0:00:25 > 0:00:28The first contender in the black chair tonight is John Leeming,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a maths teacher from Hull.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32He's answering questions on the rock band Yes.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Gerda Mamott is from Cambridge. Her specialist subject,
0:00:37 > 0:00:41the scientist Ernest Rutherford, the man who won the Nobel Prize.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Next, Thomas Nash, a data analyst from
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Norwich, on the German film director Werner Herzog.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53And last in the spotlight, Ross May, a supervisor from Weston-super-Mare,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56on the artist MC Escher.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20Tonight, as ever, four contenders will take their first step towards
0:01:20 > 0:01:23the grand final, where they could win the famous glass bowl
0:01:23 > 0:01:27but, far more importantly, be named the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29The rules are simple - two minutes of questions
0:01:29 > 0:01:31on their specialist subject
0:01:31 > 0:01:33and then two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Yes in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Which major record label signed the English rock band Yes
0:01:56 > 0:01:58after its co-founder saw them play
0:01:58 > 0:02:00at the Speakeasy club in London in 1969?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Atlantic.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03For which '71 album
0:02:03 > 0:02:05did Roger Dean first produce cover art for the band?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08This included the introduction of their distinctive logo.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Fragile.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Who became their first full-time manager
0:02:11 > 0:02:13when they met him after they played a gig at his club in London
0:02:13 > 0:02:15in September 1968?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Roy Flynn.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Which of the band's original line-up left in April 1970
0:02:19 > 0:02:23after a gig at Luton College? He was replaced by Steve Howe.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Peter Banks.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27What is the name of the house in Virginia Waters, Surrey, that
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Chris Squire bought in 1972, and where the band would later
0:02:30 > 0:02:33record material for the 1974 Relayer album?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Manorhouse.- New Pipers.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Which track from the 90125 album gave Yes their most
0:02:39 > 0:02:40successful single in the American charts,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43where it reached number one in January 1984?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Owner Of A Lonely Heart.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47The Canadian producer Bruce Fairbairn died in
0:02:47 > 0:02:50May 1999 during the making of which Yes album?
0:02:50 > 0:02:51The Ladder.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Which of the band's studio albums was released in 2011 and was their
0:02:55 > 0:02:59first album of new material since Magnification ten years before?
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Fly From Here.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03In January 2004, the band released a documentary of their
0:03:03 > 0:03:0635th-anniversary European tour called Yesspeak,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09narrated by Roger Daltrey. Who was the director?
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- Pass.- Which founder member of the band Buggles was the principal
0:03:13 > 0:03:17vocalist on the 1980 Drama album following Jon Anderson's departure?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Trevor Horn.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21What is the title of the first solo album released by Chris Squire
0:03:21 > 0:03:23in November '75?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Songs from it were featured in the band's '76 solo album tour.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Fish Out Of Water.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Which label, run by the former UK boss of
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Atlantic Records and distributed by London Records,
0:03:32 > 0:03:36released the band's 1994 album, Talk, in the UK?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Atco.- No, Victory label.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40What appropriate name was given to the album released by Yes
0:03:40 > 0:03:44after the former members Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman
0:03:44 > 0:03:46and Steve Howe rejoined in 1990?
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Union.- In March 2013, Yes made their first appearance
0:03:50 > 0:03:52at the Cruise to the Edge prog-rock festival.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54On which ship did they perform?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55- BEEP - Pass.- Well, I can tell you,
0:03:55 > 0:03:59because we're out of time. It's the MSC Poesia.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- Thank you.- And that documentary, that was narrated by Roger Daltrey,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06was directed by Robert Garofalo.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- You have scored ten points. - Thank you.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11APPLAUSE
0:04:19 > 0:04:21And our next contender, please.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Rutherford, the famous scientist.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Here we go. Two minutes starting now.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50The physicist Ernest Rutherford arrived at the Cavendish laboratory
0:04:50 > 0:04:52in Cambridge in 1895 and published two papers the following year.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56One what was about Rontgen rays. What was the topic of the other?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Erm, radioactivity?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Electric waves.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03In 1932, two of Rutherford's students, Cockcroft and Walton,
0:05:03 > 0:05:05claimed they had split the atom when they
0:05:05 > 0:05:07produced the first artificial nuclear reaction.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10They created two alpha particles by bombarding
0:05:10 > 0:05:14the nucleus of which metallic element with high-energy protons?
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Lithium.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18In 1933, what word did Rutherford famously use to dismiss talk
0:05:18 > 0:05:20of the use of atomic power?
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Moonshine.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23In 1898, Rutherford left the Cavendish to take up
0:05:23 > 0:05:27the position of chair of physics at which Canadian university?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29He returned in 1919.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31McGill at Montreal.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33A large sign was put up in the laboratories that
0:05:33 > 0:05:36said, "Talk softly, please," as a warning that Rutherford's loud,
0:05:36 > 0:05:40booming voice and singing of a particular hymn could disturb
0:05:40 > 0:05:42the sensitive equipment. Which hymn?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Onward Christian soldiers.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Which scientist developed the mass spectrograph that was
0:05:46 > 0:05:49capable of precision separation of isotopes,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51a technique valuable in Rutherford's nuclear research?
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Francis Aston.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55During the First World War, Rutherford conducted experiments
0:05:55 > 0:05:59into acoustic methods of detecting which type of naval craft?
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Submarines.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03In 1933, Rutherford chaired a meeting at the Albert Hall
0:06:03 > 0:06:06to raise funds for the Academic Assistance Council, that was
0:06:06 > 0:06:09set up to help scientists driven from Germany by Hitler's government.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Who was the main speaker at the meeting?
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Albert Einstein.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Rutherford presented which prestigious annual lectures
0:06:15 > 0:06:16in 1904 and 1920?
0:06:16 > 0:06:19They are named after the fellow of the Royal Society
0:06:19 > 0:06:22who established them through a bequest in 1774.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23The Bakerian Lectures.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26When Rutherford was raised to the peerage in 1931, he took his
0:06:26 > 0:06:30title from Cambridge and which other city in his native New Zealand?
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Nelson.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34What was the name of Ernest and Mary Rutherford's only child,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36who married the mathematician Ralph Fowler?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Ethel. - Eileen.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Rutherford died in 1957, and his ashes are buried in which building?
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Westminster Abbey.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Which of Rutherford's fellow scientists said of him,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47"He had of course..." BEEP
0:06:47 > 0:06:49"..a volcanic energy and an intense enthusiasm and
0:06:49 > 0:06:54"an immense capacity for work. He had no cleverness, just greatness"?
0:06:54 > 0:06:55CP Snow?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58It was James Chadwick. It could have been CP Snow.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59It's the sort of thing he'd say.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- You, too, Gerda, have scored ten points.- Thank you.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05APPLAUSE
0:07:15 > 0:07:17And our next contender, please.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Werner Herzog's films, two minutes, here we go.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Which actor plays Jonathan Harker, who travels to Count Dracula's
0:07:37 > 0:07:40castle in Transylvania, in Herzog's '79 film,
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Nosferatu The Vampyre?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Bruno Ganz.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46According to the pre-title credit, Herzog's Aguirre: Wrath Of God,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49about a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52is based on the diary of a monk. Which monk?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Francisco...
0:07:54 > 0:07:56No, Gaspar de Carvajal.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58In the '87 film Cobra Verde,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01what is the name of the imaginary co-ruler who takes his seat
0:08:01 > 0:08:03at the coronation ceremony in Abomey,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06although, in reality, there is just an empty throne with a pair of
0:08:06 > 0:08:07sandals in front of it?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09The Viceroy of Ouidah.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11The Bush King. What is the real surname of the title character
0:08:11 > 0:08:13in Fitzcarraldo?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15He claims to have changed it because they
0:08:15 > 0:08:16had trouble saying it in Peru.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Fitzgerald.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21In Woyzeck, the title character is on a diet of nothing but peas,
0:08:21 > 0:08:25although the doctor tells him the next week he will be eating meat. Which meat?
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Pork.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Mutton. What type of sofa had Muhlbeck given to his mother, Anamirl?
0:08:30 > 0:08:35It is ripped apart in the search for the secret formula of ruby glass.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Can you repeat the question, please?
0:08:36 > 0:08:39What type of sofa had Muhlbeck given to his mother, Anamirl?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43It is ripped apart in the search for the secret formula of ruby glass.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Pass.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48When Count Dracula sees a picture of Lucy in Jonathan Harker's locket,
0:08:48 > 0:08:52which specific part of her body does he describe as "lovely"?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- Neck.- Her throat, yes.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Which actress plays Molly the brothel keeper
0:08:56 > 0:08:59and mistress of the title character in Fitzcarraldo?
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Claudia Cardinale.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Klaus Kinski's character, Francisco Manuel da Silva, is appointed
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Viceroy of Dahomey by the king and given what
0:09:06 > 0:09:08name, that means "green snake"?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Cobra Verde.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Ajanaku.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13In Heart Of Glass, which character makes outlandish predictions
0:09:13 > 0:09:15and prophecies throughout the film?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18He's eventually locked up after the glass factory burns down.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Clemens?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Hias. According to the pre-title credits
0:09:22 > 0:09:25of The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser, the boy who later became known
0:09:25 > 0:09:29as Kaspar Hauser was found abandoned, his origins unknown,
0:09:29 > 0:09:30on which day in 1828?
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Pass.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Franz Woyzeck and his wife Marie... BEEP
0:09:37 > 0:09:39..see a monkey dressed as a soldier at the fair
0:09:39 > 0:09:42and then pay to see which supposedly intelligent animal?
0:09:47 > 0:09:48A chicken.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Well, it might have been, but it wasn't.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53It was an astronomical horse. Yeah...
0:09:53 > 0:09:58Your two passes - the sofa was a green davenport,
0:09:58 > 0:10:02and that particular day, according to the pre-title credits of
0:10:02 > 0:10:05The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser, was Whit Sunday.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08You have scored, Thomas, four points.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10APPLAUSE
0:10:17 > 0:10:20And our final contender, please.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35MC Escher in two minutes. Here we go.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38In 1922, the graphic artist MC Escher visited
0:10:38 > 0:10:40a building in Spain with Moorish ornamentation,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42which laid the foundation for his
0:10:42 > 0:10:45space-filling geometric designs in later life. Which building?
0:10:45 > 0:10:46The Alhambra.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49What single continuous curve that can be made by twisting
0:10:49 > 0:10:52a strip of paper once and joining the ends inspired
0:10:52 > 0:10:54a number of works by Escher?
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Mobius strip.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58What was the name of the graphics lecturer of Portuguese-Jewish
0:10:58 > 0:10:59origin who was Escher's main teacher at
0:10:59 > 0:11:02the Haarlem School of Architecture and Decorative Arts from
0:11:02 > 0:11:041919 to '22?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08What insects are crawling over the ribbon in the '63 woodcut
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Mobius Strip II?
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Red ants.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14In which '52 Escher lithograph does a series of monstrous heads and
0:11:14 > 0:11:17legs emerge from a three-dimensional geometric shape?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Gravity.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21What was the name of the Swiss woman whom Escher met in
0:11:21 > 0:11:25'23 and married in Viareggio near Pisa later the following year?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Jetta Umiker.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29The '60 woodcut Circle Limit IV shows
0:11:29 > 0:11:32a circle completely covered with interlocking images of white
0:11:32 > 0:11:34angels and what other beings coloured black?
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- Devils.- In which '43 lithograph does Escher depict
0:11:38 > 0:11:40alligators crawling over a book and an ashtray
0:11:40 > 0:11:42and merging into a drawing in a notebook?
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Reptiles.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46What is the surname of the father and son Lionel and Roger,
0:11:46 > 0:11:50whose academic paper inspired the lithograph Ascending And Descending,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53that shows monk-like figures climbing a never-ending staircase?
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Penrose.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57To which Swiss town did Escher and his family move in 1935?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00They only stayed two years because Escher was unhappy in Switzerland.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Chateau d'Oex.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Which Dutch technology company commissioned Escher to design
0:12:05 > 0:12:08a ceiling for its demonstration laboratory in Eindhoven in 1951?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Phillips.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12What are wound around a series of interlocking
0:12:12 > 0:12:15circles in Escher's last work, a woodcut of 1969?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Snakes.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Which village in Abruzzi gives its name to
0:12:18 > 0:12:21a 1930 Escher lithograph that drew high praise from critics?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Castrovalva.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25What is the woman doing in the bottom right-hand
0:12:25 > 0:12:27corner of the '61 lithograph Waterfall,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30which features a mill driven by a watercourse that runs through
0:12:30 > 0:12:32and around an impossible towered structure?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- Hanging up washing.- A professor of chemical crystallography at...
0:12:35 > 0:12:37BEEP ..the University of Amsterdam
0:12:37 > 0:12:39introduced her staff to Escher's work
0:12:39 > 0:12:42and later encouraged him to give a lecture at an international
0:12:42 > 0:12:44conference in Cambridge in 1960. Who was she?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Professor MacGillavry.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Yes, indeed! No passes, Ross, you've got 'em all right. 15 points.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53APPLAUSE
0:13:00 > 0:13:03So, that's the end of the first round.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Let's have a look at the schools.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07In fourth place with four points, Thomas Nash.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Joint second place, ten points apiece,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11John Leeming and Gerda Mamett.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13First place, 15 points, Ross May.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24So, it is the general-knowledge round now,
0:13:24 > 0:13:26and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the
0:13:26 > 0:13:29number of passes is taken into account, and the person with the
0:13:29 > 0:13:30fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34And if they're tied on passes as well, we have to take a tie-break.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38And by the way, the six highest- scoring runners-up will also be able
0:13:38 > 0:13:41to claim a place in the semifinal. So, plenty to play for.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Let's get on with it and ask Thomas to join us again,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46if you would, please.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49And...
0:13:50 > 0:13:53..here is your chance to redeem yourself.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55You start out with four points.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58You've got two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge. Here we go.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00What type of animal is Sonic in the video game that was launched
0:14:00 > 0:14:03in 1991 as a rival to Mario the plumber?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Hedgehog.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07The flamboyant British-born conductor Leopold Stokowski directed
0:14:07 > 0:14:10the Philadelphia Orchestra for the score to which Walt Disney film?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Snow White.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Fantasia. The name of which eating utensils,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16traditionally used in the Far East, is the pidgin English version
0:14:16 > 0:14:19of the Chinese word for "quick ones" or "nimble ones"?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Chopsticks.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22The SI unit of pressure is named after
0:14:22 > 0:14:25a 17th-century French scientist and philosopher. Who was he?
0:14:25 > 0:14:26- Pascal.- Yes.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29What is the name of the affable slime-drinking cartoon character
0:14:29 > 0:14:33created by Raymond Briggs in a 1977 children's picture book?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Pass.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Which stage musical, first produced in 1957,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40features the songs Maria, I Feel Pretty and America?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Um...
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- West Side Story.- Yes. In Norse mythology,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46what animals are Geri and Freki,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48the faithful companions of the god Odin?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49- Wolves.- Yes.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Which Russian novelist's last major work was The Brothers Karamazov?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- Tolstoy.- Dostoevsky.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57The commission appointed by Lyndon Johnson to investigate
0:14:57 > 0:15:00the shooting of John F Kennedy and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald
0:15:00 > 0:15:02is known by the name of a Chief Justice of America.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Who was he?
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Pass.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08What 1933 film about a giant ape that is brought to New York
0:15:08 > 0:15:10has Fay Wray in the lead female role?
0:15:10 > 0:15:14The remake starred Jessica Lange in 1976, and Naomi Watts in 2005.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- King Kong.- Yes.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Who resigned as chief secretary to the Treasury in April 1995
0:15:19 > 0:15:22to fight a libel action against the Guardian and Granada Television,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24which he subsequently lost?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Neil Hamilton?- Jonathan Aitken.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Which syrupy substance gives brown sugar its colour
0:15:29 > 0:15:30and its soft texture?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33- Molasses.- Yes.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36What name for an annual publication is shared by Wisden for cricketers,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Whitaker's for current affairs, and Reeds for sailors?
0:15:39 > 0:15:40- Almanac.- Yes.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Of which sporting regulatory body
0:15:42 > 0:15:46did Gianni Infantino become the ninth president in February 2016?
0:15:48 > 0:15:49- Fifa.- Yes.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Which of the disciples is the patron saint of artists?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53He is one of the authors of the four Gospels.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56He is often depicted in classical works as a painter creating
0:15:56 > 0:15:58a portrait of Madonna and Child.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59- Mark.- Luke.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Which town on the East Yorkshire coast near Hull
0:16:02 > 0:16:04was famous for its pottery? It now has a museum dedicated to
0:16:04 > 0:16:07the industry's brief history in the area.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08- Stoke-on-Trent.- Hornsea.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Body Tyler's 1985 number two hit single was titled
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Holding Out For A... what?
0:16:13 > 0:16:14- Hero.- Yes.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16What was the surname of Diana, Princess of Wales
0:16:16 > 0:16:18before her marriage in 1981?
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Pass.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Frederick Forsyth's 1999 novel, The Phantom Of Manhattan,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26was written as a sequel to an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
0:16:26 > 0:16:29and the novel by Gaston Leroux that it was based on. Which musical?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30BEEPS
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- Phantom Of The Opera.- Is correct.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34You had three passes.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38The surname of Diana - you will kick yourself - was Spencer.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43And Earl Warren, he was the judge after whom the commission was named.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48And Fungus the Bogeyman was the slime-drinking creature.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52However, you have now rocketed up to 15 points.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54APPLAUSE
0:17:00 > 0:17:03And John Leeming again, please.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09John, you are one of two starting this round with ten points.
0:17:09 > 0:17:1215 the score to beat, as it stands.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Two and a half minutes in which to do it. Here we go.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17What is the name of the gang that consists of
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the dog in the Enid Blyton books?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21- The Famous Five.- Yes.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23What did Dr Johnson define in his dictionary as the first month
0:17:23 > 0:17:26after marriage when there is nothing but tenderness and pleasure?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27- The honeymoon.- Yes.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Which insect has a name derived from the Greek word for prophet?
0:17:30 > 0:17:31It has a distinctive posture,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34with its head held back and front legs raised, as if in prayer,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36and the female of the species often eats the male
0:17:36 > 0:17:37after or during mating.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38- Mantis.- Yes.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Gingivitis is an inflammation of what part of the mouth?
0:17:42 > 0:17:43- The tongue.- The gums.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45The beef and vegetable soup borscht takes its colour
0:17:45 > 0:17:46from which root vegetable?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Beetroot.- Yes.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49In which of the arts are the Pritzker Prize
0:17:49 > 0:17:51and the Stirling Prize both awarded?
0:17:51 > 0:17:52- Architecture.- Correct.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Which Canadian city is the home of the Oilers ice hockey team
0:17:55 > 0:17:57and the Eskimos Canadian football team?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- Houston.- Edmonton.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Who made her screen debut in the '78 horror film Halloween
0:18:02 > 0:18:04as Laurie, who is stalked by the killer Michael Myers?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- Jamie Lee Curtis.- Yes.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09In October '95, Alan Howarth, the MP for Stratford-on-Avon,
0:18:09 > 0:18:10became the first sitting Conservative
0:18:10 > 0:18:12to defect to which party?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13- Ukip.- Labour.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Teams from the Royal Southern Yacht Club,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18from Hamble in Hampshire, and the Island Sailing Club, from Cowes,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21compete in an annual cricket match on a sandbank known as Bramble Bank.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24In what body of water does it lie?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- The Solent.- Yes. What name, from the French for "cutters",
0:18:27 > 0:18:29is used for a small pair of pruning shears?
0:18:29 > 0:18:30- Secateurs.- Yes.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Which first-century AD Greek biographer wrote Parallel Lives,
0:18:34 > 0:18:38a comparative study of the lives of pairs of notable Greeks and Romans?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- Pass.- Which American singer and songwriter
0:18:41 > 0:18:44wrote UB40's 1983 number one hit Red, Red Wine?
0:18:44 > 0:18:45- Neil Diamond.- Yes.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48What name is given to the Pope's signet ring that represents St Peter
0:18:48 > 0:18:51and has the reigning Pope's name inscribed around its border?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54It also acts as a seal for private letters.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- The papal seal. - The Fishermen's Ring.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57In English-speaking countries,
0:18:57 > 0:19:01what term is used by tennis umpires when the score in a game is 40-all?
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Deuce.- Yes. Angola and Mozambique were colonies of a European country
0:19:04 > 0:19:07before they achieved independence in 1975. Which country?
0:19:07 > 0:19:08- Portugal.- Yes.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Which American author, best known for his horror stories,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14wrote the novella Rita Heyworth And The Shawshank Redemption,
0:19:14 > 0:19:16on which the film the Shawshank Redemption is based?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17- Stephen King.- Yes.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20What was the name of Moses' sister, who watched as he was placed
0:19:20 > 0:19:22in the river, and arranged for him to be nursed
0:19:22 > 0:19:25by his mother after he was found by Pharaoh's daughter?
0:19:25 > 0:19:26- Ruth.- Miriam.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28What Italian word meaning "little book"
0:19:28 > 0:19:30is used for the text of an opera?
0:19:30 > 0:19:31- Libretto.- Yes.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33The healthcare workers who helped in the fight
0:19:33 > 0:19:35against the outbreak of a virus in West Africa
0:19:35 > 0:19:39were chosen as Time Magazine's 2014 person of the year.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- What was the virus?- Um...
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Sars.- Ebola. In music, which note is equivalent to two crotchets?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Minim. - BEEPS
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Minim is correct. You got in there just in time. You had one pass.
0:19:51 > 0:19:57That first-century AD Greek biographer was Plutarch,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- but your score is 24 points. - Thank you.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01APPLAUSE
0:20:10 > 0:20:12And now Gerda again, please.
0:20:14 > 0:20:20And it's not getting any easier in this round.
0:20:21 > 0:20:2324 is the score to beat.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27You also start with ten. Let's see how you get on.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Two and a half minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33In which Scottish athletic event does a competitor support
0:20:33 > 0:20:35a long, heavy pole upright and throw it
0:20:35 > 0:20:37so that it turns over in the air and lands on its other end?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- Tossing the caber.- Yes.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41What phrase that was adapted from Shakespeare's Richard III
0:20:41 > 0:20:44was given to the period of industrial unrest at the end of 1978
0:20:44 > 0:20:46and the beginning of 1979
0:20:46 > 0:20:48that led to the fall of the Callaghan government?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- The winter of discontent.- Yes.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Zn is the chemical symbol for which metallic element?
0:20:52 > 0:20:53- Zinc.- Yes.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Who stars as Marty McFly in the three Back To The Future films?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- I can't think of him, so pass.- Pass.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03What popular name is given to the method of producing patterns
0:21:03 > 0:21:05on fabric by binding portions of it with string
0:21:05 > 0:21:07before dipping it in colour?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08- Batik.- Tie-dye.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Which explorer landed with the crew of his ship on Elephant Island
0:21:11 > 0:21:14in the South Shetland Islands in 1915 after they had been trapped
0:21:14 > 0:21:17by Antarctic pack ice for over a year?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18- Ernest Shackleton.- Yes.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21By what name is the Sunday before Ascension Day sometimes known
0:21:21 > 0:21:22in the Church of England?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24It comes from the Latin for "to ask".
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- Pass.- What is the largest and most colourful
0:21:28 > 0:21:30of the African forest antelopes?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32It has a chestnut-coloured coat and long horns,
0:21:32 > 0:21:36and is the third heaviest antelope after the giant and common eland.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37- The kudu.- The bongo.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40What word that is now used for knock-about comedy
0:21:40 > 0:21:43originally referred to a device made of two flexible pieces of wood,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45joined at one end to make a smacking noise?
0:21:45 > 0:21:46- Slapstick.- Yes.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48The common or blue species of a mollusc typically found
0:21:48 > 0:21:52attached to rocks near the water line is widely harvested for food.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Which mollusc?
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Um...
0:21:55 > 0:21:57No, pass.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00On which island was the painter El Greco born in 1541?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02- Crete.- Yes.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05A layer of a form of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere protects us
0:22:05 > 0:22:07from the harmful effects of the sun's radiation,
0:22:07 > 0:22:10and is vulnerable to the effects of chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12What is this form of oxygen called?
0:22:12 > 0:22:13- Ozone.- Yes.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15What is the nickname of the motorway interchange on the M6
0:22:15 > 0:22:17at Gravelly Hill near Birmingham
0:22:17 > 0:22:20that is a complex system of flyovers and underpasses?
0:22:20 > 0:22:21- Spaghetti Junction.- Yes.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23The international, the country and western,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26and the Viennese are all types of which ballroom dance?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- Waltz.- Yes. Which Greek poet is reputedly the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31though nothing is known about his personal life?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Homer.- Yes. Whose album, The Rhythm Of The Saints,
0:22:34 > 0:22:38entered the UK album charts at number one in October 1990?
0:22:38 > 0:22:42- No, pass.- Which holy book consists of 114 chapters of varying length,
0:22:42 > 0:22:43known as suras?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- The Koran.- Yes.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Which American hat-maker gives his name
0:22:47 > 0:22:49to the wide-brimmed felt cowboy hat with a high crown
0:22:49 > 0:22:51first produced in the 1860s?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Again, pass.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Which businessman and television personality
0:22:55 > 0:22:59published the memoir Unscripted: My Ten Years In Telly in 2015?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Um...Elton? - BEEPS
0:23:02 > 0:23:05No, quite away from that, I suspect.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Oh, sorry.- No, on the contrary.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- Easy mistake to make, some might say. Alan Sugar.- Oh!
0:23:11 > 0:23:16- And your passes - the Stetson hat. - Of course.- Of course.- Yes.- I know.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20Paul Simon, that was his album, The Rhythm Of The Saints.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- Mussel is the mollusc.- Yes.- Yes.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25It's funny what the chair does to you, isn't it?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Rogation Sunday is the Sunday before Ascension,
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- And Michael J Fox played Marty McFly.- Yes.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- And you knew that one as well.- Yes.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38But, look, you've got a pretty good score, it has to be said. 21 points.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:23:55 > 0:23:58And our final contender, Ross, please, again,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02and you start out with a whopping 15 points.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04However, you've got a pretty whopping score to beat as well.
0:24:04 > 0:24:0624 points.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10So, let's see if you can do it and get through to the next round.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Here we go.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Who has been there lead singer of the Rolling Stones
0:24:13 > 0:24:15since the group was formed in the early '60s?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16- Mick Jagger.- Yes.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Which New York Yankee baseball player was nicknamed
0:24:18 > 0:24:20the Yankee Clipper and Joltin' Joe?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21- Babe Ruth.- Joe DiMaggio.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23The high school teacher John T Scopes
0:24:23 > 0:24:27was prosecuted in the so-called Monkey Trial in Tennessee in 1925
0:24:27 > 0:24:29for teaching what theory?
0:24:29 > 0:24:30- Evolution.- Yes.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Abydos, Memphis and Thebes where among the principal cities
0:24:33 > 0:24:34of which ancient civilisation?
0:24:34 > 0:24:35- Egypt.- Yes.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38What is the name of the ranch that came into the possession
0:24:38 > 0:24:40of the Ewing family when Jock Ewing married Miss Ellie
0:24:40 > 0:24:42in the television series Dallas?
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- Pass.- Which phobia, whose name comes from the Greek for marketplace,
0:24:45 > 0:24:46is a fear of open spaces?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Agoraphobia.- Yes.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50What is the name of the Liverpool-born comedian,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53actor and writer whose second volume of autobiography was published
0:24:53 > 0:24:56in March 2016 and entitled Thatcher Stole My Trousers?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- Alexei Sayle.- Yes. Two planets of the solar system
0:24:59 > 0:25:01are classed as ice giants. Uranus is one, what is the other?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Pluto.- Neptune.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06The Alboran Sea, which lies between the coasts of Spain and Morocco,
0:25:06 > 0:25:08with the small Alboran Island at its centre,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10is the westernmost part of which larger sea?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Sargasso?- Mediterranean.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Jacques-Louis David became the court painter to a French emperor
0:25:17 > 0:25:20for whom his works include a huge picture of the coronation in 1804.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Who was the emperor?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22- Napoleon.- Yes.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Which deer, found mainly in the Scottish Highlands,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27is the largest land animal native to the British Isles?
0:25:29 > 0:25:30- Red deer.- Yes.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32What is the name of the French chef who,
0:25:32 > 0:25:33at the end of the 19th century,
0:25:33 > 0:25:35made the Savoy Hotel a fashionable dining venue
0:25:35 > 0:25:37before he moved on to the Carlton?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38- Escoffier.- Yes.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Who won a best actor Oscar for his role as Colonel Nicholson
0:25:41 > 0:25:43in the '57 film, The Bridge On The River Kwai?
0:25:43 > 0:25:44- Alec Guinness.- Yes.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Which conductor, whose family made its fortune from making pills,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49was knighted in 1916,
0:25:49 > 0:25:52the same year he succeeded to his father's baronetcy?
0:25:52 > 0:25:53- Beecham.- Yes.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56What did Marx and Engels describe as a "spectre haunting Europe"
0:25:56 > 0:25:59in the opening sentence of their 1848 manifesto?
0:25:59 > 0:26:00- Capitalism.- Communism.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Which group, who describe themselves as a "scrumpy and western" band,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07topped the charts in June '76 with Combine Harvester,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09sung to the tune of Melanie's hit, Brand New Key?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10- The Wurzels.- Yes.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Which superhero was born Diana Prince on Paradise Island,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16and was played by Lynda Carter in the '70s television series?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- Wonder Woman.- Yes.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Which city in the north-west of England
0:26:19 > 0:26:22has a nearby airfield at Crosby-on-Eden?
0:26:23 > 0:26:24- Leicester.- Carlisle.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27What name is given to the study of family history or origin,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30showing the relationships and descent of an individual or group?
0:26:30 > 0:26:34- Genealogy.- Yes. Which celebrated Second World War bomber aircraft
0:26:34 > 0:26:35was developed by Avro
0:26:35 > 0:26:37directly from the unsuccessful Manchester bomber?
0:26:39 > 0:26:40- Shackleton.- The Lancaster.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42What popular name is given to the line of latitude
0:26:42 > 0:26:44in the northern hemisphere... BEEPS
0:26:44 > 0:26:47..that roughly demarcates North and South Korea?
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Oh, gosh.- Go on. - The 49th parallel?
0:26:54 > 0:26:5538th.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Just the one pass, Ross.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00The name of that ranch was Southfork.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04But it doesn't matter, because you have scored 28 points.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06APPLAUSE
0:27:16 > 0:27:18So, he did it with a few points to spare.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Let's have a look at all of those scores.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22In fourth place, 15 points, Thomas Nash.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Third place, 21 points, Gerda Mamott.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Second place, 24 points, John Leeming.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30First place, with 28 points, Ross May.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33APPLAUSE
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Ooh, blimey.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Which means that Ross is tonight's winner,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Congratulations to him, commiserations to John,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53but with a score of 24 points,
0:27:53 > 0:27:57it's entirely possible that we shall see him again in the semifinal.
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0:28:09 > 0:28:11Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14APPLAUSE