0:00:24 > 0:00:27Our first contender in the black chair tonight is Ben Holmes,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30a customer service advisor from Salford.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32He's answering questions on Doctor Who.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Kevin Howell is a delivery driver from Kent.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38His specialist subject - Concorde, the plane.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Next, Tony McConnell, an e-learning software developer from Omagh,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44on the band The Clash.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49And Diane Hardman, a retired teacher from Gloucestershire
0:00:49 > 0:00:52on the Elizabethan statesman Sir Francis Walsingham.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Four contenders as always, all of them
0:01:07 > 0:01:11probably wondering exactly why they ever said they wanted to do this.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13It's not so much the questions themselves
0:01:13 > 0:01:16but the pressure under which they have to answer them.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20The clock rules. Two minutes on their chosen subject,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24two and a half minutes on general knowledge and no real time to think.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26So, let us put them to the test
0:01:26 > 0:01:29and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And your name is?
0:01:39 > 0:01:40Your occupation?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43And your chosen subject?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47In two minutes, starting now.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Dr Who reappeared on BBC television in 2005 after
0:01:50 > 0:01:52a gap of almost 19 years.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Who played the Doctor in the first new series?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Christopher Eccleston.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58What two-word phrase occurs repeatedly throughout
0:01:58 > 0:02:00the episodes of series one
0:02:00 > 0:02:02and is the title of the penultimate episode?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- Bad Wolf. - In the episode Daleks In Manhattan,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07the TARDIS lands next to a New York landmark
0:02:07 > 0:02:09in November 1930. Which landmark?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- Statue of Liberty. - Who plays the waitress
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Astrid Peth who works with the Doctor to help prevent the
0:02:15 > 0:02:18interstellar liner Titanic from crashing into the Earth
0:02:18 > 0:02:20in the Christmas special Voyage Of The Dammed?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- Kylie Minogue.- In Human Nature the Doctor takes on
0:02:23 > 0:02:26the persona of John Smith, a teacher at a boys' school
0:02:26 > 0:02:28in 1913. He gives the boys lesson at the start
0:02:28 > 0:02:31of the episode. What battle is it about?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Waterloo.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Which diamond plays a crucial part
0:02:35 > 0:02:37in the series two episode Tooth And Claw?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- Koh-i-Noor.- With what weapon does the Doctor fight
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Robin Hood on a narrow bridge across a stream in the episode
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Robot Of Sherwood?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46A spoon.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Who played the Doctor's companion Amy Pond
0:02:48 > 0:02:50when Matt Smith became the 11th Doctor?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Karen Gillan.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54What is the name of the creature who searches the universe
0:02:54 > 0:02:56for the Doctor on behalf of Davros,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58the creator of the Daleks, who is dying?
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Colony Sarff.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02In a series seven episode, what's the name of the town
0:03:02 > 0:03:04in the American West where the TARDIS
0:03:04 > 0:03:06accidentally lands in the 19th century?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Mercy.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Under what ancient monument do the Doctor and Amy Pond
0:03:10 > 0:03:12discover the Pandorica,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14a fabled prison that holds
0:03:14 > 0:03:16the most feared thing in all the universe?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Stonehenge.- What is the title of the series four episode
0:03:19 > 0:03:21in which the Doctor and his companion, Donna,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23find themselves at a dinner party
0:03:23 > 0:03:25where one of the guests is Agatha Christie?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27The Unicorn And The Wasp.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Which character welcomes the newly dead
0:03:29 > 0:03:31to the promised land throughout series eight?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33She is later revealed to be a female incarnation
0:03:33 > 0:03:36of the Doctor's old adversary, the Master.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- Missy.- What is the name of the paradox
0:03:39 > 0:03:40that the Doctor explains to the audience
0:03:40 > 0:03:43by referring to the question of Beethoven's existence
0:03:43 > 0:03:46in the series nine episode Before The Flood?
0:03:46 > 0:03:47- The Bootstrap Paradox.- Yes.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51The Doctor and his companions wake up from amnesia
0:03:51 > 0:03:53into various reality television and game shows.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56In which show does Rose Tyler appear where those eliminated
0:03:56 > 0:03:59are apparently disintegrated by the Anne Droid?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- The Weakest Link.- Is correct.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04You have them all right, no passes.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- You've scored, Ben, 15 points. - Thank you.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09APPLAUSE
0:04:17 > 0:04:19And our next contender, please.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28And your name is?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Your occupation?
0:04:30 > 0:04:31And your chosen subject?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35In two minutes, starting now.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Which French aircraft manufacturer formed a consortium with BAC
0:04:38 > 0:04:40in 1962 to develop the supersonic
0:04:40 > 0:04:42passenger airplane Concorde?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Sud Aviation.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46In 1967 the Minister of Technology announced
0:04:46 > 0:04:48that Concorde would be spelt with an E at the end,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51because it represented "Excellence, England, Europe and Entente".
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Who was he?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Tony Benn.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56How many of the 20 Concordes that were built in Britain
0:04:56 > 0:05:00and France between 1965 and 1979 entered commercial service?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- 16.- 14.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Concorde was initially refused permission
0:05:04 > 0:05:07to fly to the United States because of concerns over noise.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11To which American airport did it eventually fly in May 1976?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Washington, Dulles.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15What name is given to the type of curve used in the design
0:05:15 > 0:05:18of the slender delta wing of Concorde
0:05:18 > 0:05:20that was developed by Dietrich Kuchemann?
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Ogee curve.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24The crash of a Concorde near Paris in 2000
0:05:24 > 0:05:27was caused by the explosion of a tyre that was punctured
0:05:27 > 0:05:30by a metallic strip that had fallen from a DC-10.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Which airline owned the DC-10?
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- Continental.- From 1979 to 1980, the route from London to Bahrain
0:05:36 > 0:05:38was extended to which city state?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Singapore.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Who was the pilot of the maiden flight of the Concorde
0:05:43 > 0:05:46001 prototype from Toulouse in March 1969?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- Andre Turcat.- There was an interior refit of the
0:05:50 > 0:05:53British Airways Concordes after the 2000 Paris crash.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Which famous designer carried this out in partnership
0:05:56 > 0:05:57with the company Factory Design?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- Conran.- Yes, Terence Conran.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02What Tupolev supersonic plane was known as Concordski
0:06:02 > 0:06:05because of its similarity in appearance to Concorde?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- Tu-144.- One of the popular charter flights was the Christmas flight
0:06:09 > 0:06:12to a city in Finland that's the official home of Santa Claus.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13What city?
0:06:13 > 0:06:18- Pass.- Concorde had accidents in 1989, '92 and 2003
0:06:18 > 0:06:21that involved the break up in flight of what part of the aircraft?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- The fin.- Yes, the rudder.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27The final flight of a Concorde took place in November 2003
0:06:27 > 0:06:29from Heathrow to an airfield that was also the site
0:06:29 > 0:06:32where the British Concordes were assembled. Which airfield?
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Filton.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36The Queen's first flight in Concorde was in 1977.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40From what Caribbean island did she fly?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- Barbados.- Is correct. You had just one pass.
0:06:44 > 0:06:50The official home of Santa Claus is Rovaniemi.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Ah, I didn't know that either. But there you go, we do now.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56You have scored, Kevin, 12 points.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59APPLAUSE
0:07:07 > 0:07:09And our next contender, please.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19And your name is?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Your occupation?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24And your chosen subject?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27The Clash in two minutes. Here we go.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Which classic Clash song opens with the line
0:07:29 > 0:07:32"Now the King told the boogie men you have to let that raga drop"?
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Combat Rock.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Rock The Casbah.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37The band signed a worldwide deal in January 1977
0:07:37 > 0:07:40with a £100,000 advance against royalties
0:07:40 > 0:07:43with which major record label?
0:07:43 > 0:07:44CBS.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46The pink and green lettering of the cover artwork
0:07:46 > 0:07:49for their '79 album London Calling
0:07:49 > 0:07:52was inspired by another artist's debut album. Which artist?
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Elvis Presley.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Which band was Joe Strummer a member of when he was
0:07:55 > 0:07:57approached by the manager Bernie Rhodes
0:07:57 > 0:07:59and invited to join The Clash?
0:07:59 > 0:08:00The Hundred And Oners.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03What was the name of the Vietnam war veteran for whom
0:08:03 > 0:08:05the band played a benefit concert
0:08:05 > 0:08:08in Cleveland, Ohio, in February 1979?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Pass.- Which American producer known for his work with
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Blue Oyster Cult completed the production of The Clash's
0:08:13 > 0:08:15second album Give 'Em Enough Rope?
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Sandy Pearlman.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19What was the name of the New York club where the band
0:08:19 > 0:08:22had a residency for over two weeks in May-June 1981?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- Bond's.- The band recorded their 1977 top 40 single
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Complete Control with which reggae producer?
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Lee "Scratch" Perry.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34On which 1981 album by Mick Jones's then-girlfriend Ellen Foley
0:08:34 > 0:08:36did The Clash play on all the backing tracks
0:08:36 > 0:08:38and provide several songs?
0:08:38 > 0:08:39The Spirit Of St Louis.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42What is the title of the last studio album to feature
0:08:42 > 0:08:45the classic Clash line-up of Strummer, Jones, Simonon, Headon?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48It was released in 1982.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Combat Rock.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53In May 1982, Topper Headon left the band officially because of
0:08:53 > 0:08:55a difference of political direction.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Which former member of the band replaced him?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Terry Chimes.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Which music journalist wrote in an early review
0:09:01 > 0:09:05in the NME in 1976 "The Clash are the kind of garage band
0:09:05 > 0:09:07"who should be speedily returned to their garage,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09"preferably with the motor running"?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Charles Shaar Murray.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13What is the title of the track that opens side one
0:09:13 > 0:09:16of their 1980 triple album "Sandinista!"?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- Know Your Rights. - The Magnificent Seven.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Joe Strummer was arrested in May 1980 after he hit
0:09:22 > 0:09:24an unruly member of the audience over the head
0:09:24 > 0:09:26with his guitar in which city?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Edinburgh.- It was Hamburg.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31You have one pass, Tony.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34The name of that Vietnam war veteran for whom the band
0:09:34 > 0:09:37played a benefit concert was Larry McIntyre.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39You have scored 10 points.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41APPLAUSE
0:09:47 > 0:09:49And our final contender, please.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58And your name is?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Your occupation?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03And your chosen subject?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Francis Walsingham in two minutes. Here we go.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Sir Francis was the Principal Secretary
0:10:08 > 0:10:11to Queen Elizabeth I. His Protestant sympathies
0:10:11 > 0:10:13were greatly strengthened while he was a student
0:10:13 > 0:10:14at which university?
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Cambridge.- Walsingham chose to live on the Continent
0:10:17 > 0:10:19rather than risk potential religious persecution at home
0:10:19 > 0:10:21during the reign of which monarch?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Mary Tudor.- By what nickname was Walsingham's assistant
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Thomas Norton known because of his supposed enthusiasm
0:10:27 > 0:10:30for the use of a particular instrument of torture?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- The Rackmaster.- Which palace in Surrey gave its name
0:10:32 > 0:10:34to the treaty that Walsingham and others
0:10:34 > 0:10:37negotiated with the Dutch in 1585?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- Nonsuch.- What was the name of the document that was devised
0:10:40 > 0:10:42by William Cecil and Walsingham in 1584?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Its signatories threatened Mary Queen of Scots
0:10:45 > 0:10:48and anyone else implicated with death if Elizabeth was killed.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Bond of Association.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Walsingham exposed the Babington Plot
0:10:52 > 0:10:54in which Thomas Babington and his friends tried to
0:10:54 > 0:10:56free Mary and kill Elizabeth I.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Who was sent to kill Elizabeth?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Um...Savage. John Savage.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Walsingham married twice, each time to widows.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05What was the forename of his second wife
0:11:05 > 0:11:07whom he married in 1566?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Ursula St Barbe.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Which treaty between England and Scotland was negotiated
0:11:11 > 0:11:14by Walsingham and his associates in 1586
0:11:14 > 0:11:16as a defensive alliance that safeguarded
0:11:16 > 0:11:18the Protestant religion in both states?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Berwick.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Which English Vice Admiral praised Walsingham
0:11:21 > 0:11:24with the words, "You have fought more with your pen
0:11:24 > 0:11:27"than many have in our English Navy fought with their enemies"?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Henry Seymour.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31In which city did Walsingham witness the slaughter
0:11:31 > 0:11:34of Protestant Huguenots in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre?
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Paris.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38What was the particular skill of Thomas Phelippes,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40one of Walsingham's assistants?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43It was instrumental in the downfall of Mary Queen of Scots.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Code breaker.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Whose name was given to the Spanish plot to invade England
0:11:47 > 0:11:49in 1584? It was investigated by Walsingham and led to
0:11:49 > 0:11:52the execution of the principal conspirator.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- Babington.- Throckmorton.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56What was the former title of the Duke of Anjou,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59the younger brother of the French King Henry III,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01whom Elizabeth I was keen to marry?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03The union was blocked by Walsingham.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Alencon.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07In which cathedral was Walsingham buried in 1590?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- St Paul's.- It was indeed, the Old St Paul's Cathedral.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13No passes, Diane. You have 13 points.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16APPLAUSE
0:12:24 > 0:12:27So that's the end of the first round, a good close round.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31In 4th place, 10 points - Tony McConnell.
0:12:31 > 0:12:333rd place, 12 points - Kevin Howell.
0:12:33 > 0:12:362nd place, 13 points - Diane Hardman.
0:12:36 > 0:12:391st place, 15 points - Ben Holmes.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50So, it is the General Knowledge round now
0:12:50 > 0:12:52and if there's a tie at the end of it then the number of passes
0:12:52 > 0:12:56is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner,
0:12:56 > 0:13:00and if they are tied on passes as well there has to be a tie-break,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04so let us get on with it and ask Tony to join us again, please.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10You start this round, Tony, with 10 points.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Two and a half minutes, of course for General Knowledge,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15so plenty of time to catch up. Here we go.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a ram?
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Aries.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Which island lying 90 miles off the Florida coast
0:13:23 > 0:13:24is the largest island in the Caribbean?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Cuba.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Who headed the nine man team of Chicago law officers
0:13:28 > 0:13:31known as the Untouchables formed specifically
0:13:31 > 0:13:33to investigate and harass Al Capone?
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Eliot Ness.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36What is the title of the 2016 film
0:13:36 > 0:13:39directed by Justin Lin in which Captain Kirk and his crew
0:13:39 > 0:13:41are marooned on a distant planet
0:13:41 > 0:13:44when The Enterprise is destroyed?
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Star Trek Dark Star.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47No, Star Trek Beyond.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Who was the first of the three kings who ruled England in 1066?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53The other two were Harold II and William I.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Edward III.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56Edward The Confessor.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58What word for a dinner jacket
0:13:58 > 0:14:00comes from the name of the once-fashionable
0:14:00 > 0:14:02country club in New York where it was first worn?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Tuxedo.- Yes.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Which bird, in whose guise Zeus seduced Leda,
0:14:06 > 0:14:11is featured in Salvador Dali's 1949 painting Leda Atomica?
0:14:11 > 0:14:12- Albatross.- Swan.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15What is the name of the Dutch darts player who is sometimes
0:14:15 > 0:14:17known by his initials MVG?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Pass.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22In which Benjamin Britten opera,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25based on a story by Henry James is a country house haunted
0:14:25 > 0:14:26by the ghost of two former servants,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Peter Quint and Miss Jessel?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- The Outsiders. - The Turn Of The Screw.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34What name is given to the layer of fat around the bodies
0:14:34 > 0:14:37of marine animals such as seals and whales?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Blubber.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41What is the name of the former political party leader
0:14:41 > 0:14:42who married Glenys Parry in 1967?
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Their son Stephen became a Labour MP in 2015.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Neil Kinnock.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50In February 1991, which television cartoon family
0:14:50 > 0:14:53topped the UK singles charts with Do The Bartman?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54The Simpsons.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56What natural lake, the largest in Wales,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59is the home of a fabled monster called Teggie,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02n affectionate form of the lake's Welsh name Llyn Tegid?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Snowdon.- Bala.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07What region in South America, now part of Guyana,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09gave its name to a type of yellowish brown sugar
0:15:09 > 0:15:11that originated there?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Erm...Madeira.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Demerara.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Which actor, writer and presenter played
0:15:17 > 0:15:18the Sheriff of Nottingham
0:15:18 > 0:15:21in the 2006 BBC version of Robin Hood?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Pass.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28What extravagant creations made by her son David was
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Gertrude Shilling famous for wearing at Ascot?
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Hats.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35What name from the Latin for "to open" is given to the
0:15:35 > 0:15:38opening of a camera lens that allows light to pass through?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Aperture.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42In which 18th-century political satire do the Big-Endians
0:15:42 > 0:15:44argue with the LitleEndians
0:15:44 > 0:15:46about which end of a boiled egg to break open?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Gulliver Travels.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48BEEPING
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Which present-day Essex town was the capital
0:15:50 > 0:15:52of the pre-Roman king Cunobelinus
0:15:52 > 0:15:55who has been identified with Shakespeare's Cymbeline?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Erm...
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Woking.- Colchester.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02You had two passes, Tony.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Keith Allen played the Sheriff of Nottingham,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07and very villainously he did it, too,
0:16:07 > 0:16:12and that Dutch darts player was Michael van Gerwen.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16So, there you go. You have scored 20 points.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18APPLAUSE
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Now, Kevin, again, please.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Kevin, you start this round with 12 points
0:16:33 > 0:16:39and, as you have just seen, 20 is the score to beat as we speak.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Two and a half minutes, here we go.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42What sugary liquid produced in plants
0:16:42 > 0:16:44was also the name of the drink of the gods
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- in classical mythology?- Nectar.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49The Shepherd's Crown, first published in 2015,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51is the 41st and last book in which fantasy series?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Discworld.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55In April 1964, a children's programme was the first show
0:16:55 > 0:16:59to be broadcast on BBC Two after a power cut cancelled
0:16:59 > 0:17:01the opening night's gala performance.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04What was the children's programme?
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Playschool.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Norfolk Black and Bronze are popular breeds
0:17:07 > 0:17:09of which table bird?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Turkey.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13The Hostmen were a merchant guild in Newcastle upon Tyne
0:17:13 > 0:17:15who controlled the selling and shipping of a commodity
0:17:15 > 0:17:17particularly associated with the city.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- What commodity?- Pass.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Who replaced Paul Jones as the lead singer
0:17:22 > 0:17:24with Manfred Mann in 1966?
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Pass.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28The Red Queen by Anne Perkins
0:17:28 > 0:17:31is a 2003 biography of which former Labour MP?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Pass.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Which country built the Metaxas Line
0:17:37 > 0:17:40as a defensive fortification along its border with Bulgaria?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Romania.- Greece.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Which city in North Island, New Zealand was founded in 1840
0:17:48 > 0:17:50and named after the earldom of George Eden,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52the British First Lord of the Admiralty?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Auckland.- Yes.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Which inert gas has a boiling point
0:17:55 > 0:17:59and freezing point that are lower than any other known substance?
0:17:59 > 0:18:00- Argon.- Helium.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02What name is usually given to a piece of stone carved with
0:18:02 > 0:18:06a contrasting raised design, specially a head in profile,
0:18:06 > 0:18:07in a piece of jewellery?
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- Cameo.- Which town in southeastern Norway hosted
0:18:11 > 0:18:13the 1994 Winter Olympics?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Pass.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18What is the name of the dish containing thin sheets of pasta
0:18:18 > 0:18:21layered with a meat sauce or savoury mixture topped
0:18:21 > 0:18:24with a cheese sauce and baked in the oven?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25- Lasagne.- Yes.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27What word for someone who looks after people,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30animals or buildings, comes from the old French for "guardian"?
0:18:30 > 0:18:31- Curator.- Warden.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33The surname of one of the Apostles in the Bible is
0:18:33 > 0:18:36thought to come from the Hebrew for man of Kerioth,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38a town in ancient Judea.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40An alternative is that it comes
0:18:40 > 0:18:42from the Latin for murderer or dagger man.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Who was the apostle?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Don't know.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Judas Iscariot.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50What type of public right of way is shown by a series of green
0:18:50 > 0:18:52dots on a 1 to 25,000 Ordnance Survey map
0:18:52 > 0:18:56and by a series of red dots on a 1 to 50,000 map?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Bridle way.- Footpath.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00What is the nationality of Antonio Guterres, who succeeded
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Ban Ki-Moon as UN Secretary General in January 2017?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Spanish.- Portuguese.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Who was the legendary king of the Onondaga tribe
0:19:09 > 0:19:12of American Indians whose fictionalised story
0:19:12 > 0:19:14is the subject of a poem by Longfellow?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Hiawatha.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Hiawatha is correct.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20You had four passes, Kevin.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Judas Iscariot was that apostle thought to come from
0:19:23 > 0:19:26"man of Kerioth", but we're not sure about that.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29The town in southeastern Norway that hosted the Winter Olympics
0:19:29 > 0:19:33was Lillehammer. The Red Queen was Barbara Castle.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36And Mike d'Abo replaced Paul Jones as the lead singer
0:19:36 > 0:19:37with Manfred Mann.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40You also have a total now of 20 points.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43APPLAUSE
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Now Diane again, please.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55You start with 13 points, Diane.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59The score to beat is still 20 if you're to get through
0:19:59 > 0:20:03to the semifinals. So, here we go.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04A cardiologist specialises in the study
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- and treatment of diseases of what organ?- Heart.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10What Italian word that means "cool" describes a method of painting
0:20:10 > 0:20:13with water colours on damp plaster?
0:20:13 > 0:20:14- Freddo.- Fresco.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Their First Assignment and Back In Training are the second
0:20:17 > 0:20:19and third in a series of seven comedy films
0:20:19 > 0:20:23released between 1984 and 1994 - which series?
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Pass.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Of the four Gospels, which is the shortest
0:20:26 > 0:20:28and considered by many biblical scholars
0:20:28 > 0:20:30to have been written first?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31- Luke.- Mark.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Which dog, the largest of the terriers, is named after
0:20:34 > 0:20:35the Yorkshire river valley in whose
0:20:35 > 0:20:36area it was originally bred.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- Airedale.- Airedale is correct.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40The seismograph was designed to detect
0:20:40 > 0:20:43and record the intensity of what natural phenomenon?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- Earthquake. - What is the name of
0:20:45 > 0:20:46the Labour Leader who told the 1960
0:20:46 > 0:20:48party conference that he and his allies
0:20:48 > 0:20:52would "fight and fight again to save the party we love"?
0:20:54 > 0:20:55- Aneurin Bevan.- Gaitskell.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Who composed the music for the best-known version of the opera
0:20:58 > 0:21:00La Boheme, first performed in 1896?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Puccini.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Kevin Simm, a former member of the chart-topping pop group
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Liberty X, was the winner of the 2016 series
0:21:07 > 0:21:09of which TV singing contests?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- The X-Factor.- The Voice.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12During which battle of the Crimean War
0:21:12 > 0:21:14did the charge of the Light Brigade take place?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16- Balaclava.- Yes.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18What is the name of the Bucharest-born tennis player
0:21:18 > 0:21:20who was beaten twice in Wimbledon men's singles finals
0:21:20 > 0:21:23and was known for his on-court histrionics?
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Nastase.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Blutwurst, meaning blood sausage,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28is the German equivalent of a traditional English dish
0:21:28 > 0:21:31particularly associated with the Manchester area. What dish?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Black pudding.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Which county has a border with Northumberland to the
0:21:35 > 0:21:37North, Cumbria to the West, North Yorkshire to the south
0:21:37 > 0:21:39and has the North Sea to the East?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- Northumberland.- Durham.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45In bingo, trombones is a popular call for which number?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- Erm, 88.- 76.- Oh!
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Which architect is credited alongside Robert Hook
0:21:50 > 0:21:53with designing the monument erected to commemorate
0:21:53 > 0:21:54the Great Fire of London?
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Wren.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57What is the surname of the television family
0:21:57 > 0:21:59who live in a high-rise block of council flats
0:21:59 > 0:22:01called Nelson Mandela House in Peckham?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Trotter.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05In poetry, what name is given to a stanza of four lines
0:22:05 > 0:22:07usually rhyming alternately?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- A verse.- Quatrain.- Oh.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11The Parent Agency and The Person Controller,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13published in 2014 and 2015 respectively,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15are books for children by a comedian and novelist known
0:22:15 > 0:22:18for his partnership with Frank Skinner. What is his name?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Baddiel.- Yes, David Baddiel.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Which satellite, launched on 10th July, 1962, provided
0:22:24 > 0:22:27the first transatlantic feed of live television
0:22:27 > 0:22:29pictures as well as telephone calls and faxes?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Telstar.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Which Swiss town that overlooks Lake Geneva...
0:22:34 > 0:22:37BEEPING ..has hosted an annual jazz and music festival since 1967?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Lucerne.- Montreux.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42You had one pass, Diane.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Their First Assignment and Back In Training
0:22:45 > 0:22:49were the second and third in the series The Police Academy.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53You have scored, however, a total now of 24 points.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55APPLAUSE
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Finally, Ben, again, please.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11And, Ben, you start out with 15 points
0:23:11 > 0:23:15but the score has gone up to 24
0:23:15 > 0:23:19so you've got to get 25 points to guarantee a place
0:23:19 > 0:23:22in the semifinals. Here we go, two and a half minutes.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24What type of animal is Sonic in the video game
0:23:24 > 0:23:28launched in 1991 as a rival to Super Mario Bros?
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Hedgehog.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Muckle John in the reign of Charles I
0:23:31 > 0:23:32was the last holder of which office?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34His role was to entertain the Royal household.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Court jester.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39The real name of a pop singer who died in 2016
0:23:39 > 0:23:42was Giorgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. Who was he?
0:23:42 > 0:23:43George Michael.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase tempus fugit?
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Time flies.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Fenway Park has been the home venue of which Massachusetts
0:23:51 > 0:23:53baseball team since 1912?
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Boston Red Sox.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Who composed the tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00The section known as Sunrise features
0:24:00 > 0:24:02in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Richard Strauss.- Yes.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Who formally announced her challenge to Jeremy Corbyn
0:24:07 > 0:24:10for the Labour Party leadership on 11th July 2016
0:24:10 > 0:24:13but withdrew shortly afterwards to give a clear run
0:24:13 > 0:24:14to her colleague, Owen Smith?
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Angela Eagle.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18What alternative name of old English origin
0:24:18 > 0:24:21for a male deer is applied to a red deer stag
0:24:21 > 0:24:22over five years old?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24- Buck?- Hart.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27What name is given Scotland to a narrow inlet of the sea or
0:24:27 > 0:24:30river estuary such as that of the Clyde and the Forth?
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Firth.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Who wrote the Budgie The Little Helicopter
0:24:33 > 0:24:34series of books for children?
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- Sarah Ferguson.- Yes, Sarah, Duchess of York.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40What small, deep-coloured citrus fruit is named
0:24:40 > 0:24:41after a port in Morocco?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Tangerine.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45What is the name of the incompetent Gestapo agent
0:24:45 > 0:24:46played by John Louis Mansi
0:24:46 > 0:24:49in the Television comedy series 'Allo 'Allo!?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- Herr Flick. - Engelbert von Smallhausen.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55On which of the Canary Islands did the artist Cesar Manrique
0:24:55 > 0:24:56create the cactus garden?
0:24:56 > 0:25:00His house is now the home of the foundation that bears his name.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- Cyprus.- Lanzarote.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05On which Liverpool landmark is the clock known as Great George
0:25:05 > 0:25:07because it was set in motion at the same moment George V
0:25:07 > 0:25:09was crowned in June 1911?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11The Liver Building.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13What is the title of the play by Ben Johnson
0:25:13 > 0:25:16that is set at the annual fair that opened at Smithfield
0:25:16 > 0:25:18on 24th August and was last held in 1855?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Pass.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Which American film actor who died in 1979
0:25:23 > 0:25:25was also known as Duke?
0:25:25 > 0:25:26John Wayne.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Which businessman skipped bail in May 1993,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32fled to the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus and later returned
0:25:32 > 0:25:35to Britain to face charges of false accounting and theft?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- Conrad Black?- Asil Nadir.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39The name of which astronomical unit
0:25:39 > 0:25:41comes from the words "parallax" and "second"?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Parsec.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45The IQPO has its offices in Lyons
0:25:45 > 0:25:48and its aims include the promotion of cooperation
0:25:48 > 0:25:50between crime-fighting authorities.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52How is it better known?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54- Interpol.- Interpol is correct.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55You had one pass, Ben.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58The title of the play by Ben Johnson set at the annual fair
0:25:58 > 0:26:03that opened at Smithfield in 1855, Bartholomew Fair.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08However, it matters not because you have a total of 29 points.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- APPLAUSE - Thank you.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22So that is the end of a hard-fought contest,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25In joint third place, 20 points,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Kevin Howell and Tony McConnell.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Second place, 24 points, Diane Hardman.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34First place with 29 points, Ben Holmes.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Which means that Ben is tonight's winner
0:26:48 > 0:26:52and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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0:27:07 > 0:27:09APPLAUSE