0:00:24 > 0:00:27Our first contender tonight is Stephen Howard,
0:00:27 > 0:00:31a content marketing executive from Manchester, on Fifa World Cups.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Nicky Zhang is a tax manager from London.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37She's answering questions on Alexander the Great.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Next, Judith Sansom,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42an NHS administrator from Denbighshire,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44on the films of Rupert Everett.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And Adam Gilchrist, a broadcaster from London.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50His specialist subject, the Battle of Agincourt.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Tonight's contenders, as ever, will answer questions
0:01:07 > 0:01:10on their specialist subject for two minutes
0:01:10 > 0:01:13and then on general knowledge for two-and-a-half minutes.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16And tonight's winner goes through to the semifinal
0:01:16 > 0:01:18with a crack at becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21So, let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30And your name is...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Your occupation...
0:01:33 > 0:01:34And your chosen subject...
0:01:36 > 0:01:39In two minutes, starting now.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Diego Maradona said after Argentina's victory
0:01:42 > 0:01:44over England in the '86 World Cup
0:01:44 > 0:01:46that his first goal was scored a little with the head of Maradona
0:01:46 > 0:01:48and a little with...?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50The Hand of God.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53What was the name of the referee who issued a World Cup final record
0:01:53 > 0:01:57of 14 yellow cards in the 2010 final between Holland and Spain?
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Howard Webb.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Which team reached the quarterfinals in 1958
0:02:01 > 0:02:02but were beaten 1-0 by Brazil
0:02:02 > 0:02:05when Pele scored his first goal in the World Cup finals?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Yugoslavia.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Wales.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Miroslav Klose's goal in Germany's 7-1 win against Brazil
0:02:13 > 0:02:15in the 2014 semifinal saw him overtake Ronaldo
0:02:15 > 0:02:19as the leading scorer in World Cup finals with how many goals?
0:02:19 > 0:02:2016.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Neither of the stadiums that hosted the Group 4 matches
0:02:23 > 0:02:25in the '66 World Cup final still exist.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28One of them was Ayresome Park, what was the other?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Croke Park.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Roker Park. Who claimed "the Hand of God now belongs to me"
0:02:33 > 0:02:36after his goal-line handball and the resulting penalty miss
0:02:36 > 0:02:38by Ghana's Asamoah Gyan
0:02:38 > 0:02:42helped Uruguay reach the 2010 semifinals?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Luis Suarez.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Three players have scored ten or more goals
0:02:46 > 0:02:48in a single World Cup finals tournament.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Just Fontaine and Sandor Kocsis are two, who is the third?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Gerd Muller.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55The home ground shared by Internazionale
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and AC Milan is named after a player who was a member
0:02:58 > 0:03:02of Italy's World Cup winning teams in 1934 and '38. Who was he?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Giuseppe Meazza.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Roberto Baggio, who missed the decisive penalty kick
0:03:06 > 0:03:10that gave Brazil victory over Italy in the '94 final,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12was known as Il Divin Codino
0:03:12 > 0:03:14because of his distinctive hairstyle.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16What does that nickname mean?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17The Divine Ponytail.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21In the '98 final, Marcel Desailly became the first player
0:03:21 > 0:03:24to be sent off from a winning team in a World Cup final
0:03:24 > 0:03:26when he was shown a second yellow card
0:03:26 > 0:03:28for a foul on which player?
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Ronaldo.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Cafu. Which German midfielder's the only outfield player
0:03:32 > 0:03:34to have appeared in five World Cup final tournaments?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Lothar Matthaus.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Which East European country went 17 games
0:03:39 > 0:03:41without a win in the World Cup finals
0:03:41 > 0:03:42before beating Greece... BEEP
0:03:42 > 0:03:45..4-0 in a group match in 1994?
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Yugoslavia.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Well, not that far away in distance anyway. Bulgaria.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58You have scored, Stephen, no passes, eight points.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09And our next contender, please.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19And your name is...
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Your occupation...
0:04:21 > 0:04:23And your chosen subject...
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Alexander the Great in two minutes, here we go.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Alexander the Great was King of Macedonia in the fourth century BC.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31From the age of 13, he was taught by a philosopher
0:04:31 > 0:04:33and former student of Plato. Who was he?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Aristotle.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37At what battle of 338 BC against the Greek city-states
0:04:37 > 0:04:39did Alexander lead a cavalry charge
0:04:39 > 0:04:42that led to the destruction of the Thebans' sacred band?
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Chaeronea.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46A temple in Ephesus is traditionally said to have burned down
0:04:46 > 0:04:48while the goddess it was dedicated to
0:04:48 > 0:04:51was attending Alexander's birth. Which goddess?
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Artemis.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Who was Alexander's second- in-command during the campaign
0:04:54 > 0:04:58against Persia and the commander of the left wing of his army?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- Parmenion. - Parmenion, yep.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02When Alexander and his army crossed the Hindu Kush
0:05:02 > 0:05:05from the Kabul valley into Bactria in 329 BC,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09they're thought to have taken a pass that rises to over 11,000 feet.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Which pass?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Khawak.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14What name's given to the puzzle that Alexander is said to have solved in Phrygia?
0:05:14 > 0:05:18The prophecy claimed that the person who solved it would rule all of Asia.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Gordian Knot.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Which city, defended by the eunuch Batis,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25did Alexander capture after a two-month siege in 332 BC?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Pass.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Which Indian ruler did Alexander defeat
0:05:30 > 0:05:33at the Battle of the Hydaspes River in 326 BC?
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Porus.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37What was the name of Alexander's favourite seer, who predicted
0:05:37 > 0:05:39that the city of Alexandria in Egypt
0:05:39 > 0:05:42would be prosperous after the barley used to mark out
0:05:42 > 0:05:44its boundaries was eaten by birds?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- Aristander. - An Athenian women called Thais
0:05:47 > 0:05:50is said to have persuaded Alexander to burn down
0:05:50 > 0:05:51a Persian royal palace in 330 BC.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53In which city was the palace?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Persepolis.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Who was Alexander's lifelong friend?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59When he died at Ecbatana in 324 BC,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Alexander had his doctor executed.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Hephaestion. - On his return from India to Persia,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Alexander led part of his army on a 60-day march
0:06:07 > 0:06:09across the desert. Which desert?
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Gedrosia.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12What was the name of the daughter
0:06:12 > 0:06:14of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes
0:06:14 > 0:06:18whom Alexander married after the capture of the Sogdian Rock?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Roxanne.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22What was the name of Alexander's cupbearer
0:06:22 > 0:06:24who was implicated in the rumours that Alexander's sudden death...
0:06:24 > 0:06:26BEEP ..was the result of poisoning?
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Iollas.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Is correct. You had one pass.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34That city defended by the eunuch Batis was Gaza.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- But you've scored 13 points. - Thank you.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48And our next contender, please.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57And your name is...
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Your occupation...
0:07:01 > 0:07:04And your chosen subject...
0:07:04 > 0:07:06In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Rupert Everett had success early in his career
0:07:08 > 0:07:12with a 1984 film based loosely on the life of the old Etonian spy
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Guy Burgess. What was the film called?
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Another Country.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18The 1990 film The Comfort Of Strangers,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20co-starring Everett as Colin Mayhew,
0:07:20 > 0:07:21is based on a novel by which English author?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Ian McEwan.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26In Shakespeare In Love, Christopher Marlowe tells Will
0:07:26 > 0:07:28that he's nearly finished writing a play
0:07:28 > 0:07:29that is even better than Doctor Faustus.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32What does he say his new play is called?
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Salome's Feast.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Massacre At Paris.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Which actor sings Lady Come Down with Rupert Everett
0:07:37 > 0:07:40over the closing credits of The Importance Of Being Ernest?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- Colin Firth. - In To Kill A King,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45what fruit does Charles I offer Lord Fairfax
0:07:45 > 0:07:47shortly before he tears up the document
0:07:47 > 0:07:50that contains terms to limit his powers as king?
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Oranges.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Plums. In An Ideal Husband, to whom does Everett's character Lord Goring
0:07:54 > 0:07:57say that during the season he will only talk about serious matters
0:07:57 > 0:08:00on the first Tuesday of every month?
0:08:01 > 0:08:02To his father.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04His father, yes. Lord Caversham.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07In which 2004 film directed by Richard Eyre
0:08:07 > 0:08:09does Everett play King Charles II?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Stage Beauty.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13What sport is Everett's character Bill Bule playing
0:08:13 > 0:08:16when he first encounters Anne Manning in Separate Lies?
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Cricket.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20What question is on the card with the flowers
0:08:20 > 0:08:22that David Blakeley sends to Ruth Ellis for the first time
0:08:22 > 0:08:24in Dance With A Stranger?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Will you come out with me?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Not quite. When is your day off?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29In which '94 comedy horror film
0:08:29 > 0:08:33based on an Italian illustrated novel by Tiziano Sclavi
0:08:33 > 0:08:36does Everett star in the title role?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Dellamorte Dellamore.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Yes, or Cemetery Man.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Everett provides the voice of which scheming central character
0:08:42 > 0:08:44in Shrek 2 and Shrek The Third?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Prince Charming.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47What is the name of the Venetian waterfront hotel
0:08:47 > 0:08:49where the English couple Colin and Mary,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51played by Everett and Natasha Richardson,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54stay to try and rekindle their relationship
0:08:54 > 0:08:55in The Comfort Of Strangers?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Hotel Gabrielli. - In My Best Friend's Wedding,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00George says that he met his friend Julianne
0:09:00 > 0:09:03in a mental institution while he was visiting a person
0:09:03 > 0:09:05who claimed to be which famous singer?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Dionne Warwick. - What word... BEEP
0:09:07 > 0:09:09..of admonishment spoken by the Prince of Wales
0:09:09 > 0:09:12causes King George III to fly into a rage
0:09:12 > 0:09:14during a recital of Handel's music?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Sit down.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- No, it was "hush".- Oh.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Actually it was, "Hush, Father, hush."
0:09:22 > 0:09:24He said it twice, allegedly.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Anyway, Judith, no passes. You have scored ten points.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Thank you.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39And our final contender, please.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49And your name is...
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Your occupation...
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Your chosen subject...
0:09:53 > 0:09:55The Battle of Agincourt in two minutes. Here we go.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59The battle was fought on the 25th October in 1415
0:09:59 > 0:10:02when French forces blocked the path of Henry V's army
0:10:02 > 0:10:04as it was marching from the successful siege of Harfleur
0:10:04 > 0:10:06towards which city?
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Calais.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09The English army at Agincourt was severely depleted
0:10:09 > 0:10:11because of an outbreak of a disease
0:10:11 > 0:10:14that had become an epidemic in the siege of Harfleur. What disease?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- Dysentery.- Who replaced Edward, Duke of York,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18in command of the rearguard of the English army?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21It became the left wing during the battle.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Lord Camoys? - The French army originally mustered in which city,
0:10:24 > 0:10:28where a royal council decided neither the king nor the dauphin
0:10:28 > 0:10:30should take part in the coming battle?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Rouen.- What was the name of the narrow, pointed arrowhead
0:10:33 > 0:10:36that was used by Henry's archers? It may have been able to penetrate
0:10:36 > 0:10:37the ventilation slits in helmets
0:10:37 > 0:10:40and even been effective against plate armour.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- The bodkin.- Which village stood in the woodland
0:10:42 > 0:10:44which protected the right flank
0:10:44 > 0:10:47of the English line of battle opposite Agincourt?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- Tramecourt. - Who was the French Grand Master of Crossbowmen
0:10:51 > 0:10:53who was killed along with three of his sons?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- David de Rambures. - In what village
0:10:55 > 0:10:59to the rear of the English line did Henry's army camp
0:10:59 > 0:11:00before and after the battle?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03It was where the baggage train was originally positioned.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08- Maisoncelle. - Where did Henry's army cross the River Ternoise
0:11:08 > 0:11:10on the afternoon before the battle
0:11:10 > 0:11:12and find the French army had taken up a position
0:11:12 > 0:11:14that blocked its path?
0:11:14 > 0:11:15- Near Tramecourt?- Blangy.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Which of Henry's brothers was wounded during the battle?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Henry stood over his body and protected him
0:11:20 > 0:11:23till he could be safely removed from the battlefield.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Duke of Gloucester. - What was the name of the Duke of Burgundy,
0:11:26 > 0:11:27whose absence from the battle
0:11:27 > 0:11:29because of the dispute with the Armagnac faction
0:11:29 > 0:11:32was seen as a factor in the French defeat?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- John the Fearless. - What role in Henry's army
0:11:35 > 0:11:37was played during the campaign in France
0:11:37 > 0:11:40by Thomas Morstede and William Bradwardine?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- They were both surgeons. - They were.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Which French duke was killed by Henry's bodyguard
0:11:44 > 0:11:46while he was trying to surrender to Henry?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48The Duke...
0:11:48 > 0:11:50No. The Duke de Brabon?
0:11:50 > 0:11:51No, the Duke of Alencon.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54A gentleman would forfeit his horse and harness
0:11:54 > 0:11:56if he broke Henry's order for silence on the eve of the battle.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59BEEP What part of his body
0:11:59 > 0:12:01would a member of the lower ranks have cut off
0:12:01 > 0:12:02if they failed to comply?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- An ear.- Yeah. The right ear, specifically, but, yes, an ear.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10There we are. What a penalty.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Right, Adam. No passes, 12 points.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Some high scoring there - let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29In fourth place, eight points, Stephen Howard.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Third place, ten points, Judith Sansom.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Second place, 12 points, Adam Gilchrist.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37First place, 13 points, Nicky Zhang.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48General knowledge round now, and if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:50 > 0:12:52and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56If they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01So let us get on with it and ask Stephen to join us again, please.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05And...you start out with eight points, Stephen,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08but this is two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge questions
0:13:08 > 0:13:10so plenty of time. Here we go.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13In the Enid Blyton books, what's the name of the gang
0:13:13 > 0:13:16that consists of Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- Famous Five. - According to the proverb,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21which month comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- January?- March.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25What is the title of Beyonce's third UK number one album,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27which topped the charts in May 2016?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- Lemonade.- Which country recorded their first
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Test cricket victory over England in October 2016
0:13:34 > 0:13:36to leave a three-match series level at one all?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Bangladesh.- In biology, what's the name of the cells
0:13:39 > 0:13:41that can produce any type of cell
0:13:41 > 0:13:43and can be used to replace damaged ones?
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- Pass.- Which aquatic plant produces white flowers
0:13:49 > 0:13:51that are the largest of any native British plant?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Lily?- Yes, waterlily. Which country has an island
0:13:55 > 0:13:57separated from its neighbouring islands
0:13:57 > 0:14:01by the Cook Strait to the north and by the Foveaux Strait to the south?
0:14:04 > 0:14:05- Japan.- New Zealand.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07What is the first name of the American girl
0:14:07 > 0:14:09who eventually becomes Tarzan's wife
0:14:09 > 0:14:11in the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- Jane.- Which European capital city
0:14:13 > 0:14:16fell to the Germans on 27th September 1939?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- Warsaw.- In the UK, the origins of which organisation
0:14:21 > 0:14:23date back to 1512, when a Crown Service
0:14:23 > 0:14:26for the carriage of government dispatches was set up?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- Bank of England?- The Royal Mail.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31What is the name of the children's television special investigator
0:14:31 > 0:14:34who lives in a red pillar box in Baker Street?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- Basil the Great Mouse Detective?- Danger Mouse.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44As which Biblical figure did Dante Gabriel Rossetti's sister Christina
0:14:44 > 0:14:47pose in his painting of the Annunciation?
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- Jesus Christ.- The Virgin Mary. In Indian cuisine, what dish
0:14:52 > 0:14:55has a name that comes from the Hindi words for "two" and "onion"?
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- Tikka masala?- Dopiaza. What novel by Gustav Flaubert
0:15:01 > 0:15:03is the story of the love affair and suicide
0:15:03 > 0:15:07of a bored doctor's wife in rural Normandy?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- Madame Bovary. - Which legendary king
0:15:09 > 0:15:11is named in the medieval tales known as the Mabinogion
0:15:11 > 0:15:14as the owner of a mare called Llamrei?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Arthur? - Which British violinist
0:15:18 > 0:15:20released his first album of his own compositions,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22entitled Kafka, in 1996?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- Nigel Kennedy?- Britain's first long-distance footpath
0:15:27 > 0:15:31or national trail was officially opened in 1965. What's its name?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- Pennine Way.- Which former Conservative Party leader was
0:15:34 > 0:15:37educated at Wath-upon-Dearne comprehensive school in Rotherham
0:15:37 > 0:15:39and Magdalen College at Oxford?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Michael Howard?- William Hague. BEEP
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Just one pass, Stephen -
0:15:45 > 0:15:49those special cells that can produce any type of cell
0:15:49 > 0:15:51are stem cells.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53You knew it, didn't you? There you go.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57There you go. It's the chair that does it. You have scored 18 points.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09And now Judith again, please.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15And you start the round, Judith, with ten points.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17So let's see how you do with two-and-a-half minutes
0:16:17 > 0:16:20of general knowledge. Here we go.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23In 79AD, the eruption of a volcano
0:16:23 > 0:16:25caused the destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Stabiae and Herculaneum. Which volcano?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Vesuvius.- What is the name of the cocktail
0:16:33 > 0:16:35served as a long drink made from white rum,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37coconut milk, ice and pineapple juice?
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- Long Island Iced Tea. - Pina colada.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46The victorious Lakota Indians
0:16:46 > 0:16:48gave the name The Battle of the Greasy Grass
0:16:48 > 0:16:50to which battle of June 1876?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Er, Little Big Horn.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Brother and sister David Broome and Liz Edgar
0:16:54 > 0:16:56were leading competitors in which sport?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Show-jumping. - In which television series
0:16:58 > 0:17:01does Calista Flockhart play the title role
0:17:01 > 0:17:03of a young lawyer at Cage, Fish & Associates?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- Sex And The City.- Ally McBeal.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08What type of written work did Quentin Crisp describe as,
0:17:08 > 0:17:12"an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing"?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- Diary.- Autobiography.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Which painting by Holman Hunt
0:17:16 > 0:17:18takes its name from the description in Leviticus
0:17:18 > 0:17:19of an ancient Hebrew ritual
0:17:19 > 0:17:21carried out on the day of atonement?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- The Light Of The World? - The Scapegoat.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27The adjective "otic" refers to which part of the body?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- Ear.- The name of which large public square in Beijing
0:17:31 > 0:17:32means Gate of Heavenly Peace?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- Tiananmen Square. - Shakespearean and Petrarchan
0:17:35 > 0:17:38are the two main types of which verse form?
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Sonnet.- Which conservative news website
0:17:41 > 0:17:44is named after its American founder,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46who died in 2012 aged 43?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Er, Fox.- Breitbart.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Who co-directed and starred as Don Lockwood
0:17:50 > 0:17:53in the '52 film musical Singin' In The Rain?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Gene Kelly.- Which of London's lost rivers
0:17:56 > 0:17:57rises on Hampstead Heath
0:17:57 > 0:18:00and flows into the Thames via a large sewer
0:18:00 > 0:18:01below Blackfriars Bridge?
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- Fleet.- What name for the day that marks the first day of Lent
0:18:05 > 0:18:08comes from the mark placed on the head of a penitent on that day?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Ash Wednesday. - Bane, Firenze and Ronan,
0:18:11 > 0:18:13who live in the Forbidden Forest,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15first appear in Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17What creatures from Greek mythology are they?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Centaurs.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Who joined the Rolling Stones as a guitarist
0:18:21 > 0:18:23to replace Brian Jones in 1969?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26He later left the band and was replaced by Ronnie Wood.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- Seely Jones.- Mick Taylor.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Which Palestinian leader was born Mohammed Rahman Abdel
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini in 1929
0:18:40 > 0:18:42and died in Paris in November 2004?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45- Anwar Sadat.- Yasser Arafat.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Who was famously rescued after getting lost in the Sahara with his co-driver
0:18:49 > 0:18:53in a Paris-Dakar rally in January 1982? BEEP
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Ooh. Mark Thatcher.- Yes!
0:18:56 > 0:19:00No passes, Judith, you have scored 21 points.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13And now Adam again, please.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19And you, Adam, already have 12 points in the bag,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21as you will have heard.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24The score to beat as we speak is 21.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Here we go with your two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32What Christian name was shared by three of the wives of Henry VIII?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- Catherine.- What term used in cookery
0:19:36 > 0:19:40means to spoon juices and melted fat over meat to keep it moist during cooking?
0:19:40 > 0:19:44- Baste.- In 1995, which artist's exhibit in the Turner Prize exhibition
0:19:44 > 0:19:47was the installation Mother And Child (Divided),
0:19:47 > 0:19:50featuring two cows in formaldehyde?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- Er...David...oh, pass. - No, Damien Hirst.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Which British cyclist married Jason Kenny in September 2016?
0:19:59 > 0:20:03She and Kenny have ten Olympic cycling gold medals between them.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- Laura Trott.- Which city is the largest in Venezuela and is the country's capital?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Caracas.- The television series Lipstick On Your Collar
0:20:11 > 0:20:13was the final part of a playwright's musical trilogy
0:20:13 > 0:20:16that included Pennies From Heaven and The Singing Detective.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Which playwright?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21It was, er...
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- ..Mike Nichols.- Dennis Potter.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26On which Pacific island is Vailima,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28where Robert Louis Stevenson
0:20:28 > 0:20:31lived from the late 1880s until his death in 1894?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- Tahiti.- Samoa.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Who refused to surrender her bus seat to a white man
0:20:36 > 0:20:38on 1st December 1955?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Her consequent arrest led to a bus boycott
0:20:40 > 0:20:42by black passengers in Montgomery, Alabama.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47- Pass.- What classic 1982 sci-fi film directed by Ridley Scott
0:20:47 > 0:20:52is based on Philip K Dick's novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Blade Runner.- In geometry, complementary angles
0:20:55 > 0:20:59are two angles that when they're added together equal how many degrees?
0:21:00 > 0:21:05- 180.- 90. Who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
0:21:05 > 0:21:07for having created new poetic expressions
0:21:07 > 0:21:10within the great American song tradition?
0:21:10 > 0:21:11- George Gershwin?- Bob Dylan.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15In English folklore, who was Robin Hood's chaplain and steward?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- Friar Tuck. - Which religious title
0:21:17 > 0:21:20that translates roughly as "ocean of wisdom"
0:21:20 > 0:21:23was first bestowed by the Mongol chief Altan Khan
0:21:23 > 0:21:24in the 16th century?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- Pass.- In which opera by Puccini
0:21:26 > 0:21:30does the Japanese heroine marry Lieutenant Pinkerton?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Madame Butterfly? - In pre-decimal currency,
0:21:33 > 0:21:37there were 252 pennies in one what?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- Guinea.- The hereditary title Herzog
0:21:40 > 0:21:44is the German equivalent of which rank of the nobility in Britain?
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- Duke.- What is the title of Stevie Wonder's 1981 number two hit single
0:21:49 > 0:21:53that was a plea for Martin Luther King Day to be officially recognised in America?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Happy Birthday.- Which bird is famous for its song
0:21:56 > 0:21:59that begins as it rises steeply... BEEP
0:21:59 > 0:22:01..and hangs in the air over its territory?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- Lark.- The skylark, yes!
0:22:05 > 0:22:07You had two passes, Adam.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11That Mongol chief, Altan Khan, in the 16th century,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14was the first to choose the Dalai Lama.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15That was the title.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18And Rosa Parks was that brave woman
0:22:18 > 0:22:22who refused to surrender her seat on the bus
0:22:22 > 0:22:25in Montgomery, Alabama.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Adam, you now have scored a total of 23 points.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43And finally, Nicky again, please.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49And you, Nicky, start out with 13 points.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Score to beat has now risen to 23, so here we go,
0:22:53 > 0:22:58if you're to get through to the next round, the semifinals.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Which author created a number of obnoxious children
0:23:01 > 0:23:04including Augustus Gloop and Veruca Salt?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Roald Dahl.- In tennis, what term is used
0:23:06 > 0:23:09in English-speaking countries for the score of zero?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- Love.- The Royal, first shown in 2003
0:23:11 > 0:23:15and set in St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital in Elsinby,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17was a spin-off from which long-running television series?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- Cheers.- Heartbeat. In which cathedral city in Somerset
0:23:20 > 0:23:23is Vicar's Close believed to be the only complete medieval street
0:23:23 > 0:23:25that survives in England today?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Salisbury?- Wells. The white wine Orvieto
0:23:28 > 0:23:29comes from which country?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- Italy.- What name of Latin origin
0:23:31 > 0:23:34is given to an open sore on the skin or mucus membrane?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36It can also mean a source of corruption.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Pass.- Which horse took nearly 20 seconds off
0:23:39 > 0:23:41the previous record for the Grand National
0:23:41 > 0:23:43when he won the race in 1973?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47His record stood until 1990, when it was broken by Mr Frisk.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- Red Rum?- Which future king became heir to the throne
0:23:50 > 0:23:52on the death of Henry, Prince of Wales in 1612?
0:23:56 > 0:23:57- George I?- Charles I.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00A stained-glass window dedicated to a wit and playwright
0:24:00 > 0:24:05was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey in February 1995. Who was he?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- Shakespeare?- Oscar Wilde.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11equivalent to the Roman letter D?
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Delta.- Which singer, former runner-up in the X Factor,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17topped the UK album charts in November 2016
0:24:17 > 0:24:19with 24 Hours?
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- Drake.- Olly Murs. Mike Pence, who was sworn in as US Vice President
0:24:23 > 0:24:26in January 2017, was previous governor of which state?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Florida.- Indiana. The name of which wildflower
0:24:29 > 0:24:31is said to come from the ancient Greek belief
0:24:31 > 0:24:34that its root could cure a person bitten by a rabid dog?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- Mandrake?- Dog rose. Athos and Porthos
0:24:36 > 0:24:39were two of the Three Musketeers - who was the third?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- D'Artagnan?- Aramis. In football, who was named Fifa Men's
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Coach of the Year in January 2017
0:24:45 > 0:24:47but lost his job just under two months later?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- Allardyce?- Ranieri.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52On 21st August 1959, which island group
0:24:52 > 0:24:53became the 50th American state?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Hawaii.- Which Mozart opera
0:24:55 > 0:24:59concludes with the title character being dragged down to hell?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- Don Giovanni? - In Virgil's Aeneid,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04a Greek youth called Sinon
0:25:04 > 0:25:07tells the Trojans the gifts left by the Greeks
0:25:07 > 0:25:10to appease the goddess Minerva will save the city from destruction
0:25:10 > 0:25:12only if they take it within their walls. What is the gift?
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- Wooden horse.- What French expression for a naughty child
0:25:16 > 0:25:21has come to be applied to a person given to unconventional conduct or indiscreet remarks?
0:25:21 > 0:25:25- Pass.- The poets Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patton
0:25:25 > 0:25:28were part of the popular culture of which city in the 1960s?
0:25:28 > 0:25:29- Chicago.- Liverpool.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Which film actor... BEEP ..was born Bernard Schwartz
0:25:31 > 0:25:34in the Bronx, New York, in June 1925?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37His films include The Vikings, The Sweet Smell Of Success
0:25:37 > 0:25:38and The Defiant Ones.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- Woody Allen.- Tony Curtis is the correct answer to that.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43You had two passes.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47That French expression for a naughty child, enfant terrible,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50and the name given to an open sore on the skin, ulcer.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54- You have, Nicky, 21 points. - Thank you.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Pretty close. Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13In fourth place, 18 points, Stephen Howard.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Joint second place, 21 points apiece,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Nicky Zhang and Judy Sansom.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21In first place with 23 points,
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Adam Gilchrist.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26APPLAUSE
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Which means that Adam is tonight's winner
0:26:38 > 0:26:41and he goes through to the semifinals.
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