0:00:26 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Helen Lippell, a taxonomy consultant from Leytonstone.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Her specialist subject is the American band REM.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Richard Gill is a business improvement manager
0:00:38 > 0:00:39from Stourbridge.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43He's answering questions on the presidency of Harry S Truman.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Next in the black chair,
0:00:45 > 0:00:47James Horton, a student from Manchester,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50on the history of the World Cup.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And tonight's final contender,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Daniel Adler, an IT consultant from Farnham,
0:00:54 > 0:00:59who's answering questions on the Danish drama series Borgen.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00APPLAUSE
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Tonight, four contenders will answer two minutes of questions
0:01:19 > 0:01:21on their specialist subject.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23And that, of course, is the one they have chosen,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25so no excuses there.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28And then, two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge,
0:01:28 > 0:01:30with no idea what's coming.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34The winner will take a step closer to owning this fine glass bowl,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37and the coveted title of the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39So, let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47And your name is?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Your occupation?
0:01:52 > 0:01:53And your chosen subject?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57REM, in two minutes. Here we go.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00In which city in Georgia did REM's four founding members
0:02:00 > 0:02:04play their first gig at a friend's birthday party in April 1980?
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Athens.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07What is the title of the final studio album that they
0:02:07 > 0:02:08recorded for IRS Records
0:02:08 > 0:02:10before they signed a multi-million dollar deal
0:02:10 > 0:02:11with Warner Brothers?
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Document.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Which producer, who'd worked with artists,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17such as Fairport Convention and Richard Thompson,
0:02:17 > 0:02:18produced REM's third studio album,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Fables Of The Reconstruction?
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Joe Boyd.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24The song Let Me In, on the band's '94 album, Monster,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27was the vocalist Michael Stipe's tribute to a musician who died
0:02:27 > 0:02:29in April that year. Who was he?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Kurt Cobain.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32At which studio in Memphis, Tennessee,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36did the band record songs for their '88 album Green?
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Erm...
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Ardent?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41The title of the band's '86 album, Lifes Rich Pageant,
0:02:41 > 0:02:42was taken from a film
0:02:42 > 0:02:45starring Peter Sellers, as Inspector Clouseau.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46What is the film called?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47A Shot In The Dark.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Which of the founding members left the band in '97,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53a year after the release of the album New Adventures In Hi-fi?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Bill Berry.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57The album Athens Andover was a collaboration
0:02:57 > 0:02:59between members of REM and a British band
0:02:59 > 0:03:01who'd been one of their major influences. Which one?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02The Troggs.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Which song on the '84 album Reckoning features a distinctive
0:03:05 > 0:03:08percussion sound created by the producer, Mitch Easter,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12lying on the floor and banging a chair leg with a metal pipe?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Pretty Persuasion?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Time After Time.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21According to Stipe, the title of one of the band's albums
0:03:21 > 0:03:23is one of the easiest words in the English-language to say.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Which album?
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Murmur.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28What is the title of the '87 collection of B-sides and rarities
0:03:28 > 0:03:31that includes cover versions of the Velvet Underground songs
0:03:31 > 0:03:34There She Goes Again and Femme Fatale?
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Dead Letter Office.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Which song from the soundtrack of the Andy Kaufman biopic,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Man On The Moon, was later released as a single
0:03:40 > 0:03:42and reached the UK Top 10 in 2000?
0:03:42 > 0:03:43The Great Beyond.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Which female singer provided vocals
0:03:45 > 0:03:47for the single E-Bow The Letter
0:03:47 > 0:03:49and also for Blue from the band's final studio album,
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Collapse Into Now?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Patti Smith.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53In 2001, the band played at a concert
0:03:53 > 0:03:55to celebrate South African Freedom Day
0:03:55 > 0:03:57which was attended by Nelson Mandela.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Which London landmark was the venue?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00BEEP Trafalgar Square.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Is correct.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04No passes, Helen. You scored 13 points.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05APPLAUSE
0:04:15 > 0:04:17And our next contender, please.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25And your name is?
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Your occupation?
0:04:28 > 0:04:29And your chosen subject?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Harry S Truman in two minutes...
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Truman became president of the United States on the death
0:04:36 > 0:04:37of Franklin D Roosevelt in '45
0:04:37 > 0:04:40and won the election in November 1948.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42But the early editions of the Chicago Tribune the next day
0:04:42 > 0:04:44led with the headline that he had lost
0:04:44 > 0:04:45to which Republican opponent?
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Thomas Dewey.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Which new country was recognised by Truman
0:04:48 > 0:04:5111 minutes after it declared itself an independent state
0:04:51 > 0:04:53on the 14th of May 1948?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Israel.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57In June 1950, Truman announced that American troops
0:04:57 > 0:05:00would support South Korea after the North Korean army
0:05:00 > 0:05:01crossed which parallel?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02The 38th.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Who was Truman's running mate
0:05:04 > 0:05:06when he won the presidential election in 1948?
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Alben Barkley.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Truman decided not to seek re-election in 1952, but his name
0:05:11 > 0:05:13was entered on the ballot in the primary of which state?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Iowa.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17New Hampshire. Truman met Stalin and Churchill in July '45
0:05:17 > 0:05:19to decide how to administer Germany
0:05:19 > 0:05:21after the end of the war in Europe.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24The meeting was held at Potsdam, near which major city?
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Berlin.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Truman did not attend the funeral of King George VI
0:05:27 > 0:05:30in February 1950, but sent his Secretary of State instead.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31What was his name?
0:05:31 > 0:05:32Dean Acheson.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34The so-called Truman Doctrine was set out
0:05:34 > 0:05:37in a speech to Congress on 12th March 1947,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40when the president sought financial support for Greece
0:05:40 > 0:05:41and which other country?
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Turkey.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45When he became president, Truman retained Roosevelt's cabinet,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49but in July '45 he appointed Fred M Vincent to what position?
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Chief Justice?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52No, Secretary of the Treasury.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54What's the name of the President's guesthouse where Truman
0:05:54 > 0:05:56was living when an attempt to murder him was made
0:05:56 > 0:05:57in November 1950?
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Blair House.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01What did Chief Justice Harlan Stone incorrectly say
0:06:01 > 0:06:03the S in Truman's middle name stood for
0:06:03 > 0:06:05when he presided at Truman's '45 inauguration?
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Ship.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10In 1951, Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his duties
0:06:10 > 0:06:11as commander of the Allied forces
0:06:11 > 0:06:13during the Korean War and replaced with whom?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Matthew Ridgway.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17What was the name of the Soviet Foreign Minister who visited
0:06:17 > 0:06:19the White House shortly after the Second World War
0:06:19 > 0:06:21to meet President Truman?
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Mosolov?
0:06:22 > 0:06:23No, Molotov.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26In August 1948, a former senior State Department official
0:06:26 > 0:06:28was named as a communist sympathiser at a meeting
0:06:28 > 0:06:31of the House Committee on Un-American Activities
0:06:31 > 0:06:33and was later convicted of perjury in 1950. Who was he?
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Alger Hiss.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36What was the name of the Attorney General...
0:06:36 > 0:06:38BEEP ..whom Truman forced to resign
0:06:38 > 0:06:40in April '52, after he refused to cooperate
0:06:40 > 0:06:42in a corruption investigation?
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Louis Johnson.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Howard McGrath.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49No passes, Richard. You've scored 11 points.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50APPLAUSE
0:06:59 > 0:07:00And our next contender, please.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07And your name is?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Your occupation?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12And your chosen subject?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16World Cup in two minutes. Here we go.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19In the '94 World Cup, Gabriel Batistuta scored a hat-trick
0:07:19 > 0:07:22in Argentina's 4-0 victory against Greece.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Who scored the other goal?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Er...Ariel Ortega?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Maradona. Which team were knocked out in the second round
0:07:29 > 0:07:32by Brazil at the '98, 2010 and 2014 tournaments?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Chile.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37England's first match at the 2014 finals was a 2-1 defeat
0:07:37 > 0:07:39to Italy in which Amazonian city?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Manaus.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Which Uruguayan player was sent off for a handball
0:07:43 > 0:07:46in the last minute of their 2010 quarterfinal against Ghana?
0:07:46 > 0:07:48He later claimed, "The hand of God now belongs to me."
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Luis Suarez.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52What was the name of the Dutch goalkeeper who was replaced
0:07:52 > 0:07:54by Tim Krul in the last seconds of extra time
0:07:54 > 0:07:57in their 2014 quarterfinal against Costa Rica?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Jasper Cillessen.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00In 1982, against West Germany,
0:08:00 > 0:08:03which Italian became the first player to miss a penalty
0:08:03 > 0:08:05in a World Cup final?
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Antonio Cabrini.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Which country won a match at the World Cup for the first time in '94,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12having failed to do so in five previous tournaments?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Bulgaria. They went on to reach the semifinals.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Bulgaria.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Is correct. In the 1990 semifinal against West Germany,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20who took England's last penalty in the shoot-out?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22He needed to score to keep England in the tournament,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24but kicked the ball high over the crossbar.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Chris Waddle.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Which African country beat Argentina 1-0 in the opening match
0:08:28 > 0:08:30of the 1990 World Cup,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32even though two of their players were sent off?
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Cameroon.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35In the 2010 final, 12 players were booked
0:08:35 > 0:08:38and another was sent off after he received two yellow cards.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Which English official refereed the match?
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Howard Webb.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46What is the surname of Cesare, who coached Italy in 1998,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48and his son, Paolo, who captained the team?
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Maldini.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Who was Scotland's manager at the '86 finals,
0:08:51 > 0:08:53where they finished bottom of their group?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Alex Ferguson.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Which French player was carried off in the '82 semifinal,
0:08:56 > 0:08:58after he was knocked unconscious
0:08:58 > 0:09:00by the German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Patrick Battiston.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05In 2002, which country beat Sweden in the second round,
0:09:05 > 0:09:07before losing to Turkey in the quarterfinals?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Both matches were decided by a golden goal.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Senegal.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Which German midfielder played his 25th and last World Cup game
0:09:15 > 0:09:18in a 3-0 quarterfinal defeat by Croatia in 1998?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21BEEP
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Lothar Matthaus.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Is correct.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26No passes, James. You have 14 points.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28APPLAUSE
0:09:35 > 0:09:37And our final contender, please.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44And your name is?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Your occupation?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49And your specialist subject?
0:09:51 > 0:09:52In two minutes, starting now.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55The Danish drama series Borgen stars Sidse Babett Knudsen
0:09:55 > 0:09:57as a politician who becomes
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Denmark's first female prime minister.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00What's the politician's name?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Birgitte Nyborg.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04What name did Birgitte and her colleagues choose
0:10:04 > 0:10:05for the political party that she forms
0:10:05 > 0:10:07after she leaves the Moderates?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08The New Democrats.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10What was the name of Prime Minister Lars Hesselboe's
0:10:10 > 0:10:14chief adviser, who is having an affair with the TV1 journalist
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Katrine Fonsmark, and dies from a heart attack in the first episode?
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Ole Dahl.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20At the beginning of the second series,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Birgitte is on an official visit to Danish troops overseas.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25In which country are they stationed?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Afghanistan.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Which political party's headquarters
0:10:27 > 0:10:30are discovered to have been bugged by Special Branch
0:10:30 > 0:10:32in the episode See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil?
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Solidarity.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36What is the name of the official residence where Birgitte stays
0:10:36 > 0:10:38when she is having problems in her marriage?
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Marienborg.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Katrine Fonsmark is told by her secret military source
0:10:42 > 0:10:46to use a code word at the end of her news broadcast
0:10:46 > 0:10:47if she needs to talk to him.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48What is the code word?
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Snow.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50What is the profession
0:10:50 > 0:10:52of Birgitte's English boyfriend, Jeremy Welsh?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53He's an architect.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56When Birgitte has to go to the hospital every day for
0:10:56 > 0:10:59radiotherapy sessions, where did she tell her children she is going?
0:10:59 > 0:11:00The gym.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02A series two episode focuses on the appointment of
0:11:02 > 0:11:05a new Danish commissioner for the European Union.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06According to the episode title,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09in which city can no-one hear you scream?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Brussels.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Birgitte's New Democrats win enough seats in
0:11:12 > 0:11:15the general election to give them significant power
0:11:15 > 0:11:17in the coalition negotiations. How many seats do they win?
0:11:17 > 0:11:1813.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21What is the name of Birgitte's driver, who is transferred to
0:11:21 > 0:11:23another ministry after she spends the night with him?
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Kim.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27In the episode 100 Days, it is revealed that illegally detained
0:11:27 > 0:11:30American CIA prisoners have been transported
0:11:30 > 0:11:32through an airbase in Greenland. Which base?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Thule.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36What is the three-word name of the government's package
0:11:36 > 0:11:38of welfare, education and environmental reforms,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40which they announce with the symbolic planting of a tree?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Our Common Future.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44The Labour Party leader Michael Laugesen is forced
0:11:44 > 0:11:47to stand down after his xenophobic e-mails
0:11:47 > 0:11:49are leaked to the press. Of which tabloid newspaper
0:11:49 > 0:11:51does he subsequently become editor-in-chief?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Express.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54A quotation by an... BEEPS
0:11:54 > 0:11:56..Italian Renaissance political philosopher
0:11:56 > 0:11:58appears at the start of the first episode and reads...
0:11:58 > 0:12:00"A prince should have no other aim or thought
0:12:00 > 0:12:03"but war and its organisation and discipline."
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Who was the philosopher?
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Machiavelli.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07It was indeed Machiavelli.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10No passes, 16 points.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11APPLAUSE Ta.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Well, a very high-scoring round there.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26In fourth place, 11 points, Richard Gill.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Third place, 13 points, Helen Lippell.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Second place, 14 points, James Haughton.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35First place, a whacking 16 points...
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Daniel Adler.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38APPLAUSE
0:12:43 > 0:12:45So, it is the general knowledge round now
0:12:45 > 0:12:48and that'll sort out the front-runners from the also-rans.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51If their scores are tied at the end of this round,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53then the number of passes will be taken into account,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56and the person with the fewer passes will be the winner.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59If they can't be separated on passes as well,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02then there will have to be a tie-break.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And, remember, the six highest-scoring runners-up
0:13:05 > 0:13:08will also be able to claim a place in the semifinal,
0:13:08 > 0:13:09so, lots to play for.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Let's get on with it and ask Richard to join us again, please.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20And you've got 11 points on the board, Richard.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24You have two-and-a-half minutes to put many more points on the board,
0:13:24 > 0:13:26with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28What do golfers traditionally shout to warn people in front
0:13:28 > 0:13:30when they play a shot in their direction?
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Fore.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34In 1961, Rosemarie Frankland who was born in Wales,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36became the first British winner of which beauty contest?
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Miss World.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40What word, meaning "madly violent", comes from the name
0:13:40 > 0:13:42given to Norse warriors who worked themselves
0:13:42 > 0:13:44into a frenzied fury for battle?
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Berserk.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47The Parliament Act of 1911 that was passed by Asquith's
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Liberal government limited the power of which body?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51House of Lords.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Which former town that is now a city was bypassed
0:13:53 > 0:13:58by the first stretch of motorway to be opened in Britain in 1958?
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Pass.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Who was the lead singer with the pop group The Four Seasons?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03He also had several solo hits.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Frankie Valli.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Of what fibrous protein, also found in human hair and nails,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10is the horn of the rhinoceros composed?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Pass.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13In architecture, what name for the lower part
0:14:13 > 0:14:15of an internal wall, that is specially decorated or panelled,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17comes from the Italian for a die or cube?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Dada.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20What sweets were invented in about 1909
0:14:20 > 0:14:22by Charles Gordon Maynard?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24In spite of their name, they contain no alcohol.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27But their manufacture was still initially opposed
0:14:27 > 0:14:29by his strictly teetotal father?
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Wine Gums.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32In the Gospels, what was the profession of St Matthew,
0:14:32 > 0:14:33who is also called Levi?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Tax collector.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37On which Radio 4 programme, hosted by Nicholas Parsons,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39do the panellists have to talk on a specified subject
0:14:39 > 0:14:42for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation?
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Just A Minute.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46In which sea is the Swedish island of Gotland,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49whose main town, Visby, is a UNESCO World Heritage site?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50The Baltic?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53What bird, noted for its thieving habits, is the subject
0:14:53 > 0:14:55of an opera by Rossini that was first performed
0:14:55 > 0:14:57at La Scala in Milan in 1817?
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Magpie.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00What is the name of the Booker Prize-winning Irish author
0:15:00 > 0:15:02whose novels include Dead Man Talking,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05a Star called Henry, and The Snapper?
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Patrick Kelly?
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Roddy Doyle.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10The ABO system, formulated in about 1901,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13was the earliest system of classification
0:15:13 > 0:15:14of what in the human body?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Bones? Blood groups.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Which comedy actor co-stars with Richard Pryor
0:15:19 > 0:15:21in the films Stir Crazy and Silver Streak?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Gene Wilder. Yes.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Samuel Coleridge claimed he couldn't remember the end of one of his poems
0:15:26 > 0:15:29and left it uncompleted because he was interrupted by "a person from Porlock"
0:15:29 > 0:15:31while he was writing it. Which poem?
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Rime Of The Ancient Mariner?
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Kubla Khan. What is the nationality of the former Formula One World
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Motor Racing Champions Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Brazilian. Yes. The covered canal bridge in Venice
0:15:42 > 0:15:45between the Doge's Palace and the city's prisons is known by what name?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Rialto? Bridge Of Sighs.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52Which American talk show host featured in the title of the satirical modern opera
0:15:52 > 0:15:54written by Richard Thomas and the comedian Stuart Lee?
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Jerry Springer. Yes.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59What is the only even prime number?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01BEEP Two. Yeah. Exactly.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Two passes. Keratin is that fibrous protein
0:16:05 > 0:16:08and the town - well, town then, city now -
0:16:08 > 0:16:12that was bypassed by the motorway, Preston.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Of course.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17You have scored a total now, though, Richard, of 26 points.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Thank you.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30And now, Helen again, please.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33And you start out, Helen, with 13 points.
0:16:33 > 0:16:3726, as you have just heard, is the score to beat,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40with your general knowledge in two and a half minutes.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44In which country does the Suez Canal run north to south across the isthmus of Suez?
0:16:44 > 0:16:49Egypt? Which English king was described by Sir Thomas More as being "little of stature,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51"ill-featured of limbs, crook-backed"?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Richard III? Yes.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Ellis Peters' medieval detective, Brother Cadfael,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57is a Benedictine monk at which abbey?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Pass.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01What is the common name for the disease Variola, which was declared
0:17:01 > 0:17:03to have been eradicated in 1918?
0:17:03 > 0:17:08Smallpox? The British version of a fashion magazine celebrated its centenary
0:17:08 > 0:17:15with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in February 2016. Which magazine?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Pass. On which items of emergency equipment are the colours on the labels
0:17:19 > 0:17:22red for water, blue for dry powder, cream for foam, yellow for wet chemicals
0:17:22 > 0:17:24and black for carbon dioxide?
0:17:24 > 0:17:25Fire extinguisher.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31The village of Drumnadrochit in Scotland is a focal point for tourist interest in which creature?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Loch Ness Monster?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35What word for an unbroken vista
0:17:35 > 0:17:40of the region surrounding an observer comes from the Greek for "all" and "view"?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Panopticon? Panorama.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Of which plant is Origanum vulgare the scientific name of the wild species?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Cultivated species of it are commonly sold as oregano.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55Pass. Which series of action films features the American cops Riggs and Murtaugh,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57played by Mel Gibson and Danny Glover?
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Pass. What is the nature of a business that is a member of ABTA,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05according to the last two letters of the acronym?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Travel agent. Which British rock group,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11whose members included Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend,
0:18:11 > 0:18:13recorded the 1973 top three album, Quadrophenia?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16The Who. What is the equivalent in America and Canada of 999,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19the telephone number for the emergency services?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22911. The name of the country that gained independence in 1947
0:18:22 > 0:18:24is composed of letters from the names of territories
0:18:24 > 0:18:28including Punjab and Kashmir. Which country?
0:18:28 > 0:18:33Pakistan. The first official Poet Laureate was appointed by Charles II in 1668.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Who was he?
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Pass. Which comic strip character was born at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
0:18:39 > 0:18:45and had siblings, Spike, Olaf, Andy, Marbles and Belle, and a friend called Woodstock?
0:18:45 > 0:18:51Snoopy. What fruit completes the title of Prokofiev's 1921 opera The Love For Three...
0:18:51 > 0:18:56Pass. Which London club is the only one in English league football with Rangers in its name?
0:18:56 > 0:19:02Queens Park. The Ballad Of Jed Clampett, performed by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05was the theme for which American television series?
0:19:05 > 0:19:06Bonanza?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08The Beverly Hillbillies.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Whose scientific theory was based on his observations serving as an unpaid naturalist...?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15BEEP ..on the voyage of HMS Beagle?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Charles Darwin. Is correct.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18You have six passes, Helen.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Oranges, that is The Love For Three Oranges.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25John Dryden was the first official Poet Laureate.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Lethal Weapon was that series of action films with Riggs and Murtaugh, etc.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34That herb commonly sold as oregano is marjoram.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Vogue was the magazine that celebrated its centenary with an exhibition
0:19:37 > 0:19:39at the National Portrait Gallery,
0:19:39 > 0:19:43and Brother Cadfael was in Shrewsbury Abbey.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46You have a total of 25 points.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48APPLAUSE
0:19:57 > 0:20:00And now James again, please.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04And, James, you start out with 14 points
0:20:04 > 0:20:08with the history of the World Cup. 26 is still the score to beat.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14For what trophy do England and Australia compete in Test Match cricket?
0:20:14 > 0:20:18The Ashes. Which organs of the body are affected by bronchitis and pneumonia?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Lungs. The Oscar-winning song Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
0:20:21 > 0:20:24comes from a '69 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27What film? Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31Which international humanitarian agency has won the Nobel Peace Prize
0:20:31 > 0:20:33on three occasions - in 1917, '44 and '63?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35The Red Cross.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39By what popular name is the perennial aromatic herb of the genus Nepeta
0:20:39 > 0:20:42known because of a particular household pet's attraction to it?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Basil. No, catmint or catnip.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47What term for a point of constriction is applied
0:20:47 > 0:20:50to a junction or section of a road where traffic is often held up?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Roadblock. Bottleneck.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Which Cambridge museum is named after the viscount
0:20:55 > 0:20:58who bequeathed his works of art and library to the university in 1816
0:20:58 > 0:21:00as well as the funds to house them?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Fitzwilliam.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04What name is given to the boundary of a geometric figure,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07such as a circle, where its length is equal to 2 pi x radius?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Circumference. Which celebrated military leader died aged 32
0:21:11 > 0:21:15in Babylon in 323 BC after he became ill following a banquet?
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Alexander The Great.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21What is the title of David Bowie's album released in January 2016
0:21:21 > 0:21:24that became a posthumous number one in both the UK and America?
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Lazarus. Black Star.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29In which TV comedy did Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson
0:21:29 > 0:21:32star as the obnoxious flatmates Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Bottom.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36In Greek myth, who had a dog called Argos who was the only one
0:21:36 > 0:21:40to recognise him when he returned from the Trojan Wars?
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Odysseus. Which mild and salty semihard cheese of Cypriot origin
0:21:44 > 0:21:49made from goat's or ewe's milk is often grilled or fried because it melts very slowly?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Feta. No, halloumi.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55During the First World War, artist Norman Wilkinson devised a bizarre dazzle camouflage
0:21:55 > 0:21:58paint scheme to hide what?
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Soldiers? Ships.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Which station was replaced by St Pancras
0:22:02 > 0:22:06as the London terminus of Eurostar trains in November 2007?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Paddington? Waterloo.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10"Big Ger" Cafferty and the up-and-coming Daryl Christie
0:22:10 > 0:22:14are gang bosses who feature in the novels of which Scottish crime writer?
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Ian Rankin.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Which character did John Cleese base on the hotelier Donald Sinclair,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22who he described as "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met"?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Basil Fawlty. What is the name of the orphan created by Johanna Spyri
0:22:25 > 0:22:29who goes to live in the Swiss Alps with her grandfather in a herdsman's hut?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Pollyanna. Heidi. Which country, a former Portuguese colony,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37is Namibia's northern neighbour on the Atlantic Ocean?
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Angola. Which player reached six Embassy World Championship
0:22:41 > 0:22:43snooker finals between 1984... BEEP
0:22:43 > 0:22:45..and '94 and lost them all?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48He lost to John Parrott, Steve Davis, and four times to Stephen Hendry.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Jimmy White. Is correct.
0:22:50 > 0:22:56And that one really mattered because you have no passes and a score of 27 points.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09And finally, Daniel again, please.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11And you start out, Daniel,
0:23:11 > 0:23:17with a perfect score of 16 and 27 is the score to beat.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20So let's see if you can repeat your earlier triumph.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Two and a half minutes. Here we go.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Bulgur, or burghul, used in the Middle Eastern salad tabbouleh
0:23:26 > 0:23:28is prepared from which cereal?
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Wheat. Which Scottish city launched the Miles Better campaign in 1983
0:23:32 > 0:23:34in an attempt to improve its image?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Its logo was Mr Happy.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Glasgow. Which television series first shown in the mid-1980s
0:23:40 > 0:23:44focused on the lives of the members of Blue Watch at Blackwall Fire Station?
0:23:44 > 0:23:45The Bill. London's Burning.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49What do plants such as the pitcher plant and the sundew feed on?
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Insects. The flag of a Mediterranean island country consists of two
0:23:53 > 0:23:55olive branches underneath a dark yellow map on a white background
0:23:55 > 0:23:59and was adopted in 1960 when the island became independent from Britain. What is it?
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Cyprus. What was the name of the English king born in 968 AD
0:24:03 > 0:24:05who was given the nickname The Unready?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Ethelred. Which word for a formal agreement between states,
0:24:07 > 0:24:12such as a trade arrangement, comes from the Latin verb tractare, meaning "to manage"?
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Treaty. A film about the Boston Globe newspaper's exposure of a child abuse scandal
0:24:16 > 0:24:22and cover-up in the local Catholic archdiocese won Best Picture at the 2016 Oscars.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24What is the film called?
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Philomena. Spotlight.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Who wrote the book A God In Ruins?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30The first writer to win a Costa category prize three times
0:24:30 > 0:24:34when it won the novel award in January 2016?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Hilary Mantel. Kate Atkinson.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi
0:24:38 > 0:24:41were the original vocalist and guitarist with which heavy metal band?
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Black Sabbath. Which controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov
0:24:45 > 0:24:48is subtitled The Confession Of A White Widowed Male?
0:24:48 > 0:24:53Lolita. Which motor racing circuit, on the site of a former airfield in Northamptonshire,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55opened in 1948?
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Silverstone.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE,
0:24:58 > 0:25:03which resists attack from nearly all chemicals and has a slippery surface
0:25:03 > 0:25:04is better known by what name?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Teflon. Which school of architecture and design which existed in Germany
0:25:08 > 0:25:11from 1913 to '33, had a name that means "House of building"?
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Bauhaus. According to the Bible,
0:25:14 > 0:25:18how long did the Israelites wander in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land?
0:25:18 > 0:25:2440 years. Which Labour politician was first elected as MP for Hull East in 1970?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26He left the Commons in 2010.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29John Prescott. What title did Sir Edward Elgar take
0:25:29 > 0:25:35from Shakespeare's Othello for the orchestral marches that he composed between 1901 and 1930?
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Pomp and Circumstance. The name of which people, famed as mountain guides,
0:25:39 > 0:25:43who live on the slopes of the Himalayas comes from the Tibetan for "Easterner"?
0:25:43 > 0:25:48Sherpa. Who played cleaner Doris Luke in Crossroads before donning wrinkled stockings
0:25:48 > 0:25:52for the role of Nora Batty in Last Of The Summer Wine?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Thora Hird. Kathy Staff.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56BEEP And you're out of time,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58which is just as well at the rate you were scoring there.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01No passes.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03You scored 31 points!
0:26:03 > 0:26:05APPLAUSE
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Well, no doubt about the winner.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20In fourth place with 25 points, itself a high score, Helen Lippell.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Third place with 26 points - Richard Gill.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Second place with 27 points - James Haughton.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29First place, 31 points - Daniel Adler.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42So at the risk of stating the obvious,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Daniel is tonight's winner and goes through to the semifinals.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Congratulations to him.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Commiserations, maybe, to James.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54But with his score of 27 it's entirely possible that we shall see him again in the semifinal.
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