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First in the spotlight tonight is Rob Mansfield,

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a content manager from Brighton.

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His specialist subject is the singer-songwriter Nick Drake.

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David Ryan is a coach driver from Chester.

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He's answering questions on one of the world's great runners

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- Emile Zatopek.

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Next in the black chair, Adam Wilson, an IT salesman

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from Reading, on the television series Band Of Brothers.

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And tonight's last contender, Emma McAllister,

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an e-learning developer from Belfast who's answering questions on

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Hernan Cortes and the conquest of Mexico.

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APPLAUSE

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Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

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Tonight, four more contenders who have volunteered to sit in

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that famous black chair and subject themselves to two minutes of

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questions, two and a half minutes on general knowledge.

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And tonight's winner, of course, will go through to the next round,

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maybe all the way to the final

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where they could win the coveted title of Mastermind champion.

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So let's have our fist contender, please.

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And your name is? Rob Mansfield.

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Your occupation? Content manager.

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And your chosen subject?

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The life and music of Nick Drake.

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Nick Drake in two minutes, starting now.

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What music label did Nick Drake sign to when he was 20 years old

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and was a student at the University of Cambridge?

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The label released his debut album Five Leaves Left in '69.

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Witchseason. Yes, a part of Island Records.

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Which classic Nick Drake song was the subject of

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a posthumous video in 2004 by Tim Pope, and opens with the lines,

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"Betty came by on her way and said she had a word to say,

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"About things today, And fallen leaves"?

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River Man. Yes, Drake did not complete his degree at Cambridge,

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he left before his finals to follow a career in music.

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What subject had he been studying at Fitzwilliam College?

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English. Yep.

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At which venue did Drake support Fairport Convention in 1969.

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It was the band's first major concert since a road crash

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a few months earlier had killed their drummer.

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The Royal Festival Hall. Yes.

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Which song on the Bryter, Layter album includes the lines,

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"I could have been a sign post, Could have been a clock,

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"As simple as a kettle, Steady as a rock"?

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The Chime Of A City Clock. One Of These Things First.

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In which country were Drake and some of his friends travelling in

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'67 when a garage mechanic insisted on having his photograph

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taken with him because he thought they were the Rolling Stones?

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Chad. Morocco.

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Which writer for the music paper Sounds had

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a rare interview with Drake published in March 1971,

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and later claimed it was the

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strangest of all the interviews he'd done?

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Jerry Gilbert. Yep. What's the title track on John Martyn's

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'73 album that was written for and about Drake during his depression?

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Solid Air. Yes. Who was the Island Records press officer who placed

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a full-page ad in the music papers in the form of an open letter

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because Drake refused to tour or take part in any publicity

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for his third album, Pink Moon?

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Garel Mitchell? Nope, David Sanderson.

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Which posthumously released song, whose title is thought to have

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been inspired by a term used by Winston Churchill, and is described

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as "disturbing and foreboding" by reviewers includes the line,

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"I'm growing old, and I want to go home"?

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Black Eyed Dog. Yep. What was the name of the house where the Drake

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family lived in Tamworth-in-Arden, and where Nick died of a

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drug overdose in '74 aged 26.

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Far Lees. Yep. Which of the songs that Drake recorded for

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John Peel's Radio 1 show in 1969 was used as the title track of

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a posthumously released album...

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BEEP ..in 1987?

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Time Of No Reply.

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Is correct. No passes, Rob, you have nine points. Thank you.

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is? Dave Ryan.

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Your occupation? Coach Driver.

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And your specialist subject? Emil Zatopek.

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Emil Zatopek in two minutes, here we go.

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Zatopek was a Czechoslovakian long-distance runner who won four

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Olympic gold medals and set 18 world records.

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In '54 he broke the 29-minute barrier for the 10,000 metres.

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In which city?

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Erm...

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Brussels.

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Yes. Zatopek first represented his country at the

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'46 European championship, at which stadium did they take place?

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Erm. Wembley.

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Bislett. What lap time did Zatopek calculate he wound need to run to

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beat the field in the 10,000 metres at the London Olympics?

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71.

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Yes. In May 1941, Zatopek was persuaded to run in an annual town

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race to advertise which shoe manufacturer?

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Buta.

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Yep. In 1946, at which English venue did Zatopek win a cross-country race

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that was part of the inter-services competition, The Britannia Shield?

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Crystal Palace?

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Ascot. What five words complete Zatopek's comment about his running

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style, that begins, "I am not talented enough to run and..."

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"Smile at the same time."

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Yes. Which French-Algerian athlete said when

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he won gold in the Olympic marathon in 1956 that

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he cherished Zatopek's salute more than the medal?

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Alain Mimoun.

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Yep. Zatopek caused a diplomatic incident in 1954 when he made

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a comment about Paris, where he was due to compete.

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What one word did he use to describe the capital?

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Oooh. Seedy?

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Pornographic. Close! What is the English title of the '52 Czech

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government propaganda film devoted to Zatopek's achievements and

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training methods? Pass.

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In a meeting at White City in 1955, who became the only British

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athlete to win a 10,000 metre race in which Zatopek was running?

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Sydney Wooderson?

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Gordon Pirie. Which fellow long-distance runner was invited to

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Prague by Zatopek, he was stunned when his host gave him

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one of his Olympic gold medals?

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Ron Clarke.

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Yep. During the Prague Spring of 1958, a social reform manifesto was

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signed by the Zatopeks which

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resulted in them being persecuted for 20 years.

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By what shortened title is this document now known?

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Essay Of Two Thousand Words.

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Two Thousand Words, yes. Zatopek joined the check army '45.

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What was his final rank when he was dismissed in

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'69 following his support of the Prague Spring the previous year?

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Colonel? Correct. After the...

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BEEP ..Velvet Revolution and the end of

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communist rule, Zatopek was rehabilitated. What award,

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the highest given to civilians, was later bestowed on him

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in '98 by the Czech president, Vaclav Havel?

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Medal Of Honour?

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The Order Of The White Lion. Yeah.

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Ah, you had just one pass.

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The English title of that '52 Czech government propaganda was

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One Of The Relay.

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You have scored, David, 8 points. Thank you.

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is? Adam Wilson.

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Your occupation? IT sales.

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And your chosen subject. The TV series The Band of Brothers.

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Band Of Brothers in two minutes, starting now.

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The television show Band Of Brothers,

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executive-produced by Steven Spielberg,

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follows the experiences of American soldiers in World War II.

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In the opening episode, the men of Easy Company at Camp Toccoa,

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Georgia, have to go training three miles up and three miles down on

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which small mountain?

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Currahee.

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Yup. What make of pistol does Corporal Hoobler capture after he

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shoots a German officer on horseback?

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He fatally wounds himself with it soon afterwards.

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Luger.

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Yup. From which airfield in Devon do Easy Company take off for the

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D-Day landings after a short delay caused by bad weather?

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Uh, I don't know.

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What is the title of Episode 4, which deals with the integration of

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new recruits to Easy Company, and especially how they cope

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during Operation Market Garden?

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Ah, pass.

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In the episode Why We Fight, what's the title of the book that

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Sergeant Frank Perconte is given to read while he's on

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guard duty in Sturzelberg?

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Eh... Pass.

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Which American composer created the score for the television series,

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including the instrumental theme music?

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Pass.

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When Lynn "Buck" Compton is taken

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off the line after the liberation of Foy,

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he clearly has shellshock, but what is his condition

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officially given as?

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Em...

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Eh, fatigue.

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Trench foot. Which actor, the son of one of the series' executive

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producers, plays the recent WestPoint graduate

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Lieutenant Henry Jones, who takes part in a mission to capture

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German prisoners for interrogation?

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No, pass.

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What is the name of the Belgian nurse at Bastogne, played by

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Lucie Jeanne, with whom the medic Eugene "Doc" Roe forms a friendship?

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Annette?

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Renee. Which lieutenant played by Matthew Settle is rumoured to have

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shot a group of German prisoners on D-Day after he gave them cigarettes?

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Warren H "Skip" Muck, played by Richard Speight Jr, tells the story

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in the episode Why We Fight.

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Eh, Richard Speirs.

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Yes, Speirs. In The Last Patrol, what is Sergeant Bill Keane carrying

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from one building to another when he's killed in the town of Haguenau,

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in February 1945?

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Ehm... Potatoes.

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Yep. In the episode Carentan, who is bayoneted when he wakes up

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Private Smith because Smith mistakes him for a German soldier?

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Eh... Popeye.

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Talbert.

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BEEP

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After VE Day - I've started, so I'll finish - the men of

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Easy Company can return home if they've accumulated a specific

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number of points based on length of service and medals earned.

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How many points?

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Eh, 500?

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No, bit fewer than that - 85. Oh, yeah.

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You had a few passes, five altogether.

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Colin Hanks was that actor who played Lieutenant Henry Jones.

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Michael Kamen was the American composer who created the

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score for the television series.

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A Tree Grows In Brooklyn was the book that

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he was given to read while he was on guard duty in Sturzelberg.

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Replacements was the title of episode four,

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dealing with the integration of new recruits.

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And Upottery - strange name - Airfield.

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That was the airfield in Devon that Easy Company used.

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So, five passes, Adam. Four points.

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And our last contender, please.

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And your name is? Emma McAllister.

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Your occupation? E-learning developer.

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And your chosen subject? Hernan Cortes And The Conquest Of Mexico.

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In two minutes, starting now.

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Cortes led the Spanish expedition that brought down the Aztec

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empire and conquered Mexico.

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From which Caribbean island did he set off on this expedition in

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February 1519?

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Cuba. Yep. What was the name of the native woman who acted as an

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interpreter for Cortes? She later bore him a son

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Malinche.

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Yes. The Aztec leader Montezuma thought that Cortes'

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arrival in 1519 might be the fulfilment of

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a prophecy about the return of the god Quetzalcoatl, from the East.

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What was the year 1519 called in the Aztec calendar?

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One Reed.

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Yes. When Montezuma agreed to become a prisoner of the Spanish,

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his brother was chosen by the Aztecs to replace him as Emperor.

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What was the brother's name?

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Cuitlahuac.

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Yes. In which city did Cortes and his army kill about 5,000 people

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in October, 1519, on the pretext that there'd been

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a plan to ambush the Spaniards?

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Cholula.

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Yep. Which shipwright did Cortes employ along with carpenters such as

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Andres Nunez to build the brigantine ships that played

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a vital role in the siege at Tenochtitlan?

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Martin Lopez?

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Yes. Which Spaniard saved Cortes from being captured by the Aztecs

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at least twice? On the last occasion during the assault on Tenochtitlan,

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he was killed.

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Pass.

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What proportion of the treasures that Cortes took in Mexico

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was considered to be a tax owed to the Spanish crown?

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Cortes took the same proportion of what remained.

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The Royal Fifth?

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Yes. What disease was widespread in Mexico in 1520, and severely

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restricted the Aztec's ability to stop the Spanish invasion?

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Smallpox.

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Yup. What was the name of the moveable wooden towers that were

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build on Cortes' orders to protect the Spanish soldiers

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while they were under attack inside Tenochtitlan?

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Mantas.

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Yup. Which native people, who were initially hostile, became

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Cortes's chief allies and supplied thousands of warriors to his army?

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Tlaxcalans.

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Yep. Which hilltop fortress and its surround province did the

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Spanish capture in a fierce campaign? They enslaved the

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population and refounded the town as Segura de la Frontera.

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Tepeyac.

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Yes. A Brigantine captain captured the Aztec leader Cuauhtemoc while

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he was trying to escape to Tenochtitlan.

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It marked the end of Aztec resistance to the Spanish.

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What was the captain's name?

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Garcia Holguin.

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BEEP

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Yes! Absolutely right. One pass.

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The Spaniard who saved Cortes from being captured by the Aztecs

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at least twice was Cristobal de Olid.

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You have scored, Emma, 12 points.

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So, we have a clear leader at this stage of the game.

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Let's have a look at the scores.

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In fourth place with four points, Adam Wilson.

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Third place, eight points, Dave Ryan.

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Second place, nine points, Rob Mansfield.

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First place, 12 points, Emma McAllister.

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And now, of course, it's the general knowledge round,

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and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is

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taken into account, 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, it's possible for a runner-up to get through to the

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semifinal as well. The six highest scoring runners-up will qualify.

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So, let's get on with it and ask Adam to join us again, please.

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And, eh...

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You probably underestimated the amount you

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needed to know about that particular bloke...

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Erm, well... ..but there you go. Anyway...

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I...I knew quite a lot about it, just not the right things.

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Ha-ha! Ain't that the case. Anyway, it's general knowledge now,

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and you have two and a half minutes to build up your score.

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Let's see how you do. Here we go.

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Which resort in Monaco has a casino complex and is famed as

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a playground for the world's rich?

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Monte Carlo.

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Yep. Which novel by Herman Melville has the alternative title The Whale?

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Um... Moby Dick.

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Yep. At what bar in a popular American television series are

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Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson two of the regular drinkers?

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Cheers.

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Yep. Which former Manchester United player was shown

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a red card for foul language while playing for Fulham on the

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first day they were issued in October, 1976?

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Erm... I don't know.

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What is the principle ingredient of the Provencal stew bouillabaisse,

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usually served with thick slices of French bread?

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Eh, fish.

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Yep. Which prize was won in 2015 by Assemble,

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a collective who work across the fields of Art, Design and

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Architecture to regenerate rundown urban areas?

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I don't know.

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What is the popular name by the work originally written by

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Benjamin Britten as the score to the 1946 documentary film

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Instruments Of The Orchestra?

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Uh... Nope.

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Which South African author's novels include

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The Leopard Hunts In Darkness and Elephant Song?

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Wilbur Smith.

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Yup. Which Cumbrian town which has been famous for its mint cakes since

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the mid-nineteenth century and is used as an energy-giving food by

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hikers and mountaineers?

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Kendal.

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Yep. In Judaism, the declaration Kol Nidre meaning "all vows"

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is sung on the eve of which solemn festival?

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Uh, Passover.

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Yom Kippur. By what nickname is Sir Percy Blakely known in

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a 1905 novel by Baroness Orczy and its many sequels?

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Erm... Don't know.

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A hippophile is someone who loves which animal?

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Uh, horses.

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Yeah. The name of a major Irish political party founded in 1926 by

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opponents of the Anglo-Irish treaty, commonly translates into English as

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"Soldiers Of Destiny." Which party?

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Sinn Fein.

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Fianna Fail. Which American businessman and inventor developed a

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process for freezing food that became the basis

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of the retail frozen food industry?

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Don't know.

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What was the name of Tom Petty's backing group?

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Formed in the mid-seventies with Petty, they backed Bob Dylan

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on his '86 and '87 tours.

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The Jam?

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The Heartbreakers. Which mountain, that's above the French ski resort

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of Chamonix, is the highest in Western Europe?

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Mont Blanc.

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Yep. What is the name of the line marked on a full-size snooker table

0:16:290:16:32

that's 29 inches from and parallel to the face of the bottom cushion?

0:16:320:16:36

Um, the... Oh, I can't remember.

0:16:360:16:41

Who became the American president when Franklin D Roosevelt

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died in April 1945?

0:16:430:16:45

He'd been sworn in as Roosevelt's vice president only

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three months earlier.

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Harry Truman.

0:16:490:16:50

Yep. Which medium-sized...

0:16:500:16:52

BEEP ..deer is distinguished by its

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white-spotted summer coat and is widespread in England and Wales?

0:16:540:16:56

Erm, fallow.

0:16:560:16:58

Yup, that is correct. You had six passes.

0:16:580:17:00

The baulk line is the name of that line on the snooker table. Who knew?

0:17:000:17:04

Clarence - you won't believe this - but Clarence Birdseye was the

0:17:040:17:08

chap who developed the process for frozen food. Of course.

0:17:080:17:11

Yeah, I know(!) The Scarlett Pimpernel, otherwise known as

0:17:110:17:14

Percy Blakely. Of course. Yes.

0:17:140:17:16

Erm, that popular name for the work written by Britten was

0:17:160:17:19

The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra.

0:17:190:17:22

The Turner Prize was won in 2015 by Assemble,

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and that football player who was shown

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a red card on the first day they were issued was George Best!

0:17:270:17:31

How about that?

0:17:310:17:32

Very good. Respectable score now, Adam, you have 14 points.

0:17:320:17:35

And now David again, please.

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And, eh, you start out with eight points.

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Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

0:17:510:17:54

Two and a half minutes, starting now.

0:17:540:17:55

Which band's only UK number one single was

0:17:550:17:57

Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2?

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Pink Floyd.

0:17:590:18:00

Yup. What term that comes from the Greek for "false name" is used for

0:18:000:18:03

a fictitious name, especially one adopted by an author?

0:18:030:18:06

Erm... Oh, God, em... Pseudonym.

0:18:060:18:09

Yes. At which sport's national centre in Bisley is the

0:18:090:18:12

Queen's Prize competed for every July?

0:18:120:18:15

Erm... Erm. Horse, erm...

0:18:150:18:17

Rifle shooting. The commonly cultivated plant helleborus niger,

0:18:170:18:22

a herbaceous perennial which often blooms in the snow, is

0:18:220:18:24

better known by what seasonal name?

0:18:240:18:26

Erm, Christmas Rose?

0:18:260:18:28

Yes! Joaquin Rodrigo composed Concierto de Aranjuez and

0:18:280:18:31

Concierto Andaluz for which stringed instrument?

0:18:310:18:34

Guitar?

0:18:340:18:35

Yep. For what genre of fiction is the

0:18:350:18:37

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize awarded? Winners include

0:18:370:18:40

Michael Frayn, Howard Jacobson, and, in 2015, Alexander McCall Smith?

0:18:400:18:44

Erm. Crime.

0:18:440:18:45

Comedy. Which Russian oligarch and football-club owner bought

0:18:450:18:48

Lucien Freud's painting Benefit Supervisor Sleeping

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for ?17.2 million in 2008, a record at the time for a living artist?

0:18:510:18:55

Roman Abramovich?

0:18:550:18:56

Yep. What name is given to a line that connects places of equal

0:18:560:18:59

depth on a map of an area of sea.

0:18:590:19:01

Iso...erm...erm...erm...Bath?

0:19:010:19:07

Yes! Ronald Reagan served two terms as the governor of a state,

0:19:070:19:11

from 1967 to '75. Which state?

0:19:110:19:13

California?

0:19:130:19:14

Yep. Who has presented the eclectic live music show Later...

0:19:140:19:17

on television since 1992?

0:19:170:19:19

Jools Holland.

0:19:190:19:20

Yes. By what name, that means "little boot", is the Roman emperor

0:19:200:19:23

born Gaius Caesar Germanicus, who ruled from 37 to 41 AD better known?

0:19:230:19:27

Caligula?

0:19:270:19:28

Yes. Which stadium was built in London for the 1908 Olympic Games

0:19:280:19:31

and eventually demolished in 1985.

0:19:310:19:33

White City?

0:19:330:19:34

Yep. Which of the Three Wise Men of the East brought the gift of gold

0:19:340:19:37

to the infant Jesus as a sign of kinship, according to tradition?

0:19:370:19:40

Balthazar?

0:19:400:19:41

Melchior. In the '73 chart-topping single for Dawn what does the

0:19:410:19:45

released prisoner ask his lover to tie around the old oak tree?

0:19:450:19:47

Yellow Ribbon.

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Yep. Who became commander in chief of the Carthaginian army in 221 BC

0:19:490:19:52

on the assassination of his brother-in-law Hasdrubal.

0:19:520:19:55

Pass.

0:19:550:19:57

Which actor appeared in both The Magnificent Seven in 1960 and

0:19:570:20:00

the Dirty Dozen in 1967?

0:20:000:20:03

Erm. Charles Bronson?

0:20:030:20:05

Yes. Which group of British islands celebrated liberation day on

0:20:050:20:07

May 9th each year?

0:20:070:20:09

Eh, Falklands.

0:20:090:20:10

The Channel Islands. What nickname is given in Britain to the fatty end

0:20:100:20:13

of the rump of a dressed turkey or chicken which is not usually eaten?

0:20:130:20:16

Parson's nose?

0:20:160:20:17

Yep. Who disappeared in 1974 after the murder of his children's Nanny,

0:20:170:20:20

Sandra Rivett? He was officially declared dead in February 2016.

0:20:200:20:23

John Stonehouse?

0:20:230:20:24

No, the Lord Lucan. Which former high street chain store...

0:20:240:20:27

BEEP ..launched an own-brand label in the

0:20:270:20:29

sixties named Winfield, which is the middle name of its founder?

0:20:290:20:32

Woolworths.

0:20:320:20:33

Yes, that is correct. You had one pass.

0:20:330:20:36

The chap who became commander in chief of the Carthaginians

0:20:360:20:39

in 221 BC was...

0:20:390:20:41

Hannibal! Oh. Yeah.

0:20:410:20:43

David - 22 points. Thank you.

0:20:430:20:46

And now Rob again, please.

0:20:550:20:58

And you start out with nine points, Rob.

0:20:590:21:03

22 is the score to beat,

0:21:030:21:04

and you have two and a half minutes in which to do it.

0:21:040:21:08

Or not as the case may be. Here we go.

0:21:080:21:10

Which number does a bingo caller refer to as Uncle Ben,

0:21:100:21:12

cock and hen, or David's den?

0:21:120:21:14

Ten.

0:21:140:21:15

Yup. In what ancient civilisation are the painted decorations on

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pottery classed as being red-figure or black-figure?

0:21:180:21:21

Erm. Egyptian.

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Greece. How many fluid ounces are there in a British imperial pint?

0:21:220:21:25

20.

0:21:250:21:27

Yup. In December 2015 it was announced that

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Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, who was born in Skopje in 1910,

0:21:290:21:33

is to be made a saint. How is she best known?

0:21:330:21:36

Er, Mother Teresa.

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Yes. In which English county is the site of the 1513 battle of

0:21:370:21:40

Flodden Field, where the Scottish King James IV was killed?

0:21:400:21:43

Uh, Scotland.

0:21:430:21:45

Northumberland. The Fighting Tigers was the original title of a classic

0:21:450:21:48

television comedy series that was co-created by Jimmy Perry.

0:21:480:21:51

Which series?

0:21:510:21:52

Eh... Ain't Half Hot Mum?

0:21:520:21:54

Dad's Army. Meadowlark Lemon, who died in December 2015,

0:21:540:21:57

was a leading performer with which basketball team?

0:21:570:22:00

Eh... Harlem Globetrotters.

0:22:000:22:02

Yup. What term used to specify items or examples is an abbreviation

0:22:020:22:05

of the Latin word videlicet, meaning "namely" or "that is to say"?

0:22:050:22:09

Viz.

0:22:090:22:10

Yep. An American feminist author's best-selling debut novel

0:22:100:22:13

Fear Of Flying was based on some of her own experiences. Which author?

0:22:130:22:16

Erica Jong.

0:22:160:22:17

Yep. Who won his first best actor Oscar for playing the

0:22:170:22:21

psychiatric patient Randle P McMurphy in the 1975 film

0:22:210:22:23

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?

0:22:230:22:25

Jack Nicholson.

0:22:250:22:26

Yes. What middle-eastern sweetmeat that is served as cubes that are

0:22:260:22:29

coated with icing sugar, is known, in its place of origin, as lokum?

0:22:290:22:33

Turkish Delight.

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Yes. The river known at its source as the Gipping takes another name at

0:22:340:22:37

its tidal estuary at Ipswich. What name?

0:22:370:22:41

Um... Ooze.

0:22:410:22:42

Orwell. What acronym has been used since 1975 for the body that helps

0:22:420:22:46

to settle disputes between employers and employees?

0:22:460:22:49

ACAS.

0:22:490:22:50

Yes. Which former American prison in San Francisco Bay

0:22:500:22:52

has a name that comes from the Spanish for pelican?

0:22:520:22:55

Alcatraz.

0:22:550:22:56

Yep. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, whose love for Thisbe is the subject

0:22:560:22:59

of the comic tragedy acted by Bottom and his fellow tradesmen?

0:22:590:23:02

Erm...

0:23:020:23:03

Pass.

0:23:050:23:07

The maiden name of the tennis player who won seven women's

0:23:070:23:09

Grand Slam single titles between 1971 and '80 means

0:23:090:23:13

"tall trees by still water" in an Aboriginal language. Who is she?

0:23:130:23:16

Evonne Goolagong.

0:23:160:23:18

Yep. Which author is widely quoted as saying to American customs in

0:23:180:23:21

New York at the start of his lecture tour in 1882,

0:23:210:23:23

"I have nothing to declare except my genius"?

0:23:230:23:25

Eh, Einstein.

0:23:250:23:27

Oscar Wilde. What type of waterproof overcoat is named after the Scottish

0:23:270:23:30

chemist who patented the material from which it was

0:23:300:23:32

originally made in 1823?

0:23:320:23:34

The Mackintosh.

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Yup. Which British airport was built partly on the sight of the

0:23:350:23:38

racecourse that staged the Grand National during the First World War.

0:23:380:23:41

Er... John Lennon Airport?

0:23:410:23:42

BEEP Nope! Gatwick Airport. Ah.

0:23:420:23:44

You have one pass. Bottom's fellow tradesman was Pyramus. Ah.

0:23:440:23:50

You have scored, Rob, 21 points. Thank you.

0:23:500:23:53

And, Emma. Finally, again, please.

0:24:030:24:05

And you, Emma, start out with 12 points.

0:24:070:24:10

And the score has just gone up a wee bit, the score to beat,

0:24:100:24:13

and it is now 22.

0:24:130:24:14

So, here we go, two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

0:24:140:24:18

In which swimming stroke do competitors start in the water,

0:24:180:24:21

rather than diving into the pool?

0:24:210:24:22

Butterfly?

0:24:220:24:24

Backstroke. Which television family's next door neighbour is the

0:24:240:24:27

devout evangelical Christian Ned Flanders?

0:24:270:24:29

The Simpsons.

0:24:290:24:30

Yes. Albert Einstein one hundred year old theory of

0:24:300:24:32

general relativity was vindicated when it was announced in 2016 that

0:24:320:24:35

a type of wave had been detected. What type of wave?

0:24:350:24:38

Pass.

0:24:380:24:40

Which controversial English painter and installation artist,

0:24:400:24:42

who was born in 1965, donated his portrait of the Queen to the

0:24:420:24:45

Government art collection in 2015?

0:24:450:24:47

Damien Hirst?

0:24:470:24:49

Yeah. Which London office tower at One Canada Square in London

0:24:490:24:51

stands at 244 metres high and was Britain's tallest building

0:24:510:24:54

until The Shard was completed in 2010?

0:24:540:24:57

Canary Wharf.

0:24:570:24:58

Yeah. What portmanteau word that is a combination of "cultivate"

0:24:580:25:01

and "variety" is used in botany for a plant variety that's been

0:25:010:25:04

produced by selective breeding?

0:25:040:25:05

Cultivar.

0:25:050:25:07

Yep. Gentle Is The Wind is sung by the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella

0:25:070:25:10

with the roguish Don Alfonso in Act 1 of which of Mozart's operas?

0:25:100:25:14

Cosi Fan Tutte.

0:25:140:25:15

Yes. Jimmy Porter, and educated young man who launches diatribes

0:25:150:25:18

against society because he believes his working-class background has

0:25:180:25:21

held him back, is the antihero of a play by John Osborne

0:25:210:25:24

first performed in 1956. Which play?

0:25:240:25:26

Don't Look Back In Anger.

0:25:260:25:28

Look Back In Anger. What is the title of the first of the series of

0:25:280:25:31

books by Arthur Ransome featuring the adventures of the Walker and

0:25:310:25:35

Blackett children as they sail, camp, and have adventures?

0:25:350:25:37

Swallows and Amazons?

0:25:370:25:39

Yes. What two-word Italian phrase for a female operatic style

0:25:390:25:42

literally means first lady?

0:25:420:25:44

Prima Donna.

0:25:440:25:45

Yes. Which successful British pop duo consisted of

0:25:450:25:47

George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley

0:25:470:25:49

Wham!.

0:25:490:25:50

Yep. Which steam locomotive that was designed by George Stephenson

0:25:500:25:53

and his son Robert won the Rainhill Trials in 1829?

0:25:530:25:56

Pass.

0:25:560:25:57

Who entered Parliament as MP for South Shields in June, 2001,

0:25:570:26:00

but resigned his seat in 2013, three years after he had been

0:26:000:26:03

defeated in the Labour Party leadership election.

0:26:030:26:07

Ed Miliband?

0:26:070:26:08

DAVID Miliband. Which nursery rhyme character ran upstairs and

0:26:080:26:11

downstairs in his nightgown?

0:26:110:26:13

Wee Willie Winkie?

0:26:130:26:14

Yes. What is the title of Elvis Presley's first feature film?

0:26:140:26:17

It's set around the time of the American civil war,

0:26:170:26:19

and its theme song gave him a top 20 hit in 1956.

0:26:190:26:22

Love Me Tender?

0:26:220:26:23

Yes. Which warrior killed Prince Hector during the Trojan War in

0:26:230:26:26

revenge for the death of his friend, Patroclus?

0:26:260:26:28

Achilles.

0:26:280:26:29

Yes. Which cocktail, whose name refers to bed linen, consists of

0:26:290:26:32

Cointreau or triple sec with white rum, brandy, and a dash of lemon?

0:26:320:26:36

Martini?

0:26:360:26:38

Between The Sheets. In May, 1993 Rebecca Stephens became the first

0:26:380:26:42

British woman to reach the summit of which mountain?

0:26:420:26:44

Everest.

0:26:440:26:45

Yes. The prominent muscle known as the masseter, whose name comes for

0:26:450:26:48

the Latin and Greek for "to chew", is in what part of the face.

0:26:480:26:52

Eh, the jawbone?

0:26:520:26:54

Yeah, the jaw. And you had two passes.

0:26:540:26:57

You'll be so cross with yourself for this.

0:26:570:27:00

That Stephenson steam locomotive was The Rocket. Yeah.

0:27:000:27:03

Which you knew.

0:27:030:27:04

Course you did. Anyway, maybe you didn't know this one.

0:27:040:27:07

The gravitational waves, or gravity waves,

0:27:070:27:11

were the things that gave credibility to Einstein's

0:27:110:27:15

theory of relativity, or proved it, if you prefer.

0:27:150:27:17

Anyway, Emma, you now have 25 points. Thank you.

0:27:170:27:20

Well done. Thank you.

0:27:270:27:30

A close contest by the end of it.

0:27:310:27:33

Let's have a look at all the scores, then.

0:27:330:27:34

In fourth place, 14 points, Adam Wilson.

0:27:340:27:37

Third place, 21 points, Rob Mansfield.

0:27:370:27:40

Second place, 22 points, Dave Ryan.

0:27:400:27:42

First place, 25 points - Emma McAllister.

0:27:420:27:45

Well done. Thank you. Brilliant, well done. Thank you. Well done.

0:27:480:27:51

Which means that Emma is tonight's winner.

0:27:560:27:59

She goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her.

0:27:590:28:03

And if you would like to be a contender in the next series,

0:28:030:28:06

do go to our website...

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