0:00:25 > 0:00:28Our first contender tonight is Jack Bennett,
0:00:28 > 0:00:29he's a student from Lancaster.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32His specialist subject, the James Bond films.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Next, John Millar, an investment manager from Edinburgh,
0:00:36 > 0:00:40on Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street novels.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Kester Ford is a marketer from Southend-on-Sea,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48and he'll answer questions on 20th-century American presidents.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53And Frances Slack, a university lecturer from Manchester.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Her specialist subject, the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Tonight's contenders will answer questions
0:01:18 > 0:01:21on their specialist subject and then on general knowledge.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Sounds easy enough, if you're watching,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27but not when the clock is ticking away and the lights are bright and
0:01:27 > 0:01:29you're all alone in that black chair.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31They get two minutes in the first round,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33two and a half minutes in the second.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35So let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42And your name is?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- Jack Bennett.- Your occupation?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Student.- And your specialist subject?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48The official James Bond films.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50The James Bond films. In two minutes, here we go.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Which CIA agent,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54who has been played by a succession of actors in Bond films,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57is portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace?
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Felix Leiter.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01In the film For Your Eyes Only, who performs the theme song
0:02:01 > 0:02:03and appears in the opening credit sequence?
0:02:03 > 0:02:04- Sheena Easton.- Yes. In Dr No,
0:02:04 > 0:02:09M instructs Major Boothroyd to give Bond a Walther PPK firearm as a
0:02:09 > 0:02:13replacement for which other make of gun that Bond carried for ten years?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14- Beretta.- Yes.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Which actor plays the vengeful British Secret Service agent
0:02:16 > 0:02:21Alec Trevelyan, who betrays MI6 in GoldenEye and jeers that Bond is
0:02:21 > 0:02:23"Her Majesty's loyal terrier"?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Sean Bean.- Yes. In The Man With The Golden Gun,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Bond is assigned to recover a small device from Scaramanga that converts
0:02:29 > 0:02:30the sun's radiation into electricity.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32What's the device called?
0:02:32 > 0:02:33- Solex Agitator.- Yes.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38Who sings the Oscar-winning theme song to the 2012 Bond film Skyfall?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Adele.- Yes.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42In On Her Majesty's Secret Service,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44what is the name of the operation that's been set up to find
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Ernst Stavro Blofeld?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48- Gold.- Bedlam.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49In From Russia With Love,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52which actor plays the SPECTRE-trained killer Donald Grant,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55who is assigned to make Bond's death a particularly unpleasant and
0:02:55 > 0:02:56humiliating one?
0:02:56 > 0:02:57- Robert Shaw.- Yes. In You Only Live Twice,
0:02:57 > 0:03:01what is the name of the ship seen by Bond in a photograph that eventually
0:03:01 > 0:03:03leads him to an island where a secret rocket base is concealed
0:03:03 > 0:03:05within a volcano?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Ning-Po.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09What is the name of the supposed Soviet defector who, with Bond's
0:03:09 > 0:03:11help, escapes to the West through the trans-Siberian pipeline
0:03:11 > 0:03:13in The Living Daylights?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Georgi Koskov.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18In which 1989 film does Timothy Dalton make his second appearance
0:03:18 > 0:03:19as James Bond?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Licence To Kill.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Who plays Spectre's number two agent, Emilio Largo,
0:03:23 > 0:03:24in the '65 film Thunderball?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Adolfo Celi.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28In the 2006 film Casino Royale,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30which actress plays Vesper Lynd,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33the Treasury agent who accuses Bond of regarding women as disposable
0:03:33 > 0:03:35pleasures rather than meaningful pursuits?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Eva Green.- Yes.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Which New Zealand film-maker directed Die Another Day?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Lee Tamahori.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46In Quantum Of Solace, Bond overhears the plans of Dominic Greene,
0:03:46 > 0:03:47the CEO of Greene Planet,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49while he is in Austria attending a performance of which opera?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- Carmen.- No, Tosca.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57You have no passes, Jack, but you score 13 points.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08And our next contender, please.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16And your name is?
0:04:16 > 0:04:17- John Millar.- Your occupation?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- Investment manager.- And your specialist subject?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23The 44 Scotland Street novels by Alexander McCall Smith.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25In two minutes, starting now.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27In which newspaper did the 44 Scotland Street novels
0:04:27 > 0:04:31by Alexander McCall Smith first appear in serialised form?
0:04:31 > 0:04:32The Scotsman.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Bertie Pollock's baby brother Ulysses is prone to
0:04:34 > 0:04:35spontaneous vomiting,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38the sight of a member of his family seems to be the cause. Who?
0:04:38 > 0:04:39His mother, Irene.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Yes. In a hotel, after a series of mishaps, Bertie's mother, Irene,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46is mistaken for the new wife of a Bedouin leader in which city?
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Dubai.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50What name does the gallery owner Matthew give to his new
0:04:50 > 0:04:52mud-coloured car which is cheap,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55reliable and capable of carrying three babies and their impedimenta?
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Efficient.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58The Holy Grail.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59In The World According To Bertie,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02what is the title of the plain white canvas that the Duke of Johannesburg
0:05:02 > 0:05:05eventually buys for £320?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06- Peace Be With You.- Yes.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09What was the name of the three-year-old who was the subject
0:05:09 > 0:05:11of an academic paper by Dr Fairbairn?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14When they came across each other on a bus several years later, the boy
0:05:14 > 0:05:17head-butted the doctor as a precautionary measure.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Wee Fraser.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21The portrait painter and amateur poet Angus Lordie has taught his
0:05:21 > 0:05:25dog, Cyril, to relieve himself when Angus says what two-word phrase?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- Turner Prize.- Yes.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30What is the name of the illness that strikes down the would-be historical
0:05:30 > 0:05:32novelist Antonia Collie in the Uffizi Gallery?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Stendhal syndrome.- Yes.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37The Glasgow gangster Aloysius Lard O'Connor visits
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Edinburgh with a painting that turns out to be
0:05:39 > 0:05:42the long-lost portrait of Robert Burns by which artist?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43- Raeburn.- Yes.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46When the children Olive and Bertie are playing,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Olive takes a blood sample from Bertie and later tells him he has
0:05:49 > 0:05:51tested positive for what disease?
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Leprosy.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53In Love Over Scotland,
0:05:53 > 0:05:57the art history student Pat McGregor moves from 44 Scotland Street
0:05:57 > 0:05:59to Spottiswoode Street.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02What punning nickname does her ex-flatmate, Bruce, give it?
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Acne tree.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Acne Timber Street.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08What present that Bertie receives for his seventh birthday does he
0:06:08 > 0:06:09throw into the Water of Leith?
0:06:09 > 0:06:10A gender-neutral doll.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Which real-life writer is in a hot tub in his garden when Matthew and
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Pat turn up at his house, hoping to retrieve a painting?
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Ian Rankin.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20What does Bruce Anderson take from the house of his boss,
0:06:20 > 0:06:21the surveyor Raeburn Todd,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24shortly before the South Edinburgh Conservative Association ball?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- Underpants.- Yes. BEEPING
0:06:26 > 0:06:28And that's it, no passes.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30John, you have 12 points.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Thank you.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41And our next contender, please.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- And your name is?- Kester Ford.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- Your occupation?- Marketer.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53And your chosen subject?
0:06:53 > 0:06:5520th-century US presidents.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57In two minutes, starting now.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Which senator for Tennessee was chosen by Bill Clinton to
0:06:59 > 0:07:01be his running mate in the '92 election?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03They formed the youngest ever team to lead the nation.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04- Al Gore.- Yes.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08What did Franklin Roosevelt say was "the only thing we have to fear"
0:07:08 > 0:07:10in his first inaugural address in March 1933?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Fear itself.- Yes.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Which American general publicly disagreed with President Truman
0:07:15 > 0:07:16over the conduct of the Korean War,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18and was sacked for insubordination as a result?
0:07:18 > 0:07:19- MacArthur.- Yes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Which Republican president warned in his farewell address that,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25"we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence
0:07:25 > 0:07:27"by the military industrial complex?"
0:07:27 > 0:07:28- Eisenhower.- Yes.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31The nickname "creep" was given to the CRP, a fundraising
0:07:31 > 0:07:34organisation that aimed to secure Richard Nixon's second term.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The initial CRP stood for the Committee For...
0:07:37 > 0:07:39The Re-election Of The President.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Which President's earlier posts include
0:07:41 > 0:07:43American Ambassador to the United Nations,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Chief of the US Liaison Office in China
0:07:45 > 0:07:47and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49George HW Bush.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53The CIA and Eisenhower planned an invasion that was implemented
0:07:53 > 0:07:56by John F. Kennedy, who took personal responsibility
0:07:56 > 0:07:58when it turned into a disaster. What invasion?
0:07:58 > 0:07:59The Bay of Pigs.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01In September 1901,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04President William McKinley died after he was shot while he was
0:08:04 > 0:08:07attending the Pan-American Exposition in which city?
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Buffalo.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10What code name was given to the sustained bombing raids
0:08:10 > 0:08:12over North Vietnam, ordered by Lyndon B. Johnson
0:08:12 > 0:08:14in early 1965?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Operation Menu?
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Rolling Thunder.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18In September 1977,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Jimmy Carter signed treaties to hand back control of which territory
0:08:21 > 0:08:23from the end of 1999?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Puerto Rico?
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Panama Canal.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30What is the popular name of the statement of common purpose agreed
0:08:30 > 0:08:32between Roosevelt and Churchill in August 1941?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34The Atlantic...Treaty?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Charter.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Who was president at the time of the stock market crash
0:08:37 > 0:08:39that led to the Great Depression?
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Herbert Hoover.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43What was the name of the man who tried to murder Ronald Reagan in
0:08:43 > 0:08:45'81, after which the president said to his wife,
0:08:45 > 0:08:46"Honey, I forgot to duck"?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47John Schrank.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49John W Hinckley Junior.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Whom did Lyndon B. Johnson beat in the November '64 election
0:08:52 > 0:08:55with a record 61% of the popular vote?
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Goldwater.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58In 1947, to what post did Harry Truman
0:08:58 > 0:09:00appoint George C Marshall? BEEPING
0:09:00 > 0:09:03In office, he was responsible for drawing up the European recovery
0:09:03 > 0:09:06programme that gave billions of dollars of aid to Western Europe?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Um. Secretary of War?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13No, Secretary of State.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Yeah, there you go.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16No passes, ten points.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27And our final contender, please.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- And your name is?- Frances Slack.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Your occupation? - University lecturer.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41And your chosen subject?
0:09:41 > 0:09:42The musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Rodgers and Hammerstein. In two minutes, here we go.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Oklahoma! was the first collaboration
0:09:47 > 0:09:48between the composer Richard Rogers
0:09:48 > 0:09:50and the librettist Oscar Hammerstein.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52What is the opening song of the musical,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54performed by the cowboy Curly?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Oh, What A Beautiful Morning.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58In '57, Rodgers and Hammerstein
0:09:58 > 0:10:01wrote a version of Cinderella for CBS television.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Who played the title role?
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Julie Andrews.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07released as a film in 1945,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09was written directly for the screen rather than the stage?
0:10:09 > 0:10:10State Fair.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13In the Sound of music, which of the Von Trapp children sings the duet
0:10:13 > 0:10:1616 Going On 17 with the delivery boy, Rolf Gruber?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Liesl.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21In the original '51 New York production of The King And I,
0:10:21 > 0:10:22who starred as the King of Siam?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Yul Brynner.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27That's The Way It Happens, a song included in the '96 Broadway version
0:10:27 > 0:10:30of State Fair, was from which other musical that premiered in '53?
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Me and Juliet.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35You'll Never Walk Alone is sung twice in the performance of
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Carousel, once by Nettie Fowler and then as an ensemble piece
0:10:39 > 0:10:42in the show's finale, set at what ceremonial event?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45The school graduation ceremony.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Which Rodgers and Hammerstein show
0:10:47 > 0:10:50won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize For Drama?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53It was the first musical to do so since Of Thee I Sing in 1932.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55South Pacific.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Henry Fonda was considered for the part of Doc in Pipe Dream, but
0:10:57 > 0:11:00couldn't sing well enough. Who actually played the role
0:11:00 > 0:11:02when the production opened on Broadway in '55?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Vernon Dursley.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Bill Johnson.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Who wrote the play Green Grow the Lilacs that
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Rodgers and Hammerstein based the musical Oklahoma on?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Lynn Riggs.- In the King and I,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15which character writes the play The Small House Of Uncle Thomas and
0:11:15 > 0:11:18presents it to the King of Siam and his guests?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Tuptim.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Who co-wrote the book for the '49 musical South Pacific and later
0:11:23 > 0:11:25directed the film based on the stage musical?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Josh Logan.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Which experimental musical opened at the Majestic Theatre, New York
0:11:29 > 0:11:32in October '47 and closed less than a year later,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34even though there had been large advance sales?
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Allegro.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38The part of Fauna, the brothel keeper in Pipe Dream,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41was played by which opera singer when the musical opened in 1955?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Petunia Dursley.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Helen Traubel. What is the title
0:11:44 > 0:11:46of the only song... BEEPING
0:11:46 > 0:11:49..for which Rodgers and Hammerstein jointly won an Academy Award?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51It comes from the film of State Fair.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54It's A Grand Night For Singing.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55It Might As Well Be Spring.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- Oh.- Yeah.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59There we go, no passes for you either, Frances.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01You have 12 points.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Well, a very close contest so far,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16not a single pass in that round either.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20In fourth place with ten points, Kester Ford.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Joint second place, 12 points apiece, John Millar
0:12:23 > 0:12:24and Frances Slack.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27In first place, 13 points, Jack Bennett.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36So it is the general knowledge round now,
0:12:36 > 0:12:38and if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41then the number of passes is taken into account and the person with
0:12:41 > 0:12:43the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47And if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-breaker.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52The six highest scoring runners-up will also be able to claim a place
0:12:52 > 0:12:54in the semifinals, so plenty to play for.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Let's get on with it and ask Kester to join us again, please.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03And you have ten points on the board as we speak,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05but as I say, it is a very close contest.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Two and a half minutes of general knowledge to romp away with it.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Here we go. Which small gazelle-like antelope provides the nickname
0:13:11 > 0:13:13of the South African rugby union team?
0:13:13 > 0:13:14- Springbok.- In chemistry,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17what name's given to the listing of the elements arranged in rows and
0:13:17 > 0:13:20columns in order of atomic numbers, such that elements with similar
0:13:20 > 0:13:22chemical properties appear in the same column?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Periodic table.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Yes. What is the name of the Welsh female writer whose novels include
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Tipping The Velvet, Affinity and The Paying Guests?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- Maeve Binchy.- Sarah Waters. The holder of which religious office
0:13:31 > 0:13:34is helped in the everyday management of his affairs by the
0:13:34 > 0:13:37group of officials and departments known as the Curia Romana?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- The Pope.- What is the address of the official London residence
0:13:40 > 0:13:42of the Chancellor Of The Exchequer?
0:13:42 > 0:13:4311 Downing Street.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46What word, describing an intentionally surly or rude
0:13:46 > 0:13:48behaviour, has its origins in an old English term
0:13:48 > 0:13:50for a person of very low rank in Norman times?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Brusque.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Churlish. Dustin Hoffman won his second Best Actor Oscar for playing
0:13:55 > 0:13:58the autistic Raymond Babbitt in a 1988 Barry Levinson film.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59What's its title?
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Rain Man.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03In which genteel sport is the premier international trophy,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06the MacRobertson Shield, contested by Australia, Great Britain,
0:14:06 > 0:14:07New Zealand and America?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10The trophy is named after the millionaire who donated it.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Polo.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Croquet. Which of Jane Austen's novels, first published in 1813,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17was originally a youthful work called First Impressions?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Pride And Prejudice.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21What was the nationality of the artist Diego Rivera
0:14:21 > 0:14:24and his wife and fellow artist Frida Kahlo?
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Mexican.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Which society, founded in Oxford in 1946 by two barristers,
0:14:29 > 0:14:31restricts its membership to those with an IQ equal to
0:14:31 > 0:14:33the top 2% of the population?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Mensa.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37What magazine did Lord Reith establish in 1923
0:14:37 > 0:14:40when the Newspaper Publishers Association demanded payment
0:14:40 > 0:14:42to carry radio listings in their publications?
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Radio Times.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Which Irish singer topped the UK album charts in 1990
0:14:46 > 0:14:49with I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got?
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Sinead O'Connor.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54What is the subtitle of episode seven of the Star Wars films,
0:14:54 > 0:14:56which opened in December 2015?
0:14:56 > 0:14:57The Force Awakens.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Which insect that resembles a wasp or a bee, but has no sting,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02takes its name from its ability to remain stationary
0:15:02 > 0:15:04in the air above flowers?
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Hover fly.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Which cocktail, similar to an American mimosa,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11is made from fresh orange juice topped up with iced champagne?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Buck's fizz.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15The Oasis song Half The World Away is the theme tune for a television
0:15:15 > 0:15:19comedy series that stars Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash. Which series?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21The Royle Family.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24The Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith is best-known
0:15:24 > 0:15:27for a work of 1776 that has the full title,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31An Enquiry Into Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of... What?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Nations.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35What was the nationality of the pop groups Golden Earring,
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Shocking Blue and Pussycat, all of whom have had UK top ten singles?
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Australian.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Dutch. BEEPING
0:15:41 > 0:15:43And that's it, no passes, Kester.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46You now have a total of 25 points.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57And now John again, please.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03And you start the round, John, with 12 points, and the score to beat,
0:16:03 > 0:16:05as we speak, is 25,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08and you have two and a half minutes of general knowledge questions.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09Here we go.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Kelvin, Fahrenheit and Celsius are all scales for measuring what?
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Temperature.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Which field event in athletics involves throwing a metal ball
0:16:16 > 0:16:21that is 16lbs for men and 8.8lbs for women as far as possible using
0:16:21 > 0:16:22only one hand?
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Shot put.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27IMAP and POP3 are protocols for storing a type of message by a
0:16:27 > 0:16:31computer server that can be viewed and manipulated by an end-user.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32What type of message?
0:16:32 > 0:16:33E-mail.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36What is the surname of the Flintstones' next-door neighbours,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Barney, Betty and Bamm-Bamm in the television series The Flintstones?
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Rubble.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Which German composer's best-known works include the
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Academic Festival Overture? It was written in acknowledgement
0:16:45 > 0:16:48of an honorary doctorate conferred on him in 1879?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Wagner.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Brahms. A celebrated painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is
0:16:55 > 0:16:58thought to have been partly inspired by the red skies that were seen
0:16:58 > 0:17:00around the world after the eruption of Krakatoa. Which painting?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02The Scream.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Which classic 1963 film about a breakout from a POW camp
0:17:05 > 0:17:07in the Second World War stars Steve McQueen,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Richard Attenborough and James Garner?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10The Great Escape.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13In the Bible, who was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac,
0:17:13 > 0:17:15even though she was childless until she was 90 years old?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Ruth.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Sarah. Guy Garvey is the lead singer
0:17:18 > 0:17:21with which Mercury-award-winning group?
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Elbow.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25What word for an expert on a particular subject who expands on
0:17:25 > 0:17:28it to the general public comes from the Sanskrit for "learned person"?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Pundit.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33In the opening line of a poem about solitude by William Cowper,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36which marooned seaman says, "I am monarch of all I survey"?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39The Ancient Mariner.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Alexander Selkirk.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43What name did the former British colony of the Gold Coast take
0:17:43 > 0:17:46when it gained independence in 1957? It's derived from the name
0:17:46 > 0:17:48of a medieval West African trading empire.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Pass.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Which American athlete was accidentally tripped by Zola Budd
0:17:53 > 0:17:56in the 3,000 metres final at the '84 Olympic Games?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Mary Decker.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00The Scottish engineer John Logie Baird gave the first
0:18:00 > 0:18:03practical, public demonstration of an invention to members of the
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Royal Institution in 1926. What was it?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Television.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Who was the chief engineer of the Great Western Railway,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12and introduced the broad gauge to railways in Britain, with tracks
0:18:12 > 0:18:14that are just over seven feet apart?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Which small, graceful British deer that normally live in small groups
0:18:19 > 0:18:22rather than in large herds have a coat that is reddish-brown in summer
0:18:22 > 0:18:23and grey in winter?
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Roe deer.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Which Greek philosopher poisoned himself in 399 BC
0:18:27 > 0:18:30by drinking hemlock after he was sentenced to death
0:18:30 > 0:18:32on charges of impiety and corrupting the youth?
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Socrates.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36What is the name of the river, actually a tidal strait,
0:18:36 > 0:18:39that is overlooked by the United Nations building in Manhattan?
0:18:39 > 0:18:40- The Hudson River. - BEEPING
0:18:40 > 0:18:42No, it's the East River. The Hudson is on the other side.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44You had one pass -
0:18:44 > 0:18:47that former British colony, used to be the Gold Coast,
0:18:47 > 0:18:48became Ghana.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- You have 25 points.- Thank you.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04And now Frances again, please.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10And you also kick off with 12 points,
0:19:10 > 0:19:14and the score to beat is still 25.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18So, here we go, two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21What name is given to the statutory public holidays that were introduced
0:19:21 > 0:19:24by an Act of Parliament of 1871, authored by Sir John Lubbock?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Bank holidays.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Which 1966 chart-topping song by Tom Jones begins,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32"The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train"?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34The Green, Green Grass Of Home.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Evelyn Waugh took the title of his '34 novel A Handful Of Dust
0:19:36 > 0:19:38from which work by TS Eliot?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40The Wasteland.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42What was the name of the bumbling, fez-wearing magician and
0:19:42 > 0:19:45comedian who made a speciality of getting his conjuring tricks wrong
0:19:45 > 0:19:47in his various television series?
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Tommy Cooper.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Dr Robert McIntyre became a party's first MP when he won
0:19:51 > 0:19:53a by-election for the Motherwell constituency in 1945.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Which party?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Scottish National Party.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58What was the nickname of the snooker player
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Alex Higgins because of his hasty style of play?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Hurricane.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Which rock star is portrayed by Val Kilmer in the '91 Oliver Stone film
0:20:05 > 0:20:06The Doors?
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Jim Morrison.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Which North Wales holiday resort promotes
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Alice in Wonderland town trails, commemorating the fact
0:20:12 > 0:20:14that the Liddell family had a holiday home there?
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Llandudno.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18The June '67 war between the Arab nations of Egypt, Syria,
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Jordan and Israel was known by what name because of its short duration?
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Six Days War.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Who wrote the requiem poem In Memoriam AHH,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29published in 1850, about the death of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam
0:20:29 > 0:20:31in Vienna in 1833?
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Tennyson.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35What name is given to the pole that's associated with the
0:20:35 > 0:20:37coming of spring which children dance around,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39plaiting ribbons into patterns?
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Maypole.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Which breed of toy dog with a long, silky, pure white coat
0:20:43 > 0:20:46is named after a Mediterranean island in the area where it's
0:20:46 > 0:20:47thought to have originated?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Marmite.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Maltese.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Which Russian composer wrote the music for the four-act ballet
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Swan Lake, which had its premiere in Moscow in 1877?
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Tchaikovsky.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01What French term is used for the lighter style of food,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03simply cooked and attractively presented,
0:21:03 > 0:21:05that was developed in the 1960s and '70s, and popularised
0:21:05 > 0:21:09by the food critics Henri Gault and Christian Millau?
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Cordon.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12- Nouvelle cuisine.- Oh.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14The name of what very loud warning hooter,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16originally used on early motorcars,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19takes its name from the American company that manufactured it?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Klaxon.- The chapel of a public school with the River Thames
0:21:21 > 0:21:24prominent in the foreground is the subject of a landscape
0:21:24 > 0:21:27by the Venetian artist Canaletto, painted in about 1754.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Which public school?
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Eton.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33In which South American country is the port city of Fray Bentos?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36It's historically famous as a meat processing centre.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Uruguay.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40What did the 17th century Danish astronomer Ole Romer show has a
0:21:40 > 0:21:44finite and measurable speed by observing time differences between
0:21:44 > 0:21:46eclipses of Jupiter's moons?
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Light.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49In which year did the Queen celebrate her silver jubilee?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50BEEPING
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- 1977.- Is correct. Wow.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56No passes, 29 points.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10And finally, Jack again, please.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15And you start out, Jack, with 13 points.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20And I don't suppose you need me to tell you how many you have to get
0:22:20 > 0:22:22to get through to the semifinals,
0:22:22 > 0:22:26but 29, I'm afraid, is the score to beat.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Let's see how you do with two and a half minutes of general knowledge,
0:22:29 > 0:22:30starting now.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33In which story, collected by the Brothers Grimm, is the title
0:22:33 > 0:22:36character a girl with very long hair who is locked away in a tower
0:22:36 > 0:22:37by an enchantress?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Rapunzel.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Which classic cow's milk cheese from Normandy is customarily
0:22:42 > 0:22:44shaped in discs measuring about 11 cm in diameter
0:22:44 > 0:22:47and four cm in thickness?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Camembert.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51In which 2009 Oscar-winning science-fiction film by
0:22:51 > 0:22:54James Cameron is the planet Pandora inhabited by the Na'vi,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57a race of people who are ten feet tall with long tails?
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Avatar.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01In 1485, who became the last English king to die in battle?
0:23:01 > 0:23:05- Richard III.- Which island is at the apex of a mythical triangle that,
0:23:05 > 0:23:06together with Miami and Puerto Rico,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09forms an area of sea where many planes and boats have been lost?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Bermuda.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Which women's seven-a-side game is played on a court divided into
0:23:14 > 0:23:16thirds and measuring 100 feet by 50 feet?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Netball.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Which raccoon-like animal,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21whose scientific name means shining cat,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23was once thought to be related to the giant panda?
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Red panda.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27What acronym has been used since 1975 for the body that helps
0:23:27 > 0:23:30settle disputes between employers and employees?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34CPR?
0:23:34 > 0:23:37ACAS. What term is used to describe the occupation of Lovely Rita
0:23:37 > 0:23:39in the song of the Beatles' Sgt Pepper album?
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Teacher.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Meter maid. Which town in Gwent became the fifth in Wales
0:23:44 > 0:23:47to be granted city status as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee
0:23:47 > 0:23:48celebrations in 2002?
0:23:49 > 0:23:50St Asaph.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Newport. What is the common name for a deformed ear cartilage caused by
0:23:53 > 0:23:55repeated blows, and typically suffered by
0:23:55 > 0:23:57boxers and rugby players?
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Cauliflower.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00What is the name of the small Himalayan kingdom that lies
0:24:00 > 0:24:03between China in the north and India in the south,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05and has Thimphu as its capital city?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Bhutan.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Which small dagger with a slender,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11tapered blade has a name meaning "little dagger" in Italian?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Pugio?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Stiletto. What is the name of the character whose progress in the
0:24:21 > 0:24:24British Army during the Napoleonic Wars is charted in a series of
0:24:24 > 0:24:26novels by Bernard Cornwell and a television adaptation?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28He was played by Sean Bean.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Sharpe.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32John Harrison invented what timekeeping device of great accuracy
0:24:32 > 0:24:35that is used for determining longitude while at sea?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Parliament eventually, and reluctantly, paid most of the
0:24:38 > 0:24:42£20,000 prize it had promised for it in the 1714 Longitude Act.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Marine chronometer.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47In which television comedy series, set in a Spanish holiday resort,
0:24:47 > 0:24:51did Johnny Vegas appear as a pub quiz champion known as the Oracle?
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Benidorm.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54What decorative motif,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57dated from ancient Greece and symbolising abundance,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59is also known as the Horn Of Plenty?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01BEEPING
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Pass.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Well, I can give it to you, because your time is up.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It is the cornucopia.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11And you've got a total of 25 points.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Well, what a very high-scoring contest,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28and hardly any passes, only two.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34In joint second place - they all got 25 points - Jack Bennett,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36John Millar and Kester Ford.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40And in first place, 29 points, Frances Slack.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52So...
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Well done. Mind you, you sort of had to win, didn't you?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Certainly against Jack, because you're the lecturer
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- and he's the student.- Yes.- So... - Absolutely.- The pressure was on.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Did you think you were going to win? - No.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Ha! And are you looking forward...
0:26:07 > 0:26:10You don't have to tell me whether you are looking forward to doing it
0:26:10 > 0:26:13all over again. You've got to do it at least once, and possibly twice.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- We will look forward... - That's the challenge.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18That's the challenge. We will look forward to seeing you again,
0:26:18 > 0:26:20and, of course, it's possible that we will see one or more of the
0:26:20 > 0:26:25others again, John, Jack or Kester, with their score of 25 points.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28It's possible that we shall be seeing them again.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Now, if you would like to be a contender in the next series,
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