0:00:26 > 0:00:29Our first contender tonight is Gerald Chong,
0:00:29 > 0:00:31a block manager from London.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33His specialist subject is Steve Jobs.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Next, Esther Lisk-Carew,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39an operations coordinator from Manchester.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Her subject, the sci-fi television series Farscape.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Jonathan Frere is a retired army officer from Hampshire
0:00:48 > 0:00:51and he'll be answering questions on the history of Hungary.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56And Jim Longhurst is a tattooist from Manchester.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59His specialist subject, black-metal music.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20And four contenders, each of them taking the first step on a journey
0:01:20 > 0:01:22that they hope will end with them
0:01:22 > 0:01:24being crowned the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Standing in their way, two minutes of questions
0:01:26 > 0:01:28on their specialist subject
0:01:28 > 0:01:31and two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32And that's the tricky one
0:01:32 > 0:01:36because they have no way of knowing what those questions will cover.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37What we do know is that one of them
0:01:37 > 0:01:40will get through to the semifinals tonight,
0:01:40 > 0:01:44so let's find out who that will be. Our first contender, please.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Steve Jobs in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02The first Apple computers were put together
0:02:02 > 0:02:05at the home of Steve Jobs' parents in which California city?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- Er, Palo Alto?- Los Altos.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10What was the name of the college in Portland, Oregon,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12where Jobs dropped out in 1973 without graduating?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- Reed College. - The first spreadsheet for a microcomputer
0:02:16 > 0:02:19was initially only available on the Apple II and helped make it a bestseller,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23especially among the business community. What was the program's name?
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- VisiCalc. - Jobs and Steve Wozniak formed the Apple computer company
0:02:27 > 0:02:30with a third partner, who soon pulled out of the venture. What's his name?
0:02:30 > 0:02:35- Ron Wayne. - In May, 1991, Pixar and Disney agreed on a joint project,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39after tense negotiations between Jobs and Disney's Jeffrey Katzenberg.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41What film was the result?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Toy Story. - The advert in 1984 for the Macintosh computer
0:02:44 > 0:02:47was shown across America in January of that year,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50during Super Bowl XVIII. Who directed it?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Ridley Scott. - In May, 1985, the Apple CEO removed Jobs
0:02:53 > 0:02:57as head of the Macintosh division and left him as board chairman
0:02:57 > 0:03:01with no operational duties. Jobs soon left the company. What was the CEO's name?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- John Sculley.- How much did Jobs pay for the rights
0:03:05 > 0:03:10to Toshiba's tiny five-gigabyte disc drives that were an integral part of the iPod?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- 15 million?- 10 million.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Which company accused Jobs of stealing the concept of the mouse
0:03:15 > 0:03:19and graphical user interface that Apple first used on its Lisa computer?
0:03:19 > 0:03:25He later justified such tactics by quoting Picasso's line that "Great artists steal".
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- Xerox.- In 1986, Jobs bought the computer graphics group
0:03:28 > 0:03:32that became known as Pixar from which film producer and director?
0:03:32 > 0:03:37- George Lucas.- What name was given to Corning Incorporated's scratchproof glass
0:03:37 > 0:03:41that Jobs insisted should be used on the iPhone instead of plastic?
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- Gorilla Glass. - Who did Jobs nominate as his successor as Apple's CEO
0:03:45 > 0:03:48in August, 2011, when it was clear he was dying from cancer?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- Tim Cook.- He had stood in for Jobs during previous absences while Jobs was ill.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- Tim Cook.- A guide to meditation by the American spiritualist Baba Ram Dass,
0:03:56 > 0:04:01also known as Richard Alpert, was particularly influential on Jobs' interest...
0:04:01 > 0:04:04BEEP ..in Eastern religions. What is its title?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- Be Here Now.- Is correct.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09No passes, Gerald. You have scored 11 points.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12APPLAUSE
0:04:19 > 0:04:21And our next contender, please.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Farscape in two minutes. Here we go.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41At the beginning of the science fiction television series,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45the American astronaut John Crichton's experimental space shuttle,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Farscape One, is transported through a wormhole into an unknown galaxy?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52What's the name of the Leviathan spacecraft he finds himself aboard?
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- Moya.- Scorpius the Peacekeeper tortures Crichton in order to discover his identity,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00memories and information about wormhole technology.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03What is the name of the interrogation device that he uses?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- The Aurora Chair. - Crichton's father, a former astronaut,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09gives him a puzzle ring as a good luck charm before the Farscape One mission.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Who had originally given the ring to Crichton's father?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Yuri Gagarin. - What's the name of the drug that FeTor milks
0:05:15 > 0:05:19from the glands of sentient beings on the pleasure planet LoMo?
0:05:19 > 0:05:24- Pass.- On which planet in the Uncharted Territories does D'Argo get into a bar fight
0:05:24 > 0:05:29with Rinic Tolven, the son of the planet's autocratic ruler Rinic Pralanoth?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- Pass.- What is the name of the Scarran emperor who holds Crichton prisoner
0:05:34 > 0:05:38on his flagship in the Peacekeeper Wars Part 1? Crichton calls him Godzilla.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Staleek.- In his nephew Bobby's home video,
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Crichton jokes that the worst aspect of living in deepest, darkest space
0:05:45 > 0:05:47is the complete and utter lack of what?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- Chocolate.- Toilet paper. What is the creature called that the crew land on
0:05:51 > 0:05:53in search of food in Home Of The Remains?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57A live one swallows the spaceship Talyn in Green Eyed Monster.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Budong.- In Meltdown, the spaceship Talyn is pulled towards a sun
0:06:01 > 0:06:06by radiation pulses and the heat causes it to ooze a mist made up of a synaptic fluid
0:06:06 > 0:06:09naturally occurring in its conduits. What is the fluid called?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Nexin.- Drexin.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15What is the name of the Ilanic scientist who calls Crichton's visions of the future
0:06:15 > 0:06:19a temporal dislocation caused by an exposure to a quantum singularity
0:06:19 > 0:06:21in Back And Back And Back To The Future?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- Natala?- Verell.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25When Crichton and D'Argo tell each other personal things
0:06:25 > 0:06:28to try to find out which of them is inhabited by an energy rider,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31what does Crichton say was the name of his childhood dog?
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- Pass.- What creature do D'Argo and Chiana bring onto Moya
0:06:37 > 0:06:39to hunt down any possible parasites, in the belief
0:06:39 > 0:06:44that one may have been brought aboard in a food shipment, in Beware Of Dog?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- Vorc.- Vorc is correct.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Yeah, now, you had three passes.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Hubble was the name of the childhood dog.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57That planet in the Unchartered Territories and all that,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01where he got into a bar fight, that was Kanvia.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04And the name of the drug that FeTor milks
0:07:04 > 0:07:09from the glands of sentient beings, God help us, is Freslin.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11And I didn't understand a word of that!
0:07:11 > 0:07:13LAUGHTER
0:07:13 > 0:07:16However, Esther, you've scored 6 points.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18APPLAUSE
0:07:26 > 0:07:28And our next contender, please.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45The history of Hungary in two minutes.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48The Magyars invaded the central plain of the Danube River
0:07:48 > 0:07:50in the late 9th century and established the country of Hungary.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52What was the name of the chief who led the invasion
0:07:52 > 0:07:55and founded the dynasty that ruled until 1301?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Arpad.- What was the name of the holy Roman emperor
0:07:57 > 0:08:01who defeated the Hungarians in 955 at the Battle of Lechfeld,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04which marked the end of Hungarian incursions into Western Europe?
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- Otto.- What was the original first name of King Stephen,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12who was crowned in 1000 and canonised in 1083?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15He was born a pagan but baptised and raised as a Christian.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- Vajk.- In 1222, Andrew II signed a charter
0:08:18 > 0:08:22that confirmed the rights and privileges of the nobility. What was it called?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- The Golden Bull.- At which battle in April, 1241,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29was the Hungarian army destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Europe?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- Er, Mohacs.- No, Mohi.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Which royal house ruled Hungary for most of the 14th century,
0:08:35 > 0:08:40after brief disputed reigns by the Premyslid dynasty and the House of Wittelsbach?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- The Angevins. - Yes, House of Anjou.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48In 1386, the widow of Louis the Great was involved in the murder of Charles of Durazzo,
0:08:48 > 0:08:52who had ousted her daughter, Mary, from the Hungarian throne. What was the widow's name?
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Elizabeth.- What common name is given to the mercenary military forces
0:08:56 > 0:08:59that served during the reign of King Matthias Corvinus
0:08:59 > 0:09:01in the second half of the 15th century?
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- The Black Army.- Who was the leader of the peasants' uprising of 1514,
0:09:06 > 0:09:09which was put down by Janos Zapolya?
0:09:09 > 0:09:15- Gyorgy Dozsa.- Which treaty of 1699 ended Turkish control of Transylvania
0:09:15 > 0:09:19and much of Hungary and recognised Hapsburg sovereignty over the country?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Szatmar.- Treaty of Karlowitz.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26What name was given to the movement made up of armed anti-Hapsburg rebels
0:09:26 > 0:09:28in Hungary between the 1670s and 1711?
0:09:28 > 0:09:34- Kuruc.- The Ottoman victory at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526 led to the partition of Hungary
0:09:34 > 0:09:37for several centuries between the Ottoman Empire,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40the Hapsburg monarchy and which principality?
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Transylvania.- In 1841, Lajos Kossuth was appointed editor of a newspaper...
0:09:44 > 0:09:47BEEP ..that supported social and political reform.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49What was it called?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- Pesti Hirlap.- That is correct.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54No passes, Jonathan. You have scored 11 points.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57APPLAUSE
0:10:04 > 0:10:06And our final contender, please.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Black metal in two minutes, starting now.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Black metal, a subgenre of heavy-metal music,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26is associated with the occult. The genre is especially popular in Scandinavia,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29but the term "black metal" is derived from the name of the second album
0:10:29 > 0:10:32released by a British band in 1982. Which band?
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- Venom.- The Swiss band Celtic Frost was formed in 1984
0:10:36 > 0:10:38by Tom Warrior and Martin Ain,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41after the demise of their previous group. What was its name?
0:10:41 > 0:10:45- Hellhammer.- In 1992, a split album was released, featuring tracks
0:10:45 > 0:10:49from the band Necromantia on one side and songs by Varathron on the other.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Both bands are from which country?
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- Greece.- Many black-metal acts wear distinctive black and white make-up.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57What name is commonly given to this make-up?
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- Corpsepaint.- In the early 1990s, a wave of arson attacks on churches in Norway
0:11:02 > 0:11:04was blamed on members of the black metal scene.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Which church in Bergen was the first to be burnt down in June, '92?
0:11:08 > 0:11:14- Fantoft.- What is the real name of Infernus, the guitarist of the Norwegian band Gorgoroth,
0:11:14 > 0:11:16which he founded in the early '90s?
0:11:16 > 0:11:22- Pass.- Dimmu Borgir released an EP in 1996 called Devil's Path.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26It includes two different cover versions of which Celtic Frost song?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30- Circle Of The Tyrants. - Nocturnal Fear. What was the title of the debut album,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33released by the British band Cradle Of Filth in 1994?
0:11:33 > 0:11:38It included the songs One Final Graven Kiss and To Eve The Art Of Witchcraft.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Which band, led by Quorthon, avoided playing live
0:11:43 > 0:11:46but released 12 albums between 1984 and 2003,
0:11:46 > 0:11:50including Under The Sign Of The Black Mark, Twilight Of The Gods and Destroyer Of Worlds?
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- Bathory.- Varg Vikernes, also known as Count Grishnackh
0:11:54 > 0:11:57was sentenced to 21 years in prison
0:11:57 > 0:12:00for the murder of which member of the band Mayhem in August '93?
0:12:00 > 0:12:05- Oystein Aarseth.- What was the name of the Oslo record shop, opened by Euronymous,
0:12:05 > 0:12:09which became a focal point of the black metal scene?
0:12:09 > 0:12:14- Helvete.- Abruptum's Morgan Hakansson was known as Evil.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16What was the stage name of his bandmate Tony Sarkka?
0:12:16 > 0:12:21- It.- Bathory contributed two songs... BEEP
0:12:21 > 0:12:24..to the 1984 compilation album Scandinavian Metal Attack.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29One was The Return Of Darkness And Evil. What was the title of the other?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Born For Burning. - No, it was Sacrifice.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Right, well, I knew that(!) LAUGHTER
0:12:37 > 0:12:40You had one pass. The real name of Infernus,
0:12:40 > 0:12:44the guitarist of that band whose name I can't properly pronounce -
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Gorgoroth?- Gorgoroth.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Right, well, anyway, his name was Roger Tiegs.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53And you have scored, Jim, 10 points.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Not the easiest pronunciations I've ever had.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07However, some decent scores. Let's have a look at them.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10In fourth place, Esther Lisk-Carew.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Third place, Jim Longhurst.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Joint first place, 11 points apiece,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Gerald Chong and Jonathan Frere.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22APPLAUSE
0:13:25 > 0:13:27So, it's the general knowledge round now,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29and if there is a tie at the end of it,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:31 > 0:13:33and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37And if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40And it's possible for a runner-up to get through to the semifinal too.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43The six highest-scoring runners-up will qualify.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47So, let us get on with it and ask Esther to join us again, please.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52And you chose one of those subjects
0:13:52 > 0:13:56about which I confess to knowing absolutely nothing whatsoever.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59You got 6 points, so let's see how you do with your general knowledge
0:13:59 > 0:14:01and you have two and a half minutes.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04You've got plenty of time to catch up. Here we go.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Which circus entertainers are known as "Joeys"
0:14:06 > 0:14:09after the English performer Joseph Grimaldi?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Pass.- In which city were the 1904 summer Olympic Games held?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16It was the first time they'd been held in an American city.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- New Orleans?- St Louis. What is the surname of Edina and her daughter, Saffy,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23in the television series Absolutely Fabulous?
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Pass. - Which Impressionist painter's major works include
0:14:26 > 0:14:31the Railway Bridge At Argenteuil and Gare St-Lazare, Paris?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- Auguste Renoir.- Monet.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37In which '95 animated film does Mel Gibson provide the voice of Captain John Smith?
0:14:37 > 0:14:41- Pocahontas. - What name, that comes from the French for "froth",
0:14:41 > 0:14:45can mean a light sweet or savoury dish, made with cream, eggs and flavouring,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48or the mass of bubbles on top of sparkling wine?
0:14:50 > 0:14:55- Pass.- How many basic positions of the feet are there in ballet?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Four.- Five. Which Lennon and McCartney song
0:14:58 > 0:15:02has given Joe Cocker, Wet Wet Wet and Sam And Mark UK number one hits?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- Help.- With A Little Help From My Friends.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Every specimen of a popular pet is believed to be descended
0:15:09 > 0:15:14from a single litter captured at Aleppo in Syria in 1930. Which pet?
0:15:14 > 0:15:19- Cat.- Hamsters. Which Cunard liner that was in service from 1936 to '67
0:15:19 > 0:15:24is now moored at Long Beach, California, where it serves as a museum and a hotel?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Pass.- What name for a branch of mathematics
0:15:26 > 0:15:29comes from the Greek for "earth" and "measurement"?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- Terra...- No, I can stop you there. Geometry.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36The Allied invasion of a Mediterranean island
0:15:36 > 0:15:41in July, 1943, was codenamed Operation Husky. Which island?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- Crete.- Sicily. Lena Dunham is the writer of a television series
0:15:44 > 0:15:48about the unglamorous lives of four young women in New York,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51which she also stars in as Hannah Horvath. Which series?
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- Girls.- What prefix, that is typically used before an ecclesiastical rank
0:15:55 > 0:16:00to denote pre-eminence, comes from the Greek for "first" or "chief"?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01- Pontiff.- Arch.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04In which South American country did the samba originate
0:16:04 > 0:16:07from an earlier dance, known as the maxixe?
0:16:07 > 0:16:12- Argentina.- Brazil. In which city did Jane Austen live from 1801 to 1806?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15It provides the setting for the novels Persuasion and Northanger Abbey.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20- Bath.- Which violinist and conductor, who was born in the Netherlands in 1949,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24created the Johann Strauss Orchestra in 1987?
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- Pass.- In 1977, what international prize was presented
0:16:28 > 0:16:32to the Belfast housewives Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams
0:16:32 > 0:16:35who founded the Community of Peace People organisation?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- BEEP - The Turner Prize.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40It was the Nobel Peace Prize.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42You had five passes there, Esther.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Andre Rieu was the violinist and conductor.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48It was the Queen Mary that they took off to California,
0:16:48 > 0:16:50where they turned it into a hotel.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Mousse is the name that comes from the French for "froth"
0:16:53 > 0:16:58and all of that. Monsoon is Edina and Saffy's surname.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02And Joeys are otherwise known now as clowns.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- You have a total of 9 points. - Thank you.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09APPLAUSE
0:17:14 > 0:17:16And now Jim again, please.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21And you start out with 10 points. Let's see how you do
0:17:21 > 0:17:25with your two and a half minutes of general knowledge. Here we go.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Which Asian country's flag has a large red circle
0:17:28 > 0:17:31that represents the rising sun on a white background?
0:17:31 > 0:17:36- Japan.- Which post-Impressionist painter died in 1890, two days after he shot himself?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- Van Gogh.- What is the surname of the American tennis siblings Tracy and John,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43who won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980?
0:17:43 > 0:17:48- Pass.- Audrey Tautou plays the title character in a 2009 biopic
0:17:48 > 0:17:51about the early life of which French fashion designer?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Er...pass. - What is the official name of the annual speech
0:17:57 > 0:18:01by the American President to a joint session of Congress, in which he outlines
0:18:01 > 0:18:04his country's status and his proposed legislation for the forthcoming year?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- State of the Union. - Which noble gas, with the atomic number 18,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11has a name that comes from the Greek for "inactive"?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Neon.- Argon. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
0:18:14 > 0:18:16was the breakthrough single for which band?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Beastie Boys.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22What type of informal Italian restaurant takes its name from the Italian for "innkeeper"?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- Pizzeria.- Trattoria. Which RAF wing commander was the leader
0:18:25 > 0:18:28of the Dam Busters' raid of May, 1943?
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- Pass.- Which veteran British female journalist and television presenter
0:18:32 > 0:18:35wrote the book Stop The Clocks: Thoughts On What I Leave Behind?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37It was published in February, 2016.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- Pass.- What is the more common name
0:18:39 > 0:18:43for the misalignment of the eyes, also known as strabismus?
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- Pass.- The soft, round butterhead is a common type of which edible plant?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50- Cabbage.- Lettuce.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Which Scottish dramatist does Johnny Depp play in the 2004 film Finding Neverland?
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- JM Barrie.- In 1982, Italy's Antonio Cabrini
0:18:59 > 0:19:03became the first player in a football World Cup final to miss what?
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- Penalty.- The first major live outside broadcast on British television
0:19:07 > 0:19:11was the coronation procession of a king on 12th May, 1937. Which king?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- George V.- VI.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Adulterous, Murderer's and Wife-hater are names given to various editions
0:19:17 > 0:19:20of a book because of misprints. Which book?
0:19:20 > 0:19:25- Pass.- Which Balkan country's contentious name is formerly abbreviated to FYROM?
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- Macedonia. - Valentines Mansion in Ilford
0:19:29 > 0:19:33and Harptree Court, a country house in Somerset, have both been used as locations
0:19:33 > 0:19:36for the filming of which popular television cookery programme?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Great British Bake Off. - What is the main type of rock
0:19:39 > 0:19:42that forms the North and South Downs in southern England?
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- Granite.- Chalk. What profession were both Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
0:19:46 > 0:19:50and W Somerset Maugham trained in before turning to literature?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- Journalism.- Medicine. What is the name of the English autumn church festival
0:19:53 > 0:19:56which celebrates the final gathering in of the crops?
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Harvest.- Harvest Festival, yes. BEEP
0:19:59 > 0:20:01You have six passes, Jim.
0:20:01 > 0:20:07The Bible, believe it or not, is the book in which various editions
0:20:07 > 0:20:10have those strange names - Adulterous, Murderer's, etc.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12The more common name
0:20:12 > 0:20:14for the misalignment of the eyes is a squint.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Joan Bakewell wrote Stop The Clocks, etc.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Guy Gibson commanded the Dam Busters.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24- Audrey Tautou played Coco Chanel. - Yeah.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27And the surname of the American tennis siblings,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Tracy and John Austin.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34You've got a total now, Jim, of 19 points.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37APPLAUSE
0:20:43 > 0:20:45And now Gerald again, please.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50And you start out with 11 points. 19 is the score to beat.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Let's see how you do. Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Here we go.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58In which city in Tennessee is the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum?
0:20:58 > 0:21:02- Memphis.- Nashville. The Talbot, whose name is used extensively
0:21:02 > 0:21:06in heraldry and in pub names is a now extinct breed of which domestic animal?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11- Dog.- In which comedy series did Ricky Gervais play the struggling actor Andy Millman?
0:21:11 > 0:21:16The various actors who made guest appearances included Robert De Niro and David Bowie.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Extras.- What was the largest and most influential
0:21:19 > 0:21:21of the republics of the former Soviet Union?
0:21:22 > 0:21:27- Russia.- Which Liberal prime minister was born at 62 Rodney Street
0:21:27 > 0:21:30in Liverpool on 29th December, 1809?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- Lloyd George.- Gladstone.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36By what name do English cricketers sometimes refer to the supposedly unlucky score of 111?
0:21:36 > 0:21:42- Nelson.- Which Swiss-born architect described a house as a "machine for living in"?
0:21:42 > 0:21:47- Corbusier. - The works of which playwright, who was born in Dublin in 1751,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50include the comedies The Rivals and The School For Scandal?
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- Pass.- In the television series Red Dwarf,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56which character's favourite meal was chicken vindaloo?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Cat.- Dave Lister. Who plays the title role
0:21:59 > 0:22:04of the convicted criminal Henri Charriere in the 1973 film Papillon?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Steve McQueen. - Prince of Asturias is the principal title
0:22:07 > 0:22:10held by the heir to the throne of which country?
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- Pass.- What type of trade is regulated by the international convention
0:22:15 > 0:22:18known as CITES, according to the last two letters of its acronym?
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- Endangered species. - Ronnie Spector was the lead singer with an R&B group,
0:22:22 > 0:22:26whose biggest UK hit was Be My Baby in 1963. Which group?
0:22:28 > 0:22:33- Pass.- Which male domestic fowl was adopted as the symbol of Pathe newsreels
0:22:33 > 0:22:35when the company was first established in 1896?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- Chicken.- Yes, a cockerel.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- What is a sky pilot, in the slang of the military services?- Er...
0:22:43 > 0:22:48- A priest.- A chaplain, yes. Released in 1999, Episode I: The Phantom Menace
0:22:48 > 0:22:51was the first of a trilogy of prequels to which series of films?
0:22:51 > 0:22:56- Star Wars.- Which 18th-century Venetian adventurer, who was famed for his amorous exploits,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59was, as a young man, expelled from a seminary for serious misconduct?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- Casanova.- Which band back Elvis Costello
0:23:02 > 0:23:05on the track Oliver's Army and many of his other hits?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- Attractions.- What is the name of the narrow neck of land
0:23:08 > 0:23:11that connects central Greece to the Peloponnese?
0:23:11 > 0:23:16- Isthmus of Corinth. - Which film, stage and radio comedy team's original members
0:23:16 > 0:23:19were Chico, Harpo, Gummo, Zeppo and Groucho?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- Marx Brothers.- Which French fashion legend closed his couture house
0:23:23 > 0:23:25when he retired in 2002?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27BEEP
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- Givenchy.- Yves Saint Laurent.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32But it's always worth taking a guess.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37You had three passes. It was Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39That was the R&B group.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41The Prince of Asturias is the principal title
0:23:41 > 0:23:43held by the heir to the throne of Spain.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48And Sheridan, The Rivals and The School For Scandal.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53Richard Brinsley Sheridan. But, Gerald, you have scored 25 points.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56APPLAUSE
0:24:02 > 0:24:05And finally, Jonathan again, please.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11And you also start this round with 11 points,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13with your knowledge of Hungary.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Let's see how you do in your general knowledge.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20In which sea that is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean are Anglesey
0:24:20 > 0:24:23and the Isle of Man the two principal islands?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- The North Sea.- The Irish Sea. What is the more common name
0:24:25 > 0:24:29for an intercalary or bissextile year that normally occurs every four years?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- Leap year.- The documentary Don't Look Back provides a behind-the-scenes view
0:24:34 > 0:24:39of an American singer-songwriter's 1965 tour of Britain. Who is he?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- Elvis Presley.- Bob Dylan.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44What name is given to a chemical or nuclear process that yields products
0:24:44 > 0:24:49that initiate further processes of the same kind, as in a nuclear reactor?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50- Catalyst.- A chain reaction.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55Which city served as the official capital of West Germany from 1949 to '91?
0:24:55 > 0:24:58It remained the effective capital of the united Germany
0:24:58 > 0:25:00until the completion of the move to Berlin.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- Bonn.- Which close ally of Margaret Thatcher was a civil airline pilot
0:25:04 > 0:25:06before he entered politics in 1970?
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- Norman Tebbit. - Which English breakfast dish of Indian origin
0:25:09 > 0:25:14normally consists of a mixture of rice and smoked haddock with hard-boiled eggs?
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- Kedgeree.- What age do horses have to be to run in the Epsom Derby?
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- Two.- Three. On which financial institution's building in London
0:25:22 > 0:25:26do bronze doors, designed by Sir Charles Wheeler, feature the constellations
0:25:26 > 0:25:31Ursa Major and the Southern Cross, indicating the global nature of its operation?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- Lloyds.- Bank of England. Which poet died of septicaemia
0:25:34 > 0:25:39on a hospital ship off Skyros in April, 1915, and was buried on the island?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Rupert Brooke. - What title is held by the Scottish counterpart
0:25:42 > 0:25:44of an English mayor in local government?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- Bergermast.- Provost. Which village, east of York,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52was the scene of a battle fought three weeks before the Battle of Hastings,
0:25:52 > 0:25:56where Harold II defeated Harald Hardrada's Viking army?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- Stamford Bridge. - The logo of which American film studio is a globe
0:25:59 > 0:26:01with the studio's name across it?
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- Universal.- What word for fortune-telling by reading the lines on the palm
0:26:05 > 0:26:08comes from the Greek word for "hand" and "divination"?
0:26:09 > 0:26:14- Palmistry.- Chiromancy. Which song has been a Christmas number one hit single
0:26:14 > 0:26:18for both Harry Belafonte and Boney M?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- Little Donkey. - Mary's Boy Child.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23The birthplace of Shakespeare, which is now a museum to his early life,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26is in Henley Street in which Warwickshire town?
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- Stratford-on-Avon.- What word, meaning a "saw" in Spanish,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32describes a mountain range, rising in jagged peaks?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Sierra. - Which motorway is carried by the new Severn Bridge
0:26:35 > 0:26:39that was opened in 1996? The M48 continues to use the original bridge.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44- M4.- Which river of southern Africa, that's named after a Dutch royal house,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47rises in Lesotho and flows west for over 2,000 kilometres...
0:26:47 > 0:26:50BEEP ..before entering the Atlantic Ocean?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- The Orange. - The Orange River is correct.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55No passes, Jonathan. You now have 22 points.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58APPLAUSE
0:27:05 > 0:27:08So, let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11In fourth place, Esther Lisk-Carew.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Third place, Jim Longhurst.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Second place, Jonathan Frere.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21First place, Gerald Chong.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23APPLAUSE
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Which means, of course, that Gerald is tonight's winner
0:27:33 > 0:27:37and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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