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Our first contender tonight is Emma Busk.

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She's a PR consultant from Lincolnshire

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and her specialist subject, the television series MASH.

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Next, David Sutherland from Gateshead.

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He's answering questions on the reforming statesman

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John George Lambton.

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David Noble is a teacher from London.

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His specialist subject, English League football grounds.

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And Michael Taylor, an historian from Manchester.

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His subject, the rock band U2.

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APPLAUSE

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Hello, I'm John Humphrys, and welcome to Mastermind.

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The rules, as you will know, are simple.

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Two minutes for their specialist subjects and two-and-a-half

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minutes for the general knowledge.

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All four contenders dream the same dream,

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becoming the next Mastermind champion. Who will it be?

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Well, let's ask our first contender to join us, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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The TV series MASH.

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MASH, in two minutes, starting now.

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The television series MASH, set in a mobile army hospital

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during the Korean War, was based on a film and novel by Richard Hooker.

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Who developed it for television and wrote the pilot episode?

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Larry Gelbart.

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In The Birthday Girls, in which city does Margaret Houlihan plan

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to have a romantic birthday celebration?

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She misses her plane because her jeep breaks down.

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Tokyo.

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As fighting gets nearer to the MASH Unit, Colonel Potter orders

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evacuation of the camp to a cave. Hawkeye is against the idea

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because he has what condition?

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Claustrophobia.

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Which singer-songwriter, who plays Captain Calvin Spalding

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in Season Three, performs North Korean Blues in the episode Rainbow Bridge?

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Loudon Wainwright III.

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Radar is given a field promotion to a non-existent rank

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so that he can enter the Officers' Club

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when he and Hawkeye meet BJ Hunnicutt on his arrival in Korea.

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What rank?

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Corporal Captain.

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Who takes over temporary command of the unit after Henry Blake

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leaves and before the arrival of Sherman Potter?

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Major Frank Burns.

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What animal does Corporal Klinger buy from a pedlar

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because he thinks it will help him to get rich?

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Pass.

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The theme music for the series is an instrumental

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version of the song, Suicide Is Painless. who wrote the music?

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Pass.

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What is the name of the game invented by BJ

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and Hawkeye that is a combination of chess, poker and checkers?

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Pass.

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In the episode Bombshells, when the unit is

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full of speculation about various news items, Hawkeye and Charles start

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a rumour that the unit is going to be visited by which actress?

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Marilyn Monroe.

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On what subject does Frank Burns ask Father Mulcahy to give a talk

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while Henry is away in Tokyo giving a lecture on haemorrhoids?

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Temperance.

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In None Like it Hot, what item that is delivered to the

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camp during a heatwave is described by Charles as a canvas Xanadu?

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A bath tub.

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Which member of the cast directed Goodbye, Farewell And Amen,

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the final episode of MASH?

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Alan Alda.

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When Rosie is injured in a brawl,

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members of the MASH Unit run the bar on her behalf. What is the name

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of the Australian military policeman who she says should get free drinks?

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Ugly John.

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Muldoon.

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Klinger has to serve 30 days' kitchen duty after

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he hits Sergeant Zale because he insulted a minor league

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baseball team from Klinger's home town of Toledo. Which team?

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The Mud Hens.

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Who plays Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake...

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BEEP

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..the Commander of the MASH 4077 unit in the first three series?

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McLean Stevenson.

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You have three passes.

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The name of the game invented by BJ and Hawkeye, Double Cranko.

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The theme music from the series, Johnny Mandel who wrote that music.

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And Klinger bought, because he thought it would help him to get rich, a goat.

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-You have scored, Emma, 12 points.

-Thank you very much.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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In two minutes, starting now.

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The First Earl of Durham, also known as Radical Jack,

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was a politician who helped draft the Reform Bill in 1832.

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On what industry was his personal fortune mainly based?

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Coal mining.

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In Lambton's maiden speech in the House of Commons in May 1814,

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he attacked the Government's support for Denmark's cession of which

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country to Sweden?

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Norway.

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Lambton supported Henry Brougham in his attack on a tax that had

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been introduced to finance the Napoleonic Wars

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and was abolished in March 1816. Which tax?

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Pass.

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What was the name of the Whig politician with whom Lambton

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fought a duel in 1826 after he had been called a liar?

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Thomas Beaumont.

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Which cavalry regiment did Lambton join after he left Eton?

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His commission was arranged by his uncle Ralph.

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The 10th Light Dragoons.

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In 1832, the Prime Minister Lord Grey sent Lambton to

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St Petersburg in part to persuade Tsar Nicholas to recognise

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the King of newly-independent Belgium. What was the King's name?

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Leopold.

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In which street was Lambton's London house, where a committee led

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by him did much of the preparatory work for the Great Reform Bill?

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Cleveland Row.

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In October 1834, 120,000 people gathered to hear Lambton speak

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in a city where he attended a feast known as the Durham Dinner. Which city?

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Glasgow.

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According to the MP Thomas Creevey, what sum did Lambton say was

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a moderate income such a one as a man might jog on with?

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£40,000.

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What order of chivalry did William IV award to Lambton,

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when he stepped down as Ambassador to Russia in 1837?

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It was the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.

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Lambton was Vice President of a society that asked

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a scientist to produce a safety lamp for use in mines, and was present

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when it was tested in one of his collieries. Who was the scientist?

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Humphry Davy.

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What was the name of the ship on which Lambton

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and his family sailed to Canada in April 1838?

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The Hastings.

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Who wrote an article that supported Lambton's actions in Canada

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and proposed him as the leader of the Liberal Party?

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Extracts of it appeared in the Spectator.

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John Stuart Mill.

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Towards the end of his life, Lambton became the Governor

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of a company whose aim was to establish a colony in which country?

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New Zealand.

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BEEP

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New Zealand is correct.

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You had one pass. The tax that he was

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so opposed to he wanted it abolished was income tax.

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However, David, you have 13 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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English Football League stadiums. Here we go.

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In 2003, Manchester City left Maine Road and moved into a stadium

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that had been originally built

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for which international sporting event?

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The Commonwealth Games.

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What was the surname of the baronet

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who built Aston Hall during the early 17th century?

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It's also the name of the South Stand at Villa Park.

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Holte.

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Which team, who were promoted to the Football League in 2012,

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play their home matches at Highbury Stadium?

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Fleetwood Town.

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Which ground opened in 1900 and is believed to be the highest

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of the 92 Premier and Football League grounds,

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at around 550ft above sea level?

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-Pass.

-Which stadium was the home of Holbeck Rugby Club

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from 1897 till 1904,

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when it was taken over by a football team?

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It was once known as the Old Peacock Ground.

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-Elland Road.

-What symbol of Tottenham Hotspur

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was made by the coppersmith WJ Scott

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and first appeared on the roof of White Hart Lane's

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new West Stand soon after it opened in 1909?

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A cockerel.

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Grimsby Town's home ground, Blundell Park,

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is not actually in Grimsby,

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but in a neighbouring town. Which one?

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-Cleethorpes.

-Whose ground was opened

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on the 31th of August 1935

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by the club president, Russell Colman?

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It was built on land belonging to the Colman mustard company.

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Norwich City.

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Which ground, that opened in 1997, has the slogan "Ha'way The Lads"

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written across the seats of its North Stand?

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The Stadium of Light.

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The ashes of which famous footballer, born in Hanley,

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were buried under the centre circle

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at Stoke City's ground in 2000?

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Ooh, pass.

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Which London club's current home ground, opened in 1896,

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was built on land that was once part

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of Anne Boleyn's hunting grounds?

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-Fulham.

-What is the name of the construction company

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that built Huddersfield Town stadium?

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It opened in 1994. They also bought its naming rights.

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-McAlpine.

-Which ground staged what's believed to be the first

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floodlit football match in 1878,

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as well as a Test cricket match in 1902?

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-The Old Showground.

-Bramall Lane.

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What team have played home matches

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at the Liberty Stadium since 2005?

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Swansea City.

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Rotherham United's current stadium opened in 2012

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on a site that used to be the location of

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the Guest and Chrimes foundry. BEEP

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Which city was it named after,

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whose distinctive fire hydrants were once made at the foundry?

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-New York.

-Yeah, absolutely, New York.

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You had two passes.

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That very, very famous footballer whose ashes

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were buried under the centre circle at Stoke City - Stanley Matthews.

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Of course.

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And it was The Hawthorns that opened in 1900.

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Believed to be the highest

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of all the Premier and Football League grounds.

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-However, David, you have scored 12 points.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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And our final contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Occupation?

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And your specialist subject?

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U2, here we go. U2's first singles were released by CBS Ireland.

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To which record label did the band

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subsequently sign to in 1980?

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-Island.

-The band was originally called Feedback

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when it was formed in the mid-'70s

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at a Dublin comprehensive school. Which school?

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-Mount Temple.

-Which song, on the '88

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chart-topping album Rattle And Hum,

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does Bono introduce with the words,

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"This is a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles. We're stealing it back"?

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-Helter Skelter.

-What is the name of the club

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in West Hampstead where U2 played

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their first gig in Britain on the 1st of December 1979?

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The Moonlight Club.

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In March 1988, the band won Grammys

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for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

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and Album of the Year. For which album?

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The Joshua Tree.

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What is the name of the Irish former world champion boxer

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who appeared in the video for Sweetest Thing?

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Steve Collins.

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What was the title of the song that U2 recorded

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for the 1990 Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue,

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which was released to benefit AIDS research and relief?

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Night And Day.

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At which airport did Anton Corbijn take the photo

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that features on the cover of the band's album

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All That You Can't Leave Behind?

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Charles de Gaulle.

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Which musician has directed several videos for the band,

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including Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of,

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Numb, and Even Better Than The Real Thing?

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-Pass.

-In 2014, the band was criticised

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after their new album was added to the libraries

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of all iTunes subscribers. What was the album's title?

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Songs Of Innocence.

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The band's 1991 album Achtung Baby

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was recorded in Dublin and at which studio in Berlin?

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-Hansa Ton.

-What was the name of the band's tour

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that began in Florida in March 2001

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and ended in the same state over eight months later

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after more than 100 concerts?

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-Elevation.

-U2 voiced cartoon

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versions of themselves in the 200th episode of The Simpsons in 1998.

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What was the title of the episode?

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-Trash of the Titans.

-What was the name of the record label

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that U2 launched in 1984,

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which helped young, unsigned bands

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entering the music industry, such as Hothouse Flowers?

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Mother.

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The song Angel Of Harlem, from the Rattle And Hum album...

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BEEP ..was a tribute to which jazz singer?

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-Billie Holiday.

-Is correct.

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You had one pass.

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That musician who directed several videos was Kevin Godley.

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Had you got that, you'd have got them all right!

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As it was, you've got 14 points.

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APPLAUSE

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Well, a very close contest.

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Let's have a look at all of the scores.

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In joint third place, 12 points apiece,

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Emma Busk and David Noble.

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Second place, 13 points, David Sutherland.

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First place, 14 points, Michael Taylor.

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APPLAUSE

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Round 2 now, the general knowledge round.

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And if there is a tie at the end of it,

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then the number of passes is taken into account

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and the contender with the fewer passes is the winner.

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And if they have tied on passes as well,

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there has to be a tie-break.

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So, let us get on with it and ask Emma to join us again, please.

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And you start out with 12 points, Emma,

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and everything to play for in this game.

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And you get two-and-a-half minutes

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of general knowledge questions, of course. So, here we go.

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The rough, strong form of which drink

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made from apples is known as scrumpy?

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-Cider.

-What is the name of the double Olympic champion

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middle-distance runner

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who was a physical training instructor in the British Army

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during her early athletics career?

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-Sally Gunnell.

-Kelly Holmes.

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Which 1985 Steven Spielberg film,

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based on a novel by Alice Walker,

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was nominated for 11 Oscars, but ended up winning none?

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The Color Purple.

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In Indian cookery, what popular style of meat dish

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is known by the name of the traditional, cylindrical,

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deep clay oven in which it is cooked?

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-Tikka.

-Tandoori.

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What is the French term for shreds of paper

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mixed into a pulp with resin or glue

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and pressed together in a mould to make ornaments and masks?

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Papier-mache.

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Which city is the capital of the southern Italian region of Campania?

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-Naples.

-In American politics, what name is given

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to the member of the House of Representatives

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who is elected to lead the House?

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-Speaker of the House.

-In the Bible,

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what was the name of the last of the judges of Israel?

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He anointed Saul as its first king.

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-David.

-Samuel.

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What is the title of the 1970s television series

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in which a kitchenmaid, played by Gemma Jones,

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becomes the manageress of a fashionable London hotel?

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The Duchess Of Duke Street.

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Which Beatles' number one was their first single

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released on the Apple label?

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-Please Please Me.

-Hey Jude.

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Who composed the music for the opera The Barber Of Seville,

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first performed in Rome as Almaviva, in 1816?

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Rossini.

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What calculating device that consists of graduated scales

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capable of relative movement was an essential tool

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in science and engineering before electronic calculators?

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The slide rule.

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The smallest species of which flightless bird

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is called the little blue, or fairy,

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and lives mainly around the coasts of Australia and New Zealand?

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-Kiwi.

-Penguin.

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Peter II was the last king of which country?

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He fled from there when the Germans invaded in 1941.

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-Russia.

-Yugoslavia.

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What is the name of the literary heroine

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who was an orphan brought up by a cruel and wealthy aunt, Mrs Reed,

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and has an unhappy time at Lowood School?

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Pass.

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In 1934, Tom Williams founded a motor company in Tamworth.

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Its first vehicle was a three-wheeler van

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based on one produced by his former employers, Raleigh.

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What was the company called?

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Reliant.

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The storyline of a novel by Virginia Woolf

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takes place on a single day

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in the life of the high-society woman

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who is the title character. Which novel?

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-Pass.

-What red-faced character,

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often portrayed in a Union Jack waistcoat,

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has been a symbol of England since the 18th century?

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John Bull.

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What word that means deliberate damage or destruction

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comes from the French for a shoe made from a single block of wood?

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BEEP

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-Clog.

-HE CHUCKLES

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-Might have been, mightn't it? Sabotage.

-Ah!

-Yeah, I know.

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Anyway, that novel by Virginia Woolf -

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single day in the life of a high-society woman - Mrs Dalloway.

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And the literary heroine brought up by her cruel aunt

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-was none other than Jane Eyre.

-Oh!

-HE CHUCKLES

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-You have, Emma, 22 points.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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And now David Noble, please.

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David, you start out with 12 points, and as you have just heard,

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the score to beat at the moment is 22.

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So, here we go, with two-and-a-half minutes.

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In which museum in Paris is Leonardo da Vinci's

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Mona Lisa on public display?

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-The Louvre.

-Who was the first Roman Catholic president

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of the United States of America?

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-JFK.

-The Millennium Bridge, known as the Blinking Eye

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because of its shape and the way it tilts,

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links Newcastle upon Tyne to which town?

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-Gateshead.

-What word that comes from the Latin for an official

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originally referred to a medieval wandering musician

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who performed songs or recited poetry with instrumental accompaniment?

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Minstrel.

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Which of his fellow dramatists wrote that

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Shakespeare had "small Latin and less Greek"?

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-Marlowe.

-Ben Jonson.

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The island of Hispaniola is shared by

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the Republic of Haiti and which other country?

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The Dominican Republic.

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In which European capital city is the Manneken Pis fountain,

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a bronze statue of a small boy relieving himself?

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Brussels.

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What is the alternative name of the Indian tiger,

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the most numerous of all tiger subspecies?

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-Pass.

-The name of which supernatural being

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in Irish and other Celtic folklores,

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whose wailing is a source of dread,

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comes from the Irish or Scots Gaelic

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for "woman of the fairies"?

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-A kelpie.

-Banshee.

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Whose 1935 novel, A Clergyman's Daughter,

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tells the story of Dorothy Hare,

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whose life's turned upside down

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after she has an attack of amnesia?

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-Evelyn Waugh.

-George Orwell.

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Who was murdered in the Senate House

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by a group of conspirators on the Ides of March, 44 BC?

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Julius Caesar.

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Napier University is in which Scottish city?

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-Aberdeen.

-Edinburgh. In which 2016 film,

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based on the DC Comics antihero team of the same name,

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does a government agency recruit imprisoned supervillains

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for dangerous missions in exchange for reduced sentences?

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-Justice League.

-Suicide Squad.

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In which Puccini opera does Rodolfo sing the aria Che Gelida Manina,

0:18:190:18:23

Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen, to Mimi?

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-Pass.

-What small, oval fruit

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that originated in China and resembles a tiny orange

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can be eaten whole because the sweet rind is edible?

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-Apricot.

-Kumquat.

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A British musician and celebrity chef

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of Jamaican heritage has had programmes on Radio 2

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on which he plays his favourite reggae tunes

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from across the decades. Who is he?

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-Ainsley Harriott.

-Levi Roots.

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Which Manchester group's UK Top 20 singles include

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Born Of Frustration in 1992, She's A Star in '97,

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and Just Like Fred Astaire in '99?

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-James.

-Cu is the symbol of which chemical element?

0:18:580:19:01

-Copper.

-The 1806 Battle of Austerlitz

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is known as the Battle of the Three Emperors

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because of the presence of the emperors of France, Austria and...?

0:19:060:19:08

-Prussia.

-In David Copperfield...

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BEEP ..what is the name of the carrier

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to whom the hero's former nurse,

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Clara Peggotty, is eventually married?

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I've no idea, I'm sorry. Pass.

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No? Well, that's a shame. Oh, well.

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It is Barkis. That was one of your passes.

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La Boheme was the other - that Puccini opera.

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And the alternative name of the Indian tiger is the Bengal tiger.

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And I say that's a shame from your point of view,

0:19:300:19:33

-cos you've also got 22 points.

-Thanks. Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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And now the other David - David Sutherland, please.

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And you start out with 13 points, David.

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And the score to beat remains 22. So, here we go.

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What name is given to the traditional unit of four inches

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used for measuring the height of horses and ponies?

0:19:590:20:01

-Hand.

-The artist David Hockney was born in 1937

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in which West Yorkshire city?

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-Bradford.

-The Rowley Mile and The July Course

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are the two tracks of which horse racing venue?

0:20:100:20:12

-Epsom.

-Newmarket.

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Which Oscar-winning actor was born Krishna Bhanji

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in December 1943 near Scarborough?

0:20:160:20:19

-Pass.

-In the affairs of the European Union,

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what do the letters CAP stand for?

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Common Agricultural Policy.

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The Chateau of Rambouillet is the official summer residence

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of the holder of which position?

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President of France.

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The American sitcom Joanie Loves Chachi,

0:20:320:20:34

that ran from 1982 to '83,

0:20:340:20:36

was a spin-off from which long-running series?

0:20:360:20:38

-Pass.

-What is the name of the composer

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who wrote the music for the opera The Tales Of Hoffmann?

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It remained unfinished at his death in 1880.

0:20:430:20:45

-Wagner.

-Offenbach.

0:20:470:20:49

Monica Ali's 2011 novel Untold Story

0:20:490:20:52

is inspired by thoughts of what might have happened

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if a public figure had disappeared

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into an ordinary suburban life

0:20:560:20:57

instead of dying in a car accident. Which public figure?

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-Princess Diana.

-In 2015, a Labour MP

0:21:010:21:03

had to battle with the Scottish Nationalists

0:21:030:21:06

to keep his favourite seat on the so-called rebels' bench

0:21:060:21:08

that he's occupied for decades. Which MP?

0:21:080:21:10

-Pass.

-In February 1692,

0:21:100:21:13

which clan were the victims of the Glencoe massacre?

0:21:130:21:16

The MacDonalds of Glencoe.

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Which seafood is known as homard on a French menu?

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-Lobster.

-What is the title of the song

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that gave Frankie Vaughan a UK number-two hit in '56

0:21:230:21:26

and Shakin' Stevens a UK number-one hit in '81?

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-Give Me The Moonlight.

-Green Door.

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In the poem by Longfellow, who is Hiawatha's beloved?

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Her name means "laughing water".

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-Minnehaha.

-According to tradition,

0:21:360:21:38

what is the name of the daughter of Herodias

0:21:380:21:40

who danced for Herod Antipas on his birthday?

0:21:400:21:42

-Salome.

-What is the international standard unit

0:21:420:21:45

of luminous intensity?

0:21:450:21:47

It's usually abbreviated to the letters cd.

0:21:470:21:50

-Pass.

-What word that originally referred to

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a hooded waterproof jacket

0:21:520:21:54

worn by the Inuit people of Greenland

0:21:540:21:55

has come to be applied to a person

0:21:550:21:57

with a hobby which is seen as boring?

0:21:570:21:59

-Anorak.

-Feltham First, Early Onward

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and Kelvedon Wonder are popular varieties

0:22:010:22:04

of which garden vegetable?

0:22:040:22:05

-Pass.

-What award for animal heroism

0:22:050:22:08

was introduced by the founder

0:22:080:22:10

of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals in 1943?

0:22:100:22:13

The Dickin Medal.

0:22:130:22:14

What town near the west end of the Menai Strait

0:22:140:22:16

is the site of a Roman fort called Segontium

0:22:160:22:18

and an imposing castle built by Edward I?

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-Caernarfon.

-Caernarfon, yes. Cedric Hardwicke...

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BEEP ..Stewart Granger and Richard Chamberlain

0:22:270:22:29

have all played Allan Quatermain film versions

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of which H Rider Haggard novel?

0:22:310:22:34

-King Solomon's Mines.

-Is correct.

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You had five passes, David.

0:22:360:22:38

Those Feltham First, Early Onward etc are all peas.

0:22:380:22:42

The international standard unit of luminous intensity,

0:22:420:22:45

cd, means candela.

0:22:450:22:47

That rebellious MP who's been in Parliament forever

0:22:470:22:51

is Dennis Skinner.

0:22:510:22:53

That American sitcom, Joanie Loves Chachi,

0:22:530:22:55

was a spin-off from Happy Days.

0:22:550:22:57

And Krishna Bhanji, as he was born,

0:22:570:23:00

became Ben - Sir Ben - Kingsley.

0:23:000:23:03

You have, however, David, scored now a total of 26 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And finally, Michael again.

0:23:180:23:21

You start off with 14 points, Michael.

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The score is, as you've just heard, 26.

0:23:240:23:28

So, let's see if you can do it and get through to the next round.

0:23:280:23:32

Here we go. Which species of willow,

0:23:320:23:34

with long, slender, drooping branches,

0:23:340:23:36

has long been regarded as a symbol of mourning?

0:23:360:23:38

-Weeping.

-Santa Fe is the capital

0:23:380:23:41

of which of the states of the United States?

0:23:410:23:43

-New Mexico.

-In which 1995 Oscar-winning film

0:23:430:23:46

does Patrick McGoohan play the Hammer of the Scots, King Edward I?

0:23:460:23:50

-Braveheart.

-Catching Fire and Mockingjay

0:23:500:23:53

are the second and third books in The Hunger Games trilogy. Who's the author?

0:23:530:23:56

Suzanne Collins.

0:23:560:23:58

In which racquet sport is the object that is hit

0:23:580:24:00

sometimes called a bird?

0:24:000:24:03

Badminton.

0:24:040:24:05

Aphonia is the medical term for the loss of what faculty?

0:24:050:24:09

Pass.

0:24:090:24:10

Which Finnish composer published virtually nothing

0:24:100:24:13

after the 1926 tone poem Tapiola,

0:24:130:24:16

although he lived until 1957

0:24:160:24:18

and was supposedly working on an eighth symphony?

0:24:180:24:20

-Sibelius.

-What is the name of the veteran

0:24:200:24:23

British heavy metal band who played their farewell gig

0:24:230:24:25

in Birmingham in February 2017 after 49 years together?

0:24:250:24:29

Black Sabbath.

0:24:290:24:30

The ferocious reputation of a type of shark was enhanced

0:24:300:24:33

when it appeared in the film Jaws. Which shark?

0:24:330:24:36

-Great white.

-Who advised King Arthur's father, Uther,

0:24:360:24:39

to establish the knightly fellowship of the Round Table,

0:24:390:24:42

according to many versions of the Arthurian legend?

0:24:420:24:44

-Merlin.

-What is the title of the television series

0:24:440:24:47

in which Jeremy Clarkson and his two former Top Gear co-stars

0:24:470:24:50

reappeared in November 2016?

0:24:500:24:53

The Grand Tour.

0:24:530:24:54

What is the name of the consulting detective

0:24:540:24:56

who makes his first appearance

0:24:560:24:58

in the 1887 story A Study In Scarlet?

0:24:580:25:00

Sherlock Holmes.

0:25:000:25:02

Who succeeded his father John to the English throne in 1216?

0:25:020:25:06

-Edmund I.

-Henry III.

0:25:060:25:08

Which Danish architect designed the Sydney Opera House?

0:25:080:25:13

Pass.

0:25:130:25:15

What word for the intense white light,

0:25:150:25:17

once used as theatre stage lighting,

0:25:170:25:19

has come to mean the centre of public attention?

0:25:190:25:21

Limelight.

0:25:210:25:23

Which castle, the seat of the Dukes of Northumberland,

0:25:230:25:25

has featured in a number of films,

0:25:250:25:27

including Robin Hood - Prince Of Thieves

0:25:270:25:28

and the first two Harry Potter films?

0:25:280:25:30

-Pass.

-On the 1st of April 1918, the Royal Air Force was formed

0:25:300:25:34

when the Royal Naval Air Service merged with the RFC.

0:25:340:25:37

What do the initials RFC stand for?

0:25:370:25:39

Royal Flying Corps.

0:25:390:25:41

What was the surname of David and Elizabeth

0:25:410:25:43

who designed the wedding dress for Lady Diana Spencer in 1981?

0:25:430:25:47

Pass.

0:25:470:25:48

What word completes the title of the 2016 comedy horror film

0:25:480:25:51

starring Lily James and Sam Riley -

0:25:510:25:53

Pride And Prejudice And...?

0:25:530:25:55

-Zombies.

-The ensaimada, a sweet, airy yeast bun

0:25:550:25:59

shaped like a Moorish turban,

0:25:590:26:01

is a speciality of which of the Balearic Islands?

0:26:010:26:04

-Ibiza.

-BEEP

0:26:040:26:06

No, it's Mallorca. You have four passes.

0:26:060:26:09

Emanuel was the surname of the dress designer

0:26:090:26:13

for Lady Diana, as she was then.

0:26:130:26:15

Alnwick Castle is the seat of the Dukes of Northumberland etc.

0:26:150:26:19

The Danish architect who designed the Opera House was Jorn Utzon.

0:26:190:26:22

And aphonia is a medical term for losing your voice. Yeah.

0:26:220:26:28

However, Michael, you have scored 28 points.

0:26:280:26:32

APPLAUSE

0:26:320:26:34

So, at the end of that round - tightly fought -

0:26:430:26:46

let's have a look at the scores.

0:26:460:26:47

In joint third place, 22 points, Emma Busk and David Noble.

0:26:470:26:52

Second place, 26 points, David Sutherland.

0:26:520:26:55

First place, 28 points, Michael Taylor.

0:26:550:26:58

APPLAUSE

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Which means, of course, that Michael is tonight's winner

0:27:070:27:10

and he goes through to the semifinals.

0:27:100:27:12

Congratulations to him.

0:27:120:27:14

Commiserations to David Sutherland, but with his score - 26 points -

0:27:140:27:17

it's just possible we shall see him again in the semifinals.

0:27:170:27:21

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0:27:210:27:24

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