0:00:25 > 0:00:27Our first contender tonight is Steve Rhodes.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29He's a financial controller from Halifax
0:00:29 > 0:00:33and his specialist subject, The Royle Family - the sitcom, that is.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Next, Magda Biran, a postgraduate student from London.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42She's answering questions on the 19th-century Prime Minister Lord Melbourne.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Tim Footman is a freelance editor from London.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47His specialist subject, The Beach Boys.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51And Matt Leighton is a student from Shropshire
0:00:51 > 0:00:55answering questions on post-war British general elections.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58APPLAUSE
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Four contenders, as usual, are poised to seize their moment
0:01:09 > 0:01:13in the spotlight, where they will be tested on what they can remember
0:01:13 > 0:01:16about their specialist subject and what they might or might not know
0:01:16 > 0:01:19about the wider world in the general knowledge round.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Two minutes on one, two and a half on the other.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Simple if you know the answers.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Let's see if they do and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37And your name is?
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Your occupation?
0:01:40 > 0:01:41And your chosen subject?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44The Royle Family in two minutes. Here we go.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47What is the name of the local pub in The Royle Family that's
0:01:47 > 0:01:49mentioned in most episodes of the series?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- The Feathers.- Who dances to Mambo No 5 with Jim while the pair strip
0:01:52 > 0:01:56the dining room wallpaper in preparation for baby David's christening celebration?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Twiggy.- What reason does Barbara give for not marrying Charlie Rogers
0:02:00 > 0:02:02when she reminisces about being at the cinema with him
0:02:02 > 0:02:04at the time of President Kennedy's death?
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- Bushy eyebrows.- Which character says, "No, I don't drink at all, me.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12"Just champagne at weddings, whisky and New Year, sherry at Christmas and a bottle of stout"?
0:02:12 > 0:02:17- Nana.- Who plays David Senior in the 2008 Christmas special of The New Sofa?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Tom Courtenay.- Barbara insists that she and Jim
0:02:20 > 0:02:22should spend their 50th wedding anniversary abroad.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Which seaside town do they end up in, along with Denise and Dave?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- Prestatyn.- The family return home early from their holiday in Prestatyn
0:02:29 > 0:02:31because there is no television reception there
0:02:31 > 0:02:34and they are with out what crucial item?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- Chip pan.- What is the name of Antony's girlfriend whom he intends to
0:02:37 > 0:02:40surprise with a romantic marriage proposal on New Year's Eve?
0:02:40 > 0:02:44His plans are spoiled because Joe can't keep the secret.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Saskia.- Who shares the main writing credits on series one
0:02:47 > 0:02:49with Craig Cash and Caroline Aherne?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Henry Norman. - No, Henry Normal.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00In the 2012 Christmas special, Jim wins £100 on a scratchcard
0:03:00 > 0:03:03that Barbara finds down the back of the sofa.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07What replacement item does he secretly buy for Barbara with the winnings?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Wedding ring.- Jim is amused when Antony announces that he has become
0:03:10 > 0:03:14the manager of a band that is a cross between Oasis and the Manics.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15What is the band called?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- Exit.- At baby David's christening party, the Royles' neighbour Mary
0:03:18 > 0:03:22gets confused and says she is a schoolteacher. What's her actual job?
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Dinner lady.- What is the title of the one-off special first aired
0:03:26 > 0:03:31in October 2006, which details the events that lead up to Nana's death?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- The Queen Of Sheba. - In the Queen Of Sheba, Jim is furious
0:03:33 > 0:03:37when Nana steals the batteries from the television remote control
0:03:37 > 0:03:41because it means he has to sit and watch which television programme?
0:03:41 > 0:03:46- Location, Location, Location. - In the 2010 Christmas special Joe's Crackers,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Antony buys his parents a vacuum cleaner
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and a satellite television box for Christmas.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Denise gives them a mini bar of Toblerone and what else?
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Erm...
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Pass.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00I can tell you in that case,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03cos we're out of time anyway, a fridge magnet.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Yeah!- Off her own fridge! LAUGHTER
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- Steve, that one pass, you have 13 points.- Thank you.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11APPLAUSE
0:04:17 > 0:04:19And our next contender, please.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27And your name is?
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Your occupation?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32And your chosen subject?
0:04:34 > 0:04:35In two minutes, starting now.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39William Lamb served as Prime Minister in 1834
0:04:39 > 0:04:41and again from 1835 to '41.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46For which constituency was he elected Member of Parliament in January 1806?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- Leominster.- What Government post was Melbourne appointed to in George Canning's
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Tory-Whig Coalition Government of 1827?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55He was Secretary of State for Ireland.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Melbourne and his younger brother Frederick lodged
0:04:57 > 0:05:02and studied with which academic in Glasgow in 1799 and 1800?
0:05:02 > 0:05:07- Dr Millar.- Yes, Professor John Millar. Who wrote of Melbourne in the late 1830s that
0:05:07 > 0:05:11"he alone inspires me with that feeling of great confidence and, I may say, security"?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- Queen Victoria.- Yes, what was the title of Melbourne's prize-winning oration
0:05:15 > 0:05:17when he was a student at Cambridge?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Progression of the...
0:05:20 > 0:05:23No, I'll save you. The Progressive Improvement of Mankind.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Which politician assumed the post of Foreign Secretary in 1830
0:05:27 > 0:05:30and was instrumental in Melbourne himself becoming the Home Secretary?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- Palmerston.- Yes. In 1836, Melbourne caused controversy
0:05:34 > 0:05:38when he appointed Dr RD Hampden to what post at Oxford?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- Regius Professor of Theology. - Divinity, yeah.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43What name was given to the dispute over the political allegiances
0:05:43 > 0:05:46of Queen Victoria's court that prompted Robert Peel to refuse the
0:05:46 > 0:05:49post of Prime Minister and allowed Melbourne to resume the office?
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- The Bedchamber Crisis. - Who had an indiscreet and scandalous affair
0:05:53 > 0:05:57with Melbourne's wife Caroline? According to David Cecil, Melbourne remarked,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00"Both like the fear and interest they create"?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Lord Byron.- What was the name of the Lambs' family home in Hertfordshire
0:06:03 > 0:06:07where Melbourne spent most of the 18 months before his death in November 1848?
0:06:07 > 0:06:12- Brocket Hall.- Who took the position Secretary for War and Colonies in Melbourne's
0:06:12 > 0:06:16first Cabinet and Chancellor of the Exchequer in his second?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- Lord Brougham. - Thomas Spring Rice.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21What was the name of the private secretary who Melbourne appointed
0:06:21 > 0:06:24to act as a go-between in talks with the radical leader Francis Place?
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- Tom Young.- Who led the rebellion against the rule of the Ottoman Empire in
0:06:28 > 0:06:32the 1830s that prompted a severe crisis with the Melbourne's Cabinet?
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- Mehmet Ali.- In 1828, Melbourne was rumoured to have an affair with a married woman
0:06:36 > 0:06:41whose husband tried to both blackmail and take legal action against him. Who was she?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- Lady Branden.- That is correct.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Your time is up. No passes, Magda.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- You have scored 12 points. - Thank you very much.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48APPLAUSE
0:06:56 > 0:06:58And our next contender, please.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05And your name is?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Your occupation?
0:07:09 > 0:07:10And your chosen subject?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12The Beach Boys. Here we go, two minutes.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15What was the name of the father of the three Wilson brothers who
0:07:15 > 0:07:20appointed himself the band's first manager? He was sacked in April 1964.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Murry Wilson.- What name did the band adopt after they had performed as
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Carl and the Passions? They took it from
0:07:25 > 0:07:28the trademark woollen surfers' shirts they liked to wear.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33- The Pendletones.- Which producer and A&R executive who died in 1988 signed
0:07:33 > 0:07:36the Beach Boys to the Capitol record label in 1962?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Russ Regan. - No, Nicholas Venet.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42What is the title of the first Beach Boys single to top the Billboard charts?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- It did so in July 1964. - I Get Around.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48What was the original working title of Brian Wilson's project
0:07:48 > 0:07:51with the lyricist and arranger Van Dyke Parks that later became
0:07:51 > 0:07:53the unreleased Smile album?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Dumb Angel.- Which non-member of the group co-wrote many early Beach Boys
0:07:57 > 0:08:01songs with Brian Wilson, including In My Room and Lonely Sea?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- Roger Christian. - Gary Usher.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06In 1987, Fat Boys and The Beach Boys had a UK number two single
0:08:06 > 0:08:08with their rap version of what song?
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- Wipeout.- Which musician from the group Flame was recruited as the
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Beach Boys' drummer while Dennis Wilson was unable to play after
0:08:15 > 0:08:17he had cut his hand badly in 1971?
0:08:17 > 0:08:22- Ricky Fataar.- At which folk music festival in Monterey did the Beach Boys
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- perform in October 1970? - Pass.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28What is the title of the chart-topping compilation
0:08:28 > 0:08:32of Beach Boys greatest hits, released by Capitol in 1974?
0:08:32 > 0:08:36It was followed the next year by a collection called Spirit Of America.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Endless Summer.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40According to Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' seminal LP Pet Sounds was
0:08:40 > 0:08:45partly inspired by a Beatles album that had been released in December 1965. Which album?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Rubber Soul.- Which Beach Boys song has the opening lines,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51"I've been in this town so long that back in the city
0:08:51 > 0:08:55"I've been taken for lost and gone, an unknown for a long, long time"?
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- Heroes And Villains.- Which British producer produced the Beach Boys' eponymous 1985 album?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02He was well known for his work with Culture Club.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Steve Levine.- For which 1988 film starring Tom Cruise
0:09:05 > 0:09:08did the Beach Boys record the song Kokomo?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Cocktail.- What was the name of the company that Murry Wilson
0:09:11 > 0:09:15formed in 1962 to publish and promote the music of the Beach Boys?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17He sold it very cheaply to A&M records.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- Sea of Tunes. - Sea of Tunes is correct.
0:09:22 > 0:09:28You had one pass, that folk music festival was the Big Sur Festival.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30You have scored, Tim, 12 points.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33APPLAUSE
0:09:39 > 0:09:41And our final contender, please.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48And your name is?
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Your occupation?
0:09:52 > 0:09:53And your chosen subject?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57In two minutes, starting now.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59In the 2017 election campaign,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Theresa May claimed the electorate had a choice
0:10:01 > 0:10:02between strong and stable leadership
0:10:02 > 0:10:04under the Conservatives,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06or a coalition of what led by Jeremy Corbyn?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- Chaos.- While John Prescott was campaigning
0:10:08 > 0:10:10in Rhyl before the 2001 election,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12he was hit by an object thrown by Craig Evans,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14and responded by punching him. What was the object?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- An egg.- Who was the Conservatives'
0:10:16 > 0:10:20campaign director in 2005?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Pass.- What term, derived from Shakespeare's Richard III,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25is commonly applied to the period of unrest
0:10:25 > 0:10:27before the '79 general election,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30in which many public sector workers took industrial action?
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Winter of Discontent.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Who was elected as the MP for Tottenham
0:10:33 > 0:10:36for the first time at the 1987 general election?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- Pass.- In his first radio broadcast
0:10:38 > 0:10:42of the '45 election campaign, Winston Churchill claimed that
0:10:42 > 0:10:44a socialist government would have to fall back
0:10:44 > 0:10:45on some form of what?
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- Gestapo. - At the October '74 election,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Labour won a majority of how many seats
0:10:51 > 0:10:53over all other parties, including the Speaker?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Four.- Three.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58For which seat did Nigel Farage stand at the 2015 election?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00He was defeated by the Conservative candidate.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- Thanet South. - The 1979 election was held
0:11:03 > 0:11:06after the Labour government lost a vote of confidence by one vote.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08What was the name of the Labour MP for Batley
0:11:08 > 0:11:10who was too ill to travel to Westminster for the vote?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Sir Alfred Broughton.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14In which year did the Liberal Democrats win 62 seats,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18the highest number for the party or its predecessors, since 1923?
0:11:18 > 0:11:192005.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22In 2017, which seat did Rosie Duffield become
0:11:22 > 0:11:24the first Labour politician to win
0:11:24 > 0:11:26when she defeated Julian Brazier by just
0:11:26 > 0:11:27187 votes?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Canterbury.- In February '74,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Edward Heath called an election in response to
0:11:32 > 0:11:33an announcement three days earlier
0:11:33 > 0:11:35that members of a union had voted
0:11:35 > 0:11:37for industrial action. Which union?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39The National Union of Miners.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Who was the leader of the Labour Party
0:11:41 > 0:11:43at the '59 general election, at which the Conservatives
0:11:43 > 0:11:46increased their majority to 100 seats?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Hugh Gaitskell.- In 2015, for which constituency
0:11:49 > 0:11:51was Ian Murray re-elected as the MP?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54It was the only Scottish seat that Labour won at that election.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Edinburgh South.- What nickname is often applied to...
0:11:57 > 0:11:59BEEP ..the Thursday a week before
0:11:59 > 0:12:01the '87 general election, when an opinion poll indicated
0:12:01 > 0:12:04that the Conservatives' lead over Labour had declined sharply?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06The Tories eventually won,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08and Margaret Thatcher secured a third term.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- Red Thursday. - HE CHUCKLES
0:12:11 > 0:12:13It was Wobbly Thursday,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15but it could have been Red Thursday, couldn't it?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18You had two passes. Bernie Grant - the MP for Tottenham.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20He was the man.
0:12:20 > 0:12:26And Lynton Crosby was the campaign director in 2005.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28He had a rather better election then than he did in the last one.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Matt, you have a total of 11 points. - Thank you.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34APPLAUSE
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Well, that was a very close round. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46In fourth place, 11 points, Matt.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Joint second place, 12 points apiece, Magda and Tim.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52First place, 13 points, Steve.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54APPLAUSE
0:13:00 > 0:13:02So, it's the general knowledge round now,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04and if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11And if they are tied on passes, as well,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17So, let's get on with it and ask Matt to join us again, please.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22You start out with 11 points
0:13:22 > 0:13:25with your knowledge of all those many elections.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26General knowledge now.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Two and a half minutes for this round.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30So, let's see how you do. Here we go.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Which birds feature in the 2006
0:13:32 > 0:13:35animated film comedy Happy Feet?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Penguins.- HCl is the chemical formula for which acid?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Hydrochloric acid.- What type of lager takes its name
0:13:41 > 0:13:44from the town in the Czech Republic where it was originally brewed?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Pilsner.- Under what name did Accrington-born
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Margaret Lake make psychic predictions
0:13:48 > 0:13:52on the National Lottery show live between '94 and 2000?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Mystic Meg.- Charles Mason and which other Englishman
0:13:55 > 0:13:58conducted a survey between 1763 and '67
0:13:58 > 0:14:00to settle a boundary dispute
0:14:00 > 0:14:02between the proprietors of Pennsylvania and Maryland?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Pass.- Which former mayor of Florence
0:14:05 > 0:14:07took office as Italy's youngest prime minister
0:14:07 > 0:14:12in February 2014, aged only 39, but resigned in December 2016
0:14:12 > 0:14:15after he lost a referendum on constitutional reform?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Pass.- In February 2017,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19who became the tenth Yorkshire County cricketer
0:14:19 > 0:14:22to be named as England Test captain?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- Joe Root.- What square lies diagonally opposite Go
0:14:26 > 0:14:27on a standard Monopoly board?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- Old Kent Road.- Free Parking. The name of an extinct ancestor
0:14:31 > 0:14:32of the elephant has become byword
0:14:32 > 0:14:35for anything of extremely large size or importance.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37What is it?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- Mammoth.- What breed of black and white collie
0:14:39 > 0:14:42is particularly renowned for its success at sheepdog trials,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44and it's famous for fixing sheep
0:14:44 > 0:14:45with its persistent stare?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Border collie.- In April 1970,
0:14:47 > 0:14:49which of the Apollo missions had to be aborted
0:14:49 > 0:14:51after an explosion in the oxygen tank
0:14:51 > 0:14:53of the service module?
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- 13.- The open area of Chester known as the Roodee
0:14:56 > 0:15:00is England's oldest example of what type of sporting arena?
0:15:00 > 0:15:01- Rugby.- Racecourse.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04In 2003, Dylan Mills won the Mercury Music Prize
0:15:04 > 0:15:07with his debut album Boy In Da Corner
0:15:07 > 0:15:08when he was still a teenager.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10By what name is he better known?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Skepta.- Dizzee Rascal.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15The works of which American realist painter, born in 1882,
0:15:15 > 0:15:19include Nighthawks, Drug Store and House By The Railroad?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- Hopper.- Sophia Myles plays Lady Penelope
0:15:22 > 0:15:24and Ben Kingsley plays the Hood
0:15:24 > 0:15:27in the 2004 film version of what television series?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Thunderbirds.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Which author, who also writes as Douglas Reeman,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33created the Royal Navy officer Richard Bolitho,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35who was killed in action against the French in 1815?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- Pass.- What name is given
0:15:37 > 0:15:40to the legendary figure born a slave
0:15:40 > 0:15:42to whom a collection of Greek fables is attributed?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Aesop.- The name of which disease
0:15:45 > 0:15:47is derived from a military veterans organisation
0:15:47 > 0:15:50in the United States? At their convention in 1976,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52large numbers contracted the disease.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- Pass. - Bach's six concerti grossi,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00composed between 1711 and 1720,
0:16:00 > 0:16:01are known by what name... BEEP
0:16:01 > 0:16:04..after the German nobleman to whom they're dedicated?
0:16:04 > 0:16:08- Bismarck. - The Brandenburg Concertos.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09You have four passes.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Legionnaire's disease is that one that spread after 1976.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Alexander Kent, the author who writes as Douglas Reeman.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Matteo Renzi was the mayor of Florence.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Jeremiah Dixon was the other Englishman with Charles Mason
0:16:25 > 0:16:29who conducted that survey between 1763 and 1767.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- You've got a total now, Matt, of 22 points.- Thank you.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35APPLAUSE
0:16:40 > 0:16:42And now Magda again, please.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47And you start out, Magda, with a score of 12.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51- So, at the moment, 22 is the score to beat.- Thank you.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Here we go. Two and a half minutes. Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend
0:16:55 > 0:16:56are members of which rock band?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- The Who.- What term that comes from the Latin for cutting
0:16:59 > 0:17:01is used for the two pairs of teeth
0:17:01 > 0:17:04found at the front of the upper and lower human jaw?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Incisor. - Which nationalist leader
0:17:06 > 0:17:08said in a speech in 1922,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11"Nonviolence is the first article of my faith.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13"It is also the last article of my creed"?
0:17:13 > 0:17:14- Gandhi.- What is the name
0:17:14 > 0:17:17of the professional American football team
0:17:17 > 0:17:18based in Dallas?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Cowboys.- What term for the parallel lines of latitude
0:17:21 > 0:17:24at about 23 degrees north and south of the equator
0:17:24 > 0:17:26comes from the Greek meaning turn or change?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- Tropics.- Whose work as a hospital dispenser
0:17:29 > 0:17:31in a Red Cross hospital in Torquay
0:17:31 > 0:17:34during the First World War gave her knowledge about poisons
0:17:34 > 0:17:36that she put to use in her detective stories?
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Agatha Christie.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40The works of which 19th-century French painter,
0:17:40 > 0:17:41renowned for his peasant subjects,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44include The Angelus and the Norman Milkmaid At Greville?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46- Monet.- Millet.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The valleys of the rivers Elan and Claerwen,
0:17:49 > 0:17:50near Rhayader in East Wales,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52have been dammed to provide water
0:17:52 > 0:17:54for which major English Midland city?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Birmingham. - Which Caribbean island
0:17:56 > 0:17:59has the capital Basseterre, and is part of a federation
0:17:59 > 0:18:01with the neighbouring island of Nevis?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- Antilles.- Saint Kitts. What is the name of the war poet
0:18:06 > 0:18:09killed in action a week before Armistice Day 1918?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11His posthumously published poems
0:18:11 > 0:18:13had an introduction by his friend Siegfried Sassoon.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- Wilfred Owen.- Caboc, a mild, smooth cream cheese,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19rolled in oatmeal, originated in which country of the UK?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- Scotland.- What is the two-word motto
0:18:22 > 0:18:23of the Scout and Guide movement?
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Be prepared.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27The theme song from which James Bond film
0:18:27 > 0:18:30gave Nancy Sinatra a UK Top 20 hit in 1967?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Ooh, Goldfinger. - You Only Live Twice.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Who played Anton Rodgers' wife Hester
0:18:35 > 0:18:37in the television series Fresh Fields,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39and its sequel, French Fields?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Julia McKenzie.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44What's the common name of shrubs of the genus morus?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46The species alba or white is cultivated
0:18:46 > 0:18:47for raising silkworms,
0:18:47 > 0:18:49and the black species for its juicy fruits.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- Mulberry. - Which Hollywood actress,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54one of the leading sex symbols of the 1950s and '60s,
0:18:54 > 0:18:56was born Vera Jane Palmer
0:18:56 > 0:18:59in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1933?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- Gina Lollobrigida. - Jayne Mansfield.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04What is the name of the legendary Irish warrior
0:19:04 > 0:19:06whose exploits are told in the ballads and stories
0:19:06 > 0:19:08of the Fenian Cycle?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Jim mac Cumhaill. - Fionn mac Cumhaill.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Which honorary post did the composer Nicholas Lanier
0:19:13 > 0:19:16become the first holder of under Charles I in 1625?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19He held the position again under Charles II.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Master of the King's Musick. - By what name,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23taken from the fairy story popularised by Perrault...
0:19:23 > 0:19:25BEEP ..was the notorious
0:19:25 > 0:19:28serial killer Henri Landru known?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30- Cinderella Killer. - HE LAUGHS
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- No, Bluebeard.- Oh, of course. - No passes, Magda.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- You've scored 25 points.- Thank you.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37APPLAUSE
0:19:43 > 0:19:46And now Tim again, please.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50And you start out, Tim, with 12 points, as well.
0:19:50 > 0:19:5425 is now the score to beat. Here we go.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56What dish of Middle Eastern origin is made from
0:19:56 > 0:19:58ground chickpeas and sesame oil
0:19:58 > 0:19:59flavoured with lemon and garlic?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Houmous.- What type of knitted woollen jacket
0:20:02 > 0:20:03is named after the cavalry officer
0:20:03 > 0:20:05who led the Charge of the Light Brigade?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- Cardigan.- Which American composer's orchestral works
0:20:08 > 0:20:10include the ballad Appalachian Spring
0:20:10 > 0:20:12for the dancer and choreographer Martha Graham?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Copland. - Whose first major success
0:20:15 > 0:20:17as a football manager was to lead Porto to victory
0:20:17 > 0:20:19in the UEFA Cup in 2003,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22when they beat Celtic in the final?
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Jose Mourinho.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Which Commonwealth country's record industry
0:20:26 > 0:20:29gives the ARIA Awards for achievements in popular music?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Australia.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33The name of which cured meat is used to describe an actor
0:20:33 > 0:20:35who overacts, or relies on stock mannerisms?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- Ham.- In the 1939 film version of The Wizard Of Oz,
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Margaret Hamilton plays both the unpleasant Miss Almira Gulch
0:20:43 > 0:20:44and which other character?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46The Wicked Witch of the West.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48What date, long associated with workers,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50did Pope Pius XII declare as
0:20:50 > 0:20:53the feast day of St Joseph the Worker in 1955?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- May 1st.- Walmer Castle, near Deal in Kent,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58has been the official residence
0:20:58 > 0:21:00of the holder of which office since 1708?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Warden of the Cinque Ports.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05The blue pigment ultramarine was originally obtained
0:21:05 > 0:21:07from which semiprecious stone?
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Turquoise.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Lapis lazuli.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13A new species of gibbon, whose discovery was reported in
0:21:13 > 0:21:17January 2017, has been named after a character from Star Wars.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Which character?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- Spock.- Luke Skywalker.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22What abbreviated term has come into popular use
0:21:22 > 0:21:25for a piece of software that performs a specific function,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27especially one that can be downloaded onto a mobile phone?
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- App.- In which Dickens novel, first published in 1850,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34does the title character meet the landlord Mr Micawber
0:21:34 > 0:21:36while he's living in poverty in London?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37David Copperfield.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40In what town in Surrey was the television comedy series
0:21:40 > 0:21:41The Good Life set?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- Surbiton.- During the Second World War,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46the echo sounding device known as ASDIC
0:21:46 > 0:21:48was used to locate which class of naval vessel?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Submarines.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Which self-proclaimed "quiet man" of British politics
0:21:53 > 0:21:55stood down as leader of the Conservative Party
0:21:55 > 0:21:58in October 2003 after he failed to win the backing
0:21:58 > 0:22:00of enough MPs in a vote of confidence?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Iain Duncan Smith. - Queen Victoria was buried
0:22:02 > 0:22:04with mementos of Prince Albert and her children,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06and a lock of hair and photograph
0:22:06 > 0:22:09of her faithful Scottish retainer. What was his name?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- John Brown. - Which American author,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14poet and civil rights activist wrote the autobiographical work
0:22:14 > 0:22:16I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Maya Angelou. - A railway disaster
0:22:19 > 0:22:21that resulted in the death of 75 passengers
0:22:21 > 0:22:23and railway employees was caused
0:22:23 > 0:22:26by the collapse of a bridge in a gale in December 1879.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27BEEP Which bridge?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Tay Bridge.- Is correct.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34No passes, Tim. You have 29 points now.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36APPLAUSE
0:22:42 > 0:22:46And, finally, Steve again, please.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50And you start out with 13,
0:22:50 > 0:22:54but the score to beat has now rocketed up to 29.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58See if you can do that and get through to the semifinal.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Here we go. In which borough of New York
0:23:00 > 0:23:04are Central Park, Broadway, and the Empire State Building?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Brooklyn.- Manhattan.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Which British tennis player, now a sports presenter,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10was beaten in the semifinal
0:23:10 > 0:23:14of the Wimbledon women's singles in 1977?
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Sue Barker.- Mahayana, meaning the Great Vehicle,
0:23:17 > 0:23:19and Theravada, or the Way of the Elders,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22are the main branches of which Eastern religion?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- Hinduism.- Buddhism.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25What is a strong-flavoured blue cheese
0:23:25 > 0:23:28made from ewes' milk and ripened in limestone caves
0:23:28 > 0:23:30that takes its name from the town
0:23:30 > 0:23:32in Southern France where it's produced?
0:23:32 > 0:23:33- Camembert.- Roquefort.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35What colour gives its name to the sea
0:23:35 > 0:23:37that is bordered on the west and north by China,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40and on the east by the Korean Peninsula?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- The Red Sea. - No, the Yellow Sea.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46The mazurka and the polonaise are folk dances
0:23:46 > 0:23:48from which country that are often incorporated
0:23:48 > 0:23:50into works of classical music?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- Poland. - The name Vanessa was invented
0:23:53 > 0:23:55for the poem Cadenus And Vanessa,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57published in 1726. Who wrote it?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- Keats.- Swift. The failure of which organs in the human body
0:24:02 > 0:24:05is commonly treated by dialysis or a transplant?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Kidneys.- Which American defence secretary
0:24:08 > 0:24:10once famously talked of "known knowns,
0:24:10 > 0:24:12"known unknowns and unknown unknowns"?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Caspar Weinberger.- Rumsfeld.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Who played the vet Siegfried Farnon
0:24:16 > 0:24:20in the television series All Creatures Great And Small?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- Peter Davison.- Robert Hardy.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Cross river, western lowland, eastern lowland and mountain
0:24:25 > 0:24:28are the four generally recognised races or subspecies
0:24:28 > 0:24:30of which of the great apes?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- Gorilla.- Which university gives its name
0:24:34 > 0:24:36to a style of trousers with very wide legs,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39typically worn by its students in the 1920s?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Oxford. - Which English-born actress
0:24:42 > 0:24:44was nominated for an Oscar in 1940
0:24:44 > 0:24:46for her role as Katherine in Goodbye, Mr Chips?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49It was her first major film part.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- Pass.- What method of execution
0:24:52 > 0:24:54is named after the French physician
0:24:54 > 0:24:56who proposed its use as a humane way
0:24:56 > 0:24:58to administer the death penalty?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Guillotine.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Which writer and comedian wrote the novel Inconceivable,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05inspired by his and his partner's experiences of IVF?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It was made into the film Maybe Baby,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Pass.- Who duetted with the Earth, Wind & Fire vocalist
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Philip Bailey on the 1985 UK chart-topping single Easy Lover?
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- Phil Collins. - Which pre-1948 railway company
0:25:21 > 0:25:23painted the coaches of its express trains
0:25:23 > 0:25:24chocolate and cream,
0:25:24 > 0:25:27and its locomotives Brunswick green?
0:25:27 > 0:25:31- Pass.- What term, coined in the 1960s, describes...
0:25:31 > 0:25:33BEEP ..a very strongly accented
0:25:33 > 0:25:34form of Australian English?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- Pass.- Well, I can tell you, cos you're out of time,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41it's Strine. Yeah.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44And your other passes - the Great Western Railway
0:25:44 > 0:25:47had its coaches painted in chocolate, cream and green.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Well, the locomotive painted in green.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Ben Elton was the writer and comedian who wrote Inconceivable.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56And Greer Garson was the actress
0:25:56 > 0:26:00nominated in 1940 in Goodbye, Mr Chips.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02It was her first major film part.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Steve, you have a total of 20 points.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07APPLAUSE
0:26:15 > 0:26:17So, we have a very clear winner.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21In fourth place, 20 points, Steve.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Third place, 22 points, Matt.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Second place, 25 points, Magda.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29First place, 29 points, Tim.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32APPLAUSE
0:26:39 > 0:26:42And that means, of course, that Tim is tonight's winner,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Congratulations to him.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Commiserations to Magda, but with her score - 25 points -
0:26:49 > 0:26:52it's just possible that we shall see her again in the semifinal.
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