0:00:23 > 0:00:26Asking the questions - Jeremy Paxman.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Hello.
0:00:30 > 0:00:3330 unforgiving minutes lie ahead of two more teams tonight,
0:00:33 > 0:00:36as they try to win a place in the second round.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39If the losers come away with a score that's among the top four
0:00:39 > 0:00:43losing scores, they will get a final chance to qualify too.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Wolfson College, Cambridge,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48was founded in 1965 as University College,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50but it changed its name in 1973 after
0:00:50 > 0:00:53a benefaction from the foundation established by
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Sir Isaac Wolfson, the chairman of Great Universal Stores.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Most of its 760 students are postgraduates,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03which is reflected in the composition of tonight's team,
0:01:03 > 0:01:08and alumni include, for anyone old enough to remember Procol Harum,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10the musician and Hammond organist, Matthew Fisher,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13and the former president of Zambia, Rupiah Banda.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18With an average age of 25, let's meet the Wolfson team.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Hi, my name is Justin Yang.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21I'm from Vancouver, Canada,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and I'm studying for a PhD in Public Health and Primary Care.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Hi, I'm Ben Chaudhri, I'm from Cumbria,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28and I'm reading Natural Sciences.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30And this is their captain.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Hi, I'm Eric Monkman, I'm from Oakville, Canada,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35and I'm studying for a Master's in Economics.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Hi, I'm Paul Cosgrove from Cookstown in Northern Ireland,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40and I'm studying for an MPhil in Nuclear Energy.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43APPLAUSE
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Their opponents tonight represent SOAS,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51the School of Oriental and African Studies, which was founded
0:01:51 > 0:01:55in 1916 as a constituent college of the University of London.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58It, too, has an emphasis on postgraduate education,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02which accounts for nearly half of its student body.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Among its alumni are the travel writer, Freya Stark,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07the singer and activist, Paul Robeson,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10and the Nobel Peace Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11As a specialist institution,
0:02:11 > 0:02:15the team admit that not having a scientist could be a weakness
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- time will tell there - and they're no doubt hoping to hear
0:02:17 > 0:02:22questions on Malay, Thai, Persian, Arabic and Luxembourgish instead.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Representing around 6,000 students, with an average age of 44,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29let's meet the SOAS team.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Hello, I'm David Bostock.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32I'm originally from Cheltenham,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36and I'm studying for a Master's in Southeast Asian Studies.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Hello, I'm Magda Biran-Taylor.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41I'm originally from Harrow in Middlesex,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and I'm also studying for a Master's in Southeast Asian Studies.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45And this is their captain.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Hi, I'm Henry Edwards, I'm from London,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50and I'm doing an MA in Near And Middle Eastern Studies.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Hi, I'm Odette Chalaby, I'm from London,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55and I'm also doing an MA in Near And Middle Eastern Studies.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58APPLAUSE
0:03:00 > 0:03:02OK, the rules are the same as ever.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Starter questions are worth ten points.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06You have to answer those on the buzzer individually.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Bonus questions can be answered collectively by conferring.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12They're worth 15 points. Fingers on the buzzers.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Here's your first starter for ten.
0:03:13 > 0:03:19Which series of novels began in 1983 with The Colour Of Magic? 2015...
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Discworld. Discworld is correct, yes.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25APPLAUSE
0:03:25 > 0:03:27You get a set of bonuses, Wolfson,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30on physicists who were also proficient musicians.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33In each case, name the musical instrument with which they
0:03:33 > 0:03:36were most associated. First, Albert Einstein.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38The violin? Yeah. Yeah, the violin.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41The violin. Correct. Secondly, Werner Heisenberg.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Uh, piano? Piano, maybe.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Piano? Correct.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49And, finally, Richard Feynman was associated with which
0:03:49 > 0:03:51specific percussion instrument?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54The bongos. Correct. APPLAUSE
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Right, ten points for this starter question. Fingers on the buzzers.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00The rules governing which mathematical entity were written in
0:04:00 > 0:04:04elliptic verse by the seventh century Indian mathematician,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Brahmagupta? He alternately called it "sunya" or "ka,"
0:04:08 > 0:04:11the former being a Sanskrit term for void or...
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Zero. Zero is correct, yes. APPLAUSE
0:04:18 > 0:04:22You get a set of bonuses on brothers in medieval history, Wolfson.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Firstly, for five - often known by a byname,
0:04:25 > 0:04:27denoting fleetness of foot,
0:04:27 > 0:04:30who claimed the throne of England on the death of Canute in 1035,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34in opposition to his own half-brother, Harthacnut?
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Harold Harfoot? No idea.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Harfoot? Harold HAREfoot is correct, yes.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45Harold died in 1040. Harthacnut, his successor, died two years later.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Which of Harthacnut's half-brothers succeeded him?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52He's the subject of Alfred Duggan's novel, The Cunning Of The Dove.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Maybe Sweyn Forkbeard? Yeah, try it.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Sweyn Forkbeard? No, it was Edward The Confessor.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01And finally, after Edward's death in 1066, who allied himself with
0:05:01 > 0:05:05the king of Norway to fight against his own brother, Harold II?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07He was killed at the Battle Of Stamford Bridge.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Harald Hardrada. No, that's the one who was... Nope.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Harald Hardrada. No, it was Tostig. Ten points for this.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20The metro system of which European capital has been described as
0:05:20 > 0:05:23"the world's longest art exhibition"?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Sculptures, paintings and other artwork...
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Moscow?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29No, I'm afraid you lose five points. ..other artworks
0:05:29 > 0:05:32decorate more than 90 of its 100 stations,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36which include Alvik, Sankt Eriksplan, and Gamla stan.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Amsterdam? No, it's Stockholm.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Ten points for this starter question.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48From the Greek for "hard," what term is applied to conditions in
0:05:48 > 0:05:51which parts of the body organ become hard or useless...?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Ossified.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58No, you lose five points. ..often as a result of ageing,
0:05:58 > 0:05:59thickening, or scarring?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Calcification?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06No, it's sclerosis. Ten points for this.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Which poet was the author of the lines,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11"Whenas in silks, my Julia goes, then, then, (methinks),
0:06:11 > 0:06:15"how sweetly flows that liquefaction of her clothes"?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Born in 1591, he spent much of his life as the vicar of Dean Prior
0:06:19 > 0:06:21in Devonshire....
0:06:21 > 0:06:23John Donne? No.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26SOAS, one of you buzz. You may not confer, one of you can buzz.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28George Herbert? No, it was Robert Herrick.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31We'll take another starter question, but you lost five points
0:06:31 > 0:06:33there for an incorrect interruption, of course, Wolfson.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Right, ten points for this.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Royal Nut of Jupiter is a translation of the scientific
0:06:37 > 0:06:39name of which deciduous tree?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43It yields a fine-grained wood, used for furniture and veneers,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45and an edible not consisting of a...
0:06:47 > 0:06:52Walnut. Walnut is correct, yes. APPLAUSE
0:06:53 > 0:06:56These bonuses are on explosives, SOAS.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Discovered by the British chemical engineer, Edward Charles Howard,
0:07:00 > 0:07:04in 1800, and widely used in detonators and blasting caps,
0:07:04 > 0:07:11which explosive has the chemical formula C2N2O2HG?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Any ideas? Cordite, I suppose.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Cordite? No, it's Mercury fulminate.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Secondly, what explosive did the Italian chemist,
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Ascanio Sobrero, discover in 1846?
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Used in dynamite, it's made by reacting propane one, two, three
0:07:28 > 0:07:32trial with a mixture of concentrated sulphuric and nitric acids.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Shall me go for cordite for this one as well? Mm.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Cordite? No, it's nitro-glycerine.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38And finally, along with his father,
0:07:38 > 0:07:41who helped to commercialise nitro-glycerine?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44He'd earlier designed the first factory to produce it, an
0:07:44 > 0:07:48explosion at which, in 1864, killed his younger brother, Emil Oskar.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Nobel? It was Alfred Nobel, correct. APPLAUSE
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Right, we're going to take a picture round now.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59You're going to see a map with a collection of islands highlighted.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02For ten points, I want the two-word designation of those islands.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08The Caribbean Islands?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11No. Would anyone like to buzz from SOAS with a more precise answer?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Windward Islands. No, it's the Greater Antilles.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19So we'll take the picture bonuses in a moment or two.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Here's another starter question. Fingers on the buzzers, please.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27In May 2009, the New York resident, L J Rule, became the first person
0:08:27 > 0:08:32to hit his funding goal on which website with his project, Drawing...
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Kickstarter? Kickstarter is right, yes.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37APPLAUSE
0:08:38 > 0:08:41So you were asked to identify the Greater Antilles
0:08:41 > 0:08:42in the picture starter.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46We follow on from that with three islands of the Caribbean on the map.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50I simply want you to identify each island indicated,
0:08:50 > 0:08:54which may not be the name of the state or states to which
0:08:54 > 0:08:56its territory belongs. Firstly...
0:08:58 > 0:08:59That's Trinidad and Tobago.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Trinidad and Tobago? No, it's Trinidad is the island.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05It's not Trinidad and Tobago.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Of course, that is the state,
0:09:06 > 0:09:09but I was looking for the name of the island. Secondly...
0:09:11 > 0:09:16That's Barbados, I think. Barbados? Yeah, Barbados.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Barbados? It is Barbados. And, finally...
0:09:21 > 0:09:25That's, erm... Hispaniola. Hispaniola.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Hispaniola. It is Hispaniola, yes. Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30APPLAUSE Ten points for this.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35Eustace of Boulogne was the eldest surviving son of which English king?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38His death made possible the settlement of the civil war
0:09:38 > 0:09:41between his father and the Empress Matilda in favour...
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Stephen? Stephen of Blois is correct, yes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46APPLAUSE
0:09:46 > 0:09:50You get a set of bonuses now, Wolfson, on the Battle of the Somme.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Firstly, for five points - the Somme offensive ended on 13 November 1916,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58having begun on the first day of which month that year?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Was it the guns of June? August?
0:10:02 > 0:10:06June, that was 1914. OK, then maybe May?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08May? Go for it. May.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09No, it was July.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Coined by the War Minister, Lord Derby,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14what name came to be given to the specially constituted
0:10:14 > 0:10:17battalions of the British Army made up of men who'd enlisted
0:10:17 > 0:10:19together in local recruitment drives?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Many suffered heavy casualties at the Somme.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Pal... Pals battalion?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Pals batallion? Correct.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Designed by Sir Edward Lutchens, the memorial to the missing of
0:10:29 > 0:10:32the Somme is named after which village on the battlefield?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Ypres. Could be Ypres. Ypres.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Ypres? No, it's Thiepval.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Ypre's in... Is further north. Ten points for this.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Which legendary hero is both the narrator and the
0:10:44 > 0:10:48title character of the poem by Tennyson that ends with the line...
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Ulysses? Correct. APPLAUSE
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Your bonuses are on rice cultivation, SOAS.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Including rice terraces and other co-operative water management
0:11:01 > 0:11:05systems, the Subak system is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site
0:11:05 > 0:11:08on which island between Java and Lombok?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Bali. Bali? Correct.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Built by the Hani people over the past 1,300 years,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17a cultural landscape of rice terraces is
0:11:17 > 0:11:21a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the Red River,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24in which Chinese province bordering Vietnam and Laos?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Yunnan. Yunnan? Correct.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Built 2,000 years ago, the Ifugao rice terraces form part of
0:11:31 > 0:11:35a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the island of Luzon in which country?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Philippines. Correct.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40APPLAUSE Ten points for this.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44In thermodynamics, when considering a chemical reaction,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48what three-word term is the name of the quantity that can be derived
0:11:48 > 0:11:52from its enthalpy minus the product of the temperature and the...?
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Gibbs free energy? Correct. APPLAUSE
0:11:57 > 0:11:59You'll retake the lead if you get these bonuses,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01on the author, Miranda Carter.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Firstly, for five points, Miranda Carter won the Orwell Prize
0:12:03 > 0:12:08in 2002 for her biography of which art historian,
0:12:08 > 0:12:12revealed late in life to have been a Soviet spy?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Anthony Blunt? Anthony Blunt.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Blunt. Anthony Blunt is correct.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Carter's 2009 work, The Three Emperors, is subtitled
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Three Cousins, Three Empires And The Road To World War One.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27To which three empires does the title refer?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Did he say "empires" or "emperors"? Germany, Russia and Britain.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Germany, Russia and Britain? Correct.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39In a 2014 interview, Carter cited which US historian as her
0:12:39 > 0:12:42great hero in terms of history writing?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Her works include The Proud Tower and The March Of Folly.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Anyone know? No clue.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Doris Kearns Goodwin?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Doris Kearns Goodwin? No, it's Barbara Tuchman.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Ten points for this.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57The loudest sound in recorded history is often cited as
0:12:57 > 0:13:03that caused by what event of 27 August 1883?
0:13:06 > 0:13:08The fall of the... Berlin Wall.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Nope. SOAS, one of you may buzz.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16The eruption of Krakatoa. Correct. APPLAUSE
0:13:18 > 0:13:20If you get these bonuses, YOU'LL retake the lead.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Your bonuses are on places named after saints.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26In each case, I want the ceremonial county - for example,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30North Yorkshire or Merseyside - in which the following are located.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Firstly, for five, in which county is St Bees?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36The start of Wainwright's coast-to-coast walk.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41Northumberland? Cumbria. Cumbria? Cumber...land?
0:13:41 > 0:13:45No, that's not a ceremonial county. Cumbria. Cumbria. Cumbria is right.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Named after a ninth century English saint,
0:13:47 > 0:13:52the town of St Neots lies on the river Great Ouse in which county?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Cambridgeshire. Cambridgeshire. Correct.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Noted for Marine Court, an Art Deco building in the shape of an
0:13:59 > 0:14:03ocean liner, St Leonard's-On-Sea is in which ceremonial county?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Sussex. Sussex.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Specifically?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10West. WEST Sussex. No, it's EAST Sussex. Bad luck.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Right, we're going to take a music round now.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14For your music starter,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16you'll hear a piece of classical music by a British composer.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Ten points if you can identify the composer.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:14:22 > 0:14:28Elgar. It is Elgar. APPLAUSE
0:14:28 > 0:14:30His cello concerto in E minor.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34It's perhaps the best known recording by Jacqueline du Pre.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Your music bonuses are three more of Jacqueline du Pre's recordings.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41In each case, I simply want the composer of the piece you hear.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Firstly, for five, this Austrian composer.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:14:56 > 0:15:01Mozart? No, that's Haydn's Cello Concerto number two in D.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Secondly, this French composer.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:09 > 0:15:13THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Saint-Saens? No, it's Gabriel Faure, his Elegy in C minor.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Finally, this central European composer.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:29 > 0:15:33THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Dvorak? It is Dvorak, yes. His Cello Concerto in B minor.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39APPLAUSE Right, ten points for this.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43California was admitted to the union in 1850.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Which two states were admitted in 1845? Now...
0:15:49 > 0:15:51North and South Dakota. No.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53I'm afraid you lose five points.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Now among the most populous in the country,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58they both have coastlines on the Gulf of Mexico.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01One of you buzz quickly, SOAS.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Alabama and Louisiana? No, it's Florida and Texas,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07so here's another starter question.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The "three principles of the people" were part of an ideology
0:16:10 > 0:16:13formulated by which revolutionary?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Born in southern China in 18...
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Mao Zedong? No, you lose another five points, I'm afraid.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23In 1866, he was influential in the overthrow of the
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Chinese Imperial Dynasty in 1911.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Sun Yat-sen. Sun Yat-sen is correct, yes.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32APPLAUSE
0:16:33 > 0:16:36These bonuses are on the Nobel Prize for Economics.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Firstly, which US social scientist won the 1978 prize for his
0:16:40 > 0:16:43research into decision making within organisations?
0:16:43 > 0:16:49He also coined the terms "bounded rationality" and "satisficing."
0:16:49 > 0:16:51THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:16:52 > 0:16:55I don't know. Don't know. Talcott Parsons.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57No, it was Herbert A Simon.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Secondly, co-recipient of the 2002 prize, which Israeli-born
0:17:00 > 0:17:05psychologist is noted for the 2011 work, Thinking Fast And Slow?
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Nominate Chalaby. Daniel Kahneman. Correct.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13The subject of the film A Beautiful Mind, which US mathematician
0:17:13 > 0:17:18won the 1994 prize for his landmark work on game theory?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20John Nash. John Nash is correct.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22APPLAUSE Right, another starter question.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24What name is now given to the object discovered on
0:17:24 > 0:17:28January 1st 1801 by the Italian astronomer, Giovanni Piazzi?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Ceres. Ceres is correct, yes. APPLAUSE
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Your bonuses are on scientific units.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41In each case, give the unit from the description.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43All three begin with the same letter.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Firstly, often known by a three-letter abbreviation,
0:17:46 > 0:17:50a unit equivalent to 1,055 joules.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53It was previously defined as the amount of heat required to
0:17:53 > 0:17:56raise the temperature of one degree of water by one degree Fahrenheit.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Calorie. No, it's three letters...
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Calorie? No, it's a BTU, a British thermal unit.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Secondly, a unit of speed of digital communication,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08named after a French engineer born 1845.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15French engineer. Unit of speed? Becquerel?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18No, it's not Becquerel. It's...
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Let's have it, please. Becquerel. No, it's a Baud.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Finally, the three-letter name of a unit of sound intensity that
0:18:30 > 0:18:32uses a logarithmic scale.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Bel. Decibel, yeah. Bel.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37That's correct. Ten points for this. APPLAUSE
0:18:37 > 0:18:40The name of which movement in architecture and design is an
0:18:40 > 0:18:44abbreviation of the name, in French, of the International Exposition
0:18:44 > 0:18:48of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts, held in Paris in 1925?
0:18:49 > 0:18:53The International Movement? No, anyone want to buzz from Wolfson?
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Art Deco? Art Deco is correct, yes. APPLAUSE
0:19:00 > 0:19:03And I'm afraid you lose five points, SOAS, for an incorrect interruption.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Right, a set of bonuses for you now, Wolfson, on languages of China.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Firstly, named after a river, the Northern and Southern Min
0:19:10 > 0:19:14forms of Chinese originate in which coastal province?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Southern Min, also known as Hokkien,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20has a large number of speakers outside China.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I would say Guangdong. Yeah, OK.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Guangdong? No, it's Fujian.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26With more than 36 million speakers,
0:19:26 > 0:19:33Xiang is a form of Chinese spoken largely in which inland province,
0:19:33 > 0:19:38the birthplace of Mao Zedong? Its capital is Changsha. Hunan.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Hunan? Hunan is correct.
0:19:41 > 0:19:48With at least 50 million speakers, Yue has what alternative name
0:19:48 > 0:19:52after a historical name of a major city of south China?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Cantonese. Cantonese? Is that really it? Yeah.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Cantonese? Cantonese is correct. APPLAUSE
0:19:56 > 0:19:58We're going to take another starter question now.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Which two final letters link words meaning
0:20:01 > 0:20:04"a Japanese fried dumpling", "a spectacular theatrical..."
0:20:06 > 0:20:10ZA. ZA is correct, yes. APPLAUSE
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Your bonuses this time, Wolfson, are on a Victorian poem.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19For all three answers, I need the title AND the author.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22"The sea is calm tonight.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25"The tide is full, the moon lies fair upon the straits.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29"On the French coast, the light gleams and is gone." Nominate...
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Which poem of 1851 begins with those lines? Nominate Yang.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Dover Beach, by Matthew Arnold. Correct.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39In which novel does Daisy Perowne's recitation of Dover Beach
0:20:39 > 0:20:41calm a violent intruder?
0:20:41 > 0:20:46The novel takes place on a single day in February 2003.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Is it Saturday? Saturday by Ian McEwan.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Nominate Chaudhri. Saturday by Ian McEwan. Correct.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57In which dystopian novel does the fireman, Guy Montag,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00shock his wife's friends by reading Dover Beach to them?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Nominate Yang. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09That is correct. APPLAUSE
0:21:09 > 0:21:11We're going to take another picture round now.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13For your picture starter,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15you're going to see a photograph of a sportsperson.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Ten points if you can identify her.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Steffi Graf?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Anyone like to buzz from SOAS?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Martina Navratilova. It is indeed, yes.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29APPLAUSE
0:21:29 > 0:21:31As of the beginning of 2016,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Martina Navratilova is one of only ten tennis players in the
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Open Era to have completed a Singles Career Grand Slam
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- that is, to have won all four of the sport's major titles.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Your picture bonuses are photographs of three more of this select ten.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Five points for each you can identify. Firstly...
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Steffi Graf? Is that Steffi Graf?
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Steffi Graf? It is Steffi Graf. And, secondly...
0:21:54 > 0:21:57That's, erm... That's Chris Evert-Lloyd.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Chris Evert-Lloyd. Chris Evert is correct, yes. And finally...
0:22:01 > 0:22:03That's... Sharapova? Yeah.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Sharapova? That is Maria Sharapova. APPLAUSE
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Right, ten points for this. Fingers on the buzzers.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Widely used in medical research, the HeLa cell line was derived
0:22:15 > 0:22:18from the cervical cancer cells of which...?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks is correct, yes.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24APPLAUSE
0:22:24 > 0:22:26These bonuses could put you back in the lead.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29They're on books published in 1516.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32In 1516, which major figure of the northern Renaissance wrote
0:22:32 > 0:22:34The Education Of A Christian Prince
0:22:34 > 0:22:38and published an annotated text of the Greek New Testament?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Erasmus? Mm-hm. Erasmus? Yeah, Erasmus.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Erasmus? Correct.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Also in 1516, the Italian poet, Ariosto,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48published the first version of which epic poem?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Its title character is a knight in the service of Charlemagne.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Orlando Furioso. Correct.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Its name meaning "no place,"
0:22:56 > 0:23:01which work by Sir Thomas More first appeared in 1516 in a Latin version?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Utopia. Correct. APPLAUSE
0:23:04 > 0:23:07That gives you the lead, and another starter question now.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Seleucus Nicator founded an empire that spanned Asia
0:23:11 > 0:23:13from the Indus to Syria.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17He had earlier served as an infantry commander under which royal...?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Er, Ptolemy?
0:23:20 > 0:23:21No, I'm afraid you lose five points.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24..under which royal figure, born in 356 BC?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28You may not confer, one of you may buzz.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Alexander The Great. Alexander The Great is correct.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33APPLAUSE
0:23:33 > 0:23:36You get a set of bonuses this time on amino acids, SOAS.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Which amino acid has the single letter code "Y"?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Melanin is an end product of its metabolism.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Any ideas at all? No.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Pass. It's tyrosine.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51"W" is the code of which amino acid?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54The body uses it to manufacture the vitamin, niacin,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and the neurotransmitter, serotonin.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Er... Pass. Shall we pass it? Pass.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03That's tryptophan.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07And, finally, which amino acid has the single letter code "R"?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10It plays an important part in the synthesis of urea.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Ribophen? Mm. Ribophen?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Riboflavin. Riboflavin. No, it's arginine.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Right, ten points for this.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Forsteri and patagonicus are the largest species of the
0:24:22 > 0:24:26genus aptenodytes of which flightless birds?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29They are known respectively as "king" and "emperor".
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Penguin? Penguin is correct. APPLAUSE
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Your bonuses are on fictional newspapers.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39In each case, I need the title and the author of the novel in
0:24:39 > 0:24:41which the paper appears.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Firstly, The Pioneer is a newspaper owned by Mr Brooke in which
0:24:44 > 0:24:48major novel, first published in 1871?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50New Grub Street? No. No. Erm...
0:24:50 > 0:24:521871.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54It might be. I don't know. New Grub Street.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56No, it's Middlemarch by George Eliot.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59In which 1938 novel does William Boot become
0:24:59 > 0:25:00a journalist on the Daily Beast?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Scoop. Scoop.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04By? Evelyn Waugh. Correct.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07The Maycomb Tribune features in which 1960 novel?
0:25:11 > 0:25:151960. Something by Graham Greene? How about Kingsley Amis?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Lucky Jim? Yeah. Come on. Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19No, it's To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22There's less than three minutes to go, and ten points for this.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Meaning "based on a system of bishops," what formal name is
0:25:26 > 0:25:29given to the churches in Scotland and in the United...?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Presbyterian? No, you lose five points.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34..that are part of the Worldwide Anglican Communion,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36but independent...
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Episcopalian. Episcopalian is correct, yes.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41APPLAUSE
0:25:41 > 0:25:45These bonuses are on Sanskrit titles of English language films.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Firstly, which 2002 film stars Jimi Mistry and Heather Graham,
0:25:49 > 0:25:54and has a title that means "spiritual teacher" in Sanskrit?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Er, is it...? Guru? Oh, Guru, could be.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Guru? Correct.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Based on Herman Hesse's novel of the same name, which 1972 film...?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Siddhartha. Correct.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Which 2009 film, directed by James Cameron, has a title...?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Avatar. Avatar is correct. APPLAUSE
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Ten points for this starter question.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Give the two short rhyming words that mean a ruminant,
0:26:16 > 0:26:20whose breeds include Cashmere and Angora, and a small...
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Goat. You interrupted incorrectly. I'd already asked for two words.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Sorry. ..and a small weasel, also known as the ermine.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Stoat and goat. Stoat and goat is correct, yes.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36APPLAUSE
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Right, these bonuses are on Christmas Day crownings,
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Wolfson College.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Who was crowned Emperor of the Romans by the Pope in Rome on
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Christmas Day, 800?
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Charlemagne? Yes.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Charlemagne. Correct.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51On Christmas Day 1100, Baldwin of Boulogne was crowned the first
0:26:51 > 0:26:55king of which crusader state in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Jerusalem? It's the crusaders state of Jerusalem.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Jerusalem. Correct.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02On 25 December 1130,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Count Roger II was crowned king of which Mediterranean kingdom?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Sicily. It's Sicily.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Sicily. Sicily is right.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10APPLAUSE Another starter question.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Ferdowsi is a highly-revered poet...
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Persian. Persian or Farsi is correct, yes.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17APPLAUSE
0:27:17 > 0:27:19You get a set of bonuses on Greek mythology.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Which twins are known as the dioscuri?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25One of them being the mortal son of Tindarios, the other,
0:27:25 > 0:27:27the immortal son of Zeus.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31It's Castor and Pollux in Roman... Go for it.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Castor and Pollux? Correct.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Founded according to tradition by the Phoenician prince, Cadmus,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39which Greek city was...? Thebes. Thebes. Thebes is correct, yes.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Which God was born on...? GONG SOUNDS
0:27:41 > 0:27:45And at the gong, SOAS have 175, and so do Wolfson College, Cambridge.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47APPLAUSE
0:27:47 > 0:27:49OK, the way we settle this is very simple.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50I'm going to ask one starter question.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52If you answer it correctly,
0:27:52 > 0:27:55you get the points and you win - we don't bother with the bonuses.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58If you answer it incorrectly, it goes to the other side.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00If you buzz in with an incorrect interruption, of course, you
0:28:00 > 0:28:04lose five points, and automatically lose the contest, then.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05So, here we go. Everyone ready?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Ten points for this.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11The radula is a moveable, rasping structure found in the mouths
0:28:11 > 0:28:13of species of which animal phylum?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Mollusc. Molluscs is correct, yes. Well done.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19APPLAUSE You win.
0:28:25 > 0:28:31Well, SOAS, it's not a bad way to go out, and 175, I would certainly bet
0:28:31 > 0:28:33my house on you coming back as one of the highest-scoring
0:28:33 > 0:28:37losing teams, so I don't think it's the end of the day for you at all.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Congratulations to you, Wolfson. That was a great performance.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42You're on storming form.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44I don't know why I bothered reciting the questions, really,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46you had the answers so quickly to hand.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49I hope you can join us next time for another first round match,
0:28:49 > 0:28:51but until then, it's goodbye from SOAS.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53ALL: Goodbye.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55It's goodbye from Wolfson College, Cambridge. ALL: Goodbye.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.