0:00:25 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Alan Heath,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a chartered accountant from Buckingham.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33His subject, British Olympic Champions.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Next, Mark Livesey from Henlow,
0:00:35 > 0:00:39on the First Earl of Pembroke, William Marshal.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Michael Frankl is from Windsor and
0:00:40 > 0:00:44he answers questions on Windsor Castle.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Beryl Freedman's a housewife from Birmingham, her subject,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Ian Fleming.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51And Mark Grant is an accountant from Bromley.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55His subject, Vasari's Lives Of The Artists.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Five contenders tonight, because this is a semifinal,
0:01:17 > 0:01:22so one of them goes through to the grand final at the end of it.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25No pressure, then, apart from the lights and the clock
0:01:25 > 0:01:28and that walk to the chair, of course, where they get 90
0:01:28 > 0:01:31seconds on their specialist subject and two minutes on
0:01:31 > 0:01:32general knowledge.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us please.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44And your name is?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Your occupation?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49And your chosen subject?
0:01:52 > 0:01:54In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Which weightlifter became Britain's first Olympic champion
0:01:57 > 0:02:00when he won the one-hand lift at the 1896 games?
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Launceston Elliot.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04In Montreal in 1976, David Wilkie became the first British male
0:02:04 > 0:02:07swimmer for more than half a century to take Olympic gold.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Which event did he win in world record time?
0:02:09 > 0:02:10200 metres breaststroke.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13In what sport did Joshua Milner, Arthur Carnell,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15John Fleming and William Styles win individual
0:02:15 > 0:02:18gold medals at the 1908 London games?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- Shooting. - What is the name of the London dental surgeon
0:02:20 > 0:02:23who became Britain's first Olympic fencing champion?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26She won gold in the foil in Melbourne in 1956.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Gillian Sheen.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Which tennis player won the indoor singles
0:02:29 > 0:02:32and doubles titles at the 1908 London games?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35He also won the Wimbledon men's singles title that year.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Arthur Gore.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39What was the name of the horse on which Richard Meade became Britain's
0:02:39 > 0:02:42first individual equestrian champion in the three-day event at Munich?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Lauriston.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Steve Ovett beat Seb Coe into second place in the 800 metres
0:02:46 > 0:02:48final in Moscow in 1980.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52In what position did he finish behind Coe in the 1,500 metres final?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Third.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Who did Charlotte Cooper beat in the final of the women's singles tennis
0:02:56 > 0:03:00tournament to become Britain's first female Olympic champion in 1900?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Helene Prevost.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Mary Peters competed at her first Olympics in Tokyo
0:03:04 > 0:03:08in 1964 in the pentathlon and which individual event?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Shot.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13In Los Angeles in 1984, who became the first British athlete to
0:03:13 > 0:03:15win Olympic gold in a throwing event?
0:03:15 > 0:03:20- Tessa Sanderson. - At the 1948 London games, Stuart Morris and David Bond
0:03:20 > 0:03:21took gold in which sailing event?
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Swallow.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Who captained Britain to the gold medal in men's
0:03:25 > 0:03:26hockey in Seoul in 1988?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27BEEP
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Richard Dodds.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32No passes, a perfect round, Alan. 12 points.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44And our next contender, please.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53And your name is?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Your occupation?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58And your chosen subject?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00William Marshal, in 90 seconds.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Marshal was an English knight
0:04:02 > 0:04:04renowned for his exploits in battle.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05In 1152 when he was five,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08he was held hostage by the English king who threatened to execute him
0:04:08 > 0:04:11to try to force Marshal's father to surrender a castle.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Which king?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Stephen.- Where did Marshal take part in his first battle
0:04:15 > 0:04:18where Normandy was raided by forces of the Count of Flanders,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Ponthieu and Boulogne in 1166?
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Neufchatel.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24To what position in the household of Henry the Young King was
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Marshal appointed in 1170?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Tutor in arms.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Marshal became Lord of which estate in South East Wales
0:04:30 > 0:04:32when he married the heiress, Isabel of Clare,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34in 1189?
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Striguil.- Which of the Crown Jewels was Marshal given
0:04:37 > 0:04:39the honour of carrying in the procession
0:04:39 > 0:04:42during the coronation of Richard I in September, 1189?
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Sceptre.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47In 1197, when Marshal was nearly 50, he crossed a ditch
0:04:47 > 0:04:50and climbed a siege ladder in full armour to help a fellow knight
0:04:50 > 0:04:53who was in trouble on the battlements of which besieged fortress?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Milieu Sur, Touraine.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56What was the name of Marshal's uncle who was
0:04:56 > 0:04:59killed in 1168 by the forces of Geoffrey and Guy of Lusignan
0:04:59 > 0:05:01while escorting Eleanor of Aquitaine?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Patrick.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Marshal was wounded and captured during the encounter.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Patrick.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10At which tournament, in 1177, did Marshal capture ten knights
0:05:10 > 0:05:12and 12 horses, his highest recorded score at any
0:05:12 > 0:05:15event during his 18-year tournament career?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Eu.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18What nickname was given to the young Marshal
0:05:18 > 0:05:21because of his overindulgence when he was training to be a knight?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Gaste-viande. - Or greedy guts.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26At which of his manor houses did Marshal die after a long
0:05:26 > 0:05:28illness on the 14th May 1219.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Caversham.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Marshal led the victorious attack against the forces of the future King Louis VII BEEP
0:05:33 > 0:05:34of France at the Battle of Lincoln.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Which cousin of Marshal, who was fighting on the French side,
0:05:37 > 0:05:38was killed in the attack?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Thomas of Peche.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44And you have no passes and you got them all right. 11 points.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55And our next contender, please.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05And your name is?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Occupation?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09And your chosen subject?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Windsor Castle, here we go, 90 seconds.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13St George's Chapel,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15begun in the reign of Edward IV,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17is in which ward or bailey of Windsor Castle?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Lower Ward.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21To celebrate a royal occasion, Tom Stuart-Smith designed a garden
0:06:21 > 0:06:22with a bandstand laid out on Castle Hill.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24What occasion?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Order of the Garter Ceremony.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29What was the name of the architect
0:06:29 > 0:06:32appointed in 1673 as Controller of Works at Windsor Castle,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35who remodelled the Upper Ward in a Baroque style?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Hugh May.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40In the Waterloo Chamber, the series of portraits of allied
0:06:40 > 0:06:42sovereign statesman and military leaders involved
0:06:42 > 0:06:46in the overthrow of Napoleon Bonaparte are by which artist?
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Sir Thomas Lawrence.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Which old belfry tower is the traditional
0:06:49 > 0:06:52home of the Governor of the Military Knights?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Queen Mary's Tower. - Yes, Mary Tudor Tower.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57What name, possibly that of the blacksmith,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00is stamped on the ornate ironwork of the door in the East Wall
0:07:00 > 0:07:03of St George's Chapel that once formed the Great West Door
0:07:03 > 0:07:04of Henry III's Chapel?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Gilebertus.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10In which estate is the Royal Mausoleum? It was bought by George III for
0:07:10 > 0:07:13the use of Queen Charlotte and added to the Home Park in the 1840s.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Frogmore.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19After the 1992 fire, which octagonal anteroom designed by Charles Downes
0:07:19 > 0:07:23was created on the site of the private chapel where the fire had broken out?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Lantern Lobby.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Who in the 1470s and '80s is recorded as the chief carver of the oak
0:07:28 > 0:07:31choir stalls that are still a feature of St George's Chapel?
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Pass.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Which architect designed Queen Mary's Dolls' House which was
0:07:37 > 0:07:38built on a scale of one to 12?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Sir Edwin Lutyens.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43What is the name of the northwest bell tower in the Lower Ward BEEP
0:07:43 > 0:07:46originating from the 13th century, which was refurbished
0:07:46 > 0:07:50by Anthony Salvin in the 1860s with a tall candlesnuffer roof?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52The Curfew Tower.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54You had one pass.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58That chap who is recorded as the chief carver of those oak
0:07:58 > 0:08:01choir stalls was William Barkeley or Berkeley,
0:08:01 > 0:08:02however you pronounce it.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05So, just that one pass, Michael, you scored nine points.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16And our next contender, please.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26And your name is?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Your occupation?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31And your chosen subject?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Ian Fleming, in 90 seconds.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34What was the title of the first
0:08:34 > 0:08:37novel written by Fleming in 1952 and published in April, '53
0:08:37 > 0:08:39which introduced the character of James Bond?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Casino Royale.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Fleming's first job was as a journalist working for which
0:08:43 > 0:08:45organisation headed by Sir Roderick Jones?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Reuters.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Which famous American author became a friend of Fleming's after
0:08:49 > 0:08:51they met at a party at the home of the poet Stephen Spender?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Raymond Chandler.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Which Bond villain whose first appearance was in Thunderball
0:08:55 > 0:08:59was born to a Polish father and a Greek mother on the 28th May 1908,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01which is also Fleming's own date of birth?
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Blofeld.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05In 1939, Fleming was appointed as the Assistant of the Director
0:09:05 > 0:09:07of Naval Intelligence. What was his name?
0:09:07 > 0:09:08John Godfrey.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Which of Fleming's girlfriends was killed in her
0:09:10 > 0:09:13flat during an air raid in London in March '44?
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Muriel Wright.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17In '45, Fleming began to build a winter home in Jamaica
0:09:17 > 0:09:19on the coast near Oracabessa. What name did he give to it,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22apparently after a wartime operation he'd been involved in?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Goldeneye.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Which journalist wrote a review of Fleming's book Dr No
0:09:26 > 0:09:28for the New Statesman in 1958 describing it as
0:09:28 > 0:09:30"sex, snobbery and sadism"?
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Paul Johnson.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33After spells in journalism and banking,
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Fleming began working for a firm of stockbrokers in London in 1935. Which firm?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Rowe and Pitman.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41What is the title of the children's book written by Fleming
0:09:41 > 0:09:43and originally published in 1964?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Which publisher was unimpressed with Casino Royale but was
0:09:47 > 0:09:51persuaded to publish it by Ian's brother, Peter, who was an established author?
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Jonathan Cape.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54What was the name of the finishing school
0:09:54 > 0:09:57run by Ernan Forbes Dennis and his wife, Phyllis, in Kitzbuhel in Austria to
0:09:57 > 0:10:00which Fleming was sent by his mother after he left Sandhurst?
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Tennerhof.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04What was the title of the fifth Bond book to be published
0:10:04 > 0:10:06and the second to be adapted for a feature film? BEEP
0:10:06 > 0:10:08From Russia with Love.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13No passes, wow. All right, Beryl, 13 points.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24And our final contender, please.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31And your name is?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Your occupation?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37And your chosen subject?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Giorgio Vasari was a 16th-century
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Italian painter, architect and writer
0:10:42 > 0:10:45best known for his biographies of Italian Renaissance artists.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Which 13th-century Florentine painter is
0:10:48 > 0:10:50the subject of the first of the Lives?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Cimabue.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Michelangelo took eight years to complete a work that was unveiled,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Vasari believed, on Christmas Day 1541. Which work?
0:10:57 > 0:10:58The Last Judgment.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01What did Filippo Brunelleschi stand upright on a marble
0:11:01 > 0:11:03slab to win the commission to design the dome of the
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fuire in Florence?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Egg.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Which king of France does Vasari say had the Mona Lisa in his
0:11:09 > 0:11:11collection at the Palace of Fontainebleau?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Francis I.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17A Florentine painter who lived from 1397 to 1475, was given
0:11:17 > 0:11:20the nickname "uccello", the Italian word for which animal that he loved?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Bird.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Which painter, who died in 1428, aged 26,
0:11:23 > 0:11:27does Vasari praise as having "purged the art of painting
0:11:27 > 0:11:30"of its harshness and paved the way towards more beautiful expression"?
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Masaccio.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Which painter, according to Vasari, was born on Good Friday 1483
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and died on the same day of his 37th year?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Raphael.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42In Vasari's conclusion to his Lives, he mentions two
0:11:42 > 0:11:45languages that he used, one was Florentine, what was the other?
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Tuscan.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Which Florentine sculptor was credited with inventing a glaze that
0:11:49 > 0:11:52when baked in a furnace created earthen works that were almost imperishable?
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Luca della Robbia.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56What instrument did Leonardo da Vinci play for the
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, when he was brought before him
0:11:59 > 0:12:01in 1494? It was made from silver by Leonardo
0:12:01 > 0:12:03himself and shaped like a horse's head.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Lire.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Which painter was celebrated by his friend, Ludovico Ariosto in the epic
0:12:08 > 0:12:11poem Orlando Furioso with the words, "To whose mastery BEEP
0:12:11 > 0:12:13"is due such glory"?
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Titian?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15It was, indeed.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Which means that you, too, have them all right.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19You have 11 points.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Well, that really is a very high-scoring round.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34In fifth place, with nine points,
0:12:34 > 0:12:35Michael Frankl.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Joint third place, 11 points apiece,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Mark Livesey and Mark Grant.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Second place, 12 points, Alan Heath.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45First place, 13 points, Beryl Freedman.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Round 2.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55General knowledge round now, and if there is a tie at the end of it,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58then the number of passes is taken into account and the person with the
0:12:58 > 0:13:00fewer passes is the winner and if they are tied on passes
0:13:00 > 0:13:03as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06So, let us get on with it and ask Michael to join us again, please.
0:13:11 > 0:13:17And you have two minutes now to catch up the field and overtake it.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Here we go.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Which legendary Swiss hero is
0:13:20 > 0:13:23the title character of Rossini's last opera best known for its overture?
0:13:23 > 0:13:24William Tell.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Waltham Abbey in Essex was the last abbey to be
0:13:26 > 0:13:28dissolved by which English monarch?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Henry VIII.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34The automaton known as the Turk, designed and built by Wolfgang von Kempelen
0:13:34 > 0:13:37in 1770, appeared to be a mechanical genius at what game?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40It won matches against all the leading players of the day but was later
0:13:40 > 0:13:41proved to be a hoax.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Chess.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Which British bird, often found in mountainous regions, is the largest
0:13:46 > 0:13:47member of the crow family?
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Raven.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53What name for the area lying behind a coastal district which often
0:13:53 > 0:13:56serves a port comes from the German for behind and land?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Hinterland.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Which novel set on the bleak moorlands of west Yorkshire
0:14:00 > 0:14:03tells of the interlocked relationships of the Linton and Earnshaw families?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Wuthering Heights.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08In a 1981 speech, which Conservative politician said of his father,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10"He didn't riot, he got on his bike and looked for work."
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Norman Tebbit.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16The naturally occurring mineral corundum, with its varieties ruby and sapphire,
0:14:16 > 0:14:17is an oxide of which metal?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20- Iron.- Aluminium.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Who stars as the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow in the
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Pirates Of The Caribbean series of films?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Johnny Depp.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Which popular television detective series that's been screened
0:14:28 > 0:14:32since 1997 is based on original books by Caroline Graham?
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Pass.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Which Greek mathematician
0:14:34 > 0:14:37and inventor played an important role in the defence
0:14:37 > 0:14:39of his native city, Syracuse against the besieging Romans?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41He devised war machines such as catapults,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43that delayed its ultimate capture.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Archimedes.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Which seaport is the second-largest city in the Republic of Ireland?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Cork.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51What type of berries are traditionally used for the sauce
0:14:51 > 0:14:54served with the turkey dinner at Thanksgiving in America?
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Cranberries.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58In August 2014, which British distance runner became
0:14:58 > 0:15:00the oldest female European champion when she won the
0:15:00 > 0:15:05gold medal in the 10,000m in Zurich at the age of 40 years and 325 days?
0:15:05 > 0:15:06- Paula Radcliffe.- Jo Pavey.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09A museum in Liverpool commemorating the Battle of the Atlantic
0:15:09 > 0:15:12in the Second World War shares its name with the strategically
0:15:12 > 0:15:14important seas to the west of the British Isles.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15What name?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- North Sea. - Western Approaches.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Which film actress topped the UK's singles charts in 1956 with BEEP
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Whatever Will Be, Will Be from the film, The Man Who Knew Too Much.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Doris Day.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29You had one pass,
0:15:29 > 0:15:33that popular television detective series was Midsomer Murders.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35You've scored, Michael, 21 points.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49And now the first of the two Marks, Mark Livesey again, please.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53And you start out this round with 11 points,
0:15:53 > 0:15:5621 is, as I speak,
0:15:56 > 0:15:57the score to beat.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Of which fruit, a common salad ingredient, are
0:16:01 > 0:16:03beefsteak, cherry and plum all varieties?
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Tomato.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09The 2003 book by Lynne Truss subtitled The Zero Tolerance Approach To Punctuation
0:16:09 > 0:16:10is called Eats, Shoots and...
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Leaves.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14A Street in London's West End became a centre for fashion after
0:16:14 > 0:16:18designer John Stephen opened a menswear boutique at number five in 1957.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Which street?
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Carnaby Street.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23What was the surname of the British brothers Joe and Fred
0:16:23 > 0:16:26who both won World Championships at snooker and billiards?
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Davis.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30In 1983, the opposition politician Benigno Aquino
0:16:30 > 0:16:33was shot dead as he stepped from the plane on his return to which
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Asian island country?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- Thailand.- The Philippines.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Forest Whitaker won the Best Actor Oscar in 2007 for portraying an
0:16:41 > 0:16:44African dictator in the film The Last King Of Scotland. Which dictator?
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Idi Amin.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48The International Dateline is a hypothetical line that
0:16:48 > 0:16:52coincides with which meridian of longitude for most of its length?
0:16:52 > 0:16:53180.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56What is a squib in the expression "a damp squib",
0:16:56 > 0:16:57meaning a letdown?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59It's a firework.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02In French cuisine, what name is given to a grilled ham and cheese sandwich?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Its name changes gender if it's topped with a fried or poached egg.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06A Croque-Monsieur
0:17:06 > 0:17:10The 1910 opera by Puccini that is set in the days of the Californian Gold Rush
0:17:10 > 0:17:12is entitled The Girl Of The Golden...?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14West.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16On which Saint's feast day did "Good King Wenceslas look out,"
0:17:16 > 0:17:18according to the traditional Christmas Carol?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Stephen.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22What now-common member of the pigeon family that
0:17:22 > 0:17:25takes its name from the ring of black feathers around its neck
0:17:25 > 0:17:27was unknown in Britain until the 1950s?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29The collared dove.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Panama was a part of which country until it declared itself
0:17:31 > 0:17:33independent in 1903?
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Pass.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37What word that comes from the Greek for "of all the gods" is used
0:17:37 > 0:17:40collectively for the gods of a specific mythology?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Pantheusism. - Pantheon.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Which future Prime Minister first entered Parliament
0:17:45 > 0:17:48at the 1906 General Election as the Labour MP for Leicester?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Pass.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54In American naval parlance what type of warship is a Flat-top?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Aircraft carrier.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Which 19th-century poet wrote in his poem Locksley Hall
0:17:59 > 0:18:01of "the ringing grooves of change" in the belief that BEEP
0:18:01 > 0:18:04steam trains ran in grooves like trams rather than on rails?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Browning.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09It might have been, but it was Alfred, Lord Tennyson,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12as it happens, but there we are. Who knew?
0:18:12 > 0:18:16The two passes, it was Ramsay MacDonald who first entered
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Parliament in 1906
0:18:18 > 0:18:21and Panama was a part of Colombia.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24You have, though, Mark, a total of 23 points.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35And now Mark Grant, please.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42And you start out with 11 points as well,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45and 23 is now the score to beat.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50What general term describes animals that have a backbone or
0:18:50 > 0:18:51spinal column?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Vertebrae.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56In 1992, who topped the UK album charts with Tubular Bells 2,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58nearly 20 years after the release of the original?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Mike Oldfield.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02In rugby, which prop forward overtook Stephen Jones'
0:19:02 > 0:19:04record as Wales' most capped international when he won his
0:19:04 > 0:19:07105th against Scotland in 2014?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- Evans?- Gethan Jenkins.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Which sauce that forms a basic ingredient of much Chinese,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Japanese and other East Asian cuisine has a name that
0:19:14 > 0:19:16comes from the fermented beans used to make it?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Soy sauce.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21What body of water that joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean separates
0:19:21 > 0:19:23the Orkney Islands from mainland Scotland?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- The Minch. - Pentland Firth.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Which Victorian novelist created Sergeant Cuff,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31who was based on the Scotland Yard detective, Jonathan Whicher?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34He became the prototype for subsequent fictional detectives.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Dickens.- Wilkie Collins.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Which playwright wrote two series of dramatic
0:19:38 > 0:19:40monologues for television called Talking Heads that were
0:19:40 > 0:19:43broadcast in 1988 and 1998 respectively?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- Davies? - Alan Bennett.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49In the context of the internet, what do the letters HT represent in the
0:19:49 > 0:19:51abbreviations HTML and HTTP?
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Hypertext.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Which former Labour Cabinet Minister became MEP for Greater
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Manchester North in 1979 after serving 34 years in the Commons?
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Pass.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05The naval base of Simonstown lies on False Bay near which cape?
0:20:07 > 0:20:08- Cod. - Good Hope.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11A tree that is native to South America relies on a rodent
0:20:11 > 0:20:14called the agouti to disperse its seeds because it's one of the
0:20:14 > 0:20:17few animals that can gnaw through the thick shell of the nuts
0:20:17 > 0:20:18it produces. Which tree?
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Brazil nut.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Who stars alongside Sian Gibson in the BBC television comedy Car Share?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- Kay.- Yes, Peter Kay.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29What word for the science or practice of cultivating land and rearing
0:20:29 > 0:20:32crops and livestock comes from the Latin word for field and cultivate?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Agriculture.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37What unit of liquid measure is equal to 36 imperial gallons of beer
0:20:37 > 0:20:40and 42 US gallons of oil?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41- Hogshead. - Barrel.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Which artist's final work entitled Paradise
0:20:44 > 0:20:46was commissioned in 1588 and decorates a large wall
0:20:46 > 0:20:51the size of a tennis court in the Doges Palace in Venice? BEEP
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Veronese.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54It was Tintoretto.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57You have one pass, it was Barbara Castle who became an MEP
0:20:57 > 0:21:00after 34 years in the House of Commons.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02You have, Mark, a total of 18 points.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14And now, Alan again, please.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17And you start out with 12 points, Alan,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20and 23 is still the score to beat.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22So, here we go.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25A mustang is a wild or half wild specimen of an animal descended from those
0:21:25 > 0:21:28brought to the New World by the Spanish in the 16th century. Which animal?
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Horse.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Which 1990 film stars Richard Gere as a business tycoon who hires Vivian Ward,
0:21:33 > 0:21:37played by Julia Roberts, as his escort for a week only to fall in love with her?
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Pretty Woman.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40What spice is normally used to flavour paella
0:21:40 > 0:21:42gives it a distinctive yellow colour?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Ginger.- Saffron.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46What human activity declared by Thomas Edison to be
0:21:46 > 0:21:48a waste of time is studied by a somnologist?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Sleep.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Which Lou Reed song was released as a single for the 1997
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Children In Need appeal with individual lines sung by Reed
0:21:56 > 0:21:58himself, as well as by various other artists?
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Perfect Day.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Who wrote the classic children's novel, Little Lord Fauntleroy,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05first published in 1886, and later dramatised by her?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- Helen Smith. - Frances Hodgson Burnett.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10What name of Hindi origin is given to a person who works with,
0:22:10 > 0:22:11drives or tends an elephant?
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Mahout.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Which product used as a solvent for paints and varnishes was
0:22:15 > 0:22:18originally produced from the resin of the terebinth tree?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- Linseed oil.- Turpentine.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22What is the maximum number of balls on the table at any one time
0:22:22 > 0:22:24during a game of English billiards?
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Three.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28In 1955, which country was restored to full
0:22:28 > 0:22:31sovereignty by the state treaty signed by the four former Allied
0:22:31 > 0:22:34powers that had occupied it since the end of the Second World War?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Austria.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38The Heroic in A-Flat Major, Opus 53 is one of a number
0:22:38 > 0:22:42of compositions Chopin wrote in which national dance form?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- Polka.- Polonaise.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Who plays Dirk Gently in the television adaptations of Douglas Adam's
0:22:49 > 0:22:50detective stories?
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Stephen Mangan.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Which writer, who was born in the American state of Maine, has
0:22:54 > 0:22:57set a number of his horror novels and short stories in the fictional town
0:22:57 > 0:22:58of Castle Rock?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Stephen King.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02In which ocean is the island country of Madagascar?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Indian.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07What word originally a Latin term applied to a soldier who had served his
0:23:07 > 0:23:10allotted time in the military is used today for a university professor
0:23:10 > 0:23:12who is retired but allowed to keep their title?
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Emeritus.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17The 2011 autobiography Brung Up Proper was written by a Salford-born
0:23:17 > 0:23:19stand-up comedian who formerly presented The One Show.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Who is he?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- Chris Evans.- Jason Manford.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26The deity known as... BEEP
0:23:26 > 0:23:27I've started, so I'll finish.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30The deity known as Ket-suhl-koh-AT-uhl,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33who was worshipped in ancient Mesoamerica, was depicted
0:23:33 > 0:23:35as a plumed or feathered what?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- Serpent.- Yes, or snake.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44No passes, Alan. You have scored 24 points.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55And finally, Beryl again, please.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02And you begin the round with 13 points.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07The score to beat, if you needed any telling, is 24,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09if you are to get through to the grand final.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10Here we go.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Which woodland is the traditional home of Robin Hood
0:24:12 > 0:24:13and his band of outlaws?
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Sherwood Forest.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17The 1922 Committee is an influential group of backbench MPs
0:24:17 > 0:24:19within which British political party?
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Conservatives.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23In which Dickens' novel do the self-centred villain,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25James Steerforth and the cruel Mr Murdstone appear?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26David Copperfield.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29What name that was originally used for a clock adapted for coach
0:24:29 > 0:24:31travel is now used for any small, portable clock?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- A chronometer. - Carriage clock.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36The seaport of Valetta is the capital of which Mediterranean island?
0:24:36 > 0:24:40- Malta.- What alternative name for the mountain ash is thought to come from the Norse
0:24:40 > 0:24:43word runa meaning a charm because it was thought to keep witches away?
0:24:43 > 0:24:44Rowan.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Which national commercial radio station began
0:24:46 > 0:24:50broadcasting in September 1992 and is a rival to BBC Radio Three?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- Capital?- No, classic FM.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Which ingredient gives the thin, sweet biscuits covered with sugar,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57known as Nice biscuits their particular flavour?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- Almond.- Coconut.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03In which English county is the Vale of White Horse, named after the Bronze Age
0:25:03 > 0:25:04chalk figure at Uffington?
0:25:04 > 0:25:05- Berkshire.- Oxfordshire.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08What word for a meeting at which spiritualists try to receive
0:25:08 > 0:25:12messages from the spirits of the dead comes from the old French for to sit?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Seance.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Which jazz saxophonist is the subject of Clint Eastwood's
0:25:16 > 0:25:191988 biographical film drama Bird?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Charlie Parker.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Against which country did the Soviet Union fight
0:25:22 > 0:25:25the Winter War of 1939 to 1940 following the conclusion
0:25:25 > 0:25:28of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Poland.- Finland.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Which aircraft that went into commercial service in 1970
0:25:33 > 0:25:35was the first successful wide-bodied jumbo jet?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37747.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39In what sport did Dame Sarah Storey
0:25:39 > 0:25:41win Paralympic gold medals before switching to cycling?
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Um.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45- Fencing.- Swimming.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48When she was born in May 2015, who became the highest
0:25:48 > 0:25:51female in the order of succession to the British throne?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- Queen Victoria.- Charlotte.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Which 1853 Verdi opera about Violeta, a fallen woman, is based on
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Alexandre Dumas' play La Dame Aux Camelias?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- La Boheme.- La Traviata.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07According to St John's Gospel, which of the disciples cut off the ear
0:26:07 > 0:26:10of Malchus, the servant of the High Priest, as Jesus was being
0:26:10 > 0:26:13arrested outside the Garden of Gethsemane? BEEP
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Paul.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17It might have been, but it was Peter.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19No passes, Beryl, 21 points.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Well, what a cracking contest. Let's have a look at all of those scores.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36In fifth place, 18 points,
0:26:36 > 0:26:37Mark Grant.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Joint third place, 21 points apiece,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Michael Frankl and Beryl Freedman.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Second place, 23 points,
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Mark Livesey,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47First place, 24 points, Alan Heath.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Which means, of course, that Alan is tonight's winner
0:27:02 > 0:27:03and he goes through to the grand final.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Congratulations to him,
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