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Over the next 31 weeks,

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I shall be asking 96 contenders 4,500 questions, roughly.

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Only after the last question shall we know who is to be

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the nation's new Mastermind.

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First in the spotlight tonight is Sarah Lake,

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a teacher from Sunderland. Her specialist subject is Joni Mitchell.

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Ian Dunn is an editor from Stockton-on-Tees

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and he's answering questions on the Radio 4 comedy, Bleak Expectations.

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Next in the black chair, Richard Aubrey,

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a teacher from London on the computer scientist and code breaker

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Alan Turing.

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And tonight's final contender, Andrew Craig,

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a copy editor from Wiltshire who answers questions on

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the early years of aviation.

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Hello and welcome to the start of a

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new series of Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

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This is the first step on what may be, for at least one of

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our contenders tonight, the start of a long journey,

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taking them to the grand final and the alluring prospect of winning the

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famous glass bowl and becoming, much more importantly,

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the nation's newest Mastermind.

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The rules are as simple as ever -

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two minutes of questions on their specialist subject

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and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.

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So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your specialist subject?

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Joni Mitchell in two minutes, starting now.

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The Canadian singer songwriter Joni Mitchell released

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her self-titled debut album in 1968.

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What's the album's alternative title,

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spelled out on the cover by birds in flight?

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Song To A Seagull.

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Which '71 album includes the tracks

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A Case Of You and This Flight Tonight

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and features Mitchell playing the Appalachian dulcimer

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as well as piano and guitar?

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Blue.

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Mitchell gave up her baby daughter Kelly Dale

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for adoption in 1965.

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What first name was Kelly given by

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her adoptive parents, David and Ida Gibb?

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Kilauren.

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God Must Be A Boogie Man was written by Mitchell

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as a tribute to which great jazz genius?

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Charles Mingus.

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What name did Chuck and Joni Mitchell

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give to their music publishing company

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that they launched in 1965?

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Gandalf.

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As a teenager, she performed at the Louis Riel Coffee House

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in Saskatoon, where she played an instrument

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that she'd bought for 36. What was it?

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Ukulele.

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What is the title of Mitchell's 1994 album?

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The cover is a self-portrait that resembles Van Gogh's self-portrait

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with bandaged ear.

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Turbulent Indigo.

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In a line for the song, I Had A King,

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she describes the King as "dressed in drip-dry" and...?

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Turtleneck.

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Paisley.

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Mitchell improvised her distinctive guitar tunings

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in order to compensate for the damage done to her left hand

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by childhood illness. What illness?

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Polio.

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What is the name of the producer and bass player

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who became Mitchell's second husband?

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Larry Klein.

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With whom does Mitchell duet on My Secret Place,

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the opening track on the '88 album

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Chalk Marks In A Rain Storm?

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Peter Gabriel.

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In 1970, Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs

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hosted a fundraiser called Amchitka

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to help launch which environmental organisation?

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Greenpeace.

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What is the title of the final track

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on Mitchell's album Shine?

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The song is an adaptation of a poem

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by Rudyard Kipling.

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If.

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A song on Turbulent Indigo was inspired by

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Mitchell's experiences as an unmarried mother

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and a newspaper article about graves that were

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found in a plot in Dublin. Which song?

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Michael And Laundries.

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In 1975, Mitchell joined a troupe formed by Bob Dylan

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and featuring artists such as Joan Baez and Allen Ginsberg

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to tour America performing music and poetry.

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What was the troupe called?

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Pass.

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Mitchell did not perform at Woodstock in '69

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because her agent...

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BEEP ..and her manager Elliot Roberts

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were worried she would not get back in time for a scheduled

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television appearance. What was her agent's name?

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Elliot Roberts.

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It was David Geffen. Just the one pass.

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The troupe that she joined in 1975 was the Rolling Thunder Revue.

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But you've scored 13 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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Bleak Expectations in two minutes.

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Who was the writer of the Radio 4 comedy series Bleak Expectations,

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a pastiche of the works of Charles Dickens?

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He also plays various minor parts throughout the series.

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Mark Evans.

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Who becomes the guardian of Pip and his two sisters

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when their father dies during the first episode?

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Pip's opposition to his guardian's evil ways

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provides the plotlines for the series.

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Gently Benevolent.

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Pip originally calls the device he invents

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for storing the mass of discarded paper

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that he accumulates the Piperator.

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What name does he eventually settle on?

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The Bin.

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What's the name of the suburb of the northern city of

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Coketown that is the location of Pip's Bin Manufactory Works?

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Diet Coketown.

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A character called Phil Sykes has a dog that responds

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to commands in the form of anagrams.

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What's the dog's name?

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Countdown.

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During the voyage into space with Pip and Harry,

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Gently Benevolent tells the story of his young sweetheart.

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What was her name?

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Sweetly Delightful.

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Pip's wife, Ripely, writes a saucy bestselling novel

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about a farmer and a woman who goes to work for him.

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What's its title?

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50 Shades Of Hay.

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In the final series, the heroes leave India

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to thwart another fiendish plot by Mr Gently Benevolent.

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To which continent do they travel?

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Asia, India.

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Antarctica.

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What is the name of Pip's friend,

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played by James Bachmann, whom he meets at school?

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Harry Biscuit.

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Who plays the Reverend Godly Fecund,

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who first appears in series two

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and together with his daughter Ripely,

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nurses Pip back to health after he falls from a cliff?

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David Mitchell.

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Pip's father returns from a foreign trip in the

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first episode of the series with presents for the children.

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He brings a puppy for Poppy, a pipe for Pip and what for Pippa?

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An anvil.

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In series two, Mr Benevolent organises a Martian invasion.

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It's thwarted when the Martians succumb

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to their fatal allergy to what?

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Goose feathers.

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Mr Parsimonious, the most generous of men

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and friend of Pip's father,

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appears intermittently in the story. What's his first name?

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Skinflint.

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The heroes hurry to India in the last series on board

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the fastest ship of the day - a combined tea clipper

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and pig abattoir. What is the vessel's name?

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The Cutty Pork.

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Whose statue of Britain's favourite author

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has replaced that of Pip Bin outside the British library

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when Pip and his colleagues return from Antarctica

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in the final series?

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Charles Dickens.

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When the heroes get mixed up in a Russian civil war

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in the final episode of the fourth series,

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the cause of the war is a dispute

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about the correct spelling of what word?

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BEEP

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Tsar.

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-Yes, it's correct and you have scored 15 points.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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Alan Turing in two minutes, here we go.

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At Bletchley Park, Alan Turing oversaw the theoretical side

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of his team's efforts to crack the Enigma code

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used by the German navy.

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What was the numerical designation

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of the hut where he worked?

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Eight.

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What was the name of the American mathematician

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whose work in number theory and logic prompted Turing

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to join his research group at Princeton in 1936?

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Alonzo Church.

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To what organisation did he give a talk

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on the 20th of February 1947,

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in which he suggested that the calculator itself

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will take over the functions both of masters and of servants?

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The Royal Society.

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The London Mathematical Society.

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What was the name of the third Cambridge mathematician

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who was called up with Turing and John Jeffreys

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to work at Bletchley Park at the start of the war?

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Welchman.

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What was the name of the Bletchley Park code breaker

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who accepted Turing's proposal of marriage in 1941?

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The engagement was broken off

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after he told her of his homosexual tendencies.

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Joan Clark.

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Turing described a pioneering machine known as Ace

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in a landmark report of 1946. What does Ace stand for?

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Automatic computing engine.

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What was the name of the director of the

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Government Code And Cipher School

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to which Turing was recruited in 1938?

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Denniston.

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Which professor of neurosurgery,

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who was sceptical of Turing's position on the

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thinking capacity of machines, sent him a message

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on his election to the Royal Society in 1951

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in which he hoped that

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"all your valves are glowing with satisfaction"?

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Greenbaum?

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Jefferson.

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The landlady of the inn where Turing was billeted while

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working at Bletchley Park took a dim view

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of his apparent failure to do anything in support

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of the war effort. What was her name?

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-Knox.

-Sorry?

-Knox.

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No, Ramshaw.

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In 1951, Turing submitted a paper to The Royal Society

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entitled The Chemical Basis Of...?

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Orthogenesis.

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What was the name of the psychoanalyst whom Turing

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began seeing in 1952 after his conviction for gross indecency?

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Greenbaum.

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The inquest that followed Turing's apparent suicide

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in June '54 concluded that he had died

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as a result of taking which poison?

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Cyanide.

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In 1939, Turing attended a course at Cambridge

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on the foundations of mathematics

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given by which philosopher?

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Wittgenstein.

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Turing was a successful long-distance runner.

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Which athletics club did he join

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after he moved to the national physics laboratory in '45?

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-BEEP

-Kennington.

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No, the Walton Athletics Club.

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No passes.

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Richard, you have ten points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our final contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your specialist subject?

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Aviation. In two minutes, here we go.

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Louis Bleriot became the first pilot to fly across the English Channel

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in July 1909.

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Who made two attempts to cross it during the same month,

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but crash landed in the sea on both occasions?

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-Hubert Latham.

-Who designed the first successful

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multi-engined aircraft?

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It featured a cabin with armchairs and a sofa

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when he flew it in St Petersburg in 1913.

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-Sikorsky.

-Yep.

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The first all British aeroplane was a very light triplane

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designed by AV Roe.

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Its fuselage consisted of a wooden frame

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with an outer covering of what material?

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-Paper.

-Yeah. In 1852, which French engineer

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flew the world's first functioning airship?

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It was powered by a steam engine.

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-Henri Giffard.

-What was the name of the drama critic who,

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in 1912, became the first female pilot

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to cross the English Channel?

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-Tible.

-No, Harriet Quimby.

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The Wright Brothers carried out their historic powered

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flight in December 1903 at Kill Devil Hill,

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a few miles to the south of which town in North Carolina?

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-Kitty Hawk.

-The first licensed British pilot

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was the winner of the £1,000 prize

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for flying a circular mile. What was his name?

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-Moore-Brabazon.

-What was the name

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of the battery-powered airship that Charles Renard

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and Arthur Krebs were able to steer over Meudon in 1884?

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-La France.

-Charles Rolls made the first nonstop return flight

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across the English Channel.

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He was killed the following month at an air show

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in which south coast town?

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-Shoreham.

-Bournemouth. Wilber Wright said that

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he developed an interest in aeronautical problems

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after hearing of the death of a German aviation pioneer

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in 1896. What was his name?

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-Lilienthal.

-Yep.

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Which pioneer of aerodynamics published

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the influential article on aerial navigation in 1809?

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-Cayley.

-Yep. In September 1909,

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who became the first passenger to be killed in a powered aircraft

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in a crash that injured his pilot, Orville Wright?

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-Selfridge.

-Which American newspaper magnate

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first awarded prizes for the longest balloon flight in 1906,

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and later for aerial speed races?

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-Hearst.

-No, James Gordon Bennett.

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Which Italian officer was the first pilot to fly

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on a military mission when he made a reconnaissance flight

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to North Africa in October 1911?

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-Alonzio.

-No, Piazza.

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Who was the President of the Board of Trade

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who challenged as amateurish the government's proposals in 1909

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to fund airship building but leave aeroplane development

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entirely to private enterprise? BEEP

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-Churchill.

-Churchill is correct. Winston himself.

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And no passes.

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Andrew, you have scored 11 points.

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APPLAUSE

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So, that's the end of a high-scoring first round.

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Let's have a look at all the scores.

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In fourth place, ten points, Richard Aubrey.

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Third place, 11 points, Andrew Craig.

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Second place, 13 points, Sarah Lake.

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First place, 15 points, Ian Dunn.

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APPLAUSE

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The second round is, of course, the general knowledge round.

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If there's a tie at the end of it,

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then the number of passes is taken into account,

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and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

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And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.

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And the six highest scoring runners-up will also be able to

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claim a place in the semifinal. So, plenty to play for.

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Let's get on with it, and ask Richard to join us again, please.

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And you start out with ten points with your knowledge of Alan Turing.

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Let's see how you do with your two and a half minutes

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with general knowledge.

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Long-eared, barn and tawny are British species

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of which bird of prey?

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-Owl.

-Michael Fassbender was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar

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for his portrayal of an electronics entrepreneur

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in Danny Boyle's 2015 biopic. Which entrepreneur?

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-Mark Zuckerberg.

-Steve Jobs. In athletics,

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the four field elements in the heptathlon are the high jump,

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the long jump, the shot put and which other throwing event?

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-The javelin.

-Which rock band were named Best British Group

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for the fourth time at the 2016 Brit Awards,

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breaking the record they had previously shared

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with Arctic Monkeys?

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-Coldplay.

-What name is given to the small mountain lakes

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found in the Lake District?

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-Tarns.

-Yep... Sorry?

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-Tarn.

-Yes. Since its adoption in 1822,

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the Greek flag has consisted of white and varying shades

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of which other colour?

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-Blue.

-How many Kings called James have ruled both England

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and Scotland?

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-Six.

-Two. Which East European country's parliament consists of

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a lower house called the Sejm

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and an upper house called the Senate?

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-France.

-Poland. Which television game show,

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where participants had to identify a well-known saying

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from an animation, was originally hosted by Roy Walker?

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-Catchphrase.

-The Promoter of the Faith who was required

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to examine the life and miracles attributed to a person

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proposed for beatification or canonisation

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by the Roman Catholic Church was popularly known

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as the Devil's what?

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-Pass.

-By what name is iron pyrite sometimes known

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because it resembles a far more valuable metal?

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-Fool's gold.

-Of which group of venomous New World pit vipers

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are the Eastern and Western diamondbacks among the largest?

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-Rattlesnakes.

-Which Seattle-based band was Kurt Cobain

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the lead singer and guitarist of until his death in 1994?

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-Nirvana.

-What name of French origin is given to a glass vessel

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with a narrow neck and a wide base without a stopper

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used to serve house wine in a restaurant?

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-Carafe.

-The European Working Time Directive sets a limit

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for a right to work no more

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than how many hours per week on average?

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-48.

-Which statue in Liverpool's city centre,

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dedicated to all the lonely people,

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was sculpted by the singer Tommy Steele in 1982,

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and was inspired by a Beatles song?

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-Eleanor Rigby.

-What's the title of a female member

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of an order of knighthood?

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It is used as the prefix to her name

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as sir is to the male equivalent.

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-Dame.

-Which Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso

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conducted the world premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin

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in Weimar in August 1850?

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He later became Wagner's father-in-law.

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-Liszt.

-What term is used for domestic cutlery

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and sometimes for plates and saucers in the antiques trade?

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-Crockery.

-Flatware.

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Which prolific French author wrote the futuristic novels

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Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

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and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?

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-Jules Verne.

-To what does the prefix haemo,

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as in haemocyte and haemophilia, refer?

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-Blood.

-BEEP

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Yep. And that's it. Just out of time.

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One pass - devil's advocate is the Promoter of Faith.

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Yeah. Obvious when you think about it, isn't it?

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But one of those things.

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However, Richard, you've got a total now of 26 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And now Andrew Craig, please.

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And you start out with 11 points

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with your knowledge of early aviation.

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And as you have just heard, 26 is the score to beat.

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Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.

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Here we go. Which fantasy novel by JRR Tolkien, published in 1937,

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is subtitled There And Back Again?

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It is a prelude to the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.

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-The Hobbit.

-Which racehorse died aged 30 in 1995,

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and was buried by the winning post at the Grand National at Aintree?

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-Red Rum.

-In photography, what do the initials SLR stand for?

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-Single-lens reflex.

-Which Italian media tycoon founded

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the Conservative political party Forza Italia

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and was shortly afterwards elected Prime Minister in 1994?

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-Berlusconi.

-By what name was the Indian city of Chennai,

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capital of Tamil Nadu, known until 1996?

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-Madras.

-In which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta

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are sailors interrupted by a Portsmouth woman singing,

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I'm Called Little Buttercup?

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-HMS Pinafore.

-Which Greek dish that is similar to shish kebab

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consists of chunks of marinated meat,

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generally skewered and grilled with vegetables,

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such as onions and green peppers?

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-Souvlaki.

-What name was given to the mass migration of Boers

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from Cape Colony into the northern part of South Africa

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in the 1830s and '40s in search of fresh land

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and in revolt against British policy?

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-Trek.

-The Great Trek. The rivers Elbe and Weser

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flow through Germany before they empty into which sea?

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-Baltic.

-The North Sea. The American body-builder

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Angelo Siciliano, who promised to turn 7st weaklings

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into he-men, was better known by what name?

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-Charles Atlas.

-Which celebrated New York skyscraper,

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that for many years was the world's highest building,

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was once co-owned by Donald Trump?

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-Empire State Building.

-What was the name of the fastest milkman

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in the west in the '71 UK number one single by Benny Hill?

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-Ernie.

-Which broadcaster and writer

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took his hometown of Wigtown as part of his title

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when he became a Labour life peer in 1998?

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-Melvyn Bragg.

-On which mountain

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were the Ten Commandments handed down to Moses by God?

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-Sinai.

-In which John Huston film did Sydney Greenstreet

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play the mysterious and ruthless villain Kasper Gutman?

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It is based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett

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and stars Humphrey Bogart.

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-The Third Man.

-The Maltese Falcon.

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What word of French origin for an assistant position

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in an American hospital has come to be applied to a trainee

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gaining practical experience in a working environment?

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-Intern.

-Kate Sheppard led the successful campaign

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for women's suffrage in which Commonwealth country in 1893?

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-New Zealand.

-In which American city is Watts an inner-city area?

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Riots erupted there in 1965 and again in '92.

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-Los Angeles.

-Which water mill that features in the title

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of one of John Constable's most celebrated paintings

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is a mile from his birthplace?

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-Flatford.

-In human anatomy,

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what is the common name of the cavities in the skull

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also known as the orbits?

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-Sinus.

-Eye sockets.

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Which series of children's books that feature the adventures

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of orphans Violet, Klaus and Sunny

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was written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym

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Lemony Snicket? BEEP

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A Series Of Excellent Adventures.

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Oh, very close! A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

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Probably just didn't think of doing it with yours,

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which might have been better, who knows?

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Anyway, Andrew, you've got 27 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And now Sarah again, please.

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And you start out with 13 points

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with your knowledge of Joni Mitchell.

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27 is now the score to beat.

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It's creeping up.

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Two and a half minutes in which to do it. Here we go.

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According to the proverb, what do too many cooks spoil?

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-The broth.

-Who released the album 25 in November 2015,

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her first studio album since 21 in 2011?

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-Adele.

-Which British scientist said, in an appearance

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on The Simpsons, "Your theory of a doughnut shaped universe

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"is interesting, Homer. I think I may have to steal it."

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-Stephen Hawking.

-The first portable modern upright version

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of a domestic cleaning aid was built in 1907

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by J Murray Spangler, a janitor in a department store in Ohio.

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What is it?

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-A hoover.

-Yeah, or a vacuum cleaner.

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Which Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist is quoted saying,

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"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them"?

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-Dali.

-Picasso. In folklore,

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what name is used for a person who turns into

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a lupine animal at night,

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sometimes under the influence of the full moon?

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-A werewolf.

-Which British runner won the gold medal

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in the men's 800 metres and the bronze in the 1,500 metres

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at the Moscow Olympics,

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in addition to setting five world records during his career?

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-Sebastian Coe.

-Steve Ovett. Which chemical element makes up

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about 65% of the weight of the human body?

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Carbon is second, with a mere 18%.

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-Oxygen.

-What is the name of the road junction in London

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where the statue known as Eros stands?

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-Piccadilly Circus.

-Which Native American people,

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whose language is extremely complex,

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were used as code talkers in the Second World War,

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transmitting messages in their native tongue?

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-Cherokee.

-Navajo.

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The leaves of which vegetable form part of the staple diet

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of the caterpillars of the small and large white butterfly

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and give them their familiar name?

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-Cabbage.

-The name of which item

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of a female ballet dancer's costume

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comes from a diminutive of the French for buttocks?

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-Tutu.

-The year 1000 is represented

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by what letter in Roman numerals?

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-M.

-Which country singer's film credits include 9 To 5,

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Rhinestone and Steel Magnolias?

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-Dolly Parton.

-Europe's longest river, the Volga,

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empties into a sea near the port of Astrakhan. Which sea?

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-Baltic.

-Caspian. Which member of the cat family,

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also known as the hunting leopard,

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is the only big cat that can't fully retract its claws?

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-Cheetah.

-What name is commonly used in Britain for the foodstuff

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known as the eggplant in North America and brinjal in India?

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-Aubergine.

-The novels of a bestselling author

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and former lawyer include The Chamber, The Brethren

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and The Street Lawyer. Who is he?

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-Clive...

-Nope, John Grisham.

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What is the name of the house near Cowes on the Isle of Wight

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that was Queen Victoria's private home?

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It's where she died in 1901.

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-Osborne House.

-In 2016,

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Samantha Cameron won an episode of the celebrity version

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of which cookery programme in aid of Sport Relief?

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-Ready Steady Cook.

-The Great British Bake Off.

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Fog On The Tyne, revisited in 1990,

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was a UK top ten single for which Geordie group

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with guest vocalist Paul Gascoigne?

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-Lindisfarne.

-Of which

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Commonwealth country is... BEEP

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..Cape York the most northerly mainland point?

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-Canada.

-Australia.

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But...

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it doesn't matter, because you've done it - so far, anyway.

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28 points in total.

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APPLAUSE

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Wow, 26, 27, 28.

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Ian, come and join us again, because you start out with 15,

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and 28 is now the score to beat.

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-What a tense game this is.

-Right.

-Here we go.

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What is the name of the train service that links London

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with Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel?

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-Eurostar.

-Sherwood Forest,

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which is associated with Robin Hood,

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lies in which English county?

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-Nottinghamshire.

-Which Oscar-winning actor

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plays the title role in the 2016 film comedy Dirty Grandpa?

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-Pass.

-What name of Old Norse origin

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for solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom

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of some liquids, such as wine or coffee,

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has also been applied to sections of society

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considered worthless or undesirable?

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-Scum.

-Dregs.

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Which French revolutionary artist painted The Death Of Marat

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and The Coronation Of Napoleon in Notre Dame?

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Pass.

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The letters RIBA after a person's name indicate membership

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of the Royal Institute of British what?

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-Pass.

-In Greek mythology,

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Persephone was forced to spend part of each year

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in the underworld after she had eaten the seeds of what fruit?

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-Pomegranate.

-What is the most northerly of the capital cities

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of the European Union?

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-Oslo.

-Helsinki.

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The MacCrimmon family of Skye

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were hereditary players of which musical instrument?

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-Drums.

-Bagpipes.

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What name for a motorway in Italy literally means a motor road?

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-Autostrade.

-Who returned to the BBC in 2010

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to become the regular newsreader

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on Chris Evans' Radio 2 breakfast show?

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-Pass.

-What name was given to the influenza caused by a new strain

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of the flu virus A that produced a pandemic in 2009-10?

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It was also known as Mexican flu

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after the country where the outbreak began.

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-Pig flu.

-Swine flu.

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The American presidential election

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is normally held on the Tuesday

0:24:270:24:28

after the first Monday of which month?

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-November.

-Which Spanish rice dish takes its name

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from the special two-handled pan

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in which it is traditionally cooked?

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-Paella.

-How are Peter, Janet, Jack, Barbara, George,

0:24:360:24:39

Pam and Colin known collectively

0:24:390:24:41

in a series of children's books by Enid Blyton?

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-Magnificent Seven.

-The Secret Seven.

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Which Chinese city gives its name to a score in darts

0:24:470:24:50

of a single, double and triple in the same number?

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-Shanghai.

-In ancient Rome,

0:24:520:24:54

what type of racing vehicle was known as a biga

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when pulled by two horses, a triga when pulled by three,

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and a quadriga when pulled by four?

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-Chariot.

-Which Dickens novel contains chapters entitled

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Knitting, Still Knitting, And The Knitting Done,

0:25:040:25:06

a reference to an activity carried out

0:25:060:25:08

by the sinister Madame Defarge?

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A Tale Of Two Cities.

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The Lena, Ob and Yenisey rivers all flow into which ocean?

0:25:120:25:17

-The Indian.

-The Arctic.

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In which city does the University of East Anglia

0:25:180:25:20

have its main campus?

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-Norwich.

-The Australian batsman Sir Don Bradman

0:25:220:25:24

averaged 99.94 in Test matches.

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How many did he... BEEP

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..score in his final Test innings at the Oval in 1948?

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-Nothing.

-Zero, a duck, nothing, yes.

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Absolutely right. I will give you your passes now.

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There are four of them.

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Moira Stuart was the newsreader who came back to join Chris Evans.

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RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects.

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Jacques-Louis David was the French revolutionary artist.

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And in Dirty Grandpa, the star was Robert De Niro.

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You have scored, Ian, a total of 26 points.

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APPLAUSE

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Well, what a thrilling start to the series that was.

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Let's have a look at all of the scores.

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In joint third place, with 26 points, Ian Dunn and Richard Aubrey.

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Second place, with 27 points, Andrew Craig.

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First place, with 28 points, Sarah Lake.

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APPLAUSE

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I hope your... Sarah, I hope your pupils were watching that.

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They must have been as excited as you must have been.

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-I hope so.

-Yeah.

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-Well, they should be, shouldn't they?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, absolutely.

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Now, then, Sarah, obviously, is tonight's winner.

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She goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her.

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Commiserations, in a way, to Andrew, but with his score, 27,

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it's entirely possible that we shall see him again in the semifinal.

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So if you would like to be a contender on the next series -

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you don't have to score 28 points, by the way - do go to our website.

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And you can follow us @mastermindquiz.

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And do join us again, either way, next time for more Mastermind.

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Thanks for watching. Goodbye.

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