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University Challenge Champion of Champions. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
Hello. This year is the 50th anniversary of BBC Two, | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
making it almost as old as this programme. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
To celebrate the occasion, we've invited two remarkable | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
institutions to compete against each other in an exhibition match. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:41 | |
Magdalen College, Oxford and the University of Manchester | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
have both taken the title of Series Champions four times, | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
more than any other institutions. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
Tonight's teams include a representative | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
from each of their triumphant years. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
Over the decades, about 5,000 students | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
have taken part in this contest. | 0:00:58 | 0:00:59 | |
They've done so not for money or for prizes, not even a cuddly toy. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
This must be the only television competition | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
in which they have to bring their own one. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
They do it for a trophy and for glory. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
This show, though, is different. There's no trophy. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
Now it's perhaps fair to say that the team representing | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
Magdalen College, Oxford are the more senior, | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
simply because they started their winning earlier in 1997. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
-CHEERING -Calm down, | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
-and be presented with the trophy. -Thank you very much. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
'They're fielding the captain of each successful team. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
'They won the series again in 1998.' | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
Many congratulations. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
'Then again in 2004. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
'And most recently in 2011.' | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:01:43 | 0:01:44 | |
But let's ask them to introduce themselves | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
in the time-honoured fashion. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:47 | |
Hello, I'm Matthew Chan. I'm from Warwickshire, | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
and I captained the team in 2011. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:54 | |
After graduating with a BA and Masters in History, I spent two years | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
in the Graduate School at Princeton before returning to Magdalen | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
recently to begin studying for a doctorate in Modern French History. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:05 | |
Hello, my name is Freya McClements and I'm from Derry. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
In 2004, I captained the team from Magdalen College, Oxford, | 0:02:08 | 0:02:12 | |
which became the first team ever to have won | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
the series of University Challenge three times. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
I've since graduated with a BA in Modern History, and I'm now | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
a writer and I'm also a journalist and producer with the BBC. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
And their captain? | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
Hi, I'm Jim Adams. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
I was the captain of the first Magdalen team | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
to win University Challenge back in 1997, | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
and I graduated with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
I'm now a consultant working | 0:02:36 | 0:02:38 | |
for a business information company in London. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
Hello, I'm Sarah Healey. I captained the Magdalen winning team in 1998. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:46 | |
I graduated with a degree in Modern History and English | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
and I'm now a civil servant | 0:02:50 | 0:02:51 | |
working in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
Now, the team from the University of Manchester have selected | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
one former captain from their past champions, | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
and he led the team that won the 2012 series. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
-There we are. -Thank you. -Many congratulations, well done. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
Alongside him are players from the winning teams of 2006... | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
..2009, | 0:03:18 | 0:03:19 | |
and most recently, 2013. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
Let's meet them again and find out what they're doing now. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
Hi, my name's Henry Pertinez. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
I'm from Birmingham, and I was part of the Manchester team in 2009. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
I graduated with a PhD in Pharmacokinetics | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
and I'm now a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Liverpool. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
Hi, I'm Gareth Aubrey, originally from Gloucester. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
I was a member of the winning team in 2006, | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
and I graduated with degrees in | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
Physics and Nuclear Science and Technology. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
I'm now a conveyancing paralegal | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
and I start my traineeship as a solicitor later in the year. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
And this is their captain. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:56 | |
Hi, I'm Tristan Burke from Ilkley in West Yorkshire. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:58 | |
I captained the winning team in 2012 | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
when I was studying for a BA in English Literature. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
I've since studied for an MA in English Literature | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
and I'm now studying for a PhD in English Literature. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
Hi, I'm Adam Barr. I'm from Muswell Hill in North London. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
I was on the 2013 winning team | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
and I'm currently studying Physics and Astrophysics. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
I'll be graduating next year. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
Er, well, one thing you should all know, of course, is the rules, so | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
I won't bother reciting them, I will just tell you to | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
put your fingers on the buzzers and here is your first starter for ten. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
"I judge no land in England better bestowed | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
"than that which is given to our universities, | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
"for by their maintenance our realm should be well governed | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
"when we be dead and rotten." | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
These are the words of which monarch, reputedly uttered when a | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
subject requested their dissolution as quasi-monastic establishments? | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
-BUZZER -Henry VIII. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
Correct. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
Your bonuses, Manchester, are on political figures as described by | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
Winston Churchill in his 1935 work, Great Contemporaries. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
In each case, identify the person from his words. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
"Does he, in the full sunlight of worldly triumphs, | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
"still feel wracked by the hatreds and antagonisms | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
"of his desperate struggle, | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
"or will they be discarded under the mellowing influences of success?" | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
Struggle suggests Hitler but would he have known Mein Kampf? | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
That would have been my guess. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:30 | |
Would he have known "kampf" meant "struggle?" I'm sure he would. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
Er, Hitler. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:34 | |
Correct. "In the last phase, we see the aged president, | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
"having betrayed all the Germans who had re-elected him to power, | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
"joining reluctant and indeed contemptuous hands | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
"with the Nazi leader." | 0:05:45 | 0:05:46 | |
Is it Von Hindenburg? | 0:05:46 | 0:05:47 | |
Is it Von Hindenburg or...? | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
Yeah, Hindenburg. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:50 | |
Correct. "He has reached a phase | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
"when the greater part of Europe would regard | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
"the Hohenzollern Restoration they formerly abhorred beyond expression | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
"as a comparatively hopeful event." | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
Er, the Hohenzollern... | 0:06:01 | 0:06:02 | |
Does that mean Kaiser Wilhelm? Kaiser Wilhelm? | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
-Yeah. -Yeah? -Is that the obvious one? -Wilhelm II, yeah. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
Erm, Kaiser Wilhelm II. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
It was the Kaiser, yes. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
10 points for this. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:13 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
The character who marries Sebastian in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, | 0:06:15 | 0:06:20 | |
the surname of the English physicist who wrote The Principia, | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
and the given name of Tony Blair's predecessor...? | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
-BUZZER -Olivia Newton-John. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
Yes, well done! | 0:06:29 | 0:06:30 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:06:30 | 0:06:32 | |
I see you haven't learned any shame in the intervening years. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
These bonuses, Manchester, are on Art In Literature. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
"A man's faith might be ruined by looking at that picture." | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
In which novel by Dostoevsky | 0:06:45 | 0:06:46 | |
does a copy of Holbein's painting of The Dead Christ | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
prompt this reaction from Prince Myshkin? | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
The...uh, no. The Idiot. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
The Idiot is correct, yes. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:55 | |
In which short novel by James Joyce | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
does the protagonist student friend Lynch argue | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
that "art induces desire", | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
confessing that he once wrote his name in pencil | 0:07:01 | 0:07:05 | |
on the backside of the Venus of Praxiteles? | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
-Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man? -I don't know. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
Yeah - the Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
Correct. In which novel by Evelyn Waugh | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
does the protagonist recall with dismay | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
that as a student at Oxford, he decorated his rooms | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
with a reproduction of van Gogh's Sunflowers | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
and a porcelain figure of Polly Peachum? | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
Brideshead Revisited, I guess. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
Brideshead Revisited. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:31 | |
Correct. Ten points for this. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
Which engineer is this - born in Dijon in 1832, | 0:07:35 | 0:07:39 | |
his career was marked by work on the Porto and Garabit Viaducts | 0:07:39 | 0:07:44 | |
and on the framework of the Statue of Liberty? | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
Bartholdi? | 0:07:47 | 0:07:48 | |
No, I'm afraid you lose five points. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
He was nicknamed "The Magician of Iron" | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
for the construction in 1889 | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
of the Paris structure that still bears his name. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
Eiffel. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
Gustave Eiffel is correct, yes. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
Right, these bonuses, Magdalen College, are on cosmology. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
By analogy with the Big Bang model of the origin of the universe, | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
several competing hypotheses about the end of the universe | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
also carry the epithet "Big". | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
Which one posits that the universe will recollapse to a singularity, | 0:08:20 | 0:08:25 | |
akin to the Big Bang in reverse? | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
The Big Crunch? | 0:08:27 | 0:08:28 | |
Correct. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:29 | |
In what "Big" event does that collapse turn around | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
to produce a re-expanding universe, | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
a fate that's been predicted in various physical theories | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
including loop quantum gravity? | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
(Any idea?) | 0:08:42 | 0:08:43 | |
THEY CONFER | 0:08:43 | 0:08:44 | |
The Big Boomerang? | 0:08:44 | 0:08:45 | |
No, it's the Big Bounce. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
And finally, what "big" end would involve | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
the rapid disintegration of all matter, | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
an idea developed in 2003 | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
by Robert Caldwell, Marc Kamionkowski | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
and Nevin Weinberg? | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
The Big Nothing? | 0:08:59 | 0:09:00 | |
No, it's the Big Rip. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
We're going to take a picture round, now - for your starter, | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
you're going to see a map of the world. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:07 | |
Countries have been renamed | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
so that their population correlates with their total area | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
according to data from the invaluable CIA World Factbook. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:17 | |
Therefore China, the most populous country, | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
occupies Russia, the largest in area. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
Everyone understand? | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
Assuming this principle, | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
what country should occupy the highlighted area? | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
Canada. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:33 | |
India. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:37 | |
India is correct, yes. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:38 | |
It was Canada, of course. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
It's the second-biggest country and India is the second most populous. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:45 | |
So you get the picture bonuses, then, Manchester. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
I want you to identify the countries | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
that should occupy the highlighted areas | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
according to the same principle - firstly, for five. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
China's... | 0:09:57 | 0:09:58 | |
No, China's smaller than the USA, so the fifth... | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
-Fourth or fifth. -Indonesia or something, maybe? | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
-Indonesia? -I've no idea. -That sounds really plausible. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
Indonesia. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:08 | |
It is - the fourth most populous country, | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
relocated to the fourth largest country. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:12 | |
Secondly... | 0:10:12 | 0:10:13 | |
-Australia. -Is that third or fourth? | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
Australia's smaller than the USA, isn't it? | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
It's like, fifth or sixth...Nigeria? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
-Nigeria's already on it. -Hang on, Bangladesh is big. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
-Bangladesh is on there. -It's on there? -Yeah. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
-Oh, yeah. -Yes, it is. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
-Pakistan? -Yeah... | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
Pakistan. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:36 | |
Indeed - the sixth most populous and sixth largest. Finally... | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
-The United States, fourth... -No, third. -Third? | 0:10:41 | 0:10:46 | |
-China was the fourth, so the third. -China, India, then... | 0:10:46 | 0:10:50 | |
-USA? -It might well be. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:51 | |
The United States. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
Yes, well done, it's in the right place. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
Ten points for this - | 0:10:58 | 0:10:59 | |
what is the name of the element which has a symbol | 0:10:59 | 0:11:02 | |
corresponding to the forename and surname initials | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
of the physicist responsible | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
for the non-relativistic quantum wave equation? | 0:11:07 | 0:11:09 | |
Palladium? | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
No, anyone like to buzz...? | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
Erbium. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:17 | |
No, it's Einsteinium. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:18 | |
Ten points for this - listen carefully. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
The answer is a common four-letter word. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
"A case of grammaticalization in progress" | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
and "something we wish English had" | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
are two responses by linguists | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
to the frequently decried trend in colloquial speech | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
of using what short word as a...? | 0:11:33 | 0:11:37 | |
Like? | 0:11:37 | 0:11:38 | |
Like is correct, yes. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
These bonuses are on Belgian cheese, Manchester. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:48 | |
Which village in the province of Hainaut | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
is home to a Trappist monastery | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
that produces the Classique and Poteaupre cheeses | 0:11:52 | 0:11:56 | |
and beers just as Blue and Gold. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
Uh...Chimay, isn't it Chimay? | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
Yes! Is that how you say it? | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
I have no idea - chim-ay? | 0:12:03 | 0:12:04 | |
Um...Chim-ay or Chim-aye... | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
You get the right place. It's "shim-aye", yes. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
Which historical duchy gives its name | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
both to present-day provinces of Belgium and the Netherlands | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
and to pungent soft cheeses, often with a reddish-brown rind? | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
-Nominate Aubrey. -Limburg. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:19 | |
Correct. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
Which village in West Flanders gives its name to a mild, creamy cheese | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
made from cow's milk | 0:12:24 | 0:12:25 | |
and to an Allied defensive of 1917, | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
also known as The Third Battle of Ypres? | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
-Passchendaele. -Passchendaele, yes. -Passchendaele. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:33 | |
Passchendaele is right. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:34 | |
Ten points for this - | 0:12:38 | 0:12:39 | |
one of the most widely performed orchestral compositions | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
of the Baroque era, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:43 | |
what collective name is given to the six works, completed in 1721...? | 0:12:43 | 0:12:50 | |
The Brandenburg Concertos. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:51 | |
Correct. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:52 | |
Your bonuses are on WEEE, Manchester - | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
that is, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
using information from the website of the Health and Safety Executive. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:05 | |
Firstly, the HSE website mentions four chemical elements | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
that may be found in e-waste - lead, arsenic | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
and which two metals in the periodic table? | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
They appear below zinc. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:17 | |
-Gold? -Gold isn't dangerous, is it? | 0:13:17 | 0:13:19 | |
-Mercury's one of them. -Mercury. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
-Cadmium. -Mercury and cadmi... | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
Do you say cadMIum? You say it - nominate Aubrey. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
Mercury and cadmium. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:28 | |
Correct. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
Older electrical equipment may include toxic substances | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
known as PCBs. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:35 | |
For what do the letters stand? | 0:13:35 | 0:13:37 | |
Polychlorol... | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
-Benzo...benzoates? Or Benzyls? -Yeah, it's... | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
-It's polychloro-something. -Polychloroborides, I think? | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
-Borides? -No, benzoates sounds more... | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
-OK, benzoates? -I don't know. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
Polychlorobenzoates. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
No, they're polychlorinated biphenyls. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
And finally, the Health and Safety Executive website | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
describes the number of televisions discarded in the UK each year | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
as being over what round figure? | 0:14:04 | 0:14:07 | |
-A million. -A million, why not? | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
How many televisions are there in the UK? | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
It's going to be high - a million. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
No, it's 2 million. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
We're disgustingly profligate. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
Right, ten point for this - in atmospheric physics, | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
what term denotes the transition zone | 0:14:22 | 0:14:25 | |
where the environmental lapse rate changes from positive to negative? | 0:14:25 | 0:14:29 | |
It forms the boundary between the troposphere and... | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
The tropopause. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:33 | |
Yes, well done. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:34 | |
Right, your bonuses this time, Manchester, | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
are on Asian maritime empires. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
Firstly, for five points, founded in the 7th century | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
and important in the spread of Mahayana Buddhism, | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
the maritime empire known as Srivijiya | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
had its capital at Palembang on which island? | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
-That's Sumatra. -Sumatra. | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
-Does that sound plausible to you? -Yeah. -Sumatra. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
Sumatra is correct. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:03 | |
Secondly, the Chola empire which seized Palembang in 1025 | 0:15:03 | 0:15:07 | |
was a maritime and commercial kingdom | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
based in which present-day Indian state? | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
Tamil Nadu, maybe? | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
-That's the obvious one. -Yeah. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:16 | |
-Nominate Barr. -Tamil Nadu? | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
Correct. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:19 | |
Claiming much of Sumatra, Bali and Borneo, | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
the Majapahit empire flourished in the 14th century | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
and was based in the valley of the Brantas River on which island? | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
So...this is going to be either... | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
-Did he mention Borneo? -Yeah, that was Bali and parts of Borneo. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
-Java, then? -Java, yeah. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:38 | |
Java. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
Java is correct - plenty of time yet, Magdalen. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:42 | |
They're going to get embarrassed | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
about looking a bit too keen very shortly. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:46 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:15:46 | 0:15:47 | |
We're going to take a music round, now - for your music starter, | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
you'll hear two pieces of classical music in quick succession. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
For ten points, tell me the nationality | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
these two composers have in common. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
MUSIC: "The Rustle Of Spring, Op. 32, No. 3" | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
MUSIC: "Morning Mood" | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
Uh, Norwegian. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:11 | |
You're right, yes. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:12 | |
The Grieg was a dead giveaway, wasn't it? | 0:16:16 | 0:16:18 | |
The other person was Sinding's Rustle of Spring. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:23 | |
Your bonuses, three other pairs of composers, | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
both of whom are associated with the same present-day country. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:28 | |
In each case, simply name the country. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
Remember, you'll be hearing two pieces per question. Firstly... | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
SONG: "Ma Vlast" | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
Czechoslovakia... | 0:16:37 | 0:16:39 | |
Present-day country. Oh, OK. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:41 | |
Let's just wait till we hear the other. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
MUSIC: "Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 - No. 1 in C" | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
One of two Czechs. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:53 | |
-Do you know what this is? -I know the music, I don't know who did it. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:57 | |
-Shall I say the Czech Republic? -Yeah. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
The Czech Republic. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
That's correct. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:03 | |
Secondly... | 0:17:03 | 0:17:04 | |
SONG: "The Merry Widow - Overture" | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
Is it...? | 0:17:10 | 0:17:11 | |
They could be Polish dances, they could be Hungarian dances. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
-Who were they by? -I don't know, I just know the countries. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
Thinking of countries with dances. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
I thought it might be Poland or it might be... | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
-Poland or what? -I'd go with Poland. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:35 | |
-Does anyone have a better suggestion? -No. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
Poland. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:38 | |
You could have taken a better suggestion. It's Hungary. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
Lehar and Bartok. And finally... | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
MUSIC: "Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor, Op. 26-3. Finale" | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
MUSIC: "Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64-1" | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
-Austria? -Austria or Germany. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
Austria? | 0:18:05 | 0:18:07 | |
Yeah. Yeah. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
Yeah - Austria. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:13 | |
No, it's Germany. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:14 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:18:14 | 0:18:15 | |
Right, ten points for this - what French verb is this? | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
In English, the adjective from its past participle is sometimes | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
applied to questions on this programme | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
with the meaning of "far-fetched" or "obscure". | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
Other forms of the same verb appear on French web pages | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
where they mean "search." | 0:18:32 | 0:18:33 | |
Chercher? Cherche? | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
BUZZER | 0:18:38 | 0:18:39 | |
Ouvrir? | 0:18:39 | 0:18:40 | |
No, it's rechercher. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:42 | |
So ten points for this. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:44 | |
Listen carefully - ICANN, that's I-C-A-N-N, | 0:18:44 | 0:18:49 | |
is a nonprofit organisation set up in 1988 to oversee | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
and administer certain aspects of the internet... | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
Internet domain names? | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
Uh, no. You lose five points. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
Certain aspects of the internet, for example, top-level domains. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
For what do the letters "NN" of ICANN stand? | 0:19:04 | 0:19:09 | |
Network name. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:12 | |
No, it's names and numbers. Ten points for this. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
The name of which board game rhymes with words meaning | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
"take part in in a superficial way", | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
"talk rapidly and unintelligibly", and...? | 0:19:20 | 0:19:24 | |
Scrabble. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:25 | |
Yes. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:26 | |
Magdalen, your bonuses are on anthropomorphic locomotives | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
in the Reverend W Awdry's railway series. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
For each answer, I want the name of the engine and its colour, | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
or other designation. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
Each question consists of two clues to the name. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:47 | |
Firstly, a 10th century king of Germany nicknamed "The Fowler" | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
and a 12th Duke of Saxony and of Bavaria, nicknamed "The Lion". | 0:19:51 | 0:19:56 | |
-Henry is the second one. -So Henry... | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
-Is Henry blue? -Is Henry blue? I don't know. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
It's only one name. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:08 | |
-So it's Henry, and you think he's blue. -I think he might be blue. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:14 | |
-You think he's green? -I have no idea. -Edward... | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
THEY CONFER | 0:20:17 | 0:20:18 | |
-Oh, no, he's green. -He's green. -Henry, green. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
Henry the green engine is correct, yes! | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
Secondly, the English painter of King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid | 0:20:25 | 0:20:29 | |
and the US artist whose works include Nighthawks. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
-That's, um... -Hopper. -Edward. -Edward. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
Edward is blue. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
Edward is blue? | 0:20:39 | 0:20:40 | |
Edward, blue. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:41 | |
Well done, yes. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:43 | |
And finally, the England goalkeeper in the 1966 World Cup final | 0:20:43 | 0:20:47 | |
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997-2007. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
Gordon. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
Gordon, and he's also green? | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
No - Gordon was the big engine | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
and so there was no colour involved at all. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
Did ask for other designations. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:00 | |
Right, ten points for this - | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
they're spellings differing by only one letter. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
Give the two words which mean an apparent orbital oscillation | 0:21:04 | 0:21:08 | |
and an offering of wine to the gods, | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
for example, in the title of a play by Aeschylus. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
Libration and libation? | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
Correct. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:19 | |
These bonuses are on physics. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:24 | |
If two parallel conductors of infinite length are 1m apart | 0:21:24 | 0:21:28 | |
and experience a force of 2x10 to the -7 Newtons per metre of length, | 0:21:28 | 0:21:33 | |
what is the constant current flowing in each of the wires? | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
Leave him to it... | 0:21:39 | 0:21:40 | |
3... | 0:21:42 | 0:21:43 | |
-1 amp? -Yeah, just go for it. -1? Not 3? -3...try 3.5. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:52 | |
3.5 amps. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:54 | |
No, it was 1 amp. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:21:56 | 0:21:57 | |
Ampere's law states that a constant net current through an area | 0:21:57 | 0:22:01 | |
is proportional to the line integral around the area of which quantity? | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
The... | 0:22:05 | 0:22:06 | |
Resistance? | 0:22:06 | 0:22:07 | |
No, it's line integral around the surface it's flowing through. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
-Flowing through? -The surface it's flowing through. -The surface? -Yeah. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
The surface it's flowing through. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
No, it's the magnetic field or magnetic field strength. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
Finally, what is the value of the line integral | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
taken around the closed loop of an electric field | 0:22:20 | 0:22:23 | |
in the presence of a magnetic field B, | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
which does not vary in time? | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
-Does not vary in time? -Zero. -Zero? -Yeah. -Zero. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
Zero is correct, yes. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
A second picture round. For your starter, you'll see | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
a painting illustrating a major literary work. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
For ten points, I want you to give me the name of the character | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
seated on the left. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:46 | |
Penelope? | 0:22:51 | 0:22:52 | |
It is Penelope, yes. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
She was waiting at her loom for Odysseus. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
Your picture bonuses are paintings of three more of the three | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
major female figures in Homer's Odyssey. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:05 | |
Five points for each you can name. Firstly, for five... | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
That's Circe, isn't it? | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
Circe? | 0:23:12 | 0:23:13 | |
Correct. Secondly, the central figure here. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
-Oh. Um... -Samson and...? | 0:23:19 | 0:23:20 | |
No, she's not - that's the Bible. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
Um - anyone? Any ideas? | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
-You know the name? -Oh, it's, um...Agamemnon's wife. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:32 | |
-Clytemnestra. -Clytemnestra? Clytemnestra. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
Correct. And finally, the figure on the right here. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:38 | |
-Oh, that's... -That's Athena, isn't it? | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
Pallas Athena. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:43 | |
Athena is correct - Minerva, yes. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:45 | |
Ten points for this - what four words | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
describe all of the following, | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
according to the title of a song first released in 1979? | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
"The juice of a carrot The smile of a parrot | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
"A little drop of claret Anything that rocks." | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
Reasons to be cheerful. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:01 | |
Yes. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:02 | |
Manchester, these bonuses are on chemical symbols. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:09 | |
I will give definitions of two words that end in the same two letters | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
which form the symbol of a chemical element. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
I want you to name the element in each case. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
One example might be the Greek letter that follows sigma is tau, | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
which gives Au, so the answer is gold, | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
if you understand. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
Firstly, the principle language of Bangladesh | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
and the Prime Minister who succeeded Gladstone in 1874. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:33 | |
Bengali - it's lithium. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
-Lithium. -Lithium. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:37 | |
Correct. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:38 | |
Secondly, the prefix denoting 10 to the -12 | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
and the largest river of Venezuela. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
Nano is 10 to the -9. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:46 | |
Pico. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:47 | |
-Co - cobalt, cobalt. -Cobalt? -Cobalt. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
Cobalt. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:51 | |
Cobalt is correct. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
And finally, a mission in San Antonio, Texas, | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
besieged in 1836, | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
and a musical direction meaning "very softly." | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
Nominate Pertinez. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:02 | |
-Molybdenum. -Correct. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:04 | |
Ten points for this. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:05 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
From a short verb meaning "trouble" or "harass," | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
what nine-letter term is applied to litigation | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
initiated without sufficient... | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
Vexatious. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:16 | |
Correct. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:17 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
Your bonuses this time, Magdalen College, are on a campaigner. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
Born in 1870, Maria Dickin is best known as the founder of which | 0:25:24 | 0:25:28 | |
charity during World War II? | 0:25:28 | 0:25:30 | |
She instituted an eponymous award sometimes called | 0:25:30 | 0:25:34 | |
"the animals' Victoria Cross." | 0:25:34 | 0:25:35 | |
THEY WHISPER | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
The RSPCA... The Dickin Medal is the medal. The RSPCA? | 0:25:38 | 0:25:41 | |
RSPCA. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
No, it was the PDSA, the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
Since 1943, the Dickin Medal has been awarded 64 times | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
to 28 dogs and 3 horses. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
What species has the most recipients with 32? | 0:25:52 | 0:25:56 | |
-It's pigeons, isn't it? -Mm. -Pigeons. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
Correct. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:00 | |
Simon is the only cat to received the Dickin Medal for disposing of | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
many rats although wounded by shell blast | 0:26:04 | 0:26:06 | |
aboard on HMS Amethyst in 1949. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
This occurred after shelling by the People's Liberation Army | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
in an international incident named after which major river? | 0:26:12 | 0:26:16 | |
That's the Yangtze, isn't it? | 0:26:16 | 0:26:17 | |
It's the Yangtze. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
Correct. 10 points for this. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:20 | |
Before 1921, which US game show host gives his name | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
to a much-discussed question... | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
-Monty Hall. -Monty Hall is right. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
Your bonuses are on linguistic typology, Manchester. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
When describing the common word order of languages | 0:26:34 | 0:26:38 | |
such as English, Malayan and Mandarin Chinese, | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
for what do for what do the letters SVO stand? | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
Subject-verb-object. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:45 | |
-Subject-verb-object. -Correct. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
Welsh and Irish are frequently cited examples of what word order | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
type comprising around 10% of the world's languages? | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
Verb at the end, I think. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:54 | |
-Verb at the end. -And then... Er... | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
How does it work in Latin? | 0:26:57 | 0:26:58 | |
Subject-object-verb or object-subject-verb? | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
-SOV. -I think it's... | 0:27:01 | 0:27:02 | |
Subject-object-verb. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:04 | |
No, it's verb-subject-object. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
And finally, object-subject-verb constructions such as | 0:27:06 | 0:27:10 | |
"much to learn you still have" are a feature of the speech of which | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
fictional character who first appeared in a film in 1980? | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
-Yoda. -Correct. 10 points for this. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:18 | |
In mathematics, what is the determinant of | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
a nilpotent matrix defined to be | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
9a matrix that equals the null matrix after | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
being raised to some positive integer power? | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
-Zero. -Zero is correct, yes. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
Your bonuses are on epidemiology, Manchester, this time. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
What two-word terms denoting the initial case in an | 0:27:39 | 0:27:43 | |
epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of infectious disease? | 0:27:43 | 0:27:47 | |
-Patient zero. -Patient zero. -Can you corroborate that? -Sounds right. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:51 | |
Patient zero. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:52 | |
Patient zero or index case or primary case. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
Born in 1869, the cook Mary Mallon was the index case of a number | 0:27:54 | 0:27:59 | |
of outbreaks in North America of which foodborne disease? | 0:27:59 | 0:28:03 | |
-It's typhoid because she's Typhoid Mary. -Sure? -Sure. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:06 | |
-Typhoid. -Correct. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:07 | |
An outbreak of which infectious disease in the 1850s was | 0:28:07 | 0:28:11 | |
investigated by the physician John Snow, who traced its source | 0:28:11 | 0:28:15 | |
to Broad Street, now Broadwick Street, in Soho? | 0:28:15 | 0:28:18 | |
-Cholera. -Correct. 10 points for this. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:20 | |
From the Greek meaning to cut, | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
what term denotes the figure of speech in which... | 0:28:22 | 0:28:24 | |
GONG APPLAUSE | 0:28:24 | 0:28:26 | |
Magdalen College Oxford have 80, Manchester University have 230. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:30 | |
It was a bit of a whitewash, Magdalen, wasn't it? | 0:28:33 | 0:28:35 | |
Thank you very much for taking part. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:37 | |
Congratulations, Manchester, you receive absolutely nothing | 0:28:37 | 0:28:40 | |
at all beyond a bit of opportunity to boast, I suppose. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:43 | |
But actually, I'd like to say to both teams, | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
it was jolly nice of you to come, you didn't have to, | 0:28:46 | 0:28:48 | |
you're all grown-ups with other things you could've done | 0:28:48 | 0:28:50 | |
with your time, so thank you all very much for taking part. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
And thank you for watching. Good night. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:55 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:28:55 | 0:28:58 |