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Our first contender tonight is Michael Ward,

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a civil servant from Manchester.

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He's answering questions on the films of the Coen brothers.

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Next, Alison Rawlinson,

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a registered nurse from Godalming, on Flanders and Swann.

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Lyndon Easterbrook is a chef from Settle.

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His specialist subject,

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American singer-songwriter Tom Waits.

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And last, Lynne Francis, a student nurse from Hampshire,

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on the golden age of transatlantic liners.

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APPLAUSE

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Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.

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Four more contenders will tonight take

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the ultimate test of nerve and memory.

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They have spent a long time trying to remember

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what they will need to know for their specialist subject,

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And they have a mere two minutes to prove that they know it.

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And after that, two and a half minutes on general knowledge.

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The winner, of course, goes through to the semifinal.

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So let's have our first contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Michael Ward.

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Your occupation? Civil servant.

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And your specialist subject?

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The films of Joel and Ethan Coen.

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In two minutes, starting now.

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Which actress who married Joel Coen after they met on the film

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Blood Simple won an Academy Award

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for her role in the 1996 film Fargo?

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Frances McDormand.

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In Raising Arizona, what is

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the real first name of Hi McDunnough?

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It is revealed in the letter to his wife, Ed,

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to explain why he's leaving.

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Herbert.

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Who has received Academy Award nominations

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for his role as cinematographer

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on various Coen Brothers films,

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including No Country For Old Men and True Grit?

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Roger Deakins.

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In The Man Who Wasn't There, why does Creighton Tolliver

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ask the barber, Ed Crane,

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to pause before he starts to cut his hair?

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To take off his wig.

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When Maude Lebowski asks The Dude about his past life,

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he tells her that he once spent time working as

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a roadie on the Speed Of Sound Tour for which band?

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Metallica. In Oh Brother, Where Art Thou,

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Everett's wife tells the children

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their father is dead to cover up the fact

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that he is imprisoned. How does she say she died?

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Hit by a train. In The Ladykillers,

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Garth Pancake says he met Mountain Girl in

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a weekend retreat in the Catskills

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for sufferers of what medical condition?

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IBF.

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Which actor plays the title role in Barton Fink

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and also appears as Bernie Bernbaum in Miller's Crossing

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and Jesus Quintana in the Big Lebowski?

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John Turturro.

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What is the title of the song Llewyn Davis recorded

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when he was around eight years old

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that he sings to his elderly father

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when he goes to visit him in a nursing home?

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Shoals Of Herring. In True Grit,

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how old is Mattie Ross when she sets out to avenge

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her father's death by tracking down

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his murderer, Tom Cheney?

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14.

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What is the name of the town in Minnesota where

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Marge Gunderson is employed as a police officer in Fargo?

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Brainerd.

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In Raising Arizona,

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when Hi commits armed robbery

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at the Short Stop convenience store,

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he tells Ed he's going to get

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the baby what brand of disposable nappies?

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Huggies.

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Barton Fink's first commission when he is employed as

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a scriptwriter by Capitol Pictures

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is for a film about a wrestling for which actor?

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Wallace Beery.

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In Fargo, Marge Gunderson's husband,

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Norm, wins a competition to have his

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painting of a mallard put on

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to a stamp with how many cents?

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Two.

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No, three!

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Tom Regan is taken to Miller's Crossing at gunpoint to prove

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that he shot Bernie Bernbaum. ENDING BEEP

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Whose body is actually lying

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in the woods instead of Bernie's?

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Mink. Is correct.

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You know, if it hadn't been for one cent,

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you'd have gotten them all right.

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As it is, you didn't do badly. My goodness, you got 14 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is? Alison Rawlinson.

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Your occupation? Registered nurse.

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And your specialist subject? Flanders and Swann.

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Flanders and Swann, here we go, two minutes.

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Michael Flanders and Donald Swann had a successful partnership

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writing and performing comic songs and monologues.

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Which of their songs includes the line,

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"His inamorata adjusted her garter?"

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The Hippopotamus.

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They first collaborated in 1939 for the revue, Go To It,

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written and performed while

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they were at Westminster School.

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Which fellow pupil and

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future Labour politician helped behind the scenes?

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Pass.

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Flanders often referred to the fact

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that he was in a wheelchair,

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claimed that it masked his constitutional laziness.

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What illness was the actual cause?

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Polio.

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In the song The Armadillo, the narrator hears

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the armadillo singing a serenade on Salisbury Plain.

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What is the object of his love?

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A tank.

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In Design For Living, the singer says

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his speciality is in mess

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of pottage consisting of aubergine

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and what other ingredient?

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Carnation petals.

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Who produced the live stage recording of

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At The Drop Of A Hat? He went on to achieve

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worldwide renown as a pop music producer?

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Pass.

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In Philological Waltz,

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the listener is told that the Tongan expression

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Hoolima Kittiluca Cheecheechee equates what word in English?

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No.

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The song The Reluctant Cannibal begins with

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a summons to the dining table.

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What delicacy is being served?

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Roast leg of insurance salesman.

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At what school in Devon did Flanders and Swann

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perform some of their material

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to an audience of musicians in 1956?

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The enthusiastic response encouraged

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them to put on their first hat show.

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Dartington summer school.

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Dartington Hall, yes.

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At which small theatre in Notting Hill Gate

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did the first performance

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of At The Drop Of A Hat

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take place on New Year's Eve, 1956?

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Pass.

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In the Second World War, Swann registered

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as a conscientious objector.

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He worked as a non-combatant in Greece

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and the Middle East with what service?

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The Friends Ambulance Service.

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The song Slow Train laments the disappearance of numerous

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railway stations. At which station will the singer

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stand well clear of the doors no more?

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Long Stanton.

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In one of the duo's most popular songs,

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what animal emphatically denies being like a hartebeest?

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Gnu.

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In The Gasman Cometh, what surname does the electrician

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mistakenly call Michael Flanders?

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Sanderson. What is subscribed as being like

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the jaws of hell from a tram driver's ENDING BEEP

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point of view in the song Last Of The Line?

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Pass.

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Well, I can tell you, because we are out of time. The Kingsway Tunnel.

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Yeah. And you had three other passes.

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That small theatre in Notting Hill Gate

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was the New Lindsey Theatre Club.

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It was George Martin who produced

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the live recording At The Drop Of A Hat.

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And somebody else who went on to great things was the man,

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the politician, who helped behind the scenes while they were at

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Westminster School, his name was Tony Benn.

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There we are.

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And you have 11 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is... Lyndon Easterbrook.

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Your occupation? Chef. And your chosen subject.

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The life and works of Tom Waits.

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In two minutes, starting now.

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At which Los Angeles club was Tom Waits performing when

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he was seen by the record manager

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Herb Cohen who signed him to a songwriting contract?

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The Heritage. The Troubadour.

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Which singer and actress whom Tom Waits dated for

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a while recorded the duet

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I Never Talk To Strangers with him

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for the '77 Foreign Affairs album?

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Bette Midler.

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Which song on Waits' 1973 debut album Closing Time includes the

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line, "My heart was not born to be tamed"?

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Martha. Old Shoes.

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Although he later claimed that he was born in

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a taxi in the town of Whittier, Waits was actually born

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on 7th of December 1949 in a hospital

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in which suburb of Los Angeles?

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Whittier?

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No. Pomona.

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What is the name of Tom Waits' childhood friend

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with whom he made a Kerouac style road trip?

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He is mentioned in the song I Wish I Was In New Orleans.

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Tom Bentley. Sam Jones.

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He met his future wife Kathleen Brennan when

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he was working on the soundtrack

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of which '81 Francis Ford Coppola film?

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One From The Heart.

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What was the name of the club where Waits

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worked on the door and made his first live performance

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in 1969 where he sang mainly Bob Dylan covers?

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The Heritage.

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Who had a hit with a cover of the song

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Downtown Train from Waits' '85 album Rain Dogs?

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It caused a very public rift with Bob Seger,

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who also recorded the song.

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Rod Stewart.

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Which jazz drummer did Tom Waits

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first play with on the '76 album Small Change?

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Waits thanked him on the sleeve for his

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"drumistically pasteurised conktribution."

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Cal Taylor. Shelly Mann.

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In a Rolling Stone magazine interview,

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Waits said he played electric guitar

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for the first time on which '78 album?

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Heart Attack and Vine.

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Blue Valentine. Which record label

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did Waits sign with in 1998?

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He made his debut for them with the Mule Variations album.

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Asylum. Sorry. Epitaph.

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When Waits first played at Ronnie Scott's jazz club,

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he was thrown out after a row

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with the co-founder, who is mentioned

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in the subtitles of the song

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The Piano Has Been Drinking, Not Me.

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What was his name?

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ENDING BEEP

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Well, I can tell you, because you're out of time.

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It was Pete King. Right.

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Funny what that black chair does to you, isn't it?

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I know, I know. Four points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our final contender, please.

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And your name is...

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Lynne Francis. Your occupation? Student nurse.

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And your chosen subject.

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Is transatlantic liners of the golden age, 1899-1950.

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In two minutes, starting now.

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Which ship steamed for four hours to reach the Titanic and

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rescued 705 survivors from the stricken ship's lifeboats?

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Carpathia.

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The passenger liner Queen Elizabeth entered service as

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a troopship in 1940 and didn't

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make her first commercial crossing

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of the Atlantic until which year?

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1946. To reduce rolling,

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the Italian ship Conte di Savoia was the first

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large passenger liner to be fitted

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with what devices as stabilisers?

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Flotation tanks.

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Gyroscopes. What was the name of

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the shipbuilding firm in Clydebank

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which built the Cunard liners Lusitania and Queen Elizabeth?

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John Brown and company.

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With which British cruiser did the Olympic collide

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off the Isle of Wight in 1911?

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HMS Hawke.

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Which harbour was the last port of call for the Titanic before

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she set out across the Atlantic on her maiden voyage?

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Queenstown.

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The four funnel liner Deutschland

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launched in 1900 was built in

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Stettin for which shipping line?

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Hamburg America.

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What was the name of the liner

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that served in both World Wars and

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reputedly steamed over three million miles in more

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than 35 years of service?

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RMS Aquitania.

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Which French ship captured the blue ribbon for the fastest

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crossing of the Atlantic for the first time in 1935?

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Normandie.

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With which company did Swan Hunter merge in 1903,

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specifically to bid for

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the contract to build the Mauritania?

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Wigham Richardson.

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Harland and Wolff built and launched

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a luxury liner in 1905.

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It's regarded as the first to have installed

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an electric passenger lift. What was it called?

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Baltic. The America.

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Which ship, built for the White Star Line,

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was the largest ship in the world

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at the time of her maiden voyage in 1899?

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The Oceanic.

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In which river did over 1,000 people

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die when the Empress of Ireland

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sank after she collided with

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the Norwegian collier Storstad in 1914?

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St Lawrence.

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What was the name of the liner that had a wartime role

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as a troopship and carried

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a reputed record of 16,683 people on

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a voyage from New York to Britain in 1943?

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Queen Elizabeth. Queen Mary.

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Which ship was fitted with a spectacular eagle and

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globe figurehead on the prow

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to make her the world's longest ENDING BEEP

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ship at the time of her maiden voyage in 1913?

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Imperator. Is correct.

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No passes, Lynne. You've got 12 points.

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APPLAUSE

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So, that is the end of the specialist subjects round.

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Let's have a look at all of the scores.

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In fourth place, four points, Lyndon Easterbrook.

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Third place, 11 points, Alison Rawlinson.

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Second place, 12 points, Lynne Francis.

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First place, 14 points, Michael Ward.

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APPLAUSE

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So, it is the general knowledge round now,

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and if their scores are tied at the end of this round,

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then the number of passes is taken into account and the person

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with the fewer passes is the winner.

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And if they can't be separated on passes either,

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then there has to be a tie-break.

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And remember, the sixth highest scoring runners-up will also

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be able to claim a place in the semifinals. So, plenty to play for.

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Let's get on with it and ask Lyndon to join us again, please.

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And you had a touch of the black chairs in your first round.

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You've now got two and a half minutes of general knowledge

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to pile on the points. So, no pressure on you. Here we go.

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Two and a half minutes starting now.

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What is the name of the section of a symphony orchestra that

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includes symbols, triangles, gongs and drums?

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Percussion.

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In cricket, runs not scored by a batsman such as leg byes,

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wides and no-balls are called sundries in Australia.

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What are they called elsewhere, including in England?

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Extras.

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The Marshalsea debtors prison in London is

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the setting for a large part of which Dickens novel?

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Dombey and Son. Little Dorrit.

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What term for a junior member of the staff of an embassy or

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legation is also used to

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describe a small rectangular case?

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Attache.

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How many tricks does a player undertake to win with

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a call of Misere or Misere Ouverte

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in the game of Solo Whist?

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Seven. None.

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In which 2016 television series based on a

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novel by John Le Carre is a hotel worker,

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played by Tom Hiddleston,

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recruited by a government agent to infiltrate

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the inner circle of a ruthless arms dealer?

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The Night Manager.

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Of which foodstuff are

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Sage Derby and Cornish Yarg varieties?

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Cheese.

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In statistics, what term for the measure of a spread of

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a set of numerical values about their mean is often

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abbreviated to the letters SD?

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Standard deviation.

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In which country are the holiday resorts

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of Portimao and Albufeira?

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Spain. Portugal.

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Which composer, famous for his scores for

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Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns,

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won his first competitive Oscar at

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the 2016 ceremony for his original score for

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Quentin Tarantino's Western The Hateful Eight?

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Ennio Morricone. Yes.

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Which football club was formed in 1905 after Fulham

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decided not to rent the Stamford Bridge ground

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from its owner, Mr HA Mears, and he wanted a club to occupy it?

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Chelsea. Yes.

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Who did David Cameron replace as the leader of the

0:15:360:15:39

Conservative party in 2005?

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William Hague? Michael Howard.

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Which American rap star had his first UK chart-topping single in July 2000

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with the Grammy award-winning song The Real Slim Shady?

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Eminem. Yes.

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Which poet who went on to be Poet Laureate from 1999 to

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2009 published his first volume of poetry,

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The Pleasure Steamers, in 1978?

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Andrew Motion? Yes.

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What term meaning "beautiful era" in French refers

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to the period of prosperity in the years leading up

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to the First World War,

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especially as epitomised by Parisian society?

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Beau...

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de l'air?

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La Belle Epoque.

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In which country is the Pacific Ocean seaport of Valparaiso?

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Chile. Yes.

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In which American state is the so-called fountain of youth?

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According to legend, it's associated

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with the 16th-century Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon.

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Arizona? Florida.

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Which general, in support of the murdered Julius Caesar,

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formed the Second Roman Triumvirate with

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Octavian and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in October, 43 BC?

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Neil Chapman.

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No, it was Mark Antony.

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But it might have been him. Look, respectable score now.

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You're up to 15 points.

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Thank you.

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And now Alison again, please.

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And you start out with 11 points with your knowledge of that

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wonderfully funny duo Flanders and Swann.

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And you have two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

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So here we go.

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What is the name of the complex of coral reefs, shoals and islets

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that lies off Australia's north-east coast and

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extends for a distance of some 2,000 kilometres?

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Great Barrier Reef. Yes.

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Which precious stone is a red transparent variety

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of the mineral corundum?

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Ruby. Yes.

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What is the common name for small-to-medium-sized parrots, generally with long tails,

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best known of them being the budgerigar?

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Parakeet? Yes. The Sound Of Music,

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which was first staged in 1959,

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was the last collaboration between Oscar Hammerstein II and which composer?

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Rodgers? Yes. Which popular novelist,

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who set most of her works in her native north-east,

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was the illegitimate daughter of a barmaid named Kate Fawcett?

0:17:510:17:54

Catherine Cookson? Yes.

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What name is given to the clarified butter made from cow

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or buffalo milk that's widely used in Indian cookery?

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Ghee. Yes.

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Who achieved fame on television as Colonel Steve Austin,

0:18:010:18:04

The Six Million Dollar Man,

0:18:040:18:05

before going on to play the Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy?

0:18:050:18:09

Lee Majors. La Dolce Vita,

0:18:090:18:11

La Strada and 8? are among the best-known films of which Italian film director?

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Fellini. Yes. The list of famous people buried

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in a London cemetery include Karl Marx, George Eliot and Michael Faraday.

0:18:190:18:23

Which cemetery? Highgate.

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Yes. Which hero of the Trojan War who was the King of Ithaca had his

0:18:240:18:27

journey home recounted by Homer?

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Odysseus. Yes. Britain's oldest and most senior order of chivalry

0:18:300:18:34

was founded by Edward III in 1348 and is called The Most Noble Order of the...?

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Garter. Yes. Jeremy John Durham are the real forenames of a former

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leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999.

0:18:420:18:45

Who is he? Jeremy Thorpe?

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Paddy Ashdown. In 1943,

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the Derwent Reservoir in the Peak District was used

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by the RAF to practise for which famous operation?

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Dam Busters. Yes.

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What name is given to an enclosed court or covered arcade

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that forms part of a monastery or college building?

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Cloister. Yes.

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The waters of which river estuary in South America

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have a distinctly brownish colour because of the sediment carried by it.

0:19:030:19:07

Although its name means "silver river" in Spanish?

0:19:070:19:10

Pass. Which golfer who was twice a winner of the British Open

0:19:120:19:15

was known as the great white shark because of his light

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blonde hair and aggressive style of play?

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Jack Nicklaus? Greg Norman.

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What term, used particularly by archaeologists,

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for an item made by human workmanship comes from the Latin for skill and make?

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Artefact. Yes.

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In the children's book first published in the 1920s,

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which character says, "I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me"?

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Winnie the Pooh. Yes.

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The Cod Wars is the name given to the series of disputes running from

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the 1950s to the 1970s between Britain and a country over fishing rights

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in the North Atlantic. Which country?

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Iceland. Is correct.

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Just the one pass.

0:19:510:19:53

That river estuary in South America is the Rio de la Plata,

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or the River Plate, if you prefer.

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You've now gone up, shot up, to 27 points.

0:20:000:20:03

APPLAUSE

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So Lynne again now, please.

0:20:150:20:17

And you start this round with 12 points.

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And as you will be very well aware, the score you have to beat,

0:20:220:20:25

if you are to get through to the semifinal, is now 27.

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So here we go.

0:20:290:20:31

Two and a half minutes of general knowledge in which to do it,

0:20:310:20:34

or not as the case may be.

0:20:340:20:35

Which elderly amateur detective who features in 12 novels and 20 short

0:20:350:20:39

stories by Agatha Christie has the first name Jane?

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Miss Marple. Yes. The 24th official James Bond film was

0:20:420:20:45

directed by Sam Mendez and released in 2015.

0:20:450:20:48

What was it called? Skyfall?

0:20:480:20:50

Spectre. Which song written by Bob Marley gave

0:20:500:20:52

Eric Clapton his first top

0:20:520:20:53

ten hit in the UK singles chart under his own name in 1974?

0:20:530:20:57

I Shot The Sheriff. Yep.

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In which Asian country were the Winter Olympics held

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in Sapporo in 1972 and in Nagano in 1988?

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Japan. Yes. According to St Matthew's gospel,

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John the Baptist survived on a diet of wild honey and which insects while

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he was in the wilderness?

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Ants? Locusts.

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Who succeeded Clement Attlee as the leader of the Labour Party in 1955?

0:21:150:21:18

He held the office till his death in 1963.

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Pass. The former private chapel known as the Queen's gallery that hosted

0:21:210:21:25

a 2015 exhibition of portraits of D-Day veterans

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is in the grounds of a royal residence. Which one?

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Holyroodhouse? Buckingham Palace.

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Which soft bramble fruit considered a hybrid of the blackberry and the

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raspberry is named after the lawyer who cultivated it

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in Santa Cruz, California in about 1880?

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Loganberry? Yes.

0:21:420:21:43

Which city in Cambridgeshire has a cathedral known as the ship of the fens

0:21:430:21:47

because it can be seen for miles around?

0:21:470:21:48

Ely. Yep. A thin layer of what substance is fused onto metal

0:21:480:21:52

and other surfaces by intense heat to give a glazed, enamel finish?

0:21:520:21:56

Pass. Which 1880 novel by Lew Wallace was subtitled A Tale Of The Christ,

0:21:570:22:01

its 1959 film version starred Charlton Heston?

0:22:010:22:04

Pass. Who played Detective Superintendant Sandra Pullman,

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the original head of the team of detectives in the Metropolitan Police's

0:22:100:22:14

Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad in the television series New Tricks?

0:22:140:22:17

Pass.

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Which spirit is used to make a planter's punch cocktail

0:22:230:22:26

along with fruit juices and sugar?

0:22:260:22:28

Gin? Rum. A novel by David Nicholls about a student who fulfils his dream of

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appearing on University Challenge was published in America as

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A Question Of Attraction because of fears that

0:22:350:22:37

the Americans might not understand the significance of the original title.

0:22:370:22:40

Which novel? Starter For Ten.

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Yes. Which composer met the French novelist George Sand in 1837 and lived with

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her from the following year until 1847.

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Frederic Chopin. Indeed.

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In meteorology, which name is usually given to precipitation falling as

0:22:520:22:55

rain mingled with snow or hail?

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Drizzle. Sleet.

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Which volcano in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra erupted in 1883?

0:23:010:23:06

The effects were felt thousands of miles away.

0:23:060:23:09

Krakatoa. Krakatoa is correct.

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You had four passes.

0:23:110:23:12

It was Amanda Redman who played Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman.

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That film starring Charlton Heston, the original novel by Lew Wallace,

0:23:170:23:22

was Ben-Hur.

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It was glass that is fused onto metal and all that to get a

0:23:230:23:28

glazed finish. And Hugh Gaitskell succeeded Clement Attlee and went on

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to lead the Labour Party for quite a long time.

0:23:320:23:35

So there we are. You've now a total of 20 points.

0:23:350:23:38

Thank you.

0:23:380:23:39

And finally Michael again, please.

0:23:490:23:51

And you scored 14 points with your knowledge of the Coen brothers films.

0:23:510:23:58

And now, as you will know,

0:23:580:24:00

27 points is the score to beat with your general knowledge if you are to

0:24:000:24:04

get through to the semis.

0:24:040:24:06

So let's see if you can do it.

0:24:060:24:08

Here we go. Two and a half minutes starting now.

0:24:080:24:10

Which American president announced his resignation from office on 8 August 1974

0:24:100:24:14

because of the Watergate scandal?

0:24:140:24:16

Richard Nixon. Yes.

0:24:160:24:17

Which is the largest of the great apes that lives in the tropical forests of Equatorial

0:24:170:24:21

Africa and is the closest relative to humans after the chimpanzee?

0:24:210:24:24

Gorilla. Yes. Which march by Johann Strauss the Elder

0:24:240:24:26

that's named after an Austrian Field Marshal

0:24:260:24:28

is played at the traditional New Year's Day concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra?

0:24:280:24:32

Pass. What is the name of the British trade union that was

0:24:320:24:35

established in 1930 for actors,

0:24:350:24:37

but was later extended to include performers in most fields of entertainment?

0:24:370:24:41

Equity? Yes. What word used for

0:24:410:24:43

a form of mountain climbing somewhere between hill

0:24:430:24:45

walking and rock climbing is also an alternative name for the motorcycle sport of motocross?

0:24:450:24:50

Pass. In which work by Geoffrey Chaucer do a group of pilgrims take part in

0:24:500:24:55

a storytelling contest on their way to St Thomas a Becket's shrine?

0:24:550:24:58

Canterbury Tales. Yes.

0:24:580:24:59

A head and a short head are winning margins in

0:24:590:25:02

horse racing and which other sport?

0:25:020:25:04

Golf. Greyhound racing.

0:25:050:25:06

Which hip-hop group that formed in New York City has members that

0:25:060:25:09

include Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Inspectah Deck?

0:25:090:25:13

Wu-Tang Clan. Yes.

0:25:130:25:14

Who was the commander-in-chief of the British Army at

0:25:140:25:16

the Battle of Salamanca in 1812 and the Battle of Vitoria the following year?

0:25:160:25:20

The Duke of Wellington?

0:25:200:25:22

Yes. Which annual publication that was first published in 1849 contains

0:25:220:25:26

over 33,000 short biographies of living,

0:25:260:25:28

noteworthy individuals from all walks of life worldwide?

0:25:280:25:31

Pass. Which vegetable, often topped with a Mornay sauce,

0:25:320:25:35

is used in a dish described as Florentine?

0:25:350:25:38

Aubergine? Spinach.

0:25:380:25:39

What is the surname of the American surgeon who in the early 1970s

0:25:390:25:42

pioneered the emergency procedure of a series of

0:25:420:25:45

abdominal thrusts for a person who is choking?

0:25:450:25:48

Heimlich? Yes.

0:25:480:25:49

Of which artistic movement were Claude Monet and Pierre Auguste Renoir

0:25:490:25:52

among the founders? Their paintings were often created outdoors and tried to

0:25:520:25:56

capture the changing effects of light?

0:25:560:25:57

Impressionists. Yes.

0:25:570:25:59

The Greek island of Skopelos provided many of the locations for the 2008

0:25:590:26:03

film version of which successful stage musical?

0:26:030:26:06

Mamma Mia. Yes. What is the Gaulton-Henry system

0:26:060:26:09

classified for the purpose of criminal identification.

0:26:090:26:12

It was officially introduced by Scotland Yard in 1901.

0:26:120:26:15

Fingerprints? Yes. Which broadcaster and poker player presented the 2015

0:26:150:26:19

TV documentary series How To Be Bohemian?

0:26:190:26:22

Victoria Coren Mitchell.

0:26:220:26:23

Yes. Which city's railway station at Temple Meads was designed by Brunel

0:26:230:26:27

and became a Grade I listed building in 1966?

0:26:270:26:30

Bristol. Yes.

0:26:300:26:31

Which four words complete the opening line of Hamlet's soliloquy which

0:26:310:26:35

begins, "To be not to be..."?

0:26:350:26:37

"..that is the question." Yes. What word of Dutch origin for anything used to

0:26:370:26:40

entice, especially into a trap, BEEP

0:26:400:26:42

originally meant a place to which birds or animals were lured to be caught?

0:26:420:26:47

Bait? Decoy.

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Now, that might have been important, but we shall see.

0:26:510:26:54

Your passes.

0:26:540:26:55

The annual publication with all those names in it, 33,000 of them,

0:26:550:26:58

Who's Who. Scrambling is what you do if you are sort of mountain climbing

0:26:580:27:02

or doing the motorcycle sport.

0:27:020:27:04

And the march by Strauss was the Radetzky March.

0:27:040:27:09

Michael, you have a total now of 27 points.

0:27:090:27:13

APPLAUSE

0:27:130:27:16

But that doesn't mean we don't have a result, because we do.

0:27:270:27:31

Let me give you all the scores and you will see why.

0:27:310:27:33

In fourth place, 15 points, Lyndon Easterbrook.

0:27:330:27:37

Third place, 20 points, Lynne Francis.

0:27:370:27:40

Second place, 27 points and five

0:27:400:27:43

passes, Alison Rawlinson.

0:27:430:27:46

First place with 27 points and three passes, Michael Ward.

0:27:460:27:51

Which of course illustrates the importance of passing or not passing

0:28:070:28:11

and means that Michael is tonight's winner and goes through to the semifinals.

0:28:110:28:15

Congratulations to him.

0:28:150:28:16

With a score of 27, though,

0:28:160:28:18

there is every chance that we shall see Alison back in the semifinals,

0:28:180:28:23

cos that's a high score.

0:28:230:28:24

If you would like to be a contender on the next series,

0:28:240:28:27

do go to our website...

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0:28:300:28:33

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