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Over the next 31 weeks, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:03 | |
I shall be asking 96 contenders 4,500 questions, roughly. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:07 | |
Only after the last question shall we know who is to be | 0:00:07 | 0:00:11 | |
the nation's new Mastermind. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
First in the spotlight tonight is Sarah Lake, | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
a teacher from Sunderland. Her specialist subject is Joni Mitchell. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
Ian Dunn is an editor from Stockton-on-Tees | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
and he's answering questions on the Radio 4 comedy, Bleak Expectations. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
Next in the black chair, Richard Aubrey, | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
a teacher from London on the computer scientist and code breaker | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
Alan Turing. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
And tonight's final contender, Andrew Craig, | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
a copy editor from Wiltshire who answers questions on | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
the early years of aviation. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:08 | |
Hello and welcome to the start of a | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
new series of Mastermind with me, John Humphrys. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
This is the first step on what may be, for at least one of | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
our contenders tonight, the start of a long journey, | 0:01:33 | 0:01:37 | |
taking them to the grand final and the alluring prospect of winning the | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
famous glass bowl and becoming, much more importantly, | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
the nation's newest Mastermind. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
The rules are as simple as ever - | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
two minutes of questions on their specialist subject | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:58 | |
And your name is? | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
Your occupation? | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
And your specialist subject? | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
Joni Mitchell in two minutes, starting now. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
The Canadian singer songwriter Joni Mitchell released | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
her self-titled debut album in 1968. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
What's the album's alternative title, | 0:02:19 | 0:02:20 | |
spelled out on the cover by birds in flight? | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
Song To A Seagull. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:24 | |
Which '71 album includes the tracks | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
A Case Of You and This Flight Tonight | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
and features Mitchell playing the Appalachian dulcimer | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
as well as piano and guitar? | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
Blue. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:33 | |
Mitchell gave up her baby daughter Kelly Dale | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
for adoption in 1965. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
What first name was Kelly given by | 0:02:37 | 0:02:38 | |
her adoptive parents, David and Ida Gibb? | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
Kilauren. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
God Must Be A Boogie Man was written by Mitchell | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
as a tribute to which great jazz genius? | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
Charles Mingus. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
What name did Chuck and Joni Mitchell | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
give to their music publishing company | 0:02:50 | 0:02:51 | |
that they launched in 1965? | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
Gandalf. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:54 | |
As a teenager, she performed at the Louis Riel Coffee House | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
in Saskatoon, where she played an instrument | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
that she'd bought for 36. What was it? | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
Ukulele. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:02 | |
What is the title of Mitchell's 1994 album? | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
The cover is a self-portrait that resembles Van Gogh's self-portrait | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
with bandaged ear. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
Turbulent Indigo. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:10 | |
In a line for the song, I Had A King, | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
she describes the King as "dressed in drip-dry" and...? | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
Turtleneck. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
Paisley. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:18 | |
Mitchell improvised her distinctive guitar tunings | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
in order to compensate for the damage done to her left hand | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
by childhood illness. What illness? | 0:03:23 | 0:03:24 | |
Polio. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
What is the name of the producer and bass player | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
who became Mitchell's second husband? | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
Larry Klein. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:31 | |
With whom does Mitchell duet on My Secret Place, | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
the opening track on the '88 album | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
Chalk Marks In A Rain Storm? | 0:03:35 | 0:03:36 | |
Peter Gabriel. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
In 1970, Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
hosted a fundraiser called Amchitka | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
to help launch which environmental organisation? | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
Greenpeace. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:45 | |
What is the title of the final track | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
on Mitchell's album Shine? | 0:03:47 | 0:03:48 | |
The song is an adaptation of a poem | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
by Rudyard Kipling. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:51 | |
If. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:52 | |
A song on Turbulent Indigo was inspired by | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
Mitchell's experiences as an unmarried mother | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
and a newspaper article about graves that were | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
found in a plot in Dublin. Which song? | 0:03:59 | 0:04:00 | |
Michael And Laundries. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
In 1975, Mitchell joined a troupe formed by Bob Dylan | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
and featuring artists such as Joan Baez and Allen Ginsberg | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
to tour America performing music and poetry. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
What was the troupe called? | 0:04:10 | 0:04:11 | |
Pass. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:12 | |
Mitchell did not perform at Woodstock in '69 | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
because her agent... | 0:04:14 | 0:04:15 | |
BEEP ..and her manager Elliot Roberts | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
were worried she would not get back in time for a scheduled | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
television appearance. What was her agent's name? | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
Elliot Roberts. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:23 | |
It was David Geffen. Just the one pass. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
The troupe that she joined in 1975 was the Rolling Thunder Revue. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:30 | |
But you've scored 13 points. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
And our next contender, please. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:45 | |
And your name is? | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
Your occupation? | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
And your chosen subject? | 0:04:56 | 0:04:57 | |
Bleak Expectations in two minutes. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
Who was the writer of the Radio 4 comedy series Bleak Expectations, | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
a pastiche of the works of Charles Dickens? | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
He also plays various minor parts throughout the series. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
Mark Evans. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
Who becomes the guardian of Pip and his two sisters | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
when their father dies during the first episode? | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
Pip's opposition to his guardian's evil ways | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
provides the plotlines for the series. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
Gently Benevolent. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:19 | |
Pip originally calls the device he invents | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
for storing the mass of discarded paper | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
that he accumulates the Piperator. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:25 | |
What name does he eventually settle on? | 0:05:25 | 0:05:26 | |
The Bin. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
What's the name of the suburb of the northern city of | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
Coketown that is the location of Pip's Bin Manufactory Works? | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
Diet Coketown. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:34 | |
A character called Phil Sykes has a dog that responds | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
to commands in the form of anagrams. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
What's the dog's name? | 0:05:38 | 0:05:39 | |
Countdown. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
During the voyage into space with Pip and Harry, | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
Gently Benevolent tells the story of his young sweetheart. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
What was her name? | 0:05:45 | 0:05:46 | |
Sweetly Delightful. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
Pip's wife, Ripely, writes a saucy bestselling novel | 0:05:48 | 0:05:50 | |
about a farmer and a woman who goes to work for him. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
What's its title? | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
50 Shades Of Hay. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:55 | |
In the final series, the heroes leave India | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
to thwart another fiendish plot by Mr Gently Benevolent. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
To which continent do they travel? | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
Asia, India. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:02 | |
Antarctica. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:03 | |
What is the name of Pip's friend, | 0:06:03 | 0:06:05 | |
played by James Bachmann, whom he meets at school? | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
Harry Biscuit. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:08 | |
Who plays the Reverend Godly Fecund, | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
who first appears in series two | 0:06:10 | 0:06:11 | |
and together with his daughter Ripely, | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
nurses Pip back to health after he falls from a cliff? | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
David Mitchell. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:17 | |
Pip's father returns from a foreign trip in the | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
first episode of the series with presents for the children. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
He brings a puppy for Poppy, a pipe for Pip and what for Pippa? | 0:06:22 | 0:06:24 | |
An anvil. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:25 | |
In series two, Mr Benevolent organises a Martian invasion. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
It's thwarted when the Martians succumb | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
to their fatal allergy to what? | 0:06:30 | 0:06:32 | |
Goose feathers. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
Mr Parsimonious, the most generous of men | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
and friend of Pip's father, | 0:06:36 | 0:06:37 | |
appears intermittently in the story. What's his first name? | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
Skinflint. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
The heroes hurry to India in the last series on board | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
the fastest ship of the day - a combined tea clipper | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
and pig abattoir. What is the vessel's name? | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
The Cutty Pork. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:49 | |
Whose statue of Britain's favourite author | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
has replaced that of Pip Bin outside the British library | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
when Pip and his colleagues return from Antarctica | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
in the final series? | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
Charles Dickens. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:00 | |
When the heroes get mixed up in a Russian civil war | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
in the final episode of the fourth series, | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
the cause of the war is a dispute | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
about the correct spelling of what word? | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
BEEP | 0:07:08 | 0:07:09 | |
Tsar. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
-Yes, it's correct and you have scored 15 points. -Thank you. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:15 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:07:15 | 0:07:19 | |
And our next contender, please. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
And your name is? | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
Your occupation? | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
And your chosen subject? | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
Alan Turing in two minutes, here we go. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
At Bletchley Park, Alan Turing oversaw the theoretical side | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
of his team's efforts to crack the Enigma code | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
used by the German navy. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:47 | |
What was the numerical designation | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
of the hut where he worked? | 0:07:49 | 0:07:50 | |
Eight. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
What was the name of the American mathematician | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
whose work in number theory and logic prompted Turing | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
to join his research group at Princeton in 1936? | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
Alonzo Church. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
To what organisation did he give a talk | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
on the 20th of February 1947, | 0:08:02 | 0:08:03 | |
in which he suggested that the calculator itself | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
will take over the functions both of masters and of servants? | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
The Royal Society. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:09 | |
The London Mathematical Society. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
What was the name of the third Cambridge mathematician | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
who was called up with Turing and John Jeffreys | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
to work at Bletchley Park at the start of the war? | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
Welchman. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:19 | |
What was the name of the Bletchley Park code breaker | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
who accepted Turing's proposal of marriage in 1941? | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
The engagement was broken off | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
after he told her of his homosexual tendencies. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
Joan Clark. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:28 | |
Turing described a pioneering machine known as Ace | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
in a landmark report of 1946. What does Ace stand for? | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
Automatic computing engine. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
What was the name of the director of the | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
Government Code And Cipher School | 0:08:37 | 0:08:38 | |
to which Turing was recruited in 1938? | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
Denniston. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
Which professor of neurosurgery, | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
who was sceptical of Turing's position on the | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
thinking capacity of machines, sent him a message | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
on his election to the Royal Society in 1951 | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
in which he hoped that | 0:08:51 | 0:08:52 | |
"all your valves are glowing with satisfaction"? | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
Greenbaum? | 0:08:54 | 0:08:55 | |
Jefferson. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:56 | |
The landlady of the inn where Turing was billeted while | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
working at Bletchley Park took a dim view | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
of his apparent failure to do anything in support | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
of the war effort. What was her name? | 0:09:03 | 0:09:04 | |
-Knox. -Sorry? -Knox. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
No, Ramshaw. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:07 | |
In 1951, Turing submitted a paper to The Royal Society | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
entitled The Chemical Basis Of...? | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
Orthogenesis. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
What was the name of the psychoanalyst whom Turing | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
began seeing in 1952 after his conviction for gross indecency? | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
Greenbaum. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
The inquest that followed Turing's apparent suicide | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
in June '54 concluded that he had died | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
as a result of taking which poison? | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
Cyanide. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:28 | |
In 1939, Turing attended a course at Cambridge | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
on the foundations of mathematics | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
given by which philosopher? | 0:09:32 | 0:09:33 | |
Wittgenstein. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:34 | |
Turing was a successful long-distance runner. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
Which athletics club did he join | 0:09:37 | 0:09:38 | |
after he moved to the national physics laboratory in '45? | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
-BEEP -Kennington. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
No, the Walton Athletics Club. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
No passes. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
Richard, you have ten points. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
And our final contender, please. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
And your name is? | 0:10:05 | 0:10:07 | |
Your occupation? | 0:10:07 | 0:10:08 | |
And your specialist subject? | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
Aviation. In two minutes, here we go. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
Louis Bleriot became the first pilot to fly across the English Channel | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
in July 1909. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
Who made two attempts to cross it during the same month, | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
but crash landed in the sea on both occasions? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
-Hubert Latham. -Who designed the first successful | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
multi-engined aircraft? | 0:10:25 | 0:10:26 | |
It featured a cabin with armchairs and a sofa | 0:10:26 | 0:10:28 | |
when he flew it in St Petersburg in 1913. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
-Sikorsky. -Yep. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:32 | |
The first all British aeroplane was a very light triplane | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
designed by AV Roe. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:36 | |
Its fuselage consisted of a wooden frame | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
with an outer covering of what material? | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
-Paper. -Yeah. In 1852, which French engineer | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
flew the world's first functioning airship? | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
It was powered by a steam engine. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
-Henri Giffard. -What was the name of the drama critic who, | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
in 1912, became the first female pilot | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
to cross the English Channel? | 0:10:51 | 0:10:52 | |
-Tible. -No, Harriet Quimby. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
The Wright Brothers carried out their historic powered | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
flight in December 1903 at Kill Devil Hill, | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
a few miles to the south of which town in North Carolina? | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
-Kitty Hawk. -The first licensed British pilot | 0:11:02 | 0:11:04 | |
was the winner of the £1,000 prize | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
for flying a circular mile. What was his name? | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
-Moore-Brabazon. -What was the name | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
of the battery-powered airship that Charles Renard | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
and Arthur Krebs were able to steer over Meudon in 1884? | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
-La France. -Charles Rolls made the first nonstop return flight | 0:11:15 | 0:11:19 | |
across the English Channel. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:20 | |
He was killed the following month at an air show | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
in which south coast town? | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
-Shoreham. -Bournemouth. Wilber Wright said that | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
he developed an interest in aeronautical problems | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
after hearing of the death of a German aviation pioneer | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
in 1896. What was his name? | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
-Lilienthal. -Yep. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:34 | |
Which pioneer of aerodynamics published | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
the influential article on aerial navigation in 1809? | 0:11:36 | 0:11:41 | |
-Cayley. -Yep. In September 1909, | 0:11:41 | 0:11:43 | |
who became the first passenger to be killed in a powered aircraft | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
in a crash that injured his pilot, Orville Wright? | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
-Selfridge. -Which American newspaper magnate | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
first awarded prizes for the longest balloon flight in 1906, | 0:11:50 | 0:11:54 | |
and later for aerial speed races? | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
-Hearst. -No, James Gordon Bennett. | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
Which Italian officer was the first pilot to fly | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
on a military mission when he made a reconnaissance flight | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
to North Africa in October 1911? | 0:12:04 | 0:12:05 | |
-Alonzio. -No, Piazza. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
Who was the President of the Board of Trade | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
who challenged as amateurish the government's proposals in 1909 | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
to fund airship building but leave aeroplane development | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
entirely to private enterprise? BEEP | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
-Churchill. -Churchill is correct. Winston himself. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
And no passes. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:20 | |
Andrew, you have scored 11 points. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
So, that's the end of a high-scoring first round. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
Let's have a look at all the scores. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
In fourth place, ten points, Richard Aubrey. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:38 | |
Third place, 11 points, Andrew Craig. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
Second place, 13 points, Sarah Lake. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
First place, 15 points, Ian Dunn. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
The second round is, of course, the general knowledge round. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
If there's a tie at the end of it, | 0:12:56 | 0:12:57 | |
then the number of passes is taken into account, | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
and the person with the fewer passes is the winner. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:02 | |
And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:06 | |
And the six highest scoring runners-up will also be able to | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
claim a place in the semifinal. So, plenty to play for. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:14 | |
Let's get on with it, and ask Richard to join us again, please. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
And you start out with ten points with your knowledge of Alan Turing. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:24 | |
Let's see how you do with your two and a half minutes | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
with general knowledge. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:28 | |
Long-eared, barn and tawny are British species | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
of which bird of prey? | 0:13:30 | 0:13:31 | |
-Owl. -Michael Fassbender was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
for his portrayal of an electronics entrepreneur | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
in Danny Boyle's 2015 biopic. Which entrepreneur? | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
-Mark Zuckerberg. -Steve Jobs. In athletics, | 0:13:40 | 0:13:42 | |
the four field elements in the heptathlon are the high jump, | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
the long jump, the shot put and which other throwing event? | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
-The javelin. -Which rock band were named Best British Group | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
for the fourth time at the 2016 Brit Awards, | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
breaking the record they had previously shared | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
with Arctic Monkeys? | 0:13:55 | 0:13:56 | |
-Coldplay. -What name is given to the small mountain lakes | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
found in the Lake District? | 0:13:59 | 0:14:01 | |
-Tarns. -Yep... Sorry? | 0:14:01 | 0:14:02 | |
-Tarn. -Yes. Since its adoption in 1822, | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
the Greek flag has consisted of white and varying shades | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
of which other colour? | 0:14:07 | 0:14:08 | |
-Blue. -How many Kings called James have ruled both England | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
and Scotland? | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
-Six. -Two. Which East European country's parliament consists of | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
a lower house called the Sejm | 0:14:16 | 0:14:17 | |
and an upper house called the Senate? | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
-France. -Poland. Which television game show, | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
where participants had to identify a well-known saying | 0:14:22 | 0:14:25 | |
from an animation, was originally hosted by Roy Walker? | 0:14:25 | 0:14:27 | |
-Catchphrase. -The Promoter of the Faith who was required | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
to examine the life and miracles attributed to a person | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
proposed for beatification or canonisation | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
by the Roman Catholic Church was popularly known | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
as the Devil's what? | 0:14:38 | 0:14:39 | |
-Pass. -By what name is iron pyrite sometimes known | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
because it resembles a far more valuable metal? | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
-Fool's gold. -Of which group of venomous New World pit vipers | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
are the Eastern and Western diamondbacks among the largest? | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
-Rattlesnakes. -Which Seattle-based band was Kurt Cobain | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
the lead singer and guitarist of until his death in 1994? | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
-Nirvana. -What name of French origin is given to a glass vessel | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
with a narrow neck and a wide base without a stopper | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
used to serve house wine in a restaurant? | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
-Carafe. -The European Working Time Directive sets a limit | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
for a right to work no more | 0:15:09 | 0:15:10 | |
than how many hours per week on average? | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
-48. -Which statue in Liverpool's city centre, | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
dedicated to all the lonely people, | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
was sculpted by the singer Tommy Steele in 1982, | 0:15:17 | 0:15:19 | |
and was inspired by a Beatles song? | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
-Eleanor Rigby. -What's the title of a female member | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
of an order of knighthood? | 0:15:24 | 0:15:25 | |
It is used as the prefix to her name | 0:15:25 | 0:15:27 | |
as sir is to the male equivalent. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
-Dame. -Which Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
conducted the world premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
in Weimar in August 1850? | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
He later became Wagner's father-in-law. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
-Liszt. -What term is used for domestic cutlery | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
and sometimes for plates and saucers in the antiques trade? | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
-Crockery. -Flatware. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
Which prolific French author wrote the futuristic novels | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea? | 0:15:52 | 0:15:53 | |
-Jules Verne. -To what does the prefix haemo, | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
as in haemocyte and haemophilia, refer? | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
-Blood. -BEEP | 0:15:58 | 0:15:59 | |
Yep. And that's it. Just out of time. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
One pass - devil's advocate is the Promoter of Faith. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:06 | |
Yeah. Obvious when you think about it, isn't it? | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
But one of those things. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
However, Richard, you've got a total now of 26 points. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
And now Andrew Craig, please. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:24 | |
And you start out with 11 points | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
with your knowledge of early aviation. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
And as you have just heard, 26 is the score to beat. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
Here we go. Which fantasy novel by JRR Tolkien, published in 1937, | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
is subtitled There And Back Again? | 0:16:41 | 0:16:43 | |
It is a prelude to the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
-The Hobbit. -Which racehorse died aged 30 in 1995, | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
and was buried by the winning post at the Grand National at Aintree? | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
-Red Rum. -In photography, what do the initials SLR stand for? | 0:16:51 | 0:16:55 | |
-Single-lens reflex. -Which Italian media tycoon founded | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
the Conservative political party Forza Italia | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
and was shortly afterwards elected Prime Minister in 1994? | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
-Berlusconi. -By what name was the Indian city of Chennai, | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
capital of Tamil Nadu, known until 1996? | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
-Madras. -In which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta | 0:17:10 | 0:17:13 | |
are sailors interrupted by a Portsmouth woman singing, | 0:17:13 | 0:17:15 | |
I'm Called Little Buttercup? | 0:17:15 | 0:17:17 | |
-HMS Pinafore. -Which Greek dish that is similar to shish kebab | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
consists of chunks of marinated meat, | 0:17:20 | 0:17:22 | |
generally skewered and grilled with vegetables, | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
such as onions and green peppers? | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
-Souvlaki. -What name was given to the mass migration of Boers | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
from Cape Colony into the northern part of South Africa | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
in the 1830s and '40s in search of fresh land | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
and in revolt against British policy? | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
-Trek. -The Great Trek. The rivers Elbe and Weser | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
flow through Germany before they empty into which sea? | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
-Baltic. -The North Sea. The American body-builder | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
Angelo Siciliano, who promised to turn 7st weaklings | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
into he-men, was better known by what name? | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
-Charles Atlas. -Which celebrated New York skyscraper, | 0:17:51 | 0:17:54 | |
that for many years was the world's highest building, | 0:17:54 | 0:17:56 | |
was once co-owned by Donald Trump? | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
-Empire State Building. -What was the name of the fastest milkman | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
in the west in the '71 UK number one single by Benny Hill? | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
-Ernie. -Which broadcaster and writer | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
took his hometown of Wigtown as part of his title | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
when he became a Labour life peer in 1998? | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
-Melvyn Bragg. -On which mountain | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
were the Ten Commandments handed down to Moses by God? | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
-Sinai. -In which John Huston film did Sydney Greenstreet | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
play the mysterious and ruthless villain Kasper Gutman? | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
It is based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
and stars Humphrey Bogart. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
-The Third Man. -The Maltese Falcon. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
What word of French origin for an assistant position | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
in an American hospital has come to be applied to a trainee | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
gaining practical experience in a working environment? | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
-Intern. -Kate Sheppard led the successful campaign | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
for women's suffrage in which Commonwealth country in 1893? | 0:18:37 | 0:18:40 | |
-New Zealand. -In which American city is Watts an inner-city area? | 0:18:40 | 0:18:44 | |
Riots erupted there in 1965 and again in '92. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
-Los Angeles. -Which water mill that features in the title | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
of one of John Constable's most celebrated paintings | 0:18:50 | 0:18:52 | |
is a mile from his birthplace? | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
-Flatford. -In human anatomy, | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
what is the common name of the cavities in the skull | 0:18:56 | 0:18:58 | |
also known as the orbits? | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
-Sinus. -Eye sockets. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:01 | |
Which series of children's books that feature the adventures | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
of orphans Violet, Klaus and Sunny | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
was written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
Lemony Snicket? BEEP | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
A Series Of Excellent Adventures. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
Oh, very close! A Series Of Unfortunate Events. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
Probably just didn't think of doing it with yours, | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
which might have been better, who knows? | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
Anyway, Andrew, you've got 27 points. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
And now Sarah again, please. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
And you start out with 13 points | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
with your knowledge of Joni Mitchell. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
27 is now the score to beat. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:44 | |
It's creeping up. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
Two and a half minutes in which to do it. Here we go. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
According to the proverb, what do too many cooks spoil? | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
-The broth. -Who released the album 25 in November 2015, | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
her first studio album since 21 in 2011? | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
-Adele. -Which British scientist said, in an appearance | 0:19:58 | 0:20:00 | |
on The Simpsons, "Your theory of a doughnut shaped universe | 0:20:00 | 0:20:03 | |
"is interesting, Homer. I think I may have to steal it." | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
-Stephen Hawking. -The first portable modern upright version | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
of a domestic cleaning aid was built in 1907 | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
by J Murray Spangler, a janitor in a department store in Ohio. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
What is it? | 0:20:15 | 0:20:16 | |
-A hoover. -Yeah, or a vacuum cleaner. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:18 | |
Which Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist is quoted saying, | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them"? | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
-Dali. -Picasso. In folklore, | 0:20:24 | 0:20:25 | |
what name is used for a person who turns into | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
a lupine animal at night, | 0:20:27 | 0:20:28 | |
sometimes under the influence of the full moon? | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
-A werewolf. -Which British runner won the gold medal | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
in the men's 800 metres and the bronze in the 1,500 metres | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
at the Moscow Olympics, | 0:20:36 | 0:20:37 | |
in addition to setting five world records during his career? | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
-Sebastian Coe. -Steve Ovett. Which chemical element makes up | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
about 65% of the weight of the human body? | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
Carbon is second, with a mere 18%. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
-Oxygen. -What is the name of the road junction in London | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
where the statue known as Eros stands? | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
-Piccadilly Circus. -Which Native American people, | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
whose language is extremely complex, | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
were used as code talkers in the Second World War, | 0:20:59 | 0:21:01 | |
transmitting messages in their native tongue? | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
-Cherokee. -Navajo. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
The leaves of which vegetable form part of the staple diet | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
of the caterpillars of the small and large white butterfly | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
and give them their familiar name? | 0:21:10 | 0:21:11 | |
-Cabbage. -The name of which item | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
of a female ballet dancer's costume | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
comes from a diminutive of the French for buttocks? | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
-Tutu. -The year 1000 is represented | 0:21:18 | 0:21:20 | |
by what letter in Roman numerals? | 0:21:20 | 0:21:22 | |
-M. -Which country singer's film credits include 9 To 5, | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
Rhinestone and Steel Magnolias? | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
-Dolly Parton. -Europe's longest river, the Volga, | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
empties into a sea near the port of Astrakhan. Which sea? | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
-Baltic. -Caspian. Which member of the cat family, | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
also known as the hunting leopard, | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
is the only big cat that can't fully retract its claws? | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
-Cheetah. -What name is commonly used in Britain for the foodstuff | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
known as the eggplant in North America and brinjal in India? | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
-Aubergine. -The novels of a bestselling author | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
and former lawyer include The Chamber, The Brethren | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
and The Street Lawyer. Who is he? | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
-Clive... -Nope, John Grisham. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
What is the name of the house near Cowes on the Isle of Wight | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
that was Queen Victoria's private home? | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
It's where she died in 1901. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
-Osborne House. -In 2016, | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
Samantha Cameron won an episode of the celebrity version | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
of which cookery programme in aid of Sport Relief? | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
-Ready Steady Cook. -The Great British Bake Off. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:10 | |
Fog On The Tyne, revisited in 1990, | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
was a UK top ten single for which Geordie group | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
with guest vocalist Paul Gascoigne? | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
-Lindisfarne. -Of which | 0:22:17 | 0:22:18 | |
Commonwealth country is... BEEP | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
..Cape York the most northerly mainland point? | 0:22:20 | 0:22:24 | |
-Canada. -Australia. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
But... | 0:22:26 | 0:22:27 | |
it doesn't matter, because you've done it - so far, anyway. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
28 points in total. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
Wow, 26, 27, 28. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:43 | |
Ian, come and join us again, because you start out with 15, | 0:22:43 | 0:22:49 | |
and 28 is now the score to beat. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
-What a tense game this is. -Right. -Here we go. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:55 | |
What is the name of the train service that links London | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
with Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel? | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
-Eurostar. -Sherwood Forest, | 0:22:59 | 0:23:00 | |
which is associated with Robin Hood, | 0:23:00 | 0:23:02 | |
lies in which English county? | 0:23:02 | 0:23:04 | |
-Nottinghamshire. -Which Oscar-winning actor | 0:23:04 | 0:23:06 | |
plays the title role in the 2016 film comedy Dirty Grandpa? | 0:23:06 | 0:23:10 | |
-Pass. -What name of Old Norse origin | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
for solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
of some liquids, such as wine or coffee, | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
has also been applied to sections of society | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
considered worthless or undesirable? | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
-Scum. -Dregs. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:23 | |
Which French revolutionary artist painted The Death Of Marat | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
and The Coronation Of Napoleon in Notre Dame? | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
Pass. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:31 | |
The letters RIBA after a person's name indicate membership | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
of the Royal Institute of British what? | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
-Pass. -In Greek mythology, | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
Persephone was forced to spend part of each year | 0:23:40 | 0:23:42 | |
in the underworld after she had eaten the seeds of what fruit? | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
-Pomegranate. -What is the most northerly of the capital cities | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
of the European Union? | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
-Oslo. -Helsinki. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:52 | |
The MacCrimmon family of Skye | 0:23:52 | 0:23:53 | |
were hereditary players of which musical instrument? | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
-Drums. -Bagpipes. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
What name for a motorway in Italy literally means a motor road? | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
-Autostrade. -Who returned to the BBC in 2010 | 0:24:02 | 0:24:05 | |
to become the regular newsreader | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
on Chris Evans' Radio 2 breakfast show? | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
-Pass. -What name was given to the influenza caused by a new strain | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
of the flu virus A that produced a pandemic in 2009-10? | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
It was also known as Mexican flu | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
after the country where the outbreak began. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
-Pig flu. -Swine flu. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:25 | |
The American presidential election | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
is normally held on the Tuesday | 0:24:27 | 0:24:28 | |
after the first Monday of which month? | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
-November. -Which Spanish rice dish takes its name | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
from the special two-handled pan | 0:24:33 | 0:24:34 | |
in which it is traditionally cooked? | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
-Paella. -How are Peter, Janet, Jack, Barbara, George, | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
Pam and Colin known collectively | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
in a series of children's books by Enid Blyton? | 0:24:41 | 0:24:43 | |
-Magnificent Seven. -The Secret Seven. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:47 | |
Which Chinese city gives its name to a score in darts | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
of a single, double and triple in the same number? | 0:24:50 | 0:24:52 | |
-Shanghai. -In ancient Rome, | 0:24:52 | 0:24:54 | |
what type of racing vehicle was known as a biga | 0:24:54 | 0:24:56 | |
when pulled by two horses, a triga when pulled by three, | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
and a quadriga when pulled by four? | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
-Chariot. -Which Dickens novel contains chapters entitled | 0:25:01 | 0:25:04 | |
Knitting, Still Knitting, And The Knitting Done, | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
a reference to an activity carried out | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
by the sinister Madame Defarge? | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
A Tale Of Two Cities. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:12 | |
The Lena, Ob and Yenisey rivers all flow into which ocean? | 0:25:12 | 0:25:17 | |
-The Indian. -The Arctic. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:18 | |
In which city does the University of East Anglia | 0:25:18 | 0:25:20 | |
have its main campus? | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
-Norwich. -The Australian batsman Sir Don Bradman | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
averaged 99.94 in Test matches. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:27 | |
How many did he... BEEP | 0:25:27 | 0:25:28 | |
..score in his final Test innings at the Oval in 1948? | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
-Nothing. -Zero, a duck, nothing, yes. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
Absolutely right. I will give you your passes now. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
There are four of them. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:39 | |
Moira Stuart was the newsreader who came back to join Chris Evans. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
Jacques-Louis David was the French revolutionary artist. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:51 | |
And in Dirty Grandpa, the star was Robert De Niro. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:56 | |
You have scored, Ian, a total of 26 points. | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
Well, what a thrilling start to the series that was. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
Let's have a look at all of the scores. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
In joint third place, with 26 points, Ian Dunn and Richard Aubrey. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:22 | |
Second place, with 27 points, Andrew Craig. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
First place, with 28 points, Sarah Lake. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
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I hope your... Sarah, I hope your pupils were watching that. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:44 | |
They must have been as excited as you must have been. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
-I hope so. -Yeah. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
-Well, they should be, shouldn't they? -Yeah. -Yeah, absolutely. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
Now, then, Sarah, obviously, is tonight's winner. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
She goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
Commiserations, in a way, to Andrew, but with his score, 27, | 0:26:57 | 0:27:01 | |
it's entirely possible that we shall see him again in the semifinal. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:05 | |
So if you would like to be a contender on the next series - | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
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And do join us again, either way, next time for more Mastermind. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
Thanks for watching. Goodbye. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
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