0:00:25 > 0:00:28Our first contender tonight is Michael Benbow,
0:00:28 > 0:00:29an administrator from Newcastle.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33He's answering questions on the Discworld novels.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Next, Suraj Anand,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37a business development manager from Derby.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40His subject - Mahatma Gandhi.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Tony Fleat is a lawyer from York.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45He's answering questions on the Boston Marathon.
0:00:45 > 0:00:51And Pam Poole from Lincolnshire. Her subject is top-ten singles.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04The rules do not change,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07but that doesn't mean anything can be taken for granted.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10The contenders have no idea what to expect,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13especially when it comes to the general knowledge round.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16But they have volunteered to be here tonight
0:01:16 > 0:01:18because of the glittering prize
0:01:18 > 0:01:20being dangled before them at the end of the ordeal -
0:01:20 > 0:01:23the ownership of a rather lovely glass bowl,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and, more importantly, the title Mastermind champion.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29The rules are simple. Two minutes on their specialist subject,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32and two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35So, let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42And your name is...?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Your occupation?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47And your chosen subject?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Discworld novels in two minutes.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Discworld lies on the shoulders of four giant elephants
0:01:53 > 0:01:57that stand on the back of a 10,000-mile-long sky turtle
0:01:57 > 0:01:59as it swims through space. What's the turtle called?
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- Great A'Tuin.- In which novel is Moist von Lipwig
0:02:03 > 0:02:05appointed master of the Royal Mint and Bank,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Morpork, by Lord Vetinari?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Making Money.- The largest city on Discworld, Ankh-Morpork,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13has what nickname after an ugly, smelly fruit?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- The Big Wahoonie. - The librarian
0:02:15 > 0:02:17of Unseen University is an orang-utan.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19He plays for the Unseen Academicals
0:02:19 > 0:02:20football team in which position?
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- Goalkeeper. - In The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents,
0:02:24 > 0:02:25what is the title of the children's book
0:02:25 > 0:02:28that some of the rats believe is a vision of the future?
0:02:30 > 0:02:31- Pass.- Which character,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34whose speech is always represented in capital letters,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37adopts the name Bill Door when he gets a job on a farm?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Death.- What phrase that is used repeatedly
0:02:39 > 0:02:42in Small Gods is a translation of the words
0:02:42 > 0:02:43"De Chelonian Mobile",
0:02:43 > 0:02:45which were found on a scroll of paper?
0:02:45 > 0:02:46The turtle moves.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Which village was named after a disobedient donkey,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51and was the birthplace of Eskarina,
0:02:51 > 0:02:52the world's first female wizard?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- Bad Ass.- The novel Monstrous Regiment
0:02:55 > 0:02:57is mainly set in the country of Borogravia,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00where the population worships a god who is said to consider
0:03:00 > 0:03:02both chocolate and the colour blue
0:03:02 > 0:03:03to be abominations. What's he called?
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- Nuggan.- In The Fifth Elephant, which baked artefact
0:03:07 > 0:03:10has apparently been stolen from a cave in the town of Bonk
0:03:10 > 0:03:13just days after a replica was stolen in Ankh-Morpork?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15The Scone of Stone.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16What is the name of the teenage witch,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18who's a very skilled cheese-maker,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22that is the central character in the last Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Tiffany Aching.- In Night Watch,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Sam Vimes finds a young woman called Jocasta Wiggs
0:03:27 > 0:03:30treading water in his cesspit.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Which of the city's guilds had sent her to his house?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35The Guild of Assassins.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Death once rode a skeleton horse,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39but gave up on it because bits used to fall off.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41He now rides a flesh-and-blood white horse with what name?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- Binky.- On Discworld, the eighth son of an eighth son
0:03:44 > 0:03:47of an eighth son is a wizard squared, and is known by what name?
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- A sorcerer. - What is the name of the homicidal travelling chest...
0:03:51 > 0:03:53BEEP ..made of sapient pearwood
0:03:53 > 0:03:55that first appears in The Colour Of Magic?
0:03:55 > 0:03:57It has a large number of little legs
0:03:57 > 0:04:00that enable it to follow its owner wherever he goes.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- The Luggage. - The Luggage is right.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04You had just one pass.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07In The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents,
0:04:07 > 0:04:12the title of that children's book was Mr Bunnsy Has An Adventure,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14which is no more or less ridiculous
0:04:14 > 0:04:16than all the other questions and answers!
0:04:16 > 0:04:19But there we go. You knew an awful lot about them.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Michael, you have 14 points.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24APPLAUSE
0:04:29 > 0:04:31And our next contender, please.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39And your name is...?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Your occupation?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44And your chosen subject?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Mahatma Gandhi in two minutes.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47What term, derived from the Sanskrit for truth,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51did Gandhi use for his policy of nonviolent resistance?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Satya.- No, satyagraha.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56When Gandhi was 13 years old, in 1882,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58he was married to a child of around his own age.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00What was her name?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- Kasturba.- Gandhi served as
0:05:02 > 0:05:04a member of the executive committee of a society
0:05:04 > 0:05:07while he was studying law in London. Which society?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10The Vegetarian Society.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12During Gandhi's journey from Durban to Pretoria,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14he was forced to leave a train at Pietermaritzburg
0:05:14 > 0:05:16after he refused to do what?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Get off the train of the first-class compartment.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21In 1893, when he had failed to establish
0:05:21 > 0:05:24a law practice in India, Gandhi accepted an offer
0:05:24 > 0:05:26to go to South Africa to work on a civil case.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29What was his fee for his year's work?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- £1,000.- No, £105. The community established
0:05:33 > 0:05:35by Gandhi and his followers near Johannesburg
0:05:35 > 0:05:37was named after a Russian author
0:05:37 > 0:05:39with whom Gandhi had corresponded. Which author?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Tolstoy.- Gandhi was sentenced to six years imprisonment
0:05:42 > 0:05:44for sedition in 1922,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46but he was released less than two years later
0:05:46 > 0:05:49after he had surgery for what medical condition?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Appendicitis. - In 1930, Gandhi organised
0:05:52 > 0:05:54a mass act of civil disobedience
0:05:54 > 0:05:57that involved walking from Sabarmati to Dandei
0:05:57 > 0:05:58to protest against what tax?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- The salt tax. - On his journey from the UK
0:06:01 > 0:06:03back to India in December 1931,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Gandhi stayed for several days
0:06:05 > 0:06:07with which writer in Switzerland?
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Romain Rolland.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11After Gandhi met the viceroy Lord Irwin in 1931,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13which British politician made a speech
0:06:13 > 0:06:16referring to "a seditious, Middle Temple lawyer
0:06:16 > 0:06:19"striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceregal Palace
0:06:19 > 0:06:21"to parlay on equal terms with
0:06:21 > 0:06:23"the representative of the king emperor"?
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Winston Churchill.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Gandhi was arrested in August 1942
0:06:26 > 0:06:30and imprisoned in which building?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- The governor's building. - The Aga Khan's Palace.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34What was Gandhi ordered to remove
0:06:34 > 0:06:37when he visited the law courts in Durban for the first time?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39He refused, and left the courtroom in protest.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Turban.- Gandhi was murdered on 30th of January 1948
0:06:43 > 0:06:46while he was walking to a prayer meeting. Who killed him?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- Nathuram Godse. - Raj Kumar Shukla...
0:06:48 > 0:06:50BEEP ..persuaded Gandhi
0:06:50 > 0:06:52to intervene in a dispute between farmers and landlords
0:06:52 > 0:06:55in Champaran in Bihar in 1917.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Which crop was the cause of the dispute?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- Indigo.- Indigo, yes, indeed.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- No passes. Suraj, you have 11 points.- Thank you.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06APPLAUSE
0:07:11 > 0:07:13And our next contender, please.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22And your name is...?
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Your occupation?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25And your chosen subject?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28The Boston Marathon in two minutes. Here we go.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Which town, west of Boston,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32did the marathon course start from the race's inception,
0:07:32 > 0:07:36in 1897, until 1924, when it was moved to Hopkinton
0:07:36 > 0:07:38to match the international marathon standard distance?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Ashland.- Students at a women's college
0:07:41 > 0:07:43traditionally lined the route, cheering so loudly
0:07:43 > 0:07:46that the stretch is known as the Scream Tunnel. Which college?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Wesley.- Who set a men's course record
0:07:49 > 0:07:51of two hours, ten minutes, and 30 seconds
0:07:51 > 0:07:54when he became the first Briton to win the race in 1970?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Ron Hill.- The runners pass the 26-mile mark
0:07:57 > 0:07:59on Boylston St and cross the finishing line
0:07:59 > 0:08:01in front of what public building,
0:08:01 > 0:08:02established in 1848?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- Pass.- In 1986, the male and female winners,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Robert de Castella and Ingrid Kristiansen,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10were awarded prize money and a car.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11What brand of car were they given?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Mercedes-Benz. - In the wake of the bombing
0:08:14 > 0:08:17of the 2013 marathon, a two-word term and slogan of defiance
0:08:17 > 0:08:20in the face of tragedy was used. What was it?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Boston strong.- What is the name of the German runner
0:08:22 > 0:08:25who became the first athlete to win three successive
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Boston Marathons in the official women's event
0:08:27 > 0:08:29between 1994 and '96?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Uta Pippig.- Runners from which country have won
0:08:32 > 0:08:36the Men's Open division 21 times between 1988 and 2017?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- Kenya.- In which year did Bob Hall
0:08:38 > 0:08:40become the first officially recognised
0:08:40 > 0:08:43wheelchair participant in the Boston Marathon?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44He finished in under three hours.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- 1975.- In 1966, who became the first woman
0:08:48 > 0:08:50to complete the Boston Marathon,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52although she didn't have an official start number,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54because, at the time, it was a men-only race?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Bobbi Gibb.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58What nickname, after an incident in 1936,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01is given to the major hill, of about 700 yards,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04that the runners encounter just after the 20-mile mark?
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Heartbreak Hill.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08How many of the 15 starters for the first Boston Marathon
0:09:08 > 0:09:11in 1897 actually completed the race?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- 11.- Ten. Who won the first of his seven
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Boston Marathon titles in 1911,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19and the last, 19 years later, in 1913?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Clarence DeMar.- The last American female winner
0:09:22 > 0:09:26of the Boston Marathon, up to and including the 2017,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29was Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 1985.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32BEEP Who was the last American male to win it?
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- Meb Keflezighi.- Yes!
0:09:36 > 0:09:38You're right, but I can't pronounce it either.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Anyway, one pass.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44The finishing line is in front of the Boston Public Library.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- You've scored, Tony, 12 points. - Thank you.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50APPLAUSE
0:09:55 > 0:09:57And our final contender, please.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06And your name is...?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Your occupation?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11And your chosen subject?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19In two minutes, starting now.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Which song gave Roy C a top-ten hit in 1966
0:10:22 > 0:10:24when it reached number six, and again, in '73,
0:10:24 > 0:10:25when it reached number eight?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Shotgun Wedding.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Under what name did the Belgian vocalist Jeannine Deckers
0:10:29 > 0:10:34have a UK top-ten hit in 1963 with the song Dominique?
0:10:34 > 0:10:35The Singing Nun.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37On which record label did The Kinks have
0:10:37 > 0:10:4113 top-ten singles in the UK from 1964 to '70?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Pie.- What is the title of Elton John's
0:10:44 > 0:10:46first top-ten single that reached number seven
0:10:46 > 0:10:49in February 1971?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- Your Song. - Don't You Think It's Time
0:10:52 > 0:10:54reached number six in 1963 for Mike Berry
0:10:54 > 0:10:56and which backing group?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- The Cruisers.- The Outlaws.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00The composer Burt Bacharach, with the orchestra and chorus,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02had a top-five single as a performer
0:11:02 > 0:11:05under his own name in 1965. What was it called?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Trains And Boats And Planes.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Which American singer's last UK top-ten hit single
0:11:10 > 0:11:12was Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun),
0:11:12 > 0:11:15which peaked at number three in February 1965?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Del Shannon.- The American-born singer PJ Proby
0:11:18 > 0:11:21had top-ten hit singles with Somewhere
0:11:21 > 0:11:24and which other song from the stage musical West Side Story?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- Maria.- In 1973, Mud and Suzi Quatro
0:11:28 > 0:11:31both had top-ten hits in the UK on a record label
0:11:31 > 0:11:33that had been set up by their manager,
0:11:33 > 0:11:35the record producer Mickie Most, in 1969.
0:11:35 > 0:11:36What was it called?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- Rak.- The British singer Matt Monro
0:11:39 > 0:11:42had his last top-ten hit in 1965
0:11:42 > 0:11:44with a cover version of which Beatles song?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46It reached number eight.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Somewhere.- Yesterday.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50The former Tornados bass player Heinz
0:11:50 > 0:11:53had a 1963 solo number-five hit with Just Like Eddie.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56It was a tribute to which rock and roll legend?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Eddie Cochran.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00What was the only UK top-ten single
0:12:00 > 0:12:03for the American group The Lemon Pipers in 1968?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Guantanamera. - Green Tambourine.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Which Scottish singer's first top-ten single
0:12:09 > 0:12:11without her backing band, The Luvvers,
0:12:11 > 0:12:15was Leave A Little Love, that reached number eight in 1965?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- Lulu.- Which pop star of the late '50s and early '60s
0:12:18 > 0:12:20had his last... BEEP
0:12:20 > 0:12:22..top-ten hit single with The First Time
0:12:22 > 0:12:24that reached number five in October '63?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- Pass.- Well, I can tell you now because you're out of time.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- It was Adam Faith.- Oh!- Yeah. - Of course.- You knew it, didn't you?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- I did. I did.- Yeah. That's the way it goes in that chair.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- Anyway, Pamela, you have ten points.- Thank you.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45APPLAUSE
0:12:50 > 0:12:52So, that was the end of the first round.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54A very close one. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Fourth place, with ten points, Pam.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Third place, 11 points, Suraj.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Second place, 12 points, Tony.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03First place, 14 points, Michael.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05APPLAUSE
0:13:09 > 0:13:11So, it is the general knowledge round now,
0:13:11 > 0:13:12and if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15then the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:15 > 0:13:17and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19And if they're tied on passes, as well,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21then there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25So, let's ask Pam to join us again, please.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29And you start out, Pam, with your ten points.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Two and a half minutes of general knowledge, of course,
0:13:31 > 0:13:36so loads of time to catch up and overtake the field. Here we go.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38The one-humped Arabian, or dromedary,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41and the two-humped Bactrian are species of which animal?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- Camel.- Which highwayman's life is romanticised
0:13:44 > 0:13:47in William Harrison Ainsworth's 1834 novel Rookwood?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- Dick Turpin.- The term radioactivity was coined
0:13:50 > 0:13:52by a scientist famed for her investigation
0:13:52 > 0:13:53of that phenomena. Who was she?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Marie Curie.- Nicholas Lyndhurst made the transition
0:13:56 > 0:13:58from child star to adult roles
0:13:58 > 0:14:00when he played Ben and Ria Parkinson's
0:14:00 > 0:14:03teenage son Adam in which television series?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- Butterflies.- Whose diary was saved for posterity
0:14:06 > 0:14:09partly by the actions of Miep Gies?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Anne Frank. - What name did the future Prime Minister Henry Campbell
0:14:12 > 0:14:15add to his surname as a condition of his inheritance
0:14:15 > 0:14:18of his maternal uncle's estate in 1871?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Bannerman.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22In boxing, in what weight division do Anthony Joshua,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Tyson Fury and David Haye normally compete?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Light heavyweight.- Heavyweight.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29What name is given to the period of Roman history
0:14:29 > 0:14:32between the death of Nero and the accession of Vespasian
0:14:32 > 0:14:36because of the number of leaders who reigned during that time?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- The three...- No, the four. Year of the Four Emperors.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Which Spanish-born artist followed his Blue Period
0:14:41 > 0:14:43with a Rose Period?
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- Picasso.- What Broadway musical is based on a series of stories
0:14:46 > 0:14:49by the Jewish writer Sholem Aleichem,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52called Tevye's Daughters? It was later made into a film.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Fiddler On The Roof.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56What name is given to the pastoral staff, or crook,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58carried by Christian bishops
0:14:58 > 0:15:01that symbolises their role as shepherd of their diocese?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Crosier.- What variety of cooking apple
0:15:03 > 0:15:06is named after the butcher in whose garden in Nottinghamshire
0:15:06 > 0:15:08it was grown in the mid-19th century?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Granny Smith.- Bramley.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13What martial arts fantasy film was nominated in 2001
0:15:13 > 0:15:15for Academy Awards in ten categories,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17and won in four of them?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21What name for the class of molluscs,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23that includes snails and slugs,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26comes from the Greek for stomach and foot?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Gastropod. - The southern end of which
0:15:28 > 0:15:29well-known inland body of water
0:15:29 > 0:15:32lies less than 20 miles from the centre of Glasgow?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- The Firth of Clyde. - Loch Lomond.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37What East European language has a vocabulary
0:15:37 > 0:15:41primarily based on Latin with Slavic and other loan words?
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- Romanian.- Which actress was engaged to Emilio Estevez
0:15:45 > 0:15:49before she left him to marry Bruce Willis in 1987?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Demi Moore. - Which Australian state capital
0:15:51 > 0:15:54stands on the estuary of the Swan River?
0:15:54 > 0:15:55- Brisbane.- Perth.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59What product did the publisher Harold Raymond launch in 1932
0:15:59 > 0:16:01after he observed that the numerous gifts at a party
0:16:01 > 0:16:05that he attended included only three literary works?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Playboy.- Book token.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Which composer's daughter Cosima... BEEP
0:16:09 > 0:16:11..married Richard Wagner in 1870
0:16:11 > 0:16:12after her marriage to the conductor,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Hans von Bulow, was annulled?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- Beethoven.- Franz Liszt.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- Pam, you have a total of 23 points. - Oh! Thank you.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24APPLAUSE
0:16:30 > 0:16:32And now Suraj again, please.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38And you start this round, Suraj, with 11 points in the bag,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41so let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Here we go. What is the colour of the maple leaf
0:16:43 > 0:16:46and the two outer bands of the Canadian flag?
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- Red.- In 2005, who became both the first woman
0:16:50 > 0:16:52and the first former East German citizen
0:16:52 > 0:16:54to be elected chancellor of Germany?
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- Angela Merkel.- What name is given to the Arab-Israeli War
0:16:58 > 0:17:01of October 1973 because it started on a Jewish holy day?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- Yom Kippur.- How were the pop duo Siobhan Fahey
0:17:04 > 0:17:06and Marcella Detroit better known?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- Bonnie and Clyde. - Shakespeares Sister.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Dr John Carter, Dr Kerry Weaver,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14and head nurse Carol Hathaway were all characters
0:17:14 > 0:17:18in a long-running television hospital drama series. What series?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19- Casualty.- ER.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21To which 18th-century French writer are the words
0:17:21 > 0:17:24"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death
0:17:24 > 0:17:26"your right to say it" attributed?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Voltaire.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Dry, moist and gas are the main types of a condition
0:17:30 > 0:17:33that results in the death of a section of body tissue,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35with the area affected often becoming foul-smelling.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37What's that condition called?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38- Frostbite.- Gangrene.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Calabrese and purple sprouting
0:17:40 > 0:17:42are both types of what vegetable?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- Brussels sprout.- Broccoli.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46What occupation did Samuel Johnson say that
0:17:46 > 0:17:49"no man but a blockhead would indulge in, except for money"?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- Journalism. - No, writing. Papeari,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54a village on the west coast of Tahiti,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56has been home to a museum
0:17:56 > 0:17:58dedicated to a 19th-century French painter
0:17:58 > 0:18:00who lived there for two years. Which painter?
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Paul Gauguin.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03What event in track cycling takes its name
0:18:03 > 0:18:06from a celebrated sporting venue in New York
0:18:06 > 0:18:08that hosted a six-day cycle race?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Madison Square Garden.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Who won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as Scarlett O'Hara
0:18:14 > 0:18:15in the film Gone With The Wind?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- Katharine Hepburn. - Vivien Leigh. In the Bible,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23who distinguished himself as a warrior against the Philistines?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26After Saul's death, he became King of Judah.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Subsequently, also, King of Israel.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- David.- Which country lies between Morocco,
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Tunisia and Libya and extends deep
0:18:33 > 0:18:35into the Saharan Desert to the south?
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Algeria.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38In which south-coast city in England
0:18:38 > 0:18:43did the British Airways i360 tower open in August 2016?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46It's billed as the world's tallest moving observation tower.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Brighton.- In 1905, for which Russian ballerina
0:18:49 > 0:18:53did Michel Fokine create the brief Dying Swan solo
0:18:53 > 0:18:54to the music of Saint-Saens?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Anna Pavlova.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Peanuts was created by which American cartoonist
0:18:59 > 0:19:00who died in 2000?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- Trudeau.- Schulz.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Which Hebridean island gave its name to a breed of terrier
0:19:05 > 0:19:08with a long, flowing coat that reaches virtually to the ground?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Highland terrier.- Skye.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13What kind of establishment is the Wolds in Humberside? BEEP
0:19:13 > 0:19:15In 1992, it became the first to be run
0:19:15 > 0:19:17by the private sector in the UK.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- A museum.- A prison. - A prison.- Yeah.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- Suraj, you have scored 21 points. - Thank you.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28APPLAUSE
0:19:32 > 0:19:35And now Tony again, please.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38And you start out, Tony, with 12 points.
0:19:38 > 0:19:4123 is still the score to beat,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43so let's see if you can do it.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Here we go. What name is given to the holiday
0:19:46 > 0:19:49that Americans celebrate on 4th of July?
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Independence Day.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52In the early chapters of a controversial novel,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54first published in 1928,
0:19:54 > 0:19:56the central character has an affair
0:19:56 > 0:19:59with an Irish playwright called Michaelis. Which novel?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- Pass.- What is the southernmost
0:20:01 > 0:20:04of the main West Indian islands?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Trinidad and Tobago.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08What common alternative name of the antirrhinum
0:20:08 > 0:20:10comes from its flowers that supposedly resemble
0:20:10 > 0:20:12the face and mouth of a mythical creature?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- Daffodil.- Snapdragon.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Who returned to the leadership of the Green Party
0:20:16 > 0:20:18of England and Wales when she was elected joint leader
0:20:18 > 0:20:21with Jonathan Bartley in September 2016?
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Pass.- Which Shakespearean hero kills Tybalt in a duel
0:20:25 > 0:20:28in revenge for his friend Mercutio's death?
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Romeo.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31In basketball, what term is used for a single hit
0:20:31 > 0:20:34that enables a batter to make a complete circuit of the bases?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- Strike.- A home run.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38In 1980, which vocalist teamed up with
0:20:38 > 0:20:42the Electric light Orchestra on the number-one single Xanadu?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- Pass.- Which 1960s spin-off series
0:20:45 > 0:20:48features the adventures of the title character April Dancer,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50played by Stefanie Powers,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53and Mark Slate in their fight to preserve world peace?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- Sapphire & Steel. - The Girl From UNCLE.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57What is the dominant religion in India
0:20:57 > 0:21:00in terms of the number of adherents?
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- Hindu.- The Anglo-Dutch sculptor Grinling Gibbons
0:21:04 > 0:21:06was particularly famous for working in stone
0:21:06 > 0:21:08and what other medium?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- Metal.- Wood.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Which Quentin Tarantino film opens with a young couple
0:21:12 > 0:21:14called Pumpkin and Honey Bunny
0:21:14 > 0:21:17chatting in a coffee shop before they decide to rob it?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Pulp Fiction.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Who became Queen of Scotland in December 1542
0:21:21 > 0:21:23when she was only six days old?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- Mary.- SMART-1 was launched in September 2003,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28and it was the European Space Agency's
0:21:28 > 0:21:31first probe to which celestial body?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Jupiter.- The moon.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35What French phrase is used for a restaurant meal
0:21:35 > 0:21:38offered at a fixed price with a limited choice of dishes?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41It's also known as prix fixe.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- Pass.- Barton Aerodrome, opened in 1930,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48was Britain's first licensed municipal airport,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50and was the first to serve which northern city?
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- Manchester.- What word can mean a hat worn by a bishop
0:21:53 > 0:21:55and a joint used in picture framing?
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- Mitre.- On which stringed instrument
0:21:58 > 0:22:00was the Austrian-born composer Fritz Kreisler
0:22:00 > 0:22:02a virtuoso performer?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- Violin.- What was the real first name
0:22:04 > 0:22:07of the guerrilla leader Che Guevara?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- Julio.- Ernesto.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11What term, now generally applied to cheap jewellery
0:22:11 > 0:22:13used to decorate clothes,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15was originally used for gemstones cut from...
0:22:15 > 0:22:18BEEP ..rock crystals found in a German river?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Paste.- Yeah, you would think so. Rhinestones.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25- You had four passes. Table d'hote is that...- Ah, right.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28..fixed-price menu that we were both trying to think of.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Olivia Newton-John was the singer who teamed up with
0:22:31 > 0:22:34the Electric light Orchestra and gave us Xanadu.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Caroline Lucas was the leader...
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Is still, as we speak, anyway, the leader of the Green Party.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46- And the book - Lady Chatterley's Lover.- Ah.- Yeah.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48You have, Tony, 21 points.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51APPLAUSE
0:22:56 > 0:22:58And, finally, Michael again, please.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04And you have 14 to start with, Michael,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06and 23 still the score to beat
0:23:06 > 0:23:09if you were to get through to the semifinals. Here we go.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Who wrote the horror novels The Shining, Carrie,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14and Needful Things?
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Stephen King.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18What's the nationality of the former Grand Slam tennis champions
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin?
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Belgian.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23The 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia,
0:23:25 > 0:23:26is best known by what name?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Pass.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Who plays John Link,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31a former convict who reunites with his estranged daughter
0:23:31 > 0:23:34to protect her from a drug cartel that wants to kill her,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36in the 2016 film Blood Father?
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Pass.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41In which South American country are the Angel Falls?
0:23:44 > 0:23:45- Peru.- Venezuela.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49In physics, what term is used for a space completely free of matter?
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Vacuum.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53What is the title of the single that gave Clean Bandit
0:23:53 > 0:23:56featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie
0:23:56 > 0:23:59the UK Christmas number one in 2016?
0:23:59 > 0:24:00Pass.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Which impressionist artist painted Masked Ball At The Opera,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05which features a depiction of the composer Chabrier?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Pass.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Which 1863 novel by Charles Kingsley
0:24:09 > 0:24:11highlights the plight of boy chimney sweeps
0:24:11 > 0:24:14in the relationship between young Tom
0:24:14 > 0:24:16and his cruel master Mr Grimes?
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Pass.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19In the television soap opera Emmerdale,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Amos Brearly and Henry Wilks
0:24:21 > 0:24:23were both landlords of which village pub?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- The Ram's Head?- The Woolpack.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27The Mouse King is one of the characters
0:24:27 > 0:24:29in which ballet by Tchaikovsky?
0:24:29 > 0:24:30The Nutcracker.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Tony Benn jokingly said when he announced that he was
0:24:32 > 0:24:35standing down as MP for Chesterfield in 2001
0:24:35 > 0:24:39that he was "giving up Parliament to spend more time on..."?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Politics.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44What piece of military equipment did Perseus use as a mirror
0:24:44 > 0:24:45when he killed the gorgon Medusa,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48because looking at her directly would have turned him to stone?
0:24:48 > 0:24:49A shield.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50What was the surname
0:24:50 > 0:24:53of the American brothers who developed dry breakfast foods?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55They were largely responsible
0:24:55 > 0:24:58for the growth of the breakfast cereal industry in the 20th century.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Kellogg.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Caedmon, who is said to have been the first poet writing in English,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05lived at an abbey founded by St Hilda.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Its ruins are above which North Yorkshire resort?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- Skegness.- Whitby.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Which generally black beef cattle
0:25:12 > 0:25:14take their name from the two former counties
0:25:14 > 0:25:17in north-east Scotland where they were originally bred?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Aberdeen Angus.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20What word for a person who is easily manipulated
0:25:20 > 0:25:24and expendable is also the name of a chess piece of low value?
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Pawn.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Who became the first female commissioner
0:25:27 > 0:25:30of the Metropolitan Police in its 188-year history,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34when she replaced Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe in February 2017?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Pass.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38What is the present name of the organisation for girls
0:25:38 > 0:25:40that was originally called the Rosebuds?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- Girl Guides? - BEEP
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Brownie Guides.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46You have six passes -
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Cressida Dick became the first woman commissioner
0:25:49 > 0:25:51of the Metropolitan Police.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53The Water Babies was that book.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Manet was the impressionist artist who painted Masked Ball At The Opera.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Rockabye was the title of the single in 2016.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Mel Gibson plays John Link.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08And the 11th century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman was
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Lady Godiva.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Six passes, Michael -
0:26:11 > 0:26:14you have scored 23 points.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15APPLAUSE
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Well, it doesn't get closer than that. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Joint third place, 21 points apiece,
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Suraj and Tony.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Second place, 23 points
0:26:33 > 0:26:36and seven passes, Michael.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38First place, 23 points
0:26:38 > 0:26:40and one pass - Pam.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Which means that Pam is tonight's winner,
0:26:50 > 0:26:54and she goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her.
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