0:00:26 > 0:00:29Our first contender tonight is Marcia Bull from Wiltshire.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Her specialist subject is the History of the City of Bath.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Next, Keith Nickless, a business development manager
0:00:37 > 0:00:40from Tring on the band the Faces.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Paul Armstrong is a student from County Durham,
0:00:45 > 0:00:47and he'll answer questions on Sophie Scholl
0:00:47 > 0:00:50and the anti-Nazi group the White Rose.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56And Adam Tumber is a management information analyst from Leeds.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00His specialist subject, the racing driver Ayrton Senna.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Hello, and welcome to Mastermind
0:01:15 > 0:01:17with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21After many hours of revision, four more contenders puts themselves to
0:01:21 > 0:01:25the test tonight in the hope that they might be crowned the nation's
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Mastermind eventually. All that work and they get just
0:01:28 > 0:01:30two minutes on their own subject.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31And then, the real killer -
0:01:31 > 0:01:34two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37At stake tonight, a place in the semifinal.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39So let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49And your name is?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50Marcia Bull.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51You occupation?
0:01:51 > 0:01:52Retired.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54And your specialist subject?
0:01:54 > 0:01:55The History of the City of Bath.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57City of Bath in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01The Roman name for Bath was Aquae Sulis, meaning waters of Sulis.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05With which Roman deity was the Celtic goddess Sulis closely identified?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Minerva.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Yes. Under which King did the first phase of
0:02:08 > 0:02:11post-Roman reconstruction take place in Bath in the late ninth century
0:02:11 > 0:02:13with the reinforcement of its defences?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Edgar.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Alfred. What is the name of the Celtic prince who,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19according to legend, was the founder of the city of Bath?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21His statue overlooks the King's Bath.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Bladud.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Yes. Which Archbishop of Canterbury crowned Edgar the Peaceful
0:02:25 > 0:02:28king of all England in Bath Abbey in 973?
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Pass.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Which army officer who was sent to Bath in 1715
0:02:31 > 0:02:34to quell a possible Jacobite uprising
0:02:34 > 0:02:36went on to live in the city and become its MP?
0:02:36 > 0:02:39He's famous for building military roads in the Highlands?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40General Wade.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Yes. What is the name of the hill above Bath
0:02:42 > 0:02:45that is the site of an Iron Age hillfort and village?
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Pass.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50In 1755, builders working for the second Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
0:02:50 > 0:02:53found the eastern end of which complex archaeological site?
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Pass.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59In what year did the railway reach Bath when the line that linked
0:02:59 > 0:03:01the city to Bristol went into service?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03The whole route to London opened the following year.
0:03:03 > 0:03:051840.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Yes. The famous terrace in Bath built by John Wood, the Younger
0:03:07 > 0:03:11between 1767-75 has former residents
0:03:11 > 0:03:13including the Grand Old Duke of York
0:03:13 > 0:03:16and the novelist and dramatist Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Which terrace?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18The Royal Crescent.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Yes. Thomas Baldwin was the original architect
0:03:20 > 0:03:23of the Grand Pump Room when work started on it in 1790,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25but he was subsequently dismissed.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Which architect finished the building in 1795?
0:03:29 > 0:03:30JM Brydon?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33No, Palmer. In which terrace is there a plaque at number four
0:03:33 > 0:03:36to commemorate that Jane Austen lived there from 1801 to 1805?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39It's one of a number of places in Bath where she stayed with her family.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Sydney Terrace.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Sydney Place. What is the usual name given to the striking carving which
0:03:44 > 0:03:46was probably the pediment above the Roman Temple?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49It's now on view in the Roman Baths museum.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50The Gorgon's Head.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Yes. In 1781, which astronomer and musician who lived at 19 New King Street
0:03:54 > 0:03:56discovered a previously-unknown planet
0:03:56 > 0:03:59that he called Georgium Sidus in honour of King George III?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01BEEP
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Herschel.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03William Herschel is correct.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06You had three passes.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09In 1755, the builders found the
0:04:09 > 0:04:12eastern end of the Roman Baths.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Little Salisbury Hill is the name of that hill above Bath
0:04:15 > 0:04:16that is the site of an Iron Age hillfort.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19And the Archbishop who crowned
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Edgar the Peaceful was Dunstan.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And you have scored, Marcia, seven points.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Thank you.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38And our next contender, please.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46And your name is?
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Keith Nickless.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Your occupation?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50I'm a business development manager.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52And your chosen subject?
0:04:52 > 0:04:53The Face, 1969-1975.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Faces in two minutes, here we go.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59The Faces were a British rock band fronted by Rod Stewart.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Which song by the band reached number two in February '73
0:05:01 > 0:05:04and gave them their highest-placed single in the UK?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06It stayed in the charts for nine weeks.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Cindy Incidentally.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Yep. Which Radio 1 DJ became an early champion of the band?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13They recorded several session tracks for his programme,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17including Around The Plinth and Country Comfort in 1970?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18John Peel.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Yeah. What's the name of the singer who joined the Faces
0:05:20 > 0:05:21onstage at Dudley Zoo in 1970?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23They were being jeered by the crowd,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26but Stewart claimed the singer "turned the audience and saved us".
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Robert Plant.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Yes. The other members of the Faces fooled around on Top Of The Pops
0:05:30 > 0:05:33and kicked a football when they backed Stewart's performance
0:05:33 > 0:05:35of which 1971 solo hit?
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Maggie May.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Yes. Which track on the band's 1970 debut album First Step is a
0:05:40 > 0:05:43reference to the fact that the bathroom in Ronnie Lane's
0:05:43 > 0:05:44flat was extremely cold?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Stone.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Shake, Shudder, Shiver.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Which guitarist left the Faces in 1975
0:05:49 > 0:05:52and joined the Rolling Stones to replace Mick Taylor?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54He had played on the Stones' single It's Only Rock and Roll,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56released in 1974.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Ron Wood.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Yes. In which mountain region of Pennsylvania did the Faces play
0:06:01 > 0:06:03to 200,000 people in July '72 at a festival
0:06:03 > 0:06:07that also featured Humble Pie and Emerson, Lake and Palmer?
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Ponoco?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Pocono - nearly. The Pocono Mountains.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14The Faces' tour of North America in 1970
0:06:14 > 0:06:16began with a concert supporting the MC5
0:06:16 > 0:06:18and Canned Heat at a venue in Toronto.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19What was the venue called?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Boston Tea Party.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23The Varsity Arena. Which former employee
0:06:23 > 0:06:27of the Robert Stigwood Organisation, who was by then a Polydor employee,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29became the Faces' first manager in 1969?
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Billy Gaff.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Yep. What is the name of the Japanese musician formerly with Free
0:06:33 > 0:06:36who replaced the bass player Ronnie Lane
0:06:36 > 0:06:38when he left the Faces in 1973?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Tetsu Yamauchi.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Yep. Which American hotel chain banned the Faces from staying in
0:06:42 > 0:06:44their hotels because of their bad behaviour?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47They took to booking themselves in as Fleetwood Mac instead.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Holiday Inn.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Yes. A live album was released in 1974 that is considered to be
0:06:52 > 0:06:55the Faces' final album, although it is jointly credited to Rod Stewart.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57What's it called? BEEP
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Live Coast To Coast - Overture And Beginners.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01That's it. That is exactly it.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05You have no passes, you have nine points.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And our next contender, please.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22And your name is?
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Paul Armstrong.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Your occupation?
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Student.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27And your chosen subject?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Sophie Scholl and The White Rose.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34The group known as the White Rose produced and distributed anti-Nazi
0:07:34 > 0:07:36leaflets in Germany in the 1940s.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Several members were tried for treason.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42They were led by students including Sophie Scholl from which university?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Yes, Munich University.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50What was the name of the caretaker at Munich University who initially
0:07:50 > 0:07:52detained Sophie Scholl and her brother, Hans,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55when he realised they had distributed leaflets there?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Jacob Schmidt.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Yep. Which of the leaflets circulated by the White Rose
0:07:59 > 0:08:03first contained details of the Nazi extermination of Jews in Poland?
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Leaflet II?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Yes. Which senior member of the Gestapo
0:08:07 > 0:08:09was originally assigned to investigate the leaflets and
0:08:09 > 0:08:11interrogated Sophie after she and Hans
0:08:11 > 0:08:13were arrested for distributing copies
0:08:13 > 0:08:16of the final leaflet at the university?
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Robert Mohr.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Yep. Sophie's cellmate before her trial was a woman who had been
0:08:19 > 0:08:22imprisoned for her involvement with the Communist resistance.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23What was her name?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Else Gebel?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Yes. Josef Sohngen, whose shop on the Maximilian Platz
0:08:27 > 0:08:30was often visited by Hans Scholl and other members of the group, was later
0:08:30 > 0:08:32sentenced to six months in prison
0:08:32 > 0:08:35for failing to report seditious activity.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36What type of shop did he run?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38A bookshop?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Yes. Which young lawyer who observed the first White Rose trial helped
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Robert Scholl submit a plea for clemency to the state attorney general
0:08:44 > 0:08:48for the lives of his children and Christoph Probst?
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Johan Sohngen?
0:08:49 > 0:08:50No, Leo Samberger.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53On the 22nd of February, 1943, Sophie and Hans Scholl,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56and Christoph Probst, were found guilty of treason
0:08:56 > 0:08:59and were executed by guillotine on the same day.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01In which prison did their executions,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03and later those of other White Rose members, take place?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Stadelheim.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Yes. Sophie realised that her brother Hans was the author of
0:09:08 > 0:09:11the first White Rose leaflet when she found an essay on his desk
0:09:11 > 0:09:13called The Lawgiving Of Lycurgus,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15which was the source of a quotation in the leaflet.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Who was the author of the essay?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Pass.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22In what profession did Sophie qualify at the Frobel Institute
0:09:22 > 0:09:23after she left school in an attempt
0:09:23 > 0:09:25to avoid the National Labour Service?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Kindergarten teacher?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Yes. What was the name of the Protestant chaplain at
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Stadelheim Prison who read Bible passages
0:09:31 > 0:09:33with Sophie and Hans...? BEEP
0:09:33 > 0:09:36..and prayed with them shortly before their execution?
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Karl Alt.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Is correct. Just one pass.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Friedrich Schiller was the source of that quotation.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47You have scored nine points.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And our final contender, please.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06And your name is?
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Adam Tumber.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Your occupation?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I am a freelance MI analyst.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11And your chosen subject?
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Ayrton Senna.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Ayrton Senna in two minutes. Here we go.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16The Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna
0:10:16 > 0:10:19won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship three times
0:10:19 > 0:10:22before he was killed in a crash at Imola in May '94.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23What was his actual surname,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26although he raced in Formula One under his mother's maiden name?
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Da Silva.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Yes. At which circuit did Senna record his first victory
0:10:29 > 0:10:32in a Formula Ford race in March '81?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Brands Hatch?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Yes. The '84 Monaco Grand Prix was held in heavy rain and was
0:10:36 > 0:10:39controversially stopped by an ex-Formula One driver
0:10:39 > 0:10:41as Senna was catching the leader, Alain Prost.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43What was the ex-Formula One driver's name?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Jacky Ickx.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Yes. Senna took pole position for the 65th time at Imola in '94,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51but was killed after he crashed into a wall at high speed
0:10:51 > 0:10:53while he was leading the race. Which team was he driving for?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Williams.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Yes. In 1988, McLaren won every Grand Prix except for Monza,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01where Senna was leading when he collided with a Williams driver
0:11:01 > 0:11:03as he tried to lap him. What was the driver's name?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Jean-Louis Schlesser.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Yes. Which fellow Brazilian snubbed Senna when they first met
0:11:07 > 0:11:09in Zolder in 1982?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12He made derogatory comments about Senna's private life,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15and dismissed him as a "Sao Paulo taxi driver."
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Nelson Piquet.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Yes. Senna crashed during qualification for the '91 Mexican Grand Prix,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21and his car finished upside down.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22At which corner did he crash?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Peraltada.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Yes. What was the name of the president of the FIA,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29whom Senna accused of favouring his fellow Frenchman, Alain Prost,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32during the feud between the two drivers?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Jean-Marie Balestre.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Correct. At which circuit did Senna clinch the '88 World Drivers Championship?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40It was also the scene of the title-deciding collisions between
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Senna and Prost in '89 and 1990?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Suzuka.- Yes.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48In '91, Senna finally won the Brazilian Grand Prix at the eighth
0:11:48 > 0:11:51attempt, even though there was a technical problem with his gearbox,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54so he had to drive the final laps of the race in which gear?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55- Sixth.- Yes.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58What methods did Senna and the McLaren boss Ron Dennis use
0:11:58 > 0:12:02to settle the deadlock during their contract negotiations in '88?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04The result cost Senna one and a half million dollars.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- They tossed a coin.- They did.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Which circuit staged the '93 European Grand Prix where,
0:12:08 > 0:12:12on a wet track, Senna overtook four cars on the first lap and won
0:12:12 > 0:12:15by over a minute after he lapped all but one of the other drivers?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16BELL
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Donington.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Donington is absolutely correct.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21As were all your other answers.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23You have no passes.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25You have scored 12 points.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Well, that's the end of the first round and it's pretty close.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41In fourth place, seven points, Marcia Bull.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Joint second place, nine points apiece,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Keith Nickless and Paul Armstrong.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48First place, 12 points, Adam Tumber.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57So, it is round two now. General Knowledge.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01And if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is
0:13:01 > 0:13:04taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11And it's possible for a runner-up to get through to the semifinal
0:13:11 > 0:13:15as well, the six highest-scoring runners up will qualify.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18So let's get on with it, and ask Marcia to join us again, please.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22And you start out with seven points,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24with your knowledge of the City of Bath.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Plenty of time to catch up, because we have two and a half minutes
0:13:27 > 0:13:31of general knowledge questions, starting now.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35The Scottish flag is known as the Saltire, or the cross of which saint?
0:13:35 > 0:13:36St Andrew.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Yes. The Beluga whale, that's found mainly in the coastal waters of the Arctic ocean
0:13:40 > 0:13:43and adjacent seas, has an alternative name that comes from the
0:13:43 > 0:13:46distinctive colouring of the fully grown adults. What name?
0:13:46 > 0:13:47White whale?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Yes. In which 1963 film does Cliff Richard play Don,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52a London bus mechanic who goes across Europe
0:13:52 > 0:13:53with three friends in a double-decker?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Summer Holiday.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Yes. Which Italian dessert, an eggless custard served chilled and
0:13:58 > 0:14:01delicately flavoured, has a name meaning "cooked cream"?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Zabaglione.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04No, it's panna cotta. Which material that
0:14:04 > 0:14:06was once widely used in the building industry,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09but now banned, is mainly obtained from chrysotile,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11a fibrous form of the mineral serpentine?
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Asbestos.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Yes. By what name was the Visitors or Public Gallery
0:14:15 > 0:14:16in the House of Commons formerly known?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Whispering Gallery.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21The Strangers Gallery. Which Leonardo DiCaprio film, set in Thailand, features
0:14:21 > 0:14:26the All Saints UK number one hit single Pure Shores on its soundtrack?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27The Beach?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Yes. What word of German and French origin is a slang term
0:14:30 > 0:14:32describing something ruined, broken or not functioning?
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Pass.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39In 2011, the Turner prize-winning ceramic artist Grayson Perry
0:14:39 > 0:14:42toured Bavaria on a high-powered pink and blue motorcycle
0:14:42 > 0:14:45with his childhood toy, Alan Measles.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46What type of toy?
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Teddy bear?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Yes. Croatia and Slovenia were among the constituent republics of
0:14:50 > 0:14:52a country from 1945 to 1991.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Which country?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Yugoslavia.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Yes. Which Venetian-born adventurer
0:14:56 > 0:14:59and confidence trickster, who died in 1798,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02spent the last 12 years of his life working as librarian in Bohemia?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Pass.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07In Greek mythology, what was left at the bottom of Pandora's box
0:15:07 > 0:15:10after all the evils had escaped to afflict mankind?
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Hope.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Yes. The International Date Line deviates round part of an American state
0:15:15 > 0:15:17so that the whole state can have the same calendar day
0:15:17 > 0:15:19as the rest of America. Which state?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Texas.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Alaska. What title in the English peerage ranks
0:15:23 > 0:15:25immediately below that of a duke?
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Marquis?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Yes. Which private eye, that was played by Tom Selleck
0:15:28 > 0:15:32in a 1980s television series, has the forenames Thomas Sullivan?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Magnum.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Yes. About what achievement did President Richard Nixon
0:15:35 > 0:15:39reportedly say in July 1969, "This is the greatest week
0:15:39 > 0:15:41"in the history of the world since the Creation"?
0:15:41 > 0:15:42Pass.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Which city is served by Orly
0:15:44 > 0:15:46and Charles de Gaulle international airports?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Paris.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Yes. For what the initials LSE stand in the name of an educational
0:15:50 > 0:15:53establishment that was founded in 1895?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54London School of Economics.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Yes. In 1967, AK Chesterton, the cousin of the author GK Chesterton,
0:15:58 > 0:16:02became the first chairman of a far-right British political party.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Which party?- 19...?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Sorry?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Pass.- Tell me... Oh, OK.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Well, we'll take it as a pass,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10cos I've got to tell you anyway, haven't I?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Because we're out of time. It was the National Front.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14And your other passes...
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Nixon waxed lyrical,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19"Greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation,"
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- it was man's first landing on the moon.- Oh!
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- The Venetian-born adventurer was Casanova.- Oh.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27That word of German and French origin,
0:16:27 > 0:16:32- something ruined or broken or whatever, kaput.- Oh, right.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34There we are. You have 19 points.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Thank you.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47And now, Keith again, please.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53And you start out with nine points, Keith.
0:16:53 > 0:16:5519, the score to beat as we speak.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Here we go, two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Which square is the principal setting
0:16:59 > 0:17:02for the television soap opera EastEnders?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Albert Square.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Yes. Which Greek Titan is often depicted with a globe on his shoulder?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Since the 16th century, he's shared his name with a book of maps.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Atlas.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Yes. Which British soldier and statesman's horse
0:17:12 > 0:17:14was named Copenhagen and was given a funeral
0:17:14 > 0:17:17with full military honours when it died in 1836?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Duke of Wellington?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Yes. What international sporting competition did Great Britain
0:17:21 > 0:17:24win for the first time in 79 years in November 2015,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27when Andy Murray beat the Belgian David Goffin?
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Davis Cup.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Yes. In which American city are the permanent headquarters
0:17:31 > 0:17:32of the International Monetary Fund?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Washington.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Yes. Mick Hucknall is the lead singer with a band
0:17:36 > 0:17:38that formed in 1985 in Manchester. Which band?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Simply Red.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Yes. Which Chinese city gives its name to a dried and roasted duck dish
0:17:42 > 0:17:44traditionally served with thin pancakes,
0:17:44 > 0:17:45green onions and hoisin sauce?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Peking?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Yes. What name, related to the Latin for hood,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51is used for the streamlined metal casing round an engine
0:17:51 > 0:17:53such as in an aircraft or motor vehicle?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Capsule?
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Cowling. The design of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford in the 1660s
0:17:59 > 0:18:01was one of the first major commissions of an architect
0:18:01 > 0:18:04who was later appointed to rebuild a number of churches
0:18:04 > 0:18:06after the Great Fire of London. Which architect?
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Wren.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Yes. In which Commonwealth country were the writers
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Margaret Atwood, Saul Bellow
0:18:10 > 0:18:12and Lucy Maud Montgomery all born?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Canada.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Which city on the River Wye is famed as a cider-making centre
0:18:17 > 0:18:20and has its own Nelson's Column on the site of the old castle?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Hereford.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24In the 2016 film version of Dad's Army,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26who plays the role of Captain Mainwaring?
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Toby Jones.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29The siblings Tom and Maggie Tulliver,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32who live in the village of St Ogg's in Lincolnshire,
0:18:32 > 0:18:33are the principal characters of
0:18:33 > 0:18:36a semiautobiographical novel by George Eliot. Which novel?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38The Mill On The Floss.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Of which so-called nut are there sweet and bitter types
0:18:40 > 0:18:43that are produced by two trees in the genus Prunus
0:18:43 > 0:18:45which are close relatives of the peach tree?
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Almond.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Which poisonous, gaseous compound of hydrogen
0:18:48 > 0:18:50has a characteristic smell of bad eggs
0:18:50 > 0:18:53and is found in small quantities in natural gas?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Sulphur.- Hydrogen sulphide.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Who was executed by a swordsman in May 1536
0:18:59 > 0:19:02after she was accused of adultery with, among others,
0:19:02 > 0:19:03the young musician Mark Smeaton?
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Anne Boleyn.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08What type of missile was originally invented for the Austrian Navy
0:19:08 > 0:19:10by the Lancashire-born engineer Robert Whitehead
0:19:10 > 0:19:14at a marine engineering works in Fiume in 1866?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Torpedo.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Which television cartoon character
0:19:17 > 0:19:20lives in a two-storey pineapple in Bikini Bottom,
0:19:20 > 0:19:21a city deep under the sea,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23and works at the Krusty Krab restaurant?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- SpongeBob SquarePants. - Of course.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Which Labour Party leader served on the National Executive
0:19:27 > 0:19:30of the Anti-Apartheid Movement... BEEP
0:19:30 > 0:19:31..and was arrested in 1984
0:19:31 > 0:19:34for protesting outside South Africa House?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Jeremy Corbyn. - It was indeed Jeremy Corbyn.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44No passes, Keith. You have a total of 26 points.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47APPLAUSE
0:19:53 > 0:19:56And now Paul again, please.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00And, Paul, you also start out with a score of nine,
0:20:00 > 0:20:04but the score to beat has now gone up a little. It's 26.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07So, let's see if you can do that with your general knowledge.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Here we go.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Which tragic couple are
0:20:09 > 0:20:11the title characters of a Shakespeare play
0:20:11 > 0:20:13in which they are secretly married
0:20:13 > 0:20:15by the Franciscan Friar Laurence?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Romeo and Juliet.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18What Latin phrase for a career resume
0:20:18 > 0:20:21is generally abbreviated to the letters CV?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Curriculum vitae.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Of which large, herbivorous mammal
0:20:25 > 0:20:28are the Indian, Javan and Sumatran the Asian species?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31The other two species are native to Africa.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32- Elephant.- Rhinoceros.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Leigh-on-Sea in Essex is a Western district
0:20:34 > 0:20:37of a larger seaside resort that is famed for its pier.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Which resort?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Brighton.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Southend. Which series of short television films
0:20:41 > 0:20:44by Aardman Animations features animals of all sizes
0:20:44 > 0:20:46talking about aspects of modern life?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Creature Comforts.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50How is the French composer Emile Waldteufel's
0:20:50 > 0:20:52well-known waltz with a wintry theme
0:20:52 > 0:20:56entitled Les Patineurs usually translated into English?
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Pass.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01What is the southernmost of Spain's Mediterranean Costas?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05It includes the resorts of Torremolinos and Marbella.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Pass.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Which American science-fiction author
0:21:08 > 0:21:10wrote the original Dune series of novels?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Pass.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16What Italian name is used for the annual variety of broccoli
0:21:16 > 0:21:20that is traditionally harvested in the summer?
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Pass.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Sir Peter Blake is one of the leading pioneers in Britain
0:21:23 > 0:21:26of an art movement that uses objects such as soup cans
0:21:26 > 0:21:29and other images of consumerism as subject matter.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Which movement?
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Objectivism.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Pop Art. What is the name of the ageing film star
0:21:34 > 0:21:37played by Gloria Swanson in the 1950 Billy Wilder film
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Sunset Boulevard?
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Pass.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Which American rock group had a top five hit in 2008
0:21:43 > 0:21:45with the single Human featuring the lyrics,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47"Are we human or are we dancers"?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48The Killers.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Which shipping forecast sea area
0:21:50 > 0:21:54includes both the Orkney and Shetland Islands?
0:21:54 > 0:21:55- Dogger's End.- Fair Isle.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59The syrup cassis, that is a speciality of Dijon,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01is made from which fruit?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02- Apples.- Blackcurrant.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04What name is given to the process
0:22:04 > 0:22:07that was discovered in 1839 by the inventor Charles Goodyear
0:22:07 > 0:22:09whereby rubber is heated with sulphur
0:22:09 > 0:22:12to improve its physical properties?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Vulcanisation.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Which football club's home ground
0:22:15 > 0:22:17is sometimes known as Parkhead,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20the name of the district of Glasgow where it's situated?
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Celtic.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24In July 1847, the United States issued
0:22:24 > 0:22:27its first national adhesive postage stamp.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Which president was on the ten-cent stamp?
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Washington.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Which 15th-century Dominican monk
0:22:32 > 0:22:34who reorganised the Spanish Inquisition
0:22:34 > 0:22:37is notorious for the zeal and cruelty
0:22:37 > 0:22:39with which he carried out his duties? BEEP
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Pass.- I can tell you because we're out of time.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42It was Torquemada.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Yeah. Your passes.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Norma Desmond was the ageing film star in Gloria Swanson's film.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Calabrese is that sort of summer version of broccoli.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Frank Herbert wrote the original Dune series of novels.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Southernmost of Spain's Costas is the Costa Del Sol.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05And that French composer's well-known waltz
0:23:05 > 0:23:07was The Skater's Waltz.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Paul, you have a total of 16 points.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13APPLAUSE
0:23:18 > 0:23:21And, finally, Adam again, please.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26And you start out with 12 points.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29The score to beat is still 26.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34Let's see if you can do that with your general knowledge starting now.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36What is the title of the 1941 Disney film
0:23:36 > 0:23:38that features Jim Crow and his friends
0:23:38 > 0:23:40singing When I See An Elephant Fly?
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Dumbo.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43In which five-a-side indoor sport are the London Lions,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Sheffield Sharks, Bristol Flyers
0:23:45 > 0:23:48and Manchester Giants among the leading British teams?
0:23:48 > 0:23:49- Ice hockey.- Basketball.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Which planet orbits the sun only once every 165 years?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55It has only completed one orbit
0:23:55 > 0:23:57since its discovery in 1846.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Neptune.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Which character is played by the late Frank Kelly
0:24:00 > 0:24:02in the television comedy Father Ted?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03He has a monosyllabic vocabulary
0:24:03 > 0:24:05usually limited to, "Drink."
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Father Jack.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08By what childhood nickname was
0:24:08 > 0:24:12President Lyndon B Johnson's wife Claudia generally known?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Lady Bird.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19What term for someone only able to speak one language
0:24:19 > 0:24:21comes from the Greek for single tongue?
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Monoglot.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Which future party leader was first elected to Parliament
0:24:25 > 0:24:28in a by-election in February 1989
0:24:28 > 0:24:30when he retained Richmond, North Yorkshire
0:24:30 > 0:24:31for the Conservatives?
0:24:31 > 0:24:32William Hague.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35What is the occupation of the meek and elderly Septimus Harding
0:24:35 > 0:24:38according to the title of Anthony Trollope's 1855 novel?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- A parson.- The warden.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Who wrote both the script and the musical score,
0:24:42 > 0:24:44and also starred in the 1984 film
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Give My Regards To Broad Street?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Pass.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Mary Richardson was part of a movement
0:24:50 > 0:24:51that was responsible for the defacement
0:24:51 > 0:24:53of Velazquez' Rokeby Venus
0:24:53 > 0:24:56and other works of art in 1913 and 1914.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Which movement?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Pass.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02On which motorway in northern England
0:25:02 > 0:25:04are Burtonwood, Birch, Hartshead Moor
0:25:04 > 0:25:06and Ferrybridge the four service stations?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07M62.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09What is the name of the spider who lives in a web
0:25:09 > 0:25:11overlooking the barn of her friend Wilbur the pig
0:25:11 > 0:25:14in EB White's children's novel that was first published in 1952?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Charlotte.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19In which American state are the cities of Cleveland, Akron and Toledo?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Ohio.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Which shrine in Jerusalem stands on the site
0:25:22 > 0:25:24where Abraham is believed to have been prepared
0:25:24 > 0:25:26to sacrifice his son Isaac?
0:25:26 > 0:25:29It's the oldest surviving Islamic monument.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Dome of the Rock.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Anne-Sophie Mutter, a former child prodigy
0:25:32 > 0:25:35and a virtuoso performer on the violin,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37was born in which country in 1963?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- Germany.- West Germany, yeah.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42What is the name of the O'Hara family's plantation
0:25:42 > 0:25:44in the film Gone With The Wind?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Pass.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Black-headed and herring are species of sea birds
0:25:47 > 0:25:50belonging to the family Laridae. Which birds?
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Gull.- What name is given to the device
0:25:52 > 0:25:54in an internal combustion engine
0:25:54 > 0:25:56in which air is mixed with vaporised fuel
0:25:56 > 0:25:57in the correct proportion?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Carburettor.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01The holder of which office has his official summer residence
0:26:01 > 0:26:03in the Palace of Castel Gandolfo
0:26:03 > 0:26:05in the Lazio region of Italy? BEEP
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- The Pope. - The Pope is correct.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09You had three passes.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13The name of the O'Hara family's plantation was Tara.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17The suffragettes, that was the movement we were looking for.
0:26:17 > 0:26:191913 and '14.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22And the chap who wrote the script and the score
0:26:22 > 0:26:26for Give My Regards To Broad Street was Paul McCartney.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30You may have heard of him doing one or two other things, as well.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33And your score is 26.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36APPLAUSE
0:26:47 > 0:26:51So, what a close contest. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54In fourth place, 16 points, Paul Armstrong.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Third place, 19 points, Marcia Bull.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Second place, with 26 points and three passes,
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Adam Tumber.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06First place, with 26 points and no passes,
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Keith Nickless.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10APPLAUSE
0:27:20 > 0:27:24And that means that Keith Nickless is tonight's winner.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26It shows how important it is not to pass.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28And he goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Congratulations to him.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Commiserations to Adam but, with a score of 26,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35it's just possible that we will see him again in the semifinal.
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