0:00:19 > 0:00:22Christmas University Challenge.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32Hello. Welcome to a special series of University Challenge for Christmas.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Before I introduce tonight's teams, I want to say one thing.
0:00:36 > 0:00:42They're not in the first flush of youth. Their university days are well behind them,
0:00:42 > 0:00:47but they'll face the sort of questions we put to the nation's cleverest young people.
0:00:47 > 0:00:54Not one of them here tonight needs to be here. They could all have stayed at home exclaiming,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57"Don't they know anything nowadays?"
0:00:57 > 0:01:03We're driven to the conclusion that they are good sports, bold, foolish or insufferable show-offs.
0:01:03 > 0:01:09Thank you all very much. Now the graduates for Reading University include a Turner Prize nominee,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12who's a leading sculptor and artist,
0:01:12 > 0:01:16a lexicographer who has contributed to a great work of scholarship,
0:01:16 > 0:01:20their captain is a prominent writer and campaigner
0:01:20 > 0:01:24and their fourth member spends his life pointing at an empty screen.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Let them introduce themselves in the time-honoured manner.
0:01:28 > 0:01:35I'm Cornelia Parker. I studied at Reading University doing an MFA in 1982 and I'm an artist.
0:01:35 > 0:01:42I'm John Simpson. I took an MA in Medieval Studies at Reading in 1976.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46I've recently retired as chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51- And their captain...- I'm Joan Smith. I did a degree in Latin in the 1970s
0:01:51 > 0:01:55and I'm now a novelist, columnist and human rights activist.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01I'm Jay Wynne. I graduated from Reading in 1999 with a Master's in Applied Meteorology.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Now I'm a BBC weather presenter.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06APPLAUSE
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Emmanuel College is represented by a prolific journalist.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Attentive viewers will remember his father's appearance for Edinburgh University in 1966.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22He's joined by a commentator on humankind, past and present.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Their captain is the author of the first book on maths to become the UK's number one best-seller
0:02:27 > 0:02:32and finally a presenter, occasional man in a boat and comedy writer
0:02:32 > 0:02:36with credits on Not The Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41I'm Hugo Rifkind. I read Philosophy at Emmanuel from 1995-1998
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and I'm now a columnist and leader writer for The Times.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50I'm Mary-Ann Ochota. I studied Anthropology and Archaeology from 1999-2002
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- and now I present programmes about them.- And their captain...
0:02:54 > 0:03:01I'm Simon Singh. I completed a PhD in Particle Physics in 1991 and now I write books about science.
0:03:01 > 0:03:08I'm Rory McGrath. I graduated in 1977 from Emmanuel in Modern Languages and I'm currently between jobs.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11APPLAUSE
0:03:14 > 0:03:20I'll remind you all of the rules. 10 points for starter questions which you answer on your own.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24You can confer on bonus questions. They're worth 15 points.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Here's your first starter for 10.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33According to the Acts of the Apostles, which saint was stoned to death in around AD35
0:03:33 > 0:03:38after being accused of blasphemy? Regarded as the first Christian martyr,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42his feast day is celebrated on December 26th.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- St Stephen?- Correct!
0:03:48 > 0:03:54You get the first set of bonuses. They're on TV series that were first broadcast in 1967.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58In each case, name the series from the description.
0:03:58 > 0:04:05An adaptation of a series of novels by John Galsworthy, starring Eric Porter and Kenneth More.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10- The Forsyte Saga. - Correct. A children's animation by Gordon Murray.
0:04:10 > 0:04:17Its episodes include the memorable roll call: "Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb."
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- Trumpton.- Trumpton.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24Correct. And, finally, a psychological spy drama starring Patrick McGoohan
0:04:24 > 0:04:28as an abducted secret agent, filmed in Portmeirion.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- The Prisoner.- The Prisoner.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Well done. 10 points for this starter question.
0:04:35 > 0:04:41"Before his arrival, it could be said that rock'n'roll remained a part of the entertainment industry,
0:04:41 > 0:04:47"ingratiating itself with its target audience even as it tried equally hard to alienate their parents."
0:04:47 > 0:04:53These words begin an obituary of which rock musician who died in October, 2013?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Lou Reed.- Correct.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Your first bonuses, Reading, are on the history of pantomime.
0:05:05 > 0:05:11Born in 1692, the theatre manager John Rich played a key role in the emergence of pantomime
0:05:11 > 0:05:17with productions that often featured which two servant characters from the Commedia dell'arte?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- I need both names.- Punchinello?
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- And...- Oh, yes.- No.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26And Columbine.
0:05:27 > 0:05:33- Sorry?- Pierrot and Columbine? - Pierrot and Columbine? - No, it's Arlecchino and Columbine.
0:05:33 > 0:05:39A manager of the Drury Lane theatre from 1747, which actor realised the commercial potential
0:05:39 > 0:05:45of Rich's pantomimes, but feared they'd threaten serious productions and limited them to the winter?
0:05:45 > 0:05:50- Is that Garrick? - Kean? Garrick?- Garrick.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- We think Garrick.- David Garrick.
0:05:52 > 0:05:59Which prominent English music hall entertainer was the star as Dame of Drury Lane's annual pantomime
0:05:59 > 0:06:02from 1888 until 1903?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Dan Leno? Or is that too early?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Do you have any idea?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- We'll guess at Dan Leno. - Correct. Well done.
0:06:12 > 0:06:1810 points for this. Robert Fitzwalter, Robert De Vere and Richard De Percy were among
0:06:18 > 0:06:24the members of a group of 25 barons responsible for the enforcement of which major document?
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- Magna Carta.- You get a set of bonuses on scientific process.
0:06:29 > 0:06:36Derived from the Greek for "aim" or "guess", what mathematical process can be analysed statistically,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40but not have its properties precisely predicted?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Do we know?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- It's on the tip of my tongue. - No, we'll pass on that.- Stochastic.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Named after a Scottish botanist born in 1773,
0:07:00 > 0:07:06what physical phenomenon is a stochastic process consisting of the random motion of particles
0:07:06 > 0:07:09suspended in a fluid or gas?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Brownian Motion?
0:07:11 > 0:07:17- Brownian Motion.- Correct. Which scientist published a theory of Brownian Motion in 1905
0:07:17 > 0:07:23where he showed that the mean displacement is proportional to the square root of the elapsed time?
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- We'll pass on that.- Albert Einstein. We'll take a picture round now.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34For your starter you'll see a series of words in another language.
0:07:34 > 0:07:3810 points for the last word of the sequence and the language.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- Hiver. French.- Correct.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Let's see the whole thing. There it is.
0:07:48 > 0:07:55Following on, for your bonuses you'll see three more sequences of seasons in other languages.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59In each case, name the language and the missing season.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Firstly, for five.- Oh, it's...
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Spring, autumn, winter, summer.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Vierno.- Nominate Rory.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- Vierno. No, verano, in Spanish. - No, no.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17It's primavera. There it is.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Secondly, let's see this, please.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- Sommer. Sommer, in German. - Sommer in German?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Sommer in German.- Correct.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31There it is. And finally...
0:08:34 > 0:08:36It's Latin.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Latin for autumn, anyone?
0:08:40 > 0:08:45- We'll pass.- It is Latin and the missing word is "autumnus".
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- We should have guessed! - Right, 10 points at stake for this.
0:08:50 > 0:08:56Answer as soon as your name is called. Father Christmas falls from rest down a five-metre chimney.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00If the acceleration due to gravity is 10m per second squared,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04what, in metres per second, is his velocity on hitting the ground?
0:09:09 > 0:09:1150.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13No. Anyone from Emmanuel?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- 125 metres per second? - No, it's ten!
0:09:18 > 0:09:24Right, 10 points for this. Christmas Pudding was an early novel by which author, born in 1904?
0:09:24 > 0:09:28One of the six daughters of the Second Baron Redesdale,
0:09:28 > 0:09:33other works include Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry Into Identifiable Characteristics
0:09:33 > 0:09:38of the English Aristocracy and the 1940 novel Love In A Cold Climate.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Jessie Mitford?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44No. Anyone from Emmanuel?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- Nancy Mitford?- It was.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Jessica went to California and became a Communist.
0:09:54 > 0:10:00So you get the bonuses on US towns nominally linked to the Christmas season.
0:10:00 > 0:10:07Bethlehem Post Office is in which US state? It stamps Christmas mail with an imprint of three wise men,
0:10:07 > 0:10:12a tradition begun in 1947 when over 1,000 cards were brought in for posting
0:10:12 > 0:10:15by a customer from Louisville.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- Kentucky?- Kentucky.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22- Kentucky.- Correct. Antler, two miles south of the Canadian border,
0:10:22 > 0:10:27is in which US state, situated between Montana and Minnesota?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- North Dakota.- North Dakota?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Are you sure?- North Dakota.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37Correct. Christmas Boulevard is in an Indiana town named after which figure?
0:10:37 > 0:10:44It boasts a statue of him bearing the inscription, "Dedicated to the children of the world".
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- Lincoln?- For Christmas?- Oh.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48It might be St Nicholas.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- What are our options? - Santa? St Nicholas?
0:10:54 > 0:10:58- St Nicholas? - No, the town's called Santa Claus.
0:10:58 > 0:11:06What first three letters link words for a metallic element named after the Germanic goddess of beauty,
0:11:06 > 0:11:11the country formerly known as the New Hebrides, the designer of Blenheim Palace
0:11:11 > 0:11:16and a style of beard named after a 17th-century Flemish painter?
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- V-A-N.- That's correct.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23You get a set of bonuses now on words with a shared prefix.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27In each case, give the word from the definition.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31From the Greek for "without food", a verb meaning waste away,
0:11:31 > 0:11:36become vestigial during evolution or decline in vigour due to underuse?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Atro? It's like atrophy. - Atrophy!
0:11:48 > 0:11:50So at? At.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53What's the word?
0:11:54 > 0:11:59- Atrophy.- Correct. Secondly, a purple quartz gemstone whose name derives
0:11:59 > 0:12:04from the Greek for "not intoxicated"? It was thought to protect against drunkenness.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Amethyst.- Amethyst.- Correct.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12From a Greek word meaning bottomless, a deep space or chasm?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- Abyss.- Abyss.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Correct. 10 points for this. Whose film roles include Greta,
0:12:18 > 0:12:22a transvestite club performer in the 1997 film Bent,
0:12:22 > 0:12:28the eponymous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly in 1970 and in the same year...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Mick Jagger?- Correct.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37These bonuses are on short stories set at Christmas.
0:12:37 > 0:12:44The Story of the Goblins Who Stole A Sexton is set on Christmas Eve, concerns gravedigger Gabriel Grubb
0:12:44 > 0:12:49and appears within which of Charles Dickens' novels?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51A Christmas Carol?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- Good guess.- A Christmas Carol. - No, The Pickwick Papers.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Dancing Dan's Christmas is a work by which US journalist and short story writer,
0:13:00 > 0:13:05noted for his use of regional slang and the present tense? He died in New York in 1946.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Damon Runyon.- Damon Runyon?
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- Damon Runyon.- Correct. A Kidnapped Santa Claus is a short story of 1904
0:13:12 > 0:13:19by which US author of novels for children, noted for his creation of various fantasy worlds?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- US author...- Dr Seuss?
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Who wrote Dr Seuss? Or is it Dr Seuss? Dr Seuss.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30No, L Frank Baum.
0:13:30 > 0:13:36We're going to take a music round. You'll hear an excerpt from a piece of seasonal orchestral music.
0:13:36 > 0:13:4010 points if you can give me the name of the piece.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYS
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Winter Wonderland?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56No. Reading, you may hear a little more.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58MUSIC RESUMES
0:14:13 > 0:14:15I need an answer now.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21- Sleigh Bells? - No, Sleigh Ride, so we'll take the music bonuses in a moment or two.
0:14:21 > 0:14:27Here's another starter. Named after the legendary founder of the Greek city of Thebes,
0:14:27 > 0:14:32which toxic metallic element is found in zinc ores and is used in electro-plating,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36in control elements in nuclear reactors and in batteries?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- Lead?- Nope.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45- Lithium?- No, Cadmium, named after Cadmus. Another starter.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Which two initials link the Canadian Prime Minister from 1993-2003,
0:14:49 > 0:14:54the French President from 1995-2007, the US President...
0:14:54 > 0:15:00- MS?- No, you lose five points. ..the US President from 1977-1981
0:15:00 > 0:15:05and the UK Prime Minister from 1976-1979?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- JC.- Correct!
0:15:11 > 0:15:15You'll be delighted to hear that we follow that music starter,
0:15:15 > 0:15:23which was by Leroy Anderson, with three more pieces, all of them associated with sleigh rides.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26In each case, name the composer.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:48 > 0:15:54- No, we'll pass on that. - It was Mozart, his Sleigh Ride. Secondly, who's this?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56MUSIC PLAYS
0:16:06 > 0:16:08We could guess.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21- Tchaikovsky? - No, that's Delius' Winter Night. And, finally, who wrote this?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23MUSIC PLAYS
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- We know the piece, but can't think who it was by.- It was Prokofiev.
0:16:47 > 0:16:5210 points for this starter. Meanings of what four-letter word include
0:16:52 > 0:16:57talk, especially that which is misleading or untrue, incorrect behaviour,
0:16:57 > 0:17:03a variety of American English associated with the Harlem area of New York and a fast...
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- Jive.- Correct.
0:17:08 > 0:17:14Your bonuses are on British birds in the words of David Attenborough. Identify the bird in each case.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Firstly, the two-word name of this bird.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22"The male's rich and melodious contribution to the dawn chorus
0:17:22 > 0:17:29"includes a repertoire of more than 100 different phrases. They are also known for using stones as anvils
0:17:29 > 0:17:31"in order to secure a good meal."
0:17:34 > 0:17:39- Song thrush?- Correct. "I'm sure all of us can recognise this bird from its song,
0:17:39 > 0:17:43"but how many of us can say that we've seen the bird itself?
0:17:43 > 0:17:48"Wordsworth wrote, 'Shall I call thee bird or but a wandering voice?'"
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Cuckoo?
0:17:50 > 0:17:55- Nightingale? - Cuckoo or nightingale?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Nightingale? Cuckoo?
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- We'll try nightingale. - No, it's a cuckoo.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06"They are superb aeronauts - feeding, mating and even sleeping on the wing.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10"For their first 18 months or so, the young might never land."
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Swifts?- Correct. 10 points for this.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18An image tattooed on a BBC presenter's back notwithstanding,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22scorpions, in addition to their pincers, have how many legs?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- Eight.- Correct.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31- Have you got any tattoos? - I'm not telling you!
0:18:31 > 0:18:38Your bonuses are on the solar system. Which planet has the longest day, from sunrise to sunset?
0:18:38 > 0:18:43It completes one rotation every 243 Earth days.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46I've a feeling it might be Venus.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48It's a nearby one.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53- We'll go with Venus. - Yes. Which planet has the lowest average density,
0:18:53 > 0:18:59at 700 kilograms per metre cubed, 70% that of water?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Shall we say Saturn?- Em...
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Saturn?- Saturn?
0:19:06 > 0:19:11Correct. Finally, which planet exerts the strongest gravitational pull?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Jupiter.- Correct.
0:19:14 > 0:19:2210 points for this starter. What short surname links the President of South Korea from 1963-1979,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26a Scottish explorer who plotted the course of the River Niger
0:19:26 > 0:19:30and the creator of Wallace and Gromit?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Park.- Park is correct, yes.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Your bonuses are on the tragedies of Shakespeare.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Name the title character whose first spoken lines are as follows.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47"So foul and fair a day I have not seen."
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- Macbeth.- Macbeth?
0:19:49 > 0:19:54- Macbeth.- Correct. "Thanks - what's the matter, you dissentious rogues,
0:19:54 > 0:19:58"that, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion, make yourselves scabs?"
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Offer something?- Lear?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- It's not King Lear. - One of the Henrys?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Othello? Might be Othello. - Othello?
0:20:11 > 0:20:17Coriolanus. Finally, as an aside, "A little more than kin and less than kind."
0:20:17 > 0:20:21That might be Hamlet. I'm not sure.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- Romeo?- Romeo and Juliet?
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- Shall we go for King Lear? - OK. No, I think that's good.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- King Lear?- No, it's Hamlet.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33A second picture round now.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37You will see a photograph of a celebration of the winter solstice.
0:20:37 > 0:20:4210 points if you can name the country in which it takes place.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Ghana?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51No.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59- Bhutan?- No, it's Peru. The Festival of the Sun celebration.
0:20:59 > 0:21:05Picture bonuses in a moment or two. Substituting a green band for the blue band of the flag
0:21:05 > 0:21:12of the Russian Federation gives a close approximation of the flag of which EU member state?
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- Hungary.- No.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21One of you buzz from Reading.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Latvia.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30No, it's Bulgaria. I bet you knew that, Rory!
0:21:30 > 0:21:36Bad luck. 10 points for this. What term denotes a generator that converts mechanical power to energy
0:21:36 > 0:21:41in the form of DC electrical currents through a commutator?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Alternator?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47No. Anyone want to buzz from Reading?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Sausages. LAUGHTER
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Sausages?! No, it's dynamo.
0:21:59 > 0:22:0410 points for this. Serialised in 1962 by the New Yorker magazine,
0:22:04 > 0:22:10Silent Spring is a key work of the environmental movement by which US biologist?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- Rachel Carson.- Correct.
0:22:14 > 0:22:21So you get the picture bonuses following on from the Festival of the Sun,
0:22:21 > 0:22:28celebrated at Cusco in Peru. More sites around the world that are associated with the winter solstice.
0:22:28 > 0:22:34I want you to name the site and the country. All three are in the northern hemisphere.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Firstly, for five.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- Is that Machu Picchu? - No, that's Mexico.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Montezuma?- Is it Mexico?
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- We think it's Mexico. - I need the site.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54- Montezuma?- Montezuma? - He was a person. It's Chichen Itza.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Secondly...
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- No, we don't know. - That's Newgrange in Ireland.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11And, finally, this one.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13China, isn't it?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Do we think China?
0:23:17 > 0:23:23- Forbidden City, China? - No, the Temple of Heaven, in China. 10 points for this.
0:23:23 > 0:23:29Lady Augusta Gregory, JM Synge and WB Yeats were among the early directors of which theatre...
0:23:29 > 0:23:34- Abbey.- The Abbey theatre in Dublin is correct.
0:23:35 > 0:23:40Your bonuses are on cities with noted Christmas markets.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43In each case, name the city from its landmarks.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49Firstly, which city is home to the High Cathedral of St Peter, the modern art Museum Ludwig
0:23:49 > 0:23:52and the Rheinau Harbour?
0:23:53 > 0:23:57A harbour. Could it be Hamburg?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- I like Hamburg.- Or Bremen?
0:24:00 > 0:24:05- - I don't know. - Hamburg or Bremen. Good luck. - Hamburg.- No, it's Cologne.
0:24:05 > 0:24:11Which city is home to the Egmont Palace, the Atomium and the Cinquantenaire Park?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- Can you repeat the question?- No.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- There was...- Cinquantenaire Park.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26- That's fifty...- Lyon? Assuming it's not Paris.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32- Is there a famous French market? Christmas market?- Grenoble?
0:24:32 > 0:24:37- What about Alpine towns? - Let's have an answer!- Grenoble.
0:24:37 > 0:24:43No, it's Brussels. Finally, the Frauenkirche, the Semper Opera House
0:24:43 > 0:24:47and the Blue Wonder bridge over the River Elbe?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- Where does the Elbe go? - That's a good question!
0:24:54 > 0:24:59- We're not allowed to ask. Berlin? I've got no idea.- Yeah, go on.
0:24:59 > 0:25:05- OK, Vienna?- No, it's Dresden. Just under three minutes to go. 10 points for this.
0:25:05 > 0:25:11Born in 1642, which scientist gives his name to laws of cooling, motion and gravitation,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13as well as a numerical method...
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- Newton.- Newton is correct, yes.
0:25:19 > 0:25:26Your bonuses are on Prime Ministers and pop music. Name the Premier in office when the following occurred.
0:25:26 > 0:25:32The Beatles reached number one in the UK for the first time with From Me To You.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- Is it pre-Macmillan? - No, it's Macmillan, isn't it?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Macmillan? OK, Macmillan?
0:25:39 > 0:25:45It was. Secondly, the release of White Riot, The Clash's first single.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- Margaret Thatcher?- Yeah. - Margaret Thatcher?- No, before her.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54Jim Callaghan. Finally, the release of the Spice Girls' debut single, Wannabe.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56It's early '90s.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58John Major?
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- OK, go with that.- John Major? - It was John Major, yes.
0:26:02 > 0:26:09Listen carefully. Three ships are required to sail out of a harbour on Christmas Day in the morning.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14If six ships are moored in the harbour, how many different unordered combinations
0:26:14 > 0:26:17of three ships can be chosen?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Six.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- Nope.- 120. - No, it's twenty!
0:26:25 > 0:26:3110 points for this. Mathematician(!) Distinguished in summer by its crimson-red flowers,
0:26:31 > 0:26:37the Pohutukawa is known as the Christmas Tree of which Commonwealth country?
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Madeira.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- New Zealand?- Correct, yes.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55These bonuses are on the world 100 years ago. Name the country or empire that ruled over
0:26:55 > 0:27:02the following present-day capitals in the last days of 1913. Firstly, for five points, Damascus.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- Britain?- It's Syria, so it probably was.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- Damascus? - Shall we go for Britain?
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- Britain.- No, it was the Ottoman Empire or Turkey. Secondly, Baku.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18Baku was... That's in Uzbeki...
0:27:18 > 0:27:22- Austro-Hungary? - It's Azerbaijan.- Austro-Hungarian?
0:27:22 > 0:27:27- Wait. 1913... Russia?- OK, Russian?
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Correct. And, finally, Zagreb.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Austro-Hungarian?- Yeah.
0:27:32 > 0:27:40- Austro-Hungarian?- Correct. 10 points for this. The singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist Patti Smith's
0:27:40 > 0:27:452010 book Just Kids details her relationship with which US...
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Robert Mapplethorpe.- Correct.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54These bonuses, Reading, are on a construction material.
0:27:54 > 0:28:00Raking Monk, Rat Trap, Double Flemish and English Cross are among bonds associated with what...
0:28:00 > 0:28:02GONG
0:28:10 > 0:28:15It was bricks, of course. I'll tell you to satisfy curious viewers.
0:28:15 > 0:28:21We have to say goodbye to you, Reading. We may see you again, Emmanuel. 185 is a terrific score.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Only the four highest-scoring winners go through.
0:28:25 > 0:28:32Thank you both very much. You didn't have to. Sausages was a very memorable answer.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Thank you all very much. I hope you can join us next time.
0:28:36 > 0:28:42Now we'll leave you with proof of just how kind the years have been to tonight's contestants
0:28:42 > 0:28:46as we look back on how they were in their student days. Good night.