0:00:25 > 0:00:28Our first contender tonight is Denis Irvine from West Sussex.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31He's answering questions on the Australian cricket team.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33David Bishop is a teacher from Hertfordshire.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37His specialist subject, James Ellroy's LA Quartet.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Nicola Nuttall is a children's play centre owner from Lancashire,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44on the singer Kirsty MacColl.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48And Chris Ward, a retired operations manager from Sheffield
0:00:48 > 0:00:51on the reign of King Henry VI.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04The rules are simple.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,
0:01:07 > 0:01:09two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12But the reality is pretty brutal.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14It's the clock and the spotlight,
0:01:14 > 0:01:18and maybe even the black chair itself, all adding to the pressure.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21So let us see who deals with it most effectively
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- And your name is?- Denis Irvine. - Your occupation?- Retired.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38- And your chosen subject? - Australian Test cricket since 1945.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42In two minutes, starting now.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Which country did Australia play in their first Test match
0:01:45 > 0:01:48after the Second World War? Australia won by an innings and the
0:01:48 > 0:01:51two countries didn't play another official Test match until the 1970s.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53New Zealand.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Who made his Test Debut against India in Sydney in January '92
0:01:57 > 0:01:58and took one wicket for 150?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Shane Warne.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03In the first post-war Ashes Test, it appeared that Don Bradman had
0:02:03 > 0:02:07been caught on 28, but he was given not out. Who had taken the catch?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- Walter Hammond.- Jack Ikin.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12By what unusual form of dismissal was Andrew Hilditch given
0:02:12 > 0:02:14out against Pakistan in 1979?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Steve Waugh was dismissed the same way against India in 2001.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Handled the ball.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Who dismissed Maninder Singh LBW in Chennai in 1986 to
0:02:23 > 0:02:24ensure that the match was tied?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27It was only the second tie in Test cricket history.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Tim May.- Greg Matthews.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Dennis Lillee scored three runs with a metal bat at Perth in 1979,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37before he was ordered to replace it with a wooden one. What metal was it?
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Aluminium.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Who was no balled four times for throwing in his only
0:02:42 > 0:02:45over of the 1963 Brisbane Test against South Africa?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47He never played first class cricket again.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Ian Meckiff.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51What is the name of the trophy that has been awarded to the
0:02:51 > 0:02:55winners of Test series between Australia and India since 1996?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58The Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03In the 2017 Sydney Test against Pakistan, David Warner made
0:03:03 > 0:03:06the fastest Test 50 by any Australian by reaching
0:03:06 > 0:03:08his half century off how many balls?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- 34.- 23.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15At Peshawar in 1998, who scored 334 to equal Don Bradman's record
0:03:15 > 0:03:19for the most runs by an Australian batsman in a Test innings?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Mark Taylor.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24In 2003, Darwin and which other city hosted the first Test
0:03:24 > 0:03:27series between Australia and Bangladesh?
0:03:27 > 0:03:28- Brisbane.- Cairns.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Who played his last game for Australia in 1985,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35but later played Test matches for his native South Africa?
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Kepler Wessels.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38What was the name of Australia's coach,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42who was sacked a few weeks before the 2013 Ashes Series?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44BEEP He was succeeded by Darren Lehmann.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- John Buchanan. - It was Mickey Arthur.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50No passes, Denis. You have scored eight points.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53APPLAUSE
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And our next contender, please.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- And your name is?- David Bishop. - Your occupation?- Teacher.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- And your chosen subject? - James Ellroy's LA Quartet.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22In two minutes, starting now.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Which character first appears as a security boss for Howard Hughes
0:04:25 > 0:04:28in The Black Dahlia, is the betrayer of Mickey Cohen in The Big Nowhere,
0:04:28 > 0:04:32and is murdered by Dudley Smith at the start of LA Confidential?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Buzz Meeks.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Two real-life gangsters were supposedly murdered
0:04:36 > 0:04:40in a motorcar by Dave Klein, the fictional antihero of White Jazz.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43One of them was Tony Trombino - who was the other?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Sam Giancana.- Tony Brancato.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49On what avenue between 39th and Coliseum is the mutilated
0:04:49 > 0:04:52body of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, found?
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Norton.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57What two-word phrase is used in LA Confidential as a slang term for kidnapping?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00It comes from a famous case of the '30s.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Little Lindbergh.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Which notorious Chicago mobster asks Dave Klein,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10through Mickey Cohen, for a favour that results in Klein
0:05:10 > 0:05:13throwing a federal witness out of a 9th floor window?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15That's Sam Giancana.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18What is the title of the television show that features Timmy Valburn
0:05:18 > 0:05:22as Raymond Dieterling's creation Moochie Mouse in LA Confidential?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- Dream A Dream Time. - Dream A Dream Hour.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28What distinctive clothing is worn by the Mexicans in the riots
0:05:28 > 0:05:32in which Bucky Bleichert helps Lee Blanchard arrest Tomas Dos Santos?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Zoot suits.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36In which department store's car park does Dudley Smith have
0:05:36 > 0:05:41a near-fatal encounter with Dave Klein and Wylie Bullock?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- Macy's.- Sears & Roebuck.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Terry Lux, known as the plastic surgeon to the stars,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48appears in both The Big Nowhere and LA Confidential.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52What is the name of the rehab clinic that he owns in Malibu canyon?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Malibu Rendezvous.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Pacific Sanitarium.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59To which state hospital is Madeleine Sprague committed indefinitely,
0:05:59 > 0:06:03following her conviction for the manslaughter of Lee Blanchard?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- The Angels. - Atascadero State Hospital.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Whom does Ed Exley call the forgotten Nite Owl victim?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12He was a member of the gang that hunted down Buzz Meeks.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Er...
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Pass.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19What was the name of the Nazi Lieutenant Colonel
0:06:19 > 0:06:22from Buchenwald who was shot by Mal Considine in Krakow?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24BEEP
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Er... Pass.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Well, I can tell you, cos you're out of time, it was Franz Kempflerr.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32And you had one other pass.
0:06:32 > 0:06:38Ed Exley called Mal Lunceford the forgotten Nite Owl victim.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42David, you have scored five points. APPLAUSE
0:06:51 > 0:06:53And our next contender, please.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- And your name is?- Nicola Nuttall. - Your occupation?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- I run a children's play centre.- And your chosen subject?- Kirsty MacColl.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Kirsty MacColl in two minutes, here we go.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Kirsty MacColl had the greatest UK hit of her
0:07:11 > 0:07:15career in December 1987, reaching number two in the charts,
0:07:15 > 0:07:17when she featured on which song with The Pogues?
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Fairytale Of New York.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21With which record label did MacColl release her debut
0:07:21 > 0:07:24single as a solo artist in June 1979?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26She later returned to the label after she left Polydor.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Stiff.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31With whom did MacColl record a version of the Lou Reed song Perfect Day
0:07:31 > 0:07:35for inclusion on the Galore compilation album released in 1995?
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Evan Dando. - MacColl suffered from stage fright.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43It became apparent during a 1981 tour of Ireland to promote which album?
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Desperate Character.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48In November 1981, MacColl released a cover version of a song
0:07:48 > 0:07:50by The Beach Boys that originally featured on the band's
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Pet Sounds album. Which song?
0:07:52 > 0:07:53You Still Believe In Me.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57What is the name of the record producer who worked with many acts,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00including Simple Minds and U2? MacColl married him in August 1984.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Steve Lillywhite.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05On which television comedy series did MacColl make various
0:08:05 > 0:08:08guest appearances that included a performance of the song
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Trains And Boats And Planes, broadcast in March 1988?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12French and Saunders.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Which song, written by MacColl and her brother Hamish,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17contains the lines "Be kind to each other, oh, that's what I know
0:08:17 > 0:08:20"Be kind to the mothers, daughters and sons"?
0:08:20 > 0:08:21The Hardest Way.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24With which Canadian-born musician did MacColl write the song
0:08:24 > 0:08:27There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis?
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Rambow.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32At which London venue did MacColl perform on the 28th of October
0:08:32 > 0:08:352000, as part of her Tropical Brainstorm Tour?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37She reportedly said it was the best gig she'd ever done.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Shepherd's Bush Empire.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Who rewrote his own song, A New England, for MacColl?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43She had a top ten hit with it in 1985.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- Billy Bragg.- What is the title of the 1994 album that MacColl reportedly
0:08:47 > 0:08:51called her Sad Divorce Album? It was recorded around the time her marriage broke down.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Titanic Days.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55About which Caribbean country did MacColl make a series of eight
0:08:55 > 0:08:58music programmes for Radio 2 in 2000?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Cuba.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03On which small independent label was MacColl's single Berlin released in 1983?
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- North Of Watford. - MacColl died aged 41 in a boating accident in Mexico.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10At which church in Central London... BEEP
0:09:10 > 0:09:14..was a public memorial service held for her on the 20th of January 2001?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- St Martin-in-the-Fields. - Is correct.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- You had 15 questions, you have 15 points.- Thank you.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22APPLAUSE
0:09:32 > 0:09:34And our final contender, please.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- And your name is? - Chris Ward.- Your occupation?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Retired operations manager. - And your chosen subject?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- The Life of King Henry VI. - Henry VI, here we go.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Henry VI succeeded to the English throne in September 1422,
0:09:55 > 0:09:59when he was nine months old. By what treaty did he inherit the French crown a month later?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01The Treaty Of Troy.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Which of Henry's uncles was named as the infant king's principal
0:10:04 > 0:10:07guardian and protector in a supplement to Henry V's will?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- Bedford. - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. Early in Henry's reign,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14English forces besieged a French city for nearly seven months.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16The siege was abandoned in May 1429,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19shortly after Joan of Arc entered the city. Which city?
0:10:19 > 0:10:24- Orleans. - In May 1455, Henry was captured by Yorkists in the first full
0:10:24 > 0:10:26battle of the Wars Of The Roses. What was the battle called?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28The First Battle of St Albans.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Henry was forced to agree to an Act of Parliament in 1460 that
0:10:32 > 0:10:34excluded his son Edward from the succession in favour
0:10:34 > 0:10:38of the Duke of York and his heirs. What name is given to this Act?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- The Treaty Of Accord. - The Act of Accord, yeah.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Who adopted the title Captain of Kent and the alias John Mortimer
0:10:44 > 0:10:49when he led a popular 1450 revolt in Kent against Henry's regime?
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Jack Cade.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Henry had a mental breakdown shortly after the English Army was defeated
0:10:53 > 0:10:57in July 1453 in the final battle of the Hundred Years' War. Which battle?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Castile.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03What educational institution did Henry found in 1441,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05a year after he had founded Eton College?
0:11:05 > 0:11:06King's College, Cambridge.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09A feud between two West Country families is often used
0:11:09 > 0:11:13as an example of Henry's inability to maintain local law and order.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16The Courtenays were one family, what was the name of the other?
0:11:16 > 0:11:17The Bonvilles.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21What new Latin-derived term was used for the restoration
0:11:21 > 0:11:23of Henry to the English throne in October 1470?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25The Readeption.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29What name was given to the public display of unity between the Yorkist
0:11:29 > 0:11:33and Lancastrian nobility, led by Henry on the 24th of March 1458?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35The Loveday.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37In whose palace did Henry spend most of the brief
0:11:37 > 0:11:39period of his restoration?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40The Bishop of London.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44The Yorkists won their final victory at a battle in May 1471,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47where Henry's son Edward was killed. At which battle?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Tewkesbury.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51What French office, granted to Richard, Duke of York,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53during Henry's illness... BEEP
0:11:53 > 0:11:58..was taken from him when the King recovered and returned to the Duke of Somerset?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Lieutenant Governor of Normandy.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02No, it was Captaincy of Calais.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05You have, however, Chris, no passes, 12 points.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08APPLAUSE
0:12:20 > 0:12:22So, that's the end of the first round.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26In fourth place, 5 points, David Bishop.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Third place, 8 points, Denis Irvine.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Second place, 12 points, Chris Ward.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36First place, 15 points, Nicola Nuttall!
0:12:36 > 0:12:38APPLAUSE
0:12:45 > 0:12:47It is the general knowledge round now, of course,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49and if there's a tie at the end of it
0:12:49 > 0:12:51then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:51 > 0:12:54and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56And if they're tied on passes as well,
0:12:56 > 0:12:58then we have a tie break.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02So, let's get on with it and ask David to join us again, please.
0:13:03 > 0:13:09And you chose one of those subjects with a huge amount of detail in it.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Anyway, you got five points. You've got two and a half minutes
0:13:13 > 0:13:16of general knowledge - plenty of time to catch up. Here we go.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Which type of dog, a favourite of the Queen,
0:13:18 > 0:13:22has two recognised breeds named after former Welsh counties?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Corgi.- Elizabeth David, who died in 1992,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27was an influential writer on what subject?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- Cookery.- The name of which spring flower
0:13:29 > 0:13:31comes directly from the Middle English name
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- for the asphodel plant? - Snowdrop?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Daffodil. In politics, what pejorative term of American origin
0:13:37 > 0:13:39is used for a spokesperson employed to give
0:13:39 > 0:13:42a favourable interpretation of events to the media?
0:13:42 > 0:13:45It's particularly associated with the Blair era.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Er, spin doctor.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Heuston and Connolly are the main railway termini
0:13:49 > 0:13:51in which European capital city?
0:13:52 > 0:13:53- Madrid?- Dublin.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56In which television series first shown in 2005
0:13:56 > 0:13:59did Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles
0:13:59 > 0:14:02play the demon-hunting brother Sam and Dean Winchester?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Supernatural.- Yes. The adventures of which fictional character
0:14:05 > 0:14:10were originally published in 1726 as Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Er, Gulliver.- Yes. The model Yasmin Parveneh
0:14:13 > 0:14:17married the lead singer of Duran Duran in 1985. What's his name?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Simon Le Bon.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20The works of which English landscape artist
0:14:20 > 0:14:23include Salisbury Cathedral From The Bishop's Grounds
0:14:23 > 0:14:25and Flatford Mill From The Lock On The Stour?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Landseer.- Constable.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30What nickname was given to the Chicago gangster Al Capone
0:14:30 > 0:14:32as a result of a bar-room fight?
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Scarface.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35What term for a pirate comes from the French
0:14:35 > 0:14:39for a wooden frame for smoking the dried meat eaten at sea?
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Peg?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Buccaneer. Jainism is one of which country's
0:14:42 > 0:14:44most ancient religious traditions?
0:14:44 > 0:14:47It began there in about the 6th century BCE.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Er...
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Japan?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53India. What is the title of the 2007 sequel
0:14:53 > 0:14:55to the 2003 film Bruce Almighty?
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Evan Almighty.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01In which folk opera does the drug peddler Sportin' Life
0:15:01 > 0:15:03persuade the heroine to go to New York?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Beggar's Opera?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Porgy and Bess. The stage name of which actress and singer,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10born in Tennessee in 1992,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13is derived from her childhood nickname that she was given because she smiled a lot?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Er...
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Pass.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Tarr Steps on Exmoor and Postbridge on Dartmoor
0:15:21 > 0:15:23are examples of an ancient bridge found in the West Country
0:15:23 > 0:15:27that consists of stone slabs laid across a series of rocks or piles of stone.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30What name is given to this type of bridge?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Stone bridge.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Clapper bridge.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35What word of Old English origin is used as a synonym for beer
0:15:35 > 0:15:37but often refers to the lighter, paler brews?
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Ale?
0:15:38 > 0:15:42John le Carre's 1963 novel that's set mainly in Berlin
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and is about the ageing British intelligence officer Alec Leamas
0:15:45 > 0:15:47is entitled The Spy Who Came In From The...?
0:15:47 > 0:15:48BEEP
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- Cold.- Yes, From The Cold, exactly right.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54You had one pass - the stage name of that actress and singer
0:15:54 > 0:15:58who smiled a lot was Miley - not Smiley, but Miley - Cyrus.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59There we are.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02David, you have a total now of 15 points.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04APPLAUSE
0:16:12 > 0:16:15And now Denis again, please.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22And you start out this round, Denis, with 8 points.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28In snooker, what colour ball is worth six points?
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- Pink.- Which German-born composer who became totally deaf
0:16:32 > 0:16:35during the last years of his life died in Vienna in 1827?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Beethoven?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Calvados is a brandy distilled in Normandy
0:16:39 > 0:16:41from the fermented juice of what fruit?
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Pear.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Apples. What is the stage name of Ian and Janette Tough,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47the Scottish husband-and-wife comedy team
0:16:47 > 0:16:50whose act features a father and his mischievous schoolboy son?
0:16:50 > 0:16:51The Krankies.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54The Samurai leader Minamoto Yoritomo
0:16:54 > 0:16:57became the first holder of a Japanese title in 1192
0:16:57 > 0:17:01and Tokugawa Yoshinobu the last in 1867.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Which title?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Emperor?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Shogun. Who was nominated for Oscars for her roles
0:17:06 > 0:17:11- as Rita in Educating Rita and as Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot? - Julie Walters.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Which republic, made up of over 7,000 islands and islets,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18lies about 700 miles off the coast of Vietnam?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Philippines.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21On which instrument did Louis Armstrong
0:17:21 > 0:17:23become a celebrated performer?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25He originally learned to play the bugle and the cornet.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Trumpet.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Which actress and former Labour MP
0:17:28 > 0:17:31returned to the stage after 25 years in 2016
0:17:31 > 0:17:34to play King Lear? The radio presenter Jack de Manio
0:17:34 > 0:17:39once reportedly said, "She has a face to launch a thousand dredgers."
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Glenda Jackson.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43What is the title of Sir Edwin Landseer's
0:17:43 > 0:17:461851 oil painting of a Highland stag?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Pass.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Who became the Primate of South Africa's Anglican community
0:17:51 > 0:17:53when he was appointed Cape Town's first black archbishop
0:17:53 > 0:17:57in 1986, a post he held until 1996?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Desmond Tutu?- Yes. In Auf Wiedersehen, Pet,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03how was Brian Busbridge, played by the former wrestler Pat Roach,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05known to his fellow builders?
0:18:05 > 0:18:10- Pass.- In which London venue have the Promenade concerts traditionally been held
0:18:10 > 0:18:12since the bombing of the Queen's Hall in 1941?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13The Albert Hall.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16The international airport built at Abbotsinch
0:18:16 > 0:18:19is about eight miles west of which Scottish city?
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Glasgow.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23What large, heavy hammer wielded in both hands
0:18:23 > 0:18:26takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon for "to strike"?
0:18:27 > 0:18:32- Er, pass.- Which media mogul and former Italian prime minister
0:18:32 > 0:18:35gained notoriety for his "bunga bunga" parties?
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Silvio Berlusconi.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39What is the real first name of Pep Guardiola,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41who was confirmed as Manuel Pellegrini's replacement
0:18:41 > 0:18:44as manager of Manchester City in February 2016?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Pedro?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Josep. Whose novel The Moonstone was described by TS Eliot
0:18:48 > 0:18:53as "the first, the longest and the best of modern English detective novels"?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Wilkie Collins.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56What name is given to the holes
0:18:56 > 0:18:57that drain a ship's deck?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59BEEP
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- I don't know.- Well, you'll be cross when you hear it, cos it's obvious,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05- but only if you know. Scuppers.- Yeah.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Anyway, that was one of your passes.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10The other passes, sledgehammer, that big hammer that you use two hands with.
0:19:10 > 0:19:16"Bomber" was how Brian Busbridge was known to his fellow builders.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19And the title of Landseer's celebrated painting, the Monarch...
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- ..of the Glen.- Of the Glen.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I know, it's easy when the clock stops, isn't it?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Anyway, Denis, you have a total of 20 points.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28APPLAUSE
0:19:39 > 0:19:41And now Chris again, please.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46And, Chris, you start out with 12 points.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49The score to beat as it stands is 20.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55What birds are known as a gaggle when they're on the ground
0:19:55 > 0:19:57and a skein when they're in the air?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Geese.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59By The Sleepy Lagoon written by Eric Coates
0:19:59 > 0:20:01is the theme music for which Radio 4 programme
0:20:01 > 0:20:05that celebrated its 75th anniversary in January 2017?
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Desert Island Discs?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09The airline Qantas is based in which Commonwealth country?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Australia.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14What is the name of the jockey who famously rode Shergar to victory
0:20:14 > 0:20:19in the 1982 Epsom Derby? He was nicknamed The Choirboy because of his angelic looks.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Oh...Steven Cauthen.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Walter Swinburn.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24In 1851, the highest mountain in New Zealand
0:20:24 > 0:20:27was given an English name by which it is generally known. What name?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Cook.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32What word that is thought to come from the Latin for "to boil"
0:20:32 > 0:20:35is used for gold, silver or other precious metals
0:20:35 > 0:20:38in the form of ingots or bars rather than coins?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Bullion.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43In which town was England's second-oldest bishopric founded in 604
0:20:43 > 0:20:48when Bishop Justice was given land by King Aethelberht of Kent?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Canterbury?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Rochester.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Waiting For Godot, initially performed in Paris in 1953,
0:20:53 > 0:20:57was the first successful play by which Irish-born writer?
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Oh...
0:20:58 > 0:21:02- Pass.- What is the name of the art gallery founded in 1856
0:21:02 > 0:21:05principally through the efforts of the 5th Earl Stanhope
0:21:05 > 0:21:09which moved to its current location in London's St Martin's Place in 1896?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11National Gallery?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13National Portrait Gallery.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Who was the famous Muslim leader born in about 1137 in Tikrit in Iraq?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20He's particularly associated with the Crusades.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Saladin.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24What name is given to animals such as kangaroos and opossums
0:21:24 > 0:21:27whose young complete their development attached to teats,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29usually covered by a pouch, on their mother's belly?
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Marsupial.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33The official who summons the Commons into the House of Lords
0:21:33 > 0:21:36to hear the monarch's speech at the State Opening of Parliament
0:21:36 > 0:21:37is known by what title?
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Black Rod.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42In which American city is the stainless steel Gateway Arch
0:21:42 > 0:21:45that symbolises the city's role as the gateway to the west?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Chicago?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50St Louis. What work by Hector Berlioz
0:21:50 > 0:21:52is subtitled Episode In The Life Of An Artist?
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Er, Carnival of the Animals?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Symphonie Fantastique.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Which body of water whose lower limit lies between Hartland Point in Devon
0:22:01 > 0:22:03and St Govan's Head in Pembrokeshire
0:22:03 > 0:22:05merges with the Severn estuary at its upper end?
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Bristol Channel?
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Malibu is a Caribbean white rum-based liqueur with what flavouring?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Coconut.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13In the lyrics of which BBC sitcom theme
0:22:13 > 0:22:16are we told, "Mr Brown goes off to town on the 8:21
0:22:16 > 0:22:19"but he comes home each evening and he's ready with his gun"?
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Dad's Army.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Which St Kitts-born singer...
0:22:22 > 0:22:25BEEP ..had top-ten albums called Me, Myself, I,
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Walking Under Ladders and The Key in the early 1980s?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- Bob Marley.- Joan Armatrading.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Chris, you had one pass.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Waiting For Godot was written by Samuel Beckett.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Yes. Er, you have scored a total of 23 points.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46APPLAUSE
0:22:56 > 0:22:59And finally, Nicola again, please.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06And, er, you start out with 15 points.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10However, the score to beat has now increased to 23 points,
0:23:10 > 0:23:11so let's see how you do
0:23:11 > 0:23:16if you are to get into the semifinals. Here we go.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20The theme park originally known as Euro Disney Resort is near which major city?
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Paris.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Babushka is a title given to which member of a Russian family?
0:23:23 > 0:23:27- Mother.- Grandmother. Which Biblical figure does the Book of Genesis say
0:23:27 > 0:23:30was in the 600th year of his life when the fountains
0:23:30 > 0:23:31of the great deep were broken up
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and the windows of heaven were opened?
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Methuselah?
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Noah. What term is used for an animal which eats both plants and meat?
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Omnivore.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41What is the name of the American film director and screenwriter
0:23:41 > 0:23:45who created the television series Twin Peaks with the writer and producer Mark Frost?
0:23:45 > 0:23:46David Lynch.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49By what name are the first group of the 12 violin concertos
0:23:49 > 0:23:55of Vivaldi's Opus 8, The Contest Between Harmony And Invention, generally known?
0:23:55 > 0:23:56Four Seasons?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Jeremy Corbyn appointed which long-serving MP
0:23:58 > 0:24:02as Shadow Home Secretary in his October 2016 front-bench reshuffle?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Diane Abbott?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05What is the name of the American swimmer,
0:24:05 > 0:24:07the most decorated Olympian in history,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10who won five gold and one silver medal at the Rio Olympics,
0:24:10 > 0:24:13taking his overall tally to 28 medals, 23 of them gold?
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Michael Phelps.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17What territory was established as an independent state
0:24:17 > 0:24:19by the Lateran Treaty of 1929?
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Vatican City.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25What thick, chunky North American seafood soup
0:24:25 > 0:24:26is commonly made with clams?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Gumbo?
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Chowder. Which British playwright was nominated for Best Screenplay Oscars
0:24:31 > 0:24:36for the 2002 film The Hours and the 2009 film The Reader?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- Pass.- What term, thought to be based on an Irish name,
0:24:39 > 0:24:43describes an alcoholic drink that has been spiked with a sedative?
0:24:43 > 0:24:44Hooch?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Mickey Finn. What name did Thomas Hardy use for the southwestern counties,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50especially Dorset, that provide the setting for much of his work?
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Wessex?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Diamond and graphite are composed of which chemical element
0:24:54 > 0:24:56in different crystalline forms?
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Carbon.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59What model village on the Wirral
0:24:59 > 0:25:00was built from 1888 by William Lever
0:25:00 > 0:25:03as a residential estate for the workers at his soap factory?
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Port Sunlight.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08The summit of Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11is in which country, near its border with Chile?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Er...Brazil?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Argentina. Which secret service agent who featured in 12 novels
0:25:15 > 0:25:19was named by his creator after the author of Birds Of The West Indies,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22a book he owned in his Jamaican home?
0:25:22 > 0:25:23James Bond?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Which American city gives its name to a wooden rocking chair
0:25:26 > 0:25:29with a high spindled back, a decorated top panel
0:25:29 > 0:25:31and a seat and arms that curve down at the front?
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Carver.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Boston rocker. What song title was shared by
0:25:34 > 0:25:37three UK top ten singles in the 1980s?
0:25:37 > 0:25:40All three were different songs, and were performed by Jennifer Rush,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Huey Lewis And The News, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43The Power of Love.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46What term that comes from the Old English for "worker"
0:25:46 > 0:25:48is given to a maker or repairer? BEEP
0:25:48 > 0:25:51It's most often used in combination with other words
0:25:51 > 0:25:52such as "ship" or "wheel."
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Wright.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Yes. Wright. Wright is right. Yes.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59One pass - Sir David Hare was that playwright who got all those Oscars.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Er, you've scored, Nicola, a total of 28 points.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05APPLAUSE
0:26:17 > 0:26:22So, at the end of the round, let's look at the scores.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24In fourth place, with 15 points, David Bishop.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Third place, with 20 points, Denis Irvine.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Second place, 23 points, Chris Ward.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32First place, a clear winner with 28 points,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Nicola Nuttall.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36APPLAUSE
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Which means, of course, that Nicola is tonight's winner
0:26:49 > 0:26:51and she goes through to the semifinals.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Congratulations to her.
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