0:00:26 > 0:00:29Our first contender tonight is Ian Fennell,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32a software developer from Worcestershire.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34He's answering questions on David Bowie.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Alan Diment is a freelance writer from Newcastle.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42His specialist subject, the artist Edvard Munch.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Chris Rabbitt is a partnership development manager from Leeds.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50His subject, post-war British motorcycles.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55And finally, Karen Fountain from Jersey
0:00:55 > 0:00:58on the German occupation of Jersey.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02APPLAUSE
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Hello. Welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Tonight, as ever, four contenders, each of whom
0:01:18 > 0:01:21has had plenty of time to prepare for their two minutes in the
0:01:21 > 0:01:25black chair answering questions on their chosen subjects.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29And then, after that, two and a half minutes on General Knowledge.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31And how can you prepare for that?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33The answer is, you can't.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37So let's see which of them manages to stay calmest under the
0:01:37 > 0:01:40pressure, and makes it through to the semifinals.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50And your name is?
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Your occupation?
0:01:53 > 0:01:54And your chosen subject?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58David Bowie in two minutes. Here we go.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Who did David Bowie duet with on the 1985 cover version of
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Dancing In the Street, premiered during Live Aid,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06and later reached Number One in the UK charts?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Mick Jagger.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Bowie's early '70s backing group consisted of Mick Ronson
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Trevor Bolder, Mick "Woody" Woodmansey.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17What name were they known by?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19The Spiders From Mars.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22At the Freddie Mercury tribute concert in April 1992,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26what song did Bowie sing with Annie Lennox?
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Under Pressure.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31In which '76 film, directed by Nicolas Roeg, does Bowie play
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Thomas Jerome Newton, a visitor from a dying planet who becomes fabulously
0:02:35 > 0:02:38wealthy while he is trying to return home to save his family?
0:02:38 > 0:02:39The Man Who Fell To Earth.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Bowie appeared on stage for six months from July 1980,
0:02:42 > 0:02:46first in Denver and then on Broadway, as the title character in which play?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47The Elephant Man.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Who co-produced Bowie's 1983 album Let's Dance
0:02:49 > 0:02:52which reached the top of the UK charts
0:02:52 > 0:02:55and contained three top three singles?
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Nile Rodgers.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00In May 2006, Bowie joined David Gilmour on stage to provide vocals on
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Arnold Layne and Comfortably Numb at which London venue?
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Royal Albert Hall.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Which song on the album Hunky Dory was written for his newborn son, Zowie?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Kooks.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Bowie created some of the tracks on the 1999 album Hours
0:03:13 > 0:03:15for the soundtrack of what video game?
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Omikron - The Nomad Soul.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21What's the name of Bowie's 2013 comeback single released without warning,
0:03:21 > 0:03:26on his 66th birthday and his biggest hit in the UK since 1986?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Where Are We Now?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Which of Bowie's many personas was introduced for the 1976 album
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Station To Station and its accompanying tour?
0:03:33 > 0:03:34The Thin White Duke.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37What was the name of Bowie's final tour in 2003 and 2004
0:03:37 > 0:03:41that included 112 concerts over eight months
0:03:41 > 0:03:45grossed 46 million, and ended when he suffered a heart attack?
0:03:45 > 0:03:46A Reality Tour.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Who produced many of Bowie's albums, including Blackstar,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53released shortly before his death in January 2016?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Tony Visconti.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57The three albums Low, Heroes and Lodger are known
0:03:57 > 0:04:01collectively as the Berlin Trilogy but only Heroes was recorded
0:04:01 > 0:04:03wholly in Berlin. BEEP
0:04:03 > 0:04:06In which Swiss city was much of Lodger recorded?
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Montreux.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08Is correct.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10No passes, Ian.
0:04:10 > 0:04:1214 points. Perfect score.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Thanks very much. - APPLAUSE
0:04:21 > 0:04:23And our next contender, please.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30And your name is?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Your occupation?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35And your specialist subject?
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Edvard Munch in two minutes. Here we go.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Which work by Edvard Munch did he describe as having been inspired by
0:04:43 > 0:04:46a sudden feeling of terror that he experienced
0:04:46 > 0:04:49while walking near a fjord in southern Norway?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50The Scream.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54What subject did Munch begin to study in Christiania in 1879,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56stopping early due to prolonged ill-health?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Engineering.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01What's the title of one of Munch's most important early paintings
0:05:01 > 0:05:05that reflects the anguish he suffered at the death of his sister Sophie,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07originally simply called Study?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09The Sick Child.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12At which artist's studio in Paris did Munch begin a period of training
0:05:12 > 0:05:15in 1889 after he won a national scholarship?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Leon Bonnat.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21Munch produced five versions of which oil painting showing a woman naked to the waist,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24one of which was stolen from the Munch Museum in 2004?
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Madonna.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28What is the name of the woman with whom Munch began
0:05:28 > 0:05:30a tempestuous four-year affair in 1898?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34It ended in a violent quarrel when Munch was accidentally shot in the hand.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Tulla Larsen.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38In 1898, Munch began a painting in which a figure with round,
0:05:38 > 0:05:42staring eyes seems to be escaping from a house that has a blood-red colour
0:05:42 > 0:05:44because of which plant growing on it?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Red Virginia creeper.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Which theatre director asked Munch to design
0:05:49 > 0:05:52and paint a screen for a production of Ibsen's play Ghosts in 1906?
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Max Reinhardt.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Munch was seriously ill in 1918 and 1919,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58during which time he recorded the different stages of his
0:05:58 > 0:06:01condition in a series of sketches. What was the illness?
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Spanish Flu.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06The Freia factory in Oslo commissioned Munch to paint 12 pictures to decorate the
0:06:06 > 0:06:09workers' canteen in 1921, what did the factory produce?
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Chocolate.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Of which royal Norwegian Order of knighthood
0:06:13 > 0:06:17did the government award Munch the Grand Cross on his 70th birthday in 1933?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18St Olav.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21In which city did Munch suffer a nervous breakdown in 1908
0:06:21 > 0:06:24and spend six months in the psychiatric clinic of Dr Jacobson?
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Copenhagen.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29What's the English nickname of the tavern Munch frequented during his
0:06:29 > 0:06:32first visit to Berlin, where he met leading writers and artists of the day?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- The Black Piglet. - One of Munch's final
0:06:34 > 0:06:36self-portraits shows him looking old and frail
0:06:36 > 0:06:38and standing, according to the title of the picture,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40between a bed and what other object? BEEP
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Clock.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Is correct.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Alan, no passes for you either. You have 14 points.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50APPLAUSE
0:06:56 > 0:06:57And our next contender please.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05And your name is?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06And your occupation?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10And your chosen subject?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Post-war British motorcycles in two minutes. Starting now.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Most British motorcycle manufacturers of the '40s and '50s
0:07:18 > 0:07:21used two-stroke engines produced by which company?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22JAP.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Villiers. Which frame, designed by Rex McCandless,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28was launched by Norton in 1951 and used in a number of their bikes?
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Featherbed.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32The advertising slogan "world's fastest standard motorcycle"
0:07:32 > 0:07:35was used for the bikes with a V-twin engine, by which company?
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Vincent.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Which fully enclosed Ariel two-stroke 250cc model with an integral windscreen
0:07:41 > 0:07:43was released in 1959 and produced until 1965
0:07:43 > 0:07:45when it was succeeded by the Arrow?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Leader.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50In '67, a research and development centre for the BSA Group
0:07:50 > 0:07:53was established at which country mansion in Warwickshire?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Meridan.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Umberslade Hall. Which country's police force
0:07:57 > 0:08:02ordered 800 Royal Enfield Bullets in 1955, an enormous order for the time
0:08:02 > 0:08:05and resulted in production starting in that country?
0:08:05 > 0:08:06India.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09What type of rear suspension was pioneered by the 1948
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Royal Enfield Bullet, it used twin oil-damped shock absorbers?
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Plunger.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Swinging arm. John Bloor bought the collapsed Triumph brand
0:08:17 > 0:08:19and restarted production in the early '90s with a
0:08:19 > 0:08:22new factory in which town in Leicestershire?
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Hinckley.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28What was the name of the motorcycle with full fairing to increase streamlining
0:08:28 > 0:08:31that was produced by Lord Hesketh as a successor to the V1000?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Vampire.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38In 1951, Geoff Duke was the 250cc and 500cc world champion
0:08:38 > 0:08:39for which works team?
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Norton.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43The T120 was the first model of which celebrated
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Triumph motorcycle first produced in 1959?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Bonneville.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Who became the chief designer and general manager at Triumph,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53where he designed bikes including the Speed Twin and the Thunderbird?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Edward Turner.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Which marque was owned by BSA from 1943 and
0:08:57 > 0:09:00produced the early post-war S7 roadster,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03known for its fat balloon tyres, and the lighter S8 model?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Sunbeam.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Manufacturing rights to the Matchless G50 were bought by
0:09:08 > 0:09:12which former sidecar Grand Prix racer in the 1960s, who continued development
0:09:12 > 0:09:15and produced a successful classic racing bike?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Pass.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19BEEP Which BSA model was relaunched as
0:09:19 > 0:09:23a 350cc machine after the Second World War, a 500cc version
0:09:23 > 0:09:27went on sale in 1950 and the DBD34 was introduced in 1956?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Gold Star.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Is correct.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32You had just one pass.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36The manufacturing rights to the Matchless G50 were bought by
0:09:36 > 0:09:39a chap called Colin Seeley.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42There we go. You have, Chris, 11 points.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44APPLAUSE
0:09:51 > 0:09:52And our final contender please.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00And your name is?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Your occupation?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05And your specialist subject?
0:10:10 > 0:10:11In two minutes. Starting now.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15The occupation of Jersey began when the German military issued an ultimatum
0:10:15 > 0:10:18for its surrender and then invaded the undefended island
0:10:18 > 0:10:20on the first day of which month in 1940?
0:10:20 > 0:10:21July.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Who was appointed as the German Commander of the
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Channel Islands in 1940 and was dismissed in February 1945?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Von Schmettow.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32What was the name of the Jersey woman who sheltered a Russian escapee
0:10:32 > 0:10:35from a slave labour camp for almost two years?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37She was sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Louisa Gould.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41What fundamental change to the rules of the road
0:10:41 > 0:10:42was introduced in June 1941?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Driving on the right.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47What was the name of the man appointed Chief Aliens Officer in Jersey
0:10:47 > 0:10:50and given the responsibility by the Germans of providing
0:10:50 > 0:10:52lists of Jews living on the island?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Clifford Orange.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57What items belonging to the civilian population were confiscated in June 1942?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Owning them became a serious crime that merited a prison sentence.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Wireless sets.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Yes, radios. What was the name of the Red Cross ship that sailed
0:11:05 > 0:11:08from Portugal in 1944 with supplies of food, medicines and soap?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09SS Vega.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13What was the name of the left-leaning reformist party known by its initials JDM
0:11:13 > 0:11:17whose activities included distributing anti-German leaflets
0:11:17 > 0:11:20and helping escaped slave workers?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21The Jersey Democratic Movement.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24A network of tunnels was built at St Lawrence that served as an
0:11:24 > 0:11:28underground hospital. The tunnels are known by what two letters and number?
0:11:28 > 0:11:29HO 8.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33The part of the Nazi command that had responsibility for importing the slave labour
0:11:33 > 0:11:35needed for construction projects was known by
0:11:35 > 0:11:38the initials OT. What do they stand for?
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Organisation Todt.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41What was the name of the Bailiff of Jersey
0:11:41 > 0:11:43who took over the civil administration of the island
0:11:43 > 0:11:46after the departure of the British lieutenant governor?
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Alexander Coutanche.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52On board which destroyer did General-Major Wulf sign the surrender documents
0:11:52 > 0:11:55off the coast of St Helier that liberated Jersey from German rule?
0:11:55 > 0:11:56HMS Beagle.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Which German naval officer took over as the
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Commander-in-Chief of the occupying forces at the end of February '45?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Pass.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08What Israeli honour was bestowed on the physiotherapist Albert Bedane
0:12:08 > 0:12:12for hiding a Dutch Jewish woman in his house for over two years?
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Pass.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15What was the name of the Jersey man
0:12:15 > 0:12:17who made a dramatic escape... BEEP
0:12:17 > 0:12:21..to England in a small boat called Ragamuffin in the autumn of 1941?
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Dennis Vibert.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Is correct.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27You had two passes. The honour bestowed on Albert Bedane was
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Righteous Among The Nations.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33And the German naval officer who took over as Commander-in-Chief
0:12:33 > 0:12:37in February '45 was Friedrich Huffmeier.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- However, Karen, you have scored 13 points.- Thank you.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43APPLAUSE
0:12:50 > 0:12:53So, that is the end of a very high-scoring first round.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57In fourth place, 11 points, Chris Rabbitt.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Third place, 13 points, Karen Fountain.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Joint first place, 14 points apiece,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Ian Fennell and Alan Diment.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08APPLAUSE
0:13:11 > 0:13:13It's the General Knowledge round now.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16And if there's a tie at the end of it, the number of passes is
0:13:16 > 0:13:20taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22And if they're tied on passes as well,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25there will have to be a tie-break.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28And it is entirely possible for a runner-up to get through to
0:13:28 > 0:13:30the semifinal as well.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The six highest-scoring runners-up will qualify.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36So let's get on with it and ask Chris to join us again, please.
0:13:38 > 0:13:44And you start out with what would normally be a very high 11 points.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47But, boy, there's some big scores out there today.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Anyway, the good news is you have two and a half minutes of
0:13:50 > 0:13:53General Knowledge in which to catch up and overtake them.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57So, let's see if you can do that. Here we go, starting now.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Clove hitch, sheet bend and sheepshank are all types of what?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Knot.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04How many pips are broadcast on the hourly Greenwich Time Signal
0:14:04 > 0:14:06that was first introduced on the radio in 1924?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07Five.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Six. Alexander McCall Smith's novels featuring Precious Ramotswe and
0:14:10 > 0:14:14The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency are set in which African country?
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Zimbabwe.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Botswana. Which Underground line runs across London from Ealing Broadway,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Richmond and Wimbledon in the west to Upminster in the east?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24District.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Who designed the stained glass in the baptistery window
0:14:27 > 0:14:29in the new Coventry Cathedral?
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Pass.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Which small tropical fish is named after the naturalist who sent the first specimen
0:14:34 > 0:14:38to the British Museum from Trinidad in the 1860s?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Tetra.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Guppy. What name is given to the nine-day period of industrial conflict
0:14:43 > 0:14:46that took place in Britain in May '26, called by the TUC
0:14:46 > 0:14:49in support of miners who were resisting a pay cut?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50The general strike.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53In which Carry On film did Kenneth Williams play Thomas Cromwell
0:14:53 > 0:14:56and Terry Scott play Cardinal Wolsey?
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Carry On Henry.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01What is the nationality of Eddie Jones, who became England's first
0:15:01 > 0:15:05overseas rugby head coach when he succeeded Stuart Lancaster in 2015?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Australian.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11What two-word Latin phrase is used for the list of characters in a play?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Pass.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16What name of German origin is given to a bread snack baked in the form of a knot,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19stick or ring and covered with coarse salt?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Pretzel.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Which musical duo, consisting of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26topped the UK singles charts in 1991 with 3 AM Eternal?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28KLF.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Which film-maker is chiefly remembered for her Nazi propaganda documentaries
0:15:32 > 0:15:37including Triumph Of The Will and a two-part film record of the '36 Olympic Games?
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Leni Riefenstahl.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43What type of establishment is indicated by a stylised blue building containing
0:15:43 > 0:15:46a capital letter M on the Ordnance Survey Explorer maps?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Pass.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Which illness, especially prevalent in younger people,
0:15:53 > 0:15:56is an inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord?
0:15:56 > 0:15:59It occurs in several forms including A, B and C.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Meningitis.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Which Biblical prophet interpreted the message that a hand wrote on the wall
0:16:04 > 0:16:08during the Babylonian king, Belshazzar's, feast?
0:16:08 > 0:16:09Isaiah.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Daniel. Which composer and pianist left his
0:16:11 > 0:16:15native Russia after the 1917 Revolution and then divided his time
0:16:15 > 0:16:19between Europe and America, where he died in Beverly Hills in 1943?
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Tchaikovsky.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Rachmaninov. Who was guillotined in July 1793 for the murder
0:16:23 > 0:16:25of Jean-Paul Marat... BEEP
0:16:25 > 0:16:29..a leader of the radical Montagnard faction in the French Revolution?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Scarlet Pimpernel.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Well, it might has been.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35It was Charlotte Corday.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Your passes, you had three of them.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42The stylised blue ring with an M on it, that stands for museum.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- Of course it does.- Yeah.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Two-word Latin phrase, list of characters in a play.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Dramatis personae.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52And it was John Piper who designed the stained glass window
0:16:52 > 0:16:54in the new Coventry Cathedral.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56You now have a total, Chris, of 20 points.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58APPLAUSE
0:17:05 > 0:17:07And now Karen again, please.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11And you start out, Karen, with 13 points.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15The score to beat, as we speak, is 20.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18And you have two and a half minutes in which to do it.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Or not, as the case may be. Here we go.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Which tragic Shakespearean king had daughters called Goneril, Regan and Cordelia?
0:17:25 > 0:17:26King Lear.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Which French physician and astrologer published a book of prophecies
0:17:30 > 0:17:33entitled Centuries in 1555? According to his predictions,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36the world will come to an end in the year 3797.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Nostradamus.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40In Spain, what is known as El Gordo which means the Fat One?
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Lottery.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Which American guitar legend's London flat in Brook Street
0:17:45 > 0:17:49was opened as a museum dedicated to his memory in February 2016?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Jimi Hendrix.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52The first Harry Potter novel, published in 1997,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54is entitled Harry Potter And The...?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Goblet Of Fire.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59The Philosopher's Stone. Within which organs of the body are the loop of Henle
0:17:59 > 0:18:02part of the urine filtering system?
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Kidneys.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06The Arabic name of which Middle Eastern capital city
0:18:06 > 0:18:08is thought to be of pre-Semitic origin, suggesting
0:18:08 > 0:18:12its beginnings go back to a time before recorded history?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Baghdad.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Damascus. Who played Winston Churchill in the February 2016 TV drama
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Churchill's Secret, alongside Lindsay Duncan as his wife, Clementine?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Pass.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Who killed Cock Robin with his bow and arrow,
0:18:25 > 0:18:28according to the popular nursery rhyme and folk poem?
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Jack Sparrow.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34The Sparrow. The Belgian beer Kriek is flavoured with which fruit?
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Cherries.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Which Irish-born former world featherweight boxing champion
0:18:38 > 0:18:40was known as the Clones Cyclone?
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Barry McGuigan.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46What term is used for the process of proving before a court that a document offered
0:18:46 > 0:18:49as the last will and testament of a deceased person is genuine?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Pass.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Which British actor's film roles include Sid Vicious in Sid And Nancy,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Beethoven in Immortal Beloved and Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Gary Oldman.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02The peanut has two common alternative names in Britain.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04One is the ground nut, what is the other?
0:19:04 > 0:19:05Monkey nut.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Which American rock band released the UK chart-topping album
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Automatic For The People in 1992?
0:19:11 > 0:19:12REM.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15In June 2015, which British road and track cyclist
0:19:15 > 0:19:18added the men's one-hour world record to his list of achievements
0:19:18 > 0:19:22when he covered a distance of just over 54.5km?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Chris Froome.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Bradley Wiggins. An American author began using which pseudonym,
0:19:26 > 0:19:30a Mississippi riverman's expression for water two fathoms deep,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33while working as a newspaper reporter in 1863?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Pass.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Which country held referendums in 1972 and in 1994
0:19:40 > 0:19:43that both rejected the idea of joining the European Community?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Denmark.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Norway. In November 2015, the first officially named
0:19:48 > 0:19:50British storm hit the UK coastline.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53What female name was it given? BEEP
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Take a guess. Think of a name.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Theresa.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Well... THEY LAUGH
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Right, OK. No, she wasn't the Prime Minister then.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03It was Abigail.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06You had three passes in all.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10That American author who used the pseudonym was Mark Twain.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Of course.- Yeah. Probate is that term used for the process of
0:20:13 > 0:20:15proving the will and all that.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19And Sir Michael Gambon played Winston Churchill,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22and brilliantly too, in February 2016.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- You now have a total, Karen, of 23 points.- Thank you.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29APPLAUSE
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Now Ian again, please.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42And you're one of the 14ers. You start out with 14 points.
0:20:42 > 0:20:4623, as you have just heard, is now the score to beat.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49And you have two and a half minutes to try. Here we go.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51What name, of Cantonese origin, is commonly given to the
0:20:51 > 0:20:55round-bottomed steel pan used for stir-frying in Asian cookery?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Wok.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58The Hoo Peninsula in Kent separates the estuary of the
0:20:58 > 0:21:02River Medway from the estuary of which much larger river?
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Thames.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07What alternative name for the spotted hyena comes from its distinctive call,
0:21:07 > 0:21:09as it communicates using moans, yells, giggles and whoops?
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Laughing.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Which fighter made by the Gloster Aircraft Company was the only Allied jet
0:21:14 > 0:21:17aircraft to reach operational status during World War II?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Meteor.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Who has scored the most goals for England in the final stages of
0:21:21 > 0:21:23the football World Cup, with a total of ten?
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Beckham.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Lineker. The works of which prolific American writer include the Alex Cross,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31the Women's Murder Club and the Maximum Ride series of novels?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Pass.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35What name is given to the stick with a padded knob at one end
0:21:35 > 0:21:38that is used by painters to steady the brush hand?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Maulstick.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43The Sinai peninsula forms the north-eastern extremity of which country?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Israel.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Egypt. What two-word French expression that means false step
0:21:47 > 0:21:50has come into common use in English to mean a social blunder or indiscretion?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Faux pas.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Which adult animated TV cartoon series centres on
0:21:54 > 0:21:57the adventures of Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00in the fictional Colorado town that gives the series its name?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01South Park.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Which actor that was best-known for his roles in Women In Love,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Tommy and Gladiator, died of a heart attack in Valletta in 1999?
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Oliver Reed.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Who frees the faithful slave-girl, Morgiana, in a story from the Arabian Nights?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15He eventually marries her to a member of his family.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Sinbad.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Ali Baba. What is the traditional cured meat constituent of the dish
0:22:20 > 0:22:22spaghetti alla carbonara?
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Ham.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Yes, pancetta. Which member of the former coalition government,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29who lost his seat in 2015, entered Parliament in '97
0:22:29 > 0:22:32as the Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham?
0:22:32 > 0:22:35He had previously been the chief economist for a major oil company.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Cable.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Which Biblical figure gives his name
0:22:38 > 0:22:42to a portable wicker cot or basket for carrying a baby?
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Moses.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46What name that comes from the Greek for "opposite" and "a circle" is given
0:22:46 > 0:22:50to the rotatory outflow of air from an area of high atmospheric pressure?
0:22:50 > 0:22:53The term is usually associated with calm weather.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Tropics.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Anticyclone. Which outdoor sport provided the subject matter of many of
0:22:58 > 0:23:00the paintings of Edgar Degas?
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Horse racing.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Which singer's chart-topping first solo album Diva
0:23:06 > 0:23:09was released in 1992 and won a Brit award the following year?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Annie Lennox.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15What 2015 film, that stars Luke Bracey as an FBI agent
0:23:15 > 0:23:18who infiltrates a group of extreme athletes who he suspects are bank robbers,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21is a remake of a Keanu Reeves film of the same name?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23BEEP
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Now You See Me.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- No. Point Break.- OK.
0:23:28 > 0:23:34One pass, Ian, the prolific American writer who wrote Alex Cross etc
0:23:34 > 0:23:36was James Patterson.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41However, you have a total score now of 27 points.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45APPLAUSE
0:23:50 > 0:23:53And, finally, Alan again, please.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59And you also have 14 points on the board as we speak.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02But it's been creeping up and up, that score to beat,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04and it is now 27.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08So, here we go. Two and a half minutes of General Knowledge.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Which film star's husbands included the baseball player Joe DiMaggio
0:24:11 > 0:24:13and the playwright Arthur Miller?
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Marilyn Monroe.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16In which city is La Boca, a working-class district
0:24:16 > 0:24:20that's become a popular tourist destination, is famous for its football stadium
0:24:20 > 0:24:22and outdoor tango displays?
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Barcelona.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Buenos Aires. In 1982, which First Lady founded the centre in California
0:24:27 > 0:24:31dedicated to helping people recover from addiction and it's named after her?
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Betty Ford.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34In what room does O'Brien say the worst thing in the world
0:24:34 > 0:24:37is found in George Orwell's novel 1984?
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Room 101.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Which Rodgers and Hammerstein song became a football anthem after it gave
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Gerry and the Pacemakers their third consecutive number one hit in '63?
0:24:45 > 0:24:46You'll Never Walk Alone.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49What popular white grape has long been established in the Bordeaux
0:24:49 > 0:24:52area of western France where it's typically blended with Semillon?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- Pinot noir.- Sauvignon blanc.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57What name meaning "royal water" is given to the highly corrosive
0:24:57 > 0:25:00mixture of concentrated hydrochloric and nitric acids
0:25:00 > 0:25:02that can dissolve noble metals such as gold?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Aqua regis.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Yes, aqua regia. Auction and Contract are versions of
0:25:07 > 0:25:10a card game that derived from whist. What game?
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Bridge.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Which British artist's work include the installation called
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Mother And Child Divided,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18an assemblage of four glass tanks containing two halves of
0:25:18 > 0:25:20a cow and calf preserved in formaldehyde?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Damien Hirst.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24In July 1999, Mohammed VI succeeded his father Hassan II
0:25:24 > 0:25:27to the throne of which North African country?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Morocco?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31The legend of which ghost ship doomed to sail the world forever
0:25:31 > 0:25:34and whose sighting is a portent of doom has been portrayed
0:25:34 > 0:25:38by Wagner in an opera and Sir Walter Scott in his poem, Rokeby?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Flying Dutchman.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43In the UK, what form of transport is regulated by the CAA?
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Trains.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Civil aviation.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50Who became the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Chernenko in March 1985?
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Gorbachev.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Asturian, Catalan and Galician are among the regional languages spoken in which country?
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Spain.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Of which common tree of the genus Fagus is the copper leaf variety often cultivated
0:26:00 > 0:26:02as an ornamental or shade tree?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- Ivy. - Beech.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07In which county are the towns Tavistock, Teignmouth and Tiverton?
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Devon.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11What's the name of the character played by Paul Eddington in the series,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Jim Hacker.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Which fairy story was turned into a 2015 film directed by Kenneth Branagh
0:26:18 > 0:26:20starring Cate Blanchett as the evil stepmother,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Helena Bonham Carter as the fairy godmother and Lily James as the title character?
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Cinderella.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29In the final act of which Puccini opera does Prince Calaf sing the aria Nessun Dorma
0:26:29 > 0:26:33that was popularised by Pavarotti in 1990?
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Turandot.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Which genus of common American constricting snake is given its name because its diet
0:26:38 > 0:26:40includes other snakes... BEEP
0:26:40 > 0:26:43..including rattlesnakes to whose venom it is immune?
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Boa constrictor?
0:26:45 > 0:26:49- No, the kingsnake.- Oh, OK. - Yeah, there we are.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53No passes, Alan. You have scored 29 points.
0:26:54 > 0:27:00APPLAUSE
0:27:06 > 0:27:09So, he did it. Only just, but he did it.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13In fourth place with 20 points, Chris Rabbitt.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15In third place, 23 points, Karen Fountain.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Second place, 27 points, Ian Fennell.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22In first place, 29 points. Alan Diment.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27APPLAUSE
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Which means, of course, that Alan is tonight's winner
0:27:33 > 0:27:36and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Congratulations to him.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Commiserations, maybe, to Ian Fennell, but, with a score of 27
0:27:41 > 0:27:45it's entirely possible that we shall see him again in the semifinal.
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