0:00:24 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Gary Wright,
0:00:28 > 0:00:29a postman from London.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32He's answering questions on Men Behaving Badly.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Sharon Montgomery's a housewife from East Lothian.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Her specialist subject,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Caroline Graham's Inspector Barnaby novels.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Next, Andy Burrows, a subtitler from Shrewsbury,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47on the German football league, the Bundesliga.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Andrew Diamond is an IT consultant from Walthamstow.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53His specialist subject, Gerald Durrell.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57And Roger Canwell from Norwich. His subject, Neville Chamberlain.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00APPLAUSE
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Five contenders instead of the usual four, tonight,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20because this is a semifinal.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The other difference is that there is a minute and a half
0:01:23 > 0:01:26for the specialist subjects and two minutes for general knowledge.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Otherwise, it's the same - the twin pressures of holding their nerve
0:01:29 > 0:01:32and knowing enough to get them through to the grand final.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Only one of them can do that
0:01:34 > 0:01:38and remain on course to be crowned the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Men Behaving Badly in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Men Behaving Badly is an award-winning British sitcom
0:01:59 > 0:02:01about two flatmates, Gary and Tony.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02In the first series, who plays
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Gary's original flatmate, Dermot Povey?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06- Harry Enfield. - Who wrote the series
0:02:06 > 0:02:10and is credited as playing Catatonic Man in the episode Gary And Tony?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- Simon Nye.- Dermot invites Deborah on a date
0:02:12 > 0:02:16that includes plastic flowers, Japanese takeaway and an organist.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18What does he pawn to raise the money to pay for it?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20He pawns Gary's stereo.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Tony's experiment with wearing contact lenses
0:02:22 > 0:02:24leaves him unable to see properly.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27What does Gary give him to eat, telling him it's a pickled chilli?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30He gives him a body part. It's an appendix.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33What medical condition does Tony say makes him feel wanted
0:02:33 > 0:02:35because it has chosen him to live on?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- Athlete's foot. - Who wrote the theme music
0:02:38 > 0:02:41to which the cast members are seen dancing during the closing credits?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Alan Lisk. - When Dorothy suggests to Gary that they discuss
0:02:44 > 0:02:47the breakdown of their relationship in a more neutral venue than the flat,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49where does he think she means?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Switzerland.- In episode one of series 6, George tells Gary that on his stag night,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56he and some chums had a sherry before going to see which film?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Whistle Down The Wind. - What's the name of the Italian restaurant
0:02:59 > 0:03:02where Gary proposes to Dorothy one night when he's very drunk?
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- The Pasta Pig.- When the two couples spend a disastrous weekend in a caravan,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08how much does a farmer charge Gary for a cigarette packet
0:03:08 > 0:03:10that turns out to contain no cigarettes?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- £50.- At Gary's work conference in Worthing,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Tony poses as a security company worker
0:03:15 > 0:03:17in order to talk to Wendy, one of the delegates.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20What does he say his company sells?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Scarecrows. Really scary scarecrows.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Ken, the landlord of the Crown pub from series five onwards,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28receives a memo from the brewery about the pub's disappointing sales figures.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30What question do they ask in the memo? BEEP
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- Are you still open? - Exactly that.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37And no passes. A perfect round, Gary. You scored 12 points.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40APPLAUSE
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Our next contender, please.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Inspector Barnaby novels, here we go.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09The novels feature the fictional detective Tom Barnaby,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12one of the main characters in the television series Midsomer Murders.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Which character does Jim Carter write to just before his death,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16saying something terrible has happened
0:04:16 > 0:04:19that leads the recipient to seek out Barnaby?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- His nephew, Andrew. - Yes, Andy Carter.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Which play is being performed when a death occurs onstage
0:04:26 > 0:04:29at the opening night in the novel Death Of A Hollow Man?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Amadeus.- Who tells Barnaby that he saw the victim's wife, Kitty Carmichael,
0:04:32 > 0:04:36in the lighting box of the theatre, having an affair with David Smy?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- Nico Bradley. - What does the postmortem report on Emily Simpson
0:04:39 > 0:04:41show she was poisoned with?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- Hemlock. - What radio programme does Ava Garrett appear on
0:04:44 > 0:04:46to talk about her gifts as a medium?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48She describes being visited by the ghost of a man
0:04:48 > 0:04:50who claimed he'd been murdered.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Corey's People.- Mallory Lawson takes up the post of headmaster at which school
0:04:54 > 0:04:56after he leaves Willoughby-Hart School
0:04:56 > 0:04:58cos he wants to help disadvantaged students?
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- Ewan Sedgewick.- What is the name of the financial adviser in Forbes Abbot
0:05:02 > 0:05:05who deals with the bequests of Mallory Lawson's Aunt Carey
0:05:05 > 0:05:07and has a collection of war machines?
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- Dennis Brinkley.- Which of the presents that Ann Lawrence received on her 18th birthday
0:05:11 > 0:05:13does she discover has gone missing?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15She suspects the unstable Carlotta of stealing them.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- Diamond earrings. - Her mother's earrings, yeah.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21In Written In Blood, which publishing company contacts Sue Clapton
0:05:21 > 0:05:23to discuss publishing her children's book?
0:05:23 > 0:05:28- Methuen.- What verdict does the coroner record for the death of Jim Carter
0:05:28 > 0:05:30who is found at the bottom of the stairs of the manor house?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- He broke his neck after a fall.- Accidental death.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37In Written In Blood, Barnaby's daughter, Cully,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39is travelling around Europe... BEEP
0:05:39 > 0:05:42..with her husband, Nicholas, performing in which Shakespeare play?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Much Ado About Nothing. - Is correct.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46You have, Sharon, ten points.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49APPLAUSE
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Our next contender, please.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13The Bundesliga in 90 seconds.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17There was no national football league in the Federal Republic of Germany
0:06:17 > 0:06:19until the Bundesliga started in 1963.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Which club won the title in the inaugural season?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- Koln.- In which city in the northern part of the Ruhr
0:06:24 > 0:06:26do Schalke 04 play their home games?
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Gelsenkirchen.- Two clubs from Bavaria took part in the inaugural season
0:06:30 > 0:06:33of the Bundesliga. Nurnberg was one. What was the other?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Er, Eintracht Frankfurt. - No, 1860 Munich.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Which club from the Bundesliga lost in the 1980 European Cup final
0:06:39 > 0:06:41but then went on to win the competition three years later?
0:06:41 > 0:06:46- Bayern Munich.- No, SV Hamburg. In the '71-'72 season, Gerd Muller set a record
0:06:46 > 0:06:49for the number of goals scored in a Bundesliga season. How many?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- 40.- Which player, who had defected from East Germany in 1979,
0:06:53 > 0:06:57joined FC Kaiserslautern before moving on to Eintracht Braunschweig,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01but was killed in a car crash in March, '83, possibly caused by the Stasi?
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Lutz Eigendorf. - Which England striker joined SV Hamburg in '77
0:07:05 > 0:07:09for a reported fee of £500,000 and played three seasons there
0:07:09 > 0:07:12before returning to English football in 1980 with Southampton?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Kevin Keegan. - After the chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer
0:07:15 > 0:07:20withdrew financial support in '95, Bayer Uerdingen played one last season
0:07:20 > 0:07:24in the Bundesliga as KFC Uerdingen 05. What did the K stand for?
0:07:24 > 0:07:30- Krefeld.- At the end of the '64-'65 season, Hertha BSC Berlin lost their licence
0:07:30 > 0:07:33and were replaced in the Bundesliga by which other Berlin based club?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35- Tasmania.- Yes, Tasmania 1900.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Which German international goalkeeper played 536 matches
0:07:39 > 0:07:43for Bayern Munich, including a record 442 consecutive league games?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Sepp Maier. - Which was the first season... BEEP
0:07:45 > 0:07:48..in which three points were awarded for a win?
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- Er, 1992-'93. - Ach, it was the '95-'96. But you were close.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54You have, Andy, 8 points.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56APPLAUSE
0:08:02 > 0:08:04And our next contender, please.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Gerald Durrell in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Gerald Durrell was an English naturalist
0:08:23 > 0:08:27who was born in 1925 in India where his father was a civil engineer.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31He and his family moved to London in 1928 and then onto which town in 1931?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- Bournemouth.- What's the name of the property that Durrell leased
0:08:33 > 0:08:37from Major Hugh Fraser to establish the Jersey Zoo? He wrote, "I had gone to Jersey
0:08:37 > 0:08:40"and within an hour of landing at the airport, I had found my zoo."
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- Les Augres Manor.- Which bird was chosen as the symbol
0:08:43 > 0:08:45of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- Dodo.- What was the name of the black dog
0:08:47 > 0:08:49that accompanied the young Durrell to Corfu?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51It caused a stir on arrival among the local strays.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- Roger.- What did the Greek author and naturalist Dr Theodore Stephanides
0:08:55 > 0:08:58send to the young Durrell to help his natural history investigations?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- A microscope.- In My Family And Other Animals,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03what creatures did Durrell store in a matchbox,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05leading his oldest brother, Lawrence, to declare
0:09:05 > 0:09:07every matchbox in the house as a deathtrap?
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- Scorpions.- Which member of the royal family was given a guided tour of Jersey Zoo
0:09:11 > 0:09:15in 1972 and later became patron of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust?
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Princess Anne.- In Durrell's first novel for adults, Rosie Is My Relative,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21what animal is the alcohol-loving Rosie?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Elephant.- What is the title of the television animal-collecting series,
0:09:24 > 0:09:28filmed in Sierra Leone, from which Durrell eventually produced a book?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- Catch Me A Colobus. - Which Indian Ocean island,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33home to the once endangered pink pigeon,
0:09:33 > 0:09:35saw some of Durrell's greatest success stories
0:09:35 > 0:09:37of captive breeding and release back into the wild?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Mauritius.- Which member of his menagerie, a female baboon,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42did Durrell describe in A Zoo In My Luggage
0:09:42 > 0:09:44as swinging from a chandelier-like decoration
0:09:44 > 0:09:47in a manner vaguely reminiscent of the elder Fairbanks?
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- Pass.- Book two of My Family And Other Animals opens with the lines,
0:09:51 > 0:09:53"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55"for thereby some have entertained angels unawares"...
0:09:55 > 0:09:58BEEP ..a quotation from which biblical book?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- You're out of time.- Pass.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06I'll tell you. It was Hebrews.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11Your other pass, that member of his menagerie family
0:10:11 > 0:10:15who he described in A Zoo In My Luggage, that was Georgina.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- You have scored, though, Andrew, 10 points.- Thank you.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21APPLAUSE
0:10:27 > 0:10:29And our final contender, please.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Neville Chamberlain in 90 seconds.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Chamberlain was the British prime minister from 1937 till 1940
0:10:47 > 0:10:49and led the policy of appeasement.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52He described the dispute between Germany and which other country
0:10:52 > 0:10:56as "a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing"?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Czechoslovakia.- What post did Chamberlain hold in the national government
0:10:59 > 0:11:01for five years before becoming prime minister?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04- Chancellor of the Exchequer. - In which city did he attend
0:11:04 > 0:11:06the imperial economic conference in 1932?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- Lausanne.- Ottawa.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Who resigned as foreign secretary in February '38
0:11:10 > 0:11:14because he opposed Chamberlain's policy of negotiating with Mussolini?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- Eden.- From which airport did Chamberlain fly from England
0:11:17 > 0:11:21to meet Hitler on 15th September, 1938? It was the first time he'd flown.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Heston.- On which island in the Bahamas did Chamberlain's father, Joseph,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29invest £50,000 in a sisal plantation under Neville's management?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31The scheme was a disastrous failure.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35- Andros.- In 1915, Chamberlain became the Lord Mayor of which city?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- Birmingham. - On budget day in '34, Chamberlain told the Commons,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40"We have now finished the story of Bleak House
0:11:40 > 0:11:43"and are sitting down to enjoy the first chapter of...?"
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Great Expectations. - Which hotel in Bad Godesberg was the venue
0:11:46 > 0:11:50for Chamberlain's second meeting with Hitler on 22nd and 23rd September, '38?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52It was a favourite of Hitler's.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57- Hotel Preesen?- No, Dreesen. Which honour did Chamberlain decline to accept
0:11:57 > 0:12:00shortly before his death, telling Churchill he preferred to die
0:12:00 > 0:12:04"plain Mr Chamberlain, like my father before me, unadorned by any title"?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- Knighthood. - Yes, Knight of the Garter, in fact.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Which MP ended his speech, attacking Chamberlain, in the House of Commons in 1940,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14with the quotation from Oliver Cromwell, "In the name of God, go"?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Leo Amery.- Chamberlain... BEEP
0:12:16 > 0:12:18..finally resigned on 10th May, 1940,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21even though he had survived a vote of no confidence
0:12:21 > 0:12:23after the failure of a military campaign in which country?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26The opposition Labour MPs refused to serve under him.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- Norway.- Norway is correct.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- No passes, Roger. You've scored 10 points.- Thank you.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34APPLAUSE
0:12:41 > 0:12:44So, that's the end of a close round and high-scoring as well.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48In fifth place, Andy Burrows.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Joint second place,
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Sharon Montgomery, Andrew Diamond and Roger Canwell.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57First place, Gary Wright.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59APPLAUSE
0:13:02 > 0:13:04So, the general knowledge round now
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and, if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08then the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:08 > 0:13:10and the person with the fewer passes is the winner
0:13:10 > 0:13:14and if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18So, let's get on with it and ask Andy to join us again, please.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23And 8 points with your knowledge of the Bundesliga.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26You get two minutes of general knowledge,
0:13:26 > 0:13:28so plenty of time to catch up. Here we go.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Of which English county did Camilla Parker Bowles become duchess,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33following her marriage to Prince Charles?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Cornwall.- Sugar snap and mangetout are names
0:13:35 > 0:13:38for which vegetable eaten with the pod?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Peas.- A piece of interplanetary debris from a source such as an asteroid
0:13:41 > 0:13:44that survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and lands on the surface is known by what name?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Meteorite.- The doctrine of which 17th century French mathematician,
0:13:49 > 0:13:53philosopher and scientist is summarised by his dictum, "I think, therefore I am"?
0:13:53 > 0:13:58- Descartes.- Gander airport, which began transatlantic flights in 1939,
0:13:58 > 0:13:59is on which Canadian island?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- Prince Edward.- Newfoundland.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05In mythology, which bird with golden feathers and sparkling eyes was pursued by Ivan,
0:14:05 > 0:14:09a Russian tsar's son, after it stole apples from the tsar's garden?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- Pass.- What French name, meaning "rebirth",
0:14:11 > 0:14:14is given to the period following the Middle Ages
0:14:14 > 0:14:17that saw an upsurge in interest in the arts and classical learning?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Renaissance. - Which Danny Boyle film about a poor Mumbai teenager
0:14:20 > 0:14:22who wins a fortune on a television quiz show
0:14:22 > 0:14:25won the Best Film Oscar at the 2009 ceremony?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- Slumdog Millionaire. - On the eve of the attack on which French port
0:14:29 > 0:14:31does Shakespeare's Henry V give the speech that begins,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more"?
0:14:34 > 0:14:35- Calais.- Harfleur.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40In 1950, the Italian Giuseppe Farina became the first World Champion at which sport?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- Chess.- Formula One. What is the name of the first book in the series
0:14:43 > 0:14:46A Song Of Ice And Fire by the American author George RR Martin?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49It's also the title of the television series based on the books.
0:14:49 > 0:14:55- Pass.- An eft is an alternative name for which amphibian native to Britain?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- A newt. - Which cartoon Great Dane is a regular part
0:14:58 > 0:15:02of a mystery-solving gang with his friends Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Scooby-Doo.- In law, what term, meaning "to annul a conviction"
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- comes from the old French for "to shake to pieces"? - Er...
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- Oh, pass. - The song Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
0:15:12 > 0:15:15comes from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta that's set in Venice
0:15:15 > 0:15:18and the fictional kingdom of Barataria. Which operetta?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Pass. - Under what tree does the village smithy stand
0:15:21 > 0:15:25in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem The Village Blacksmith?
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- Oak.- Chestnut. Which Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer
0:15:29 > 0:15:33was often known as RAB because of his initials? BEEP
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- RA Butler. - Yes, Richard Austen Butler,
0:15:36 > 0:15:38to give him his full name. You had four passes, Andy.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42It was The Gondoliers where Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes was from.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46"Quash" means to annul a conviction. It comes from "to shake to pieces".
0:15:46 > 0:15:50A Game Of Thrones is that hardly-known television series.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54And the firebird was the one with golden feathers
0:15:54 > 0:15:56and sparkling eyes and all of that.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59You have a total, now, of 17 points.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01APPLAUSE
0:16:07 > 0:16:09And now Sharon again, please.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13You have 10 points already
0:16:13 > 0:16:15with your knowledge of the Caroline Graham books.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Let's see how you do with your two minutes of general knowledge.
0:16:19 > 0:16:2117 is the score to beat. Here we go.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Which London street was the traditional home
0:16:23 > 0:16:25of the British newspaper industry until the 1980s?
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- Fleet Street. - What item of gardening equipment was patented
0:16:28 > 0:16:31by Edwin Beard Budding of Stroud in 1830,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34inspired by a textile machine that sheared the nap off cloth?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Lawnmower.- Which animal is most frequently depicted in the works
0:16:37 > 0:16:40of the English painter Charles Johnson Payne, whose nickname was Snaffles?
0:16:40 > 0:16:45- Horses.- Pierre Bezukhov, Price Andrei Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova
0:16:45 > 0:16:48are among the principal characters in which epic novel by Tolstoy?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Pass.- What gas rapidly fills a car's airbag
0:16:53 > 0:16:55when the inflation mechanism is triggered?
0:16:55 > 0:16:56- Carbon dioxide. - Nitrogen.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Which former cast member of Not The Nine O'Clock News
0:16:58 > 0:17:01qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1996
0:17:01 > 0:17:04and competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2010?
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- Pamela Stephenson. - Which dark brown bitter beer, similar to stout,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10takes its name from the occupation of the lower-class labourers
0:17:10 > 0:17:12for whom it was originally apparently made?
0:17:12 > 0:17:17- Porter.- England is named after which 5th century AD invaders of West Germanic origin?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- The Angles. - What name is given to Haydn's Symphony Number 45
0:17:20 > 0:17:24because, during the final adagio, the players leave the stage one by one?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Departing. - The Farewell Symphony.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Which future president was defeated by John F Kennedy in the 1960 American election?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Lyndon Johnson. - Richard Nixon.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36What name, thought to be of Egyptian origin, is given to a tract of fertile land
0:17:36 > 0:17:39in the desert, where a perennial supply of fresh water is available?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- Oasis.- The Archbishop and Patriarch of which city,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45also known as New Rome, is ranked first among equals
0:17:45 > 0:17:48and is the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- Athens.- Constantinople.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Which comic strip Gaul has a best friend called Obelix, who is extraordinarily strong?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Asterix.- Which singer's debut album, No Angel,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00became the UK's biggest-selling album in 2001?
0:18:00 > 0:18:05- Adele.- Dido. Who managed the Netherlands national team at the 2014 World Cup?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07He took over the role of manager of Manchester United
0:18:07 > 0:18:09from David Moyes in the same year.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- David van Gaal. - Louis van Gaal.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14In the nursery rhyme, the bells of which church say, "Oranges and lemons"?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- Saint Clement's. - Which country landed an unmanned probe
0:18:17 > 0:18:19on the moon in December 2013?
0:18:19 > 0:18:23It was the first controlled landing there since 1976? BEEP
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- India.- Ach, it was the next really big country, China.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Worth a guess. And you'll be so cross with yourself for this one.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34That Tolstoy novel was War And Peace.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40Always worth a guess. Sharon, you have a total of 19 points.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42APPLAUSE
0:18:48 > 0:18:50And now Andrew again, please.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55And you also start with 10 points, Andrew,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58with your knowledge of Gerald Durrell.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00And the score to beat is now 19.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Of what musical instrument are grand and upright the two principal forms?
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- Piano.- Which prolific writer of detective fiction died in January '76?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Her novel, Sleeping Murder, featuring Miss Marple, was published posthumously.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Agatha Christie. - What title did the critic Francis Jeffrey
0:19:15 > 0:19:19confer on William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
0:19:19 > 0:19:21in the Edinburgh Review in 1817
0:19:21 > 0:19:24because of where they lived at the start of the 19th century?
0:19:24 > 0:19:28- Lake Poets.- What name is given to a concentrated solution of salt water,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30used as a preservative in meat packing and pickling?
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- Brine.- Geraldine McEwan played Sister Bridget in a 2003 film,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37set in an Irish reform home for fallen women. Which film?
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- Pass.- What Latin words, meaning "strong water",
0:19:40 > 0:19:43are an alternative name for nitric acid?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- Aqua fortis.- Which spiritual leader appeared at the 2015 Glastonbury Festival
0:19:47 > 0:19:49on the Pyramid Stage, alongside Patti Smith,
0:19:49 > 0:19:51and was presented with a birthday cake?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- Dalai Lama.- What term for the larger-brained monkeys and apes
0:19:55 > 0:19:57comes from the Greek for "of human form"?
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- Anthropoid.- Garbine Muguruza, who was runner-up to Serena Williams
0:20:01 > 0:20:06in the 2015 Wimbledon tennis Championships, represents which country in the Fed Cup?
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- Pass.- In which English city is the Avon Gorge spanned by the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Bristol.- Who served just under one year as Britain's prime minister
0:20:13 > 0:20:15from the resignation of Harold Macmillan
0:20:15 > 0:20:18to the election of Harold Wilson in October 1964?
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- Alec Douglas-Home. - Which American sketch show that first aired in 1975,
0:20:22 > 0:20:26included Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi and Chevy Chase in the original cast?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- Saturday Live? - Saturday Night Live.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31The heroine of which Verdi opera dies
0:20:31 > 0:20:34after she's entombed alive with her lover Radames?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- Aida. - What word of Hindi origin, meaning "cooked" or "ripe"
0:20:38 > 0:20:41has come to mean "genuine" or "excellent" in English?
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Um...
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- Pass.- Who designed the Cenotaph in Whitehall and became an architect
0:20:46 > 0:20:48at the Imperial War Graves Commission after the First World War?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- Lutyens. - In the 2001 film Iris,
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Judi Dench plays the writer Iris Murdoch in her old age.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Which actress plays Iris as a young woman?
0:20:56 > 0:21:00- Pass. - What was the nationality of the pop trio a-ha?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Norwegian.- Who is the patron saint of Scotland? BEEP
0:21:03 > 0:21:06He was one of the 12 apostles and is celebrated on 30th November.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- St Andrew.- Is correct.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Four passes. Kate Winslet played the young Iris.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14"Pukka" is that word of Indian origin.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18I know, it figures, when you think of it, doesn't it? Anyway.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Garbine Muguruza represented Spain in the Fed Cup.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25The Magdalene Sisters was that film
0:21:25 > 0:21:27in which Geraldine McEwan played Sister Bridget.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31You have, now, a total of 23 points.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33APPLAUSE
0:21:40 > 0:21:43And now Roger again, please.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47And another 10-pointer to start with, Roger,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50your knowledge of Neville Chamberlain.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54But the score, now, to beat has gone up a bit to 23. So, here we go.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Which broadcaster's first major natural history television series
0:22:00 > 0:22:02was Life On Earth, initially aired in 1979?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- David Attenborough. - According to Alexander Pope's An Essay On Criticism,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07"Fools rush in where angels fear to...?"
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- "Tread".- On which island of the Bay of Naples is the Blue Grotto,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14rediscovered in 1826 and accessible only by boat?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- Capri.- Pierre-Auguste is the full name
0:22:16 > 0:22:19of which French painter, born in Limoges in 1841?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Er...
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- Degas?- Renoir. Two books of the Old Testament in the authorized version
0:22:24 > 0:22:27of the Bible are named after women. Esther is one. What's the other?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Ruth.- What is the name of the American general
0:22:30 > 0:22:34who led his troops to victory over the British at Saratoga in 1777?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37It turned the tide of victory in favour of the revolutionaries.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Washington.- Gates. What word, meaning "winding" or "aimless"
0:22:40 > 0:22:44comes from the historical Latin name of a river in modern-day Turkey?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- "Meandering". - Which Australian singer duetted with Nick Cave
0:22:47 > 0:22:52on the 1995 UK top 20 hit single Where The Wild Roses Grow?
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- Kylie Minogue. - In navigation, for what do the initials GPS stand?
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- Grand Positioning System. - Global Positioning System.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02The rugby Super League club the Catalans Dragons are based in which country?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- Spain.- France. What name is given to the male of an animal,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- such as the bear and the badger?- Er...
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- Bull.- Boar. Which organisation was led, in turn,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14by George Woodcock, Vic Feather and Len Murray
0:23:14 > 0:23:17during the period of industrial unrest in the '60s and '70s?
0:23:17 > 0:23:21- TUC.- In which sea, part of the Atlantic between Puerto Rico and Bermuda,
0:23:21 > 0:23:25do eels spawn before returning to fresh water in Europe and North America?
0:23:25 > 0:23:29- Sargasso.- Which items used for playing games, divination and conjuring
0:23:29 > 0:23:31have been called the Devil's picture books?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Er...
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- Pass.- After his coup d'etat of November, 1799,
0:23:36 > 0:23:41Napoleon became the virtual dictator of France, with what Roman-sounding title?
0:23:41 > 0:23:42- Emperor.- Consul.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Which Irish tenor is played by the American actor Ned Beatty
0:23:46 > 0:23:48in the '91 film Hear my Song?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- Josef Locke. - A number of arts organisations,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53including the Juilliard School of music and the New York Philharmonic,
0:23:53 > 0:23:57are housed in a complex of buildings in New York City. What's its name?
0:23:57 > 0:24:01- BEEP - The...Lincoln Building. - Yes, the Lincoln Center.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03You had one pass.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06The Devil's picture books are otherwise known as playing cards.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- Oh.- You have a total, Roger, of 20 points.- Thank you.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13APPLAUSE
0:24:20 > 0:24:22And finally, Gary again, please.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27You set out with 12 points in the bag
0:24:27 > 0:24:29but 23 is now the score to beat,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33so let us see whether you can do that and appear in the grand final.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Here we go.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37The puppies of which breed of dog are born white
0:24:37 > 0:24:40with their dark spots beginning to appear after a few weeks?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Dalmatian. - Which unit of length, used in sea navigation,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47is internationally defined as exactly 1,852 metres?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50It was previously defined, in the UK, as 6,080 feet.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- A nautical mile. - Which actor plays an aged, retired Sherlock Holmes
0:24:53 > 0:24:56looking back on his life, in the 2015 film Mr Holmes?
0:24:57 > 0:25:02- Er, pass. - What title, suggesting a rustic subject,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05is shared by Beethoven's 6th Symphony and Vaughan Williams' 3rd?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Pass.- Who wrote the novel Crime And Punishment
0:25:08 > 0:25:11about a poor student, whose theory that ends justify means,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14leads him to murder a pawnbroker in Saint Petersburg?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- Dostoyevsky. - What term for a major city or centre of activity
0:25:17 > 0:25:20comes from the Greek for "mother" and "city"?
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- Metropolis.- Who was shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer under Ed Miliband
0:25:24 > 0:25:26but lost his seat at the 2015 general election?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Ed Balls. - Which director's last work was the 1987 film The Dead,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33based on a short story by James Joyce?
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- Pass.- What name, coined in 1944, is given to strict vegetarians
0:25:40 > 0:25:43who do not eat or use any animal products whatsoever?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- Vegan.- What star of the Carry On films
0:25:45 > 0:25:49played the leading role in the television comedy Bless This House?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- Sid James.- In the Western Church, on what date is All Souls' Day celebrated?
0:25:52 > 0:25:56It's described as a day for commemoration of all the faithful departed.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- November 4th?- 2nd. Which Booker Prize-winning author,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02best known for her trilogy, set during the reign of Henry VIII,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05wrote the 2005 novel Beyond Black about a psychic medium,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07plagued by spirits from her past?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09- Hilary Mantel.- In which athletics field event
0:26:09 > 0:26:12was Steve Backley a leading competitor in the 1990s?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14He became the first British male to hold a world record.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- Javelin.- The country that's now called the Democratic Republic of Congo
0:26:18 > 0:26:20and was once known as the Belgian Congo,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23was known by what other name between 1971 and '97?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- Zaire.- In botany, what name is given to a plant's loss of water,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29mainly through the pores on its leaves?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Pass.- Which Flemish painter, who was knighted by King Charles I,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36completed his monumental picture, The Village Fete, in 1638...
0:26:36 > 0:26:38BEEP ..near the end of his life?
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- Er, Frans Hals? - It was Peter Paul Rubens.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Four passes. Transpiration is the name given to the loss of water,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47mainly through the pores on the leaves.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50John Huston directed The Dead.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51The symphony, Beethoven's 6th
0:26:51 > 0:26:54and Vaughan Williams' 3rd are known as the Pastoral.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57And Ian McKellen played Sherlock Holmes.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00You have, Gary, 22 points.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03AUDIENCE GROANS
0:27:03 > 0:27:05APPLAUSE
0:27:13 > 0:27:16So close. Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19In fifth place, Andy Burrows.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Fourth place, Sharon Montgomery,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Third place, Roger Canwell.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Second place, Gary Wright.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32First place, Andrew Diamond.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35APPLAUSE
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Which means that Andrew is tonight's winner
0:27:49 > 0:27:52and he goes through to the final. Congratulations to him.
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