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Our first contender tonight is Keith Nickless, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
a business development manager from Tring. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
He's answering questions on the television programme, The Sweeney. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
Alison Rawlinson's a registered nurse from Surrey. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
Her subject - the pioneering nurse, Mary Seacole. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
Next, John Cockerill from Middlesbrough. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
His specialist subject - the explorer, James Cook. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
Martin Lloyd's a charity administrator from the Wirral, | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
and he's answering questions on Tranmere Rovers. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
And last in the spotlight, Adrian Staton from Liverpool, | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
on the travel writings of Bill Bryson. | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
This is a semifinal, | 0:01:15 | 0:01:16 | |
which means we have five contenders who can feel pretty pleased | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
with themselves for having got through the heats, | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
but that was then and this is now. And now, it gets tougher. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
The winner will claim the last place in the grand final, where | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
the tantalising prospect of becoming Mastermind champion awaits them. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
They'll get 90 seconds on their specialist subject, | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
and two minutes on general knowledge, | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
so let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
-And your name is? -Keith Nickless. -Your occupation? | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
-Business development manager. -And your chosen subject? | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
The television programme The Sweeney. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
The Sweeney, in 90 seconds. Here we go. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
What is the name of the pilot episode of The Sweeney, | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
shown as part of the Armchair Cinema Anthology in 1974, | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
in which the title character's first words are, | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
"Get your trousers on, you're nicked"? | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
-Regan. -Yes. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:10 | |
Who plays Detective Chief Inspector Frank Haskins, | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
who struggles to control the members of his team in the Flying Squad? | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
-Garfield Morgan. -Yes. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:16 | |
In Queen's Pawn, the Evening Standard carries | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
a front page article with the headline, "Lyon freed". | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
Whom does Johnny Lyon compare himself to | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
in the accompanying picture? | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
-Al Capone. -No, Muhammad Ali. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:26 | |
Carter goes undercover in Wormwood Scrubs to gain the confidence | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
of a thief and find out where he has hidden a cache of diamonds. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
Who's the thief? | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
-Jimmy Fleet. -Yep. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:35 | |
Who plays the computer expert Tony Grey in the series three | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
episode, Tomorrow Man? | 0:02:38 | 0:02:39 | |
-John Hurt. -Yeah. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:40 | |
What is the title of the final episode, | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
in which Regan is accused of corruption years earlier and | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
resigns from the force, after he's eventually cleared of the charge? | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
-Jack Or Knave. -Yes. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:49 | |
Which writer produced every episode of the series for Euston Films, | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
even though he had frequent clashes with the series' creator, Ian Kennedy Martin? | 0:02:52 | 0:02:56 | |
-Ted Childs. -Yep. In Thou Shalt Not Kill, | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
the squad gets a call after a silent alarm is tripped, and arrive | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
on the campus of Faraday University to find a bank robbery taking place. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
Which bank's being robbed? | 0:03:05 | 0:03:06 | |
-National Anglian Bank. -National Murcian Bank. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
In the episode Poppy, the violent criminal, Vic Lebbett, returns | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
from abroad to retrieve money stolen from a previous robbery. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
He uses it to buy diamonds of what value? | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
-£100,000. -Yes. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:18 | |
In Abduction, what is the name of Jack Regan's eight-year-old | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
daughter who's missing when her mother arrives at school? | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
-Susie. -Yep. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:24 | |
Which comedy duo appear as themselves in the episode Hearts And Minds? | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
-Morecambe and Wise. -Yes. Who composed the series' distinctive title music? | 0:03:27 | 0:03:32 | |
-Harry South. -Harry South is correct. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
No passes, Keith. Ten points. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
And our next contender, please. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
-And your name is? -Alison Rawlinson. -Your occupation? -Registered nurse. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:01 | |
-And your chosen subject? -Mary Seacole. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
Mary Seacole in 90 seconds, starting now. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:06 | |
Mary Seacole was a pioneering Jamaican nurse who, in 1853, | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
was asked to establish a nursing service at Up-Park Military Camp | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
outside Kingstown to deal with an epidemic of what? | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
-Yellow Fever. -Yes. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:17 | |
A Times journalist and war correspondent publicised | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
Seacole's achievements in the Crimea, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:22 | |
and praised her in the preface to her autobiography. Who was he? | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
No. Pass. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:28 | |
Which British commander associated with the Charge of the Light Brigade | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
did Seacole describe as "that great soldier | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
"who had such iron courage with a gentle smile"? | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
-Cardigan. -No, Raglan. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
What was Seacole's nationality on her father's side? | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
She writes that people had attributed her energy and | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
activity to this ancestry. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
-Scottish. -Yes. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:46 | |
On which hill overlooking Sebastopol where Seacole provided food, | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
drink and first aid did she witness the main assault on the city | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
from the 7th to the 9th of September, 1855? | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
-Cathcart's Hill. -Yes. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:56 | |
Seacole's husband Edwin is thought to have been | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
a godson of which celebrated Englishman? | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
-Horatio Nelson. -Yes. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:01 | |
Seacole said she was shocked at the way the French stripped the dead of | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
what was valuable after which battle of August, 1855? | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
-Chernaya. -Yes. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:09 | |
Seacole claims to have successfully treated a case of | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
a disease in Panama with mustard emetics and plasters, | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
warm fomentations and camomile. Which disease? | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
-Cholera. -Yes. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:20 | |
What was the name of Florence Nightingale's friend and assistant to whom | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
Seacole had to present a doctor's letter of introduction before | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
she was able to meet Florence in Scutari in 1855? | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
-Mrs Bracebridge. -Yes. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
A nephew of Queen Victoria sculpted the bust of Mary Seacole | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
wearing four medals in 1871. Who was it? | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
D... Dye... | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
No, I don't think you're going to get there. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
-He was Count Gleichen. -Gleichen. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
Or, if you prefer, which you probably don't, | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
Or something like that. Vaguely like that. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
And you had one pass, Alison. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:56 | |
That Times journalist who was so kind about Mary Seacole | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
was WH Russell. William Howard Russell. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
You have seven points. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:03 | |
And our next contender, please. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
-And your name is? -John Cockerill. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
-Your occupation? -Retired. -Chosen subject. -Captain James Cook. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
Captain Cook in 90 seconds. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
James Cook enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1755 after eight years | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
working on merchant ships, and was first posted as an able seaman | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
and then master's mate, on which ship? | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
-The Eagle. -Yes. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
In the mid-1760s, as master of HMS Grenville, Cook spent several summers | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
mapping the coastline of which island? | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
-Newfoundland. -Yes. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:48 | |
Cook first landed in Australia in April 1770 at a place | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
he initially wanted to call Stingray Bay. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
What did he subsequently name it? | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
-Botany Bay. -Yep. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:56 | |
On his second voyage, Cook used a chronometer called K1 that was | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
an exact copy of John Harrison's H4 chronometer. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
What was the name of the watchmaker who made it? | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
-Larcum Kendall. -Yes. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:06 | |
Of which organisation was Cook elected a fellow on his return from | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
his second voyage, in recognition of his discoveries and surveys? | 0:07:09 | 0:07:13 | |
-Royal Society. -Yes. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:14 | |
In 1758, during the Seven Years War, Cook's ship was involved in | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
the capture from the French of a fortress that controlled access | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
to the St Lawrence River and Quebec. Which fortress? | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
-Louisbourg. -Yep. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:24 | |
What name did Cook give to the islands that are now known as Hawaii? | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
-Sandwich Islands. -Yep. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:29 | |
A Polynesian was brought to Britain on board HMS Adventure and was returned | 0:07:29 | 0:07:33 | |
to his homeland in the Society Islands by Cook during the third voyage. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
What was his name? | 0:07:37 | 0:07:38 | |
-Bor Mei. -Yes. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:39 | |
All three of Cook's world voyages departed from which English port? | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
-Plymouth. -Yep. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:44 | |
In what capacity did William Bayly travel with Cook | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
on his second and third voyages? | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
-Astronomer. -Yes. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:49 | |
Which island in the South Atlantic did Cook claim for Britain | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
when he first landed there in early 1775, | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
shortly before he sighted the South Sandwich Islands? | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
-South Georgia. -Yes. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
Cook was killed on the island of Hawaii on the 14th of February 1779 | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
after he had tried to capture the king. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
What is the name of the bay where he died? | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
-Kealakekua. -It was, | 0:08:09 | 0:08:10 | |
and I'm glad it was you that had to pronounce that! | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
LAUGHTER And, John, you got them all right, | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
no passes, 12 points. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
And our next contender, please. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
-And your name is? -Martin Lloyd. -Your occupation? -Charity administrator. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
-And your chosen subject? -Tranmere Rovers Football Club. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
Tranmere Rovers. 90 seconds, here we go. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
What was the name of the football club formed in 1884 by two | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
Birkenhead cricket clubs which changed its name | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
to Tranmere Rovers the following year? | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
-Belmont. -Yep. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:50 | |
Who captained Tranmere to a 2-1 victory over Bristol Rovers | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
in the final of the 1990 Leyland DAF trophy? | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
-Jim Steel? -Jimmy Harvey. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
At what ground did Tranmere finally beat Blyth Spartans in | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
the second round of the 1952 FA Cup after | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
a 1-1 draw was followed by two drawn replays? | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
-Brunton Park? -Goodison Park. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
In 1991, from which club did Tranmere sign the former | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
Liverpool striker John Aldridge? | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
-Real Sociedad. -Yes. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:14 | |
In 1921, Tranmere played their first game in the Football League, | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
beating Crewe Alexandra by what score? | 0:09:18 | 0:09:19 | |
-4-1. -Yes. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
What role in the club did Les Parry have before | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
he was appointed as caretaker manager during the 2009-10 season? | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
He went on to be promoted to manager, and helped the club avoid relegation. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
-Physio. -Is correct. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:32 | |
In 1974, who was brought in as a consultant at Tranmere by | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
the player-manager, Ron Yeats? | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
-Bill Shankly. -Yep. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:38 | |
On Boxing Day 1935, Robert "Bunny" Bell scored nine goals in | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
a 13-4 victory for Tranmere against which team? | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
-Oldham. -Yes. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:47 | |
Which Tranmere player of the early '90s, | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
who scored six times in 46 appearances for the club, | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
was known for his spectacular somersault goal celebrations? | 0:09:52 | 0:09:56 | |
-Steve Mungall? -Steve Cooper. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
Tranmere joined the Central League in 1919, | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
taking the place of the reserve team of which Yorkshire club? | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
-Leeds. -Yes, Leeds City. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:06 | |
Who was appointed as the club's player-manager in 1985 and | 0:10:06 | 0:10:09 | |
signed Ian Muir on a free transfer? Muir went on to become | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
the club's all-time leading goal-scorer. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
-Frank Worthington. -It was indeed Frank Worthington. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
Martin, you have no passes. You have score eight points. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
And our final contender, please. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
-And your name is? -Adrian Staton. -Your occupation? -Unemployed. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
-And your chosen subject? -The travel writings of Bill Bryson. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
Ah, the great Bill Bryson. Here we go. 90 seconds. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
In The Road To Little Dribbling, Bryson writes that "nothing, | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
"and I mean, really, absolutely nothing, | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
"is more extraordinary in Britain than the beauty of..." What? | 0:10:55 | 0:10:59 | |
-South Downs? -The countryside. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
In Down Under, what creature, described as a "harmless animated pincushion" | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
does Bryson say he's thrilled to encounter in Kings Park in Perth? | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
-Echidna. -Yes. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:10 | |
What name does Bryson give to the archetypal small American town | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
that he fruitlessly searches for in The Lost Continent? | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
Pass. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:20 | |
While walking in Massachusetts in A Walk In The Woods, | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
Bryson meets a hiker named Bernard, who's apparently famous for getting lost. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
What's his nickname? | 0:11:25 | 0:11:27 | |
-Chicken George. -No, Chicken John. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:29 | |
In Notes From A Small Island, Bryson is startled by the arresting grandeur | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
of the headquarters in Cowley of what trade organisation? | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
Pass. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:38 | |
Bryson describes the people of which Scandinavian country as being | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
"so full of joie de vivre, that they practically sweat it". | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
Pass. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:49 | |
Which country's President does Bryson encounter by chance as | 0:11:49 | 0:11:52 | |
he's strolling down the Mall in Washington DC? | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
-Pass. -Which English city does Bryson describe | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
as "a beautiful city that has been treated with | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
"gross indifference and lamentable incompetence for far too long"? | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
-Oxford. -Yes. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:07 | |
At what lighthouse off the south coast of England is Bryson | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
prevented from taking photographs, even though he protests, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
"It's a lighthouse, not the Bayeux Tapestry"? | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
-Pass. -At the beginning of Neither Here Nor There, | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
Bryson is travelling to Hammerfest in northern Norway in the hope | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
of seeing what natural phenomenon? | 0:12:22 | 0:12:24 | |
-The northern lights. -The northern lights is correct. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
You had five passes, Adrian. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:29 | |
South Foreland was that lighthouse that he wanted to take pictures of. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:34 | |
It was the President of Japan that he met while | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
he was strolling in Washington. Denmark is the country | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
"so full of joie de vivre, they practically sweat it". | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
That building, the arresting grandeur of it, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
was the headquarters of the Potato Marketing Board. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
And the name he gave to the archetypal small American town | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
that he fruitlessly searched for was Amalgam. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
You scored, Adrian, three points. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
So, that's the first round, then. A wide spread of scores. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
Let's have a look at all of them. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:10 | |
In fifth place, with three points, Adrian Staton. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
Fourth place, seven points, Alison Rawlinson. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
Third place, eight points, Martin Lloyd. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
Second place, ten points, Keith Nickless. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
First place, 12 points, John Cockerill. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
And it is the general knowledge round now, and if there's a tie | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
at the end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account, | 0:13:34 | 0:13:38 | |
and the person with the fewer passes is the winner. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
If they are tied on passes as well, then there has to be a tie break, | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
so let's get on with it and ask Adrian to join us again, please. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
You chose an author who'd written an awful lot of books. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:57 | |
You've got three points to start this round with. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
Two minutes of general knowledge. Here we go. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
What biblical scene did Leonardo da Vinci paint onto the refectory wall | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan between 1495 and 1498? | 0:14:06 | 0:14:12 | |
-The Last Supper. -Yes. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:13 | |
Who plays the RAF war hero, Douglas Bader, in the 1956 biopic, Reach For The Sky? | 0:14:13 | 0:14:18 | |
-Kenneth More. -Yep. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:19 | |
What name is given to the perennially frozen ground that typically | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
occurs in tundra regions of the arctic and sub-arctic? | 0:14:22 | 0:14:25 | |
-Permafrost. -Yes. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:26 | |
In a match against Sri Lanka at Chester-Le-Street in May 2016, | 0:14:26 | 0:14:30 | |
an England batsman became the youngest player to | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Who was he? | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
Pass. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:36 | |
What name is given to a small horseshoe- shaped lake, generally | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
formed by a river cutting through a meander neck to shorten its course? | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
-Oxbow lake. -Yes. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
Which bone, also known as the shinbone, | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
is the larger of the two bones in the lower leg? | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
-Tibia. -Yep. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:51 | |
Music recorded by The Beatles was remixed and arranged by | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
George Martin and his son, Giles, | 0:14:54 | 0:14:55 | |
for a Cirque du Soleil show first performed in June 2006. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:59 | |
What is the single word name of the show and of the soundtrack album | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
that was released later that year? | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
-Pass. -Which Scottish actor played the sullen, fair-haired Russian | 0:15:04 | 0:15:08 | |
Illya Kuryakin in the 1960s television series The Man From U.N.C.L.E.? | 0:15:08 | 0:15:12 | |
David McCallum. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
What word that comes from the Latin for "brain" | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
has come to mean "intellectual" or "clever"? | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
-Cerebral. -Yes. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:20 | |
Of which country's ancient civilisation was | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
Jean-Francois Champollion an expert? | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
He became director of a new department of the Louvre | 0:15:24 | 0:15:26 | |
in 1826 filled with antiquities from the area. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
-Egypt. -Yep. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:31 | |
The baggy trousers known as bloomers were adopted by women so they | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
could ride what relatively new invention in the late Victorian era? | 0:15:34 | 0:15:38 | |
-The bicycle. -Yes. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:39 | |
What term is normally used for a government formed by the | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
alliance of two or more political parties? | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
-Coalition. -Yes. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:47 | |
Tom Robinson, a black man wrongly convicted of raping | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
a white girl he had tried to help, and the reclusive Arthur "Boo" Radley | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
are among the principal characters of which Pulitzer Prize-winning novel? | 0:15:53 | 0:15:57 | |
-To Kill A Mockingbird. -Yes. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:58 | |
Which operetta by Franz Lehar is set | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
in the fictional Balkan kingdom of Pontevedro? | 0:16:00 | 0:16:02 | |
Go on. Have a guess. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
-The Merry Widow. -It WAS The Merry Widow! Always worth a guess. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:12 | |
You had two passes, Adrian. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
That music recorded by the Beatles, | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
remixed and arranged by George Martin, | 0:16:16 | 0:16:18 | |
Love was the name they gave it, and Alastair Cook was | 0:16:18 | 0:16:21 | |
the youngest player to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
You've now gone up to a very respectable 15 points. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:16:28 | 0:16:29 | |
And now Alison again, please. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
You start out with seven points with your knowledge | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
of the great Mary Seacole. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
Two minutes starting now. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:50 | |
The ballroom, the library, the conservatory and the study are some | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
of the possible settings for the murder in which board game? | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
-Cluedo. -Yep. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:56 | |
What mythical creature is the national symbol of | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
the kingdom of Bhutan and appears on its flag? | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
-A unicorn? -A dragon. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:03 | |
Which British actor plays Captain Bligh opposite Clark Gable's | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
Fletcher Christian in the 1935 film version of Mutiny On The Bounty? | 0:17:06 | 0:17:11 | |
-Marlon Brando. -Charles Laughton. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:13 | |
What are traditionally mixed with golden syrup to make the | 0:17:13 | 0:17:15 | |
filling of a treacle tart, together with lemon zest or juice? | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
-Oatmeal. -Breadcrumbs. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
Who left Manchester United in July 2016 after 28 years at | 0:17:20 | 0:17:24 | |
Old Trafford as a player, assistant manager and briefly as | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
caretaker manager when David Moyes left the club? | 0:17:26 | 0:17:30 | |
-Matt Busby. -Ryan Giggs. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
Ranunculus repens is the creeping form of | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
a common wildflower that's a nuisance for gardeners | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
because it spreads quickly and it's difficult to contain. Which flower? | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
-Buttercup. -Yes. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
The contact process is a widely used industrial method of | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
manufacturing which highly corrosive acid? | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
-Nitric. -Sulphuric. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:49 | |
What is the principal town on the Scottish island of Bute? | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
Its name appears in the highest Scottish title | 0:17:52 | 0:17:54 | |
of the heir apparent to the throne. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:56 | |
Pass. | 0:17:58 | 0:17:59 | |
Which well-known religious and charitable organisation | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
refers to some of its meeting halls in the UK as citadels? | 0:18:01 | 0:18:05 | |
-The Salvation Army. -Yes. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:06 | |
Which American aerospace company was originally incorporated in | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
1916 as Pacific Aero Products and renamed after its founder in 1917? | 0:18:09 | 0:18:14 | |
-Boeing. -Yep. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
What two-word rhyming expression for unintelligible language or | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
religious ritual is thought to come indirectly | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
from West African religious ceremonies? | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
-Mumbo jumbo. -Yep. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:25 | |
A permanent exhibition of an artist's work is on view | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
at the 1853 Gallery at Salts Mill in Saltaire, West Yorkshire. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:31 | |
-Which artist? -Lowry. -Hockney. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
A period of study leave originally granted to academics every | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
seven years is given what name? | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
-Sabbatical. -Yes. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:39 | |
Which novel by HE Bates was adapted for the 1959 film The Mating Game, | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
which stars Debbie Reynolds and Tony Randall and was | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
later made into a television series? | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
-Pass. -Whose death is recorded in the Book of Judges, | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
where he demolishes a Philistine building | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
at Gaza and kills himself and all the people inside? | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
-Samson. -Samson is correct. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
You had a couple of passes. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:02 | |
That novel by HE Bates, The Darling Buds Of May, | 0:19:02 | 0:19:06 | |
and the principal town of the island of Bute is Rothesay. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
-Oh. -There we are. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:11 | |
You have a total, Alison, now, of 14 points. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:19:14 | 0:19:15 | |
And now Martin again, please. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:25 | |
And you start out with eight points, Martin. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
Let's see where you can take it with your general knowledge. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
Two minutes starting now. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:36 | |
Who invented his system of writing for the visually impaired | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
while he was a student at the National Institute for Blind Children in Paris? | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
-Braille. -On which BBC Television children's news programme | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
have Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Julie Etchingham and John Craven | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
all been reporters or presenters? | 0:19:49 | 0:19:50 | |
Newsround. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
Egyptian, American, upland and sea island are three of the major types of which crop? | 0:19:52 | 0:19:56 | |
-Cotton. -Which research establishment in Buckinghamshire, | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
the home of the Government Code and Cypher School, was known as | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
Station X during the Second World War? | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
-Bletchley Park. -Whose painting entitled Las Meninas shows the artist | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
himself at work painting the daughter of Philip IV of Spain? | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
-Goya? -No, Velazquez. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:12 | |
What general term is used for internet sites such as Facebook and | 0:20:12 | 0:20:16 | |
Twitter that enable users to interact with one another and | 0:20:16 | 0:20:18 | |
contact people with common interests? | 0:20:18 | 0:20:20 | |
-Social network. -Yes. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
A Bing is a large, sweet, deep red variety of a fruit that can be | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
eaten raw or cooked and is widely grown in the United States. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
What fruit? | 0:20:28 | 0:20:30 | |
-Tomato. -Cherry. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:31 | |
Which amnesiac CIA agent is played in a series of films by | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
Matt Damon? In the most recent, he has completely recovered his memory. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
-Jason Bourne. -Yep. Which South Coast resort is the town of St Leonards-on-Sea | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
joined to and administratively part of? | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
-Brighton. -Hastings. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:46 | |
Steve Buscemi stars as the Prohibition era | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
gangster Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the television series | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
Boardwalk Empire that is mainly set in which American city? | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
-Atlantic City. -Yes. What is the stage name of William Bailey, | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
the lead vocalist with the band Guns N' Roses? | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
-Axl Rose. -In which country is the Grand Canal that has been | 0:21:01 | 0:21:04 | |
in constant use for 1,400 years? And it's the world's | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
longest man-made waterway, with a length of 1,100 miles. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:11 | |
-China? -Yes. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:12 | |
Eoin Colfer's novel And Another Thing... is the sixth instalment of | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
the comedy science-fiction series that was begun by | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
Douglas Adams in a 1978 radio broadcast. Which series? | 0:21:17 | 0:21:21 | |
-Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. -Yes. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
What is the equivalent of the Financial Times | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
Ordinary Share Index on the New York Stock Exchange? | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
-The NASDAQ. -The Dow Jones. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
In which mountain range do the Missouri, Rio Grande, | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
Colombia and Colorado Rivers all rise? | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
Rockies. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:37 | |
Which legendary creature is usually represented as having the body and tail | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
of a lion and the head of a bird, generally that of an eagle? | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
-Griffin. -Is correct. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
No passes, Martin. You have 20 points. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
And Keith again, now, please. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:01 | |
And you start out with 10 points, Keith, which is the good news. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
The bad news is, the score to beat is now 20. So, here we go. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:10 | |
Two minutes in which to do it. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
Which salad vegetable, traditionally sold in sticks, | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
is often made into a soup or used as an accompaniment to a cheese board? | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
Celery. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:19 | |
Money Never Sleeps is the subtitle of the 2010 sequel to | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
an 1987 film starring Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko. Which film? | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
-Wall Street. -Yep. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:27 | |
Which British Prime Minister, who took office in 1908, | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
was the last to head a purely Liberal Cabinet? | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
-Balfour. -Asquith. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:33 | |
In medicine, what term is used for the process by which the blood | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
is removed from a patient with a defective kidney and purified to get rid of | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
excess water and waste products before it is returned to the patient's body? | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
-Dialysis. -Yes. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:45 | |
In yoga, what name is given to the position where a person sits | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
cross-legged, feet on the thighs and the arms resting on the knees? | 0:22:47 | 0:22:51 | |
-Lotus. -Yes. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:52 | |
In mathematics, what general term is used for | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
a two-dimensional figure with four straight sides? | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
-Parallelogram. -Quadrilateral. | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
The Waterloo Handicap, named after a hotel in Blackpool, where the contest | 0:22:59 | 0:23:03 | |
has taken place since 1907 is the premier annual event in which sport? | 0:23:03 | 0:23:07 | |
-Hare coursing. -Bowls. Crown green bowling. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
What is the appropriate name of the northernmost department of France? | 0:23:09 | 0:23:15 | |
-Channel. -Nord. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:16 | |
A mountain surrounded by a ring of stars is the logo of which film company? | 0:23:16 | 0:23:20 | |
-Paramount. -Yes. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:21 | |
Which long-legged, black and white wading bird, | 0:23:21 | 0:23:23 | |
seen mostly on coasts and marshes, has a distinctive long, | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
black bill that is upturned at the tip? | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
It's used as the emblem for the RSPB. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
-Avocet. -Yes. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:31 | |
What name is given in the House of Commons to bills introduced | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
by MPs who have no governmental responsibilities? | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
Private member's bill. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:38 | |
Which member of the cast of The Young Ones played Count Ilya Rostov | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
in the 2016 BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's War And Peace? | 0:23:41 | 0:23:45 | |
-Adrian Edmondson. -Yes. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
What name for the study of the supposed influence on human affairs of the movements | 0:23:47 | 0:23:51 | |
and positions of the stars and planets comes from the Greek for "star study"? | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
-Astrology. -Yep. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
Sir Joshua Reynolds' 1784 painting of the actress Sarah Siddons | 0:23:56 | 0:24:00 | |
is entitled The Tragic... what? | 0:24:00 | 0:24:02 | |
-Actress. -Muse. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:03 | |
The Russian city of Gzhatsk was renamed in 1968 after one of | 0:24:03 | 0:24:07 | |
its pioneering citizens, who was killed in a flying accident. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:11 | |
Who was he? | 0:24:11 | 0:24:12 | |
-Yuri Gagarin. -Yes. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:13 | |
Which actor, who was knighted in 1953 and was best known for his | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
Shakespearean roles, made his last appearance in | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
a feature film as Pope Pius V in the 1998 film, Elizabeth? | 0:24:19 | 0:24:23 | |
-John Gielgud. -Yes, it was indeed. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
That one mattered, because, no passes, you got 21 points. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:32 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
And finally, John again, please. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
And you have 12 points to start with, and the score has gone up | 0:24:45 | 0:24:50 | |
to 21 if you are to get into the final, the grand final. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:55 | |
Here we go. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:56 | |
Which fictional detective was presumed dead when he fell over the Reichenbach Falls | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
in 1893 in a struggle with his arch-enemy? | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
His creator brought him back in 1902 because of popular demand. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
-Sherlock Holmes. -Yep. In the mid-1850s, | 0:25:05 | 0:25:06 | |
the inventor and engineer Sir Henry Bessemer developed the first process | 0:25:06 | 0:25:10 | |
for cheaply manufacturing which metal on a large scale? | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
-Steel. -Yes. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:14 | |
What is the title of the first Carry On film about | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
a motley bunch of National Service recruits? | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
-Carry On Sergeant. -Yeah. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:19 | |
Which Birmingham-born Rastafarian poet | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
has been awarded multiple honorary university doctorates and was included | 0:25:21 | 0:25:26 | |
in the 2008 Times list of 50 top British post-war writers? | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
-Eddie... No, pass. -No, Zephaniah. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
What is the name of the Act of 1956 that got rid of smog in London by | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
limiting industrial smoke output and introducing smoke-controlled areas? | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
-The Clean Air Act. -Yes. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:41 | |
What name is given to the part of India's western coast running | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
from the state of Goa southwards? | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
-Bengal. -Malabar. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:48 | |
Which actress and singer played the pop star Hannah Montana in | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
the Disney television series? | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
-Miley Cyrus. -Yes. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:54 | |
What name, that comes from the Greek for arch, | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
is given to a semi-circular or polygonal recess in a church, | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
now typically at its eastern end? | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
-Apse. -Yeah. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:03 | |
Which fraudulent investment scheme that promises quick returns is named after | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
an Italian immigrant who defrauded tens of thousands of Americans | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
in the early '20s? It's a type of pyramid scheme. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
-Ponzi. -Yep. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:13 | |
The closure of the plant at Kellingley in North Yorkshire in December 2015 | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
brought to an end centuries of what type of industrial activity in Britain? | 0:26:17 | 0:26:21 | |
-Coal-mining. -Deep coal-mining, yes. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:23 | |
In 1889, John Philip Sousa wrote a march for an awards ceremony for amateur authors | 0:26:23 | 0:26:28 | |
and named it after the newspaper which sponsored the event. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:31 | |
What's its name? | 0:26:31 | 0:26:32 | |
-The Washington Post. -Yes. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:33 | |
Who founded the American Institute of Public Opinion in 1935 and developed | 0:26:33 | 0:26:37 | |
the polls for testing public opinion that bear his name? | 0:26:37 | 0:26:41 | |
-Gallup. -Yep. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:42 | |
What do the letters HMV stand for in the field of music and | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
recording and retail? | 0:26:45 | 0:26:46 | |
His Master's Voice. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:47 | |
What pejorative name is given to the stiff-legged marching step | 0:26:47 | 0:26:51 | |
that is said to have originated in Prussia in the 18th century | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
and is now generally associated with the German Army of the Nazi era? | 0:26:53 | 0:26:57 | |
-Goose-step. -Goose-step it is. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
No passes. John, you've done it - 24 points. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
Well, a clear winner, there. Let's have a look at all those scores. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:19 | |
In fifth place, 14 points, Alison Rawlinson. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
Fourth place, 15 points, Adrian Staton. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
Third place, 20 points, Martin Lloyd. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
Second place, 21 points, Keith Nickless. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
First place, 24 points, John Cockerill. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
Which means that John is tonight's winner and | 0:27:43 | 0:27:47 | |
he goes through to the final. Congratulations to him. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
And if you would like to be a contender on the next series, | 0:27:50 | 0:27:53 | |
do go to our website... | 0:27:53 | 0:27:55 | |
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Thanks for watching. Goodbye. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:28:06 | 0:28:09 |