0:00:27 > 0:00:30Our first contender tonight is Michael Ward,
0:00:30 > 0:00:31a civil servant from Manchester.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34He's answering questions on the films of the Coen brothers.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Next, Alison Rawlinson,
0:00:37 > 0:00:41a registered nurse from Godalming, on Flanders and Swann.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Lyndon Easterbrook is a chef from Settle.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46His specialist subject,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49American singer-songwriter Tom Waits.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54And last, Lynne Francis, a student nurse from Hampshire,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57on the golden age of transatlantic liners.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00APPLAUSE
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Four more contenders will tonight take
0:01:20 > 0:01:22the ultimate test of nerve and memory.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25They have spent a long time trying to remember
0:01:25 > 0:01:27what they will need to know for their specialist subject,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31And they have a mere two minutes to prove that they know it.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34And after that, two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37The winner, of course, goes through to the semifinal.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39So let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46And your name is?
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Michael Ward.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Your occupation? Civil servant.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51And your specialist subject?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53The films of Joel and Ethan Coen.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56In two minutes, starting now.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Which actress who married Joel Coen after they met on the film
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Blood Simple won an Academy Award
0:02:00 > 0:02:02for her role in the 1996 film Fargo?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Frances McDormand.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05In Raising Arizona, what is
0:02:05 > 0:02:07the real first name of Hi McDunnough?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09It is revealed in the letter to his wife, Ed,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11to explain why he's leaving.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Herbert.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Who has received Academy Award nominations
0:02:14 > 0:02:15for his role as cinematographer
0:02:15 > 0:02:17on various Coen Brothers films,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19including No Country For Old Men and True Grit?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Roger Deakins.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23In The Man Who Wasn't There, why does Creighton Tolliver
0:02:23 > 0:02:25ask the barber, Ed Crane,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28to pause before he starts to cut his hair?
0:02:28 > 0:02:29To take off his wig.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33When Maude Lebowski asks The Dude about his past life,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35he tells her that he once spent time working as
0:02:35 > 0:02:38a roadie on the Speed Of Sound Tour for which band?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Metallica. In Oh Brother, Where Art Thou,
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Everett's wife tells the children
0:02:41 > 0:02:43their father is dead to cover up the fact
0:02:43 > 0:02:45that he is imprisoned. How does she say she died?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Hit by a train. In The Ladykillers,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Garth Pancake says he met Mountain Girl in
0:02:49 > 0:02:51a weekend retreat in the Catskills
0:02:51 > 0:02:53for sufferers of what medical condition?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54IBF.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Which actor plays the title role in Barton Fink
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and also appears as Bernie Bernbaum in Miller's Crossing
0:03:00 > 0:03:02and Jesus Quintana in the Big Lebowski?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03John Turturro.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06What is the title of the song Llewyn Davis recorded
0:03:06 > 0:03:07when he was around eight years old
0:03:07 > 0:03:09that he sings to his elderly father
0:03:09 > 0:03:11when he goes to visit him in a nursing home?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Shoals Of Herring. In True Grit,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15how old is Mattie Ross when she sets out to avenge
0:03:15 > 0:03:17her father's death by tracking down
0:03:17 > 0:03:18his murderer, Tom Cheney?
0:03:18 > 0:03:2014.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22What is the name of the town in Minnesota where
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Marge Gunderson is employed as a police officer in Fargo?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Brainerd.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28In Raising Arizona,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30when Hi commits armed robbery
0:03:30 > 0:03:32at the Short Stop convenience store,
0:03:32 > 0:03:33he tells Ed he's going to get
0:03:33 > 0:03:36the baby what brand of disposable nappies?
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Huggies.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Barton Fink's first commission when he is employed as
0:03:39 > 0:03:41a scriptwriter by Capitol Pictures
0:03:41 > 0:03:44is for a film about a wrestling for which actor?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Wallace Beery.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47In Fargo, Marge Gunderson's husband,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Norm, wins a competition to have his
0:03:49 > 0:03:51painting of a mallard put on
0:03:51 > 0:03:53to a stamp with how many cents?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Two.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55No, three!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Tom Regan is taken to Miller's Crossing at gunpoint to prove
0:03:58 > 0:04:00that he shot Bernie Bernbaum. ENDING BEEP
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Whose body is actually lying
0:04:01 > 0:04:03in the woods instead of Bernie's?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Mink. Is correct.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07You know, if it hadn't been for one cent,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09you'd have gotten them all right.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12As it is, you didn't do badly. My goodness, you got 14 points.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15APPLAUSE
0:04:23 > 0:04:25And our next contender, please.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36And your name is? Alison Rawlinson.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Your occupation? Registered nurse.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41And your specialist subject? Flanders and Swann.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Flanders and Swann, here we go, two minutes.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Michael Flanders and Donald Swann had a successful partnership
0:04:46 > 0:04:48writing and performing comic songs and monologues.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Which of their songs includes the line,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52"His inamorata adjusted her garter?"
0:04:52 > 0:04:53The Hippopotamus.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57They first collaborated in 1939 for the revue, Go To It,
0:04:57 > 0:04:58written and performed while
0:04:58 > 0:05:00they were at Westminster School.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Which fellow pupil and
0:05:01 > 0:05:03future Labour politician helped behind the scenes?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Pass.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Flanders often referred to the fact
0:05:06 > 0:05:07that he was in a wheelchair,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10claimed that it masked his constitutional laziness.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11What illness was the actual cause?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Polio.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15In the song The Armadillo, the narrator hears
0:05:15 > 0:05:17the armadillo singing a serenade on Salisbury Plain.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19What is the object of his love?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20A tank.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22In Design For Living, the singer says
0:05:22 > 0:05:23his speciality is in mess
0:05:23 > 0:05:25of pottage consisting of aubergine
0:05:25 > 0:05:26and what other ingredient?
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Carnation petals.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Who produced the live stage recording of
0:05:29 > 0:05:31At The Drop Of A Hat? He went on to achieve
0:05:31 > 0:05:34worldwide renown as a pop music producer?
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Pass.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36In Philological Waltz,
0:05:36 > 0:05:39the listener is told that the Tongan expression
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Hoolima Kittiluca Cheecheechee equates what word in English?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43No.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45The song The Reluctant Cannibal begins with
0:05:45 > 0:05:47a summons to the dining table.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49What delicacy is being served?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Roast leg of insurance salesman.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53At what school in Devon did Flanders and Swann
0:05:53 > 0:05:55perform some of their material
0:05:55 > 0:05:57to an audience of musicians in 1956?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59The enthusiastic response encouraged
0:05:59 > 0:06:01them to put on their first hat show.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Dartington summer school.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Dartington Hall, yes.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06At which small theatre in Notting Hill Gate
0:06:06 > 0:06:07did the first performance
0:06:07 > 0:06:08of At The Drop Of A Hat
0:06:08 > 0:06:10take place on New Year's Eve, 1956?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Pass.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13In the Second World War, Swann registered
0:06:13 > 0:06:15as a conscientious objector.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16He worked as a non-combatant in Greece
0:06:16 > 0:06:18and the Middle East with what service?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20The Friends Ambulance Service.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24The song Slow Train laments the disappearance of numerous
0:06:24 > 0:06:27railway stations. At which station will the singer
0:06:27 > 0:06:28stand well clear of the doors no more?
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Long Stanton.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32In one of the duo's most popular songs,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35what animal emphatically denies being like a hartebeest?
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Gnu.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40In The Gasman Cometh, what surname does the electrician
0:06:40 > 0:06:42mistakenly call Michael Flanders?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Sanderson. What is subscribed as being like
0:06:44 > 0:06:46the jaws of hell from a tram driver's ENDING BEEP
0:06:46 > 0:06:49point of view in the song Last Of The Line?
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Pass.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Well, I can tell you, because we are out of time. The Kingsway Tunnel.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Yeah. And you had three other passes.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59That small theatre in Notting Hill Gate
0:06:59 > 0:07:01was the New Lindsey Theatre Club.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04It was George Martin who produced
0:07:04 > 0:07:05the live recording At The Drop Of A Hat.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09And somebody else who went on to great things was the man,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12the politician, who helped behind the scenes while they were at
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Westminster School, his name was Tony Benn.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17There we are.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19And you have 11 points.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22APPLAUSE
0:07:31 > 0:07:32And our next contender, please.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43And your name is... Lyndon Easterbrook.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Your occupation? Chef. And your chosen subject.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48The life and works of Tom Waits.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53At which Los Angeles club was Tom Waits performing when
0:07:53 > 0:07:54he was seen by the record manager
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Herb Cohen who signed him to a songwriting contract?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58The Heritage. The Troubadour.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Which singer and actress whom Tom Waits dated for
0:08:01 > 0:08:02a while recorded the duet
0:08:02 > 0:08:03I Never Talk To Strangers with him
0:08:03 > 0:08:05for the '77 Foreign Affairs album?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Bette Midler.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Which song on Waits' 1973 debut album Closing Time includes the
0:08:10 > 0:08:13line, "My heart was not born to be tamed"?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Martha. Old Shoes.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Although he later claimed that he was born in
0:08:19 > 0:08:21a taxi in the town of Whittier, Waits was actually born
0:08:21 > 0:08:23on 7th of December 1949 in a hospital
0:08:23 > 0:08:25in which suburb of Los Angeles?
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Whittier?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29No. Pomona.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32What is the name of Tom Waits' childhood friend
0:08:32 > 0:08:33with whom he made a Kerouac style road trip?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36He is mentioned in the song I Wish I Was In New Orleans.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Tom Bentley. Sam Jones.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44He met his future wife Kathleen Brennan when
0:08:44 > 0:08:45he was working on the soundtrack
0:08:45 > 0:08:47of which '81 Francis Ford Coppola film?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48One From The Heart.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50What was the name of the club where Waits
0:08:50 > 0:08:52worked on the door and made his first live performance
0:08:52 > 0:08:54in 1969 where he sang mainly Bob Dylan covers?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56The Heritage.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Who had a hit with a cover of the song
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Downtown Train from Waits' '85 album Rain Dogs?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03It caused a very public rift with Bob Seger,
0:09:03 > 0:09:04who also recorded the song.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Rod Stewart.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Which jazz drummer did Tom Waits
0:09:07 > 0:09:09first play with on the '76 album Small Change?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Waits thanked him on the sleeve for his
0:09:11 > 0:09:14"drumistically pasteurised conktribution."
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Cal Taylor. Shelly Mann.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19In a Rolling Stone magazine interview,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Waits said he played electric guitar
0:09:21 > 0:09:23for the first time on which '78 album?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Heart Attack and Vine.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Blue Valentine. Which record label
0:09:30 > 0:09:31did Waits sign with in 1998?
0:09:31 > 0:09:34He made his debut for them with the Mule Variations album.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Asylum. Sorry. Epitaph.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38When Waits first played at Ronnie Scott's jazz club,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40he was thrown out after a row
0:09:40 > 0:09:41with the co-founder, who is mentioned
0:09:41 > 0:09:43in the subtitles of the song
0:09:43 > 0:09:45The Piano Has Been Drinking, Not Me.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46What was his name?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53ENDING BEEP
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Well, I can tell you, because you're out of time.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57It was Pete King. Right.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Funny what that black chair does to you, isn't it?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I know, I know. Four points.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06APPLAUSE
0:10:13 > 0:10:15And our final contender, please.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26And your name is...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Lynne Francis. Your occupation? Student nurse.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30And your chosen subject.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Is transatlantic liners of the golden age, 1899-1950.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35In two minutes, starting now.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Which ship steamed for four hours to reach the Titanic and
0:10:38 > 0:10:41rescued 705 survivors from the stricken ship's lifeboats?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Carpathia.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45The passenger liner Queen Elizabeth entered service as
0:10:45 > 0:10:47a troopship in 1940 and didn't
0:10:47 > 0:10:49make her first commercial crossing
0:10:49 > 0:10:50of the Atlantic until which year?
0:10:50 > 0:10:521946. To reduce rolling,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55the Italian ship Conte di Savoia was the first
0:10:55 > 0:10:57large passenger liner to be fitted
0:10:57 > 0:10:59with what devices as stabilisers?
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Flotation tanks.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Gyroscopes. What was the name of
0:11:03 > 0:11:05the shipbuilding firm in Clydebank
0:11:05 > 0:11:08which built the Cunard liners Lusitania and Queen Elizabeth?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10John Brown and company.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13With which British cruiser did the Olympic collide
0:11:13 > 0:11:14off the Isle of Wight in 1911?
0:11:14 > 0:11:15HMS Hawke.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Which harbour was the last port of call for the Titanic before
0:11:18 > 0:11:20she set out across the Atlantic on her maiden voyage?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Queenstown.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23The four funnel liner Deutschland
0:11:23 > 0:11:25launched in 1900 was built in
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Stettin for which shipping line?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Hamburg America.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31What was the name of the liner
0:11:31 > 0:11:32that served in both World Wars and
0:11:32 > 0:11:35reputedly steamed over three million miles in more
0:11:35 > 0:11:37than 35 years of service?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38RMS Aquitania.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Which French ship captured the blue ribbon for the fastest
0:11:41 > 0:11:43crossing of the Atlantic for the first time in 1935?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Normandie.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47With which company did Swan Hunter merge in 1903,
0:11:47 > 0:11:48specifically to bid for
0:11:48 > 0:11:50the contract to build the Mauritania?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Wigham Richardson.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Harland and Wolff built and launched
0:11:54 > 0:11:55a luxury liner in 1905.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57It's regarded as the first to have installed
0:11:57 > 0:11:59an electric passenger lift. What was it called?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Baltic. The America.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Which ship, built for the White Star Line,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07was the largest ship in the world
0:12:07 > 0:12:09at the time of her maiden voyage in 1899?
0:12:09 > 0:12:10The Oceanic.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11In which river did over 1,000 people
0:12:11 > 0:12:13die when the Empress of Ireland
0:12:13 > 0:12:15sank after she collided with
0:12:15 > 0:12:18the Norwegian collier Storstad in 1914?
0:12:18 > 0:12:19St Lawrence.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22What was the name of the liner that had a wartime role
0:12:22 > 0:12:24as a troopship and carried
0:12:24 > 0:12:26a reputed record of 16,683 people on
0:12:26 > 0:12:29a voyage from New York to Britain in 1943?
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Queen Elizabeth. Queen Mary.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Which ship was fitted with a spectacular eagle and
0:12:35 > 0:12:37globe figurehead on the prow
0:12:37 > 0:12:39to make her the world's longest ENDING BEEP
0:12:39 > 0:12:41ship at the time of her maiden voyage in 1913?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Imperator. Is correct.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47No passes, Lynne. You've got 12 points.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50APPLAUSE
0:12:57 > 0:13:01So, that is the end of the specialist subjects round.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05In fourth place, four points, Lyndon Easterbrook.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Third place, 11 points, Alison Rawlinson.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Second place, 12 points, Lynne Francis.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13First place, 14 points, Michael Ward.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15APPLAUSE
0:13:21 > 0:13:23So, it is the general knowledge round now,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26and if their scores are tied at the end of this round,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29then the number of passes is taken into account and the person
0:13:29 > 0:13:31with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34And if they can't be separated on passes either,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37then there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41And remember, the sixth highest scoring runners-up will also
0:13:41 > 0:13:44be able to claim a place in the semifinals. So, plenty to play for.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Let's get on with it and ask Lyndon to join us again, please.
0:13:50 > 0:13:56And you had a touch of the black chairs in your first round.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58You've now got two and a half minutes of general knowledge
0:13:58 > 0:14:02to pile on the points. So, no pressure on you. Here we go.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Two and a half minutes starting now.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06What is the name of the section of a symphony orchestra that
0:14:06 > 0:14:08includes symbols, triangles, gongs and drums?
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Percussion.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12In cricket, runs not scored by a batsman such as leg byes,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15wides and no-balls are called sundries in Australia.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17What are they called elsewhere, including in England?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Extras.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20The Marshalsea debtors prison in London is
0:14:20 > 0:14:22the setting for a large part of which Dickens novel?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Dombey and Son. Little Dorrit.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29What term for a junior member of the staff of an embassy or
0:14:29 > 0:14:31legation is also used to
0:14:31 > 0:14:33describe a small rectangular case?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Attache.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37How many tricks does a player undertake to win with
0:14:37 > 0:14:39a call of Misere or Misere Ouverte
0:14:39 > 0:14:41in the game of Solo Whist?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Seven. None.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45In which 2016 television series based on a
0:14:45 > 0:14:47novel by John Le Carre is a hotel worker,
0:14:47 > 0:14:48played by Tom Hiddleston,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51recruited by a government agent to infiltrate
0:14:51 > 0:14:53the inner circle of a ruthless arms dealer?
0:14:54 > 0:14:55The Night Manager.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Of which foodstuff are
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Sage Derby and Cornish Yarg varieties?
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Cheese.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02In statistics, what term for the measure of a spread of
0:15:02 > 0:15:05a set of numerical values about their mean is often
0:15:05 > 0:15:07abbreviated to the letters SD?
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Standard deviation.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10In which country are the holiday resorts
0:15:10 > 0:15:12of Portimao and Albufeira?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Spain. Portugal.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Which composer, famous for his scores for
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns,
0:15:19 > 0:15:20won his first competitive Oscar at
0:15:20 > 0:15:23the 2016 ceremony for his original score for
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Quentin Tarantino's Western The Hateful Eight?
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Ennio Morricone. Yes.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Which football club was formed in 1905 after Fulham
0:15:30 > 0:15:32decided not to rent the Stamford Bridge ground
0:15:32 > 0:15:35from its owner, Mr HA Mears, and he wanted a club to occupy it?
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Chelsea. Yes.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Who did David Cameron replace as the leader of the
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Conservative party in 2005?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44William Hague? Michael Howard.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Which American rap star had his first UK chart-topping single in July 2000
0:15:47 > 0:15:51with the Grammy award-winning song The Real Slim Shady?
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Eminem. Yes.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Which poet who went on to be Poet Laureate from 1999 to
0:15:56 > 0:15:582009 published his first volume of poetry,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00The Pleasure Steamers, in 1978?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Andrew Motion? Yes.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04What term meaning "beautiful era" in French refers
0:16:04 > 0:16:06to the period of prosperity in the years leading up
0:16:06 > 0:16:07to the First World War,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10especially as epitomised by Parisian society?
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Beau...
0:16:14 > 0:16:16de l'air?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18La Belle Epoque.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21In which country is the Pacific Ocean seaport of Valparaiso?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Chile. Yes.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26In which American state is the so-called fountain of youth?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28According to legend, it's associated
0:16:28 > 0:16:31with the 16th-century Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Arizona? Florida.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Which general, in support of the murdered Julius Caesar,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38formed the Second Roman Triumvirate with
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Octavian and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in October, 43 BC?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Neil Chapman.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46No, it was Mark Antony.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49But it might have been him. Look, respectable score now.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51You're up to 15 points.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Thank you.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03And now Alison again, please.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09And you start out with 11 points with your knowledge of that
0:17:09 > 0:17:13wonderfully funny duo Flanders and Swann.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16And you have two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17So here we go.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20What is the name of the complex of coral reefs, shoals and islets
0:17:20 > 0:17:23that lies off Australia's north-east coast and
0:17:23 > 0:17:25extends for a distance of some 2,000 kilometres?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Great Barrier Reef. Yes.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Which precious stone is a red transparent variety
0:17:30 > 0:17:31of the mineral corundum?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Ruby. Yes.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36What is the common name for small-to-medium-sized parrots, generally with long tails,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38best known of them being the budgerigar?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Parakeet? Yes. The Sound Of Music,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42which was first staged in 1959,
0:17:42 > 0:17:46was the last collaboration between Oscar Hammerstein II and which composer?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Rodgers? Yes. Which popular novelist,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51who set most of her works in her native north-east,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54was the illegitimate daughter of a barmaid named Kate Fawcett?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Catherine Cookson? Yes.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58What name is given to the clarified butter made from cow
0:17:58 > 0:18:00or buffalo milk that's widely used in Indian cookery?
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Ghee. Yes.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Who achieved fame on television as Colonel Steve Austin,
0:18:04 > 0:18:05The Six Million Dollar Man,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09before going on to play the Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Lee Majors. La Dolce Vita,
0:18:11 > 0:18:17La Strada and 8? are among the best-known films of which Italian film director?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Fellini. Yes. The list of famous people buried
0:18:19 > 0:18:23in a London cemetery include Karl Marx, George Eliot and Michael Faraday.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Which cemetery? Highgate.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Yes. Which hero of the Trojan War who was the King of Ithaca had his
0:18:27 > 0:18:30journey home recounted by Homer?
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Odysseus. Yes. Britain's oldest and most senior order of chivalry
0:18:34 > 0:18:38was founded by Edward III in 1348 and is called The Most Noble Order of the...?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Garter. Yes. Jeremy John Durham are the real forenames of a former
0:18:42 > 0:18:45leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Who is he? Jeremy Thorpe?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Paddy Ashdown. In 1943,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50the Derwent Reservoir in the Peak District was used
0:18:50 > 0:18:53by the RAF to practise for which famous operation?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Dam Busters. Yes.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57What name is given to an enclosed court or covered arcade
0:18:57 > 0:19:00that forms part of a monastery or college building?
0:19:00 > 0:19:01Cloister. Yes.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03The waters of which river estuary in South America
0:19:03 > 0:19:07have a distinctly brownish colour because of the sediment carried by it.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Although its name means "silver river" in Spanish?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Pass. Which golfer who was twice a winner of the British Open
0:19:15 > 0:19:18was known as the great white shark because of his light
0:19:18 > 0:19:20blonde hair and aggressive style of play?
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Jack Nicklaus? Greg Norman.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27What term, used particularly by archaeologists,
0:19:27 > 0:19:31for an item made by human workmanship comes from the Latin for skill and make?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Artefact. Yes.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35In the children's book first published in the 1920s,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39which character says, "I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me"?
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Winnie the Pooh. Yes.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43The Cod Wars is the name given to the series of disputes running from
0:19:43 > 0:19:47the 1950s to the 1970s between Britain and a country over fishing rights
0:19:47 > 0:19:49in the North Atlantic. Which country?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Iceland. Is correct.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Just the one pass.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57That river estuary in South America is the Rio de la Plata,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00or the River Plate, if you prefer.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03You've now gone up, shot up, to 27 points.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05APPLAUSE
0:20:15 > 0:20:17So Lynne again now, please.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22And you start this round with 12 points.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25And as you will be very well aware, the score you have to beat,
0:20:25 > 0:20:29if you are to get through to the semifinal, is now 27.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31So here we go.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Two and a half minutes of general knowledge in which to do it,
0:20:34 > 0:20:35or not as the case may be.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Which elderly amateur detective who features in 12 novels and 20 short
0:20:39 > 0:20:41stories by Agatha Christie has the first name Jane?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Miss Marple. Yes. The 24th official James Bond film was
0:20:45 > 0:20:48directed by Sam Mendez and released in 2015.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50What was it called? Skyfall?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Spectre. Which song written by Bob Marley gave
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Eric Clapton his first top
0:20:53 > 0:20:57ten hit in the UK singles chart under his own name in 1974?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I Shot The Sheriff. Yep.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01In which Asian country were the Winter Olympics held
0:21:01 > 0:21:05in Sapporo in 1972 and in Nagano in 1988?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Japan. Yes. According to St Matthew's gospel,
0:21:07 > 0:21:12John the Baptist survived on a diet of wild honey and which insects while
0:21:12 > 0:21:13he was in the wilderness?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Ants? Locusts.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Who succeeded Clement Attlee as the leader of the Labour Party in 1955?
0:21:18 > 0:21:21He held the office till his death in 1963.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Pass. The former private chapel known as the Queen's gallery that hosted
0:21:25 > 0:21:28a 2015 exhibition of portraits of D-Day veterans
0:21:28 > 0:21:31is in the grounds of a royal residence. Which one?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Holyroodhouse? Buckingham Palace.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Which soft bramble fruit considered a hybrid of the blackberry and the
0:21:37 > 0:21:40raspberry is named after the lawyer who cultivated it
0:21:40 > 0:21:42in Santa Cruz, California in about 1880?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Loganberry? Yes.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Which city in Cambridgeshire has a cathedral known as the ship of the fens
0:21:47 > 0:21:48because it can be seen for miles around?
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Ely. Yep. A thin layer of what substance is fused onto metal
0:21:52 > 0:21:56and other surfaces by intense heat to give a glazed, enamel finish?
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Pass. Which 1880 novel by Lew Wallace was subtitled A Tale Of The Christ,
0:22:01 > 0:22:04its 1959 film version starred Charlton Heston?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Pass. Who played Detective Superintendant Sandra Pullman,
0:22:10 > 0:22:14the original head of the team of detectives in the Metropolitan Police's
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad in the television series New Tricks?
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Pass.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Which spirit is used to make a planter's punch cocktail
0:22:26 > 0:22:28along with fruit juices and sugar?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Gin? Rum. A novel by David Nicholls about a student who fulfils his dream of
0:22:32 > 0:22:35appearing on University Challenge was published in America as
0:22:35 > 0:22:37A Question Of Attraction because of fears that
0:22:37 > 0:22:40the Americans might not understand the significance of the original title.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Which novel? Starter For Ten.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Yes. Which composer met the French novelist George Sand in 1837 and lived with
0:22:47 > 0:22:50her from the following year until 1847.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Frederic Chopin. Indeed.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55In meteorology, which name is usually given to precipitation falling as
0:22:55 > 0:22:57rain mingled with snow or hail?
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Drizzle. Sleet.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Which volcano in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra erupted in 1883?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09The effects were felt thousands of miles away.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Krakatoa. Krakatoa is correct.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12You had four passes.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17It was Amanda Redman who played Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22That film starring Charlton Heston, the original novel by Lew Wallace,
0:23:22 > 0:23:23was Ben-Hur.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28It was glass that is fused onto metal and all that to get a
0:23:28 > 0:23:32glazed finish. And Hugh Gaitskell succeeded Clement Attlee and went on
0:23:32 > 0:23:35to lead the Labour Party for quite a long time.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38So there we are. You've now a total of 20 points.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Thank you.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51And finally Michael again, please.
0:23:51 > 0:23:58And you scored 14 points with your knowledge of the Coen brothers films.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00And now, as you will know,
0:24:00 > 0:24:0427 points is the score to beat with your general knowledge if you are to
0:24:04 > 0:24:06get through to the semis.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08So let's see if you can do it.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Here we go. Two and a half minutes starting now.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Which American president announced his resignation from office on 8 August 1974
0:24:14 > 0:24:16because of the Watergate scandal?
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Richard Nixon. Yes.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Which is the largest of the great apes that lives in the tropical forests of Equatorial
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Africa and is the closest relative to humans after the chimpanzee?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Gorilla. Yes. Which march by Johann Strauss the Elder
0:24:26 > 0:24:28that's named after an Austrian Field Marshal
0:24:28 > 0:24:32is played at the traditional New Year's Day concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Pass. What is the name of the British trade union that was
0:24:35 > 0:24:37established in 1930 for actors,
0:24:37 > 0:24:41but was later extended to include performers in most fields of entertainment?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Equity? Yes. What word used for
0:24:43 > 0:24:45a form of mountain climbing somewhere between hill
0:24:45 > 0:24:50walking and rock climbing is also an alternative name for the motorcycle sport of motocross?
0:24:50 > 0:24:55Pass. In which work by Geoffrey Chaucer do a group of pilgrims take part in
0:24:55 > 0:24:58a storytelling contest on their way to St Thomas a Becket's shrine?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Canterbury Tales. Yes.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02A head and a short head are winning margins in
0:25:02 > 0:25:04horse racing and which other sport?
0:25:05 > 0:25:06Golf. Greyhound racing.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Which hip-hop group that formed in New York City has members that
0:25:09 > 0:25:13include Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Inspectah Deck?
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Wu-Tang Clan. Yes.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Who was the commander-in-chief of the British Army at
0:25:16 > 0:25:20the Battle of Salamanca in 1812 and the Battle of Vitoria the following year?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22The Duke of Wellington?
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Yes. Which annual publication that was first published in 1849 contains
0:25:26 > 0:25:28over 33,000 short biographies of living,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31noteworthy individuals from all walks of life worldwide?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Pass. Which vegetable, often topped with a Mornay sauce,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38is used in a dish described as Florentine?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Aubergine? Spinach.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42What is the surname of the American surgeon who in the early 1970s
0:25:42 > 0:25:45pioneered the emergency procedure of a series of
0:25:45 > 0:25:48abdominal thrusts for a person who is choking?
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Heimlich? Yes.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Of which artistic movement were Claude Monet and Pierre Auguste Renoir
0:25:52 > 0:25:56among the founders? Their paintings were often created outdoors and tried to
0:25:56 > 0:25:57capture the changing effects of light?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Impressionists. Yes.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03The Greek island of Skopelos provided many of the locations for the 2008
0:26:03 > 0:26:06film version of which successful stage musical?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Mamma Mia. Yes. What is the Gaulton-Henry system
0:26:09 > 0:26:12classified for the purpose of criminal identification.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15It was officially introduced by Scotland Yard in 1901.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Fingerprints? Yes. Which broadcaster and poker player presented the 2015
0:26:19 > 0:26:22TV documentary series How To Be Bohemian?
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Victoria Coren Mitchell.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Yes. Which city's railway station at Temple Meads was designed by Brunel
0:26:27 > 0:26:30and became a Grade I listed building in 1966?
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Bristol. Yes.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Which four words complete the opening line of Hamlet's soliloquy which
0:26:35 > 0:26:37begins, "To be not to be..."?
0:26:37 > 0:26:40"..that is the question." Yes. What word of Dutch origin for anything used to
0:26:40 > 0:26:42entice, especially into a trap, BEEP
0:26:42 > 0:26:47originally meant a place to which birds or animals were lured to be caught?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Bait? Decoy.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Now, that might have been important, but we shall see.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55Your passes.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58The annual publication with all those names in it, 33,000 of them,
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Who's Who. Scrambling is what you do if you are sort of mountain climbing
0:27:02 > 0:27:04or doing the motorcycle sport.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09And the march by Strauss was the Radetzky March.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13Michael, you have a total now of 27 points.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16APPLAUSE
0:27:27 > 0:27:31But that doesn't mean we don't have a result, because we do.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Let me give you all the scores and you will see why.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37In fourth place, 15 points, Lyndon Easterbrook.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Third place, 20 points, Lynne Francis.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Second place, 27 points and five
0:27:43 > 0:27:46passes, Alison Rawlinson.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51First place with 27 points and three passes, Michael Ward.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Which of course illustrates the importance of passing or not passing
0:28:11 > 0:28:15and means that Michael is tonight's winner and goes through to the semifinals.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16Congratulations to him.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18With a score of 27, though,
0:28:18 > 0:28:23there is every chance that we shall see Alison back in the semifinals,
0:28:23 > 0:28:24cos that's a high score.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27If you would like to be a contender on the next series,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30do go to our website...
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0:28:35 > 0:28:37Thanks for watching. Goodbye.