0:00:25 > 0:00:28Our first contender in the black chair tonight is Jonathan Wright,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30an operational support manager from Northumberland.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33He's answering questions on Manchester music.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Christine Quigley is a communications consultant from London.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Her specialist subject, the 11th-century Battle of Clontarf.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Next, Claire Slater.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46She is a pharmacist from West Sussex and her specialist subject,
0:00:46 > 0:00:47the American television series ER.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Jonathan Frere, a retired army officer from Hampshire.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57His subject, the 19th-century archaeologist Augustus Pitt Rivers.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01And Brian Chesney, retired librarian from Worcestershire
0:01:01 > 0:01:04on the Giordano Bruno novels by SJ Parris.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08APPLAUSE
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Our five semifinalists are under the usual pressure,
0:01:21 > 0:01:22the ticking clock and so on,
0:01:22 > 0:01:26but they also know that whoever wins tonight will go through to
0:01:26 > 0:01:29the grand final and the real possibility of becoming
0:01:29 > 0:01:32the nation's Mastermind, so the pressure is even greater.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Slightly changed timings, only a minute and a half on their
0:01:35 > 0:01:38specialist subject and two minutes on their general knowledge.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41So, let us have our first contender, please.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49And your name is?
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Your occupation?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53And your chosen subject?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Manchester music in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59"Punctured bicycle On a hillside desolate"
0:01:59 > 0:02:01are the opening lines of the song that gave The Smiths
0:02:01 > 0:02:04their first UK top 40 hit single. Which song?
0:02:04 > 0:02:05This Charming Man.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Happy Mondays' debut album, Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out),
0:02:11 > 0:02:14released in 1987 on Tony Wilson's Factory Records, was produced
0:02:14 > 0:02:17by which former member of Velvet Underground?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- John Cale.- What was the title of the Stone Roses' second single,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22which was originally released in '87 but failed to chart?
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Sally Cinnamon.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Which group topped the UK album chart with their eponymous
0:02:26 > 0:02:28debut album and the follow-up, "I Like It When You Sleep,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31"For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It"?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- Sad Cafe.- 1975.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35What was the name of the club in Little Peter Street
0:02:35 > 0:02:37where Oasis played their first gig in 1991?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39The Boardwalk.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Who produced Joy Division's debut album,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Unknown Pleasures, which was released in 1979?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Martin Hannett.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Howard Devoto formed the band Magazine
0:02:47 > 0:02:49after he left the Buzzcocks.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52What was the title of the group's first single, released in '78?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- She Goes By.- Shot By Both Sides.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Which act, comprising Katie White and Jules De Martino,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02topped the UK chart in 2008 with their debut album,
0:03:02 > 0:03:03We Started Nothing?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06- The xx.- The Ting Tings.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10What was the name of the EP released by Elbow in July 2015?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Guy Garvey's solo album, Courting The Squall,
0:03:12 > 0:03:13was issued later that year.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Pass.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17For which band did Noel Gallagher work as a roadie
0:03:17 > 0:03:19before he joined his brother Liam in Oasis?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Inspiral Carpets.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23What was the name of the band formed by Shaun Ryder
0:03:23 > 0:03:25and Bez after Happy Mondays split up?
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Their '95 debut album was called
0:03:26 > 0:03:28"It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah".
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Black Grape.- Black Grape is correct. BEEP
0:03:30 > 0:03:32You had one pass there, Jonathan.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36The name of that EP released by Elbow in July 2015 was
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Lost Worker Bee.- Thank you.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- You have scored seven points. - Thank you.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44APPLAUSE
0:03:50 > 0:03:52And our next contender, please.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59And your name is?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Your occupation?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And your chosen subject?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The Battle of Clontarf was fought near Dublin on Good Friday
0:04:10 > 0:04:141014 between an alliance of Vikings and Leinster men
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and the forces of the High King of Ireland, who was killed on the day.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18- What was his name?- Brian Boru.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Brian Boru was King of Munster as well as High King of Ireland.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Which Irish tribe or dynasty was he a member of?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Dal gCais.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27The Annals of Loch Ce claim that Brian was visited
0:04:27 > 0:04:31the night before the battle by a banshee who foretold his death.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32What was her name?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Pass.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37What title was held by Sigurd Hlodvirsson, who brought troops
0:04:37 > 0:04:40and led the battle against Brian Boru's army at Clontarf?
0:04:40 > 0:04:41The jarl of Orkney.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45The title of the major Irish saga sources for Brian Boru's life
0:04:45 > 0:04:48and the Norse wars translates as War Of The Irish With Foreigners.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49What is its Gaelic title?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54To which of Brian Boru's daughters was Sigtrygg Silkbeard,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56the Norse king of Dublin, married?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58They reportedly watched the fighting from their battlements.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Slaine.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02The Annals of Ulster compare Brian Boru to a Roman emperor,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05saying Brian was his equivalent for the whole of north-west Europe.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Which emperor?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Hadrian.- Augustus.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Men from three generations of Brian Boru's family died at Clontarf.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14How did his grandson, Toirdelbach,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17reportedly die as he pursued the fleeing enemy?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19He drowned at a weir.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20What is the name of the coastal plain
0:05:20 > 0:05:23on the Howth Peninsula on which the battle took place?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Mag Elta.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27The elderly Brian Boru is thought to have spent most of the battle
0:05:27 > 0:05:28praying away from the fighting.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Which of his sons was his battle leader?
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Murchad.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34What is the name of the palace that was Brian Boru's
0:05:34 > 0:05:35stronghold during his reign?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38He increased its fortifications prior to the Battle of Clontarf.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- BEEP - Kincora.- Kincora is correct.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44And you know what? I really hoped you'd get the answer to this one
0:05:44 > 0:05:47that you passed on because I have now got to pronounce it,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49so you'll have to forgive me.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53The name of the banshee who visited Brian was Aibhinn,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- does that sound about right? - Aibhinn, yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Yeah, there we are. Well, that's who she was.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01And that was your one pass, and you have scored, Christine, nine points.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03APPLAUSE
0:06:10 > 0:06:11And our next contender, please.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20And your name is?
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Your occupation?
0:06:22 > 0:06:23And your chosen subject?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27ER in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30In season one, a medical student leaves a guide wire in a patient,
0:06:30 > 0:06:31which almost leads to the patient's death,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34but later returns to the ER as a fully qualified doctor.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35What's the doctor's name?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Dr Chen.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40The surgical nurse played by Dinah Lenney appears in over 70 episodes
0:06:40 > 0:06:43but is only ever referred to by her first name. What is it?
0:06:43 > 0:06:44- Wendy.- Shirley.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46For which city does Dr Susan Lewis leave to live
0:06:46 > 0:06:49with her troubled sister in season three because Mark Greene
0:06:49 > 0:06:51leaves it too late to confess to his feelings for her?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Phoenix.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56What is the nickname of the skilled but obnoxious surgeon Robert Romano?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58It's embroidered on his white coat.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Rocket.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01What is the full name of the tropical disease
0:07:01 > 0:07:05caused by eating unripe ackee fruit and diagnosed by Dr Dave Malucci
0:07:05 > 0:07:07in season six thanks to his experience
0:07:07 > 0:07:09as a medical student in Grenada?
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Pass.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13A suspected outbreak of a disease puts
0:07:13 > 0:07:16the ER on lockdown at the end of season eight with Carter,
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Abby, Chen and Pratt all confined in quarantine. What disease?
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Smallpox.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23What is the specialism of the department chief, Dr Carl DeRaad,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25who in his first appearance discusses the case
0:07:25 > 0:07:29of an overmedicated young boy in the episode Rites Of Spring?
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Psychiatrist.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33In season three, nurse Rhonda Sterling mixes up a package
0:07:33 > 0:07:36of a patient's belongings, including an American football,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38with one containing what?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40- His arm.- His foot.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43What song does George Clooney's character, Dr Doug Ross,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46single with the trapped child Ben Larkin to keep him awake during
0:07:46 > 0:07:50a heroic rescue from a storm drain in the episode Hell And High Water?
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Pass.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53What permanent disability is Reese,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55the son of surgeon Dr Peter Benton, found to have?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Deaf.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58What extracurricular commitment... BEEP
0:07:58 > 0:08:02..does Michael Gallant give as his excuse for missing ER meetings?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- He's an Army Reservist. - Indeed he is.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08And your two passes, the song that George Clooney's character sang
0:08:08 > 0:08:11was Take Me Out To The Ball Game.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14And the full name of that tropical disease
0:08:14 > 0:08:16is Jamaican vomiting sickness.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Claire, you have seven points. - Thank you.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20APPLAUSE
0:08:27 > 0:08:29And our next contender, please.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37And your name is?
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Your occupation?
0:08:40 > 0:08:41And your chosen subject?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Pitt Rivers was a Victorian soldier, archaeologist and collector.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51The museum of archaeological and ethnographic objects
0:08:51 > 0:08:53named after him was founded in 1884
0:08:53 > 0:08:56when he gave his collection to the university in which city?
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Oxford.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Cissbury hillfort in Sussex was excavated twice by Pitt Rivers
0:09:00 > 0:09:03and was shown to contain a Neolithic mine for rock. What rock?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Flint.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07What was the name of the Oxford anatomist who was a close friend
0:09:07 > 0:09:09of Pitt Rivers and accompanied him on a number
0:09:09 > 0:09:12of excavations, including a visit to Denmark in 1879?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Sir John Lubbock.- George Rolleston.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Which liberal politician and banker introduced
0:09:17 > 0:09:20the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 that led to the appointment
0:09:20 > 0:09:23of Pitt Rivers as the first Inspector of Ancient Monuments?
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Sir John Lubbock.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Which site on the edge of Cranborne Chase was
0:09:27 > 0:09:28the location of a Roman villa
0:09:28 > 0:09:31and was the last excavation carried out by Pitt Rivers in 1897?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Iwerne.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Into what regiment was Pitt Rivers commissioned in May 1845
0:09:36 > 0:09:37as a lieutenant?
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Grenadier Guards.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Which organisation did Pitt Rivers become secretary of in 1868,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45a few years before it united with The Anthropological Society?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47The Ethnological Society.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49What is the name of the pleasure gardens
0:09:49 > 0:09:52on the Rushmore Estate founded by Pitt Rivers in 1880?
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Larmer Grounds.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56In 1851, Pitt Rivers joined a committee testing rifles
0:09:56 > 0:09:59for the British Army that selected a muzzle-loading rifle
0:09:59 > 0:10:02named after the French designer of the bullet. What was he called?
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Minie.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06The easterly section of which linear earthwork
0:10:06 > 0:10:09in North Wiltshire was excavated by Pitt Rivers from 1889?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12It was probably built as a defence against the Saxons.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- Brookley Down.- Wansdyke.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15BEEP Pitt Rivers served
0:10:15 > 0:10:17as an officer in the second division
0:10:17 > 0:10:19in the opening battle of the Crimean War.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20What's the battle called?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Alma.- The Battle of Alma is correct.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25No passes, Jonathan, you have nine points.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27APPLAUSE
0:10:34 > 0:10:36And our final contender, please.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44And your name is?
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Your occupation?
0:10:46 > 0:10:47And your chosen subject?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55The first novel in the series, Heresy,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57opens in 1576 when the Dominican friar Giordano Bruno
0:10:57 > 0:10:59is forced to flee from his monastery after
0:10:59 > 0:11:01he's caught reading a forbidden book.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03In which Italian city is the monastery?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Naples.- What's the name of the unscrupulous, earless book dealer
0:11:06 > 0:11:08who features in Heresy and again in Treachery?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Roland Jenks.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Bruno is arrested for the murder of William Fitch in Sacrilege.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14What was Fitch's occupation?
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Apothecary.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Which of Jesus' disciples supposedly wrote the gospel
0:11:18 > 0:11:21that forms an intrinsic part of the plot in Treachery?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Judas.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24What Latin phrase is disclosed to Bruno as the password
0:11:24 > 0:11:28he must use to gain access to an illegal Catholic Mass in Heresy?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Ora pro nobis.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Which mythological character is played in the Mass
0:11:34 > 0:11:36performed in front of King Henri III of France
0:11:36 > 0:11:38and his mother Catherine in Conspiracy?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40It's also the first victim's dying word to
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Bruno at the start of the story.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Circe.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45What is the name of Sir Francis Drake's flagship where
0:11:45 > 0:11:47much of the action takes place in Treachery
0:11:47 > 0:11:49while the ship is at anchor in Plymouth harbour?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Elizabeth Bonaventure.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53What city and its cathedral are the main setting
0:11:53 > 0:11:54for the third novel, Sacrilege?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55Canterbury.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Who is sent to the tower in Prophecy for the murder of the Queen's maid
0:11:58 > 0:12:02of honour because she was wearing his monogrammed shirt when she died?
0:12:02 > 0:12:03He's released when a second body is found.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Sir Edward Bellamy.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07What astrological sign is Bruno's personal symbol?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10He uses it to mark his urgent and cryptic correspondence from
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Paris to the Queen's spy master,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Sir Francis Walsingham, in Conspiracy.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16It's a sign of Jupiter.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18What pseudonym does Bruno adopt
0:12:18 > 0:12:22when he travels to Canterbury to investigate a murder in Sacrilege?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- Filippo Savalino. - BEEP
0:12:24 > 0:12:28That's it, time is up. All of them right, 11 points.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30APPLAUSE
0:12:40 > 0:12:43High-scoring round, there. Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48In joint fourth place, seven points apiece, Jonathan Wright and Claire.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Joint second place, nine points apiece,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Christine and Jonathan Frere.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56First place, 11 points, Brian.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57APPLAUSE
0:13:05 > 0:13:07So, it is the general knowledge round now
0:13:07 > 0:13:09and if there's a tie at the end of it then the number of passes is
0:13:09 > 0:13:13taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15So, let us get on with it and ask Jonathan Wright
0:13:15 > 0:13:17to join us again, please.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23And you start this round with seven points, Jonathan.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Two minutes of general knowledge, so plenty of time to catch up.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Here we go.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Which King had a sword called Excalibur?
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Arthur.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Nisan, that usually coincides with parts of March and April,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38is the first month of which religion's calendar?
0:13:41 > 0:13:42- Buddhism.- No, Judaism.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45What alternative name for Velazquez's painting
0:13:45 > 0:13:47The Toilet Of Venus comes from the mansion in County Durham
0:13:47 > 0:13:49where its one-time owner lived?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- West Auckland.- The Rokeby Venus.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Which American government organisation's headquarters
0:13:55 > 0:13:57are in Langley, Virginia?
0:13:57 > 0:13:58CIA.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Which Oscar-winning actress appeared in a number of episodes
0:14:01 > 0:14:03of Star Trek - The Next Generation as Guinan,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06the hostess of the ship's Ten Forward bar lounge?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07Pass.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10What is the name of the BBC's security correspondent
0:14:10 > 0:14:11whose first novel, Crisis,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14set against the Colombian drug wars, was published in 2016?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Frank...
0:14:20 > 0:14:21Pass.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24What collective term that comes from the Latin for worm is applied to
0:14:24 > 0:14:28small and generally troublesome or objectionable animals such as rats?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Vermin.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Which Scottish castle that lies between Dundee and Forfar
0:14:32 > 0:14:35has belonged to the late Queen Mother's family since 1372?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38- Dunnottar.- Glamis.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40In what type of Roman building were there rooms called
0:14:40 > 0:14:43a caldarium, a tepidarium and a frigidarium?
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Baths.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47What name for the injection sometimes given to women to
0:14:47 > 0:14:49ease pain during childbirth comes from the region of the spine
0:14:49 > 0:14:51where the anaesthetic is administered?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Epidural.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56The dish paella is particularly associated with
0:14:56 > 0:14:59the province of eastern Spain where it's said to have originated.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Which province?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- Catalonia.- Valencia.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05The Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha are respectively the upper
0:15:05 > 0:15:08and lower houses of a Commonwealth country's bicameral parliament.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Which country?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10India.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12What was the Olympic Stadium renamed
0:15:12 > 0:15:14when it was remodelled as the home of West Ham United?
0:15:14 > 0:15:15The London Stadium.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Who is reported to have said at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21"I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24"I really did not see the signal"?
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Pass.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Which Mediterranean island... BEEP
0:15:29 > 0:15:31..had its official status changed in 1991
0:15:31 > 0:15:36from that of French region to territorial collectivity?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Corsica.- Is correct.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Three passes, Jonathan.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42It was Lord Nelson who had to turn the blind eye.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Frank Gardner is our security correspondent
0:15:44 > 0:15:48and Whoopi Goldberg was the hostess of the ship's bar lounge.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Jonathan, you now have a total of 15 points.- Thank you.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53APPLAUSE
0:15:59 > 0:16:02And now Claire again, please.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06And you also start out with seven points, Claire.
0:16:06 > 0:16:1015 is the score to beat as it stands. So, here we go.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12The male of which animal is generally called a colt
0:16:12 > 0:16:14when it's under four years?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Horse.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18What does Mercutio wish on both houses, Montague and Capulet,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20in Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet?
0:16:20 > 0:16:21A plague.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23The white-faced clown dressed in a baggy white costume,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26a stock character in French pantomime, has a name that comes
0:16:26 > 0:16:28from the diminutive of the French for Peter. What name?
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Pierrot.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Who first came to prominence in 1982
0:16:31 > 0:16:33when she flew around the country in a helicopter
0:16:33 > 0:16:36looking for clues in the television game show Treasure Hunt?
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Anneka Rice.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Which religion celebrates Maghi and Vaisakhi?
0:16:40 > 0:16:44They also share the celebration of Diwali with Hindus and Jains.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Sikhism.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47What is the alternative common name
0:16:47 > 0:16:49for the cylindrical-bodied worms known as nematodes
0:16:49 > 0:16:52that occur as parasites in animals and plants,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55or as free-living forms in soil and water?
0:16:55 > 0:16:56- Flatworms.- Roundworms.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Adolf Hitler met his future wife in 1929 when she was working
0:16:59 > 0:17:02as an assistant at the offices of his official photographer.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03What was her name?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Eva Braun.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06In which sport did Kelly Smith become Britain's first
0:17:06 > 0:17:09full-time woman professional when she joined the American side
0:17:09 > 0:17:13New Jersey in 1999? She retired in January 2017.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14- Basketball.- Football.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16In mathematics, what name is given to a number
0:17:16 > 0:17:18multiplied by itself to give another number?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- A prime number.- Square root.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Which county is known as the Garden of England
0:17:22 > 0:17:24because of its abundant orchards and fruit-growing areas?
0:17:24 > 0:17:25Kent.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29What name is given to the highest female singing voice?
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Soprano.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33In 2016, the performance artist Deborah De Robertis
0:17:33 > 0:17:36was arrested at the Musee d'Orsay for reclining naked
0:17:36 > 0:17:38in front of a famous nude painting by Manet.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Which painting?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Pass.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43According to Dr Johnson, what salad vegetable did English physicians
0:17:43 > 0:17:46believe should be well sliced and dressed with pepper
0:17:46 > 0:17:48and vinegar and then thrown out as good for nothing?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- Carrot.- Cucumber.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52What word for causing pain or discomfort is used
0:17:52 > 0:17:55in the antiques industry for the deliberate superficial
0:17:55 > 0:17:58damage of furniture to make it appear older than it really is?
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Distressing.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Which small principality lies between Switzerland and Austria?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Vaduz.- Lichtenstein.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06What is the name of the former tennis champion
0:18:06 > 0:18:08and gay rights activist who has written a series of novels
0:18:08 > 0:18:11with Liz Nickles whose central character, Jordan Myles...
0:18:11 > 0:18:13BEEP ..is a former tennis champion
0:18:13 > 0:18:14turned amateur detective?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- Billie Jean King. - It was Martina Navratilova, yeah.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22One pass - the performance artist was naked in front of the painting
0:18:22 > 0:18:24by Manet called Olympia.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28You have now, Claire, a total of 16 points.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30APPLAUSE
0:18:36 > 0:18:38And now Christine again, please.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43And you start out with nine points.
0:18:43 > 0:18:4516 is the score to beat.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Let's see how you do, here we go.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49What name is given to the centre of the target
0:18:49 > 0:18:51in archery or the centre of a dartboard?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54- The target.- The bull's-eye.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Which city is the administrative centre of
0:18:56 > 0:18:58the Nord department in France?
0:18:58 > 0:19:02It's a stopping point for Eurostar trains to Brussels.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Lille.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Yeah. What name is given to a period in which a person is appointed
0:19:05 > 0:19:08to take the place of the monarch who is either a minor,
0:19:08 > 0:19:09incapacitated or absent?
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Regency.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12The emblems of which saint,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14who was made Bishop of Winchester in about 852,
0:19:14 > 0:19:15are raindrops and apples?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- Aethelred.- No, Saint Swithun.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Whose experiences as a governess are reflected in her first novel,
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Agnes Grey, first published in 1847?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Pass.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30In 1874, what became the last
0:19:30 > 0:19:33non-royal English dukedom to be created?
0:19:33 > 0:19:34- Gloucester.- Westminster.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Which comedy trio were chased around a maze by a giant-sized
0:19:37 > 0:19:39version of the dog Dougal from The Magic Roundabout
0:19:39 > 0:19:41in an episode of their television series?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Pass.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Which Swiss tennis player, after winning Wimbledon in 2003,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50was presented with a cow called Juliette on his return home?
0:19:51 > 0:19:52- Nadal.- Federer.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Which European capital city is associated with the waltz,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57which first developed there in the 18th century?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Vienna.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00The first public commission of a sculptor,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03the son of a Yorkshire miner, was for a relief carving at
0:20:03 > 0:20:06London Underground's new headquarters in 1928.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Which sculptor?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Henry Moore.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Doyenne du Comice, first grown in France in 1849,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16is often considered to be the sweetest
0:20:16 > 0:20:18and juiciest variety of what fruit?
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Pear.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20What bird, that lives all year in Britain,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23gets its name from its unusually-shaped beak that it uses
0:20:23 > 0:20:25to extract seeds from conifer cones?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Pass.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Which Hebrew word meaning "gathering" is given to
0:20:30 > 0:20:32a collective farm or settlement in Israel?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Kibbutz.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35The works of which British-born fantasy writer include
0:20:35 > 0:20:38the Sandman series of graphic novels?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Neil Gaiman.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Princess Victoria,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44was the mother of which European ruler?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Pass.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi appear as Celia and Alan,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51two childhood sweethearts reunited through Facebook...
0:20:51 > 0:20:53BEEP ..in which television drama series
0:20:53 > 0:20:54first shown in 2012?
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Last Tango In Halifax.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Is correct. You had four passes.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Princess Victoria was the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Crossbill is that bird that lives all year round in Britain.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10The Goodies had that Magic Roundabout chase.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12And Anne Bronte was the governess whose experiences were
0:21:12 > 0:21:14reflected in the novel Agnes Grey.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17You have, Christine, 17 points.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20APPLAUSE
0:21:26 > 0:21:30And now Jonathan Frere again, please.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33And you also start out, Jonathan, with nine points.
0:21:33 > 0:21:3617 is the score to beat.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40So, let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Who created the fantasyland of Middle-earth,
0:21:42 > 0:21:43where many of his novels are set?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44JRR Tolkien.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47What Japanese word that means "empty orchestra"
0:21:47 > 0:21:50is used for an entertainment where amateur performers sing
0:21:50 > 0:21:53well-known songs over a pre-recorded backing tape?
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Karaoke.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Whom did the coach Warren Gatland name as captain of the British
0:21:57 > 0:22:01and Irish Lions for their summer tour of New Zealand in April 2017?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Neil Gaitlin.- Sam Warburton.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Which Swiss city was known as the Protestant Rome in
0:22:05 > 0:22:09the 16th century, when it was the centre of the Calvinist Reformation?
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Geneva.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12What word for a small, fluffy ball of wool or other
0:22:12 > 0:22:15material is applied to some varieties of dahlia
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and chrysanthemum where the petals are tightly clustered together?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- Puffball.- Pom-pom.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Gunga Din is described in Kipling's poem as a regimental beastie.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26What was the traditional occupation of the beastie?
0:22:26 > 0:22:27A water carrier.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Who won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year with her
0:22:30 > 0:22:33debut novel, Behind The Scenes At The Museum?
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Anita Brookner.- Kate Atkinson.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38What device was first used to regulate clocks
0:22:38 > 0:22:41by the 17th-century Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43A pendulum.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46What is the name of the official London residence of Prince Charles
0:22:46 > 0:22:47and the Duchess of Cornwall?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Kensington Palace.- Clarence House.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Which Swiss-born architect wrote in his 1923 book
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Towards A New Architecture,
0:22:54 > 0:22:58"A curved street is a donkey track, a straight street a road for men?"
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Le Corbusier.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02What starch, originally obtained from the rootstock
0:23:02 > 0:23:06of a tropical plant, is often used as a thickening agent or in glazes?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09In the past, it was used to make easily digestible biscuits
0:23:09 > 0:23:10for the sick and infirm.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11- Tapioca.- Arrowroot.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Which city on the Tigris River is the capital of Iraq?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Baghdad.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19In 2006, who stepped down as only the third presenter of
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Desert Island Discs since it started in 1942?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24She was replaced by Kirsty Young.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Sue Lawley.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28What occupation is usually associated with
0:23:28 > 0:23:31the Greek warrior Stentor, who had the voice of 50 other men?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- He proclaimed... He was a messenger.- Yes, or herald.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Which Berkshire village is the home of the Atomic Weapons Establishment?
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Its name became synonymous with the CND marches of the '50s and '60s.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- Aldermaston.- Is correct. BEEP
0:23:46 > 0:23:47No passes, Jonathan.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50You have taken the lead, 19 points.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52APPLAUSE
0:23:59 > 0:24:01And finally, Brian again, please.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06And you start out with 11 points, Brian,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09but the score to beat now, as you've just heard, is 19.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11So, here we go.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14What was the surname of the American outlaw brothers Jesse and Frank?
0:24:14 > 0:24:15James.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18In golf, who won his first major in over 70 starts when he won
0:24:18 > 0:24:23the 2017 US Masters after he beat Justin Rose on the first extra hole?
0:24:24 > 0:24:25- Stenson.- Garcia.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29What bodily feature do amphibians of the order Anura,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31comprising frogs and toads, lack?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33The Greek origin of the order's name explains what's missing.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Nerves.- Tails.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37In which present-day country did the Aztec civilisation
0:24:37 > 0:24:40flourish before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores?
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Mexico.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43The source of the River Churn at Seven Springs near Cheltenham
0:24:43 > 0:24:46is also believed by some to be the true source of which major river?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47The Thames.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Which battle of the First World War fought in France between November
0:24:50 > 0:24:54and December 1917 has been described as the first great tank battle?
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Cambrai.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Dawes Point and Milsons Point are at either end of a famous
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Australian bridge completed in 1932
0:25:00 > 0:25:03that spans the natural harbour of Port Jackson. What bridge?
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Sydney Harbour Bridge.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07The name of which famous art museum in Madrid means meadow
0:25:07 > 0:25:09or grassy field in Spanish?
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Prado.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Whose unhappy days as a schoolmaster provided him with the
0:25:13 > 0:25:16material for his successful first novel Decline And Fall in 1928?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Evelyn Waugh.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20What is the name of Eddie Grundy's long-suffering wife
0:25:20 > 0:25:21in the radio soap opera The Archers?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Clarrie.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25What name is given to the stage of development of an unborn animal
0:25:25 > 0:25:28immediately before it is called a foetus?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Pass.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Which philosopher who shaped western philosophy,
0:25:33 > 0:25:35although he left no writings of his own,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38is lampooned by Aristophanes in his play The Clouds?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Socrates.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41The British mountaineer Edward Whymper was the leader
0:25:41 > 0:25:44of the party that made the first ascent of an alpine peak in 1865.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Which peak?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Matterhorn.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49What punctuation mark is used in writing to separate different
0:25:49 > 0:25:52parts of a sentence or to indicate a pause?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54It is called a point-virgule in French.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Semicolon.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58What name is given to the Chinese green tea in which each leaf
0:25:58 > 0:26:02has been rolled into a small pellet that resembles an explosive?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- Lapsang souchong.- Gunpowder tea.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07De heretico comburendo was a statute passed by Parliament
0:26:07 > 0:26:09under King Henry IV of England in 1401
0:26:09 > 0:26:12that advocated an extreme method of punishing heretics.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14BEEP What was it?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- Burning.- Burning at the stake, indeed it was.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21Can't get more extreme than that. One pass - you'll be cross.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- The stage of the foetus before it's a foetus is the embryo.- Yes.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29There we go. Didn't matter because, Brian, you have 23 points.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31APPLAUSE
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Well, a very clear winner there. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48In fifth place, 15 points, Jonathan Wright.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Fourth place, 16 points, Claire.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Third place, 17 points, Christine.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Second place, 19 points, Jonathan Frere.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58First place, 23 points, Brian.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00APPLAUSE
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Which means, of course, that Brian goes through to the grand final.
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