0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Chris Yates,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a scientist from London, and he's answering questions
0:00:30 > 0:00:32on the X-Men comics.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Sarah Greenan is a barrister from Leeds.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Her specialist subject - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Bruce Horton, a teacher from Kent, is answering questions
0:00:42 > 0:00:45on the American football team the Green Bay Packers.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Ewan Payton is a barrister from Bristol.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51His subject - the band Jethro Tull.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55And Simon Alvey, a PR consultant from London.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58His subject - the Irish leader Eamon de Valera.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Hello, and welcome to Mastermind
0:01:14 > 0:01:16with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Five contenders tonight, because this is a semifinal.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Each of them can congratulate themselves
0:01:22 > 0:01:24on getting through the heats,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26but they can't rest on their laurels,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29because only one of them will leave here tonight knowing
0:01:29 > 0:01:31they are still on course to become the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Slightly different rules for the semifinal.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37It's a minute and a half for their specialist subject,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and then two minutes as usual for general knowledge.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- And your name is?- Chris Yates. - Your occupation?- Scientist.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- And your chosen subject? - The X-Men comics.- The X-Men comics.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58In 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01What is the name of the wheelchair-bound telepathic mutant
0:02:01 > 0:02:04who establishes a school for gifted youngsters to recruit other mutants?
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Charles Xavier.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Thunderbird is killed when he clings to an aeroplane that explodes.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11To which wealthy Italian gangster did it belong?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Count Nefaria. - What is the name of the machine Professor Xavier uses
0:02:14 > 0:02:16to both identify prospective new students
0:02:16 > 0:02:19and to warn of any approaching mutant menace?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Cerebro.- On which remote Scottish island
0:02:21 > 0:02:24is Moira MacTaggert Mutant Research Center located?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Muir Island. - What is the name of the alloy
0:02:27 > 0:02:30that makes Wolverine's skeleton and claws almost unbreakable?
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Adamantium.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34In the Dark Phoenix Saga, what does Moira MacTaggert find
0:02:34 > 0:02:36lying in front of Mutant X's cell
0:02:36 > 0:02:38in the story The Action Of The Tiger?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- A gold tooth. - Which senator from Boston
0:02:41 > 0:02:44promotes legislation such as the Mutant Affairs Control Act
0:02:44 > 0:02:47because he regards mutants as a threat to national security?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Senator Kelly.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50In which country does Mr Sinister carry out
0:02:50 > 0:02:53the exchange of the kidnapped pair Jean Grey and Scott Summers
0:02:53 > 0:02:57in return for the genetic matrix in X-Cutioner's Song?
0:02:57 > 0:02:58- Genosha.- Panama.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01What is the name of the supercomputer used by Lucifer
0:03:01 > 0:03:05to try and conquer Earth in X-Men issue 21 from June 1966?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- Cerebro.- Dominus.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10What word was first added to the comic's main title
0:03:10 > 0:03:13in issue 114 in 1978?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Uncanny.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16The Canadian government wants Wolverine captured
0:03:16 > 0:03:19and returned to service and assigns James Hudson,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21also known as Vindicator, to do it.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22What is the name of Vindicator's team?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Alpha Flight. - Which renowned geneticist
0:03:25 > 0:03:27announces she's working with BeneTech Laboratories
0:03:27 > 0:03:30to develop a so-called cure, later called Hope... BEEP
0:03:30 > 0:03:32..for the mutant strain?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- Kavita Rao.- Is correct.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37No passes, Chris. You have 10 points.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41APPLAUSE
0:03:46 > 0:03:48And our next contender, please.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- And your name is?- Sarah Greenan.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59- Your occupation?- Barrister.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- And your chosen subject? - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05The Coast to Coast Walk. Here we go.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09The Coast to Coast Walk runs for approximately 190 miles
0:04:09 > 0:04:12from the Irish Sea coast in Cumbria to the North Sea coast in North Yorkshire.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15It's normally walked west to east starting at which village?
0:04:15 > 0:04:16St Bees.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19The stumpy white stone cross on Danby High Moor
0:04:19 > 0:04:21that formerly served as a parish boundary marker
0:04:21 > 0:04:22is widely known by what nickname?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Fat Betty.- At the top of which Lakeland Pass
0:04:25 > 0:04:27is there a choice of two high-level routes over Helvellyn
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and St Sunday's Crag respectively
0:04:29 > 0:04:31and a direct route down to Patterdale?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33At Grisedale.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Between Keld and Reeth, the route passes
0:04:35 > 0:04:37several hillside gullies created when miners
0:04:37 > 0:04:40released torrents of water to remove the topsoil
0:04:40 > 0:04:41and expose any minerals below.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43What term is used for those ravines?
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Hushings.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47The ruins of which hall, whose original name is translated as
0:04:47 > 0:04:49"deep chasm that is the haunt of crows,"
0:04:49 > 0:04:53is passed shortly after the route's halfway point at the village of Keld?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Crackpot.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Which valley east of Nine Standards Rigg does Wainwright describe as
0:04:58 > 0:04:59"Little-known and rarely visited.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03"Beyond Ravenseat all is desolation profound"?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- Crosby Ravensworth.- Whitsundale.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07What name is given to the ancient ken
0:05:07 > 0:05:10on the edge of Crosby Ravensworth Fell that the route passes close by,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13although it is almost certainly not the burial place
0:05:13 > 0:05:14of the person it's named after?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- Robin Hood's Grave. - At over 1,100 feet,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18what is the name of the first significant hill
0:05:18 > 0:05:22a Coast to Coast walker climbs after leaving the village of Cleator?
0:05:22 > 0:05:23- Dent Hill.- Yes, Dent Fell.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26On the alternative high route between Greenup Edge and Grasmere,
0:05:26 > 0:05:30what is the first summit reached before Gibson Knott and Helm Crag?
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Calf Crag.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Which abbey passed by the route was founded
0:05:33 > 0:05:36in the late 12th century by an order known as the White Canons
0:05:36 > 0:05:39and stands on the banks of the River Lowther? BEEP
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Um...
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Mount Grace. - Shap Abbey.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46No passes, Sarah. You have eight points.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50APPLAUSE
0:05:55 > 0:05:57And our next contender, please.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- And your name is?- Bruce Horton.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07- Your occupation?- Teacher.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- Chosen subject?- The Green Bay Packers American football team.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Green Bay Packers, in 90 seconds.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Which legendary coach joined Green Bay in January 1959?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20During his decade in charge, the Packers were the dominant team in American football,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23culminating in their winning the first two super Bowls.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Vince Lombardi.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26In which city did the Packers play many of their home games
0:06:26 > 0:06:30until Green Bay became their sole home venue in 1994?
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Milwaukee.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Ryan Longwell was a successful member
0:06:33 > 0:06:36of the Green Bay Packers squad between '97 and 2005.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37What was his specialism?
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- Placekicker.- What is the name of the Packers' stadium in Green Bay,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43named after the manager, coach and star player
0:06:43 > 0:06:45of the first Green Bay team that played in
0:06:45 > 0:06:48the American Professional Football Association in October 1921?
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Lambeau Field.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52In which city did the Packers beat New England Patriots
0:06:52 > 0:06:56by 35-21 to win Super Bowl XXXI in January '97?
0:06:56 > 0:06:57New Orleans.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Who was appointed head coach of the Green Bay Packers
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- for the '71 season?- Er...
0:07:04 > 0:07:05- Lindy Infante.- Dan Devine.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Packers supporters have adopted what nickname,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10with accompanying headgear, that was originally used
0:07:10 > 0:07:12as a derogatory name for anyone from Wisconsin?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Cheeseheads.- What was the name of the head coach
0:07:15 > 0:07:18of Green Bay Packers who preceded Vince Lombardi in '58?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20During his single season in charge,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22the team won one match and lost 10.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Ray Scooter McLean.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Which team did the Packers beat 7-6 in their first ever game
0:07:26 > 0:07:29in the American Professional Football Association in October '21?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Decatur.- Minneapolis Marines.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Which future American president was offered
0:07:34 > 0:07:37a professional football contract by the Packers in 1935,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39although he chose to turn the offer down
0:07:39 > 0:07:42and study law at Yale before starting a political career?
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Gerald Ford.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Which team surprisingly beat Green Bay at Lambeau Field... BEEP
0:07:46 > 0:07:49..in the play-offs in January 2012?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51The Packers, as current champions,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53won 15 out of 16 matches in the regular season
0:07:53 > 0:07:56and had been favourites to retain the title in Super Bowl XLVI.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- Atlanta Falcons. - It was the New York Giants.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Bruce, no passes. Eight points.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06APPLAUSE
0:08:12 > 0:08:14And our next contender, please.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- And your name is?- Ewan Paton.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- Your occupation?- Barrister.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- And your specialist subject? - Jethro Tull.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Jethro Tull in a minute and a half.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Which single released in May '69 gave the British rock group
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Jethro Tull their first UK top three hit
0:08:33 > 0:08:35and an appearance on Top Of The Pops?
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Living In The Past.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39What's the title of the group's first studio album, released in '68?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42The record includes a version of Roland Kirk's Serenade To A Cuckoo.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44This Was.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46The album Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die!
0:08:46 > 0:08:48was originally intended as a rock opera
0:08:48 > 0:08:51about a fictional ageing rock star. What's his name?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- Ray Lomas.- The group got one of their first big breaks
0:08:53 > 0:08:55when they were invited to play at a festival
0:08:55 > 0:08:58held in Kempton Park in August '68. Which festival?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Sunbury Festival.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02In which South American country did Ian Anderson
0:09:02 > 0:09:04injure his knee in '96 on an uneven stage?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07He later developed thrombosis as a result and had to have surgery.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Peru.- With which Greek singer
0:09:09 > 0:09:12did the group perform and record the tracks Ruby Tuesday
0:09:12 > 0:09:15and John Barleycorn at a concert in Athens in 1992?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- George Costacos. - George Dalaras.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Which bass player left the group in 1970
0:09:20 > 0:09:22at the end of their American tour
0:09:22 > 0:09:24and was replaced by Jeffrey Hammond?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Glenn Cornick.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28What was the B-side of the single Sunshine Day,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31released in early '68 by MGM records,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34with the name of the band printed on the label as Jethro Toe?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Aeroplane.- Under what name did the group record
0:09:36 > 0:09:39five tracks with the producer Derek Lawrence
0:09:39 > 0:09:41at the CBS studios in London in September '67?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Candy Coloured Rain.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Which Jethro Tull concept album was supposedly based on a poem
0:09:46 > 0:09:49written by a 12-year-old boy called Gerald Bostock?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51It was released in March '72.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Thick As A Brick.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55The packaging of Jethro Tull's sixth studio album,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58A Passion Play, was in the form of a theatre programme.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Which character is Ian Anderson shown to be playing? BEEP
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- Ronnie Pilgrim.- Mark Ridley.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07No passes, Ewan. You have nine points.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09APPLAUSE
0:10:16 > 0:10:18And our final contender, please.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- And your name is?- Simon Alvey.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- Your occupation?- PR consultant.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- Chosen subject?- Eamon de Valera.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Eamon de Valera in 90 seconds.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Eamon de Valera, who became Prime Minister
0:10:35 > 0:10:38and later president of Ireland was born in 1882
0:10:38 > 0:10:40to an Irish mother and Spanish father in which city?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- New York.- What was the name of the paramilitary group
0:10:42 > 0:10:45formed to counter the rise of militant Ulster Protestants
0:10:45 > 0:10:48that de Valera joined in November 1913?
0:10:48 > 0:10:49The Irish Volunteers.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52In the Easter Rising of 1916, de Valera was a commandant
0:10:52 > 0:10:54in the 3rd battalion of the Irish Volunteer Force,
0:10:54 > 0:10:58given the task of covering which barracks on the approach to Dublin?
0:10:58 > 0:10:59- Boland Mill.- Beggars Bush.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Who was the founder of Sinn Fein,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04whom de Valera replaced as the party's president in 1917?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Arthur Griffith.- De Valera was sentenced to death
0:11:07 > 0:11:08for his part in the Easter Rising.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11A British general commuted his sentence to penal servitude for life
0:11:11 > 0:11:14on the orders of the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. Which general?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- Maxwell.- After serving part of his sentence,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20de Valera was freed in 1917 under a general amnesty
0:11:20 > 0:11:23and elected to represent which constituency in Parliament?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- East Clare.- De Valera was imprisoned again in 1918.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28From which English prison did Michael Collins
0:11:28 > 0:11:30help him escape in February 1919?
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Lincoln.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33What was the name of the daily newspaper
0:11:33 > 0:11:35de Valera established in 1931
0:11:35 > 0:11:37using money raised from the American public?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38The Irish Press.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40He was known throughout his adult life as Dev.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Which fellow teacher at Rockwell College first gave him the nickname?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Pass.- In March 1926, de Valera split with Sinn Fein
0:11:47 > 0:11:49and two months later formed a new political party,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52whose name means Warriors Of Destiny. Which party?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- Fianna Fail.- De Valera's government used the abdication crisis
0:11:55 > 0:11:58of '36 as an opportunity to abolish what imperial office?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Governor general.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04In May 1945, de Valera attracted international criticism... BEEP
0:12:04 > 0:12:06..by paying a formal visit to a German minister
0:12:06 > 0:12:08in Ireland to express condolences
0:12:08 > 0:12:10on the death of Adolf Hitler. Which Minister?
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- Hempel.- Yes.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14You had one pass, Simon.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16He was known throughout his adult life as Dev,
0:12:16 > 0:12:20and it was Tom O'Donnell who first gave him that nickname.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22- Which you knew, obviously. - Let's pretend.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Anyway, Simon, that's one pass. You have scored, though, 10 points.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28APPLAUSE
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Well, a close contest. Let's have a look at the scores so far.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40In joint fourth place - eight points apiece -
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Sarah Greenan and Bruce Horton.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Third place, nine points, Ewan Paton.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Joint first place - 10 point apiece - Chris Yates and Simon Alvey.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50APPLAUSE
0:12:55 > 0:12:57So, it's the general knowledge round now,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00and if there is a tie at the end of it then the number of passes
0:13:00 > 0:13:03is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11So let's get on with it and ask Sarah to join us again, please.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14And you start out, Sarah, with eight points
0:13:14 > 0:13:17with your knowledge of Wainwright's Coast To Coast Walk.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22You have two minutes for general knowledge now. Here we go.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Which elderly detective has been played on television
0:13:24 > 0:13:27by Joan Hickson, Geraldine McEwan and Julia McKenzie?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- Miss Marple.- The holder of which position has
0:13:29 > 0:13:31the casting vote in the House of Commons
0:13:31 > 0:13:33if the result following a division is a tie?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- Speaker.- On which Hebridean island is Dunvegan Castle,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39which has been the seat of the chief of the clan MacLeod for 800 years?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- Skye.- What two words complete the following quotation
0:13:42 > 0:13:45from the end of John Donne's poem Meditation 17?
0:13:45 > 0:13:49"And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls..."
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- For thee.- Which radio broadcaster who died in 2004
0:13:52 > 0:13:54presented Letter From America for over 50 years?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Alistair Cooke.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58In what sport has Tracey Neville represented England?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01In 2015, she was appointed interim coach
0:14:01 > 0:14:03of the England team for its World Cup in Australia.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04- Hockey.- Netball.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06What name is given to a drink that consists of
0:14:06 > 0:14:09the egg-based liqueur Advocaat with a dash of lime juice
0:14:09 > 0:14:11or cordial and topped with fizzy lemonade?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- Snowball.- The American sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe
0:14:13 > 0:14:16who died in 2006 is best known for designing an award
0:14:16 > 0:14:20originally created for the Guild Of Television Producers in 1955. What award?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- Golden Globe.- The Bafta award.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Who invented a calculating machine that he called the Difference Engine
0:14:26 > 0:14:28and later designed the more ambitious forerunner
0:14:28 > 0:14:31of the modern computer that he called the Analytical Engine?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Charles Babbage.- What word for mockingly scornful or sneering
0:14:34 > 0:14:36comes ultimately from the Greek name of a plant
0:14:36 > 0:14:40that reputedly causes facial convulsions when eaten?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Pass.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Which Austrian composer's 8th Symphony in B Minor
0:14:43 > 0:14:45is known as the Unfinished, although he also left
0:14:45 > 0:14:48another symphony and many other works unfinished?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- Schubert.- Which brothers had top five UK hits with
0:14:50 > 0:14:52This Old Heart Of Mine in '68
0:14:52 > 0:14:55and Behind A Painted Smile the following year.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Everly Brothers.- The Isley Brothers.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck were pretenders
0:15:00 > 0:15:02to the throne of which English king?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- Henry VII.- Who stars as Tess McGill,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06an ambitious secretary overshadowed by her boss,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08in the 1988 film Working Girl?
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Pass.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Who was named best international artist
0:15:13 > 0:15:16and won song of the year for his single Happy at the inaugural
0:15:16 > 0:15:18BBC Music Awards held in December 2014?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Will Farrell.- Pharrell Williams.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24In folklore, which month is known as fill-dyke... BEEP
0:15:24 > 0:15:26..because it's traditionally a month of heavy rain or snow.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- February.- February is correct.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Two passes.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34It was Melanie Griffith who starred as Tess McGill in Working Girl.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38And that word for mockingly scornful, etc, is sardonic.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Yeah. You have now, Sarah, 18 points.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44APPLAUSE
0:15:51 > 0:15:54And now Bruce again, please.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58And you also start out with eight points
0:15:58 > 0:16:00with your knowledge of the Green Bay Packers.
0:16:00 > 0:16:0218 is the score to beat as we speak.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Here we go, two minutes of general knowledge.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Who established the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The term "Bobby" is thought to come from his first name.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- Sir Robert Peel. - Which tree-dwelling lizard
0:16:12 > 0:16:14noted primarily for its ability to change colour
0:16:14 > 0:16:16has a particularly long, sticky tongue
0:16:16 > 0:16:18that it uses to catch insects?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Chameleon.- Which comedy actor wrote, directed
0:16:20 > 0:16:22and played the title character Derek
0:16:22 > 0:16:24in a television series about life in a nursing home?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Ricky Gervais. - Which organs of the body
0:16:27 > 0:16:29are affected by Bright's disease?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30- The liver.- Kidneys.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32What name is given to a word that can be formed
0:16:32 > 0:16:34by reordering the letters of another word?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36An example would be "disease" and "seaside".
0:16:36 > 0:16:41- Anagram.- In a 2014 film based on a Stephen Sondheim musical,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43a witch tells a childless baker and his wife
0:16:43 > 0:16:46that if they get certain magical items from classic fairytales
0:16:46 > 0:16:49for her, she will lift the curse on their family. Which film?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- Little Night Music.- Into the Woods.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Which saint's feast day is celebrated on the 24th of August?
0:16:54 > 0:16:58It was the date the massacre of the French Huguenots took place in 1572.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- St Bartholomew. - Which Yorkshire-born artist
0:17:00 > 0:17:02who turned down a knighthood in 1990
0:17:02 > 0:17:05became a member of the Order of Merit in 2012?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07David Hockney.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Who posthumously overtook the Beatles' record of
0:17:09 > 0:17:1270 number one hit singles in June 2002
0:17:12 > 0:17:15when A Little Less Conversation reached number one?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- Elvis Presley.- According to the book of Genesis,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19God created humans and animals of the land
0:17:19 > 0:17:21on which of the days of creation?
0:17:21 > 0:17:22The sixth day.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Bill Clinton was elected governor of an American state
0:17:25 > 0:17:27five times before he was elected American president
0:17:27 > 0:17:29in November 1992. Which state?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- Arkansas.- Frank Finlay made a guest appearance
0:17:32 > 0:17:34in the first series of which comedy
0:17:34 > 0:17:36as the Witchsmeller Pursuivant?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- Er, Goon Show.- Blackadder.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42In May 2014, who became the first non-European manager
0:17:42 > 0:17:44to win the Premier League title?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Pass.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49What term was coined in the 1950s for the new wave of plays
0:17:49 > 0:17:51that dealt with the domestic lives of ordinary people,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53an example being Look Back In Anger?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- New realism.- Kitchen-sink drama.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Which inlet and port in Pembrokeshire
0:17:57 > 0:18:00has a deep natural harbour and has become
0:18:00 > 0:18:01one of Europe's main oil terminals?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- Milford Haven.- In a song from the musical The Sound Of Music,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07which note is described as "a drop of golden sun"? BEEP
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- Re.- Re is correct.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13You had one pass. It was Manuel Pellegrini
0:18:13 > 0:18:16who became the first non-European manager to win the Premier League title.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19You have scored in total, Bruce, 19 points.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21APPLAUSE
0:18:28 > 0:18:31And now Ewan again, please.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34And you begin with nine points
0:18:34 > 0:18:36with your knowledge of Jethro Tull.
0:18:36 > 0:18:4019 now the score to beat. Two minutes in which to do it.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43According to the popular saying, where do all roads lead?
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Rome.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Which American group topped the UK charts in February 1999
0:18:47 > 0:18:49with the single Maria, over 18 years
0:18:49 > 0:18:52after their previous number one single?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53- Blondie.- Which Royal family
0:18:53 > 0:18:55was one of the principal European dynasties
0:18:55 > 0:18:58from the 15th to the 20th century? Their name comes from
0:18:58 > 0:19:01the family castle built in Switzerland in 1020.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- Habsburg.- Which popular caged bird's
0:19:03 > 0:19:06predominantly yellow colour has been produced by selective breeding?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Wild specimens are a greenish brown.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Canary.- At the 1990 Grand National,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13a horse broke Red Rum's 1973 record
0:19:13 > 0:19:16of nine minutes 1.9 seconds. What was its name?
0:19:18 > 0:19:19- Party Politics.- Mr Frisk.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Which 19th-century British minister reputedly said:
0:19:22 > 0:19:25"When I want to read a novel, I write one"?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- Disraeli.- Which city, a former capital of British India,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31stands on the River Hooghly, a branch of the River Ganges?
0:19:34 > 0:19:35- Agra.- No, Calcutta.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38What word of Dutch origin refers to the official punishment
0:19:38 > 0:19:40in the Dutch navy where sailors were dragged
0:19:40 > 0:19:42underwater along the side of a ship?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- Keelhaul.- Which comedian and actor
0:19:44 > 0:19:46plays Chandler Jarrell, a social worker specialising
0:19:46 > 0:19:50in finding lost children, in the 1986 film The Golden Child?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- Eddie Murphy.- Who composed the music
0:19:52 > 0:19:56for the ballet Coppelia, first performed in Paris in 1870?
0:19:56 > 0:19:57- Sibelius.- Delibes.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59How is James Wormold known in the title
0:19:59 > 0:20:02of a Graham Greene novel about a vacuum cleaner salesman
0:20:02 > 0:20:04recruited to work as a spy by British intelligence?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06The book was made into a film starring Alec Guinness.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Our Man In Havana. - Who was elected as leader
0:20:09 > 0:20:11of the Liberal Democrats in July 2015?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13He's the Member of Parliament for Westmorland and Lonsdale.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Tim Farron.- The Maunsell Sea Forts at Red Sands,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18built during the Second World War,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20are in the estuary of which English river?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21- Mersey.- The Thames.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24What name is given to the meat of a mature sheep,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26usually when the animal is over two years old?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- Mutton.- Which social jazz dance
0:20:28 > 0:20:30became a national craze in 1920s America?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32It was originally a black folk dance
0:20:32 > 0:20:34that was named after the cotton trading port
0:20:34 > 0:20:36in South Carolina with which it's associated.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Charleston.- Which city's Polytechnic
0:20:39 > 0:20:41became the John Moores University in 1992?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- Liverpool. - BEEP
0:20:43 > 0:20:45And we're out of time, just.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48No passes, Ewan. You've scored 21 points.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50APPLAUSE
0:20:57 > 0:20:59And now Chris again, please.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06And you start out with 10 points, Chris.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09And the score now to beat is 21.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10It's been creeping up.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Here we go, two minutes of general knowledge.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15What name for an all-in-one garment used for leisure wear
0:21:15 > 0:21:17or sleeping in comes from the American trade name
0:21:17 > 0:21:19of an infant's body suit?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Onesie.- Which of the seven wonders of the ancient world
0:21:21 > 0:21:23is near Giza in Egypt?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Great Pyramid.- Which Parisian place of entertainment
0:21:25 > 0:21:29was opened on 6 October 1889 by Joseph Oller?
0:21:29 > 0:21:32It is often associated with the dance the can-can.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Erm...
0:21:33 > 0:21:34- Paris Opera.- Moulin Rouge.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Which long-legged, slender wading bird,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39often seen standing motionless in shallow water,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42is referred to in Shakespeare's Hamlet as a handsaw?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Heron.- What is Britain's longest motorway?
0:21:44 > 0:21:48It stretches for over 230 miles from Rugby to north of Carlisle.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49- M2.- M6.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52The comedy series Yonderland is created,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54written and performed by members of the cast
0:21:54 > 0:21:56of which children's television series?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- Horrible Histories. - Which musical instrument
0:21:58 > 0:22:01does the character Sherlock Holmes play for relaxation?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Violin.- The effects of what substance were discovered
0:22:04 > 0:22:07accidentally by the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1943?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10He felt dizzy in his laboratory and later had hallucinations.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Um, LSD.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15What word for an extended dramatic work set to music
0:22:15 > 0:22:19for singers and orchestra literally means "work" in Italian?
0:22:19 > 0:22:20- Libretto.- Opera.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Who directed the film Gladiator,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25which won five Oscars at the 2001 ceremony?
0:22:25 > 0:22:26- Anderson.- Ridley Scott.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Which Glasgow-born broadcaster and journalist wrote
0:22:29 > 0:22:31and presented the 2012 documentary series
0:22:31 > 0:22:35the Diamond Queen, which celebrated the Queen's Diamond Jubilee?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- Pass.- The 16th-century Flemish painter
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Pieter Bruegel the Elder was known by a nickname
0:22:40 > 0:22:43because of the social class depicted in many of his works. What nickname?
0:22:43 > 0:22:44- Servant.- Peasant.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Who sang the theme song to the '97 Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51She was a former backing singer for Michael Jackson.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52- Madonna.- Sheryl Crow.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55The 2014 world snooker champion Mark Selby
0:22:55 > 0:22:57and commentator and former player Willie Thorne
0:22:57 > 0:23:00are among the famous sportsmen born in which city?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Leicester.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Which flavouring gets its name because its taste combines
0:23:04 > 0:23:06the flavours of nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon?
0:23:06 > 0:23:08It's sometimes called Jamaican pepper.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Allspice.- What was the name of the small stream in northern Italy
0:23:11 > 0:23:15whose crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 BC amounted... BEEP
0:23:15 > 0:23:17..to a declaration of war on the Roman Senate?
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Um...
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- Tiber.- No.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27It was - and you'll be so cross with yourself -
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- the Rubicon.- Yep.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35You had one pass. It was Andrew Marr who presented The Diamond Queen.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- Chris, 18 points.- Thank you.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39APPLAUSE
0:23:46 > 0:23:48And finally, Simon again, please.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54And 21 remains the score to beat, Simon.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56You have 10 points to start with.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Let's see if you can get through to the final
0:23:58 > 0:24:01on the basis of the next two minutes. Here we go.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04What geographical term is now also used for the time when TV programmes
0:24:04 > 0:24:07that might be unsuitable for children can be broadcast?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- Watershed.- Which non-alcoholic beverage give its flavour
0:24:09 > 0:24:11to the rum-based liqueur Tia Maria?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- Erm, ginger beer.- Coffee.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15On the internet, what three-digit number is used universally
0:24:15 > 0:24:18to indicate that a requested web page can't be found?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- 404.- The bird-catcher Papageno
0:24:20 > 0:24:22and Pamina, the daughter of the Queen of the Night,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24are characters in which opera by Mozart?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- Pass.- Which fantasy novel by Susanna Clarke,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30set during the Napoleonic Wars, has been adapted for television
0:24:30 > 0:24:33starring Bertie Carvel and Eddie Marsan in the title roles?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Poldark.- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Octopush, played by two teams of divers using a puck
0:24:38 > 0:24:40made of lead or similar material,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43is an underwater form of which sport?
0:24:43 > 0:24:44- Football.- Ice hockey.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47What is the name of the marshy area in southern Florida
0:24:47 > 0:24:49that was authorised as a national park in 1934?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51- Everglades.- What French word meaning "left"
0:24:51 > 0:24:54is used in English to mean tactless or lacking in social grace?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- Gauche.- Which political leader's quotations
0:24:56 > 0:24:59were contained in a publication known as the Little Red Book?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- Mao Zedong.- Which Bishop's official residence
0:25:02 > 0:25:04was at Auckland Castle in the town of Bishop Auckland
0:25:04 > 0:25:06from 1832 to 2011?
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- Durham.- Sometimes called aquiculture,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12what name is usually given to the process of growing plants
0:25:12 > 0:25:15in a liquid nutrient solution rather than soil?
0:25:15 > 0:25:16- Petri.- Hydroponics.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Who played the title role in the long-running
0:25:18 > 0:25:20television series Buffy The Vampire Slayer?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- Sarah Michelle Gellar. - What type of roofed gate,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25found at the entrance to many English churchyards,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27was used to shelter a corpse on its way to be buried?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- Pass.- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin is best known
0:25:30 > 0:25:32as the author of an 1818 Gothic novel
0:25:32 > 0:25:34considered an early work of science fiction.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36What was her more familiar married name?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- Shelley.- The ancient people called the Medes
0:25:39 > 0:25:42lived in the north-western part of which modern-day country?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43- France.- Iran.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Which Disney film about a teenage robotics whizz
0:25:45 > 0:25:49and the inflatable robot Baymax won an Oscar in 2015
0:25:49 > 0:25:51for best animated feature film?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Big Hero 6.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Which athlete who won the London Marathon three times
0:25:54 > 0:25:57and broke the women's record in 2003
0:25:57 > 0:26:00ran the race competitively for the last time in 2015?
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- Paula Radcliffe. - What slow-growing... BEEP
0:26:03 > 0:26:04I've started, so I'll finish.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07..organisms often found on tree trunks
0:26:07 > 0:26:10consist of a symbiotic association of fungi and algae?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- Lichens.- Is correct.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Two passes, Simon.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18The roofed gate is known as the lichgate.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23And Papageno and Pamina are in The Magic Flute.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26You have 21 points.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29APPLAUSE
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Well, it stayed very close to the end.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44In joint fourth place - 18 points apiece -
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Chris Yates and Sarah Greenan.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Third place, 19 points, Bruce Horton.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Second place, 21 points
0:26:52 > 0:26:54and three passes, Simon Alvey.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56First please, 21 points
0:26:56 > 0:26:58and no passes, Ewan Paton.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01APPLAUSE
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Which means that Ewan is tonight's winner,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14and he goes through to the grand final.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Congratulations to him.
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0:27:18 > 0:27:20do go to our website.
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0:27:28 > 0:27:31Thanks for watching, goodbye.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33APPLAUSE