0:00:24 > 0:00:27Our first contender tonight is Chris Sloley.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28He's a journalist from London
0:00:28 > 0:00:31and his specialist subject, The Simpsons.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Next, Tim Kenny, a freight forwarder from Suffolk.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37He's answering questions on venomous snakes.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Charlie Hasted is a student from London,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43answering questions on Sherlock Holmes.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47And Alfred Williams is an assistant curator from Hull.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49His subject, Alfred the Great.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Four contenders, each hoping that they will be the one,
0:01:07 > 0:01:09the one who goes through to the semifinals,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11then the grand final
0:01:11 > 0:01:15and then, a place in the quizzing history books,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17as Mastermind Champion.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Only two obstacles lie in their way -
0:01:19 > 0:01:22two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29So, let's ask our first hopeful to join us, please.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44The Simpsons in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Who buys Bart's soul in the form of a piece of paper
0:01:46 > 0:01:49with "Bart Simpson's soul" written on it for 5?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50Bart eventually recovers it
0:01:50 > 0:01:53when Lisa buys it back from the comic book store.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Milhouse. - What title has been used
0:01:55 > 0:01:58for The Simpsons' Halloween episodes since Season Two?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- Treehouse Of Horror. - Homer helps Apu to study
0:02:00 > 0:02:04for the American citizenship test in Much Apu About Nothing.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09What does he say the 13 stripes on the American flag are for?
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- Pass.- What is the name of Marge's geeky former boyfriend,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15who greets her at the Class of 1974 high school reunion
0:02:15 > 0:02:18by saying, "Have you heard? I'm stinking rich."?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- Artie Fitz.- No, Ziff.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23In The Cartridge Family, what product does Pele endorse on the field
0:02:23 > 0:02:25before the Continental Soccer Association match
0:02:25 > 0:02:28between Mexico and Portugal in Springfield?
0:02:28 > 0:02:29- Orange juice?- Wax paper.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Who provides the guest voice for the flower seller Renee?
0:02:32 > 0:02:37She says she is dating the bartender Moe because she likes his "insecure, sweaty charm".
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Helen Hunt. - In Homer's Enemy, what position at the nuclear power plant
0:02:41 > 0:02:44does Mr Burns say he wants to offer to Frank Grimes?
0:02:44 > 0:02:47He then changes his mind and gives it to a dog that catches his eye.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Vice President. - Executive Vice President.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Which singer does Homer mistake for a cleaning lady
0:02:52 > 0:02:55when she's in Miami to perform the half-time show
0:02:55 > 0:02:58at the Super Bowl in Sunday, Cruddy Sunday?
0:02:58 > 0:02:59- Celine Dion.- Dolly Parton.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02In There's No Disgrace Like Home, what word does Homer use
0:03:02 > 0:03:06to describe the all-seeing nature of God, when he is saying grace?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Pass.- What is the name of the shop owned by the Flanders family
0:03:10 > 0:03:13that is looted after their house is destroyed by Hurricane Barbara?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- Leftorium. - In the episode Old Money,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19when Abe Simpson's new love Beatrice Simmons asks him to tell her about himself,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22he replies, "Widower, one son, one..." what?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Pass.- Lisa investigates electoral fraud
0:03:25 > 0:03:28after the election of Sideshow Bob as the Mayor of Springfield.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32What's the name of her dead pet cat that she finds on the list of voters?
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- Snowball.- Which alien is revealed to be Maggie's true father
0:03:36 > 0:03:39in the story Starship Poopers, in Treehouse Of Horror IX?
0:03:39 > 0:03:44- Kang.- After Marge reveals her fear of flying in Season Six,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46she says that everybody has a fear of something.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49BEEP What does she say Homer is afraid of?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- Sock puppets. - Sock puppets is exactly right.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58You had three passes. What he said was, "Widower, one son, one kidney.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00"Working kidney."
0:04:00 > 0:04:02In There's No Disgrace Like Home,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Homer describes the all-seeing nature of God, "omnivorous".
0:04:06 > 0:04:11And he helps Apu to study for the American citizenship test.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15He says the 13 stripes on the American flag are for good luck.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17LAUGHTER
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Yeah, great stuff. Chris, you had those three passes.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22You've scored seven points.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25APPLAUSE
0:04:31 > 0:04:33And our next contender, please.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46In two minutes, here we go.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Which snake, found in central Australia,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51has the most toxic venom of any known snake?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54It's also known as the small-scaled and the fierce snake.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- The inland taipan. - Of the four surviving species of mamba,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59the black mamba is probably the best known.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01What predominant colour are the other three?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Green.- What name is given to the scale on the tip of the snout
0:05:04 > 0:05:06that borders the mouth-opening of all snakes?
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- The rostral. - Which African snake is thought to have the largest eyes,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13relative to the size of its head, of any of the species and takes its name
0:05:13 > 0:05:15from the Afrikaans word for "tree snake"?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- Boomslang.- What alphanumeric name is given to the test
0:05:18 > 0:05:21used to compare venoms by their killing capacity?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23It's defined as the amount of venom needed to kill
0:05:23 > 0:05:27half a group of test subjects within a specified time period.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28The LD50.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32What common name is given to the American pit viper or water moccasin?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34The name refers to the white interior of its jaws.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- The cottonmouth. - Which snake is the only one known to construct a nest
0:05:38 > 0:05:41for egg incubation and then remain to guard the eggs?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43It's also the world's longest venomous snake.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- The king cobra. - What is the name of the genus
0:05:45 > 0:05:47that contains Afro-Asian cobras?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It is a Latinisation of the Sanskrit word for "snake".
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Naja.- Death adders are the only species
0:05:53 > 0:05:57of the Elapidae family of snakes to use a particular tail movement
0:05:57 > 0:05:59to attract prey when they hunt. What's it called?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- Caudal luring.- The internal organs of venomous snakes
0:06:02 > 0:06:05include an enlarged right lung, with the left much reduced,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08and a heart that consists of how many chambers?
0:06:08 > 0:06:09- Four.- Three.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12The East and West African species of an ambush viper
0:06:12 > 0:06:16possess the longest fangs of any known snake. Which viper?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- The gaboon viper.- What Pacific island country gives its name
0:06:21 > 0:06:24to the species of burrowing snake also known locally as the bolo?
0:06:26 > 0:06:27- Solomon Islands.- Fiji.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Snake venoms may contain various poisonous substances,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32such as neurotoxins and myotoxins.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36What name is given to the toxins that directly target the kidneys?
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- Nephrotoxins. - What species of snake, closely related to the spitting cobra,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43is the only elapid in Africa to bear live young
0:06:43 > 0:06:45and is known to defend itself by pretending to be dead?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47The rinkhals.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Which 18th-century Scottish physician... BEEP
0:06:49 > 0:06:52..gives his name to the only truly Asian species of Old World viper?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55He was employed as a naturalist for the East India Company,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59where he conducted detailed studies of Indian snakes.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Russell.- Yeah, Patrick Russell.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- No passes, Tim. You have 13 points.- Thank you.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06APPLAUSE
0:07:10 > 0:07:13And our next contender, please.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Two minutes on Sherlock Holmes, starting now.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31In The Adventure Of The Crooked Man,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33when Holmes explains how he deduced
0:07:33 > 0:07:36that Watson must have had a busy day, Watson cries, "Excellent!"
0:07:36 > 0:07:37What is Holmes' reply?
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- Elementary.- Which story in The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44introduces the brilliant Irene Adler, whom Holmes refers to as "the woman"?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- Scandal In Bohemia. - What is the name of the mutual acquaintance
0:07:48 > 0:07:50who introduces Dr Watson to Holmes?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53He describes Holmes as "a little queer in his ideas".
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Stamford. - Sherlock's brother Mycroft belongs to a Pall Mall club
0:07:57 > 0:08:02whose members are "the most unsociable and unclubable men in town". Which club?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Diogenes.- At what battle in the Second Afghan War
0:08:05 > 0:08:06was Dr Watson shot in the shoulder?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09He almost died of a fever and was discharged back to England.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Maiwand.- What name is given to the jewel
0:08:12 > 0:08:16that belonged to the Countess of Morcar that is found in the crop of a Christmas goose?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Blue Carbuncle.- In The Return Of Sherlock Holmes,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Holmes reappears after he has faked his death.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25When he first approaches Watson, he is disguised as a seller of what?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Books.- In The Adventure Of The Blanched Soldier,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31what single word does Holmes write on a scrap of paper
0:08:31 > 0:08:34that he hands to Colonel Emsworth? It concerns Emsworth's son Godfrey.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Leprosy.- In The Hound Of The Baskervilles,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Holmes solves two cases on his return to London from Baskerville Hall.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43One is the supposed murder of Mademoiselle Carere
0:08:43 > 0:08:46and the other concerns the "atrocious conduct" of whom?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Pass.- What was the name of the ship that was the subject of the case
0:08:51 > 0:08:55that Holmes described as "the first in which I was ever engaged"?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Gloria Scott.- Who is described by Holmes in The Valley Of Fear
0:08:58 > 0:09:01as "the controlling brain of the underworld,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04"a brain which might have made or marred the destiny of nations"?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- Professor Moriarty.- Watson finds Holmes working undercover
0:09:07 > 0:09:09in The Bar Of Gold on Upper Swandam Lane.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11What type of establishment is The Bar Of Gold?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Opium den.- What is the name of the street urchin,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17described by Watson as a "disreputable little scarecrow",
0:09:17 > 0:09:20who leads the gang known to Holmes as the Baker Street Irregulars?
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- Wiggins. - Which of the Holmes stories is divided into two parts,
0:09:24 > 0:09:29entitled The Singular Experience Of Mr John Scott Eccles and The Tiger Of San Pedro?
0:09:29 > 0:09:30- BEEP - Wisteria Lodge.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Wisteria Lodge is correct. You had one pass.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34In The Hound Of The Baskervilles,
0:09:34 > 0:09:39one of the two cases concerned the atrocious conduct of Colonel Upwood.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- Ah.- However, Charley, you have 13 points.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45APPLAUSE
0:09:52 > 0:09:54And our final contender, please.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Alfred the Great, here we go.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Alfred the Great was an English king of the Anglo-Saxon period.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14When Alfred visited Rome as a child in 853,
0:10:14 > 0:10:16which Pope received him and gave him a blessing?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Leo IV.- What was the name of Alfred's brother
0:10:19 > 0:10:21and immediate predecessor as the king of Wessex?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24He defeated an invading Viking army with Alfred at the Battle of Ashdown.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- Ethelred.- What name did Alfred use to replace
0:10:27 > 0:10:29that of "Lady Philosophy" in his translation
0:10:29 > 0:10:34of the sixth-century Roman Boethius's Consolation Of Philosophy?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- Wisdom.- From which Frankish monastery did Alfred recruit
0:10:38 > 0:10:41the scholarly Grimbald to serve as his mass-priest
0:10:41 > 0:10:43and to aid in his programme of education?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- St Bertin.- Alfred specifically acknowledged that he inherited
0:10:46 > 0:10:49parts of his written code of laws from a king of Wessex
0:10:49 > 0:10:52who was born in the seventh century. What was the king's name?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- Ine.- At which Dorset town did Alfred found a nunnery,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58where his daughter Ethelgifu became an abbess?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Shaftesbury. - At which battle in Wiltshire
0:11:00 > 0:11:04did Alfred have a decisive victory over the Vikings in the year 878?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Edington. - Which document is a survey
0:11:07 > 0:11:10of Alfred's military fortifications and demonstrates
0:11:10 > 0:11:14how his plan for a defensive system of new towns was put into effect?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- The Burghal Hidage. - What Roman road was used as the northern part
0:11:17 > 0:11:21of the dividing line between the lands of Alfred and the Viking leader Guthrum?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Watling Street. - Which museum holds the relic known as the Alfred Jewel?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27The purpose of the object is disputed,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29although it's thought to have been used as a pointer.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- The Ashmolean. - What was the name of the commander of the Viking fleet
0:11:32 > 0:11:34that entered the estuary of the Thames
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and built fortifications at Milton Regis in 892?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Hasteinn.- What legendary story about Alfred
0:11:40 > 0:11:43first appears in the Life Of Saint Neot, roughly a century after the king's death?
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- The cakes. - Yeah, the burning of the cakes. Who was the Bishop of Worcester
0:11:47 > 0:11:50who translated the Dialogues of Pope Gregory the Great?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Alfred supplied a preface to one of the copies.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58- Werferth.- At what place did Alfred read his father's will to an assembly
0:11:58 > 0:12:02to justify his allocation of estates to the children of his brother Ethelred?
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- Langandene.- What is the name of the puppet king of Mercia
0:12:06 > 0:12:08who collaborated with Alfred to introduce the coins
0:12:08 > 0:12:11known as the "cross and lozenge" and the "two emperors"?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- BEEP - Ceolwulf II.- Is correct.
0:12:14 > 0:12:1815 questions, 15 correct answers. Well done.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21APPLAUSE
0:12:28 > 0:12:30So, that is the end of that round.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Some very high scores. Let's have a look at them all.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35In fourth place, 7 points, Chris.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Joint second place,
0:12:36 > 0:12:3813 points apiece, Tim and Charley.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41First place, 15 points, Alfred.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44APPLAUSE
0:12:48 > 0:12:50So, it is the general knowledge round now
0:12:50 > 0:12:52and, if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:12:52 > 0:12:54then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:54 > 0:12:56and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00And, if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04So, let us start the next round and ask Chris to join us again, please.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08And you picked a subject with an awful lot of episodes
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- and an awful lot of detail. - Yeah.- But you got seven points.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Here we go. Two and a half minutes, general knowledge, starting now.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Pitcher, batter and home run are terms used in which sport?
0:13:17 > 0:13:22- Baseball. - Which European dictator, who'd ruled his country since 1939,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25died in November, 1975, after a long illness?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- Franco.- Who performed with the Eurythmics
0:13:27 > 0:13:31on their 1985 UK top ten hit Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- Cyndi Lauper.- Aretha Franklin.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36The French call the English Channel's junction with the North Sea
0:13:36 > 0:13:38the Pas de Calais. How is it known in English?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- The Bristol Channel. - The Straits of Dover.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Which football club did Jurgen Klopp lead
0:13:43 > 0:13:47to two successive Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012
0:13:47 > 0:13:51before he took over at Liverpool in October, 2015?
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- Borussia Dortmund. - Which Prime Minister defended the devaluation of the pound
0:13:55 > 0:13:59in 1967, by claiming, "It does not mean that the pound here in Britain,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02"in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued"?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Pass.- In the '97 film Titanic, who plays Jack Dawson,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08a young drifter who wins a third-class passage
0:14:08 > 0:14:10on the doomed ship in a poker game?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Leonardo DiCaprio. - Which comedian and magician's catchphrase
0:14:14 > 0:14:16was "Just like that"?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- Tommy Cooper. - Which schoolboy, created by the author Frank Richards,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22was nicknamed the "Fat Owl of the Remove"?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Flash Thompson.- Billy Bunter.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Which television series about D Section of MI5 is partly set
0:14:27 > 0:14:32in the organisations headquarters at Thames House? It was first shown in 2002.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- Spooks.- Whose masterpiece The Massacre Of The Innocents
0:14:35 > 0:14:41was sold for a then British record of £49.5 million at Sotheby's in July, 2002?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Pablo Picasso.- Rubens.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47In which British city are Central and Queen Street the two main railway termini?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- Glasgow.- The English horn is a lower pitched member
0:14:50 > 0:14:53of the oboe family. It's better known by what French name?
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- Pass. - The 18th-century catalogue compiled by Charles Messier
0:14:57 > 0:14:59that is still referred to today,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02especially by amateurs, covers what branch of science?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- Biology.- Astronomy.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07The argali from Central Asia is the largest living wild species
0:15:07 > 0:15:10of which domesticated farm animal?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Pass. - What is the common British word
0:15:12 > 0:15:16for what Americans call a baby's soother or pacifier?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- A dummy. - The chocolate cake Sachertorte was created
0:15:19 > 0:15:24by the pastry cook Franz Sacher in 1832 and is a speciality of which city?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Berlin.- Vienna.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Which comedian and actor wrote a book called Revolution, published in 2014,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34in which he berates the current political system and parties?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Russell Brand. - In Greek mythology, the god Poseidon
0:15:37 > 0:15:40and the Gorgon Medusa were the father and the mother of who or what?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Pass. - Which monarchy, an enclave
0:15:42 > 0:15:46entirely surrounded by South Africa... BEEP
0:15:46 > 0:15:48..was a British protectorate known as Basutoland,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51before it gained independence in 1966?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- Namibia.- Lesotho.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56You had four passes.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Poseidon and Medusa were the father and mother of Pegasus,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02the winged horse.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06The argali is the largest living wild species of the sheep family.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10The English horn, better known by the French name "cor anglais".
0:16:10 > 0:16:15And "the pound in your pocket hasn't been devalued," said Harold Wilson.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Those four passes, Chris, you have scored 16 points.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22APPLAUSE
0:16:27 > 0:16:30And now, Tim again, please.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34And you start out with 13 points, Tim.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Two and a half minutes of it. Here we go.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41What is the name of the soul singer
0:16:41 > 0:16:44who had a posthumous hit in 1968 with The Dock Of The Bay?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- Otis Redding.- According to the Book Of Genesis,
0:16:47 > 0:16:49how many sons accompanied Noah on the Ark?
0:16:49 > 0:16:54- Three. - What is the grammatical term for a word such as "I" or "it"
0:16:54 > 0:16:56that is used instead of a noun?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Preposition.- Personal pronoun.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01What is the name of the author who's best known for his novels
0:17:01 > 0:17:03about Tarzan, the lost son of an English nobleman?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06He also wrote the John Carter science fantasy stories.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- Edgar Rice Burroughs. - Dabblers, which feed near the water's surface,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12and divers, which feed nearer the bottom of lakes and rivers,
0:17:12 > 0:17:13are types of what water fowl?
0:17:13 > 0:17:18- Duck. - In March, 2003, Sophia Loren unveiled a bronze statue,
0:17:18 > 0:17:23in Rieti, of a woman holding a giant coin, as a memorial to which currency?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- The franc.- The lira.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Which of the wives of Henry VIII was given a hereditary peerage
0:17:28 > 0:17:33in her own right, when she was made Marquess of Pembroke in 1532?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35- Catherine of Aragon. - Anne Boleyn.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36What common term is used for water
0:17:36 > 0:17:39that does not readily form a lather with soap
0:17:39 > 0:17:42because of the presence of calcium and other dissolved substances?
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- Hard water. - Diane James stood down as leader of which political party
0:17:46 > 0:17:50in October, 2016, just 18 days after her election?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- UKIP.- Which 1954 film musical,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54starring Howard Keel and Jane Powell,
0:17:54 > 0:17:58features the songs Bless Your Beautiful Hide and Spring, Spring, Spring?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- Oklahoma.- Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Which Welsh international footballer received a record number of yellow cards
0:18:04 > 0:18:08in the Premier League, before going on to become a radio and television pundit?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- Robbie Savage. - What is the zodiac sign
0:18:10 > 0:18:13of a leap year baby, born on the 29th February?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- Pisces.- Who had his first military success
0:18:16 > 0:18:21as Commander of Artillery at the Siege of Toulon in December, 1793?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- Duke of Wellington.- Napoleon.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Which river is famed for its connection with Izaak Walton
0:18:26 > 0:18:30and forms much of the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- Is it the Tern?- The Dove.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35That Woman, by Anne Sebba, is a 2011 biography
0:18:35 > 0:18:39of an American divorcee who married into the royal family. Which divorcee?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- Wallis Simpson. - Yeah, Duchess of Windsor.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44What traditional topping for a simnel cake is also widely used
0:18:44 > 0:18:47beneath the royal icing on a Christmas cake?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Cinnamon.- Marzipan.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52In which 1960s children's television series was the Earth defended
0:18:52 > 0:18:55by a security organisation called Spectrum?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- Stingray.- Captain Scarlet.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59What is the name of the blind Spanish composer,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02whose best-known work is the Concierto De Aranjuez
0:19:02 > 0:19:05For Guitar And Orchestra, first performed in 1940?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Segovia.- Rodrigo.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09What virtually identical name is shared
0:19:09 > 0:19:12by the currency units of Denmark, Norway and Sweden? BEEP
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- The Krone. - The krone or the krona. Yeah, krone and krona.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17One ends in E, one ends in A.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21- Tim, you now have a total of 23 points.- Thank you.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24APPLAUSE
0:19:29 > 0:19:31And now Charley again, please.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39And, Charley, you start out with 13 points as well.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42And 23 is, as we speak, the score to beat.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Two and a half minutes of general knowledge, starting now.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48What is the "city" in the television series Sex And The City?
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- New York. - The picture entitled Anatomy Lesson Of Dr Tulp
0:19:52 > 0:19:55was painted in 1632 by which Dutch artist?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- Vermeer.- Rembrandt.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00What name is given to a sweet pancake, served with an orange sauce
0:20:00 > 0:20:02and flambeed with liqueur or brandy?
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- Crepe Suzette. - Which chemical element has the atomic number 1?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Hydrogen. - What rodent, that's suffered a severe decline in Britain,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11is often wrongly called a "water rat"?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Ratty in The Wind In the Willows is a member of the species.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Vole.- Yes, water vole.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20What stately home in North Yorkshire was designed by Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor
0:20:20 > 0:20:24and doubled as the ancestral home in the television version of Brideshead Revisited?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- Pass. - In the words of the proverb,
0:20:27 > 0:20:31"Many brave men lived before..." which mythological Greek king?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- Pass.- What is the title of Anita Loos' 1920s debut novel
0:20:37 > 0:20:39that was made into a musical and later a film,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Oh...
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Mec Vannin is a political party, formed in 1962,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52that campaigns for independence for which of the British Isles?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- The Isle Of Man. - What is the name of the writer and actor
0:20:55 > 0:20:58who has created American television series, such as The Cleveland Show,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Family Guy and American Dad?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Oh...
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Pass.- Who was the first actor to play Inspector Clouseau
0:21:06 > 0:21:08in the Pink Panther films?
0:21:10 > 0:21:15- Peter Sellers. - The Zugspitze, that rises to 9,718 feet,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18is the highest mountain in which country?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- Germany.- The snooker World Champion Ray Reardon,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22the ice skater Christopher Dean
0:21:22 > 0:21:26and the football referee Howard Webb all previously had what occupation?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27- Teachers.- Police officer.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Which businessman bought the Daily Mirror
0:21:30 > 0:21:33and its sister newspapers in July, 1984?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- Rupert Murdoch.- Robert Maxwell.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Which X Factor winner had a Christmas number one single
0:21:38 > 0:21:42in 2008 with a cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Leona Lewis.- Alexandra Burke.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47The German pocket battleship Graf Spee
0:21:47 > 0:21:51was scuttled by her captain outside a port in December, 1939,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54because he thought that a superior British naval force
0:21:54 > 0:21:56was out there, waiting. Which port?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- Pass.- What event in Manchester, in 1819,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04is the subject of Shelley's poem The Masque Of Anarchy?
0:22:04 > 0:22:10- Peterloo Massacre. - Which Austrian composer's 1816 Symphony Number 4 In C Minor
0:22:10 > 0:22:13did he himself call the Tragic Symphony?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- Mozart.- Schubert. In Greek myth, which nocturnal bird...
0:22:15 > 0:22:19BEEP ..was considered sacred to Athena, the goddess of war?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- The owl.- The owl is correct. You had four passes.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Montevideo - that's where the Graf Spee was.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Seth MacFarlane was the writer and actor
0:22:28 > 0:22:30who created all those television shows.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Many brave men lived before Agamemnon.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36And Castle Howard was that stately home in North Yorkshire,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- as you knew.- Yeah.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Four passes there, Charley.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42You have, now, 23 points.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46APPLAUSE
0:22:52 > 0:22:56And, finally, Alfred again, please.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01And you start out with a substantial 15 points, Alfred,
0:23:01 > 0:23:04but you've got to beat 23 with your general knowledge.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07So, let's see if you can do it and get through to the semifinals.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Here we go.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11What term for a puppet worked by strings is derived
0:23:11 > 0:23:13from a diminutive of the French name Marie?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Marionette. - Which Australian golfer won the British Open in 1986
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and again in '93?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- Pass.- Which apostle is the patron saint of artists,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23brewers, butchers and doctors, among others?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- Luke.- The name of which fine-netting fabric,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28typically used for wedding dresses and ballet tutus,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31comes from the town in France where it was originally made?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- Chine.- Tulle. The key elements of an ancient monument are the bluestones
0:23:34 > 0:23:36from the Preseli Mountains in Wales
0:23:36 > 0:23:39and the sarsen stones from the nearby Marlborough Downs. Which monument?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- Stonehenge. - Which railway tunnel, that opened in 1906,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46and runs from Brig in Switzerland to Iselle in Italy,
0:23:46 > 0:23:48was, for many years, the world's longest railway tunnel?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- Mont Blanc.- Simplon.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Which group of islands, lying around 130 miles north-east of Scotland,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56give their name to a breed of small pony?
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- Shetland.- In what 2004 film, directed by Roland Emmerich,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02and starring Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05is the world devastated by climatic disasters?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Day After Tomorrow. - The Grand Canyon, Marble Canyon
0:24:08 > 0:24:10and Glen Canyon are features on which river?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- Colorado. - Which record by the Shangri-Las
0:24:12 > 0:24:17about a biker boyfriend has reached the UK singles charts in '65, '72 and '76?
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- Oh, pass.- What name did Thomas Edison give
0:24:20 > 0:24:23to the sound recording apparatus, a forerunner of the gramophone,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27that he patented in 1877? The name continues to be used in America.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- Phonograph. - Morello and Montmorency
0:24:29 > 0:24:31are sour varieties of which fruit?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- Cherry. - The illness pleurisy is an inflammation of the membranes
0:24:34 > 0:24:36that enclose which organs of the body?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- Lungs. - Which writer wrote the plays Noises Off,
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Copenhagen and Democracy? He was married to the biographer and critic Claire Tomalin.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- Michael Frayn. - In May, 1973, who described the practices
0:24:46 > 0:24:50of the mining company Lonrho, as "the unpleasant
0:24:50 > 0:24:52"and unacceptable face of capitalism"?
0:24:52 > 0:24:56- Pass.- What pseudonym did the English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopt
0:24:56 > 0:24:58when he wrote his "Alice" books?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Lewis Carroll. - Dreams Of A Winter Journey
0:25:01 > 0:25:04and Land Of Desolation, Land of Mists are the subtitles
0:25:04 > 0:25:07of the first two movements of which Russian composer's first symphony?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- Scriabin.- Tchaikovsky.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12What word was used for the part of an Ottoman household
0:25:12 > 0:25:14reserved for wives, concubines or female servants,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16and comes from the Arabic for "forbidden"?
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- Harem.- In the television cartoon series The Flintstones,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22what is the name of Fred Flintstone's pet dinosaur?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Dino. - The People's Liberation Army,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28which can trace its roots back to the Communist uprising of 1927,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31is the unified land, sea and air force of which country?
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- China.- Of which American state is Little Rock the capital?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- Arkansas.- Which celebrated Italian conductor,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40who died in New York City in 1957... BEEP
0:25:40 > 0:25:46..at the age of nearly 90, defied Mussolini by refusing to conduct Giovinezza,
0:25:46 > 0:25:49the official hymn of the Italian Fascist Party?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- Toscanini.- Is correct. Three passes.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Ted Heath talked about the "unacceptable face of capitalism".
0:25:56 > 0:25:59That record by Shangri-Las was Leader Of The Pack.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02And Greg Norman was the golfer.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06You have scored a total, Alfred, a whopping total
0:26:06 > 0:26:08of 31 points.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10APPLAUSE
0:26:15 > 0:26:18APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Well, what a round! Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26In fourth place,
0:26:26 > 0:26:28with 16 points, Chris.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Joint second place, 23 points,
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Tim and Charley.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Not bad scores, those two.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36But, in first place, 31 points, Alfred.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Which means, obviously, that Alfred is tonight's winner,
0:26:51 > 0:26:55and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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