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APPLAUSE

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Christmas University Challenge.

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Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.

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Hello. Welcome to the second match

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in our festive reversal of fortune series,

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which allows students to take a break from World of Warcraft

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and re-runs of The Only Way Is Essex,

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so they can be amazed at what old people know.

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CHUCKLING

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We've invited graduates and staff

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to compete on behalf of the institutions

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that honed their intellects, forged their characters

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or, at least, pay their wages.

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The University of Newcastle is represented by a man

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who has piloted aircraft, climbed mountains and sailed oceans.

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They also have a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society,

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who is both the voice of British gardening

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and the face of British weather.

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Their captain is a successful businesswoman

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who writes for the FT under the guise of Mrs Moneypenny

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and who also finds time to be a stand-up comedian.

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And fourthly, they have a former Head of EMI Music UK,

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who's also currently the chair of the BPI, which owns the Brit Awards.

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But in case we've missed anything out,

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let's ask them to introduce themselves.

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Hi, I'm Tristan Gooley,

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I studied Politics and History at Newcastle in the mid '90s.

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These days, I'm a writer and natural navigator.

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Hello, I'm Peter Gibbs.

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I studied Geography and Physics at Newcastle, back in the late '70s.

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And I now wave my arms around in front of a weather map on the telly.

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And their captain.

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Hello, I'm Heather McGregor.

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I graduated from Newcastle in 1984

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with a degree in Agricultural Marketing

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and I now run an executive search company in London.

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Hello, I'm Tony Wadsworth,

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I graduated from Newcastle in Economics, in 1977,

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and I work in the music industry.

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APPLAUSE

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Their opponents combine graduate and staff of Loughborough University

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and, between them, they reflect the fact that it is one of the UK's foremost institutions

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for developing sporting talent.

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First up, one of the heroes of last summer

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after he competed in the 200 metres double kayak event,

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a football manager whose teams have included

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Fulham and Northern Ireland,

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their captain is one of Britain's greatest athletes,

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with 11 gold medals in five Paralympic Games

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and six times winner of the London Wheelchair Marathon,

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and the fourth member is a senior academic

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in the English and Drama department,

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who could no doubt run and swim and sail as fast as anyone

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if he'd just get his nose out of a book.

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Let's meet them.

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Hi, my name is Jon Schofield,

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I graduated from Loughborough with a degree in Human Biology.

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I'm also a flatwater kayaker

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and recently won a medal at the London 2012 Olympics.

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Hi, I'm Lawrie Sanchez,

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I graduated in 1982 from Loughborough

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with a degree in Management Sciences.

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I also went on to score the winning goal in the 1988 Cup Final.

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And their captain.

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I'm Tanni Grey-Thompson,

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I graduated in '91

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with a degree in Politics and Social Administration

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and I'm now a crossbench peer in the House of Lords.

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Hi, I'm Nigel Wood,

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I've been Professor of Literature at Loughborough since 2002.

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APPLAUSE

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Whether you need it or not, I'll give you a reminder of the rules.

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Starter questions have to be answered alone,

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on the buzzer, they're worth ten points.

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Bonuses are worth 15 points and you can confer on those.

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If you interrupt a starter question incorrectly,

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you incur a five-point penalty.

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So fingers on the buzzers, here's your first starter for ten.

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Leopold Stokowski conducted the music for which film of 1940,

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consisting of animated sequences set to pieces...?

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BUZZER

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Loughborough, Wood.

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Fantasia.

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Correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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Right, Loughborough, the first bonuses are on extracts

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from the Queen's Christmas messages.

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In each case, name the year in which she was speaking.

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Firstly,

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"The King agreed to commission a new translation of the Bible

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"that was acceptable to all parties.

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"This was to become the King James, or authorised Bible,

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"which next year will be exactly four centuries old."

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-THEY WHISPER: 2010.

-2010, yeah?

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2010.

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Correct.

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Secondly, "The Prince of Wales represented Britain

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"when the people of Hong Kong marked their return to China,

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"in spectacular fashion."

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-THEY WHISPER:

-1997?

-2001.

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It was about '99...

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So was it 2000?

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I don't think 2000, I think it was 19...

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2000.

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2000, what do you think?

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'99, I think it was 99...

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'99? Right.

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1999.

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No, it's 1997. That was the handover of Hong Kong.

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And finally, "Each Christmas, at this time,

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"my beloved father broadcast a message to his people

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"in all parts of the world.

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"Today, I'm doing this to you, who are now my people."

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-THEY WHISPER:

-That'd have been early on.

-1954?

-1954?

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OK.

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1954.

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No, it's 1952.

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Right, ten points for the starter question.

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Both published in December 1845,

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The Fir Tree, about a tree anxious to grow up

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and The Snow Queen, about a boy with a splinter

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of an enchanted mirror in his heart,

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are works by which Nordic author?

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BUZZER

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Loughborough, Wood.

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Andersen.

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Correct, yeah.

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APPLAUSE

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Right, your bonuses this time, Loughborough,

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are on Mediterranean islands.

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Its name meaning 'the larger one',

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which island of the Western Mediterranean has an area

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similar to that of Greater Manchester and Cheshire combined?

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-THEY WHISPER: Something 'grande'.

-Yeah, Mallorca.

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Mallorca?

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Correct. Slightly larger than Rhodes,

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which Greek island off the coast of Turkey

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is closest in area to Greater London?

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-THEY WHISPER: Samos.

-Samos.

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I'd say Samos, yeah.

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Samos.

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-Samos?

-Yeah.

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Samos.

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No, it's Lesbos. And finally,

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slightly larger in area than Wales and Cornwall combined,

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what is the largest island in the Mediterranean?

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-THEY WHISPER: Crete.

-Crete.

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Crete.

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No, it's Sicily. Right, ten points for the starter question,

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"The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation."

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Those are the words of which sculptor, born in Yorkshire in 1898?

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BUZZER

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Loughborough, Sanchez.

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Moore.

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Henry Moore is correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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Loughborough, these bonuses are on shorter words

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that can be made using any of the eight letters

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of the word 'yuletide'.

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In each case, give the word from the definition.

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Firstly, a stringed instrument

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associated with the composers John Dowland and Thomas Campion.

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-THEY WHISPER: Lute.

-Lute.

-Lute.

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Lute.

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Correct. Secondly, a diacritical mark that may be placed

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about the letter 'a' in Portuguese and the letter 'n' in Spanish.

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-THEY WHISPER: No...

-No.

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We don't know.

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It's a tilde.

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And finally, a generic word for substances

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including kermes, woad, indigo, saffron and madder.

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-THEY WHISPER:

-Dye, dye.

-Dye.

-Dye.

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Dye.

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Correct. Right, we're going to take the picture round now.

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For your picture starter, you're going to see the Latin version

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of the title of a popular carol.

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For ten points, I want the first line of the carol in English.

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BELL

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Newcastle, McGregor.

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Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful.

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Yes!

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APPLAUSE

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So you're off the starting mark

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and you're going to see the bonuses for this picture round.

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Three more Latin versions of carol titles.

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For each one, I simply want the first line of the carol in English.

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Firstly...

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THEY WHISPER: Something 'shepherds'.

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Yes.

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It was Shepherds...

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When Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night?

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Yeah, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night.

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Yes, I'll accept that. Secondly...

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THEY WHISPER: Night something.

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-Silent Night?

-All Through The Night?

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Silent Night or is that too...?

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Who said that classical education never leaves you?

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I know, I know. Yes.

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Come on, we need an answer.

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Yeah, well, let's guess at Silent Night.

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No. It's It Came Upon The Midnight Clear.

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See if you can get this one.

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-THEY WHISPER:

-What's this one?

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-No idea.

-No.

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Come on, let's have it, please.

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Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful?

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No, it's God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen. You already had Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful.

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LAUGHTER

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Ten points for this. Listen carefully and answer as soon as your name is called.

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How many litres does Father Christmas' sack need to hold

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in order to deliver a cubic present of side-length ten centimetres

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to each of the world's two billion children?

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BELL

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Newcastle, Gibbs.

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A million?

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No. Loughborough?

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BUZZER

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Loughborough, Wood.

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Three million.

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It's two billion.

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Right, ten points for this.

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In January 2012,

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after locating a chemical receptor in the taste buds on the tongue,

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a team of scientists in the United States announced

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that along with sweet, sour, bitter, salt and savoury...?

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BELL

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Newcastle, Gibbs.

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Umami.

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I don't know what you're talking about. No.

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..they had discovered which previously unrecognised sixth taste?

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One of you buzz, Loughborough.

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It's fat or fatty. Never mind, I'm afraid you lose your five points, Newcastle.

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So ten point for this.

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Answer as soon as your name is called.

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Give the dictionary spelling of the word 'quaff',

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meaning 'drink heartily'.

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BUZZER

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Loughborough, Wood.

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Q, U, A, double F.

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Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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Right, your bonuses, Loughborough, are on railways in the 20th century.

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In each case, I want the decade in which the following took place.

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Firstly, the opening of the first section of the New York Subway

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and of the Trans-Siberian Railway

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from Moscow to Vladivostok, via north-east China.

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-THEY WHISPER: 1920s?

-Yeah, 1920s.

-1920s.

-1920s.

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1920s.

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No, it's the 1900s. 1904, in fact.

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The completion of the Trans-Iranian Railway,

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financed entirely by local capital,

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in Britain, the Mallard set the world speed record

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for steam traction.

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-THEY WHISPER: 1950s.

-I'd say so.

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1950s.

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No, it's the 1930s.

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And finally, the publication of the Beeching Report in Britain,

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and the opening of the first 'bullet train' line in Japan?

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-THEY WHISPER: The '60s.

-'60s?

-The '60s.

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-1960s.

-Correct.

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Right, ten points for this. First performed in 1911

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and often given the English title Thou Art The Ruler Of All Minds,

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Jana Gana Mana is the national anthem of which country?

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Its words and music were composed

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by the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

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BUZZER

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Loughborough, Wood.

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Sri Lanka.

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Anyone like to buzz from Newcastle?

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BELL

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Newcastle, Gibbs.

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-India.

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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Right, these bonuses, Newcastle, are on atomic theory.

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Which type of radiation consists of high energy photons

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emitted in the decay of an atomic nucleus?

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THEY WHISPER: Gamma, gamma.

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Well, I will defer... Uh?

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-No.

-What do you think?

-I think gamma.

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-Gamma.

-Yes, yes.

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-Gamma.

-Gamma is correct, yes.

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Named after a German physicist,

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what device for detecting radiation consists of a tube of inert gas

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which becomes ionised upon the passage of radiation,

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leading to an electrical signal which is then amplified?

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-THEY WHISPER: Geiger.

-Geiger.

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-Geiger.

-Correct. Geiger counter.

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And finally, what kind of radioactive decay

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causes the decaying nucleus to increase in atomic number by one,

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and leaves the mass number unchanged?

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-THEY WHISPER: Beta?

-It's not Alpha, I don't think.

-Try beta.

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Beta.

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Beta?

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Beta is correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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Right, turn for a music round.

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For your music started, you'll hear a well-known Christmas song.

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Ten points if you can name the singer.

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# Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer... #

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BELL

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Newcastle, Gooley.

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Cliff Richard.

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No, you can hear a little more, Loughborough.

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# ..Had a very shiny nose

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# And if you ever saw it

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# You would even say it glows

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# All of the other... #

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BUZZER

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-Loughborough, Grey-Thompson.

-Harry Connick Junior?

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No. Thank heavens we don't need to hear any more.

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No, it's Barry Manilow.

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LAUGHTER

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So, we are going to take another starter question

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and when someone gets a starter question right,

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then, we'll have the music bonuses.

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So fingers on buzzers, please.

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Boston in 1897, New York in 1970, Berlin in 1974,

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Chicago in 1977 and London in 1981,

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what sporting event was initiated in these cities

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in these respective years?

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BUZZER

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Loughborough, Grey-Thompson.

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London Marathon... Marathon!

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Indeed, it's correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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You would have been in trouble if you hadn't got that.

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So following on from Barry Manilow's Rudolph, The Red-nosed Reindeer,

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three more versions of that deathless classic

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for you to enjoy, or endure.

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Five points for each artist or band performing.

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Firstly, who's this?

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MALE VOICE: # Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer

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# Had a very shiny nose

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# A shiny nose

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# And if you ever saw it

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# You would even say it glows

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# It glows

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# All of the other reindeer

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# Used to laugh and call him names

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# They called him names

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# They wouldn't let poor Rudolph

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# Join in any reindeer games... #

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No idea.

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It's Ringo Starr. God, we've got two more of these.

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Secondly, this group.

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MALE VOICE: # Oh, Rudolph The red-nosed reindeer

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# Had a very shiny nose

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# And if you ever saw it

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# You would even say... #

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Oh, put us out of our misery, come on!

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THEY WHISPER: It's Marvin Gaye.

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Marvin Gaye.

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No, that's The Temptations. Finally...

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FEMALE VOICE: # Rudolph The red-nosed reindeer

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# Had a very shiny nose

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# And if you ever saw it

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# Why, you would even say it glows... #

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-THEY WHISPER:

-Dolly Parton?

-Yeah, yeah.

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Dolly Parton.

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Yes!

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Right, ten points for this.

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Fingers on the buzzers.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce,

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The Sublime Object Of Ideology,

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and Living In The End Times

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are among the works of which Marxist and cultural theorist

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born in Ljubljana in 1949?

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BUZZER

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Loughborough, Wood.

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Slavoj Zizek.

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Indeed, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses are on quotations.

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"Man is certainly stark mad, he cannot make a flea,

0:15:370:15:41

"and yet, he will be making gods by dozens."

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These are the words of which 16th-century French writer,

0:15:430:15:46

best known for his essays?

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HE WHISPERS: Rabelais. Rabelais.

0:15:490:15:51

Rabelais.

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-No, it's Montaigne.

-Oh!

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Secondly, "Whom the mad would destroy, they first make gods."

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Bernard Levin rephrased the Latin proverb in 1967

0:15:580:16:02

in reference to which national leader, who, two years before,

0:16:020:16:05

had unleashed the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution?

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THEY WHISPER: Lenin. Lenin.

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Lenin.

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Now, it's Mao Zedong.

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And finally, "Religion may in most of its forms be defined

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"as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government."

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These are the words of which British philosopher, born 1872?

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THEY WHISPER: Bertrand Russell?

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Right...

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Bertrand Russell?

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Yes!

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APPLAUSE

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Another starter question now. From a Latin word

0:16:390:16:41

meaning 'fixed' or 'binding',

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what term denotes the process by which a legislative body

0:16:430:16:46

approves a measure introduced by another body?

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An example is the need for the US Senate

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to give formal consent to treaties or agreements entered...

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BELL

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Newcastle, Wadsworth.

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Ratification?

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Correct!

0:16:570:16:58

APPLAUSE

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Right, Newcastle, these bonuses are on photography.

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Published in 2012, In The Moment features the work

0:17:040:17:07

of The Guardian's Tom Jenkins,

0:17:070:17:09

a specialist in what photographic genre?

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-THEY WHISPER: War?

-War?

-War?

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-What was the name again?

-Tom Jenkins.

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-Yeah, go for war.

-Yes.

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War?

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No, sport.

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A Life Beyond Limits, published in 2009,

0:17:240:17:27

is a biography of which influential US photo journalist

0:17:270:17:30

who died in 1965?

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She's best known for her work for the Farm Security Administration

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during the Depression.

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HE WHISPERS: No, no idea.

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No, we have no idea.

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It's Dorothea Lange.

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And finally, to coincide with his inaugural exhibition in China,

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2012 saw the publication of Private View,

0:17:490:17:52

a collection of celebrity images

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by which London-based photographer of Italian extraction?

0:17:530:17:57

HE WHISPERS: Mario Testino?

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Yeah, Mario Testini.

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Yes, I'll accept that. It's Mario Testino.

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We're going to take a picture round now.

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For your picture starter, you'll see a photo of an animal.

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All you have to do for ten points is to name the animal.

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BUZZER

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Loughborough, Sanchez.

0:18:140:18:16

Speak!

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Monster gecko.

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No.

0:18:220:18:23

BELL

0:18:230:18:24

Newcastle, Gibbs.

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Kimono dragon.

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Um, no... It's komodo dragon, it's not a kimono dragon. I'm sorry.

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You didn't have the right name, so I can't accept that. I'm sorry.

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So... Uh, it's ruthless here.

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Right, ten points for the starter question.

0:18:360:18:38

Which philosopher's conviction that only a select few

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are able to free themselves from ignorance and achieve true knowledge

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is exemplified by the Allegory Of The Cave, described...?

0:18:440:18:47

BELL

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Newcastle, Gooley.

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Plato.

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Plato is correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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So, following on from the komodo dragon,

0:18:550:18:58

it's among several species that are able to breed

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through parthenogenesis, sometimes called 'virgin birth'.

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CHUCKLING

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For your picture bonuses, you'll see three more photos of animals

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that can breed through virgin birth,

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so five points for each genus you can identify.

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Firstly...

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THEY WHISPER: Genus...

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Right, that... At the other end...

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-Crickets.

-But what's the genus?

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-Is cricket not a genus?

-I don't now, we can try.

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Cricket? Cricket?

0:19:240:19:27

A cricket?

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No, that's an aphid. You know, they hide in gardens,

0:19:280:19:31

like the person next to you...

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THEY LAUGH

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Secondly...

0:19:330:19:35

THEY WHISPER: Is that a crayfish?

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-Or a lobster.

-Or a lobster.

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Yeah. Is there a clever answer to this?

0:19:420:19:45

SHE LAUGHS

0:19:450:19:46

-Lobster.

-Yeah.

0:19:460:19:47

A lobster, a crayfish?

0:19:470:19:50

Well, which?

0:19:500:19:51

You mean it's one or the other, Jeremy?

0:19:510:19:53

You tell, give me an answer!

0:19:530:19:54

SHE LAUGHS

0:19:540:19:56

-A lobster.

-No, it's a crayfish.

0:19:560:19:58

LAUGHTER

0:19:580:19:59

Finally...

0:19:590:20:00

-THEY WHISPER: It looks like a gecko.

-Gecko.

-Yeah.

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A gecko.

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That is a gecko, yes.

0:20:050:20:06

APPLAUSE

0:20:060:20:08

Right, ten points for the starter question.

0:20:080:20:09

What five-letter adjective links the Roman Emperor from AD 306

0:20:090:20:13

with rulers of Russia from 1762,

0:20:130:20:16

Prussia from 1740 and Wessex from 871?

0:20:160:20:20

BUZZER

0:20:210:20:22

Loughborough, Sanchez.

0:20:220:20:23

-Great.

-Correct.

0:20:230:20:25

APPLAUSE

0:20:250:20:29

Never has anyone on this programme looked so unhappy to get an answer right.

0:20:290:20:32

LAUGHTER

0:20:320:20:33

Just surprised.

0:20:330:20:34

OK, here are your bonuses.

0:20:340:20:36

They're on plays about artists, Loughborough.

0:20:360:20:38

John Logan's 2009 play Red depicts the life of which artist,

0:20:380:20:42

during a period at the end of the 1950s

0:20:420:20:44

when he'd been commissioned to create a series of paintings

0:20:440:20:46

for the new Four Seasons Restaurant, in Manhattan?

0:20:460:20:49

-THEY WHISPER:

-Was it Warhol?

0:20:530:20:55

Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol.

0:20:570:20:59

Warhol.

0:20:590:21:00

No, it's Rothko.

0:21:000:21:01

Rebecca Lenkiewicz's 23-scene play The Painter

0:21:010:21:04

depicts the life of which British artist from 1799 onwards,

0:21:040:21:08

just as his work was becoming known?

0:21:080:21:10

-THEY WHISPER: Blake. William Blake.

-William Blake.

0:21:130:21:15

William Blake.

0:21:150:21:17

No, it's JMW Turner.

0:21:170:21:18

And finally, Stephen Sondheim's musical

0:21:180:21:20

Sunday In The Park With George

0:21:200:21:22

was inspired by a painting by which French artist, born 1859?

0:21:220:21:27

-I nominate Wood.

-Seurat.

0:21:270:21:28

Correct.

0:21:280:21:29

APPLAUSE

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OK, another starter question now. Counting the letters in each word,

0:21:300:21:34

the phrase 'Can I have a white Christmas?'

0:21:340:21:36

gives the first six digits of which transcendental number,

0:21:360:21:40

ubiquitous in mathematics and physics?

0:21:400:21:42

BELL

0:21:430:21:44

Newcastle, Gooley.

0:21:440:21:45

-Pi.

-Correct.

0:21:450:21:47

APPLAUSE

0:21:470:21:49

Right, your bonuses are on physiology, Newcastle.

0:21:490:21:52

In its case, give the generic name

0:21:520:21:54

of the following fat-soluble vitamins.

0:21:540:21:57

Firstly, what single letter denotes the vitamin

0:21:570:21:59

that's required for prothrombin synthesis?

0:21:590:22:02

Dietary deficiency results in delayed blood clotting and haemorrhaging.

0:22:020:22:06

-THEY WHISPER:

-Um... C... Cholesterol and scurvy.

0:22:070:22:10

-C. You get scurvy and you bleed...

-Right.

-Try C.

0:22:100:22:14

C?

0:22:140:22:15

No, it's vitamin K.

0:22:150:22:17

What letter denotes the vitamins that are terpenes,

0:22:170:22:19

such as tocopherol, and are important antioxidants

0:22:190:22:22

preventing the oxidation of fatty acids in cell membranes?

0:22:220:22:26

THEY WHISPER: No idea.

0:22:270:22:29

This is not a vitamin, is it?

0:22:290:22:30

Say it again...

0:22:330:22:34

Vitamin B?

0:22:340:22:36

No, it's vitamin E.

0:22:360:22:38

And finally, what letter denotes the vitamin

0:22:380:22:40

that is retinol and its carotenoid precursors?

0:22:400:22:43

It's required for the synthesis of the visual pigments.

0:22:430:22:47

THEY WHISPER: D...

0:22:470:22:49

-D?

-Not D?

0:22:490:22:51

-D?

-Uh-huh.

0:22:510:22:52

Vitamin D.

0:22:520:22:54

No, it's vitamin A. And there's about 4:15 minutes to go, and ten points for this.

0:22:540:22:57

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."

0:22:570:23:00

These words of Colonel Henry Lee are from a eulogy of which figure,

0:23:000:23:05

who died in 1799?

0:23:050:23:06

BELL

0:23:090:23:10

Newcastle, Wadsworth.

0:23:100:23:11

Washington?

0:23:110:23:12

Correct!

0:23:120:23:13

APPLAUSE

0:23:130:23:16

These bonuses, Newcastle, are on architecture.

0:23:160:23:19

Often called 'architecture's Nobel',

0:23:190:23:21

which annual prize is awarded to a living architect

0:23:210:23:24

and is named after the Chicago family who founded it in 1979,

0:23:240:23:27

through their Hyatt Foundation?

0:23:270:23:30

-THEY WHISPER: Is it the Stirling?

-Stirling?

0:23:300:23:33

I nominate Gooley.

0:23:330:23:35

Is it the Stirling?

0:23:350:23:36

The Stirling Prize is a British Prize, it's the Pritzker Prize.

0:23:360:23:39

Pritzker laureates receive a bronze medallion

0:23:390:23:42

inscribed with the words "firmness, commodity and delight".

0:23:420:23:44

These recall the fundamental principles

0:23:440:23:46

of which Roman writer on architecture?

0:23:460:23:49

THEY WHISPER: Roman writer on architecture?

0:23:500:23:53

-Pliny?

-Yes, say Pliny.

0:23:560:23:58

Let's have it, please.

0:23:580:24:00

Pliny.

0:24:000:24:01

Pliny?

0:24:010:24:02

No, it's Vitruvius.

0:24:020:24:03

The 2003 Pritzker Prize went to the Danish architect Jorn Utzon,

0:24:030:24:07

perhaps best known for his design of which building,

0:24:070:24:10

on which construction lasted from 1959 to 1973?

0:24:100:24:12

-THEY WHISPER:

-Yeah.

0:24:120:24:13

The Sydney Opera House.

0:24:130:24:15

Yes. Ten points for this. Which English composer wrote the cantata Saint Nicolas,

0:24:150:24:18

with the text by Eric Crozier,

0:24:180:24:20

for the centennial celebrations of Lancing College, in Sussex, in 1948?

0:24:200:24:24

It was also performed in June of that year at the first Aldeburgh Festival.

0:24:240:24:28

BELL

0:24:280:24:29

Newcastle, Wadsworth.

0:24:290:24:30

Britten?

0:24:300:24:31

It was Benjamin Britten, yes.

0:24:310:24:33

APPLAUSE

0:24:330:24:34

Your bonuses are on kings of England.

0:24:340:24:36

If you get them, you take the lead.

0:24:360:24:38

All three of these kings have the same regnal name.

0:24:380:24:40

Which King of England, who ruled for 56 years,

0:24:400:24:42

was described by Dante in the Divine Comedy

0:24:420:24:45

as one of the "negligent rulers" and "the King of the simple life"?

0:24:450:24:48

THEY WHISPER: George III?

0:24:480:24:50

He didn't rule for 56 years.

0:24:500:24:52

Come on!

0:24:520:24:53

Didn't he?

0:24:530:24:54

-Just give an answer.

-George III.

0:24:540:24:56

No, he didn't rule for 56 years.

0:24:560:24:59

Try it, just try it.

0:24:590:25:01

-You think you won't be right...

-George III?

0:25:010:25:03

No, it was Henry III.

0:25:030:25:04

The great-great-great grandson of Henry III,

0:25:040:25:07

which king established the Lancastrian dynasty

0:25:070:25:09

and was believed by contemporaries to have suffered from leprosy?

0:25:090:25:13

THEY WHISPER: Just go for one.

0:25:150:25:17

It's a Henry, isn't it? Henry VI.

0:25:170:25:20

Henry VI.

0:25:200:25:21

No, it's Henry IV.

0:25:210:25:22

And finally, which king was said to have inherited his recurrent mental illness

0:25:220:25:26

from his maternal grandfather, Charles VI of France?

0:25:260:25:29

THEY WHISPER: George...?

0:25:290:25:31

Yeah, George III.

0:25:310:25:32

No, that was Henry VI.

0:25:320:25:33

Right, ten points for this.

0:25:330:25:35

Used as an expression to denote an outcast,

0:25:350:25:37

what name is given in the Book Of Genesis

0:25:370:25:39

to the son of Abraham by his wife's maidservant Hagar, and was given by...?

0:25:390:25:42

BELL

0:25:420:25:43

Newcastle, McGregor.

0:25:430:25:44

Ishmael.

0:25:440:25:45

Ishmael is right, yes.

0:25:450:25:46

APPLAUSE

0:25:460:25:48

These bonuses could give you the lead there.

0:25:480:25:50

They're on Winter Olympics.

0:25:500:25:52

In 1948, which resort in Eastern Switzerland

0:25:520:25:54

became the first to host the Games for a second time,

0:25:540:25:57

having done so first in 1928?

0:25:570:25:59

THEY WHISPER

0:26:000:26:02

-Come on!

-Klosters?

0:26:020:26:04

No, it's St Moritz.

0:26:040:26:05

1992 was the last time

0:26:050:26:07

that the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year,

0:26:070:26:10

with the Winter Games being held in Albertville, in France,

0:26:100:26:12

and the Summer Games in which city?

0:26:120:26:15

-THEY WHISPER: 1992...

-1992.

0:26:150:26:16

-Los Angeles?

-All right.

0:26:160:26:19

Los Angeles?

0:26:190:26:20

No, it's Barcelona.

0:26:200:26:21

In which country is Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Games?

0:26:210:26:26

THEY WHISPER: Russia.

0:26:260:26:28

Russia.

0:26:280:26:29

Russia is correct, yes. That gives you the lead.

0:26:290:26:31

Right, ten point for this. According to the title his novelty song,

0:26:310:26:34

Spike Milligan was "walking backwards for Christmas..."

0:26:340:26:37

BELL

0:26:370:26:38

Newcastle, Wadsworth.

0:26:380:26:39

HE CHUCKLES

0:26:400:26:41

Sorry, if you buzz, you must answer.

0:26:410:26:43

I'm going to have to disallow that and fine you five points.

0:26:430:26:45

And I'm handing it over to Loughborough, you get the rest of it.

0:26:450:26:48

"..walking backwards for Christmas across" which stretch of water?

0:26:480:26:52

Come on, let's have it!

0:26:530:26:55

BUZZER

0:26:550:26:56

Loughborough, Schofield.

0:26:560:26:57

GONG

0:26:570:26:58

The Thames.

0:26:580:26:59

It wasn't the Thames, it was the Irish Sea.

0:26:590:27:01

So, we have absolutely level pegging then at the gong,

0:27:010:27:04

which means that it goes to whichever team

0:27:040:27:06

answers a starter question correctly.

0:27:060:27:09

However, if you buzz in while I'm reading it incorrectly,

0:27:090:27:12

you will lose five points and the other team doesn't even have to go

0:27:120:27:16

to the trouble of answering the question. Understand?

0:27:160:27:18

So fingers on the buzzers, here it is.

0:27:180:27:20

Published between 430 and 424 BC,

0:27:200:27:23

the works of which historian were divided by later editors

0:27:230:27:26

into nine books named after the Muses?

0:27:260:27:29

No-one seems to know that.

0:27:320:27:34

BUZZER

0:27:340:27:35

Loughborough, Wood.

0:27:350:27:36

Tacitus.

0:27:360:27:37

Uh...no.

0:27:370:27:38

Uh... Newcastle, one of you buzz?

0:27:380:27:40

BELL

0:27:410:27:42

Newcastle, Gooley.

0:27:420:27:43

Herodotus.

0:27:430:27:44

It was Herodotus, yes.

0:27:440:27:45

APPLAUSE

0:27:450:27:48

That means you win it.

0:27:520:27:53

Congratulations to you, Newcastle.

0:27:530:27:55

Loughborough, you were in the lead right till the dying stages.

0:27:550:27:59

And, you know, it was a good performance, 110.

0:27:590:28:01

120, well done. We should look forward to seeing you back again next time

0:28:010:28:05

if you're in one of the four high-scoring totals.

0:28:050:28:07

We don't know yet.

0:28:070:28:09

But thank you both, all of you, very much for taking part You're all good sports.

0:28:090:28:12

So it's goodbye now from Loughborough University.

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ALL: Goodbye.

0:28:150:28:16

And it's goodbye from Newcastle University.

0:28:160:28:18

ALL: Goodbye.

0:28:180:28:19

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

0:28:190:28:20

APPLAUSE

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