0:00:17 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE
0:00:19 > 0:00:21University Challenge.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Hello. Defying the conventional laws of mathematics,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34we now enter the fifth quarterfinal.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36By the end of tonight's match,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39we will know the first of the four teams through to the semifinals.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Both teams will know that
0:00:41 > 0:00:43not all hope is lost, though, for the losers,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46because they'll get one final chance to qualify.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49The University of Newcastle are here after
0:00:49 > 0:00:52something of a walkover in round one against a team of somnambulists
0:00:52 > 0:00:54from Sheffield Hallam University.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58The margin on that occasion was 170 points to 40.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00In round two, they beat a more alert team
0:01:00 > 0:01:05from the University of Southampton by 215 and 130.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07And in their first quarterfinal,
0:01:07 > 0:01:12they beat Bristol University by 225 points to 130.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16With an average age of 29, let's meet Newcastle for the fourth time.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Hi, I'm Jack Reynard, I'm from Leeds, and I'm studying medicine.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I'm Molly Nielsen, I'm from London, and I'm studying medicine.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And this is their captain.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Hi, I'm Jonathan Noble, I'm from Newcastle upon Tyne,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31and I'm studying for a PGCE.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Hello, my name is Adam Lowery, I'm from Sunderland,
0:01:34 > 0:01:35and I'm reading chemistry.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37APPLAUSE
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Now, the team from St John's College, Cambridge beat
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Ulster University in the first of their quarterfinals, having already
0:01:46 > 0:01:49beaten the University of St Andrews
0:01:49 > 0:01:52and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in the first two rounds.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56So, with an accumulated score of 725 from three matches,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00and with an average age of 23, let's meet the St John's team again.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Hi, I'm John Clark Levin, I'm from Los Angeles, California,
0:02:05 > 0:02:10and I'm studying for a PhD in politics and international studies.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Hello, I'm Rosie McKeown, I'm from Kingston upon Thames
0:02:13 > 0:02:16in South West London, and I'm studying French and German.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- And here's their captain. - Hi, I'm James Devine-Stoneman,
0:02:19 > 0:02:20from Southall in West London,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23studying for a PhD in superconducting spintronics.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Hi, I'm Matt Hazel, from Ringwood in Hampshire,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28and I'm studying veterinary medicine.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32APPLAUSE
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Well, the rules are pretty constant, so fingers on the buzzers.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Here's your first starter for 10.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Open to the public in 1881,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43which building was Alfred Waterhouse's first...?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Was it Manchester Town Hall?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49No. I'm afraid you lose five points.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51...first major work in London?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Built in the Romanesque style with facades of terracotta,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56its entrance hall was, for many years,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59dominated by the cast of a skeleton of a diplodocus.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03The Natural History Museum.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04That is correct, yes.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06APPLAUSE
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Right, biographical films for your bonuses.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Firstly for five points, the 2015 film Pawn Sacrifice concerns
0:03:14 > 0:03:18which figure of the 20th century played by Tobey Maguire?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22His direct opponent in the film is played by Liev Schreiber.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Bobby Fischer?- Bobby Fischer, maybe, yeah.- Yeah.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- Bobby Fischer. - Bobby Fischer is correct.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32The 2016 film Race is primarily based on which athlete
0:03:32 > 0:03:34played by Stephan James?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38In the same film, Jeremy Irons takes the role of Avery Brundage,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41the president of the United States Olympic Committee.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- Jesse Owens?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- Jesse Owens.- Correct.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Played by Ben Foster, who is the central character
0:03:48 > 0:03:50in Stephen Frears' 2015 film The Program?
0:03:50 > 0:03:55It's based on the journalist David Walsh's book Seven Deadly Sins.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Don't know.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01An editor of the New York Times, maybe? I don't know.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04- Possibly... - We're not going to get it.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06THEY CONFER
0:04:06 > 0:04:07No. Pass.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10It's Lance Armstrong. 10 points for this.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13A Theory Of The Consumption Function is a work by which
0:04:13 > 0:04:17leading proponent of monetarism, born in New York in 1912?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20The recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in...
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Milton Friedman.- Correct.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24APPLAUSE
0:04:26 > 0:04:29So your first bonuses, Newcastle, are on Nobel laureates.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Born in Monmouthshire in 1872, who was awarded
0:04:32 > 0:04:37the 1950 Nobel Prize in literature in recognition of "writings
0:04:37 > 0:04:41"in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43It's Bertrand Russell, I think. Yeah.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Bertrand Russell.- Correct.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49In 1955, Russell released a manifesto with which
0:04:49 > 0:04:53prominent scientist, calling for the curtailment of nuclear weapons?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56The manifesto is referred to by their joint names.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58HE SIGHS
0:04:58 > 0:04:59- I have an idea....- Go on, what?
0:04:59 > 0:05:04- ..think for a second.- No, go on. - Oppenheimer?- Hmm...
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Shall we go with that? We'll just go with that. We don't know.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- Oppenheimer.- No, it's Einstein. It's the Russell-Einstein Manifesto.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14And finally, based on the Russell-Einstein Manifesto,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16which conference brings together scientists
0:05:16 > 0:05:20concerned about the proliferation of nuclear weapons?
0:05:20 > 0:05:24The first was held in 1957 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28THEY CONFER
0:05:28 > 0:05:29- No. Do we not know?- No.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Pass. We don't know, sorry.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33It's Pugwash. 10 points for this.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Which artist am I talking about here?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Born in Romania, he studied in Paris under Rodin
0:05:38 > 0:05:41and was a prominent figure in the modernist movement.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Characterised by a refined simplicity and elegance of form,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47his notable sculptures include The Endless Column
0:05:47 > 0:05:50and the series entitled Bird In Space.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Brancusi.- Correct.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55APPLAUSE
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Your bonuses are on astronomy, Newcastle.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01In each case, give the name from the description.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04All three answers begin with the same letter.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09Firstly, a dark nebula in Orion about 1,300 light years distant.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12It's named after its resemblance to part of an animal.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- Horsehead.- Yeah.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- Horsehead Nebula. - Correct. That gives you the lead.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18A large star cluster, secondly, in Taurus,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22that forms the letter V along with the giant Aldebaran.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Its name is the Greek for "rainy ones".
0:06:26 > 0:06:29THEY CONFER
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- The Hyades.- Correct.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39And finally, a major moon of Saturn noted for its irregular shape
0:06:39 > 0:06:41and eccentric orbit.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44It shares its name with a fragmentary epic poem by John Keats.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- Hyperion.- Hyperion.- Yeah.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47- Hyperion.- Correct.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50APPLAUSE We're going to take a picture round.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52For your picture starter, you're going to see the titles of
0:06:52 > 0:06:54three paintings by a single artist
0:06:54 > 0:06:56given in the original language.
0:06:56 > 0:06:5810 points if you can
0:06:58 > 0:06:59name the artist.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Magritte.- Magritte is correct.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08We'll see the titles in English now.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11APPLAUSE
0:07:11 > 0:07:14So, for your picture bonuses, three more sets of titles under
0:07:14 > 0:07:16which works of art were originally exhibited.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18I want the name of the artist in each case.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23Note that the language may not be the artist's own mother tongue.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Firstly, for five.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Dali? Or...? What do you reckon?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- I'm happy with that. Shall we go with Dali?- Dali?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- I haven't heard of any of these... - No.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Dali's worth a shot.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- Dali.- No, it's Giacometti.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Here are the titles in English.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42And secondly...
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- Kokoschka?- It doesn't have to be...
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- No.- But it's worth a guess...
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Kokoschka.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56No, that's Kazimir Malevich.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58In English, those are the names
0:07:58 > 0:08:00of the pieces. And finally...
0:08:04 > 0:08:05- That's Dali, isn't it?- That's Dali.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Salvador Dali.- Correct, yes.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Let's see it in English.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09There we are.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12APPLAUSE
0:08:12 > 0:08:1410 points for this. In late 2016, controlled explosions
0:08:14 > 0:08:18were carried out at several British schools
0:08:18 > 0:08:21after the discovery of possibly unsafe stocks
0:08:21 > 0:08:23of what common laboratory chemical?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Often named after...
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Phenol?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Nope. You lose five points.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Often named after a South African-born chemist,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35it is a reagent used to identify the carbonyl group.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Is it DNP?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43No, I don't think I can accept this.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Brady's reagent. That's DNPH, I think.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Right, 10 points for this.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Which range of mountains gives its name to the language family
0:08:50 > 0:08:54that includes Nenets, Finnish, and Hungarian?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55- The Urals.- Correct.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58APPLAUSE
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Your bonuses are on animal sanctuaries in India.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06In each case, identify the state where the following are located.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Firstly, Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, known for its herds of elephants
0:09:10 > 0:09:15and located about 250 kilometres north-east of Trivandrum.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Any feeling on that?- No.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Odisha?- Maybe, yeah.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Odisha.- No, it's Kerala.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Secondly, the Kanha and Bandhavgarh tiger reserves
0:09:29 > 0:09:32and the National Chambal Sanctuary.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35These are administered jointly with Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
0:09:35 > 0:09:37for the conservation of the Ganges River dolphins,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40crocodiles and gharials.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Would that be Gujarat?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Something like Madhya Pradesh, or maybe Gujarat, yeah.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46THEY CONFER
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Maybe. Um...
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- Want to go with your one? - Gujarat, maybe.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- Gujarat.- No, it's Madhya Pradesh.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56And finally, Kaziranga National Park on the bank of the Brahmaputra,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary near the border with Bhutan.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Both are refuges for the endangered Indian one-horn rhinoceros.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- A really northerly one.- Assam?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Assam.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Assam?- Correct.
0:10:12 > 0:10:1510 points for this, answer as soon as your name is called.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20Which historical polity is this? Its motto was Deo vindice.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Its only vice president was Alexander...
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- The Confederate States of America. - That is correct, yes.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Your bonuses are on artists sponsored by Queen Christina of
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Sweden in the 17th century.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Firstly for five points, which Neapolitan composer established the
0:10:37 > 0:10:42form of the opera overture in three sections, allegro, adagio, allegro.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47His son Domenico was a noted composer of keyboard sonatas.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Scarlatti. Scarlatti.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Correct. Which Italian violinist
0:10:50 > 0:10:53and composer pioneered modern orchestral direction,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56influenced the development of the violin style,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59and popularised the concerto grosso?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Is that Corelli or Vivaldi?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04A little bit early for Vivaldi so go with Corelli.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- Corelli. - Corelli is correct.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10And finally a leading exponent of the Baroque style of sculpture,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13whose works include the Colonnade in front of St Peter's Basilica
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and fountains such as the Triton and the Four Rivers?
0:11:16 > 0:11:17- That's Bernini.- Bernini.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Bernini.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Bernini is correct.
0:11:21 > 0:11:2210 points for this.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25What six-letter word links the title character of a novella
0:11:25 > 0:11:30of 1878 by Henry James, the narrator of the second of Chaucer's
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Canterbury Tales...
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Miller.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Miller is correct.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39You could retake the lead with these bonuses, they're on
0:11:39 > 0:11:42experiments that helped to establish the theory of biogenesis.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46In 1668, the Italian physician Francesco Redi
0:11:46 > 0:11:50discredited which Aristotelian theory by demonstrating that
0:11:50 > 0:11:55maggots in putrefying meat come from eggs laid by flies?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57THEY CONFER
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Spontaneous generation.- Correct.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03In 1767, which Italian scientist negated John Needham's
0:12:03 > 0:12:07conclusion that spontaneous generation was possible,
0:12:07 > 0:12:12by repeating Needham's experiment in heat-sealed phials?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18When's Galvani around?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Is Galvani a good shout?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Galvani.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23It's Spallanzani.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Finally, which French chemist's experiment of 1861 used
0:12:27 > 0:12:31a mixture of fermentable sugar and yeast in swan-necked flasks
0:12:31 > 0:12:34to disprove the theory of spontaneous generation?
0:12:36 > 0:12:37- Pasteur.- Correct.
0:12:39 > 0:12:4010 points for this.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Known for his dictum "to be is to be the value of a variable",
0:12:43 > 0:12:47which US logician and philosopher published over...
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Peirce.- No, you lose five points.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54..published over 20 books including Quiddities: An Intermittently
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Philosophical Dictionary and the 1960 work Word And Object?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Doesn't look as if any of you is going to buzz from Newcastle. No?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07It's W V Quine.
0:13:07 > 0:13:0810 points for this.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11What common name is given to arboreal apes of the genus
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Hylobatidae? Native to Southeast Asia, they have long arms,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18no tails and a throat sac...
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Orangutan.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23No, you lose five points. ..and a throat sac used for
0:13:23 > 0:13:24amplifying sound.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Howler monkey.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28No, they are gibbons. 10 points for this.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Which two letters link the German engraver known as the master
0:13:31 > 0:13:36of 1466, the chemical element with atomic number 99...
0:13:37 > 0:13:38AD.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40No, you lose five points.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42..and the internet domain of the country that won
0:13:42 > 0:13:44the Fifa World Cup in 2010?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52DE.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54No, it is ES. 10 points for this.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Chulalongkorn, or Rama V, was a reforming monarch...
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Thailand.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Thailand is correct. Yes.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03APPLAUSE
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Your bonuses are on battles, St John's.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09In each case, identify the location from the description.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13All three names begin with the same three letters.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Firstly, perhaps the first major naval battle
0:14:16 > 0:14:20recorded in history. The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeated
0:14:20 > 0:14:24the larger fleet of the Persian king Xerxes in 480 BC.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Salamis.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- Nominate Levin.- Salamis.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Correct. Secondly, a battle of the Peninsula Wars in 1812.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34The Duke of Wellington's army
0:14:34 > 0:14:38is said to have defeated 40,000 Frenchmen in 40 minutes.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Yeah.- Salamanca.- Correct.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43And finally, on 9th September 1943,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Allied troops invaded mainland Italy at which location,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50just south of Naples, as part of Operation Avalanche?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- Salerno.- Nominate Levin.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Salerno.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Salerno is correct. We take another starter question.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Having discovered it in 1957, which German physicist gives his name to
0:15:00 > 0:15:05the phenomenon of recoil-free gamma ray resonance absorption?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- Mossbauer.- Mossbauer is correct.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11You get bonuses now on a chemical element.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Apatite is a general class of mineral that is the major source for
0:15:15 > 0:15:19which group 15 element widely used in the manufacture of fertilisers?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21That's phosphorus. Phosphorus.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Phosphorus is correct.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Secondly, what term denotes any member of a class of compounds
0:15:26 > 0:15:30consisting of nitrogenous base linked to a sugar and a phosphate group?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32They're found in all living matter.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Is that pentose or...?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39What is it?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44THEY CONFER
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Erm, pentose.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49No, it's nucleotide.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55And finally, parathion and malathion are organic phosphorus compounds.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57What is their most common use?
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- So not fertiliser.- In matches? Do they still use phosphorus to make matches?- Yeah.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Matches?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06No, they're insecticides or pesticides.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Right, we're going to take a music round now.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10For your music starter you'll hear a piece of classical
0:16:10 > 0:16:12music by an Austrian composer.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16For 10 points if you can give me the name of the composer, please.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19SPRIGHTLY STRINGS PLAY
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Mozart.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27No. St John's, you may hear a little more.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Haydn.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Haydn is correct, yes.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36The Palindrome Minuet.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39It was an example of a true musical palindrome, where the entire
0:16:39 > 0:16:43second half of the movement is the exact mirror image of the first.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Your music bonuses, three more works constructed with
0:16:45 > 0:16:49the help of palindromes. Five points for each composer you can name.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Firstly, this British composer.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55CHORAL SINGING
0:17:06 > 0:17:09THEY CONFER
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Go with Tallis.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Shall we go with Tallis?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Tallis.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23No, it's William Byrd. Secondly, this Austrian composer.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28STRIDENT BRASS
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Schoenberg.- Schoenberg, probably.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Schoenberg.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33No, it's Alban Berg from Lulu.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36And finally this composer.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39PRECISE STRING PLAYING
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Is it Bach?
0:17:49 > 0:17:53THEY CONFER
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- Bach?- You might as well.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Yeah... Bach?
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Correct.
0:18:01 > 0:18:0210 points for this.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Andrew Johnson in 1865, Chester Arthur in 1881,
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Theodore Roosevelt in 1901 and Lyndon Johnson in 1963...
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Succeeded a dead president.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Nope. You lose five points.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20..are the only four US presidents to date to have
0:18:20 > 0:18:23succeeded to the office following what specific event?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25The assassination of the US president.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27That's correct, yes.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Your bonuses are on shutdowns of the United States federal government.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Firstly, funding gaps caused five partial
0:18:38 > 0:18:41shutdowns in the 1970s during the presidency of which Democrat?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Jimmy Carter.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Jimmy Carter.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Correct.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Who was the Republican Speaker of the House during the two
0:18:49 > 0:18:52federal shutdowns of 1995 and '96?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56He ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Newt Gingrich.- Newt Gingrich.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Newt Gingrich.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Correct.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04In which year during Barack Obama's presidency was a shutdown caused
0:19:04 > 0:19:08principally by partisan dispute over the Affordable Care Act?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Was that 2013? Or '14?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- I think '13. - I think it was actually earlier.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21The years are all running together but I'm going to say 2011.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23OK. 2011.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25No, it was 2013.
0:19:25 > 0:19:2710 points for this.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Two of the three men listed as the favourites of the title
0:19:29 > 0:19:33character in the dramatis personae of Shakespeare's
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Richard II share their names with Royal Parks in London.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Name both of them.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Pistol and...- No.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51LAUGHTER
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Anyone like to have a go from Newcastle?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- Hyde and...- No.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00It's Bushy and Green.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Right, 10 points for this.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05In human anatomy, what term denotes the serous membrane
0:20:05 > 0:20:09that encases the visceral organs and lines the ab...?
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Peritoneum.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Correct.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Your bonuses are on a Queen of England, Newcastle.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Written in the 1040s,
0:20:20 > 0:20:25the Encomium Emmae Reginae is a work in praise of Emma of Normandy.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Name either of the two kings to whom she was married.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Aethelred the Unready.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34That is correct. Yes, the other one was Cnut.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Which son of Emma and Cnut became king in 1040 after
0:20:38 > 0:20:41the death of his half-brother Harold Harefoot?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Harthacnut. It was Harthacnut, wasn't it?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47THEY CONFER
0:20:48 > 0:20:53It was the son of Emma and Edward the Confessor? Emma and...
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Sorry, yeah.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Yeah.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Harthacnut?
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Harthacnut is correct.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Which son of Emma and Ethelred
0:21:06 > 0:21:09succeeded to the English throne in 1042?
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Edward the Confessor.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Correct. We're going to take another picture round now.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15For your picture starter, you'll see a painting.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Ten points if you can identify the artist, please.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21BUZZ
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Er, John Singer Sargent?
0:21:22 > 0:21:26That's correct, it's his famous First World War picture, Gassed.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30One of a series commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee
0:21:30 > 0:21:33in 1918 to act as a record of memorial.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Your picture bonuses are three more of these commissions.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37All are by British artists.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41I just need the name of each artist for the points. Firstly, for five...
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Hmm...- Got nothing on that.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Don't know anyone who painted in that style.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50We could guess Duncan Grant, but I don't think that was his kind of...
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- Duncan Grant?- Yeah. - Duncan Grant?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56No, it was Percy Wyndham Lewis. And secondly...
0:21:58 > 0:22:00There was a Paul Nash, but he...
0:22:00 > 0:22:04That was... I think I know one painting by him, but...
0:22:04 > 0:22:05- Do you know? - We could go for it.- Paul Nash?
0:22:05 > 0:22:06That is Paul Nash.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09It's probably his most famous painting, in fact, The Menin Road.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11And finally...
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- Hmm... Could that be Augustus John or someone?- Augustus John?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- Who's a world-famous painter from that period?- I don't know.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Augustus John.- Yeah, if they're all British...- Augustus John?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23No, it's Stanley Spencer.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Ten points for this.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Etymologically related to the Latin for "nest", the word "nide"
0:22:28 > 0:22:32is most commonly used in relation to which game birds?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34They feature prominently in Roald Dahl's work
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Danny, The Champion Of The World. BELL RINGS
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Pheasant.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Pheasant is correct, yes.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41APPLAUSE
0:22:42 > 0:22:46You get a set of bonuses on physics now, Newcastle.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Which six-letter term denotes the addition of impurities
0:22:49 > 0:22:53into a semiconductor in order to change its electrical properties?
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Doping.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Correct. What term designates un-doped semiconductors
0:22:57 > 0:22:59that have no impurities present?
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Anything?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Er, sorry, we don't know.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Intrinsic. What letter of the alphabet designates
0:23:06 > 0:23:08extrinsic semiconductors
0:23:08 > 0:23:12in which the dopant atom provides extra conduction electrons?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- P.- P?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18No, it's N.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Four minutes to go, ten points for this. "Why doesn't he use a spoon?"
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Which Irish politician made that response to Lloyd George's
0:23:25 > 0:23:27accusation that negotiating with him
0:23:27 > 0:23:30was like trying to pick up mercury with a fork?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34BUZZ
0:23:34 > 0:23:35James Connolly?
0:23:35 > 0:23:36No.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- BELL RINGS - De Valera?
0:23:40 > 0:23:41De Valera is correct.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44APPLAUSE
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Connolly would have been shot by then.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Right, your bonuses now are on events in the 20th century
0:23:48 > 0:23:54as summarized by the 1989 Billy Joel song We Didn't Start The Fire.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57In each case, name the year to which the line refers, Newcastle.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02First - "Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new Queen."
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- '53.- 1953.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06No, it's 1952.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Secondly, "Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger In A Strange Land."
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- 1960? - I don't know.- 1960?
0:24:15 > 0:24:18It's 1961.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Finally, "Moon shot, Woodstock."
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- '68?- '70s?- '68?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- I think it's... - '69. 1969.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Correct.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Ten points for this.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35What name is thought to derive from the Spanish for "toasted" in
0:24:35 > 0:24:37reference to its most common colour,
0:24:37 > 0:24:41and is given to a cotton twill often used to make trousers?
0:24:41 > 0:24:42BELL RINGS
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Tostada?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46No. Anyone like to buzz from...? BUZZ
0:24:46 > 0:24:47Ecru?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49No, it's chino. Ten points for this.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52In the biochemistry of glycolysis,
0:24:52 > 0:24:56what is the full name of the intermediary compound PEP?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02BELL RINGS
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Phosphoenolpyruvate.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Correct.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06APPLAUSE
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Right, these bonuses are on the south coast of England.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Which four-letter word appears in the name of several
0:25:13 > 0:25:17promontories on the south coast, including Rame in Cornwall
0:25:17 > 0:25:20and Durlston and Hengistbury in Dorset?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Head?
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Correct. The word "Bill" particularly refers to
0:25:24 > 0:25:26two promontories on the south coast.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28One is Portland Bill in Dorset.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32What's the other in West Sussex between Portsmouth and Bognor Regis?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Anything?- No.- No. - Sorry, we don't know.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36It's Selsey.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39A coastal feature called Hope's Nose is a promontory
0:25:39 > 0:25:42located at the edge of which resort town in Devon?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- Some towns in Devon? - Totness?- Torquay.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Torquay, is that in Devon? Yep, Torquay?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Torquay is correct.
0:25:50 > 0:25:5310 points for this. Listen carefully, answer promptly.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Of the US states whose names begin with the word "New",
0:25:55 > 0:25:57which two are contiguous?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59BUZZ
0:25:59 > 0:26:00New York and New Jersey.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Correct.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04APPLAUSE
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Your bonuses are on unit conversion, St John's.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10In each case, I'll give the SI conversion factor.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12I want you to give me the standard unit equivalent.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Firstly, ten to the minus seven joules...
0:26:18 > 0:26:19So, like...
0:26:22 > 0:26:24So, 100...
0:26:24 > 0:26:25We need an answer here.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26Erm...
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Calorie.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29No, it's erg.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Next, approximately 1,055 joules.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34That must be a calorie.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Yeah. Calorie?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39No, it's a BTU, British Thermal Unit.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44And finally, 4.1868 joules.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45That's a calorie! Calorie.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48That is a calorie, yes. Ten points for this.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Answer in Latin, French or English, giving the brief dictum that is
0:26:50 > 0:26:54the starting point of the Theory of Knowledge described in the 1637...?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56BUZZ
0:26:56 > 0:26:57I think therefore I am.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58Correct.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00APPLAUSE
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Your bonuses are on first symphonies.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07In each case, the answer is a German or Austrian composer.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Firstly, which composer's Symphony No. 1 in D major
0:27:11 > 0:27:14was first performed in Budapest in 1889 to
0:27:14 > 0:27:16a generally unsympathetic response?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- Bruckner? - Yeah? Bruckner?
0:27:19 > 0:27:23No, it's Mahler. Which composer's Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major
0:27:23 > 0:27:26was well received on its 1841 premiere...?
0:27:26 > 0:27:30GONG And at the gong, Newcastle have 135.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32St John's College, Cambridge have 160, though.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35APPLAUSE
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Well, Newcastle, bad luck.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41You led for part of the match and you were very, very close
0:27:41 > 0:27:44until just those last couple of minutes.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46- You're going to have to play again, I'm afraid, aren't you?- Yep.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Yes, you are, under these very, very complicated, cruel rules.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52St John's, many congratulations,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54you're the first team to go through to the semifinals.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Well done, thank you.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58APPLAUSE
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Well, I hope you can join us next time for another quarterfinal match,
0:28:03 > 0:28:06but until then, it's goodbye from Newcastle University.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07ALL: Goodbye.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09It's goodbye from St John's College, Cambridge.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12ALL: Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.