0:00:25 > 0:00:28Our first contender tonight is Colin Daffern.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30He's an information officer from Salford.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32His specialist subject - Benny Hill.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Next, Grace Carley, a film producer from London.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Her subject - the Mitford Sisters.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Lee Simpson, from Buckinghamshire,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45answers questions on the Roman statesman, Cicero.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50And Michael Page is a student from York and his subject -
0:00:50 > 0:00:53the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55APPLAUSE
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Four more contenders put themselves to the test tonight in the hope that
0:01:18 > 0:01:21they will be crowned the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23To get through to the next stage, of course,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25they will be tested over two rounds.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28First, two minutes on their specialist subject,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31followed by two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43And your name is?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Your occupation?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48And your chosen subject?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Benny Hill in two minutes.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Here we go. With which comedian did Benny Hill appear as a double act
0:01:52 > 0:01:54in Gaytime from 1948?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57He also appeared alongside him in the television review show
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Mud In Your Eyes.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- Reg Varney.- Yes.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Which of Hill's characters,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03who usually ended his sketches by saluting,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05appears in the video of Anything She Does by Genesis?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Fred Scuttle.- Yes. What was the name of the English teacher
0:02:08 > 0:02:10who would go on to become Speaker of the House of Commons,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13who was instrumental in encouraging the young Hill
0:02:13 > 0:02:14to pursue a career in entertainment?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Horace King. - Yes. Which role does Hill play
0:02:17 > 0:02:19in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
0:02:19 > 0:02:20- The Toymaker.- Yep.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Hill reached number 12 in the UK singles chart in March 1961
0:02:24 > 0:02:25with a single that had
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Gather In The Mushrooms on one side,
0:02:27 > 0:02:28and which song on the other?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Transistor Radio. - No, Pepys' Diary.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Light Up The Sky is a 1960 film
0:02:33 > 0:02:35set in the Second World War that stars
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Hill and which singer as his brother Eric?
0:02:37 > 0:02:38- Tommy Steele.- Yes.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Hill was the headline act and Tommy Cooper
0:02:40 > 0:02:42had second billing of a Folies Bergere review
0:02:42 > 0:02:44at London's Prince of Wales Theatre,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47that ran from April London 1955. What was the review called?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Paris By Night.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Yes. In the film that accompanied Hill's number one single,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In The West,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55who plays Two-Ton Ted from Teddington?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- Henry McGee.- Hill appeared on the television series
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Showcase in 1954 -
0:03:00 > 0:03:02at one time impersonating Barbara Kelly,
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Lady Isabel Barnett
0:03:03 > 0:03:06and the other panellist of which popular programme?
0:03:06 > 0:03:07- What's My Line?- Yes.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Who did Hill play in the Rediffusion television production
0:03:10 > 0:03:12of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1964?
0:03:12 > 0:03:13- Bottom.- Yep.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Which army Colonel,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17who was in charge of force's entertainment
0:03:17 > 0:03:19during the Second World War, went on to become Hill's agent?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20- Richard Stone.- Yes.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23In 1984, Hill returned to the stage
0:03:23 > 0:03:25for the first time since 1960
0:03:25 > 0:03:27in a special tribute to a comedian
0:03:27 > 0:03:30and television star who had just died. Who was it?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- Eric Morecambe.- Yes. What was the name of the computer expert played
0:03:33 > 0:03:35by Hill in the '69 film The Italian Job?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Professor Simon Peach.- Yes.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39The associated television executive Lew Grade
0:03:39 > 0:03:42tried to break into the American market in the late '60s
0:03:42 > 0:03:44with a television series that included
0:03:44 > 0:03:45two episodes featuring Hill.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47What was the name of the series?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48- Spotlight.- Yep. Hill devised,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50wrote and starred in a half hour silent film...
0:03:50 > 0:03:52BEEP ..that featured Nicole Shelby
0:03:52 > 0:03:55and Douglas Hill, and was broadcast in June 1970.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56What was it called?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- Eddie In August. - Eddie In August is correct.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01No passes, Colin. You've scored 14 points.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02APPLAUSE
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And our next contender, please.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22And your name is?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Your occupation?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26And your chosen subject?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28The Mitford Sisters in two minutes.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31The six Mitford sisters, Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Jessica and Deborah were the daughters of David Lord Redesdale.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37In 1950, Deborah, through her marriage,
0:04:37 > 0:04:38became Duchess of where?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- Devonshire.- What's the title of Nancy's
0:04:40 > 0:04:42semiautobiographical novel,
0:04:42 > 0:04:43published in 1945?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45The characters are said to be based
0:04:45 > 0:04:46on her family and friends.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47The character of Uncle Matthew
0:04:47 > 0:04:49is said to be based on her father.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- Love In A Cold Climate. - The Pursuit Of Love.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52What did Hitler present to Diana
0:04:52 > 0:04:54when she married Oswald Mosley
0:04:54 > 0:04:56in secret in Germany in 1936?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- A framed photograph. - Yes, a signed photograph.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Unity greatly admired Hitler
0:05:00 > 0:05:02and tried to kill herself on the day that
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Britain and France declared war on Germany.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05What was the date?
0:05:06 > 0:05:088th of September, 1939.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09The 3rd September, '39.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Deborah's letter to Nancy on Boxing Day 1961
0:05:12 > 0:05:14identifies the major political figure
0:05:14 > 0:05:16whom they refer to as Fat Friend, or FF.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17What was his name?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- John F Kennedy.- Yes. Deborah's son, born in April 1944,
0:05:20 > 0:05:21was called Peregrine and
0:05:21 > 0:05:23given the middle names Andrew and Morny,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26after Mornington Cannon, who was a champion in what sport?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Pass.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30In 1940, Diana and Oswald Moseley
0:05:30 > 0:05:32were imprisoned under an amendment to
0:05:32 > 0:05:33the Emergency Powers Act
0:05:33 > 0:05:35because they were part of a hostile organisation.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37In which prison was Diana detained?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- Holloway.- Yes. What is the name of the small island
0:05:39 > 0:05:41in the Hebrides where their father lived
0:05:41 > 0:05:43from 1938 and was passed to the sisters
0:05:43 > 0:05:45on the death of their brother, Tom?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Inch Kenneth.- Yes. Pamela and her husband divorced
0:05:48 > 0:05:50after he became bored with life in rural Ireland
0:05:50 > 0:05:52and fell in love with Janetta Kee,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55who would become the third of his six wives. What was his name?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Derek Jackson. - By what nickname was the Mitford
0:05:57 > 0:05:59children's much-loved nanny,
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Laura Dicks, usually known?
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Blor.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Jessica met Bob Treuhaft,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05who would become her second husband,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07while she was working in Washington for the OPA.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09What do those letters stand for?
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Pass.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12What was the name of the house
0:06:12 > 0:06:13designed by David Lord Redesdale,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15to which the family moved in the 1920s
0:06:15 > 0:06:18after their original home, Asthall Manor, was sold?
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Swinbrook.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Which poet proposed twice to Pamela
0:06:21 > 0:06:23and was twice refused because,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25as she later said, she was fond of him but not in love.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26- John Betjeman.- Yes.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29How much was the Daily Express made to pay Deborah...
0:06:29 > 0:06:32BEEP ..for compromising her prospects
0:06:32 > 0:06:33of marriage, after it had published
0:06:33 > 0:06:35a story saying that she had eloped,
0:06:35 > 0:06:36rather than her sister Jessica?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- £1,000. - £1,000 is exactly what it was.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41You had two passes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44OPA stands for The Office Of Price Administration.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49And Mornington Cannon and was a champion in horse racing.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52There you go. You have scored, Grace, ten points.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54APPLAUSE
0:07:02 > 0:07:04And our next contender, please.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13And your name is?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Your occupation?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And your specialist subject?
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Cicero in two minutes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Here we go. The first century BC Roman writer, philosopher,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27took the third part of his name from the Latin word cicer.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29What is literal meaning of that word?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Chickpea.- In which province did Cicero serve as quaesto?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35While he was there, he found the lost grave of Archimedes.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- Sicily.- What was the name of the teacher of rhetoric
0:07:37 > 0:07:40whom Cicero sought out in Rhodes,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43after he'd studied with him in Rome in 78 BC?
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Apollonius Molon.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47What Latin title was given to Cicero in recognition
0:07:47 > 0:07:49of his role in the defeat of the conspiracy of
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Pater patriae.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Cicero announced the execution of the Catilinarian conspirators
0:07:59 > 0:08:00to the Roman people
0:08:00 > 0:08:03with what single Latin word meaning "they have lived"?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Pass.- What is the name of the young girl
0:08:07 > 0:08:10who became Cicero's second wife later in his life
0:08:10 > 0:08:13after he had divorced his first wife, Terentia?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Publilia.- When Cicero prosecuted the Sicilian governor Verres,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18who spoke in the governor's defence?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21He was seen as the best speaker in Rome before Cicero emerged.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- Hortensius.- The speeches of which Greek orator
0:08:24 > 0:08:27provided the name philippics that is usually applied
0:08:27 > 0:08:30to Cicero's orations against Mark Anthony?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Demosthenes.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33What was the name of the notorious politician
0:08:33 > 0:08:36who declared Cicero an exile in 58 BC?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Clodius.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Which school friend carried on a correspondence with Cicero
0:08:40 > 0:08:43that provides essential information about his character,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45opinions and actions?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- Atticus.- What is the title of the essay written
0:08:48 > 0:08:50in the last year of his life in which Cicero
0:08:50 > 0:08:52gave a reasoned and cautious defence of the right
0:08:52 > 0:08:53to kill tyrants?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- The Laws.- No, The Duties.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Which province in Asia Minor was allotted to Cicero
0:09:00 > 0:09:03for his mandatory one year as governor?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Cilicia.- What was the name of the Centurion who,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08in Plutarch's account, was reported to have
0:09:08 > 0:09:10decapitated Cicero?
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Herennius.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14What Latin term was usually applied to someone who,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16like Cicero, was the first member of his family
0:09:16 > 0:09:18to enter politics?
0:09:18 > 0:09:19New man.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21No, novus homo.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Who is thought to have arranged Epistulae ad Familiares...
0:09:24 > 0:09:25BEEP
0:09:25 > 0:09:28..the posthumous collection of Cicero's letters to his friends?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30He had accompanied Cicero during his time in Cilicia.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32His secretary, Tiro.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Yes, you had just one pass.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40That single Latin word meaning "they have lived" - vixerunt.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43My pronunciation is probably rubbish.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46You have scored, Lee, 12 points.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48APPLAUSE
0:09:56 > 0:09:58And our final contender, please.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07And your name is?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Your occupation?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10And your specialist subject?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14In two minutes. Starting now.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18The 1745 Jacobite rebellion was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to
0:10:18 > 0:10:19claim the thrones of Scotland and England
0:10:19 > 0:10:21for the exiled House of Stuart.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23At which location on the shores of Loch Shiel
0:10:23 > 0:10:26was the Royal Standard raised on 19 August?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Glenfinnan.- Charles sailed from France aboard Du Teillay
0:10:29 > 0:10:31and was accompanied for part of the journey by another ship
0:10:31 > 0:10:34that was forced to turn back after an encounter
0:10:34 > 0:10:36with HMS Lion. What was the ship called?
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Elizabeth.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40At which battle on 17 January 1746
0:10:40 > 0:10:43did the Jacobites claim victory over a government force
0:10:43 > 0:10:44commanded by Henry Hawley?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- The Battle of Falkirk. - Yes, Falkirk Muir.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49In 1745, the Jacobites captured Edinburgh
0:10:49 > 0:10:51without a shot being fired.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55They gained access to the city through which of its gates?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56St Mary's Gate.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57No, Netherbow Port.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59In August 1745, the British Government
0:10:59 > 0:11:02offered a reward to any person who shall seize and
0:11:02 > 0:11:04secure the eldest son of the Pretender.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05What amount was the reward?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07£30,000.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Which engraver was employed by Charles
0:11:09 > 0:11:11to design a Jacobite currency?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Pass.- Which town was reportedly secured for the Jacobites
0:11:14 > 0:11:16by just three people -
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Sergeant Dixon, his mistress and a drummer?
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Glasgow.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Manchester. What was the real name of the government agent
0:11:23 > 0:11:24who used the alias Oliver Williams
0:11:24 > 0:11:27and claimed to have influenced the Jacobites' decision
0:11:27 > 0:11:28not to march on London?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Pass.- In August 1745, around a dozen men
0:11:31 > 0:11:34commanded by Sergeant Molloy repelled a much larger
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Jacobite force who were trying to capture which barracks?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Ruthven.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Which crossing of the River Trent is traditionally regarded
0:11:41 > 0:11:43as the southernmost point reached by the Jacobites
0:11:43 > 0:11:44during their invasion of England?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Derby.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Swarkestone. Who took command of the garrison at Carlisle
0:11:48 > 0:11:52on October 1745, but was forced to surrender a few weeks later?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Lord John Murray.- No, Durand.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58What was the name of Charles' lodgings in Derby?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01In early December 1745, it hosted a council of war
0:12:01 > 0:12:04at which Charles agreed to abandon his invasion of England?
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Exeter House.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08The decisive battle is usually referred to as Culloden,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10although it's also known by what other name
0:12:10 > 0:12:13from that of the stretch of moorland on which it was fought?
0:12:13 > 0:12:14- Drumossie Moor. - BEEP
0:12:14 > 0:12:17What name... I've started, so I'll finish.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Did Charles assume when he disguised himself
0:12:18 > 0:12:20as Flora MacDonald's maid
0:12:20 > 0:12:22during his flight after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- Betty Burke.- Is correct.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Two passes, Michael.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Dudley Bradstreet was the real name of that government agent,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33who used the alias Oliver Williams.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36And the engraver employed by Charles to design Jacobite currency
0:12:36 > 0:12:39was Robert Strange. You have scored eight points.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41APPLAUSE
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Well, some high scores in the first round.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Let's have a look at all of them.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57In fourth place with eight points - Michael Page.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Third place, ten points - Grace Carley.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Second place, 12 points - Lee Simpson.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06First place, 14 points - Colin Daffern.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17So it is the general knowledge round now.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20If there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is
0:13:20 > 0:13:22taken into account and the contender with the
0:13:22 > 0:13:24fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28If they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32And the six highest scoring runners-up will also be able
0:13:32 > 0:13:35to claim a place in the semifinal. So, plenty to play for.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Let's get on with it and ask Michael to join us again, please.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40And...
0:13:42 > 0:13:46..you start out with eight points, but plenty of time to catch up.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Here we go.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Which novel by Daphne du Maurier opens with the line,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again?"
0:13:55 > 0:13:59- Pass.- Which nocturnal new world animal is distinguished
0:13:59 > 0:14:01by its bushy ringtail and black mask-like patches
0:14:01 > 0:14:02across the eyes?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Lemur.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Raccoon. What device that prevents an illegally parked car
0:14:06 > 0:14:10from being moved is known to Americans as a Denver boot?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12A...steering wheel lock.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14It's a wheel clamp. The 1938 gangster film
0:14:14 > 0:14:16that stars James Cagney and Pat O'Brien
0:14:16 > 0:14:18is called Angels With Dirty...?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Souls.- Faces.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22The A2 road runs largely along the route
0:14:22 > 0:14:23of the Roman road Watling Street,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26from London to a Channel port. Which port?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Portsmouth.- Dover.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Who labelled her husband's poor, working-class supporters
0:14:32 > 0:14:35"los descamisados", or "the shirtless ones",
0:14:35 > 0:14:39during a successful presidential campaign of 1945 to '46.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Pass.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43What name was given to the neoclassical style of art,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45interior design and women's fashion
0:14:45 > 0:14:49that flourished in France during the reign of Napoleon I?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Pass. - Which Christmas delicacy,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53said to be a reminder of the manger
0:14:53 > 0:14:54in which the baby Jesus was laid,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57originally contained meat but now contains fruit?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Mince pies?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03In July 1987, the Tour de France was won by Stephen Roche,
0:15:03 > 0:15:04who became the first cyclist
0:15:04 > 0:15:06from which country to win the race?
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Ireland.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09A commercial traveller called Willy Loman
0:15:09 > 0:15:12is the central character in which Arthur Miller play?
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Death Of A Salesman.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15What type of heavy, woollen coat
0:15:15 > 0:15:17is named after a town near Antwerp in Belgium?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Pass.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Which branch of mathematics
0:15:21 > 0:15:23that uses letters for unknown variables
0:15:23 > 0:15:26takes its name from the Arabic for resetting?
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Algebra.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29The singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding
0:15:29 > 0:15:31had a number two UK hit single with a cover version
0:15:31 > 0:15:34of which Elton John song in 2010?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Pass.- Which major Hindu festival of light
0:15:38 > 0:15:41is celebrated over a four- or five-day period,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44beginning on the 15th day of the Hindu month of Ashvin?
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Diwali.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48The bulbous, dome-shaped characteristic of Russian churches
0:15:48 > 0:15:50is named after what vegetable?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54- Swede?- Onion.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Which 2015 opera, set during the American Civil War,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00is based on the novel of the same name by Charles Frazier?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02The novel was also adapted into a 2003 film
0:16:02 > 0:16:05starring Jude Law and Nicole Kidman.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Cold Mountain.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08The Bosporus Straight connects the sea of Marmara
0:16:08 > 0:16:10to which larger sea to the north-east?
0:16:10 > 0:16:11The Black Sea.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13In Peter Pan, what is the name of the captain
0:16:13 > 0:16:15of the pirate ship Jolly Roger,
0:16:15 > 0:16:17whose right hand was eaten by a crocodile?
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Captain Hook.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Which Germanic language,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21traditionally written in Hebrew characters,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23was the language of the Jews... BEEP
0:16:23 > 0:16:24..of Central and Eastern Europe?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Yiddish.- Is correct.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Five passes altogether.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Ellie Goulding had a number two hit single
0:16:30 > 0:16:31with Your Song.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34That coat named after a town in Belgium -
0:16:34 > 0:16:36the duffle coat.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38The name of that classical, or neoclassical art,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40style of art, interior design, etc,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42was the Empire style.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Eva Peron labelled her husband's poor working class
0:16:46 > 0:16:48"los descamisados".
0:16:48 > 0:16:52And Rebecca was the book by Daphne du Maurier
0:16:52 > 0:16:55that started, "Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again."
0:16:55 > 0:16:59You have now, Michael, a total of 17 points.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11And now Grace again, please.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16And you start out with ten points, Grace.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Let's see how you do with your two and a half minutes
0:17:19 > 0:17:21of general knowledge. Here we go.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Which businessmen started the mail order company Virgin Records
0:17:25 > 0:17:26in 1969, at the age of 18?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Richard Branson.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30In which Oscar-winning film starring Anthony Hopkins
0:17:30 > 0:17:31has a closing scene with the lines,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33"I do wish we could chat longer,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35"but I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye."
0:17:35 > 0:17:36The Silence Of The Lambs.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Which ex-servicemen's organisation
0:17:38 > 0:17:40was founded by Earl Haig in 1921?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42It's now famous for its Poppy Appeal.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- The British Legion. - What name is given to glands
0:17:45 > 0:17:48in the human and mammalian body that produce hormones
0:17:48 > 0:17:50and secrete them into the bloodstream?
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Pass.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Which singer topped the UK album charts with Loud,
0:17:54 > 0:17:55and the singles charts
0:17:55 > 0:17:58with What's My Name, featuring Drake, in 2011?
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Pass.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Which fruit and ice cream dessert did the French chef Escoffier
0:18:02 > 0:18:05name after an Australian opera singer?
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Peach Melba.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08The Jerusalem artichokes, also known as girasole,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12is related to which tall, yellow-flowered plant?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Sunflower.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16The computer programmer and internet pioneer Ray Tomlinson,
0:18:16 > 0:18:17who died in 2016,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19is credited with inventing
0:18:19 > 0:18:21what means of personal communication in 1971?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22E-mail.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Which town on the North Wales coast,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26founded in 1283 by Edward I
0:18:26 > 0:18:28as the site of one of his castles,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31shares its name with the river on whose estuary it stands?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32- Bangor.- Conwy.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35In which of the four styles used in competitive swimming
0:18:35 > 0:18:38did the Britons David Wilkie, Adrian Moorhouse
0:18:38 > 0:18:40and Duncan Goodew all win Olympic gold medals?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- Butterfly.- Breaststroke.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Which three words begin the first chapter of Genesis
0:18:45 > 0:18:47in the authorised version of the Bible?
0:18:47 > 0:18:48"In the beginning."
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Who composed the music for the ballet The Right of Spring?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52The first performance in Paris in 1913
0:18:52 > 0:18:54is said to have caused a riot.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55- Prokofiev.- Stravinsky.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57In a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about a lost love
0:18:57 > 0:18:59and a bird that disturbs the narrator,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02the last word is "nevermore". Which poem?
0:19:02 > 0:19:03The Raven.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Which future German Chancellor was appointed
0:19:05 > 0:19:08as the Minister For Women in 1991 by Helmut Kohl?
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Merkel.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11In North America, the waistcoat of a three-piece suit
0:19:11 > 0:19:13is usually called by what name?
0:19:13 > 0:19:14It's used in Britain for a undergarment.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Vest.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19By what nickname are England women's football team known?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Pass.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Which redheaded British singer-songwriter
0:19:22 > 0:19:26founded his own record label called Gingerbread Man in 2015?
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Ed Sheeran.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28A statue of which comedian,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31who died in 1993, was unveiled by his widow
0:19:31 > 0:19:34in his hometown of Lytham St Annes in October 2008?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Ernie Wise.- Les Dawson.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37By what name is the federation
0:19:37 > 0:19:40of seven states on the Arabian peninsular known?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42The largest of the states is Abu Dhabi?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44The UAE.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Yes, the United Arab Emirates.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Which 2003 film comedy, starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52has the tag line, "They dropped everything for a good cause?"
0:19:52 > 0:19:53- BEEP - Calendar Girls.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Calendar Girls is correct. You had three passes.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59The England women's football team are the Lionesses.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Rihanna was that singer topped the charts with Loud and What's My Name?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07And the glands that produce hormones and all that
0:20:07 > 0:20:10are the endocrine glands.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Grace, you have a total of 23 points.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26And now let's ask Lee to join us again, please.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32And you start the round with 12 points.
0:20:32 > 0:20:3423 is the score to beat,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37and you have two and a half minutes of general knowledge questions
0:20:37 > 0:20:41in which to do it, or not, as the case may be. Here we go.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44On which Royal Navy ship was a mutiny of April 1789
0:20:44 > 0:20:47led by Fletcher Christian against the tyrannical Captain Bligh?
0:20:47 > 0:20:48The Bounty.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49A leaf of which tree is featured
0:20:49 > 0:20:51in the centre of the Canadian flag?
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Maple.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Which British tennis player won three women's Grand Slam singles titles,
0:20:56 > 0:21:00the US Open in '68, the Australian Open in '72 and Wimbledon in '77,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02when she beat Betty Stove in the final?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Virginia Wade.- What is the medical name for the gullet,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07the muscular tube through which food passes
0:21:07 > 0:21:08from the pharynx to the stomach?
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Oesophagus.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Which controversial black American leader was murdered
0:21:12 > 0:21:13while he was addressing a meeting
0:21:13 > 0:21:15of The Organisation Of Afro-American Unity
0:21:15 > 0:21:18in New York in February 1965?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20- Martin Luther King. - Malcolm X.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Whitcomb L Judson's clasp locker,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26which was exhibited at the Chicago World Fair of 1893,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28was a forerunner of what type of fastener?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- Velcro.- No, zip.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35What Lancashire hill is traditionally climbed on Halloween
0:21:35 > 0:21:37to commemorate a group of ten alleged witches
0:21:37 > 0:21:40who were hanged in August 1612?
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Pass.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Which English artist is said to have had himself
0:21:43 > 0:21:44tied to the mast of the steamer
0:21:44 > 0:21:47during a snowstorm to inspire him
0:21:47 > 0:21:50for his 1842 work Snow Storm - Steamboat Off A Harbour's Mouth?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Turner.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Which song give Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie
0:21:55 > 0:21:56a UK top ten hit in 1981?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58It was later in '94 hit
0:21:58 > 0:22:01for a Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Pass.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Who was born at 2:40am on the 21st of April, 1926,
0:22:06 > 0:22:08at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11the London home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Pass.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Which British overseas territory
0:22:17 > 0:22:20has been included in the South West of England constituency
0:22:20 > 0:22:23for the purpose of European elections since 2004?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- The Scilly Isles? - Gibraltar.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Which play do actors traditionally refer to
0:22:30 > 0:22:32with titles such as "The Scottish Play",
0:22:32 > 0:22:34because naming it is thought to be unlucky?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Macbeth.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Which double-cooked pastry,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39sometimes called cream puff pastry,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42is used for the casing of profiteroles and eclairs?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- Choux.- Yes, choux pastry.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Who wrote the poem
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49that is a son's address to his dying father?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Dylan Thomas.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Which Bedfordshire town is, according to local legend,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56named after a robber called Dun or Dunning?
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Dunstable.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Who presented the astronomy programme The Sky At Night
0:23:00 > 0:23:03from its start in 1957 until 2013?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Patrick Moore.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Which close relative of the weasel is distinguished from it
0:23:08 > 0:23:10by its larger size and black-tipped tail?
0:23:11 > 0:23:13BEEP
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- The beaver. - The stoat. Yep.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19You had three passes.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23The person who was born at 2:40am in Bruton Street in Mayfair
0:23:23 > 0:23:26was the Queen. Queen Elizabeth II.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29That song that gave Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie their hits
0:23:29 > 0:23:31was Endless Love.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35And that hill in Lancashire that's climbed to commemorate
0:23:35 > 0:23:39the hanging of those so-called witches was Pendle Hill.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42A total, Lee, of 22 points.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56And finally, Colin again, please.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59And you start out with 14 points, Colin.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01And the score is still...
0:24:01 > 0:24:05The score to beat, that is, is still 23. So here we go.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Which cartoon series, first broadcast in 1960,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12is set in the city of Bedrock in Cobblestone County?
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Flintstones.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Which edible yeast extract
0:24:14 > 0:24:17shares its name with a large French cooking pot?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Marmite.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20The evil Daniel Quilp and the convivial Dick Swiveller,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23a friend of the heroine's profligate brother, Fred Trent,
0:24:23 > 0:24:24are characters in which Dickens novel?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- Great Expectations. - The Old Curiosity Shop.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28What instrument did Karen Carpenter play
0:24:28 > 0:24:30in the duo that she formed with her brother, Richard?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- Drums. - Which architectural feature
0:24:33 > 0:24:36can be spiral, dog-legged, straight or circular?
0:24:36 > 0:24:37- Spire.- Staircase.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Which disease, characterised by severe inflammation of joints
0:24:40 > 0:24:43in the body's extremities, especially the big toe,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46is caused by the deposit of uric acid salts?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47It was described by Lord Chesterfield
0:24:47 > 0:24:49as "the distemper of gentlemen".
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Gout.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker had a UK top ten hit in 1983
0:24:53 > 0:24:55with Up Where We Belong,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57the Oscar-winning theme song from which film?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58An Officer And A Gentlemen.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02What was the nationality of the explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04after whom the sea and the strait are named?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Norwegian.- Danish.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10which is the home of AC and Inter Milan,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12is also known by the name of the saint
0:25:12 > 0:25:15who gave his name to the district it is in. Which saint?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- Francis.- San Siro Stadium.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19In Greek mythology,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21the Minotaur had the body of the man
0:25:21 > 0:25:23and the head of which creature?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- Bull.- What name that comes from the Japanese for "harbour wave"
0:25:26 > 0:25:28is given to a swiftly-travelling, destructive wave
0:25:28 > 0:25:30caused, for example, by an underwater earthquake?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Tsunami.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Which pioneering astronaut was a pilot in the Korean War
0:25:34 > 0:25:37and, in the 1970s, became Professor Of Aerospace Engineering
0:25:37 > 0:25:39at Cincinnati University?
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Armstrong.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42What word for an overland expedition,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44originally one for big game hunting in Africa,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46comes from the Swahili for journey?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- Safari.- Which science fiction author wrote the novel
0:25:49 > 0:25:50The Man In The High Castle,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52which is set in America in the 1960s
0:25:52 > 0:25:55after a German and Japanese victory in the Second World War?
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Philip K Dick.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Which Spanish princess was the first wife of Henry VIII
0:25:59 > 0:26:01and mother of Mary I of England?
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Catherine of Aragon.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Who was appointed as England's Rugby Union coach
0:26:05 > 0:26:06in November 2015,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09after they failed to get beyond the group stage of the World Cup?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10- Phil Vickery.- Eddie Jones.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Which islands in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
0:26:12 > 0:26:15are home to a unique group of finches,
0:26:15 > 0:26:17also known as Darwin's finches?
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Galapagos.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Which Puccini opera,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21first performed in Turin in 1896,
0:26:21 > 0:26:23is set in the Latin Quarter of Paris?
0:26:23 > 0:26:24- Turandot?- La Boheme.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27On which of the Great Lakes is the city of Green Bay?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29It's known for its American football team.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30- Erie.- Michigan.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31In chemistry, what word means
0:26:31 > 0:26:34a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
0:26:34 > 0:26:36in a single liquid, solid or gaseous state?
0:26:36 > 0:26:38It can also mean the answer to a problem.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- Compound.- Solution.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42BEEP The South Wales resort of Porthcawl
0:26:42 > 0:26:45hosts an annual festival in September
0:26:45 > 0:26:48dedicated to the memory of which legendary American singer
0:26:48 > 0:26:50who died in 1977?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- Elvis Presley. - It was indeed Elvis Presley.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Colin, you've done it. You've scored 27 points.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Close, but he did it.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13In fourth place, 17 points - Michael Page.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Third place, 22 points - Lee Simpson.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Second place, 23 points - Grace Carley.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21First place, 27 points - Colin Daffern.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Which means, of course, that Colin is tonight's winner,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Congratulations to him.
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