[Music] thank you in University challenge asking the questions Jeremy Paxman [Music] hello the Whimsical nature of the draw for these first round matches has pitched the UK's largest university against one of Oxford's smaller colleges for tonight's contest with a place in round two being the prize-on offer if the losers get another chance to qualify for the next stage they'll need to be among the four teams with the highest losing scores from these first round matches now lineker College Oxford received its Royal Charter in 1986 and is exclusively for postgraduate students the majority of whom come from outside the UK it takes its name from that of the humanist scholar Thomas lineker physician to Henry VIII and first president of the Royal College of Physicians its alumni include the astronomer Heather Cooper its fellows have included the literary critic Terry Eagleton and the biochemist and Nobel Laureate support nurse representing around 500 graduate students and with an average age of 27 let's meet the linear Oxford team hi I'm Alex blanford I'm from Cambridge and I'm working on a d fill in the anthropology of Civic technology hi I'm Josh dorrington I'm from Windsor and I'm studying for a default in atmospheric physics this is their Captain hi I'm James King I'm from falling bridge and Hampshire and I'm studying for a doctorate in climate science hi I'm Claudine tinsman I'm from Switzerland and I'm studying for a default in cyber security thank you now playing them is the open University an institution which Has Lifted the trophy in this competition twice in the past in 1984 and 1999. the pet project of Harold Wilson and his Arts Minister Jenny Lee it was granted a royal Charter in 1969 with its first courses launched and its first broadcast heard two years later alumni include the performers Romola garai Julie Christie Sheila Hancock and Lenny Henry and tonight's four are playing on behalf of around 174 000 fellow students the team have an average age of 52. let's meet them hello I'm Beverly Randall from Bristol and I'm studying the Roman Empire hi I'm David lamb from Stockport I'm studying philosophy with psychology this is their Captain hello I'm Jill I'm from riddleston and I'm reading engineering hi I'm Chris Macklin from Manchester and I'm studying law the rules are the same as ever 10 points for starter questions 15 for bonuses starter questions are Solo efforts bonuses are team Endeavors there's a five-point penalty if you interrupt to start a question incorrectly fingers on buzzers here's your first start of a 10.
what plural noun appears in the titles of a novel by E Nesbitt concerning Roberta Peter and Phyllis a dystopian novel by openrendal children correct right your bonuses are on composers who are buried in Vienna in each case name the person from the titles of some of their Works firstly the Hungarian dances and the Symphony Number One in c minor the latter premiered in 1876. list no it's Brahms operas including or fair and eurydice alcest and effigina in Taurus the last of these premiered in 1779. yeah um scalati now that's Gluck and finally Symphonies including the little C major and number nine in C major known as the great he died in 1828.
uh Mozart no it's Shubert that 10 points for this a very fine marble Palace the rooms of which are all guilt and painted with figures of men and beasts and birds all executed with such Exquisite art these words of Marco Polo refer to the summer residents of which 13th century Emperor linica dorrington Kublai Khan kublican is correct yes your bonuses are on England in each case name the local government District that is the location of the following all three are two Word answers of which the first word is south firstly the Village of East coca and the Iron Age Cadbury Castle associated with T. S Eliot and King Arthur respectively at South Midlands South Somerset secondly the round Tower churches of aslacton seething and Keswick and caister Roman town formerly known as Venta isinorum or Market of the icino South Norfolk correct and finally the recently closed race course at toaster and the village of Silverstone after which the motor racing circuit is named a South northamptonshire correct right ten points for this used by Chaucer to distinguish planets from Stars what word is used in earth science to mean a stray mass of rock transported from its place of origin by linica King erratic erratic is correct yes your bonuses this time are on astronomy in each case name the star from the description all three begin with the same letter firstly what name meaning follower in Arabic is given to the giant red star that is the brightest of the constellation Taurus it rises after the Pleiades cluster hence its name Beetlejuice that's Elder Baron and secondly the brightest star of the constellation Scorpius has what name meaning rival to Mars probably because the two objects appear similar when viewed from Earth rigel no it's Antares and finally an abbreviation of an Arabic phrase meaning the Flying Eagle what name is given to the brightest star of Aquila together with deneb and Vega it forms the summer triangle Alpha Centauri it's Altair we're going to take a picture round now for your picture starter you're going to see a map of Italy for 10 points named the city pinpointed in Orange open Macklin Peter Pisa is correct so you get bonuses following on from that the University of Pisa is home to what is held to be the world's first academic Botanical Garden founded in 1543 for your picture bonuses you'll see the locations of three more University Botanic Gardens founded in the 16th century I just need the name of the city in each case firstly okay Montpellier that is correct secondly yes Leiden that is correct and finally no okay Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig is correct yes right 10 points for this the surname of which British scientist is used as an alternative to the AMU or atomic mass unit open Randall uh Dalton Dalton is correct yes your bonuses are on surrealism this time cats Paradise cat lady and the fern cat are among the works of which surrealists born in Catalonia in 1908 she created most of her work in Mexico City don't think so okay no I think she's too modern Dora Carrington it's remedios varro secondly a close friend of remedios varro in Mexico which Lancashire born artists Creations include the house opposite the giantess and the novel The Hearing trumpet I'll try Dora Carrington again no it's Leonora Carrington and finally varro's vegetarian vampires depicts figures drinking liquids through long straws from red flesh plant Foods including a Rosa tomato and which large succulent fruit of the good family um pumpkin is pumpkin no it's watermelon ten points for this what six letter adjective links all of the following firstly a 1904 novel by Henry James secondly a flagship of Sir Francis Drke formerly named The Pelican and an open Macklin golden golden is correct yes you get three questions on chemistry for these bonuses discovered in 1985 the C60 molecule or buckyball is named after which U. S architect and engineer born in 1895.
yeah bookmeister Fuller or book Meister I'll accept that thank you secondly what term denotes the two-dimensional form of crystalline carbon that comprises a hexagonal lattice graphene graphene correct when graphene is rolled up into a cylinder the fullerene can be called a Bucky tube what other term is also used abbreviated to CNT yeah carbon nanotube correct requested derived in part from the Greek for stone what word did IJ bear and RG Thomas adopt in their 1964 paper the nature of argilacious odor for the distinctive smell associated with rain after a period of limited King Patrick or is correct yes you get three bonuses on penguins lineker what is the second largest species of penguin after the emperor it lays a single egg which it holds on its feet for the entire incubation period of about 55 days I think it's a king penguin a king penguin correct describing their agile movements on Shore what word follows northern and southern in the names of two species of crested penguin this is rock copper I think yeah rock copper correct which crested penguin is named after an exaggerated style of dress popular in the later 18th century is it like a baroque penguin or a cake a Rococo penguin oh they're macaroni penguins 10 points for this developed during the Middle Ages and mentioned for example in Milton's poem La legro the rebeck is generally held to be a forerunner of which modern musical instrument open Randall uh the violin correct your bonuses are on Fine Art and musical instruments firstly what stringed instrument appears in paintings by both Artemisia gentileski and France Hells played by Saint Cecilia and a Jester respectively secondly who painted the 1894 work the Mozart Sonata in which her daughter Julie Manny plays the violin Bert maurico Berta Morrison is correct painted in about 1910 Violin and Palette and piano and mandala are works by which French Cubist yeah because of Spanish BRAC George break is correct yes right time for the music your music stuff you'll hear a duet from an opera for 10 points give me the Opera's title [Music] lineker dorrington Marriage of Figaro correct The Marriage of Figaro was the first work stage for the English national Opera by the directors to Jonathan Miller who died in 2019. your music bonuses are three more operas staged by Miller for the Eno and again I need the Opera's title in each case firstly thank you [Music] uh The Barber of Seville oh that's from Rigoletto secondly [Music] tonight your peaceful eyes [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh The Barber of Seville no that's the elixir of Love by donitsetti and finally this operator [Music] [Applause] is HMS pinafore no it's not that's from the Mikado right 10 points for this name either of the films for which Ingrid Bergman won the Academy Award for best actress both have single word titles one is a word that has come to mean to manipulate someone into questioning their own open lamb Gaslight Gaslight is correct the other one was anesthesia your bonuses are on systems of measurement traditionally used for weighing precious metals and Stones what system of measurement is thought to be named after the French city that is the capital of the OB de papmo in the Champaign region yeah Troy correct with units including pounds ounces and Grains what system of measurement takes its name from French words meaning Goods of weight correct for what do the three letters stand in the name of the CGS system a forerunner of the current standard metric system s something right we don't know I'm afraid it's centimeter gram and second right 10 points for this in classical architecture the decorative Motif known as an anthemian is commonly described as resembling which fragrant climbing flare of the genus lonisera Open Taylor honeysuckle correct right your bonuses now are on German buildings that appear on two Euro commemorative coins in each case I want the name of the city that is the location of the following firstly on a coin representing the state of Brandenburg the Rococo Palace of sansu sea uh nominate Macklin Potsdam Potsdam is correct secondly on a coin representing the state of schlesberg Holstein the brick Gothic construction known as the Houston tour or Halston gate Lubeck Lubeck is right and finally representing a city-state the charlottenburg palace okay Berlin Berlin is Right 10 points for this succeeded by his friend John Foster which literally figures the founder and briefly the first editor of the liberal newspaper The Daily News its first edition appeared in 1846. linnica King Charles Dickens Charles Dickens is correct yes a very inspired guess if indeed it was a guess three questions on the Hollywood actress Patricia Neal in 1949 Neil starred in The Fountainhead an adaptation of the novel of the same name by which russian-born writer also known for her anti-communist stance and the system of thought known as objectivism in Rand Iran Rand is correct in the 1963 film HUD Neil won an Oscar for her role as a housekeeper who resists the advances of the title character played by which actor Rock Hudson it's Paul Newman now preserved in the U.
S national film registry which science fiction film of 1951 required Patricia Neal to deliver the line clatu Barada nikto to a robot called Gort I need a precise six-word answer The Day the Earth Stood Still correct 10 points for the risk what medical rating system uses the five letters of its inventor's surname as a mnemonic to evaluate the condition of an infant within minutes of birth open Randall apgar apgar is correct yes your bonuses follow on the medical theme with historical medical terms historically the word Au commonly refer to what disease transmitted by an insect vector malaria correct epilepsy denoted what condition or disability epilepsy no it was blindness or impaired sight now often used to mean a state of extreme anger what term originally meant a form of paralysis resulting from a stroke or cerebral hemorrhage Plexi correct we're going to take another picture starter you'll see a major Arts venue in London for 10 points give me its name which has been removed that's the Royal Festival Hall it is the Royal Festival Hall on the south bank that's correct in 1988 it became the first post-1945 building to be given grade 1 listed status for your picture bonuses I want you to identify three more grade one listed structures built after the second world war first this scientific research facility Bank Observatory is correct secondly this was built as headquarters for which corporate body which is still based there that's the Lloyds building it is Lloyds of London yes and finally in which city is this Cathedral Coventry basil Spencer's Cathedral yes well done well some points for this it's Marshland wading bird has a tendency to fly in a zigzag pattern when startled behavior that gives rise to verbs means to shoot at and figuratively linnica King snipe snipe is correct yes War bonuses are on first republics in each case name a single year During the period of the named polity firstly for five the Portuguese First Republic it's gonna be some time after there's a lot of Revolutions in Portugal in there 1820s yeah uh no I only needed one year I'm sorry it's uh it's not it's 1910 to 1926. secondly the Austrian First Republic 1919 yes I'll except there's 1919 to 1934 and finally the French First Republic uh 1789. no too early 1792 to 1804 bad luck right 10 points for this built by the French in 1754 Fort Duquesne is a historical site in which U.
S cities situated about 100 miles south of Lake Erie its sports teams include the Penguins the Pirates linica King Pittsburgh is correct yes these questions are on golfs in the mid-1960s which Asian Gulf gave its name to a resolution adopted by the U. S Congress to support increased U. S involvement in the Vietnam War come on okay uh Tonkin Tonkin is correct the Strait of Hormuz separates the Persian Gulf from which other Gulf named after a present-day country come on I feel that Arabian girl okay Arabian golf no it's the Gulf of Oman finally the saronic gulf also called the Gulf of egina is situated to the east of which narrow isthmus Corinth Corinth is correct 10 points for this what two-word term is used for a number that can be divided exactly by all the numbers below the lines in a group of vulgar fractions dorrington no anyone want to bust them open open rental perfect number no it's a common denominator 10 points for this use for data ordering and Computing and stock controlling manufacturing for what does the acronym l-i-f-o lifo stand Open Taylor last in first out that's correct you get three bonuses on museums in Belgium in which city is the Rubens house in which the artist created many of his paintings let's have it please Antwerp Antwerp is correct the town of Saint Nicholas to the southwest of Antwerp has a museum dedicated to which cartographer born in 1512.
Mercator correct the former home of an architect born in 1861 the horta museum in Brussels commemorates the leading exponents of what architectural and artistic style come on Art Nouveau Art Nouveau is correct 10 points for this in addition to strikes what shape at the Hoist or flagpole end links the flags of Equatorial Guinea Guyana the Philippines the Bahamas Cuba and the Czech Republic triangle the triangle is correct here are your bonuses then open they're on the seductions of disuse Zeus took the form of a white bull to carry off which princess secrete where she became the mother of Minos a Galilean satellite of Jupiter Bears her name Europa correct Zeus turned himself into a shower of gold in order to impregnate which princess the subject of a series of paintings partition Danny correct Zeus took the form of a swan in order to seduce which princess she's the subject of a short poem by WB Yates leader correct 10 points for this Alex cursive 28 full book the longest winter gives an account of which battle that began in December 1944. Open Taylor Stalingrad no you lose five points anyone want to buy some lineaker you may not prefer Clinica King a Kursk no it wasn't it was the Battle of the belch or Arden offensive 10 points for this denoting an upper story recess and window that projects from the exterior of a building what word is an anagram of the name of the longest river in France rental Oriole is correct science fiction and religion the Ninja Turtles should have 140 open University have 210.
