0:00:25 > 0:00:28Our first contender tonight is Colin Daffern,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a performance information manager from Salford
0:00:30 > 0:00:32and his specialist subject,
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Alan Bennett.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Next, Tony Richardson, a teacher from Newcastle on the band Cream.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Gerald Chong is a block manager from London,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45he's answering questions on the novels of Dan Brown.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Ian Fennell, a software developer from Kidderminster
0:00:49 > 0:00:52on the great conductor Herbert von Karajan.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56And Lynn Edwards, a psychiatric nurse from Bangor.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Her subject - Queen Mary, the wife of George V.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Hello and welcome to Mastermind.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17It's a semifinal tonight, of course,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20which means five contenders instead of the usual four
0:01:20 > 0:01:23and slightly less time for them to answer questions.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26They get 90 seconds on their specialist subject
0:01:26 > 0:01:28and two minutes on general knowledge,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31and a place in the grand final awaits the winner
0:01:31 > 0:01:35with the promise of the Mastermind title held out before them.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36So who will claim that place?
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Let's find out and ask our first contender to join us please.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47And your name is?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Your occupation?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51And your chosen subject?
0:01:53 > 0:01:54In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Which show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1960
0:01:57 > 0:01:59launched Bennett's career as a writer and performer,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02along with Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore and Peter Cook?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Beyond The Fringe.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Yep. In The Lady In The Van, what is the name of the woman
0:02:05 > 0:02:08who lives on Alan Bennett's drive for 15 years?
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Miss Shepherd.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Yes. Before he won a scholarship to Oxford University,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Bennett attended a Russian course as an officer cadet on national service
0:02:15 > 0:02:17at a joint services school for linguists.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18In which city?
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Cambridge.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Yep. Which of his works has a play within a play in which Edward VII is
0:02:22 > 0:02:26described as, "Cosseted and indeed corseted from a very early age"?
0:02:26 > 0:02:2740 Years On.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Yeah. What is the name of the character in Bennett's play
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Kafka's Dick who also appears in the role of God?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Kafka's father.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Herman K.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39In which Talking Heads monologue does Mother say,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42"Graham's quite refined. He often has a dry sherry"?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43A Chip In The Sugar.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Yes. Bennett refused an honorary doctorate from
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Oxford University because the Chair of Language and Communications
0:02:48 > 0:02:51was funded by and named after which media mogul?
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Rupert Murdoch.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Yes. The news of a death cheers up Guy Burgess in the opening scene
0:02:55 > 0:02:58of An Englishman Abroad - whose death?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Uh... Jack Buchanan?
0:03:00 > 0:03:01Nope, Stalin.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03In Getting On, which character says,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07"Sometimes I think St Francis of Assisi was barking up the wrong tree.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09"Of course it's the dog's fault"?
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Pass.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Which 1960s television sketch show written by and starring Bennett
0:03:16 > 0:03:20introduced a gentrifying couple in Camden Town, the Stringalongs?
0:03:20 > 0:03:21On The Margin.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Yeah. In Soldiering On, what is the name of the character who says,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26"My big passion now is the telly box..." BEEP
0:03:26 > 0:03:28"..and I'm not a discerning viewer"?
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Muriel.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Muriel. It was, indeed, Muriel. A great character.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Uh, your single pass, the character who said,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37"Sometimes I think St Francis of Assisi..." etc, etc,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39was George Oliver.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42One pass, Colin, you have eight points.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45APPLAUSE
0:03:52 > 0:03:54And our next contender please...
0:03:59 > 0:04:01And your name is?
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Your occupation?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Chosen subject?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Cream, the band Cream in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The 1960s supergroup Cream consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker
0:04:10 > 0:04:13and Jack Bruce, what was the title of their first UK single?
0:04:13 > 0:04:17It was released on the Reaction label in October 1966.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Wrapping Paper.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Yes. What was the name of the club in Manchester
0:04:20 > 0:04:23where Cream played their first gig on 29 July '66?
0:04:23 > 0:04:24- Twisted Wheel.- Yep.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Who became the band's manager and signed them up to his
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Reaction Records label shortly after the band had formed
0:04:29 > 0:04:31with the initial aim of THE Cream?
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Robert Stigwood.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Yes. Which Cream song was specially commissioned as the theme
0:04:35 > 0:04:38for the 1968 film The Savage Seven?
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Anyone For Tennis.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Yes. In which street in Mayfair where the so-called Spot Studios
0:04:42 > 0:04:44founded as Ryemuse Studios
0:04:44 > 0:04:47where Cream recorded their second single I Feel Free?
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Pass.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Who was the poet and lyricist with whom Jack Bruce wrote several Cream songs,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54including I Feel Free and White Room?
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Pete Brown.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Yeah. What was the name of the Australian-born artist
0:04:57 > 0:05:01who designed the album covers for both Disraeli Gears and Wheels Of Fire?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Martin Sharp.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Yes. Which track on Cream's '69 album Goodbye
0:05:05 > 0:05:07did Eric Clapton co-write with George Harrison?
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Badge.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Yeah. In '93, Cream briefly reunited
0:05:11 > 0:05:13to perform three songs at their inauguration
0:05:13 > 0:05:15into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17At which Los Angeles hotel was that event held?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Century Plaza.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Yes. What is the two-word title of the song which begins,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23"A mother was washing her baby one night
0:05:23 > 0:05:25"The youngest of ten and a delicate mite"?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Mother's Lament.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Yes. Cream's legendary farewell concert before their original break-up
0:05:30 > 0:05:34was filmed for the BBC at the Royal Albert Hall on 26 November 1968,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36who was the director?
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Tony Palmer.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Yes. On which label,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40a division of Atlantic Records... BEEP
0:05:40 > 0:05:42..were Cream's recordings released in the United States
0:05:42 > 0:05:45during the band's years together in the '60s?
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Atco.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Is correct.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49And you had just one pass...
0:05:49 > 0:05:51The street in Mayfair where Cream recorded their second single
0:05:51 > 0:05:54was South Molton Street.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56You have scored, Tony, 11 points.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58APPLAUSE
0:06:05 > 0:06:07And our next contender please...
0:06:12 > 0:06:14And your name is?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Your occupation?
0:06:16 > 0:06:17And your chosen subject?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20The novels of Dan Brown. Here we go.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Which of Dan Brown's novels is the first to feature
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Professor Robert Langdon of Harvard University?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Angels And Demons.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Yep. In The Da Vinci Code, Jacques Sauniere leaves a clue that reads,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32"O, Draconian devil! Oh, lame saint!"
0:06:32 > 0:06:35It's an anagram that refers to which work of art?
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Um, Mona Lisa.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Yes. In The Lost Symbol, what is the name of the field of research that
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Katherine Solomon specialises in?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Noetic sciences.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Yes. What is the title of the television programme that's presented by
0:06:45 > 0:06:48the oceanographer Michael Tolland in Deception Point?
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Amazing Oceans?
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Amazing Seas.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Dr Elizabeth Sinskey tests Langdon when they first meet
0:06:53 > 0:06:56by incorrectly saying that the amulet she wears is a caduceus,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59what does she later say it actually depicts?
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Two snakes.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04The rod of Asclepius.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06In Digital Fortress, what is the name of the former
0:07:06 > 0:07:10National Security Agency employee who claims to have created
0:07:10 > 0:07:13an unbreakable algorithm that threatens the Agency's security?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- UNCERTAIN:- Ensei Tankado.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Yes, Ensei Tankado.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20In Deception Point a fake meteorite is discovered buried deep
0:07:20 > 0:07:22under which ice shelf in northern Canada?
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Milne Shelf.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Yep. In Inferno, Langdon refers to a poem that an artist wrote
0:07:27 > 0:07:28about Dante in which he says,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30"Ne'er walked the earth a greater man than he."
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Who was the artist?
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Botticelli?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Michelangelo. When Silas kills Jacques Sauniere and the three senechaux,
0:07:36 > 0:07:40they all tell him the same lie about the location of the keystone.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42In which church do they say it is hidden?
0:07:42 > 0:07:43St Sulpice.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Yes. In The Lost Symbol, Peter Solomon's son is sent to prison
0:07:46 > 0:07:48in which country for smuggling cocaine?
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Turkey.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Yes. In Angels And Demons,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54who calls Langdon to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research...
0:07:54 > 0:07:56BEEP ..to help locate a missing canister?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Maximilian Kohler.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Is correct.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00You have no passes, Gerald,
0:08:00 > 0:08:02you have scored eight points.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04APPLAUSE
0:08:10 > 0:08:12And our next contender please...
0:08:18 > 0:08:20And your name is?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Your occupation?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24And your chosen subject?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Herbert von Karajan in 90 seconds...
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Which city made the conductor Herbert von Karajan
0:08:30 > 0:08:33an honorary citizen in 1968, 60 years after he was born there?
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Salzburg.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Yes. What name meaning "season" is given to the Italian organisational
0:08:38 > 0:08:42system for presenting opera that Karajan preferred to the usual repertory system?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Stagione.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Yes. Which of Karajan's music teachers at the Mozarteum conservatory in Salzburg,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50whom Karajan said directed him towards conducting,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53described him as a born commando with a strong sense of his own importance?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Paumgartner.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Yes. Which British orchestra, founded by Walter Legge in the '40s,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00did Karajan lead for a time?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01The Philadelphia.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Philharmonia.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Karajan made his first recording in 1938 of the Magic Flute Overture
0:09:06 > 0:09:07conducting which orchestra?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09The Berlin State Opera Orchestra.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Yes. Which annual festival of opera and classical music
0:09:13 > 0:09:15did he found in '67?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16The Berlin East...
0:09:16 > 0:09:18No, the Salzburg Easter Festival.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22In 1929 he was appointed to his first conducting post
0:09:22 > 0:09:25as capellmeister with the Stadttheater in which German city?
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Ulm.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Yes. What was the name of Karajan's production film company
0:09:29 > 0:09:30set up in 1982?
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Telemondial.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Yes. Karajan said that pressure was put on him to join the Nazi party
0:09:35 > 0:09:38while he was working as the music director for the state theatre
0:09:38 > 0:09:40in which city in 1935?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Aachen.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Yes. Karajan fell out with the Berlin Philharmonic when they rejected
0:09:44 > 0:09:47his appointment of a female clarinettist in 1982.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Who was she?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Sabine Meyer.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Yes. In 1988, to mark Karajan's 80th birthday,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Deutsche Grammophon issued a boxed set of 25 CDs
0:09:56 > 0:09:59of his recordings made between 1938 and '43...
0:09:59 > 0:10:01BEEP ..on which label?
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Columbia.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06- No, it was Polydor.- Oh!
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Ah! Uh, however, Ian, no passes and you have also eight points.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Thanks.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14APPLAUSE
0:10:20 > 0:10:22And our final contender please...
0:10:29 > 0:10:31And your name is?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Your occupation?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35And your chosen subject?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Queen Mary in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:10:37 > 0:10:43Mary of Teck married the future King George V in 1893 and later became Queen.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47She had previously been betrothed his older brother, who died in 1892.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48What was his name?
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Victor Albert.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Albert Victor, yes.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Mary was born in England to a German nobleman and his wife,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55a granddaughter of George III, but when she was a teenager,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58the family went abroad to reduce their cost of living.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Which city did they move to?
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Florence.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Yes. What event was Queen Mary referring to when she remarked,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05"Well, Ms Baldwin, this is a pretty kettle of fish!"?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Abdication.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Yes. What name was given to the Queen's fund that Mary set up in 1914
0:11:10 > 0:11:12to help provide employment for women left without a job
0:11:12 > 0:11:14because of the First World War?
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Needlework Guild?
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Work For Women.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20What name was given to the lavish ceremony in Delhi, in 1911,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22in which George and Mary were given a 101-gun salute
0:11:22 > 0:11:25and proclaimed Emperor and Empress of India?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Delhi Durbar.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Yes. Who drew the plans for Queen Mary's Dolls' House?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32It was designed to show how a British king and queen lived
0:11:32 > 0:11:33in the early 20th century.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Lutyens.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Yes. In November 1934, Mary's son, Prince George, Duke of Kent,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39married which Greek princess?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Marina.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Yes. In 1931 when a government crisis forced the king to return to London
0:11:43 > 0:11:46on the same day that he arrived at Balmoral, Mary said,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48"I will not be left..." what?
0:11:49 > 0:11:50"Here."
0:11:50 > 0:11:52"Sitting on a mountain."
0:11:52 > 0:11:54What was the name of Mary's younger son who had epilepsy
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and lived with a nanny on the Sandringham Estate?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57John.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Yes. Which house did she live in from 1903 till 1910?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02She moved back there after George's death.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Marlborough.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Yes. What was the name of Queen Mary's Woman of the Bedchamber who
0:12:08 > 0:12:10was appointed in 1923 and remained... BEEP
0:12:10 > 0:12:12..until the Queen's death in 1953?
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Tattrie?
0:12:13 > 0:12:18It was Lady Helen Cynthia Colville to be exact.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21No passes, Lynn, you also have eight points.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24APPLAUSE
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Well, what a close round that was. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37In joint second place, eight points apiece,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Colin Daffern, Gerald Chong,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Ian Fennell and Lynn Edwards.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45And, in first place, he broke the mould, he got 11 points,
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Tony Richardson.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48APPLAUSE
0:12:53 > 0:12:56So, it's the general knowledge round now, and if there's a tie at the
0:12:56 > 0:12:59end of it, which there very well might be, then the number of passes
0:12:59 > 0:13:03is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05And if they are tied on passes as well,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07then there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11So, let's get on with it and ask Colin to join us again please.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13And, uh...
0:13:13 > 0:13:16You were the one who sort of set the pattern, really, with eight points.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- LAUGHING:- Yeah. - The pattern that many others followed, but all but one.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Anyway, you start this round with eight points, you have two minutes
0:13:23 > 0:13:27in order to race ahead of the field with your general knowledge,
0:13:27 > 0:13:28or not, as the case may be.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Here we go. Two minutes, starting now.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The coins and banknotes of a currency entered general circulation
0:13:33 > 0:13:37in 12 countries on 1 January 2002, which currency?
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Euro.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Yeah. The plantain, which is usually eaten boiled or fried, is closely
0:13:41 > 0:13:44related to one of the world's most widely eaten fruits, which one?
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Banana.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Yes. Which 2007 film is a sequel to Danny Boyle's 2002 film,
0:13:49 > 0:13:5028 Days Later?
0:13:50 > 0:13:5228 Hours Later.
0:13:52 > 0:13:5328 Weeks Later!
0:13:53 > 0:13:56What word from the Italian for "little boy" is given to
0:13:56 > 0:13:58a chubby, naked child, often with wings,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01found in paintings from the Renaissance onwards?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Cherub.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03No, putti.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Which so-called anti-fascist protective barrier was erected in 1961?
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Berlin Wall.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Yeah. Cadbury Castle in Somerset is one of the reputed sites
0:14:11 > 0:14:13of which place in Arthurian legend?
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Camelot.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Yep. Who failed to score in his 15 appearances for Swansea City
0:14:18 > 0:14:22during the 2015-2016 season, but scored Portugal's winner
0:14:22 > 0:14:25in their 1-0 victory in the 2016 European Championships final?
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Ronaldo.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27No, it was Eder.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Under what name did the American blues guitarist and singer
0:14:30 > 0:14:32McKinley Morganfield perform?
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Muddy Waters.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Yes. Which small island that's a Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean
0:14:37 > 0:14:41is famous for its mysterious giant stone statues?
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Easter Island.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Yes. What word that comes from the French for a "dancing girl"
0:14:45 > 0:14:48is used for a younger man paid by an older woman to be her escort?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Gigolo.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Yep. The Goliath bird-eater,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54which has a leg span of up to 28cm and is found in
0:14:54 > 0:14:56the coastal rainforests of South America,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58is the largest species of which creature?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Spider.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Yes. What do the initials "OC" stand for in the title of the American soap,
0:15:03 > 0:15:05The OC, that ended in 2007?
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Orange County.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11Yes. Which planet made a transit across the sun on 9 May 2016
0:15:11 > 0:15:13that was visible from most of the Earth?
0:15:13 > 0:15:16The next ones will be in 2019 and 2032.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Venus.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Mercury. Who wrote about James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24who took great care of his mother, though he was only three?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Hilaire Belloc.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26AA Milne.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29In bricklaying, bricks that have been made to expose their ends are
0:15:29 > 0:15:32known as headers, what name's given to bricks laid to expose their size?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33BEEP
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Footers.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- No... It's stretchers.- Ah!
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Uh, no passes, Colin, you've now gone up to 17 points.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42APPLAUSE
0:15:48 > 0:15:50And, now, Gerald again, please.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55And another one with eight points.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59And the score to beat at the moment is 17. Let's see if you can do it.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Here we go, two minutes of general knowledge.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04What soft, mild, white Italian cheese, originally made from
0:16:04 > 0:16:07buffalo milk, is much used as a topping for pizzas?
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Mozzarella.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Yep. Jeff Koons' Puppy, a stainless-steel statue of a West Highland terrier
0:16:12 > 0:16:15covered in bedding plants, stands outside which museum in Bilbao?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Guggenheim.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Yes. Which influential American singer-songwriter's album Doo-Wops & Hooligans
0:16:20 > 0:16:25topped the UK charts in both January 2011 and 2012?
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Madonna?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Bruno Mars. Which British naval commander was buried in the crypt
0:16:30 > 0:16:35at St Paul's Cathedral on 9 January 1806 in a coffin made from
0:16:35 > 0:16:37the main mast of the French ship L'Orient?
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Nelson?
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Yes. In Western musical notation, what sign lowers the pitch of a certain note
0:16:42 > 0:16:45or notes by a semitone when placed in a key signature?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48B?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Yes, it's known as a flat. Which word, now generally used to mean paralysed by fear,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54actually means "turned to stone"?
0:16:54 > 0:16:55Petrified.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Yes. The correctional facility near the village of Ossining in New York state
0:16:58 > 0:17:01became known to American criminals by what name?
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Sing Sing?
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Yep. In a 2016 film, Taron Egerton portrays a British ski jumper
0:17:06 > 0:17:10who competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Which ski jumper?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Yes. Which method of scoring is worth one point in rugby league
0:17:15 > 0:17:17and three points in rugby union?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Touch back?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Drop goal. Which living organism is used in the manufacture of beer and wine
0:17:25 > 0:17:28to produce alcohol and in bread-making to produce carbon dioxide?
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Yeast.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Yes. Thanatosis is a defence mechanism adopted by a number of animals,
0:17:33 > 0:17:34such as the possum.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35What does this involve?
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Playing dead?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Play dead, yes, feigning death.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Which 2016 television series whose creators include
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger stars Bobby Cannavale
0:17:44 > 0:17:48as Richie Finestra, a record executive in 1970s New York?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Singles.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Vinyl.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56Which American playwright was born in Mississippi in 1911 and grew up in Missouri,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59but took another state as the name by which he is best known?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Tennessee Williams. - BEEP
0:18:04 > 0:18:05Yes, Tennessee Williams is correct.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08You got there just in time. No passes, Gerald.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10You have scored 18 points.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12APPLAUSE
0:18:18 > 0:18:21And now Ian again please.
0:18:22 > 0:18:28And another eight-pointer and the score to beat now is 18
0:18:28 > 0:18:29instead of 17.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32So, let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35In which Judy Garland film do the Munchkins sing the song,
0:18:35 > 0:18:36"Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead"?
0:18:36 > 0:18:37The Wizard Of Oz.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Yes. What word can mean a device for removing dust or smoke from the air
0:18:41 > 0:18:45that is breathed in, and in photography, a screen put in front of a lens
0:18:45 > 0:18:46to alter colour effects?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Diffuser.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Filter. Which comic strip hero of the 1950s was called the
0:18:50 > 0:18:52"Pilot of the Future"?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Dan Dare.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Yes. Who wrote the lyrics to Leonard Bernstein's music for the stage musical
0:18:56 > 0:18:59West Side Story that was later turned into a film?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Uh... Pass.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05The historic region of Mesopotamia constitutes much of Syria and
0:19:05 > 0:19:08the greater part of which other modern-day country?
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Iraq.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Yes. Which former British Royal Marine instructor travelled to the world's
0:19:12 > 0:19:15remotest places to experience the cultures of the people that lived there
0:19:15 > 0:19:17in the television series Tribe?
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Bear Grylls?
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Bruce Parry.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Which Cornish-born chemist discovered the elements
0:19:22 > 0:19:26sodium and potassium in 1807 when he isolated them from their compounds?
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Humphry Davy?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Yes. In the Gospel of John,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31what name is shared by a woman of Magdala who is the first person
0:19:31 > 0:19:35to see the risen Christ and a woman of Bethany who anointed his feet?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Mary.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Yes. Which moderate to dark yellowish brown pigment takes its name
0:19:39 > 0:19:41from the Italian for "shadow"?
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Umber.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Umber, yes.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47The philosopher Aristotle was appointed as the tutor to one of the sons of Philip II
0:19:47 > 0:19:50of Macedon in about 342 BC, what was the son's name?
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Alexander.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Yes. Which Sheffield golfer became only the second Englishman
0:19:54 > 0:19:58to win the US Masters when he won at Augusta in April 2016?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Justin Rose?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01No, Danny Willett.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03What French name was originally applied to a soup or broth
0:20:03 > 0:20:05made by slowly cooking meat for a long time,
0:20:05 > 0:20:10but is now used more loosely to refer to any meat or fish-based clear soup?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Consomme.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Yes. The 2014 film Love & Mercy
0:20:13 > 0:20:16is a biopic of which leading member of the Beach Boys?
0:20:16 > 0:20:21In the film, he's played in the 1960s by Paul Dano and in the 1980s by John Cusack.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Brian Wilson.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Yes. The unusual features of a flightless bird that is found in New Zealand
0:20:26 > 0:20:29include nostrils at the tip of its bill rather than the base.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Which bird?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Emu.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33A kiwi. What reality television show did Dr Leah Totton win...
0:20:33 > 0:20:35BEEP ..in 2013?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39It enabled her to open her first business in January 2014.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Celebrity Big Brother?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- The Apprentice.- OK.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Well, I know! Um...
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- One pass, Ian. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics.- Yeah, yeah...
0:20:52 > 0:20:56- Exactly. That one pass, Ian... 17 points.- Right, thank you.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59APPLAUSE
0:21:04 > 0:21:06And now Lynn again, please...
0:21:07 > 0:21:12And you are the last of our eight-pointers, Lynn.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14And 18 is still the score to beat.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17So, here we go, two minutes of general knowledge.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Blue, coal, marsh and willow are all species of which British bird?
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Tit.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Yep. Spartacus led a revolt against Rome that ended with his death in 71 BC.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Before the revolt, he was enslaved and trained to compete as what?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Gladiator.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Yes. In Chinese cuisine, what name's usually given to the small dumplings
0:21:33 > 0:21:35with the savoury fillings served alone or in soup?
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Dim sum?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Won ton or hun tun.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41With which song did Sandie Shaw win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967?
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Puppet On A String.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Yes. In which religion is the spring festival of Holi celebrated
0:21:45 > 0:21:47during the month of Falgun?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Hindu.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Yes. Which classic 1973 British horror film was remade in 2006 with
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Nicolas Cage in a role based on the one originally played by Edward Woodward?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57The Wicker Man.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Yes. In Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00what is the name of one of the heroines,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02the daughter of Hermione and Leontes?
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Perdita?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Yes. Which German interjection meaning "your health"
0:22:06 > 0:22:08is commonly said to a person who's just sneezed?
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Gesundheit.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Yes. There are two poles at each of the extremities of the Earth's surface,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15one is the fixed geographic pole, what is the other, whose position varies?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Magnetic pole?
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Yes. The two species of a particular rodent that are native to the
0:22:20 > 0:22:22high Andes and have long been hunted for their dense, soft,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25silvery fur are named the long-tailed and short-tailed.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26What rodent?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Capybara.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Chinchilla. Elgar's 1899 Opus 36 Variations On An Original Theme
0:22:32 > 0:22:34is more usually known by what title?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Enigma Variations?
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Yes. Jacob's Ladder is a steep flight of 274 steps up the side of
0:22:39 > 0:22:41which geographical feature in Somerset?
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Cheddar Gorge.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Yes. Which duo were voted the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year in 1984,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49the year of one of their greatest sporting triumphs?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Torvill and Dean.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Yes. What is the capital of the Baltic Republic of Lithuania?
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Vaduz.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Vilnius. Which reporter who gained recognition during the Falklands War
0:22:58 > 0:23:01has written the books Catastrophe: Europe Goes To War 1914
0:23:01 > 0:23:05and The Secret War: Spies, Codes And Guerrillas '39-'45?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06John Humphrys.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Max Hastings.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10What is the name of the so-called man-cub,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12a boy who is raised by wolves and taught the law of the jungle
0:23:12 > 0:23:15by a bear in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Mowgli.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Yep. Which member of Captain Scott's polar expedition walked out
0:23:19 > 0:23:20of the tent... BEEP
0:23:20 > 0:23:23..in March 1912, saying, "I'm just going outside. I may be some time"?
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Laurence Titus Oates.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Yes, Captain Oates.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- Uh, Lynn, no passes, 21 points. - Thank you.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32APPLAUSE
0:23:39 > 0:23:43And finally, Tony, again, please.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48And, uh... You start out with 11 points, so you have an advantage,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51but the score has crept up and you've now got to beat 21.
0:23:51 > 0:23:56So, let's see if you can do it, and if you do, you will be in the final.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Here we go.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Which Scots Gaelic word is used for a lake or
0:24:00 > 0:24:03a narrow inlet of the sea in the Scottish Highlands?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Firth?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Loch. Which American soul singer's name formed the title of
0:24:07 > 0:24:11a Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor UK number one hit single in 2015?
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Pass.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Which religious reformer who had been a monk
0:24:14 > 0:24:17married Katharina von Bora, a former nun, in 1525?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Martin Luther.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Yes. The tail meat of the Dublin Bay prawn or Norway lobster is
0:24:22 > 0:24:25usually known by what Italian name when it appears on a British menu?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Langoustine.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Scampi. Which decorative craftwork creates patterns by looping yarn or thread
0:24:30 > 0:24:32with a hook rather than a needle?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35It takes its name from the French for "little hook".
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Macrame?
0:24:36 > 0:24:42Crochet. Which imperial unit of length is equal to 0.3048m?
0:24:44 > 0:24:45- A foot.- Yes.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48The male of which relatively common small bird of prey is often seen
0:24:48 > 0:24:50hovering with its tail fanned and
0:24:50 > 0:24:54a speckled chestnut-brown upper part and a blueish-grey head and tail?
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Kestrel?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Yes. The father of which Beatrix Potter character
0:24:57 > 0:24:59had been baked in Mrs McGregor's pie?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Peter Rabbit.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Yes. What completes the Bertrand Russell quote,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06"War does not determine who is right, only who is..."?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07"Wrong"?
0:25:07 > 0:25:08"Left".
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Which British actor's film roles include the villain Bane in
0:25:11 > 0:25:15the 2012 Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises and
0:25:15 > 0:25:19the spy Ricki Tarr in the 2011 film version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Sean Bean.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Tom Hardy.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25A Gilbert and Sullivan operetta that premiered at the Savoy Theatre in 1889
0:25:25 > 0:25:29is about the search for the rightful heir to the kingdom of Barataria.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30What is its title?
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Pass.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Which George Orwell novel was rejected by TS Eliot
0:25:35 > 0:25:38on behalf of Faber & Faber on the grounds that what was needed
0:25:38 > 0:25:41was not more communism, but more public-spirited pigs?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Animal Farm.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Yes. Which of the apostles is credited with taking the gospel as far as
0:25:46 > 0:25:48southern India, where he died in 53 AD?
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Paul.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Thomas. Who plays the amateur detective Jessica Fletcher in the
0:25:52 > 0:25:54television series Murder She Wrote?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Pass.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59The twin brothers Adam... BEEP
0:25:59 > 0:26:01..and Simon Yates from Bury are prominent
0:26:01 > 0:26:03competitors in which sport?
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Swimming.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09No, cycling.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- You've got, um, three passes. Angela Lansbury...- Of course.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16..plays the amateur detective Jessica Fletcher in
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Murder She Wrote.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21The Gondoliers was the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24And Marvin Gaye was that American soul singer.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Yep, I know! Anyway, Tony, you have a total of 16 points.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31APPLAUSE
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Well, there we are, we have a clear winner after all of that.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Let's have a look at all those scores.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44In fifth place, 16 points, Tony Richardson.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49Joint third place, 17 points apiece, Colin Daffern and Ian Fennell.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Second place, 18 points, Gerald Chong.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55First place, 21 points, Lynn Edwards.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57APPLAUSE
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Thank you.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Thank you.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Thank you. Thank you.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09Which means, of course,
0:27:09 > 0:27:13that Lynn is tonight's winner and she goes through to the final.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Congratulations to her.
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0:27:28 > 0:27:30Thanks for watching, goodbye.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32APPLAUSE