0:00:20 > 0:00:21APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Hello. Like a promising sauce, the plot begins to thicken.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35We've played three of the seven first-round matches in this
0:00:35 > 0:00:39short seasonal series for grown-ups, and the highest winning total
0:00:39 > 0:00:43so far is the 220 scored by Keble College Oxford.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47So, if tonight's team can beat that, they're guaranteed a place
0:00:47 > 0:00:51in the semifinals and an opportunity to relive the whole grisly ordeal.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54So, with a target of 225 firmly in their sights,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58the team from the University of Leicester are fielding an expert
0:00:58 > 0:01:00in the field of cereal grains.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02He was awarded an OBE in 2003,
0:01:02 > 0:01:07knighted in 2014 for services to charity, science and human rights,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10and in 2017, he received a lifetime achievement award
0:01:10 > 0:01:13from the Scottish beer industry.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Next to him, the first disabled competitor to represent England
0:01:16 > 0:01:22in an able-bodied discipline, doing so in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24She won a gold medal in the Paralympics in 2008
0:01:24 > 0:01:29and again in 2012, and was awarded an MBE for services to her sport.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32She now helps others to achieve their goals.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Their captain is a television presenter
0:01:34 > 0:01:37who also writes for the Daily Telegraph.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39His astronomical photography has won recognition from
0:01:39 > 0:01:41the Royal Photographic Society
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and he's acted as a consultant for programmes including
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Stargazing live, Horizon and The Archers
0:01:48 > 0:01:50when Phil Archer was learning to use his telescope.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Their fourth member has written 17 novels in 17 years
0:01:54 > 0:01:56and all of them have been bestsellers,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58with three million sales in the UK alone.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01She's been translated into 26 languages.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05She's a patron of the literacy charity the Reading Agency
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and a trustee of the Guildford Book Festival.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Let's ask the Leicester team to introduce themselves.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14My name is Geoff Palmer.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18I did an honours degree at Leicester in 1964
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and I spend my time now doing charity work
0:02:21 > 0:02:25and the occasional lecture in growing and distilling.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Hi, my name's Danielle Brown.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I graduated from the University of Leicester in law.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34I'm currently working as a professional speaker
0:02:34 > 0:02:38and I'm the co-founder of inclusive sporting company 4 All.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40And their captain.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Hi, my name's Pete Lawrence.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I graduated from Leicester in 1983
0:02:43 > 0:02:46with a degree in physics with astrophysics,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48and I present the outside observing section
0:02:48 > 0:02:52of The Sky At Night. I've done that for the last 13 years.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Hello, I'm Adele Parks.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58I graduated in 1990 with a degree in English language and literature
0:02:58 > 0:03:00and I'm now a novelist.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04APPLAUSE
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Now, University College London is fielding a stalwart
0:03:08 > 0:03:11of BBC journalism, an award-winning war correspondent who's
0:03:11 > 0:03:14reported from over 90 countries,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16being particularly associated with the Middle East.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20He has also presented series on the lives of Jesus and Moses.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Next, the founding editor of the Philosophers' Magazine.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26He's written or co-written several books, including
0:03:26 > 0:03:30The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten and A Short History Of Truth.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32He's also appeared as a character in two novels
0:03:32 > 0:03:34by Alexander McCall Smith.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Their captain's accolades include in 2013
0:03:38 > 0:03:40being named on the health service's inaugural list
0:03:40 > 0:03:44of 50 inspirational women in health care,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48and in 2017 on the Debrett's list of people of influence
0:03:48 > 0:03:49in science and medicine.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52She's a professor of medical education, is vice-chair of the
0:03:52 > 0:03:57Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, and is a consultant rheumatologist.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Their fourth member is a composer and video games developer
0:04:00 > 0:04:04whose work is "stupendous" according to the Washington Post
0:04:04 > 0:04:07and "gorgeous" in the opinion of the Guardian.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09She won a Bafta for her score
0:04:09 > 0:04:12for the video game Everybody's Gone To The Rapture,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15which was also named soundtrack of the year by Mojo Magazine.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Her music's been performed in various venues, including
0:04:18 > 0:04:22the Barbican, the Sydney Opera House and the Royal Opera House.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Let's meet the UCL team.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Hello. I'm Jeremy Bowen,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29and I did history at UCL.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I graduated in 1982,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33and after that, I joined the BBC.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37For 30 years or so, I've been a foreign correspondent.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39I'm Julian Baggini.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I got my PhD in philosophy from UCL in 1996,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45and I'm now a freelance writer-philosopher.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47And their captain.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48I'm Jane Dacre.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I did medicine at UCL, I qualified in 1980,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55and I'm president of the Royal College of Physicians.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Hello, I'm Jessica Curry.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I read English literature and language at UCL,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02graduating in 1994,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and I'm now a composer and presenter on Classic FM.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10APPLAUSE
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Well, let's make the rash assumption you all know the rules
0:05:13 > 0:05:15and just get on with it. Fingers on the buzzers.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Here's your first starter for ten.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Quote: "Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox,
0:05:22 > 0:05:27"that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Which English writer wrote those words in the 1929 essay
0:05:30 > 0:05:32The Spirit Of Christmas?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34His works include The Man Who Was Thursday,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37The Napoleon of Notting Hill and the Father Brown mysteries.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41GK Chesterton.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Correct.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45APPLAUSE
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Your bonuses are on an anniversary in 2017.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Quote: "It was built to be modern, efficient,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54"and a pleasant place to live.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56"Many Britons find this amusing."
0:05:56 > 0:05:59That description by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
0:05:59 > 0:06:01refers to which urban area,
0:06:01 > 0:06:04officially designated a new town in 1967?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- Is it Milton Keynes?- Milton Keynes.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- Milton Keynes.- Correct.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15Which farm animal is depicted in Liz Leyh's 1978 concrete sculpture,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17now housed in the Milton Keynes Museum?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21In reference to Leyh's work, 15 new figures of the same animal
0:06:21 > 0:06:25have been placed in the town as part of its 2017 birthday celebrations.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Cow?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- Cow?- Correct.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Established in 1969,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35which institution with the motto "Learn and Live"
0:06:35 > 0:06:38has its headquarters in Walton Hall in Milton Keynes?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Is it...?- Open University.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- Open University.- Correct.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44APPLAUSE
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Ten points for this starter question.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51"He is the only genius I've ever known with an IQ of 60."
0:06:51 > 0:06:54These words of Gore Vidal refer to which cultural figure?
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Born in Pennsylvania in 1928, he's quoted as saying,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00"If you want to know all about me,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03"just look at the surface of my paintings and films and..."
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Andy Warhol.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Andy Warhol is correct, yes.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09APPLAUSE
0:07:09 > 0:07:13So your second set of bonuses, UCL, are on US satire.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Firstly, for five points, Tim Keck and Christopher Johnson
0:07:16 > 0:07:19founded which satirical magazine in 1988?
0:07:19 > 0:07:24It ceased publication in print in 2013 but continues as a website.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Is it The Onion?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Yeah. Yeah.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- The Onion.- Correct.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Founded in 1871, which undergraduate magazine's former presidents
0:07:36 > 0:07:39have included John Updike and Conan O'Brien?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Its alumni have gone on to create comedy series including
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Parks And Recreation and the Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50UCLA? UCLA?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- It's a magazine.- Oh, it's a magazine. I thought he said...
0:07:55 > 0:07:57It's a magazine, right? You said?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58I've given you the question.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00LAUGHTER
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Harvard Crimson? That's...
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Harvard Crimson is the Harvard magazine, but...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Harvard Crimson.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09No, it's the Harvard Lampoon.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11You were nearly there, but not close enough.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13And, finally, created by Lizz Winstead
0:08:13 > 0:08:16and Madeleine Smithberg, which satirical news programme's
0:08:16 > 0:08:19correspondents have included John Oliver,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Samantha Bee, and Stephen Colbert?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Its current presenter is Trevor Noah.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Is it the Daily Show?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28The Daily Show.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Yeah, go for that.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- The Daily Show.- Correct. APPLAUSE
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Ten points for this. What place name connects
0:08:34 > 0:08:38the title of a 1968 collection of essays by Joan Didion,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40a Christmas carol written in the 1860s
0:08:40 > 0:08:42by the US clergyman Phillips Brooks,
0:08:42 > 0:08:46a psychiatric hospital originally founded in Bishopsgate,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49and a town whose name means "the house of bread"?
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Bedlam?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Anyone like to buzz from UCL?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- Bethlehem? - Bethlehem is correct, yes.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01APPLAUSE
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Right, these bonuses are on computing terminology, UCL.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09In each case, give the term from the description.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12All three answers begin with the same letter.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14First, designated by a Greek letter,
0:09:14 > 0:09:18a software development phase usually implemented by a sample
0:09:18 > 0:09:22of the intended users but prior to general public release.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- That's beta.- Beta.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- Beta.- Correct.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28After a 19th-century English mathematician,
0:09:28 > 0:09:33an algebraic system used extensively in the design of computer circuitry.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Boolean?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- Boolean?- Boolean is right.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46And finally, the basic unit of information in computer storage,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48consisting of eight binary digits.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50I need you to spell the term.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52That's B-IT.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Bit. B-I-T.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57No, it's byte. B-Y-T-E.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Oh!
0:09:58 > 0:10:00So, we're going to take a picture round now.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01For your picture starter,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04you're going to see an abridged list of the original illustrations
0:10:04 > 0:10:06of a 19th-century novel.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09For ten points, I simply want the title of the novel.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Note that any nouns that appear in the title have been redacted.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Pickwick Papers.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Correct.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25APPLAUSE
0:10:28 > 0:10:29So, for your picture bonuses,
0:10:29 > 0:10:33I simply need you to identify three more of Dickens's novels
0:10:33 > 0:10:36by a partial list of their original plates.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Again, in each case,
0:10:37 > 0:10:41any instances of nouns in the title have been removed.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Firstly, for five.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46THEY CONFER
0:10:46 > 0:10:47David Copperfield?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- David Copperfield.- OK.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57I think we'd better have an answer.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58David Copperfield.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00No, it's A Tale Of Two Cities. Secondly.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Oh, that's, um...
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Is it Great Expectations?- Yeah.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Great Expectations.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17No, that's The Old Curiosity Shop. And finally.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Great Expectations? Don't know.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Great Expectations? - Or David Copperfield?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I don't think it's David Copperfield.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Great Expectations.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30No, that's Nicholas Nickleby.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33There's still plenty of time, Leicester, to get going.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Ten points at stake for this starter question.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I need a nine-letter term, here.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2017 was awarded
0:11:42 > 0:11:46to an American trio for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms
0:11:46 > 0:11:48controlling which biorhythm?
0:11:48 > 0:11:52The term in question comes from the Latin for "about a day".
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Diurnal?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00No. Anyone like to buzz from Leicester?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03You may not confer. One of you can buzz.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Circadian. - Circadian is correct, yes.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12APPLAUSE
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Your bonuses, your first lot, Leicester,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16are on the absurdity of existence.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20In the words of one reference work, which 19th-century philosopher
0:12:20 > 0:12:24"strongly senses the absurd but seeks to be cured of it
0:12:24 > 0:12:28"by making it an attribute of a God whom he then embraces?"
0:12:28 > 0:12:31He died in a Nordic capital in 1855.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- Not a clue.- No.- No.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38No, sorry, we don't know.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40That was Soren Kierkegaard.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Secondly, in Lectures On Ethics,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45which German philosopher said that, "All our actions obtain
0:12:45 > 0:12:49"completudo, or fulfilment, through religion?"
0:12:49 > 0:12:50He died in 1804.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Kant?
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Kant?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Kant.- That was Kant.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04And finally, "The struggle itself towards the heights
0:13:04 > 0:13:05"is enough to fill man's heart."
0:13:05 > 0:13:10Who made that statement in the 1942 work The Myth Of Sisyphus?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16THEY CONFER
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- No?- No. - No, sorry, we don't know.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21That's Albert Camus. Ten points for this.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Which historian's writings have been compared to
0:13:24 > 0:13:28"rich fruitcakes crammed with raisins, nuts and glace cherries,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30"all mulled in brandy sauce"?
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Born in London in 1945, his notable works include Rough Crossings,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37The Embarrassment Of Riches
0:13:37 > 0:13:41and Citizens: A Chronicle Of The French Revolution.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Simon Schama?- Correct.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46APPLAUSE
0:13:48 > 0:13:50You get a set of bonuses on women associated with
0:13:50 > 0:13:53the Natural History Museum in London now.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Dorothea Bate, firstly,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57was one of the first women to work at the museum.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02On an expedition in the early 1900s, she discovered fossil bones of
0:14:02 > 0:14:07a dwarf elephant in the Kyrenia hills of which Mediterranean island?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- Mediterranean island... - Is it Cyprus?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Corsica?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Corsica.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Corsica.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20- No, it's Cyprus.- Oh, damn!
0:14:20 > 0:14:22From the 1920s,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Evelyn Cheesman collected about 70,000 specimens for the museum.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31She made solo expeditions to islands including New Guinea, New Caledonia
0:14:31 > 0:14:35and which present-day country formerly known as the New Hebrides?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42It's an island...an island chain in the Pacific, isn't it?
0:14:42 > 0:14:43The New Hebrides.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Don't know.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Don't know, sorry.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52That's Vanuatu.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55And finally, born in Cornwall in 1900,
0:14:55 > 0:15:00Ethelwynn Trewavas is noted for her studies of the Cichlid family.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03To what general type of vertebrate does this family belong?
0:15:06 > 0:15:10THEY CONFER
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- A lobster?- Amphibians?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Amphibians.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15No, they're fish.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Ten points for this. Listen carefully.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Answer as soon as your name is called.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24Take the three US state names that each contain only four letters.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28How many vowels in total appear in these three?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31You may not confer.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Five.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Nope.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39You may not confer. One of you can buzz.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41LAUGHTER
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Four.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49No, it's eight.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52The states, of course, being Utah, Iowa and Ohio.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Right, another starter question now.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57The Andrei Tarkovsky film The Sacrifice,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59the paintings of Caravaggio,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01the fiction of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
0:16:01 > 0:16:04and the Martyrdom Of St Sebastian are all referenced
0:16:04 > 0:16:09in the music video to which song of 1991 by REM?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Its title is a southern American expression
0:16:12 > 0:16:14meaning "at my wit's end".
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Losing My Religion.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Correct.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23APPLAUSE
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Right, your bonuses this time are on culinary herbs and the cinema.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31In each case, I need both the short, common name of the herb
0:16:31 > 0:16:33and that of the person described.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Firstly, Salvia officinalis.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Its common name rhymes with the surname of the lead actor
0:16:39 > 0:16:42of Leaving Las Vegas and Con Air.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Remember, I need two answers here.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Sage, Cage.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Sage, Cage.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Yes, sage and Nicolas Cage is correct, yes.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53A herb often used in stuffings along with sage.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Its common name rhymes with the surname of the character
0:16:56 > 0:16:58played by Orson Welles in The Third Man.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Sage and... Sage and onion?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- That's not a herb, though.- No.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- Thyme and Lime. Harry Lime.- Yeah.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Thyme and Lime.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Thyme and Harry Lime is correct, yes.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18And finally, the common name of the family Lamiaceae,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21to which both sage and thyme belong.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23It rhymes with the given name of the actor whose screen roles
0:17:23 > 0:17:26include Josey Wales and Harry Callahan.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- Eastwood.- That's, um... - Clint Eastwood.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Yeah.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- And... Um...- Oh, is it...?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36A family...
0:17:38 > 0:17:39We don't know.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Eastwood...
0:17:43 > 0:17:47We've got Eastwood, but we can't think of the next bit.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50It's mint and Clint Eastwood.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Oh, mint and Clint. Oh!
0:17:52 > 0:17:53I can't give you the points.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Right, we're going to take a music round now.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58For your music starter, you'll hear a well-known piece
0:17:58 > 0:18:00of classical music. Ten points if you can name its composer.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Samuel Barber.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08It is. It's his Adagio For Strings.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09APPLAUSE
0:18:09 > 0:18:11That recording was its world premiere,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18March 2017 marked the 150th anniversary of Toscanini's birth,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21and your music bonuses are now three more of his recordings.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Again, I want the composer of the piece you'll hear.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Firstly, for five.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:18:39 > 0:18:47THEY CONFER
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- Don't know!- Really familiar, but...
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Come on. It's always on Classic FM!
0:18:59 > 0:19:01I know! I'm so... I'm going to get lynched.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03LAUGHTER
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Well, that would be entertaining.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08It's Rossini's Overture To The Barber Of Seville.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Secondly.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:19:21 > 0:19:29THEY CONFER
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Tchaikovsky.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- No, that's Mendelssohn, from A Midsummer Night's Dream.- Oh!
0:19:38 > 0:19:39And, finally.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:19:42 > 0:19:45THEY CONFER
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Beethoven.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Beethoven, that's part of his Seventh Symphony.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Your honour is slightly salvaged. LAUGHTER
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Right, ten points for this.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55In 2017, which former Children's Laureate
0:19:55 > 0:19:59won the Children's Book Awards for a record fourth time
0:19:59 > 0:20:01with his novel Eagle In The Snow?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04His previous wins were for Kensuke's Kingdom,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Private Peaceful and Shadow.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Michael Morpurgo.- Correct.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12APPLAUSE
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Your bonuses are on French fashion designers, Leicester.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Beginning her career as a milliner before moving into clothing,
0:20:19 > 0:20:20design and perfumery,
0:20:20 > 0:20:25who in 1909 opened what is now the oldest fashion house in the world?
0:20:25 > 0:20:29She launched the perfume Arpege in 1927,
0:20:29 > 0:20:32in a bottle bearing an illustration of her and her daughter.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Coco Chanel?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Coco Chanel.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39No, it was Jeanne Lanvin, apparently.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Born in Saumur in 1883, the fashion designer Coco Chanel
0:20:43 > 0:20:46introduced her perfume Chanel No 5 in which decade?
0:20:49 > 0:20:56THEY CONFER
0:20:57 > 0:20:59The '50s.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02No, it was the 1920s, specifically 1922, apparently.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06And finally, which French fashion designer, who died in 2016,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08was known for her knitwear collections
0:21:08 > 0:21:12and created what came to be known as the Poor Boy sweater?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Died in 2016...
0:21:21 > 0:21:23- No?- No.- No.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Sorry, we don't know.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25That was Sonia Rykiel.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Right, ten points for this.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Meanings of what five-letter word include hawthorn in a hedge,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33an archaic word meaning "not dead",
0:21:33 > 0:21:36the soft flesh below the growing part of the nail,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39and by extension, the innermost region for person's feelings?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Quick.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Correct.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46APPLAUSE
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Your bonuses this time are on statues.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Firstly, the Boot Monument at Saratoga in New York State
0:21:52 > 0:21:56marks the achievements of which US general of the Revolutionary War?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59He's neither depicted on the monument nor mentioned by name in
0:21:59 > 0:22:03its dedication, presumably because he later defected to the British.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11THEY CONFER
0:22:11 > 0:22:12No idea. Sorry.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15That was Benedict Arnold.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Secondly, Stalin's Boots are the remains of a very large statue
0:22:18 > 0:22:21torn down in a rebellion of 1956.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24They stand at the entrance to Memento Park
0:22:24 > 0:22:26in which central European capital?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- Central...- '56.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Not sure.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- Munich?- Capital... - What do you think?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37I don't know.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Berlin?- Berlin?
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Try it.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42Berlin.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45No, it's Budapest. And finally, its boots
0:22:45 > 0:22:50and lower legs smeared with the Ukrainian national colours, a statue
0:22:50 > 0:22:54of which revolutionary thinker was relocated to Manchester in 2017?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57He made the city his home in the mid-19th century.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Mid-19th century, 1840s, 1850s...
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Who would that be?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- No idea. - No, I don't know.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11No, sorry. No.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Friedrich Engels was the person in question there.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Right, ten points for this starter question.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20"One aged man - one man - can't keep a house, farm, countryside,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24"or if he can, it's thus he does it of a winter night."
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Which US poet wrote those lines in the 1916 work
0:23:28 > 0:23:31An Old Man's Winter Night?
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Robert Frost?
0:23:34 > 0:23:35Robert Frost is correct, yes.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38APPLAUSE
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Bonuses on the World Athletics Championships,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44held in London in 2017, for you, UCL.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47The British athletics team won two gold medals.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Mo Farah in the men's 10,000 metres was one.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Which men's team event was the other?
0:23:55 > 0:23:56Relay?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Which one? How many metres?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00100 metres?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Relay?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Which one?
0:24:06 > 0:24:07100 metres?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10It was. The men's 100 metres relay was correct, yes.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12LAUGHTER
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Right, which Scottish hurdler captained the GB team
0:24:14 > 0:24:16in the 2017 Championships?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19She won silver in the 400 metres relay.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24I don't know.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Don't know.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27It's Eilidh Doyle, that.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31And finally, Usain Bolt won bronze in the men's hundred metres.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Which US sprinter won the gold medal?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Justin Gatlin.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Justin...?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Gatlin.- Gatlin.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- Justin Gatlin.- Correct.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46APPLAUSE
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Right, we're going to take a picture round again now.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50For your picture starter, you're going to see
0:24:50 > 0:24:53a still from a biographical film.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57For ten points, give me the name of the author portrayed.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Jane Austen.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Jane Austen is right. That was Anne Hathaway in Becoming Jane.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05APPLAUSE
0:25:05 > 0:25:092017 marked 200 years since the death of Jane Austen,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12and your picture bonuses are stills from three notable film
0:25:12 > 0:25:16versions of her novels, all adapted for the screen by women.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20This time, I'll need title of the novel on which each film is based.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Firstly, for five.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Well, that's...
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Alic...yeah. Um...
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- It's Alicia Silverstone...- Emma?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36- Emma, say Emma.- Emma.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38It is Emma, yes.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39The film, of course, is Clueless,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42directed and written by Amy Heckerling.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43And, secondly.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- Is that Mr Darcy? - Yeah. Pride And Prejudice.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Pride And Prejudice.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52No, that's Mansfield Park.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Written and directed by Patricia Rozema.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56And, finally.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59That's Emma.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Emma.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Oh, no, sorry! No...
0:26:03 > 0:26:04I'm sorry!
0:26:04 > 0:26:06LAUGHTER
0:26:06 > 0:26:08I'm sorry, we have to take the answer that's given.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Sorry, it's Sense And Sensibility.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12It is Sense And Sensibility, but that isn't what you said.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13No, I know, I know!
0:26:13 > 0:26:15I have to take what you said. I can't read your mind.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16LAUGHTER
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Right. Emma Thompson, of course, wrote that script.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Right, ten points for this starter question.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25The achievements of Devon Harris, Michael White, Dudley Stokes
0:26:25 > 0:26:29and his brother Chris at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary
0:26:29 > 0:26:35provided the inspiration for which film of 1993, with the tag line...?
0:26:35 > 0:26:36Cool Runnings.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Correct. Cool Runnings is correct.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41APPLAUSE
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Right, your bonuses are on botany.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48In botany, the adjective acicular describes leaves of what shape?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Acicular...
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Not circular?
0:26:57 > 0:26:58- Oval?- Come on.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Oval?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02No, it's needle-shaped.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Secondly, characteristic of a particular class of trees,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09strobili are structures more commonly known by what name?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Pine cones?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Pine cones.- Cones?
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Cones is correct.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20With certain species having commercial significance
0:27:20 > 0:27:22during the Christmas period, what is the common name
0:27:22 > 0:27:25of coniferous trees in the genus Picea?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27P-I-C-E-A.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Christmas tree, spruce?
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- Is it spruce?- Spruce is correct. APPLAUSE
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Ten points for this. Answer as soon as your name is called.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39In chemistry, how many atoms are there
0:27:39 > 0:27:41in one molecule of sulphuric acid?
0:27:46 > 0:27:47Six.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Anyone like to buzz from Leicester?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Seven.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52Seven is correct, yes.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54you get a set of bonuses, this time, on countries...
0:27:54 > 0:27:55GONG
0:27:55 > 0:27:57APPLAUSE
0:27:57 > 0:27:58And at the gong, Leicester have 45.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01University College London have 175.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05You never really got going, Leicester, did you, unfortunately?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- No.- Wrong questions! - Wrong questions?
0:28:07 > 0:28:08LAUGHTER
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- I'm so sorry about that! - Wrong answers!
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Right, UCL, you will definitely, I would guess,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15be coming back on a score of 175.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Many congratulations to you.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Thank you very much for joining us, too.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21You were an entertaining team to watch.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22LAUGHTER
0:28:22 > 0:28:25I hope you can join us next time for another first-round match.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- But until then, it's goodbye from Leicester University.- Goodbye.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- It's goodbye from University College London.- Goodbye.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35APPLAUSE