0:00:27 > 0:00:30The first contender to brave the black chair tonight is
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Janet Jackson, a designer from Lancashire.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Her subject, Formula One Grand Prix circuits.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Next, Philip Dubois, a data analyst from Cambridgeshire.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43He's answering questions on Oliver Cromwell.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Pamela Culley is a charity worker from Preston.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Her specialist subject, Simon Brett's Charles Paris novels.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And David Pickering, a factory worker from Kinloss
0:00:57 > 0:01:00on the pioneering designer Filippo Brunelleschi.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Hello,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Four more contenders all ready for the black chair ordeal.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22They've been able to do plenty of revising
0:01:22 > 0:01:24for their specialist subjects,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26for which to get two minutes, of course,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29but not for the general knowledge questions.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Two and a half minutes of them.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34The contenders have no idea what's coming.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36The winner will go through to the next round,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39and will be on course to become the next Mastermind.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40So, let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51And your name is?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Your occupation?
0:01:53 > 0:01:54And your chosen subject?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Grand Prix Circuits in two minutes, starting now. Which country
0:01:59 > 0:02:02hosted the first Formula One race to be held at night
0:02:02 > 0:02:05at its Marina Bay Street Circuit in 2008?
0:02:08 > 0:02:09China.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Singapore. At which circuit in 1998 did a major pile-up occur near the
0:02:13 > 0:02:15La Source hairpin when David Coulthard
0:02:15 > 0:02:18lost control of his McLaren during the first lap?
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Spa.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Yep. In 1957, Stirling Moss, driving a Vanwall,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24achieved an historic home win when he became the first Briton
0:02:24 > 0:02:27to win the British Grand Prix at which circuit?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Silverstone.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Aintree. Who was the renowned Dutch designer of motor racing circuits
0:02:32 > 0:02:35whose tracks include those at Suzuka in Japan and Jarama in Spain?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38He died after a car crash in 1995.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Pass.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Which British venue in the Midlands staged its only Formula One
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Championship race when it hosted the 1993 European Grand Prix?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49The race was won by Ayrton Senna in poor conditions.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Donington Park.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Yes. The Yas Marina Circuit, built on a man-made island,
0:02:53 > 0:02:57is the venue for which day-night Grand Prix first held in 2009?
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Abu Dhabi.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Yep. In which circuit did James Hunt finish third in
0:03:01 > 0:03:04a dramatic finale to clinch the 1976 World Championship after
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Niki Lauda withdrew because of dangerous conditions?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Interlagos.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Fuji. Who became the youngest winner of a Formula One race when
0:03:13 > 0:03:16he won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix
0:03:16 > 0:03:19at the Circuit de Catalunya aged 18?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Max Verstappen.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Yes. Which circuit has a layout based on the shape
0:03:23 > 0:03:25of the Chinese symbol meaning above or ascend that is
0:03:25 > 0:03:27the first character in the city's name?
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Shanghai.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Yes. On which circuit did Lewis Hamilton overtake Timo Glock in the
0:03:32 > 0:03:35last lap of the final race of the 2008 season to come fifth
0:03:35 > 0:03:37and win his first World Championship?
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Interlagos.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Yep. Who won the 1959 World Championship at Sebring
0:03:40 > 0:03:44after his car ran out of fuel and he pushed it over the finish line
0:03:44 > 0:03:46to take fourth place?
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Fangio?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Jack Brabham.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51The bend Antony Noghes, named after the founder of the first Grand Prix
0:03:51 > 0:03:56held at the track, is near the finish line of which famous circuit?
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Le Mans?
0:03:57 > 0:03:58No, Monte Carlo.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Silverstone hosted the first Formula One World Championship race...
0:04:01 > 0:04:05BEEP ..in May 1950 when Alfa Romeos took the first three places.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Giuseppe Farina came first, Luigi Fangioli second,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10with which British driver in third place?
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Jim Clark?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15No, it was Reg Parnell.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17No, I'd never heard of them either.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Anyway, one pass.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24The renowned Dutch designer of motor racing circuits I wanted
0:04:24 > 0:04:28was John Hugenholtz. There we are.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31You have scored, Janet, six points.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42And our next contender, please.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51And your name is?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Your occupation?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54And your chosen subject?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Oliver Cromwell in two minutes, here we go.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Which constituency did Cromwell represent as an MP
0:05:01 > 0:05:04in the short and long parliaments between 1640 and '49?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Cambridge.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Yep. Cromwell set up a new nominated assembly after
0:05:08 > 0:05:10he dissolved the rump parliament in 1653.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12It became known by a nickname derived from that of
0:05:12 > 0:05:15a radical preacher who was one of its members. What was the nickname?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Barebones.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Yes. Members of which religion were encouraged to return to
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Britain by Cromwell in 1657, 350 years after they had been
0:05:22 > 0:05:25banished by an edict of King Edward I?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Judaism?
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Yes. In which part of Westminster Hall was Cromwell sworn in as the
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland in December 1653?
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Great Hall?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38No, Court of Chancery. What was the name of the army commander who fought at
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Marston Moor and Naseby and became Cromwell's son-in-law when
0:05:41 > 0:05:44he married his eldest daughter, Bridget, in 1646?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Henry Ireton.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Yes. Cromwell's army defeated a much larger Scottish force
0:05:48 > 0:05:49at Preston in 1648.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52What name was given to this pro-royalist Scottish army
0:05:52 > 0:05:55because of an agreement made with Charles I?
0:05:55 > 0:05:56The Hamiltons?
0:05:56 > 0:05:57The Engagers.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Cromwell lead two military victories on 3rd September
0:06:00 > 0:06:04in successive years - Dunbar in 1650 and which other battle in 1651?
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Worcester.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Yep. What was the name of the female prophet,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10a member of the dissenting Fifth Monarchist movement,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14who was highly critical of Cromwell's government during his time as Lord Protector?
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Pass.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Cromwell commanded the right flank of the cavalry in the
0:06:17 > 0:06:19parliamentarian New Model Army
0:06:19 > 0:06:22at a decisive battle of the first civil war in June 1645.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Which battle?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Gainsborough?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Naseby. Cromwell invaded Ireland in August 1649.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Within two months, he'd besieged and sacked Drogheda and which other port?
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Wexford.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Yep. Cromwell's was the third signature on the death warrant of Charles I.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40The first signatory was a lawyer who was the president of the High Court
0:06:40 > 0:06:42of Justice which tried the king.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43What was his name?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Thomas Fairfax?
0:06:46 > 0:06:47John Bradshaw.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48After the execution of Charles I,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51there was a revolt by parliamentarian soldiers who sympathised
0:06:51 > 0:06:53with the radical group known as the Levellers.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54At which turned near Banbury
0:06:54 > 0:06:56did Cromwell and General Fairfax
0:06:56 > 0:06:59finally defeat the rebels?
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Oxford.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Burford. In which...? BEEP
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Started, so I'll finish.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04In which London building did a wood-and-wax effigy of
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Cromwell lie in state on public view for several weeks after his
0:07:08 > 0:07:11death before his funeral at Westminster Abbey?
0:07:11 > 0:07:12St Paul's.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14No, it was Somerset House.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And you had one pass.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20The name of the female prophet was Anna Trapnell.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24You have, Philip, six points.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36And our next contender, please.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45And your name is?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Your occupation?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51And your chosen subject?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Charles Paris, the whisky-soaked actor-turned-detective
0:07:57 > 0:08:00has more success solving murders than he does in his acting career.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03What's the name of his long-suffering wife from whom he separated?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Frances.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Yep. The passage of poetry recited by Paris in the Dead Side of the Mic
0:08:07 > 0:08:10that begins, "I am tired of tears and laughter"
0:08:10 > 0:08:13is by which real poet, the subject of a radio documentary in the novel?
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Swinburne.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Yes. What is the name of Paris' incompetent agent who routinely
0:08:17 > 0:08:19fails to find Paris any meaningful work?
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Maurice Skellern.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24What is the name of the singularly revolting aged Yorkshire terrier
0:08:24 > 0:08:28that belongs to the sitcom star Aurelia Howarth in Situation Tragedy?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31It's later poisoned by its owner in a bid to cover up a string of murders.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Cocky.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Yes. Which of the novels begins with an epigraph from William Hazlitt's
0:08:35 > 0:08:38On Actors and Acting, in which he declares that actors
0:08:38 > 0:08:42"uncertain of the future make sure of the present moment"?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Pass.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45What is the full name of the production company that is
0:08:45 > 0:08:48known in the novels by the initials WET and is responsible for
0:08:48 > 0:08:51programmes that include the game show If The Cap Fits
0:08:51 > 0:08:53and the sitcom the Strutters.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54West End Television.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Yes. On what Road in West London is Paris' dingy bedsit,
0:08:56 > 0:09:00notable for its generous cover of dust over every surface?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Hereford Road.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Yes. In Not Dead, Only Resting,
0:09:03 > 0:09:07stage-struck autograph hunters in search of famous actors are advised
0:09:07 > 0:09:09not to go to the stage doors of West End theatres.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Where are they more likely to encounter their idols?
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Pass.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16In Sicken and So Die,
0:09:16 > 0:09:18a production of Twelfth Night is to be staged at the
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Elizabethan mansion Chailey Ferrars is part of what nine-day festival?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Great Wensham Festival.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Yes. What is the name of the obnoxiously colourful veteran
0:09:26 > 0:09:28stage actor who, in a plot that echoes Macbeth,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30is murdered by the barman, Norman Phipps?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Warnock Belvedere.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Yes. To what sporting venue does Paris take his wife Frances in
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Corporate Bodies?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39He spends too much time drinking in the hospitality tent to watch
0:09:39 > 0:09:40any of the sport.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Wimbledon.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Yes. What is the title of the gritty modern play that, according to
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Herbie Inchbald in Murder in the Title, is "going to raise a few eyebrows in
0:09:47 > 0:09:49"Rutland Spa?"
0:09:50 > 0:09:51Shove It.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Yes. What poison stolen from the set of the documentary called
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Method in Their Murders kills the game show host...? BEEP
0:09:56 > 0:09:58..Barrett Doran in Dead Giveaway?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00He was not the intended victim.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Cyanide.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Is correct.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Two passes, Pamela.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06You can find those actors not at the stage door,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09but in unemployment offices, apparently.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12And the novel beginning with the epigraph from Hazlitt was
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Not Dead, Only Resting.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18You have scored, though, 11 points. Thank you.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21APPLAUSE
0:10:27 > 0:10:28And our final contender, please.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36And your name is?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Your occupation?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40And your specialist subject?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42In two minutes, starting now.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Brunelleschi was a pioneering Italian architect
0:10:45 > 0:10:47and engineer of the Renaissance.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48In which city did he mainly work,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51most famously on the dome of the Cathedral?
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Florence.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Which ship was built by Brunelleschi to transport marble to Florence along the Arno River?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58It sank on its maiden voyage,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00costing him 1,000 florins because the marble wasn't recovered.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Il Badalone.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Brunelleschi started on the plans for
0:11:03 > 0:11:07a church with 38 side chapels in 1434, although the first
0:11:07 > 0:11:10pillars weren't delivered until ten days before his death in 1446.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Which church?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14San Lorenzo. Santo Spirito.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Brunelleschi lost a competition to decorate the bronze doors of the baptistery of San Giovanni
0:11:19 > 0:11:22to his long-term rival, Lorenzo Ghiberti.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25What was the required biblical subject of the design?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28The sacrifice of Isaac.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31According to Vasari, for which church in Florence did Brunelleschi invent
0:11:31 > 0:11:36the machinery for the mystery play to celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Santa Trinita. San Felice.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Although he had limited experience of hydraulic engineering,
0:11:41 > 0:11:46Brunelleschi was asked in 1450 to assist in a war by building a dam and flooding which city?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Unfortunately, he flooded the Florentine camp instead.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Luca.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52The dome of Florence Cathedral,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54still the largest ever masonry dome,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57was constructed using a zigzag pattern of bricks that countered the tendency
0:11:57 > 0:12:00of the masonry to fall inwards. What is that pattern called?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Herringbone.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Brunelleschi's biographer describes a visit to Rome in the early 1400s to survey
0:12:06 > 0:12:10the city's ruins with a friend who himself became a renowned sculptor. Which friend?
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Donatello.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Which Pope consecrated Florence Cathedral on 25th March, 1436?
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Eugenius IV.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Brunelleschi used a mirror with his painting of the baptistery of San Giovanni
0:12:21 > 0:12:24to demonstrate the geometrical method of which artistic technique?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Linear perspective.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31Which family paid for the old sacristy at San Lorenzo and used it for their family tombs?
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Medicis.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Brunelleschi invented a mechanism that allowed an ox to raise or lower a heavy load,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39that enabled fast and efficient hoisting without the need for the ox
0:12:39 > 0:12:41to be turned around. What was this innovation?
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Rota magna.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44No, it was reversible gearing. BEEP
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Which Florentine architect wrote The Life of Brunelleschi and also The Fat Woodworker,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50the tale of an elaborate and cruel joke played
0:12:50 > 0:12:53by Brunelleschi and his friends on a local woodcarver?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Manetti. Is correct.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58No passes, David, you have ten points.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01APPLAUSE
0:13:06 > 0:13:09So, that is the first round done and dusted.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13In joint third place, six points apiece,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Janet Jackson and Philip Dubois.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Second place, ten points, David Pickering.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21First place, 11 points, Pamela Culley.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31And it's Round 2, obviously, now. General knowledge.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33If there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:13:33 > 0:13:37is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40and if they are tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break,
0:13:40 > 0:13:44and it's possible for a runner-up to get to the semifinal as well -
0:13:44 > 0:13:47the six highest scoring runners-up will qualify.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50So, let's get on with it and ask Janet to join us again, please.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58And you have six points,
0:13:58 > 0:14:02but you now have two and a half minutes on general knowledge
0:14:02 > 0:14:07to roar away. Let's see how you do. Here we go, starting now.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09According to its title, Little Jimmy Osmond's 1972
0:14:09 > 0:14:12chart-topping Long Haired Lover came from which city?
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Liverpool.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Which actor, who died in 2012,
0:14:15 > 0:14:19starred as the ruthless JR Ewing in the television series Dallas?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Larry Hagman.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Which present-day capital city was built on the site
0:14:23 > 0:14:24of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Mexico City.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30What word of 19th-century origin is used to describe a widespread
0:14:30 > 0:14:34heavy snowfall, generally accompanied by strong winds?
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Blizzard.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Which tennis player, who won Wimbledon three times,
0:14:37 > 0:14:41was born in Stockport in 1909, the son of a Labour member of Parliament?
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Fred Perry.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Who plays the murderer Norman Bates
0:14:44 > 0:14:47in the 1960 Hitchcock classic film Psycho?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Pass.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54The former Sugarcubes singer Bjork was born in which Nordic country?
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Iceland.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Which English-born Australian novelist's 1954 autobiography, Slide Rule,
0:14:59 > 0:15:03tells of his career as an aeronautical engineer?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Pass.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07What name is given to the rhythmical expansion of the arteries
0:15:07 > 0:15:10as blood is propelled through them by each heartbeat?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12It is especially felt in arteries near the surface,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14such as in the wrist or neck.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Pulse.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18In which English county are the renowned beauty spot of
0:15:18 > 0:15:23Lulworth Cove and the nearby natural rock arch Durdle Door?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Dorset.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Which camel, found in Central Asia,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28has two back humps, where the Arabian
0:15:28 > 0:15:29or dromedary has only one?
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Bactrian.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33The memorial fountain that was opened by the Queen
0:15:33 > 0:15:36in Hyde Park in July 2004 is dedicated to whom?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Princess Diana.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40What structure do Australians affectionately refer to as
0:15:40 > 0:15:43the Coathanger, because of its arch-based design?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Sydney Harbour Bridge.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, set in Japan,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50has the alternative title The Town of Titipu?
0:15:50 > 0:15:51The Mikado.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Which trade union, formed in 1922 from the amalgamation of
0:15:54 > 0:15:57a number of unions, was at one time one of the largest in the world?
0:15:57 > 0:16:01In 2007, it merged with Amicus to form Unite.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02GMB.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03No, Transport and General.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Who created the newspaper magnate Lord Copper,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08the proprietor of the Daily Beast,
0:16:08 > 0:16:09in his 1938 novel Scoop?
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Pass.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14In which city do the Spanish Steps lead up from the Piazza di Spagna
0:16:14 > 0:16:16to the church of Trinita dei Monti?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Rome.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Southern Comfort is Bourbon
0:16:19 > 0:16:22flavoured with oranges and which other fruit?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Lemon.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Peaches. Which striker was Jimmy Greaves' partner
0:16:26 > 0:16:29in the football magazine programmes the pair presented
0:16:29 > 0:16:32on television between 1985 and '92?
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Pass.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35In Greek mythology, what was the name of
0:16:35 > 0:16:38the creatures of the wild that were part man and part beast...
0:16:38 > 0:16:39BEEPING ..and who were closely associated
0:16:39 > 0:16:41with the god Dionysus?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Their Roman equivalents were the fauns.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Minotaur?
0:16:46 > 0:16:47No, the satyrs.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52You had four passes altogether. Ian St John partnered Jimmy Greaves.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Evelyn Waugh wrote Scoop.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Nevil Shute was that novelist whose autobiography tells of
0:16:59 > 0:17:02his career as an aeronautical engineer.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And Anthony Perkins played Norman Bates in Psycho.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09But, Janet, you rocketed up, you got 19 points.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12APPLAUSE
0:17:20 > 0:17:21And now, Philip again, please.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27And, Philip, you also have six points at this stage.
0:17:27 > 0:17:3019 is now the score to beat.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33In two and a half minutes of general knowledge, here we go.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Shore, hermit and spider are all common species of which crustacean?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Crab.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Which Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor and architect's
0:17:40 > 0:17:43only surviving signature can be seen on the sash of the Madonna
0:17:43 > 0:17:46on his Pieta in St Peter's in Rome?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Leonardo da Vinci.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Michelangelo. Which Asian island city is sometimes known as the Lion City,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53from the Sanskrit origin of its name?
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Pass.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59What were the names of the two Edinburgh body snatchers of
0:17:59 > 0:18:01the 1820s, whose activities resulted in the passing of
0:18:01 > 0:18:05the 1832 Anatomy Act that regulated the supply of corpses?
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Pass.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09What structure was moved to its present location at the edge of
0:18:09 > 0:18:13London's Hyde Park in 1851, close to the site of the old Tyburn gallows?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Marble Arch.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Who wrote the novel Midnight's Children,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1981?
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Salman Rushdie.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22What term for going through an intimidating experience
0:18:22 > 0:18:25has its origins in the military punishment of receiving blows
0:18:25 > 0:18:28while passing between rows of men wielding sticks?
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Pass.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Which Christian martyr and saint was beheaded after the spiked wheel
0:18:34 > 0:18:39on which she was to have been executed miraculously broke?
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Joan of Arc.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43St Catherine. Which British film director was nominated for an Oscar
0:18:43 > 0:18:45for Brief Encounter in 1947
0:18:45 > 0:18:48and for his last film, A Passage to India, in '85?
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Mike Leigh.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53David Lean. What part of the body does Bell's palsy affect the muscles of
0:18:53 > 0:18:56because of a dysfunction of the nerves controlling them?
0:18:56 > 0:18:57The feet.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00The face. Which hardy flowering shrub, related to the rhododendron,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03has a name that comes from the Greek for "dry"
0:19:03 > 0:19:04because of the soil it flourishes in?
0:19:04 > 0:19:05Hyacinth.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Azalea. Which pop singer replaced Sir Tom Jones
0:19:08 > 0:19:11as a coach on the BBC talent show The Voice in 2015?
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Boy George.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Which British mountaineer reached the summit of Everest
0:19:15 > 0:19:18at his fourth try in 1985 at the age of 50?
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Chris Bonington.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Although they were once colourful and lavishly decorated,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26all Venetian gondolas have been painted the same colour since 1562,
0:19:26 > 0:19:30when a law was passed to prevent ostentatious displays of wealth. What colour?
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Black.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Which Rugby Super League club moved into
0:19:33 > 0:19:36their new home ground, Langtry Park, in February 2012,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38after they left their Knowsley Road Stadium
0:19:38 > 0:19:41where they had played from 1890 to 2010?
0:19:41 > 0:19:42St Helens.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Which lexicographer wrote his only novel, Rasselas, originally published
0:19:46 > 0:19:48as The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale,
0:19:48 > 0:19:52during the evenings of a single week in 1759 to pay his mother's funeral expenses?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Samuel Johnson.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Which American state has 55 electors, the greatest number in
0:19:56 > 0:20:00the electoral college that chooses the President following an election?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01California.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03What Italian name is given to a puree
0:20:03 > 0:20:05of sieved raw plum tomatoes...
0:20:05 > 0:20:09BEEPING ..which can now be bought ready-made from supermarkets?
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Panotta?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Close - passata.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Three passes.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18"Running the gauntlet" is that term for an intimidating experience.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Burke and Hare were the body snatchers.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25And Singapore is sometimes known as the Lion City,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28from the Sanskrit origin of its name.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30You have, Philip, 15 points.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33APPLAUSE
0:20:39 > 0:20:40And now, David again, please.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46And you start out with ten points, David.
0:20:46 > 0:20:4819 is still the score to beat,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51so you have two and a half minutes in which to do it, or not.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52In the nursery rhyme,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56where did the old woman live who had so many children, she didn't know what to do?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Shoe.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00In which resort on the Lincolnshire coast did Billy Butlin open
0:21:00 > 0:21:03his first holiday camp on Easter Saturday in 1936?
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Skegness.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Which actor, who died in 2015, played the creature in The Curse of Frankenstein
0:21:08 > 0:21:11and Kharis, the Mummy, in the classic Hammer horror films?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Bela Lugosi?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Christopher Lee. Which biblical king of Israel
0:21:14 > 0:21:16married the Phoenician princess Jezebel?
0:21:16 > 0:21:17David.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Ahab. What name for a room or cupboard used as
0:21:19 > 0:21:22a store for food originally referred to a place to keep meat?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Larder.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Which BBC Television sporting award programme
0:21:26 > 0:21:28is often referred to by the acronym SPOTY?
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Sports Personality of the Year.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Which actor and comedian, best known for playing a television detective and as
0:21:34 > 0:21:38a regular panellist on QI, has written an autobiography called
0:21:38 > 0:21:41My Favourite People and Me, 1978-88?
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Jonathan Davies.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Alan Davies. Which romantic novel opens with the sentence,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47"1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my landlord,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50"the solitary neighbour I shall be troubled with"?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Emma.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Wuthering Heights. Glass snakes are a group of legless reptiles
0:21:55 > 0:21:58that resemble snakes, but are actually a genus of another reptile
0:21:58 > 0:22:01that gives them their alternative name. What reptile?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Salamanders.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Lizard. In which 1875 opera by Bizet does the heroine throw a flower to Don Jose
0:22:06 > 0:22:10before returning to work in a cigarette factory?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Carmen.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Which Soviet leader was awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Gorbachev.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19The American government department known by the initials DHS
0:22:19 > 0:22:22was created in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks
0:22:22 > 0:22:24to protect the country against further such attacks.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26What do the letters stand for?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Department of Homeland Security.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32What word, meaning to pickle or to marinade and cook in spiced wine or vinegar,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35can also mean to drench with water?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Um, drizzle?
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Souse. Which President of Chile, who was the country's first socialist leader,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46died after he was overthrown in a military coup in September 1973?
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Allende.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51The 1523 portrait of Erasmus seated at his desk
0:22:51 > 0:22:54and the 1527 portrait of Sir Thomas More are among the early works of
0:22:54 > 0:22:57a German-born painter who later moved to Britain. Who was he?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Holbein.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Who was stripped of his world heavyweight boxing title for
0:23:01 > 0:23:04refusing to be drafted into the American Army in 1967?
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Muhammad Ali.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Which imperial unit of land measurement has a name that may
0:23:08 > 0:23:12have referred to the area of land a team of oxen could plough in a day?
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Acre.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18The chemical element with the atomic number 35 and chemical symbol Br
0:23:18 > 0:23:22has a name that comes from the Greek for "stench". Which element?
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Bromine.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Yes, is correct.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27You got there just in time, too, didn't you?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31No passes, David. You have 22 points.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34APPLAUSE
0:23:40 > 0:23:43And finally, Pamela again, please.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50And you have 11 points to start,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53and you have 22 points to beat. Let's see if you can do it
0:23:53 > 0:23:56with your two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Who created the character James Bond
0:23:58 > 0:24:01when he appeared in his 1953 novel, Casino Royale?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Ian Fleming.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06In which Middle Eastern country is the ancient city of Petra, described in
0:24:06 > 0:24:10a poem by John William Burgon as "a rose red city, half as old as time"?
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Jordan.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13When the artist Giotto was asked by the Pope's envoy
0:24:13 > 0:24:15to provide a sample of his best work,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19what perfect shape is he said to have drawn freehand to demonstrate his ability?
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Pass.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Which magician, who died in 2016, presented the television quiz shows
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Odd One Out, Every Second Counts and Wipeout?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Paul Daniels.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic
0:24:30 > 0:24:32in 1927 in his plane the Spirit of St Louis?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Charles Lindbergh.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36What name, from the Greek for "above the tongue",
0:24:36 > 0:24:38is given to the flap of cartilage that covers
0:24:38 > 0:24:41the opening leading into the larynx during swallowing?
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Epiglottis.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Which prolific writer of detective stories wrote
0:24:44 > 0:24:47a series of romance novels including Absent in the Spring
0:24:47 > 0:24:50and The Burden, under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Pass.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56In which South American country was the Israeli pianist
0:24:56 > 0:24:59and conductor Daniel Barenboim born in 1942?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Brazil.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Argentina. What name is usually given to the pastime of pulling faces,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06the World Championships of which are held in the village of Egremont in Cumbria?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Gurning.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Which large, seal-like marine mammal with long tusks
0:25:10 > 0:25:15has a scientific name that roughly translates from Latin as "tooth-walking seahorse"?
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Walrus.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Which king abdicated in September 1399 after
0:25:19 > 0:25:23he was captured by the Earl of Northumberland's army at Conwy?
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Pass.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Which 1853 novel by Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell is based on her
0:25:28 > 0:25:31upbringing in the genteel town of Knutsford in Cheshire?
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Cranford.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Who plays the outlaw and smuggler Han Solo in the film Star Wars and its sequels?
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Harrison Ford.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Which London-born photographer discovered and first brought
0:25:43 > 0:25:45the model Jean Shrimpton to the public eye during the '60s?
0:25:45 > 0:25:46David Bailey.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49What name is usually given to a cocktail of vodka and tomato juice,
0:25:49 > 0:25:52often seasoned with Worcestershire sauce, pepper and salt?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Bloody Mary.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56What French term that literally means "foot on the ground"
0:25:56 > 0:26:00is used for a flat, house or other lodging for secondary or occasional use?
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Pied-a-terre.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03In 1985, the American athlete Willie Banks set
0:26:03 > 0:26:08a world record of 17.97 metres that stood for ten years in which field event?
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Triple jump.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12What island was the birthplace of the nurse Mary Seacole,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15she went to the Crimea at her own expense to tend the wounded
0:26:15 > 0:26:18after she was rejected by the War Office without interview?
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Jamaica.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21How long should a period of quarantine last,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24according to the Italian origin of the word?
0:26:24 > 0:26:2540 days.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Who had a number three UK hit in 1977...
0:26:28 > 0:26:30BEEPING ..with Evergreen, the love theme
0:26:30 > 0:26:33from the film A Star Is Born, that she also co-starred in?
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Barbra Streisand.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Is correct. Three passes.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Richard II was the king who abdicated after
0:26:38 > 0:26:42he was captured by the Earl of Northumberland's army.
0:26:42 > 0:26:49Agatha Christie was the writer of Absent in the Spring and The Burden.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54And Giotto drew a perfect circle. How about that?
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Pamela, you got 27 points.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01APPLAUSE
0:27:09 > 0:27:11So, no question about the winner!
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Let's have a look at all of those scores.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17In fourth place with 15 points, Philip Dubois.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Third place, 19 points, Janet Jackson.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Second place, 22 points, David Pickering.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26First place, 27 points, Pamela Culley.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Which means, of course, that Pamela is tonight's winner.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41She goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her.
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