0:00:25 > 0:00:27Our first contender tonight is Darren Smith.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30He is a primary school teacher from Cambridgeshire and his specialist
0:00:30 > 0:00:33subject is The Vicar of Dibley.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Next, Andrew Gregory. A company director from York.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39His subject, the novels of George Orwell.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Hugh Williams is a retired schoolteacher from Hampshire.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And he's answering questions on Roman coinage.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48And Brian Chesney, a retired librarian from Worcestershire.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50His specialist subject, Harold Wilson.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54APPLAUSE
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Four contenders are waiting to take their place in the black chair.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08They have all spent weeks preparing for the two minutes of questions
0:01:08 > 0:01:12on their specialist subjects and perhaps longer worrying
0:01:12 > 0:01:17about what may or may not be in the 2.5 minutes of general knowledge.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Tonight's winner will go through to the semifinals of course
0:01:20 > 0:01:24and move a step closer to the famous glass bowl and the Mastermind title.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Let us ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- And your name is?- Darren Smith.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Your occupation? - Primary school teacher.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- And your chosen subject? - The Vicar Of Dibley.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45The Vicar Of Dibley in two minutes starting now.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48In the first episode, Geraldine Granger played by Dawn French
0:01:48 > 0:01:51becomes the new vicar in the village of Dibley. What is the name of the church?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53St Barnabas.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Which regular character usually starts whatever
0:01:55 > 0:01:57he is going to say with the words, no, no, no, no.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Jim Trott.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Frank looks in the book of minutes to find out what had been depicted
0:02:01 > 0:02:04on the great north window before it was broken during the storm.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06What biblical story was on the window?
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Noah's ark.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08In the episode Community Spirit,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Geraldine promises to find a big star to open the autumn fair
0:02:11 > 0:02:14to improve on the previous year's takings.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Who arrives at the vicarage on the day of the fair
0:02:16 > 0:02:17and is persuaded to open it?
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Kylie Minogue.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21What household item does Geraldine cut up
0:02:21 > 0:02:24and use as a dog collar in the final episode of the first series?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26A washing-up liquid bottle.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29In the episode Winter, what role does David Horton have
0:02:29 > 0:02:33in the nativity play. He is described by Geraldine as cruel and jealous?
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Herod.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38In The Christmas Lunch Incident, Alice the verger gives Geraldine
0:02:38 > 0:02:41a present of the authorised biography of which pop group?
0:02:41 > 0:02:42The Spice Girls.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44What does Geraldine change about her appearance after
0:02:44 > 0:02:46she meets David Horton's brother Simon
0:02:46 > 0:02:48because he says that is what he likes in a woman?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- She dyes her hair blonde.- She does.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52At the end of the autumn fair, Geraldine announces
0:02:52 > 0:02:55the takings without the bid for Letitia Cropley's orange cake.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58What flavour of icing was the cake topped with?
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Branston pickle.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Which actor's picture hangs on the wall of the vicarage next to
0:03:02 > 0:03:04one of Jesus in the season's specials.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07He appears in Geraldine's dream to interrupt her wedding to
0:03:07 > 0:03:11David Horton and as a result she turns down David's actual
0:03:11 > 0:03:12marriage proposal?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Sean Bean.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17In the episode Summer, the villagers chain themselves to the church
0:03:17 > 0:03:21in protest against plans to evacuate Dibley and turn it into what?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23A reservoir.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27What does the farmer Owen Newitt give up for Lent in the episode, The Easter Bunny?
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Swearing.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32When Harry Kennedy asks Geraldine to marry him, she mistakenly believes
0:03:32 > 0:03:36she is being asked to officiate at his wedding to which other woman?
0:03:36 > 0:03:37His sister.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41What is the title of the first book assigned to members of Dibley's book club?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44It proves unsuccessful after no-one bothers to read it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- White Teeth.- No, On Beauty. BEEP
0:03:47 > 0:03:49An original painting by which artist is
0:03:49 > 0:03:52taken down from the Hortons' living room when Alice redecorates?
0:03:52 > 0:03:54It is later inadvertently given to Geraldine to
0:03:54 > 0:03:56celebrate 10 years in Dibley?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Stubbs.- George Stubbs.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Shame about that White Teeth, On Beauty.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04It could have been either, couldn't it? But there we are.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Anyway, you have still got 14 points.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10APPLAUSE
0:04:16 > 0:04:18And the next contender, please.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- And your name is?- Andrew Gregory. - Your occupation?- Company director.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- And your chosen subject? - The novels of George Orwell.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33George Orwell in two minutes.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Orwell's novel 1984 opens with the line, "It was a bright cold
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- "day in April and the clocks were striking..."- 13.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43In Animal Farm, what type of bird is Moses who claims all animals
0:04:43 > 0:04:45go to Sugarcandy Mountain when they die?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47A raven.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50In Coming Up For Air, George Bowling is near Charing Cross
0:04:50 > 0:04:52when he sees a poster announcing that a wedding has been postponed.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Whose wedding? - King Zog of Albania.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58The title character of A Clergyman's Daughter is the only
0:04:58 > 0:05:01child of the rector of St Athelstan's in Knype Hill in Suffolk.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03What is her name?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- Ellen Hare.- No, Dorothy Hare.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07In Keep The Aspidistra Flying,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09what is the title of Gordon Comstock's volume of poetry
0:05:09 > 0:05:12which showed exceptional promise, according to The Times literary supplement?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Mice.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17In Burmese Days, what feature of Flory's face stretches in a ragged
0:05:17 > 0:05:21crescent down his left cheek from the eye to the corner of the mouth?
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Birthmark.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25What is the name of George Bowling's elder brother, who stole
0:05:25 > 0:05:28£8 from the till in his parents shop and was never heard of again?
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Joe.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32The three main slogans of the party that rules Oceania
0:05:32 > 0:05:35are written in giant letters on the side of the Ministry of Truth.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38The first two are "War is Peace" and "Freedom is Slavery".
0:05:38 > 0:05:39What is the third?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Ignorance is Strength.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43The flag of Animal Farm is raised on Sunday mornings
0:05:43 > 0:05:46and is made from the green tablecloth on which Snowball
0:05:46 > 0:05:48has painted a hoof and what other symbol?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50A horn.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Whom does Elizabeth Lackersteen marry at the end of Burmese Days?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Macgregor.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57In A Clergyman's Daughter, Dorothy Hare wakes up on a London
0:05:57 > 0:06:01street unable to remember how she had got there or who she is.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Which street?
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Pass.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07In 1984, Ampleforth admits he may have committed thought crime
0:06:07 > 0:06:11while rewriting the poems of Kipling into an ideologically
0:06:11 > 0:06:13the acceptable form because he kept what word?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14The word God.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17What is the name of the prize boar who encourages the other
0:06:17 > 0:06:19animals to overthrow the human race?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Old Major.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23What is the name of the company that Gordon Comstock
0:06:23 > 0:06:25works for before he gets a job at McKechnie's book shop?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Orwell describes it as one of those publicity firms which have
0:06:28 > 0:06:30sprung up everywhere since the war,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33the fungi that sprout from a decaying capitalism?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35The New Albion.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39The New Albion publicity company is exactly right.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41And your pass, in A Clergyman's Daughter,
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Dorothy Hare wakes up on New Kent Road.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48You have, Andrew, 12 points.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51APPLAUSE
0:06:59 > 0:07:01And our next contender, please.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- And your name is? - Hugh Williams.- Your occupation?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Retired schoolmaster. - And your chosen subject?
0:07:13 > 0:07:18Roman coinage in Britain AD41 to AD402.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19In two minutes starting now.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21The figure of Britannia was first depicted on
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Roman coins circulated in Britain in the reign of which Emperor?
0:07:24 > 0:07:29- Hadrian. - Between 330 and 348AD, large numbers of Roman coins were
0:07:29 > 0:07:33minted in a German city, the imperial capital of the western provinces. Which city?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Trier.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40By what name, meaning "made of silver", is a coin of just over 3g weight known?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43It was minted as part of Diocletian's currency reforms.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Siliqua.- Argenteus.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48A brass sestertius, issued during the reign of Nero, showed
0:07:48 > 0:07:51the doors of a temple closed to indicate there were no wars
0:07:51 > 0:07:54anywhere in the Roman Empire at that time. Which temple?
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Janus.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58What is the name of the cloth thrown down to start a chariot race
0:07:58 > 0:08:01that was depicted on the obverse of some Roman coins?
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Pass.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05The letters RSR were included on some of the coins
0:08:05 > 0:08:08produced by Carausius around 286AD. They are thought to
0:08:08 > 0:08:11refer to a quotation from which Roman poet?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Virgil.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Coins marked 20 or 21 had approximately what
0:08:15 > 0:08:18percentage of silver content following the currency
0:08:18 > 0:08:20reforms of the Emperor Aurelian?
0:08:20 > 0:08:215%.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Which Roman goddess was the favourite deity of the Emperor Domitian
0:08:24 > 0:08:27and is frequently depicted on silver coins minted during his reign?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Pass.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33What name is given to the spring near Carrawburgh on Hadrian's Wall?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Many votive offerings of coins have been found there.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Coventina spring.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Which demigod, with whom the Emperor Commodus particularly associated himself,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46was depicted on some of the coinage produced during his reign?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Hercules.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49What name was given to London on the coins
0:08:49 > 0:08:53minted there during the brief reign of the usurper Magnus Maximus?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Augusta.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58In which French city did Magnentius open a mint with the mint mark
0:08:58 > 0:09:02AMB during his reign in the mid-fourth century AD?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Ambianum.- Yes, or Amiens.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Which emperor who permitted freedom of worship throughout the
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Empire in 313AD was the last for whom posthumous coinage was issued?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Constantius.- Constantine, yes.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19In what country was the Tarraco mint that struck coinage
0:09:19 > 0:09:22during the period of the civil wars and later during the reign of Vespasian?
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- Spain.- Spain is correct. You had two passes.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31That Roman goddess, the favourite deity of Domitian, was Minerva.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34And the name of the cloth thrown down to start a chariot race
0:09:34 > 0:09:36was the mappa.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Two passes, you now have a total of 11 points.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43APPLAUSE
0:09:50 > 0:09:53And our final contender, please.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- And your name is?- Brian Chesney.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Your occupation?- Retired librarian.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09- And your chosen subject? - Harold Wilson.- Harold Wilson in two minutes.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Wilson was Prime Minister in two separate terms for the Labour Party.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Which constituency did he unexpectedly win
0:10:14 > 0:10:17when he first stood for Parliament in 1945,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20when an independent candidate split the Conservative vote?
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Ormskirk.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Who beat Wilson when they both stood for the deputy leadership
0:10:24 > 0:10:26of the Labour Party in November 1962?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- Brown.- What disease did Wilson contract from contaminated
0:10:30 > 0:10:33milk during a Scout camping trip in 1930?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35It resulted in a long spell in hospital.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Typhoid.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Who owned the firm that made the Gannex raincoat
0:10:38 > 0:10:39favoured by Wilson?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42He was controversially given a knighthood in Wilson's
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Resignation Honours list in '76.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Kagan.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48In which town did Wilson give his White Heat Of Technology
0:10:48 > 0:10:50speech on 1 October 1963?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Scarborough.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55On what island in the Scillies did the Wilsons own a holiday home
0:10:55 > 0:11:00that Mary Wilson helped pay for with the royalties from her first book of poems?
0:11:00 > 0:11:01St Mary's.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04What prestigious prize did Wilson win at Oxford University
0:11:04 > 0:11:09for an essay entitled The State And The Railways In Great Britain, 1823-63?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10The Gladstone Memorial Prize.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13From which village in Yorkshire did Wilson take his title
0:11:13 > 0:11:15when he was appointed a life peer?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Rievaulx.- What was the name of the Soviet Trade Minister
0:11:18 > 0:11:21and later Deputy Prime Minister with whom Wilson developed
0:11:21 > 0:11:25a friendly relationship from 1947 while in Attlee's government?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Mikoyan.- Which Labour Minister for the Arts had the prime
0:11:28 > 0:11:30responsibility for setting up the Open University.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Wilson regarded it as one of his government's greatest achievements?
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Jennie Lee.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37What was the common name of the proposed
0:11:37 > 0:11:40agreement between the TUC and any future Labour Government
0:11:40 > 0:11:43based on a document called Economic Policy And The Cost Of Living?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Social contract.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Which newly created constituency
0:11:47 > 0:11:50did Wilson narrowly win in the 1950 general election?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Huyton.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55In October 1964, Wilson appointed the General Secretary
0:11:55 > 0:11:58of the Transport And General Workers Union, Frank Cousins, to what post?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Ministry of Technology.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03What is the title of Wilson's book, published in 1945, which argued
0:12:03 > 0:12:06for the nationalisation of the coal industry?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08A New Deal For Coal.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11What infamous three-word term did Wilson use for Swiss bankers...
0:12:11 > 0:12:14BEEP ..and other international financiers who speculated
0:12:14 > 0:12:16when the pound sterling was under pressure. He first used
0:12:16 > 0:12:19it in the House of Commons in November 1956?
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Gnomes of Zurich.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24That is exactly right. So, for that matter, were all your other answers.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26All 15 of them. Brian, 15 points.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31APPLAUSE
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Some high scores there. Let's have a look at all of them.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45In fourth place, 11 points, Hugh.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Third place, 12 points, Andrew.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Second place, 14 points, Darren.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52First place, 15 points, Brian.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE
0:12:58 > 0:13:01It is the general knowledge round now and if there is a tie at the
0:13:01 > 0:13:03end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:03 > 0:13:06and the person with the fewer passes is the winner,
0:13:06 > 0:13:10and if they are tied on passes as well, there'll be a tie-break.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13So let us get on with it and ask Hugh to join us again, please.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18And you start out with 11 points.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23Hugh, 2.5 minutes for General Knowledge questions. Here we go.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25What is the popular name relating to an animal
0:13:25 > 0:13:29for the small glass reflectors that are set in a frame in the road surface
0:13:29 > 0:13:30that indicate traffic lanes?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Cat's-eye.- Senlac Hill is regarded as the site
0:13:33 > 0:13:36of which pivotal battle of English history in October 1066?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Battle of Hastings.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41The cakewalk, jitterbug and turkey trot are all types of what?
0:13:41 > 0:13:46- Dance.- In Christian tradition, St Luke is credited with the authorship
0:13:46 > 0:13:49of the Third Gospel and which other book of the New Testament?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Pass.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54The tag line of what 1993 Robin Williams film was
0:13:54 > 0:13:57"she makes dinner, she does windows, she reads bedtime stories,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59"she is a blessing in disguise"?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Mrs Doubtfire.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Which member of the beet family, popular in Mediterranean cuisine,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07has types called Swiss, rainbow and ruby?
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Radish?
0:14:08 > 0:14:13Chard. What is the capital and largest town of the island of Barbados?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Barbados is Kingston.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Bridgetown.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20What colour is the cartoon dog Huckleberry Hound?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Blue.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Which carnivorous plant has a botanical name that loosely
0:14:25 > 0:14:27translates as Aphrodite's mousetrap?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Venus flytrap.
0:14:29 > 0:14:35The Zarzuela Palace is the residence of the monarchs of which European country?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36- Liechtenstein.- Spain.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38The title of which novel by Joseph Heller, first published
0:14:38 > 0:14:43in 1961, has come into everyday language to mean a no-win situation?
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Catch-22.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Which Olympic champion learned her skills as a boxer
0:14:47 > 0:14:49when her mother took her as a 12-year-old
0:14:49 > 0:14:52to Burmantofts Boxing Club in her home city of Leeds?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Pass.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56The central and southern area of the Peak District in Derbyshire
0:14:56 > 0:14:59is known as the White Peak because of a rock that gives local
0:14:59 > 0:15:01structures a whitish appearance. What rock?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Pass.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06What is the name of the English singer and songwriter
0:15:06 > 0:15:09who reached number two in the UK singles chart in 2015
0:15:09 > 0:15:11with Hold Back The River?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Pass.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14What general term is applied in physics
0:15:14 > 0:15:17to substances that block or slow
0:15:17 > 0:15:18the flow of electricity or heat?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Resistance.- Insulators.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23What is the subject of the poem in which Robert Burns
0:15:23 > 0:15:26addresses "the Great chieftain o' the puddin'-race"?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Haggis.- Yes.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30In music, what Italian term is used for
0:15:30 > 0:15:31a brief orchestral piece performed
0:15:31 > 0:15:33between the scenes of an opera,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35often to denote the passing of time?
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Intermezzo.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Which famous French Impressionist painter,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40who lived from 1840 to 1926
0:15:40 > 0:15:43had the first names Oscar-Claude?
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Monet.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47The ashes of which poet, dramatist and critic
0:15:47 > 0:15:49are buried at St Michael's Church
0:15:49 > 0:15:51in East Coker in Somerset? The name of the village
0:15:51 > 0:15:53is the title of one of his four quartets.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- BEEP - Pass.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57It's TS Eliot.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00And the other pass is James Bay, was that English singer
0:16:00 > 0:16:01who reached number two.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05And limestone is the rock, hence the white appearance.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Nicola Adams was the Olympic champion boxer.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13- And Luke wrote the Third Gospel, and the Acts of the Apostles.- Right.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- You now have a total, Hugh, of 21 points.- Thank you.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18APPLAUSE
0:16:25 > 0:16:27And now, Andrew again, please.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34And you start out with 12 points, Andrew.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38And you know what the score to beat is at the moment. So, here we go.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge, starting now.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42What French word is normally used for
0:16:42 > 0:16:44a simple coffee-maker that consists of a jug
0:16:44 > 0:16:46with a plunger to push the grounds to the bottom,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48before the coffee is served?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50- Cafetiere.- Who is the former Speaker of the House of Commons
0:16:50 > 0:16:53who was a member of the dance troupe The Tiller Girls
0:16:53 > 0:16:54in her early life?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Betty Boothroyd.- The Barents, the Beaufort and the White
0:16:57 > 0:17:00are among the marginal seas of which ocean?
0:17:00 > 0:17:01The Arctic Ocean.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03What name is given to an airy crisp confection
0:17:03 > 0:17:05of beaten egg whites and sugar
0:17:05 > 0:17:07often filled with cream?
0:17:07 > 0:17:08A meringue.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10The 893-metre-high mountain Cadair Idris
0:17:10 > 0:17:13is in the southern part of which National Park?
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- The Brecon Beacons. - Snowdonia.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18On what day of the week did The Cure say, "I'm in love",
0:17:18 > 0:17:20in their 1992 UK top 10 hit?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Friday.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23What is the surname of the teacher at Hogwarts
0:17:23 > 0:17:27after whom the species of crab Harryplax severus
0:17:27 > 0:17:29was named in January 2017?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Snape.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34In Norse and German mythology, what type of creature
0:17:34 > 0:17:36was Audumbla? She give nourishment to
0:17:36 > 0:17:39the first being on Earth, the giant Ymir?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41A cow.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Who resigned as England's Test cricket captain
0:17:44 > 0:17:48in February 2017, after a record 59 matches in charge?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Alastair Cook.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52What name is given to the part of the White House that houses
0:17:52 > 0:17:54the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55The West Wing.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Which character in literature described his becalmed vessel
0:17:59 > 0:18:02as being "as idle as painted ship upon a painted ocean"?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Pass.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05What name is given to the process in which heat is
0:18:05 > 0:18:08transferred by the movement of a gas or liquid?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Convection.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13In the 1970s, the pop entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren opened a shop
0:18:13 > 0:18:17in the King's Road Chelsea with which fashion designer?
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Vivienne Westwood.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20In the second series of the BBC's
0:18:20 > 0:18:22adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25The Hollow Crown, which actor portrayed Richard III?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- David Tennant? - Benedict Cumberbatch.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30What portmanteau name is given to the edge
0:18:30 > 0:18:32of a piece of woven material
0:18:32 > 0:18:34finished in a way that prevents fraying?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Pass.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Which German composer, whose name was adopted by a popular singer of
0:18:40 > 0:18:42the 1960s, wrote the music
0:18:42 > 0:18:45for the 1893 opera Hansel and Gretel?
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Pass.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48What is the name of the lock in south-west London that marks
0:18:48 > 0:18:51the usual tidal limit of the River Thames?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- The Thames Barrier. - Teddington Lock.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Which former cast member of Saturday Night Live
0:18:56 > 0:18:58starred in The Waterboy and The Wedding Singer?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Adam Sandler.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01In what part of the body are
0:19:01 > 0:19:04the navicular, cuboid and cuneiform bones?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- The wrist.- The foot.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Which former Prime Minister of Pakistan was the first
0:19:08 > 0:19:11female leader of a Muslim country in modern history?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13She was murdered... BEEP
0:19:13 > 0:19:16..in Rawalpindi on 27 December 2007.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Benazir Bhutto. - Is correct.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19You had three passes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24That German composer, whose name was adopted later, was
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Engelbert Humperdinck.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Selvedge is the portmanteau name
0:19:28 > 0:19:31given to the edge of a piece of woven material.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33No? Nor me.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38"As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean", The Ancient Mariner.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40You have, Andrew, a total of 25 points.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43APPLAUSE
0:19:50 > 0:19:52And now, Darren again, please.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57And Darren, you start out with 14 points.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59And 25 is now the score to beat.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Who plays the irritable hotel owner Basil Fawlty in the television
0:20:05 > 0:20:07series Fawlty Towers?
0:20:07 > 0:20:08John Cleese.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11In Treasure Island, what sign does Blind Pew hand to Billy Bones that
0:20:11 > 0:20:14causes him to have a heart attack and die of terror?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Press-ganging... - Black Spot.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Which northern city's Anglican cathedral is the largest in Britain
0:20:19 > 0:20:21and the fifth largest in the world?
0:20:21 > 0:20:22- Salisbury. - Liverpool.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25From which European language does the word "sauna" come?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26- Sweden. - Finnish.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30What is the English name of the prominent geographical feature
0:20:30 > 0:20:33formerly known as Jabal Tariq, or Mount Tariq?
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Gibraltar.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Which Handel oratorio was first performed in a music hall
0:20:37 > 0:20:41near the banks of the River Liffey in Dublin on 13th April 1742?
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Messiah.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Which Radio 2 presenter took over from Kate Thornton
0:20:45 > 0:20:49as the presenter of the television talent show The X Factor in 2007?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Dermot O'Leary.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Which Asian country gives its name to a hard enamel-like varnish used
0:20:54 > 0:20:58to give a glossy, usually black, ornamental finish to metal objects?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- China. - Japan.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Farina dolce is the Italian term for flour made from what nut?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06- Almond. - Chestnut.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Who performed some of her biggest hits including Just Dance,
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Poker Face and Born This Way
0:21:11 > 0:21:14in the Super Bowl half-time show in February 2017?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Lady Gaga.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18What fictional newspaper magnate dies in his mansion Xanadu
0:21:18 > 0:21:20with the word "Rosebud" on his lips?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24It is later revealed to be the name of a sledge he owned as a child.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Oh, I can't remember... Orson Welles played him, can't remember.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Citizen Kane, yes.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Which American golfer was given the nickname Golden Bear?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33He dominated the game from the 1960s to the '80s.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Jack Nicklaus.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36In agriculture and gardening,
0:21:36 > 0:21:38what general term is used for wild plants that are
0:21:38 > 0:21:41in direct competition with cultivated vegetation?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- Herbivorous plants. - Weeds.- Oh!
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Which radioactive metallic element was once widely
0:21:46 > 0:21:49used in luminous paint such as that used on watch dials?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Sorry, can you repeat the question?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Which radioactive metallic element was once widely
0:21:53 > 0:21:56used in luminous paint such as that used on watch dials?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57- Uranium?- Radium.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01In which country did the Whisky Rebellion take place in 1794
0:22:01 > 0:22:04over an attempt to impose a tax on the drink?
0:22:04 > 0:22:05- Ireland?- America.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08In the New Testament, which of the Apostles is believed to have
0:22:08 > 0:22:10written "for the love of money is the root of all evil"?
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- Paul.- What armoured vehicle got its name because the workers
0:22:14 > 0:22:18at the Lincoln firm of William Foster and Company that built the first ones
0:22:18 > 0:22:20were told they were building water carriers for Mesopotamia?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Tanks.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Which Greek goddess is depicted in the pre-Christian statue
0:22:25 > 0:22:27The Winged Victory of Samothrace,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29prominently on display at the Louvre?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Nike.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32What alternative word for a county...
0:22:32 > 0:22:36BEEP ..was an administrative area in Anglo-Saxon England?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Shire.- Is correct. No passes, Darren.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40You got 24 points.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55And finally, Brian again, please.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57And...
0:22:57 > 0:23:03you start out with your 15 points, and the score to beat is still 25.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Let's see if you can do it,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08move into the next round, the semifinals. Here we go.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10What is the name of the large square in the centre of Moscow
0:23:10 > 0:23:14listed in 1990 by Unesco as a World Heritage Site?
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Red Square.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Which Dutch painter moved to Paris in 1886 to live
0:23:17 > 0:23:19with his brother Theo, an art dealer?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- Van Gogh.- In mathematics, what name is given to a line that touches
0:23:23 > 0:23:26a curve at a particular point, but does not intersect it?
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- Tangent. - What was the name of the guitar-playing rabbit
0:23:29 > 0:23:32in the children's television programme The Magic Roundabout?
0:23:33 > 0:23:34- Brian. - Dylan.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Which former MP was Environment Secretary from 2006
0:23:37 > 0:23:40and Foreign Secretary from 2007 until the fall
0:23:40 > 0:23:42of the Labour Government in 2010?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44David Miliband.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Which steam engine was the first to reach
0:23:46 > 0:23:48an authenticated speed of 100mph in 1934?
0:23:48 > 0:23:51It made its return to the rails in February 2016,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53with a run from King's Cross to York.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Flying Scotsman.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Which French gold coin was first struck in 1640?
0:23:57 > 0:24:01After the revolution, it was renamed the Napoleon and was worth 20 francs.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05- The Louis.- With what word do all four Gospels of the New Testament
0:24:05 > 0:24:07conclude in the Authorised Version of the Bible?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- End. - Amen.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13In tennis, who achieved an Open Era record,
0:24:13 > 0:24:1623rd Grand Slam singles title, when she won the Australian
0:24:16 > 0:24:19open for the seventh time in January 2017?
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Serena Williams.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22What is the title of Charles Dickens' last novel?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24It was unfinished at his death in 1870.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26The Mystery Of Edwin Drood.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28The savanna and the smaller forest
0:24:28 > 0:24:31are the two African species of which large mammal?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- Antelope?- Elephant.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36How many gallons of beer are there in a measure called a firkin,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38equal to a quarter of a barrel?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- Four? - Nine.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42The underground railway systems in German-speaking cities
0:24:42 > 0:24:46such as Berlin and Vienna are generally known by what abbreviated name?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47U-Bahn.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Which garden tool shares its name with the object that
0:24:49 > 0:24:51a croupier uses to draw in money?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Rake.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Which Oscar-winning actress's last role was as an angel
0:24:56 > 0:24:59called Hap in Steven Spielberg's 1989 film Always?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- Katharine Hepburn? - Audrey Hepburn.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06The M73 motorway bypasses which Scottish city on its eastern side?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Glasgow.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10What is the name of the Bootle-born '60s pop singer
0:25:10 > 0:25:13who was backed by a Manchester band called The Dakotas?
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Billy J Kramer.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Pyrophobia is a fear of what?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- Fire.- How many of the eight planets in the solar system
0:25:19 > 0:25:21are known as inferior planets,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23because in geocentric astronomy,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25they were thought to be below the Sun?
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Two.- This Was A Man, first published in 2016,
0:25:28 > 0:25:33is the seventh and last of which series of novels by Jeffrey Archer?
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Pass.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Which famous artist's nose
0:25:36 > 0:25:38did the Florentine sculptor Pietro Torrigiano...
0:25:38 > 0:25:40BEEP ..break in a fit of jealousy?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Torrigiano is reckoned to have brought the Renaissance to England
0:25:43 > 0:25:45after he was forced to leave Italy.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Michelangelo? - Yes, absolutely.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49You had one pass, Brian.
0:25:49 > 0:25:55The series of novels by Jeffrey Archer was The Clifton Chronicles.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58But you have a total now of 30 points.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14A most impressive score, there.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Fourth place, Hugh.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Third place, Darren.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Second place, Andrew.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26First place, Brian.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Handshake, yeah.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44So, Brian is tonight's clear winner and goes through to the semifinals.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Congratulations to him.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Commiserations to Andrew, but with a score of 25,
0:26:48 > 0:26:51it's possible that we shall see him again in the semifinal.
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