0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight, Adam Gilchrist,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29a broadcaster from London.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31His specialist subject, the sitcom Frasier.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Cliff Houghton is a retired brewer from Warrington.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38His subject, Warrington Rugby League.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Next in the black chair, Chris Cummins,
0:00:41 > 0:00:42a university lecturer from Edinburgh.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46His subject, another sitcom, Absolutely Fabulous.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Madeline Grant is a website manager from London,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51and she's answering questions on Jane Austen.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And Alfred Williams, curator from East Yorkshire,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58on the French composer Erik Satie.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01APPLAUSE
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humprhys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Tonight, five semifinalists have been here before, of course,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21but an even bigger challenge now awaits.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Tonight's winner goes through to the grand final.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27They will get only a minute and a half of questions
0:01:27 > 0:01:29on their specialist subject and then two minutes
0:01:29 > 0:01:31on their general knowledge,
0:01:31 > 0:01:35so let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43And your name is?
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Adam Gilchrist.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Your occupation?
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Broadcaster.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And your chosen subject?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49- Frasier.- Frasier.
0:01:49 > 0:01:5190 seconds, starting now.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53What the name of Niles' wife, who is described by Frasier
0:01:53 > 0:01:56in the pilot episode as "like the sun except without the warmth"?
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Maris.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Yes. In Room Full Of Heroes, Frasier throws a fancy dress party
0:02:00 > 0:02:02and asks everyone to come dressed as their hero.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Whom does Niles come dressed us?
0:02:04 > 0:02:05- His father.- Yeah.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08The mayor of Seattle stages a Fraser Crane Day Rally
0:02:08 > 0:02:11to celebrate the 1,000th episode of Frasier's radio show
0:02:11 > 0:02:13at the foot of which landmark?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14The Space Needle.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Frasier delivers the speech at his son's Bar Mitzvah,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20not in Hebrew as he'd been told, but in what other language?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- Klingon.- In which Seattle condominium block does Frasier
0:02:23 > 0:02:24live in apartment 1901?
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Elliott Bay Towers.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Who makes a guest appearance as Jackson Hedley,
0:02:28 > 0:02:29the former classical actor
0:02:29 > 0:02:32who introduced a young Frasier to the works of Shakespeare?
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Pass.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34In The Two Mrs Cranes,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Daphne's old fiancee, Clive, comes to Seattle to win her back.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40What does Martin tell him was his occupation before his retirement?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- Astronaut.- What is the name of Frasier's agent
0:02:43 > 0:02:47who tries to give up smoking in order to marry the radio
0:02:47 > 0:02:50station's new owner, the Texan millionaire nicknamed Big Willy?
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Bebe Glazer.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Frasier and Niles take over Orcini's restaurant to stop it
0:02:54 > 0:02:56going out of business. What new name do they give it?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Les Freres Heureux.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Which real life singer-songwriter
0:03:00 > 0:03:02plays Ben, whose performances at Cafe Nervosa
0:03:02 > 0:03:04force the Crane brothers to try a different coffee shop?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Elvis Costello.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08In the episode Author, Author
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Fraser agrees to co-write a book
0:03:09 > 0:03:11with Niles on what theme?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Psychiatry.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15No, sibling relationships.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17What item of furniture is brought into Frasier's
0:03:17 > 0:03:20apartment in the pilot episode and removed just before Frasier
0:03:20 > 0:03:22accepts the San Francisco job...
0:03:22 > 0:03:24BEEP ..at the end of the final series?
0:03:24 > 0:03:25His father's horrible chair.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Yes, Martin's armchair, exactly right.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Just one pass.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33That former classical actor was Sir Derek Jacobi.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35You have scored though, Adam, ten points.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37APPLAUSE
0:03:45 > 0:03:47And our next contender, please.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56And your name is?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- Cliff Houghton. - Your occupation?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- Retired brewer. - And your chosen subject?
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Warrington Rugby League Club.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03In 90 seconds, here we go.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06When Warrington won the League and Cup double in 1954
0:04:06 > 0:04:08their Challenge Cup Final at Wembley was a draw.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11An estimated 120,000 people watched Warrington win the replay
0:04:11 > 0:04:12at what stadium?
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Odsal.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Which Warrington player won the Lance Todd Trophy
0:04:16 > 0:04:18for his Man of the Match performance
0:04:18 > 0:04:20in both the 1950 and '54 Challenge Cup Finals?
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Gerry Helme.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Warrington won their first match by five points to four in the
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Northern Union in 1895. Which team did they beat?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- Hunslet.- Who bought a controlling interest
0:04:29 > 0:04:32and became Chairman of Warrington Rugby League club in May '71?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Simon Moran.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Ossie Davies.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37In December 1929 Warrington beat the Australian touring team
0:04:37 > 0:04:39by 17 points to eight.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Who scored all of Warrington's points?
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Tommy Thompson.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Yeah. How many successive Super League games did Warrington
0:04:44 > 0:04:47lose at the start of the 2017 season, before they gained
0:04:47 > 0:04:50their first point with a 22-all draw with Hull FC?
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Six.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55In August 1983, which car radio manufacturer became the first
0:04:55 > 0:04:58company to sponsor Warrington Rugby League team's shirts?
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Sparkomatic.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Who scored for Warrington in every one of their 2008 Super League
0:05:03 > 0:05:06matches and in both of their Challenge Cup matches?
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Chris Hicks.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Who is the only Warrington player to have scored more than 200 tries
0:05:10 > 0:05:12and more than 200 goals for the club?
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Jack Fish.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16In the Rugby League Challenge Cup match played on the
0:05:16 > 0:05:1920th May 2011, Warrington scored 112 points.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20How many did Swinton score?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Nil.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Yes! Who scored three tries and kicked ten goals for Warrington
0:05:24 > 0:05:27in their final game at the Wilderspool Stadium
0:05:27 > 0:05:29in September 2003?
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Graham Appo.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Which British Lions Rugby Union player signed professional
0:05:32 > 0:05:34terms with Warrington in 1973?
0:05:34 > 0:05:38BEEP He scored a try in his first match against Castleford.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Martin Regan?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43No, it was John Bevan.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47However, you've scored, Cliff, ten points.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49APPLAUSE
0:05:58 > 0:05:59And our next contender, please.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06And your name is?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Chris Cummins.- Your occupation?
0:06:08 > 0:06:09University lecturer.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10And your chosen subject?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Absolutely Fabulous. - Absolutely Fabulous.
0:06:12 > 0:06:1490 seconds, here we go.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16In the episode Fat, what does Eddie's mother reply
0:06:16 > 0:06:18when Eddie declares, "Inside of me,
0:06:18 > 0:06:20"there's a thin person just screaming to get out"?
0:06:20 > 0:06:21"Just the one, dear?"
0:06:21 > 0:06:24What implement does Eddie use to put out the 40 candles on her
0:06:24 > 0:06:25birthday cake in series one?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Fire extinguisher.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29When Saffy returns from two years in prison she's surprised to learn
0:06:29 > 0:06:30that Eddie is watching a
0:06:30 > 0:06:33foreign television programme with subtitles. Which programme?
0:06:33 > 0:06:34The Killing.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37In Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, whose name is attached
0:06:37 > 0:06:38to the brick thrown through Eddie's window?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Stella McCartney.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Eddie goes on a detox diet in the episode Donkey
0:06:42 > 0:06:44and says her ambition is that in three weeks' time
0:06:44 > 0:06:46she will be on the cusp of what?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Pass.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Which celebrity client of Eddie's was at school with Saffy
0:06:51 > 0:06:53and remembers her as "a brilliant head girl?"
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- Emma Bunton.- In the episode Fear, Eddie interrupts Saffy during a
0:06:57 > 0:07:00university lecture because she needs Saffy's help to use what implement?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Coffee maker?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04No - a can opener. When the television presenter Katy Grin
0:07:04 > 0:07:06appears on Comic Relief covered in green gunk,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08she says that she will have whose guts for garters?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Dawn French.- At the book club meeting,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Mariella Frostrup tries to encourage a five minute literary
0:07:13 > 0:07:16discussion on the pocket-sized, abridged version of what book?
0:07:16 > 0:07:17The Picture Of Dorian Gray.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20When Saffy and Gran are preparing food for the New Year's Eve party,
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Eddie arrives on rollerblades
0:07:21 > 0:07:25and announces that her resolution for 1995 will be to have more...?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Fun.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29In the episode Iso Tank, what does Eddie threaten to get
0:07:29 > 0:07:32from abroad if she's not allowed to go to Saffy's sixth form open day?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34A Romanian baby.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36What publication does Patsy describe as the
0:07:36 > 0:07:39"Who's who and the what's left of the British aristocracy",
0:07:39 > 0:07:42while she and Eddie are on a hunting weekend that cost £30,000?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Debretts.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45BEEP Gran makes a sign saying,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48"It's me, dears" to hold up at the airport for her friends Mac
0:07:48 > 0:07:51and Millie who are arriving on a flight from which American city?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Miami.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56No, you're very close, actually - Orlando.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57So in the right state, at any rate.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00You had one pass.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02When Eddie went on that detox diet she said
0:08:02 > 0:08:05in three weeks' time she'll be on the cusp of organ failure.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06You remember it now.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Chris, you also have ten points.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11APPLAUSE
0:08:16 > 0:08:18And our next contender, please.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25And your name is?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Madeline Grant.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Your occupation?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Website manager.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30And your chosen subject?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32The life and novels of Jane Austen.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Jane Austen, in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37In 1811, what was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be published?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Her brother Henry had made the initial contact with the publishers,
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Egerton's of Whitehall.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Sense And Sensibility.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45In Emma, when the party was unable to go to Box Hill after
0:08:45 > 0:08:47a horse became lame, Mr Knightley proposes
0:08:47 > 0:08:49they pick fruit in his garden at Donwell instead. Which fruit?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Strawberry.- Which breed of dog does Lady Bertram own in Mansfield Park?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54She appears to love it more than her children.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- Pug.- What was the name of the Irish law student with whom Austen danced
0:08:58 > 0:09:00while he was staying near her home in Steventon?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01He was sent away by his family
0:09:01 > 0:09:03when it became clear they were falling in love.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Tom Lefroy.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07In an attempt to win Mr Darcy's favour, who says,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09"There is no enjoyment like reading"?
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Caroline Bingley.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13To which member of the royal family did Austen reluctantly dedicate
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Emma after she had visited his library at Carlton House?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- Prince Regent.- In Persuasion, what is the title of the only book that
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall ever took up?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24The Baronetcy.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25No, The Baronetage.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Whom does the odious clergyman Mr Collins marry after
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Elizabeth Bennet has rejected him in Pride and Prejudice?
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Charlotte Lucas.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34What is the name of the street in Winchester where Austen
0:09:34 > 0:09:36and her sister, Cassandra, took rooms so that Austen could be
0:09:36 > 0:09:39nearer to her surgeon Mr Lyford shortly before her death?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- Pass.- What is the name of the clergyman whom Emma Woodhouse tries
0:09:43 > 0:09:44to persuade to marry her friend, Harriet Smith?
0:09:44 > 0:09:48She fails to realise that he intends to propose to Emma herself.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Mr Elton.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52In Sense And Sensibility, which of Shakespeare's plays was read
0:09:52 > 0:09:55by the Dashwoods with Mr Willoughby before he was called away?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Hamlet.- To which Hampshire village did Austen's mother
0:09:58 > 0:10:01and her daughters move in 1808 to a former bailiff's cottage?
0:10:01 > 0:10:02- Chawton.- In Mansfield Park,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04when Sir Thomas Bertram orders a ball to be...
0:10:04 > 0:10:08BEEP ..held for Fanny Price and her brother William, the only piece of
0:10:08 > 0:10:10jewellery that Fanny has to wear is an item that William had given her.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12What is it?
0:10:12 > 0:10:13- An amber cross.- It is indeed.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14And you had one pass.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18The name of that street in Winchester was College Street.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Madeline, you have 11 points.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23APPLAUSE
0:10:29 > 0:10:30And our final contender, please.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37And your name is?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38- Alfred Williams.- Your occupation?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Assistant curator.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41And your specialist subject?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43The life and music of Erik Satie.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Erik Satie, in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48The French composer Erik Satie was known by a nickname after
0:10:48 > 0:10:51he bought seven identical suits from a department store in 1895.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52What was it?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53The Velvet Gentleman.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56What instrument does Satie play in an 1891 sketch by the Catalan
0:10:56 > 0:10:58painter Santiago Rusinol?
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Harmonium.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02From which of Plato's Dialogues did Satie take the text for
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Les bords de L'lissus, the second part of his symphonic drama Socrate?
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Phaedrus?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09What is the name of the unfashionable suburb of Paris
0:11:09 > 0:11:11that became Satie's home after 1898?
0:11:11 > 0:11:12Arcueil.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Satie joined the French Socialist Party in August 1914
0:11:15 > 0:11:18after the assassination of a socialist leader. What was his name?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Jean Jaures-Freis?
0:11:19 > 0:11:20No - Jean Jaures.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23What was the name of the cult associated with the French
0:11:23 > 0:11:27novelist and mystic Sar Josephin Peladan that Satie was linked with?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- Rosicrucianism. - Which composer's music was quoted
0:11:30 > 0:11:33and parodied by Satie in his piano work Sonatine Bureaucratique?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Clementi.- What is the title of the short manifesto by Jean Cocteau
0:11:36 > 0:11:40that claimed that Satie was an ideal model for young French composers?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Le Coq Et L'arlequin.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Which of his works did Satie describe in the score
0:11:44 > 0:11:46as "utterly incomprehensible, even to me"?
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Vexations?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Embryons Desseches.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50What is the title of the deliberately
0:11:50 > 0:11:54provocative 1917 ballet that Satie created with Cocteau, Picasso
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and Massine for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- Parade.- Which celebrated composer orchestrated the first
0:11:59 > 0:12:02and third of Satie's piano compositions Trois Gymnopedies?
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- Debussy.- Which music critic was Satie convicted of libelling?
0:12:06 > 0:12:07He was sentenced to a week in prison
0:12:07 > 0:12:10but that was later suspended on a promise of good behaviour.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- Poueigh.- What unusual percussion instrument is
0:12:14 > 0:12:16required in the music for acrobats in Part Three of Parade?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- BEEP - Siren?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20The bouteillophone.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Ah!
0:12:21 > 0:12:24No passes, Alfred. You have scored ten points.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27APPLAUSE
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Well, that is a very close contest.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43In joint second place, ten points apiece, Adam, Cliff,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Chris and Alfred.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48In first place with 11 points, Madeline.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50APPLAUSE
0:12:54 > 0:12:57So, it is the general knowledge round now,
0:12:57 > 0:12:58and if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01which there very well might be, then the number of passes
0:13:01 > 0:13:04is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner,
0:13:04 > 0:13:08so let us get on with it, and ask Adam to join us again, please.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Right.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17You have ten points, but then, so does almost everybody else,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19to start this round with.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20So here we go.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Which is the only county that shares a border with Cornwall?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Devon.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27The name of which maidens of Norse mythology means
0:13:27 > 0:13:30"chooser of the slain" because they determined which fighters
0:13:30 > 0:13:32were worthy of a place in Valhalla?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- Pass.- A hippophagist is someone who eats the meat of what animal?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Er, carnivores.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Horse.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Which island republic, along with the Bahamas,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43is separated from the Florida Keys by the Straits of Florida?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- Cuba.- What is the popular name for Chlorophytum,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49a house-plant of African origin that has long, thin,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52green leaves with a light stripe down the middle?
0:13:52 > 0:13:53An egg plant.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Spider plant. Frederick Clegg is the title character of John Fowles'
0:13:56 > 0:13:59debut novel, which was made into a film that stars Terence Stamp.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00What's the book's title?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01- The Collector.- What historic site
0:14:01 > 0:14:03on the Thames near Egham has a name
0:14:03 > 0:14:06that comes from the Old English for "meadow where councils are held"?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Magna Carta was sealed there in 1215.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Runnymede.- Ivan Petrovich Voinitski is known by the familiar
0:14:12 > 0:14:15form of his forename in the title of which Chekhov play?
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Ivan The Terrible?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Uncle Vanya. Who gave the name Etruria to the pottery factory
0:14:19 > 0:14:21in the Stoke-on-Trent area that he opened
0:14:21 > 0:14:24with his partner Thomas Bentley in 1769?
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- Wedgwood.- In which 1963 film does Paul Newman play the title role
0:14:28 > 0:14:31of the arrogant and egotistical son of a proud Texas rancher?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Hud.- Who wrote the 1957 Pulitzer Prize winning book,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Profiles In Courage, an account of eight American senators
0:14:37 > 0:14:40who defied popular opinion on matters of conscience?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Truman Capote.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43John F Kennedy. In 1990,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46the former Czechoslovakia National Football Coach Doctor Jozef Venglos
0:14:46 > 0:14:49became the first foreign manager in English football's top flight.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Which club did he take over for one unsuccessful season?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Tottenham.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Aston Villa.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The metacarpals are bones found in what part of the human body?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00- The hands...- Yes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02In The Simpsons, which actress provided the voice of Maggie
0:15:02 > 0:15:05when she spoke her first word, "Daddy"?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- Pass.- Who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
0:15:08 > 0:15:09in May 1932?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Amelia Earheart.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13A diarist and fervent admirer of Margaret Thatcher
0:15:13 > 0:15:16was accused of being drunk on his first appearance at the dispatch
0:15:16 > 0:15:18box in the House of Commons soon after he was made a Parliamentary
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Under-Secretary in 1983. What was his name?- Pass.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24BEEP What word for a shallow wooden basket for carrying flowers,
0:15:24 > 0:15:28fruit or other produce, is thought to be a dialect version of trough?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30A...
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Go on, I'll put you out of your misery, shall I?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Yeah. A dish. No idea!
0:15:37 > 0:15:39No, it was a trug.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42The other passes - Alan Clark was that diarist.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Elizabeth Taylor was that actor in The Simpsons.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49And those maidens of Norse mythology were the Valkyries.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52You've scored a total now, Adam, of 18 points.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54APPLAUSE
0:16:02 > 0:16:04And now Cliff again, please.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09And another ten-pointer, as it were,
0:16:09 > 0:16:14and 18 is the score to beat as it stands,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17and you have two minutes in which to try to do it. Here we go.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20The Tynwald Court is the Parliament of which of the British Isles?
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Isle Of Man.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24What name of Greek origin is given to subnormal body temperature
0:16:24 > 0:16:27caused by prolonged natural exposure to cold or artificially
0:16:27 > 0:16:29induced before surgery?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Hypothermia.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32What suffix that means "of the king" has been
0:16:32 > 0:16:35added over the years to a number of English towns and villages?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Royal.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Regis. In the television series Till Death Us Do Part, which irritable
0:16:40 > 0:16:43television character referred to his wife Elsie as "a silly old moo"?
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Alf Garnett.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46What's the name of the Trojan prince whose story is
0:16:46 > 0:16:49told in the epic poem by Virgil?
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Paris?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Aeneas. What proposed policy did Aneurin Bevan tell
0:16:52 > 0:16:55the 1957 Labour Party Conference would send a future
0:16:55 > 0:16:59foreign secretary "naked into the conference chamber"?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Pass.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Who received an Oscar nomination for the title role
0:17:03 > 0:17:05of John Merrick in the 1980 film The Elephant Man?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07John Hurt.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09What adjective was invented by Edward Lear and used by him
0:17:09 > 0:17:12to describe a hat, a cat, a goose and most famously
0:17:12 > 0:17:14the eating implement used by the Owl And The Pussycat?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Runcible.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Hotchi-witchi is the Romany name for what small, spiny animal?
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Hedgehog.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Which British racing driver who retired at the end
0:17:24 > 0:17:27of the 2016 season made a one-off return for the
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Monaco Grand Prix in May 2017 as a replacement for Fernando Alonso?
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Jenson Button.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Of what republic on the Arabian peninsula is the former
0:17:35 > 0:17:37British colony of Aden a part?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Yemen.- What English name is given to thin slices of beef rolled
0:17:40 > 0:17:44around a stuffing and braised, often in a combination of wine and stock?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Pastrami.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Beef olives.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51In about 1527, to whom did Henry the Eighth write a letter that said that
0:17:51 > 0:17:55"for above a whole year" he had been "stricken with the dart of love"?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57MUTTERS
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Anne Boleyn.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Which former Conservative MP and media personality announced
0:18:01 > 0:18:04she was leaving her first husband Ray in 1997 about the same time
0:18:04 > 0:18:08as her novel She's Leaving Home was published?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Um...
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Currie, Edwina Currie.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13For how many years must the spirit mature in oak casks before it
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- can officially be designated as Scotch whisky?- Three.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20BEEP Outside what royal palace in St Petersburg were
0:18:20 > 0:18:22hundreds of unarmed demonstrators killed by troops as they
0:18:22 > 0:18:27marched to it in January 1905 in what became known as Bloody Sunday?
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Hermitage?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30The Winter Palace.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32You have one pass, Cliff.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38The policy Bevan was referring to was unilateral nuclear disarmament.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41You have a total now, though, of 20 points.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44APPLAUSE
0:18:50 > 0:18:53And now Chris again, please.
0:18:54 > 0:19:00And another ten-pointer. 20 is now the score to beat, so here we go.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03What word for a song used especially in religious worship
0:19:03 > 0:19:06comes from the Greek for "a song or ode in praise of gods or heroes"?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- Hymn?- What is the slowest of the four strokes used in
0:19:09 > 0:19:10competitive swimming?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Breaststroke.- What is the name of the centrist political party
0:19:13 > 0:19:16founded in April 2016 by Emmanuel Macron,
0:19:16 > 0:19:19the winner of the 2017 French Presidential Election?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21En Marche.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24The Waverley series of historical novels were published anonymously
0:19:24 > 0:19:27from 1814 until 1827, when the author's identity became known.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Who wrote them?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- Scott.- Which Greek-born Spanish artist's best-known painting,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36The Burial Of Count Orgaz, is now in the Church of Santo Tome in Toledo?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- El Greco.- What French term is used for food cooked
0:19:39 > 0:19:41in sealed greaseproof paper or foil?
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Pass.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45What was the name of Debbie Reynolds's daughter, whose novel
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Postcards From The Edge was made
0:19:46 > 0:19:49into a film starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine?
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Carrie Fisher.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53In women's football, which team completed a domestic treble in
0:19:53 > 0:19:56May 2017 when they beat Birmingham City in the FA Cup Final at Wembley?
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- Manchester City?- Which English city's Minster dedicated to St Peter
0:20:00 > 0:20:02is the British Isles' largest Gothic cathedral?
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- York.- The Egyptian Mau is a breed of what domestic animal?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- Cat?- Which novelist, poet
0:20:08 > 0:20:11and critic who died in 1995 was the author of The Old Devils?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13One of his sons is also a well-known writer.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Pass.- What musical instrument was Patrick Troughton well known
0:20:16 > 0:20:18for playing when he appeared as the second Doctor
0:20:18 > 0:20:20in the television series Dr Who?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Harmonica?
0:20:21 > 0:20:25A recorder. Who died on the 1st of May 1873 in Chitambo, what is now
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Zambia, during his obsessive search for the source of the River Nile?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Livingstone?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Which metallic element with the atomic number 24
0:20:33 > 0:20:36is used in alloys to increase strength and corrosion resistance?
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Titanium?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Chromium. What word for an entertainer who specialises
0:20:40 > 0:20:42in tossing and catching items such as balls
0:20:42 > 0:20:44and plates comes from the medieval French for such a person?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Juggler.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49The thylacine, a large doglike carnivorous marsupial,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51now thought to be extinct, takes its common name from the island
0:20:51 > 0:20:53where it survived the longest. Which island?
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- Pass.- Stinking Bishop, which gets its name and its pungent smell from
0:20:57 > 0:21:00the perry used to wash its rind, is a variety of what foodstuff?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Cheese.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04BEEP Who was the last Plantagenet and Yorkist King of England?
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Richard The Third?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12It was Richard The Third indeed.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14You had three passes. That thylacine...
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- Tasmania.- ..was Tasmania. Absolutely right.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Kingsley Amis was the author of The Old Devils.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22And that French term is en papillote.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Chris, you have a total now of 23 points.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27APPLAUSE
0:21:34 > 0:21:36And now Alfred again, please.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44And another ten-pointer, and now the score to beat is 23.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46So, here we go.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49What is the name of the 450-feet high ferris wheel on the south
0:21:49 > 0:21:50bank of the Thames opposite Big Ben?
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- London Eye.- What term in Hinduism for the incarnation of a deity
0:21:54 > 0:21:55in human or animal form has come to mean
0:21:55 > 0:21:58the representation of a person in an online environment?
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Avatar.- The title character of an American television series
0:22:01 > 0:22:02played by Frankie Muniz
0:22:02 > 0:22:05is a child genius who has brothers called Francis, Reese and Dewey.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Which series?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- Malcolm In The Middle.- Which Scottish author left the novel
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Weir Of Hermiston unfinished at his death in 1894?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- Robert Louis Stevenson? - Headingley, Harehills
0:22:13 > 0:22:15and Hunslet are all districts of which English city?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- Leeds.- What is the name of the British athlete who completed
0:22:18 > 0:22:21the feat of winning medals at all major athletics events
0:22:21 > 0:22:23when he won Silver medals in the 400 metres
0:22:23 > 0:22:27and the 4x400 metres relay at the '96 Olympics in Atlanta?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Roger Black?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Which tiger, found primarily in the forests of eastern Russia,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33is the largest member of the cat family?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Siberian.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37The ruins of the ancient city of Tikal in Guatemala are one of the
0:22:37 > 0:22:38most important archaeological sites
0:22:38 > 0:22:40of which pre-Columbian civilisation?
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Toltec?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Mayan. What name that means covers or lids is given to the snacks
0:22:45 > 0:22:46originally served with drinks in Spanish bars,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48and now found in many other countries?
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- Tapas.- Who first achieved commercial success with his 1932 novel
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Stamboul Train? It was the first of a number
0:22:54 > 0:22:56of his works adapted for the cinema.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Graham Greene.- What do the initials LED stand for in the field
0:22:59 > 0:23:00of electronics?
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Light-emitting diode.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04In 1977 Madsen Pirie and the brothers Eamonn
0:23:04 > 0:23:06and Stuart Butler founded a free-market think tank,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08named after which 18th century Scottish economist?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Adam Smith.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Who first worked as Richard Rodgers' lyricist in 1943 on the
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Pulitzer Prize-winning stage musical Oklahoma!?
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- Hammerstein.- Which dukedom has held the hereditary title
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Earl Marshal of England since 1672?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- Norfolk.- Tom Hiddleston portrays which Country
0:23:24 > 0:23:28and Western singer in the 2016 film biopic I Saw The Light?
0:23:28 > 0:23:33- Pass.- In 1836, Sir Charles Barry, assisted by Augustus Pugin,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35won the competition to design a replacement for a building
0:23:35 > 0:23:38that had burnt down in 1834. Which building?
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Parliament.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Which Greek hero tamed the flying horse Pegasus, and,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44with his help, killed the fire-breathing monster,
0:23:44 > 0:23:45the Chimaera?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- BEEP - Bellerophon.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48- Ooh.- Ooh!
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Didn't quite get to the next question,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53but there you go, that's how it works. One pass.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Tom Hiddleston played Hank Williams.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59You've now taken the score to beat up to 25 points.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01APPLAUSE
0:24:07 > 0:24:10And, finally, Madeline again, please.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15So, you start out with that one extra point, you have 11,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19but the score to beat, 25.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Two minutes in which to try to do it. Here we go.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24What name is given to trees such as conifers that are in leaf
0:24:24 > 0:24:26throughout the year?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Evergreen.- What is the name of Donald Trump's club in
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Palm Beach, Florida that has been called the Winter White House?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- Ooh, I don't know.- Which dark comedy television programme,
0:24:34 > 0:24:39an anthology of twisted tales first shown on BBC Two in February 2014,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41is written by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton?
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Pass.- What is the name of the propaganda broadcaster who was
0:24:44 > 0:24:47hanged at Wandsworth Prison in January 1946 for treason?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Goebbels.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50William Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52The shape of Italy is often described as a boot.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Which region lies in its so-called heel?
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Calabria?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Puglia. Who wrote the novel Black Mischief,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00a satire on an African ruler's attempt to
0:25:00 > 0:25:03modernize his country, after he was sent to Abyssinia by The Times
0:25:03 > 0:25:06to cover the Coronation of the Emperor Haile Selassie in 1930?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Evelyn Waugh.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10What is the name of the village in Bedfordshire where
0:25:10 > 0:25:14the Zoological Society of London set up a Wild Animal Park in 1931?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Twycross?
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Whipsnade.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20Who was the ruler of the gods in the religion of ancient Rome?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Ooh, er... Jupiter.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25In the 2017 film Viceroy's House,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27who plays Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, who has to
0:25:27 > 0:25:30oversee India's transition from British rule to independence?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Nigel Havers?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Hugh Bonneville. The 11th century Scottish Queen Gruoch
0:25:34 > 0:25:37is portrayed by Shakespeare as which scheming character?
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Lady Macbeth.- What name that comes from the Greek for fig
0:25:40 > 0:25:43and mulberry is shared by a fig tree native to the Middle East
0:25:43 > 0:25:46and a common British tree related to the maples of North America?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Mulberry?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Sycamore. The dish that consists of a chicken breast stuffed with garlic
0:25:51 > 0:25:53butter, coated with breadcrumbs and baked or fried,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56is named after an Eastern European capital city. Which city?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- Kiev.- Blepharitis is an inflammation
0:25:59 > 0:26:00of what part of the face?
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Um... Ears?
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Eyelids.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08By what name did Karol Wojtyla become known in October 1978
0:26:08 > 0:26:09when he became Pope?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Sorry, I didn't hear that.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14By what name did Karol Wojtyla become known in October 1978
0:26:14 > 0:26:15when he became Pope?
0:26:15 > 0:26:16John Paul the Second.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20What is the surname of Alistair and Jonathan who, in 2012,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23became the first brothers to stand together on the winners' podium...
0:26:23 > 0:26:26BEEP ..in an individual sport at the Olympic Games since 1908?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Brownlee.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Brownlee is correct.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33You had two passes - that television programme was Inside Number 9.
0:26:33 > 0:26:39And the name of Donald Trump's club in Palm Beach is Mar-a-Lago.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42You have a total now, Madeline, of 18 points.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44APPLAUSE
0:26:48 > 0:26:52So, a clear winner at the end of a very tight contest.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55In joint fourth place, 18 points,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Adam and Madeline,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59third place, 20 points, Cliff,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01second place, 23 points, Chris,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04first place with 25 points, Alfred.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06APPLAUSE
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Which means, of course, that Alfred goes through to the final.
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