0:00:26 > 0:00:28Our first contender tonight is Sinead Jein,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a graduate from Essex.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Her specialist subject, EastEnders.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Next, Anne Wray, a retired optometrist from Leigh-on-Sea,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39on the operas of Puccini.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Peter Bonnell is a senior curator from Derby,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48and he'll be answering questions on the great Bill Shankly.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53And Martin Lloyd is a charity administrator from the Wirral.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57His specialist subject, the Battle Of Trafalgar.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59APPLAUSE
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20After many hours of revision, four more contenders put themselves
0:01:20 > 0:01:22to the test tonight in the hope that they might be crowned
0:01:22 > 0:01:25the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28All that work and they get just two minutes on their own subject,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31and then, the real killer, two-and-a half minutes
0:01:31 > 0:01:33of general knowledge questions.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36At stake tonight, a place in the semifinals.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- And your name is? - Sinead Jein.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- Your occupation? - I'm a history graduate.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- And your chosen subject? - EastEnders.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56EastEnders, in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Which character lied to her husband
0:01:58 > 0:02:00about having only six months to live,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02was served with divorce papers as a Christmas surprise,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06and died in America of cirrhosis of the liver in April 2002?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Angie Watts.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10What household implement did Little Mo use to fend off
0:02:10 > 0:02:13her abusive husband, Trevor Morgan, in the Fowlers' kitchen
0:02:13 > 0:02:14in December 2001?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17She believed at the time she'd killed him with it.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18An iron.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Who was the original producer of EastEnders?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23She created the programme with script editor Tony Holland
0:02:23 > 0:02:25at the request of the BBC?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Julia...Smith.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31What rather un-festive gift did Suzy Branning put in
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Sean Slater's Christmas cracker in December 2008?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- Pregnancy test. - No, DNA or paternity results.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Which solicitor, who regularly represented the Mitchells
0:02:40 > 0:02:42before he double-crossed them, did Sharon track down
0:02:42 > 0:02:45and blackmail into helping her get revenge on Phil in 2014?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Pass.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50On New Year's Eve 1998, as the clock chimed midnight,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Tiffany Mitchell was accidentally hit by a car
0:02:52 > 0:02:54and killed outside the Queen Vic
0:02:54 > 0:02:56as she tried to get her daughter,
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Courtney, back from Grant.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Who was the driver of the car?
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Frank Butcher.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Which actress and dancer, whose career spans
0:03:03 > 0:03:05more than 40 years, won Best Newcomer
0:03:05 > 0:03:07at the 2016 British Soap Awards
0:03:07 > 0:03:10for her role as the feisty Carmel Kazemi?
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Pass.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14In a flashback episode broadcast in the 2015
0:03:14 > 0:03:15EastEnders Live Week,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17what object is hidden in a large bouquet
0:03:17 > 0:03:19of white flowers that Vincent Hubbard has got
0:03:19 > 0:03:20for Ronnie Mitchell?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22She takes it and puts it in her handbag.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24A gun.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Which character was convicted
0:03:25 > 0:03:27of Saskia Duncan's manslaughter
0:03:27 > 0:03:30in a shock verdict in October 1999,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33although Steve Owen was the real culprit?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Pass.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Who was looking at a picture of her ultrasound scan
0:03:37 > 0:03:40when a fairground slide collapsed on her
0:03:40 > 0:03:43at the Bridge Street Market centenary fare in 2004?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- Slater, Lynne Slater. - Yes, or Lynne Hobbs.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Which country does Peggy Mitchell go to
0:03:48 > 0:03:49for Frank Butcher's funeral?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52When she finds he's still alive, she scathingly says,
0:03:52 > 0:03:53"I come all this way to bury you,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56"you could at least have the common courtesy to be dead!"
0:03:56 > 0:03:57- Spain? - Yes.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59BEEP
0:03:59 > 0:04:01You had three passes.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Matthew Rose was the character convicted of
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Saskia Duncan's manslaughter.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Bonnie Langford was the actress, more than 40 years,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12won best newcomer et cetera.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15And Marcus Christie was the solicitor who regularly
0:04:15 > 0:04:18represented the Mitchell family before he double-crossed them.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20It's a laugh-a-minute, EastEnders, isn't it!
0:04:20 > 0:04:22LAUGHTER
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Murder, manslaughter, mayhem.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Anyway, you've scored, Sinead, seven points.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:04:36 > 0:04:38And our next contender, please?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- And your name is?- Anne Wray.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- Your occupation? - I'm a retired optometrist.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52And your chosen subject?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54The life and operas of Giacomo Puccini.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Puccini's operas, in two minutes, starting now.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini is best known
0:05:00 > 0:05:03for his operas including La Boheme and Tosca.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05After seeing an opera by Verdi with a group of friends
0:05:05 > 0:05:08in Pisa in 1876, Puccini commented,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11"A musical window opened for me." Which opera?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Aida.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15What Italian name is given to the set of three one-act operas
0:05:15 > 0:05:17which were first performed at the Metropolitan Opera House
0:05:17 > 0:05:19in New York in December 1918?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20El Trittico.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22In the opera Manon Lescaut,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25for what offence is the title character arrested
0:05:25 > 0:05:27as she and Des Grieux are about to flee the house
0:05:27 > 0:05:29of her protector Geronte?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- Prostitution and theft. - Yes, theft.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34The plays Madame Butterfly and The Girl Of the Golden West
0:05:34 > 0:05:36provided the basis for two of Puccini's operas.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Who wrote the original plays?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Belasco.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40In Turandot, what is the title of
0:05:40 > 0:05:43the Chinese folk tune associated throughout the opera
0:05:43 > 0:05:47with the proud princess, and first sung by a chorus of boys?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Is it the Chinese national anthem?
0:05:48 > 0:05:52No, it's Molihua, or the Jasmine Flower.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54In her aria in the first act in La Boheme,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56what does Mimi sing that her real name is?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Lucia.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Puccini was in Sicily researching for a new opera
0:06:00 > 0:06:02and left to visit another country.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04He was arrested there by the British authorities
0:06:04 > 0:06:06on suspicion of being a spy because he was seen
0:06:06 > 0:06:08photographing naval fortifications. Which country?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Pass.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11What is the title of Puccini's first opera?
0:06:11 > 0:06:14It's based on a Middle European fairytale
0:06:14 > 0:06:16that was also the subject of a ballet by Adolphe Adam.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Le Villi.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20In 1897, which opera company gave
0:06:20 > 0:06:22the first English-language performance in Britain
0:06:22 > 0:06:23of La Boheme?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Oh, Covent Garden?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Carl Rosa Company.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28What was the name of Puccini's former piano pupil,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30a married woman with whom he fell in love,
0:06:30 > 0:06:34who joined him in Milan and gave birth to their son in 1886
0:06:34 > 0:06:35and became his wife in 1904?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Elviro Gemignani.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39What was the name of the banker's wife
0:06:39 > 0:06:40whom Puccini first met in London
0:06:40 > 0:06:43and who became his lifelong confidante and correspondent?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Sybil Seligman.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47In Tosca, the sacristan of the church
0:06:47 > 0:06:50of Sant'Andrea della Valle wrongly announces that
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Napoleon's been defeated at which battle?
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Marengo.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55In Madame Butterfly, what is the name of
0:06:55 > 0:06:58the American consul in Nagasaki who tries to warn Butterfly
0:06:58 > 0:06:59that her husband, Pinkerton, has married
0:06:59 > 0:07:01an American girl? BEEP
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Sharpless. - It is indeed.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05You had one pass.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08He was arrested because and all that because they thought he was a spy,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11it all happened in Malta.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- Ah. - Anne, you have scored ten points.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Thank you.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17APPLAUSE
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Our next contender, please?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- And your name is? - Peter Bonnell.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- Your occupation? - Senior curator.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- And your chosen subject? - Bill Shankly.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Bill Shankly, in two minutes, here we go.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44For which football league club did Bill Shankly make his league debut
0:07:44 > 0:07:45as a player in 1932?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47He returned to manage the club 17 years later.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Carlisle.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51What honour did Shankly receive in June '74
0:07:51 > 0:07:54after he was included in the Queen's Birthday Honours List?
0:07:54 > 0:07:55OBE.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57What was the name of the Preston North End trainer
0:07:57 > 0:08:00who signed Shankly as a player for a fee of £500
0:08:00 > 0:08:03and wages of £5 a week in July 1933?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Bill Scott.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Which Huddersfield manager appointed Shankly
0:08:06 > 0:08:09as his assistant in December 1955, only to find himself
0:08:09 > 0:08:12replaced as manager by Shankly less than a year later?
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Andy Beattie.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Which player, whom Shankly promoted from the reserves,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18scored Liverpool's first goal in European competition
0:08:18 > 0:08:22in a 5-0 win at Reykjavik in August 1964?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- Roger Hunt? - Gordon Wallace.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27By what score did Liverpool lose at home to Cardiff City
0:08:27 > 0:08:29in a league match on 19 December 1959
0:08:29 > 0:08:32in Shankly's first match in charge of the club?
0:08:32 > 0:08:334-0.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Shankly started to dismantle the successful but ageing
0:08:36 > 0:08:40'60s Liverpool team after an unexpected defeat
0:08:40 > 0:08:41in an FA Cup quarterfinal
0:08:41 > 0:08:43in February 1970 against which club?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Watford.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Shankly signed to play for which club while
0:08:46 > 0:08:48he was stationed in Glasgow during the Second World War,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51and won the wartime Summer Cup with them
0:08:51 > 0:08:53in a final against Hibernian in 1945?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Partick Thistle.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57What was the name of the first player Shankly bought
0:08:57 > 0:08:58in his role as Liverpool manager?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01He was signed for £8,000 from Motherwell in February 1960
0:09:01 > 0:09:05but never played a first-team game for Liverpool?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Gordon Milne? - Sammy Reid.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Shankly decided to switch the Liverpool team from red shirts
0:09:10 > 0:09:13and white shorts and socks, to playing in an all-red kit,
0:09:13 > 0:09:16before a European tie with which opponents in November 1964?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Inter Milan? - Anderlecht.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Which club did Huddersfield Town lose to 7-6,
0:09:20 > 0:09:22even though they were leading 5-1 at one stage,
0:09:22 > 0:09:24and their opponents were down to ten men?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Charlton Athletic.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Which club did Liverpool beat over two legs in May 1973
0:09:29 > 0:09:32to win the UEFA Cup, their first European title?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Borussia Monchengladbach.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36What was the name of the Liverpool chairman
0:09:36 > 0:09:38who signed Shankly as Liverpool manager
0:09:38 > 0:09:41to replace Phil Taylor in December 1959?
0:09:41 > 0:09:42TV Williams.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44BEEP Yes, Tom Williams is correct.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47No passes, Peter. You've also got ten points.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49APPLAUSE
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And our final contender, please?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- And your name is? - Martin Lloyd.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- Your occupation? - Charity administrator.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- And your chosen subject? - The Battle Of Trafalgar.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14The Battle Of Trafalgar, in two minutes, starting now.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17The Battle Of Trafalgar was fought on 21 October 1805,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20and was the last major naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23In which port was the combined French and Spanish fleet
0:10:23 > 0:10:25anchored immediately prior to the battle?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Cadiz.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Which French ship fired the first shot of the battle
0:10:29 > 0:10:31at Royal Sovereign, the vessel at the head of
0:10:31 > 0:10:33the British Leeward column?
0:10:33 > 0:10:34The Fougueux.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Lieutenant Cumby reported the seamen on board
0:10:36 > 0:10:38the HMS Bellerophon
0:10:38 > 0:10:40chalked words on the barrels of their guns prior to battle.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42What words?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Death or victory. - Yes, victory or death.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Who was the signal officer on board Victory
0:10:47 > 0:10:49with whom Nelson discussed the best way to make the signal,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52"England expects that every man will do his duty?"
0:10:52 > 0:10:53John Pasco.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Which French woman escaped through a gun room port
0:10:55 > 0:10:57from a blazing ship on which she had been
0:10:57 > 0:10:58handing powder to the gunners?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01She was rescued from the sea by the British.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Jeanette Carne.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Which British 64 gunner captained by Henry Digby
0:11:05 > 0:11:07lost touch with the fleet the night before the battle,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09but eventually joined the fight?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It exchanged fire with several enemy ships,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13including the Intrepid.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Africa.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17When the British attacked the combined fleet in two columns,
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Nelson commanded the Weather column,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21who come commanded the Lee column?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Collingwood.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25The Royal Sovereign broke into the line of the combined fleet
0:11:25 > 0:11:27to the rear of a Spanish flagship
0:11:27 > 0:11:29and devastated her stern with a raking broadside.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31What was the flagship's name?
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Santa Ana.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35A midshipman became generally regarded as
0:11:35 > 0:11:37the man who shot the man who shot Nelson,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39after he reportedly cleared the sharpshooters from
0:11:39 > 0:11:41the rigging is of The Redoubtable. What was his name?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Atcherley?- No, Pollard.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Who was in command of the van of the Combined Fleet
0:11:45 > 0:11:48that was detached by Nelson's manoeuvre of cutting the line?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51He was criticised for not turning his ships quickly enough
0:11:51 > 0:11:52and joining the fight?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- Dumanoir. - Yes, Dumanoir le Pelley.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58What was the last signal made by Nelson that was left flying
0:11:58 > 0:12:00from the Victory's mainmast
0:12:00 > 0:12:02until it was shot away in the battle?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04"Engage the enemy more closely."
0:12:04 > 0:12:07A sailor from Defiance swam with a cutlass between his teeth
0:12:07 > 0:12:10and his tomahawk in his belt, boarded the French ship Aigle,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13and fought his way single-handed to a poop deck.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Who was he?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Pass.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18BEEP On British ships, which area
0:12:18 > 0:12:20served as the action station
0:12:20 > 0:12:21for the ship's surgeon during a battle?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23It was the place to which Nelson was taken
0:12:23 > 0:12:25after he was wounded, and where he died?
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- The cockpit. - Indeed it was.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29You have one pass.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32And that amazing sailor, he had his cutlass between his teeth,
0:12:32 > 0:12:36tomahawk in his belt, et cetera. Anyway, he was James Spratt.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38So there you go.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41That one pass, Martin, you have 11 points.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43APPLAUSE
0:12:50 > 0:12:53So, that is the end of a closely fought first round.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57In fourth place, seven points, Sinead Jein.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Joint second place, ten points apiece, Anne Wray and Peter Bonnell.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05First place, 11 points, Martin Lloyd.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07APPLAUSE
0:13:12 > 0:13:14It's the general knowledge round now, of course.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16And, if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18then the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:18 > 0:13:21and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23And, if they are tied on passes as well,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25then there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30It is possible for a runner-up to get into the semifinal as well,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33as the six highest scoring runners-up will qualify.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36So, let's get on with it and ask Sinead to join us again, please?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42And you have seven points on the board
0:13:42 > 0:13:43with your knowledge of EastEnders.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49You get two-and-a-half minutes this time, starting now.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52In which country does the Wilhelm Tell Express train run
0:13:52 > 0:13:54from Lugano to Lucerne?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55- Italy? - Switzerland.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Which Olympian is the principal god of water and the sea
0:13:59 > 0:14:00in Greek mythology?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Er... Pass.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Wattle and daub is an ancient method
0:14:05 > 0:14:07of building construction.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Wattles are interwoven twigs and branches. What is daub?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- Er, thatching? - Clay or mud.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Which English lawyer, scholar, author and statesman
0:14:16 > 0:14:18wrote Utopia, one of the most important works
0:14:18 > 0:14:21of European humanism, first published in 1516?
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Thomas Moore.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24What is Blackadder's first name
0:14:24 > 0:14:26in the various television series that feature him?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Richard? - Edmund.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31In which flagship that was formerly called Pelican
0:14:31 > 0:14:34did Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the globe
0:14:34 > 0:14:36between 1577 and 1580?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Can you repeat the question please?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40In which flagship formerly called Pelican
0:14:40 > 0:14:43did Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the globe
0:14:43 > 0:14:45between 1577 and 1580?
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Pass.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Which writer's unfinished novel, The Castle,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51is the haunting tale of the hero, K's, relentless struggle
0:14:51 > 0:14:53with an inscrutable authority?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55It wasn't published until 1926.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Pass.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Which British band's first top-ten single was titled Yellow
0:15:00 > 0:15:03and reached number four in the UK charts in 2000?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Coldplay.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07What word for a schedule or list of items to be attended to
0:15:07 > 0:15:10at a meeting comes from the Latin for "what is to be done"?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- List? - Agenda.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Which American soprano of Greek heritage earned the name
0:15:15 > 0:15:17La Divina for her performances
0:15:17 > 0:15:19in the opera Norma and other works?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Pass.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Who published his first volume of memoirs
0:15:23 > 0:15:25entitled So, Anyway in 2014?
0:15:25 > 0:15:28It chronicles his life up to becoming a member
0:15:28 > 0:15:31of the Monty Python team in 1969?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Er...
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Pass.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38What is the appropriate name of the Devon beauty spot
0:15:38 > 0:15:40that is the site of the confluence of
0:15:40 > 0:15:42the east and west Dart Rivers?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Dartmoor. - Dartmeet.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Which Welsh film actor played Brian Clough
0:15:47 > 0:15:50in The Dammed United, David Frost in Frost Nixon,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52and Tony Blair in the Queen?
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Michael Sheen.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56In which American state are the North Cascades,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Olympic and Mount Rainier National Parks?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Er... Pass.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04What name is given to the larva of that moth
0:16:04 > 0:16:08that is bred in the ancient Chinese art of sericulture?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Er... Pass.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Which king and holy Roman emperor
0:16:12 > 0:16:16was the son of Pepin The Short, the king of the Franks?
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- Er, Charles V? - Charlemagne. Charles I.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20BEEP Which popular...
0:16:20 > 0:16:22I've started so I'll finish.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24..Glasgow shopping street runs for approximately a mile
0:16:24 > 0:16:26from Buchanan Street in the east of Kelvingrove
0:16:26 > 0:16:29and the museum and art galleries in the west?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Er... King Street? - It is Sauchiehall Street.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34And you had seven passes.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Silkworm is the name of that lava.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Washington is where the North Cascades Parks and all that lot.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44It was John Cleese who published his first volume of memoirs
0:16:44 > 0:16:46entitled So, Anyway.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Maria Callas was the soprano. Franz Kafka wrote The Castle.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52The Golden Hind was Francis Drake's flagship.
0:16:52 > 0:16:58And that Olympian, the principal god of water and the sea, Poseidon.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- You've now got, Sinead, ten points. - Thank you.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03APPLAUSE
0:17:10 > 0:17:12And now, Anne, again, please?
0:17:12 > 0:17:18And you start the round with ten points, Anne,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21and you have two-and-half minutes of general knowledge to rack up more.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Here we go.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27What Christian name was shared by three of the wives of Henry VIII?
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Catherine.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Which chemical element has the symbol S?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Sulphur.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Which European capital was rebuilt in the 1850s and 1860s
0:17:34 > 0:17:37under a vast redevelopment programme
0:17:37 > 0:17:39led by Baron Haussman?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Paris.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42What name is given to a steep-sided water-filled trench
0:17:42 > 0:17:45surrounding a castle or fortified building?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Moat.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48What completes the opening line of
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Rupert Brookes' poem The Soldier?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52"If I should die, think only this..."
0:17:52 > 0:17:53"Of me."
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Which French mime artist is the only person heard to speak
0:17:56 > 0:17:59in Mel Brooks' silent movie? He says, "Non."
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Pass.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02In which novel by John Steinbeck are Adam Trask
0:18:02 > 0:18:04and his twin sons Caleb and Aron central characters?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07It takes its title from the Book Of Genesis,
0:18:07 > 0:18:08chapter 4, verse 16.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10The River Ran Out Of Eden.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11- East of Eden. - Oh.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Which Bristol firm, named after its Quaker founder,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15made Britain's first commercially produced
0:18:15 > 0:18:19chocolate Easter eggs in 1873 at their Union Street factory?
0:18:19 > 0:18:20- Cadbury? - Fry's.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23What name is traditionally given to canal barges
0:18:23 > 0:18:25that are usually about 70 feet long,
0:18:25 > 0:18:26with a maximum width of seven feet,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28enabling them to pass through
0:18:28 > 0:18:30the smaller locks on Britain's canals?
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Narrow boats.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Which television series based on a film of the same name
0:18:34 > 0:18:37has Suicide Is Painless as its theme tune?
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Pass.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41The ink sacs of the squid and which other marine mollusc
0:18:41 > 0:18:43are sources of the pigment sepia?
0:18:43 > 0:18:44- Octopus? - Cuttlefish.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Which Wiltshire town grew largely as a result of
0:18:46 > 0:18:48the opening of the locomotive workshops
0:18:48 > 0:18:50of the Great Western Railway in the 1840s?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Pass.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54What word comes from the Latin word for "forsaken"
0:18:54 > 0:18:56is used as an adjective to describe a deserted
0:18:56 > 0:18:58or ruined building
0:18:58 > 0:19:01but refers to an abandoned ship when used as a noun?
0:19:01 > 0:19:02- Hulk? - Derelict.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Which Scottish writer's novels include Ice Station Zebra,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08The Guns Of Navarrone, and Where Eagles Dare,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10which have all been made into popular films?
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Alistair Maclean.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14What was the name of the classic radio comedy series
0:19:14 > 0:19:17that featured the characters Major Denis Bloodnok, Henry Crun
0:19:17 > 0:19:19and Minnie Bannister, was broadcast by the BBC Home Service
0:19:19 > 0:19:22from 1951 to 1960?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23The Goons.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Which English classic horse race, first run in 1780,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29is sometimes called the Blue Riband Of The Turf?
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- Newmarket? - The Derby.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Which group's only UK number one single
0:19:33 > 0:19:34was Deeply Dippy in 1992?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Pass.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Which country has land borders with Norway and North Korea?
0:19:41 > 0:19:42- China? - Russia.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44What is the colour of Lady Penelope's
0:19:44 > 0:19:47six-wheeled Rolls-Royce in the television series Thunderbirds?
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Pink.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sir Toby Belch are characters
0:19:51 > 0:19:53in which Shakespeare comedy?
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Twelfth Night.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56BEEP
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Anne, you have four passes.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03- That group with Deeply Dippy was Right Said Fred.- Oh.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08Swindon is the Wiltshire town with the locomotive workshops.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11M*A*S*H was the television series based on the film of the same name.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14And the French mime artist, Marcel Marceau.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Oh.- Yeah.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Anne, you've scored now a total of 20 points.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Thank you.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21APPLAUSE
0:20:29 > 0:20:31And now Peter again, please?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35And you also start with ten points, Peter.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38And 20, as you have just heard,
0:20:38 > 0:20:40is the score to beat if you're to get through to the semifinals.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Here we go. Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Baguettes, sourdough, focaccia and naan
0:20:46 > 0:20:48are types of which foodstuff?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Bread.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51In which sport are scoring shots worth two or three points
0:20:51 > 0:20:55while free throws score one point?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56- Rugby. - Basketball.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Which Italian tenor, who became blind at the age of 12
0:20:59 > 0:21:00because of a football accident sang,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I Just Called To Say I Love You
0:21:02 > 0:21:04at a Grammy tribute concert to Stevie Wonder
0:21:04 > 0:21:07in Los Angeles in 2015?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Erm, Bocelli?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10What alternative name for a mobile phone
0:21:10 > 0:21:12is commonly used in North America?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Cellphone.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Which Anglo-Saxon nobleman led the resistance
0:21:16 > 0:21:18against the Normans on the Isle of Ely
0:21:18 > 0:21:20until it was conquered by William I in 1071?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Harold. - Hereward.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Which is the smallest of the four main Balearic Islands?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Pass.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30In the Bible, who was the only full brother of Benjamin,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32the youngest of Jacob's 12 sons?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- Samuel. - Joseph.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39The novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
0:21:39 > 0:21:41are set in a war-torn country that is the birthplace
0:21:41 > 0:21:43of their writer Khaled Hosseini. Which country?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Afghanistan.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Which London park was the original location for
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53designed and built to host the Great Exhibition of 1851?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- Sydenham? - Hyde Park.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57To which Greek wine is Aleppo pine resin added
0:21:57 > 0:22:00as a preservative and for flavouring?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Pass.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04What name for the large extinct ostrich-like birds
0:22:04 > 0:22:07that once inhabited New Zealand
0:22:07 > 0:22:09comes from a Polynesian word for fowl?
0:22:09 > 0:22:10- Emu? - Moa.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Who received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for playing
0:22:13 > 0:22:18Karen Blixen in Sydney Pollack's 1985 film Out Of Africa?
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Meryl Streep.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Which Manchester band consisted of vocalist Heather Small,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25backed by Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and Shovell?
0:22:25 > 0:22:26M People.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29What name that incorporates the Latin for "by itself"
0:22:29 > 0:22:31is given to the character used in printing
0:22:31 > 0:22:33to represent the word "and"?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Ampersand.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Which romantic poet did Lady Caroline Lamb describe
0:22:37 > 0:22:40in her journal as "mad, bad and dangerous to know"?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Byron.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Of which county in the province of Munster
0:22:44 > 0:22:47in the southwestern Ireland is Tralee the county town?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Pass.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52What form of map did Emily Molineux make the first time
0:22:52 > 0:22:54in England in 1592?
0:22:54 > 0:22:55They are now mainly decorative,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57but smaller versions were once used
0:22:57 > 0:23:00as practical navigational aids onboard ships?
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Pass.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Which Australian state became a separate colony in 1851,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08was named after the reigning monarch of the time?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Victoria.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12What name is given to an opening in chess in which
0:23:12 > 0:23:15a player risks or sacrifices one or more pawns...
0:23:15 > 0:23:17BEEP ..or a minor piece
0:23:17 > 0:23:19to gain a positional advantage?
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Pass.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24I can tell you because you're out of time, it is gambit.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27And you had five passes altogether.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31That former map is a globe.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34The county in the province of Munster in southwestern Ireland
0:23:34 > 0:23:36is County Kerry.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39That Greek wine with the Aleppo pine resin added,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42disgustingly, I'm sorry, added, is retsina.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46And the smallest of the four main Balearic Islands is Formentera.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49You have, Peter, 19 points.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50APPLAUSE
0:23:58 > 0:24:00And finally Martin again, please?
0:24:01 > 0:24:05And you start out with 11 points, Martin.
0:24:05 > 0:24:0820 is still the score to beat.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Two-and-a-half minutes to try. Here we go.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12The summit of which mountain in North Wales is the highest point
0:24:12 > 0:24:15in England and Wales?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Snowdon.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Which popular house plant that has large, leathery,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21glossy leaves gets its name from its milky sap
0:24:21 > 0:24:24that can be dried and made into a low-grade elastic substance?
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Rubber plant.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28In football, what name is given to the rule adopted by FIFA
0:24:28 > 0:24:31in 1993 in which the first goal scored in extra time
0:24:31 > 0:24:34wins a match? It was abolished in 2004?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Golden goal.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Which Russian author's last play, entitled The Cherry Orchard,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42was first performed in Moscow in January 1904
0:24:42 > 0:24:44less than six months before its author's death?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Chekhov.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Queen Anne, who reigned from 1702 to 1714,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51was the last monarch of which royal house?
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Stuart.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55In 2001, the band created by the television series Pop Stars
0:24:55 > 0:25:00released their first UK single Pure And Simple under what name?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Hear'Say.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Which South American country became the first outside Europe
0:25:03 > 0:25:07to issue prepaid adhesive postage stamps on a national scale
0:25:07 > 0:25:09in August 1843?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Brazil.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Ruth Rendell's 1964 debut novel From Doom With Death
0:25:13 > 0:25:17was the first to feature which Detective Chief Inspector?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Wexford.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20What word that comes from the Swiss-German dialect
0:25:20 > 0:25:22is used for a "violent and sudden uprising".
0:25:22 > 0:25:25It's particularly associated with Hitler's failed attempt
0:25:25 > 0:25:28to seize power in 1923?
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Putsch.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32The Palk Strait and the Gulf Of Mannar separate India
0:25:32 > 0:25:33from which island country?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35- Madagascar. - Sri Lanka.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Which comedian who was born in South Shields in 1975
0:25:39 > 0:25:41won the Best Newcomer Award
0:25:41 > 0:25:43at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45and has gone on to host her own television shows?
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Pass.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49What do the initials LBV stand for,
0:25:49 > 0:25:52sometimes seen on bottles of port wine?
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Pass.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Which Roman god was represented with two faces
0:25:56 > 0:25:58looking in opposite directions, and is regarded as
0:25:58 > 0:26:00the guardian of doorways and beginnings?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Janus.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04What is the medical term for the voice box
0:26:04 > 0:26:05in humans and other animals?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Larynx.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Who became the first person to renounce his title
0:26:09 > 0:26:14shortly after the passage of the Peerages Act on 31 July 1963?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Pass.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Which American city has a baseball team known as the Cardinals
0:26:18 > 0:26:21and an NHL ice hockey team named the Blues?
0:26:23 > 0:26:24St Louis.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27In which 1988 film did Phil Collins pay the title role
0:26:27 > 0:26:29of one of the Great Train Robbers?
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Pass.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33What word completes the title of Saint Saens' Symphonic Poem
0:26:33 > 0:26:36composed in 1874, Danse?
0:26:36 > 0:26:37Pass.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Which fashion designer,
0:26:38 > 0:26:41one of the leaders of French haute couture, was asked...
0:26:41 > 0:26:42BEEP
0:26:42 > 0:26:44"Where should a woman wear perfume?"
0:26:44 > 0:26:46and replied, "Wherever she wants to be kissed?"
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- Coco Chanel. - Is correct, yep.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Five passes.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52It was Danse Macabre.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56The name of that 1998 film with Phil Collins was Buster.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Tony Benn was the first person to renounce his title.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03LBV stands for "late bottled vintage".
0:27:03 > 0:27:06And Sarah Millican won the Best Newcomer Award
0:27:06 > 0:27:10at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe and went on to great things.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Martin, you have now a total of 24 points.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15APPLAUSE
0:27:23 > 0:27:26So, we have a winner with a few points to spare.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30In fourth place with ten points, Sinead Jein.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Third place, 19 points, Peter Bonnell.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Second place, 20 points, Anne Wray.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38First place, 24 points, Martin Lloyd.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40APPLAUSE
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Which means that Martin is tonight's winner,
0:27:52 > 0:27:55and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Congratulations to him.
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0:28:08 > 0:28:11Thanks for watching, goodbye.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14APPLAUSE