0:00:24 > 0:00:27Our first contender tonight is Madeline Grant,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29a website manager from London.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31She's answering questions on Harry Potter.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Peter Stiles is a teacher from Manchester.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37His subject - the Battle of the Bulge.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Allan Cook is an actuary from Glasgow.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43His subject - the scientist Rosalind Franklin.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47And Nick Gunatilleke is a police officer from the Wirral.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50He's answering questions on the Battle of Waterloo.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05As ever, tonight's contenders face a daunting prospect
0:01:05 > 0:01:09alone in the glare of the spotlight, no-one to confer with,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11in the knowledge that the clock is the boss.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13They get two minutes on the first round,
0:01:13 > 0:01:14their specialist subject,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17then two and a half minutes on their general knowledge round.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20The winner will come back in the semifinals
0:01:20 > 0:01:21and have to do it all over again.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24So, let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34And your name is...?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Your occupation?
0:01:36 > 0:01:37And your chosen subject?
0:01:38 > 0:01:41The Harry Potter books in two minutes. Here we go.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43In what town in Surrey is 4 Privet Drive
0:01:43 > 0:01:45where Harry Potter has lived with the Dursley family
0:01:45 > 0:01:48since the death of his parents when he was 15 months old?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Little Whinging.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51How does Harry think that his parents were killed
0:01:51 > 0:01:54before Hagrid tells him the truth on his 11th birthday?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- Car crash.- What animal is the Minister for Magic,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Rufus Scrimgeour, described as looking rather like,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02with keen, yellowish eyes and a certain rangy, loping grace?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- Lion.- A single word is needed
0:02:05 > 0:02:08for the Summoning Charm that brings a nearby object
0:02:08 > 0:02:11zooming towards the person who has cast it. What is the word?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Accio.- From which elderly witch does Tom Riddle
0:02:14 > 0:02:17steal Helga Hufflepuff's cup and Salazar Slytherin's locket?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Hepzibah Smith. - In the game of quidditch,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22what is the name of the ball that is used to score goals?
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- Quaffle.- Harry learns the identity of Tom Riddle's mother
0:02:26 > 0:02:28when he views a memory in Dumbledore's Pensieve.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30What is her name?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Merope Gaunt.- What is the name of the former teacher
0:02:32 > 0:02:34who's persuaded to come out of retirement
0:02:34 > 0:02:36to become the new potions master
0:02:36 > 0:02:38for Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Slughorn. - In The Goblet Of Fire,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Harry learns that England failed to qualify
0:02:42 > 0:02:43for the Quidditch World Cup.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47To which team did they lose by 390 to 10?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- Transylvania. - Which unforgivable curse
0:02:49 > 0:02:52puts the victim under the total control of the person
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- who has cast the spell... - Imperius.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56..the defence against the Dark Arts teacher Alastor Moody
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- demonstrated on a spider? - Imperius.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02In the garden of which cottage is Dobby the free elf buried?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Harry digs the grave without the use of magic.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Shell Cottage.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Nearly Headless Nick is a former pupil at Hogwarts,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11and was executed by an incomplete decapitation
0:03:11 > 0:03:13in 1492. What's his full name?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17What spell did Harry Potter perform
0:03:17 > 0:03:19to save his cousin Dudley from Dementors
0:03:19 > 0:03:21shortly before the start of his fifth year?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23He is summoned to a disciplinary hearing
0:03:23 > 0:03:25at the Ministry of Magic as a result.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Expecto Patronum.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32The Auror Nymphadora Tonks can change her appearance at will.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34What name is given to a person with this magical ability?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Metamorphmagus.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38What invention of Fred and George Weasley
0:03:38 > 0:03:42causes Dudley Dursley's tongue to grow to a foot long... BEEP
0:03:42 > 0:03:44..until it resembles a great, slimy python?
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- Ton-Tongue Toffee. - Yes, indeed it does.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52No passes, Madeline. You got them all right. 15 points.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55APPLAUSE
0:03:59 > 0:04:01And our next contender, please.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11And your name is...?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Your occupation?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Chosen subject?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Battle of the Bulge in two minutes. Here we go.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19The Ardennes Offensive, or Battle of the Bulge,
0:04:19 > 0:04:20was the last major German campaign
0:04:20 > 0:04:23on the Western Front in the Second World War.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24What port, that had been liberated
0:04:24 > 0:04:27by the Allies in September 1944,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29did Hitler designate as its ultimate objective?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Antwerp. - Whom did Eisenhower appoint
0:04:32 > 0:04:34as the commander of the American First and Ninth Armies
0:04:34 > 0:04:36that were on the north side of the salient,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39known as the Bulge?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- Montgomery.- What name was given to the operation
0:04:41 > 0:04:44headed by Otto Skorzeny in which Germans dressed as
0:04:44 > 0:04:47American soldiers would infiltrate Allied lines?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Operation Greif.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Who commanded the American 37th Tank Battalion
0:04:51 > 0:04:53that forced its way through German lines
0:04:53 > 0:04:57to relieve Bastogne on 26th of December?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58- Boggess.- Abrams.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01The warnings of an American First Army intelligence officer
0:05:01 > 0:05:04about a possible German attack through the Ardennes
0:05:04 > 0:05:06were ignored in the days before the offensive. Who was he?
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- Dickson.- What items did Allied troops borrow from the locals
0:05:10 > 0:05:13to use as snow capes because of a lack of suitable camouflage gear
0:05:13 > 0:05:15available in the snowy conditions?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- Sheets.- The Ardennes Offensive was originally codenamed
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Watch on the Rhine, indicating a defensive strategy.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23It was renamed as what?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- Herbstnebel. - Yes, or Autumn Mist.
0:05:25 > 0:05:2884 American prisoners were killed by the SS unit
0:05:28 > 0:05:32of Kampfgruppe Peiper on 17th of December.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35The massacre is usually referred to by the name of what town?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Malmedy.- Which American major
0:05:37 > 0:05:39was taken prisoner by Peiper's unit,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41but managed to escape as the Germans ran into American patrols
0:05:41 > 0:05:44while they tried to get back to their lines?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45- Crown.- Hal McCown.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48What American transport aircraft were used to drop supplies
0:05:48 > 0:05:50on Bastogne while it was under siege?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- DC-10.- C-47. What was the name of the field marshal
0:05:53 > 0:05:55who was nominally in charge of the German forces
0:05:55 > 0:05:59during the Battle of the Bulge, although all command decisions were taken by Hitler?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Model.- Von Rundstedt.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Who commanded the British XXX Corps that was deployed
0:06:03 > 0:06:06on the north bank of the Meuse ready to counterattack
0:06:06 > 0:06:08should any German spearheads cross the river?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Brian Horrocks.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13At which town did the American First and Third Armies meet
0:06:13 > 0:06:14on 16th of January?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17It effectively brought an end to the Battle of the Bulge.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- St Vith.- Houffalize.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21What one-word reply did Brigadier General McAuliffe
0:06:21 > 0:06:24give to the German commander who'd sent an ultimatum that asked...
0:06:24 > 0:06:27BEEP ..the Bastogne defenders to surrender
0:06:27 > 0:06:29or face annihilation by artillery fire?
0:06:29 > 0:06:34- Nuts.- Nuts was the one-word reply. Absolutely.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37No passes. Peter, you've scored nine points.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40APPLAUSE
0:06:48 > 0:06:50And our next contender, please.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58And your name is...?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Your occupation?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01And your chosen subject?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07The British chemist Rosalind Franklin is best known
0:07:07 > 0:07:10for her role in the discovery of the structure of DNA.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12What's the title of James Watson's 1968 book
0:07:12 > 0:07:15in which he caricatured her as Rosie,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18who jealously guarded her data from colleagues?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- The Double Helix. - Which Cambridge college
0:07:21 > 0:07:23did Franklin attend during the Second World War
0:07:23 > 0:07:24where she studied natural sciences?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- Newnham.- Who invited Franklin
0:07:27 > 0:07:29to build an X-ray diffraction laboratory
0:07:29 > 0:07:32at King's College to study the structure of DNA?
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- Randall.- To what city did Franklin move in 1947?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41She learned and improved upon X-ray analytical techniques there.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- Paris.- What was the name of the head of the Agricultural Research Council
0:07:45 > 0:07:47with whom Franklin had heated arguments
0:07:47 > 0:07:50about the continued funding for her research team at Birkbeck?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Slater.- Which city hosted a world fair in 1958,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59for which Franklin was asked by the Royal Institution
0:07:59 > 0:08:01to build models to demonstrate
0:08:01 > 0:08:03the chemical structure of viruses?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Brussels.- What was the name of the physicist
0:08:05 > 0:08:09and noted polymath who ran the department at Birkbeck
0:08:09 > 0:08:11where Franklin experimented on the structure of viruses?
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- Bernal.- Crick and Watson obtained crucial evidence
0:08:15 > 0:08:17for their correct DNA model
0:08:17 > 0:08:20from Franklin's clearest photograph of the B-form of DNA.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22What number was attached to this photo?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- 51.- Franklin met and befriended an eminent
0:08:25 > 0:08:28French physicist in her third year at Cambridge. Who was it?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Luzzati.- Adrian Weill.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36What was the name of Franklin's assistant PhD student
0:08:36 > 0:08:38during her time at King's College?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Gosling.- Which specific plant virus
0:08:40 > 0:08:42did Franklin start to work on
0:08:42 > 0:08:45when she transferred from King's College to Birkbeck?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Tobacco mosaic virus.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49What was the name of Franklin's co-worker at King's College
0:08:49 > 0:08:52who shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure
0:08:52 > 0:08:55of DNA with Crick and Watson?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Wilkins.- What was the surname of Vittorio and Denise,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00the married couple who Franklin worked with in Paris
0:09:00 > 0:09:03and with whom she remained close friends until her premature death?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Luzzati.- Which pioneer... BEEP
0:09:06 > 0:09:08..of photochemistry and future Nobel prize-winner
0:09:08 > 0:09:10was Franklin's supervisor
0:09:10 > 0:09:12during her further studies at Cambridge?
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Fred Dainton. - It was Ronald Norrish.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21No passes. Allan, you've scored 12 points.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24APPLAUSE
0:09:31 > 0:09:33And our final contender, please.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42And your name is...?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Your occupation?
0:09:44 > 0:09:45And your chosen subject?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49The Waterloo Campaign in two minutes, starting now.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52What was the name of Wellington's chestnut stallion
0:09:52 > 0:09:55on whom he rode throughout the Waterloo Campaign?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Pass.- A nephew of George III was killed
0:09:57 > 0:09:59when he led a charge by his Black Legion
0:09:59 > 0:10:02against the French at Quatre Bras. Who was he?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- Duke of Brunswick.- Yes.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08To whom did Wellington describe his victory at Waterloo as
0:10:08 > 0:10:11"the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life"?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- Duke of Richmond. - Thomas Creevey.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16After the King of the Netherlands marked the spot where his son
0:10:16 > 0:10:18was wounded with a monument,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Wellington complained, "They have ruined my battlefield."
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Which monument?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- The lion monument.- Yes. Which German nobleman
0:10:24 > 0:10:26and cavalry brigade commander based at Mons gathered
0:10:26 > 0:10:29intelligence for Wellington in Blucher about the movements
0:10:29 > 0:10:32of Napoleon's troops before the Battle of Waterloo?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- Mon Muffling.- von Dornberg.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36What was the name of the fortified farmhouse
0:10:36 > 0:10:38on the main road from Brussels to Charleroi
0:10:38 > 0:10:41which was captured by French troops as the garrison there
0:10:41 > 0:10:42ran out of ammunition?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- La Haye Sainte.- Which English officer, who had eloped
0:10:45 > 0:10:47with Wellington's sister-in-law,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49was appointed to command the cavalry
0:10:49 > 0:10:51and lost his leg in one of the last actions at Waterloo?
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Earl of Uxbridge.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55What was the name of the low ridge to which Wellington
0:10:55 > 0:10:57withdrew after the action at Quatre Bras?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00He had previously selected this position for its strategic value.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Mont St Jean.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Napoleon relied on the report of a general, his chief engineer,
0:11:05 > 0:11:08that the Allied army was not entrenching on Mont St Jean.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10What was his name?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Drue.- No, Haxo.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Near which tavern did the Prussian commander Blucher
0:11:15 > 0:11:18greet Wellington after the victory with the words,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20"Meine liebe kammerade! Quelle affaire."?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21La Belle Alliance.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Which of Napoleon's marshals promised Louis XVIII that he
0:11:24 > 0:11:27would bring Napoleon to Paris in an iron cage,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29but changed sides again and fought for him at Waterloo?
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Ney.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32What was the name of the river that the Prussians had to
0:11:32 > 0:11:34cross before they could take part
0:11:34 > 0:11:36in the final battle at Waterloo?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38It had been swollen by heavy rain the night before.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Dyle.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Lasne. The Prussians agreed to battle at Ligny
0:11:42 > 0:11:45while still waiting for the arrival of their fourth corps.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Who was the commander of that corps?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Bulow.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Which general was promoted to... BEEP
0:11:50 > 0:11:52..the rank of marshall just before the campaign
0:11:52 > 0:11:55and given orders to pursue the Prussians after Ligny?
0:11:55 > 0:11:56- Grouchy.- Yes.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58You have one pass, Nick.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02The name of that stallion that Wellington rode right
0:12:02 > 0:12:04throughout the campaign was Copenhagen.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07You've scored nine points. APPLAUSE
0:12:16 > 0:12:18So that's the end of the first round.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23In joint third place, nine points apiece, Peter and Nick.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Second place, 12 points, Allan.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28First place, 15 points, Madeline.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38So it is the General Knowledge round now
0:12:38 > 0:12:41and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:12:41 > 0:12:45is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53So let us ask Peter to join us again, please.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57And...
0:12:57 > 0:13:02..you start out with nine points, Peter.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05This being the General Knowledge round, it's two and a half minutes,
0:13:05 > 0:13:09so loads of time to catch up and overtake the rest of the field.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Here we go.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Which formally independent region, now part of China,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15is often known as the Roof of the World?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Tibet.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Which all girl group's first UK top 40 hit was Manic Monday?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23It reached number two in the singles chart in March 1986.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25The Bangles.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Which woodwind instrument is so difficult to play
0:13:27 > 0:13:29that it's described as "an ill wind that
0:13:29 > 0:13:32"no-one blows good" in the film The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty?
0:13:32 > 0:13:33- Flute?- Oboe.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Who was the leader of the Greater London Council from 1981
0:13:36 > 0:13:38until its abolition in 1986?
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Ken Livingstone.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41What are used in the traditional
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Japanese art form ikebana?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Paper?- Flowers.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Who became an overnight sensation as an actor
0:13:47 > 0:13:50when he played Richard III at the Goodman's Fields Theatre
0:13:50 > 0:13:53in east London in 1741?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Pass.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58The boundaries of which county include Gloucestshire to the
0:13:58 > 0:14:00north, Somerset to the west, Dorset to the south
0:14:00 > 0:14:04and Hampshire to the south and east?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06- Herefordshire?- Wiltshire.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Which author best known for his detective fiction became
0:14:08 > 0:14:11a champion of spiritualism during his later years?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13His last works written during the 1920s
0:14:13 > 0:14:15are mostly devoted to that subject?
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Arthur Conan Doyle.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Maputu, known until 1976 as Lourenco Marques,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21is the capital of which African country?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Botswana.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Mozambique. What term for the young of an animal
0:14:25 > 0:14:28such as a bear, a fox or a lion can also be applied
0:14:28 > 0:14:30to an apprentice or a beginner?
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Cub.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35In ancient Greek religion, who was the twin sister of Apollo
0:14:35 > 0:14:38and the Goddess of hunting, nature, chastity and childbirth?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Diana.- Artemis.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Which political party has proposed in its manifesto that
0:14:42 > 0:14:44airbags should be fitted at the Stock Exchange
0:14:44 > 0:14:46in preparation for the next crash
0:14:46 > 0:14:49and that half the grey squirrels should be painted red
0:14:49 > 0:14:51to increase the red squirrel population?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52- Monster Raving Loony. - Who else.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55What name is given to the curved covering
0:14:55 > 0:14:57of the front of the eye through which light enters?
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Cornea.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01In 2016, the Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance
0:15:01 > 0:15:03played the title role in the big-screen adaptation
0:15:03 > 0:15:05of which Roald Dahl novel?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- Big Friendly Giant. - Yeah, the BFG.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11In Greek cuisine, what type of dish are keftedes?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Er...pass.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17In football, which country reached the quarterfinals
0:15:17 > 0:15:20of the 2016 European Championships
0:15:20 > 0:15:22encouraged by the clapping and large chants of "Ha!"
0:15:22 > 0:15:23from their supporters?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Iceland.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Who was the American president at the time of the Wall Street crash in 1929?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Hoover?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Which Merseyside-born comedian was the original
0:15:32 > 0:15:36host of the 1980s television game show Name That Tune?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Tarbuck?- Tom O'Connor.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Which amphibious mammal is regarded as Africa's most
0:15:41 > 0:15:42dangerous large animal... BEEP
0:15:42 > 0:15:45..and is responsible for more human deaths than lions?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- Water buffalo.- No, a hippo. Hippopotamus, yeah, I know.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52You had two passes. In Greek cuisine, the keftedes,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55meatballs is what they are. Yeah.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59And that actor who became an overnight sensation all those years ago,
0:15:59 > 0:16:041741, David Garrick, hence the Garrick Theatre and all that.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08You have now, Peter, a total of 19 points. APPLAUSE
0:16:17 > 0:16:20And now Nick again, please.
0:16:20 > 0:16:26And you also start out with nine points.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Nick, let's see how you do with your two and a half minutes of
0:16:29 > 0:16:32General Knowledge, starting now.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Bruce Wayne is the alter ego of which comic book hero whose
0:16:34 > 0:16:37enemies include the Riddler, the Joker and the Penguin?
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Batman.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42In which city was the composer Franz Schubert born in 1797?
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Vienna.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Vaivasvata Manu who, like Noah, survived a great flood,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49appears in the mythology of which Eastern religion?
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Pass.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55The Court of the Lions with its central fountain is in a Moorish
0:16:55 > 0:16:57palace near Granada in Spain. Which palace?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Alhambra.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Which conflict forms the backdrop
0:17:01 > 0:17:03to the novel Gone With The Wind?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04American Civil War.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06In the West Country, a grockle is a local slang
0:17:06 > 0:17:08term for which people?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Corn, Cornwall, Cornish.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Tourists. Who said when he became a Premiership manager,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15"I'm European champion, I'm not one out of the bottle,
0:17:15 > 0:17:17"I think I'm a special one."?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Mourinho.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21The suspension bridges that carry the London to Holyhead Road
0:17:21 > 0:17:26over the River Conway and Menai Straits were designed by which engineer?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Steventon.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Thomas Telford. What's the title of the 2005 film
0:17:29 > 0:17:32directed by Ridley Scott and starring Orlando Bloom
0:17:32 > 0:17:36and Liam Neeson which is set during the Crusades in the 12th century?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40The Last Knight.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Kingdom Of Heaven. Which veteran American singer and songwriter
0:17:43 > 0:17:48had a UK number-one album in June 2016 with Stranger To Stranger?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Pass.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52The village of Haworth in West Yorkshire is particularly
0:17:52 > 0:17:54associated with which literary sisters?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Bronte.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58What is the title of the television detective series
0:17:58 > 0:18:00starring Robert Carlyle that was filmed in the picturesque
0:18:00 > 0:18:03village of Plockton near Kyle of Lochalsh?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Pass.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08By what abbreviated name is sodium thiosulphate known
0:18:08 > 0:18:13when its used as a fixing agent in the development of photographic film?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Celluloid.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Hypo. What Chinese sauce made from soya beans, garlic, chilli peppers
0:18:17 > 0:18:20and various spices and used as a glaze, a marinade
0:18:20 > 0:18:24or a dipping sauce has a name that means seafood in Cantonese?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Soy.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Hoisin. Which former Olympic athlete was elected
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Conservative MP for Falmouth and Camborne at the '92 general election?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34He lost the seat in '97, but was made a life peer in 2000.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Sebastian Coe.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40What was the occupation of Raymond Bessone, also known as Mr Teasy-Weasy,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44who was part owner of the Grand National winners Ayala and Rag Trade?
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Pass.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47The great Seal of which American state has the word
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Eureka on it, a reference to the discovery of gold there?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Georgia.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56California. Which television series first set in the car showroom
0:18:56 > 0:18:59and later in a sports goods company is about a group of friends
0:18:59 > 0:19:01and colleagues who each have a dark secret?
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- BEEP - Pass.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Well, I can tell you because we're out of time.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Ordinary Lies.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10The other passes, the occupation of Raymond Bessone,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Mr Teasy-Weasy, he was a hairdresser.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Hamish Macbeth, that was the title of that television detective
0:19:17 > 0:19:18series starring Robert Carlyle.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Paul Simon was the singer,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24songwriter who had the number-one album Stranger To Stranger,
0:19:24 > 0:19:28and Hinduism was the Eastern religion that I was looking for.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31You have a total now, Nick of 16 points. APPLAUSE
0:19:39 > 0:19:41And now Allan again, please.
0:19:41 > 0:19:47And you start out, Allan, with 12 points.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52So, let's see what you can do with your General Knowledge. Starting now.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55By what name was the Russian city of St Petersburg
0:19:55 > 0:19:58known between 1924 and 1991?
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Leningrad.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02What name is given to the device that estimates blood alcohol
0:20:02 > 0:20:03content when it's blown into?
0:20:03 > 0:20:06It was introduced by the Transport Minister Barbara Castle
0:20:06 > 0:20:08as part of the 1967 Road Safety Act.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Breathalyser.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14At the Montreal Olympics in 1976, which 14-year-old Romanian
0:20:14 > 0:20:18girl became the first gymnast to achieve a perfect score of 10?
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Nadia Comaneci.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Which curvaceous cartoon character said in a 1988 film,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Olive oil.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Jessica Rabbit. What is the title of The Rolling Stones album that topped
0:20:32 > 0:20:34the UK charts in December 2016?
0:20:36 > 0:20:37The Blues.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Blue & Lonesome. The exploits of which Athenian hero include the killing
0:20:41 > 0:20:45of the creative but sadistic murderers Procrustes and Sinis?
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Odysseus.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53Theseus. Which islands that became a state of America in the 1950s
0:20:53 > 0:20:59had five kings named Kamehameha in the 19th century?
0:20:59 > 0:21:00- Hawaii.- Hawaii, yeah.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02What shape is a painting,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05relief carving or mural design described as a tondo?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Round.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Edmond Dantes, who seeks revenge for his wrongful imprisonment,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13is a title character of which novel by Alexander Dumas?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15The Count Of Monte Cristo.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19What general name is given to gases such as carbon dioxide that trap heat
0:21:19 > 0:21:21radiated from the Earth's surface?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Pass.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29In what mountain range is Ojos del Salado,
0:21:29 > 0:21:33generally regarded as the world's highest active volcano?
0:21:33 > 0:21:34- Andes?- Yes.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Who, in 1910, became the first criminal to be
0:21:37 > 0:21:39captured by the use of wireless telegraphy?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- Marconi.- Crippen.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Bay leaves, cinnamon, the avocado pear and the essential oil camphor
0:21:44 > 0:21:48all come from shrubs, or small trees, that belong to which family?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Pass.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54The jewellery collection of an exiled Duchess was sold off after
0:21:54 > 0:21:59her death in a multi-million pounds auction in Geneva in April 1987. Who was she?
0:21:59 > 0:22:00The Duchess of Windsor.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03What name is shared by two rivers that flow into the Severn,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05one at Tewkesbury and the other near Bristol?
0:22:05 > 0:22:06The Wye.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10The Avon. Which conductor who was born in 1895 was affectionately
0:22:10 > 0:22:12known as Flash Harry?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Malcolm Sargent.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Which fantasy writer was the professor of Anglo-Saxon and later
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Merton Professor of English language and literature at Oxford University?
0:22:21 > 0:22:22- Tolkien.- Yes.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25What thin biscuit that contains coconut and is sprinkled with...
0:22:25 > 0:22:30BEEP ..sugar shares its name with a city on the French Riviera?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Nice. - Yeah, Nice, Nice, yes, absolutely.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35You had two passes. Bay leaves, cinnamon
0:22:35 > 0:22:38and all those other bits and pieces come from the laurel family.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42And that general name given to the gases that trap
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- heat radiated from the Earth's surface...?- Greenhouse gases.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46I know and now you know it, yeah.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Weird, isn't it? No explaining it. Well, I suppose...
0:22:49 > 0:22:53You have a total, Allan, you're in the lead, 23 points. APPLAUSE
0:23:02 > 0:23:05And finally, Madeline again, please.
0:23:09 > 0:23:15And you start out, Madeline, with 15 points. The score to beat is 23
0:23:15 > 0:23:18if you are to get through to the semifinals. Here we go.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21What's the name of Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23HMS Victory.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25What name is given to the branch of science that deals with
0:23:25 > 0:23:28the atmosphere, especially in relation to the weather?
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Oh, meteorology.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33An American Girl In Paris broadcast in two parts was the final episode
0:23:33 > 0:23:38of a television series set in New York that ran from 1999 to 2004. Which series?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Sex And The City.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44What do the letters HB stand for in the grading of lead pencils?
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Hard black?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48In which indoor team sport have the American men's team won the
0:23:48 > 0:23:52gold medal at the Olympics 15 times since its introduction in 1936?
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Relay.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Basketball. Which author best known for The Chronicles of Narnia
0:23:56 > 0:23:59also wrote the space trilogy of science-fiction
0:23:59 > 0:24:02novels about the adventures of the Cambridge academic Doctor Ransom?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03CS Lewis.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07In which city was the composer Brahms born in 1833?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Cologne.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Hamburg. Which warrior queen who fought against the Romans
0:24:12 > 0:24:15is, in popular legend, buried under one of the platforms
0:24:15 > 0:24:17at King's Cross Station in London?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Boudicca.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19What French word is used for a wide,
0:24:19 > 0:24:23usually tree-lined road in a city, often intended as a promenade?
0:24:23 > 0:24:24Champs.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27A boulevard. The works of which American-born writer include
0:24:27 > 0:24:30The Portrait Of A Lady, The Americans and The Bostonians?
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Henry James.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Which French explorer is thought to have provided Montreal
0:24:34 > 0:24:38with his name when he called the nearby mountain Mount Royal?
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Cartier.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42What American department store named after the brothers Joseph and
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Lyman, who established it in 1872, is famed for its iconic brown bag?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Macy's.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Bloomingdale's.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52What's the name of the singer and Brit award winner who topped
0:24:52 > 0:24:57the UK album charts in April 2015 with Chaos And The Calm?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Erm...Ellie Goulding.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00James Bay.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Which well-known Alpine plant that usually has blue flowers
0:25:02 > 0:25:05has a name that according to Pliny is derived from that
0:25:05 > 0:25:07of an ancient king of Illyria?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Tannenberg.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Gentian. Who plays the New York police detective
0:25:12 > 0:25:14John McClane in the Die Hard films?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Bruce Willis.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Which resort on the edge of the North York Moors National Park
0:25:18 > 0:25:21has a North Bay and South Bay separated by
0:25:21 > 0:25:23a headland with a Norman castle on top?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Peak District.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Scarborough. L'Ecosse is the French name for which country?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Scotland.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Which Italian dish with a name meaning bone with a hole
0:25:32 > 0:25:36consists of veal knuckle or shin braised in white wine with onions and tomatoes?
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Escalope.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Osso buco. In the authorised version of the Bible, what specifically does St Paul
0:25:41 > 0:25:46recommend should be used "for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities"?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Praying.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49A little wine. What is the name... BEEP
0:25:49 > 0:25:52..of the March played at formal events in America to welcome the President?
0:25:52 > 0:25:56The rarely sung lyrics are by Albert Gamse?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Erm, Stars and Stripes Forever.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Could be, but it's not, it's Hail To The Chief.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03No passes, Madeline.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06You have a total of 25 points. APPLAUSE
0:26:16 > 0:26:19So, she did it. Let's have a look at all of those scores.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21In fourth place, 16 points, Nick.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Third place, 19 points, Peter.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Second place, 23 points, Allan.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31First place, 25 points, Madeline.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Which means that Madeline is tonight's winner, of course,
0:26:47 > 0:26:51and she goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her.
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