0:00:19 > 0:00:21University Challenge.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Hello, two more teams have cheerfully decided to view the
0:00:31 > 0:00:33next 30 minutes as a challenge
0:00:33 > 0:00:38as opposed to an ordeal, imposition or walking nightmare, I suppose.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Whichever of them is ahead at the gong will come back and do it
0:00:41 > 0:00:43all over again in the second round.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47The University of Liverpool received its royal charter in 1903 and
0:00:47 > 0:00:51is widely regarded as the original redbrick, the term referring to
0:00:51 > 0:00:54the material used for the Victoria building,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56its original purpose built headquarters.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00It now has around 23,000 students who, in the past,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03have included the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05the former head of MI5 Stella Rimington,
0:01:05 > 0:01:09the footballer Steve Coppell and TV producer Phil Redmond.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13The four playing tonight have a rather crusty average age
0:01:13 > 0:01:16of 29, they're really, really old.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And they'll know doubt be aware that Liverpool University got to
0:01:19 > 0:01:21the semifinals of the last series.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24So let's find out if they've got what it takes to go one step
0:01:24 > 0:01:25further. Let's meet them.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Hi, my name's Nick Kurek, I'm from Shrewsbury in Shropshire and
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I'm studying Microbiology.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Hi, I'm Guy Nicholls.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36I'm originally from Cambridgeshire and I'm studying Egyptology.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37And this is their captain.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Hi, I'm Gethin Hopkin, I'm from Somerset and I'm studying Medicine.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I'm Pauline Rowe, I'm originally from Widnes and I'm studying
0:01:45 > 0:01:48for a PhD in Creative Writing.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50APPLAUSE
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Now, also with a student population of around 23,000,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00the University of Warwick reached the second round of the last
0:02:00 > 0:02:05series but were series champions back in 2007.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07It's one of the institutions founded last century after the
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Robbins Report and which often get called plate-glass universities.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Former students include the actors and writers Ruth Jones and
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Stephen Merchant, the former Children's Laureate Anne Fine,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22the presenter Simon Mayo and the comedian Frank Skinner.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Alert viewers will already have recognised their captain as
0:02:25 > 0:02:29a Countdown champion in 2013, it's on Channel 4 apparently.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33With an average of a mere 20 let's meet the Warwick team.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Hi, I'm Sophie Hobbs from Birmingham and I'm studying French and History.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Now then, I'm Sophie Rudd from Immingham and I'm studying for a
0:02:40 > 0:02:42masters degree in Computer Science.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43And this is their Captain.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Hello, I'm Giles Hutchings, I'm from Farnham in Surrey and I'm
0:02:46 > 0:02:48studying Maths.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Hello, I'm Thomas Van, I'm from Geneva in Switzerland and I'm
0:02:51 > 0:02:52studying History.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55APPLAUSE
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Well, the rules never change, it's ten points for starter questions.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04You have to answer those on the buzzer by yourselves.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Bonuses are worth 15, they're team efforts and there's a five
0:03:07 > 0:03:10point penalty if you interrupt a starter question incorrectly.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13So, fingers on the buzzers, here's your first starter for ten.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire is the location of the museum
0:03:17 > 0:03:21dedicated to the life and work of which writer?
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Roald Dahl.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Roald Dahl is correct, yes.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26APPLAUSE
0:03:26 > 0:03:30You get first blood and the bonuses are on museums and galleries,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Warwick. Firstly, for five points,
0:03:32 > 0:03:36which gallery occupies part of the site of the former Millbank Prison,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39which at one time served as a holding facility for all
0:03:39 > 0:03:42British prisoners sentenced to transportation?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Australian Museum?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Something to do with Australia, I guess.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Do you have any ideas?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Um, no.- Is that the Courtauld Institute of art?
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Australia.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Courtauld Institute of Art?
0:03:56 > 0:03:57No, it's Tate Britain.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00In which county is the Bowes Museum? Including
0:04:00 > 0:04:03a renowned collection of European artwork it's housed in a
0:04:03 > 0:04:07nineteenth century building designed in the manner of a French chateau.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Bowes.- B-O-S-E? I don't know. - B-O-W.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- It's the county. What county? - Bucks?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Buckinghamshire?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18No, it's in County Durham. It's behind the castle.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20And finally, designed by Inigo Jones,
0:04:20 > 0:04:23the Queen's House in Greenwich is one of three buildings that together
0:04:23 > 0:04:27house which museum established by an act of parliament in 1934?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Is that the Royal Observatory?- Is that a museum?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35You might as well say that, it's in Greenwich so it could be.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Royal Observatory?
0:04:37 > 0:04:38No, it's the National Maritime Museum.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Ten points for this.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Catherine Astley, Blanche Parry and Elizabeth Throckmorton were
0:04:44 > 0:04:47among the personal attendants of which monarch?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50The latter attendant was briefly imprisoned in the
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Tower of London after her clandestine marriage
0:04:52 > 0:04:54to Sir Walter Raleigh.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Elizabeth I.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Correct.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59APPLAUSE
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Your bonuses are on the goals of life according to Hinduism.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Firstly, for five, often translated as righteousness,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08which goal indicates the religious and moral path that should be
0:05:08 > 0:05:11followed according to one's status and station in life?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15This term is also used in Buddhism and Jainism but with
0:05:15 > 0:05:17different interpretations.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Nominate Kurek.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Caste?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23No, it's Dharma.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Secondly, the second aim is Artha or the pursuit of wealth.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31This is closely linked to a blend of statecraft and which social
0:05:31 > 0:05:34science known in Sanskrit as Arthashastra?
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Sociology?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43No, it's economics. And finally,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46what is the ultimate aim, also known as Nirvana?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50A term more usually associated with Buddhism, it signifies enlightenment
0:05:50 > 0:05:55or the liberation of the soul from the cycle of death and rebirth.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Nominate Kurek.- Moksha.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Moksha is correct, yes.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Ten points for this.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04In logic what two word term denotes the process of applying the
0:06:04 > 0:06:08logical function to all possible combinations of inputs and outputs?
0:06:08 > 0:06:12A result is obtained by filling each cell of a matrix...
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Truth table?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Correct.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16APPLAUSE
0:06:16 > 0:06:17You take the lead,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20you get a set of bonuses on the films of Marilyn Monroe.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23In each case name the film from the description.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Firstly, for five points, a 1955 comedy in which Marilyn's
0:06:26 > 0:06:31dress is seen to billow up as she walks above a subway vent.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Its title indicates declining interest in
0:06:33 > 0:06:34a monogamous relationship.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- The Seven Year Itch. - Correct.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41Secondly, a 1953 film noir in which Marilyn's character, Rose, schemes
0:06:41 > 0:06:45to murder her husband. The single word title refers to a scenic
0:06:45 > 0:06:48honeymoon destination.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Oh, gosh. I think I've heard of this but I have no idea.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Scenic.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Lake?
0:06:55 > 0:06:56No, it's Niagara.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00And finally, a 1959 film with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon as
0:07:00 > 0:07:04musicians fleeing a gangster as Josephine and Daphne.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08They join an all girl band in which Marilyn plays the ukulele.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09- Some Like It Hot.- Yes.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Ten points for this.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Born in 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
0:07:13 > 0:07:18which feminist author's works include The Secret Garden in 1973?
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Her writing explores the nature of identity, women's fantasies
0:07:22 > 0:07:26and the relationships between women of different generations.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Susan B. Anthony?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34No, anyone like to buzz from Liverpool?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Gloria Steinem?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40No, it's Nancy Friday. Ten points for this.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43The common name of which bird derives ultimately from the
0:07:43 > 0:07:47ancient name of the River Rioni in present day Georgia?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50A game bird, larger than a quail or partridge, they can often be
0:07:50 > 0:07:55seen feeding in flocks in grain fields where there's cover nearby.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Pheasant?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Correct.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01APPLAUSE
0:08:01 > 0:08:05This set of bonuses are on mass extinctions of the Palaeozoic era.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Firstly, for five points, which mass extinction was marked by both
0:08:09 > 0:08:12the Kellwasser and Hangenberg events?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16The period in question is sometimes called the Age of Fishes.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Devonian?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Devonian, is that an extinction?
0:08:20 > 0:08:21I think there was, yes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23The Devonian extinction?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Devonian is correct.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Which mass extinction event took place around 450 million years ago
0:08:28 > 0:08:32with two peak dying times separated by hundreds of thousands of years?
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Around 85% of sea life was wiped out by an ice age.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Cambrian was an explosion of more types of life.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- There's KT and they mentioned two things.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42I don't know what KT stands for...
0:08:42 > 0:08:44KT?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45No, it's the Ordovician.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48And finally, the Ordovician extinction was the second
0:08:48 > 0:08:50largest mass extinction of marine life.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54What was the largest, beginning in and named after the last period
0:08:54 > 0:08:55of the Palaeozoic era?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I think it's Cretaceous, yes.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Cretaceous?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59No, it's the Permian.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Right, we're going to take a picture round now.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04For your picture starter I'm going to show you
0:09:04 > 0:09:08a current national flag from which we have removed everything
0:09:08 > 0:09:10but its five pointed stars.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Or, in heraldic terms, what are known as its mullets.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16For ten points I want you to tell me which country's flag this is.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Oh, the Philippines?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Correct! There it is, yes, well done.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26APPLAUSE
0:09:26 > 0:09:28You almost hesitated too long there.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30So you get a set of picture bonuses now.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33I want you to identify three more current national flags from
0:09:33 > 0:09:36just the configuration of stars thereon.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Firstly, for five.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Is it Burkina Faso? - Burkina Faso. Yes, it is.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Oh, no, it is Ghana.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- Is it, do you think? - Yes, it's Ghana.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Ghana.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51No, Ghana has a black star, it's Senegal. Let's see the whole thing.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Secondly, which nation is this?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- Oh, so that's Fiji?- Is it Fiji? I don't recognise it.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Fiji has the stars I think. And it's got the ensign in the corner.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Fiji.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06No, that's Tuvalu. We'll see the whole thing now.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07And finally.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- That's the Dominican...Oh, no, it's Panama.- Is it Panama?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- Yes, it's Panama. - Panama.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15It is Panama. We'll see the whole thing, there it is.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Right, ten points for this.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20In 2015 mathematicians at the University of Washington discovered
0:10:20 > 0:10:24the fifteenth convex form of which polygon able to tile the plane,
0:10:24 > 0:10:28meaning identical copies of it can cover a flat surface with
0:10:28 > 0:10:30no overlaps or gaps?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Hexagon.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Anyone like to buzz from Liverpool?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Decagon?
0:10:38 > 0:10:39No, it's a pentagon.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Ten points for this. Speaking at the 2015 Hay Festival, which
0:10:43 > 0:10:47British writer declared that, "Poverty is as much a moral failing
0:10:47 > 0:10:49"today as under the Tudors."?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52His works include an account in various forms of the
0:10:52 > 0:10:5615 year occupation of his driveway by the elderly Mary...
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Alan Bennett. - Correct.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02APPLAUSE
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Your bonuses are on the calendar.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Firstly, the High Court of Justice in England and Wales divides
0:11:07 > 0:11:11the year into four terms from the feast day of a saint.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14What name is given to the term that in 2016 begins on the
0:11:14 > 0:11:163rd of October?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Michaelmas.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Michaelmas is correct.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Secondly, a fourth century bishop of Poitier who was
0:11:28 > 0:11:30a proponent of Orthodoxy against Arianism,
0:11:30 > 0:11:35which saint gives his name to the term that begins in mid-January?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Shall we try... Stephen?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Stephen.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49No, it's Hilary.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52And finally, the name of which Christian doctrine is given
0:11:52 > 0:11:54to the term that runs from June to July?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Trinity.- Correct.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Ten points at stake for this starter question.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04The background to this speculative novel is a plebiscite in
0:12:04 > 0:12:09which northern England votes to join an independent Scotland.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Give the dictionary spelling of the word plebiscite.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17P-L-E-B-I-S-C-I-T-E.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Well done.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21APPLAUSE
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Your bonuses this time, Warwick,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28are on the Russian choreographer Michel Fokine.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Which short solo ballet did Fokine create in 1905 for Anna Pavlova?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36She took it as her signature piece and is said to have danced it
0:12:36 > 0:12:38around 4,000 times.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41I have no idea.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43There's Giselle but that's not a Russian thing.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Tarantella?
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- Is that like a dance? - That's a folk dance.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Giselle?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52No, it's the Dying Swan, the swan.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Secondly, premiered in 1911 and set to music by Weber,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58which short ballet depicts the romantic dream of
0:12:58 > 0:13:01a young woman after she's returned from a ball?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- Is it Cinderella something? - Is it Cinderella?
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Should we say that?
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Cinderella.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11No, it's the Spirit of the Rose.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12And finally,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15first performed in 1909 and set to music by Rimsky Korsakov, which
0:13:15 > 0:13:21ballet by Fokine takes its name from the heroine of the 1001 Nights?
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Scheherazade.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Correct. We're going to take a music round now.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27For your music starter you'll hear part of a well known pop song.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Ten points if you can give me the title of the song.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34# Darkness falls across the land... #
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Thriller.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Indeed it was, by Michael Jackson.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39APPLAUSE
0:13:40 > 0:13:44You heard a bit of Vincent Price's spoken interlude in Thriller.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47For your music bonuses I want you to identify three more well
0:13:47 > 0:13:50known songs from their spoken word parts.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54In each case for the five points I need the title of the song.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Firstly, for five.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02# You know, someone said the world's a stage and each must play a part
0:14:02 > 0:14:06# Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart... #
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Are You Lonesome Tonight.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11It is Are You Lonesome Tonight, that was Elvis Presley of course.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Secondly.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17# So now I'm alone Now I can think for myself
0:14:17 > 0:14:20# About little deals and issues
0:14:20 > 0:14:23# And things that I just don't understand
0:14:23 > 0:14:25# Like a white lie that night
0:14:25 > 0:14:27# Or a sly touch at times. #
0:14:27 > 0:14:29SYNTH MUSIC PLAYS
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Cars by Gary Numan?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34No, it's Are Friends Electric?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36And finally.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39# You broke my heart
0:14:39 > 0:14:41# Cos I couldn't dance
0:14:41 > 0:14:44# You didn't even want me around
0:14:44 > 0:14:50# And now I'm back to let you know I can really shake 'em down. #
0:14:53 > 0:14:55We don't know.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57That's The Contours - Do You Love Me. Ten points for this.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Marlon James' Man booker winning novel
0:15:00 > 0:15:04A Brief History of Seven Killings recounts the failed assassination...
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Jimi Hendrix.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10No, you lose five points. The failed assassination attempt
0:15:10 > 0:15:14in 1976 on the life of which singer and songwriter during an
0:15:14 > 0:15:16armed gang's invasion of his home in Kingston?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Bob Marley. - Correct.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22APPLAUSE
0:15:22 > 0:15:24So you get the bonuses, Liverpool.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27If you get them all you take the lead. They're on physics.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31A Carnot cycle is the most efficient heat engine cycle consisting
0:15:31 > 0:15:35of two isothermal processes and two of what other form?
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Endothermal?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42No, it's adiabatic.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Which inequality is named after a German physicist born
0:15:45 > 0:15:48in 1822 and applies to real engine cycles, implying
0:15:48 > 0:15:51a negative change in entropy to the cycle?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Any German physicists?
0:15:59 > 0:16:00We don't know.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02It's a Clausius inequality.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05And finally, which law states that not all the supplied heat in
0:16:05 > 0:16:08the heat engine can be used to do work?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- BOTH:- It's the second law of thermodynamics.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Is it the second law of thermodynamics?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Correct.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Ten points for this.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Derived in part from the Latin for hinge what two word
0:16:19 > 0:16:23collective term has been given since antiquity to justice,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25prudence, temperance and fortitude?
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Virtue.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Anyone like to buzz from Warwick?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35The four virtues?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37No, they're the cardinal virtues.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39So ten points at stake for this starter question.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43The archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli developed the use of plaster
0:16:43 > 0:16:47to make casts recreating the forms of humans, plants and animals
0:16:47 > 0:16:52during his term as director of the excavations of what site...
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Pompeii?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Pompeii is correct, yes.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56APPLAUSE
0:16:59 > 0:17:02You get a set of bonuses this time, Warwick, on literary magazines.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06From 1953 until his death in 2003 the American writer
0:17:06 > 0:17:10George Plimpton was the co-founder and editor of which magazine
0:17:10 > 0:17:14noted for its series of long form author interviews?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Is that the New Yorker?- Maybe.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Don't know.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19The New Yorker?
0:17:19 > 0:17:20No, it's the Paris Review.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Which London based review of literature and art was founded
0:17:23 > 0:17:27and edited by Cyril Connolly with contributors including
0:17:27 > 0:17:28George Orwell and W H Auden?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Times Literary Supplement maybe?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- It won't be the London Review of Books, will it?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37London was mentioned, OK. I can't think of anything else.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38London Review of Books?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39No, that was Horizon.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41And finally, author of the memoir
0:17:41 > 0:17:45A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, who is the founder of
0:17:45 > 0:17:49McSweeney's Quarterly Concern and the monthly magazine The Believer?
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Could this be Lewis Carroll?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56No, C S Lewis. The Narnia guy.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- C S Lewis?- It's much later, no, it's Dave Eggers.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Ten points for this. Fish in the Dark in 2015 was the Broadway debut,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06as both author and actor, of which US comedian?
0:18:06 > 0:18:12A co-creator of Seinfeld he played a fictionalised version of himself...
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Larry David.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Yes.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16APPLAUSE
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Your bonuses are on the year 1915, Warwick.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26In January 1915 which country sent claims known as the 21 demands
0:18:26 > 0:18:29to China in an attempt to increase its control over that
0:18:29 > 0:18:32country's economy and internal affairs?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Probably Japan.- Is it, do you think? - I think.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- Japan?- Correct.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39In April 1915 the allies signed the secret Treaty of London with
0:18:39 > 0:18:43which member of the triple alliance inducing it to declare war on
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Austrio-Hungary the following month?
0:18:45 > 0:18:46- Italy.- Correct.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51In July 1915 the United States sent troops to occupy which
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Caribbean island country in order to protect US assets?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57The occupation lasted until 1934.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- Cuba or Grenada, I think. - Grenada's the '80s.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Cuba?
0:19:03 > 0:19:04No, it was Haiti.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Ten points for this.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Which letter of the alphabet links the naturally occurring unit
0:19:09 > 0:19:10of electric charge,
0:19:10 > 0:19:15the mathematical constant sometimes known as Euler's number and...
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- E. - E is right, yes.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19APPLAUSE
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Your bonuses are on rice, Warwick.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Comprising hot rice with seafood, meat and vegetables,
0:19:27 > 0:19:32the Dutch dish known as Rijsttafel has its origins in which
0:19:32 > 0:19:35present day country, formerly a Dutch colony?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- Possibly Indonesia? - Indonesia would make sense, yes.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- Indonesia?- Correct.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Which Cajun dish combines rice with a variety of ingredients and
0:19:42 > 0:19:46is sometimes said to derive its name from the French for ham?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- Jambalaya?- Correct.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Typically used in risotto, which short grain rice is named
0:19:52 > 0:19:54after a village in Italy's Piedmont region?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I don't know. - I thought it was risotto rice.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- I just thought it was short grain rice.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- Any idea?- Nope. - No, sorry, don't know.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05It's arborio. We're going to take a second picture round now.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09For your picture starter you'll see a detail of a well known painting.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Ten points, please, if you can identify the artist.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Uh, Seurat.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Seurat, we'll see the whole thing.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19It is indeed a bit of
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25So, we're going to take picture bonuses, Warwick.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Three more details showing dogs in well known paintings.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29In each case five points if you can give
0:20:29 > 0:20:33me the title by which the whole work is usually known.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Firstly...
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Oh, this The Laughing Cavalier, I think.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40I thought that was just a face though.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42- Maybe not then.- It's a portrait of someone.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Is it the Gainsborough one of the husband and wife?
0:20:46 > 0:20:47- No idea.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49No, sorry, don't know.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51It was the Gainsborough one of the husband and wife,
0:20:51 > 0:20:54but it was Mr and Mrs Andrews, I needed them for the title.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Secondly.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Oh, is that Olympia?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Is it? It's a bed one, isn't it?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Or is it one of the Venuses? - Olympia's on a bed, I think.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Olympia?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06No, it's Titian's Venus of Urbino.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08We'll see the whole thing, there it is.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13And finally.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Is that the Arnolfini?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15That does certainly have a dog.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16- And it's got the green dress.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18The Arnolfini Wedding?
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Correct, yes. We'll see the whole thing, there.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Well done. Ten points for this.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Who became the first US President to leave the country while in
0:21:26 > 0:21:29office when he travelled to view progress in the construction
0:21:29 > 0:21:31of the Panama Canal in 1906?
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Theodore Roosevelt?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Yes.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37APPLAUSE
0:21:38 > 0:21:43Your bonuses, Warwick, are on painkillers and analgesics.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Firstly, the principal alkaloid of opium,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49which analgesic can be administered orally, intramuscularly,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52subcutaneously and intravenously?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Morphine.- Correct.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory drugs such as Ibuprofen can
0:21:57 > 0:22:01relieve pain through the inhibition of which enzyme?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Dopamine.- It's going to be one of those, isn't it?- The other one.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Melatonin.- Serotonin. Could be serotonin.- Serotonin?
0:22:07 > 0:22:11No, it's the Cox enzyme. And finally, which common analgesic can
0:22:11 > 0:22:14be used to ease moderate pain and reduce fever?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17It's also known as acetaminophen.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- Oh, this is paracetamol. - Is it?- I think.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23I think I've heard that name come up in terms of paracetamol.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Paracetamol?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26It is paracetamol, yes.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Ten points for this.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Flowing from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal,
0:22:29 > 0:22:34which river is known as Jamuna in Bangladesh and Tsangpo in Tibet?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Its Sanskrit name means Son of the God of Creation.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Ganges.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43No, anyone want to buzz from Liverpool?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45You may not confer, one of you can buzz.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Brahmaputra?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52It is the Brahmaputra, yes.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53APPLAUSE
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Right, your bonuses are on philosophy this time, Liverpool.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03The Theaetetus is a work of around 369BC by which philosopher?
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Plato.- Correct.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10In the Dialogues, Socrates states that he is
0:23:10 > 0:23:13a member of what profession, that of his mother,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17because he helps others to bring forth conceptions about knowledge?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20- Midwife.- Correct.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23In this Dialogue which epic poet does Socrates call the great
0:23:23 > 0:23:24master of tragedy?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Who wrote Antigone?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Euripides?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34No, it's Homer.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35Right, ten points for this.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39In modern Japanese characters signifying song, dance and skill are
0:23:39 > 0:23:45written together to form the name of which genre of stylised theatre?
0:23:45 > 0:23:46Kabuki?
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Correct.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49APPLAUSE
0:23:51 > 0:23:53These bonuses are on astronomy,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56specifically constellations of the zodiac.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Firstly, for five, about 55 million light years away,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01the nearest large cluster of galaxies lies primarily
0:24:01 > 0:24:04within which constellation of the zodiac, which gives the
0:24:04 > 0:24:06cluster its usual name?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Oh, gosh.- I think it might be Taurus. I'm not sure.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10That sounds right.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Taurus?
0:24:12 > 0:24:13No, it's Virgo.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Secondly, the centre of our galaxy is within which constellation
0:24:16 > 0:24:17of the zodiac?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- The Milky Way?- No, no, the centre.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Um.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- Ugh, need an answer. - Sagittarius, Capricorn.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- Come on.- Sagittarius.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Sagittarius is right.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Which constellation holds the Crab Nebula and the star Aldebaran?
0:24:34 > 0:24:35- That's Taurus. - I think that is Taurus.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Crab isn't that...No, go.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38- Taurus?- Taurus is right.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41There are about three and a half minutes to go and ten points
0:24:41 > 0:24:43for this. What event in British history is often used
0:24:43 > 0:24:46to describe the staged works of writers such as
0:24:46 > 0:24:50George Etheridge, George Farquhar and William Congreve?
0:24:50 > 0:24:51The Restoration?
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Correct.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54APPLAUSE
0:24:54 > 0:24:57These bonuses, Warwick, are on administrative districts in
0:24:57 > 0:25:00England that are named after natural features.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Name the ceremonial county, for example West Sussex,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05in which each of the following is located?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Firstly, Sedgemoor District Council is in which county?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Sedgemoor, nope.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Yorkshire?
0:25:13 > 0:25:17No, it's in Somerset. Secondly, in which county is Wyre Forest?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- It'll be somewhere in the south. - In the south.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Suffolk?
0:25:25 > 0:25:26No, it's in Worcestershire.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Finally, in which county is the district of Breckland?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31I've never heard of this.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- I know counties, not districts. - Hereford?- Hereford.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36No, it's Norfolk. Ten points for this.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39At about 74 million square kilometres the surface area
0:25:39 > 0:25:44of the Indian Ocean is close to that of which planet of the solar system?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Jupiter?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48No, Warwick?
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Mercury?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Mercury is correct, yes.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54APPLAUSE
0:25:55 > 0:25:58These bonuses are on six letter words whose only vowel is the
0:25:58 > 0:26:02letter O. In each case give the word from the description.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Firstly, an artistic style whose exponents include
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Fragonard, Boucher and Tiepolo?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09- Rococo?- Correct.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14Secondly, Pan Paniscus, a rainforest ape known as the Pygmy Chimpanzee?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Bonobo.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16- Bonobo?- Correct.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20And finally, a variety of half fermented Chinese tea whose
0:26:20 > 0:26:21name means black dragon.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Oolong.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Oolong is right, ten points for this.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Meaning "west" in Arabic,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29what term denotes the region that comprises the Atlas mountains
0:26:29 > 0:26:33and the coastal plain of the countries from Libya to Morocco?
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Maghreb?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40The Maghreb is correct, yes.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41APPLAUSE
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Your bonuses this time, Warwick,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47are on countries that do not share a land border but are connected
0:26:47 > 0:26:50by a bridge or tunnel, for example France and the UK.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Firstly, completed in 2000,
0:26:51 > 0:26:55the Oresund Bridge connects which two countries?
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Sweden and Denmark?
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Correct.
0:26:57 > 0:27:0224km in length, the King Fahd Causeway links which two countries?
0:27:02 > 0:27:04I think Bahrain and Saudi.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- Oh, the king, it might be. - Bahrain and Qatar? Or Kuwait?
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- Saudi Arabia.- Saudi Arabia.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- Bahrain and Saudi Arabia?- Correct.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Finally, two bridges across the Johor Strait link which two
0:27:13 > 0:27:15countries?
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Singapore and Malaysia is the obvious choice.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Singapore and Malaysia?
0:27:20 > 0:27:21Correct, ten points for this.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Publius Servilius Casca Longus, Gaius Cassius Longinus and
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Lucius Tillius Cimber are among those who took part in what
0:27:30 > 0:27:32act on the 15th of March 44BC?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35The assassination of Julius Cesar.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Correct, 15 points for these bonuses.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41They're on imperial and metric units, Liverpool.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45What imperial unit corresponds to 746 watts or 33,000 foot
0:27:45 > 0:27:47pounds of work...
0:27:47 > 0:27:48GONG
0:27:48 > 0:27:51APPLAUSE
0:27:51 > 0:27:52It was one horse power.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55But, um, I'm afraid to say Liverpool you're going to be saying
0:27:55 > 0:27:58goodbye to us. But thank you very much for taking part.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Warwick, congratulations, 235 is a very impressive score and we
0:28:02 > 0:28:04shall look forward to seeing you in round two.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07I hope you can join us next time for another first round match.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09But until then it's goodbye from Liverpool University...
0:28:09 > 0:28:10- ALL:- Goodbye.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13..and it's goodbye from Warwick University.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- ALL:- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.