0:00:26 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Emma McAllister,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30an e-learning developer from Belfast.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Her specialist subject, Creation Records.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Next, Adam Barr, a PhD student from Manchester.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40His subject, the astronomer Johannes Kepler.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Next in the black chair, Lee Holmes,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45a property landlord from Middlesbrough.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47His subject, The Hunger Games novels.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54Richard Aubrey, a school chaplain from London, on Sir Isaac Newton.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And tonight's final contender, Frances Slack, a university
0:00:59 > 0:01:02lecturer from Manchester on the films of William Goldman.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Five contenders tonight because this is a semifinal, of course.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23So they each get less time to answer the questions.
0:01:23 > 0:01:2690 seconds on their specialist subject and two minutes of
0:01:26 > 0:01:29general knowledge, which means extra pressure,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32but the prize is incalculable -
0:01:32 > 0:01:35a very special glass bowl and the title of Mastermind Champion.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us,
0:01:39 > 0:01:40please.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48And your name is?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50Your occupation?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53And your specialist subject?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Creation Records in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59What was The Jesus And Mary Chain's debut single,
0:01:59 > 0:02:00released by Creation in 1984?
0:02:00 > 0:02:04It was also the title of a 2010 documentary film about the label.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Upside Down.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09In May 1993, the Creation co-founder Alan McGee saw Oasis
0:02:09 > 0:02:11for the first time at which Glasgow club?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13King Tut's Wah Wah Hut.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15According to McGee, which musician had strange clothes on
0:02:15 > 0:02:19and looked like Henry VIII without the crown when they met?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Uh...pass.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24My Bloody Valentine's second album was eventually released
0:02:24 > 0:02:27in 1991 after several years in production at cost,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30said to have almost bankrupted Creation. What was its title?
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Loveless.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34In '89, Creation moved from their original office in Clerkenwell Road
0:02:34 > 0:02:36to which street in Hackney?
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Westgate Street.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41What was the first track on the Primal Scream album Screamadelica?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Movin' On Up.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46In '92, Sony bought 49% of Creation for £2.5 million
0:02:46 > 0:02:50although another indie label, founded by Derek Green in the 1980s,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52had made a similar offer. What was its name?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53China Records.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56What was the name of McGee's own band whose releases included
0:02:56 > 0:02:58the album Pass The Paintbrush, Honey?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Biff Bang Pow!
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Creation set up three subsidiary labels in the '90s.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Rev-Ola and August were two.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08What was the third, which was run by Chris Abbott?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Infonet.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11What derogatory term was applied to some Creation bands,
0:03:11 > 0:03:15including Ride and Slowdive, who were said to concentrate
0:03:15 > 0:03:18on their guitar effects pedals instead of looking at the audience?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Shoegazers.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Which track from Bernard Butler's debut solo album People Move On
0:03:24 > 0:03:27reached number 12 in the UK single chart in 1998?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Pass. - BEEP
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Well, I can tell you now because the time is up.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Stay was the name of that one and your other pass,
0:03:35 > 0:03:39that chap who had strange clothes on and looked like Henry VIII without
0:03:39 > 0:03:43the crown, whatever that looks like, anyway, it was Kevin Rowland.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Yeah, there you go. Anyway, Emma, you have nine points.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Thank you.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50APPLAUSE
0:03:56 > 0:03:58And our next contender, please.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06And your name is?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Your occupation?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10And your chosen subject?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12The astronomer Johannes Kepler.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Johannes Kepler in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Kepler's first major work in astronomy was published
0:04:17 > 0:04:20while he was working as a schoolteacher in Graz in the 1590s.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22What was it called?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24The Cosmic Mysteries.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26The Cosmographic Mystery, The Mystery Of The Universe.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Kepler's first law states that the orbit of every planet is an ellipse
0:04:29 > 0:04:32with the sun at one of the two what?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Foci.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36What is the title of the novel started by Kepler in 1608
0:04:36 > 0:04:37and published posthumously?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40It's often considered an early work of science fiction.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41The Dream.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44To whom did Kepler write a letter in October 1597
0:04:44 > 0:04:48in which he expressed pleasure that they agreed about Copernican cosmography?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Tycho Brahe.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55Galileo. Kepler improved the early refracting telescopes by using two convex lenses.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58In which book of 1611 did he describe his findings?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Dioptrice.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04In 1600, Kepler arrived in Prague to work as an assistant to Tycho Brahe
0:05:04 > 0:05:07and shortly afterwards was given the task of calculating
0:05:07 > 0:05:09what planetary orbit?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Mars.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Kepler wrote a short treatise in 1611 for his friend, Wackher von Wackhenfels,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16on the regular shape of what?
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Snowflakes.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Kepler left Prague in 1612 to take up a teaching post in which city?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23He was to stay there for nearly 15 years.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Linz.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Which star catalogue with planetary tables named
0:05:27 > 0:05:31in memory of a holy Roman emperor was published by Kepler in 1627?
0:05:31 > 0:05:32Rudolphine Tables.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37In 1631, the French astronomer Pierre Gassendi observed what astronomical
0:05:37 > 0:05:41event that Kepler had predicted in the Ruldophine Tables?
0:05:41 > 0:05:42The transit of Mercury.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45At which university did Kepler learn both Ptolemaic
0:05:45 > 0:05:50and Copernican systems of planetary motion under the tutelage of Michael Maestlin?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52That's...Tomblem?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- Tubingen.- Ah.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57You have scored, without any passes, Adam, nine points.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08And our next contender, please.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17And your name is?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Your occupation?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22And your chosen subject?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25The Hunger Games in 90 seconds.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Katniss Everdeen lives with her family in the poorest area
0:06:28 > 0:06:31of District 12 of the futuristic, dystopian country Panem
0:06:31 > 0:06:33where the main occupation is coal mining.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35What name is given to this area?
0:06:35 > 0:06:36The Seam.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39What is the name of the maniacally upbeat woman from the Capitol
0:06:39 > 0:06:41who comes to the district for the annual reaping
0:06:41 > 0:06:45when children are chosen as tributes to take part in the hunger games?
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Effie Trinket.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Families are given tokens for grain and oil
0:06:49 > 0:06:52if they add their children's names multiple times to each reaping.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54What are these tokens called?
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Tesserae.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58The peacemakers, who enforce law and order in Panem,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01are mostly recruited from which district?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03District 2.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07What does Plutarch Heavensbee fall into when Katniss shoots an arrow
0:07:07 > 0:07:10towards the gamemakers during the training session
0:07:10 > 0:07:11before the hunger games?
0:07:11 > 0:07:12A punch bowl.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Whom does Peeta Mellark paint a picture of in his private session
0:07:16 > 0:07:19with the gamemakers before the start of the Quarter Quell?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Rue.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23What does Katniss tell the host of the hunger games,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Caesar Flickerman, has impressed her most in the Capitol?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28The lamb stew.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Who was the original owner of the famous mockingjay brooch
0:07:31 > 0:07:35that the mayor's daughter, Madge Undersee, gives to Katniss?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Maysilee Donner.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40What seven words spoken by Katniss are left on the screen
0:07:40 > 0:07:43at the end of the first propaganda film made in District 8?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45"If you burn, we burn with you."
0:07:45 > 0:07:47The other way around, "If we burn, you burn with us."
0:07:47 > 0:07:50What is Darius, the peacekeeper, turned into as a punishment
0:07:50 > 0:07:53after he intervenes during the public whipping of Gale Hawthorne?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54An avox.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57What name is given to the torture technique described
0:07:57 > 0:08:00as a type of fear conditioning that is used on Peeta
0:08:00 > 0:08:03after his capture at the end of the Quarter Quell?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Hijacking.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Is correct.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07No passes, Lee. You have ten points.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19And our next contender, please.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25And your name is?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28And your occupation?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Chosen subject?- The life and works of Sir Isaac Newton.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Isaac Newton, 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Who encouraged Newton to let the Royal Society publish the
0:08:36 > 0:08:40first edition of Principia in 1687 and pay the publishing costs himself?
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Halley.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45In his book Opticks, Newton expounded his theory of light
0:08:45 > 0:08:47which he said was made up of a stream of particles.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49What's the theory called?
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Corpuscles.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Yes, corpuscular theory.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54What name did Newton give to the series of 31 questions
0:08:54 > 0:08:57at the end of Opticks that were the boundaries of the physics of that time?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59The elements.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Queries. What item that Newton said he had bought at Stourbridge Fair
0:09:02 > 0:09:04did he use in an experiment to demonstrate
0:09:04 > 0:09:06that white light was composed of many colours?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09A windmill.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13A prism. What household item did Newton slide into his eye socket,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15between the eyeball and the bone, while he was studying optics?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16A bodkin.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Newton's dispute with Leibniz about who was the first to develop the subject
0:09:20 > 0:09:22now known as differential calculus arose
0:09:22 > 0:09:24because he hadn't published much of his early work.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27What term did Newton use for his method?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Fluxions.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Which company did Newton invest more than £20,000 in?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33It collapsed in 1720 and he said of it,
0:09:33 > 0:09:35"I can calculate the movement of the stars,
0:09:35 > 0:09:37"but not the madness of men."
0:09:37 > 0:09:38South Sea.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Most of the furniture in Newton's house in Jermyn Street was
0:09:40 > 0:09:43in just one colour that Newton was obsessed with. What colour?
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Brown.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Crimson. Newton remarked in a letter to his lifelong rival Robert Hooke,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50"If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of..."?
0:09:50 > 0:09:51Giants.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Newton was elected by the university senate
0:09:53 > 0:09:56to represent Cambridge as an MP in 1689.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Which party did he side with in Parliament?
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Whig.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Which government body appointed Newton as its warden in 1696
0:10:03 > 0:10:07and master in 1699 after the death of Thomas Neale?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08The Royal Mint.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10The Royal Mint is correct.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12No passes, Richard, you have eight points.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22And our final contender, please.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30And your name is?
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Your occupation?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36And your chosen subject?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44For which 1969 film did Goldman win his first Oscar for Best Screenplay?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Who directed The Great Waldo Pepper and is also credited
0:10:49 > 0:10:52with providing the story that formed the basis for Goldman's screenplay?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53George Roy Hill.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55In Maverick, what's the name of the paddle wheel boat
0:10:55 > 0:10:58on which the All Rivers Poker Championship is held?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00The St Louis.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02The Lauren Belle. And who stars as Nick Wild,
0:11:02 > 0:11:06a bodyguard and gambler in Las Vegas, in the 2015 film Wild Card?
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Jason Statham.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10In Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12what specific reason that causes Butch to roar with laughter
0:11:12 > 0:11:14does Sundance give for not wanting to jump off
0:11:14 > 0:11:16a high cliff into the rapids below?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18He couldn't swim.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Who directed the '75 film The Stepford Wives, based on the novel by Ira Levin,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25for which Goldman is credited as the screenwriter?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Bryan Forbes.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28In The Princess Bride, the menacing creatures
0:11:28 > 0:11:30found in the Fire Swamp are known as ROUSs.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32What do those initials stand for?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Rodents Of Unusual Size.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38In Marathon Man, what three-word question does Nazi war criminal and dentist
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Szell repeatedly ask Babe while he tortures him with dental implements?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Is it safe?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47In which '96 film, does Val Kilmer star as the bridge engineer
0:11:47 > 0:11:50John Patterson who encounters man-eating lions while he's
0:11:50 > 0:11:52working in Tsavo in East Africa?
0:11:52 > 0:11:53The Ghost And The Darkness.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Which '99 film based on a novel by Nelson DeMille
0:11:56 > 0:11:59has a screenplay by Goldman and Christopher Bertolini?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02The General's Daughter.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05In Misery, Buster suspects that Annie Wilkes is behind
0:12:05 > 0:12:07the disappearance of Paul Sheldon
0:12:07 > 0:12:10after he realises that something that Wilkes said is actually a line
0:12:10 > 0:12:12from which of Sheldon's novels?
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Misery's Trial.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Misery's Trial is exactly right.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18No passes, Frances, ten points.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Well, a nice, close round there.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34In fifth place, with eight points, Richard Aubrey.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Joint third place, nine points apiece,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Emma McAllister and Adam Barr.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Joint first place,
0:12:40 > 0:12:41ten points apiece,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Lee Holmes and Frances Slack.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54So, it is the general knowledge round now and if there's
0:12:54 > 0:12:57a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is taken
0:12:57 > 0:13:01into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05If they are tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09So, let us get on with it and ask Richard to join us again, please.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12And...
0:13:12 > 0:13:14you start the round with eight points, Richard,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16with your knowledge of Isaac Newton.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Let's see how you do with general knowledge.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Two minutes, starting now.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22What name is given to the traditional black pirate flag
0:13:22 > 0:13:23that shows a skull and crossbones?
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Jolly Roger.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28In which country is sparkling wine produced by the Methode Champenoise
0:13:28 > 0:13:30given the name Cava?
0:13:30 > 0:13:31France.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Spain. Which tennis player, who was born in Denmark to Polish immigrant parents,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39topped the end of season Women's Tennis Association rankings for 2010 and '11?
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Muguruza.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Caroline Wozniacki.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Which American author used his experiences
0:13:45 > 0:13:48in the First World War in his 1929 novel A Farewell To Arms?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Ernest Hemingway.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52What's the usual minimum age at which a young person can be
0:13:52 > 0:13:55legally employed in a part-time job in the UK?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57The exceptions are in acting or modelling.
0:13:57 > 0:13:5816.
0:13:58 > 0:14:0313. Which port in coastal resort in Suffolk is the most easterly town in Britain?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Felixstowe.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Lowestoft. The term hafiz is used for a person who
0:14:07 > 0:14:09has learned which holy book by heart?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11The Koran.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13In mainland Britain, what name is used for the person
0:14:13 > 0:14:15who presides over a parliamentary election,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17in a constituency supervises the count
0:14:17 > 0:14:20and announces the total number of votes cast for each candidate?
0:14:20 > 0:14:21Returning officer.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25The 2007 film I'm Not There features six actors, including Cate Blanchett,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28whose characters each embody a different aspect of the life and work
0:14:28 > 0:14:31of which influential singer-songwriter?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Edith Piaf.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Bob Dylan. What collective name is given to a body or assembly
0:14:35 > 0:14:37of judges or magistrates?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Bench.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Which American writer's first successful novel Tortilla Flat,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45published in 1935, is a story of Mexican-Americans
0:14:45 > 0:14:47living in California?
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Steinbeck.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50In 2011, who replaced Charlie Sheen
0:14:50 > 0:14:52as the star of the sitcom Two And A Half Men,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55playing the new character Walden Schmidt?
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Ashton Kutcher.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59For which song did Adele win the Best British Single Brit award
0:14:59 > 0:15:01at the 2016 ceremony?
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Hello.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04What is the title of the Robert Heinlein novel
0:15:04 > 0:15:07about a human called Valentine Michael Smith
0:15:07 > 0:15:09who was born on Mars and raised by Martians,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11but comes to Earth in early adulthood?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Frankenstein.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Stranger In A Strange Land.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18Which country knocked England out of the 2016 UEFA European Championships
0:15:18 > 0:15:19after a 2-1 win?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22It's the smallest country ever to qualify for a major tournament,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24population of only 330,000.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Oh, do I have to say this? Iceland.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27JOHN LAUGHS
0:15:27 > 0:15:30It pained you to say it, didn't it, but you're accurate,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34it was Iceland and you have, Richard, 17 points.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45And now, Emma again, please.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49And...
0:15:49 > 0:15:52you start out with nine points, Emma.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Two minutes. What is the meat filling in a BLT which also
0:15:58 > 0:15:59has lettuce and tomato in it?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Bacon.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Which town and naval dockyard are close to the Forth Bridge?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Edinburgh.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Rosyth. Which American band had the last UK number one single of
0:16:08 > 0:16:11the 2000s with Killing In The Name after an online campaign to stop
0:16:11 > 0:16:14the X Factor winner getting the Christmas number one?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Rage Against The Machine.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20In tennis, a bagel is a term for the loss of a set by what score?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Uh...pass.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Which fictional American family of the Depression era,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28who were the title characters of a popular television series,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30were based on the family Earl Hamner, Jr's
0:16:30 > 0:16:31semi-autobiographical stories,
0:16:31 > 0:16:33including his novel Spencer's mountain?
0:16:33 > 0:16:34The Waltons.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Which of King Arthur's knights had a castle called Joyous Gard
0:16:37 > 0:16:39that is said to have been in the North of England?
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Lancelot.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Which capital city is served by Fryderyk Chopin International Airport?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46The city is the composer's birthplace.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Warsaw.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Who was the last tsar of Russia? He was murdered with his family in July 1918.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Nicholas II.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Which small air-operated keyboard instrument was developed
0:16:55 > 0:16:58in Paris in about 1842 by Alexandre Debain?
0:16:58 > 0:17:01It is also known as the reed organ.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Uh...pass.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Which long-tailed monkey is found along rivers and in the
0:17:05 > 0:17:08mangrove forests of Borneo and has a name that comes from its long,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11fleshy nose that hangs down to the chin of the males?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Bonobo.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16The proboscis. In America, what name for small deep-fried cornmeal dumplings
0:17:16 > 0:17:19is said to come from the practice of feeding them to dogs
0:17:19 > 0:17:21during a meal to keep them quiet?
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Hash browns.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Hush puppies. The television comedy drama Orange Is The New Black,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28originally based on a memoir by Piper Kerman and starring
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Taylor Schilling, is set in what kind of institution?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Prison.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Which chemical element that was discovered by Marie Curie and her husband in 1898
0:17:35 > 0:17:39was the first to be discovered by radio chemical analysis
0:17:39 > 0:17:41and is named after her native country?
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Palladium?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Polonium. Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2010
0:17:46 > 0:17:50for the role of Leigh Anne Tuohy, who helps a traumatised homeless boy
0:17:50 > 0:17:53to become a football star, in the film The Blind Side?
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Sandra Bullock.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57In golf, what's the nickname of the eighth hole at Royal Troon?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59At 123 yards, it is the shortest
0:17:59 > 0:18:02on any Open Championship course.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Birdie.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- Postage stamp.- OK.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09That small, air-operated keyboard instrument is called the
0:18:09 > 0:18:16harmonium and a bagel is a term for a loss of the set by 6-0.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Emma, you have 17 points.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29And now Adam again, please.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35And you also start out with nine points, Adam.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37And 17 seems to be the score to beat.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39That's what they both got so far.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Let's see how you do with your general knowledge, starting now.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45In which kitchen device is the food heated by high-frequency
0:18:45 > 0:18:46electromagnetic waves?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Microwave.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Which sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the North Channel
0:18:50 > 0:18:52and the St George's Channel?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53The Irish Sea.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57A bunyip, which is described as an amphibious bellowing creature,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59is from which country's mythology?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Australia.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03What was the name of the tax of 1/10 of the annual produce of land and labour
0:19:03 > 0:19:07that was taken originally for the support of the church and the clergy?
0:19:07 > 0:19:08Tithe.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10The sulphur-crested is the best-known of which parrots
0:19:10 > 0:19:13that are distinguished by their large feathered crests and powerful curved bills?
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Cockatoo.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Which British actor and comedian stars in the title role
0:19:18 > 0:19:21of the 2011 remake of the film Arthur?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Pass.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25What do we call an item that the Americans call the billfold?
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Wallet.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28What Spanish word is used by English speakers for a Mexican-style
0:19:28 > 0:19:31spicy relish made from tomatoes, onions, chillies and oil?
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Salsa.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37At the funeral service of the comedian who died, aged 85, in March 2016,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40four candles were lit at the back of the altar, a reference to one of his
0:19:40 > 0:19:43most popular television comedy sketches. Which comedian?
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Ronnie Corbett.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Which country held its first Formula One Grand Prix in June 2016
0:19:47 > 0:19:50when it hosted the Grand Prix of Europe?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Uh...pass.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55The South Wales villages of New Quay and Laugharne are said to be the inspiration
0:19:55 > 0:20:00for the village in a celebrated work by Dylan Thomas. Which work?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Along The Watchtower.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02No, Under Milk Wood.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05What name of Latin origin is given to the right of the first-born in a family,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08especially a son to inherit property or succeed to a title
0:20:08 > 0:20:10to the exclusion of others?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11That's patrimony.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Primogeniture.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Which 2013 UK number one hit single by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis shares
0:20:17 > 0:20:20its name with an alternative name for a charity shop?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Jumble sale.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Thrift shop. Which English car manufacturer made
0:20:24 > 0:20:27the Sapphire series of luxury saloons from 1952 to 1960
0:20:27 > 0:20:29when they ceased production?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Lotus.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Armstrong Sidley. What name that comes from the Greek for breastplate
0:20:33 > 0:20:36is given to that part of the body between the neck and the abdomen
0:20:36 > 0:20:38in humans and mammals?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Thorax.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41The rice wine sake originated in which country?
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Japan.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45On children's television how was Granny Smith,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47who used to defend the good people of Chiselton
0:20:47 > 0:20:49against the likes of the Scunner Campbell, better known?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Pass.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Well, I can tell you because you are out of time. Super Gran.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Your other passes,
0:20:56 > 0:21:01the Formula One Grand Prix in June 2016 was held in Azerbaijan.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05And Russell Brand starred in the remake of Arthur.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08You have now, Adam, 19 points.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20And now, Lee again, please.
0:21:20 > 0:21:26And you start with ten and the score to beat has gone up to 19.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29So, let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32What are the magic words used to open the cave in the story of
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Ali Baba And The 40 Thieves?
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Abracadabra.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Open Sesame.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Which writer modelled his most famous character on Dr Joseph Bell,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41a physician noted for his forensic skills under whom
0:21:41 > 0:21:44he had studied medicine at Edinburgh University?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Conan Doyle.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Which range of limestone hills stretches about 50 miles northeast from Bath
0:21:48 > 0:21:50towards Stratford-upon-Avon?
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Cotswolds.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55In the Bible, which Hebrew patriarch was the father of Benjamin and Joseph
0:21:55 > 0:21:58by his second wife Rachel? He's also known as Israel.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Abraham.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Jacob. What operational name was given to the sustained aerial bombing of targets
0:22:03 > 0:22:07in Iraq prior to the ground offensive in the first Gulf War?
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Shock and awe.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Desert Storm. Who played the former policeman turned private investigator
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Vincent Gallagher in the television drama series Vincent?
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Pass.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Which antelope has a name that comes from the Afrikaans for to jump and goat?
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Springbok.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26In March 2016, a British national newspaper ceased print publication,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28leaving only an online publication. Which paper?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30The Independent.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33What is the name of the NASA spacecraft that went into orbit around Jupiter
0:22:33 > 0:22:36in July 2016?
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Rosetta.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Juno. Whose chart-topping single Hips Don't Lie, featuring Wyclef Jean,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44was the last track played on the final episode
0:22:44 > 0:22:47of Top Of The Pops in July 2006?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Beyonce.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Shakira. What alcoholic drink is an ingredient of the Belgian beef and onion stew
0:22:52 > 0:22:54known as a carbonnade?
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Beer.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Which British super middleweight world champion nicknamed The Cobra ended
0:22:59 > 0:23:01his professional boxing career in 2014
0:23:01 > 0:23:04with a record of 33 wins and two losses?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07The defeats were to Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Joe Calzaghe.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10No, Carl Froch.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13The roles of which Brooklyn-born actress included Jane Austin
0:23:13 > 0:23:16in Becoming Jane, the White Queen in Alice In Wonderland
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and Fantine in Les Miserables?
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Anne Hathaway.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Which word for destruction or slaughter on a mass scale
0:23:23 > 0:23:26comes from the Greek words for whole and burnt?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Holocaust.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Which officer of state traditionally served as the head of the judiciary
0:23:31 > 0:23:34and speaker of the House of Lords before the implementation
0:23:34 > 0:23:38of the Constitutional Reform Act of 2005?
0:23:38 > 0:23:39The Lord Chancellor.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Is correct. You had one pass.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46Ray Winstone played the former policeman turned private eye
0:23:46 > 0:23:48in Vincent.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50You have a total, Lee, of 18 points.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04And finally, Frances again, please.
0:24:05 > 0:24:11And you also start out with ten and the score to beat is still 19
0:24:11 > 0:24:13to get through to the grand final.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16So let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20The Paris Peace Accords, signed in January 1973, marked the end of
0:24:20 > 0:24:22the American phase of which Asian war?
0:24:22 > 0:24:23The Vietnam War.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26What Irish dish similar to bubble and squeak consists of
0:24:26 > 0:24:28cooked potatoes and cabbage mixed together and fried?
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Colcannon.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Which national trail crosses the moorland plateau of Kinder Scout
0:24:32 > 0:24:35at the southern end and the Cheviot Hills at its northern end?
0:24:35 > 0:24:36The Pennine Way.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Who wrote the poem The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41It first appeared in Lyrical Ballads and was published
0:24:41 > 0:24:44in 1798 by the poet and William Wordsworth.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48What two-word Latin phrase meaning literally with living voice
0:24:48 > 0:24:50is used for an oral examination?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Viva voce.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54In Matthew's Gospel, the collection of teachings of Jesus
0:24:54 > 0:24:56addressed to his disciples and listeners,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58that includes the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayers,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00is usually known by what name?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01The Sermon On The Mount.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04In 1903, Maurice Garin finished just under three hours ahead
0:25:04 > 0:25:07of second-place Lucien Pothier to become the first winner
0:25:07 > 0:25:09of which annual sporting event?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Pass.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14The chart-topping song Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
0:25:14 > 0:25:17originally appeared on an album that spent four weeks at number one
0:25:17 > 0:25:21in the UK album chart in 1975. Which album?
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Queen.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27A Night At The Opera. What part of the human hand is also known as the pollex?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29The thumb.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31The author who was born Truman Streckfus Persons in New Orleans
0:25:31 > 0:25:34in September 1924 is better known by what name?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Pass.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39The gentoo, which is thought to be able to move underwater faster than any other bird,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42is the third largest species of which flightless bird?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Penguin.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47In February 2010, a live edition of EastEnders was mainly concerned
0:25:47 > 0:25:51with revealing the identity of the person who killed which character?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Jane Mitchell.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Archie Mitchell. Who became Trade And Industry Secretary in 1998?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00He only held the position for five months before he was forced to resign
0:26:00 > 0:26:02in controversial circumstances.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Pass.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Henry VIII has been suggested as the composer of the song about a faithless lady
0:26:06 > 0:26:10that is twice mentioned in the Merry Wives Of Windsor. What song?
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Greensleeves.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14In September 1838, who rode out into raging seas to rescue
0:26:14 > 0:26:17survivors from the wreck of the Forfarshire with her father,
0:26:17 > 0:26:19a lighthouse keeper in the Farne Islands?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Grace Darling.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Is correct.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Your passes, I shall give you first.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Peter Mandelson became Trade And Industry Secretary and then had to
0:26:28 > 0:26:32leave the job. Truman Capote was otherwise Truman Streckfus Persons.
0:26:32 > 0:26:38Yeah, and that annual race in 1903 was the Tour de France.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41And you have scored...
0:26:41 > 0:26:4220 points.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Well, that was seriously close.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00In joint fourth place, 17 points,
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Emma McAllister and Richard Aubrey.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04In third place, 18 points,
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Lee Holmes.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Second place, 19 points, Adam Barr.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09First place, she just got there,
0:27:09 > 0:27:1120 points, Frances Slack.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Which means, of course, that Frances is tonight's winner.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33And she goes through to the grand final. Congratulations to her.
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