0:00:17 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Hello.
0:00:29 > 0:00:3210 teams of distinguished graduates bravely put themselves forward
0:00:32 > 0:00:35to entertain us over the holiday season by trying to answer
0:00:35 > 0:00:39the kind of questions we usually throw at the country's brightest students.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42The top two now meet in the final match.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47A film director, a teacher, an expert on transport and an actress
0:00:47 > 0:00:50make up the graduates from the University of Warwick,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53who beat the universities of Sheffield and Edinburgh to get here.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Let's ask them to reintroduce themselves.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Vadim Jean.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I graduated in 1986 in History,
0:01:00 > 0:01:04and I now produce and direct films at The Mob.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Hi, I'm Daisy Christodoulou. I graduated from Warwick in 2007,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12and I currently teach English at an outstanding school,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Pimlico Academy in London.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16And their captain...
0:01:16 > 0:01:21I'm Christian Wolmar. I graduated in 1971 with a degree in Economics.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24I'm a journalist specialising in transport,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26and I also write railway history books.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Hi, I'm Carla Mendonca.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32I graduated from Warwick in 1983 with a degree in Theatre Studies
0:01:32 > 0:01:35and Dramatic Arts, and not surprisingly, I'm an actress.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39APPLAUSE
0:01:39 > 0:01:44Their opponents are the team from Trinity College, Cambridge.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47They're a teacher, a TV producer, a comedy impresario
0:01:47 > 0:01:49and a broadcast journalist.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53To get here, they've already beaten teams from St Andrews University
0:01:53 > 0:01:55and Magdalen College, Oxford.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58So, let's have the pleasure once more with them.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Hi, I'm Robin Bhattacharyya.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I graduated from Trinity in Maths in 1995. Now I'm a Maths teacher
0:02:03 > 0:02:05at Loughborough Grammar School.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Hi, I'm Daisy Goodwin.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12I read History in the '80s, and now I'm a TV producer and a novelist.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14And their captain...
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Hello, I'm John Lloyd. I graduated from Trinity in 1973
0:02:17 > 0:02:21with a Law degree, and I'm the founder and series producer of QI.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I'm Edward Stourton. I read English and graduated in 1979,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26and I'm a Radio 4 broadcaster.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29APPLAUSE
0:02:29 > 0:02:34We won't waste any time reciting the rules. Let's just get on with it.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Here's your first starter for 10.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Which cricketer, who died in November 2011,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41gives his name to the trophy awarded to...
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- Basil D'Oliveira.- Correct.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46APPLAUSE
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Your bonuses are on the Academy Awards.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I will name three films that were
0:02:52 > 0:02:56nominated for the Best Picture Award in the same year, but failed to win.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59In each case, name the film that DID win.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Firstly for five, Frost/Nixon, The Reader and Milk.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07THEY CONFER
0:03:09 > 0:03:10The Departed?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13No, it was Slumdog Millionaire in 2008.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Secondly, Brokeback Mountain, Munich and Capote.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20THEY CONFER
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Can't do.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36They were all beaten by Crash.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40And finally, Black Swan, Inception and Toy Story 3.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45That was last year. And it was...The King's Speech
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- The King's Speech.- Correct. 10 points for this starter question.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Which line of the London Underground has stations
0:03:51 > 0:03:54whose names may be described as the FA Cup winners in 1964,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57William Hague's constituency, and...
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- District.- Well done.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02APPLAUSE
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Your bonuses, Warwick, are on naughtiness. In each case,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08give the title and the author of the work in which
0:04:08 > 0:04:09the following lines appear.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12"You are to live here for the next six months,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15"learning how to speak beautifully like a lady in a florists' shop.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19"If you're naughty and idle, you will sleep in the back kitchen
0:04:19 > 0:04:21"among the black beetles, and be walloped by Mrs Pierce
0:04:21 > 0:04:22with a broomstick."
0:04:24 > 0:04:26George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Correct. "In the afternoon, the old lady was informed by everyone
0:04:29 > 0:04:33"that the shoes were red. She said it was naughty and unsuitable,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35"and that when Karen went to church in future,
0:04:35 > 0:04:40"she should always go in black shoes, even if they were old."
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Karen? A novel with Karen in.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48I just can't think. Try the Narnia. CS Lewis.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- CS Lewis?- No, it's The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen. Finally,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56"Once at the number three, being the third number to be reached,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00"then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
0:05:00 > 0:05:03"towards thy foe, who being naughty in my sight shall snuff it."
0:05:03 > 0:05:05In which work of 1975 did those words appear?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- Monty Python And The Holy Grail. - Monty Python And The Holy Grail.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Correct. Right, 10 points for this starter question.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Give the precise two-word description of the region
0:05:15 > 0:05:18of the world specified by President Eisenhower in a speech
0:05:18 > 0:05:20of January 1957...
0:05:21 > 0:05:23The Iron Curtain.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25No, I'm afraid you lose five points.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27In a speech of January 1957,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30in which he outlined a doctrine that offered military
0:05:30 > 0:05:34and economic support for the containment of Soviet influence.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36The Marshall Plan?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40No, it's the Middle East. 10 points for this.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Which publishing house was established in 1917
0:05:42 > 0:05:45by Virginia and Leonard Woolf using a...?
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Bloomsbury.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49No, you lose five points. Using a small hand press in their...
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- Hogarth.- Hogarth is correct, yes.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55APPLAUSE
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Right, bonuses on Hamburgers now.
0:05:57 > 0:06:0140 operas and oratorios, and the overture known as
0:06:01 > 0:06:04the Water Music are among the works of which composer?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06An influence on Handel, he was the music director
0:06:06 > 0:06:11of Hamburg's five main churches from 1721 until his death in 1767.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Bach's before. Handel, Haydn.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Vadim.- Haydn?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20No, it's Telemann. Born in Hamburg in 1809,
0:06:20 > 0:06:25which composer's work includes the Reformation and Scottish symphonies?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Brahms. Brahms.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- Brahms.- No, Mendelssohn.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39The Academic Festival Overture and the German Requiem, first performed
0:06:39 > 0:06:44in 1869, are among the works of which Hamburg-born composer?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47THEY CONFER
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Born in 1869.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Mahler.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51- Mahler?- Yes.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Mahler?- No, it's Brahms. Right, a picture round.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57You're going to see a map with a major city highlighted.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00For 10 points, name the city.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Beijing.- Correct.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07APPLAUSE
0:07:07 > 0:07:10As you doubtless know, the Beijing Municipality is
0:07:10 > 0:07:13one of the 33 province divisions administered by
0:07:13 > 0:07:15the People's Republic of China.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19For your bonuses, maps showing three more provinces.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Simply give me their names. Firstly for five...
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Guangdong. Guangdong.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- Guangdong.- Correct. Secondly...
0:07:30 > 0:07:32I think it's Gansu.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Gansu.- Correct. And finally.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37And Sichuan.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- Sichuan.- Well done.
0:07:39 > 0:07:4110 points for this starter question.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Initially described as a solution looking for a problem,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and somewhat fancifully as a death ray that is brighter than
0:07:48 > 0:07:53the sun, the first successful version of what device was built...
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- A laser?- Laser is correct, yes.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57APPLAUSE
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Your bonuses are on astronomy, Trinity College.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02I want you to identify each
0:08:02 > 0:08:06astronomer from his description in the Astronomer's Drinking Song,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10published in 1866 by the British mathematician, Augustus De Morgan.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Which astronomer "believed the earth stood still, sir.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17"He never would have blundered so, had he but drunk his fill, sir."?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23THEY CONFER
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Er, Aristotle?- No, it's Ptolemy.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35And who "placed the stars each in its due location.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39"He lost his nose by spite of Mars, but that was no probation."?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Er, Tycho Brahe.- Correct.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Who sings, "Whate'er you think you prove,
0:08:45 > 0:08:49"the earth must go its way, sirs. "Spite of your teeth,
0:08:49 > 0:08:53"I'll make it move, for I'll drink my bottle a day, sirs."?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56THEY CONFER
0:09:00 > 0:09:02We'll go for Copernicus.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05No, it's Galileo. 10 points for this.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07"University Challenge, which I watch every week,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10"is the BBC programme that I admire above all others."
0:09:10 > 0:09:14This sentence contains examples of two different types
0:09:14 > 0:09:17of relative clause. For 10 points, name both.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24"Which" and "It's?" Oh...sorry...
0:09:24 > 0:09:26No, anyone like to buzz from Trinity?
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- Subordinate and conditional?- No, non-restrictive and restrictive.
0:09:33 > 0:09:3410 points for this.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Between 1929 and 1938, which Essex rectory became
0:09:38 > 0:09:41the subject of a controversial series of ghost hunts?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Borley.- Borley is right, yes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46APPLAUSE
0:09:46 > 0:09:51You've taken the lead. Your bonuses are on homophones, Trinity College.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Words with a similar pronunciation but different spelling.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Spell both words from the definitions.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Firstly, a film director regarded as the creator of works
0:10:01 > 0:10:06which reflect their personal vision, and proud haughtiness of manner.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10THEY CONFER
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- No, it's auteur and hauteur. - Go on.
0:10:15 > 0:10:21A-U-T-E-U-R and H-A-U-T-E-U-R.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26Correct. Secondly, relating to the section of the spine between
0:10:26 > 0:10:30the lowest rib and the pelvis, and articles of furniture stored away
0:10:30 > 0:10:31and out of use.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36OK, it's lumbar, er...
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- L-A... L-U-M-B-A-R, and L-U-M-B-E-R.- Correct.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Finally, to condescend to do something,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48and native of Aalborg, Esbjerg or Aarhus.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Dane and deign.
0:10:50 > 0:10:56- OK, it's "Dane" and "deign." D-A-N-E and D-E-I-G-N.- Correct.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59APPLAUSE
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Another starter question now.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Charles Dickens wrote six full-length novels with titles
0:11:05 > 0:11:09that do not include a character's name.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13A Tale Of Two Cities is one. For 10 points, name three of the others.
0:11:15 > 0:11:22The Old Curiosity Shop, Our Mutual Friend and Bleak House.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Correct. The others are Great Expectations and Hard Times.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29You get the bonuses. This time, they're on fortune in Shakespeare.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33In each case, identify both the play and the character who's speaking.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37"O Fortune, Fortune! All men call thee fickle."
0:11:37 > 0:11:39THEY CONFER
0:11:53 > 0:11:58- Antony in Antony And Cleopatra. - No, it's Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Secondly, "My desolation does begin to make a better life.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06"Tis paltry to be Caesar. Not being Fortune, he's but Fortune's knave."
0:12:06 > 0:12:09THEY CONFER
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Antony and Cleopatra, and...
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Antony.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17No, it's Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra. Bad luck.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Finally, "There is a tide in the affairs of men,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23"which taken at the flood leads on to fortune."
0:12:23 > 0:12:25THEY CONFER
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- Macbeth?- No, it's Brutus in Julius Caesar. 10 points for this.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32The Monarch's Way is a long-distance footpath that runs through
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Boscobel, Stratford-upon-Avon, the Mendips and Shoreham,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39following the route believed to have been taken by which king,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42when he fled after defeat at the Battle...
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Er, Henry...VII?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47No, I'm afraid you lose five points.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50After defeat at the Battle of Worcester.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53You may not confer. One of you may buzz.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Sorry, erm, Charles II. - Charles II is right, yes.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01Your bonuses this time are on war photographers, Trinity College.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Born in Lancashire in 1819, Roger Fenton is best known
0:13:04 > 0:13:08for the photographs he took of which war for the Illustrated London News?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- The Boer War? - No, it's the Crimean War.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Its authenticity the subject of dispute, The Falling Soldier
0:13:15 > 0:13:19by Hungarian-born Robert Capa, is a much-published photograph
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- from which conflict? - The Spanish Civil War.- Correct.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24During which war did Margaret Bourke-White become
0:13:24 > 0:13:28the first female photographer to be attached to the US Armed Forces?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30THEY CONFER
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Korean?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Korean War.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44No, it's World War II. Another starter question.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Which is the only vowel that does not appear on
0:13:47 > 0:13:50the topmost row of letters in the standard layout of...
0:13:50 > 0:13:55- A.- A is correct, yes, on a standard keyboard.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57APPLAUSE
0:13:57 > 0:14:01These bonuses are on names that begin with the letters AV.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05In each case, give the name from the description. Firstly...
0:14:05 > 0:14:06A nomadic people from Central Asia,
0:14:06 > 0:14:11who established an empire in Central Europe from the 6th century.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13They were later defeated by Charlemagne.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- The Avars.- The Avars.- Correct.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Secondly, an Islamic philosopher born in Cordoba in 1137.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23In Arabic, he's known as Ibn Rushd.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26THEY CONFER
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Avicenna?- No, it's Averroes.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Finally, a city on the Rhone that was the residence of the Popes
0:14:35 > 0:14:37from 1309 to 1377.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- That's Avignon.- It is Avignon, yes.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Time for a music round. Your music starter is a song that was
0:14:43 > 0:14:46number one in the UK in the week that a prime minister was elected.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49For 10 points, name the artist and the prime minister.
0:14:49 > 0:14:57# Bright eyes Burning like fire... #
0:15:00 > 0:15:04Erm, Simon and Garfunkel, Jim Callaghan.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05No, Trinity?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Simon and Garfunkel, Margaret Thatcher.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09No, it was ART Garfunkel.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12It was Margaret Thatcher. I can't accept that.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16So, music bonuses rather shortly. Here's a starter question.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18What name was given to the members of German guilds
0:15:18 > 0:15:22of the 14th to the 16th century devoted to the encouragement
0:15:22 > 0:15:24of poetry and music subject to rigid rules?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Their activities formed the basis
0:15:26 > 0:15:29for an opera by Wagner set in Nuremberg...
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- The Meistersingers.- Correct.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34APPLAUSE
0:15:34 > 0:15:37OK, music bonuses. You'll hear three songs that were number one
0:15:37 > 0:15:39when a prime minister came to power,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41not necessarily through a general election.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Again, in each case, for five points,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I want the artist or band AND the prime minister.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Firstly, for five.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51# In the summertime When the weather is hot
0:15:51 > 0:15:55# You can stretch right up And touch the sky
0:15:55 > 0:15:56# When the weather's fine
0:15:56 > 0:15:59# You got women You got women on your mind
0:16:00 > 0:16:01# Have a drink Have a drive
0:16:01 > 0:16:04# Go out and see what you can find... #
0:16:07 > 0:16:10It's Mungo Jerry, and we think it's Harold Wilson.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13No, it was Mungo Jerry and Edward Heath. It was 1970.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15You were a bit too late. Secondly...
0:16:15 > 0:16:18You broke my heart
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Cos I couldn't dance
0:16:20 > 0:16:23You didn't even want me around
0:16:23 > 0:16:31But now, I'm back to let you know That I can really shake 'em down
0:16:31 > 0:16:32- # Do you love me? - I can really move
0:16:32 > 0:16:36- # Now do you love me? - I'm in the groove
0:16:36 > 0:16:37# Oh, do you love me?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39# Do you really love me?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43# Now that I can da-a-a-a-a-a-a... #
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Come on.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49THEY CONFER
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- I need an answer. - Gerry and the Pacemakers...
0:16:53 > 0:16:57No, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes. It was Sir Alec Douglas-Home. Finally.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00# Now that it's raining more than ever
0:17:00 > 0:17:03# Know that we'll still have each other
0:17:03 > 0:17:06# You can stand under my umbrella
0:17:06 > 0:17:09# You can stand under my umbrella... #
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- It's Rihanna and Gordon Brown. - Spot on.
0:17:11 > 0:17:1410 points for this. Answer as soon as you buzz.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Since 1961, four US State Governors have gone on to become president,
0:17:18 > 0:17:20the most recent being George W Bush.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23For 10 points, name two of the others.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Er, Reagan and Ford.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29No, anyone like to buzz from Trinity?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- Reagan and Clinton. - Correct, the other one was Carter.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Right, you're going to get a set of bonuses this time,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Trinity College, on contemporary fashion designers.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Born in New York in 1963, which designer was nicknamed
0:17:42 > 0:17:46"the Guru of Grunge," because of the influence his clothing had
0:17:46 > 0:17:47on the Seattle music scene?
0:17:47 > 0:17:51By the late 1990s, he was artistic director of Louis Vuitton.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- Mark Jacobson.- Corr...no. - Mark Jacobs.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00No, I'm sorry, you said Jacobson, It's wrong. It's Mark Jacobs.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Spend more time with your fashion consultant.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Secondly for five points, Sole Desire,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09a 2008 exhibition at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12was the first to be devoted to the creations of which
0:18:12 > 0:18:15shoe designer, distinguishable by their bright red soles?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Christian Louboutin.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Christian Louboutin.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24That's correct. You'd never heard of it, had you?!
0:18:24 > 0:18:26No!
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Born in Strasbourg, a professional ballet dancer in his teens,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32who returned in 2009 after a break of several years
0:18:32 > 0:18:35to create the stage costumes for Beyonce's world tour?
0:18:41 > 0:18:42INAUDIBLE
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Er...we'll go for Karl Lagerfeld.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47No, it's Thierry Mugler, apparently. 10 points for this.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49In Physics, what describes the process
0:18:49 > 0:18:51of varying an electromagnetic wave
0:18:51 > 0:18:55or oscillating signal, especially in order to impress a signal on it?
0:18:55 > 0:19:00It's usually preceded by a noun such as "frequency" or "pulse."
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Modulation. - Modulation is correct.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05APPLAUSE
0:19:06 > 0:19:11These bonuses are on military operations of World War II.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Unrealised because of problems of defence,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Icarus was the codename for the proposed German invasion
0:19:17 > 0:19:21of which island, occupied by British forces in May 1940?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Crete? >
0:19:22 > 0:19:26They did go into Crete. Maybe Malta. They wanted to get to Malta.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29THEY CONFER
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- Crete.- No, that was later. It's Iceland.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Operation Mercury saw the German capture of which
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Mediterranean island, largely by airborne forces in June 1941?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45THEY CONFER
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Crete?- That is Crete, yes.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50What marine animal gives its name
0:19:50 > 0:19:53to the projected German invasion of Britain in 1940?
0:19:53 > 0:19:57- Sea lion.- Sea lion is right. 10 points for this.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Following the example of the Cadbury Brothers' model at Bournville,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03which manufacturer and philanthropist
0:20:03 > 0:20:07developed the model village of New Earswick, northeast of York?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Rowntree? - Joseph Rowntree is correct, yes.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12APPLAUSE
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Right, you're back in the game.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18These bonuses are on shorter words that can be made
0:20:18 > 0:20:21from any of the seven letters of the word "oarsman."
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Give the word from the description.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28Firstly, a gigantic extinct New Zealand bird resembling an ostrich.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30THEY CONFER
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- A roa? - No, it's a moa.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Secondly, the plural of the term for the third stomach of a ruminant.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55THEY CONFER
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Manse?
0:21:02 > 0:21:06No, it's an...very good, no it's not. There's no E in it. It's Omasa.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Finally, an acronym for the paperwork
0:21:08 > 0:21:13for a registered vehicle that's not being used on the public highway.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Oh, I know this. It's...
0:21:15 > 0:21:16< SORN. S-O-R-N.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18SORN, S-O-R-N.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Indeed. Statutory Off Road Notification.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23We're going to take a second picture round.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25You will see a portrait of a famous actress.
0:21:25 > 0:21:2810 points if you can identify her.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Nell Gwyn?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35No, one of you buzz from Trinity.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Mrs Siddons. - It is Sarah Siddons, yes.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42APPLAUSE
0:21:42 > 0:21:46She was regarded as one of the greatest actresses of her time.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50She inspired many contemporary painters following that portrait.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Your bonuses are three more 18th-century portraits of Sarah Siddons.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58In each case, I want the name of the artist, please. Firstly...
0:21:58 > 0:22:01THEY CONFER
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- We'll try Lely. - No, that's by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Secondly....
0:22:17 > 0:22:19THEY CONFER
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- Lely?- No, that's by Angelica Kauffmann.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29And finally...
0:22:29 > 0:22:32THEY CONFER
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- Gainsborough.- Inimitably. 10 points for this.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Originally built in 1420 overlooking a narrow outlet of
0:22:38 > 0:22:42the Baltic Sea, Kronborg Castle inspired the setting of which of Shake...?
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- Hamlet.- Hamlet is correct, yes.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48APPLAUSE
0:22:48 > 0:22:53Your bonuses are on horse racing. Recent winners of which classic race
0:22:53 > 0:22:57include Pour Moi, Workforce and See The Stars?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59THEY CONFER
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- 1,000 Guineas. - No, it's the Derby.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Who won the Derby with Ladas in 1894,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08while in office as Prime Minister?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10THEY CONFER
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- Rosebery?- Correct. Which horse won the Derby in 1981
0:23:13 > 0:23:15by a record 10 lengths?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18THEY CONFER
0:23:18 > 0:23:23- Garrisons.- No, it's Shergar. Four minutes to go, 10 points for this.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Differing by a single letter, what two verbs
0:23:26 > 0:23:30are what Oliver Goldsmith's Miss Hardcastle did in order to conquer,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- and what WH Auden... - "Stoops" and "stoop?"
0:23:33 > 0:23:35No, you lose five points.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39..that WH Auden demanded be done to the clocks in Funeral Blues.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- "Stoop" and "stop."- Correct.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46APPLAUSE
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Your bonuses are on US cities, Trinity College.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Specifically, those whose names begin and end with the same letter.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Name the city from the description.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Firstly, a city of northwestern Pennsylvania
0:23:58 > 0:24:03that shares its name with the lake on whose shore it stands.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04- Erie.- Correct.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07The county seat of Monterey, California,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10the home town of John Steinbeck.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- Come on, let's have it. - We'll pass.- It's Salinas.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23And finally, the New England city that is home to Yale University.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28- New Haven.- New Haven.- Correct. Three minutes to go, another starter.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31From that of a marshal of France, what name was originally given
0:24:31 > 0:24:34to a confection made by browning almonds or other nuts in boiling...
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- Napoleon? - No, I'm afraid you lose five points.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41..but now usually refers to a smooth paste made from this,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44often used as a filling in chocolates.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Marzipan?- No, it's Praline. 10 points for this.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Named after the Japanese-born scientist who helped develop it
0:24:51 > 0:24:54at Chicago University in the 1970s, the Fujita scale has been used
0:24:54 > 0:24:58to measure the intensity of which meteorological phenomenon?
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- Volcanoes. - Anyone like to buzz from Trinity?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Tornadoes?- Tornadoes is correct, yes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10APPLAUSE
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Trinity, these bonuses are on physiology.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Among many other metabolic functions,
0:25:14 > 0:25:19which organ is responsible for glycogenesis and glycogenolysis?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Liver?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- The liver?- Correct.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27The liver is a major site for the synthesis of which steroid lipid,
0:25:27 > 0:25:31a component of the lipoproteins of plasma and cell membranes?
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- We don't know.- It's cholesterol. And which general type,
0:25:36 > 0:25:41finally, of infectious agent causes hepatitis A, B and C?
0:25:45 > 0:25:46- Pass.- It's viruses.
0:25:46 > 0:25:4810 points for this.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51How are Charles Bruno and Guy Haines described,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54in the title of Patricia Highsmith's debut novel?
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Published in 1950, it was later made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- Strangers On A Train.- Correct.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03APPLAUSE
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Your bonuses are on debut novels.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09In a title of a 2003 debut novel, what sobriquet is given to
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Clare Abshire because of the unusual abilities of her husband,
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Henry DeTamble?
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- Let's have it.- We don't know. - The Time Traveler's Wife.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26After a pursuit at which he excels, how is the boy Hassan described
0:26:26 > 0:26:28in the title of a 2003 debut novel?
0:26:28 > 0:26:33- The Kite Runner.- The Kite Runner. - Correct. Who is the title character
0:26:33 > 0:26:37of DBC Pierre's debut novel, which won the Booker Prize in 2003?
0:26:37 > 0:26:41THEY CONFER
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Let's have it, please.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- We'll pass. - It's Vernon God Little.
0:26:48 > 0:26:5110 points for this. The years 1838, 1878
0:26:51 > 0:26:55and 1919 saw the start of armed conflicts in which Britain, from its
0:26:55 > 0:27:00base in India, attempted to extend its control over which country?
0:27:00 > 0:27:01- Afghanistan.- Correct.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04APPLAUSE
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Your bonuses are on European universities.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Name the university that links the following.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13All three were founded during the 15th century.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18Firstly, the mathematicians Johann Bernoulli and Leonhard Euler,
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- and the psychiatrist Carl Jung. - Basel?- Correct, secondly,
0:27:21 > 0:27:25the mathematician Gottfried Leibniz, the composer Richard Wagner
0:27:25 > 0:27:28and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31THEY CONFER
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- We'll go for Leipzig. - Correct. Finally,
0:27:34 > 0:27:38the astronomer Anders Celsius, the chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41and the playwright August Strindberg.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42THEY CONFER
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Quickly.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Come on.- Stockholm.- No, it's Uppsala, and at the gong,
0:27:49 > 0:27:54the University of Warwick have 60, Trinity College, Cambridge have 235.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Well, you were nothing like on your best form tonight, Warwick.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08It's been a pleasure to have you. Congratulations to you, Trinity.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Everyone here tonight is old enough to know better.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15It was bold of you to put yourselves up, and many congratulations.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19That's it for this Christmas series, not a leftover mince pie in sight.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22In fact, I don't think we've seen a single turkey.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27Thanks for watching. Normal service will be resumed shortly. Goodbye.
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