0:00:26 > 0:00:28Our first contender tonight is Keith Nickless,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a business development manager from Tring.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34He's answering questions on the television programme, The Sweeney.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Alison Rawlinson's a registered nurse from Surrey.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Her subject - the pioneering nurse, Mary Seacole.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Next, John Cockerill from Middlesbrough.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46His specialist subject - the explorer, James Cook.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Martin Lloyd's a charity administrator from the Wirral,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54and he's answering questions on Tranmere Rovers.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And last in the spotlight, Adrian Staton from Liverpool,
0:00:57 > 0:00:59on the travel writings of Bill Bryson.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16This is a semifinal,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19which means we have five contenders who can feel pretty pleased
0:01:19 > 0:01:21with themselves for having got through the heats,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25but that was then and this is now. And now, it gets tougher.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29The winner will claim the last place in the grand final, where
0:01:29 > 0:01:33the tantalising prospect of becoming Mastermind champion awaits them.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35They'll get 90 seconds on their specialist subject,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38and two minutes on general knowledge,
0:01:38 > 0:01:42so let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- And your name is?- Keith Nickless. - Your occupation?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Business development manager. - And your chosen subject?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57The television programme The Sweeney.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00The Sweeney, in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02What is the name of the pilot episode of The Sweeney,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05shown as part of the Armchair Cinema Anthology in 1974,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07in which the title character's first words are,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09"Get your trousers on, you're nicked"?
0:02:09 > 0:02:10- Regan.- Yes.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Who plays Detective Chief Inspector Frank Haskins,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15who struggles to control the members of his team in the Flying Squad?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16- Garfield Morgan.- Yes.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18In Queen's Pawn, the Evening Standard carries
0:02:18 > 0:02:21a front page article with the headline, "Lyon freed".
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Whom does Johnny Lyon compare himself to
0:02:23 > 0:02:25in the accompanying picture?
0:02:25 > 0:02:26- Al Capone.- No, Muhammad Ali.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Carter goes undercover in Wormwood Scrubs to gain the confidence
0:02:30 > 0:02:32of a thief and find out where he has hidden a cache of diamonds.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Who's the thief?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35- Jimmy Fleet.- Yep.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Who plays the computer expert Tony Grey in the series three
0:02:38 > 0:02:39episode, Tomorrow Man?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40- John Hurt.- Yeah.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42What is the title of the final episode,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45in which Regan is accused of corruption years earlier and
0:02:45 > 0:02:48resigns from the force, after he's eventually cleared of the charge?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49- Jack Or Knave. - Yes.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Which writer produced every episode of the series for Euston Films,
0:02:52 > 0:02:56even though he had frequent clashes with the series' creator, Ian Kennedy Martin?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- Ted Childs.- Yep. In Thou Shalt Not Kill,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01the squad gets a call after a silent alarm is tripped, and arrive
0:03:01 > 0:03:05on the campus of Faraday University to find a bank robbery taking place.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Which bank's being robbed?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- National Anglian Bank. - National Murcian Bank.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11In the episode Poppy, the violent criminal, Vic Lebbett, returns
0:03:11 > 0:03:14from abroad to retrieve money stolen from a previous robbery.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17He uses it to buy diamonds of what value?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18- £100,000.- Yes.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21In Abduction, what is the name of Jack Regan's eight-year-old
0:03:21 > 0:03:23daughter who's missing when her mother arrives at school?
0:03:23 > 0:03:24- Susie.- Yep.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Which comedy duo appear as themselves in the episode Hearts And Minds?
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- Morecambe and Wise. - Yes. Who composed the series' distinctive title music?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Harry South. - Harry South is correct.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38No passes, Keith. Ten points.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49And our next contender, please.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01- And your name is?- Alison Rawlinson. - Your occupation?- Registered nurse.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- And your chosen subject? - Mary Seacole.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Mary Seacole in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Mary Seacole was a pioneering Jamaican nurse who, in 1853,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12was asked to establish a nursing service at Up-Park Military Camp
0:04:12 > 0:04:16outside Kingstown to deal with an epidemic of what?
0:04:16 > 0:04:17- Yellow Fever.- Yes.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20A Times journalist and war correspondent publicised
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Seacole's achievements in the Crimea,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25and praised her in the preface to her autobiography. Who was he?
0:04:27 > 0:04:28No. Pass.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Which British commander associated with the Charge of the Light Brigade
0:04:31 > 0:04:33did Seacole describe as "that great soldier
0:04:33 > 0:04:35"who had such iron courage with a gentle smile"?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Cardigan.- No, Raglan.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40What was Seacole's nationality on her father's side?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42She writes that people had attributed her energy and
0:04:42 > 0:04:44activity to this ancestry.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46- Scottish.- Yes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49On which hill overlooking Sebastopol where Seacole provided food,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52drink and first aid did she witness the main assault on the city
0:04:52 > 0:04:55from the 7th to the 9th of September, 1855?
0:04:55 > 0:04:56- Cathcart's Hill.- Yes.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Seacole's husband Edwin is thought to have been
0:04:58 > 0:05:00a godson of which celebrated Englishman?
0:05:00 > 0:05:01- Horatio Nelson.- Yes.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Seacole said she was shocked at the way the French stripped the dead of
0:05:04 > 0:05:08what was valuable after which battle of August, 1855?
0:05:08 > 0:05:09- Chernaya.- Yes.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Seacole claims to have successfully treated a case of
0:05:11 > 0:05:15a disease in Panama with mustard emetics and plasters,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17warm fomentations and camomile. Which disease?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20- Cholera.- Yes.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24What was the name of Florence Nightingale's friend and assistant to whom
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Seacole had to present a doctor's letter of introduction before
0:05:27 > 0:05:29she was able to meet Florence in Scutari in 1855?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- Mrs Bracebridge.- Yes.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33A nephew of Queen Victoria sculpted the bust of Mary Seacole
0:05:33 > 0:05:38wearing four medals in 1871. Who was it?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42D... Dye...
0:05:42 > 0:05:45No, I don't think you're going to get there.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- He was Count Gleichen. - Gleichen.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Or, if you prefer, which you probably don't,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Or something like that. Vaguely like that.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56And you had one pass, Alison.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59That Times journalist who was so kind about Mary Seacole
0:05:59 > 0:06:02was WH Russell. William Howard Russell.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03You have seven points.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15And our next contender, please.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- And your name is? - John Cockerill.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- Your occupation?- Retired. - Chosen subject.- Captain James Cook.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Captain Cook in 90 seconds.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34James Cook enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1755 after eight years
0:06:34 > 0:06:37working on merchant ships, and was first posted as an able seaman
0:06:37 > 0:06:39and then master's mate, on which ship?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- The Eagle.- Yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44In the mid-1760s, as master of HMS Grenville, Cook spent several summers
0:06:44 > 0:06:47mapping the coastline of which island?
0:06:47 > 0:06:48- Newfoundland.- Yes.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Cook first landed in Australia in April 1770 at a place
0:06:51 > 0:06:53he initially wanted to call Stingray Bay.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55What did he subsequently name it?
0:06:55 > 0:06:56- Botany Bay.- Yep.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00On his second voyage, Cook used a chronometer called K1 that was
0:07:00 > 0:07:03an exact copy of John Harrison's H4 chronometer.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05What was the name of the watchmaker who made it?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06- Larcum Kendall.- Yes.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Of which organisation was Cook elected a fellow on his return from
0:07:09 > 0:07:13his second voyage, in recognition of his discoveries and surveys?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14- Royal Society.- Yes.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17In 1758, during the Seven Years War, Cook's ship was involved in
0:07:17 > 0:07:20the capture from the French of a fortress that controlled access
0:07:20 > 0:07:23to the St Lawrence River and Quebec. Which fortress?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24- Louisbourg.- Yep.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28What name did Cook give to the islands that are now known as Hawaii?
0:07:28 > 0:07:29- Sandwich Islands.- Yep.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33A Polynesian was brought to Britain on board HMS Adventure and was returned
0:07:33 > 0:07:37to his homeland in the Society Islands by Cook during the third voyage.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38What was his name?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39- Bor Mei.- Yes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43All three of Cook's world voyages departed from which English port?
0:07:43 > 0:07:44- Plymouth.- Yep.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46In what capacity did William Bayly travel with Cook
0:07:46 > 0:07:48on his second and third voyages?
0:07:48 > 0:07:49- Astronomer.- Yes.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Which island in the South Atlantic did Cook claim for Britain
0:07:52 > 0:07:55when he first landed there in early 1775,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58shortly before he sighted the South Sandwich Islands?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- South Georgia.- Yes.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Cook was killed on the island of Hawaii on the 14th of February 1779
0:08:04 > 0:08:06after he had tried to capture the king.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09What is the name of the bay where he died?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10- Kealakekua.- It was,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13and I'm glad it was you that had to pronounce that!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15LAUGHTER And, John, you got them all right,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17no passes, 12 points.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28And our next contender, please.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38- And your name is?- Martin Lloyd.- Your occupation?- Charity administrator.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- And your chosen subject? - Tranmere Rovers Football Club.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Tranmere Rovers. 90 seconds, here we go.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45What was the name of the football club formed in 1884 by two
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Birkenhead cricket clubs which changed its name
0:08:47 > 0:08:49to Tranmere Rovers the following year?
0:08:49 > 0:08:50- Belmont.- Yep.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Who captained Tranmere to a 2-1 victory over Bristol Rovers
0:08:53 > 0:08:56in the final of the 1990 Leyland DAF trophy?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- Jim Steel?- Jimmy Harvey.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01At what ground did Tranmere finally beat Blyth Spartans in
0:09:01 > 0:09:03the second round of the 1952 FA Cup after
0:09:03 > 0:09:06a 1-1 draw was followed by two drawn replays?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- Brunton Park?- Goodison Park.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11In 1991, from which club did Tranmere sign the former
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Liverpool striker John Aldridge?
0:09:13 > 0:09:14- Real Sociedad.- Yes.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18In 1921, Tranmere played their first game in the Football League,
0:09:18 > 0:09:19beating Crewe Alexandra by what score?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- 4-1.- Yes.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23What role in the club did Les Parry have before
0:09:23 > 0:09:27he was appointed as caretaker manager during the 2009-10 season?
0:09:27 > 0:09:31He went on to be promoted to manager, and helped the club avoid relegation.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32- Physio.- Is correct.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35In 1974, who was brought in as a consultant at Tranmere by
0:09:35 > 0:09:37the player-manager, Ron Yeats?
0:09:37 > 0:09:38- Bill Shankly.- Yep.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42On Boxing Day 1935, Robert "Bunny" Bell scored nine goals in
0:09:42 > 0:09:46a 13-4 victory for Tranmere against which team?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47- Oldham.- Yes.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Which Tranmere player of the early '90s,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52who scored six times in 46 appearances for the club,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56was known for his spectacular somersault goal celebrations?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- Steve Mungall?- Steve Cooper.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Tranmere joined the Central League in 1919,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04taking the place of the reserve team of which Yorkshire club?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- Leeds.- Yes, Leeds City.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Who was appointed as the club's player-manager in 1985 and
0:10:09 > 0:10:12signed Ian Muir on a free transfer? Muir went on to become
0:10:12 > 0:10:14the club's all-time leading goal-scorer.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Frank Worthington. - It was indeed Frank Worthington.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Martin, you have no passes. You have score eight points.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31And our final contender, please.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- And your name is?- Adrian Staton. - Your occupation?- Unemployed.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47- And your chosen subject? - The travel writings of Bill Bryson.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Ah, the great Bill Bryson. Here we go. 90 seconds.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53In The Road To Little Dribbling, Bryson writes that "nothing,
0:10:53 > 0:10:55"and I mean, really, absolutely nothing,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59"is more extraordinary in Britain than the beauty of..." What?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- South Downs? - The countryside.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05In Down Under, what creature, described as a "harmless animated pincushion"
0:11:05 > 0:11:09does Bryson say he's thrilled to encounter in Kings Park in Perth?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10- Echidna.- Yes.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13What name does Bryson give to the archetypal small American town
0:11:13 > 0:11:16that he fruitlessly searches for in The Lost Continent?
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Pass.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22While walking in Massachusetts in A Walk In The Woods,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Bryson meets a hiker named Bernard, who's apparently famous for getting lost.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27What's his nickname?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Chicken George. - No, Chicken John.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32In Notes From A Small Island, Bryson is startled by the arresting grandeur
0:11:32 > 0:11:35of the headquarters in Cowley of what trade organisation?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Pass.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Bryson describes the people of which Scandinavian country as being
0:11:41 > 0:11:45"so full of joie de vivre, that they practically sweat it".
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Pass.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Which country's President does Bryson encounter by chance as
0:11:52 > 0:11:55he's strolling down the Mall in Washington DC?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Pass. - Which English city does Bryson describe
0:12:00 > 0:12:02as "a beautiful city that has been treated with
0:12:02 > 0:12:06"gross indifference and lamentable incompetence for far too long"?
0:12:06 > 0:12:07- Oxford.- Yes.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09At what lighthouse off the south coast of England is Bryson
0:12:09 > 0:12:12prevented from taking photographs, even though he protests,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15"It's a lighthouse, not the Bayeux Tapestry"?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Pass. - At the beginning of Neither Here Nor There,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Bryson is travelling to Hammerfest in northern Norway in the hope
0:12:22 > 0:12:24of seeing what natural phenomenon?
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- The northern lights. - The northern lights is correct.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29You had five passes, Adrian.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34South Foreland was that lighthouse that he wanted to take pictures of.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36It was the President of Japan that he met while
0:12:36 > 0:12:39he was strolling in Washington. Denmark is the country
0:12:39 > 0:12:42"so full of joie de vivre, they practically sweat it".
0:12:42 > 0:12:45That building, the arresting grandeur of it,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48was the headquarters of the Potato Marketing Board.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51And the name he gave to the archetypal small American town
0:12:51 > 0:12:54that he fruitlessly searched for was Amalgam.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56You scored, Adrian, three points.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09So, that's the first round, then. A wide spread of scores.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Let's have a look at all of them.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12In fifth place, with three points, Adrian Staton.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Fourth place, seven points, Alison Rawlinson.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Third place, eight points, Martin Lloyd.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Second place, ten points, Keith Nickless.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24First place, 12 points, John Cockerill.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34And it is the general knowledge round now, and if there's a tie
0:13:34 > 0:13:38at the end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44If they are tied on passes as well, then there has to be a tie break,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48so let's get on with it and ask Adrian to join us again, please.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57You chose an author who'd written an awful lot of books.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00You've got three points to start this round with.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Two minutes of general knowledge. Here we go.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06What biblical scene did Leonardo da Vinci paint onto the refectory wall
0:14:06 > 0:14:12of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan between 1495 and 1498?
0:14:12 > 0:14:13- The Last Supper.- Yes.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Who plays the RAF war hero, Douglas Bader, in the 1956 biopic, Reach For The Sky?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19- Kenneth More.- Yep.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22What name is given to the perennially frozen ground that typically
0:14:22 > 0:14:25occurs in tundra regions of the arctic and sub-arctic?
0:14:25 > 0:14:26- Permafrost.- Yes.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30In a match against Sri Lanka at Chester-Le-Street in May 2016,
0:14:30 > 0:14:32an England batsman became the youngest player to
0:14:32 > 0:14:35score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Who was he?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Pass.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39What name is given to a small horseshoe- shaped lake, generally
0:14:39 > 0:14:43formed by a river cutting through a meander neck to shorten its course?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- Oxbow lake.- Yes.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Which bone, also known as the shinbone,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50is the larger of the two bones in the lower leg?
0:14:50 > 0:14:51- Tibia.- Yep.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Music recorded by The Beatles was remixed and arranged by
0:14:54 > 0:14:55George Martin and his son, Giles,
0:14:55 > 0:14:59for a Cirque du Soleil show first performed in June 2006.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02What is the single word name of the show and of the soundtrack album
0:15:02 > 0:15:04that was released later that year?
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- Pass.- Which Scottish actor played the sullen, fair-haired Russian
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Illya Kuryakin in the 1960s television series The Man From U.N.C.L.E.?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14David McCallum.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16What word that comes from the Latin for "brain"
0:15:16 > 0:15:19has come to mean "intellectual" or "clever"?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20- Cerebral.- Yes.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Of which country's ancient civilisation was
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Jean-Francois Champollion an expert?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26He became director of a new department of the Louvre
0:15:26 > 0:15:30in 1826 filled with antiquities from the area.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31- Egypt.- Yep.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34The baggy trousers known as bloomers were adopted by women so they
0:15:34 > 0:15:38could ride what relatively new invention in the late Victorian era?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39- The bicycle.- Yes.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41What term is normally used for a government formed by the
0:15:41 > 0:15:44alliance of two or more political parties?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47- Coalition.- Yes.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Tom Robinson, a black man wrongly convicted of raping
0:15:49 > 0:15:53a white girl he had tried to help, and the reclusive Arthur "Boo" Radley
0:15:53 > 0:15:57are among the principal characters of which Pulitzer Prize-winning novel?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58- To Kill A Mockingbird.- Yes.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Which operetta by Franz Lehar is set
0:16:00 > 0:16:02in the fictional Balkan kingdom of Pontevedro?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Go on. Have a guess.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- The Merry Widow. - It WAS The Merry Widow! Always worth a guess.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14You had two passes, Adrian.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16That music recorded by the Beatles,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18remixed and arranged by George Martin,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Love was the name they gave it, and Alastair Cook was
0:16:21 > 0:16:24the youngest player to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28You've now gone up to a very respectable 15 points.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29APPLAUSE
0:16:36 > 0:16:39And now Alison again, please.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44You start out with seven points with your knowledge
0:16:44 > 0:16:46of the great Mary Seacole.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Two minutes starting now.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53The ballroom, the library, the conservatory and the study are some
0:16:53 > 0:16:55of the possible settings for the murder in which board game?
0:16:55 > 0:16:56- Cluedo.- Yep.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59What mythical creature is the national symbol of
0:16:59 > 0:17:02the kingdom of Bhutan and appears on its flag?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03- A unicorn?- A dragon.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Which British actor plays Captain Bligh opposite Clark Gable's
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Fletcher Christian in the 1935 film version of Mutiny On The Bounty?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- Marlon Brando. - Charles Laughton.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15What are traditionally mixed with golden syrup to make the
0:17:15 > 0:17:18filling of a treacle tart, together with lemon zest or juice?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- Oatmeal.- Breadcrumbs.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Who left Manchester United in July 2016 after 28 years at
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Old Trafford as a player, assistant manager and briefly as
0:17:26 > 0:17:30caretaker manager when David Moyes left the club?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Matt Busby.- Ryan Giggs.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Ranunculus repens is the creeping form of
0:17:35 > 0:17:37a common wildflower that's a nuisance for gardeners
0:17:37 > 0:17:40because it spreads quickly and it's difficult to contain. Which flower?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Buttercup.- Yes.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44The contact process is a widely used industrial method of
0:17:44 > 0:17:47manufacturing which highly corrosive acid?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49- Nitric.- Sulphuric.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52What is the principal town on the Scottish island of Bute?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Its name appears in the highest Scottish title
0:17:54 > 0:17:56of the heir apparent to the throne.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Pass.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Which well-known religious and charitable organisation
0:18:01 > 0:18:05refers to some of its meeting halls in the UK as citadels?
0:18:05 > 0:18:06- The Salvation Army.- Yes.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Which American aerospace company was originally incorporated in
0:18:09 > 0:18:141916 as Pacific Aero Products and renamed after its founder in 1917?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- Boeing.- Yep.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19What two-word rhyming expression for unintelligible language or
0:18:19 > 0:18:21religious ritual is thought to come indirectly
0:18:21 > 0:18:24from West African religious ceremonies?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25- Mumbo jumbo.- Yep.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27A permanent exhibition of an artist's work is on view
0:18:27 > 0:18:31at the 1853 Gallery at Salts Mill in Saltaire, West Yorkshire.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- Which artist? - Lowry.- Hockney.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36A period of study leave originally granted to academics every
0:18:36 > 0:18:38seven years is given what name?
0:18:38 > 0:18:39- Sabbatical.- Yes.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Which novel by HE Bates was adapted for the 1959 film The Mating Game,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46which stars Debbie Reynolds and Tony Randall and was
0:18:46 > 0:18:48later made into a television series?
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- Pass.- Whose death is recorded in the Book of Judges,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54where he demolishes a Philistine building
0:18:54 > 0:18:57at Gaza and kills himself and all the people inside?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- Samson.- Samson is correct.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02You had a couple of passes.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06That novel by HE Bates, The Darling Buds Of May,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10and the principal town of the island of Bute is Rothesay.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11- Oh.- There we are.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14You have a total, Alison, now, of 14 points.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15APPLAUSE
0:19:23 > 0:19:25And now Martin again, please.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31And you start out with eight points, Martin.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Let's see where you can take it with your general knowledge.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Two minutes starting now.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Who invented his system of writing for the visually impaired
0:19:39 > 0:19:42while he was a student at the National Institute for Blind Children in Paris?
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- Braille. - On which BBC Television children's news programme
0:19:46 > 0:19:49have Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Julie Etchingham and John Craven
0:19:49 > 0:19:50all been reporters or presenters?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Newsround.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Egyptian, American, upland and sea island are three of the major types of which crop?
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Cotton.- Which research establishment in Buckinghamshire,
0:19:59 > 0:20:01the home of the Government Code and Cypher School, was known as
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Station X during the Second World War?
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- Bletchley Park.- Whose painting entitled Las Meninas shows the artist
0:20:08 > 0:20:11himself at work painting the daughter of Philip IV of Spain?
0:20:11 > 0:20:12- Goya?- No, Velazquez.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16What general term is used for internet sites such as Facebook and
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Twitter that enable users to interact with one another and
0:20:18 > 0:20:20contact people with common interests?
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- Social network.- Yes.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25A Bing is a large, sweet, deep red variety of a fruit that can be
0:20:25 > 0:20:28eaten raw or cooked and is widely grown in the United States.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30What fruit?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31- Tomato.- Cherry.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Which amnesiac CIA agent is played in a series of films by
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Matt Damon? In the most recent, he has completely recovered his memory.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Jason Bourne.- Yep. Which South Coast resort is the town of St Leonards-on-Sea
0:20:41 > 0:20:45joined to and administratively part of?
0:20:45 > 0:20:46- Brighton.- Hastings.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Steve Buscemi stars as the Prohibition era
0:20:49 > 0:20:52gangster Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the television series
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Boardwalk Empire that is mainly set in which American city?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Atlantic City.- Yes. What is the stage name of William Bailey,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01the lead vocalist with the band Guns N' Roses?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- Axl Rose.- In which country is the Grand Canal that has been
0:21:04 > 0:21:07in constant use for 1,400 years? And it's the world's
0:21:07 > 0:21:11longest man-made waterway, with a length of 1,100 miles.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12- China?- Yes.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Eoin Colfer's novel And Another Thing... is the sixth instalment of
0:21:15 > 0:21:17the comedy science-fiction series that was begun by
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Douglas Adams in a 1978 radio broadcast. Which series?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23- Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.- Yes.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25What is the equivalent of the Financial Times
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Ordinary Share Index on the New York Stock Exchange?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29- The NASDAQ.- The Dow Jones.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32In which mountain range do the Missouri, Rio Grande,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Colombia and Colorado Rivers all rise?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Rockies.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Which legendary creature is usually represented as having the body and tail
0:21:40 > 0:21:44of a lion and the head of a bird, generally that of an eagle?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- Griffin.- Is correct.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49No passes, Martin. You have 20 points.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01And Keith again, now, please.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05And you start out with 10 points, Keith, which is the good news.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10The bad news is, the score to beat is now 20. So, here we go.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Two minutes in which to do it.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Which salad vegetable, traditionally sold in sticks,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18is often made into a soup or used as an accompaniment to a cheese board?
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Celery.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Money Never Sleeps is the subtitle of the 2010 sequel to
0:22:22 > 0:22:26an 1987 film starring Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko. Which film?
0:22:26 > 0:22:27- Wall Street.- Yep.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Which British Prime Minister, who took office in 1908,
0:22:30 > 0:22:32was the last to head a purely Liberal Cabinet?
0:22:32 > 0:22:33- Balfour.- Asquith.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36In medicine, what term is used for the process by which the blood
0:22:36 > 0:22:40is removed from a patient with a defective kidney and purified to get rid of
0:22:40 > 0:22:43excess water and waste products before it is returned to the patient's body?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- Dialysis.- Yes.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47In yoga, what name is given to the position where a person sits
0:22:47 > 0:22:51cross-legged, feet on the thighs and the arms resting on the knees?
0:22:51 > 0:22:52- Lotus.- Yes.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54In mathematics, what general term is used for
0:22:54 > 0:22:57a two-dimensional figure with four straight sides?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- Parallelogram. - Quadrilateral.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03The Waterloo Handicap, named after a hotel in Blackpool, where the contest
0:23:03 > 0:23:07has taken place since 1907 is the premier annual event in which sport?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- Hare coursing. - Bowls. Crown green bowling.
0:23:09 > 0:23:15What is the appropriate name of the northernmost department of France?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16- Channel.- Nord.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20A mountain surrounded by a ring of stars is the logo of which film company?
0:23:20 > 0:23:21- Paramount.- Yes.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Which long-legged, black and white wading bird,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26seen mostly on coasts and marshes, has a distinctive long,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28black bill that is upturned at the tip?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30It's used as the emblem for the RSPB.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31- Avocet.- Yes.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34What name is given in the House of Commons to bills introduced
0:23:34 > 0:23:36by MPs who have no governmental responsibilities?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Private member's bill.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Which member of the cast of The Young Ones played Count Ilya Rostov
0:23:41 > 0:23:45in the 2016 BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's War And Peace?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- Adrian Edmondson.- Yes.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51What name for the study of the supposed influence on human affairs of the movements
0:23:51 > 0:23:54and positions of the stars and planets comes from the Greek for "star study"?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- Astrology.- Yep.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Sir Joshua Reynolds' 1784 painting of the actress Sarah Siddons
0:24:00 > 0:24:02is entitled The Tragic... what?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03- Actress.- Muse.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07The Russian city of Gzhatsk was renamed in 1968 after one of
0:24:07 > 0:24:11its pioneering citizens, who was killed in a flying accident.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Who was he?
0:24:12 > 0:24:13- Yuri Gagarin.- Yes.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Which actor, who was knighted in 1953 and was best known for his
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Shakespearean roles, made his last appearance in
0:24:19 > 0:24:23a feature film as Pope Pius V in the 1998 film, Elizabeth?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27- John Gielgud. - Yes, it was indeed.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32That one mattered, because, no passes, you got 21 points.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34APPLAUSE
0:24:41 > 0:24:44And finally, John again, please.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50And you have 12 points to start with, and the score has gone up
0:24:50 > 0:24:55to 21 if you are to get into the final, the grand final.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Here we go.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Which fictional detective was presumed dead when he fell over the Reichenbach Falls
0:24:59 > 0:25:01in 1893 in a struggle with his arch-enemy?
0:25:01 > 0:25:05His creator brought him back in 1902 because of popular demand.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06- Sherlock Holmes. - Yep. In the mid-1850s,
0:25:06 > 0:25:10the inventor and engineer Sir Henry Bessemer developed the first process
0:25:10 > 0:25:12for cheaply manufacturing which metal on a large scale?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Steel.- Yes.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16What is the title of the first Carry On film about
0:25:16 > 0:25:18a motley bunch of National Service recruits?
0:25:18 > 0:25:19- Carry On Sergeant.- Yeah.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Which Birmingham-born Rastafarian poet
0:25:21 > 0:25:26has been awarded multiple honorary university doctorates and was included
0:25:26 > 0:25:30in the 2008 Times list of 50 top British post-war writers?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- Eddie... No, pass. - No, Zephaniah.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36What is the name of the Act of 1956 that got rid of smog in London by
0:25:36 > 0:25:40limiting industrial smoke output and introducing smoke-controlled areas?
0:25:40 > 0:25:41- The Clean Air Act.- Yes.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44What name is given to the part of India's western coast running
0:25:44 > 0:25:46from the state of Goa southwards?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48- Bengal. - Malabar.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Which actress and singer played the pop star Hannah Montana in
0:25:51 > 0:25:53the Disney television series?
0:25:53 > 0:25:54- Miley Cyrus.- Yes.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56What name, that comes from the Greek for arch,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59is given to a semi-circular or polygonal recess in a church,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02now typically at its eastern end?
0:26:02 > 0:26:03- Apse.- Yeah.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Which fraudulent investment scheme that promises quick returns is named after
0:26:06 > 0:26:09an Italian immigrant who defrauded tens of thousands of Americans
0:26:09 > 0:26:12in the early '20s? It's a type of pyramid scheme.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13- Ponzi.- Yep.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17The closure of the plant at Kellingley in North Yorkshire in December 2015
0:26:17 > 0:26:21brought to an end centuries of what type of industrial activity in Britain?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- Coal-mining. - Deep coal-mining, yes.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28In 1889, John Philip Sousa wrote a march for an awards ceremony for amateur authors
0:26:28 > 0:26:31and named it after the newspaper which sponsored the event.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32What's its name?
0:26:32 > 0:26:33- The Washington Post.- Yes.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Who founded the American Institute of Public Opinion in 1935 and developed
0:26:37 > 0:26:41the polls for testing public opinion that bear his name?
0:26:41 > 0:26:42- Gallup.- Yep.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45What do the letters HMV stand for in the field of music and
0:26:45 > 0:26:46recording and retail?
0:26:46 > 0:26:47His Master's Voice.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51What pejorative name is given to the stiff-legged marching step
0:26:51 > 0:26:53that is said to have originated in Prussia in the 18th century
0:26:53 > 0:26:57and is now generally associated with the German Army of the Nazi era?
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Goose-step. - Goose-step it is.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03No passes. John, you've done it - 24 points.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06APPLAUSE
0:27:14 > 0:27:19Well, a clear winner, there. Let's have a look at all those scores.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21In fifth place, 14 points, Alison Rawlinson.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Fourth place, 15 points, Adrian Staton.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Third place, 20 points, Martin Lloyd.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Second place, 21 points, Keith Nickless.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33First place, 24 points, John Cockerill.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36APPLAUSE
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Which means that John is tonight's winner and
0:27:47 > 0:27:50he goes through to the final. Congratulations to him.
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0:28:06 > 0:28:09APPLAUSE