0:00:25 > 0:00:28The first contender in the black chair tonight is Sarah Jane Bodell,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a web developer from Coventry.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33She's answering questions on the sitcom Peep Show.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Don Crerar is a retired computer programmer from Hampshire.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41His specialist subject - the Nazi architect Albert Speer.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Next, Kyle Nagendra. He's a GP from West Sussex.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47His subject - the X-Men films.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Shahab Mossavat is a company director from London,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52and he is answering questions on Henry III.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56And Ailsa Watson, an administrator from Renfrewshire,
0:00:56 > 0:01:00on the Jack Parlabane novels by Christopher Brookmyre.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18and this really is television's toughest quiz.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22No conferring, no team members to chip in, they are on their own.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23Just one contender and the clock.
0:01:23 > 0:01:2890 seconds on a specialist subject, two minutes of general knowledge,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32and the prize tonight is the last place in the grand final.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34So let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- And your name is? - Sarah Jane Bodell.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Your occupation? - Web developer.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- And your chosen subject? - Peep Show.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53In the sitcom Peep Show, two friends,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Mark Corrigan and Jeremy Usborne, live in a tower block in Croydon.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56What's its name?
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Apollo House.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00What important family occasion does Mark miss when he and Jeremy are
0:02:00 > 0:02:03accidentally locked in Zara's apartment building?
0:02:03 > 0:02:04His son's christening.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08To which town does Jeremy go to buy bread made with spelt flour
0:02:08 > 0:02:10in an attempt to prove he is worthy of Elena's love?
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Hastings.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Super Hans' first name is revealed at his wedding to Molly. What is it?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Simon.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19During his weekend away with Sophie, Mark finds Jeremy lying apparently
0:02:19 > 0:02:22unconscious in front of the television. Which programme is on?
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Tenko.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Johnson orders Mark to fire Sophie, but just as he is about to do so,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29she tells him what piece of big news?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30She's pregnant.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33What Christmas present does Mark give to Jeremy and Dobby,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35having taken advantage of a two for one offer?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Kitchen tongs.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Mark returns to his old university looking for April who had served him in
0:02:39 > 0:02:43a shoe shop, and whom he describes as having the magical combo of beauty
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and low self-esteem. Which university is it?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Dartmouth.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50When Super Hans' marriage to Molly finally breaks up after she discovers he
0:02:50 > 0:02:53and Jeremy had kidnapped April's husband Angus,
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Super Hans announces he is going to van it to where?
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Moldova.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Macedonia.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02According to Jeremy and Super Hans' manager Cally, what objects were
0:03:02 > 0:03:06probably crafted by the ancient inhabitants of Atlantis and are powerful
0:03:06 > 0:03:09centres of healing? In order to advance his relationship with her,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Mark has to pretend he believes this too.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Crystal skulls.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16While Jeremy is on jury duty, he swaps texts with the defendant and eventually
0:03:16 > 0:03:18takes her back to the flat. What is her name?
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Carla.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23What does Jeremy write on Mark's eyelids to supposedly improve Mark's
0:03:23 > 0:03:26chances with April, who is coming round for dinner?
0:03:26 > 0:03:30They then discover that Jeremy had used a permanent marker.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31"I love you."
0:03:31 > 0:03:33"I love you," is exactly what he had written.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36You have, Sarah Jane, 11 points.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38APPLAUSE
0:03:45 > 0:03:47And our next contender, please.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- And your name is? - Don Crerar.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- Your occupation? - Retired computer programmer.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- And your chosen subject? - Albert Speer.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Albert Speer in 90 seconds.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Speer was a German architect and the Minister of Armaments and War Production
0:04:10 > 0:04:13for Nazi Germany. In which large outdoor area in Berlin did he design
0:04:13 > 0:04:18a theatrical display for the mass rally on 1st May 1933?
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Temple Hof.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Speer was appointed as Hitler's chief architect after the sudden death
0:04:22 > 0:04:25in January 1934 of the previous holder of the post. Who was he?
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Troost.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30To what post did Hitler appoint Speer on 30th January 1937 with
0:04:30 > 0:04:36responsibility for reconstructing Berlin as the Fuhrer's dream capital, Germania?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37General building inspector.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41At which technical institute near Heidelberg did Speer begin his
0:04:41 > 0:04:44architectural studies before he moved on to Munich and then Berlin?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Karlsruhe.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48What was the name of the chief technical advisor and Speer's deputy in the
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Armaments Ministry who reputedly tried to replace Speer while he was
0:04:52 > 0:04:54hospitalised in 1944?
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Saur.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59At which castle did a British unit finally arrest Speer
0:04:59 > 0:05:01on 23rd May 1945?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Glucksberg.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Which British officer and future Conservative MP served the indictment
0:05:06 > 0:05:08on Speer in October 1945?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Airey Neave.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13What was the name of the US chief prosecutor who cross-examined Speer
0:05:13 > 0:05:16in June 1946 at his trial for war crimes?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Jackson.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22What is the German title of Speer's memoirs published in 1969 and later published
0:05:22 > 0:05:25in English as Inside The Third Reich, in which he
0:05:25 > 0:05:27describes the Nazi leadership of Germany?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Erinnerungen.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Who was Speer's defence lawyer at his trial in Nuremberg
0:05:32 > 0:05:34who helped him avoid the death penalty?
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Flaechsner.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38What was the name of the military prison in Berlin where Speer
0:05:38 > 0:05:42served almost all of the 20 years sentence for war crimes?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Spandau.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Spandau is correct, as were all your other answers.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47You have 11 points.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50APPLAUSE
0:05:57 > 0:05:59And our next contender, please.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- And your name is? - Kyle Nagendra.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10- Your occupation? - GP.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- And your chosen subject? - The X-Men films.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15In 90 seconds, here we go.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Bryan Singer directed the first two X-Men films, and returned to direct
0:06:18 > 0:06:21another film in the franchise in 2014. Which one?
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- Pass.- In X-Men 2, Bobby Drake's father asks Wolverine what subject he is
0:06:29 > 0:06:32a professor of at the school for the gifted that their son attends.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33What does Wolverine reply?
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Art.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36What is the special power of Nightcrawler?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39He uses it to get himself and Storm into Cerebro.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40He's a teleporter.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44At the beginning of The Wolverine, Wolverine is being held in a Second World War
0:06:44 > 0:06:47prisoner of war camp in which Japanese city?
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Nagasaki.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50In Logan, what is the name of the research company that has
0:06:50 > 0:06:54set up a programme to develop a group of mutant children to use as weapons?
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Transigen.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Who directed The Wolverine in 2013 and Logan in 2017?
0:06:59 > 0:07:00James Mangold.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04In Deadpool, what is the full mutant name of Colossus's young trainee who
0:07:04 > 0:07:08has the power to detonate atomic bursts from a body?
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Negasonic teenage warhead.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14In X-Men Days Of Future Past, Wolverine is sent back to 1973 to stop Mystique
0:07:14 > 0:07:19killing Dr Bolivar Trask and so prevent the creation of deadly mutant machines.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20What are the machines called?
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Sentinels.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Logan has to spar with the hugely overweight Fred Dukes
0:07:25 > 0:07:27to find out if he knows where Victor is.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29What message is on the front of Duke's vest?
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Pass.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36The title character of the 2016 film Deadpool is the alter ego of
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Wade Wilson. Who is he played by?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Ryan Reynolds.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Laura shoots the Wolverine Logan lookalike clone X24 with a bullet made from
0:07:43 > 0:07:46the only substance she could kill him with. What is it?
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Adamantium.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Adamantium is correct.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49You had two passes.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54The message on Duke's vest was "save the whales".
0:07:54 > 0:07:59And Bryan Singer directed the first two films, and returned to direct
0:07:59 > 0:08:02X-Men: Days Of Future Past.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05You have scored, Kyle, nine points.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08APPLAUSE
0:08:15 > 0:08:16And our next contender, please.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- And your name is? - Shahab Mossavat.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Your occupation? - Company director.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- And your chosen subject? - The life and reign of Henry III.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Henry III in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35In which city's Abbey was nine-year-old Henry crowned for the first time
0:08:35 > 0:08:39in 1216? A second coronation took place at Westminster Abbey in 1220.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Gloucester.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Who was appointed official guardian of the young King Henry of the Kingdom in 1216
0:08:43 > 0:08:45till his death three years later?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46William Marshall.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49What position was held during Henry's reign by Hubert de Burgh,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Stephen de Seagrave, and Hugh Bigod?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54They were essentially the King's chief adviser and deputy.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Justiciar.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Who was the Bishop of Winchester who acted as Henry's personal tutor?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02His feud with Hubert de Burgh led to divisions at Henry's court.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Peter des Roches.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Whom did Henry marry in 1236?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Her relatives became powerful, which caused friction with the English barons.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Eleanor of Provence.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13At what royal palace was Henry staying in September 1238 when someone
0:09:13 > 0:09:14tried to kill him?
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Pembroke.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Woodstock.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21Of which region in France was Simon De Montfort appointed governor in 1247?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Gascony.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24In the 1250s, Henry agreed a deal with the Pope
0:09:24 > 0:09:27that secured his son Prince Edmund the crown of a kingdom,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30although he later had to ask the barons for money to pay for the deal. Which kingdom?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Sicily.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Which document of June 1258 stated there should be three parliaments a year, and
0:09:35 > 0:09:39saw the formation of a council of 15 members to reform the running of the realm?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42The barons demanded the reforms in return for their support.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Provisions of Oxford.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Henry renounced the Provisions, which prompted De Montfort to challenge him
0:09:47 > 0:09:49at the Battle of Lewes in 1264.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Henry supposedly gave his sword as a token of the surrender to one of
0:09:52 > 0:09:54De Montfort's commanders. Who was he?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Despenser.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01De Montfort ruled until 1265, when he was defeated at the Battle of Evesham.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Who is said to have saved Henry's life at the Battle when he recognised him
0:10:04 > 0:10:08on the battlefield, even though he was dressed in De Montfort's colours?
0:10:08 > 0:10:09His son.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11No, Roger of Leyburn.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Shahab, you have eight points.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15APPLAUSE
0:10:21 > 0:10:23And our final contender, please.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- And your name is? - Ailsa Watson.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Your occupation? - Administrator.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33And your chosen subject?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35The Jack Parlabane novels of Christopher Brookmyre.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41In Boiling A Frog, the journalist Jack Parlabane is sent to prison after he
0:10:41 > 0:10:43was caught breaking into the headquarters of what church?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44The Catholic Church.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Yes. The Scottish Catholic Church.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49What is the name of the newspaper proprietor who is murdered with his wife
0:10:49 > 0:10:50and bodyguards in Country Of The Blind?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Roland Voss.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Which Scottish university where he is also a rector does the sidekick
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Gabriel Lafayette visit to give a performance in which he appears
0:10:57 > 0:10:58to interact with the dead?
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Kelvin University.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03What is the name of Rory Glen's brother who is allowed to view Rory's collection
0:11:03 > 0:11:06of photographs of celebrity women on his computer in Be My Enemy?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Finlay.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11At what hotel does Parlabane's wife Sarah attend the surgical registrar's
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Christmas party? It's always held there so that guests can book a room if they want to.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18The Edinburgh airport hotel - The Excelsior?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22In Dead Girl Walking, Mairi Lafferty asks Parlabane to investigate the
0:11:22 > 0:11:26disappearance of Heike Gunn. What band is Gunn a member of?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Savage Earth Heart.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31In Country Of The Blind, what name did the media give to the gang that includes
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Robert Hannah, and is responsible for a series of country house break-ins?
0:11:35 > 0:11:36The Robin Hoods.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39What is the full name of Spammy, the former drug addict who says he produced
0:11:39 > 0:11:42the first single for Heike Gunn's band?
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Cameron Scott.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47What disorder is named after Parlabane's cell-mate in E Hall and is
0:11:47 > 0:11:51described to him as a total and chronic failure to take jail seriously?
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Pass.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56In Black Widow, Diana Jaeger goes with Peter Elphinstone on their first date
0:11:56 > 0:11:58to see a tribute act to what band?
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Blink-182.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02In Quite Ugly One Morning, who receives three concurrent life sentences
0:12:02 > 0:12:06after he is found guilty of hiring killers to murder his enemies?
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Stephen Lime.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11In Want You Gone, who gives the hacker Buzzkill access to the
0:12:11 > 0:12:14RSGN bank computer systems after she is tricked into thinking she is speaking
0:12:14 > 0:12:18on the phone to someone called Morgan Bell at corporate security?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Jane Dunwoodie.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Sonia Donovan.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27One pass, Ailsa - that disorder named after Parlabane's cell-mate
0:12:27 > 0:12:30is Mikebrigitis. You have scored ten points.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32APPLAUSE
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Well, a nice close round there.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46In fifth place with eight points is Shahab.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48In fourth place with nine points, Kyle.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Third place with ten points, Ailsa.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Joint first place with 11 points apiece, Sarah Jane and Don.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58APPLAUSE
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And it is the general knowledge round now, and if there is a tie
0:13:05 > 0:13:08at the end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13If they are tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break,
0:13:13 > 0:13:17so let us get on with it and ask Shahab to join us again, please.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23And you start off with eight points, Shahab. Plenty of time,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27because there is two minutes for general knowledge, so here we go.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30What is the name of the lion in the Narnia novels whose
0:13:30 > 0:13:32resurrection parallels that of Christ?
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Aslan.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36What is the title of the three-disc set that features covers
0:13:36 > 0:13:39of classic American songs released by Bob Dylan in March 2017?
0:13:39 > 0:13:40Lay Lady Lay.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Triplicate.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45In which field of the arts is Britain's Rachel Whiteread particularly renowned?
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Sculpture.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Differential and integral are two major forms of what branch of mathematics?
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Algebra.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Calculus.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54In which African capital city is the Shepheard's Hotel,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57initially called the Hotel des Anglais when it opened in 1841?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00It was at one time one of the most fashionable in the world.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Casablanca.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Cairo.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05In which 2016 film, directed and co-written by Fede Alvarez,
0:14:05 > 0:14:09do three friends break into a blind man's house, expecting their burglary to be easy?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Up.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Don't Breathe.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15By what Germanic form of his forename is the composer born
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Ferenc Liszt generally known?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Franz.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Which British king did the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot
0:14:20 > 0:14:23intend to blow up, along with his wife, elder son,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26and both Houses of Parliament, on the 5th of November 1605?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27James I.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29In Richmal Crompton's Just William stories,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32what is the name of William Brown's spoilt neighbour who threatens to
0:14:32 > 0:14:34"scream and scream" until she's sick?
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Dorothy?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Violet Elizabeth.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40In finance, what word that now means to lend money at illegal or exorbitant
0:14:40 > 0:14:44rates of interest originally meant the practice of money lending itself?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Usury.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50Which senior Welsh rugby union side shares the Liberty Stadium with Swansea City FC?
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Red Dragons?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52The Ospreys.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55What traditional story about the abduction of a town's children is related
0:14:55 > 0:14:57in a poem by Robert Browning?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Hamelin.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00No, The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04What popular Mexican dish consists of crisp pieces of tortilla typically
0:15:04 > 0:15:06covered with melted cheese and jalapeno peppers?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09It is thought to take its name from the man who invented it in the 1940s.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Nachos.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14The Sweeney is rhyming slang for which branch of the Metropolitan Police?
0:15:14 > 0:15:15The CID.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16The Flying Squad.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19The extremely hardy Herdwick sheep is the native breed
0:15:19 > 0:15:21in which English National Park?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22The...
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Peak District.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24The Lake District.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28What low-lying island in the Thames Estuary is separated from the Essex mainland
0:15:28 > 0:15:31by a series of creeks that include Benfleet Creek and East Haven?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33The Isle of Sheppey.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Aha - Canvey.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Oh!- Canvey Island. You had no passes, Shahab.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- You have a total now of 14 points. - Thank you.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43APPLAUSE
0:15:47 > 0:15:48And now Kyle again, please.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54And you start out with nine points, Kyle.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00What is the name of the charge incurred by vehicles in London
0:16:00 > 0:16:05that enter the zone indicated by a sign with a white C on a red circular background?
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Congestion charge.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09What completes the first line of Keats' poem To Autumn -
0:16:09 > 0:16:10"season of mists and..."?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12"Mellow fruitfulness".
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Flores is the westernmost and Santa Maria the easternmost of a group of
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Atlantic islands that lie about 1000 miles off the Portuguese coast.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Which islands?
0:16:19 > 0:16:20The Azores.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23What type of short padded jacket often made of leather with a rib
0:16:23 > 0:16:26trim got its name because it was originally worn by air crews during the
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Second World War?
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Bomber jacket.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Which group had a top ten hit in 1974 with the song Wall Street Shuffle?
0:16:32 > 0:16:3410CC.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37What is the occupation of Robert Angier, played by Hugh Jackman,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39and Alfred Borden, played by Christian Bale,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42who are deadly rivals in the 2006 film The Prestige?
0:16:44 > 0:16:45French.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46They're illusionists.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Kandahar, Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif are among the principal cities of
0:16:49 > 0:16:50which country?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Pass.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54What name that comes from the Latin for brother is given to a member
0:16:54 > 0:16:56of certain Roman Catholic religious orders,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59especially one of the mendicant orders?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Friars.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03What is the name of the piece of wood on a stringed instrument that supports the
0:17:03 > 0:17:07strings and transmits their vibrations to the belly of the instrument?
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Sounding board.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09The bridge.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Which country's international rugby union side are known as the Cherry Blossoms,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14or more recently, as the Brave Blossoms?
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Japan.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18From 1378 to 1417, there were two Popes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20One was based in Rome. In which city was the other based?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Avignon.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24What name that comes from the Latin for wool is given to the
0:17:24 > 0:17:29very fine downy hair that's found on the body of a foetus or a newborn baby?
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Lanugo.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32What former county in north-west England gives its name to a
0:17:32 > 0:17:36type of long unlinked seasoned sausage commonly served coiled?
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Cumberland.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Who plays the title character Harry Clayton, a brilliant but flawed
0:17:40 > 0:17:44police officer given the power to control luck in the 2016 television series,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Stan Lee's Lucky Man?
0:17:50 > 0:17:51James...
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Pass.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57What was kept in a building or vault known as a charnel house?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Bones.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Yeah, bones or corpses, or human remains, whatever you like.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07As for your passes, you nearly got there when you said "James".
0:18:07 > 0:18:10The chap who played Harry Clayton is James Nesbitt.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Nesbitt!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Annoying, isn't it? And Kandahar, Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif
0:18:14 > 0:18:16are in Afghanistan.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19However, Kyle, you have a total now of 20 points.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23APPLAUSE
0:18:29 > 0:18:32And now Ailsa again, please.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35And you start out with ten points, Ailsa.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37The score to beat now is 20.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41So here we go - two minutes of general knowledge.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Which Thames bridge has a central portion that can be raised to allow
0:18:44 > 0:18:45ships to enter the Pool of London?
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Tower Bridge.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Whose debut novel Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
0:18:48 > 0:18:52is based on her early life being brought up by her Pentecostal adopted mother
0:18:52 > 0:18:53to be a missionary?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Jeanette Winterson.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Mendoza Province is the principal wine-producing region
0:18:57 > 0:18:59of which South American country?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Argentina.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02What is the nationality of Valtteri Bottas,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06who became Lewis Hamilton's team-mate for the 2017 Formula 1 season?
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Italian.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08Finnish.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10What area of the moon was first photographed in 1959 by the Russian
0:19:10 > 0:19:12spacecraft Luna 3?
0:19:12 > 0:19:13The Sea of Tranquillity.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15The Dark Side.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Which French-born artist's work The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21is sometimes referred to as The Large Glass?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Degas.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Duchamp.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27The body of which leader, originally embalmed to keep it intact for burial,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29is on view in a mausoleum in Red Square?
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Lenin.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32What word, of old Norse origin,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34is part of the name of England's highest mountain,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36and means a hill or a stretch of barren moorland,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38especially in the north of England?
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Fell.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42What name is given to the technique or practice of drawing maps or charts?
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Cartography.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Who wrote the poem The Famous Tay Whale, with the opening lines,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50"'Twas in the month of December, and in the year 1883,
0:19:50 > 0:19:51"that a monster whale came to Dundee,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54"resolved for a few days to sport and play"?
0:19:54 > 0:19:55William McGonagall.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58In physics, the Greek letter lambda is widely used to signify the
0:19:58 > 0:20:01wavelength of an electromagnetic wave.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03What property is signified by the Greek letter nu?
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Pass.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09The unit of currency of which Asian Commonwealth country is the ringgit?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Malaysia.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15What insects that play a vital role in the pollination of plants have types
0:20:15 > 0:20:17called carpenter, digger and mason?
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Bees.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22What is the name of the Sunderland-born singer who won the 2017 Brit Award
0:20:22 > 0:20:24for Best British Female Solo Artist?
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Ellie Goulding.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Emeli Sande.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Who directed the 2017 film Silence, set in the 17th century, in which
0:20:32 > 0:20:36two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan to try to locate their mentor?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Pass.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42What aria does the clown Canio sing at the end of Act One of the opera Pagliacci,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46when he discovers his wife's infidelity but still has to dress for his performance?
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Tears of a Clown.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50It was Vesti la Giubba - On With The Motley!
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Your two passes - Martin Scorsese directed Silence,
0:20:56 > 0:21:01and in physics, the Greek letter nu means frequency.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04There you go. Ailsa, you've now a total of 19 points.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07APPLAUSE
0:21:13 > 0:21:15And now Sarah Jane again, please.
0:21:16 > 0:21:22And you start out with 11, and the score to beat is still 20.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25So here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge questions.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Strawberry Fields Forever, which takes its name from a Salvation Army children's home
0:21:29 > 0:21:31in Liverpool, was a hit for which band?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Beatles.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35What name did the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli give to the vivid shade of pink
0:21:35 > 0:21:38that she introduced and which became one of her signature colours?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Coral.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Shocking pink.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Which American-born operatic soprano had the birth name of Kalogeropoulos?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45She was one of the leading prima donnas of her day.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Callas.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49What name is given to the thick dark treacly substance
0:21:49 > 0:21:51that's drained from cane sugar during refining,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53and is used in a production of rum?
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Sorghum.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Molasses.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Certain species of an evergreen tree are the sources of drugs known as
0:21:58 > 0:22:01taxanes that have been used successfully in the treatment of some cancers.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Which tree?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- Fir.- Yew tree.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Which moon of Jupiter is the second largest of the planet's known
0:22:08 > 0:22:11satellites, and the most heavily cratered object in the solar system?
0:22:11 > 0:22:12- Io.- Callisto.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15What title, from a Latin word meaning sharer,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17is traditionally given to the wife of a ruling monarch?
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Erm...
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Their partner.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Consort. Which star of the silent cinema,
0:22:25 > 0:22:27who was born Gladys Smith in Toronto,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29was awarded at Best Actress Oscar
0:22:29 > 0:22:31for her role in the 1929 film Coquette?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33It was her first talking film.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- Pickford.- Yes, Mary Pickford.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37The name of which Sussex racecourse's summer festival
0:22:37 > 0:22:39is often prefaced by the adjective glorious?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- Newmarket.- Goodwood.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Which northern English port city claims
0:22:45 > 0:22:47to have the oldest Chinatown in Europe?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48- Liverpool.- Yeah.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51The nephew and adopted son of the Emperor Tiberius was a popular
0:22:51 > 0:22:53and successful general. By what name is he known?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- Marcus Aurelius.- Germanicus.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Which media mogul did Mick Jagger's former wife Jerry Hall marry
0:22:59 > 0:23:00in London in March 2016?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Murdoch.- Yeah.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04The city of Baku, that lies on the western shore of Caspian Sea,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06is the capital of which country?
0:23:06 > 0:23:07- Azerbaijan.- Yes.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11What is the name of the Scottish group who topped the UK album charts
0:23:11 > 0:23:14with The Man Who in 1999, and with The Invisible Band in 2001?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- The Smiths.- Travis.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19The mystery of the disappearance of a crime writer in December 1926 was
0:23:19 > 0:23:22solved 11 days later when she was found in a Harrogate hotel,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25living under the name of her husband's mistress. Which writer?
0:23:25 > 0:23:26- Christie.- Yeah.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29The lives of members of a North American Christian sect noted for
0:23:29 > 0:23:32their plain living are governed by a largely unwritten set of rules known
0:23:32 > 0:23:34as the Ordnung. Which sect?
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Erm...
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- Amish.- Yes, it is correct!
0:23:43 > 0:23:46No passes, Sarah Jane. You have 19 points.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59And, finally, Don again, please.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04And you start out with 11 points.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08The score remains - the score to beat, that is - 20.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10So here we go.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12What is the name of the controversial tennis champion
0:24:12 > 0:24:15who was known for outbursts such as "You cannot be serious!"
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- McEnroe.- Yeah.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Rimsky-Korsakov based an opera on the unfounded belief that the
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Italian composer Antonio Salieri
0:24:22 > 0:24:24tried to poison a fellow composer. Which composer?
0:24:24 > 0:24:25- Mozart.- Yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29In a 2008 animated film, what is the name of the small waste-collecting
0:24:29 > 0:24:33robot in the distant future who inadvertently embarks
0:24:33 > 0:24:35on a space journey that will decide the fate of mankind?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37- WALL-E.- Yes.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley
0:24:38 > 0:24:40is one of the highest peaks in which continent?
0:24:40 > 0:24:41- Australia.- Africa.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45What name did Edwin Land give to the inexpensive plastic material
0:24:45 > 0:24:47he invented that is used in sunglasses?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51It transmits light waves, vibrating only in one direction,
0:24:51 > 0:24:52and so cuts down glare.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Pass.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Giles Winterbourne and Grace Melbury are among the principal
0:24:57 > 0:25:00characters in which Thomas Hardy novel first published in 1887?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- Under the Greenwood Tree. - The Woodlanders.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Which popular mass-produced car was available from 1908 in a range of
0:25:06 > 0:25:08colours, but was later famously available only in black?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- Model T Ford.- Yes.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Whose first senior medal in a major championships was the bronze in the
0:25:13 > 0:25:17heptathlon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18- Jessica Ennis-Hill.- Correct.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20London, Crown Bob,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22and Lancashire Lad are red skin varieties
0:25:22 > 0:25:24of a soft fruit traditionally used in crumbles
0:25:24 > 0:25:26and made into fools. What fruit?
0:25:26 > 0:25:27- Apple.- Gooseberry.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Which duo got to number two in the UK singles chart in 1974
0:25:31 > 0:25:33with I'm Leaving It All Up To You?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35They're part of a famous family.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Pass.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39What was the name of the noted Roman historian, born in 56 AD,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42who married the daughter of the statesman and soldier Agricola?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43- Tacitus.- Correct.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45What items of nightwear take their name
0:25:45 > 0:25:47from the Persian for leg garment?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- Kaftan.- Pyjamas.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52What did the C stand for in the name of the poet
0:25:52 > 0:25:54usually referred to as C Day-Lewis?
0:25:54 > 0:25:55- Cecil.- Yes.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Which common small British bird is often referred to
0:25:58 > 0:26:01as the hedge sparrow, even though it is not a true sparrow at all?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- Dunnit.- Dunnock.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Which French king was portrayed
0:26:05 > 0:26:07by the English actor George Blagden in the
0:26:07 > 0:26:102015 BBC period drama Versailles?
0:26:10 > 0:26:14- Louis XIV.- Is correct. And your time is up. Two passes.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17The duo that got to number two with that song -
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Donny and Marie Osmond.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22And Edwin Land - the man of the Polaroid.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Yeah, there we are.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Don, 19 points.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Well, that was really close.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46In fifth place, 14 points, Shahab.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52Joint second place, 19 points apiece, Sarah Jane, Don and Ailsa.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56In first place, with 20 points, Kyle.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12And that means that Kyle takes the last place in the grand final.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Congratulations to him,
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