0:00:26 > 0:00:28Our first contender tonight is Mark Buckley,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a company sales manager from Lincolnshire.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33His specialist subject - the film star David Niven.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Next, Lucinda Critchley, a student from Liverpool. Her subject -
0:00:39 > 0:00:41the Soviet Space Programme.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Michael Harrington from Rochdale
0:00:44 > 0:00:48will answer questions on Italian Renaissance paintings.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55And Robert Hemming, a writer from Evesham. His specialist subject -
0:00:55 > 0:00:57the human body.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59APPLAUSE
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20Four more contenders all ready for the ordeal of the black chair.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24That, and the lights and the relentless ticking of the clock.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27They all conspire to pile on the pressure,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and tonight one of the contenders will cope that bit better
0:01:30 > 0:01:33than the others and get through to the semifinals.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34And after that, who knows?
0:01:34 > 0:01:38The title of Mastermind Champion awaits somebody.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Let's find out who, and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- And your name is? - Mark Buckley.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Your occupation? - Company sales manager.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- And your specialist subject? - The life and career of David Niven.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58David Niven in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Niven's performance in which 1936 film resulted in
0:02:01 > 0:02:04a review claiming that "all we can say about this actor is that
0:02:04 > 0:02:07"he is tall, dark and not the slightest bit handsome"?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Niven claimed it was the only review he kept,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11framed and hung in his lavatory.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Dodsworth.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15In The Pink Panther, David Niven's character, Sir Charles Lytton,
0:02:15 > 0:02:19and his nephew wear identical fancy-dress costumes when they try
0:02:19 > 0:02:22independently to steal Princess Dala's diamond during
0:02:22 > 0:02:24a party at her villa. What costume is it?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- Gorilla outfit.- Yep.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29After war broke out in 1939, Niven returned to Britain from
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Hollywood and tried unsuccessfully to join the RAF
0:02:31 > 0:02:35before being commissioned as a lieutenant in which regiment
0:02:35 > 0:02:37of the Army in February 1940?
0:02:37 > 0:02:38- Rifle Brigade.- Yeah.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41In Bachelor Mother, David Merlin takes Polly Parrish to
0:02:41 > 0:02:44a New Year's Eve party, where he claims that she is the
0:02:44 > 0:02:47daughter of a foreign manufacturer and doesn't speak English.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49To try and maintain the illusion,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52what language do they pretend to speak to each other?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- Japanese.- Swedish.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Which film producer signed Niven to a seven-year contract in 1935?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Samuel Goldwyn.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01After leaving Sandhurst, Niven was commissioned into the
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Highland Light Infantry and posted to which island?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Malta.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08In The Guns of Navarone, Niven's character, Corporal Miller,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11is often addressed by a nickname in reference to his civilian
0:03:11 > 0:03:13occupation. What nickname?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Pass.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Which American military decoration was Niven awarded in 1945
0:03:17 > 0:03:20in recognition of his wartime work as
0:03:20 > 0:03:22a liaison officer between the Allies?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Legion Order of Merit.- Yes.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27What method of transport does Phileas Fogg use to get from
0:03:27 > 0:03:31the end of the railway line at Kholby to Allahabad
0:03:31 > 0:03:34in Around The World In 80 Days?
0:03:34 > 0:03:35- Camel.- Elephant.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Niven won an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal
0:03:37 > 0:03:40of the Major in which 1958 film?
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Separate Tables.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45In the spoof '67 film Casino Royale, Niven plays Sir James Bond,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48who survives a car chase with an E-Type Jaguar
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and a remote-controlled vehicle loaded with explosives
0:03:51 > 0:03:54as he is leaving Scotland. What type of vehicle is that?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- Lorry.- It's a milk float.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59What was the name of the TV production company formed by
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Dick Powell, Charles Boyer and Niven in 1952?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Four Star productions.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Yes, Four Star Television Incorporated. But that'll do it.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11You had one pass.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16In The Guns Of Navarone, the nickname was the Professor.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- You have scored, Mark, 8 points. - Thank you.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21APPLAUSE
0:04:28 > 0:04:30And our next contender, please.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- And your name is? - Lucinda Critchley.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- Your occupation? - Student.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- And your chosen subject? - The Soviet Space Programme.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45The Soviet Space Programme in two minutes. Here we go.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47What was the name of the Soviet Union's chief designer,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50responsible for the development of long-range ballistic missiles
0:04:50 > 0:04:54and spacecraft from the mid-1940s until his death in 1966?
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Sergei Korolev.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Aboard which satellite was the dog Laika
0:04:57 > 0:05:00sent into space in 1957? She survived the launch
0:05:00 > 0:05:02but died in orbit when her capsule overheated.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Sputnik 2.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06In 1963, which other cosmonaut was orbiting the Earth
0:05:06 > 0:05:10when Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Bykovsky.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13What was the name of the first space station?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16It was launched on the 19th of April 1971.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Salyut 1.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Before Yuri Gagarin was selected, ahead of Gherman Titov,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22for the first manned space mission,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24the head of cosmonaut training wrote in his diary that
0:05:24 > 0:05:27"it's hard to decide which of them should be sent to die".
0:05:27 > 0:05:28What was his name?
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Pass.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Which of Korolev's rivals led the design bureau that developed
0:05:32 > 0:05:36the UR-500 launch vehicle, also known as Proton?
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Chelomei.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39What nickname was given to the life-sized mannequin used in
0:05:39 > 0:05:42test flights of the Vostok spacecraft?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Ivan Ivanovich.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Which leading rocket engine designer, who had denounced
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Korolev in the late 1930s, became chief designer in 1974?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Glushko.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Sergei Korolev's identity was kept secret until his death
0:05:54 > 0:05:57for fear that he would be kidnapped or killed, and his newspaper
0:05:57 > 0:06:00articles in Pravda were published under what pseudonym?
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Er...Sergeevich.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03No, Sergeev.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07What is the English translation of "Tyulpan", the nickname given
0:06:07 > 0:06:09to the innovative Soviet launch mechanism that held
0:06:09 > 0:06:13the R-7 rocket in place using hinged jaws that could open
0:06:13 > 0:06:15and close like the petals of a flower?
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Pass.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19What was the name of the cosmonaut who piloted Soyuz 1
0:06:19 > 0:06:21but was killed after its parachutes failed to deploy
0:06:21 > 0:06:23properly during re-entry?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25He was the first person to die during a space flight.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Komarov.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27After the death of Korolev,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30who succeeded him as the space programme's chief designer?
0:06:30 > 0:06:34He was fired in 1974 after the repeated failure of the N1
0:06:34 > 0:06:37rocket and the death of three cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 11.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Mishin.- What was the name of the spacecraft that carried
0:06:40 > 0:06:42a three-man crew into orbit in 1964?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44On a mission the following year,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Alexey Leonov carried out the first spacewalk.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- Voskhod.- Is correct.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Two passes.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52The English translation of Tyulpan,
0:06:52 > 0:06:56the nickname given to that innovative launch mechanism
0:06:56 > 0:06:57was the "tulip".
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- And it was General Kamanin. - Oh, OK.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03You would pronounce it much better than I.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05He was selected for the first manned mission.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08You have scored 10 points.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10APPLAUSE
0:07:16 > 0:07:18And our next contender, please.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- And your name is? - Michael Harrington.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- Your occupation? - Retired.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- And your chosen subject? - Italian renaissance paintings.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Italian renaissance paintings in two minutes. Here we go.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37The scene in the central panel of Michelangelo's monumental
0:07:37 > 0:07:39fresco for the Sistine Chapel ceiling,
0:07:39 > 0:07:43painted between 1508 and 1512, in which God is seen touching
0:07:43 > 0:07:46life into a reclining figure, is called The Creation Of...?
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Adam.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50What bird, called a "cardellino" in Italian,
0:07:50 > 0:07:52is held by the infant John the Baptist and tenderly stroked
0:07:52 > 0:07:57by the infant Christ in an early 16th-century Madonna by Raphael?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- Wren.- No, Goldfinch.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Which artist, born in the Emilian town of Forli,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04painted a notable fresco of the Ascension for the
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Church of the Holy Apostles in Rome?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- Titian.- Melozzo da Forli.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12The main panel of Domenico Veneziano's Santa Lucia
0:08:12 > 0:08:14altarpiece of the mid-1440s,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17that depicts the Madonna and Child with saints,
0:08:17 > 0:08:21is held by which Italian art museum?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22Uffizi.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Which saint is depicted expelling a dragon
0:08:24 > 0:08:29from the temple of Hierapolis, in a late work by Filippino Lippi?
0:08:29 > 0:08:30- George.- Philip.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Which biblical event is depicted in the main fresco
0:08:33 > 0:08:37by Andrea del Castagno, painted in the 1440s,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40for the Refectory of the Sant'Apollonia in Florence?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- The Coronation of the Virgin. - The Last Supper.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46By what Italian name for "Spring" is the famous allegorical work
0:08:46 > 0:08:50by Sandro Botticelli best known? It is said to have formerly hung
0:08:50 > 0:08:54in the palace of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco in Florence.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Pass.- The Louvre and the National Gallery in London
0:08:57 > 0:09:00each hold a version of Leonardo da Vinci's painting
0:09:00 > 0:09:02of the Madonna and Child with the infant John the Baptist.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Its usual English title is "The Virgin Of The..."
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Rocks.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Which former student and assistant of Fra Angelico
0:09:09 > 0:09:12painted a series of frescos on the Procession of the Magi,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14dated from around 1459,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17for the palace chapel of the Medici family in Florence?
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Gozzoli.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20What was the surname of the well-known family of Venetian
0:09:20 > 0:09:24artists that included Jacopo and his two sons Giovanni and Gentile?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Bellini.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Which artist is particularly associated with
0:09:28 > 0:09:30the development of perspective in Italian painting?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33For example, in his work The Battle of San Romano.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Uccello.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Which plant is shown in the background of Leonardo da Vinci's
0:09:37 > 0:09:39portrait of Ginevra de' Benci,
0:09:39 > 0:09:43as both a symbol of chastity and a pun on her first name?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Juniper.- Juniper is correct, yes.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47One pass.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48The Italian name for Spring,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52that allegorical work by Botticelli - Primavera.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56You have scored, Michael, 7 points.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58APPLAUSE
0:10:04 > 0:10:06And our final contender, please.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- And your name is? - Robert Hemming.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- Your occupation? - Writer.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- And your chosen subject? - The human body.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22The human body in two minutes. Here we go.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24What is the name of the smooth, convex,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26transparent membrane that covers the front of the eye and helps
0:10:26 > 0:10:28protect the rest of the eye from harmful matter?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Cornea.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32What is a basic functional unit of the kidney called?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34It includes a glomerulus,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37a Bowman's capsule and associated tubules.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- Filtration.- Nephron.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42The semi-fluid, partly-digested food that is passed from the
0:10:42 > 0:10:45stomach into the small intestine for further absorption,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48gets its name from the Greek for "juice". What is it called?
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Chyme.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52What is the C-shaped first part of the small intestine called?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55It gets its Latin name from being measured as the equivalent
0:10:55 > 0:10:58of the breadth of 12 fingers.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Duodenum.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02The area in the frontal part of the left hemisphere of the brain,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05which plays a vital role in speech and language, is named after
0:11:05 > 0:11:08the French surgeon who identified its function.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10What's its name?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Pass.- What is the name of the triangular bone
0:11:12 > 0:11:14towards the bottom of the spine
0:11:14 > 0:11:18that consists of five fused vertebrae and ends in the coccyx?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Sacrum.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23The four main lobes or sections in each hemisphere of the brain
0:11:23 > 0:11:27are the frontal, temporal, parietal and which other lobe?
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Could you repeat that, please?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31The four main lobes or sections in each hemisphere of the brain
0:11:31 > 0:11:34are the frontal, temporal, parietal and which other lobe?
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Occipital.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38The large vein which carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
0:11:38 > 0:11:41in two sections, called the superior and inferior,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43is known by what two-word Latin name?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Vena cava.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48The star-shaped macrophage cells in the linings of the liver's
0:11:48 > 0:11:51fine capillaries, whose function includes removing bacteria
0:11:51 > 0:11:54from the blood, are named after the German anatomist
0:11:54 > 0:11:56who identified them. What's that name?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Kupffer.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59What is the name of the double-layered membrane enclosing
0:11:59 > 0:12:02each lung? The inner layer is attached to the lung surface
0:12:02 > 0:12:05and the outer layer lines the chest cavity.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Pleural membrane.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Muscles that permit movement towards the midline or axis
0:12:10 > 0:12:12of the body are called adductors.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14What is the equivalent term for muscles that permit movement
0:12:14 > 0:12:17away from the midline, such as the deltoid muscle?
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Abductors.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22What general term that comes partly from the Greek for "a man"
0:12:22 > 0:12:24is used for the male sex hormones,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26of which testosterone is predominant?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Take a guess.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- Pass.- I'll have to tell you - androgens.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43You had one other pass, that area in the frontal part of the left
0:12:43 > 0:12:49hemisphere of the brain, etc, etc, was Broca's Area.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52B-R-O-C-A.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54You've scored, Robert, 9 points.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE
0:13:03 > 0:13:06That's a nice, close round. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07In fourth place - 7 points,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Michael Harrington.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Third place - 8 points,
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Mark Buckley.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Second place - 9 points,
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Rob Hemming.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14And, yes, you've guessed,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16in first place - 10 points,
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Lucinda Critchley.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19APPLAUSE
0:13:24 > 0:13:27So, round two now - general knowledge - and if there is a tie
0:13:27 > 0:13:30at the end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:30 > 0:13:33and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37If they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break, and it
0:13:37 > 0:13:40is possible for a runner-up to get through to the semifinal as well.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43The six highest-scoring runners-up will qualify.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47So let's get on with it and ask Michael to join us again, please.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54And you have 7 points, with your knowledge of that vast subject,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Italian renaissance paintings.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00However, you now have 2½ minutes of general knowledge
0:14:00 > 0:14:05to catch up, overtake the field and storm away with it. So, here we go.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07The Wars of the Roses were fought in the 15th century between the
0:14:07 > 0:14:09house of Lancaster and which other royal house?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10York.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Who topped the UK singles charts in 1978
0:14:13 > 0:14:15and the US singles charts in '79
0:14:15 > 0:14:18with the song Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19- Cliff Richard.- Rod Stewart.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21In which coastal town in North Wales
0:14:21 > 0:14:24are the southern termini of two narrow-gauge railways
0:14:24 > 0:14:26the Ffestiniog and the Welsh Highland?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Pass.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30What transplant operation was first performed in Britain by
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Donald Ross and his team in May 1968?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35It was only the tenth time the procedure had been performed.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Heart transplant.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Which wonder of the ancient world is said to have been built by
0:14:39 > 0:14:41King Nebuchadnezzar II for his wife Amytis
0:14:41 > 0:14:44because she missed the mountains and greenery of her homeland?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46The Hanging Gardens.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49What term for a simplified form of a language such as English
0:14:49 > 0:14:51that contains some elements of a local language
0:14:51 > 0:14:55comes from a Chinese corruption of the word "business"?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Pass.- In which notorious yellowish-green distilled
0:14:58 > 0:15:02liquor is the shrub wormwood the chief flavouring?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Absinthe.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Dame Jane Goodall is particularly famous for her long-term
0:15:06 > 0:15:07studies of a type of ape
0:15:07 > 0:15:11at the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Which apes?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Chimpanzee.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Who directed the 2001 war film Black Hawk Down?
0:15:14 > 0:15:18He was born in South Shields in 1937.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Pass.- Baroness Jay of Paddington, who joined the House of Lords
0:15:21 > 0:15:24in 1992, is which former Prime Minister's daughter?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Jim Callaghan.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Which pigment, a deep shade of blue,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29has a name that means "beyond the sea"
0:15:29 > 0:15:30and was formerly ground
0:15:30 > 0:15:32from the semi-precious gemstone lapis lazuli?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Ultramarine.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Of which extinct relative of the elephant was the
0:15:36 > 0:15:38North American Imperial one of the largest species?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40It was found on every continent except Australia
0:15:40 > 0:15:42and South America.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Mammoth.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Who played the leather-clad Cathy Gale, John Steed's first
0:15:46 > 0:15:49regular female assistant in the TV series The Avengers?
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Pass.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Bernini's large sculpted bronze canopy in Vatican City
0:15:56 > 0:15:58was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII
0:15:58 > 0:16:00to mark the burial place of which saint?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01St Peter.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04What is the name of Gwendolen Fairfax's formidable mother
0:16:04 > 0:16:07who sees it as her duty to prevent her daughter from becoming engaged
0:16:07 > 0:16:10to Jack Worthing in Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Lady Bracknell.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14In Greek mythology, which immortal winged horse
0:16:14 > 0:16:17did Bellerophon try to fly to Olympus?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- Centaur.- Pegasus.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Which Anglican cleric was awarded the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize
0:16:23 > 0:16:25in recognition of his role in the peaceful struggle by black
0:16:25 > 0:16:28South Africans against apartheid?
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Tutu.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31On which golf course near Sutton Coldfield in Warwickshire
0:16:31 > 0:16:34has the Ryder Cup been played
0:16:34 > 0:16:37in 1985, '89, '93 and 2002?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- The Belfry.- The Belfry is correct, and we're out of time.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- You had four passes. Honor Blackman.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Played Cathy Gale. You knew that.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49And Ridley Scott directed Black Hawk Down.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- Pidgin.- Ah.- Simplified English. Pidgin English.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55It's all the other detail that throws you, though, isn't it?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58And that coastal town in North Wales - Porthmadog.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02You have a total now, Michael, of 19 points.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04APPLAUSE
0:17:10 > 0:17:12And now Mark again, please.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18You start out with 8 points...
0:17:18 > 0:17:20with your knowledge of David Niven.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25And the score to beat, as we speak, is, as you have just heard, 19.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27And you have 2½ minutes of general knowledge to try.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30The name of which Canadian city is used for the letter Q
0:17:30 > 0:17:33in the English version of the Nato phonetic alphabet?
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Quebec.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37The scarab, a type of dung beetle, was sacred to,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39and featured on amulets of which ancient people?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Egyptians.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43What common name of Mexican Spanish origin is given to the
0:17:43 > 0:17:48leather riding leggings worn over the trousers by cowboys?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Pass.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50In computing, the word "bit"
0:17:50 > 0:17:52is a contraction of which two other words?
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- Pass.- Which river rises in Tibet and flows for over 1,800 miles
0:17:58 > 0:18:01through Kashmir and Pakistan before emptying into the
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Arabian Sea near Karachi?
0:18:04 > 0:18:05- Ganges.- Indus.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Which song, written for Euro '96,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09entered the UK charts at number one in June '96
0:18:09 > 0:18:12for Baddiel and Skinner with The Lightning Seeds?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Three Lions.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17What 1983 sci-fi comedy film stars Steve Martin as
0:18:17 > 0:18:21a famous neurosurgeon who falls in love with a brain in a jar
0:18:21 > 0:18:23that's voiced by Sissy Spacek?
0:18:23 > 0:18:24The Man With Two Brains.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Which Belgian cyclist won the Tour de France five times
0:18:27 > 0:18:29between 1969 and '74?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32He was nicknamed "The Cannibal" because of his insatiable
0:18:32 > 0:18:34appetite for winning races.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Eddy Merckx.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40Whose debut novel The Ipcress File was first published in 1962?
0:18:40 > 0:18:41It featured an unnamed spy
0:18:41 > 0:18:45who became Harry Palmer when it was filmed in 1965.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- Frederick Forsyth. - Len Deighton.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50What is the more usual name of the larvae that anglers call
0:18:50 > 0:18:52"gentles" when they use them as bait?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Maggots.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Angelo Barovier discovered the process for making clear glass
0:18:56 > 0:18:58in the 15th century.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01He was part of a family of glass makers from the island of Murano
0:19:01 > 0:19:03in which Italian city?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Venice.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Whom did Phil Wilson succeed as MP for Sedgefield when
0:19:08 > 0:19:11he won the by-election there in July 2007?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Tony Blair.- Which work by Debussy did he define as
0:19:14 > 0:19:16"three symphonic sketches",
0:19:16 > 0:19:18the second of which is entitled Play Of The Waves?
0:19:18 > 0:19:22It's said to have been inspired by the paintings of JMW turner.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- Clair de Lune.- La Mer. Or The Sea.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Which former managing director of Birmingham City Football Club,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31who was appointed vice chairman of West Ham in 2010,
0:19:31 > 0:19:33replaced Margaret Mountford
0:19:33 > 0:19:36as an advisor on The Apprentice on 2009?
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Karren Brady.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39What extremely soft fibre is produced from the long,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42lustrous undercoat of a species of goat known as
0:19:42 > 0:19:44a pashmina in parts of Asia?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- Angora.- Cashmere.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50What is the kirpan, one of the five symbolic items that every
0:19:50 > 0:19:52baptised Sikh traditionally wears?
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Pass.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Near which town in Dorset are the iron age hill fort
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Maiden Castle and the stone age circle Maumbury Rings that
0:20:00 > 0:20:04was adapted by the Romans as an amphitheatre?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- Bournemouth. - No, it was Dorchester.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Not all that far away.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Three passes. The kirpan is small dagger or sword.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15"Bit" is a contraction of binary and digit.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19And the leather riding leggings that cowboys wear, they're called chaps.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20- Oh.- Yeah.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- You got a total, Mark, of 17 points. - Thank you.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26APPLAUSE
0:20:32 > 0:20:33And now Robert again, please.
0:20:35 > 0:20:41And you start out with 9 points, and the score to beat is still 19.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Here we go.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Which volcano's eruption in 79 AD caused the destruction of the
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Roman cities of Pompeii, Stabiae, and Herculaneum?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Vesuvius.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Ben Kingsley won a Best Actor Oscar
0:20:52 > 0:20:54for his role in what 1982 film?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Gandhi.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Britain's first £2 coin was issued in 1986 to celebrate the
0:20:59 > 0:21:02holding of an international sporting event in Edinburgh.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Which event?
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Commonwealth Games.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08What name is given to an angle of less than 90 degrees in geometry?
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Acute.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Who was the Supreme Allied Commander in South East Asia
0:21:12 > 0:21:15who reassured the troops in Burma in 1943 with the words,
0:21:15 > 0:21:19"You are not the forgotten army, nobody's even heard of you"?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Auchinleck.- Mountbatten.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Which insects that feed on plant sap are also known as greenflies,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28plant lice, black flies or ant cows
0:21:28 > 0:21:31because the sweet honeydew they excrete is favoured by ants?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Aphid.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Whose orchestral suite entitled The Planets was given the working
0:21:36 > 0:21:38title Seven Pieces For Large Orchestra?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- Holst.- What slang word for going mad comes from the name
0:21:41 > 0:21:46of a town near Mumbai that was the location of a military sanatorium?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Bonkers.- Doolally.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Which Barbados-born singer topped the UK singles chart
0:21:51 > 0:21:54in 2012 with Diamonds?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Pass.- What number comes between 20 and 18
0:21:57 > 0:21:59on a standard dartboard?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- Three.- One.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Which science-fiction writer's First Law of Robotics appears in
0:22:08 > 0:22:10the 1942 short story Runaround?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13It states that a robot may not injure a human being or through
0:22:13 > 0:22:16inaction allow a human being to come to harm.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Isaac Asimov.- Which military unit had its headquarters
0:22:19 > 0:22:21in Sidi Bel Abbes in Algeria
0:22:21 > 0:22:24until the country gained independence in 1962?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26French Foreign Legion.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Which city was chosen by a congress to be the capital
0:22:29 > 0:22:31of Albania in 1920?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Tirana.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35What name is given to the full moon that falls nearest
0:22:35 > 0:22:37to the Autumn Equinox?
0:22:37 > 0:22:38Harvest Moon.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41In which north Yorkshire port did Count Dracula land in England
0:22:41 > 0:22:42from the schooner Dmitri
0:22:42 > 0:22:46in the shape of an immense dog in Bram Stoker's novel?
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Whitby.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Which former star of Doctor Who was the narrator of Little Britain
0:22:51 > 0:22:54when it was first broadcast on Radio 4, and kept the role
0:22:54 > 0:22:55when it transferred to TV?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- David Tennant.- Tom Baker.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00The Biblical book of Daniel is written in Hebrew and in another
0:23:00 > 0:23:02closely related language spoken in the Holy Land
0:23:02 > 0:23:04during the lifetime of Jesus.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05What language?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Um...Aramaic.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Which country's former president, Viktor Yanukovych,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13has twice been ousted from power by street protests,
0:23:13 > 0:23:18once in 2004 and again in 2014?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- Ukraine. - Yes, it was Ukraine indeed.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23You had one pass.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26That singer who was born in Barbados and topped the charts with Diamonds,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29her name was Rihanna.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33And you have a total now of 22 points.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36APPLAUSE
0:23:43 > 0:23:46And finally Lucinda again, please.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49And you start out with 10 points,
0:23:49 > 0:23:55but the score to beat has leapt forwards, and it is 22.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Let's see if you can do that and get into the semifinal with
0:23:57 > 0:24:012½ minutes of general knowledge questions, starting now.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Which celebrate museum and art gallery in Paris houses
0:24:03 > 0:24:05the Mona Lisa and is, in part,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08the former residence of the Kings of France?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10The Louvre.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12The unit of distance known as the astronomical unit
0:24:12 > 0:24:15is roughly equal to the mean distance between the Earth
0:24:15 > 0:24:16and which celestial body?
0:24:16 > 0:24:17The sun.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Arborio, carnaroli and vialone nano
0:24:19 > 0:24:22are varieties of a cereal crop used in Italian
0:24:22 > 0:24:24cooking as the basics of which classic dish?
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Risotto.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Who made her first appearance as James Bond's boss M in the
0:24:28 > 0:24:30'95 film GoldenEye?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- Judi Dench. - The wood of which tree
0:24:32 > 0:24:34that's native to Central and South America
0:24:34 > 0:24:36and whose name comes from the Spanish for "raft"
0:24:36 > 0:24:38is very lightweight and is used for model building and as
0:24:38 > 0:24:40a substitute for cork in floatation devices?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Pass.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45What name of Germanic origin is given to the underworld abode
0:24:45 > 0:24:47of the wicked after death?
0:24:47 > 0:24:48- The Styx.- Hell.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Which American city has a major league baseball team called
0:24:51 > 0:24:54the Indians, an NBA basketball team called the Cavaliers and
0:24:54 > 0:24:56an American football team called the Browns?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- Cleveland.- Who played Chief Inspector Maigret in the
0:24:59 > 0:25:02'90s version of the TV detective series?
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Pass.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06In which county is the fishing village
0:25:06 > 0:25:08and holiday resort of Beer?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09- Suffolk.- Devon.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12What was the name of the Portuguese explorer who led the first
0:25:12 > 0:25:16European expedition to reach India by sea between 1497 and '98?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- Magellan.- Vasco da Gama.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21What do the letters IOC stand for in the world of sport?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22International Olympic Committee.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Which writer whose works include The Bad Child's Book Of Beasts
0:25:25 > 0:25:28once replied, when he was asked why he wrote so much,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31"because my children are howling for pearls and caviar"?
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Pass.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Graham Land is the name of a mountainous area of the peninsula
0:25:36 > 0:25:39that forms the northernmost part of which continental landmass?
0:25:39 > 0:25:40- North America.- Antarctica.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44In Roman mythology, which twins were the sons of Rhea Silvia,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46who'd been impregnated by the war god Mars?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Romulus and Remus.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50What is the original Latin meaning of the word "sinister"?
0:25:50 > 0:25:53It now describes something threatening or suggesting evil.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Left.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Which veteran Welsh singer's 1999 number one-album Reload includes
0:25:58 > 0:26:01duets with Robbie Williams, Heather Small and Van Morrison?
0:26:01 > 0:26:02- Cerys Matthews.- Tom Jones.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05One of the supports of the shield in the Australian coat of arms
0:26:05 > 0:26:08is a kangaroo, what bird is the other support?
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Emu.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10In the opening lines of the poem,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12which ancient object does Keats describe
0:26:12 > 0:26:15as "still unravished bride of quietness" and a
0:26:15 > 0:26:17"foster-child of silence and slow time"?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Grecian Urn.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21What name meaning "art person" in Japanese is given to
0:26:21 > 0:26:24a member of a professional class of women whose traditional
0:26:24 > 0:26:26occupation is to entertain male customers?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Geisha.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Which of Jane Austen's novels concludes with the marriage
0:26:30 > 0:26:32of the title character to her brother-in-law Mr Knightley?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Emma.- Emma is correct.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38You had three passes.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Hilaire Belloc was The Bad Child's Book,
0:26:42 > 0:26:46and that wonderful answer, he needed to earn money because his
0:26:46 > 0:26:48children are howling for pearls and caviar.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Michael Gambon played Chief Inspector Maigret in the
0:26:51 > 0:26:53'90s version.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57And balsa is the wood of that tree that is very lightweight.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59And you have, Lucinda,
0:26:59 > 0:27:0122 points.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03APPLAUSE
0:27:10 > 0:27:14So that's an interesting finish. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16In fourth place - 17 points,
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Mark Buckley.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Third place - 19 points,
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Michael Harrington.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Second place, with 22 points
0:27:23 > 0:27:26and five passes - Lucinda Critchley.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28First place, with 22 points
0:27:28 > 0:27:30and three passes - Rob Hemming.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33APPLAUSE
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Which means that Rob is tonight's winner and
0:27:45 > 0:27:47he goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Congratulations to him.
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