0:00:25 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Ken Morland,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29an energy analyst from Brechin.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32His specialist subject, the sitcom Red Dwarf.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Andy Davies is a social worker from Cheshire.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37He is answering questions on
0:00:37 > 0:00:39St Helena, Ascension Island & Tristan da Cunha.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Sarah Jane Bodell is a web developer from Coventry.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Her subject is the State of Kentucky.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48And Neil Wright
0:00:48 > 0:00:50is a retired scientist from the Wirral,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53and he is answering questions on the Roman Emperor Tiberius.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57APPLAUSE
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Tonight is the last of 24 heats, and next week,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10we shall be into the semifinals.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14That's the target, of course, for each of our four contenders.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18All they have to do to get there is beat the other three. Simple.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20The tough bit is the pressure that comes
0:01:20 > 0:01:22from being in the spotlight
0:01:22 > 0:01:24and knowing that the clock is ticking away.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Two minutes on their specialist subject,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29two and a half on General Knowledge.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43And your name is...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Your occupation?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47And your chosen subject?
0:01:47 > 0:01:48The sitcom...
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Red Dwarf in two minutes. Starting now.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52What is the title
0:01:52 > 0:01:55of the first episode broadcast in 1988
0:01:55 > 0:01:57in which a radiation leak wipes out
0:01:57 > 0:01:58the entire crew of Red Dwarf
0:01:58 > 0:01:59apart from Dave Lister?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01The End.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02In Dimension Jump, Arnold Rimmer
0:02:02 > 0:02:05meets an alternative version of himself.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07He is a dashing test pilot for the Space Corps
0:02:07 > 0:02:11and uses the catchphrase, "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be..."
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Back for breakfast.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15In his first episode, Kryten tells Lister
0:02:15 > 0:02:17that he looks forward to watching a soap opera
0:02:17 > 0:02:19produced by groovy Channel 27.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20What is it called?
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Androids.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Who plays the cat, a life form that evolved from
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Lister's pet, Frankenstein?
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Danny John-Jules.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30After Lister loses Rimmer and Starbug
0:02:30 > 0:02:33to the biologically engineered garbage gobblers in a poker game,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36he offers to exchange them for a piece of cutlery.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38What name does he give to it?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40The Spoon of Destiny.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Rimmer claims to have a BSc, rather than a bachelor of science.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45What do the letters actually stand for?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Bronze Swimming Certificate.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48In Future Echoes,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Lister thinks he is about to die and complains,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52"There's loads of things I've never done.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55"I've never had a prawn vindaloo. I've never read..."?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57A book.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58In the first two series,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Norman Lovett played Red Dwarf's computer Holly.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Which actress took over the role in series three?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Hattie Hayridge.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05In Give And Take, Rimmer and Kryten
0:03:05 > 0:03:08think they've rescued a sophisticated medical droid
0:03:08 > 0:03:09called Asclepius.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13What is the name of the vending machine they've actually rescued?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Snacky.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15In Confidence And Paranoia,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Holly claims he has just finished reading everything
0:03:18 > 0:03:20that has ever been written anywhere,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23and that the worst book ever was written by which footballer?
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Kevin Keegan.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26What name does Rimmer give to the glove puppet
0:03:26 > 0:03:28that he starts talking to
0:03:28 > 0:03:29after he catches a holo-virus?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Mr Flibble.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Which character is played by Clare Grogan
0:03:33 > 0:03:36in the original series and by Chloe Annett from series 7?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Kristine Kochanski.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40What is the name of the Gestalt entity
0:03:40 > 0:03:42that regains existence by combining the minds
0:03:42 > 0:03:45and personalities of the four main characters?
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Legion.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47What is the slogan on the T-shirt
0:03:47 > 0:03:49that Rimmer is wearing after all of his anger
0:03:49 > 0:03:52has been removed by the polymorph,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55a mutant life form that feeds on negative emotions? BEEP
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Give quiche a chance.
0:03:59 > 0:04:0314 questions, Ken, 14 points. Well done.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05APPLAUSE
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And our next contender, please.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22And your name is...?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Your occupation?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26And your chosen subject?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28The British overseas territory of...
0:04:31 > 0:04:32In two minutes, starting now.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35What was the nationality of the 16th century navigator
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Tristan de Cunha, after whom the island is named?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Portuguese.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Napoleon was exiled on St Helena.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42What is the name of the small house
0:04:42 > 0:04:44where he spent the first months of his exile
0:04:44 > 0:04:46before he was removed to Longwood House
0:04:46 > 0:04:48where he remained until his death in 1821?
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Pass.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Ascension is one of the main Atlantic breeding grounds
0:04:52 > 0:04:55of which turtle? They are now protected by law.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Green turtle.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Tristan's main settlement was named
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
0:05:00 > 0:05:02after a visit in 1867 by the Duke of Edinburgh.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03What was his name?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Prince Alfred.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Two ships brought the garrison to Ascension
0:05:07 > 0:05:09that occupied the island in 1815.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11One was the Peruvian, what was the other?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Hempstead?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Zenobia. Which trading company was given a charter to govern
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Saint Helena in the 1650s?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19The first governor arrived in 1659.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21The East India Company.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23What is the more common name of the Wideawake Tern,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26which nests in great numbers on an area of Ascension
0:05:26 > 0:05:28known as Wideawake Fairs?
0:05:28 > 0:05:29The Sooty Tern.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Which island in the Tristan de Cunha archipelago
0:05:31 > 0:05:33was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site
0:05:33 > 0:05:36together with Inaccessible Island in 1995?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Gough.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Diana's Peak and Mount Actaeon
0:05:39 > 0:05:41are two of the three main peaks
0:05:41 > 0:05:43in St Helena's Peaks National Park.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45What is the name of the third?
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Pass.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Which company laid the first telegraph cable to
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Ascension at the turn of the 20th century,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53and handled the affairs of the island until 1964?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Marconi.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Cable & Wireless.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58What is the name of the giant tortoise that lives
0:05:58 > 0:06:00on the Governor of St Helena's lawn?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02At over 180 years old, he is thought to be
0:06:02 > 0:06:05the world's oldest living land animal.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Gerald.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Jonathan!
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Which neighbouring island did the Tristanians move to
0:06:09 > 0:06:14in the immediate aftermath of a volcanic eruption in October, 1961?
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Nightingale.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17What name was given to the series of raids
0:06:17 > 0:06:19launched from RAF Ascension
0:06:19 > 0:06:22on Argentinian targets in the Falklands Islands during the Falklands War?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Operation Black Buck.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Which country's forces claimed St Helena in 1633,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30and briefly occupied the island again in 1673
0:06:30 > 0:06:32until it was retaken by the British?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34The Dutch.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36What is the name of the artist and naturalist... BEEP
0:06:36 > 0:06:39..who was marooned on Tristan for several months in 1824?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42He made a number of paintings of contemporary island life.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Have to pass.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I'll give it to you then because we are out of time. Augustus Earle.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Yeah, you knew it. And the other two, you probably knew as well.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Diana's Peak, Mount Actaeon and Cuckold Point.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58That's the third.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03And the Briars was where Napoleon spent his first days in exile.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- Andy, you have scored nine points. - Thank you.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09APPLAUSE
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And our next contender, please.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25And your name is...?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Your occupation?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29And your chosen subject?
0:07:29 > 0:07:311792 to present.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Kentucky in two minutes, starting now.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Kentucky became the 15th State of the Union
0:07:36 > 0:07:38on the 1st of June, 1792.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40From which existing state did it separate?
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Virginia.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43What is the name of the businessman
0:07:43 > 0:07:45who opened a place to eat at the back of his service station
0:07:45 > 0:07:47in Corbin that grew into one of
0:07:47 > 0:07:49the world's largest fast-food chains?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Sanders.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Who was a leading campaigner for equal rights for women
0:07:52 > 0:07:54in Kentucky alongside Laura Clay?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56She died shortly after women voted for the first time
0:07:56 > 0:07:59in Kentucky in November, 1920.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Breckinridge.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04What is the name of the pass through the Appalachian Mountains
0:08:04 > 0:08:06that provided the major route from the East
0:08:06 > 0:08:08for settlers in Kentucky in the 18th century?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Cumberland Gap.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Which town in Nelson County is the home of the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History
0:08:13 > 0:08:16and holds an annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Bardstown.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20What is the name of the musician who was born near Rosine, Kentucky
0:08:20 > 0:08:22and is credited with the creation
0:08:22 > 0:08:24of the Bluegrass style of music?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Monroe.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Which river that flows through Louisville
0:08:27 > 0:08:32flooded in January 1937 and submerged large parts of Kentucky?
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Ohio.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36What is the name of the pioneer in the settlement of Kentucky
0:08:36 > 0:08:39whose remains were transferred to Frankfort Cemetery in 1845,
0:08:39 > 0:08:4125 years after his death?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Boone.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Which city in Warren County was made the capital
0:08:45 > 0:08:48of the Confederate State of Kentucky in 1861
0:08:48 > 0:08:49by opponents of the state's decision
0:08:49 > 0:08:51to remain in the Union during the Civil War?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Bowling Green.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Who became the fourth Kentuckian to be the American Vice President
0:08:56 > 0:08:58when he served under Harry S Truman?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Barkley.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Kentucky gained 2,000 square miles of land in 1818
0:09:03 > 0:09:04in the Jackson Purchase.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09From which Native American people was the land bought?
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Chickasaw.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14What was the name of the grandson of a famous explorer
0:09:14 > 0:09:16who established the racecourse
0:09:16 > 0:09:19where the Kentucky Derby has been run since 1875?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Um, Lewis.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Meriwether Lewis Clark.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Which Republican senator from Kentucky
0:09:25 > 0:09:28became the majority leader in the Senate in 2015?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31He was regarded as one of Barack Obama's most fervent opponents.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33McConnell.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Kentucky witnessed many feuds between rival families
0:09:35 > 0:09:37after the Civil War... BEEP
0:09:37 > 0:09:38One of the most famous
0:09:38 > 0:09:40was between the Hatfields and which family?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42McCoys.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Sarah, no passes, you have scored 13 points.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48APPLAUSE
0:09:54 > 0:09:56And our final contender, please.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07And your name is...?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Your occupation?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11And your chosen subject?
0:10:11 > 0:10:12The Roman Emperor...
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Tiberius in two minutes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Here we go.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Tiberius was born a member of which patrician family
0:10:17 > 0:10:20through both his father and his mother, Livia?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22The Claudii.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26In 29 BC, Tiberius took part in the triumph of his stepfather Octavian,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28later the Emperor Augustus.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30The triumph celebrated his victory over
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Antony and Cleopatra at which battle of 31 BC?
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Actium.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38At the age of 15, Tiberius accompanied Augustus as a military tribune
0:10:38 > 0:10:42when he took action in northern Spain against which tribe?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Cantabrian?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45What was the name of the prefect of the Praetorian Guard
0:10:45 > 0:10:48whom Tiberius called "the partner in my labours."
0:10:48 > 0:10:51He rose to a position of great power under Tiberius.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Sejanus.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55What nickname was given to Tiberius because he rarely left Rome
0:10:55 > 0:10:58even though he often made preparations to leave?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Callippides.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02On which island did Tiberius live
0:11:02 > 0:11:03as a private citizen for several years
0:11:03 > 0:11:06after he withdrew from public life in 6 BC?
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Rhodes.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11What was the name of the Numidian rebel leader in Africa
0:11:11 > 0:11:13who had previously served in the Roman Army?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15He sent envoys to Tiberius
0:11:15 > 0:11:17demanding land in return for peace.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Tacfarinas.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Which member of his family did Tiberius send
0:11:21 > 0:11:24to deal with an uprising amongst the legions in Pannonia
0:11:24 > 0:11:27shortly after his accession in 14 AD?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29His son, Drusus.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31In which town were thousands of spectators
0:11:31 > 0:11:35killed or injured in 27 AD when an amphitheatre collapsed?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37It was said that so many people were there
0:11:37 > 0:11:41because Tiberius was reluctant to provide games in Rome.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Pass.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Who was Tiberius's first wife?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46He was forced to divorce her
0:11:46 > 0:11:48because Augustus wanted him to marry his daughter, Iulia.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Vipsania.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52What title that means "father of his country"
0:11:52 > 0:11:55did Tiberius refuse on many occasions?
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Um...
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Pass.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02To which island did Tiberius exile
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Germanicus's widow, Agrippina, in 29 AD?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07She later starved to death there.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Pandateria.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Who was executed on the 1st of January, 28 AD,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13after people hidden in the roof space of his house
0:12:13 > 0:12:16had heard him speaking against Tiberius and Sejanus? BEEP
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Pass.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Well, I can tell you because we're out of time.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23It was Sabinus or Sab-ee-nus.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24You had two other passes.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26The title that means "father of his country"
0:12:26 > 0:12:29that Tiberius refused was pater patriae.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32And the town where thousands of spectators were killed
0:12:32 > 0:12:34was Fidenis.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37You have scored, Neil, ten points.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39APPLAUSE
0:12:48 > 0:12:51It's pretty close. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55In fourth place, nine points, Andy. Third place, ten points, Neil.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01Second place, 13 points, Sarah Jane. First place, 14 points, Ken.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03APPLAUSE
0:13:07 > 0:13:10And it is, of course, the General Knowledge Round now
0:13:10 > 0:13:11and if there is a tie at the end of it,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20And if they are tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23So let us get on with it and ask Andy to join us again, please.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30And you start out, Andy, with nine points.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33And we have two and a half minutes, of course,
0:13:33 > 0:13:37for the General Knowledge Round, so loads of time to catch up.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Here we go.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Jesus was born in which town near Jerusalem,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke?
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Nazareth.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Bethlehem.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Which singer and activist was awarded a knighthood in 1986,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50but cannot use the title "Sir" because he is not a Commonwealth citizen?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Bob Geldof.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53What was the name of the four British kings
0:13:53 > 0:13:56who reigned from the death of Queen Anne in 1714
0:13:56 > 0:13:59to William IV's succession to the throne in 1830?
0:13:59 > 0:14:00James?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01George.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Which type of headache derives its name from the Greek
0:14:04 > 0:14:05imikrania meaning half-skull,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08because only one side of the head is usually affected?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Migraine.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Whose version of When A Child Is Born
0:14:12 > 0:14:14gave him the 1976 Christmas number one?
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Johnny Mathis.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Which alpine flower has a German name meaning noble white?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Its name is in a song by Rogers and Hammerstein.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Edelweiss.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Which Lancashire town, now a city,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26was given the right to have the Guild Merchant
0:14:26 > 0:14:27by Henry II in 1179,
0:14:27 > 0:14:32and has celebrated the award almost every 20 years since 1542?
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Preston.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36In which country is Puccini's Opera Madame Butterfly set?
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Japan.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Getafe, Leganes and Rayo Vallecano
0:14:40 > 0:14:42are three small football clubs
0:14:42 > 0:14:46whose home grounds are in or near which capital city?
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Madrid.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49In which traditional English county
0:14:49 > 0:14:50were the sculptors Henry Moore
0:14:50 > 0:14:52and Dame Barbara Hepworth born?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Yorkshire.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56What liqueur was developed in a French monastery
0:14:56 > 0:14:58using a formula from 1737
0:14:58 > 0:15:01and comes in the green and the sweeter yellow varieties?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Creme de menthe? - No, chartreuse.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05The Inn, Drava, Sava and Prut are among
0:15:05 > 0:15:07the major tributaries of which river?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- Tiber.- Danube.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Which television soap opera, set in California,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15was a spin-off from Dallas?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- Knots Landing.- Yes.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20What word for a person inclined to question accepted wisdom or
0:15:20 > 0:15:23opinion comes from the Greek for doubt or reflection?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- Pass.- In George Orwell's novel 1984, Winston Smith is told
0:15:27 > 0:15:29the thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32What is it that Smith has a particular fear of
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- and finds there?- Pass.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Which famous poem is prefaced with the dedication
0:15:37 > 0:15:40"Memorialising events in the Battle of Balaclava,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42"October the 25th, 1854"?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- Charge Of The Light Brigade. - Yes.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46What was the two-word name of the official campaign
0:15:46 > 0:15:50in favour of Brexit in the 2016 EU referendum?
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Er, pass.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Which film director was knighted by the Queen in 1984,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57the year his last film was released?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- David Lean?- Yes. The central keep that forms the oldest part
0:16:00 > 0:16:03of the Tower of London is usually known by what name?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Pass.- The conflict between the Normans and the Saxons
0:16:07 > 0:16:09during the reign of Richard I...
0:16:09 > 0:16:10BEEP ..forms the background
0:16:10 > 0:16:12to which novel by Sir Walter Scott?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- Ivanhoe.- Is correct.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16You had four passes.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18The central keep is otherwise known as the White Tower.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Vote Leave, that was the...
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- Ah...- Yeah, the two-word name of the official campaign.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28Winston Smith had a terrible fear of rats in Room 101.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30And the word for a person who's inclined
0:16:30 > 0:16:33to question accepted wisdom etc - a sceptic.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35You have a total now, Andy, of 21 points.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Thanks. Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:16:44 > 0:16:45And now Neil again, please.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52And, Neil, you start out with 10 points
0:16:52 > 0:16:55and the score to beat is, as we speak, 21.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Here we go with your general knowledge.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Which character was played in nine horror films
0:16:59 > 0:17:03by Christopher Lee between 1958 and 1976?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04- Dracula.- Yes.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Which Buckinghamshire town gives its name
0:17:06 > 0:17:07to a standard breed of duck
0:17:07 > 0:17:09traditionally reared for the table?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10- Aylesbury.- Yes. In Dad's Army,
0:17:10 > 0:17:12whose mother carries on a secret affair
0:17:12 > 0:17:15with Sgt Wilson, whom he calls Uncle Arthur?
0:17:15 > 0:17:16- Pike.- Yes.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18What is the common name for the family of plants to which
0:17:18 > 0:17:21many crop and garden plants such as the potato
0:17:21 > 0:17:22and aubergine belong as well as
0:17:22 > 0:17:24a number of highly poisonous plants?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Er... Solanales.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Nightshade. Which American football team,
0:17:28 > 0:17:29based in Foxborough, Massachusetts
0:17:29 > 0:17:35beat the Atlanta Falcons to win Super Bowl LI in February 2017?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Green Bay Packers.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38New England Patriots.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39What word is used for the process
0:17:39 > 0:17:41by which a child or young animal
0:17:41 > 0:17:43begins to take solids and other foods
0:17:43 > 0:17:45instead of its mother's milk?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46- Weaning.- Yes.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Which of South Africa's three capitals is named
0:17:48 > 0:17:50after its Boer statesman founder
0:17:50 > 0:17:53and was the capital of the former province of Transvaal?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- Bloemfontein?- Pretoria.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Who was the controversial director of the FBI from 1924
0:17:58 > 0:18:00till his death in May 1972?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02He turned it into a highly effective arm
0:18:02 > 0:18:04of federal law enforcement.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05- Hoover.- Yes.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Which place is known as Scotland's granite city?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- Aberdeen.- Yep.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12What was the name of the television and radio comedian
0:18:12 > 0:18:15whose famous alter ego lived at Railway Cuttings, East Cheam?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- Hancock.- Yes.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Songs composed by which actor and playwright include
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Mad About The Boy and Mad Dogs And Englishmen?
0:18:22 > 0:18:23- Noel Coward.- Yes.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Which Italian-born screen legend won a Best Actress Oscar
0:18:26 > 0:18:28for Two Women in 1962?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Sophia Loren.- Yes. What price is shown on the hat
0:18:31 > 0:18:33worn by the Mad Hatter in Tenniel's
0:18:33 > 0:18:36illustrations for Alice's Adventures In Wonderland?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Pass.- What name is given to the process of coating a metal,
0:18:39 > 0:18:40usually iron or steel,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43with zinc to protect it against corrosion?
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Galvanising.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Jacopo Bellini and his sons Gentile and Giovanni
0:18:48 > 0:18:50founded a northern Italian city's
0:18:50 > 0:18:53school of Renaissance painting during the early 15th century.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- Which city?- Venice.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Jeudi and Donnerstag are
0:18:56 > 0:18:59the French and German names for which day of the week?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- Thursday.- Yes. Yehudi Menuhin was celebrated
0:19:04 > 0:19:06for playing which musical instrument?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- Violin. - What is the cruellest month,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11according to the opening line of TS Eliot's The Wasteland?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- April.- Yes. In ancient Egyptian religion,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Hathor was the goddess of women and fertility.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17She was often represented
0:19:17 > 0:19:20in the form of or with the head of which animal?
0:19:20 > 0:19:21A cow.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Which broadcaster and former Labour MP for Great Grimsby
0:19:24 > 0:19:28temporarily changed his name to Austin Haddock in 2002...
0:19:28 > 0:19:29BEEP ..in an attempt to boost the town's
0:19:29 > 0:19:31struggling fishing industry?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Austin Mitchell. - It was indeed. Who else?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36And you had one pass.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39That was the price shown on the Mad Hatter's hat.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42It was ten shillings and sixpence.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Not a penny more.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Neil, 26 points.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49APPLAUSE
0:19:55 > 0:19:58And now Sarah Jane again, please.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03And you set out with 13 points.
0:20:03 > 0:20:0626 is now the score to beat. Let's go.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10In English history, who was known as Gloriana and the Virgin Queen?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Elizabeth.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13The prickly pear is the edible fruit
0:20:13 > 0:20:15of a member of which plant family?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16- Cactus.- Yes.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18What is the name of the heritage railway
0:20:18 > 0:20:20in Sussex that started out in 1959
0:20:20 > 0:20:24as the Lewes and East Grinstead Railway Preservation Society?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Southern Railway.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28The Bluebell Line. Whose beloved cat, Docket,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31has featured in many of her works of art?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- O'Neill.- Tracey Emin.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Who won the 2004 Best Supporting Actress Oscar
0:20:36 > 0:20:37for Cold Mountain?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40She plays Ruby Thewes, who helps Nicole Kidman's character,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Ada Monroe, adapt to farm life.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- Zellweger.- Yes. Which Czech composer's ninth symphony
0:20:45 > 0:20:47is entitled From The New World?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- Dvorak.- Dvorak, yes.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52The Black Velvet Gown, published in 1984,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54and The Black Candle, published in 1989,
0:20:54 > 0:20:58are novels by which prolific bestselling writer?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Smith.- Cookson, Catherine Cookson.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03What is the name of the family dynasty that first came to power
0:21:03 > 0:21:05in North Korea in 1948?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- Erm... Kim.- Yes.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10The stew made with black beans and various cuts of pork
0:21:10 > 0:21:13called Feijoada is a traditional dish
0:21:13 > 0:21:15in which South American country?
0:21:15 > 0:21:16- Brazil.- Yes.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Ethel Cain was the original voice of a service
0:21:18 > 0:21:22brought into operation by the GPO in July 1936.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24What service?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- Shipping forecast. - No, the speaking clock.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Which German state was abolished in 1947
0:21:29 > 0:21:31by the Allied Control Council
0:21:31 > 0:21:34because of its associations with German militarism?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- Erm... Nord Rhine.- No.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Prussia. Sam Neill plays Lord Carnarvon
0:21:40 > 0:21:42and Max Irons plays Howard Carter
0:21:42 > 0:21:46in which 2016 television drama series?
0:21:46 > 0:21:47- Tutankhamen.- Yes.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49What items of remembrance are made in the factory
0:21:49 > 0:21:52founded by Major George Howson in 1922
0:21:52 > 0:21:54that was originally on the Old Kent Road
0:21:54 > 0:21:57and staffed with five disabled ex-servicemen?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- Poppies.- Yes.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01What name for the skullcap worn by some Catholic clergy
0:22:01 > 0:22:04comes from the diminutive of the Italian for gourd?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Its colour depends on the post held by the wearer.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Erm... Triton.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Zucchetto. The British swimmer Alison Streeter
0:22:13 > 0:22:15has swum across which stretch of water
0:22:15 > 0:22:17more than 40 times?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- The Channel.- Yeah. What property of the human body
0:22:19 > 0:22:22is measured with a sphygmomanometer?
0:22:22 > 0:22:23- Blood pressure.- Yes.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26The name of which boyband was chosen by the founding member
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Tom Fletcher because of his love for the film Back To The Future?
0:22:29 > 0:22:30- McFly.- Yes.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Whose poem If was first published
0:22:32 > 0:22:35in a collection of his short stories and poems
0:22:35 > 0:22:38entitled Rewards And Fairies in 1910?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Kipling. - Kipling is correct.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43No passes, Sarah Jane. You have 25 points.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46APPLAUSE
0:22:53 > 0:22:55And, finally, Ken again, please.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59And, Ken, you start out with 14 points.
0:22:59 > 0:23:0326 still the score to beat.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Let's see if you can do it and go through to the semifinals.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Here we go.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09What is the name of Dick Dastardly's dog
0:23:09 > 0:23:12in the television cartoon series Wacky Races?
0:23:12 > 0:23:13- Muttley.- Yes.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16In Italy, what is sold in a shop called a gelateria?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- Ice cream.- Yes. What name for a marsupial
0:23:18 > 0:23:20similar to but generally smaller than a kangaroo
0:23:20 > 0:23:24comes from an Australian Aboriginal language?
0:23:24 > 0:23:25- Wallaby.- Yes.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Who plays the title character Christian Wolf,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30a financial consultant who works for some of the world's
0:23:30 > 0:23:32most dangerous criminal organisations
0:23:32 > 0:23:34in the 2016 film The Accountant?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- Leonardo DiCaprio. - Ben Affleck.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40What is the English name for the stretch of water
0:23:40 > 0:23:42that the Spanish call the Golfo de Vizcaya
0:23:42 > 0:23:44and the French called the Golfe de Gascogne?
0:23:46 > 0:23:48- The Bay of Biscay.- Yes. Which Midlands city is home
0:23:48 > 0:23:50to the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53It is based in the former factory of the firm Smith and Pepper.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54- Birmingham.- Yep.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Which controversial dramatist wrote letters to the press under
0:23:57 > 0:24:00the alias of Edna Wellthorpe, a guardian of public morals?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Pass.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05The Cuban Jose Raul Capablanca and the Dutchman Max Euwe
0:24:05 > 0:24:09have been world champions of which board game?
0:24:09 > 0:24:10- Chess.- Yes.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13What currency was used in modern Greece before it adopted the euro
0:24:13 > 0:24:16and was the oldest in Europe, dating back some 2,600 years?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Drachma.- Yes.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Which branch of mathematics deals specifically with
0:24:20 > 0:24:23the relations between the angles and lengths
0:24:23 > 0:24:24of sides of triangles?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- Trigonometry.- Correct.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Which Stretford-born artist worked full-time
0:24:28 > 0:24:30for the Pall Mall Property Company
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- alongside his art career? - Pass.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Water Music and Music For The Royal Fireworks
0:24:34 > 0:24:36are amongst the best known orchestral works
0:24:36 > 0:24:38by a German born composer. Who was he?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- Handel.- Yes. Who was the Leader of the Opposition
0:24:41 > 0:24:44in the House of Commons from 1975 to '79?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47James Callaghan.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Margaret Thatcher.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51In which 1980s television series were the two main characters
0:24:51 > 0:24:54a pair of undercover policeman played by Don Johnson
0:24:54 > 0:24:56and Philip Michael Thomas?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- Miami Vice.- Yes. What general term,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00applied principally to African-American music,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03was popularised by Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine
0:25:03 > 0:25:07in 1949 as a replacement for the phrase "race records"?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- R and B. - Yes, rhythm and blues.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Who wrote the 1908 children's novel the Wind In The Willows?
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- Kenneth Grahame.- Correct.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17What adjective that describes a place or a condition
0:25:17 > 0:25:19where everything is as bad as possible
0:25:19 > 0:25:21comes from the Greek for bad place?
0:25:21 > 0:25:27- Pass.- Which French king reigned for 72 years from 1643 to 1715,
0:25:27 > 0:25:28one of the longest reigns of any monarch?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Louis XIV.- Yes.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Who set a women's world record of two hours, 15 minutes
0:25:33 > 0:25:36and 25 seconds in the 2003 London Marathon
0:25:36 > 0:25:38when she finished some two and a half minutes faster...
0:25:38 > 0:25:41BEEP ..than the first British man, Chris Cariss?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- Paula Radcliffe. - Is correct.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45You had three passes.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Dystopian is that... Yeah, yes, you knew it, didn't you?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52You also knew LS Lowry, I dare say, the artist, yeah?
0:25:52 > 0:25:56And you probably also knew that controversial dramatist
0:25:56 > 0:25:58who wrote letters to the press under the alias of Edna Wellthorpe -
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- Joe Orton.- Ah.- You have scored a total, Ken,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04of 28 points.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06APPLAUSE
0:26:16 > 0:26:20So, he made it. Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22In fourth place with 21 points, Andy.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Third place, 25 points, Sarah Jane.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Second place, 26 points, Neil.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30First place, 28 points, Ken.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33APPLAUSE
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Which means, of course, that Ken is tonight's winner
0:26:48 > 0:26:52and he takes the last place in the semifinals.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Congratulations to him.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Commiserations to Sarah Jane and Neil.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58It is just possible that with their scores,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01we shall see them again in the semifinal.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03And if you would like to be a contender in the next series,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05do go to our website...
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