[Music] the university challenge asking the questions Jeremy Paxman [Music] hello two universities close contemporaries of each other and both with sizable student bodies are playing tonight for a place in the second round the losers could live to fight another day if they do well enough the University of Birmingham owes much of its existence to the 19th century Mason College founded by a local bigwig who built up his fortune by making pens and keyrings championed by Joseph Chamberlain it received its Royal Charter in 1900 making it one of the first of the universities to be dubbed red brick in this case a reference to the architecture of Aston Webb Edward Elgar was a professor of Music there and alumni include Victoria Wood Tim Curry Chris Addison Thompson Greg and the goddess and whittakam with an average age of 22 and representing around 35 000 students let's meet the Birmingham team hi I'm Alex I'm from brockenhurst in Hampshire and I'm studying medicine hi I'm Izzy I'm from Monmouth in South Wales and I'm studying physics this is their Captain hi I'm Zoe I'm from Thornbury in South gloucestershire and I'm studying medicine hi I'm Ben I'm from ellesbury and buckinghamshire and I'm studying for a masters in maths [Applause] state of Bristol was born of chocolate and cigarettes with donations from the fry family of chocolatiers and the wills tobacco Empire it was chartered in 1909 its alumni include the physicist Paul Dirac the author Angela Carter the actors Emily Watson and Simon Pagan the performers David walliams and Matt Lucas the author David Nichols was also a student there tonight's team consists of four physical scientists representing a student body of over 23 000 and with an average age of 20. so let's meet the Bristol team hi I'm Ben Allen from South buckinghamshire and I'm studying aerospace engineering hello I'm Dan Hawkins I'm from locks Heath in Hampshire and I'm studying geology and this is their Captain hello I'm Laura Denton I'm from Winchester and Hampshire and I'm studying geology and biology hi I'm Ben Johnson I'm from nailsworth in gloucestershire and I'm studying chemistry okay the rules are the same as ever starter questions are Solo efforts answered on the buzzer and bonuses are team efforts you can confer on them right fingers on the buses here's your first starter for 10. it was announced in 2018 that the Testaments would be the sequel to which dystopian novel of 1985.
its author said the new work had been Bristol Allen A handmaid's Tale the handmaid's tale is correct yes so you get the first set of bonuses then Bristol they're on two word terms what precise two-word term in English can be applied both to around 35 to 40 species in the genus dolico vespula and to a political movement that became particularly apparent on November the 17th 2018. Yellow Jackets yes Yellow Jackets correct what two word term links an Irish idiom meaning to put the national interest first and the item worn by the winner of the points competition in the Tour de France yellow Jersey no it's the green jersey that's the Irish expression put the green jersey on created by PG Woodhouse Roderick Spode is a designer of ladies lingerie and a would-be fascist dictator whose followers are known by what two-word term denoting an item of clothing brown shirts with the black shirts is mostly so it's probably a parody of that do you think it could be oh it's got anything else Brown Shirts it's not a bit more Nazi that's a Nazis or is it gonna be something a bit more ridiculous pink shirts or pink blouses or something yeah pink blouses it's simpler than that but it is ridiculous in the black shorts ten points for this meanings of what eight-letter term include an embankment set up behind a Target on a rifle range a Fielding position in rounders and baseball and a point of negotiation in the Birmingham skull4 backstop backstop is correct yes three questions on a consumable product for your bonuses Birmingham what familiar consumable is produced from the dried and fermented seeds of an evergreen tree of the genus terabroma chocolate I think chocolate correct the flowers of the terabroma cocoa are said to be coliferous meaning that they develop on what part of the tree Branch I'll accept that yes or trunk yes yes uh raining from 1502 which Aztec Emperor was said to have been a prodigious consumer of chocolate and is thought to have popularized it with the Conquistadors following a meeting in tenochiklan in 1519. Moctezuma the second is correct 10 points for this born in Lincolnshire in 1877 Janet Lane Clayton pioneered the use of control studies to make Public Health decisions she's seen as a founder of which science Crystal Denton epidemiology correct these bonuses Bristol are on pairs of words that differ only in the substitution of a letter e for a letter U for example Fuel and feel or bunch and bench in each case give both words from the definitions firstly an alternative by name of Pedro the just of Castile and a large wicker basket often used by Anglers foreign cage no it's cruel and Creel secondly a vessel carried by or Ganymede and an edible brown-capped belitus mushroom but he's he's a cup Bearer isn't he the cup Bearer but then the oh it's wait Which Way Around is it is it I know it's a pronounce apple cup I think it's a search cup and sap correct and finally the outermost solid layer of the Earth and a comb or tuft for example on species of Newt griebel tit yes crust and Crest correct ten points for this because among cities on or near Bristol Hawkins Lake Victoria correct three questions on the German chemist Ida notak for your bonuses nominated in three different years for a Nobel Prize in chemistry Ida notak was a co-discoverer of which Rare Element named after a major river in her Homeland [Music] correct ly at the time of its Discovery in 1925 rhenium occupied a gap in the periodic table two spaces below which group seven element widely used in steel making manganese correct norak is also noted for an early proposal of what concept defined as the subdivision of a heavy Atomic nucleus into two fragments of roughly equal Mass I need a two word term please if it's a cheaper is it not gonna be equal Vision or do you think it's just nuclear I just think it's nuclear efficient nuclear fission nuclear fission is correct yes for your picture starter you'll see an electron dot diagram showing the full electronic structure of a molecule of a particular chemical compound electrons belonging to different atoms are colored differently but the colors themselves are not significant for ten points I need the preferred IUPAC name of this compound uh Bristol joinson methanol it is methanol yes going on from methanol your picture bonuses are three more chemical compounds similarly represented first give either the common name or the preferred iepac name of this compound that is um it's got one hydrogen and hydrogen three oh that's um chloroform chloroform it is chloroform or trichloromethane secondly here I need the preferred IUPAC name of this common laboratory solvent so that's acetonitrile let's nominate Nick Johnson acetonitrile correct and finally this is the electronic structure of a molecule of which element it's um it's collagen it's um well I think that's iodine yeah yeah yeah iodine no it's bromine right ten points for this introduced by the English football league in January 2018 what code of conduct Bristol Allen v-a-r no you lose five points you can have the rest of the question Birmingham before you decide to buzz in but you must buzz you mustn't confer what code of conduct was named after the late owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers it requires every Club to interview at least one minority candidate for coaching vacancies coming and believing Smith no it's the Rooney rules right 10 points for this which three letters all appear at the end of words meaning a species of coffee distinct from Robusta a Jessica Birmingham alone ICA ICA correct right here instead of bonuses on fictional hotels which film by the Cohen Brothers is set principally in the rundown Hotel Earl where the title character is trying and failing to write his first feature film script think it's important okay sorry we don't know that's Barton Fink secondly the Desert Resort of Vermilion Sands is the eponymous setting of a short story collection by which British science fiction writer the stories explore surreal future art forms as well as typical themes of on WE and obsession Authority clock no it's JG Ballard finally the Great Northern Hotel is a significant location in which television drama which premiered in 1990 it is the residents of agent Dale Cooper throughout the Show's first two series Twin Peaks Twin Peaks Twin Peaks is right right 10.
3 which Japanese city is a setting in kazuo ishiguro's a pale view of Hills Camilla shamsi's burnt shadows and David Mitchell's the Thousand autumns of Jacob dezoit for more than 200 years it was the only Japanese Port where Europeans were permitted to trade Birmingham school for Nagasaki Nagasaki is correct you get three bonuses on Australia with an area of about 68 000 square kilometers Tasmania is about seven eighths the size of which of the four home nations of the UK pretty closer to Scotland than is England midnight Scotland is Wales Wales isn't it Scotland Scotland is correct yes the second largest island of Australia Melville island is about a hundred kilometers north of which Mainland Australian capital Cairns no it's Darwin Cairns isn't a capital what is the third largest island of Australia about a hundred kilometers Southwest of Adelaide it shares its name with a common macro pod uh kangaroo kangaroo kangaroo is correct 10 points for this derived in part from the Latin for slipping what term describes the substance such as an enzyme or toxin that loses characteristic properties at moderately high temperatures Birmingham alone teenager no I'm afraid you lose five points it is the opposite of thermostable uh Bristol Denton thermal Thermo decaying that's Thermo labile right we're going to take another starter question now in the 9th and 10th centuries plisker and presslav were capitals of Bristol Hawkins agarian Empire correct yes you get three questions on sporting achievements Bristol at the 2018 Commonwealth Games the England netball team won Gold under which head coach her two brothers have played football for England Neville specifically do you know her first name we need the first name Andrew Mary no it's Tracy in there shame on you the 2016 Rio Olympics saw the GB women's hockey team undefeated they beat which world champions in the final following a penalty shootout yeah that makes sense Netherlands correct 2013 witnessed the biggest win in the history of which cup competition when the European ladies golf team defeated the USA by 18 to 10. is it just called the Ryder Cup as well do you think do you think the Ryder Cup that's the solheim cup it's about time I think for a music round we're going to take a music starter you're going to hear part of a symphony 10 points if you can name its composer [Music] Bristol Allen Haydn no you can hear a little more Birmingham if you wish [Music] you may not confirm Lewis Beethoven it is Beethoven it's part of this uh so that was the Fourth Movement thereof it was used on the soundtrack of Wes Anderson's film The Darjeeling Limited your music bonuses are three more classical works that feature prominently in Anderson's films name the composer in each work please firstly I want the composer of this work which makes use of a theme from a much earlier composition [Music] s and you like to use like old things like since it was um Copeland no that's Benjamin Britain it's part of his Young Person's Guide to the orchestra and secondly [Music] Debussy [Music] no that's Eric Sati and finally I've played it [Music] let's have an answer please no that's prokofiev right 10 points for this meanings of what term include in biology the surface on which a sedentary organism occurs or grows and in Biochemistry the molecule that a particular enzyme acts on Birmingham skull4 substrate substrate is right foreign your bonuses are on December the 10th on December the 10th 1508 the Pope the Holy Roman Emperor and the kings of France and Aragon formed the league of combri to attack which Italian republic [Music] Florence no it's Venice on December the 10th 1768 the first edition of which reference work was published in Edinburgh an estimated 3 000 sets were eventually sold Encyclopedia Britannica correct what document did the general assembly of the United Nations adopt on the 10th of December 1948. Eleanor Roosevelt called it Humanities Magna Carta that's correct which preventative new journalism examined the peculiarities of American culture in books such as the crystal Hawkins Hunter S Thompson no you lose five points in books such as the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test the bonfire of the vanities and the right stuff Birmingham alone Tom Wolf Tom Wolf is right foreign Birmingham these bonuses are on geology comprising some of the oldest rocks in the world the pre-cambrian complex or nice of Northwest Scotland is often named after which large hebridean island 's the biggest isn't it no why not Skye no it's Lewis it's lewisian which sealock of Northwest Scotland gives its name to a belt of sedimentary rock particularly sandstone literally not good sorry we don't know let's lock torridden and finally designated as a national park in 2003 which Scottish mountain range gives its name to a form of gem quality smoky quartz I know the Cancun is the national park in Scotland should we go for that one yes the kangon 's is correct yes about 70 miles from John agroots which Headland is the extreme Northwest point of the British Mainland its name comes from the north for a turning point and is unrelated to Violent anger or the Raging of the sea Birmingham skull 4.
thurso no one of you buzz Bristol Bristol Denton Ross Roth is correct it's capable okay your bonus is this time Bristol are on rock bands based in Toronto which band has a six-letter name that can also mean a Criterion or set of criteria stated in quantifiable terms no don't rush it's not rushed it's not Canadian but um who sounds like a like a Nickelback it's not Nickelback um pass thank you take a long time getting there didn't it metric is what I was looking for originating in California which bans eighth letter name may also mean a massive exposed Limestone marked by Fishers and incisions for example the baron in County Clare that's the Limestone pavement pavement pavement is correct well done which U. S band has a three-word name that may also refer to figures such as Alfonso the brave Sancho the fat and bermudo the gouty um Kings of Leon yes yes Kings of Leon Kings of Leon is correct yes right we're going to take another picture around if your picture started you'll see a photograph of a figure in the Arts 10 points if you can give me his name [Applause] Hawkins Quantum Blake it is Quentin Blake yes well done in 1999 he was named the UK's first children's Laureate for your picture bonuses I simply want you to name three more Children's laureates firstly for five reasons Michael Rosen it is yes secondly who's this oh a Mallory black yeah Mallory Blackman it is Mallory Blackman yes and finally who's this [Applause] is noted for his work on which non-leuclidean Birmingham skull for hyperbolic geometry correct your bonuses Birmingham are on chemistry in each case I will give you the name of a chemical or chemicals and I want you to give me the formula so for example water would of course be H2O first the formula of glucose fructose and galactose right yeah yeah the C6H12O6 correct secondly the structural isomers ribose and deoxyribose they're five carbon sugars to say um is one less one less oxygen to you I don't know or the same number of oxygenes what's it like C5 h12 or h10 h105 c5h10o5 correct and finally lactose maltose and sucrose yes yes so is it just double C12 but minus an H2O so c12h 22 yeah oh 11. I think so 12 22 to 11.
C12 h22o11 correct well done right another starter question for what does the letter S stand in the name of the international Authority known as the ISA which regulates at Bristol Allen standards no you lose five points which regulates activities for example mining in wide areas of the earth Beyond national jurisdiction surveying no it's seabed so we're going to take another starter question now with the scores on absolutely level pegging Daniel quilp dick swivela and Nell Trent are characters in which novel first serialized in 1840. it is one of the few novels by Charles Dickens to have a title that does not name a character Birmingham bleeding Bleak House Bristol joinson the Pickwick papers notice the old curiosity shop 10 points for this which year saw the release of Frank Capra's film It's a Wonderful Life the same year also saw the launch of the penguin Classics imprint Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech Bristol Allen 1945. no I'm afraid you lose five points Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech and the first meeting of the United Nations Birmingham school for 1948 no it was 1946.
10 points for this I need a two character alphanumeric designation here Ergo calciferol has What vitamin descriptor name Birmingham alone T1 no Bristol Johnson K1 no it's D2 right 10 points for this an Iranian who died at the age of 40 in 2017.
