0:00:26 > 0:00:29First in the spotlight tonight is Mohan Mudigonda,
0:00:29 > 0:00:31a GP practice manager from Wolverhampton.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33His specialist subject, Asterix.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Gill Taylor is a retired project manager from West Yorkshire.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40She's answering questions on the periodic table.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Next in the black chair, Sarah Lake, a teacher from Sunderland,
0:00:45 > 0:00:47on the novels of Nick Hornby.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51James Haughton is a student from Manchester.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54His subject, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59And our final contender, Alan Diment, a writer from Newcastle.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03His subject, the life and films of Stan Laurel.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19This is a semifinal, which means our five contenders have cleared
0:01:19 > 0:01:23one obstacle in the way of their quest to be Mastermind champion.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24But tonight is crucial.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Only one of them can get through to the Grand Final.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28The rules change slightly
0:01:28 > 0:01:31because we have five instead of four contenders.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Just 90 seconds for their specialist subject
0:01:33 > 0:01:35and then two minutes of general knowledge.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Asterix and Obelix live in the last village in Gaul
0:01:58 > 0:01:59that has not been conquered by the Romans.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02The inhabitants of the village are only frightened
0:02:02 > 0:02:04by the possibility of what falling on their heads?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- The sky.- What's the name of the agent who's sent by Julius Caesar
0:02:07 > 0:02:10to the Gauls' village to spread gossip and rumour in Asterix And The Roman Agent?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- Tortuous Convolvulus. - In Asterix In Belgium,
0:02:13 > 0:02:18the Romans fire a boulder that Obelix catches and throws back. What does he hit?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- Pass.- At the end of each story there's a banquet
0:02:20 > 0:02:23at which the bard is always shown tied up and gagged. What's his name?
0:02:23 > 0:02:29- Cacofonix.- In Asterix The Legionary, whom does the Egyptian Ptenisnet mistake
0:02:29 > 0:02:32for one of the Red Cloaks, one of the holiday camp helpers?
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Um, Julius Caesar.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37In the same story, Obelix falls in love and Asterix becomes worried about him
0:02:37 > 0:02:39because he will not eat his third what?
0:02:39 > 0:02:44- Boar.- Who is the owner of the pub The Jug And Amphora in Asterix In Britain?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- Dipsomaniax.- In The Twelve Tasks Of Asterix, whom does Julius Caesar tell
0:02:48 > 0:02:51to "Stop playing about with that knife. You'll end up hurting somebody"?
0:02:51 > 0:02:56- Brutus.- In Asterix And The Roman Agent, Geriatrix informs his fellow Gauls
0:02:56 > 0:02:59he didn't need the magic potion when he fought at which battle?
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- Gergovia.- What object are Getafix and Psychoanalytix each hit by
0:03:04 > 0:03:07in Asterix And The Big Fight that causes them to lose their memory?
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- A menhir. - In Asterix In Corsica, the centurion Hippopotamus
0:03:11 > 0:03:16releases his Corsican prisoner who refuses to escape until after he has had what?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- A siesta. - In Asterix And The Big Fight,
0:03:19 > 0:03:24the legionary Infirmofpurpus goes on patrol disguised as a tree.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27What bird befriends him because he is a "very remarkable tree"?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- BEEP - A parrot.- It's An owl.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Yeah, could have been a parrot.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Anyway, a wise owl, no doubt.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36You had one pass.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39The boulder, they caught the boulder and then threw it back.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43The boulder hit the deck of a pirate ship.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45And you knew it, yeah. Course you did.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Anyway, Mohan, you have 10 points.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50APPLAUSE
0:03:55 > 0:03:58And our next contender, please.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16The periodic table in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Dmitri Mendeleev presented his original periodic table of the elements
0:04:19 > 0:04:24at a meeting in St Petersburg in March, 1869, of which scientific society?
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- The Russian Chemical Society. - The modern periodic table has 18 groups
0:04:27 > 0:04:30but a simplified version is configured as groups one to eight.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33What do the numbers one to eight represent?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- Vertical groups of the table. - The number of electrons in the outer shell of an atom.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Which American chemist led the teams that discovered plutonium and americium
0:04:41 > 0:04:45and was the first living person to have an element named after him?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- Guyoso.- Seaborg.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Pierre and Marie Curie discovered two highly toxic elements
0:04:50 > 0:04:54by radiochemical analysis in 1898. One was radium. What was the other?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Polonium.- What name did the English chemist John Newlands give to the system
0:04:58 > 0:05:02that he used to construct an early form of periodic table in 1865?
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- The law of octaves. - Which element appears at the bottom of Group 2,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07the alkaline earth metals?
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- Caesium.- Radium. Which chemist was given the nickname "Hard-luck"
0:05:11 > 0:05:14by Isaac Asimov because many of his discoveries of chemical elements,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17including oxygen, are usually attributed to others?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- Scheele.- What letter is used by convention
0:05:19 > 0:05:22to denote the atomic numbers of the elements of the periodic table?
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- Z.- The discovery of which element in 1945 filled in the last gap
0:05:26 > 0:05:31in the table of elements with atomic numbers from 1 to 92?
0:05:31 > 0:05:32- Mendelevium.- Promethium.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36What name is given to the series of elements that fill the horizontal strip
0:05:36 > 0:05:39under the lanthanides at the bottom of the periodic table?
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- The actinides.- Which element was discovered in about 1790
0:05:43 > 0:05:46in a lead mine and is the only one named after a place in Britain?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Strontium. - BEEP
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I was about to give you another one but you're out of time.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- No passes, Gill. You have 7 points.- OK, thank you.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57APPLAUSE
0:06:03 > 0:06:06And our next contender, please.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Nick Hornby's books in 90 seconds.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24In About A Boy, Will Freeman lives off the royalties
0:06:24 > 0:06:27from a song his father wrote in 1938. Which song?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Santa's Super Sleigh. - In Funny Girl, Barbara Parker arrives in London
0:06:30 > 0:06:33and is advised by her theatrical agent to change her name to what?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Sophie Straw. - What's the name of Rob Fleming's record shop
0:06:36 > 0:06:39which features in both High Fidelity and About A Boy?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- Championship Vinyl. - In How To Be Good, Katie persuades her husband
0:06:42 > 0:06:45not to give their Sunday roast dinner to the homeless.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47What food do they give them instead?
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Lasagne.- In Juliet, Naked, Tucker Crowe says he broke up with Julie Beatty
0:06:51 > 0:06:57because he thought he'd have "more in common with a 16-year-old Nebraskan" what?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- Waitress.- Cheerleader. In which coastal town does Sam Jones spend the night
0:07:01 > 0:07:03when he runs away from home after he finds out
0:07:03 > 0:07:06that his girlfriend, Alicia, is pregnant, in Slam?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Hastings.- In A Long Way Down, Jess Crichton tells a journalist
0:07:09 > 0:07:11she was talked down from the ledge of Topper's House
0:07:11 > 0:07:14by an angel who looked like which Hollywood actor?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Matt Damon.- The first time Barbara meets her theatrical agent, Brian Debenham,
0:07:17 > 0:07:21he mistakes her for a girl from the Arthur Askey Show. What's her name?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- Sabrina.- When DJ GoodNews stays with the Carrs, in How To Be Good,
0:07:24 > 0:07:29what does he say he doesn't agree with, because he thinks they make you "soft"?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- Dishwashers.- Beds.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Rob Fleming and his employees are constantly compiling Top Five lists.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37His favourite episode of Cheers is the one
0:07:37 > 0:07:40in which Cliff finds a potato that looks like whom?
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- Jimmy Carter.- Richard Nixon. In About A Boy, Marcus's friend Ellie McCrae gets angry
0:07:47 > 0:07:50when she sees a cardboard cut-out of a musician in a shop window,
0:07:50 > 0:07:52and breaks the window. Which musician?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Kurt Cobain. - BEEP And that's it.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Out of time. No passes again, Sarah. You have 8 points.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01APPLAUSE
0:08:07 > 0:08:09And our next contender, please.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Richard Feynman in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27The scientist Richard Feynman shared the 1965 Nobel Prize
0:08:27 > 0:08:31with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
0:08:31 > 0:08:33for their work in which area of physics?
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Quantum electrodynamics.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Who was the head of the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos Laboratory?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41He worked with Feynman on a formula for the explosive yield of the atomic bomb
0:08:41 > 0:08:43and recommended him for a position at Cornell University.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- Hans Bethe.- Which English-born physicist famously referred to Feynman
0:08:48 > 0:08:49as "half genius and half buffoon"?
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- Freeman Dyson.- What items did Feynman mend as a schoolboy?
0:08:53 > 0:08:57He got a number of jobs after a satisfied customer said he could fix them by thinking.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- Radios.- On which island was the 1947 National Academy of Science Conference
0:09:01 > 0:09:04on the Foundations of Quantum Theory held? Feynman later said
0:09:04 > 0:09:07it was one of the most important conferences he'd ever attended.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Shelter Island. - While at Caltech,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Feynman provided a quantum-mechanical explanation
0:09:12 > 0:09:16of the Soviet physicist Lev Landau's theory of what phenomenon?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- Superfluidity. - In 1954, Feynman received his first major award.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22It was named in honour of which physicist?
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- Albert Einstein. - Which friend of Feynman from Los Alamos was imprisoned
0:09:26 > 0:09:28in 1950 for spying for the Soviet Union?
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Klaus Fuchs.- Feynman gave some of his lectures at which New Age institute
0:09:32 > 0:09:35at Big Sur on the California coast?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- The Esalen Institute. - Feynman was well-known for drumming,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40in particular with what kind of drums?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Bongo.- Feynman served on the Presidential Commission
0:09:43 > 0:09:46that investigated the Challenger Space Shuttle accident.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Who was its Chairman, after whom the Commission is commonly called?
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- William Rogers.- Which laboratory in Tennessee, that was involved
0:09:52 > 0:09:55in uranium isotope separation, did Feynman visit while at Los Alamos?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57BEEP He said it was potentially the source
0:09:57 > 0:09:59of a catastrophic explosion.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- Oak Ridge.- Is correct. No passes, James.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04All right, 12 points.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07APPLAUSE
0:10:14 > 0:10:16And our final contender, please.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Stan Laurel in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Which future star of silent and talking pictures
0:10:33 > 0:10:35did the young Stan Laurel understudy when he joined
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Fred Karno's British music hall comedy acting troupe in 1910?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Charlie Chaplin. - What was the title of Laurel and Hardy's first talkie?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45It was released in 1929 and featured the use of sound effects
0:10:45 > 0:10:47to convey off-screen action.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- Unaccustomed As We Are. - What's the title of Laurel's first film, made in 1917?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54He plays a mentally ill patient who thinks he's Napoleon.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Nuts In May.- What was the name of the theatre manager in Glasgow
0:10:57 > 0:11:01who gave Laurel his first opportunity to perform on stage?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Albert Pickard.- Which Scottish comedian appeared in many films with Laurel
0:11:05 > 0:11:08before going on to become a regular stooge in the Laurel and Hardy classics?
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- James Finlayson. - In which Laurel and Hardy feature-length film
0:11:12 > 0:11:16is Stan transformed by a blow on the head from a falling sash window
0:11:16 > 0:11:19into Lord Paddington, the greatest athlete and student of his day?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- A Chump At Oxford.- What was the name of the woman
0:11:22 > 0:11:27who was Laurel's personal and professional partner between 1917 and 1925?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- Mae Dahlberg.- For which independent producer did Laurel star
0:11:30 > 0:11:35in 12 comedies in 1924 and 1925, including Dr Pyckle And Mr Pryde,
0:11:35 > 0:11:39a parody of a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40- Broncho Billy Anderson. - Joe Rock.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45What 1933 film gives its name to the International Laurel & Hardy Society?
0:11:45 > 0:11:49In it, Stan and Ollie visit an annual convention against the wishes of their wives.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- Sons Of The Desert. - Stan and Ollie sailed to Britain in 1932
0:11:53 > 0:11:56on board a Cunard liner that was met by an enthusiastic crowd when it docked.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59What was the ship called?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- Um, Aquitania.- What 1927 film has the same name as a later...
0:12:02 > 0:12:05BEEP ..and more famous film by the Marx Brothers
0:12:05 > 0:12:09and is one of the first to show Laurel and Hardy performing together as a team?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- Duck Soup. - Duck Soup is correct.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15No passes, you only got one wrong. 10 points.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17APPLAUSE
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Well, pretty equal so far. Let's have a look at all of those scores.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Fifth place, Gill Taylor.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Fourth place, Sarah Lake.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Joint second place,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Mohan Mudigonda and Alan Diment.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40And in first place, James Haughton.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43APPLAUSE
0:12:47 > 0:12:50It is the general knowledge round now, of course.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52And if there's a tie at the end of this round,
0:12:52 > 0:12:54then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:54 > 0:12:57and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05So, let's get on with it and ask Gill to join us again, please.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10And you start this round, Gill, with 7 points,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13with your knowledge of the periodic table.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15A great mystery to many of us.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18And you now have a little bit longer, two minutes,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21for your general knowledge to overtake the rest of the field.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Here we go.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Which film trilogy is about the lives and deaths of the Corleone family?
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- The Godfather. - Who is the equivalent of the Roman goddess Venus
0:13:30 > 0:13:32in classical Greek religion?
0:13:32 > 0:13:37- Aphrodite. - Which international airport is near Ayr in Scotland?
0:13:37 > 0:13:38- Lerwick.- Prestwick.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41In which HG Wells novel is a scientist taken into the future
0:13:41 > 0:13:43where he meets a small, timid people called the Eloi
0:13:43 > 0:13:47who are terrorized by an ape-like race called the Morlocks?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- The Time Machine. - On a weather map, what's represented by a blue line
0:13:50 > 0:13:54with blue triangular pips along it that all point in the same direction?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- A warm front. - No, a cold front.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Which cellulose-eating insects, that live in large colonies,
0:13:59 > 0:14:00are sometimes called white ants
0:14:00 > 0:14:04because of their superficial similarities to ants, although not related to them?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Termites.- Which Oscar-winning composer and pianist won a Tony Award
0:14:07 > 0:14:11for the score of the 1975 Broadway musical A Chorus Line?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Sondheim.- Hamlisch. Which church in the Strand
0:14:14 > 0:14:18that was redesigned by Christopher Wren is the memorial church of the RAF?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- Pass.- What name for the flooded fields in the Far East
0:14:21 > 0:14:24where rice is grown comes from the Malay for "rice"?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Paddy fields.- Which Central American country
0:14:27 > 0:14:30has a northern border with Nicaragua and a southern border with Panama?
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- El Salvador.- Costa Rica.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35A celebrated sofa made by Salvador Dali in about 1938
0:14:35 > 0:14:37was modelled on the lips of a Hollywood actress
0:14:37 > 0:14:41noted for her double entendres and sexuality. Which actress?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Mae West.- Who withdrew before the final round
0:14:43 > 0:14:46of the 2016 Conservative Party leadership election
0:14:46 > 0:14:50to leave Theresa May as the new party leader and Prime Minister?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Um, pass.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Which radio and television personality, who died in 2016,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58was rejected by David Attenborough when he applied for a job
0:14:58 > 0:15:02as a presenter on BBC2 because they already employed another Irishman?
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- Pass.- What Japanese name of Chinese origin is given to the white curd,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10sometimes called bean curd, made from soya milk?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Tofu. - In classical architecture, what term is used
0:15:13 > 0:15:17for a draped female figure used instead of a column as a support?
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- Caryatid.- In June, 1967, on what everyday items did a reproduction
0:15:21 > 0:15:24of the sculptor Arnold Machin's image of the Queen...
0:15:24 > 0:15:26BBEP ..replace one by Dorothy Wilding?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28It's still in use today.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30- Stamps. - Yeah, postage stamps, yeah.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Three passes and you'll be cross with yourself
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- for each one, I can guarantee that. Terry Wogan.- I know!- You know, yeah.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38He was the one they said, "We don't need you.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- "We've already got an Irishman." - Mm-hmm.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- There you go. Andrea Leadsom... - Yeah.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44..was the MP who, yeah, all that.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- And the Church of St Clement Danes. - Yeah.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- You have now, Gill, a total of 16 points.- Thank you.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52APPLAUSE
0:15:59 > 0:16:01And now Sarah again, please.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06And you have 8 points, Sarah,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08with your knowledge of Nick Hornby's books.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11And here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Which royal house of Welsh origin ruled England and Wales
0:16:14 > 0:16:16from 1485 to 1603?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Tudor. - The red-headed cardinal,
0:16:18 > 0:16:22which has red to orange head and wing casings, is a species of which insect?
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- Ladybird.- Beetle. What name is usually given to the girl
0:16:25 > 0:16:27who asked her stepfather, Herod Antipas,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30for the head of John the Baptist on a platter?
0:16:32 > 0:16:36- Pass.- In which cemetery is America's Tomb of the Unknowns,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38also called the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- National Cemetery. - Arlington National Cemetery.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42What is the name of the malevolent commanding officer
0:16:42 > 0:16:44of the underwater vessel Nautilus
0:16:44 > 0:16:47in Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- Pass.- The name of a tinned meat product,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51which became famous during the Second World War,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55apparently comes from its description, "spiced pork and ham". What tinned meat?
0:16:55 > 0:16:59- Spam. - What are the Stanford-Binet and the Wechsler tests
0:16:59 > 0:17:00used to measure in humans?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- Intelligence. - Which American surrealist,
0:17:03 > 0:17:08best remembered for his photography, was born Emmanuel Radnitzky in 1890?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Man Ray.- In which 2005 novel by Markus Zusak
0:17:13 > 0:17:16is the young German girl Liesel Meminger the title character?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19She is played by Sophie Nelisse in the film adaptation.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- The Book Thief.- What name is given to the region of reclaimed marshland
0:17:23 > 0:17:25in eastern England that extends from Lincolnshire
0:17:25 > 0:17:27to Cambridgeshire and Norfolk?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- The Norfolk Broads.- The Fens. On board which ship did Wallace Hartley and his band
0:17:30 > 0:17:34give their last performance on the night of 15th April, 1912?
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- The Titanic. - Which actor voices the black panther Bagheera
0:17:38 > 0:17:40in the 2016 film version of The Jungle Book?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- Jack Black.- Ben Kingsley.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46In 1987, which Indian batsman became the first man
0:17:46 > 0:17:50to score 10,000 runs in test cricket?
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Pass.- In which 2016 television series, set in the early 1980s,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57are the lives of four ordinary women turned around
0:17:57 > 0:18:00when they become Ann Summers party plan saleswomen?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- Pass.- What word for a red wine from Bordeaux
0:18:04 > 0:18:08is also used for its deep reddish-purple colour?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09- Burgundy.- Claret.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Which historical lovers were the subject of John Dryden's 1677 tragedy
0:18:13 > 0:18:15in blank verse All For Love? BEEP
0:18:15 > 0:18:18They were also the subject of a Shakespeare play.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- Romeo and Juliet. - Antony and Cleopatra.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24You have four passes, Sarah.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28Brief Encounters was the name of that television series.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Sunil Gavaskar scored 10,000 runs
0:18:30 > 0:18:32and he was the first in test cricket.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Captain Nemo was the name of that nasty piece of work in Nautilus.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38And Salome was the name of the girl
0:18:38 > 0:18:41who wanted the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44You have, Sarah, a total of 14 points.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47APPLAUSE
0:18:52 > 0:18:54And now Mohan again, please.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58And you start out with 10 points, Mohan.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01The score to beat, as we speak, is 16.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03And here we go, with two minutes of general knowledge.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Which mountain range stretches down
0:19:05 > 0:19:08the whole of the western edge of South America?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Andes.- Damien Hirst's platinum skull, called For The Love Of God,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13is encrusted with what precious stones?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- Diamonds.- The Redbreast, first published in 2000,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18is the first book in the Oslo Trilogy
0:19:18 > 0:19:21by which best-selling Norwegian crime writer?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22- Stieg Larsson.- No, Nesbo.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Which breed of dog is also known as the St Hubert hound or the Flemish hound
0:19:26 > 0:19:30and is renowned for its ability to follow scents over large distances?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Bloodhound.- What common name is given to a solid figure
0:19:32 > 0:19:35with a triangular, square or polygonal base
0:19:35 > 0:19:38and triangular sides that meet at a common point called the vertex?
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- Pass.- Which American composer wrote the unsuccessful ragtime operas
0:19:42 > 0:19:45A Guest Of Honor in 1903 and Treemonisha in 1911?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Scott Joplin. - According to Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's play,
0:19:48 > 0:19:52who "die many times before their deaths"?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Um, pass.- Who followed Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58George Clooney and Christian Bale when he played Batman
0:19:58 > 0:20:01in the 2016 film Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- Ben Affleck.- Which gate at the western end of the avenue Unter den Linden in Berlin
0:20:05 > 0:20:10was closed in 1961 and reopened amid celebrations on 22nd December, 1989?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- The Brandenburg. - In which country
0:20:13 > 0:20:17were the Formula One drivers Sergio Perez and Esteban Gutierrez born?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- Brazil.- Mexico. Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye
0:20:20 > 0:20:22contained four members of which former band?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- Oasis.- In Victorian times "fogle-hunter" was a slang term
0:20:25 > 0:20:29for what type of petty thief, a "fogle" being a silk handkerchief?
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- Pickpocket.- Which Biblical patriarch had three sons called Ham, Shem and Japheth?
0:20:33 > 0:20:39- Pass.- Bob Odenkirk stars as a shady lawyer in Better Call Saul,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42which is a prequel to which American drama series?
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- Breaking Bad.- Which resort on the north Cornish coast is a famous surfing venue?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Fistral beach, to the west of the resort, is particularly popular.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- Newquay.- Who had his third UK number one single of 2015
0:20:53 > 0:20:56when Love Yourself topped the charts in December?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57- John Newman.- Justin Bieber.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00With which former accountant did William Hanna collaborate
0:21:00 > 0:21:03for over 50 years in making cartoons?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Joseph Barbera. - The search for the pirate Captain Flint's hidden chest...
0:21:06 > 0:21:10BEEP ..and its valuable contents is the theme of an adventure
0:21:10 > 0:21:13published in book form in 1883. Which book?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15- Treasure Island.- Is correct.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Three passes, Mohan. Noah was the Biblical patriarch.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20LAUGHTER
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- Sorry.- Yes, I know, I know. It's the black chair.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Cowards "die many times before their deaths".
0:21:27 > 0:21:29And a pyramid is that...
0:21:29 > 0:21:31LAUGHTER
0:21:31 > 0:21:34I know. It's all the detail in the question, isn't it?
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Anyway, here's the good news. You have 22 points.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40APPLAUSE
0:21:46 > 0:21:48And now Alan again, please.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53And you also start with 10 points, Alan.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56But the score to beat, as you've just heard, has now gone up to 22.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00So, let's see if you can pass it. Here we go.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Simba is the Swahili word for which animal?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- Lion.- Which country did Jamala represent
0:22:04 > 0:22:07when she won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
0:22:07 > 0:22:10with 1944, a politically charged ballad
0:22:10 > 0:22:13about Stalin's deportation of Crimean Tatars?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Croatia.- Ukraine. Which sea bird is often seen standing on a rock
0:22:16 > 0:22:20with its wings spread out to dry, like its smaller close relative the shag?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- Cormorant. - Who took the title of her novel Gone With The Wind
0:22:23 > 0:22:26from a line in a poem by the late Victorian writer Ernest Dowson?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- Margaret Mitchell. - In which American television cartoon series,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33created by Seth MacFarlane, does the title character sing the theme tune
0:22:33 > 0:22:35that begins with the lyrics "Good morning, USA
0:22:35 > 0:22:37"I got a feeling it's gonna be a wonderful day"?
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- American Dad!- Which city in Devon lies between the river from which it gets its name
0:22:41 > 0:22:43and the estuary of the River Tamar?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- Taunton.- Plymouth. In Oliver Twist, what's the real name
0:22:46 > 0:22:50of the member of Fagin's gang who's known as the Artful Dodger?
0:22:50 > 0:22:55- Dawkins.- The mineral cinnabar is the principal ore of which metal?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Er...
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Diamond.- Mercury. Which ancient Greek philosopher gives an account
0:23:00 > 0:23:04of Socrates' trial, last days and death in three of his Dialogues?
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- Plato.- Which member of the royal family displays and markets
0:23:08 > 0:23:10his watercolour paintings under the company name AG Carrick,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13based on two of his four Christian names and one of his titles?
0:23:13 > 0:23:17- Prince Charles. - What is the Hebrew name of the Jewish winter festival
0:23:17 > 0:23:19that features the lighting of candles, one on the first night,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22two on the second, until the eight candles of the menorah are lit?
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- Hanukkah. - In which 2015 film,
0:23:25 > 0:23:29set in a new theme park built on the original site of Jurassic Park,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32does the park's newest attraction escape and go on a killing spree?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- Jurassic World. - Which snack food was first made in Britain
0:23:35 > 0:23:38by a Mr Carter in London in 1913?
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- Crackers.- Crisps. Whose report into the Iraq War
0:23:41 > 0:23:45was published after seven years of work in July 2016?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- Um, Haldane.- Chilcot.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Near which village in the Hope Valley in Derbyshire are the tourist attractions
0:23:51 > 0:23:55of the Blue John, Speedwell and Treak Cliff Caverns?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Er...Cornus...- Castleton.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01What does the abbreviation USP stand for in retailing or marketing?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- Unique Selling Point. - Janet Walton... BEEP
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Just started. ..from Wallasey, Merseyside
0:24:05 > 0:24:09gave birth to how many baby girls in 1983?
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- Um, six.- Is correct. No passes.
0:24:13 > 0:24:1521 points.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18APPLAUSE
0:24:25 > 0:24:27And, finally, James again, please.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31And you start, James, with 12 points.
0:24:31 > 0:24:3522 is still the score to beat with your general knowledge.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Which chess piece can move only diagonally?
0:24:40 > 0:24:41- Queen.- Bishop.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45On a political map of America, the states that are coloured blue
0:24:45 > 0:24:46have voted for which party?
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- Democrat.- Which show tune did the English electronic pop band Mint Royale remix
0:24:51 > 0:24:53to top the UK singles charts in 2008?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Match Of The Day. - Singin' In The Rain.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Under what surname did the Bronte sisters publish a volume of poems in 1846?
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- Bell.- Which religious group, founded in America in the 1870s,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06launched its New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
0:25:06 > 0:25:08at Yankee Stadium in New York in 1950,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11although the work wasn't completed until 1960?
0:25:11 > 0:25:15- Jehovah's Witnesses.- The full name of which prehistoric ancestor of the elephant
0:25:15 > 0:25:18comes from its thick coat of dark brown hair?
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- Mammoth.- No, woolly mammoth. Which play by Joe Orton tells the story
0:25:22 > 0:25:24of two young thieves called Hal and Dennis who rob a bank
0:25:24 > 0:25:27and hide the money in the coffin of Hal's dead mother?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Er, Dog Day Afternoon.- Loot.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33In June, 2016, a British Olympic boxing gold medallist
0:25:33 > 0:25:36successfully defended the IBF World Heavyweight title
0:25:36 > 0:25:39against Dominic Breazeale. Who was the British boxer?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Anthony Joshua.- To which bird did Wordsworth write,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45"Shall I call thee bird, or but a wandering voice"?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Nightingale.- The cuckoo.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Which Indonesian island lies between Java to the west
0:25:49 > 0:25:52and Lombok to the east and has Denpasar as its capital?
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- Sumatra.- Bali. What is the French word for Sunday?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Er...
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Vendi.- Dimanche.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03The Falling Soldier or Loyalist Militia Man At The Moment Of Death
0:26:03 > 0:26:05is the title of a photograph taken by Robert Capa,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08in September, 1936, during which conflict?
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Spanish Civil War. - The name of which dance of Cuban origin,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13with a rhythm similar to a rumba,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16is also a term for a voodoo priestess, especially in Haiti?
0:26:16 > 0:26:21- Tango.- Mambo. Which star of the reality television show Geordie Shore
0:26:21 > 0:26:25won the first 2016 series of Celebrity Big Brother?
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Charlotte Crosby.- Scotty T. There are three National Parks in Wales.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Snowdonia and the Pembrokeshire Coast are two. What is the third?
0:26:31 > 0:26:36- Brecon Beacons.- Which London hospital in Southwark was founded in the 1720s
0:26:36 > 0:26:38by the bookseller and printer whose name it bears?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- BEEP - Great Ormond.- Guy's Hospital.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45No passes, James. You have 18 points.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47APPLAUSE
0:26:55 > 0:26:58So, we have a clear winner. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00In fifth place, Sarah Lake.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Fourth place, Gill Taylor.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Third place, James Haughton.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Second place, Alan Diment.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14First place, Mohan Mudigonda.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18APPLAUSE
0:27:18 > 0:27:21APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Which means that Mohan is tonight's winner
0:27:31 > 0:27:35and he goes through to the Grand Final. Congratulations to him.
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