0:00:17 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Christmas University Challenge.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Asking the questions - Jeremy Paxman.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Hello. We already know that the University of Kent,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34St Anne's College, Oxford and St Hilda's College, Oxford
0:00:34 > 0:00:37are through to the semifinal stage
0:00:37 > 0:00:40of this short and festive contest for distinguished alumni
0:00:40 > 0:00:44of 14 of the UK's universities and university colleges.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Leeds University will go through, as well,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50unless tonight's winners can beat their score of 175
0:00:50 > 0:00:52and take their place.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Now, the University of Bristol is represented first
0:00:55 > 0:00:57by a television presenter who describes herself
0:00:57 > 0:01:02as a complete and utter water baby. A qualified scuba diver,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05she's made a number of diving-related TV programmes,
0:01:05 > 0:01:09as well as presenting Channel 4's Wreck Detectives
0:01:09 > 0:01:12and appearing on Coast and The One Show for the BBC.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15She's also president of the RSPB.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Her colleague got her first job as a TV reporter
0:01:18 > 0:01:20while still a student at Bristol,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22nipping out between history lecturers
0:01:22 > 0:01:24to shoot a film about Bristol Rovers.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28She later became one of Channel 4's youngest commissioning editors,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31but now concentrates on presenting programmes for the channel,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33such as Food Unwrapped.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Their captain began his career in the City
0:01:36 > 0:01:39before becoming economics correspondent for Newsnight.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41He was editor in chief of The Observer,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43for which he still writes a regular column,
0:01:43 > 0:01:47and is the author of several books including The State We're In.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49He's been a government adviser
0:01:49 > 0:01:51and has chaired a number of policy commissions,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54including the Independent Commission on Fees,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56a subject no doubt of acute interest
0:01:56 > 0:01:59to many a parent, and, indeed, student.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Finally, the author of nine novels and three volumes of non-fiction,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06whose work has also been dramatised on Radio 4.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10She's been a critic, notably on the former Newsnight Review,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13and a columnist for The Guardian, the FT and The New York Times.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Let's meet the Bristol team.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Hello, I'm Miranda Krestovnikoff.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22I graduated from Bristol in 1994 in zoology,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26and I currently present wildlife programmes on television and radio.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Hello, I'm Kate Quilton.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I graduated in history from Bristol University in 2006.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37I'm a journalist and a TV presenter and I make programmes for Channel 4.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- And here's their captain. - Hello, I'm Will Hutton.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45I graduated from Bristol in 1971 in economics and sociology.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48I'm currently principal of Hertford College, Oxford,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I co-chair the Big Innovation Centre,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53and I write a regular column for The Observer.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Hello, I'm Julie Myerson.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57I graduated in English from Bristol in 1982,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59and I'm now a novelist.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02APPLAUSE
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Nottingham University are fielding an athlete who says
0:03:06 > 0:03:08the main reason he applied to study there
0:03:08 > 0:03:11was because it's the home of the National Water Sports Centre.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Perhaps a wise choice as he's won silver medals in his sport
0:03:15 > 0:03:18in the last three Olympics.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20His colleague, as a boy, made his own weather symbols
0:03:20 > 0:03:22to stick on his father's road maps
0:03:22 > 0:03:25while doing an impression of Michael Fish -
0:03:25 > 0:03:27behaviour likely to induce anxiety
0:03:27 > 0:03:30in even the most open-minded parents, you might think.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33He's been a news reporter and weather anchor in Montana,
0:03:33 > 0:03:35and as part of his current role,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38he can be seen taking part in Springwatch and Autumnwatch.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Their captain presents the early breakfast show on BBC 6 Music
0:03:42 > 0:03:47and can also sometimes be heard on Radio 2 and Radio 5 live
0:03:47 > 0:03:50with occasional appearances on BBC breakfast TV.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52He blogs for the BBC website
0:03:52 > 0:03:55and has written for The Huffington Post and Music Week.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Their fourth member is an art historian,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59critic and biographer
0:03:59 > 0:04:02with a particular interest in 20th-century British art.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06She's written on Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and John Piper,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08as well as the poet Stevie Smith.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Her book British Art Since 1900
0:04:11 > 0:04:14is a familiar textbook in schools and universities,
0:04:14 > 0:04:19and in 2005, she was awarded a CBE for services to literature.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Let's meet the Nottingham team.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Hi, I'm David Florence.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25I graduated in mathematical physics in 2005,
0:04:25 > 0:04:27and I am now a canoeist.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Hello, I'm Nick Miller.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33I received a degree in history and politics from Nottingham in 1992,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35and now I'm a BBC weather presenter.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36And this is their captain.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Hello, I'm Chris Hawkins
0:04:38 > 0:04:41and I graduated from Nottingham in 1997
0:04:41 > 0:04:43with a degree in American studies,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46which I'm not sure really qualifies me to be here,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49and I'm a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Hello, I'm Frances Spalding.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I graduated from Nottingham in 1972,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57and I'm still an art historian and biographer,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00and I'm currently a fellow of Clare Hall in Cambridge.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05APPLAUSE
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Right, the rules are the same as ever.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Ten points for starter questions, which are solo efforts,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12and bonuses are team collaborations.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14They're worth 15 points.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Fingers on the buzzers. Here's your first starter for ten.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21In Chambers Dictionary, meanings of what five-letter word include
0:05:21 > 0:05:24"An empty case or lifeless relic",
0:05:24 > 0:05:26"any frail structure",
0:05:26 > 0:05:30"a type of light racing boat", "a light coffin",
0:05:30 > 0:05:32"a conch trumpet" and a..."
0:05:33 > 0:05:35A wreck.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37No, you lose five points.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- You can hear the rest of it if you want to.- Yeah.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- You can buzz in now if you wish.- No, I'll hear the rest of it. Why not?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45..and "an explosive projectile shot from a cannon"?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- It's a shell. - It is a shell, you're right.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50APPLAUSE
0:05:50 > 0:05:54You get a set of bonuses, then, Bristol, on cold weather
0:05:54 > 0:05:56in the openings of 19th-century novels.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59In each case, I need the title of the novel
0:05:59 > 0:06:03from which the following lines are taken, and the author.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Firstly, from a work published in 1847,
0:06:06 > 0:06:10"Pure bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15"Indeed, one may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge
0:06:15 > 0:06:18"by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs
0:06:18 > 0:06:21"at the end of the house."
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- Bronte?- Bronte?- Wuthering Heights?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- Wuthering Heights? - I'm not sure, but...
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte. - Correct.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Published in 1818, secondly, "I am already far north of London,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36"and as I walk in the streets of Petersburg,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40"I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks."
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Petersburg?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Tolstoy?- I don't think it's Tolstoy. Could it be Dostoevsky?
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- No, no, no, that's far too early. Not Dostoevsky.- OK.- Right.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- Might be.- Mm. Just...
0:06:55 > 0:06:59OK, is Tolstoy in the first person? That's what I'm wondering.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- No, Tolstoy's later in the century, isn't he?- OK.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Come on.- Have we got a guess?- No. - I haven't got a guess.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Going to have a guess? Can I guess?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I'd say The Idiot, Dostoevsky, but you don't think so.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- No, OK, you guess something. - Dostoevsky's much, much later.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- OK, you guess what you think. - Well, we'll go with...
0:07:13 > 0:07:15The Idiot, Dostoevsky.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17No, it's Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19LAUGHTER Finally...
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- OK, that was seriously wrong. - Yeah, it was.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Published in 1868 now,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27"It's going to be a hard winter for everyone,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30"and Mother thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure
0:07:30 > 0:07:34"when our men are suffering so in the army."
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- Little...? - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. - Correct.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43APPLAUSE Ten points for this.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45"Clearly, an impregnable masterpiece",
0:07:45 > 0:07:47said Martin Amis of which early novel,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50noting that it suffered from one fairly serious flaw -
0:07:50 > 0:07:53that of outright unreadability.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Its author's death is recorded as having taken place in Madrid
0:07:57 > 0:08:00on the same date as that of Shakespeare -
0:08:00 > 0:08:02April the 23rd, 1616.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- Is this for us? This is for us? - No, it's a starter question!
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Try and keep up. LAUGHTER
0:08:10 > 0:08:12One of you buzzes in if you know the answer to this.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16THEY WHISPER You may not confer!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18It's a solo effort.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Do you know the rules at all?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- We've learned them now. - LAUGHTER
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Right, none of you buzz in. I'll tell you, it's Don Quixote.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Ten points for this.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Inspiring a musical theatre production first seen in 2013,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34developed in conjunction with the Dundee publisher DC Thomson,
0:08:34 > 0:08:40which magazine for teenage girls ran from 1964 to 1993 and featured...?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- Jackie.- Yes!
0:08:44 > 0:08:47APPLAUSE
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- What a surprising area of knowledge. - Two younger sisters.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Here are your bonuses. They're on astronomy in 2016, Nottingham.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57In August, 2016,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00astronomers announced the discovery of an exoplanet
0:09:00 > 0:09:04in the habitable zone of which specific star?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08It's the closest star to Earth and is part of a triple star system.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Could it be Mars or Pluto? - Mars or Pluto?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Mars or Pluto, we're thinking.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Triple system - what does that mean?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- That's not my...- It's not... - Let's have an answer.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Is it Venus? I don't know. I just don't know.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- HE STUTTERS - Pluto's not a star. It's a planet.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Pluto.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36Pluto? No, it's Proxima or Proxima Centauri.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Secondly, the distance from the Earth to Neptune
0:09:38 > 0:09:41is about 30 astronomical units, or AU.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44What is the distance to Proxima Centauri?
0:09:44 > 0:09:48You can have 20,000 AU either way. CHUCKLING
0:09:48 > 0:09:51We'll just have to come up with a number, won't we?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- Just pick a number. - 150,000 or something like that.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- 150,000?- That's just a number.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59150,000.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02No, that's not close enough. It's 271,000.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05And finally, the exoplanet in question
0:10:05 > 0:10:08is much closer to its star than Earth is to the sun,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11but it's still in its habitable zone.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15This is because Proxima Centauri is what kind of cooler star?
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Don't know, no.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19I'm thinking of a shooting star. That can't be right, can it?
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- Shooting star?- I'm thinking red dwarf or something like that.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Red dwarf?- Yeah.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- Red dwarf.- It is a red dwarf, yes.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30APPLAUSE
0:10:30 > 0:10:31We're going to take a picture round now.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34For your picture starter, you will see the track list
0:10:34 > 0:10:35from a pop album.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Ten points if you can
0:10:36 > 0:10:38identify the album.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39The title track has,
0:10:39 > 0:10:40of course, been omitted.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Pet Sounds.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is correct, yes.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53APPLAUSE
0:10:53 > 0:10:55That was released 50 years ago this year.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58For your bonuses, you'll see the track lists
0:10:58 > 0:11:01of three more albums released in 1966.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Five points for each album you can identify,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06along with the artist or band who made the album.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Firstly...
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Bob Dylan, and it's...
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- No idea.- It's Dylan.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16And it's...
0:11:16 > 0:11:18HE SIGHS
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- It's Bob Dylan.- Yes. Which one?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Ah...!
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- No, I can't give it to you. - I've gone blank, sorry.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- It's Blonde On Blonde.- Course it is.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Secondly, this five-word album title, please.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Simon and Garfunkel, isn't it?- Mm-hm.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Five-word?- Shameful.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44It's Simon and Garfunkel and...
0:11:44 > 0:11:46It is, but I need the album title, too.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- It's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme.- Of course.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Finally...
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- It's The Beatles, so... - The Beatles, yeah.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58These should be mine, shouldn't they?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Can't help you on that one, Chris.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- Beatles, Hard Day's Night.- No.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- It is The Beatles, but it's Revolver.- Course it is.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Right, ten points for this.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07What single-digit number
0:12:07 > 0:12:11links the fourth root of 1,296,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14the planet Saturn's position from the sun
0:12:14 > 0:12:16and the chemical element carbon?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- Six.- Six is correct, yes.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26APPLAUSE
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Your bonuses are on Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Firstly, for five points,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Face The Music And Dance is a song from which film?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Astaire plays a sailor on shore leave
0:12:36 > 0:12:38who tries to rekindle a romance
0:12:38 > 0:12:41with his former dancing partner, played by Rogers.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Face The Music And Dance.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- I can't think of any movies by them. - A sailor?- I'm not old enough.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I don't know.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- I'm going to guess.- Guess. - Top Hat And White Tie?
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- No, Top Hat And Tails.- No, no, no. - No, what's it called?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Just think of any title.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- OK, Top Hat. - No, it's Follow The Fleet.- Ah.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Secondly, what is the surname...
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Don't go, "Oh, yes, of course it is."
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- No, the other one I knew, you know. - LAUGHTER
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Secondly, what is the surname
0:13:11 > 0:13:14of the influential husband and wife ballroom dance partners
0:13:14 > 0:13:17who were portrayed by Rogers and Astaire
0:13:17 > 0:13:20in a biographical film of 1939?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- No.- I don't know.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- You don't know? - I don't know.- 1939 film?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- We should just say pass.- Pass.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32It's Castle. Vernon and Irene Castle.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35And finally, in which film does Jerry,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38played by Astaire, fall for Dale, played by Rogers?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41They meet in London, but she flees to Venice,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43thinking he is already married.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46The film features the song Cheek To Cheek.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Dancing Cheek To Cheek.- Yeah.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51It's something like Top Hat And Tails.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52What is the one...?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Dancing Cheek To Cheek, is it Top Hat And Tails? Let's try that.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Top Hat And Tails.- No.- Top Hat!
0:13:57 > 0:14:01It's just called Top Hat, and I've got to accept your first answer.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- You said Top Hat And Tails, which was incorrect.- Oh, no!
0:14:03 > 0:14:05That's not fair! That's not fair.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Oh, stop whining. LAUGHTER
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Ten points for this starter question.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14The Meaning Of Night in 1927, Golconda in 1953
0:14:14 > 0:14:17and The Mysteries Of The Horizon in 1955
0:14:17 > 0:14:23are artworks thematically linked by male figures in bowler hats
0:14:23 > 0:14:25by which Belgian-born surrealist?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- Magritte. - Magritte is right, of course.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32APPLAUSE
0:14:32 > 0:14:34A gift for an art historian.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Three questions on seasonal paintings,
0:14:36 > 0:14:37you'll be pleased to hear.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41During the 1840s, Theodore Rousseau,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43a leading figure of the Barbizon school,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45painted The Forest In Winter At Sunset,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49believed to depict a scene in which forest near Paris?
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- You don't need to buzz. You can just...- Sorry. Barbizon.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- No, it's not. It's Fontainebleau. - Fontainebleau. Sorry, yes.- OK.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Secondly, The Boulevard Montmartre On A Winter Morning
0:15:02 > 0:15:05is a work of 1897 by which painter
0:15:05 > 0:15:08whose output included several versions of the scene?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10He was the only painter to show work in all eight
0:15:10 > 0:15:12of the impressionist exhibitions.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Must be Monet, I think.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Or Pissarro. Oh, Pissarro...
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Going for that?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Monet or Pissarro.- Which?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Well, try Monet...or Pissarro.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Monet or Pissarro - which?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Flip a coin in your head.- Monet.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Monet.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32No, it's Pissarro. Bad luck.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Which impressionist's numerous snowscapes
0:15:36 > 0:15:40include the 1875 work Snow Scene At Argenteuil,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42now on display at the National Gallery?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45His ability is reputed to have prompted Manet
0:15:45 > 0:15:48to abandon his own attempts in the genre.
0:15:48 > 0:15:54I think that must be Monet. Er...
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Let's do it, then. - Shall we go with Monet?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01I'm afraid it'll be wrong. Yes, OK.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- Monet.- It was Monet, yes. APPLAUSE
0:16:04 > 0:16:05We're going to take a music round now.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08For your music starter, you'll hear the title music
0:16:08 > 0:16:09of a well-known television series.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I want the title of the series for ten points, please.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16ORCHESTRAL MILITARY MUSIC PLAYS
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Is that Thunderbirds?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- It is Thunderbirds, yes.- Yay! - APPLAUSE
0:16:30 > 0:16:332017 will mark the 60th anniversary
0:16:33 > 0:16:36of the first television production of Gerry Anderson,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39whose extensive credits, of course, included the Thunderbirds.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41For your bonuses, three more pieces of music
0:16:41 > 0:16:44associated with his Supermarionation output,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47all composed by Barry Grey.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Firstly, for five points,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51for which title character was this the theme music?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54FAST MUSIC PLAYS
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Johnny.- Johnny something. Johnny... What's the one?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03The one that had the Angels in it.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Oh! No, could be Captain Scarlet, or it could be the Johnny one.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I mean, if none of you know, let's say Captain Scarlet.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- Captain Scarlet. - No, that was Joe 90.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Oh, that's what I meant!
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Second, for which vehicle was this the theme music?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- Which vehicle?- Sorry? - Which vehicle was that?- Don't know.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Any vehicle? A vehicle?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- A car?- Was that the car?
0:17:34 > 0:17:39# But though I'm not a spaceman Famous and renowned... #
0:17:39 > 0:17:40We just have to pass.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42That's Fireball XL5.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46And finally, this is the opening theme of which series?
0:17:46 > 0:17:49OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Captain Scarlet.- Captain Scarlet.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57That is correct, yes. LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Ten points for this.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01The works of which Italian film director and screenwriter
0:18:01 > 0:18:03include The Great Beauty,
0:18:03 > 0:18:08which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11and the 2016 series The Young Pope?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14THEY WHISPER You may not confer.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16One of you can buzz.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22It's something like Paolo Bussolini.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- But it's not that, is it? - LAUGHTER
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Not close enough, certainly.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Anyone like to buzz? It's Paolo Sorrentino.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Bad luck.- Nearly there. - Not nearly there at all!
0:18:33 > 0:18:35It was miles away! LAUGHTER
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- I mean, how much do you want? - Paolo was right.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Right, ten points for this.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41In the northern hemisphere, what two-word term
0:18:41 > 0:18:44derives in part from the Latin meaning "sun stopped"
0:18:44 > 0:18:47and denotes the day when the South Pole is inclined
0:18:47 > 0:18:51about 23.4 degrees towards the sun?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Solstice.- Two-word term, I asked for.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- Oh. Sol...- Come on. Anyone want to buzz from Nottingham?
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- Solar solstice.- No, it's the winter solstice. Bad luck.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06And you get a five-point fine for incorrect interruption.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- I clearly said two-word term. - You did.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Right, so, ten points at stake for this.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Which political thinker and historian is this?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Born in Paris in 1805,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18his enduring ideas include soft despotism
0:19:18 > 0:19:20and the atomisation of society,
0:19:20 > 0:19:24and were expressed in works such as The Old Regime And The Revolution
0:19:24 > 0:19:26and Democracy In America.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Alexis de Tocqueville.- Yes.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36APPLAUSE
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Right, Bristol, your bonuses are on periods of the Mesozoic Era.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Extending from 201 to 145 million years ago,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46which period takes its name
0:19:46 > 0:19:49from a range of mountains in France and Switzerland?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- Takes the names from the Alps? - Alpine?- No, no, no.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Could it be Jurassic?- Pyrenees? - Why not Jurassic?- Switzerland...
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- It's not Jurassic? - Jura. Jura.- Jurassic.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- Jurassic.- Jurassic is correct, yes.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Secondly, extending from approximately
0:20:06 > 0:20:10252 to 201 million years ago, which period takes its name
0:20:10 > 0:20:14from a sequence of rock strata in Central Germany?
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Central Germany. Westphalia.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Ruhr. Ruhr. Come on, name some...
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- Rock strata?- Rock strata in Central Germany.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29The Ruhr Valley. Come on, let's think about Central Germany.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- What?- I'm thinking of the periods of time rather than...
0:20:32 > 0:20:34- Just say any period. - Any period.- Say a period.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- Cretaceous.- No.- No?
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Cretaceous.- No, it's Triassic. The Trias.- Oh.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46And extending from approximately 145 to 66 million years ago,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49which period takes its name from the Latin for chalk?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- Latin for chalk. - Could it be Cretaceous?- What?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Could it be Cretaceous? I don't know.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- You say if you know better, but that's my guess.- Cretaceous.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Is Cretaceous from chalk? Chalk - Cretaceous?- Could be.- Chalk.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Possibly.- It could be.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02If you don't know the answer...
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Illuminating light of knowledge, let's try Cretaceous.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Cretaceous is correct. Well done. Ten points for this.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09APPLAUSE He claimed that,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11to obtain harmonic perfection,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14art should be freed from any representation of nature
0:21:14 > 0:21:19and be created from wholly abstract, geometrical elements.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Mondrian.- Mondrian is correct, yes.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26APPLAUSE
0:21:26 > 0:21:29These bonuses are on marzipan, Nottingham.
0:21:29 > 0:21:3217km south of Madrid, which city claims that,
0:21:32 > 0:21:36following a famine in the early 13th century,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39local nuns invented marzipan using sugar and almonds,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42being the only ingredients readily available.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- South of Madrid. - What's 70km south of Madrid?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47South of Madrid, is it?
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- South of Madrid. - 70km south of Madrid.- Seville?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Seville's down there.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- It's down in the south. - Shall we try Seville?- Seville?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- Come on.- Seville.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58No, it's Toledo.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Which port on the Baltic Sea in Northern Germany
0:22:01 > 0:22:05is home to a marzipan museum, whose origins lie in a shop
0:22:05 > 0:22:09opened in 1806 by the confectioner Johann Niederegger?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12It's a former capital of the Hanseatic League.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- No.- Has no-one taken the ferry to Northern Germany before?
0:22:16 > 0:22:20- Not recently enough to be able to remember.- A cruise, maybe.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- Don't know.- No?- Neither do I, no.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Pass.- We've got no idea. - It's Lubeck.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29And finally, since the Middle Ages, a marzipan recipe
0:22:29 > 0:22:31with supposed healing properties
0:22:31 > 0:22:35has been made in one of Europe's oldest pharmacies.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39In which Baltic capital on the Gulf of Finland is it?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Riga is one. Tallinn.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Tallinn?
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- Yes.- Tallinn?- Sure.- Tallinn?- Sure.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50A not-very-convincing, unanimous Tallinn.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Well done. It was a good guess. APPLAUSE
0:22:52 > 0:22:54We're going to take a picture round now.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56For your picture starter,
0:22:56 > 0:23:00I want you to give me the name of the building recreated here in ice.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08The Vatican.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11No. Anyone like to buzz from Nottingham?
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Palace of Versailles.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16No, it's St Paul's Cathedral.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18So, picture bonuses in a moment or two.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Another starter question in the meantime. Ten points for this.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Answer promptly.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Name either of the two sea areas of the shipping forecast
0:23:26 > 0:23:30that share names with towns or cities in England.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Dover.- Well done, yes.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37APPLAUSE The other one is Plymouth.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41OK, we saw that picture starter -
0:23:41 > 0:23:43St Paul's Cathedral rendered in ice
0:23:43 > 0:23:47and exhibited at the Sapporo Winter Festival in Japan.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49For your bonuses, three more pictures
0:23:49 > 0:23:53of notable winter festivals and celebrations from around the world.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Five points if you can name the city in which each is being held.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Here's the first.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05- FRANCES SPALDING:- Is it Edinburgh? It's Edinburgh.- Is it?- Yes.- Is it?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Edinburgh?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- NICK MILLER:- I mean, what building is that?
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- Liverpool?- I'm going to go with Edinburgh just because...
0:24:13 > 0:24:17- Edinburgh.- Edinburgh?! Doesn't look in the slightest bit like Edinburgh.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- No, it's Ottawa.- The snow.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- That's clearly the Canadian Parliament building.- Of course.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Secondly, which city is this?
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Well, it's got a major river going through it.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- There's a big bridge. - There are bridges.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- Rome?- Rome?
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Paris? Rome?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- Rome.- No, that's Lyon.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46That's Lyon Cathedral in the bottom right.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48And finally, which city is this?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I think that's Edinburgh.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53No, I'm not so sure it is, though.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Try... Is it St Petersburg?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Go on, then.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I really don't think it is.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02- Which...?- Paris?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- If in doubt, say Paris.- Paris?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Paris.- No, it's Edinburgh.- Oh!
0:25:08 > 0:25:10LAUGHTER Ten points for this.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13With approximately 50,000 native speakers
0:25:13 > 0:25:15and dialects including Sursilvan,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18which language is spoken predominantly
0:25:18 > 0:25:20in the Swiss canton of Grisons?
0:25:20 > 0:25:23It's one of the four national languages of Switzerland.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Romansch.- Romansch is correct, yes.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30APPLAUSE
0:25:30 > 0:25:32You take the lead, and your bonuses are on
0:25:32 > 0:25:35recent novels based on Shakespeare plays.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Firstly, Anne Tyler's retelling of which Shakespeare play
0:25:39 > 0:25:42concerns Kate Battista, her eccentric scientist father
0:25:42 > 0:25:45and her uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49I have no idea.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- Try The Tempest.- The Tempest? - That's fine. I have no idea.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- The Tempest. - No, that's The Taming Of The Shrew.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Secondly, concerning the hedge fund manager Leo,
0:25:58 > 0:26:02his French wife MiMi and Leo's best friend Xeno,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Jeanette Winterson describes her novel The Gap Of Time
0:26:05 > 0:26:07as a response to which play?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- The Winter's Tale.- Winter's Tale? - It's definitely The Winter's Tale.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11- The Winter's Tale.- Correct.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16Finally, with characters including the reality TV star Plurabelle
0:26:16 > 0:26:18and the art collector Simon Strulovitch,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21which play is reimagined by Howard Jacobson
0:26:21 > 0:26:23and set mainly in Cheshire?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Othello?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Let's have it, please.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34- Go on.- I don't know.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- Othello. - No, it's The Merchant Of Venice.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Ten points for this.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Oglu in Turkish, Ides in Greek,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Escu in Romanian and Enko in Ukrainian
0:26:45 > 0:26:48all have what meaning when suffixed to family names?
0:26:48 > 0:26:53Their meaning is shared by the British prefixes Fitz and Mac.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- Son.- "Son of" is correct, yes. APPLAUSE
0:26:57 > 0:26:59So, you get a set of bonuses now
0:26:59 > 0:27:03on the England cricket team in India, Bristol.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05The first two English batsmen to score a double hundred
0:27:05 > 0:27:08in a test in India did so in the same innings
0:27:08 > 0:27:10of the fourth test at Madras in 1985.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- Name either of them.- Do you know?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Um, David Gower, I would say.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- Go on. Say it.- David Gower.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20No, it was Graham Fowler and Mike Gatting.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Secondly, which Indian spinner took eight for 55
0:27:23 > 0:27:26in England's first innings at Madras in 1952?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28He also gives his name to a form of dismissal
0:27:28 > 0:27:31in which the non-striking batsman
0:27:31 > 0:27:34is run out before the ball has been bowled.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39- Ooh.- Is it Googly? It's not Googly? - No, no. That's, um...
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Who was a spinner at that time?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45What was the name of the...?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- Oh, gosh. - What was the name of the...?
0:27:47 > 0:27:48I'm just thinking of English spinners.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- Come on. Let's have it, please. - No, we can't. We don't know.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52It's Mankad. Vinoo Mankad.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Who recorded match figures of...? GONG
0:27:54 > 0:27:57And at the gong, Bristol University have 70,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Nottingham have 75.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01APPLAUSE
0:28:01 > 0:28:06Well, it wasn't a particularly high scoring game, I have to say!
0:28:06 > 0:28:09And you seemed to have some difficulty with the rules,
0:28:09 > 0:28:10I must say.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12And you spent an awful lot of time conferring, Nottingham.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Anyway, it was good fun. Thank you very much for joining us.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17We shall have to say goodbye to both of you, I fear.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21Thank you very much for playing. You didn't have to. Thank you.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25I hope you can join us next time because we now know the teams
0:28:25 > 0:28:27in the semifinal stage of the competition.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30They will be the University of Kent, St Anne's College, Oxford,
0:28:30 > 0:28:33St Hilda's College, Oxford, and Leeds University.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37I hope you can join me for the first of the semifinals next time.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41- Until then, though, it's goodbye from Bristol University. ALL:- Bye.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44- It's goodbye from Nottingham University. ALL:- Goodbye.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48APPLAUSE