[Music] thank you University challenge asking the questions Jeremy Paxman [Music] hello half an hour of genteel Inquisition lies ahead of us with a place in the second round for the team with the better answers both teams will know that there's a place in the playoffs for the four losing teams with the highest scores from these first round matches so it may be in everyone's interest to try to get through as many questions as possible now Warwick University took the Champions Trophy in 2007 but despite many creditable appearances since then their second title has proved elusive it's one of the institutions founded in the last century after the robins report and which sometimes get called the plate glass universities former students include the actor Alex Jennings and the writers Jonathan Coe Al Kennedy and Anne fine as well as the actor writers Ruth Jones and Stephen Merchant with an average age of 21 representing around 27 000 students let's meet the Warwick team hi I'm Richard Pollard I'm from Cheshire and I'm studying history and politics hello I'm George braids I'm originally from Brighton and I'm doing a PhD in physics this is their Captain hello I'm Andrew route I'm from beerston in Kent and I'm studying for a PhD in maths hi I'm Owen Burrell I'm from Lancaster and I'm studying English literature now Wolfson College Oxford is one of the University's newer institutions founded in 1965 it's admitted men and women since it first opened its doors its name refers to the retail magnates Arise at Wolfson whose Foundation endowed the college the philosopher sir Isaiah Berlin who was instrumental in its family became its first president alumni include the geneticist Dame K Davis and the astronomer Richard Ellis and its fellows have included the Nobel laureates Dorothy Hodgkin and Nicholas tinbergen student intake is restricted to graduates currently over 600 of them tonight's four have an average age of 24. let's meet the Wolfson team hello I'm grigore I'm from suchaba Romania and I'm reading for a d feeling medical Sciences hi I'm Brian I'm from Dublin Ireland and I'm studying English literature this is the captain hello I'm Johnny I'm originally from Tokyo Japan and I study linguistics hello I'm Lorenzo I'm From kodropo Italy and I'm studying Byzantine history okay the rules are the same as they always are so fingers on the buzzers here's your first start of a ten with the symbol devised by the British mathematician William Jones in 1706 and later popularized by Euler what irrational numbers known to have been Warwick route e no you lose five points known to have been used by the Babylonians in about 2000 BCE wolves and more pie pie is correct yes right do you get a set of bonuses there on the State of the Union Address by various U. S presidents firstly the American continents are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers which U.
S president delivered those words in December 1823 they Define a foreign policy that now Bears his name James Monroe correct it's the Monroe Doctrine for essential human freedoms from fear from want of speech and expression and to worship God in one's own way were listed in which president's address delivered in January 1941. Franklin Roosevelt correct in his address of December the 1st 1862 which president said in giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free Lincoln correct ten points for this I need a single short word here according to Shakespeare's Macbeth what is saw Labor's bath bomb of hurt Minds great Nature's second course Chief narrator in life's feast Warwick route death no there's some more alcohol perhaps they may be connected at sleep 10 points for this many see in him only cause for silent embarrassment his Antics having contributed significantly to the widespread impression that contemporary French philosophy is little more than an object of ridicule those words from a letter to the times in 1992 refer to which deconstructionist philosopher born in Algeria in 1930 Watson is correct right your bonuses are on television series about the music industry in each case give the title from the description first a comedy drama created by Donald Glover that premiered in 2016. Glover plays earn a 30-something trying to turn his life around by managing the rap career of his cousin Alfred Elias Paperboy nominee more I think vinyl that's Atlanta secondly a drama that concluded in 2020 the hip-hop mogul Lucius Lions searches for a successor to take over his record company on his death Taraji Henson plays Lion's wife cookie Dynasty no it's empire and finally a comedy created by and starring Brett McKenzie and Jermaine Clement it follows the life in New York of New Zealand's fourth most popular folk Duo what term is the opposite of sedentary in Britain for example the annual also might migratory migratory is correct yes right these bonuses are on buildings designed by I am pay who died in 2019.
one of President mitigon's Grand project became one of pay's most famous commissions a controversial geometric building forming the entrance to which major Paris tourist attraction the Louvre the Louvre is correct that's right designed by pay to look like an angular bamboo shoot the distinctively triangular Bank of China completed in 1989 is a landmark in which Asian City Hong Kong correct in 2008 pay designed his last cultural building the Museum of Islamic Art a stacked box design on a man-made Island in which Middle Eastern capital Abu Dhabi no it's Doha 10 points for this quote he fished by water and he filched by land this line from George crab's collection of perms entitled the borough refers to which character later the title figure of an opera by Benjamin Britton Warwick Pollard Peter Grimes Peter Grimes is correct yes so you're storming away to five and your bonuses are on a physicist which German won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1932 quote for the creation of quantum mechanics probably yeah plank that was Heisenberg Heisenberg's Nobel citation notes that the application of quantum mechanics has led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of which element carbon I'm not even sure carbon no it's hydrogen formulated by Heisenberg in 1927 Which principle implies that certain pairs that's correct or the indeterminacy principle you're going to take a picture around now for your picture started you're going to see a map of part of the United States for 10 points name the city indicated Warwick Pollard Detroit Detroit is correct yes Detroit is one of the major cities of what is commonly known as the USA's Rust Belt a region experiencing population loss and economic decline as a result of de-industrialization to your picture bonuses identify three European regions regarded as their country's equivalent of the USA's Rust Belt firstly this French visual secondly by what port Manta name is this historical and cultural region commonly known Domino's is correct and finally give the name by which this urban area is typically known after a river a theorem that states that the order of a group is a multiple of the order of each of its subgroups LaGrange that garage is correct these bonuses are on Southern Africa straddling the border between South Africa and Botswana the kalakadi transfrontier park is located in the southern part of which desert correct the great Limpopo transferencia Park lies in the Border region between South Africa and which two countries [Music] Zimbabwe Mozambique correct your grabbies Falls National Park lies on which major river which forms a large part of the border between South Africa and Namibia Zambezi the Zambezi that's on the Orange River ten points for this what body part links the Chinese derived word cow Tao the pharmacological term cephalosporin and the economic expression per cap well tonight head head is correct yes you get three bonuses on speculative fiction in 1955. firstly which British novelist wrote the chrysalids it concerns a post-apocalyptic society in which mutant children communicate by telepathy John Windham correct secondly the tragic interactions of Neanderthal man and Homo sapiens is the subject of the inheritors a novel by which British author who later became a Nobel Laureate William Golding is correct born in Russia in 1920 which U. S authors 1955 Works include the end of Eternity and the Martian way a novella thought to be a response to the McCarthy persecutions correct 10 points for this what two syllable name links Rivers at Moulton in Yorkshire and Matlock in Derbyshire with a body of water to the south of Keswick is correct yes your bonuses are on shorter words that can be made using any of the nine letters of the word privilege in each case give the word from the description firstly a simple machine that pivots at a fulcrum a privilege of a lever probably a lever correct secondly a short noun meaning Joy or mirth in the Gilbert and Sullivan song Three Little Maids from school it rhymes with we and be is correct and finally a French noun depending upon the gender it can mean pound or book which SI base unit can also be expressed as the ohm farad as the Weber per volt as the inverse becquerel or as the Joule per one Warwick route second second is correct yes these bouncers will give you the lead they're on UNESCO world heritage sites in Pacific island States in each case name the country that's the location of the following first the ceremonial site known as Nan madol it comprises megalithic battle structures off the coast of Pompeii in the Caroline Islands Palau Palau that's Micronesia secondly Bikini Atoll described as an outstanding example of a nuclear test site is in which island state to the east of Micronesia kiribat no it's the Marshall Islands finally levuka historical Port Town situated on ovalau island about 50 kilometers east of the larger island of Viti level no it's Fiji ride for your music start you hear a well-known piece of classical music 10 points named the composer [Music] wolves Mozart it is Mozart yes it's designer climber neck music which was one of the pieces featured in classic FM's 2019 series of revision hours which ran during the summer exam period and purported to offer music that would Aid relaxation and concentration your bonuses are three more works from classic efm's revision playlist named the composer of each firstly oops [Music] is it bronze no it's Rachmaninoff vocalize secondly [Music] Mendelssohn no that's massenae that's his meditation from taste and finally laughs [Music] I'm not Fantasia with you by Thomas Davis [Music] Benjamin Britain no that's Rafe born Williams but you had the right piece of music it's a Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis right 10 points for this data question then published in the early 1980s flowers and shadows and the Landscapes within are early novels by which Nigerian author he won the booker prize in 1991 for the famished Road Warren Capri cannot create benocry is correct these bonuses are on medical terms in each case give the term from the description all three begin with the same letter firstly a swelling in the neck caused by an enlargement of the thyroid gland it may be the result of iodine deficiency a goiter correct secondly a disease of the eye characterized by interocular pressure and damage to the optic nerve glaucoma correct and finally the medical term for inflammation of the gums um nominate Barrel gingivitis correct so important for this what color field links the flags of Hamburg Hong Kong the Isle of Man Kyrgyzstan and Warwick Pollard red red is correct yes your bonuses are on Nancy Astor Warwick in which year did Nancy Astor win a by-election to become a conservative member of the House of Commons it came the year after the passing of the parliament's qualification of women act 1919 correct Assa remained an MP for 26 years for the sudden constituency of which city in Southern England the labor candidate Lucy Middleton won the seat in 1945.
Plymouth correct what term did the journalist Claude Coburn adopt in the 1930s for the social and political group associated with the buckinghamshire Country House of the Astor family the checkers group the checkers group that was the Clifton said ten points for this leading football clubs in Prague and Rotterdam bear the name of which Greek city ruled until the Roman conquest by a military oligarchy Warren Kraut Sparta Sparta is correct yes your bonuses are on recent winners of the bafta Rising Star Award in each case name the actor from a selection of their roles firstly jatem in Steve McQueen's widows and the lead role of Chris Washington in Jordan Peel's get out tonight do we have anything pass that's Daniel kaluya secondly Nish in the Black Mirror episode black Museum and shuri sister of Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe pass Excellence is your right and finally the leading role of security guard Melvin dismukes in Catherine Bigelow's Detroit and the ex-storm trooper Finn in the Star Wars sequel Trilogy what's she called is it yeah past it's John boyega right 10 points for this found in almost all proteins two amino acidic acid is commonly known by what shorter name after its sweet taste foreign crout glycine glycine is correct your bonuses are on areas of outstanding natural beauty identify each area from its named locations please all three answers include the word Hills first Brown Clee Wenlock Edge Clan forest and the long mind unfortunately anything the Shropshire Hills correct secondly chew Valley Lake cheddar Gorge and wooky hole minutes the mendips hills the mendip hills is correct and finally at Devil's punch bowl Newlands Corner Box Hill and reigate Hill no um anything better the Chilton Hills that's the other side of London it's the Surrey Hills right we're going to take another picture out for you a picture starter you're going to see a painting 10 points if you can name the artist Warwick Brave botticello It Is by Botticelli yes it was Palace in the center your picture bonuses you're going to see three more paintings depicting the goddess Athena or Minerva Name the artist in each case firstly what does it look like a what style Rembrandt Rembrandt it is Rembert Brown Ryan Yes secondly Bosch no that's mantenia and finally clipped yeah Clint it is 10 points for this waiting from 1816 goya's collection of prints known as the Toro machia depicts what activity Warwick braid Steve no Walter might bullfighting bullfighting is correct yes your bonuses are on English monarchs and the papacy which English Monarch was excommunicated by Pius V through a papal bull known as regnan's NX chelseas Henry VII that was Elizabeth the first Pope Innocent III excommunicated witch Monarch after a dispute over whether John de gray or Stephen Langton should become much Bishop of Canterbury Henry II no that's John which English Monarch was excommunicated by Pope Paul III pass that's Henry VII 10 points for this originally meaning Homestead what four-letter place name element ends the name of the most easterly town in England on the Suffolk Coast Warren Capri golfed Toft is correct yes your bonuses this time are on poetry in each case identify the poem from the nouns that appear in its opening lines from the early 20th century first name afternoon heat Express train steam and throat do you have any poems from that period nominate braid adults drop correct secondly from the mid 19th century sea tide Moon Straits and Coast [Music] is that mid 19th century what do you think I don't have anything um the rhyme of the Ancient Mariner no it's Dover Beach finally from the 18th century curfew Nell they heard and Lee makes sense Elegy Written in a country churchyard that is correct yes answer promptly if you buzz for this to the nearest whole degree in Fahrenheit what is 373 degrees Kelvin Warwick braid 212. it is indeed yes boiling point of water of course three questions on museums in the USA in which city is the national museum of nuclear Science and History it's the largest city in the state that saw the first nuclear explosion in July 1945. yes Santa Fe Santa Fe no it's the capital but it's smaller than Albuquerque which is the answer I wanted the national Civil Rights Museum is located in which city its buildings include the former motel in which Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968.
okay Memphis Memphis is Right Cooperstown in New York state is home to a national Hall of Fame and Museum of which team sport formally thought to have developed there in 1839 probably peaceful yeah baseball baseball is correct 10 points for this the International Day of non-violence on October the 2nd marks the birthday in 1869 of which independence league we're in Crouch candy candy is correct your bonuses are on flags this time the flag of which landlocked African country has seven horizontal stripes in four colors with a white triangle bearing a national bird at the Hoist no no am I saying you again Uganda no it's Zimbabwe which island country's flag has four horizontal stripes of red blue yellow and green s comoros no it's Mauritius which Latin American country's flag has five horizontal stripes of blue white red white and blue yeah Costa Rica Costa Rica is correct 10 points for this answer as soon as your name is called giving the name of a U. S state using a simple seven segment display pocket calculator the capital of which state is effectively spelled by entering the number 35108 and inverting the screen Warwick Pollard Idaho correct yes the city is Boise of course you get three questions on personality for your bonuses which Greek derived term denotes the nine pointed diagram used by some to represent the spectrum of personality what's the group for nine anagram yes anagram Enneagram is correct yes secondly deriving from the Latin meaning an actor what term is denoted by the letter H in the abbreviation HPD a personality disorder partly characterized by overly dramatic behavior and feelings of discomfort when not the center of attention something come on hyper now it's histrionic personality disorder and finally for what does the letter n stand in NPD a personality disorder sometimes known as megalomania narcissistic correct question now fingers on the buzzer switch 18th century Purge wrote these lines lay the proud usurper's load tyrants fall in every courses by Burns however at the John Wilson College also have 105 and Warwick University have 255.
