0:00:25 > 0:00:27Our first contender tonight is Teresa de Billot,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29a project coordinator from the Highlands.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32She's answering questions on the Olympics.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Richard Chaney is a communications support worker from Cardiff.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39His specialist subject - the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Next, Pam Poole, a retired Royal Mail manager
0:00:42 > 0:00:47from Boston on Egyptian gods and goddesses.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Ben Holmes is a customer service advisor from Salford.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55He's answering questions on the graphic novels of Daniel Clowes.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58And tonight's final contender, Philip Isaac, a tutor from Cornwall,
0:00:58 > 0:01:02who's answering questions on President Andrew Jackson.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Five contenders tonight.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19That's because it's the semifinals,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22and the winner tonight goes through to the grand final
0:01:22 > 0:01:26with a very strong chance of becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28They get slightly less time - 90 seconds -
0:01:28 > 0:01:30for their specialist subject.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Two minutes for general knowledge.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34So, let's get on with it
0:01:34 > 0:01:36and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45And your name is...?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Your occupation?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49And your chosen subject?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57What was the nationality of Tiina Lillak,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59who won the silver medal in the javelin
0:01:59 > 0:02:01in Los Angeles in 1984?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Finnish.- Who became the oldest winner
0:02:03 > 0:02:05of the women's high jump in Los Angeles
0:02:05 > 0:02:0812 years after she became the youngest woman to win the event?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- Ulrike Meyfarth. - In a men's field event,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12all the medals were won by competitors
0:02:12 > 0:02:14from the Soviet Union or its former republics
0:02:14 > 0:02:17from 1976 to '92, except in '84,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21when the Games were boycotted by the Soviets. Which event?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- Shot put.- Hammer. Who came eighth
0:02:26 > 0:02:28in the women's javelin in Moscow in 1980
0:02:28 > 0:02:31when she failed to win a third successive gold medal in the event?
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Ruth Fuchs.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Who finished 18th when he first entered
0:02:34 > 0:02:37the Olympic decathlon in Montreal in 1976,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39and fourth in his last Olympics in Seoul?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Daley Thompson.- What track double was achieved
0:02:41 > 0:02:43for the first time at the same Games
0:02:43 > 0:02:45by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Michael Johnson repeated the feat in '96.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- 200 and 400.- Who was initially disqualified
0:02:51 > 0:02:53from her seventh place in the 3000m final
0:02:53 > 0:02:56in Los Angeles, but was reinstated on appeal?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Zola Budd.- In 1984, Nawal El Moutawakel
0:02:59 > 0:03:02became the first woman from an Islamic nation
0:03:02 > 0:03:03to win an Olympic gold medal
0:03:03 > 0:03:05when she won the 400m hurdles.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07What was her nationality?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Moroccan.- In what position did Steve Ovett finish
0:03:10 > 0:03:12in the 800m final in Montreal?
0:03:12 > 0:03:13His time was almost the same
0:03:13 > 0:03:15as in his gold medal win in Moscow.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- He was fifth. - Who ran the anchor leg
0:03:17 > 0:03:19in Britain's bronze medal-winning team
0:03:19 > 0:03:22in the women's 4 x 400m relay in Barcelona?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Sally Gunnell. - Who won his only
0:03:24 > 0:03:26individual Olympic medal... BEEP
0:03:26 > 0:03:29..a bronze in the men's 400m hurdles in Barcelona?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31He was also a member of Britain's medal-winning teams
0:03:31 > 0:03:35in the 4 x 400m relay in Los Angeles and Barcelona.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Kriss Akabusi.- Is correct.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41No passes, Teresa. You've scored ten points.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43APPLAUSE
0:03:50 > 0:03:52And our next contender, please.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01And your name is...?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Your occupation?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06And your chosen subject?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The Tolpuddle Martyrs in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of six 19th-century
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Dorset farm workers who were arrested
0:04:14 > 0:04:16in February 1854 as a result of
0:04:16 > 0:04:18their trade union activities.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21What first name and surname is shared by one of the six,
0:04:21 > 0:04:23and the constable who arrested them?
0:04:23 > 0:04:24- Brine.- No, James Brine.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Who was the radical MP for Oldham
0:04:26 > 0:04:28who presented Parliament a petition
0:04:28 > 0:04:30adopted by a meeting of about 10,000 people
0:04:30 > 0:04:33in support of the martyrs in March 1834?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- Robert Owen.- William Cobbett.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36George Loveless held public meetings
0:04:36 > 0:04:39about setting up an agricultural labourers'
0:04:39 > 0:04:41friendly society, a form of trade union,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43under a tree on Tolpuddle village green
0:04:43 > 0:04:45now called the Martyrs' Tree. What species of tree is it?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Sycamore.- The six Tolpuddle men were charged
0:04:48 > 0:04:51under the 1817 Seditious Meetings Act,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53and an act of 1797, that included provisions
0:04:53 > 0:04:55against the swearing of oaths.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56What's that act called?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- The naval mutinies. - Yes, the Mutiny Act.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02What password, based on a phrase
0:05:02 > 0:05:04from the Book of Ecclesiastes,
0:05:04 > 0:05:05was adopted at the first meeting of the
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Tolpuddle Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Either hand or heart.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13The martyrs were sentenced to transportation to Australia.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14For how many years were they sentenced?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Seven.- George Loveless was transported
0:05:17 > 0:05:19to Van Diemen's Land on the William Metcalfe.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21On which ship were the other five men
0:05:21 > 0:05:24transported to Sydney in April 1834?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- The Surry.- What was the name of the Home Secretary
0:05:26 > 0:05:29who granted the men a pardon in June 1835?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31It had to be temporarily rescinded
0:05:31 > 0:05:33because they hadn't served the minimum portion
0:05:33 > 0:05:34of their transportation.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Lord Russell.- On what ship did James Hammett
0:05:37 > 0:05:39take his free passage from New South Wales
0:05:39 > 0:05:42back to England in 1839? BEEP
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- The Ewuretta. - Yes, indeed it was.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- No passes, Richard. You have scored seven points.- Thank you.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51APPLAUSE
0:05:58 > 0:06:00And our next contender, please.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10And your name is...?
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Your occupation?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14And your chosen subject?
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Gods and goddesses in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21The Egyptian cosmos consisted of
0:06:21 > 0:06:23the divine realm in the sky,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25the Earth, and the underworld ruled by Osiris.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28What name is given to this underworld region?
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- Men...- No. Duat.- Oh. - A variety of what plant
0:06:32 > 0:06:33emerged from the primeval waters
0:06:33 > 0:06:36in some versions of the Egyptian creation myth?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38It became a general symbol of rebirth,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40and was also the emblem of the god Nefertem?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- Lotus.- Horus, the son of Isis,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45grew up to avenge his murdered father Osiris.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47He is usually depicted as a man
0:06:47 > 0:06:48with the head of what bird?
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- A falcon.- Montu was a prominent war god
0:06:51 > 0:06:53of the Theban region, and had temples at Armant,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Medamud, Karnak and another ancient Egyptian town.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Which town?
0:06:57 > 0:06:58- Memphis.- El-Tod.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00What was the name of the giant snake
0:07:00 > 0:07:02that attacked the boat of the sun god Ra every night
0:07:02 > 0:07:04as it passed through the underworld?
0:07:04 > 0:07:05However many times he was killed,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07he'd always come back to life again.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- Apophis.- Which of the Egyptian deities,
0:07:09 > 0:07:11known as the Two Ladies,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13was commonly depicted in the form of a vulture?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Nekhbet. - What venomous creature
0:07:15 > 0:07:18is the goddess Serqet traditionally associated with?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- A scorpion.- The four gods,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22known collectively as the sons of Horus,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24were the traditional guardians
0:07:24 > 0:07:25of the canopic jars used to hold
0:07:25 > 0:07:27mummified internal organs.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30What organ of the body was protected by Imsety?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- Liver.- What was the name of the architect,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36who worked for King Djoser in the 27th century BC,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39who was later deified as a god of knowledge and healing?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Imhopet.- Yes, Imhotep.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44The nine deities that included Isis and Osiris,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46and their parents, Geb and Nut,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48were collectively known as the Great Ennead
0:07:48 > 0:07:50of an ancient city where they were worshipped. BEEP
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Which city?- Heliopolis. - Heliopolis is correct.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55No passes, Pam. You've scored eight points.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:08:05 > 0:08:07And our next contender, please.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15And your name is...?
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Your occupation?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19And your chosen subject?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Which novel opens with the main character Marshall
0:08:25 > 0:08:27waiting for a blind date - his first real date
0:08:27 > 0:08:29since his marriage broke down six years before?
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Mr Wonderful.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33In Wilson, what is the name of the title character's dog?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Pepper.- Dan Pussey's invited to an exhibition
0:08:36 > 0:08:38by an artist who says that his works
0:08:38 > 0:08:39were inspired by Pussey's comics.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41What is the artist's name?
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- Pass.- What is the unusual middle name of David Boring,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48the eponymous narrator of Clowes' fourth graphic novel?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Jupiter.- In what year does Jack Barlow meet Bernie
0:08:51 > 0:08:53and take control of his time-travelling device
0:08:53 > 0:08:55so that he can travel back and find out
0:08:55 > 0:08:56who killed his wife Patience?
0:08:56 > 0:09:01- 2029.- What animal does Andy first try the death ray on
0:09:01 > 0:09:04after he discovers its power before he turns it on CJ?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- A squirrel.- In Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10when Clay Loudermilk is in a religious cult,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13he's told by one of the members that the leader of the cult
0:09:13 > 0:09:15is mother and father to them and is known as God.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17What is God short for?
0:09:17 > 0:09:18- Godfrey. - In the sketch Mother,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Wilson compares the loss of his mother
0:09:20 > 0:09:24to being told you will never be able to see what again?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- The ocean.- In Mr Wonderful,
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Marshall decided to start dating again
0:09:28 > 0:09:30after he has an ill-fated encounter
0:09:30 > 0:09:32with a drug addict who robbed him.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Which literary and film character
0:09:33 > 0:09:37does he very unfavourably compare the girl to?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Pass.- In Ghost World, Daniel Clowes makes
0:09:39 > 0:09:42a special appearance at which comic store?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Zine-O-Phobia. - Which character's story
0:09:44 > 0:09:47in Ice Haven is introduced with his claim that
0:09:47 > 0:09:48it's not as cold here as it sounds?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Random Wilder.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Wilson discovers that he has a grandson called Jason,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54who he didn't know existed. BEEP
0:09:54 > 0:09:56In which American state is Jason living?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- Alaska.- Is correct. You had two passes.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03That film character was Holly Golightly,
0:10:03 > 0:10:09and Dan Pussey was invited to an exhibition by Slugger Onions.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- You've scored ten points.- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:10:16 > 0:10:19And our final contender, please.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33And your name is...?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Your occupation?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38And your chosen subject?
0:10:39 > 0:10:43President Andrew Jackson in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Jackson was he president of the United States
0:10:45 > 0:10:47from 1829 to '37. Whom did he lose to
0:10:47 > 0:10:49in the presidential election of 1824,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51even though he gained more votes?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- John Quincy Adams. - Which Shawnee chieftain
0:10:53 > 0:10:56did Jackson see as a serious threat to white settlers
0:10:56 > 0:10:58in the War of 1812 against the British?
0:10:58 > 0:10:59He aimed to form a united army
0:10:59 > 0:11:01of the Native American tribes.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04- Tecumseh.- In October 1788,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06who accompanied Jackson to Nashville to take up
0:11:06 > 0:11:09their respective posts as judge and prosecutor?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10John McNary.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12What financial burden was Jackson finally able
0:11:12 > 0:11:15to remove as president in 1835,
0:11:15 > 0:11:1711 years after he made this policy
0:11:17 > 0:11:19in the 1824 election campaign?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- Pass.- Jackson ordered a Scottish trader to be hanged
0:11:22 > 0:11:24after he was accused of spying for the Creek Indians.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26What was the trader's name?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Alexander Arbuthnot.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29What term did Jackson's critics use
0:11:29 > 0:11:31for the informal group he set up to advise him in the White House
0:11:31 > 0:11:33that included friends from Tennessee?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Kitchen Cabinet.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37An unemployed English house painter, Richard Lawrence,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39tried to murder Jackson in 1835,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42but failed when his pistols misfired twice.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44In what Washington building did this happen?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45The Capitol.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47At a convention held in 1833,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50a state threatened to secede from the Union
0:11:50 > 0:11:53in what became known as the Nullification Crisis. Which state?
0:11:53 > 0:11:54South Carolina.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57What important body did Jackson propose to abolish
0:11:57 > 0:11:59by means of a constitutional amendment
0:11:59 > 0:12:01in his first annual Address to Congress?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- The bank. - The Electoral College.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Jackson's army fought the Battle of New Orleans
0:12:05 > 0:12:07because he had not yet received news of the peace treaty
0:12:07 > 0:12:09that had been signed with Britain
0:12:09 > 0:12:11two weeks earlier on Christmas Eve 1814.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12In which city was it signed?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- Ghent.- Yep. BEEP
0:12:14 > 0:12:16And your time is up.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18You had one pass.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22The financial burden that Jackson was finally able to remove
0:12:22 > 0:12:25as president in 1835 was the national debt.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28You have scored, Philip, eight points.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30APPLAUSE
0:12:44 > 0:12:47So, that's the end of a very close first round.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Let's have a look at all of those scores.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52In fifth place, seven points, Richard.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Joint third place, eight points apiece, Pam and Philip.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Joint first place, ten points apiece,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Teresa and Ben.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04APPLAUSE
0:13:08 > 0:13:11So, general knowledge round now and if there's 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 > 0:13:19So, let's get on with it and ask Richard to join us again, please.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24And you start out with seven points, Richard.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28So, not much in it, and you've got two minutes of general knowledge.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Here we go.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33What respiratory disease has types known as Spanish,
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Asian and Hong Kong because they're the presumed places of origin?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- Flu.- Which river is the principal tributary
0:13:38 > 0:13:39of the Mississippi?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- Missouri. - What sport is featured
0:13:43 > 0:13:45in the 1969 film Downhill Racer,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48starring Robert Redford and Gene Hackman?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- Motor racing.- Skiing.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54In which television series, first shown in 2014,
0:13:54 > 0:13:55does a Cambridgeshire clergymen,
0:13:55 > 0:13:57played by James Norton, investigate a series
0:13:57 > 0:14:00of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Midsomer Murders. - Grantchester.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, and Entre-Deux-Mers
0:14:06 > 0:14:09come from what wine region of France?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Champagne.- Bordeaux. In which ancient civilisation
0:14:12 > 0:14:13were the heavily-armed foot soldiers
0:14:13 > 0:14:15known as hoplites?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- Sorry, could you repeat that? - In which ancient civilisation
0:14:19 > 0:14:21were the heavily-armed foot soldiers
0:14:21 > 0:14:22known as hoplites?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Roman.- Greek. What is the name of the mosque
0:14:24 > 0:14:26on the site in Jerusalem known as
0:14:26 > 0:14:27the Nobel Sanctuary to Muslims
0:14:27 > 0:14:29and the Temple Mount to Jews?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32It's the third holiest site of Sunni Islam.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- The Dome of the Black Rock. - The Al-Aqsa Mosque.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37In 1959, which soldier and statesman became the first
0:14:37 > 0:14:39president of France's Fifth Republic,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42a post he held for ten years?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Charles de Gaulle. - The Blackdown Hills,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
0:14:47 > 0:14:49in 1991, lie on the border of Somerset
0:14:49 > 0:14:51and which other county?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- Devon.- Anne Shirley is the title character
0:14:53 > 0:14:57in which 1908 novel by LM Montgomery and its sequels?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Sorry, could you repeat that?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Anne Shirley is the title character
0:15:02 > 0:15:05in which 1908 novel by LM Montgomery and its sequels?
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Anne Of Green Gables.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Which branch of mathematics is concerned with
0:15:08 > 0:15:10the properties of geometrical objects
0:15:10 > 0:15:13that are unchanged by any continuous deformations,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15such as stretching or twisting?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- Trigonometry. - Topology. Who became
0:15:17 > 0:15:20the first British winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
0:15:20 > 0:15:22in 1967 with Puppet On A String?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- Sandie Shaw. - The golden lion tamarin,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27one of the most endangered species of primates,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30is native to which South American country?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33BEEP
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Erm, Bolivia.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Brazil. It started with B, anyway.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41So, not quite there, but you had no passes, Richard.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- You have scored a total now of 13 points.- Thank you.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46APPLAUSE
0:15:54 > 0:15:56And now Pam again, please.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04And you start out with eight points, Pam.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Let's see how you do in your two minutes
0:16:06 > 0:16:07of general knowledge, starting now.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Which of Shakespeare's heroines had the surname Capulet
0:16:10 > 0:16:11before she married a Montague?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Juliet. - Which former Bond girl
0:16:13 > 0:16:16appears with her husband Ringo Starr in the 1984 film
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Give My Regards To Broad Street?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Barbara Bach. - Joey is the title character
0:16:20 > 0:16:23of a book by the former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo
0:16:23 > 0:16:26that was adapted for the cinema by Stephen Spielberg. Which book?
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- War Horse.- The area in the south of Borneo,
0:16:29 > 0:16:31known as Kalimantan, that makes up
0:16:31 > 0:16:33three quarters of the island, is a part of which country?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- Indonesia. - Who was given a name
0:16:35 > 0:16:37that means rock by Christ,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39because he would be the foundation his church would be built on?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- St Peter. - The orbit of which planet
0:16:41 > 0:16:44lies between Mercury and Earth?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- Venus.- The violent confrontation between police
0:16:47 > 0:16:50and striking miners that took place in June 1984
0:16:50 > 0:16:52at a coking plant in South Yorkshire
0:16:52 > 0:16:54is commonly called the Battle of...?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Orgreave.- What baked Middle Eastern desert
0:16:56 > 0:16:58consists of sheets of filo pastry
0:16:58 > 0:17:00layered with chopped nuts soaked in honey or syrup,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03and usually cut into diamond shapes?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Baklava.- In April 2017,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Madeira named its international airport
0:17:08 > 0:17:11after a locally-born footballer. Who?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- Ronaldo.- Yes, Cristiano Ronaldo.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16What cabinet post did Winston Churchill hold
0:17:16 > 0:17:17from 1924 to '29?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- Border trade. - Chancellor of the Exchequer.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Labour's Keith Vaz, Liz Kendall and Jonathan Ashworth
0:17:22 > 0:17:24were elected as MPs for which city
0:17:24 > 0:17:26at the 2015 general election?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27- Sheffield.- Leicester.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Illuminations were switched on in a Lancashire resort
0:17:30 > 0:17:32for the first time in September 1879,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34although the more modern-style lights
0:17:34 > 0:17:36didn't arrive until 1912. Which resort?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Blackpool.- Which '79 hit for London band Squeeze
0:17:39 > 0:17:41begins with the half-rhyming couplet
0:17:41 > 0:17:43"I never thought that it would happen
0:17:43 > 0:17:44"with me and the girl from Clapham"?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Up the Junction.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Who starred opposite John Alderton
0:17:47 > 0:17:50in the 1972 television series My Wife Next Door,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53and went on to appear in Upstairs, Downstairs?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- Hannah Gordon. - The Slough of Despond,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Vanity Fair, and Doubting Castle
0:17:57 > 0:17:59are among the places Christian passes
0:17:59 > 0:18:01on his way to the Celestial City
0:18:01 > 0:18:03in which work by John Bunyan?
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Pilgrim's Progress.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06The army regiment formed in 1969
0:18:06 > 0:18:08by the amalgamation of the Royal Horse Guards...
0:18:08 > 0:18:11BEEP ..with the Royal Dragoons is known by what name?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Blues and Royals. - Blues and Royals is correct.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17No passes, Pam. You've scored a total now of 22 points.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20APPLAUSE
0:18:31 > 0:18:33And now Philip again, please.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47And, Philip, you also start out with eight points.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50The difference now is that you have 22 to beat
0:18:50 > 0:18:52in order to get into the grand final.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Let's see if you can do it
0:18:53 > 0:18:56with two minutes of general knowledge, starting now.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Guard mounting is the formal name of the ceremony
0:18:58 > 0:19:01that takes place at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02How is it better known?
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Changing of the Guard.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Sevruga and Ossetra are two of the three main varieties
0:19:06 > 0:19:08of what luxury foodstuff?
0:19:08 > 0:19:09- Caviar.- What was the name of the judge
0:19:09 > 0:19:13who presided over the trial of the Duke of Modena's followers in 1685
0:19:13 > 0:19:15in what became known as the Bloody Assizes?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Jeffreys. - In the 1989 film Road House,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20who plays Dalton, an expert bouncer
0:19:20 > 0:19:23hired to clean up an unruly Midwest saloon bar?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- Patrick Swayze. - The Verkhovna Rada,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27meaning Supreme Council,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30is the unicameral parliament of which East European country?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Pass.- The winter plumage of a bird in the grouse family
0:19:33 > 0:19:34that inhabits the highest tops
0:19:34 > 0:19:36of the Scottish mountains is completely white
0:19:36 > 0:19:39except for its tail and eye patch. Which bird?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Ptarmigan.- Sigurd, from Norse mythology,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45is better known by what name in German mythology?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Siegfried.- What name is given to the teeth
0:19:47 > 0:19:49at the back of a mammal's mouth
0:19:49 > 0:19:50that are used for crushing and grinding?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52The adult human has six in each jaw.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Molars.- In which British city was the architect
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Charles Rennie Mackintosh born in 1868?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58One of his most notable works,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02the city's School of Art, was badly damaged by fire in 2014.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Glasgow. - What is the stage name
0:20:04 > 0:20:07of the Grammy Award-winning American female singer
0:20:07 > 0:20:09who topped the UK singles charts in 2002
0:20:09 > 0:20:11with Just Like A Pill?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- Pink.- What is the name of Sherlock Holmes' older brother
0:20:14 > 0:20:16in the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- Mycroft. - Which author's third novel,
0:20:18 > 0:20:21The Goldfinch, took her 11 years to write
0:20:21 > 0:20:23and won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- Donna Tartt.- In which sport did Trina Gulliver win
0:20:27 > 0:20:28the women's world championship
0:20:28 > 0:20:31for the tenth time in January 2016?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Her first success came in 2001.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- Darts.- In which 2017 television series
0:20:37 > 0:20:39does Tom Hardy play James Delaney,
0:20:39 > 0:20:40who returns home from Africa
0:20:40 > 0:20:42to rebuild his late father's shipping empire,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45but finds himself opposed by both the British government
0:20:45 > 0:20:46and the East India Company?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- Taboo.- In which novel by Evelyn Waugh
0:20:49 > 0:20:51is a teddy bear named Aloysius
0:20:51 > 0:20:53the constant companion of Sebastian Flyte,
0:20:53 > 0:20:55the youngest son of Lord and Lady Marchmain?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Brideshead Revisited. - BEEP
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Brideshead Revisited is correct.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01You had one pass.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05The parliament is the parliament of Ukraine.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09You, Philip, have scored a total of 22 points.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11APPLAUSE
0:21:21 > 0:21:24And now Teresa again, please.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31And you start out with ten points, Teresa,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34but as you will have noted, the score to beat is 22.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38So, here we go. What name is given to the short-lived male honeybee,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41whose only role is to mate with the queen?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- The drone. - Old Ned was the theme tune
0:21:43 > 0:21:44to a television comedy series
0:21:44 > 0:21:46about a socially ambitious son
0:21:46 > 0:21:47who works as a rag-and-bone man
0:21:47 > 0:21:49with his father. Which series?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Steptoe And Son. - Which leading member of the pop art movement
0:21:51 > 0:21:54designed The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers album cover,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56featuring a pair of jeans with a fully functioning zip?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- Andy Warhol. - In which city was
0:21:58 > 0:22:01the American Declaration of Independence signed in 1776?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Philadelphia.- What is the name of the principal hormone
0:22:04 > 0:22:07that's responsible for the development of masculine characteristics
0:22:07 > 0:22:09such as facial hair and deepening of the voice?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- Testosterone.- In 1990,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13which Conservative politician introduced
0:22:13 > 0:22:15his controversial cricket test
0:22:15 > 0:22:17when he suggested that cricket fans of Asian heritage
0:22:17 > 0:22:20could not regarded as loyal until they supported England?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- Norman Tebbit.- What is the highest denomination
0:22:22 > 0:22:24found in the specially struck silver coins
0:22:24 > 0:22:27that make up the Maundy money presented by the sovereign?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- £5.- 4p. Which Australian port and capital city
0:22:30 > 0:22:33of the Northern Territory is on Beagle Gulf,
0:22:33 > 0:22:34an inlet of the Timor Sea?
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Cairns.- Darwin.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38The peacock is a relative of a game bird
0:22:38 > 0:22:40found in Britain whose males are brightly coloured.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42What game bird?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- Pheasant.- In what 1991 film
0:22:44 > 0:22:46does Jessica Tandy's character tell the story
0:22:46 > 0:22:48of her relative Idgie Threadgoode,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51who ran the local cafe at Whistle Stop in Alabama?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- Green Fried Tomatoes. - Fried Green Tomatoes.- Oh!
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Which band had number two hits
0:22:56 > 0:22:58in the UK singles charts in 1991 with
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Last Train To Trancentral and Justified And Ancient?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03The KLF.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06To which musical instrument is the Chantry Museum
0:23:06 > 0:23:08in Morpeth in Northumberland dedicated?
0:23:08 > 0:23:12It's the home county of one of the instrument's variants.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- Pipes.- Yeah, the bagpipes.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16What name is given to the highly seasoned, dry,
0:23:16 > 0:23:20cured beef that is a feature of New York Jewish cuisine?
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- Jerky.- Pastrami. At what school was
0:23:22 > 0:23:24the hapless Smike a pupil
0:23:24 > 0:23:26in Charles Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby?
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Can you repeat the question, please?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30At what school was the hapless Smike a pupil
0:23:30 > 0:23:32in Charles Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby?
0:23:32 > 0:23:33No, sorry, pass.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36In which country were the tennis players Justine Henin
0:23:36 > 0:23:38and Kim Clijsters born? BEEP
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Belgium.- Belgium is correct.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42That school was Dotheboys Hall.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- You've scored, Teresa, 20 points. - OK, thank you.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48APPLAUSE
0:23:55 > 0:23:58And, finally, Ben again, please.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02And you also start out with ten points, Ben,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05and 22 is still the score to beat
0:24:05 > 0:24:08if you are to get through to the grand final.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Here we go. Which organisation was founded by Robert Baden-Powell?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Its branches include Beavers and Cubs.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- The Boy Scouts.- What name is given to an earthenware dish
0:24:16 > 0:24:18with a tall, conical lid used in North Africa
0:24:18 > 0:24:20and also to a stew cooked in one?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- Tagine.- Who wrote the 1995 novel Jackson's Dilemma?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25It was a final book, and its limited vocabulary
0:24:25 > 0:24:27is said to have revealed early signs
0:24:27 > 0:24:30of the Alzheimer's disease that caused her death four years later?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- Doris Lessing.- Iris Murdoch. Who was the voice
0:24:32 > 0:24:34of the vegetarian vampire Count Duckula
0:24:34 > 0:24:36in the spin-off from the original
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Danger Mouse television cartoon series?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- David Jason. - In Greek mythology,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42the city of Athens was named after the goddess Athena
0:24:42 > 0:24:45after she beat Poseidon in a competition to offer
0:24:45 > 0:24:47the most useful gift to its citizens.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48What tree was Athena's gift?
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- Olive tree.- Flint's Island, by Leonard Wibberley,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53and Silver's Revenge, by Robert Leeson,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56are among the sequels to which novel by Robert Louis Stevenson?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- Treasure Island. - Who became the fourth woman
0:24:58 > 0:25:00to train a Grand National winner when One For Arthur
0:25:00 > 0:25:02won the race in 2017?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- Jones.- Russell. Who was the father of Alexei,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10He and his family were murdered in July 1918.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- Nicholas II. - Sir Sidney Nolan
0:25:13 > 0:25:15is best known for his paintings of the landscape
0:25:15 > 0:25:17of his native Australia
0:25:17 > 0:25:19and of which famous Australian outlaw?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Ned Kelly.- What is the name of the British boyband
0:25:22 > 0:25:26who had three chart-topping albums between 2001 and 2003
0:25:26 > 0:25:29entitled All Rise, One Love and Guilty?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Blue.- Who became the founder and leader
0:25:31 > 0:25:33of the British Union of Fascists
0:25:33 > 0:25:35after a visit to Italy in 1932?
0:25:35 > 0:25:39- Mosley.- The infant James V was crowned in 1513,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42and his infant daughter Mary was crowned in 1543
0:25:42 > 0:25:45in the Chapel Royal of a castle in Central Scotland. Which castle?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- Stirling.- What is the title of the 1968 Disney comedy
0:25:49 > 0:25:51that features a Volkswagen Beetle
0:25:51 > 0:25:53called Herbie with a mind of its own?
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- The Love Bug.- By what name of native Peruvian origin
0:25:56 > 0:25:57is the cougar or mountain lion
0:25:57 > 0:25:59more generally known?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- Jaguar.- Puma. The historic region of Silesia
0:26:02 > 0:26:04lies mostly in the south-west corner of which country?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07- Poland.- In computing, what term for programmes
0:26:07 > 0:26:10such as viruses and worms written to disrupt... BEEP
0:26:10 > 0:26:11..the operation of a computer
0:26:11 > 0:26:14is a contraction of malicious software?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- Malware.- Is correct.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Ben, you have scored a total of 23 points.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25GASPING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Well, what a contest! Couldn't have been closer than that, could it?
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45In fifth place, 13 points, Richard.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Fourth place, 20 points, Teresa.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Joint second place,
0:26:49 > 0:26:5222 points apiece, Pam and Philip.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54First place - he just scraped in -
0:26:54 > 0:26:5623 points, Ben.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59APPLAUSE
0:27:08 > 0:27:14Which means that Ben goes through to the final - the grand final.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Congratulations to him.
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