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Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.

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APPLAUSE

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Hello. Two more student teams are preparing

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to demonstrate a wisdom beyond their years

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with a place in the second round for whichever is the more convincing.

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The losers could play again

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if their score is among the four highest losing scores

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from these first round matches.

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Now, the University of Bristol traces its origins

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to a college which was established in 1876

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and later endowed by the Wills and Fry families,

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the manufacturers of cigarettes and chocolate respectively,

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which led to it receiving its Royal Charter from Edward VII in 1909.

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In more recent years, it's become known as the comedy university

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which is not a reference to its academic standards

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but to alumni who include David Walliams and Matt Lucas,

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Simon Pegg and Marcus Brigstoke.

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It's also the setting for David Nicholls' novel Starter For Ten

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about a student who competes in a television quiz programme

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and which contains salutary lessons for both teams playing tonight.

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With an average age of 21,

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representing about 19,000 students, let's meet the Bristol team.

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Hello, I'm Lewis Rendell, I'm from Saffron Walden in Essex

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and I'm studying Mathematics.

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Hello, I'm Benjamin Moon

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from Marksbury and Bath in north-east Somerset

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and I'm studying for a PhD in Geology,

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researching ichthyosaur systematics and taxonomy.

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-And their captain.

-I'm Anastasia Reynolds,

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I'm originally from East London and I'm studying Czech and Russian.

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Hi, I'm Miles Coleman, I'm from North London

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and I'm studying Spanish and Portuguese.

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APPLAUSE

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Now, the Courtauld Institute of Art

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is making its first appearance on this series.

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A small specialist college within the University of London,

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it has around 400 students specialising in the History of Art.

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The collector Samuel Courtauld provided much of the money from his family's textile business

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to enable its foundation in Portman Square in 1932,

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although a relocation in 1989

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means that students are now in the enviable position of studying

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in the north building of William Chambers' Neoclassical masterpiece,

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Somerset House on the Strand.

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Anthony Blunt served at its director from 1947 until '74,

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during which time his pupils included the art critic Brian Sewell.

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The broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon studied there,

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as did the director of the Tate, Nicholas Serota,

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the novelist Anita Brookner and the actor Vincent Price.

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With an average age of 22, let's meet the Courtauld team.

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Hi, I'm Annie Gregoire, I'm from the New Forest in Hampshire

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and I'm studying History of Art.

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Hi, I'm Matthew McLean, I'm from Lewisham in South East London

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and I'm studying for an MA in the History of Art.

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And this is their captain.

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Hello, I'm Anna Preston from Sandwich in Kent

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and I'm studying History of Art.

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Hi, I'm Thomas Bodinetz from Reading and I'm also studying History of Art.

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APPLAUSE

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OK, I guess you all know the rules.

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10 points for starters, 15 for bonuses.

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Starters are solo efforts, bonuses are team efforts.

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Fingers on the buzzers, here's your first starter for 10.

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According to a well known speech of 1946,

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-what entity then stretched from Stettin in the Baltic to...

-BUZZER

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-The Iron Curtain.

-Correct.

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Right, Courtauld, your bonuses are on food names.

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Firstly, which city in New York State gives its name

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to a dish of deep-fried chicken wings coated in a spicy sauce

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and served with blue cheese dressing?

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INAUDIBLE

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(Yeah, I think so.)

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-Buffalo?

-Buffalo is correct, yes.

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Which city on the island of Menorca gives its name to a condiment

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made from oil, egg yolks and either vinegar or lemon juice?

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WHISPERING

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Mayonnaise?

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No, the town is called Mahon.

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It is mayonnaise, of course, so you can't get those points.

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Around midway between Milan and Bologna,

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which city gives its name both to a delicate dry-cured ham

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and to a hard dry cheese?

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-Parma.

-Correct.

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10 points for this starter question, fingers on buzzers.

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What 12-letter term denotes structures

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of which the three largest examples in Europe are a ruin outside Capua near Naples,

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the Roman arena in Verona and the Colosseum in Rome?

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BUZZER

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-Amphitheatre.

-Correct.

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Right, your first bonuses, Bristol, are on masters and servants.

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Firstly, the stock comic character of the servus callidus,

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the servant who's cleverer than his master,

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is particularly associated with which Roman playwright?

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An example is his character Palaestrio in The Braggart Soldier.

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Roman playwrights, anyone?

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(Pass?)

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-Pass.

-It's Plautus.

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The servant Mosca outwits and usurps his eponymous master

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in which comedy by Ben Jonson,

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a satire on greed and lust, first performed in 1606?

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(It's commedia dell'arte.)

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(I did it in GCSE and it's just gone from my head.)

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LAUGHTER

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Oh, man, erm...

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-Sorry, Mr Norton. No, nothing.

-We don't know.

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It's Volpone.

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Which servant admits to reading improving books

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such as the works of Spinoza and Dostoyevsky

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whilst finding Nietzsche "fundamentally unsound"?

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He also takes exception to his employer wearing coloured spats

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and playing the banjolele.

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-That's Jeeves.

-It is Jeeves, yes.

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10 points for this.

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According to evidence announced by NASA in 2012,

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which chemical substance falls as snow in the Martian atmosphere?

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At standard atmospheric pressure on Earth,

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-it sublimates at a temperature of minus 78...

-BUZZER

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-Carbon dioxide?

-Correct.

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Right, your bonuses, Bristol, are on Latin American rodents.

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Firstly for 5 points,

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after an even-toed ungulate and a historical region of Africa,

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what is the misleading two-word common name of Cavia porcellus,

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a domesticated South American rodent used as food?

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-(Guinea pig.)

-(Guinea pig?)

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-Guinea pig?

-Correct.

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What short common name denotes species of the genus Octodon,

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also known as brush-tailed rats?

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Common in Chile, they're seen as a potential invasive species

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and are prohibited as pets in some jurisdictions

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including California and Alaska.

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-(It could be chipmunk.)

-(Chipmunk?)

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Chipmunk?

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No, they're the degu.

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And finally, also known as the carpincho or waterhog,

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which semi-aquatic mammal is the largest living rodent?

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Capybara.

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-Capybara.

-Correct.

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Right, we're going to take a picture round now.

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For the picture starter you're going to see a list

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of Academy Award winners in a particular year.

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For 10 points simply name the film that won Best Picture that year.

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BUZZER

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-Million Dollar Baby?

-Yes.

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So, let's get your picture bonuses under way.

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They're three more lists of Academy Award winners in recent years.

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In each case, I simply want you to tell me

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the film that won Best Picture in that year.

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Firstly for 5...

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I think it's The King's Speech.

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This is King's Speech because Tom Hooper was the director.

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-The King's Speech.

-Correct. Secondly...

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-Uh...

-Is that The Queen?

-The Departed?

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-No, no, that was The Last King Of Scotland.

-This is 2006.

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Did The Last King Of Scotland win that year? I think it was called The Departed.

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-Do you remember what won that year?

-I don't know.

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Helen Mirren won Best actress. That was The Queen.

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I think it was The Departed.

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-The Departed?

-Correct.

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And finally...

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-Oh, it's the Coen brothers...

-That was...

-Oh, no, Marion Cotillard.

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-She was Edith Piaf, wasn't she? La Vie En Rose.

-Yeah.

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-So...

-That was...

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Possibly Gangs Of New York but this isn't the question.

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-Could be The Hurt Locker. Could be The Hurt Locker.

-Hurt Locker?

-Yes.

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The Hurt Locker?

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No, it's No Country For Old Men by the Coen Brothers.

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10 points for this.

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What three-word term denotes the theory

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proposed by the US psychologist Abraham Maslow in 1943?

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-It's often illustrated as a five-layer pyramid.

-BUZZER

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-Hierarchy of Needs.

-Correct.

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Right, your bonuses this time are on British place names

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with counterintuitive pronunciations.

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In each case I need the spelling.

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Spell the word beaver in the name of the castle in Leicestershire,

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the ancestral home of the Dukes of Rutland.

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(B-E-V-E?)

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Any thoughts, Miles?

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HE LAUGHS

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B-E-V-E?

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No, it's B-E-L-V-O-I-R.

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Oh, Belvoir, yes.

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Secondly can you spell the word "chumley"

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as it appears in the name of a castle in Cheshire

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and the name of the literary award,

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both linked with the title of nobility.

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C...

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H-O-L-M-O-N-D-E-L-E-Y.

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Correct, yes.

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And finally, can you spell the word Beauly

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in the name of a palace house in Hampshire, home of the national motor museum?

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B-E-A-U-L-I-E-U.

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Correct.

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Right, another starter question.

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"The sun amid small stars not only among the Italians

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"but all the painters in the world."

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Paraphrasing Dante, these words of the art theorist Giovanni Lomazzo

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-refer to which Venetian artist who died in 1576?

-BUZZER

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-Titian.

-Titian is correct, yes.

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-Your bonuses are on chemistry, Courtauld Institute.

-LAUGHTER

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In the borax bead test, a metal salt is mixed with borax

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and heated in an oxidising or reducing flame.

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The colour of the bead may be indicative of the metal in the sample.

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I want the metals that give the following colours, please.

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Firstly, yellow in oxidising flame and bottle green in reducing flame.

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Lithium?

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No, it's iron.

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Secondly, deep blue in both oxidising and reducing flames.

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(Just say lithium for everything. Try potassium.)

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Potassium?

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No, that's cobalt.

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And finally, violet in oxidising flame

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and grey or red in reducing flame.

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-Potassium.

-No, that's nickel.

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Right, 10 points for this. Which country is this?

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Though a major exporter of agricultural products,

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around 90% of its 40 million inhabitants live in urban areas

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including more than 13 million in its capital,

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which was the first city in the southern hemisphere

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to have an underground railway system?

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BUZZER

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-Argentina?

-Correct.

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Bristol, these bonuses are on Mozart.

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Mozart's Symphony No.35 In D Major is often known by the name

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of which prominent Salzburg family by whom it was commissioned?

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(I don't know.)

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(A prominent Salzburg family. Can anyone think of it?) (Esterhazy?)

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(Esterhazy?)

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Esterhazy?

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No, it's the Haffner Symphony.

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Mozart's Symphony No.38 In D Major has what popular name,

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after a present-day European capital?

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(Is it... Is it Madrid?)

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-(Madrid?)

-(I don't think so but it might be...)

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The Madrid Waltz or something like that. You'd know more than me.

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-(Yeah, maybe.)

-(Paris?)

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-Yeah.

-Paris?

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No, it's Prague. Paris is 31, I think.

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After a Roman god,

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what name is given to Mozart's Symphony No.41 In C Major?

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-Jupiter?

-Correct. 10 points for this.

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Listen carefully, answer as soon as your name is called.

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A rigid boat floats in deep, fresh water at four degrees Celsius.

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It has a constant horizontal cross-sectional area of 50 square metres.

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If you add one metric ton of cargo,

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by how many centimetres does the boat's draft increase?

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BUZZER

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12.5

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-No.

-BUZZER

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-40.

-40? No, it's 2.

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Right, 10 points for this.

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Which novel begins with a diary entry that reads

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"Early this morning, 1 January 2021, three minutes after midnight,

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-"the last human..."

-BUZZER

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1984?

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No.

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"1 January 2021..." You lose 5 points.

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"..three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth

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"was killed in a pub brawl in a suburb of Buenos Aires,

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-"aged 25 years, 2 months and 12 days."

-BUZZER

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-Is it Children Of Men?

-It is The Children Of Men, yes.

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By PD James.

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These bonuses, Bristol, are on writings by politicians.

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Who published his first novel, Vivian Grey,

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anonymously in 1826 and his last completed work, Endymion, in 1880,

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having twice served as Prime Minister in the intervening period?

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Viscount Palmerston?

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No, it was the Earl of Beaconsfield, Disraeli.

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Secondly, A Defence Of Philosophic Doubt

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is a work of 1879 by which future Conservative Prime Minister?

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Critics have claimed that the title summed up his approach to politics.

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Campbell-Bannerman?

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No, it was Arthur Balfour, "Pretty Fanny" as he was called.

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Whose diaries of his time in Harold Wilson's cabinet

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were published posthumously from 1975 and were so revealing

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that the government took legal action

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to try to prevent publication?

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-I'm blanking.

-Sorry?

-No, no, no... Who served in Wilson's cabinet?

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I don't know.

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-We don't know.

-That was Richard Crossman.

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We're going to take a music round now.

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For your music starter, you'll hear a piece of music from an opera.

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All you have to do is to name the opera.

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# Sempre libera degg'io folleggiare di...

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BUZZER

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Nabucco?

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Nope. Anyone want to buzz from Bristol?

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# ..vo'che scorra il viver mio pei sentieri del piacer.

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# Nasca il giorno, o il giorno muoia,

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# Sempre lieta ne' ritrovi, a diletti... #

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BUZZER

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Aida.

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No, it's La Traviata. You both had the right composer, but nonetheless,

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we'll come to the music bonuses in a moment or two, first off,

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somebody has to get a starter question right.

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10 points for this.

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The US engineer Percy Spencer is generally credited

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with the discovery in 1945 that led to the development

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-of which household appliance when...?

-BUZZER

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-Microwave?

-Correct, yes.

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Right, you heard for that starter which none of you managed to identify,

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which was Sempre Libra from La Traviata.

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That was Maria Callas.

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It heads a list of the most regularly performed operas in the world

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according to the website Operabase.

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For your bonuses, three more arias sung by Maria Callas,

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each from an opera in the top ten of that list.

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I want the title of the opera in each case.

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Firstly, number six on the list.

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# ...questo avverra, te lo prometto...

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(This must be...)

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# ...Tienti la tua... #

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Madame Butterfly?

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Well done, yes.

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Secondly, placing 7th on the list.

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# Una voce poco fa

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# qui nel cor mi risuono

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(It's either The Magic Flute or The Marriage Of Figaro.)

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# ...il mio cor ferito e gia...

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(The Magic Flute, maybe.)

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(I don't recognise it, so...)

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(Or Marriage Of Figaro.)

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# ...fu che il piago...

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Marriage Of Figaro?

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No, that is from The Barber Of Seville by Rossini.

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And finally, at number two on the list.

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# L'oiseau que tu croyais surprendere Battit d'aile et s'envola.

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(That's Carmen.)

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(Carmen.)

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-Carmen.

-Correct.

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10 points for this.

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In heraldry, what four-letter term denotes a broad horizontal band

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across the middle of a shield?

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By a different etymology, it is an informal verb

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-meaning "admit wrongdoing" and is often followed by the word "up".

-BUZZER

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-Fess.

-Fess is correct, yes.

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These bonuses, Bristol, are on mathematics.

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How many real roots are there

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of the polynomial x to the power 100 minus 2?

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(Say two.)

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-Two.

-Correct.

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How many complex roots are there

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of the polynomial x to the power 100 minus 2?

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(100.)

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-100.

-Correct.

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And finally, how many rational roots are there

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of the polynomial x to the power 100 minus 2?

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(Zero.)

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-Zero.

-Congratulations, yes.

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-Well done, Lewis.

-Thanks.

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Another starter question. Which city of central Italy

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is known as the universities town

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-from the number of its teaching institutions?

-BUZZER

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Oh, no, it's not Bologna, is it?

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Bologna, but it's not.

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It's not, you're quite right. You're going to lose 5 points too.

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From the number of its teaching institutions.

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Based on the river Tiber, it is the capital of the region of Umbria.

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BUZZER

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Pisa?

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No.

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It's Perugia. 10 points for this.

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Present Indicative and Future Indefinite

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-are volumes of autobiography by which...

-BUZZER

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-Noel Coward.

-Correct, yes. Well done.

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Right, Bristol, these bonuses are on the words "I am."

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In each case name the Book of the King James Bible in which the following lines appear.

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Firstly "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee

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"out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

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(Exodus? Exodus.)

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-Exodus?

-Exodus is correct.

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"I am the way, the truth and the life.

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"No man cometh under the Father but by me."

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What's the one that we said it always is?

0:19:240:19:27

LAUGHTER

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-Leviticus?

-It's not always Leviticus!

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No, that's from John.

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"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending."

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-Could that be Revelation?

-(Revelation?

-Revelation.)

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Revelation?

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Correct.

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Time for another picture round.

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You're going to see a self-portrait.

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10 points if you can name the artist.

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BUZZER

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Frans Hals?

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No. Anyone want to buzz from Bristol?

0:19:580:20:01

BUZZER Delacroix?

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No, it's Joseph Ducreux.

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So, picture bonuses shortly, 10 points at stake for this starter question, fingers on the buzzers.

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In the periodic table,

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which element appears above tungsten and below chromium,

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with which it's often alloyed in steel?

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BUZZER

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Ruthenium?

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-No, anyone like to buzz from the Courtauld?

-BUZZER

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Thallium?

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Valium?!

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-Thallium!

-So sorry...

-LAUGHTER

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No, it's molybdenum.

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Right, another starter question for this.

0:20:370:20:39

Blood And Sand, The Eagle and The Son Of The Sheikh

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are among the films of which silent movie star

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-whose sudden death in 1926...

-BUZZER

0:20:460:20:49

-Rudolph Valentino?

-Correct.

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So, we're returning then to self-portraits

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you'll be pleased to hear.

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Following on from that idiosyncratic and internet-renowned self-portrait,

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three more unusual self-portraits to identify.

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In each case, please name the artist.

0:21:060:21:08

Firstly this Italian artist, often posited as a double self-portrait.

0:21:080:21:13

(Caravaggio.)

0:21:140:21:16

Caravaggio.

0:21:160:21:17

Yes, of course. Secondly, this German artist.

0:21:170:21:20

WHISPERING

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(He wasn't German.)

0:21:250:21:26

(I think maybe...)

0:21:260:21:30

(Do you think it's someone more obvious than that?)

0:21:310:21:34

-(Have you got any idea at all?

-No, I've got...)

0:21:340:21:36

(Try, erm, yeah, try Macher.)

0:21:360:21:38

Macher?

0:21:380:21:39

No, it's Ernst Kirchner. Maybe you've not got that far yet.

0:21:390:21:43

Finally, this Dutch artist performing Blue Steel

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some centuries before it became popular.

0:21:460:21:48

(That's Rembrandt.)

0:21:490:21:51

-Rembrandt.

-It is Rembrandt, yes.

0:21:510:21:53

Right, 10 points for this.

0:21:530:21:55

Pie bavarde in French,

0:21:550:21:56

urraca in Spanish and gazza in Italian are among the common names

0:21:560:22:00

-of which bird of the crow family?

-BUZZER

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The raven.

0:22:030:22:05

No, I'm afraid you lose 5 points. Known binomially as Pica pica.

0:22:050:22:09

BUZZER

0:22:120:22:14

Blackbird?

0:22:140:22:15

That's not in the crow family.

0:22:160:22:18

It's the magpie.

0:22:180:22:19

Right, another starter question.

0:22:190:22:21

Menelik II became ruler of which country in 1889?

0:22:210:22:24

He's noted for an extensive programme of modernisation

0:22:240:22:27

-and for his defeat of an Italian...

-BUZZER

0:22:270:22:30

-Ethiopia.

-Correct.

0:22:300:22:31

Right, these bonuses are on central Asia, Bristol.

0:22:360:22:39

Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan,

0:22:400:22:42

is less than 40km from the borders of which neighbouring country?

0:22:420:22:47

(Uzbekistan?) Is it Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan?

0:22:480:22:51

-It's that way so it's...

-I think it's Uzbekistan.

0:22:510:22:54

-Uzbekistan?

-No, it's Iran.

0:22:540:22:56

Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan,

0:22:560:22:58

is within 60km of the border of which neighbouring country?

0:22:580:23:02

That's Kyrgyzstan.

0:23:020:23:03

Kyrgyzstan.

0:23:030:23:05

No, that's Uzbekistan.

0:23:050:23:06

And finally, two central Asian capitals are within 20km of the borders of Kazakhstan.

0:23:060:23:11

For 5 points, name either one.

0:23:110:23:13

-Tashkent and...

-We only need one.

0:23:140:23:18

Tashkent.

0:23:180:23:19

Tashkent. Bishkek is the other one.

0:23:190:23:21

5 minutes to go, 10 points for this. Listen carefully.

0:23:210:23:23

The use of computers to control production processes

0:23:230:23:26

is sometimes known by the acronym CAD/CAM.

0:23:260:23:30

-For what do the letters D and M in the acronym stand?

-BUZZER

0:23:300:23:34

-Design and Manufacture.

-Correct.

0:23:340:23:36

Right, these bonuses are on a playwright, Courtauld.

0:23:410:23:45

"A little child whom the gods have whispered to."

0:23:450:23:47

These words of Mrs Patrick Campbell refer

0:23:470:23:50

to which Scottish playwright, born in 1860?

0:23:500:23:52

(Don't know. Just pass, we don't know.)

0:23:550:23:57

-I'm sorry, we don't know.

-That's JM Barrie.

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Secondly, used by Peter Pan to describe death,

0:24:000:24:03

what four words did Beryl Bainbridge use

0:24:030:24:06

for the title of a novel in 1989?

0:24:060:24:08

(Adventure. Great adventure? Great or big? You think it's great?)

0:24:100:24:15

-(I think it's "A very big adventure".)

-OK.

0:24:150:24:18

A Very Big Adventure?

0:24:180:24:19

Bad luck, it's An Awfully Big Adventure.

0:24:190:24:21

And finally, give the two words that complete this line

0:24:210:24:24

from Barrie's play The Admirable Crichton.

0:24:240:24:27

"I'm not young enough to..." What?

0:24:270:24:29

-(Do you know?)

-(I don't know, "to care?")

0:24:340:24:37

-("To die?")

-(Could be, could be.)

0:24:370:24:40

Die?

0:24:400:24:41

-No, it's "know everything."

-Oh!

0:24:410:24:43

10 points for this.

0:24:430:24:44

In which present day country is the inland city of Brest,

0:24:440:24:48

which gives its name to a peace treaty of March 1918?

0:24:480:24:52

BUZZER

0:24:520:24:54

-Belarus.

-Correct.

0:24:540:24:56

The treaty that took Russia out of the First World War.

0:24:580:25:01

Your bonuses are on biochemistry, Bristol.

0:25:010:25:04

Which functional group is added to a protein by the class of enzymes known as protein kinases?

0:25:040:25:10

-(Amiam.)

-(Amiam?) Amiam group?

0:25:100:25:13

No, it's phosphate.

0:25:130:25:14

Which two amino acids are phosphorylated by STK,

0:25:140:25:18

that is, specific protein kinases?

0:25:180:25:20

-(Alanine and... cysteine.)

-(Alanine and cysteine?)

0:25:230:25:27

-Alanine and cysteine.

-No, it's serine and threonine.

0:25:270:25:30

And finally, known by a three-letter abbreviation,

0:25:300:25:33

what molecule is the usual donor of the phosphate molecule

0:25:330:25:36

in protein kinase catalysed phosphorylation?

0:25:360:25:39

-I... (ATP?)

-(ATP.)

0:25:400:25:42

-ATP.

-Correct.

0:25:420:25:44

Two and a half minutes to go, 10 points for this.

0:25:440:25:46

The atomic spectrum of which gas is characterised by emission lines

0:25:460:25:50

known as the Balmer, Lyman and Paschen series?

0:25:500:25:54

BUZZER

0:25:560:25:58

Oxygen?

0:25:580:26:00

No, anyone want to buzz from Courtauld?

0:26:000:26:02

BUZZER

0:26:020:26:04

Sulphur dioxide?

0:26:040:26:06

No, it's hydrogen.

0:26:060:26:07

Right, another starter question.

0:26:070:26:09

Which two rivers have their confluence

0:26:090:26:11

at the promontory known as the Deutsches Eck

0:26:110:26:13

or German Corner in Koblenz?

0:26:130:26:16

BUZZER

0:26:180:26:20

The Rhine and the... Main?

0:26:200:26:23

-Anyone like to buzz from Bristol?

-BUZZER

0:26:230:26:26

The Rhine and the Rhone?

0:26:260:26:28

No, it's the Rhine and the Moselle. 10 points for this.

0:26:280:26:30

In 1613, which royal house was established

0:26:300:26:33

after the Time Of Troubles,

0:26:330:26:34

-during which several pretenders occupied the throne of Russia?

-BUZZER

0:26:340:26:39

-The Romanovs.

-Correct.

0:26:390:26:41

Your bonuses now are on British history, Bristol.

0:26:440:26:46

Ennobled in 1918, the Conservative, George Cave,

0:26:460:26:49

became the last member of the House of Lords

0:26:490:26:52

to hold which great office of state?

0:26:520:26:54

-(Shall we say the Chancellor?)

-(Chancellor?)

0:26:590:27:02

Chancellor.

0:27:020:27:03

No, he was Home Secretary.

0:27:030:27:05

Secondly, who was the last member of the House of Lords

0:27:050:27:07

to have been Foreign Secretary?

0:27:070:27:08

He resigned in 1982.

0:27:080:27:10

-(Foreign Secretary?)

-Foreign Secretary...

0:27:120:27:14

Oof, erm...

0:27:140:27:16

I'll know when I hear it. LAUGHTER

0:27:180:27:20

-We don't know.

-That was Lord Carrington.

0:27:200:27:22

Resigned over the Falklands.

0:27:220:27:24

Who was the last person to remain a peer

0:27:240:27:26

throughout his time as Prime Minister?

0:27:260:27:28

His last term was from 1895-1902.

0:27:280:27:31

(Lord...) (No. That was the... No. The Marquess of Salisbury.)

0:27:320:27:36

-The Marquess of Salisbury.

-Correct.

0:27:360:27:38

10 points for this, listen carefully.

0:27:380:27:39

The term interstadial

0:27:390:27:41

describes a minor period of less-cold climate during an ice age.

0:27:410:27:45

What term denotes a longer and more marked period between two ice ages?

0:27:450:27:49

BUZZER

0:27:490:27:51

-Interglacial.

-Correct.

0:27:510:27:53

You get a set of bonuses, this time...

0:27:530:27:55

..on an American novelist.

0:27:560:27:58

Telegraph Avenue is a novel of 2012 by which author

0:27:580:28:01

who won the Pulitzer Prize

0:28:010:28:02

for The Amazing Adventures Of Cavalier And Clay?

0:28:020:28:06

-GONG

-And at the gong, the Courtauld Institute of Art have 75,

0:28:060:28:11

Bristol University have 190.

0:28:110:28:14

The answer, incidentally, is Michael Chabon.

0:28:140:28:16

I think we're going to be saying goodbye to you, Courtauld,

0:28:180:28:20

but you were a very, very nice team. Thank you for joining us.

0:28:200:28:24

-And Bristol - actually, you're two nice teams!

-Thank you.

0:28:240:28:27

I must be getting soft.

0:28:270:28:29

Anyway, you were both an absolute delight to have

0:28:290:28:31

and we shall look forward to seeing you, Bristol,

0:28:310:28:33

in the next stage of the competition.

0:28:330:28:35

I hope you can join us next time for another first round match

0:28:350:28:38

-but until then it's goodbye from the Courtauld Institute.

-Goodbye.

0:28:380:28:41

-It's goodbye from Bristol University.

-Goodbye.

0:28:410:28:44

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

0:28:440:28:45

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