0:00:26 > 0:00:29The first contender to brave the black chair tonight
0:00:29 > 0:00:32is Loretta Waters. She's a National Trust ranger from Swindon.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Her specialist subject, the films of Ewan McGregor.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Next, John Cockerill, a retired bank worker from Middlesbrough.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43He's answering questions on British racecourses.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Sree Kanthamneni is a product manager from London.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52His specialist subject, UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And Ruth Russell-Jones is a university administrator
0:00:57 > 0:01:01from Derbyshire, on CJ Sansom's Shardlake novels.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Tonight, four more contenders who have all applied to take part
0:01:20 > 0:01:23and they've been able to choose their own specialist subject,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26so they've only got themselves to blame for that.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29But they have no influence over the questions
0:01:29 > 0:01:31in the general knowledge round.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34That is usually where this game is won or lost.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Tonight's winner will go through to the next round
0:01:37 > 0:01:38and maybe all the way to the final,
0:01:38 > 0:01:42where they can win the coveted title of Mastermind Champion.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02In two minutes, the films of Ewan McGregor, starting now.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04In which 1994 black comedy-thriller
0:02:04 > 0:02:07does Ewan McGregor's character, Alex, say to his flatmate,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10"But, Juliet, you're a doctor. You kill people every day"?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- Shallow Grave.- What part does McGregor play
0:02:13 > 0:02:15in the Star Wars prequel trilogy of films,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The Phantom Menace, Attack Of The Clones and Revenge Of The Sith,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22that were released between 1999 and 2005?
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- Obi-Wan Kenobi. - In Moulin Rouge(!), when Christian first visits
0:02:26 > 0:02:28the courtesan Satine's room to perform his poetry,
0:02:28 > 0:02:33- he serenades her with an Elton John hit. What's its title?- Er...
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- You Will Love Me. - Your Song.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Which 2007 Woody Allen film stars McGregor and Colin Farrell as two brothers
0:02:39 > 0:02:42who are hired by their wealthy uncle to commit a murder?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Cassandra's Dream. - In Brassed Off, McGregor's character, Andy,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47invites Gloria out for some grub
0:02:47 > 0:02:48and says they can go posh.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50What is the name of the fish and chip shop he takes her to?
0:02:50 > 0:02:55- In Cod We Trust.- In which 2005 animated film does McGregor provide the voice
0:02:55 > 0:02:57for a plucky little pigeon with big dreams,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59who declares that what's important
0:02:59 > 0:03:02is not the size of your wingspan but the size of your spirit?
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- Valiant.- McGregor won Best Actor at the 2010 European Film Awards
0:03:06 > 0:03:09for his role in the political thriller The Ghost.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12The film was adapted from a book written by which British author?
0:03:14 > 0:03:15- Ron Brown.- Robert Harris.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19In which 1997 black comedy does McGregor star alongside Cameron Diaz
0:03:19 > 0:03:22as a cleaner who takes his boss's daughter hostage
0:03:22 > 0:03:24after he's replaced by a robot?
0:03:24 > 0:03:25A Life Less Ordinary.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29In the comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats, the New Earth Army manual
0:03:29 > 0:03:33mentions three great imagineers of the past who should be followed.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Jesus Christ and Lao Tse Tung are two. Who is the third?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- Walt Disney.- Which film, starring McGregor and Naomi Watts,
0:03:40 > 0:03:41is inspired by the true story
0:03:41 > 0:03:43of a tourist family in Thailand
0:03:43 > 0:03:48who miraculously survive the Indian Ocean tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- The Impossible.- What is the name of the character, played by McGregor,
0:03:51 > 0:03:55who sings duets with both Miss Woodhouse and Miss Fairfax
0:03:55 > 0:03:58in the 1996 film Emma, based on the novel by Jane Austen?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- Frank Churchill. - In Rogue Trader,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03McGregor plays the Barings Bank employee Nick Leeson...
0:04:03 > 0:04:04BEEP
0:04:04 > 0:04:06..who uses a back office error account in Singapore
0:04:06 > 0:04:11to hide his losses. What five-digit number does he assign to the account?
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- 88888.- Yes, correct.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18No passes, Loretta. You have scored ten points.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21APPLAUSE
0:04:27 > 0:04:29And our next contender, please.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47British racecourses in two minutes. Here we go.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Which racecourse, that hosted its first race meeting in 1859,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52is the only course in Britain
0:04:52 > 0:04:54that doesn't have a grandstand?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Bangor.- Yes, Bangor-on-Dee. On which Berkshire course, which is on raised meadow
0:04:58 > 0:05:00and is well-known for its Monday evening meetings
0:05:00 > 0:05:02that are held throughout the summer months,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06did Richard Hughes ride seven winners on 15th October, 2012?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Windsor.- During the Glorious Goodwood meeting,
0:05:08 > 0:05:13the six-furlong straight course is often known by the name of which race?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- The Stewards' Cup. - Epsom Racecourse is served by three railway stations -
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Epsom and Epsom Downs and another, which is named
0:05:19 > 0:05:22after a local feature and a part of the racecourse. What's it called?
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- Tattenham Corner. - Bath Racecourse is the highest flat course in the country.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29It was used as a landing strip by the Royal Air Force in World War II.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31On which hill does it lie?
0:05:31 > 0:05:36- Lansdown.- Perth Racecourse, which hosts both daytime and evening meetings,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38is the most northerly racecourse in Britain.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40It lies in the grounds of which palace?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- Scone Palace. - Which racecourse has a mile-long straight with a loop
0:05:44 > 0:05:48to allow longer races, and hosted its first meeting in the 16th century?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Mill Reef had his debut win there in 1970, before going on to win
0:05:51 > 0:05:55the Derby, King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Salisbury.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59The King George VI Chase, won a record five times
0:05:59 > 0:06:03by the Paul Nicholls-trained Kauto Star, takes place at Kempton Park.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05On what date is it usually run?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Boxing Day, 26th December.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Which course has the longest run-in in Britain,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13with a distance from the last fence of approximately four furlongs,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16and the winning post on a separate chute in the middle of the track?
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Cartmel.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20On which Northamptonshire racecourse do the horses have to run steeply uphill
0:06:20 > 0:06:24for the last six furlongs? It makes it one of Britain's most demanding courses.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- Towcester. - Ffos Las became the third racecourse in Wales in 2009
0:06:29 > 0:06:30when it was opened on a site
0:06:30 > 0:06:34that had formerly been used for what industrial activity?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Quarrying.- Coal mining. What is the name of the road
0:06:37 > 0:06:39that is crossed on four occasions during the Grand National?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- Melling Road. - Which racecourse
0:06:41 > 0:06:43on Whitehawk Hill above the city,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46made popular by the Prince of Wales in the late 18th century, has a horseshoe layout
0:06:46 > 0:06:48that makes it one of the few tracks...
0:06:48 > 0:06:49BEEP
0:06:49 > 0:06:51..that doesn't actually complete a circuit?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- Brighton.- Is correct.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55No passes, John. 12 points.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57APPLAUSE
0:07:04 > 0:07:06And our next contender, please.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23World Heritage Sites in two minutes, starting now.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25What is the traditional European name
0:07:25 > 0:07:29of the huge red sandstone monolith, 9.4km in circumference,
0:07:29 > 0:07:34that forms the centrepiece of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Ayers Rock. - What is the name of Europe's largest stone circle?
0:07:37 > 0:07:41It forms part of a World Heritage Site in Wiltshire that also includes Stonehenge.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46- Avebury. - In which American state is the Carlsbad Caverns National Park
0:07:46 > 0:07:49that contains many intricate limestone caves?
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- New Mexico. - In which Japanese city is the Genbaku or Atomic Bomb Dome,
0:07:53 > 0:07:56whose skeletal form was the only major structure
0:07:56 > 0:07:59left standing after 6th August, 1945?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Hiroshima. - The Tower of Hercules in Galicia, northern Spain,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04that dates back to Roman times,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07and is one of the oldest working lighthouses in the world,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09stands at the harbour entrance of which city?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- Bilbao.- No, La Coruna. Which French city has an historic centre
0:08:13 > 0:08:15that includes a papal palace
0:08:15 > 0:08:18and the famous 12th-century Saint-Benezet Bridge?
0:08:18 > 0:08:24- Avignon.- The Wawel Cathedral that hosted royal ceremonial events
0:08:24 > 0:08:26over many centuries, stands in the historic centre
0:08:26 > 0:08:29of which Polish city and former capital?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Krakow. - Which national park in Tanzania,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35designated a World Heritage Site in 1981,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38is famous for its vast annual migrations of grazing animals,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40especially wildebeest from the central plains
0:08:40 > 0:08:42to waterholes on its western side?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Serengeti.- What is the name of the sacred mountain
0:08:45 > 0:08:48on an Aegean peninsula in northern Greece,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50which is a self-governing monastic republic
0:08:50 > 0:08:52and home to over 1,000 monks?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Women and female animals are prohibited.
0:08:54 > 0:09:00- Athos.- Which baroque palace near Vienna was a residence of Hapsburg emperors
0:09:00 > 0:09:02and has gardens that contain what is regarded
0:09:02 > 0:09:05as the world's oldest zoo, founded in 1752?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- Schonbrunn.- The Angkor Archaeological Park,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10that contains over 100 temples,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14including the well-known Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, is in which country?
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- Cambodia. - Which Buddhist pilgrimage site in southern Nepal
0:09:18 > 0:09:20is the place where, according to tradition,
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Queen Mahamaya gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, the future Buddha?
0:09:24 > 0:09:25- Lumbini. - BEEP
0:09:25 > 0:09:27That is correct and you're out of time.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30You have no passes and you've got 11 points.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33APPLAUSE
0:09:40 > 0:09:41And our final contender, please.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01In two minutes, starting now.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03The Shardlake novels are historical mysteries
0:10:03 > 0:10:06that follow the exploits of Matthew Shardlake, a 15th-century lawyer,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09in the reign of Henry VIII. What physical deformity does he have?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- He's a hunchback. - In Lamentation, Shardlake is sent to Smithfield
0:10:12 > 0:10:16as the representative of Lincoln's Inn, when a woman, who's been found guilty
0:10:16 > 0:10:19of preaching heresy, is burned at the stake there. What's her name?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- Anne Askew. - What is the name of the tavern in Charterhouse Square
0:10:22 > 0:10:25that's owned by the widow Ethel Bunce? She's found murdered there.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- The Green Man.- Shardlake's household steward, William,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31claims that the deep scar on his face happened at a battle
0:10:31 > 0:10:33where he killed the King of Scotland. Which battle?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Flodden.- What play does Shardlake attend a performance of
0:10:36 > 0:10:42in the Great Hall of Lincoln's Inn, which he describes as a "heavy-handed moral fable"?
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- Pass.- In Dark Fire, what does Shardlake eat to make himself vomit
0:10:46 > 0:10:48and get rid of the poison which he realises
0:10:48 > 0:10:51that he and his assistant, Barak, had been served by Goodwife Wentworth?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- Mustard.- In Revelation, Shardlake witnesses a meeting
0:10:54 > 0:10:57between St Thomas Seymour and Lady Catherine Parr
0:10:57 > 0:11:00when Seymour steps forward to protect her from a beggar.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03In which London building does this meeting take place?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Westminster Abbey. - Robin Singleton was the King's Commissioner,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11who'd made Mark Smeaton confess to adultery with Anne Boleyn.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16What is the name of the infirmary assistant who killed Singleton in the monastery?
0:11:16 > 0:11:20- Alice Fewterer.- How much did Nicholas Hobbey pay to buy the wardship
0:11:20 > 0:11:25of Hugh and Emma Curteys after the death of their parents, in addition to the legal fees of £30?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- £50.- £80.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30In Sovereign, what animal is deliberately released from its cage
0:11:30 > 0:11:32and chases Shardlake into St Mary's Church,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35where it's killed by Kentish archers?
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- A bear.- What is the name of the horse, which replaces Shardlake's horse, Chancery,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42after it's killed by the former monk and soldier Bernard Toky?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Genesis. - In Revelation, Henry VIII,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48who's thought to be worried that Catherine Parr may want to marry Sir Thomas Seymour,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52sends Seymour away as ambassador to which European territory?
0:11:52 > 0:11:57- The Netherlands.- In Sovereign, Shardlake has reluctantly accepted a commission
0:11:57 > 0:12:00from the Archbishop of Canterbury to act as a lawyer for the King's petitions
0:12:00 > 0:12:03when Henry VIII's progress to the north reaches York.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04BEEP
0:12:04 > 0:12:05What is the Archbishop's name?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- Cranmer.- Yes, it is Cranmer.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13You had just one pass.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15That play that Shardlake attended the performance of
0:12:15 > 0:12:19in the Great Hall of Lincoln's Inn, a "heavy-handed moral fable",
0:12:19 > 0:12:22was The Trial Of Treasure.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- You have scored 11 points. - Thank you.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27APPLAUSE
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Well, a very evenly-matched set of contenders.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42In fourth place, ten points, Loretta waters.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Joint second place, 11 points apiece,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Sree Kanthamneni and Ruth Russell-Jones.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51And in first place, 12 points, John Cockerill.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54APPLAUSE
0:12:58 > 0:13:00It's the general knowledge round now
0:13:00 > 0:13:02and if there is a tie at the end of it,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04then the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10And if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13And it is possible for a runner-up tonight
0:13:13 > 0:13:15to get through to the semifinal as well,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18as the six highest-scoring runners-up will qualify.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22So, let's get on with it and ask Loretta to join us again, please.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25And, er...
0:13:26 > 0:13:29You start out with ten points,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31with your knowledge of Ewan McGregor's films.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34You've got two-and-a-half minutes to set a...
0:13:35 > 0:13:40..Earth-shattering score with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Which 1992 chart-topping song, covered by Whitney Houston,
0:13:43 > 0:13:46begins "If I should stay, I would only be in your way"?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Bodyguard. - I Will Always Love You.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51The Egyptian goddess Bastet or Bast,
0:13:51 > 0:13:53was typically represented in the form of which animal?
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- A dog.- A cat. In the name of the American President Lyndon B Johnson,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00the B stood for his mother's maiden name. What was it?
0:14:00 > 0:14:05- Baxter.- Baines. What name is given to the flexible stick with tightly held fibres
0:14:05 > 0:14:08that is used for playing instruments of the violin family?
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- Bow.- In the 1870s, Joseph Glidden of Illinois invented the first
0:14:12 > 0:14:16commercially successful form of a type of fencing that is still in use today
0:14:16 > 0:14:19and is sometimes called the "Devil's Rope". What type of fencing?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Barbed wire. - Which author and broadcaster
0:14:21 > 0:14:24was the original question master on University Challenge?
0:14:24 > 0:14:29- Bamber Gascoigne. - Which German won her first Grand Slam tennis title
0:14:29 > 0:14:30when she beat Serena Williams
0:14:30 > 0:14:34in the final of the ladies singles at the 2016 Australian Open?
0:14:34 > 0:14:39- Pass.- Which large amphibious rodent's fur is known as musquash,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42an archaic name for the animal itself?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- The beaver.- The muskrat.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47At which London railway terminus was the gothic revival-style Grand Hotel,
0:14:47 > 0:14:51designed by the Victorian architect George Gilbert Scott?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- King's Cross.- St Pancras.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Which former Children's Laureate
0:14:55 > 0:14:58wrote the novels Shadow and Kensuke's Kingdom?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Pass. - The lighthouse on the islet of Muckle Flugga,
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Britain's most northerly building, lies off the larger island of Unst
0:15:05 > 0:15:08at the tip of which Scottish island group?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- The Inner Hebrides. - The Shetlands.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Who became Britain's first official international space station astronaut
0:15:14 > 0:15:17in December, 2015? He spent a total of six months in space.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Tim Peake.- The Kara Sea and the Laptev Sea,
0:15:20 > 0:15:24that lie off the coast of Siberia, are marginal parts of which ocean?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- The Arctic.- What is the word for a hard, dark stone
0:15:27 > 0:15:30used to test the quality of gold and silver
0:15:30 > 0:15:33by the colour of the streak it produces when it's rubbed on them?
0:15:33 > 0:15:37It's also a general term for a criterion by which any judgement is made.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- Pass.- How many yards are in a chain in imperial length measurement?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45It's a distance familiar to fans of cricket.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- 12.- 22 yards. What name of Greek origin is given to the condition
0:15:48 > 0:15:52that involves difficulty in acquiring and processing language?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54It makes reading more difficult.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- Dyslexia.- The oceanographic research ship Calypso
0:15:57 > 0:16:00was commanded by a French underwater explorer, born in 1910,
0:16:00 > 0:16:04who found fame in both television and cinema documentaries. Who was he?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Jules Verne.- Jacques Cousteau. In literature,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10which henpecked husband falls asleep for 20 years
0:16:10 > 0:16:11in the Catskill Mountains... BEEP
0:16:11 > 0:16:13..and wakes to find his wife dead,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16his house in ruins and his daughter married?
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- Pass.- Well, I can tell you it was Rip Van Winkle, poor chap.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Your other passes.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Touchstone is the word for that hard stone
0:16:24 > 0:16:26that can test the quality of gold and silver.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31Michael Morpurgo wrote Shadow and Kensuke's Kingdom.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36And Angelique Kerber won her first Grand Slam tennis title
0:16:36 > 0:16:37when she beat Serena Williams.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40You now have a total, Loretta, of 16 points.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43APPLAUSE
0:16:48 > 0:16:50And now Sree again, please.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56And you start out, Sree, with 11 points.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Let's see how you do with your two-and-a-half minutes
0:16:59 > 0:17:02of general knowledge, starting now.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05According to the proverb, a bird in the hand is worth...
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- Two in the bush. - By what nickname are Canada's national police force,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10the RCMP, known?
0:17:10 > 0:17:15- Mounties.- Saraband, habanera and merengue are all types of what art form?
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- Dance.- The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Old Man And The Sea was cited
0:17:21 > 0:17:26by the Nobel Committee when they awarded the prize for literature in 1954 to whom?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- Hemingway.- The sword of which celebrated Devonian seafarer
0:17:29 > 0:17:32was used by the Queen at Greenwich in July, 1967,
0:17:32 > 0:17:36to knight the Devon-born round-the-world yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester?
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- Francis Drake.- The Victorian artist Ford Madox Brown spent the later years of his life
0:17:41 > 0:17:44painting the murals on the walls of the Great Hall
0:17:44 > 0:17:47of a northern English city's town hall. Which city?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- Durham.- Manchester. What senior position
0:17:49 > 0:17:52in a regimental band is held by John Loveday,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54according to the title of Thomas Hardy's 1880 novel?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- Mayor of Casterbridge? - Trumpet Major.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03What word comes after "Grizzled", "Dingy, "Lulworth" and "Silver-spotted"
0:18:03 > 0:18:06in the names of species of butterfly native to Britain?
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- Ladybird.- Skipper. The historical regions of Bohemia and Moravia
0:18:14 > 0:18:16are now part of which modern-day country?
0:18:16 > 0:18:21- Czech Republic.- What oil, obtained from the seeds of the bean Ricinus communis,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24is used in the making of products such as lubricants and paints
0:18:24 > 0:18:26and has been used as a laxative?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- Castor oil.- Which Second World War de Havilland bomber
0:18:28 > 0:18:33was nicknamed "The Wooden Wonder" because it was partly built of plywood?
0:18:33 > 0:18:38- Spitfire?- The Mosquito. How many hours ahead of GMT are Moscow, Baghdad and Nairobi?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- Four.- Three. What name is given to a word
0:18:42 > 0:18:47that is put before a noun or pronoun to describe an attribute of it?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Adjective.- Shirley Eaton plays Jill Masterson,
0:18:50 > 0:18:54who dies after being painted from head to toe in which Bond film?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56- Goldfinger.- What name is used
0:18:56 > 0:18:59at the head of a cathedral chapter and in academic circles
0:18:59 > 0:19:03for the head of a university faculty or department in the Church of England?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05- Rector.- Dean.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09The American television comedy series Mork And Mindy and Laverne & Shirley
0:19:09 > 0:19:12were both spin-offs from which long-running series?
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- Pass.- Which area of rich agricultural land, watered by the River Avon
0:19:17 > 0:19:20and centred on the Worcestershire town that gives its name,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22holds an annual asparagus festival?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Bath.- Vale of Evesham. In snooker and billiards,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30what name is given to a sequence of scoring shots that comes to an end
0:19:30 > 0:19:33when a player makes a non-scoring shot or commits a foul?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35BEEP
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- Break.- Yes, it's correct. You had one pass.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42The American television comedy series Mork And Mindy and all that
0:19:42 > 0:19:45were spin-offs from Happy Days.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48You have a total now, Sree, of 21 points.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51APPLAUSE
0:19:57 > 0:19:59And now Ruth again, please.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03And, er..
0:20:03 > 0:20:06you also start this round with 11 points
0:20:06 > 0:20:09and 21 is now the score to beat.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12You have two-and-a-half minutes in which to do it -
0:20:12 > 0:20:15or not, as the case may be. Here we go.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17How many people rule in a triumvirate?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- Three. - Which Little Britain star's books for children
0:20:20 > 0:20:22include Awful Auntie and Gangsta Granny?
0:20:22 > 0:20:26The latter was adapted for television with Julia McKenzie in the title role.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- David Walliams. - Which mythical beast is used to symbolise the constellation
0:20:29 > 0:20:32of faint stars in the northern sky called Monoceros?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- Dragon?- Unicorn. The small Italian dumplings called gnocchi
0:20:37 > 0:20:41are most commonly made from flour, semolina or what root vegetable?
0:20:41 > 0:20:46- Potato.- Under what name did the Austrian-born singer Johann Holzel
0:20:46 > 0:20:50top the UK singles charts in 1986 with Rock Me Amadeus?
0:20:52 > 0:20:53- Fred.- Falco.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Which South American country has a border with Panama to the north-west,
0:20:56 > 0:21:01Venezuela and Brazil to the east and Peru and Ecuador to the south?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- Uruguay.- Colombia. What colour jersey is worn by the leader
0:21:04 > 0:21:09in the Giro d'Italia cycle race? It is known as the "maglia rosa".
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Pink.- The word "Flocculent" describes an item
0:21:12 > 0:21:16covered with the material resembling or made of what natural substance?
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- Wool.- Which painter, who was born in Picardy in 1869,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23became the leader of the short-lived group known as the "Wild Beasts"
0:21:23 > 0:21:28because they used pure brilliant colour, applied straight from paint tubes?
0:21:28 > 0:21:33- Pass.- Who won her second Oscar playing Martha, opposite her real-life husband,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36in the 1966 film Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Susan Sarandon. - Elizabeth Taylor.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41On new Ordnance Survey maps, a British mountain will be shown
0:21:41 > 0:21:45to have a height of 1,345 metres, one metre higher than previously,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48because of improved satellite surveying methods. Which mountain?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- Snowdon.- Ben Nevis. What is the name of the Lone Ranger's
0:21:51 > 0:21:55trusty Native American companion, who rides a horse called Scout?
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- Tonto.- What name is given to a Private Members' bill,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01introduced in the House of Commons under Standing Order Number 23?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04The name comes from the length of time its sponsor may speak.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- The Minute? - The Ten Minute Rule bill.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10What tragic heroine in a novel by Leo Tolstoy has an illicit affair
0:22:10 > 0:22:14with the dashing young officer Count Alexis Vronsky?
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- Anna Karenina.- Who was killed on 30th January, 1948,
0:22:18 > 0:22:22by Nathuram Godse, a young Hindu fanatic?
0:22:22 > 0:22:26- Gandhi.- Of which North African country was Idris the first king,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29from the time of its first independence, in 1951,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33until his overthrow in a military coup in September, 1969?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- Egypt.- Libya. In mythology, which Greek youth,
0:22:35 > 0:22:38who pined away after falling in love with his own reflection,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41was turned into the flower that bears his name?
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- Narcissus.- What is the name of England's largest forest?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47It's in Northumberland, has an area of 250 square miles.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48BEEP
0:22:48 > 0:22:49- Kielder.- Kielder is correct.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51You had one pass.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55That painter, who was born in 1869. He led the Wild Beasts.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01- His name was Henri Matisse. And you have, Ruth, 21 points.- Thank you.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04APPLAUSE
0:23:10 > 0:23:13And, finally, John again, please.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19And you, John, start out with 12 points.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23So, 21 the score to beat still.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Here we go, with two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31Which actor played Chief Inspector Morse on television between 1987 and 2000?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33- John Thaw.- What type of hat is a recurring feature
0:23:33 > 0:23:38- of the works of the surrealist painter Rene Magritte?- Um...
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- bowler.- On which of the days of creation
0:23:40 > 0:23:44did God make the sun, the moon and the stars, according to the Book of Genesis?
0:23:44 > 0:23:49- The fourth.- Which folk hero and frontiersman was portrayed by John Wayne
0:23:49 > 0:23:55in the 1960 film The Alamo, and by Billy Bob Thornton in a 2004 film of the same name?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Davy Crockett.- What is the name of the yellow bird
0:23:57 > 0:24:01who's Snoopy's best friend in the Peanuts cartoons by Charles Schulz?
0:24:01 > 0:24:07- Marmaduke.- Woodstock. Which metallic chemical element was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy
0:24:07 > 0:24:11and has the chemical symbol Na? It comes from its original name "natrium".
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- Sodium.- Shelley's poem To A Skylark begins "Hail to thee..."?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- "Blithe Spirit!"- What name is given to the design
0:24:17 > 0:24:21that was introduced by Josiah Wedgwood in 1775
0:24:21 > 0:24:26that was originally of blue stoneware with applied white relief decoration?
0:24:26 > 0:24:31- Pass.- Which Lakeland town is at the northern end of Derwentwater
0:24:31 > 0:24:33and overlooked by the mountain Skiddaw?
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- Keswick.- Who was manager of Manchester United from 1945 to '69
0:24:37 > 0:24:42and took over the team again from December, 1970, to July, '71?
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- Matt Busby.- Which 15th-century German printer devised a method of printing
0:24:46 > 0:24:50from moveable type that wasn't significantly changed until the 20th century?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Gutenberg.- What is the only living species of deer,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56in which females also have antlers?
0:24:56 > 0:25:01- Reindeer.- Dolores O'Riordan is the lead singer with which Irish rock band?
0:25:04 > 0:25:10- Pass.- Which queen was beheaded on the orders of her cousin, Elizabeth I, in 1587?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Mary, Queen of Scots.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15What term for a second-year student at an American high school or college
0:25:15 > 0:25:19is traditionally said to come from the Greek for "wise and foolish",
0:25:19 > 0:25:22showing that the student is halfway between ignorance and wisdom?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Pass.- Which country's currency is known
0:25:25 > 0:25:29in the international money markets by the abbreviation CHF?
0:25:29 > 0:25:33- The Swiss franc. - In which Californian city is Balboa Park,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36which contains one of the world's largest zoos?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- San Diego.- The name of which former prison in Southwark
0:25:39 > 0:25:43has come to be used as a slang term for any jail?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- Um... Clink.- What is the name of the train service
0:25:46 > 0:25:48that most famously ran from Paris to Istanbul?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52It featured in the title of a murder mystery by Agatha Christie.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- Orient Express.- Which actor, who was born in Dudley in 1958, made his television debut...
0:25:56 > 0:25:57BEEP
0:25:57 > 0:26:00..when he won the talent show New Faces,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02as a young comedian in 1975?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- Lenny Henry. - Is correct. Three passes.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08That second-year student is known as a "sophomore".
0:26:08 > 0:26:13Yep. Dolores O'Riordan, the lead singer of The Cranberries.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17And that design introduced by Josiah Wedgwood in 1775
0:26:17 > 0:26:19is called jasperware.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22However, John, you have 28 points.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25APPLAUSE
0:26:34 > 0:26:38So, no doubt about the winner there. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41In fourth place, with 16 points, Loretta Waters.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Joint second place, 21 points apiece,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Sree Kanthamneni
0:26:46 > 0:26:48and Ruth Russell-Jones.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50In first place, 28 points,
0:26:50 > 0:26:51John Cockerill.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54APPLAUSE
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Which means, of course,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07that John is tonight's winner and he goes through to the semifinals.
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0:27:23 > 0:27:25APPLAUSE