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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. This frantic scramble up the intellectual Christmas tree

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has reached its penultimate match.

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Last time, we saw the team from New College, Oxford

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win the first place in tomorrow night's final

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in this special season for alumni and staff

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of some of our leading universities.

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Tonight we'll find out who they'll be playing.

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The team from Glasgow University held the lead

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throughout their first-round match against Exeter

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and were comfortably ahead by 165 points to 125 at the gong.

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They knew about Wittgenstein and prime ministers called David

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and could teach Father Christmas a thing or two about levers.

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Let's meet them again.

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Hi. I'm Harry Burns.

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I graduated in Medicine from Glasgow in 1974

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and now I'm Chief Medical Officer for Scotland.

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Hello, I'm Susan Calman.

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I graduated in Law from Glasgow University in 1996

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and now I'm a comedian and writer.

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And their captain.

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Hello, I'm Neil Oliver. I graduated in Archaeology in 1988

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and nowadays I'm a TV presenter and writer.

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Hello, I'm Lynn Faulds Wood.

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I graduated in French and Spanish in the last century.

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I'm a TV watchdog and cancer campaigner.

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APPLAUSE

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The team from the University of East Anglia

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had a score of 195 at the end of their first-round match

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against the University of Birmingham, who, halfway through,

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hit the kind of slump usually only experienced

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after a surfeit of stuffing and brandy butter.

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Although they displayed a callous indifference

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to the fate of Beatrice Cenci,

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they knew the derivation of mistletoe,

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they found their way around an advent calendar,

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and they performed a triple axel on bonuses about ice rinks.

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Let's meet them again.

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Hello, I'm John Boyne.

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I graduated in Creative Writing in 1995,

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and since then I've written seven novels for adults

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and three for young readers.

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Hello, I'm Razia Iqbal.

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I graduated in 1985 in American Studies

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and I'm now one of the main presenters

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for BBC World Service's radio programme Newshour.

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-And their captain.

-Hello, I'm David Grossman.

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I graduated in 1987 from UEA in Politics

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and now I'm a political journalist.

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Hi. I'm Charlie Higson.

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I graduated in Literature and Film in 1980

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and I now write children's books about zombies.

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APPLAUSE

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Let's not waste any time reciting the rules.

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So, fingers on the buzzers. Here's your first starter for 10.

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In 2011, UNESCO granted intangible cultural heritage status

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to what now-ubiquitous work,

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first performed on Christmas Eve 1818

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in the church of St Nicholas in Oberndorf in Austria?

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-Silent Night?

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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Your bonuses are on London art galleries.

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In each case, name the gallery from its address and postcode.

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Firstly, Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA.

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It's not the Natural History Museum?

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(Normally I would say that. Try that one.)

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The Natural History Museum.

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No, that's the Serpentine Gallery.

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Secondly, Hertford House, Manchester Square, W1U 3BN.

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THEY CONFER

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Give me the name of a gallery.

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It's The Wallace Collection.

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-The Wallace Collection.

-The Wallace Collection.

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Correct. Finally, Millbank, SW1P 4RG.

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(That's the Tate.)

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-Tate?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Go for it.

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The Tate.

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-Which one?

-Modern.

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-No, it's not, it's Tate Britain.

-Oh!

-Bad luck.

-Oh, no!

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10 points for this. Identify the play by Shakespeare

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in which these lines appear.

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"Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes

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"Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,

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"This bird of dawning singeth all night long;

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"And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad."

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Twelfth Night?

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No. One of you buzz from Glasgow.

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Romeo And Juliet.

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No, it's Hamlet. 10 points for this.

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At Gresham College in London in the 17th century,

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an intellectual circle organised itself "for the promoting

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"of physico-mathematical experimental..."

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The Royal Society.

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Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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Glasgow, your bonuses are on shorter words that can be made

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from the letters in one of the names traditionally given

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to the three Magi or Three Kings.

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In each case, give both the word from the definition

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and the name of the king.

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Firstly, the capital of Morocco.

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-Marrakesh...

-Well, it's Balthazar, Caspar and Melchior.

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So...

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Oh, no, it's not Marrakesh.

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It's Rabat.

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Rabat. Balthazar.

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Rabat and Balthazar.

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Correct. Secondly, according to Greek mythology,

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the rarefied fluid said to flow like blood in the veins of the gods.

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Melchior.

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Melchior and...

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Melchior.

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Rarefied fluid?

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-Don't know.

-Don't know.

-Pass.

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It's ichor and Melchior.

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And finally, the common name of a freshwater fish

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of the family Cyprinidae.

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THEY CONFER

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Oh, Cyprinidae... it must be Caspar. And...

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-Carp?

-Yeah, yeah.

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Carp and Caspar.

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Correct.

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Ten points for this.

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Kate Bush's Words For Snow in 2011,

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Paul Simon's Ways To Leave Your Lover...

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50.

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50 is correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses, UEA, are on science in the theatre.

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Born 1564, which pioneer of physics is the title character

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of a play by Bertolt Brecht?

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-Galileo.

-Galileo?

-Yeah.

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Galileo.

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Correct. Chaos theory, thermodynamics and garden design

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are among the themes of which play of 1993 by Tom Stoppard?

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-Arcadia.

-Arcadia.

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Arcadia.

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Correct. Which 1998 work by Michael Frayn

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is based on the 1941 meeting

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between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg?

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-Copenhagen.

-Correct. 10 points for this.

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Give your answer either in square metres or square feet.

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According to the Christmas Day Trading Act of 2004,

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shops in England and Wales over what internal floor area

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are not allowed to open on Christmas Day?

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5,000 square feet.

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No. University of East Anglia?

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1,500 square feet.

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No, it's 3,000 square feet or 280 square metres.

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10 points for this. Binomially speaking,

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Perdix perdix in Pyrus communis form what seasonal pairing?

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The holly and the ivy.

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No.

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-Is it...?

-You may not confer. One of you may buzz.

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Turtle doves.

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No, it's a partridge in a pear tree.

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10 points for this.

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"When I discovered ready-mades I thought to discourage aesthetics.

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"I threw the bottle-rack and the urinal into their faces

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"and now they admire them for their..."

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Marcel Duchamp?

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Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses will give you the lead if you get them. They're on memory.

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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science

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Of Remembering Everything

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recounts which journalist's experience of winning

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the US Memory Championships after just one year of training?

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Who was that guy who put...?

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-He was always...

-No idea.

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I think he played American football.

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He put himself into all those positions.

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-Don't know.

-Ah, God, I can't remember his name.

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-Foster Wallace? No.

-No, no.

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We don't know.

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That's Joshua Foer.

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Its invention traditionally ascribed to the Greek poet

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Simonides of Ceos, what two-word term denotes the mnemonic device

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also known as the method of loci,

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employed by the fictional Hannibal Lecter among others?

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Two words.

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It's a two-word phrase.

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-No, I don't know.

-We don't know. We've forgotten, in fact.

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It's the memory palace. And finally,

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in a study of 2000 at UCL, the right posterior hippocampus,

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the brain area involved in spatial navigation,

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was found to be significantly larger than normal

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in people with which job?

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Taxi drivers, I think.

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-Taxi drivers?

-Go for it.

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-Taxi drivers.

-Yes, London taxi drivers is correct, yes.

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Your picture starter, now.

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We're going to see a poster representing a Winter Olympics

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held during the 1980s.

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10 points - name the location.

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Any helpful wording has,

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of course, been removed.

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Calgary.

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No. One of you may buzz from UEA.

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Lake Placid.

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It is Lake Placid. Let's see the whole thing.

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There it is.

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APPLAUSE

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OK. So you've taken the lead, UEA,

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and your bonuses are three more posters from Winter Olympics

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held in the 1970s and '80s with the locations omitted.

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For each of them, I simply want you to name the city

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in which the games were held. Firstly...

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Is it the Canadian one at Vancouver?

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Calgary or Vancouver?

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Montreal? No, they didn't have the...

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-Definitely looks Canadian.

-It looks Canadian.

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-Canadian. Vancouver? Vancouver.

-Try it.

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Is it Vancouver?

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No, it's Calgary. Let's see the whole thing. There it is.

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And secondly...

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-'70s and '80s. There was one in South Korea, wasn't there?

-No...

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Was one in Japan?

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-Was there a Tokyo?

-But those weren't winter. We don't know.

-Tokyo?

-Tokyo.

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No, it's Sarajevo in 1984 - there it is. And finally...

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-Ah.

-It's going downhill, isn't it?

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THEY CHUCKLE

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It's a ski jump.

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-The one in Salt Lake City?

-Um...

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-Where was Eddie the Eagle?

-Scandinavia, somewhere?

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-Where was Eddie the Eagle?

-Come on.

-We don't know.

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It's Innsbruck in 1976. Right, 10 points for this.

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"His music suffers from lack of emotional range, often deteriorating

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"into fairylike prestos and sugary sentimental andantes.

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"His violin concerto characterises this criticism,

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"yet its charm almost defies it."

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These works from Chambers Biographical Dictionary

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refer to which German composer, born 1809, whose works include

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the Italian Symphony and the Hebrides Overture?

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I was going to say Mendelssohn.

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-Well, are you?

-I AM saying Mendelssohn.

-Well, you're right.

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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

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Right, your bonuses are on education in the United States.

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Having a different meaning in the UK,

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what name is given to American secondary schools, usually

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independent, that educate students up to college entrance level?

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-High school.

-No, they're preparatory schools.

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What term denotes a type of secondary school in the UK

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and in the US means a primary school, or a school stressing

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the study of classical languages?

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INDISTINCT

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-Elementary?

-No, it's grammar. A grammar school.

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Sometimes called grammar or elementary schools,

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American primary schools are also known

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by what name not used in the UK?

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-I have no idea.

-No.

-Elementary... Grade school?

-Grade school.

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Correct. 10 points for this starter question.

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The addition of what letter of the alphabet

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transforms the name of a sea port at the mouth of the Red Sea

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into that of a former German state

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paired with Wurttemberg after World War II?

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Aden and Baden?

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Correct, B is what I was looking for, yes, I will accept that.

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APPLAUSE

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Your bonuses are on painters,

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specifically those better known for their work in other fields.

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Which writer of verse was a draughtsman at London Zoo

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from 1830-1832 and is noted for his watercolours of parrots,

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many of which were published as lithographs?

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No idea.

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-We don't know.

-That's Edward Lear.

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Gallery Of The Louvre is a work of the 1830s by which US inventor,

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who, after studying painting in England, became the first president

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of the National Academy Of Design in New York?

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-Blank faces all round, I'm afraid.

-It's Samuel Morse.

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Finally, which Swedish playwright and novelist is also noted

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for stormy expressionist seascapes such as the 1903 work, The City?

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-Oh, God, it's...

-Strindberg.

-Strindberg.

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-Who?

-Strindberg.

-Strindberg.

-Correct.

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We're going to take a music round now.

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For your music starter you will hear a Christmas carol

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performed by a well-known opera singer.

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For 10 points, I want you to give me the name of the singer.

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# Angels from the realms of glory

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# Wing your flight over all the earth... #

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-Is it Katherine Jenkins?

-No. You can hear a little more, Glasgow.

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# Once you sang creation's story

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# Now proclaim Messiah's birth... #

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You may not confer.

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Is it Maria Callas?

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No, it's Kiri Te Kanawa. So, music bonuses shortly.

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Fingers on the buzzers, 10 points for this.

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Quote, "For our century, it is he who gave legitimacy

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"to the implausible in the art of the novel."

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These words of Milan Kundera referred to which literary figure

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whose major works were published posthumously after

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he died from tuberculosis in Vienna...

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-Franz Kafka?

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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You'll hear three more world-renowned opera singers

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performing Christmas songs for your bonuses.

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In each case, I want the name of the singer.

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All three are dames of the British Empire. Firstly...

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# Joy to the world, the Lord is come

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# Let Earth receive her king! #

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Is it Joan Sutherland?

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It is, yes. Secondly, who is this?

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# Fear not said he for mighty dread

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# Had seized their troubled mind

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# Glad tidings of great joy I bring

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# To you and all mankind. #

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-Try Lesley Garrett.

-Lesley Garrett.

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No, that was Emma Kirkby.

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And, finally, who's this?

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# It was a winter wine... #

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THEY CONFER

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-Nellie Melba.

-Janet Baker. 10 points for this.

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The East India administrator Stamford Raffles founded

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which city in...?

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Singapore.

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Singapore is correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses are on structures.

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Daniel Shechtman received the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry

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for the discovery of what type of solid structure,

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having a discrete diffraction diagram

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but lacking three-dimensional lattice periodicity?

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AUDIENCE TITTERS

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-We don't know.

-It's quasicrystals.

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Which British mathematician has his name attached to certain

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two-dimensional theoretical quasicrystals which

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result in a tiling of the plane in a non-periodic pattern?

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-We don't know, I'm afraid, on that one either.

-It's no cause for shame!

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It is amusing, though, you're so mournful about it.

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It's Roger Penrose.

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Three types of regular polygon can tile the plane

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with an infinite number of identical copies of themselves.

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Name all three.

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Cube, yeah. Cube? Triangle...

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-They're polygons, are they?

-Go for it.

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-Diamond.

-Come on.

-Er, we don't know.

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It's the triangle, the square and the hexagon. 10 points for this.

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What precise year saw the reversal of puritan legislation

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of the 1640s that had banned celebrations at Christmas?

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-1646?

-No.

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16...48. 18 40 92.

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LAUGHTER

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-I'm confused.

-1660, the Restoration. 10 points for this.

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Which short musical term derives from the Italian word

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for a ladder or staircase?

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-Scale?

-Scale is correct, yes, from scala.

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APPLAUSE

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Right, these bonuses are on 19th-century US Presidents.

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After his second term in office, which President went on a highly

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publicised world tour, meeting Bismarck and Queen Victoria?

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His tomb in New York is one of the largest mausoleums in the world.

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-Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt?

-No, it was Ulysses S Grant.

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Secondly, which President survived an impeachment

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and later became the only former President to serve in the Senate

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when he was elected for Tennessee?

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Garfield? I don't know.

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-We don't know.

-That was Andrew Johnson.

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And, finally, in retirement, which President surveyed

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and designed the University of Virginia at Charlottesville,

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not far from his home at Monticello?

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-Thomas Jefferson.

-Thomas Jefferson.

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Correct. Right, we're going to take another picture round -

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for your picture starter, you'll see a painting of a well-known scene.

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For 10 points, I want the four-word title of the painting.

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-Adoration Of The Magi?

-It is, yes, by Peter Paul Rubens.

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Your bonuses are three more depictions

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of the adoration of the Magi, or Three Kings,

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by Dutch or Flemish artists.

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-There will be five points for each artist you can name.

-Firstly...

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-Looks like Bosch.

-It does, doesn't it?

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-Go for Bosch?

-Yeah.

-Bosch?

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That is by Hieronymus Bosch.

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Secondly...

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It must be Bruegel.

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-Bruegel, do we say?

-Yeah.

-Bruegel.

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It IS by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

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And finally...

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-I don't know.

-Rubens, I was thinking.

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Rubens, should we go for that?

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-Try it.

-Rubens.

-No, that is by Rembrandt.

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10 points for this. "The king's name is a tower of strength."

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Which of Shakespeare's title characters says those words

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of himself on the day of his final battle?

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-Richard the Third.

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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Right, your bonuses are on an ancient kingdom.

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Tiglath-Pileser was a name shared by three kings of which ancient state

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originally centred on a city-state in northern Mesopotamia?

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-Ur?

-No, it's Assyria.

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In the mid-8th century BC,

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Tiglath-Pileser III restored Assyrian military power

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in which region of southern Mesopotamia,

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ascending its throne under the name of Pulu?

0:20:260:20:29

-No idea.

-No idea.

-It's Babylonia.

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And, finally, who succeeded Sargon II as king of Assyria in 705 BC?

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The failure of his campaign in Judah is the subject

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of a poem by Byron.

0:20:420:20:44

-We don't know.

-It's Sennacherib -

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"the Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold."

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10 points for this, answer as soon as your name is called.

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Give the dictionary spelling of the vivid,

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purplish red colour known as fuchsia.

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-F-U-C-S-H-I-A.

-No.

0:21:020:21:06

-F-U-S-C-H-I...

-No, it's F-U-C-H-S-I-A.

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10 points for this.

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The Strait of Bonifacio separates the northern end

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of the Italian island of Sardinia from which other island?

0:21:170:21:20

-Corsica?

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses are on operas inspired by Russian literature.

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The Gambler, and early opera by Prokofiev,

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is based on an 1866 story of the same name by which novelist?

0:21:310:21:35

-Pushkin.

-Pushkin.

-Pushkin?

0:21:400:21:43

No, it's by Dostoevsky.

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A Dog's Heart by Alexander Raskatov

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premiered in the UK in 2010

0:21:490:21:51

and is based on a satirical novella of 1925 by which Russian author?

0:21:510:21:56

-No, no idea.

-No idea.

0:21:590:22:02

That's by Mikhail Bulgakov.

0:22:020:22:04

Finally, the brothers Pyotr and Modest Tchaikovsky

0:22:040:22:07

based their 1890 opera The Queen Of Spades

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on a cautionary short story by which Russian poet?

0:22:090:22:12

-No idea. Try Pushkin again?

-Pushkin.

0:22:150:22:18

It was Pushkin, yes. 10 points for this.

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Pascal is a leading variety of which common vegetable?

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Known scientifically as Apium graveolens,

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it's a main ingredient of Waldorf salad.

0:22:270:22:29

Lettuce.

0:22:310:22:32

-What? Walnut?

-One of you buzz from UEA.

0:22:330:22:36

-A grape.

-No, it's celery. 10 points for this.

0:22:380:22:41

In 1773, Elizabeth Linley, a successful soprano

0:22:410:22:45

and noted beauty, married which dramatist?

0:22:450:22:47

His subsequent works include The Rivals and School For Scandal.

0:22:470:22:51

Sorry, it's gone. No, sorry.

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-Sheridan.

-It is Richard Brinsley Sheridan, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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Your bonuses this time are on trigonometry.

0:23:030:23:06

Given a right-angled triangle with two sides of length one,

0:23:060:23:09

what is the length of the third side?

0:23:090:23:12

-Two.

-You can confer, of course.

-Two.

-Two.

-Two.

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No, it's the square root of two by Pythagoras.

0:23:280:23:32

What is the area of the same right-angled triangle

0:23:320:23:35

where two sides have length one?

0:23:350:23:37

1 x 1 x 1... Is one squared, so it's half...

0:23:390:23:43

0.5 of a square of whatever the...

0:23:430:23:47

-Come on. What's your answer?

-0.5. 0.5.

-Yes, half is correct.

0:23:470:23:52

What is the general name given to a triangle where two sides have

0:23:520:23:55

the same length, or, equivalently,

0:23:550:23:57

two of the three internal angles are equal?

0:23:570:24:00

Equilateral.

0:24:010:24:03

No, it's isosceles. Equilateral is all, isn't it?

0:24:040:24:06

Right, about three minutes to go, 10 points for this.

0:24:060:24:09

An object described as "corniculate" would have what feature

0:24:090:24:12

or projections resembling such a feature?

0:24:120:24:15

-Horns?

-Horns is correct, yes.

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-APPLAUSE

-These bonuses are on merchants.

0:24:170:24:21

"The Merchant Of Death Is Dead" was a headline of 1888

0:24:210:24:24

that erroneously announced the death of which Swedish inventor and

0:24:240:24:28

industrialist, having confused him with his recently deceased brother?

0:24:280:24:33

-Nobel.

-Alfred Nobel is correct.

0:24:330:24:35

The Merchant of Yonkers is a play of 1938 by which US writer

0:24:350:24:38

also known for the novel The Bridge Of San Luis Rey

0:24:380:24:41

and the play Our Town?

0:24:410:24:43

-I can't remember who wrote it. I can't remember who wrote it.

-No.

0:24:440:24:48

That's Thornton Wilder.

0:24:480:24:50

And in Shakespeare's, finally, The Merchant Of Venice,

0:24:500:24:53

what is the name of the merchant taken to court by Shylock

0:24:530:24:56

for his pound of flesh?

0:24:560:24:57

I can't remember his name.

0:25:000:25:02

-Pass.

-It's Antonio. 10 points for this.

0:25:020:25:05

In meteorology, what does a Robinson cup anemometer measure?

0:25:050:25:09

-Wind speed.

-Wind speed or wind pressure is correct, yes.

0:25:110:25:14

APPLAUSE

0:25:140:25:16

These bonuses are on Israeli soldiers, Glasgow.

0:25:160:25:20

Jailed by the British in 1939

0:25:200:25:21

for joining the illegal Haganah force,

0:25:210:25:24

which defence minister was behind Israel's victory in the Six Day War?

0:25:240:25:28

Moshe Dayan.

0:25:280:25:30

-Moshe Dayan.

-Correct.

0:25:300:25:32

Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001,

0:25:320:25:34

who retired from the Army as a Lieutenant-General in 1995

0:25:340:25:38

as the most decorated soldier in Israeli history?

0:25:380:25:41

-David Ben-Gurion.

-David Ben-Gurion.

0:25:440:25:47

No, he was long gone.

0:25:480:25:49

It's Ehud Barak.

0:25:490:25:50

Benjamin Netanyahu's brother Jonathan died while leading

0:25:500:25:54

the Israeli commando rescue raid on which Ugandan airport in 1976?

0:25:540:25:58

-Mogadishu.

-No.

0:25:580:26:01

Mogadishu's not in Uganda. It was Entebbe. 10 points for this.

0:26:010:26:04

The site of a major volcanic eruption in 1997,

0:26:040:26:07

Chances Peak in the Soufriere Hills is on...

0:26:070:26:10

-Mount St Helens in...

-No, I'm afraid you lose five points.

0:26:110:26:14

..is on which island,

0:26:140:26:16

a British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea?

0:26:160:26:18

-Montserrat.

-Correct.

0:26:180:26:20

APPLAUSE

0:26:200:26:21

Your bonuses are on names of countries

0:26:240:26:26

that become another word by the substitution of the initial letter.

0:26:260:26:29

For example, "France" and "prance".

0:26:290:26:31

In each case, give both words from the descriptions.

0:26:310:26:34

Firstly, an EU member state

0:26:340:26:37

and Paladin of Charlemagne whose death at the pass of Roncevaux

0:26:370:26:40

is the subject of an early French epic poem.

0:26:400:26:43

Roland and Poland. Poland and Roland.

0:26:450:26:49

Roland and Poland.

0:26:490:26:51

Correct. Secondly, a Pacific island state to the east of Fiji

0:26:510:26:54

and a Latin American dance

0:26:540:26:55

in which participants are linked in single file.

0:26:550:26:58

-Conga and Tonga.

-Conga and Tonga.

0:26:590:27:02

Correct. And, finally, a large Caribbean island

0:27:020:27:04

and a low-pitched brass wind instrument.

0:27:040:27:06

-Tuba and Cuba.

-Tuba and Cuba.

0:27:080:27:12

Correct. 10 points for this starter question.

0:27:120:27:15

What is the alternative shorter title of the Vermeer painting

0:27:150:27:18

A Lady At The Virginals With A Gentleman?

0:27:180:27:21

-A Girl With A Pearl Earring?

-No, one of you buzz from Glasgow.

0:27:260:27:30

It's The Music Lesson. 10 points for this.

0:27:300:27:33

"Long", "monosyllabic" and "unreadable" are all examples

0:27:330:27:36

of what type of adjective,

0:27:360:27:38

defined as not possessing the property they denote?

0:27:380:27:40

GONG RINGS

0:27:400:27:41

And, at the gong, Glasgow University have 115,

0:27:410:27:44

the University of East Anglia have 150.

0:27:440:27:47

APPLAUSE

0:27:470:27:49

Well, you had some great answers there, but not enough of them,

0:27:510:27:54

sadly, Glasgow. UEA, your answers were good.

0:27:540:27:57

It wasn't half as much fun as listening to you NOT answering,

0:27:570:28:00

though! Terrific. Thank you very much and congratulations,

0:28:000:28:03

you go through to the final.

0:28:030:28:05

You seem more astonished than anyone.

0:28:050:28:07

LAUGHTER

0:28:070:28:08

I hope you can join us next time for the final,

0:28:080:28:10

but until then it's goodbye from Glasgow University.

0:28:100:28:13

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from the University of East Anglia.

-Goodbye.

0:28:130:28:16

And it's goodbye for me. Goodbye.

0:28:160:28:18

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