0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Sarah Jane Bodell,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29a PhD student from Coventry.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31She's answering questions on the television series
0:00:31 > 0:00:33A Bit Of Fry & Laurie.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35John Savage is a salesman from Falkirk.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38His specialist subject, the football manager Jock Stein.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Next, Wayne Stafford, a retail manager from Oldham and his subject,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44the Stax record label.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46And Aidan Loy from Cockermouth.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48He answers questions on the Suez Crisis.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Four more contenders are all set to take to the stage tonight,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10or at least they hope they are all set.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13An awful lot of revision goes into mugging up for the specialist round
0:01:13 > 0:01:17but at least they have some idea of where the questions are coming from.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20In the general knowledge round, they don't have a clue.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22So that can be the real killer.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25They get two minutes each for the first round and then
0:01:25 > 0:01:26two and a half of the second.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29The winner will claim the last place in the semifinals
0:01:29 > 0:01:33and be on course to become the next Mastermind champion.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46And your name is?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Your occupation?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50And your chosen subject?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54A Bit Of Fry & Laurie in two minutes, here we go.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56The recurring characters in the first two series
0:01:56 > 0:01:59include a spy called Tony played by Hugh Laurie
0:01:59 > 0:02:01and his boss played by Stephen Fry.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03What is Fry's character called?
0:02:03 > 0:02:04Control.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06In a series one sketch set in a restaurant,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08what animal is presented alive as Stephen Fry's
0:02:08 > 0:02:10main course to be prepared at the table?
0:02:10 > 0:02:11A chicken.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15During an episode in series two, Fry and Laurie claimed that a company has become
0:02:15 > 0:02:18the show's new sponsor and in one sketch, Laurie's character is
0:02:18 > 0:02:21made to kiss one of their products. What's the company called?
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Tidyman's Carpets.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25What do Fry and Laurie wear as a protest against censorship
0:02:25 > 0:02:28in the introduction to episode three of series two
0:02:28 > 0:02:30before a sketch called Swearing?
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Gags.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34In the only episode in series four in which there are no guest stars,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Laurie replaces one guest with a pair of old trousers.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39What does Fry replace the other one with?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Humbrol paint. - Yes, a tin of old paint.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43What's the name of the contestant played by Carol MacReady
0:02:43 > 0:02:47in a parody of the game show Countdown in which Fry plays the quizmaster
0:02:47 > 0:02:50and Laurie plays the contestant Simon Sad?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Liz Tragic.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54In the first sketch of the pilot episode,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Fry and Laurie are under surveillance in an airport.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59What word is repeated three times as the code
0:02:59 > 0:03:01to abort the surveillance operation?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Trouser.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04In series one, Hugh Laurie plays a song on the piano
0:03:04 > 0:03:07dressed in a checked shirt and a bandanna.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10The lyrics of the song consist of variations on the name of which country?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12USA.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14In a series four episode, Laurie has a bandaged head.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19According to a video clip, which Australian actress caused his injury?
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Um, McGivern.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Anne Charleston. In Flowers For Wendy, Laurie's character
0:03:24 > 0:03:27buys some flowers for his wife Wendy's birthday even though he is
0:03:27 > 0:03:31warned by the flower seller they can bring out a what emotion in a person?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Anger.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35In series two episode six, there's a special tribute to Laurie
0:03:35 > 0:03:37who has been accidentally killed by Fry.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40When Rowan Atkinson speaks about him in the tribute,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43whose name appears on the screen instead of Atkinson's?
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Nigel Havers.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46In a sketch in which they sit at either end of a long table,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Fry repeatedly mishears Laurie's request to pass down what?
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Marmalade.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54During a series four sketch parodying the film It's A Wonderful Life,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Fry and Laurie's characters hail a cab. BEEP
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Which guest plays the driver?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00John Bird.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Is correct. No passes, Sarah Jane.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04- You have 12 points.- Thanks.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08APPLAUSE
0:04:14 > 0:04:15And our next contender, please.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26And your name is?
0:04:26 > 0:04:27Your occupation?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29And your specialist subject?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Jock Stein in two minutes, here we go.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Stein played for and managed Glasgow Celtic and was the
0:04:35 > 0:04:38first manager of a British side to win the European Cup.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Which club did Stein leave in March '65 to take over at Celtic?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Hibs.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Which future Lisbon Lion did Stein sell cheaply to Celtic in 1964
0:04:46 > 0:04:51for a reported fee of £4,000 while he was still manager of Hibernian?
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Ronnie Simpson.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Stein played for which junior football team of which his father was a committee member?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Blantyre Victoria.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Who did Stein marry at the Gilmore Memorial Church
0:05:00 > 0:05:03in Hamilton on 3rd October 1946?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Jean Toner.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07No, Jeanie McAuley. Who was the Celtic reserve team trainer
0:05:07 > 0:05:10and former team-mate who recommended Stein to fill
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Celtic's short-term need for a centre back in December '51?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Jimmy Gribben.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Stein captained Celtic to which trophy in May '53?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19After beating Arsenal and Manchester United,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22they defeated Hibernian 2-0 in the final.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Coronation Cup.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Whose dismissal as Scottish manager in '65 led to Stein
0:05:26 > 0:05:30acting as caretaker manager of the national side for seven matches?
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Prentice.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Ian McColl. In Stein's first match as Celtic manager in March '65,
0:05:34 > 0:05:38they beat Airdrie 6-0 with John Hughes scoring the first goal.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Who got the other five?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Lennox.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45It was Bertie Auld. Stein played for Albion Rovers from '42-'50.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Throughout this time, he worked as a miner in which colliery?
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Erin Bank.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53It was Bothwell. Which fellow manager said to Stein after
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Celtic had won the '67 European Cup final, "John, you're immortal."
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Shankly.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Stein was managing Scotland in a World Cup qualifying match
0:06:01 > 0:06:05when he collapsed and died in September '85 at which ground?
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Ninian Park.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08How much was each member of the Celtic team fined
0:06:08 > 0:06:11following a controversial world club championship play-off
0:06:11 > 0:06:14against Racing Club in Montevideo in November '67
0:06:14 > 0:06:17in which several Celtic players were sent off?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18£250.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21In 1972, at which club's ground did Stein dive in
0:06:21 > 0:06:24amongst the Celtic supporters to remonstrate with them
0:06:24 > 0:06:27for the sectarian singing of IRA songs?
0:06:27 > 0:06:28Stirling Albion.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32During Celtic's 1970 post-season tour of North America,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Stein famously left the ground during BEEP
0:06:34 > 0:06:37an ill-tempered match against which Italian club?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39It later transpired that he'd flown home.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Torino.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Bari. Um, no passes, John.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- You have nine points.- Thanks.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47APPLAUSE
0:06:54 > 0:06:56And our next contender, please.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04And your name is?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Your occupation?
0:07:06 > 0:07:07And your chosen subject?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Stax Records, here we go. Two minutes.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Stax Records was founded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1957
0:07:14 > 0:07:16and is renowned for R&B, blues and soul music.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18What single by Booker T And The MG's -
0:07:18 > 0:07:21originally the B-side to their single Behave Yourself -
0:07:21 > 0:07:23reached number one on the R&B charts?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Green Onions.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27What was the original name of Stax Records, changed in 1961
0:07:27 > 0:07:30because there was another label of the same name in California?
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Satellite.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35What was the name of the former cinema on East McLemore Avenue in Memphis
0:07:35 > 0:07:38that was rented and converted into a recording studio
0:07:38 > 0:07:41and a record shop to become the home of Stax Records?
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Palace.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45The Capitol. The name Stax comes from the surnames of the brother and sister
0:07:45 > 0:07:48who founded the company - S-T is from Jim Stewart. Who is A-X from?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Estelle Axton.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Which guitarist's unsuccessful recording session at Stax studios
0:07:53 > 0:07:56gave his band's assistant and driver, Otis Redding,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59the opportunity to record two songs in the remaining session time?
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Johnny Jenkins.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02What was the name of the gospel group signed by Stax
0:08:02 > 0:08:06who became one of the biggest R&B acts of the first half of the 1970s?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Their hits included Respect Yourself and I'll Take You There.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10The Staple Singers.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13What was the name of the subsidiary label whose first release in '61
0:08:13 > 0:08:16was an instrumental called Burnt Biscuits?
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Volt.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Which duo's '66 debut Stax LP Hold On I'm Comin'
0:08:20 > 0:08:23went to number one in the US rhythm and blues album chart?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Sam And Dave.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Who was the Detroit music producer responsible
0:08:27 > 0:08:30for several hits for Johnnie Taylor and others?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32He was later head of the company's A&R department.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Don Davis.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35What was the name of the legendary concert
0:08:35 > 0:08:39held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in August '72
0:08:39 > 0:08:41that featured a host of Stax artists
0:08:41 > 0:08:43and became known as the Black Woodstock?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Wattstax.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47With which at Atlantic Records executive did Jim Stewart
0:08:47 > 0:08:49agree on a handshake, a record distribution deal
0:08:49 > 0:08:53that resulted in the label losing ownership of all master recordings?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Jerry Wexler.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Which record company acquired the master tapes
0:08:57 > 0:08:59of the bankrupt Stax in '77?
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Fantasy.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03What is the title of Isaac Hayes' four-track album of '69
0:09:03 > 0:09:07which includes an 18-minute version of By The Time I Get To Phoenix
0:09:07 > 0:09:09and 12-minute version of Walk On By?
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Hot Buttered Soul.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Which former Stax in-house songwriter BEEP
0:09:14 > 0:09:17was hired by Fantasy Records in '77 to relaunch the label?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Steve Cropper.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20It was David Porter.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23No passes, Wayne. You've got 12 points.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25APPLAUSE
0:09:33 > 0:09:34And our final contender, please.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44And your name is?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46And your occupation?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47And your subject?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51In two minutes starting now.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54The Suez Crisis was prompted by President Nasser of Egypt's
0:09:54 > 0:09:56nationalisation of the Suez Canal in 1956.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Who was Secretary General of the United Nations during the crisis?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02He worked to find a solution between Nasser
0:10:02 > 0:10:04and the governments of Britain, France and Israel?
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Dag Hammarskjold.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Which city guards the Strait of Tiran and the entrance to the
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Gulf of Aqaba? Its capture by the Israelis
0:10:10 > 0:10:12ended the Egyptian blockade of the Straits?
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Sharm el-Sheikh.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17The British government hosted a conference in August '56 to discuss
0:10:17 > 0:10:19the international response to the nationalisation.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23In which building was the conference held?
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Westminster Central Hall.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Lancaster House. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30His wife said of the period, "For the past few weeks,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33"I have felt as if the Suez Canal was flowing through my drawing room."
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Anthony Eden.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37What was the name of the field marshal in overall command
0:10:37 > 0:10:39of the Egyptian military forces during the crisis?
0:10:39 > 0:10:40Al-Amit.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44No, Abdel Hakim Amer. Who was the commander of the Israeli 202nd Airborne Brigade
0:10:44 > 0:10:48during the crisis? He later went on to become Prime Minister of Israel.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Ariel Sharon.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52What code name was given to the Israeli operation
0:10:52 > 0:10:54to capture the Sinai Peninsula?
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Kadesh.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Nasser declared that he would fund a building project
0:10:58 > 0:11:00from Suez Canal revenues after America and Britain
0:11:00 > 0:11:03withdrew their financial support in July '56.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04What was the project?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05The High Aswan Dam.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09What was the name of the Royal Navy ship that acted as the British command vessel
0:11:09 > 0:11:12for General Stockwell when his land forces reached Port Said?
0:11:12 > 0:11:13HMS Tyne.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16What name did Nasser use as a code word in his speech
0:11:16 > 0:11:18announcing the nationalisation of the canal?
0:11:18 > 0:11:21It was the signal to Egyptian troops to seize control of it.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Ferdinand de Lesseps.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Britain, France and Israel negotiated a secret agreement
0:11:26 > 0:11:28in October '56 in which Britain and France
0:11:28 > 0:11:30planned to free the Suez Canal zone
0:11:30 > 0:11:33after Israel launched a military attack on Egypt.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35In which suburb of Paris was the agreement made?
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Sevres.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Which Soviet politician sent letters to the British, French and Israeli leaders
0:11:40 > 0:11:43on 6th November threatening Soviet intervention
0:11:43 > 0:11:45if Allied forces did not withdraw from Egypt?
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Marshal Bulganin.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48On what date in '56 did British and
0:11:48 > 0:11:51French paratroops first land on Egyptian soil?
0:11:51 > 0:11:52- BEEP - 5th of November.
0:11:52 > 0:11:545th of November is correct.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- Aidan, no passes. You have 11 points.- Thank you.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Well, a very close round. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15In fourth place, nine points, John Savage.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Third place, 11 points, Aidan Loy.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Joint first place, 12 points apiece,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Sarah Jane Bodell and Wayne Stafford.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25APPLAUSE
0:12:28 > 0:12:30And it is the general knowledge round now
0:12:30 > 0:12:33and if there's a tie at the end of it, the number of passes
0:12:33 > 0:12:36is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40And if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43And the six highest-scoring runners up, incidentally,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46will also be able to claim a place in the semifinals,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48so lots of play for.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Let's get on with it and ask John to join us again if he would, please.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53And...
0:12:53 > 0:12:55..you start out with nine points, John,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57with your knowledge of Jock Stein.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00You get two and a half minutes for general knowledge, so here we go.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Which branch of medicine deals with children and the treatment of their diseases?
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Paediatrics.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Which biblical prophet is played by Christian Bale
0:13:07 > 0:13:11in Ridley Scott's 2014 film Exodus - Gods And Kings?
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Moses.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15By what name were the 1950s singing sisters
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Joy and twins Babs and Teddie collectively known?
0:13:18 > 0:13:19The Beverley Sisters.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Which republic in the northern Caribbean consists of the main island,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25and around 1,600 smaller islands,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28include The Island De La Juventud?
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Cuba.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Which English rugby union club moved from High Wycombe
0:13:32 > 0:13:36to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry in late 2014?
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Saracens.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Wasps. Which actor and presenter best known for his role in the Blackadder series
0:13:41 > 0:13:45began his stage career when he appeared in the original cast of Oliver?
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Tony Robinson.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49What vegetable is called brinjal on an Indian menu?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Aubergine.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56To what animal is a poem by Robert Burns dedicated?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59It's opening lines are, "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie
0:13:59 > 0:14:01"O, what a panic's in thy breastie!"
0:14:01 > 0:14:02A mouse.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Who entered Parliament as the Conservative MP
0:14:04 > 0:14:07for Witney in Oxfordshire in the 2001 general election?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Cameron. David Cameron.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Which member of the Royal family wrote the children's book
0:14:12 > 0:14:16the Old Man Of Lochnagar with illustrations by Sir Hugh Casson?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Prince Charles.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Which geological period was named after the perceived division
0:14:20 > 0:14:23of its rock strata into three units?
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Trycathene.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Triassic. What term for the conflict between the houses
0:14:27 > 0:14:31of York and Lancaster is widely attributed to Sir Walter Scott
0:14:31 > 0:14:33in his 1829 novel Anne Of Geierstein?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Wars of the Roses.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37The kettle drum, a hollow metal hemisphere over which a skin is stretched
0:14:37 > 0:14:41whose tension can be changed to vary the pitch is better known by what name?
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Timpani.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46The German publishing house of Baedeker is known for books on what subject?
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Guide books.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Who is said to have asked the portrait painter Sir Peter Lely to
0:14:50 > 0:14:54"remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57"otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it."
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Cromwell.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Yes, Oliver Cromwell. Which satirical television series of the 1960s
0:15:01 > 0:15:03was known by the abbreviation TW3?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04That Was The Week That Was.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Which American poet and writer of horror stories
0:15:07 > 0:15:09created the investigator C Auguste Dupin?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Widely regarded as one of the first private detectives in fiction.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Edgar Allan Poe.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Which organisation that looks after the interests of walkers
0:15:17 > 0:15:19has its roots in the 19th century
0:15:19 > 0:15:22and was officially founded on 1st January 1935?
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Ramblers Association.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Lancashire, Fife and Norwich are varieties of which songbird?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Lark.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Canary. Who was the first Christian martyr?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33He was stoned to death in Jerusalem in about AD 36
0:15:33 > 0:15:35after being accused of blasphemy? BEEP
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- Stephen. - Yes, Stephen is correct.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Very good general knowledge round, no passes.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- You've now got, John, 26 points. - Thanks.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45APPLAUSE
0:15:52 > 0:15:54And now, Aidan again, please.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00And...you start this round, Aidan, with 11 points.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05With your knowledge of the Suez Crisis.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08And 26 is the score to beat and you have
0:16:08 > 0:16:10two and a half minutes in which to do it.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Which composers operas include the Magic Flute and the Marriage Of Figaro?
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Mozart.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18What is the common name for the group of birds, aka raptors?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21The group includes eagles, vultures, hawks and falcons.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Hawks.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Birds of prey. The government department known as DECC
0:16:25 > 0:16:27was established in 2008. The letters of its name
0:16:27 > 0:16:29stand for Department of Energy and...?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Climate Change.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32In French cuisine, what is a dish
0:16:32 > 0:16:34described as 'en coquin' served in?
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Soup dish.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Shell-shaped. Scallop, perhaps.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Which choral group that featured on Paul Simon's Graceland album
0:16:45 > 0:16:47sang at the ceremony when Nelson Mandela
0:16:47 > 0:16:50and President de Klerk received the Nobel Peace Prize.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Black Mama Zamba.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01In the words of the song made famous by Stanley Holloway,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03whose ghost walks the Tower of London
0:17:03 > 0:17:05with her head tucked underneath her arm?
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Anne Boleyn.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Mexico is bordered to the north by the United States
0:17:08 > 0:17:11and to the south by Belize and which other country?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Guatemala.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15At the beginning of the 17th century, Sir Thomas Bodley restored
0:17:15 > 0:17:18and extended the library named after him in which English university?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Oxford.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Which comedy actor played the cafe owner Rene Artois
0:17:22 > 0:17:25in the television series 'Allo 'Allo?
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Sergei Eisenstein.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Gordon Kaye! Whose celebrated painting has the full name
0:17:29 > 0:17:33The Fighting Temeraire, Tugged To Her Last Berth To Be Broken Up, 1838?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Um...
0:17:38 > 0:17:39..Turner.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43The 1935 novel Salar The Salmon, a chronicle of the journey of a salmon
0:17:43 > 0:17:45from the Atlantic to the stream of its birth in Devon
0:17:45 > 0:17:48was written by which author and naturalist?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52The guy who wrote Tarka but I don't know.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Williamson. What two-word euphemistic term for the killing of civilians
0:17:55 > 0:17:57or the destruction of civilian property
0:17:57 > 0:18:01while in pursuit of a military objective came to prominence in the 1990s?
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Collateral damage.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Which song first recorded on the concept album Evita
0:18:05 > 0:18:08and later included in the stage musical of the same name
0:18:08 > 0:18:11gave Julie Covington a UK chart-topping single in 1977?
0:18:16 > 0:18:17God Save The Queen.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Don't Cry For Me Argentina.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22What alternative name for the star Alpha Canis Majoris,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25or the Dog Star, comes from a Greek word
0:18:25 > 0:18:27meaning sparkling or scorching?
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Sergei Eisenstein.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Sirius! What TV sports presenter and former England striker
0:18:31 > 0:18:34once remarked that "football is a simple game,
0:18:34 > 0:18:36"22 men chasing a ball for 90 minutes
0:18:36 > 0:18:38"and at the end, the Germans win"?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- BEEP - Gary Lineker.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Gary Lineker is correct, yeah!
0:18:44 > 0:18:47No passes, Aidan. You've now gone up to 19 points.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49APPLAUSE
0:18:58 > 0:19:00And now, Sarah Jane again, please.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09And...you have 12 points
0:19:09 > 0:19:12and 26 is still the score to beat.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Let's see if you can do it. In two and a half minutes, here we go.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Blue, bowhead and sperm are species of which large aquatic mammal?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Whales.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Vaduz is the capital of which independent
0:19:22 > 0:19:24principality in Central Europe?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Moldova.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Lichtenstein. What term that means 'to this' in Latin is used
0:19:31 > 0:19:34to describe, for example, a meeting that's called in response to
0:19:34 > 0:19:37a specific need rather than planned in advance?
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Ad hoc.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Which publishing group founded in 1935
0:19:40 > 0:19:43famed for its inexpensive but high-quality paperbacks
0:19:43 > 0:19:45launched a division called Firebird Books in 2002
0:19:45 > 0:19:48that specialises in science fiction and fantasy?
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Penguin.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Who became the first female bishop in the Church of England in 2015
0:19:52 > 0:19:55when she was consecrated Bishop of Stockport?
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Adams.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Libby Lane.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Which film won the Best Picture Oscar at the 2015 ceremony?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02It stars Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05a washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Birdman.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08What is the ancient secret language of India
0:20:08 > 0:20:11in which many religious and philosophical works were written?
0:20:11 > 0:20:12Sanskrit.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Which British group released the single Dancing In The Moonlight.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19It peaked at number seven in the UK charts in 2001.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Take That.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Toploader. In the Second World War,
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Operation Dynamo was the codename for the evacuation of Allied troops
0:20:25 > 0:20:28from France in May and June 1940 from which port?
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Dunkirk.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32An allegorical painting of 1854 by William Holman Hunt
0:20:32 > 0:20:35depicts Jesus Christ carrying a lantern
0:20:35 > 0:20:38and preparing to knock on a door representing the human soul.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39What's its title?
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Um, Searching For Lambs.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42The Light Of The World.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46What position formerly held by the newspaper columnist Matthew Parris
0:20:46 > 0:20:49did he say "feeds your vanity and starves your self-respect"?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Um... Uh, Bishop of...
0:20:54 > 0:20:56No, being an MP.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Which French composer wrote the Suite Bergamasque?
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Its celebrated third movement is known as Clair De Lune.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Debussy.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06What is the name of the British zoologist who wrote The Naked Ape?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Uh, Desmond...
0:21:14 > 0:21:15..Russell.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Morris! Which American general and future president appears in
0:21:18 > 0:21:20William Makepeace Thackeray's The Virginians
0:21:20 > 0:21:23set during the American Revolution?
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Jefferson.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Washington. Which Italian bread whose name comes from the Latin for fireplace
0:21:27 > 0:21:30is made from pizza dough baked in squares or rounds,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32cut into slices and often topped with herbs?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Focaccia.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37On TV and later in film, how are the immature sixth formers
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Will, Simon, Neil and Jay collectively known?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Inbetweeners.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43A joey is a name of Australian aboriginal origin
0:21:43 > 0:21:45used particularly for the young of which animal?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- Kangaroo. - BEEP
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Kangaroo is correct.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52No passes, Sarah Jane. 22 points.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55APPLAUSE
0:22:02 > 0:22:04And finally, Wayne again, please.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09And you also start out with 12 points, Wayne.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12And the score to beat is still 26.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15So, you have two and a half minutes in which to do it
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and get through to the semifinals or not. Here we go.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21The name of which Japanese unarmed martial arts discipline
0:22:21 > 0:22:23translates into English as empty-handed?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Karate.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Which musical instrument is depicted on the coat of arms of Ireland?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28A harp.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Which Cardinal and chief minister to Louis XIII of France
0:22:31 > 0:22:34was known as L'Eminence Rouge as he virtually ruled the country?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Richelieu.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39In which branch of ladies fashion does Philip Treacy specialise?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42His creations are regularly seen at Ascot and society weddings.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Hats.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45In Oscar Wilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48what is the name everyone gives to their mistakes?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Errors.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Experience. Which gunman and outlaw of the Wild West is the subject
0:22:53 > 0:22:56of a 1938 ballet by the American composer Aaron Copland?
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Billy The Kid.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00What name was given to the test taken by London black cab drivers to
0:23:00 > 0:23:04ensure they're fully informed of the most efficient routes from place to place?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06The Knowledge.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Koshari, a dish containing rice, macaroni, lentils and a spicy sauce
0:23:09 > 0:23:12is a staple street food in which North African country?
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Morocco.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Egypt. Which gas is dissolved under pressure
0:23:15 > 0:23:18into ordinary water to produce soda water?
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Hydrogen.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Carbon dioxide. Which French singer, later an actress,
0:23:21 > 0:23:25had a number three hit in the UK with Joe Le Taxi in 1988?
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Vanessa Paradis.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28In an environmental context,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31the letters AONB stand for area of outstanding what?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Natural beauty.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Which Belgian cartoonist wrote The Adventures Of Tintin
0:23:35 > 0:23:37under the pseudonym Herge?
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Govignon.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39No, Remi.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42In 2003, which Australian tennis player became the first
0:23:42 > 0:23:46men's defending Wimbledon champion to lose in the opening round
0:23:46 > 0:23:50since Manuel Santana in 1967 when he lost to Ivo Karlovic in four sets?
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Nadal.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Hewitt. What was the name of King Arthur's wife,
0:23:53 > 0:23:57described in early Welsh literature as "The First Lady of this island"?
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Guinevere.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Who plays Henry VIII in 2015 BBC miniseries
0:24:01 > 0:24:05based on Hilary Mantel's novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies?
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Robert Lindsay.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Damien Lewis. The cities of Cleveland, Toledo and Buffalo
0:24:09 > 0:24:13stand on the shores of which of North America's Great Lakes?
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Ohio.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Erie. In which 1961 film starring Alan Bates and Hayley Mills
0:24:18 > 0:24:20do three children mistake a murderer
0:24:20 > 0:24:21on the run for Jesus Christ?
0:24:23 > 0:24:24The Railway Children.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Whistle Down The Wind. Which guitarist is nicknamed Slow Hand,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30apparently from the ironic applause given to him
0:24:30 > 0:24:32when he changed frequently broken strings on stage?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Eric Clapton.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Who was re-elected First Minister of Wales in May 2011?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40He'd initially succeeded Rhodri Morgan in that post
0:24:40 > 0:24:41when Morgan retired in 2009.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Williams.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Carwyn Jones. The wild clematis, often called Old Man's Beard
0:24:46 > 0:24:49is also known as Traveller's what?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50- Rest. - BEEP
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Joy is the correct answer.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54No passes, Wayne. 22 points.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56APPLAUSE
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Well, it's not all that often that a person who comes last
0:25:07 > 0:25:10in the specialist round comes first at the end of the contest
0:25:10 > 0:25:12but that's what has happened tonight.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Let's look at all the scores.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17In fourth place with 19 points, Aidan Loy.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20In joint second place, 22 points apiece,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Sarah Jane Bodell and Wayne Stafford.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27In first place with 26 points, John Savage.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29APPLAUSE
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Which means that John is tonight's winner
0:25:40 > 0:25:44and he claims the last place in the semifinals.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Congratulations to him.
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