[Music] University challenge asking the questions Jeremy practice [Music] goody goody more student baiting with some difficult questions on pretty much everything to determine which of tonight's teams deserves a place in the second round if the losers do well enough they may earn themselves one last chance to qualify now goldsmiths began life as an academy founded in new cross in 1792 about a century later it was acquired by the worshipful company of goldsmiths one of the 12 great Livery companies of the city of London and it merged with the University of London in before becoming a full College in 1988 although it's since dropped the word College from its branding alumni include the artist Graham Sutherland Lucian Freud and Bridget Riley the pop impresario Malcolm McLaren and the Harry biker Dave Myers one team member hails from the small town in Canada that also gave us the unforgettable Eric monkman which we've decided is a pleasing coincidence and not something out of the midwich Cuckoos representing around 9 000 students and with an average age of 33 let's meet the goldsmiths team hi I'm Alex I'm originally from Brighton and I'm studying for an MSC in digital journalism hello I'm Catherine I'm originally from North London and I'm studying for a PhD in creative writing and this is their Captain hi I'm Henry I'm from Cambridge and I'm studying for an M. A in English hi my name is Greg I'm originally from Oakville Ontario just outside of Toronto and I'm studying for a masters in political Communications Southampton University can thank The Eccentric recluse Henry Robinson Hartley for turning his back on the family wine business and leaving his fortune for the establishment of an institution promoting the study of Science and learning about a century later in 1952 it received its Royal Charter alumni include the musician Brian Eno and the News presenter John sopel so Tim berners-lee has held a professorship of computer science there and its National oceanography Center is home to the auv boaty mcboatface representing around 25 000 students and with an average age of 23. let's meet the Southampton team hi I'm Josh I'm from Worcester and I'm studying for a PhD in theoretical computer science hi I'm Rory I'm from Oxford and I'm studying civil engineering there Captain hi I'm Steve Barnes I'm from Hyde in Hampshire and I'm studying for a PhD in chemical education hi I'm James I come from the village of nap Hill in Surrey and I am studying history foreign meaning jovial or full of good humor what word is found in the name of a small boat used as a utility tender for a vessel in a phrase imitating the boisterous enthusiasm of a stereotypical public school girl and in the name of a notorious flag jolly Jolly is correct yes right you guys set of bonuses on a sea the Sea of azov is a northern extension of which sea to which it is linked by the Kirch Strait it's the black seed Black Sea correct formerly the home of the Russian Black Sea Fleet which city was besieged by anglo-french and Turkish forces from 1854 to 55 during the Crimean War Sebastopol correct which sea is connected to the Black Sea by the Bosphorus and the Aegean Sea by the Dardanelles yes well done another soft question in my family we like to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable based solely on our ability to speak the language viciously these are the words of which American playwright born in 1947 he is the author of American buffalo and oleana Goldsmith Sibley is it David Mamet it is David Mamet yes your bonuses are on astrophysics goldsmiths for Venus it is 10.
36 kilometers per second and for Jupiter 59. 5 kilometers per second what specific velocity do these quantities represent rotational no it's the escape Velocity to the nearest kilometer per second what is the escape velocity of Earth I don't know um 1500. gosh no it's 11.
it's all you have to do is escape the gravitational pull that's all again to the nearest kilometer per second what is the escape velocity of the moon at its surface like like it's based on gravity right and the moon would have what percentage two three uh three yeah three no it's two kilometers per second right ten points for this which 19th century physicist name is linked with that of Ludwig boltzmann in a law that describes the distribution of energies among the molecules of a gas born in Edinburgh in 1831 he also gives his name to a set of four equations in electromagnosis Maxwell James dark Maxwell is correct yes your bonuses are on early 16th century paintings goldsmiths in the words of the Tashan art guides firstly the fam fatal charms The Devout viewer describes a painting by the Swiss artist Nicholas Manuel it concerns the execution of which figure of the New Testament John the Baptist correct the man the naked woman and the built of lightning refers to a work by georgoni now known by what name denoting a weather condition the work is often cited as influential in the development of landscape art The Tempest correct careers in the King's Service describes which painting by Hans Holbein the younger in the collection of London's National Gallery the ambassadors that's correct there's a picture starting you're going to see two maps each with a city marked for ten points please name both cities Goldsmith simply bath and Shenzhen anyone like to bus from Southampton Southampton Holland Shenzhen and Bristol it is Bristol but it's Guangzhou is the other one picture bonuses in a moment or two but ten points at state for this starter question which historic Castle includes the chapel of Saint Peter adventular within whose walls lie the remains of James Scott Duke of Monmouth and Berlin and Lady Jane Gray no it's the Tower of London ten points for this a gallery at Q Gardens was opened in 1882 to house the Botanical paintings of which 19th century artists it contains 833 of her Works displayed in geographical order which she painted while traveling around the world Goldsmith Coburn Georgia O'Keefe crikey no Southampton carrage Rosetti no it's Marianne North 10 points for this born in Manchester in 1970 which singer-songwriter's surname may be obtained by mixing the colors in the titles of Taylor Swift's fourth album and a 2000 single by Coldplay Southampton carragey Brown orange yes it's Jason orange so you get the picture bonuses which were on Twin Cities you saw Bristol and Guangzhou which in 2001 formally became sister cities your picture bonuses are map showing three more UK cities alongside major cities elsewhere with which they have a twin or sister city relationship in each case name both the cities marked firstly that is Durban South Africa and I don't know what the British city is York is Coastal isn't it no no no no no should we say leads or Yorkies York and Durban no it's Leeds in Durban you're only out by about 20 miles or so and secondly okay so that is um Dubai is always that Challenger yeah I think that might be Sharjah son Andrews and charger no it's Dundee in Dubai and finally uh no no it's not Melbourne um I actually I think that's sitting you know it might be it's not Norse enough for Brisbane and it's New South Wales Southampton and Sydney no it's Portsmouth in Sydney bad luck right 10 points for this meaning black rock or Black Mountain what name is given to the Long Mountain Range within which the borders of Tajikistan China Pakistan Afghanistan and India converge it includes K2 the world's second highest peak Goldsmith Sibley the Himalayas now you lose five points anywhere I want to buzz from Southampton Southampton Barn the karakora mountains correct right see if you can get these bonuses they're on the Lake District a reservoir on the site of a natural lake thurmia lies at the foot of which north-south Ridge that includes the third highest point in England Ridge no it's helvelin described by Alfred Wainwright as a family fell where grandmothers and infants can climb the heights together cat Bells is on the western shore of which body of water [Music] um yes and finally Ambleside common wood and the Blackwell arts and crafts House near bonus both Overlook which body of water it could be Windermere Windermere Windermere is Right 10 points for this in the late 1860s the U. S newspaper publisher Gordon Bennett commissioned which welsh-born journalist to travel in Africa the person in question told his story Southampton Barnes Stanley Henry Morton Stanley is correct yes your bonuses are on authors born in 1946 in each case identify the person from the description please born in New Jersey her Works include woman hating a radical look at sexuality and pornography and civil rights a new day for women's equality do you want to go for Judith Butler I'll go with it yeah okay Judith Butler nurse Andrea dwarkin secondly born in London his Works include fluff the farting fish chocolate cake and the perjury collection listening to a pogrom on the radio that's what I was thinking should we go with it I like it Michael Rosen correct and finally a Nobel Laureate born in style Mark or styria her Works include what happened after Nora left her husband where decoy's baby and the piano teacher remember who wrote it noodles do you wonder where it is do you want to try like right we're going to take a music round now if you're a music starter you'll hear a song from a stage musical 10 points if you can name the musical [Music] Southampton Barnes Wicked it is from Wicked yes the song was The Wizard and I which is the example of what the US composer Stephen Schwartz has called and I want song quote in which a leading character usually in one of the first three songs comes out and tells you what he or she wants and we spend the rest of the show watching him or her try to get it your bonuses are three more I want songs the first comes from which Musical [Music] . ly that is a music okay the king annoy now that's from Fiddler on the Roof secondly which musical includes this song [Music] Little Shop of Horrors it is a Little Shop of Horrors and finally the title of this film Musical [Music] wandering free wish I could is it The Little Mermaid it is though it is embarrassing to admit it I agree ten points for this witness for nature by Linda Lear is a biography of which biologist born near Pittsburgh in 1907 she's perhaps best known for the influential 1962 book Silent Spring Goldsmith Sibley Rachel Carson correct your bonuses goldsmiths are on birds in each case give the common name from the description in the encyclopedia of Wales firstly Britain's rarest Crow over 50 percent of Britain's population is found in Wales with strongholds on the coast of keridigion and Anglesey crew anything like this is Raven a kind of pro or is that different um Ravens are quite common yeah classified in the same thing I don't have any better guesses I don't think we know Jack 2 no it's a chuff secondly gross home off the pembrokeshire coast sustains over 32 000 pairs of this seabird it's dagger-shaped Bill turns into a living spearhead as it plunges through the water is that I can't think of the name um gallons yeah gannet which is a gannet and finally unofficially Wales is national bird and its most elegant bird of prey its survival into the 21st century is a conservation success story I need the two-word common name we actually um because I think they gave it away with the survival of being a success story it's a peregrine falcon was brought down universities peregrine falcon no it's a red kite 10 points for this in Thomas Hardy's novel having stabbed and killed Alec durberville Tess is eventually arrested at which location in Southern England now a UNESCO world heritage site Goldsmith's Cobar Stonehenge correct your bonuses this time goldsmiths are on Ancient Egypt based on a name for the king of Gods what name is shared by pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty who are respectively the sons of akmos took most III and took most IV y what period was that did she say a number of dynasties should we just go around us Ramses no it's Ammon hotep secondly what name is now given to the large Temple that amen hotep III built in southern Thebes to honor the god Ammon a row of sphinxes connects it to the temple at Karnak I think that is I don't know I I think that's Luxor um but I don't know Luxor is Right married to Queen Nefertiti Amon hotep IV is more commonly known by what pharyonic name indicating his dedication to a sun god nominate Coldstream is it akinatan it is 10 points for this 15 lies between 6 and 20 10 lies between 5 and 10 and 6 lies between four and four within consecutive ascending rows of what mathematical construct Southampton Barnes Pascal strong correct thank you these bonuses are on the Arts in each case the answer is the name of a playing card firstly based on a novella by Pushkin which Opera by Tchaikovsky has a title that refers to a supernatural event in a gambling game during its final Act is that the Queen of Spades that's what I was thinking yeah Queen of Spades correct what is the name of the avant-garde artistic group formed in Moscow in 1910 that included Robert Falk Mikhail larionov and Natalia gunshot over okay the justice The Joker isn't it the Jokers no it's the jack of diamonds on the knave of diamonds and finally during the trial in the final chapter of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which character instructs the White Rabbit to begin at the beginning and go on until you come to the end then stop okay King of Hearts the King of Hearts is correct yes we're going to take our second picture round now you're going to see an illustration from the new gate calendar an 18th and 19th century publication which profiled prominent figures of the time saw the Sky News of its day for 10 points name either of the two figures depicted here Goldsmith simply um Alexander Hamilton no Southampton carrage Dick Turpin it is Dick Turpin and Tom so we follow on you get the picture bonuses that's your treat Southampton from that depiction of Dick Turpin and his partner in crime your picture bonuses are three more illustrations from the Newgate calendar of Infamous events and people firstly named the event Illustrated here um yeah because I can see reform there yes so okay yeah that's correct secondly give the two-word name by which this group of people are usually known there must be some religious movement right which one um do you want to try it's a no wrong date it wouldn't be there yeah it is the Oxford movement no that's the tall paddle matters and finally name the victim of the ACT Illustrated here oh that's Spencer Percival yes Spencer Percival it is the prime minister assassinated right 10 points for this what common colloquial word may be spelled by concatenating the initial letters of the capitals of Kenya Canada Cape Verde and Scotland Southampton Barnes nope nope is correct yes I'm impressed you knew the capital of Cape Verde your bonuses are on chemical elements in each case identify the element from its description in Haiku formed by the author Mary soon Lee all three answers appear in periods one and two of the periodic table firstly begin Universe wait three minutes to enter stay cool don't react um helium is correct just doing your job holding plant cells together no fireworks no fuss [Music] no it's Boron and finally show stealing Diva throw yourself at anyone decked out in diamonds carbon that is carbon four minutes away ten points for this in climatology what shelter is named after a Scottish engineer and protects instruments from direct sunlight and Goldsmith Sibley a faraday cage no you lose five points from direct sunlight and wind Southampton Holland Alexander cage notice Stevenson's screen you see them on all weather stations right 10 points for this starter question what four letters link the Indian state whose capital is kohima with the Japanese place name element meaning long the latter appears at the start of the name of the host city of the Winter Olympics in 1998.
Southampton fleminger Naga Naga is correct yes your bonuses are on expressions with the initial C i in each case give the two word name or term from the description firstly the formal moral law in the ethics of Emmanuel Kant what is that oh it's the what is it the categorical imperative okay categorical imperative that's correct a view or explanation of quantum mechanics developed in the 1920s by Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg Copenhagen interpretation that's correct and finally an educational organization that promotes Chinese language and culture Institute correct why should have kicked yourself 10 points for this what short given name links Mr hell Myron ibsen's play a doll's house the wife of the author James Southampton carrage Nora Nora is correct so you get a set of bonuses on Spain Southampton in each case give the predominant cardinal direction in which one would travel in the shortest straight line from the first city to the second for example Madrid to Santander is north firstly bilbouti is that top left okay so Western so West yeah West West is correct secondly Cordoba to torremolinas or Malaga right at the bottom yeah in the South as well I think I like East you like East okay East no it's South and finally Toledo to Palma de Mallorca or magaluf yeah okay no magleaf's in the balearics oh that's what I meant that's what I meant yes there's East anyway east east is correct well done 10 points for this from the Greek foot to full short what term do you know it's a plain curve consisting of all points for which the sum of the distances between a point on the curve and two fixed points is the same Southampton Holland an ellipse ellipse is correct these bonuses are on technical terms in each case give the term from the definition the answers all begin with the same three letters firstly a single word Greek derived term meaning soil science is that physiology come on pedology pedology is right in botany the stalk bearing of fruit or flower an adjectival form of the word appears in an alternative name of the common or English Oak I think is it pedicle pedicle no it's peduncle and finally in classical architecture a triangular Gable often placed on the interpreterature above the front of a portico uh sellers have 95 South Hampton University have 175.
