0:00:25 > 0:00:29The first contender in the black chair tonight is Gill Taylor.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31She's a retired project manager from Yorkshire
0:00:31 > 0:00:34and her specialist subject is the honeybee.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Next, Jim Goldstraw, a teacher from Solihull.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41He's answering questions on the Royal Navy in the Second World War.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Gareth John is a lighting engineer from Llangollen in north Wales.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49His specialist subject, Mark E Smith and The Fall.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53And Ed Kent, a civil servant from Bristol
0:00:53 > 0:00:57on John le Carre's Quest For Karla trilogy.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Four more contenders all set to take to the stage tonight.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22As usual, they will face two minutes on their specialist subject,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28The winner, of course, goes through to the next round and will be
0:01:28 > 0:01:31on course to become the next Mastermind champion.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44And your name is?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Your occupation?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50And your specialist subject?
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Honeybees in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54The cell of a bee's honeycomb
0:01:54 > 0:01:57is constructed in what distinctive geometric shape?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- Hexagonal.- What term derived from the Latin for "little basket"
0:02:00 > 0:02:02is used for the hair fringe structure on the hind leg
0:02:02 > 0:02:05of a worker honeybee for carrying pollen?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Corbicula.- What astronomical name is widely given to the shifting
0:02:08 > 0:02:11swarm-like formations of male bees in flight, formed as they
0:02:11 > 0:02:13pursue the queen before mating?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- Comet tail. - Yes, drone comets.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17What item of beekeeping equipment used to subdue
0:02:17 > 0:02:21the bees in a hive typically incorporates a firebox and bellows?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- Smoker.- What name is given to the crescent-shaped dance
0:02:24 > 0:02:27performed by worker bees during foraging that represent
0:02:27 > 0:02:30an intermediate phase between the round dance and the waggle dance?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Pass.- To what genus does the honeybee belong?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36It includes the widely domesticated species mellifera.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41- Apis.- For what purpose does a beekeeper use a Baldock or a crown of thorns cage?
0:02:41 > 0:02:42To catch the queen.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45What is the common name of the British climbing plant Hedera helix
0:02:45 > 0:02:49which provides the honeybee with a nectar source late in the year?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Ivy.- What is the name of the protein that consists of 26 amino acids
0:02:53 > 0:02:57and is a principal constituent of the honeybee's venom?
0:02:57 > 0:03:02- Pass.- What is the common name of the disease caused by the fungus Ascosphaera apis
0:03:02 > 0:03:07that results in a bee larva being transformed into a mummy of fungal spores?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- Sac brood. - No, chalkbrood.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Which deadly parasitic mite of bees, now endemic in the UK,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17includes the common destructor species?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- Varroa.- The honeybee Apis mellifera ligustica, a resident in the UK,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24originates from which European country?
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- Italy.- In the early 1850s, which American clergyman and beekeeper identified
0:03:28 > 0:03:32the bee space within a hive that enabled him to develop movable frame beekeeping?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Langstroth.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36The black honeybee Apis mellifera mellifera
0:03:36 > 0:03:38has been legally protected on the Hebridean island
0:03:38 > 0:03:41of Oronsay and which neighbouring island?
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- Pass.- What sticky substance also called bee glue or bee gum
0:03:45 > 0:03:48is collected by bees from tree and plant resins and used for
0:03:48 > 0:03:50constructing and sealing their hives?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Propolis.- What name shared with the gland in the worker bee's abdomen
0:03:53 > 0:03:56is given to the pheromone that includes nerol and geraniol
0:03:56 > 0:04:00used for orientation, marking and guidance?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- BEEP - Nasonov. - Nasonov is correct.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Yes, absolutely. You had three passes.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Colonsay is the neighbouring island of Oronsay.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Melittin is the name of that protein consisting of all those amino acids.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18You knew it, didn't you? And sickle dance is...
0:04:18 > 0:04:22- Oh, yes.- ..the name given to the crescent-shaped dance performed by
0:04:22 > 0:04:26worker bees. All of which you knew, but it's the black chair.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- However, Gill, you have 12 points. - Thank you.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33APPLAUSE
0:04:40 > 0:04:42And our next contender, please.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52And your name is?
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Your occupation?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56And your chosen subject?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59The Navy. In two minutes.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02What operational name was given to the naval part of Operation Overlord,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04the D-Day landings in Normandy?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Neptune.- Which Vice Admiral was in charge of the organisation of
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Operation Dynamo, the seaborne evacuation from Dunkirk?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Bertram Ramsay.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15What type of ships were HMS Illustrious and HMS Implacable,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18which first saw action during the Second World War?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Aircraft carriers.- What class of midget submarines was used
0:05:21 > 0:05:23in the final approach to the Tirpitz
0:05:23 > 0:05:25in northern Norway in September, 1943?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27The X-craft.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Who was the First Sea Lord who give the disastrous order
0:05:30 > 0:05:33to the Arctic convoy PQ 17 to scatter in 1942?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Dudley Pound.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Which city's docks and shipyards were attacked by HMS Malaya
0:05:38 > 0:05:43as part of Operation Grog on 9th February, 1941?
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Trincomalee.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Genoa. HMS Royal Oak was sunk with the loss of more than 800 lives
0:05:48 > 0:05:51in October 1939 in which Royal Navy base?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- Scapa Flow.- How many men out of a total complement of more than 1,400
0:05:55 > 0:05:58survived when HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- Three.- Three days after the loss of HMS Hood,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05British ships attacked the Bismarck during a pursuit in the Atlantic.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Which cruiser was given the final order to torpedo and sink it?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Dorsetshire.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14What was the name of the operation to carry supplies to Malta in August, 1942?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Only five of the 14 original merchant ships reached the island.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Pedestal.- Which British battle cruiser was sunk by Japanese aircraft
0:06:21 > 0:06:25together with HMS Prince of Wales in December 1941?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- The Repulse.- Which British Naval Commander in the Mediterranean campaign
0:06:29 > 0:06:32was known by his initials ABC?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- Andrew Cunningham. - Which town in northern Norway
0:06:35 > 0:06:38gave its name to two sea raids in April, 1940, in the Ofotfjord
0:06:38 > 0:06:42where the Royal Navy annihilated a flotilla of German destroyers?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- Narvik.- What was the name of the commander of the submarine HMS Upholder
0:06:46 > 0:06:50who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in sinking the Conte Rosso?
0:06:50 > 0:06:55- Malcolm Wanklyn.- Which German battle cruiser was sunk by the Royal Navy
0:06:55 > 0:06:59in an action known as the Battle of the North Cape on Boxing Day, 1943,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02while it was attacking an Arctic convoy en route to Russia?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- BEEP - The Scharnhorst.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05The Scharnhorst is correct.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10No passes. You got them all right. You have scored, Jim, 14 points.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13APPLAUSE
0:07:18 > 0:07:20And our next contender, please.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And your name is?
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Your occupation?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32And your chosen subject?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41The English post-punk band The Fall formed in Manchester in 1976. The group took their name
0:07:41 > 0:07:44from the title of a novel by which Nobel Prize-winning author?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- Albert Camus.- What was the title of the band's first UK top 30 single?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51It had previously been a top ten hit for R Dean Taylor.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53There's A Ghost In My House.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55The band were part of a collective based at North West Arts
0:07:55 > 0:07:59and played their first gig there in 1977. What was the collective called?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01The Manchester Musicians Collective.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Which song was released on the Bingo-Master's Break-Out
0:08:04 > 0:08:06EP in August '78 and contains the lines,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08"There is no hesitation, This is your situation.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10"Continue a blank generation"?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- Repetition.- The Fall's first album, Live At The Witch Trials,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17was released in 1979 and had been recorded in just two days.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Who was the producer?
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- Pass.- What is the name of the American-born guitarist and vocalist who joined the band
0:08:23 > 0:08:26in 1983 and married Mark E Smith?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Brix Smith.- What is the title of the band's 1981 10-inch mini album
0:08:29 > 0:08:33that contains only six tracks, including Prole Art Threat?
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- Slates.- Which guitarist and founding member of the band returned to the group in 1990
0:08:37 > 0:08:40to record the Extricate album that reached the UK top 40?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- Martin Brammer. - Popcorn Double Feature,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47which appears on the 1990 album Extricate is a cover of a song recorded
0:08:47 > 0:08:50by one of Mark E Smith's favourite Merseybeat bands. What were they called?
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- The Searchers.- 2002, Mark E Smith's third wife joined the band
0:08:54 > 0:08:56as a keyboard player. What's her name?
0:08:56 > 0:09:00- Eleni Poulou.- What is the title of the 2005 BBC documentary
0:09:00 > 0:09:04profiling The Fall? It includes footage of the band recording their final session
0:09:04 > 0:09:05for the John Peel Show.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12Of Mark E Smith. What is the title of the band's 1988 album that was the soundtrack
0:09:12 > 0:09:14to a Michael Clarke ballet?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- I Am Curious Orange. - Which Sister Sledge song did The Fall cover
0:09:17 > 0:09:20on their '93 album The Infotainment Scam?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Lost In Music.- At which venue did Mark E Smith and The Fall
0:09:23 > 0:09:26present the alternative play Hey! Luciani?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Sadler's Wells. - Riverside Studios.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30What was the title of the band's first single
0:09:30 > 0:09:33to be released by Rough Trade in 1980?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- Totally Wild.- No. How I Wrote Elastic Man.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40What was the name of the keyboard player in The Fall's original line-up?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43BEEP She was also Mark E Smith's girlfriend at the time.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44- Una Baines.- Is correct.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46One pass, Gareth.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49The producer of that first album, Live At The Witch Trials,
0:09:49 > 0:09:54- was Bob Sargeant.- Ah. - But you have scored 12 points.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57APPLAUSE
0:10:03 > 0:10:05And our final contender, please.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13And your name is?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Your occupation?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Chosen subject?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20In two minutes, starting now.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24In John le Carre's Quest For Karla trilogy, the British secret intelligence
0:10:24 > 0:10:27service is referred to as the Circus, from the name of the road junction in London
0:10:27 > 0:10:30where its fictional headquarters are based. Which junction?
0:10:30 > 0:10:34- Charing Cross Road. - Cambridge Circus. In Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
0:10:34 > 0:10:37what's the name of the Secret Service agent and possible Soviet spy
0:10:37 > 0:10:40whom Control designated as Soldier?
0:10:40 > 0:10:46- Roy Bland.- When Jerry Westerby first meets Charlie Marshall in Cambodia he gives Marshall 300
0:10:46 > 0:10:48and a copy of which novel by Voltaire?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Candide.- In the Secret Service jargon used by La Carre,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54what name is given to the people who carry out electronic sweeping
0:10:54 > 0:10:57to find bugs and other hidden listening devices?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Snoopers.- Ferrets. At the beginning of Smiley's People, George Smiley
0:11:00 > 0:11:04is in the London library in St James's Square writing a monograph
0:11:04 > 0:11:05on which German baroque poet?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Grimmelshausen?- Opitz.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Under what name was Karla operating when he was interrogated by Smiley
0:11:11 > 0:11:13in a Delhi prison?
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- Gerstmann.- In Smiley's People, at which seedy nightclub in Hamburg does George Smiley meet
0:11:17 > 0:11:22Claus Kretzschmar to get information on the whereabouts of his associate, Otto Leipzig?
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- The Blue Diamond.- What name did Vladimir Miller use for Karla cos anybody who comes too close
0:11:26 > 0:11:28to him has a way of falling asleep?
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- The Sandman.- Smiley assumes the name Professor Lachmann when he visits Karla's daughter
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Tatiana in a psychiatric clinic.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37What subject does he claim to be professor of?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Philology.- What is the nickname of the Circus' training school
0:11:40 > 0:11:41at Sarratt in Hertfordshire?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- The Nursery.- Before he was murdered on Hampstead Heath,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Vladimir Miller managed to hide a film negative in what item that he discarded?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Cigarette packet. - In Smiley's People, at which institution
0:11:51 > 0:11:55near the British Museum does George Smiley meet the Estonian Mikhel?
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- The Reading Room. - The Free Baltic Library. At the end of Smiley's People,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02in which city does the Moscow spy master Karla surrender
0:12:02 > 0:12:04to Smiley and the British Secret Service?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Berlin.- At Oxford University in the 1930s, Bill Haydon
0:12:07 > 0:12:10was a member of the Christ Church College Club, that is described as having
0:12:10 > 0:12:14an unashamedly conservative political complexion. Which club?
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- The Optimates.- In Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Alleline
0:12:17 > 0:12:20has got access to Soviet intelligence material codenamed
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Witchcraft. What is the codename of the source who is supplying it?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- BEEP - Merlin.- Merlin is correct.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29No passes, Ed. You have scored 11 points.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32APPLAUSE
0:12:37 > 0:12:40So, that was a close round.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44In fourth place, 11 points, Ed Kent.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48In joint second place, 12 points apiece, Gill Taylor and Gareth John.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50First place, 14 points,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Jim Goldstraw.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01So, it's the general knowledge round now.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04That'll sort out the frontrunners from the also-rans.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07If their scores are tied at the end of this round then the number
0:13:07 > 0:13:10of passes will be taken into account and the person with the fewer passes
0:13:10 > 0:13:14will be the winner. And if they can't be separated on passes
0:13:14 > 0:13:17as well, there will have to be a tie-breaker. And remember,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21the six highest scoring runners-up will also be able to claim
0:13:21 > 0:13:23a place in the semifinals. So, plenty to play for.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Let's get on with it and ask Ed to join us again, please.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32And...
0:13:32 > 0:13:36you start this round with 11 points so let's see how you can do
0:13:36 > 0:13:38with the general knowledge round.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42You get two and a half minutes for this one. So, here we go.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Which Californian city has been linked to Marin County
0:13:45 > 0:13:47by the Golden Gate Bridge since 1937?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- San Francisco. - What is Wendy's surname in JM Barrie's play Peter Pan?
0:13:50 > 0:13:54- Darling.- Which river was known to the ancient Egyptians as the Aur, meaning black,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58a reference to the colour of the sediment carried by it when it was in flow?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- The Nile.- What name is given to a word formed by the initial
0:14:01 > 0:14:03letters of other words, such as laser?
0:14:03 > 0:14:08- Acronym.- The popular walk to the summit of Cat Bells is in which English national park?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- Peak District.- Lake District.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Since 1974, what name has been commonly used for a newly elected parliament
0:14:14 > 0:14:16in which no party has an overall majority?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18The party that ends up in power is then unable to pass laws
0:14:18 > 0:14:20without the support of other parties.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Hung parliament.- Which former footballer's film credits
0:14:23 > 0:14:25include Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28X-Men: The Last Stand and Mean Machine?
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- Vinnie Jones.- Which American World Chess Champion
0:14:31 > 0:14:35invented and promoted the game of Chess960, where the starting positions
0:14:35 > 0:14:39of the major pieces are randomised over 960 possible combinations?
0:14:39 > 0:14:44- Bobby Fischer.- The main aims of a medieval science were to turn base metals
0:14:44 > 0:14:47into gold and to discover a cure for disease and a way of extending life.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49What was the science called?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Alchemy.- In the Book of Genesis,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54who interpreted the Pharaoh's dreams as meaning there would be seven years
0:14:54 > 0:14:56of plenty followed by seven years of famine?
0:14:56 > 0:15:01- Moses.- Joseph. Which folk opera, that was first performed in 1935, features the songs
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I Got Plenty O' Nothing and It Ain't Necessarily So?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Show Boat? - Porgy And Bess.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09What phonetic form of the French for "help me"
0:15:09 > 0:15:11is an internationally recognised distress signal?
0:15:11 > 0:15:16- Mayday.- In September, 2000, Paul Oakenfold and Andy Gray, under the name Elementfour,
0:15:16 > 0:15:20had a top five UK single with the theme tune to which reality television show?
0:15:20 > 0:15:27- Big Brother.- Mohammad Mossadegh was overthrown in a coup in 1953 backed by the CIA and MI6.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Of which country was he Prime Minister?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- Iran.- What name is given to the blend of star anise, cloves, cinnamon,
0:15:32 > 0:15:37fennel seed and Sichuan peppercorns that is widely used in Chinese cooking?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- Pass.- In the George Orwell novel 1984, in which ministry
0:15:40 > 0:15:43does Winston Smith work as a records clerk before he is caught
0:15:43 > 0:15:46having an affair with Julia and sent to the Ministry of Love?
0:15:46 > 0:15:51- The Ministry of Truth.- Which film musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John is set
0:15:51 > 0:15:53at Rydell High School in the 1950s?
0:15:53 > 0:15:58- Grease.- What word for a child or animal that has not been weaned is also applied
0:15:58 > 0:16:00to a young pig roasted on a spit?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Suckling.- Which scientific instrument gets its name
0:16:03 > 0:16:06from the Greek for "small" and "to look at"?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- Stethoscope?- Microscope.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12What is the shortest of the races classed as middle-distance in athletics?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15It's normally run over two laps of the track at international meetings.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- BEEP - 5,000 metres.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19It's the 800 metres. You had one pass,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23all those spices widely used in Chinese cooking
0:16:23 > 0:16:26are known as five-spice.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Just that one pass, Ed, but you piled on the points in that round.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30You now have a total of 25.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33APPLAUSE
0:16:40 > 0:16:45And Gill to join us again, if she would, please.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48And you start out with 12 points.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53And, as you have just seen, 25 is now the score to beat.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57You have two and a half minutes in which to try to do it. Here we go.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00The bathroom fixture that is called a faucet in America
0:17:00 > 0:17:02is known by what name in this country?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- Tap.- Whose chart-topping albums include Sing When You're Winning,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Escapology and Swing When You're Winning?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- Robbie Williams.- Which British political TV drama starring Ian Richardson has been adapted
0:17:11 > 0:17:15in an American version with Kevin Spacey playing Francis J Underwood
0:17:15 > 0:17:17who becomes President of the United States?
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- Pass.- In cookery, what name is given to the internal edible parts of domestic fowl
0:17:21 > 0:17:23and game birds?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Lights?- Giblets. Which prize, awarded annually since 1993,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30for the best new collection of poetry published in the UK and Ireland is named after
0:17:30 > 0:17:33an Anglo-American poet and playwright?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36The 2015 prize was awarded to Sarah Howe for Loop Of Jade.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- The Eliot Prize? - TS Eliot Prize, yes. What name is given to
0:17:39 > 0:17:43the passenger side of a vehicle that is closest to the kerb in normal driving conditions?
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- The near side. - Which historic city in Belgium, a popular tourist destination,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49is home to the Groeningemuseum Museum,
0:17:49 > 0:17:54which houses an important collection of pre-Renaissance Flemish primitive works?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Bruges.- Which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for violet,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59the colour of its vapour?
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- Pass.- In 2001, who became the first person to have a British airport
0:18:03 > 0:18:06named after him when Liverpool Speke Airport was rebranded?
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- John Lennon.- Which natural wonder in Africa has a local name that translates as
0:18:10 > 0:18:13"the smoke that thunders," a reference to its mighty roar
0:18:13 > 0:18:15and characteristic surround of mist?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- The Victoria Falls.- What is the medical term for lockjaw,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21an acute infectious disease of humans and other animals?
0:18:21 > 0:18:27- Tetanus.- What 2016 Coen brothers film that stars Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson
0:18:27 > 0:18:29and George Clooney is about a Hollywood fixer
0:18:29 > 0:18:32who investigates the disappearance of a film star?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- Hail, Caesar!- In what annual sporting event are the male competitors reserve crews
0:18:36 > 0:18:38known as Isis and Goldie?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- The Oxford-Cambridge boat race. - Which Roman deity, the second in importance only to Jupiter,
0:18:42 > 0:18:46is regarded as the Roman equivalent of Aries, the Greek god of war?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Mars.- Which character meets three men on the way to a marriage feast
0:18:49 > 0:18:54and detains one of them to relate his story in a poem published in 1798?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- Pass.- Which island off the south coast of England
0:18:57 > 0:18:59was known to the Romans as Vectis?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- The Isle of Wight.- In the UK, a pearl wedding traditionally celebrates
0:19:02 > 0:19:04how many years of marriage?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- 25.- 30. In which field event did the East German athlete Jurgen Schult
0:19:07 > 0:19:12set a world record in June, 1986, with a throw of over 74 metres,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15that still stood at the start of the 2016 season?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Discus.- Which garden suburb south of Birmingham was founded
0:19:18 > 0:19:22when the Quaker Cadbury brothers moved their chocolate factory there in 1879?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- Bournville.- What colour was the skin of John Major's puppet
0:19:25 > 0:19:27in the TV programme Spitting Image?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- Grey.- Which American writer published her first novel,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33BEEP Songs Of The Humpback Whale, in 1992?
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Her other novels include My Sister's Keeper and Leaving Time.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40I've no idea.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Well, I'll tell you, cos you're out of time anyway.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- Jodi Picoult.- Oh, right.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46And you had three other passes.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
0:19:48 > 0:19:51was the character who met three men on the way to a marriage.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Iodine was the chemical that takes its name from the Greek for violet.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58And House Of Cards was Kevin Spacey.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- You knew that, didn't you? - Mm.- Yeah.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- Anyway, here's the good news, you have 27 points.- Oh!
0:20:05 > 0:20:08APPLAUSE
0:20:15 > 0:20:18And now Gareth again, please.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22And you also start this round with 12 points, Gareth.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27But the score to beat has gone up to 27, as you have just heard.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31Here we go. General knowledge, two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Which fictional diarist, whose first entry is dated 1st January, 1981,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37was created by the writer Sue Townsend?
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Adrian Mole.- What is the name of the outspoken former Wimbledon champion who was
0:20:41 > 0:20:45a long-time presenter of Radio 5's Wimbledon phone-in 606?
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- John McEnroe.- What general name is used for a small horse
0:20:48 > 0:20:50normally below 14.2 hands in height?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- A foal.- A pony.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Which is the largest and most southerly of the Channel Isles?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Sark.- Jersey.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Regnum Defende, meaning defend the realm,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02is the motto of the UK's domestic counterintelligence agency,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05the security service, based at Thames House on Millbank.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07By what name is the agency more commonly known?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- MI5.- How many strings does an instrument in the violin family,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13such as violin, cello or viola, typically have?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Four.- What city, the centre of the Indian film-making industry,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18is sometimes known as Bollywood?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- Bombay.- Or Mumbai, yes.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Ash Wednesday marks the start of which penitential period,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26whose name is an obsolete word for the season of spring?
0:21:26 > 0:21:31- Lent.- Which Anglo-Scottish duo's top ten albums during the '80s
0:21:31 > 0:21:34included Be Yourself Tonight, Revenge and Savage?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- Robson and Jerome? - Eurythmics.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Which artist painted Piccadilly Gardens in 1954?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42The picture features his characteristic stick-like figures.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Lowry.- The name of what variety of pasta
0:21:45 > 0:21:47normally served stuffed and baked with a sauce
0:21:47 > 0:21:49literally means large tubes?
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Penne.- Cannelloni. What name for a brightly coloured handkerchief often worn
0:21:53 > 0:21:57tied around the head or neck comes from a Hindi term for a way of tie-dyeing cloth?
0:21:57 > 0:22:02- Bandana.- In 1898, Oscar Wilde wrote a poem about the hanging of a murderer
0:22:02 > 0:22:05who was convicted for killing his wife in a prison
0:22:05 > 0:22:08where Wilde spent most of a two-year sentence. Which prison?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- Reading.- Who was one of the principal leaders and theoreticians of
0:22:11 > 0:22:15the Russian Revolution and the Soviet government until he fell out with Stalin,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18who had him exiled in 1929 and later murdered?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Leon Trotsky. - Which Australian state has the largest population,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24although it is the second smallest in area of the mainland states?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- Canberra Territory. - New South Wales.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Which actor who co-starred in the sitcom Friends joined Top Gear
0:22:29 > 0:22:32as co-presenter with Chris Evans?
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- Pass.- What breed of dog that was developed in Germany takes its name from
0:22:36 > 0:22:39its distinctive moustachioed muzzle?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Rottweiler.- Schnauzer.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Nick Hornby's autobiographical book Fever Pitch is about the author's love of football,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48and in particular his devotion to which London football club?
0:22:48 > 0:22:53- Arsenal.- Which 1980s TV series focused on the female police
0:22:53 > 0:22:55inspectors Jean Darblay and Kate Longton and was set
0:22:55 > 0:22:57in the Lancashire town of Hartley?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- Juliet Bravo.- Which dough-like material that's a mixture of powdered chalk
0:23:01 > 0:23:06and linseed oil and is used in DIY takes its name from the French for "pot full."
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- BEEP - Plaster of Paris?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Putty.- Ah!- Yeah, I know. One pass,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- it was Matt LeBlanc who is joining Chris Evans.- Of course it was.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19Yeah, I know. Didn't quite get there, Gareth, 24 points.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22APPLAUSE
0:23:27 > 0:23:30And, finally, Jim again, please.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33And you start out with 14,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36and the score to beat is still 27
0:23:36 > 0:23:39for you to get through to the next round. So, here we go,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41two and a half minutes.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Honeydew is a juicy, sweet, yellow-skinned variety of which fruit?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Melon.- What is the nickname of the bass guitarist Robert Bell,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50whose UK top ten single hits with the gang include Ladies Night,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Celebration and Get Down On It?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- Adam Kent.- Kool.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59For which members of the crow family is an unkindness the collective noun?
0:23:59 > 0:24:00- Lark.- Ravens.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Which Elizabethan adventurer wrote works that include The History Of The World,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07The Last Fight, The Revenge and The Discovery Of Guiana?
0:24:07 > 0:24:13- Raleigh.- What is the least number of darts required to complete a game of 301?
0:24:13 > 0:24:17- Six.- What name is given to the old method of sending messages using two flags
0:24:17 > 0:24:18held by a signal man?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- Semaphore.- In which coastal village in Suffolk are there
0:24:21 > 0:24:24two nuclear power stations designated A and B?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27The construction of a third power station, designated C,
0:24:27 > 0:24:28is under consideration.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32- Sizewell.- What method of engraving in which a metal plate
0:24:32 > 0:24:35is pricked with small holes that hold ink takes its name
0:24:35 > 0:24:37from the Italian for half tone?
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- Pass.- What title did Edward VIII take in March 1937,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44after he had abdicated the throne three months earlier?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- The Duke of Windsor. - The cheese manchego, castellano
0:24:47 > 0:24:49and zamorano are made in what country?
0:24:49 > 0:24:53- Italy.- Spain. In 1936, a wren replaced the depiction of Britannia
0:24:53 > 0:24:57on the reverse side of a coin that was worth a quarter of an old penny.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Which coin?
0:24:58 > 0:25:02- Halfpenny.- Farthing. Which plant whose name comes from the Greek for wind
0:25:02 > 0:25:05is also known as the wind flower, possibly because its flower hangs
0:25:05 > 0:25:09in such a way that it trembles in the slightest breeze?
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Pass.- What major international award has been won by the American Presidents
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson,
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama?
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- Nobel Peace Prize.- What is the title of the first of Richard Gordon's Doctor books?
0:25:20 > 0:25:24It's also the title of the first of the films based on those books.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- Doctor In The House.- Which cantankerous character was played by the
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Scottish actor Richard Wilson in the TV comedy series One Foot In The Grave?
0:25:31 > 0:25:36- Victor Meldrew.- Which charitable organisation was founded in 1919
0:25:36 > 0:25:39by Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton, with the aim of working for
0:25:39 > 0:25:42the welfare of children in disaster areas?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- Oxfam.- Save The Children. In January 2016,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48which Canadian singer became the first artist to fill the top three spots
0:25:48 > 0:25:50in the UK singles charts?
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Alanis Morissette. - Justin Bieber.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56What two initials do the Irish equivalent of British MPs
0:25:56 > 0:25:57have after their name?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- Pass.- The Palace of Knossos is on which Greek island,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05the centre of the Minoan civilisation?
0:26:05 > 0:26:09- Crete.- Who stars as the transgender pioneer Lili Elbe
0:26:09 > 0:26:12in the 2015 picture The Danish Girl?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- BEEP - Um...
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Go on, take a guess, you're out of time.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19HE MUTTERS
0:26:19 > 0:26:21I'll put you out of your misery.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- I can't remember his name. - Eddie Redmayne.- Eddie Redmayne.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Yeah, you knew that, didn't you?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28He of the lips. Right, the other passes -
0:26:28 > 0:26:31those initials the Irish equivalent of British MPs have
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- after their name - TD.- TD.- Yeah.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38The anemone is that flower whose flowers blow in the breeze.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43And mezzotint is that engraving method.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Jim, a total of 24 points.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49APPLAUSE
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Well, she managed to hold them all off.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01In joint third place, 24 points apiece,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Jim Goldstraw and Gareth John.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Second place, 25 points, Ed Kent.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10First place, 27 points, Gill Taylor.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Which means, of course, that Gill is tonight's winner
0:27:23 > 0:27:25and she goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Congratulations to her, commiserations to Ed, but,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32with 25 points in the bag, it is entirely possible
0:27:32 > 0:27:34that we shall see him again in the semifinal.
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0:27:46 > 0:27:48Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51APPLAUSE