0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Christmas University Challenge.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Hello. Tonight is the third match in this seasonal contest to find
0:00:33 > 0:00:36a team of university graduates whose general knowledge and powers
0:00:36 > 0:00:41of recall have been whetted rather than blunted by the passage of time.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45So far, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Lancaster University
0:00:45 > 0:00:48have notched up scores of 185 and 160, respectively.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52We're about to find out if tonight's teams can beat those scores.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55The University of Keele is represented
0:00:55 > 0:00:59by a historian and biographer of Clement Attlee and Harold Macmillan
0:00:59 > 0:01:01who has a book on Tony Blair in the pipeline.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03By a staunch advocate of the protection
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and promotion of the rights of children.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Their captain should have little difficulty in leading his team
0:01:09 > 0:01:12tonight, having already commanded the Icebreaker, HMS Endurance
0:01:12 > 0:01:14and the Destroyer, HMS Nottingham.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19And their fourth member is either a curse or a blessing to parents
0:01:19 > 0:01:22whose offspring have grown-up playing Warhammer fantasy games.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Let's meet the Keele team.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Hello, I'm Francis Beckett, I graduated from Keele University
0:01:28 > 0:01:31in 1969 in history and philosophy,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and I'm now an author and journalist.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I'm Dr Maggie Atkinson.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40I graduated from Keele in doctorate of education in 2008,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43and I'm Children's Commissioner for England.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44And their captain.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Hello, I'm Ian Moncrieff,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49I graduated in geography and geology in 1977.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I retired from the Royal Navy as a rear admiral in 2010,
0:01:52 > 0:01:56and I'm now the chief executive of the UK Hydrographic Office.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I'm Steve Jackson,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02graduated from Keele in 1972 with a degree in biology and psychology,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06currently professor of game design at Brunel University.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10APPLAUSE
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Now, the graduates from the University of Aberystwyth
0:02:13 > 0:02:16include a former paratrooper turned MP
0:02:16 > 0:02:19and the leader of the Plaid Cymru group in Westminster.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Their captain has been a leading member
0:02:21 > 0:02:24of the Association of Chief Police Officers
0:02:24 > 0:02:27and their fourth member is a director of an organisation
0:02:27 > 0:02:33with 21,000 members, all with IQs in the top 2% of the population.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Let's meet the Aberystwyth team.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38I'm Dan Jarvis, I studied international politics
0:02:38 > 0:02:41in the mid-90s, and after 15 years in the British Army,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I'm now the Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Noswaith dda. I'm Elfyn Llywd,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48I graduated in law in 1974.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I'm a barrister and also a Member of Parliament.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53And their captain.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Hello, I'm Tim Brain,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I graduated in history in 1975
0:02:57 > 0:02:59and received my PhD in 1983.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02I'm a retired Chief Constable of Gloucestershire,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04and I am now an author and academic.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Hi, I'm Chris Leek, I studied marine biology at Aberystwyth
0:03:08 > 0:03:10in the late '70s, and I now work for British Telecom
0:03:10 > 0:03:12and I'm a director of Mensa.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15APPLAUSE
0:03:16 > 0:03:18I'll just remind you all of the rules.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Ten points for starter questions.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22They have to be answered on the buzzer, under solo effort.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25If there is an incorrect interruption to a starter question,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27there is a five-point penalty.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Bonuses, though, are team efforts, so you can confer on those.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31So, fingers on the buzzers.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Here's your first starter for ten.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34"Even Lendl smiled."
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Uttered on July the 7th, 2013...
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Murray winning Wimbledon.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41That's correct, yes.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44APPLAUSE
0:03:44 > 0:03:46So, you get a set of bonuses.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50The first set of bonuses, Keele, they're on Christmas films.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Played by the character actor Henry Travers in Frank Capra's
0:03:53 > 0:03:561946 film, It's A Wonderful Life,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59what is the name of the guardian angel sent to the aid
0:03:59 > 0:04:02of the troubled George Bailey, played by James Stewart?
0:04:07 > 0:04:08No? No ideas?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10We'll guess at Gabriel.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11No, it was Clarence Odbody.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14What is the full name of the lead male character
0:04:14 > 0:04:17in Tim Burton's 1993 animated feature,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20The Nightmare Before Christmas?
0:04:24 > 0:04:25No, no idea.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27It's Jack Skellington.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30And finally, executive produced by the Coen Brothers,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34what is the title of the 2003 film in which a foul-mouthed drunken
0:04:34 > 0:04:38robber poses as Father Christmas in order to steal from shopping malls?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42No idea! Sorry!
0:04:43 > 0:04:45No? No guesses?
0:04:45 > 0:04:46No.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47That's Bad Santa.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Right, ten points at stake for this.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Associated with the poets Andrew Marvell, Stevie Smith
0:04:52 > 0:04:56and Philip Larkin, which city beat...
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Hull.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Hull is correct. Became the next City Of Culture.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02APPLAUSE
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Your bonuses now, Keele, are on a sporting venue.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Which ground has hosted a cricket test on Boxing Day every year
0:05:09 > 0:05:11but one since 1980?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14It was the venue of the first Test match in 1877.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20The Oval.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23No, it's Melbourne Cricket Ground. On Boxing Day at the Oval?!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25LAUGHTER
0:05:25 > 0:05:26The MCG, Melbourne Cricket Ground,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29saw the highest team innings total in first-class cricket
0:05:29 > 0:05:33made by Victoria against New South Wales in 1926.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35How many runs did Victoria make?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37You can have 50 either way.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42It must be in the 600s, 700s.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43560.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45No, it's 1107.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46LAUGHTER
0:05:46 > 0:05:49And finally, a controversial incident
0:05:49 > 0:05:51at the last ball of the match at the MCG in 1981
0:05:51 > 0:05:55led to what form of bowling being banned in one-day internationals?
0:05:55 > 0:05:59New Zealand had needed a six off the last ball to tie the match.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Bodyline bowling.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06No, that was much earlier. It's underarm bowling.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Ten points for this.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Listen carefully, answer as soon as your name is called.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12What is the airspeed of Father Christmas' sleigh,
0:06:12 > 0:06:16flying with a ground speed 275kmph
0:06:16 > 0:06:20into a 75kmph headwind?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23125.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Anyone like to buzz from Keele?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28You may not confer. One of you may buzz.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35150.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37No, it's 350kmph.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39You add the two together.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41And now, another starter question.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43The aardvark is the first animal listed
0:06:43 > 0:06:44in the Oxford English Dictionary.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Which is the second?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Oh! Er, aavasay.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53No.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Aberystwyth, one of you buzz?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00It's an aardwolf. Too late, sorry.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Ten points for this.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Ending with the transportation of a man called Michael to Botany Bay
0:07:05 > 0:07:08for stealing Trevelyan's corn as his lover, Mary,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10watches his ship sail away,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12which Irish folk ballad and sporting anthem...
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Bantry Bay.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18No. You lose five points too.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Which Irish folk ballad and sporting anthem
0:07:20 > 0:07:24recalls the eponymous fields where their "love was on the wing?"
0:07:29 > 0:07:31No? It's The Fields Of Athenry.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Ten points for this.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37A gamer's identification, a computer hacker's handle, a graffiti artist's
0:07:37 > 0:07:41tag, a nom de guerre, stage name, screen name, pen name, nickname...
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Pseudonym.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Pseudonym is correct, yes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46APPLAUSE
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Right, you get a set of bonuses,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52this time on the year 1769 in science and technology.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55An improvement on Hargreaves' spinning jenny,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58who in 1769 patented the spinning frame,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01a mechanical device that produced yarn from fibre?
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Arkwright.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Correct.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14In April 1769, Captain Cook arrived in Tahiti to observe
0:08:14 > 0:08:16what specific astronomical phenomenon?
0:08:16 > 0:08:22It last occurred in 2004 and 2012 and won't recur until 2117.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Full solar eclipse.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27No, it's a transit of Venus.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29And finally, in 1769,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32which engineer obtained his first patent for, quote,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35"a new method of lessening the consumption
0:08:35 > 0:08:37"of steam and fuel in fire engines"?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Stevenson.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46No, it was James Watt.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47We're going to take a picture round now.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49For your picture starter,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52you will be shown the dimensions in inches of a Christmas gift.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55It's a games console and accessories, if you want to know,
0:08:55 > 0:08:58but what I want to know is the total area in inches squared
0:08:58 > 0:09:01of this flat, L-shaped surface.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07THEY WHISPER
0:09:07 > 0:09:09You may not confer.
0:09:13 > 0:09:1452.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16No. Aberystwyth, one of you wish to buzz?
0:09:25 > 0:09:2676.
0:09:26 > 0:09:2876 inches squared is correct, yes.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31APPLAUSE
0:09:31 > 0:09:34So, you're storming off the mark. For your bonuses,
0:09:34 > 0:09:36you'll see the dimensions of three more Christmas gifts.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39This time, I want the total VOLUME of each gift.
0:09:39 > 0:09:415 points for each you can work out.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Give your answers in terms of pi where applicable,
0:09:44 > 0:09:46and again, we're giving the dimensions in inches
0:09:46 > 0:09:50as an act of kindness to all you older folk there.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51LAUGHTER
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Firstly, in terms of pi and cubic inches, the volume of this football.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Nominate Leek.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19We'll try 216 pi.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21No, it's 288 pi,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23but I did like the way you nodded knowledgeably,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- Chief Constable! - LAUGHTER
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Secondly, again in terms of pi and cubic inches,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30the volume of this encased poster.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:10:42 > 0:10:45JEREMY CHUCKLES
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Nominate Leek.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I'll try again. 240 pi.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50It is 240 pi.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53You don't need to buzz, you were spot-on.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57And finally, the volume in inches cubed of this Rubik's Cube.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Nominate Leek.
0:11:10 > 0:11:1264.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13It is 64 inches cubed. Well done.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17APPLAUSE
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Another starter question now.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Number 10 Glebe Street in Auchentogle
0:11:22 > 0:11:25has been named as the home of which comic strip family?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Created by the writer...
0:11:28 > 0:11:29The Broons.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30The Broons is right, yes.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32APPLAUSE
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Your bonuses are on ancient musical instruments.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40The timbrel or tof was the principal percussion
0:11:40 > 0:11:42instrument of the ancient Israelites
0:11:42 > 0:11:46and most closely resembled which modern-day instrument?
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Tambourine.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Correct.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Listed by the German composer Michael Praetorius
0:12:02 > 0:12:05in the early 17th century as coming in four principal sizes,
0:12:05 > 0:12:09the sackbut most closely resembled which modern-day instrument?
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Clarinet.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21No, it's the trombone.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25And finally, with modern versions still being used in Asian and
0:12:25 > 0:12:27European folk cultures, the shawm,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30a double-reed instrument originating in the Middle Ages,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33was a precursor of which modern-day instrument?
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Bassoon.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43No, it was the oboe.
0:12:43 > 0:12:4510 points for this.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47A meeting in the US during the Second World War
0:12:47 > 0:12:50saw Saint-Saens' The Swan performed as a duet
0:12:50 > 0:12:54with Albert Einstein on the violin and on the piano,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57which British amateur astronomer and musician
0:12:57 > 0:13:00who died aged 89 in 2012?
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Patrick Moore.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- Correct. - APPLAUSE
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Right, your bonuses, Aberystwyth, are on shorter words that can be
0:13:10 > 0:13:13formed from any of the letters in the title, A Christmas Carol.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16In each case, give the word from the definition.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Firstly, a noun meaning the purification of the emotions
0:13:19 > 0:13:22by vicarious experience, especially through drama.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Catharsis.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Correct.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Secondly, an adjective describing language
0:13:32 > 0:13:35that is bitterly cutting or scornfully ironic.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Caustic.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42No, it's sarcastic.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44A woman who is the head of the family,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46household, or tribe, finally.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Matriarch.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- Correct. - APPLAUSE
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Right, we're going to take a music round now.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55For your music starter, you'll hear an excerpt from an opera.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58For ten points, I want the title of the opera and the composer.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01# Chi son
0:14:01 > 0:14:05# Chi son
0:14:05 > 0:14:10# E che faccio
0:14:10 > 0:14:16# Come vivo... #
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Turandot - Puccini.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22No, Aberystwyth?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26# Vuole... #
0:14:26 > 0:14:27No conferring.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Puccini - Madame Butterfly.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35No, it's Puccini - La Boheme.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Yes, Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40so we'll take the music bonuses in a moment or two. Ten points for this.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Which sculptor created the Gates of Hell, commissioned in 1884
0:14:44 > 0:14:47for the future Museum of the Decorative Arts in Paris?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Unfinished at his death, it nevertheless
0:14:50 > 0:14:55resulted in independent works such as The Thinker and The Kiss.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Rodin.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Rodin is correct. So, you get the music bonuses, then, Keele.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Act one of Puccini's La Boheme is set on Christmas Eve.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08For your bonuses, you're going to hear three pieces of music from operas associated
0:15:08 > 0:15:11with notable performances during the Christmas period.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13First, which opera is this?
0:15:13 > 0:15:16It was performed on Christmas Eve in New York in 1903,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19previous stage performances having been restricted
0:15:19 > 0:15:21to its country of origin.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25MUSIC PLAYS WITH SINGING IN GERMAN
0:15:29 > 0:15:30It's Wagner.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36THEY CONFER AS MUSIC CONTINUES
0:15:40 > 0:15:41The opera?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Or is it Shostakovich?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48What's the opera?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50We have to name the opera.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52MUSIC FADES OUT
0:15:54 > 0:15:55No.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56That was Wagner's Parsifal.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Secondly, I want the name of this opera.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03It premiered in Weimar on the 23rd of December 1893.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06MUSIC PLAYS WITH SINGING IN GERMAN
0:16:11 > 0:16:13One of Strauss?
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Is it Strauss?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Rosenkavalier - but was that Strauss?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Who wrote Der Rosenkavalier?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Rosenkavalier?- I think it's Der Rosenkavalier.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39No, it's Humperdinck's Hansel Und Gretel,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41or a piece thereof, about the witch being dead.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Finally, I want the name of this opera.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46It premiered in Cairo on Christmas Eve, 1871.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- Verdi's Aida.- Correct.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Right, ten points for this.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59Meanings of what six-letter word include glaring and amusing mistake,
0:16:59 > 0:17:03and South American monkey, named after its loud call.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Howler.- Yes.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11APPLAUSE
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Your bonuses, Keele, are on a shared surname.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15In each case, I want the given name
0:17:15 > 0:17:17and surname of the authors of the following.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21Firstly, Summer And Smoke and The Glass Menagerie,
0:17:21 > 0:17:22both written in the 1940s.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Tennessee Williams.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Correct. Secondly, the 2009 autobiography,
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Climbing The Bookshelves,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34the 1981 Politics Is For People, and the 2003 work
0:17:34 > 0:17:39God And Caesar: Personal Reflections On Politics And Religion.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50No.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52That's Shirley Williams.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54And finally, Arius, Heresy And Tradition,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Dostoevsky: Language Faith And Fiction
0:17:57 > 0:18:01and Faith In The Public Square - all published since 2001.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14We're trying Rowan Williams.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- It was Rowan Williams, yes. - APPLAUSE
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Ten points for this starter question.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Which branch of mathematics concerns
0:18:21 > 0:18:23the effects on a function of an infinitesimal change
0:18:23 > 0:18:26in the value of the independent variable?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Its name in Latin means small stone.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Is it differential calculus?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34All I wanted was calculus, but, yes, that's fine.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38OK, you get a set of bonuses then, Keele, on natural phenomena.
0:18:38 > 0:18:44Pahoehoe, coulee and a'a are all names for flows of what material?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Lava.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Correct.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56What class of volcanic eruptions
0:18:56 > 0:18:59are named after an observer and supposed fatality
0:18:59 > 0:19:01of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Pyroclastic.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08No, they're plinian eruptions.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10And finally, which Indonesian volcano
0:19:10 > 0:19:14experienced a cataclysmic plinian eruption in 1883,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17leading to tsunamis detected in the English Channel?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- Krakatoa.- Correct.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21We're going to take a second picture round now.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24For your picture starter, you'll see a winter scene
0:19:24 > 0:19:26that exemplifies the style of an artistic movement.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29For ten points, please name the movement.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Impressionism.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Correct. - APPLAUSE
0:19:37 > 0:19:40That was Monet's Lavacourt Under Snow.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42For your bonuses, three more wintry scenes,
0:19:42 > 0:19:46each exemplifying a specific artistic style or movement.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49That's what I want you to give me in each case, please.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Firstly, the style or movement this work represents.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Pointillism.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Pointillism is correct. Secondly...
0:20:09 > 0:20:12THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Expressionist.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24That is correct. And finally, this, please.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Geometrical?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41No, that's Art Deco.
0:20:41 > 0:20:4310 points for this. Paris Is Burning,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46the 1990 film documentary by Jennie Livingston
0:20:46 > 0:20:48is often credited with bringing
0:20:48 > 0:20:51which dance craze to wider public attention?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Break dancing.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57No.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Salsa.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08No, it's vogueing. I'd love to see you guys doing it!
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- LAUGHTER - Ten points for this.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is a port on which major body...
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Caspian Sea.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Well done. - APPLAUSE
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Your bonuses are on marzipan in Germany, Aberystwyth.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Which city in Schleswig-Holstein
0:21:27 > 0:21:30gives its name to a protected designation of marzipan,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32characterised by high almond content?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Keele?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47No, it's Lubeck.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Now known as Kaliningrad, which former German city
0:21:50 > 0:21:52gives its name to a variety of marzipan
0:21:52 > 0:21:54that is seasoned with bitter almonds
0:21:54 > 0:21:56and briefly baked after being shaped?
0:22:08 > 0:22:09No, sorry.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10OK, it's Konigsberg.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14And finally, a seasonal cake often containing marzipan, stollen,
0:22:14 > 0:22:18is especially associated with which city on the River Elbe,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20capital of the state of Saxony?
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Hanover.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32No, it's Dresden. Right, 10 points for this.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Newtonian, Schmidt, Cassegrain and Galilean are among the types...
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Telescope.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Telescope is right. - APPLAUSE
0:22:41 > 0:22:45You get a set of bonuses now, Aberystwyth, on Salvador Dali.
0:22:45 > 0:22:51Born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova in 1894, Salvador Dali's wife
0:22:51 > 0:22:56of 40 years, Gala, was first married to which French surrealist poet?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06No.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08It's Paul Eluard.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12And secondly, what insulting anagram of Salvador Dali's name was
0:23:12 > 0:23:15devised by the surrealist writer Andre Breton to denote Dali's
0:23:15 > 0:23:19apparent commercialism and desire for financial reward?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- Nominate Jarvis. - Is it Sold Out?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30No, it's Avida... Sold Out's not an anagram of Salvador Dali!
0:23:30 > 0:23:32No, it's Avida Dollars.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36In 1945, Dali designed a surreal dream sequence for which
0:23:36 > 0:23:37film by Alfred Hitchcock?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Shall we have it, please?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- No, we can't get one. - It's Spellbound.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Fingers on the buzzers, here's another starter question.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- LAUGHTER - Listen carefully, answer as soon as your name is called.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07If it takes ten elves five hours to make 200 toys,
0:24:07 > 0:24:11how long does it take five elves to make 60 toys?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13LAUGHTER
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I thought you were working it out, Mr Leek?!
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I was. I'd forgotten the second half of the question!
0:24:29 > 0:24:31JEREMY LAUGHS
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Three hours.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Three hours is correct, yes!
0:24:33 > 0:24:37APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Right, your bonuses are on
0:24:39 > 0:24:42additions to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45In each case, give the word or term from the definition.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Firstly, in computing, the action of moving the pointer
0:24:49 > 0:24:53onto an element of a graphical user interface or web page.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06No.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07That's a mouseover.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10The collective genomes of all the microorganisms inhabiting
0:25:10 > 0:25:14a specific environment, especially that of the body.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22No.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24That's a microbiome.
0:25:24 > 0:25:25And finally, give me, please
0:25:25 > 0:25:28the name given to an association of universities
0:25:28 > 0:25:30regarding themselves as having the highest level
0:25:30 > 0:25:32of academic standards and achievement in Britain.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- The Russell Group. - The Russell group is correct.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Two-and-a-half minutes to go.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Adding which two letters
0:25:40 > 0:25:42to the French word for the English Channel
0:25:42 > 0:25:44gives the French word for Sunday?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48D and I.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- Correct. - APPLAUSE
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Your bonuses, Aberystwyth, are on British history.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57In each case, name the Prime Minister in office
0:25:57 > 0:25:58on Christmas Day in the year given.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Firstly, the Prime Minister on Christmas Day, 1813.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04He continued in office for a further 13 years.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Liverpool.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Correct. The Prime Minister on Christmas Day, 1863, please.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Aberdeen.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30No, it was Lord Palmerston.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34And finally, the Prime Minister on Christmas Day, 1913.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Askwith.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Correct. Ten points for this.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Situated north of Cadiz, Sanlucar de Barrameda
0:26:43 > 0:26:44is a centre for the production
0:26:44 > 0:26:48of which general type of fortified wine?
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Sherry.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- Sherry is correct, yes. - APPLAUSE
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Bonuses are on units named after scientists, Aberystwyth.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Born in Cumberland in 1766,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02which scientist gives his name to a unit of atomic mass?
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Bacharals.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10No, it's John Dalton.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Born in London in 1791,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15which scientist gives his name to a unit corresponding to
0:27:15 > 0:27:18the magnitude of the charge of one mole of electrons?
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Watt.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29No, it's Faraday.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Born in 1623, which French scientist
0:27:32 > 0:27:34gives his name to the SI unit of pressure?
0:27:44 > 0:27:45We'll try Bar.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47No, it's Pascal.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49You don't need to buzz when it's a bonus.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Right, another starter question now.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53"Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55"vanities, vanities, all is vanity."
0:27:55 > 0:27:59These words appear in the opening chapter of which book of...
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Ecclesiastes.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02- Correct. - GONG SOUNDS
0:28:02 > 0:28:05And at the Gong, Aberystwyth University have 95,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Keele have 140.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Well, we're going to be saying goodbye to you, for sure,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Aberystwyth, and possibly to you, as well,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16if you're not among one of the four highest scoring winners, Keele.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19But thank you both very much for playing.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20You didn't have to do it,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22and it was jolly sporting that you did. Thank you.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24I hope you can join us next time.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25We leave you with a reminder
0:28:25 > 0:28:28of how sweet and innocent they all were as students.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Not that they're not like that now, of course. Goodbye.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34APPLAUSE