[Music] the university challenge asking the questions Jeremy practice [Applause] hello tonight it's the penultimate match in the first round 12 teams are through to the second round eight have gone home four losing teams will return to compete in the playoffs and we already know that the universities of Sheffield and York are among them and Durham University and Jesus College Oxford are no doubt watching with interest to see if they're losing scores of 145 each will be beaten either tonight or next time now Imperial College London owes much of its existence to Prince Albert's attempts to crank up the cultural and scientific activities of his adopted country in the mid 19th century it became part of the University of London until it gained independence on its Centenary in 2007 now it has a student population drawn from around 125 countries alumni include H. G Wells Roger Bannister the future Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and the Nobel Laureate Alexander Fleming Imperial is of course a scientific institution and doesn't offer any Arts courses but that hasn't stopped them from winning this series in 1996 and in 2001 with an average age of 23 representing over 17 000 fellow students let's meet the Imperial team hello I'm Richard Brooks I'm from stocks on teas and I study mechanical engineering hi I'm Brandon out of Jamaica Queens New York City doing a masters in Computing this is their Captain hi I'm Caleb Rich I'm from lewisham in London and I'm studying for an amres in controlled Quantum Dynamics hi I'm Connor I'm from Dublin and I'm doing a PhD in computer science the team from brazenose College Oxford represented institution founded in 1509 for the study of theology as well as sophistry logic and philosophy out of an impressive list of alumni or braised nostrils as they call themselves one could take one's pick from the England cricketer Colin cowdery the actor Mark Williams William Webb Ellis who instigated the game of rugby the broadcaster Michael Palin the writers John Buchan and William Golding and the former Prime Minister David Cameron with an average age of 20 and representing around 600 students let's meet the brazenos team hi there I'm Alan I'm from Farmington Connecticut and I'm studying philosophy politics and economics hi I'm Mort I'm from North London and I'm reading Classics this is their Captain hi I'm Ole I'm from Wolverhampton and I'm studying maths hi I'm Tucker I'm from Detroit and I study philosophy and linguistics okay any students watching tonight who fancy their chances in next year's competition should know that their students union or jcr has already been sent all the information needed to put a team together so give it a go we'll be happy to share our takeaway pizzas with you now the rules are the same as ever ten points for starters 15 for bonuses so fingers on buzzers here's your first starter for 10. what four-letter word precedes bending blowing and boggling in terms Point prisoners Hall mind is correct yes your bonuses are on a geographical area for the French for to rise and referring to the sunrise what term was historically applied to the countries along the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean is correct yes in existence from the 16th to the 19th centuries the Levant company was set up to regulate trade between England the Levant and which empire ottoman the Ottoman Empire is correct Levant States was a name given to a French mandate after World War One it comprised which two countries that became independent in the 1940s Lebanon and Jordan though it's Syria and Lebanon 10 points for this which South American country links the women's triple jump winner at the 2016 Olympics the runner-up in the tourism Venezuela no you lose five points the runner-up in the Tour de France in 2017 the winner of the Giro d'Italia in 2014 an international goalkeeper associated with the Scorpion Kick and in the 2018 FIFA men's World Cup the team beaten by England in the round of 16.
if Emil McNeil Columbia Colombia is correct yes your bonuses are on national anthems Imperial who composed the music that was later adapted for the German National Anthem Deutschland lead having used it in his Emperor quartet emperor maybe do that Beethoven that was Haydn the 19th century pianist calixa Lavale wrote the music for the national anthem of which country versions of the lyrics were written independently by Adolf basil Routier and Robert Stanley Weir Switzerland no it's O Canada and named after its Lyricist the work known as mammaly's hymn is the national anthem of which European country [Music] um Sweden no it's Italy 10 points for this born in Hanover in 1826 which mathematician gives his name to a definite integral calculated by dividing an area under a curve of a real valued function into rectangular sub-intervals summing their areas and taking the limit of the sum as the width of the intervals tends to zero Imperial Rich Freeman agreement is correct yes bonuses this time Imperial are on pairs of words that have the same spelling but vary in that one has an initial stressed syllable for example record and record give both words from the definitions in each case firstly a mixture of aromatic substances that emits a fragrant odor when burnt and a verb meaning to inflame with excitement or anger incense and incense correct secondly a small administrative division in a french-speaking country and to communicate at a deep level of mental or spiritual engagement correct and finally a material thing that can be seen and touched and a verb meaning express disapproval of something object and object correct time I think for our first picture around you for your picture starter you're going to see a map it shows the municipal boundaries of a European city for ten points name the city Stockholm Stockholm is correct yes so we follow on from Stockholm with maps showing three more major cities built on Islands ten points for each you can identify firstly this North American city the city proper is indicated within the broader metropolitan area Montreal Montreal is correct secondly this Asian City and finally this European city 10 points for this who is this born in Indiana in 1891 he was president of the Yale University glee club and is reputed to have served with the French Foreign Legion during the first world war entertaining its troops with a portable piano as a composer and Lyricist his Works include the songs begin the begin Imperial Brendan Berlin now you lose five points begin the begin Love for Sale and night and day you may not confirm one of you can Buzz praise the news praise knows Hansen Scott Joplin Scott Joplin no it's Cole Porter 10 points for this answer promptly naming any two of the four contiguous countries whose president since 1990 have included no Sultan NASA bayev Islam karimov Safar Murat and Hassan Rouhani race news Mullen um Iran and Afghanistan uh no Imperial Brandon Iran Turkmenistan the other two of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan write your bonuses Imperial are on scientific terms in each case give the term from the definition the answers all have the same middle letter firstly the most important ore of aluminum it derives its name from a village in Provence close to the site of its discovery boxite boxite is correct secondly inorganic chemistry the hydrocarbon radical c6h13 I need you to spell this five-letter term excellent actually no that's not actually because you get totally reading that's like a C6 yeah that's hexel h-e-x-y-l and finally in biology a group or unit used in the classification of organisms examples include species family order and phylum axon taxon is correct 10 points for this when it comes to decreasing inequalities of wealth for good or reducing unusually high levels of public debt a progressive tax on capital is generally a better tool than inflation which French Economist made that Imperial Rich uh picketty picketty is correct yes your bonus is Imperial are on Barbie dolls to Mark International Women's Day in 2018 the manufacturer released several new dolls based on historical and contemporary role models in each case name the person from the description firstly a mathematician who contributed to the U. S Space Program along with fellow African Americans Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan nominee Brandon Johnson first name Catherine correct secondly born in Kansas in 1897 the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic uh-huh Amelia Earhart is correct and finally a boxer born in Leeds in 1982. she is a double Olympic gold medalist Nicole Adams correct for this what four-letter word is spelled out by the initial letters of the capitals of Venezuela Pakistan Albania and Cameroon Imperial Brandon city city is correct any questions on a philosophical concept for your bonuses Imperial what five-lettered Greek term did heraclitus and later philosophers use to describe the universal principle that gives order and rationality to the world logos correct founded by Xena of kittium in the early 3rd Century BCE which school of philosophy saw logos as an active spiritual principle that permeated all reality stoicism correct in most English versions of the Bible how is logos translated in the opening verse of Saint John's gospel word word is correct we're going to take a music your music starts you'll hear a piece of classical music 10 points if you can name the composer please [Music] Imperial Brooks Aaron Copeland it is Aaron Copeland that's part of his Appalachian Spring that was originally commissioned as a ballet for the influential dancer and choreographer Martha Graham your music bonuses are three works for which Graham created dances name the composer of each firstly the composer of this 19th century piece which Graham used as the basis for 1926 solo dance thank you so much a list no that's by Schumann it's part of colored leaves secondly the U.
S composer of this work commissioned for Graham in 1945 [Music] thank you glass no that was Samuel Barber part of Cave of the heart and finally the composer of this work from the 1890s which Graham used as the basis of her final completed ballet uh Joplin it is right 10 points for this answer promptly giving any two of the three words differing only in their first three or four letters that mean loving Humanity hating humanity and humans assuming reform praise knows philanthropy misanthropy that's correct yes if you would quit that right your bonuses are on physics prisoners what SI derived unit is used to measure the quantity of luminous flux that is radiant flux weighted to the frequency response of the human eye Candela that's lumen or Candela purse to radian but you didn't say that what unit measures flux per unit area it looks Lux Lux is correct yes by what 11 letter term is flux per unit area known luminosity well it's illuminance 10 points for this I need a precise seven letter term what form of understatement is expressed in the line I am Imperial Brooks meiosis no you lose five points I am no prophet and here's no great matter the term can also be taken as an anagram of the name of the poet who wrote those words you may not confer Ence knows Mullen litotes lytotes is correct you get a set of bonuses on cats and Fine Art brazeners an animal usually thought to be a cat appears hissing at a naked woman in the temptation of Saint Anthony a triptych by which early netherlandish artist s no it's by Bosch in the 1880s who painted a contented cat on the lap of Julie Manet this portrait is often identified with the artist's angera period [Music] is correct a white cat looking out of a window is a title figure of Mrand Mr Clark and Percy by which post-war British Artist David hockney correct 10 points for this which U. S director's films include adaptations of novels by Humphrey Cobb Vladimir Nabokov William makepiece Thackery Imperial Brandon Kubrick Stanley Kubrick he's correct well done you get a set of bonuses Imperial on long distance running firstly for five which British national park is the setting of The Bob Graham round a 24-hour running challenge over 66 miles and 42 Peaks Peak District no it's the Lake District situated on an estuary to the northeast of the snowdonia national park which Castle is a regular starting point of the Drgon's Back race over 200 miles of Welsh mountains foreign Castle Run in January each year the 268 long spine race is a Non-Stop seven-day race from edale to Kirk yet home along which National Trail the Pennine way it is a Pennine way yes right we're going to take a second picture round for your picture starter you'll see a painting 10 points if you can name the artist yes that was his John of the Cross which is part of the collection of glasgow's Kelvin Grove Gallery your picture bonuses are three more works from the Kelvin Grove collection Name the artist in each case firstly Botticelli Botticelli is correct the Annunciation secondly responsible Constable it is Constable his hamster Heath and finally this is a work in oils by which artist and designer um [Music] it's Charles Rennie Macintosh I see where you're coming from though 10 points for this which three consecutive letters of the alphabet begin the surnames of the philosophers who wrote respectively two treaties is on government discourses on Livy and Anarchy State Imperial McNeil is correct yes your bonuses this time Imperial are on human anatomy meaning a sack or cavity in an organ or tissue what short Latin term may follow maxillary frontal or ethmoid in human anatomy a bursa no it's sinus characterized by sinus node dysfunction six sinus syndrome is a collection of conditions of what organ uh nose no it's the heart Dural venous sinuses are located in what organ ISM I don't know yeah skin no they're in the brain ten points for this in molecular biology the abbreviation PCR Imperial Brendan polymerase Chain Reaction correct three bonuses on the right are Neil Gaiman born in Hampshire in 1960 gaiman's First Credit as author was for a 1984 paperback biography of which British pop band that was Duran Duran what is the title of gaiman's dark fantasy series of comics running from 1989 to 96. its protagonist is Morpheus a manifestation of the ability of sentient beings to dream American Gods sad man Sandman is correct for Which novel did Gaiman receive the 2009 Newbury medal it concerns an orphan raised by ghosts in the cemetery Coraline that's the graveyard book 10 points for this the Russian city of Omsk lies on which river one of the longest in Asia it rises in the outside mountains in western China and flows through Kazakhstan before joining the river OB in Western Siberia Imperial Brandon Irish Irish is correct yes your bonuses Imperial are on the Winter Olympics held eight times between 1901 and 1926.
what was the name of the precursor of the Winter Olympic Games which featured mainly athletes from Norway and Sweden yeah Nordic games correct secondly the first Olympic Committee sanctioned International winter sports week took place in chamonix France in what year uh 1924 correct the formerly designated second Winter Olympic Games took place in 1928 in which Swiss town uh St Moritz St Moritz is correct I mean any one of the three men who served as U. S president in 1841 Imperial Brandon William Henry Harrison correct the other Van Buren in China right so you're going to say the presence is then Imperial on Spanish geography which autonomous community of Northern Spain derives its name from the river that flows into the river Tehran and dense to the Ebro yeah is that a river there's like Navarre Basque mysterious cantabria okay if no no it's the ryoko Larry ocher shares borders with the autonomous communities of Navara Aragon Castile Leon and which other to the north that's either cantario or did he say bass country uh Basque Country correct including the Picos de Europa which mountain range extends across Northern Spain from The Basque country to Galicia right Pyrenees so it's the cantabrian mountains ten points for this in its usual American English spelling what color is also the name of the SI unit of the absorbed Imperial rich I agree yes gun spelled uh g-r-a-y correct right your bonuses are on the dispersal of seeds what is the vector dispersal in a Nemo Cory wind wind correct what is the botanical name for an Arcane in which the pericarp is extended into a wing to facilitate wind dispersal as in the ash or maple Sycamore that's Samara and finally what part of a dandelion flower develops into the feathery Papas uh petals it's the calyx or sepals ten points for this what alphanumerical designation is shared by Major roads that link the following pairs of locations Paris and Lille Belfast and Nuri Athens and Thessaloniki and London and Edinburgh Imperial Brandon A1 A1 is correct yes your bonuses are on dog breeds named after a prefecture in Northwest Honshu which dogs are noted for their loyalty and are said to have inspired the Samurai with their fighting spirit uh Shiba Inu no the Akita secondly which small lap dogs have a name that roughly translate as lion Sun dog after their resemblance to a creature in Chinese mythology yeah I think anything uh they're shoes what breed of hound takes its name from the French for low referring to the dog's low slung structure passage is correct 10 points for this use as a substitute for egg whites the drained liquid from Imperial rich aquafaba aquafaba is correct yes very impressive Buzz bonuses are on abbreviations the AAA and the CCC where government bodies established by which 20th century U. S president correct in 1854 the German Author Peter Cornelius defined which three composers Imperial College London have 255.
