15and then, who knows, all the way to the Grand Final, perhaps,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17and maybe the title of Mastermind.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19They get two minutes on the first round,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21two and a half minutes on the second.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23So, let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32And your name is...?
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Your occupation...?
0:01:33 > 0:01:35And your chosen subject...?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40In two minutes, starting now.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Which group originally formed by Ricky Ross in Glasgow in 1985
0:01:43 > 0:01:45and named after a Steely Dan song
0:01:45 > 0:01:49had a UK top-ten hit in 1988 with Real Gone Kid?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50Deacon Blue.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53What was the title of Altered Images' first UK top-ten single which
0:01:53 > 0:01:55reached number two in 1981?
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Happy Birthday.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Which band, originally known as the Nu-Sonics,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01had a UK top-ten hit in '83 with Rip It Up?
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Orange Juice.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05What was the title of Texas's first UK top-ten hit which
0:02:05 > 0:02:08appeared on their '89 debut album Southside?
0:02:08 > 0:02:09I Don't Want A Lover.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Hue and Cry's first UK top-ten single,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Labour Of Love, was released on which
0:02:13 > 0:02:15record label? It was a subsidiary of Virgin Records.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18- Mercury.- Circa.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20What was the title of the chart-topping album
0:02:20 > 0:02:23released by Travis in '99 which featured the top-ten single
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
0:02:25 > 0:02:26The Man Who.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Which band formed by the brothers Jim and William Reid
0:02:28 > 0:02:31briefly featured Bobby Gillespie on drums and had their first
0:02:31 > 0:02:35UK top-ten single in '87 with April Skies?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Jesus And Mary Chain.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40In 1990, Primal Scream had a UK top-20 single that began
0:02:40 > 0:02:42with spoken dialogue including the line,
0:02:42 > 0:02:46"We want to be free to do what we want to do." What was its title?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Loaded.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Which punk band formed in East Kilbride by Wattie Buchan
0:02:50 > 0:02:53and Big John Duncan, reached the UK top 20 with
0:02:53 > 0:02:55their '81 album Punks Not Dead?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Exploited.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Under what name did the folk singer Mary Sandeman
0:03:00 > 0:03:03top the UK singles charts in 1981 with Japanese Boy?
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Aneka.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08What was the title of Wet Wet Wet's 1987 debut album that included the
0:03:08 > 0:03:12top ten singles Wishing I Was Lucky, Sweet Little Mystery and Angel Eyes?
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Popped In Souled Out.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Which band, formed in Grangemouth by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie
0:03:17 > 0:03:21and Will Heggie and named after an early song from fellow Scots Simple Minds,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24had two UK top-20 albums during the 1980s?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Cocteau Twins.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Who released the album Diva which reached number one in
0:03:28 > 0:03:31the UK album charts in '92?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Annie Lennox.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Which band had a UK top-ten hit single in '82 with Party Fears Two?
0:03:37 > 0:03:38The Associates.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Eddi Reader was the lead singer...
0:03:40 > 0:03:42BEEP ..of Fairground Attraction
0:03:42 > 0:03:44who had a UK number-one hit in '88 with a song that later
0:03:44 > 0:03:47won a Brit award for Best Single. Which song?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Perfect.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Perfect, indeed, is right,
0:03:50 > 0:03:51which pretty much sums up your round.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53You have, Stephen, 14 points.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57APPLAUSE
0:04:04 > 0:04:06And our next contender, please.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14And your name is...?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Your occupation...?
0:04:16 > 0:04:21And your specialist subject...?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23In two minutes, starting now.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Aston Villa Football Club was formed in 1874.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It is one of the 12 founder members of the Football League.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Who was the manager of the club when they won the European Cup in 1982?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Tony Barton.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38In March 1946, a Villa Park record crowd of over 76,000 spectators saw Villa
0:04:38 > 0:04:41lose 4-3 to Derby County in the first leg of which round of the FA Cup?
0:04:41 > 0:04:42The sixth.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Which centre forward, who joined Villa in '47 from Swansea for a fee of £12,000
0:04:47 > 0:04:52was sold to Sunderland in 1950 for a British record fee, then, of £30,000?
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Trevor Ford.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55What's the name of Villa's training ground?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58It was acquired in the '70s and upgraded when Randy Lerner took over the club.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Bodymoor Heath.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Which player transferred at the end of the '58-'59 season to Headington United
0:05:04 > 0:05:08which became Oxford United the following year? He later returned as manager.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Ron Atkinson.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13By what nickname, a shortened form of his middle name, was Gordon Cowans known?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16He made 527 appearances for Villa.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Sid.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Of which club was Doug Ellis a director prior to the takeover
0:05:20 > 0:05:24in which he became Villa's chairman for the first time in 1968?
0:05:24 > 0:05:25- Walsall. - Birmingham City.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Villa's first three Premier League matches finished as 1-1 draws.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Who scored Villa's only goal in each of those games?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- John Byrne. - No, Dalian Atkinson.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42About which Villa striker who went on to join Manchester United did
0:05:42 > 0:05:44the former Villa and United manager Tommy Docherty say,
0:05:44 > 0:05:49"If that lad makes a First Division footballer, my name's Mao Tse-Tung?"
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Dwight Yorke.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54From which club did Villa sign Darren Bent for a reported club record
0:05:54 > 0:05:57initial fee of £18 million in January 2011?
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Sunderland.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Who became the second continental European manager of Aston Villa when he joined
0:06:02 > 0:06:06in 2010? The first was Dr Jozef Venglos, who became manager in 1990.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Gerard Houllier.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Who was Villa's leading goal-scorer in his three full seasons with the club,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15including the 42 goals he scored in the '60-'61 season
0:06:15 > 0:06:17before leaving for Inter Milan in the summer of '61?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Gerry Hitchens.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Which defender became the third Villa player to be voted
0:06:21 > 0:06:24PFA Player Of The Year by his fellow professionals.. BEEP
0:06:24 > 0:06:25..in 1993?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- Allan Evans. - No, it was Paul McGrath.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35No passes, Rob, you've scored ten points.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37APPLAUSE
0:06:44 > 0:06:46And our next contender, please.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54And your name is...?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Your occupation...?
0:06:56 > 0:07:01And your specialist subject...?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06The German Democratic Republic, often referred to as East Germany,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08was formed after the Second World War
0:07:08 > 0:07:11and was an independent nation largely reliant on the Soviet Union.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Who was elected as the first President of the GDR in 1949?
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Wilhelm Pieck.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19What name is usually given to the policy formulated in Bonn
0:07:19 > 0:07:23in the mid-'50s whereby West Germany refused to conduct diplomatic relations
0:07:23 > 0:07:26with states that recognised the GDR?
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Hallstein Doctrine.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Which Slav people who lived in the historical region of Lusatia
0:07:30 > 0:07:32were given the right to continue to follow
0:07:32 > 0:07:35their own culture and language by the GDR's constitution?
0:07:35 > 0:07:36The Sorbs.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Which modern-day city's name was changed to Karl-Marx-Stadt
0:07:39 > 0:07:43in 1953 before returning to its original name in 1990?
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Chemnitz.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Article 24 of the Constitution of 1968 limited the rights of citizens
0:07:48 > 0:07:49in their choice of what,
0:07:49 > 0:07:53in accordance with social requirements and personal qualifications?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Right to strike.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Work and workplace.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Who held the post of Ministry of State Security from the late '50s
0:07:59 > 0:08:03and headed the notorious secret police organisation the Stasi?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Erich Mielke.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07What was the name of the prominent advocate of de-Stalinisation
0:08:07 > 0:08:11and professor of philosophy who was arrested in '56 and later imprisoned?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Walter Janka.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Nope, Wolfgang Harich.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Which political leader remarked at the building of the Berlin Wall
0:08:17 > 0:08:19that it was "a hell of a lot better than a war"?
0:08:20 > 0:08:21John F Kennedy.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25What German word was used to define the policy adopted in the '70s that stressed
0:08:25 > 0:08:28the differences between East and West Germany in historical, cultural,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30political and economic terms?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Abgrenzung.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34What was the name of the East German agent in Bonn whose unmasking
0:08:34 > 0:08:39as a spy in '74 led to the downfall of the West German Chancellor Willy Brandt?
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Gunter Guillaume.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Who was the General Secretary of East Germany's ruling political party
0:08:43 > 0:08:46who travelled to Moscow to discuss political reform
0:08:46 > 0:08:49with Mikhail Gorbachev in November '89?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Erich Honecker. - Egon Krenz.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Which leading proponent of the so-called New Economic System
0:08:53 > 0:08:58was found shot dead in December '65 after an unfavourable trade treaty
0:08:58 > 0:09:00was agreed between the GDR and the Soviet Union?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Pass.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Who wrote the music for the GDR's national hymn, Auferstanden Aus Ruinen?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07The text by... BEEP
0:09:07 > 0:09:09..Johannes R Becher was later dropped.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Hanns Eisler.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Is correct.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15You had just one pass, Dennis.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18That leading proponent of the so-called New Economic System
0:09:18 > 0:09:21who was found shot dead was Erich Hans Apel.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23You have scored nine points.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26APPLAUSE
0:09:32 > 0:09:34And our final contender, please.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43And your name is...?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Your occupation...?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48And your chosen subject...?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Clarice Cliff, in two minutes, here we go.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Clarice Cliff produced ceramic designs that helped to define an era.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57What overall name was chosen for the designs with striking colours
0:09:57 > 0:09:59and new shapes that made her famous in 1928
0:09:59 > 0:10:01and were produced at AJ Wilkinson in Burslem?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Bizarre.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Cliff collaborated on a collection of circus-themed pieces
0:10:05 > 0:10:08in the mid-'30s with which artist and friend?
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Laura Knight.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11What name was given to the dramatically shaped vase
0:10:11 > 0:10:15launched by Cliff in 1929, listed as Shape 379?
0:10:16 > 0:10:17- Meiping?- Yo-Yo.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20What was the name of the commercial director at AJ Wilkinson
0:10:20 > 0:10:23who worked closely with Cliff on the production and marketing
0:10:23 > 0:10:25of her designs, and who later became her husband?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Colley Shorter.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30The teaset shape known as Stamford was an imitation by Cliff
0:10:30 > 0:10:33of a design produced by which French firm of silversmiths?
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Tetard Freres.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37What name was given to the five or six foot tall model horses
0:10:37 > 0:10:40constructed from Cliff pottery and used to promote her work in the early '30s?
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Bazooka.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45In the late 1920s, a new base glaze was developed that had
0:10:45 > 0:10:48a warm glow because of the addition of 1% iron oxide.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49What was the name of the glaze?
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Honey glaze.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Which popular Cliff pattern launched in the autumn of '28
0:10:53 > 0:10:57consists of an image of a flower painted with simple, striking brushstrokes
0:10:57 > 0:10:59bordered by yellow and brown bands?
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Crocus.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Which employee who worked at the clay end of AJ Wilkinson illicitly
0:11:03 > 0:11:07supplied Cliff with expensive modelling clay during her early days there?
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Reg Lamb.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12The floor-done decorated ceramic stock used by Cliff for her first Bizarre
0:11:12 > 0:11:15designs was acquired by AJ Wilkinson through the purchase of which firm?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Newport Pottery.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Which Cliff range launched in '29 included a teaset that features
0:11:23 > 0:11:26pyramid-shaped spouts and solid triangular handles
0:11:26 > 0:11:28and was described in one newspaper as resembling
0:11:28 > 0:11:31"a Russian ballet master's nightmare solidified?"
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Conical.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35What was the name of the first salesman to go on the road with Bizarre
0:11:35 > 0:11:37where he recalled that his first store buyer was
0:11:37 > 0:11:40agog at the sight of it and bought a car load on the spot?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Ewart Oakes.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44At what pottery company in her hometown of Tunstall was Cliff apprenticed
0:11:44 > 0:11:48in 1912 at the age of about 13?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Lingard and Webster. - What was the name of the apprentice...
0:11:50 > 0:11:54BEEP ..who designed the 1929 decorative war mask Grotesque
0:11:54 > 0:11:56under Cliff's supervision?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Ron Birks.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Is correct. No passes, Ruth. 13 points.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04APPLAUSE
0:12:11 > 0:12:14That's the end of the first round, some high scorers there.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Let's have a look at all of them.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18In fourth place with nine points, Dennis Tomlinson.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Third place, ten points, Rob Coley.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Second place, 13 points, Ruth Green.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26First place, 14 points, Stephen Wilson.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28APPLAUSE
0:12:32 > 0:12:34So, it is the general knowledge round now,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38and if there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44And if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48And the six highest scoring runners-up will also be able to claim
0:12:48 > 0:12:50a place in the semifinals.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51So, plenty to play for.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Let us get on with it and ask Dennis to join us again, if he would, please.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57And...
0:12:57 > 0:12:59You start out with nine points, Dennis,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02but plenty of time to catch up, because we have two and a half minutes
0:13:02 > 0:13:05of general knowledge, starting now.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Which of Shakespeare's tragic heroes is driven into a state
0:13:08 > 0:13:10of fierce jealousy by the promptings of Iago
0:13:10 > 0:13:13and murders his wife, Desdemona because of a supposed infidelity?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Othello.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17What word can mean a simultaneous discharge of weapons,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20or in sport, a return shot in games such as tennis
0:13:20 > 0:13:21before the ball has hit the ground?
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Volley.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26The 19th-century movement that sought to restore Catholic practice and thought
0:13:26 > 0:13:29in the Church of England initially flourished at the University
0:13:29 > 0:13:30from where it takes its name, which one?
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- Oxford. - Which often-ridiculed poet is best remembered for his work
0:13:34 > 0:13:36The Tay Bridge Disaster of 1879?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38William McGonagall.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Which Oscar-winning actress came to fame as the giggly blonde airhead
0:13:41 > 0:13:43on television on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Pass.- What part of the foot is affected by the injury called
0:13:47 > 0:13:50plantar fasciitis, a complaint more common in women?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51The heel.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54What name that comes from the Greek for "mindful" is given to an aide-memoire
0:13:54 > 0:13:57such as "divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived,"
0:13:57 > 0:13:58for the wives of Henry VIII?
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Mnemonic.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03The geneticist and Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse took up his five-year term
0:14:03 > 0:14:05as president of which body in December 2010?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07He succeeded the astronomer Lord Rees.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Royal Society.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Which garden plant took its name from the Latin for "wolf-like,"
0:14:12 > 0:14:15because it was thought the wolf will devour goodness from the soil?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Pass.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Which city was chosen to be the state capital of California in 1854?
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Sacramento.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27What television programme based around day-to-day life in a maternity ward
0:14:27 > 0:14:31won the 2010 Bafta award for Best Factual Series?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Pass.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Which extremely poisonous liquid formerly known as prussic acid
0:14:35 > 0:14:38has the chemical formulation HCN and smells of bitter almonds?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Um...
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Hydrocyanic acid.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47In the poem by Tennyson, what watery feature is he referring to in the lines,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50"For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever?"
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- The Thames.- The Brook.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Which meat stew, generally made with a large amount of onion
0:14:54 > 0:14:58and flavoured with paprika, has a name that means "herdsman" in Hungarian?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Goulash.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Who wrote the score for the 1946 stage musical Annie Get Your Gun?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Pass.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Which French politician served two terms as his country's president
0:15:07 > 0:15:13from 1995-2007, was mayor of Paris from '77-'95 and had twice been Premier?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- Jacques Chirac. - In which country is Alan Paton's 48th novel,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Cry The Beloved Country, set?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- South Africa.- A British boxer, notable for fights with Henry Cooper, Joe Frazier
0:15:23 > 0:15:26and Muhammad Ali, was born in Hungary, and after moving to Australia
0:15:26 > 0:15:30late in his career, adopted the nickname Aussie Joe. What's his name?
0:15:30 > 0:15:34- Joe Bugner.- Which '87 film about the Vietnam War, directed by Stanley Kubrick,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36was shot entirely in Britain, BEEP
0:15:36 > 0:15:39with a vast, abandoned gasworks at Beckton in London's East End
0:15:39 > 0:15:42standing in for the Vietnamese city of Hue?
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- Full Metal Jacket. - Is correct. Four passes, Dennis.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Irving Berlin wrote the score for Annie Get Your Gun.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52One Born Every Minute was that television programme
0:15:52 > 0:15:55set in a maternity ward. Lupin was the...
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Yes, that "devouring the goodness from the soil." Lupine, lupin.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05And Goldie Hawn was the giggly, blonde airhead on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08You now have a total, Dennis, of 23 points.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10APPLAUSE
0:16:17 > 0:16:19And now, Rob, again, please.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26And you start off with ten points with your knowledge of Aston Villa.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- 23 is the score to beat. - OK.- Here we go.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32What is the name of the French national anthem
0:16:32 > 0:16:35composed in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
0:16:35 > 0:16:37and officially adopted in 1879?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- La Marseillaise.- Landrace, Gloucestershire Old Spot,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42and Vietnamese Pot-bellied are breeds of which farm animal?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Pig.- What is calculated by dividing a person's
0:16:45 > 0:16:48weight in kilograms by the square of their height in metres?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- Body mass. - Yes, body-mass index.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Which inland sea in Canada is connected to the Arctic Ocean
0:16:56 > 0:16:57by the Foxe Channel,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00and to the Atlantic by a strait that it shares its name with?
0:17:01 > 0:17:02- Bering Sea?- Hudson Bay.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05What was developed during the Second World War in a programme
0:17:05 > 0:17:07known as the Manhattan Project?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- The H-bomb.- The atom bomb.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Which actress, whose previous roles include Rudi in Gavin and Stacey,
0:17:13 > 0:17:17played the title role in the 2014 television drama, Cilla?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Sheridan Smith.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22The country that's been variously known as the Democratic Republic of Congo
0:17:22 > 0:17:26and Zaire was a colony of which European country from 1908-1960?
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- Belgium.- Which 19th-century Hungarian composer wrote the
0:17:30 > 0:17:34three nocturnes for piano called Liebestraum or Love Dreams?
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- Chopin.- Liszt. In the First World War, what name was given to the battalions
0:17:38 > 0:17:40formed by men from the same neighbourhood
0:17:40 > 0:17:43and who had worked together in the same organisation?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Pals.- The hero of which Dickens novel marries Agnes Wickfield
0:17:46 > 0:17:49after becoming a successful writer?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- Hard times. - David Copperfield.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Which American rock band's single, What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
0:17:54 > 0:17:58reached number nine in the UK charts in September 1994?
0:17:58 > 0:17:59- ZZ Top?- REM.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Which soprano, who was born in Stockholm in 1820,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04was known as the "Swedish Nightingale"?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- Jenny Lind.- What general name is given to the group of drugs that reduce
0:18:08 > 0:18:12bad cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme in the liver?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Beta-blockers?- Statins.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Which traditional county is bordered by
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Hertfordshire and Essex to the south,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire to the west,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22and Norfolk and Suffolk to the east?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- Middlesex.- Cambridgeshire.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Who won an Oscar for Best Actress In A Supporting Role for playing
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Katharine Hepburn in the 2004 Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator?
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- Nicole Kidman. - Cate Blanchett.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38What name was given to the incompletely punched paper ballots
0:18:38 > 0:18:42which caused problems in the 2000 American presidential elections,
0:18:42 > 0:18:43especially in Florida?
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- Pass. - The Argentine-born back row forward, Sergio Parisse,
0:18:47 > 0:18:51was named captain of a country's rugby union side in 2008.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Which country?
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- Italy.- What light dish, in which beaten egg whites are added
0:18:58 > 0:19:00at the last moment to a mixture of egg yolks... BEEP
0:19:00 > 0:19:03..and other ingredients, should be served straight from the oven
0:19:03 > 0:19:05and has a name meaning "blown" in French?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Meringue.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Reasonable guess.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14- Souffle.- Souffle, of course.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18You had one pass, that name given to those ballot papers that didn't
0:19:18 > 0:19:23have the hole quite punched through, they were hanging chads.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Right, OK.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Rob, you have scored a total of 18 points.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31APPLAUSE
0:19:36 > 0:19:40And now, Ruth, again, please.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45And you start out with 13 points with your knowledge of Clarice Cliff.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48And 23 is still the score to beat.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Let's see if you can do it.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Air Force Two is the designation for any aircraft carrying
0:19:52 > 0:19:55the holder of a particular American political office. Which office?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- President.- Vice President.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59The name of which percussion instrument literally means
0:19:59 > 0:20:00"wood sound" in Greek?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Timpani?- Xylophone.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11The ancient centre of which capital city is divided into 22 rioni,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15or districts, whose names date mainly from classical times?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19- Rome.- What is the name of the presenter whose television programmes include
0:20:19 > 0:20:24The Really Wild Show, Countryfile and The Hitman And Her?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- Chris Packham.- Michaela Strachan.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Pieter van der Faes, the Dutch artist born in 1618 who became
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Charles II's principal court painter is better known by what name?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- Holbein.- Sir Peter Lely.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39A phrase particularly associated with Remembrance Day services
0:20:39 > 0:20:42forms the repeated chorus in Kipling's poem Recessional,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46written in response to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47- Which phrase?- Pass.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50A bronze statue of a footballer known as The Non-Flying Dutchman
0:20:50 > 0:20:53because of his fear of air travel was unveiled outside
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in February 2014. Who is he?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Pass.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59The discovery of an element,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02one of the noble gases which makes up about 1% of the atmosphere,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05led to the award of the Nobel Prizes for chemistry and physics
0:21:05 > 0:21:09to William Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh in 1904. Which element?
0:21:09 > 0:21:13- Argon.- The French word "tomme" is a generic name for a large number of varieties of a
0:21:13 > 0:21:17food item made in that country, especially in Savoy. What food item?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Cabbage.- Cheese.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Which 2000 film that stars Jamie Bell and had three Oscar nominations
0:21:22 > 0:21:27was mainly shot in and around the former mining village of Easington in County Durham?
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- Pass.- The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah is the first new novel to be
0:21:31 > 0:21:35sanctioned by the estate of Agatha Christie, featuring which detective?
0:21:35 > 0:21:40- Hercule Poirot.- What is the nationality of Donald Tusk, who replaced Herman Van Rompuy
0:21:40 > 0:21:44as president of the European Council in December 2014?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45- Dutch.- Polish.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50Catherine Bearder was which party's only success in the 2014
0:21:50 > 0:21:53European elections when she held her seat in south-east England?
0:21:53 > 0:21:54- Green.- Liberal Democrats.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Which cult band's only entry in the UK singles chart was Venus In Furs?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00It reached number 71 in '94.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04- Pass.- In Egyptian mythology, who was the god of chaos and disorder
0:22:04 > 0:22:06and brother of Isis and Osiris?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11- Horus?- Set.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Which BBC television programme has been hosted by Christine Bleakley,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Jason Manford, Chris Evans and Adrian Chiles?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- The One Show.- Yep. BEEP
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Nearly started but I didn't quite, so we're out of time.
0:22:23 > 0:22:29Four passes - Velvet Underground was that cult band with Venus In Furs.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Billy Elliot was shot in County Durham.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37Dennis Bergkamp, that's the footballer who had a bronze statue made of him.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41And "Lest we forget," was that phrase associated with Remembrance Day services.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Ruth, you have 17 points.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46APPLAUSE
0:22:53 > 0:22:56And finally, Stephen, again, please.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01You start out with 14 points for your knowledge of Scottish pop music.
0:23:01 > 0:23:0423 is still the score to beat
0:23:04 > 0:23:08if you are to get through to the next round, the semifinals.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Here we go.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Which city is the capital of Finland?
0:23:11 > 0:23:15- Helsinki.- What was the name of the 6.5 tonne elephant acquired by London Zoo
0:23:15 > 0:23:19in the 19th century, that became a byword for elephants in general
0:23:19 > 0:23:21and by extension, anything of vast size?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- Jumbo.- From which American prison did Frank Lee Morris
0:23:24 > 0:23:29and Clarence and John Anglin become the last people to escape in June 1962?
0:23:29 > 0:23:33- Alcatraz.- The Beatles' songs Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Here Comes The Sun
0:23:33 > 0:23:36and Come Together all first appeared on which album?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- Revolver.- Abbey Road.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40In which country did the word "larrikin", a slang
0:23:40 > 0:23:44term for a hooligan or hoodlum, originate in the late 19th century?
0:23:44 > 0:23:45- French.- Australia.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49In Greek mythology, who judged that the goddess Aphrodite was more
0:23:49 > 0:23:51beautiful than Hera and Athene?
0:23:51 > 0:23:52- Zeus.- Paris.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55What is the alternative name for the house plant, the aspidistra,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58because of its ability to withstand neglect?
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Pass.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Which North African country's national football team is nicknamed
0:24:02 > 0:24:07the Carthage Eagles, an allusion to the country's ancient history?
0:24:07 > 0:24:08- Nigeria.- Tunisia.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Which river gives its name to the 16-mile long steam railway
0:24:12 > 0:24:16between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster in the Midlands?
0:24:16 > 0:24:17- Settle.- The Severn.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were the founder members
0:24:20 > 0:24:23of an association of sovereign states that emerged in 1991
0:24:23 > 0:24:26after the collapse of the Soviet Union,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28and was known by the initials CIS.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29What do the letters stand for?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- Confederation... - No, I'll stop you there.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Commonwealth of Independent States.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35What is the stage name of the magician
0:24:35 > 0:24:40and illusionist Steven Frayne who was born in Bradford in 1982?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Dynamo. - Which port city on the Mediterranean coast of Italy
0:24:43 > 0:24:46is the capital of the region of Liguria?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47- Venice.- Genoa.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is the second volume
0:24:50 > 0:24:52of the autobiography of which writer?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55It chronicles a year in pre-Civil War Spain.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57- Hemingway.- Laurie Lee.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Which great work of religious translation
0:24:59 > 0:25:02resulted from the Hampton Court Conference of 1604,
0:25:02 > 0:25:06following the Millenary Petition by Puritan ministers?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Pass.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12Who stars as King Arthur in the '67 film musical, Camelot?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Sean Connery.- Richard Harris.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16The Acton Scott estate, near Church Stretton in Shropshire,
0:25:16 > 0:25:20featured in a BBC Two series, first shown in 2009,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24about life on the land in the mid-19th century. Which series?
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- Pass.- Tony Bennett's only British number one, Stranger In Paradise,
0:25:28 > 0:25:32came from which musical based on themes from Alexander Borodin?
0:25:32 > 0:25:33- Top Hat.- Kismet.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36In medicine, what name that comes from the Greek for "vein"
0:25:36 > 0:25:38is given to inflammation of veins?
0:25:40 > 0:25:41- Pass. - BEEP
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Well, I can tell you, because we're out of time. It is phlebitis.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48You had four passes altogether, Stephen.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53The Victorian Farm was that BBC Two series.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56The Authorised King James Version of the Bible was that work of
0:25:56 > 0:25:59religious translation that resulted at the Hampton Court Conference.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04And the aspidistra is known, because of its ability to withstand
0:26:04 > 0:26:09horrible conditions, as the cast-iron plant. So there we are.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Should be the ugly, cast-iron plant, but there we are.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Stephen, you have a total of 18 points.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17APPLAUSE
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Well, he held on to that lead, didn't he?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Let's have a look at the scoreboard.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31In fourth place, 17 points, Ruth Green.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Joint second place, 18 points apiece, Stephen Wilson and Rob Coley.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40First place, with a clear lead, 23 points - Dennis Tomlinson.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42APPLAUSE
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Which means that Dennis is tonight's winner,
0:26:54 > 0:26:58and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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0:27:12 > 0:27:15APPLAUSE