0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Christmas University challenge.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28APPLAUSE
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Hello. Age has not withered them, not yet, anyway.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36But the next 30 minutes may take their toll, as the best two teams
0:00:36 > 0:00:39remaining in this contest now play the final match,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42not for anything as banal or, indeed, obvious as money,
0:00:42 > 0:00:46simply for the glory that will never fade of having won a Christmas quiz.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49The finalists are two teams from Cambridge colleges.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52The four from Emmanuel College, Cambridge got here
0:00:52 > 0:00:55without ever having seen Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale',
0:00:55 > 0:00:58which was quite obviously going to feature in this seasonal series.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01But even so, they beat Reading University in round one
0:01:01 > 0:01:04and Southampton University in the semifinals
0:01:04 > 0:01:06and their accumulated score, so far, is 360.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10They are fielding the same team of a broadsheet journalist,
0:01:10 > 0:01:11a television broadcaster,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14an author of books on science and a comedy writer and presenter.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Let's meet them again.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I am Hugo Rifkind and I studied philosophy in the late 1990s
0:01:20 > 0:01:24and now I am a columnist and leader writer for The Times.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28I am Mary Ann Ochota. I studied archaeology and anthropology, '99 to 2002,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32and now I present programmes about archaeology and anthropology.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34And here's their captain. I'm Simon Singh.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38I completed a PhD in particle physics in 1991
0:01:38 > 0:01:40and I now write books about science.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44I'm Rory McGrath. I graduated in modern languages in 1977
0:01:44 > 0:01:47and, currently, I am working undercover for MI6.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Now, the team from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
0:01:57 > 0:02:00had a very close match against Lancaster University in their semifinal,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02but pulled away in the final minutes
0:02:02 > 0:02:05by knowing about John Dunn, Franz Lehar and the Lama.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Having beaten Christchurch, Oxford in the first round,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10their combined score is 435.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Now, as familiar as the backs of our hands,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16their team includes a computer pioneer, a broadcaster and writer,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18the former head honcho of Radio Four
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and a man deeply immersed in pottery.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Let's meet them again.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Hello, I'm Quentin Stafford-Fraser.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29I studied computer science when it was about half the age it is now
0:02:29 > 0:02:32and I've had great fun playing with it ever since.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33I'm Helen Castor.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36I studied history in the late '80s and early '90s
0:02:36 > 0:02:39and now I am a historian and a writer and broadcaster.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41And this is their captain. I'm Mark Damazer.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46I studied history in the 1970s and I'm now master at St Peter's College, Oxford.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50I'm Lars Tharp. Back in the Stone Age, I read palaeolithic archaeology
0:02:50 > 0:02:55and these days, I break sad news gently on the Antiques Roadshow.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:03:01 > 0:03:04You all know the rules, so let's just get on with it.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Fingers on the buzzers. Here is your first starter for 10.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Named after an Austrian field marshal,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11which piece of music by Johann...
0:03:11 > 0:03:12BUZZER
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Rudedski March. Correct.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15APPLAUSE
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Your first set of bonuses are on skiing.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Indicative of their region of origin,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24what collective term denotes cross-country skiing
0:03:24 > 0:03:27and ski-jumping events at the Winter Olympics,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30as opposed to the Alpine or Freestyle categories?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Nordic. Correct.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Which region of southern Norway gives its name to a skiing turn
0:03:35 > 0:03:39in which the outside ski is pushed forward and gradually turned inward,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42while the other knee is bent, in order to change direction?
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Tonsburg.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Tonsburg. No, it's the Telemark. The Telemark turn.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58The skiing term known as the Stem Christie
0:03:58 > 0:04:01takes its name from a former name of which Nordic city?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Trondheim? Try it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Trondheim. No, it's Oslo, which used to be known as Christiania.
0:04:13 > 0:04:1410 points for this.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Murdered in a Dominican friary,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20killed by an exploding cannon during the Siege of Roxburgh,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22death at the Battle of Sauchieburnn
0:04:22 > 0:04:24and death at the Battle of Flodden.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26These fates link successive kings of Scotland...
0:04:26 > 0:04:29BUZZER
0:04:29 > 0:04:31James. James is correct, yes.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33APPLAUSE
0:04:35 > 0:04:39These bonuses are on astronomy. In January 2013, Gonville and Caius,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42in January 2013, it was announced that a recently-discovered LQG
0:04:42 > 0:04:46was the largest and brightest structure in the known universe,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49around four billion light-years across.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52For what does the letter Q of LQG stand?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Quasar. Correct.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05A study by Caltech astronomers reported that the Milky Way galaxy
0:05:05 > 0:05:08contains at least one planet per star,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11giving a minimum number of how many exoplanets?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13You can have 10 billion either way.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15LAUGHTER
0:05:17 > 0:05:19100 billion. Correct.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24Discovered in 2008, the main belt asteroid 274301
0:05:24 > 0:05:28was renamed in January 2013 after which free online resource?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Google. It's not really free. No, it's Wikipedia.
0:05:38 > 0:05:4010 points for this.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44"Our interests on the dangerous edge of things". "The honest thief".
0:05:44 > 0:05:47"The tender murderer". "The superstitious atheist".
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Which 20th century English author cited those lines by Robert Browning
0:05:51 > 0:05:54as the epigraph he would choose for all his novels?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00BUZZER
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Graham Greene. Correct.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03APPLAUSE
0:06:05 > 0:06:07This set of bonuses are on names.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11In each case, I want the two given names
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and the shared surname of the following pairs of people.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Firstly, a German historian and cartographer
0:06:17 > 0:06:21who gives his name to a 1973 world map that is area accurate
0:06:21 > 0:06:26and a midfielder in England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Peters.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Given names. I want both of them.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Martin Peters was the footballer. Yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43The cartographer?
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Samuel Friedrich? The German, yes. Friedrich. No, it's Arno.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52Secondly, for five points, a singer and songwriter, born in Montreal in 1934,
0:06:52 > 0:06:56whose albums include Songs From A Room and Death Of A Ladies' Man
0:06:56 > 0:07:01and the right back in England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02It's Wilson.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09The right back is Ray Wilson. No, it's George Cohen. Bad luck.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Leonard Cohen was, of course, the other person.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14And finally, the co-founder of the Intel Corporation who gives his name
0:07:14 > 0:07:19to a so-called law, predicting the number of devices that can affordably fit on a microchip
0:07:19 > 0:07:23and the captain of England's 1966 World Cup winning squad.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24So, it's Bobby Moore.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30I thought it was Geoffrey Moore. Well, Bobby Moore was the captain.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35I think it's Geoffrey Moore. Bobby Moore and Geoffrey Moore.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37No, it's Bobby Moore and Gordon Moore.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39We're going to take the picture round.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43For your picture starter, you will see a map showing an historic county of Scotland.
0:07:43 > 0:07:4510 points if you can give me its name.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52BUZZER
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Clackmannanshire. No. Anyone like to buzz from Emmanuel?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58BUZZER
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Is it Ross and Cromarty? No, it's not. It's Aberdeenshire.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04So, picture bonuses in a moment or two.
0:08:04 > 0:08:0610 points for this starter question. Fingers on the buzzers.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09In solid-state physics, what name is given to the surface
0:08:09 > 0:08:12in momentum space that gives the maximum energy
0:08:12 > 0:08:15at absolute zero temperature of the electrons in the material?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19It takes its name from a US nuclear physicist born in Rome in 1901.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21BUZZER
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Fermi Space. Correct.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25APPLAUSE
0:08:28 > 0:08:30You saw a map of Aberdeenshire,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33which you failed to identify a moment or two ago.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36According to Met Office data from the last 30 years,
0:08:36 > 0:08:40the historic county of Aberdeenshire is the snowiest area of the UK,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43seeing snow lying for an average of 37 days a year.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Picture bonuses.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Three more maps showing some of the snowiest areas of the UK.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51In each case, the area marked corresponds to an historic county.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Five points for each you can identify.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Firstly for five, the snowiest area of Northern Ireland.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Any guesses at all?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Donegal. Donegal? No, that's in...
0:09:09 > 0:09:13No, of course it's not Donegal! Donegal isn't in the UK, is it?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16No, it's Derry or Londonderry, if you are of the other persuasion.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Secondly, the snowiest area of Wales.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22It's Snowdonia. No, that's further north.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Is it Breconshire? Powys?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Isn't that where the Brecon Beacons are?
0:09:30 > 0:09:34You've got Breconshire here. No, that's further south.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Somewhere between the two. OK. We will have to go with Breconshire.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42No, it is Radnorshire. And finally, the snowiest area of England.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48Cumbria or Cumberland. That's Westmorland. Westmorland, yes.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52We will go with Westmorland. Well done, yes. 10 points for this.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Those were the words of which Austrian born philosopher...
0:09:57 > 0:09:59BUZZER
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Wittgenstein. Correct.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03APPLAUSE
0:10:03 > 0:10:07A set of bonuses for you, Emmanuel College, on Scottish airports
0:10:07 > 0:10:09and their three-letter codes.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11In each case, give the name of the airport.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Firstly, the three-letter code of which Scottish island airport
0:10:15 > 0:10:18is also an abbreviation for a government set up
0:10:18 > 0:10:23by slave states in 1861 and defeated in 1865.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26It's an island airport.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Kirkwall. Lerwick.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35KRK. LLK. LER. I can't think what the...
0:10:35 > 0:10:39It's not Liberia? LIB.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45In the Western Isles, you've got Barra, you've got Stornoway.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Orkney. Sky.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50We will go with Stornoway. No, it's Colonsay. CSA.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Secondly, its runway, a windswept beach,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57which airport in the Western Isles has a three-letter code that is
0:10:57 > 0:11:01an onomatopoeic expression for a sound made when shivering with cold?
0:11:01 > 0:11:06That's Barra. It's Barra. OK. Barra. Barra, its initial being BRR.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09And finally, the three-letter code of which Scottish airport
0:11:09 > 0:11:13is also an abbreviation for the top tier administrative body for Greater London?
0:11:14 > 0:11:18GLA. Glasgow. GLA and Glasgow.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Correct. 10 points for this.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23The father of Proteus in The Two Gentlemen Of Verona,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25a sea captain in Twelfth Night,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Leonato's aged brother in Much Ado About Nothing,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Prospero's brother in The Tempest
0:11:30 > 0:11:33and an eponymous merchant were all given what name by Shakespeare?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37BUZZER
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Antonio. Yes. Well done.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40APPLAUSE
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Your bonuses are on the adventures of Sherlock Holmes,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Conan Doyle's first collection of short stories featuring the detective.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50In each case, name the story from the summary.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54All three titles start with the words, "The adventure of...".
0:11:54 > 0:11:56So I simply need the rest of the title.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Firstly, at Christmas time the eponymous jewel is found in the crop of a goose.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Holmes traces how it got there.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Shall we say the jewel?
0:12:17 > 0:12:21The adventure of the yellow jewel. No. It's the Blue Carbuncle.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26Secondly, Dr Grimesby Roylott attempts to murder his heiress stepdaughter
0:12:26 > 0:12:29by introducing a poisonous snake into her chambers.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37Is it Sign of the Four? Yes, it is. I think it is The Sign of Four.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41The Sign of the Four. No, it's The Speckled Band.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45And finally, a flame-haired pawnbroker is lured from his shop
0:12:45 > 0:12:48so that bank robbers can dig a tunnel from his cellar
0:12:48 > 0:12:50to nearby bank vaults.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56I think we are giving up. That is The Red-Headed League.
0:12:56 > 0:13:0010 points for this. Which Prime Minister's first period in office
0:13:00 > 0:13:03saw the publication of Wuthering Heights and the Communist manifesto?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Nicknamed Finality Jack, for his opposition to further
0:13:06 > 0:13:09parliamentary reform, his grandchildren included
0:13:09 > 0:13:11a prominent philosopher and mathematician.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13BUZZER
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Russell. Yes. Lord John Russell is correct.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17APPLAUSE
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Your bonuses are on foot paths and geology.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Ending 145 million years ago, which geological period
0:13:26 > 0:13:30gives its name to the 88-mile path from Banbury to Stanford?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33It's name refers to a limestone ridge.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Cambrian, Jurassic. Cambrian Jurassic.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Cambrian. No, it's the Jurassic Way.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Named after the cancer charity,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50the Macmillan Way is a 288-mile coast-to-coast path
0:13:50 > 0:13:53that largely follows a belt of what type of limestone,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55whose texture resembles small eggs?
0:14:06 > 0:14:11We will leave that one to you. How kind! It's Oolitic.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16And finally, the 46-mile Limestone Way runs from Castleton
0:14:16 > 0:14:19to Rocester, largely through which county?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Castleton.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Lancashire?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33What did you say it was? There is a Castleton on the Isle of Man.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37That's not a county, though. Lancashire. No, it's Derbyshire.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38We're going to take a music round now.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41For your music starter, you will hear a piece of classical music.
0:14:41 > 0:14:4410 points. All you have to do is to name the composer.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46MUSIC
0:14:48 > 0:14:49BUZZER
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Mahler. Correct. It's part of his Fifth Symphony.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56APPLAUSE
0:14:56 > 0:14:59It was, you will doubtless recall, used in Tessa Virtue
0:14:59 > 0:15:02and Scott Moir's gold medal-winning ice dance programme
0:15:02 > 0:15:04at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Your music bonuses are three more classical pieces
0:15:07 > 0:15:10used in gold medal figure skating.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14In each case, I simply want the name of the composer, please.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Firstly for five points, the French composer of this piece
0:15:17 > 0:15:21used in the 2002 gold medal winning pair skating programme.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22MUSIC
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Debussy. No, it's Massenet.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Secondly, the French composer of this piece also used in 2002,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43this time in the gold medal winning ladies singles programme.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45MUSIC
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Debussy. No, that was Ravel.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Finally, the Russian composer of this piece,
0:15:59 > 0:16:03used in the 1988 gold medal-winning ice dancing programme.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06MUSIC PLAYS
0:16:06 > 0:16:09It's Khachaturian.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Khachaturian. No, that was by Borodin.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Ten points for this.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22The short English name of which microstate consists of two
0:16:22 > 0:16:26conjunctions followed by the name of the Egyptian god of the sun?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Andorra. Correct.
0:16:30 > 0:16:31APPLAUSE
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Your bonuses are on the human eye this time, Gonville and Caius.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39What term refers to an adjustment of the shape of the lens, in order
0:16:39 > 0:16:40to change the focus of the eye?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Stigma, isn't it?
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Adjustment of the lens...
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Stigma? I don't know.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Stigmatism. No, it is accommodation.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia are all defects
0:16:59 > 0:17:01in which specific area of vision?
0:17:08 > 0:17:13Myopia? Retina? Area of vision?
0:17:13 > 0:17:18Was it an area of vision? Yes, the peripheral. Peripheral.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20No, it is colour vision.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23And finally, the macula lutea is a spot on the retina that
0:17:23 > 0:17:27surrounds the greatest concentration of which light-sensitive cells?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31They function best in bright light and are essential for acute vision.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Don't know.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42Retina. No, they are cones. Ten points for this.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Give the three letters of the alphabet that begin words
0:17:45 > 0:17:46meaning Curcuma longa,
0:17:46 > 0:17:51a plant of the ginger family that yields a deep orange yellow spice,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54the root vegetable Brassica rapa...
0:17:56 > 0:17:58T-U-R. TUR. Correct, yes.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00APPLAUSE
0:18:01 > 0:18:05OK. You're back in the game now, with a set of bonuses on motor cars
0:18:05 > 0:18:10and human beings. In 1885, Karl Benz constructed the first automobile.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11It had three wheels, like an invalid car,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and ran on alcohol, like many drivers.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19These lines are from Autogeddon, a 1991 work by which English poet
0:18:19 > 0:18:23and actor, also noted for Whale Nation? Anybody know? No?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26We are going to pass. That's Heathcote Williams.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Unsafe At Any Speed:
0:18:27 > 0:18:31The Designed-in Dangers Of The American Automobile is a 1965 work
0:18:31 > 0:18:36by which consumer advocate who stood several times for the US presidency?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Ralph Nader. Correct.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Who wrote the 1973 novel Crash, in which protagonists become
0:18:42 > 0:18:45sexually aroused by staging... J G Ballard. Correct.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Ten points for this.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Born in Amsterdam in 1938,
0:18:48 > 0:18:54which director's films include Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers...
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Paul Verhoeven? Correct. Yes.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58APPLAUSE
0:18:58 > 0:19:02These bonuses are on an organisation, Emmanuel.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Which inter-governmental organisation came into being
0:19:05 > 0:19:08at the Baghdad Conference in 1960, with five founder members?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13UNESCO?
0:19:13 > 0:19:17We have to be very quick. UNESCO? UNESCO.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20No, it is OPEC, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Secondly, following Nigeria in 1971,
0:19:23 > 0:19:27which large sub-Saharan African country joined OPEC in 2007?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Cameroon? Chad? Nigeria?
0:19:33 > 0:19:37I don't know. Chad? No, it is Angola.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40In addition to Venezuela, which South American country
0:19:40 > 0:19:45is a member of OPEC, having resumed membership in 2007?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Brazil? We'll go with Brazil. No, it is Ecuador.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50We're going to take a second picture round.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52For your picture starter, you'll see a painting depicting
0:19:52 > 0:19:54an incident in the life of a saint.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Ten points if you can give me his name, please.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02St Nicolas?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05It is St Nicolas, bringing three small pickled children back to life.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09So, the feast day of St Nicholas is December 6th.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11For your bonuses, three more depictions of events
0:20:11 > 0:20:14connected with the Christmas story and celebrated as feasts.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18For five points, can you identify the feast in question? Firstly...
0:20:22 > 0:20:25The Feast of the Annunciation. Correct. Secondly...
0:20:31 > 0:20:34The Holy Innocents Feast, the Massacre of the Innocents.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38That's correct, yes. And finally, the precise name of this feast day.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42You're seeing the central panel of a triptych by the Master of Frankfurt.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50It's Epiphany. I don't think so. That's when they leave.
0:20:50 > 0:20:56But is that a feast? Let's have it, please.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00It's the adoration of the Magi. I want the feast day.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Epiphany. Correct. January 6th.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05OK, let's take another starter question.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09In the titles of a science fiction novel by Richard Matheson,
0:21:09 > 0:21:12a 1967 song by The Beatles and two volumes of autobiography
0:21:12 > 0:21:19by the actor Leonard Nimoy, which two short words link...
0:21:19 > 0:21:21I am. I am, is correct, yes.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Bonuses this time on aerodynamics, Gonville and Caius.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30From the French for "little wing", what term denotes flight control
0:21:30 > 0:21:35surfaces attached to the trailing edge of each wing of an aircraft?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Aileron. Correct.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40What three-letter term is used to describe the movement of an
0:21:40 > 0:21:44aircraft's nose from side to side, while in level flight?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Yaw. Yaw. Correct.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49What vertically-projecting part of an aircraft is used
0:21:49 > 0:21:52to control or induce yaw?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Rudder. The rudder. Correct. Ten points for this.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57What French expression is often used in English to describe
0:21:57 > 0:22:01the annoyance of thinking of the perfect retort too late...
0:22:01 > 0:22:04L'esprit de l'escalier. L'esprit de l'escalier is right.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06APPLAUSE
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Your bonuses are on English rivers.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10In each case, I want the ceremonial county
0:22:10 > 0:22:12through which the following rivers flow.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17Firstly, for five points, the Allen, the Coquet and the Wansbeck.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Essex? Wansbeck is... Essex.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26No, it's Northumberland. Secondly, the Corve, the Severn and the Tern?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Somerset? Gloucestershire? Gloucestershire.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32No, it is Shropshire.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Finally the Dart, the Taw and the Torridge. Devon.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Devon. Correct. Ten points for this.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Answer in Greek, Latin or English giving the words attributed
0:22:42 > 0:22:46to Julius Caesar when he marched his army...
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Crossing the Rubicon. No, you lose five points.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53..when he marched his army over the River Rubicon in 49BC?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00One of you want to buzz?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Veni, vidi, vici? No, it's, "Iacta alea est."
0:23:02 > 0:23:05"The die is cast." Ten points for this.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Denoting an act sometimes regarded as cultural vandalism,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12what eight-letter term was coined from the name of a Scottish Earl who
0:23:12 > 0:23:16transported the Parthenon marbles to London in the early 19th-century?
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Elginism. Correct.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Right, Emmanuel College, these bonuses are on oratorios.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Perhaps the most important late French oratorio L'enfance du Christ
0:23:33 > 0:23:35is an 1854 work by which composer?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37His earlier pieces include Symphonie Fantastique.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Oh, that is...Delibes.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Delibes. No, it's Berlioz.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45First performed in 1991,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47the Liverpool oratorio is a collaboration
0:23:47 > 0:23:51between the composer Carl Davis and which British musician?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Paul McCartney. Correct.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Which German born composer is noted for oratorios, including Saul
0:23:56 > 0:24:00and Israel in Egypt, both first performed in 1739?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05German composer... Haydn. Haydn?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08No, it is Handel. About four minutes to go, ten points for this.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12After an epic poem in hexameter, what noun is defined as a long
0:24:12 > 0:24:17and eventful, or adventurous, journey or experience?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Odyssey? Correct. A set of bonuses on physics now.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25The electron configurations of atoms can be represented using
0:24:25 > 0:24:28the letters S, P, D and which other letter?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33L. No, it is F.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36The Aufbau principle states that a maximum of how many electrons can be
0:24:36 > 0:24:40put into an orbital, as they are filled in order of increasing
0:24:40 > 0:24:42orbital energy?
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Eight. No, it is two.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48According to the Aufbau principle,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50which orbitals are filled after the 2s orbital?
0:24:52 > 0:24:57The one... 1l?
0:24:57 > 0:25:01No, it is the 2p orbitals. Right.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03About three minutes and a bit to go and another starter question.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Listen carefully. Give all three answers promptly.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Identify the US president who was in office
0:25:08 > 0:25:09when the Berlin Wall went up,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12the president who said Mr Gorbachev teared down this wall,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15and the president in office when the Berlin Wall came down.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Kennedy, Reagan, Bush Senior. Correct.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29These bonuses are on orders of chivalry, Gonville and Caius.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31In each case, name the European country
0:25:31 > 0:25:32in which the following are awarded.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Firstly, the Military Order of William
0:25:35 > 0:25:37and the Order Of Orange Nassau.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Netherlands. The Netherlands. Correct.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Secondly, the Order of the Seraphim, the Order of the Polar Star
0:25:42 > 0:25:44and the Order of the Sword.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Sweden?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Sweden. Sweden. Sweden is correct.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Finally, the Order of the Elephant is the oldest and most distinguished
0:25:55 > 0:25:58royal order of chivalry of which European country?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Denmark. Correct. Ten points for this.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Name the smallest three-digit number that is both prime
0:26:04 > 0:26:06and palindromic in base ten?
0:26:09 > 0:26:14121. No. Anyone want to buzz from Gonville and Caius?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19101. 101 is correct, yes.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Your bonuses are on Africa this time, Gonville and Caius.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27In each case, name the country from the list of those it borders.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Firstly, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Botswana...
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Botswana. Correct.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Secondly, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria and Togo.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Mali.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45No, it is Benin. Finally, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Uganda? Let's go with it.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Uganda. No, it is Djibouti. Ten points for this.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00What given name links the astronomer sister of Sir William Herschel,
0:27:00 > 0:27:01the wife of King George...
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Caroline. Caroline is right.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06These set of bonuses are on fictional characters.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Which wordless picture book by Raymond Briggs
0:27:08 > 0:27:13was adapted into an Oscar-nominated animated film in 1982? The Snowman.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14The Snowman. Correct.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Snowman, whose original name was Jimmy, is the central character
0:27:18 > 0:27:21in which 2003 post-apocalyptic novel by Margaret Atwood?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Shall we pass? No idea. No, no idea. That's Oryx And Crake.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28The Snowman is the seventh crime novel featuring
0:27:28 > 0:27:33the detective Harry Hole, by which Norwegian author?
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Henning Mankell? No, it's Joe Nesbo. Ten points for this.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38What is the common name of the long-tailed
0:27:38 > 0:27:42aquatic larvae of anuran, such as Rana species?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Tadpole. Tadpole is correct.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Your bonuses are on medical conditions.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Referring to a creative pursuit, what is the common name
0:27:48 > 0:27:51for the condition known medically as graphospasm?
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Painter's elbow, tennis elbow... Creative pursuit.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Go with tennis elbow? Writer's cramp.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Writer's cramp. Writer's cramp is right.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Lateral epicondylitis is a condition most commonly known
0:28:04 > 0:28:08by what two-word term referring to a sport? Tennis elbow. Correct.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Pre-patella bursitis is an inflammation of...
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Housemaid's knee. The knee is correct.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14Ten points for this. GONG
0:28:14 > 0:28:16And there's the gong.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Emmanuel College have 140, Gonville and Caius College have 175.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23APPLAUSE
0:28:32 > 0:28:35You left your comeback too late, Emmanuel! Many congratulations
0:28:35 > 0:28:38to you, Gonville and Caius. You're a very impressive team.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42You get the non-existent trophy and the deathless glory.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Many congratulations to you.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46It only remains for me to thank all the teams who've taken part
0:28:46 > 0:28:48in this series and to thank you for watching.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Next time, we resume the students' competition, but until then,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54it's goodbye from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. ALL: Goodbye.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57It is goodbye from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59ALL: Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.