0:00:25 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Martin Wightman,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29a retired civil servant from Bristol.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32He's answering questions on the Apollo missions.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, Roger Canwell from Norwich on the Great Train Robbery.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Austin McHale is a teacher from Middlesex.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41His specialist subject, Queens Park Rangers football club.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42And Lorraine Kitchingham
0:00:42 > 0:00:45is a technical support agent from Bournemouth.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Her subject, Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware novels.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Four contenders are waiting to take their place in the black chair.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11It's not just about knowing the answers, of course.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13It's coping with the pressure.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16The pressure of being in the spotlight and even worse,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18knowing that the clock is ticking away
0:01:18 > 0:01:20and does not allow you the luxury of thinking time.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22As always, they get two minutes of questions
0:01:22 > 0:01:26on their specialist subject and then two and a half on general knowledge.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28The winner will go through to the next round
0:01:28 > 0:01:30and take a step nearer to becoming the owner of a rather fine
0:01:30 > 0:01:32glass bowl and far more importantly,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35the prestige of becoming Mastermind champion.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38So, let us have our first contender, please.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And your name is?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Your occupation?
0:01:50 > 0:01:51And your chosen subject?
0:01:53 > 0:01:54The Apollo missions, here we go.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58The prime crew of Apollo 8 consisted of Commander Frank Borman,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Commander Module Pilot James Lovell and which lunar module pilot?
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Bill Anders.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05What activity did the Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden
0:02:05 > 0:02:08describe as like being let out at night for a swim by Moby Dick?
0:02:08 > 0:02:09- A spacewalk.- Yes.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Which mission included the first Apollo docking
0:02:12 > 0:02:15and the first spacewalk using the new Apollo space suit?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Apollo 9.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19What's the name of the astronaut who, while acting as the
0:02:19 > 0:02:23capsule communicator, received the famous message from Jim Lovell on Apollo 13,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25"Houston, we've had a problem."
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Jack Lousma.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Which of the original seven NASA astronauts
0:02:29 > 0:02:31became the director of flight crew operations and
0:02:31 > 0:02:34picked the crew for each Apollo mission?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Deke Slayton.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37At which Air Force Base near Houston
0:02:37 > 0:02:39did Apollo astronauts train on the LLTV,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle, nicknameed The Flying Bedstead?
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Ellington.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47What was the call sign of Apollo 9's lunar module
0:02:47 > 0:02:50which referred to its spindly legs?
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Spider.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Which member of the Apollo 13 backup crew contracted German measles?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58This caused Ken Mattingly, who had no immunity to the disease,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02to lose his place on the prime crew to Jack Swigert.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Charlie Duke.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Whose first words while stepping onto the moon in February '71 were,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09"It's been a long way but we're here"?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Alan Shepard.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15From which Cape Canaveral launchpad was the last manned Apollo mission 17 launched
0:03:15 > 0:03:19four years after the first Apollo mission to the moon had left the same launchpad?
0:03:19 > 0:03:2039A.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Which aircraft manufacturer constructed the lunar roving vehicle,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26first used on the Apollo 15 mission?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Boeing.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29At re-entry to Earth's atmosphere,
0:03:29 > 0:03:33which mission reached a speed of over 24,790 miles an hour?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Still the fastest that humans have ever travelled.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Apollo 8.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Apollo 10. The upper stages of the Saturn rockets that launched
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Apollo spacecraft were the first in the world to use
0:03:42 > 0:03:45which fuel for manned flights?
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Kerosene.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Hydrogen. Which astronaut was serving as Capcom
0:03:49 > 0:03:51during the Apollo 11 mission
0:03:51 > 0:03:54when Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Bruce McCandless.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Apollo 12 touched down on the Ocean Of Storms
0:03:58 > 0:04:01next to the April 1967 landing site
0:04:01 > 0:04:04of which unmanned American moon probe?
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Surveyor 3.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Is correct.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- No passes, Martin. You have 13 points.- Thank you.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20And our next contender, please.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30And your name is?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Your occupation?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Your chosen subject?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37The Great Train Robbery. Two minutes, here we go.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39The Great Train Robbery is the name of the raid
0:04:39 > 0:04:43on the Royal Mail's Glasgow to London travelling post office train in 1963.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44On what date did it take place?
0:04:44 > 0:04:468th of August.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49At which Buckinghamshire farm about 27 miles from the crime scene
0:04:49 > 0:04:52did the train robbers hide out immediately after the robbery?
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Leatherslade Farm.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55What was the number of Class 40 English Electric
0:04:55 > 0:04:58diesel locomotive that was pulling the train?
0:04:58 > 0:04:59D326.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Ronnie Biggs and Bruce Reynolds' fingerprints
0:05:01 > 0:05:04were found on a board game that that they had played
0:05:04 > 0:05:06while they were hiding. What game?
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Monopoly.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09What was the name of the farm labourer
0:05:09 > 0:05:11whose suspicions on visiting the farm after
0:05:11 > 0:05:13the robbers had fled led him to ring the police?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15John Maris.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Before the robbery, Buster Edwards and Gordon Goody
0:05:17 > 0:05:20met an informant in Finsbury Park in early '63
0:05:20 > 0:05:22who gave them vital details about the mail train.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25By what nickname was the informant generally known?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26The Ulsterman.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Charlie Wilson was the first of the robbers
0:05:28 > 0:05:32to escape from prison in August '64. Which prison?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Winson Green.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36How many sacks were actually stolen and taken away in the robbers' lorry?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39A few bags were left behind after Bruce Reynolds insisted
0:05:39 > 0:05:42they were out of time and had to leave.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43120.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46What was the name of the house in Whitchurch Hill
0:05:46 > 0:05:49owned by the solicitor's clerk Brian Field and his wife Karin
0:05:49 > 0:05:52to which a number of the robbers went after leaving Leatherslade Farm?
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Kabri.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56After the gang had the train stopped at Sears Crossing,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59the disconnected part was driven to a railway bridge
0:05:59 > 0:06:02officially designated bridge number 127. Which bridge?
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Bridego.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05After his eventual release from prison in '75,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Buster Edwards became well known as a flower seller
0:06:08 > 0:06:10outside which London railway station?
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Waterloo.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14In which country did Reynolds and Edwards briefly enjoy
0:06:14 > 0:06:16the high life together while on the run
0:06:16 > 0:06:20until Buster decided to return to England in September '66 and give himself up?
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Mexico.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Which Scotland Yard detective superintendent
0:06:24 > 0:06:28turned up in Rio in early 1974 in a failed attempt
0:06:28 > 0:06:30to take Ronald Biggs back to England
0:06:30 > 0:06:32after he was tipped off by The Daily Express?
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Jack Slipper.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Roger Cordrey was recruited from a rival criminal gang
0:06:36 > 0:06:40that was experienced in holding up trains on the Brighton line.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42By what three-word name was that gang known?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44The South Coast Raiders.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Is absolutely correct.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47As were all your other answers.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Roger, a perfect round. 14 points.- Thank you.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01And our next contender, please.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10And your name is?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Your occupation?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14And your chosen subject?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Queens Park Rangers in two minutes, starting now.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Which player scored 44 goals for Queens Park Rangers
0:07:23 > 0:07:26during the '66/67 season when they won the Third Division
0:07:26 > 0:07:27and the League Cup?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Rodney Marsh.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Who managed Rangers during the '79/80 season?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34He'd previously been in charge for 28 days in '68.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Tommy Docherty.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Rangers qualified for their first European campaign in '76.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42To which team did they lose in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup?
0:07:42 > 0:07:43AEK Athens.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46In '75, who became the first Rangers player
0:07:46 > 0:07:48to captain England when he led the team
0:07:48 > 0:07:50in a 2-1 win over Switzerland?
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Gerry Francis.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Against which team did Rangers play their first league game
0:07:54 > 0:07:58on their newly-installed plastic pitch at Loftus Road in 1981?
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Uh, Luton Town.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Which centre back is Rangers most capped player?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05He'd made nearly 500 appearances for the club between '81 and '97
0:08:05 > 0:08:08and won 52 caps for Northern Ireland?
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Alan... Sorry, Alan McDonald.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Which team did Rangers beat 3-2 on aggregate
0:08:12 > 0:08:15over two legs in the semifinal of the '86 League Cup?
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Liverpool.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20What is the name of the Indian billionaire who was
0:08:20 > 0:08:22persuaded by the co-owner Bernie Ecclestone
0:08:22 > 0:08:26to invest in the club together with his brother-in-law in 2007?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Lakshmi Mittal.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Which striker scored a hat-trick in a 4-1 win
0:08:30 > 0:08:33against Manchester United at Old Trafford on New Year's day in 1992?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Dennis Bailey.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Rangers reached their only FA Cup final in '82.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Who scored the equaliser deep into extra time
0:08:40 > 0:08:43in the 1-1 draw with Spurs that led to a replay?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Um, Fereday.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Terry Fenwick. Which player who later became a professional golfer
0:08:48 > 0:08:51became Rangers' first £1 million signing
0:08:51 > 0:08:53when he was bought by manager Don Howe
0:08:53 > 0:08:55in 1989 from Luton Town?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Um, Mark Stein.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Roy Wegerle.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03To which non-league side did Rangers lose on penalties
0:09:03 > 0:09:06in the first round of the 2002/03 FA Cup?
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Vauxhall Motors.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Rangers clinched promotion back to the Premier League
0:09:10 > 0:09:12at the end of the 2013/14 season
0:09:12 > 0:09:15by beating Derby County in the play-off final.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18What position did they finish in the Championship to reach the play-offs?
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Fourth.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Which World Cup winning player
0:09:21 > 0:09:24BEEP appeared in eight league matches for Rangers
0:09:24 > 0:09:26during the '88/89 season?
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Ossie Ardiles.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Exactly right.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31No passes, Austin. You have 12 points.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43And our final contender, please.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53And your name is?
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Your occupation?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56And your specialist subject?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01In two minutes, starting now.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Alex Delaware is a psychologist
0:10:02 > 0:10:06who helps Los Angeles police detective Milo Sturgis in his investigations.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10What's the name of his French bulldog and unofficial therapy dog
0:10:10 > 0:10:13that comforts his patients when they're upset?
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Blanche.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16In Killer, Cherie Sykes is abducted along with
0:10:16 > 0:10:19her daughter Rambla by Willa and Hank Nebe.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23What is the name of their niece who tells Cherie that the Nebes' plan
0:10:23 > 0:10:25is to give the child to her to bring up?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Pass.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Which doctor's name is written on the note
0:10:28 > 0:10:30that is found in the bedroom of Vita Berlin?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33The word 'quack' is written on the other side.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Pass.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37In Deception, the body of Elise Freeman
0:10:37 > 0:10:40is found in a bathtub that is filled with what?
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Dry ice.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Alex first met Tanya Bigelow when she was seven years old
0:10:43 > 0:10:46when her mother sent her to him for psychological help.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50At their first session, Tanya told him, "I came here to do" what?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Find the truth.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52"Break my habits."
0:10:52 > 0:10:56In Motive, what is set up in the kitchens of the murder victims,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Ursula Corey and Katherine Hennepin, that makes Alex and Milo
0:10:59 > 0:11:02suspect they were killed by the same person?
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Dinner for two.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Grant Huggler tries to break Milo's neck
0:11:06 > 0:11:09while he is being arrested as a suspect for multiple murders.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12In which part of the body does Milo then shoot Huggler?
0:11:13 > 0:11:14The leg.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Yes, his foot.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18In Compulsion, a smear of blood is found on the seat of a car
0:11:18 > 0:11:21that was reported missing by its owner.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22What is the make of the car?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Bentley.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26In Gone, Jacalyn Vasquez tells Milo
0:11:26 > 0:11:28that her husband Armando shot a man
0:11:28 > 0:11:31to protect their family. What was the man's name?
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Smith.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Petey. In Mystery, what name is given to the young women
0:11:37 > 0:11:40who are used to attract rich men, called Daddys,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42to their online dating website?
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Pass.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50In Rage, Alex revisits the case of Troy Turner and Rand Duchay
0:11:50 > 0:11:53who were found guilty of murdering a young girl.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Which authority had they been handed to
0:11:55 > 0:11:56after they pleaded guilty?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58California Youth Authority.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01When Alex tries to track down Elise Van Syoc...
0:12:01 > 0:12:02BEEP
0:12:02 > 0:12:05..he searches for her online using her maiden name Ryan
0:12:05 > 0:12:08and what nickname from her short-lived show business career?
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- Pass.- Well, I can tell you because we're out of time.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16It was Ginger. And your other passes.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Sweeties was the name given to those young women
0:12:19 > 0:12:21used to attract sugar daddies.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24That doctor's name written on the note was Dr B Shacker
0:12:24 > 0:12:26or Dr Bernhard Shacker. Yes?
0:12:26 > 0:12:32And in Killer, the name of the niece and accomplice was Kiara Fallows.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35So, four passes, Lorraine. You've scored six points.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Well, some very high scoring in that round.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Fourth place, six points, Lorraine Kitchingham.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Third place, 12 points, Austin McHale.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Second place, 13 points, Martin Wightman.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01First place, 14 points, Roger Canwell.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04APPLAUSE
0:13:06 > 0:13:08And it's the general knowledge round now.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11And if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:13:11 > 0:13:15is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18And if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21And the six highest-scoring runners up will be able to
0:13:21 > 0:13:24claim a place in the semifinals as well.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25So, there is plenty to play for.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Let's just get on with it and ask Lorraine
0:13:27 > 0:13:29to come and join us again, please.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32And...
0:13:32 > 0:13:35..having discovered that there are 30 books in that series,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37I can see you had an awful lot to try to learn.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Anyway, you've got six points on the board,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42you've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge questions.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45So, let's get on with it, here we go.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Who officially launched the internet site with the URL
0:13:47 > 0:13:52www.royal.gov.uk in March 1997?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54- Prince Charles.- The Queen.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58What is the general term for an animal that has four feet?
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Quadruped.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01The book A Walk In The Woods documents which
0:14:01 > 0:14:04travel writer's attempt to walk along
0:14:04 > 0:14:07the Appalachian Trail with his friend Stephen Katz?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Pass.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Which painter has been played on film by Kirk Douglas in 1956
0:14:13 > 0:14:17and by both Tim Roth and Martin Scorsese in 1990?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Jackson Pollock.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Van Gogh. Which country has the England rugby team played annually
0:14:23 > 0:14:26since 1879 for the Calcutta Cup?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Scotland.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Who composed the music for the stage musical Showboat
0:14:29 > 0:14:32based on Edna Ferber's novel of life on the Mississippi.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- Hammerstein.- Jerome Kern.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36What name that dates back to 1970 is given to
0:14:36 > 0:14:39a car with a sloping tailgate of full width at the rear
0:14:39 > 0:14:42that opens upwards to provide access to a cargo area?
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Hatchback.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Which Hertfordshire-born clergyman became
0:14:46 > 0:14:48the only English Pope as Adrian IV in 1154?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50During his papacy, he issued a bill
0:14:50 > 0:14:53giving Henry II the right to rule over Ireland?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Thomas Becket.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Nicholas Breakspear. By what name does the author of the Book Of Revelation
0:14:58 > 0:15:00call himself, although his precise identity
0:15:00 > 0:15:02is the subject of debate?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03The Beast.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06John. Which river provided power for the mill
0:15:06 > 0:15:08in the co-operative industrial community at New Lanark
0:15:08 > 0:15:13managed by the social reformer Robert Owen in the 19th century?
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Tamar.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Clyde. Which Geordie actor who played fusilier Dave Tucker
0:15:17 > 0:15:20in Soldier Soldier has made several TV series
0:15:20 > 0:15:23in which he indulges in his passion for extreme fishing?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Robson Green.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Major works by Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare
0:15:27 > 0:15:30feature which pair of lovers whose story is said to have
0:15:30 > 0:15:32taken place during the Trojan War?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Troilus and Cressida.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36The invention of a device for simplifying multiplication
0:15:36 > 0:15:39and division is usually credited to the mathematician
0:15:39 > 0:15:41William Oughtred in about 1630.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43What device?
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Abacus.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47A slide rule. In which Asian country
0:15:47 > 0:15:49is The People's Daily the main official newspaper?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51China.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53In America, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
0:15:53 > 0:15:57has operated nearly all passenger trains under what name since 1970?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Greyhound.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Amtrak. Hallux is the medical name for which of the toes?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Could you repeat the question?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Hallux is the medical name for which of the toes?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Big toe.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Which actress's film credits include Black Swan,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Oz The Great And Powerful
0:16:15 > 0:16:18and the title role in the 2015 science-fiction
0:16:18 > 0:16:21fantasy film Jupiter Ascending? BEEP
0:16:21 > 0:16:23- Mila Kunis. - Yes, indeed it is.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24You had one pass.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28The writer who went for a walk in the woods and wrote about it,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30the Appalachian Trail.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- That was Bill Bryson.- Oh!
0:16:32 > 0:16:33HE LAUGHS
0:16:33 > 0:16:35You now have, Lorraine, 14 points.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38APPLAUSE
0:16:44 > 0:16:46And now, Austin again, please.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52And you start this round with 12 points already.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54With your knowledge of QPR.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Two and a half minutes.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Starting now.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Which member of the cat family
0:17:01 > 0:17:04has the scientific name Panthera leo?
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Leopard.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Lion. Piraeus is the port of which European capital city?
0:17:08 > 0:17:09It lies about 10km away.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Athens.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13What is the title of Caitlin Moran's
0:17:13 > 0:17:172011 bestselling book about modern feminism?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- How To Be A Girl or... - How To Be A Woman.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22What was the name of the B-29 aircraft
0:17:22 > 0:17:26that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Um...Big Boy.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31The Enola Gay. The second volume of memoirs of which former Labour
0:17:31 > 0:17:34cabinet minister is entitled Please, Mister Postman,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37a reference to his job before he entered full-time politics?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Alan Johnson.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41A popular cage bird that lives in the wild in Australia
0:17:41 > 0:17:44is also variously known as the grass parakeet
0:17:44 > 0:17:47or the shell or zebra parrot. Which bird?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Kookaburra.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Budgerigar. Which country house near Westerham was
0:17:51 > 0:17:55given to the National Trust after the death of Winston Churchill in 1965?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58His family requested that there should always be
0:17:58 > 0:18:00a marmalade cat named Jock living there.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Chartwell.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Which 1867 orchestral work by Mussorgsky
0:18:04 > 0:18:06depicts a witch's sabbath on midsummer night
0:18:06 > 0:18:09and features in the Disney film Fantasia?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Pictures At An Exhibition.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Night On The Bare Mountain.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15The expression 'wilco' used in signalling
0:18:15 > 0:18:18and communications as an acceptance of an order
0:18:18 > 0:18:20is an abbreviation of "I will" what?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Command.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Comply. The singles Don't You Forget About Me and Alive And Kicking
0:18:26 > 0:18:29that both reached number seven in the UK charts in 1985
0:18:29 > 0:18:32were released by which group fronted by Jim Kerr?
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Simple Minds.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36In the book of Genesis, what creature is described
0:18:36 > 0:18:38as being more subtle than any beast of the field
0:18:38 > 0:18:40which the Lord God had made?
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Snake.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Or serpent. The Marquesas Islands and the Society Islands
0:18:44 > 0:18:47are among the islands in the South Central Pacific
0:18:47 > 0:18:50classed as an overseas collectivity of which European country?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51France.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Animals such as the elephant, rhinoceros and hippopotamus
0:18:54 > 0:18:56are sometimes referred to by a term
0:18:56 > 0:18:59that comes from the Greek for thick skin. What term?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Pachyderm.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02A furry creature created by the cartoonist
0:19:02 > 0:19:06and jazz clarinettist Wally Fawkes under the pseudonym Trog
0:19:06 > 0:19:09appeared in a cartoon strip in a national newspaper.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11What was the creature's name?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Um...Fluke.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16With what Mediterranean country is the cedar species
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Cedrus libani closely associated?
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Lebanon.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Which future Oscar winner made his debut as a director
0:19:23 > 0:19:26with the '69 film musical Oh! What A Lovely War?
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Um...
0:19:29 > 0:19:31BEEP
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- Sorry, I...- Take a stab!
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Joan Littlewood.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Ah, it was Richard Attenborough.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Lord Attenborough, as he was.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43- Um, Austin, you have a score now of 21 points.- Thank you.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46APPLAUSE
0:19:52 > 0:19:54And now, Martin again, please.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58And you start out with 13 points
0:19:58 > 0:20:02with your knowledge of the Apollo missions and as you have just heard,
0:20:02 > 0:20:0321 is the score to beat.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Two and a half minutes in which to try to do it, here we go.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09What colour are Ferrari racing cars traditionally painted?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Red.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Darryl Jones replaced Bill Wyman as the bassist
0:20:13 > 0:20:14in which band in 1994?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Rolling Stones.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Between 1910 and 1918,
0:20:17 > 0:20:19who wrote the Clayhanger series of novels
0:20:19 > 0:20:24set in the Five Towns, a thinly disguised version of The Potteries?
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Arnold Bennett.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28In which country is Mount Cook the highest point?
0:20:28 > 0:20:29New Zealand.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31From which pulse is gram flour made?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33It's a basic ingredient in Indian cookery.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Maize.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Chickpeas. Whom do Roy Hodgson appoint as captain
0:20:37 > 0:20:39when he took over as England manager in May 2012?
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Rooney.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Gerrard. Which artificial lake and rowing sector
0:20:43 > 0:20:46completed in 2006 and owned by Eton College
0:20:46 > 0:20:49was one of the venues used during the 2012 Olympic Games?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Eton Dorney.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55Cynophobia is a morbid fear of which domestic animal?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56- Cats.- Dogs.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59An isohyet is a line on a map connecting points
0:20:59 > 0:21:02that have in a given period equal amounts of what?
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Wind.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07No, rainfall. Which former First Lady published Hard Choices
0:21:07 > 0:21:09in which she gives her account of the challenges
0:21:09 > 0:21:12she faced during her four years as America's Secretary of State?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Hillary Clinton.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16The schoolboy Eric Twinge of 29 Acacia Road
0:21:16 > 0:21:17was the alter ego of
0:21:17 > 0:21:22which cartoon superhero voiced by Graeme Garden?
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Danger Mouse.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Bananaman. Which cathedral city was the target of the first Thousand Bomber Raid
0:21:27 > 0:21:29on Germany by the RAF in May 1942?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Cologne.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33In Greek mythology, the water nymph Minthe
0:21:33 > 0:21:35was transformed into a plant after Persephone
0:21:35 > 0:21:37discovered that her husband Hades
0:21:37 > 0:21:39was having an affair with her. Which plant?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Hyacinth.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Mint. Which Flemish artist and diplomat, born in 1577,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47best known for his voluptuous nudes, also produced a vast body of work
0:21:47 > 0:21:51including portraits, landscapes and religious scenes?
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Rubens.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Scott Joplin's rag The Entertainer features in which 1973 film
0:21:56 > 0:21:58that stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford?
0:21:58 > 0:21:59The Sting.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01What cabinet post did Alistair Darling hold
0:22:01 > 0:22:03during Gordon Brown's premiership?
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Chancellor.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Bobotie, a dish originally developed by the Malay slaves of Dutch settlers
0:22:08 > 0:22:12and consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping
0:22:12 > 0:22:14is considered which country's national dish?
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Indonesia.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19South Africa. What name derived from Greek is given to the substitution of
0:22:19 > 0:22:21an unpleasant or distasteful word or phrase
0:22:21 > 0:22:23by one that is more agreeable or less offensive?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Bon mot.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Euphemism. Most of the entries in which tragic diarist's work
0:22:28 > 0:22:31are addressed to "Dear Kitty," an imaginary friend?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Potter.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Anne Frank. The name of which English county reflects the fact
0:22:38 > 0:22:42BEEP that it was originally the kingdom of the East Saxons,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45supposedly founded in 527?
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Sussex.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Well, you're not far out. Essex.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Martin, your total score now,
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- you had no passes, is 23. - Thank you.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05And finally, Roger again, please.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10And you start out with 14 points with your knowledge
0:23:10 > 0:23:11of the Train Robbery.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Let's see how you do with general knowledge.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Now it is 23 that is the score to beat.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Let's see if you can do it and go into the semifinals. Here we go.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Which British airport has the designation code STN?
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Stansted.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29John Adams is the second holder of which American office
0:23:29 > 0:23:31between 1797 and 1801?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32President.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Which sea port and former industrial centre in South Wales
0:23:35 > 0:23:38was known as Copperopolis in the 18th and 19th centuries
0:23:38 > 0:23:42with 90% of Britain's copper smelting capacity located there?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Uh, Newport.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Swansea. What does the acronym YBA stand for
0:23:46 > 0:23:48in the name of the art movement that developed
0:23:48 > 0:23:50in the UK in the late 1980s?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Pass.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Which British island's 1969 rock festival
0:23:54 > 0:23:57featured a starring appearance by Bob Dylan?
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Isle of Wight.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00The albacore is a species of which genus of fish?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Cod.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Tuna. Kathmandu is the capital of which Himalayan kingdom?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Nepal.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11The Elysee Palace, now the official residence of the French president,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14was bought as the Hotel d'Evreux by Louis XV
0:24:14 > 0:24:16for which of his mistresses?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Uh... Marie Antoinette?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20No, Madame de Pompadour.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Who was declared Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard in 41 AD
0:24:23 > 0:24:25against the wishes of the Senate
0:24:25 > 0:24:27following the assassination of Caligula?
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Nero.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Claudius. The flag of which Australian state features the figure
0:24:31 > 0:24:34of a black swan on a yellow disc at the fly end?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Western Australia.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38RD Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone is mainly set
0:24:38 > 0:24:40on what upland area?
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Exmoor.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Which clueless screen detective
0:24:43 > 0:24:45has a manservant called Cato Fong?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Um, Clou...
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Clouseau.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50What is the shape of a lateen sail,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53one of the earliest kinds of fore-and-aft sail?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Uh, can you say that again, sorry?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57What is the shape of a lateen sail,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00one of the earliest kinds of fore-and-aft sails?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Crescent.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Triangular. Which Mississippi-born writer's novels include
0:25:04 > 0:25:07The Sound And The Fury, As I Lay Dying and Absalom, Absalom?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10He won the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Tennessee Williams.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14William Faulkner. Which hymn also know as the Ambrosian Hymn
0:25:14 > 0:25:17is traditionally sung on occasions of rejoicing
0:25:17 > 0:25:20and is generally known by its two opening Latin words?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Te Deum.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Which detective was created by Ruth Rendell
0:25:24 > 0:25:27and played on television by George Baker?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Inspector Wexford.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Which wild plant native to Britain has species
0:25:31 > 0:25:33including spear, welted and milk?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Pass.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38What term for the fixing of electoral boundaries
0:25:38 > 0:25:41to favour the party in power comes from the name of
0:25:41 > 0:25:44a 19th-century Governor of Massachusetts and American Vice-President?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Gerrymandering.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48In February 2014, which singer was honoured
0:25:48 > 0:25:51with a commemorative blue plaque near his childhood home
0:25:51 > 0:25:53in Stoke-on-Trent on his 40th birthday?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- BEEP - Robbie Williams.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Is correct. You had two passes, Roger.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Um, that wild plant native to Britain and it's got spear,
0:25:59 > 0:26:03welted and milk amongst them, they are thistles.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06And YBA stands for Young British Artist.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08- Oh, YBA!- Two passes.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- Roger, 25 points.- Thank you.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13APPLAUSE
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Well, it was close at the end. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27In fourth place with 14 points, Lorraine Kitchingham.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Third place, 21 points, Austin McHale.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Second place, 23 points, Martin Wightman.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35First place, 25 points, Roger Canwell.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Which means that Roger is tonight's winner
0:26:50 > 0:26:53and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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