0:00:26 > 0:00:29First in the spotlight tonight is David Horan, a retired teacher
0:00:29 > 0:00:34from Oxfordshire on the '80s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Next, Dennis Tomlinson, a postman from London,
0:00:37 > 0:00:40his specialist subject - the poet Sylvia Plath.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Tom Mead is a mortgage consultant from Sheffield.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47He's answering questions on Roddy Doyle's Barrytown novels.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Christine Harrison is an agency worker from Southampton,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54her subject - women in the Olympics.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And Graham Barker, a dentist from Widnes
0:00:57 > 0:01:00on the singer and songwriter Ray Davies.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Five contenders tonight,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21because it's a semifinal, which means they've all been here before
0:01:21 > 0:01:25and that's some help, but of course, the questions are all different
0:01:25 > 0:01:27and the pressure of the clock is still there.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30They get a minute and a half with their specialist subject
0:01:30 > 0:01:32and then two minutes of general knowledge.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34One of them goes through to the grand final.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46And your name is...?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Your occupation?
0:01:50 > 0:01:51And your chosen subject?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Ever Decreasing Circles, here we go, in 90 seconds.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58In the 1980s sitcom, Ever Decreasing Circles,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00what's the name of the suave hairdressing salon owner
0:02:00 > 0:02:03who moves in next door to pedantic Martin Bryce
0:02:03 > 0:02:05and his long-suffering wife Ann?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Paul.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08What traditional party game does Martin play
0:02:08 > 0:02:10in his garden with the old ladies
0:02:10 > 0:02:12he's invited from the retirement home
0:02:12 > 0:02:13for afternoon tea?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Charades.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Which actor plays Ann and Martin's long-standing friend
0:02:16 > 0:02:18and neighbour Howard Hughes?
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Stanley Lebor.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22What dish does Martin plan to cook for himself on the first evening
0:02:22 > 0:02:25that his wife Ann is in hospital for surgery on her shoulder?
0:02:25 > 0:02:26He ends up buying fish and chips
0:02:26 > 0:02:28cos he's forgotten to soak the kidney beans.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30A chilli con carne.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31What is the abbreviated name
0:02:31 > 0:02:33of the Open University campaign
0:02:33 > 0:02:35against government cuts that Ann's involved in?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Martin disapproves and accuses her of becoming,
0:02:37 > 0:02:38"A pawn of the Kremlin."
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Pass.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42What is the name of the supposedly fierce dog
0:02:42 > 0:02:44that a landowner uses to scare Martin,
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Howard and Hilda away
0:02:45 > 0:02:47from what they believe is a public footpath?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Blossom.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Which two opposing historical groups
0:02:51 > 0:02:53are represented in the mock battle at the charity fete?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55The event culminates in single combat
0:02:55 > 0:02:56between Paul and Martin.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Roundheads and Cavaliers.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01After Paul announces that he needs to move away
0:03:01 > 0:03:03for business reasons, possibly to the Channel Islands,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05what show-tune does Martin happily sing
0:03:05 > 0:03:06while doing the washing-up?
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Pass.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09What is the full name of the psychiatrist
0:03:09 > 0:03:11who Martin meets at Paul's party?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Ann suggests Martin should visit him professionally.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Dave Wilson.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16On Howard and Hilda's first night
0:03:16 > 0:03:18on Neighbourhood Watch patrol, they arrest a burglar
0:03:18 > 0:03:21who pretends to be a plain-clothes policeman
0:03:21 > 0:03:23of what rank? BEEP
0:03:23 > 0:03:24- Inspector.- Yes, indeed.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Detective Inspector of The Metropolitan Police.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28You had two passes, David.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Oh, What A Beautiful Morning was the show tune that he was singing.
0:03:32 > 0:03:38And that campaign that Ann is involved in is the O-U-S-A,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- OUSA campaign.- OK.- There we go.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- David, you have scored eight points. - Thank you, great.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55And our next contender, please.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03And your name is...?
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Your occupation?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07And your chosen subject?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Sylvia Plath in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14The American-born poet Sylvia Plath
0:04:14 > 0:04:15was one of the most distinctive
0:04:15 > 0:04:17and dramatic voices in post-war poetry.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19What's the title of her autobiographical novel
0:04:19 > 0:04:21published in 1963 that opens,
0:04:21 > 0:04:23"It was a queer, sultry summer,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25"the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs"?
0:04:25 > 0:04:26The Bell Jar.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28What college did Plath attend as an undergraduate
0:04:28 > 0:04:30from September 1950?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32She chose it over the women only Wellesley College.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- Smith College.- Plath first met her future husband,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Ted Hughes, at a party to mark the 1956 launch
0:04:37 > 0:04:39of which literary review?
0:04:39 > 0:04:40St Botolph's Review.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Plath began a lasting friendship
0:04:42 > 0:04:43with a young female psychiatrist
0:04:43 > 0:04:46at the McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48following a course of psychotherapy
0:04:48 > 0:04:50and electroconvulsive therapy in 1953.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52What was her name?
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Ruth Beuscher.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56What title that came from her grandparents' telephone number
0:04:56 > 0:04:58did Plath give to the childhood memoir
0:04:58 > 0:05:00she wrote for the BBC in 1962?
0:05:00 > 0:05:011212-W.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03No, Ocean 1212-W.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Which newspaper in the city where she was born
0:05:05 > 0:05:07published a four-line poem written by Plath
0:05:07 > 0:05:09at the age of eight?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Boston Observer. - No, Sunday Herald.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Which poem that concludes with the line,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15"The bees are flying They taste the spring"
0:05:15 > 0:05:17had Plath put as the final poem
0:05:17 > 0:05:18in her collection Ariel?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21The order was changed by Ted Hughes before publication
0:05:21 > 0:05:23in '65, two years after her suicide.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Over Wintering.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Wintering.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Dark House, Maenad and Witch Burning
0:05:27 > 0:05:29are among the sections of which poem
0:05:29 > 0:05:31of November 1959?
0:05:31 > 0:05:32Poem For A Birthday.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34What title did Plath give
0:05:34 > 0:05:36to her honours thesis of 1955 -
0:05:36 > 0:05:38A Study Of The Concept Of The Double
0:05:38 > 0:05:39In Works By Dostoevsky?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40The Magic Mirror.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Which poem by Plath begins with the line... BEEP
0:05:42 > 0:05:46.."I have done it again One year in every ten I manage it."
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Lady Lazarus.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Is correct.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- No passes, Dennis, you have seven points.- Thank you.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03And our next contender, please.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09And your name is...?
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Your occupation?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13And your specialist subject?
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Roddy Doyle's Barrytown novels in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21In the first of the novels set in working-class Dublin,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23who accepts the invitation of Derek Scully
0:06:23 > 0:06:24and Outspan Foster
0:06:24 > 0:06:25to be the manager of their band,
0:06:25 > 0:06:27which he renames The Commitments?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Jimmy Rabbitte Jr.- In The Guts, Jimmy Jr's having an affair with a woman
0:06:30 > 0:06:32that used to sing with The Commitments, what's her name?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Imelda Quirk.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37In The Snapper, how old is Jimmy Sr's unmarried daughter Sharon
0:06:37 > 0:06:39when she breaks the news to her parents that she's pregnant?
0:06:39 > 0:06:4020.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42What is the name of Sharon's best friend
0:06:42 > 0:06:44who dumps her boyfriend Greg after he accuses her
0:06:44 > 0:06:47of robbing the cream out of his chocolate eclair?
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Jackie.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51What is the name of the environmental health officer
0:06:51 > 0:06:53who comes to inspect the chipper van
0:06:53 > 0:06:54and tells Jimmy Sr and Bimbo that it poses
0:06:54 > 0:06:57a grave and serious danger to public health?
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Des O Callaghan.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00In The Guts, Outspan's asked by Des Savage
0:07:00 > 0:07:02to join his band, The Irregulars.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05What does Outspan say every half-decent band should have?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06A cow bell?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08A dead guitarist.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Which country is playing against Ireland
0:07:10 > 0:07:12in the 1990 World Cup in a match shown
0:07:12 > 0:07:14in the Hiker's pub on the first night that Jimmy Sr and Bimbo
0:07:14 > 0:07:17sell food to customers from their chipper van?
0:07:17 > 0:07:18England.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20What is the name of the Irish independent record label
0:07:20 > 0:07:23whose owner comes to watch The Commitments perform?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25They agree to release a single before Jimmy Jr finds out
0:07:25 > 0:07:27the band has split up.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Eejit Records.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31After Jimmy Sr and Bimbo clean their chipper van,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33they decorate the outside with a picture of a burger,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36the name Bimbo's Burgers and what slogan?
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Today's Chips Today.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39From what job is Bimbo made redundant
0:07:39 > 0:07:41because his boss claims
0:07:41 > 0:07:43he has to let go ten of the older men to compete with the big boys?
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- Baker.- Jimmy Jr gives each of the members of The Commitments
0:07:47 > 0:07:49a stage name, what name does he give... BEEP
0:07:49 > 0:07:51..to James Clifford, the piano player?
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Soul Surgeon.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Soul Surgeon is correct.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55No passes, Tom, you've got ten points.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04And our next contender, please.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13And your name is...?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Your occupation?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18And your chosen subject?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Women in the Olympics in 90 seconds, here we go.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Women have competed in every Olympic Games
0:08:25 > 0:08:28since 1900 and were allowed to compete in athletics in 1928.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Which of the five events was then dropped
0:08:30 > 0:08:31from the Olympic programme
0:08:31 > 0:08:34until 1960, on the grounds it was supposedly harmful for women?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35800 metres.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37What was the only individual swimming event
0:08:37 > 0:08:39when the sport was open to women at the 1912 games?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41100-metre freestyle.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Which sport was included in the games
0:08:43 > 0:08:44for the only time in 1900
0:08:44 > 0:08:48and featured male and female participants in the same competition?
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Golf.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Croquet. What was the name of the American athlete from Missouri
0:08:52 > 0:08:55who took gold in the 100 metres and the sprint relay in 1936?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Helen Stephens.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59In 1932, Mildred Babe Didrikson won the javelin
0:08:59 > 0:09:01and the sprint hurdles
0:09:01 > 0:09:02and was in a jump-off for gold
0:09:02 > 0:09:04in the high jump with Jean Shiley
0:09:04 > 0:09:06when the judges decided her style of jumping was illegal
0:09:06 > 0:09:08and demoted her to second place.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09What style had she been using?
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Western roll.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13In what sailing class did Frances Rivett-Carnac
0:09:13 > 0:09:16and her husband Charles win gold at the 1908 games?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Sailing.- What sailing class?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- Seven.- Seven metres.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Which fencer won gold in the foil in 1928
0:09:22 > 0:09:24and took silver in 1936
0:09:24 > 0:09:26when she was included on the German team
0:09:26 > 0:09:28even though she'd lost her citizenship
0:09:28 > 0:09:29because of her Jewish father?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Helene Mayer.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Liz Hartnell of Denmark won the silver medal
0:09:33 > 0:09:35in dressage in 1952,
0:09:35 > 0:09:37the first year that women competed in equestrian events.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Which disease had left Hartnell partially paralysed
0:09:40 > 0:09:41eight years earlier?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- Polio.- Women from the United States
0:09:43 > 0:09:46won all three medals in which event from 1920,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48when it was introduced, until 1948?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Diving.- No, the three-metre springboard diving.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53What was the surname of the Soviet sisters
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Tamara and Irina... BEEP
0:09:55 > 0:09:57..who both won Olympics athletics titles?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- Press.- Press is correct.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03No passes. Christine, you have eight points.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14And our final contender, please.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21And your name is...?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Your occupation?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And your chosen subject?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Ray Davies in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Davies was the lead singer and songwriter
0:10:30 > 0:10:32for the British rock group The Kinks.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Which single, released in August '64,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36gave the group their first UK number one?
0:10:36 > 0:10:37You Really Got Me.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40In which district of London were both Ray and Dave Davies born?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Its name was incorporated into the title
0:10:42 > 0:10:44of a '71 Kinks album that failed to make the UK charts?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Muswell Hill.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48The song I Need You includes an early example
0:10:48 > 0:10:51of The Kinks using feedback on a recording.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53For which single, released in May '65,
0:10:53 > 0:10:54was it the B-side?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Set Me Free.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Which 1970 single had its release delayed
0:10:58 > 0:11:00so a section could be re-voiced by Ray
0:11:00 > 0:11:02to avoid the company brand name Coca-Cola
0:11:02 > 0:11:04appearing in the lyrics?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Otherwise, the BBC couldn't play the song.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Lola.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Davies claims that he had first intended
0:11:09 > 0:11:10the song Waterloo Sunset
0:11:10 > 0:11:13to be about the music industry of which city?
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Liverpool.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16The Kinks' first single, Long Tall Sally,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18failed to reach the UK Top 40 charts
0:11:18 > 0:11:20on its release in 1964.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22What was the single's B-side?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- I Took My Baby Home. - In the song Sunny Afternoon,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28the girlfriend has run off with the car,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30but who has taken the yacht and everything else,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32leaving the singer with just his stately home?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Big, fat mama.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35The taxman.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Which musical, with lyrics and music by Davies,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40had its premiere under the direction of Des McAnuff
0:11:40 > 0:11:44at the La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego, in August 1988?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Around The World In 80 Days.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Yes. 80 Days - A New Musical.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50On which Channel 4 television show in 1995,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52presented by Mark Radcliffe,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55did Davies perform the songs Waterloo Sunset and Parklife
0:11:55 > 0:11:56in a duet with Damon Albarn?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57- The Tube.- The White Room.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59In which city... BEEP
0:11:59 > 0:12:02..was Davies shot in the leg in January 2004
0:12:02 > 0:12:04while he was chasing muggers who had robbed him
0:12:04 > 0:12:05and his companion at gunpoint?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- New Orleans. - New Orleans is correct.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- No passes. Graham, you too have eight point.- Thank you.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Well, a very close round there. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27In fifth place, seven points, Dennis Tomlinson.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Joint second place, eight points apiece,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33David Horan, Christine Harrison and Graham Barker.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36And in first place, with ten points, Tom Mead.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45So, it is the general knowledge round now.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46If there's a tie at the end of it,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:48 > 0:12:51and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55If they are tied on passes as well, there will have to be a tie-break.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Let's get on with it and ask Dennis to join us again, please.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01And you start out with seven points
0:13:01 > 0:13:04with your knowledge of Sylvia Plath, Dennis.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06You have two minutes of general knowledge
0:13:06 > 0:13:09to catch up and overtake the field. Here we go.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11What emblems representing
0:13:11 > 0:13:13unity of industrial workers and peasants
0:13:13 > 0:13:15featured on the flag of the Soviet Union?
0:13:15 > 0:13:16Hammer and sickle.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18What alternative name for the pangolin
0:13:18 > 0:13:20comes from the insects that it sometimes feeds on,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22although its diet also consists of
0:13:22 > 0:13:23the closely-related termites?
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Scaly anteater.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27In which 1984 film, directed by Ron Howard,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29does Daryl Hannah play a mermaid called Madison
0:13:29 > 0:13:30who saves a boy from drowning?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Splash.- What's the highest denomination banknote
0:13:33 > 0:13:35produced today in the United States?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- 1,000.- 100. Which classic adventure novel
0:13:38 > 0:13:40by Baroness Emma Orczy features the line,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42"We seek him here, we seek him there,
0:13:42 > 0:13:44"those Frenchies seek him everywhere"?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- The Scarlet Pimpernel. - Which Australian singer
0:13:46 > 0:13:48had two consecutive solo number ones
0:13:48 > 0:13:50with Too Many Broken Hearts and Sealed With A Kiss
0:13:50 > 0:13:52in the late '80s?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Kylie Minogue.- Jason Donovan.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55On television, what's the name
0:13:55 > 0:13:57of the streetwise underworld contact
0:13:57 > 0:14:00of Starsky and Hutch played by Antonio Fargas?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Huggy Bear.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03The chemical element hafnium is named after the Latin term
0:14:03 > 0:14:07for the European capital city where it was discovered in 1923. Which city?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Copenhagen.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11The title of Arnold Wesker's 1962 play
0:14:11 > 0:14:13about the class divide in Britain is Chips With...?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Everything.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Who was the conductor born in St Helens who founded both
0:14:17 > 0:14:21the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestras?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- Henry Wood.- Beecham.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Which Italian football club originally played in pink,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27but adopted black and white in 1903
0:14:27 > 0:14:30after John Savage, an Englishman playing for the club,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33arranged for a consignment of Notts County's shirts to be sent to them?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Juventus.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37What name for a hatchet used both as a tool and for fighting
0:14:37 > 0:14:40comes from the Algonquin language of North America?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Tomahawk.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42In the pantomime Aladdin,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45what is the name of Widow Twankey's other son?
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Pass.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Which of the Books of the Pentateuch states that
0:14:48 > 0:14:51it is unclean for a man to marry his brother's wife?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Henry VIII used this to have his marriage
0:14:52 > 0:14:54to Catherine of Aragon annulled?
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Leviticus.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57In Middle Eastern cookery, which seeds are crushed
0:14:57 > 0:14:59to make the thick oily paste tahini
0:14:59 > 0:15:01which is used in dishes such as hummus?
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Sesame.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05In which English county is the town of Chester-le-Street,
0:15:05 > 0:15:06home to the county cricket ground?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- Nottinghamshire.- Durham.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09What is the name of the V-shaped stripe
0:15:09 > 0:15:11on the sleeve of a uniform... BEEP
0:15:11 > 0:15:13..indicating rank or length of service?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- Chevron.- Is correct.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16You had one pass.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Widow Twankey's other son was Wishy Washy.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23There you go. You have, now, a total, Dennis, of 19 points.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Thank you.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33And now David again, please.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39And...you start out with...eight points,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42and 19 is the score to beat.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Here we go. Two minutes in which to do it.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47The name of which animal is used to describe
0:15:47 > 0:15:49insincere or affected tears?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Crocodile.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54In 1979, British and Irish golfers were first joined by European players
0:15:54 > 0:15:56to compete against the USA in which competition?
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- The Ryder Cup. - Which high-profile politician
0:15:59 > 0:16:02became a Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
0:16:02 > 0:16:04at the 2015 General Election?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Pass.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08What do the initials DC stand for
0:16:08 > 0:16:11in the context of an electrical circuit?
0:16:11 > 0:16:12Direct current.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16For what stationery items is the C series of sizes mainly used?
0:16:16 > 0:16:17- Paper.- Envelopes.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Which breakfast food, a mixture of cereals, fruit and nuts,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22is derived from a dish first made by
0:16:22 > 0:16:24the Swiss nutritionist Dr Bircher-Benner
0:16:24 > 0:16:26for patients at his Zurich health clinic?
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Muesli.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29In the UK shipping forecast, which sea area
0:16:29 > 0:16:31includes the northern coast of Ireland
0:16:31 > 0:16:33and the southwestern coast of Scotland?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- Rockall.- Malin.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Which 1954 UK number two hit for Dean Martin
0:16:41 > 0:16:43features in the '87 film Moonstruck?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- Under The Bridges Of Paris. - That's Amore.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50In the opening lines of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52who is invited to "Come into the garden"?
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Maud.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55The sinful Biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
0:16:55 > 0:16:58are thought to have been located near which body of water?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- The Tigris.- The Dead Sea.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Which long-running Radio Four news programme is broadcast
0:17:03 > 0:17:07every weekday lunchtime and presents "45 minutes of news, analysis and comment"?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Its presenters have included William Hardcastle and Sir Robin Day.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11The World At One.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13The Birth of Venus, which depicts Venus standing on a shell
0:17:13 > 0:17:16as she reaches the shore and is housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18was painted by which Italian artist?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Botticelli.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23A showman died on Halloween 1926
0:17:23 > 0:17:25from a ruptured appendix and peritonitis that resulted from
0:17:25 > 0:17:28a punch in the stomach for which he was unprepared. What was his name?
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Harry Houdini.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31What French word is used for a large gemstone,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34especially a diamond, which is set alone?
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Solitaire.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Which British actress won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar
0:17:38 > 0:17:39at the 2003 Awards
0:17:39 > 0:17:42for her role as the murderess Velma Kelly in Chicago?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Pass.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Descendants of which animals... BEEP
0:17:47 > 0:17:49..originally brought to Britain from America
0:17:49 > 0:17:52to be farmed for their fur, have escaped and bred,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54causing devastation among local wildlife?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Mink.- Indeed. American mink.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Two passes, David.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Catherine Zeta-Jones was the actress who played Velma Kelly.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Yep. And that high-profile Member of Parliament,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Boris Johnson.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Yeah. It's the words high-profile that would have done it.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- David, you have a total of 18 points.- Thank you.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25And now Christine again, please.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29And...you start out with eight points as well,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32and 19 is the score to beat
0:18:32 > 0:18:35if you're to get through to the grand final.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Here we go.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37Which puppet that dates back to
0:18:37 > 0:18:40the 17th century Italian commedia dell'arte,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43has a hook nose, a jutting chin and wields a stick?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Mr Punch.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Which rich chocolate cake is traditionally flavoured with kirsch
0:18:48 > 0:18:50and decorated with whipped cream, cherries and chocolate?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Black Forest gateau.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54The oldest institute of higher education in America
0:18:54 > 0:18:56is a university named after the Puritan minister
0:18:56 > 0:18:58who left the college his books and half his estate
0:18:58 > 0:19:00when he died in 1638. What's it called?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Harvard.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04In January 1926, who was the first person to demonstrate
0:19:04 > 0:19:06a working television system
0:19:06 > 0:19:07to members of the Royal Institution?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09John Logie Baird.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Which financial institution was founded by
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Act of Parliament in 1694
0:19:12 > 0:19:15and remained in private hands until 1946
0:19:15 > 0:19:17when it was placed under government ownership?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- Bank of England. - According to the popular proverb,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21what is the sincerest form of flattery?
0:19:23 > 0:19:24- Wit.- Imitation.- Oh.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26In Belgium in 1958,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28the Italian Maria Teresa de Filippis
0:19:28 > 0:19:30became the first woman to compete at a sport
0:19:30 > 0:19:32that's dominated by men. Which sport?
0:19:32 > 0:19:33- Motor racing.- Yes, Formula 1.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Which artist, famous for his bronze lions,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38painted a portrait of Prince Albert's favourite greyhound, Eos,
0:19:38 > 0:19:40that was given to Albert as a Christmas present
0:19:40 > 0:19:42by Queen Victoria in 1841?
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Landseer.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Which Dickens' novel takes its title from
0:19:45 > 0:19:46the name of the home of John Jarndyce,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48one of the principal characters?
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Bleak House.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Which genus of plants has a name that comes from
0:19:53 > 0:19:54the Latin for three leaves?
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Trefoil.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57What name of Spanish origin is given to a rope
0:19:57 > 0:20:00with a running noose at the end that's used by cowboys
0:20:00 > 0:20:01to catch cattle and wild horses?
0:20:01 > 0:20:02A lasso.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06In which island group does the winter festival of Up Helly Aa take place,
0:20:06 > 0:20:09where a replica Viking longship is dragged through town
0:20:09 > 0:20:11in a torchlight procession and then burned?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- Shetlands. - Who has been the main presenter of
0:20:14 > 0:20:16the Channel 4 programme Location, Location, Location
0:20:16 > 0:20:19alongside Kirstie Allsopp since the year 2000?
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Pass. - What is the name of the American Naval Lieutenant
0:20:22 > 0:20:24who has arranged to marry the title character
0:20:24 > 0:20:26in Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly?
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Lieutenant Pinkerton.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Which jazz pianist composed One O'Clock Jump
0:20:29 > 0:20:32which became the signature tune of his big band?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33- Oscar Peterson.- Count Basie.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Crich in Derbyshire is home to
0:20:35 > 0:20:37which British national transport museum?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Tram.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Which American city was known as New Amsterdam... BEEP
0:20:41 > 0:20:44..when the Dutch founded it in the 17th century?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- New York.- Is correct.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50You had one pass.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52The main presenter of that...of Location, Location
0:20:52 > 0:20:54along with Kirstie Allsopp
0:20:54 > 0:20:57has been, for a long time, Phil Spencer.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00But, Christine, you have 22 points.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11And now Graham again, please.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17And...you also have eight points,
0:21:17 > 0:21:19but the score to beat now has leapt up,
0:21:19 > 0:21:21as you've just heard, to 22.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24So let's see if you can do that. Here we go.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Which boxer was famous for promoting himself
0:21:26 > 0:21:27with the slogan, "I am the greatest"?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Muhammad Ali.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31On which television game show did the presenter
0:21:31 > 0:21:33solemnly intone, "Bernie, the bolt"?
0:21:33 > 0:21:34The Golden Shot.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37What name is used for the smallest number of officers
0:21:37 > 0:21:39or members of a body required to attend a meeting
0:21:39 > 0:21:42for its proceedings to be regarded as legally valid?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Quorum.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Malus domestica is one of the world's most cultivated fruit trees.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48What is its common name?
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Apple.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Which Nobel prize-winning British dramatist, who died in 2008,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55wrote the screenplay for the 2007 film version
0:21:55 > 0:21:57of Anthony Shaffer's play Sleuth
0:21:57 > 0:21:59starring Jude Law and Michael Caine?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Pinter.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Which supergiant star is the brightest,
0:22:03 > 0:22:04as seen from Earth,
0:22:04 > 0:22:05in the constellation Scorpius?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Its name means rival of Ares.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Proxima Centauri.- Antares.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12In the UK, what is normally the main ingredient
0:22:12 > 0:22:15in the spicy dipping sauce served with satay?
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Peanuts.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21At which sport did The Times columnist Matthew Syed compete for Great Britain
0:22:21 > 0:22:24in the Barcelona and Sydney Olympic Games?
0:22:24 > 0:22:25- Wrestling.- Table Tennis.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Who plays the therapy-seeking Mafia boss Paul Vitti
0:22:28 > 0:22:30in the film comedies Analyse This
0:22:30 > 0:22:32and its sequel Analyse That?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- Robert De Niro. - According to the Book Of Genesis,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36who was saved from the destruction of Sodom
0:22:36 > 0:22:38by an angel who told him,
0:22:38 > 0:22:39"Arise, take thy wife and daughters,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42"lest thou be consumed in the punishment of the city"?
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Lot.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Pomfret is an old name for which Yorkshire town?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Pontefract.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Which British indie rock act,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52who were late replacements for the Foo Fighters
0:22:52 > 0:22:53to headline the Glastonbury Festival,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56topped the UK Album Charts in June 2015
0:22:56 > 0:22:59with How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- Mumford And Sons. - Florence And The Machine.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Which Post-Impressionist painter,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04who died in Polynesia in 1903,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06was the forerunner of the Fauvist School?
0:23:06 > 0:23:08The painting The Yellow Christ
0:23:08 > 0:23:09is a classic example of his style.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- Gauguin. - Who had to re-write the first volume
0:23:12 > 0:23:13of his history of the French Revolution
0:23:13 > 0:23:15after he was told by his friend, John Stuart Mill,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18that the original manuscript had accidentally been burnt?
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Carlyle.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Which closed and secretive Asian country
0:23:21 > 0:23:23has a political ideology of self-reliance,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25known as Juche... BEEP
0:23:25 > 0:23:28..which was set down by its leader in 1972
0:23:28 > 0:23:30as the creative application
0:23:30 > 0:23:31of Marxist-Leninist principles?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- North Korea.- Is correct.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- No passes, Graham. 20 points. - Thank you.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48And, finally, Tom again, please.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52And you have the advantage of starting with ten points,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55but the score to beat is still 22.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56So, here we go.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Two minutes to see whether you can get through to the grand final.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02In 1962, who replaced Pete Best
0:24:02 > 0:24:04as the full-time drummer of The Beatles?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- Ringo Starr. - In Edward Lear's nonsense poem,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08the Owl and the Pussycat went to sea
0:24:08 > 0:24:10in a boat that was what colour?
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Pea-green.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13In which fictional town did The Flintstone family live
0:24:13 > 0:24:15in the 1960s television cartoon series?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Bedrock.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Which 19th-century art movement was promoted by
0:24:19 > 0:24:21the French dealer Paul Durand-Ruel,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23who held a major exhibition in London in 1872
0:24:23 > 0:24:26when the group's members were still largely unknown?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Impressionism.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Which island in the Indian Ocean provides the setting
0:24:29 > 0:24:33for Bizet's 1863 opera The Pearl Fishers?
0:24:33 > 0:24:34- Easter Island.- Ceylon.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37What is the usual name for the insects of the genus Drosophila
0:24:37 > 0:24:39that are widely used in genetic research?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Because of their very short life spans,
0:24:41 > 0:24:43many generations can easily be studied.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- Mayfly.- Fruit flies.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Oxides of a metallic element on the surface of Mars
0:24:47 > 0:24:49give rise to its alternative name,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51the Red Planet. What element?
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Iron.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54In which Ancient Greek city-state
0:24:54 > 0:24:56was there a class of serf labourers called Helots
0:24:56 > 0:24:58who were famously badly treated by their employers?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Sparta.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Which Spanish city gives its name to a bitter-tasting orange
0:25:02 > 0:25:04much prized for making marmalade
0:25:04 > 0:25:06because of its high acidic content?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07- Valencia.- Seville.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09What name is given to the hairstyle
0:25:09 > 0:25:12consisting of narrow matted or braided rope-like strands of hair
0:25:12 > 0:25:14originally worn by male members of
0:25:14 > 0:25:16the Rastafarian sect in Jamaica?
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Dreadlocks.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Which girl group teamed up with Girls Aloud
0:25:20 > 0:25:22on the chart-topping single Walk This Way,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25the official song for Comic Relief in 2007?
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Sugababes.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Which place of worship stands at the top of Ludgate Hill in London?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31St Paul's Cathedral.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Whose novel, A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters,
0:25:34 > 0:25:35starting with the voyage of Noah's Ark
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and ending with a sneak preview of heaven,
0:25:38 > 0:25:39was first published in 1989?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- Bill Bryson.- Julian Barnes.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45The 2015 film with the subtitle Fury Road
0:25:45 > 0:25:48stars Tom Hardy in a role that's previously been played
0:25:48 > 0:25:49by Mel Gibson. Which role?
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Mad Max.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52According to the popular idiom,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54where is the iron hand or fist concealed?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- In your gloves. - In a velvet glove.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59The name of which American rap trio,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02who had hits with Push It and Do You Want Me... BEEP
0:26:02 > 0:26:04..derives from the stage names of two of its members,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Cheryl James and Sandra Denton?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- TLC. - No, it's Salt-n-Pepa.- Ah.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Well, doesn't really matter, Tom,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15because you managed to get to 20 points.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Well, she held on to that lead. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31In fifth place, 18 points, David Horan,
0:26:31 > 0:26:35fourth place, 19 points, Dennis Tomlinson,
0:26:35 > 0:26:37joint second place, 20 points apiece,
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Tom Mead and Graham Barker,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42first place, with 22 points, Christine Harrison.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Which means, of course, that Christine is tonight's winner
0:26:54 > 0:26:56and she goes through to the grand final.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Congratulations to her,
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