0:00:21 > 0:00:24Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27APPLAUSE
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Hello. It's the last of the first-round matches tonight.
0:00:31 > 0:00:3413 teams are through to the next stage of the competition and
0:00:34 > 0:00:38whichever of tonight's two is ahead at the gong will join them.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41If the losers are to qualify for a final chance to go through,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45they'll need a score of 155 or more.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Founded in the mid-15th century,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49the University of Glasgow has educated the writers
0:00:49 > 0:00:53William Boyd and James Herriot, the actor Gerard Butler,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56the journalist Andrew Neil and numerous politicians,
0:00:56 > 0:01:00including Charles Kennedy, Donald Dewar and Nicola Sturgeon.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02There's also a strong rumour that it's where
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Doctor Who earned his doctorate.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Tonight's team describe themselves as three Scots and a foreigner
0:01:08 > 0:01:11fulfilling a lifelong yearning to visit Salford.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I do hope it's all they dreamed it might be.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Representing around 27,000 students,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and with an average age of 21,
0:01:19 > 0:01:20let's meet them.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Hi, my name's Robin Thomson.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I'm from Edinburgh and I study history and Russian.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Hi, my name is Alexander Shishov.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29I'm from Riga, Latvia, and I study philosophy.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30This is their captain.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Hi, I'm Angus Lauder.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I'm from Glasgow and I study politics and Russian.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Hello, I'm Ethan Simpson from Hawick in the Scottish Borders
0:01:38 > 0:01:39and I study engineering.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42APPLAUSE
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Now, making a very rare appearance in this competition is
0:01:48 > 0:01:49the University of East London,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52a former polytechnic which gained university status
0:01:52 > 0:01:57in 1992 and has campuses based in Stratford and Docklands.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Alumni include the Turner Prize-nominated Chapman brothers,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05the presenter Jimmy Doherty, the peers Victor Adebowale
0:02:05 > 0:02:09and Margaret Prosser and the rapper Tinchy Stryder.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Their captain is following something of
0:02:10 > 0:02:13a family tradition in that she's married to a member of
0:02:13 > 0:02:18the Dundee team who were, as we all remember, champions in 1983.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Representing around 16,000 students,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23and with an average age of 41,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25let's meet the East London team.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Hello, I'm Christopher Ducklin.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29I'm originally from Eastbourne in East Sussex
0:02:29 > 0:02:31and I'm studying civil engineering.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Hello, I'm Kelly Travers.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36I'm from Westcliff in Essex and I'm doing a masters of research.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37And this is their captain.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Hello, my name's Jerushah Jardine.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I'm originally from The Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall
0:02:42 > 0:02:44and I'm studying for a PhD in peatland ecology.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Hi, I'm Rachel Evans.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49I'm from Grays in Essex and I'm studying English literature.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52APPLAUSE
0:02:55 > 0:02:57The rules are the same as ever so let's just get on with it.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Fingers on the buzzers, here's your first starter for ten.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06"His novels are seething whirlpools, gyrating sandstorms,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09"waterspouts which hiss and boil and suck us in."
0:03:09 > 0:03:12To which Russian author is Virginia Woolf referring?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Born in 1821, his works include Notes From The Underground...
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Correct.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23APPLAUSE
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Your first bonuses, Glasgow, are on an Italian city.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Which city's cathedral is often cited as the most important
0:03:30 > 0:03:33example of Gothic architecture in Italy?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Construction began in 1386 under the Visconti.
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Milan?
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Milan.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Milan, correct.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43What is the main public art gallery in Milan?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Its collection includes Mantegna's The Lamentation Of Christ
0:03:46 > 0:03:49and Caravaggio's Supper At Emmaus.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Nominate Shishov.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53The Uffizi Gallery.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55No, it's the Brera Art Gallery.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59And finally, the refectory of Milan's Dominican convent of
0:03:59 > 0:04:04Santa Maria Delle Grazie is noted for what work of art begun in 1494?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08THEY CONFER
0:04:10 > 0:04:11The Last Supper.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Yes, that's correct.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Another starter question now.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Frustration at being unable to verify his claim
0:04:17 > 0:04:20that the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird
0:04:20 > 0:04:23led the industrialist Sir Hugh Beaver
0:04:23 > 0:04:24to found which work of reference?
0:04:24 > 0:04:28First published in 1955, it appears annually.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34The Guinness Book Of World Records?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Yes, it's now just known as the Guinness World Records, apparently.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Your bonuses are on Tchaikovsky.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45"In spite of all its sumptuousness, it did turn out to be rather boring,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48"infinitely worse than Sleeping Beauty."
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Of which of his ballets did Tchaikovsky say that
0:04:51 > 0:04:54after its premiere in 1892?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56THEY CONFER
0:05:00 > 0:05:01- Nutcracker.- Correct.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Tchaikovsky confessed that he had wept
0:05:04 > 0:05:07a great deal during the composition of which symphony?
0:05:07 > 0:05:12He died just over a week after conducting its premiere in 1893.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15THEY CONFER
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Pathetique?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- Pathetique.- Could be.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Pathetique. - It is the Pathetique, No. 6.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26And finally, of which of his compositions did Tchaikovsky
0:05:26 > 0:05:28remark that it "will be very loud and noisy,
0:05:28 > 0:05:32"but I wrote it without any warm feelings of love
0:05:32 > 0:05:35"and so it'll probably be of no artistic worth"?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- The 1812 Overture. - Is that Tchaikovsky?- Yeah.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- I would think.- 1812 Overture? OK.
0:05:40 > 0:05:411812 Overture.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Correct. Ten points for this.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Named after a forest in Uganda,
0:05:45 > 0:05:50which viral disease is transmitted by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus?
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Um, Zika virus.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Zika is correct, yes.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57APPLAUSE
0:05:57 > 0:06:01You get a set of bonuses on chemical compounds, East London.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Also known as blue vitriol, what chemical is used in
0:06:04 > 0:06:09the fungicides known as Bordeaux mixture and Burgundy mixture?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Any ideas?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- Um, no. Shall we say DEET and just...?- Yeah, yeah.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18DEET.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20It's copper sulphate.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Secondly, gypsum, selenite and alabaster
0:06:23 > 0:06:25are forms of which metal sulphate?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Aluminium sulphate?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33No, it's calcium sulphate.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37And finally, calcium sulphate is a coagulating agent used to
0:06:37 > 0:06:42make which protein-rich foodstuff usually known by its Japanese name?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- Could that be tofu? - Oh, yeah, let's go for that.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- Tofu.- Tofu is correct.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Ten points for this. "He is eternally optimistic
0:06:50 > 0:06:52"and he stands up for things.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54"He's not afraid of going straight to the top
0:06:54 > 0:06:56"and giving them a hard stare."
0:06:56 > 0:06:59These are among descriptions recently given of which
0:06:59 > 0:07:02fictional character by his creator?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04He first appeared...
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Paddington Bear.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Yes!
0:07:06 > 0:07:08APPLAUSE
0:07:10 > 0:07:12No knowledge is ever wasted here.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Your bonuses are on religions in Iran, East London.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19In each case, identify the religion from the description.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Firstly, for five, the founder of which religion is thought to
0:07:22 > 0:07:28have been born in Persia some time before 500BCE?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Fire is sacred in some of its practices and its followers,
0:07:31 > 0:07:34who wear a traditional shirt and girdle,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36are known in India as Parsis.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39THEY CONFER
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Zoroastrian? Zoroastrians.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Zoroastrianism is correct, yes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Secondly, which faith was founded by Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51who was born in Tehran in 1817?
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Its central tenet is the oneness of humankind and of all religions.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Nominate Travers.- The Baha'i.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Baha'i is correct.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02And finally, deriving its name ultimately from the Arabic
0:08:02 > 0:08:07for wool, which mystical belief and practice of Islam has both
0:08:07 > 0:08:12Sunni and Shia orders and involves seeking a direct experience of God?
0:08:12 > 0:08:13We think it's Sufism.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It is Sufism, yes.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17We're going to take our first picture round now.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19For your picture starter,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22you'll see a map with a British city indicated on it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Ten points if you can identify the city and give me
0:08:25 > 0:08:28the Latin name by which it was known in Roman Britain.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33It's Bath, Aquae Sulis.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Correct.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36APPLAUSE
0:08:38 > 0:08:39So, for your picture bonuses,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42maps showing three more English towns and cities that date
0:08:42 > 0:08:45back to when much of Britain was part of the Roman Empire.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Five points each if you can give me the city or town and give me
0:08:49 > 0:08:52both its current English name and its Latin name.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Here's the first.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Is it Chester? I think it's Chester.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04THEY CONFER
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Sorry, we'll have to pass on that one.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08We only know Chester but we don't know the...
0:09:08 > 0:09:11It is Chester, you're right. It was called Deva by the Romans.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Secondly...
0:09:16 > 0:09:17That's Colchester.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Camulodunum.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Nominate Travers.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22It's Colchester, Camulodunum.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Correct. And finally...
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Is that York, Eboracum? - Eborum, yeah. Oh.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31It's Eboracum. Is it Eborum or Eboracum?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Oh, I don't know. What do you think?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- Will I do a nominate...? - Yeah.- Nominate Ducklin.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Erm, York and Eboracum.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Correct.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Right, ten points for this.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43"Don't disturb my circles"
0:09:43 > 0:09:45were reputedly the last words of which...?
0:09:47 > 0:09:48- Archimedes.- Correct.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51APPLAUSE
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Your bonuses are on films whose titles include
0:09:55 > 0:09:57the name of a chemical element.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59In each case, name the film from the description.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Firstly, a 1931 film directed by Frank Capra
0:10:02 > 0:10:05starring Jean Harlow in the title role.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09THEY CONFER
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Have we got any films here that we can...?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13The Colour Of Gold? I don't know.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16THEY CONFER
0:10:16 > 0:10:18The Golden Man.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19The Golden Man.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22No, it's Platinum Blonde.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Secondly, a 2011 biopic.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Meryl Streep in the title role won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30The Iron Lady.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Correct. And finally, a 2015 drama starring Helen Mirren.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37It's based on the true story of Maria Altmann,
0:10:37 > 0:10:42who sought to regain possession of a Gustav Klimt painting of her aunt.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- The Golden Woman? - Sounds plausible.- The Lady...
0:10:46 > 0:10:48No, The Golden Painting, The Golden Woman.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52It must be something Woman.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53An element - it's The Golden something.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- Golden Woman.- The Golden Woman?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58No, it's Woman In Gold, so level pegging,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01ten points for this. Historically speaking, what term
0:11:01 > 0:11:05referred to the dominions of a prince of the Holy Roman Empire
0:11:05 > 0:11:07who held the German title of Kufurst?
0:11:07 > 0:11:12In modern-day politics, it refers to all those in an area...
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Elector.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15No, I'm afraid you lose five points.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16In modern-day politics,
0:11:16 > 0:11:21it refers to all those in an area or country who are qualified to vote.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Electorate. - Electorate is correct, yes.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28APPLAUSE
0:11:30 > 0:11:33These bonuses are on autobiographies, East London.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37The title of Doreen Lawrence's autobiography, And Still I Rise,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40refers to a poem by which African-American writer?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43THEY CONFER
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Maya Angelou, maybe.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- That's probably right.- Maya Angelou?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Maya Angelou.- Correct.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Which actor and presenter took the title of his 1997 autobiography,
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Moab Is My Washpot, from the Book of Psalms?
0:11:56 > 0:12:01His most recent memoir, published in 2014, is called More Fool Me.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Stephen Fry.- Correct.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Anger Is An Energy - My Life Uncensored
0:12:06 > 0:12:08is the autobiography of which singer-songwriter?
0:12:08 > 0:12:13The title comes partly from the song Rise by his band Public Image Ltd.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14John Lydon.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Nominate Ducklin.- John Lydon.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19John Lydon, or Johnny Rotten, is correct.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Ten points for this.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Which US composer has provided scores for films including
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Martin Scorsese's Kundun, Paul Schrader's Mishima
0:12:27 > 0:12:29and Richard Eyre's Notes On A Scandal?
0:12:29 > 0:12:33His works also include symphonies drawn from themes in
0:12:33 > 0:12:36David Bowie's albums Low and Heroes.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Brian Eno.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43No, anyone like to buzz from Glasgow?
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Horner?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48No, it's Philip Glass. Ten points for this.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Described as the first aeroplane of perpetual endurance,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56what is the name of the Swiss aircraft that left Abu Dhabi
0:12:56 > 0:13:01in March 2015 in an attempt to fly around the world without fuel...
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Solar Voyager.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04No, you lose five points.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07..relying solely on energy from the sun?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14You may not confer. One of you may buzz.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Icarus.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17No, it's Solar Impulse.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Ten points for this.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22The consort of King Stephen of England, Matilda, was the countess
0:13:22 > 0:13:26in her own right of which port now in the Pas-de-Calais department?
0:13:26 > 0:13:30From 1803, Napoleon concentrated the Grand Army there
0:13:30 > 0:13:31with the intention of attacking Britain.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Amiens.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37No, anyone like to buzz from East London?
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Calais?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41No, it's Boulogne-sur-Mer. Ten points for this.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Which three letters begin the names of an ancient region north of
0:13:44 > 0:13:48the Black Sea, a female sea monster inhabiting a cave
0:13:48 > 0:13:50near a whirlpool and...
0:13:51 > 0:13:52S, C, Y.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53Correct.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55APPLAUSE
0:13:56 > 0:14:00You get a set of bonuses, Glasgow, on vitamins.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Firstly, for five points, what is the common name for cobalamin,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08a coenzyme in the oxidation of fatty acids and the synthesis of DNA?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12THEY CONFER
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Vitamin E.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22No, it's B12.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Secondly, what is the common name for pyridoxine,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29a deficiency of which causes dermatitis and convulsions?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Yeah, that's vitamin D.- D?- Yeah.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Vitamin D?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34No, it's vitamin B6.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38And finally, what is the common name for thiamine,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41a deficiency of which leads to beriberi in humans?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45THEY CONFER
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Is it C? Is it D?- Could be E.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Just go.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51No. Vitamin E.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53No, it's vitamin B1.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54We're going to take a music round.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57For your music starter, you'll hear a piece of popular music.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Ten points if you can identify the singer.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02ROCK INTRODUCTION
0:15:02 > 0:15:03# Maybe... #
0:15:05 > 0:15:06David Lee Roth.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Anyone like to buzz from Glasgow? You can probably hear a little more.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12# Not too late
0:15:14 > 0:15:17# To learn how to love
0:15:17 > 0:15:20# And forget how to hate... #
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Pete Townshend.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25No, it's Ozzy Osbourne.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27So, music bonuses in a moment or two.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Fingers on the buzzers, here's another starter question.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35In zoology, members of the class Asteroidea within the phylum
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Echinodermata have what common name from the rays, or arms,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42that stem from a central...?
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Starfish.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Starfish is correct, yes.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46APPLAUSE
0:15:47 > 0:15:52So, you heard Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train for that music starter.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56You're going to get music bonuses - excerpts from three more singles,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59all of which were debut solo releases by artists
0:15:59 > 0:16:02who had parted ways with successful groups.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05For five points each, you have to identify the artist
0:16:05 > 0:16:08and the group from which they had departed.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09Firstly...
0:16:10 > 0:16:12# He was something to observe
0:16:14 > 0:16:16# Came in close, I heard a voice
0:16:18 > 0:16:20# Standing, stretching every nerve
0:16:22 > 0:16:25# Had to listen, had no choice
0:16:25 > 0:16:29# I did not believe the information... #
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Peter Gabriel and Genesis.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Correct. Secondly...
0:16:34 > 0:16:37# Cracked by scattered needles
0:16:37 > 0:16:39# The little minute gong coughs and clears his throat
0:16:39 > 0:16:42# Madam, you see before you stand
0:16:42 > 0:16:44# Hey ho, never be still
0:16:44 > 0:16:47# The old original favourite grand
0:16:47 > 0:16:49# Grasshoppers green Herbarian band
0:16:49 > 0:16:54# And the tune they play is In Us Confide... #
0:16:54 > 0:16:56John Lennon and The Beatles.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59No, it was Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd - that was Octopus.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00And finally...
0:17:00 > 0:17:04# What you see ain't what you are getting
0:17:04 > 0:17:05# Big make-up
0:17:05 > 0:17:07# Little break-up... #
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- We should know this. - I shouldn't know it.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- You got anything?- No.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Oh, is it that...?
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- The one that's on daytime chat programmes.- Zayn Malik from...
0:17:16 > 0:17:18No, it's a woman! Shoosh.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Come on, the one who's on the daytime shows.
0:17:20 > 0:17:26# You can take it all because this face is free
0:17:26 > 0:17:28# Maybe next time... #
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Sporty Spice from The Spice Girls.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32No, it was Geri Halliwell and The Spice Girls.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Right, ten points for this.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Later used by Heidegger to mean
0:17:35 > 0:17:37"the fear of metaphysical insecurity",
0:17:37 > 0:17:41what five-letter term is especially associated with Kierkegaard,
0:17:41 > 0:17:45who used it to mean dread, or a desire...
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Angst.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Angst is correct, yes.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50APPLAUSE
0:17:50 > 0:17:52You get three bonuses on the Gettysburg Address
0:17:52 > 0:17:54of Abraham Lincoln.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Firstly, for five points, the Address begins with the words
0:17:57 > 0:18:01"four-score and seven years ago", referring to what event?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- The Declaration of Independence.- The Declaration of Independence, yeah?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- What did you say? - The Declaration of Independence.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- Would it be...? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- The Declaration of Independence. - That's correct.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16In 1950, four-score and seven years after Gettysburg,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20which senator publicly claimed that the US State Department had
0:18:20 > 0:18:23been infiltrated by more than 200 communists?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25McCarthy.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26It was Joseph McCarthy.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31Also in 1950, which conflict began when Soviet-backed troops
0:18:31 > 0:18:33crossed the 38th parallel?
0:18:33 > 0:18:34- Korean War.- Korean War.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- The Korean War.- Correct. Ten points for this.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Give any one of the common names of Alpha Ursae Minoris,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42the brightest star in the Little Bear.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Sirius.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Nope.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Tau Ceti.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55No, it's pole star or Polaris or the northern star or the lodestar
0:18:55 > 0:18:58or the guiding star, but definitely not Sirius,
0:18:58 > 0:18:59which is in the Great Bear.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Right, another starter question now.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04"He is a cretin whom we will lead."
0:19:04 > 0:19:08To whom do those words of the French politician Adolphe Theirs refer?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Theirs helped him to the presidency of the Second Republic,
0:19:11 > 0:19:15but he later became emperor following a self-staged coup...
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Napoleon III.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Louis Napoleon, Napoleon III is correct, yes.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23APPLAUSE
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Right, you get a set of bonuses now on properties owned by
0:19:26 > 0:19:30The Landmark Trust, a charity that rescues important buildings
0:19:30 > 0:19:31that would otherwise be lost.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- Goody!- Firstly, Houghton West Lodge
0:19:35 > 0:19:37stands in the grounds of Houghton Hall,
0:19:37 > 0:19:41built by Sir Robert Walpole in which English county?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Buckinghamshire?- Walpole...
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I think it's one of the home counties, surely.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Could be Buckinghamshire. - Well, that's as good a guess as any.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48OK, all right, yeah.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Buckinghamshire. - No, it's in Norfolk.- Oh!
0:19:51 > 0:19:53In which county is Alton Station?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56It's situated in the Churnet Valley,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58close to a former seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Anything?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Shrewsbury, Shropshire.- Is it? - Yeah.- Yeah?- But then...
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Well, that's as good a thing as any.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Shropshire.- No, it's Staffordshire.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Government House and the Radio Room are among a number of
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Landmark Trust properties on which island in the Bristol Channel?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Islands in the Bristol Channel.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Anything? Anything in the Bristol Channel?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- Isles of Scilly? - Is it in the Bristol Channel?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I don't think so.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- Could it be the Isle of Man? - No.- So the Isles...
0:20:31 > 0:20:32The Isles of Scilly.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35That's not in the Bristol Channel, it's Lundy.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Ten points for this picture starter question.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39You're going to see a painting.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Ten points if you can identify the artist.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Caravaggio.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Correct.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49APPLAUSE
0:20:50 > 0:20:53So, following on from Caravaggio's Boy Bitten By A Lizard,
0:20:53 > 0:20:55you're going to see three more paintings that all feature
0:20:55 > 0:20:57the victims of bites from animals.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00In each case, I just want you to identify the artist.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Firstly...
0:21:03 > 0:21:05THEY CONFER
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Should we guess? Yeah.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Michelangelo.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18No, it's by Rubens, The Tiger Hunt. Secondly...
0:21:24 > 0:21:26It's on the tip of my tongue.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Can't think who it is.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Yeah, I don't know.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Tintoretto or...? - Tintoretto?- Yeah.- Yeah, Tintoretto?
0:21:33 > 0:21:37- Tintoretto.- No, that's Guido Reni's Cleopatra And The Asp.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38And finally...
0:21:41 > 0:21:43I think that might be Botticelli.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Botticelli.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Botticelli is correct, well done. Ten points for this.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Endemic to the fynbos biome of South Africa,
0:21:50 > 0:21:56the leguminous shrub Aspalathus linearis has what common name?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59It produces a herbal tea free from caffeine.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Rooibos.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Correct, or red bush, yes.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06APPLAUSE
0:22:07 > 0:22:10You get three bonuses on pharmacology, East London.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13What inflammatory condition is treated
0:22:13 > 0:22:16with antihyperuricemic agents?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Arthritis?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Is it arthritis? Yeah, arthritis.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Arthritis.- No, it's gout.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28What bacterial process, secondly, do antibiotic macrolides inhibit?
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- Shall we say sepsis?- Yeah.- Yeah? Unless anyone... Sepsis?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Sepsis?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40No, it's protein synthesis.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44And finally, what symptom do antitussive drugs suppress?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Is it Latin for tussive, or anything like that?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49No, I can't think.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- I want to guess psoriasis or something like that.- Yeah.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54THEY WHISPER
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Sickness? Oh! Yeah, you want to say sickness?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Yeah. - Go with what everyone else wants.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02We'll say nausea.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03No, it's coughing.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Ten points for this.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07The Story Of My Experiments With Truth
0:23:07 > 0:23:10is an autobiographical work by which political leader?
0:23:10 > 0:23:14It was first published in the mid-1920s in the Gujarati language.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Gandhi.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Gandhi is correct, yes.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22APPLAUSE
0:23:22 > 0:23:24These bonuses could give you the lead, East London.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25They're all on fog.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Firstly, the Chinese versions of which 19th-century English novel
0:23:30 > 0:23:33have been published under a title that translates as
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Orphan Of The Foggy Capital?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38The English subtitle is The Parish Boy's Progress.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- Oliver Twist.- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Oliver Twist.- Correct.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Fog City is a name given to which major city at the confluence
0:23:48 > 0:23:50of the Jialing and Yangtze rivers?
0:23:50 > 0:23:54It was Chiang Kai-shek's capital from 1937-45.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Guilin?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- Yeah.- Go for it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02Guilin, yeah?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Guilin.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06No, it's Chungking, or Chongqing.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Fog City is also an epithet given to which US city noted for
0:24:10 > 0:24:13pervasive summer fogs that occur when warm,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17moist air passes over cold water from the ocean bottom?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- Nominate Travers.- San Francisco.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Correct.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Ten points for this. What is the only consonant in words
0:24:23 > 0:24:26meaning "pertaining to sound",
0:24:26 > 0:24:29"the instinctual part of the psyche" and an extinct...
0:24:30 > 0:24:31D.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32D is correct, yes.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34APPLAUSE
0:24:36 > 0:24:38You will re-take the lead if you get these bonuses.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42They're on Unesco World Heritage Sites in Catalonia.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Unesco describes the churches of the Vall de Boi in the Pyrenees
0:24:47 > 0:24:52as an especially pure and consistent example of what style?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Prevalent in the 11th and 12th centuries,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56it is often known in Britain as Norman.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Is it Romanesque?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02THEY CONFER
0:25:07 > 0:25:08- Romanesque.- Correct.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Which coastal city south of Barcelona does Unesco cite
0:25:12 > 0:25:16for Roman remains, including a circus and amphitheatre?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20I'm pretty sure it's Girona, but I'm not...
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- That's the only one I know. - Which one?- Girona.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Yeah.- Yeah?- Cool.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Girona.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29No, it's Tarragona.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34And finally, Unesco cites the Palace of Catalan Music in Barcelona
0:25:34 > 0:25:39as a masterpiece of what "imaginative and exuberant" style
0:25:39 > 0:25:42of the late-19th and early-20th century?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Art Nouveau?- Yeah.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- Art Nouveau.- Art Nouveau is right.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Two minutes to go, ten points for this.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50"With a black sweater and ten rows of pearls,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53"she revolutionised fashion."
0:25:53 > 0:25:55These words, of Christian Dior...
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- Coco Chanel.- Correct.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59APPLAUSE
0:25:59 > 0:26:01You'll re-take the lead if you get these bonuses.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03They're on the Bronte sisters.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05In each case, name the author and the novel in which
0:26:05 > 0:26:06the following locations appear.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Firstly, Moor House, Ferndean and Thornfield Hall.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12That's Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Correct. Secondly, Linden-Car Farm, Ryecote Farm and Stanningley Hall.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23THEY CONFER
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Nominate Travers.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Wurthering Heights, Emily Bronte.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30No, it's The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33And finally, Thrushcross Grange.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34That's Wuthering Heights.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Uh... Sorry?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Nominate Evans.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Correct, yes.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Ten points for this.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47What two-word term means the practice of taking over
0:26:47 > 0:26:50a company and selling its resources to make a profit without...?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Hostile takeover.- No.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54You lose five points.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57..without consideration of the company's future.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Vulture capitalism.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02No, it's asset-stripping.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Ten points for this.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Which US president served the shortest term
0:27:06 > 0:27:08in presidential history?
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- William Henry Harrison.- Correct.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14APPLAUSE
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Your bonuses are on the solar system, East London.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22Which planet has an equatorial diameter of 143,000km
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and a rotation period of about ten hours?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28THEY CONFER
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Any ideas? Any advance on Mercury?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Yeah, Mercury. Go for that. - Mercury?- Yeah.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- Mercury.- No, it's Jupiter.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Which planet has surface gravity of about 9 metres per second squared
0:27:39 > 0:27:41and the least eccentric orbit?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- Probably Mars.- Quickly.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- OK, Mars. - GONG
0:27:45 > 0:27:47APPLAUSE
0:27:47 > 0:27:50No, it was Venus, but you've been gonged out anyway.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Well, bad luck, Glasgow.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57It was quite keenly fought, I thought, that, and, you know,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00you were unlucky how the questions fell in the latter stages,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02but thank you very much for taking part.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04You definitely won't be coming back as the highest-scoring loser,
0:28:04 > 0:28:06but thank you very much for joining us.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09East London, we shall look forward very much to seeing you in
0:28:09 > 0:28:11the next stage of the competition. Thank you for joining us.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Thank you very much.- It was a pleasure to see you here.- Thank you.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Well, I hope you can join us next time when we'll have
0:28:16 > 0:28:20the first of the playoffs between the highest-scoring losers,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22- but until then it's goodbye from Glasgow University...- Goodbye.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- ..and it's goodbye from East London University...- Goodbye.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27And it's goodbye from me - goodbye.