University Challenge - S49E11 - Open University v Huddersfield

[Music] [Applause] the university challenge asking the questions Jeremy Paxman [Music] hello one of the UK's largest universities twice champions in this series is taking on an institution making its debut there's a place in the second round for the winners and potentially a place in the playoffs for the losers if their score is among the four highest losing scores from this round the open University is celebrating its 50th birthday this year championed by Harold Wilson and brought to life by the then education secretary Jenny Lee it received its Royal Charter in 1969 and took its first students two years later so far it's taught about two million people including the actor Sheila Hancock and Julie Christie and the comedian sir Lenny Henry the former prime minister Gordon Brown and the astronomer Jocelyn Bell Bernal are among those who've taught there so representing an institution that lifted our trophy in 1984 and 1999 and playing on behalf of the current intake of around 168 000 students with an average age of 52 let's meet the open team hi I'm David from Barry and I'm studying PPE hello I'm Liz from Lansing West Sussex and I'm studying English literature and language this is their Captain hi I'm Bill from near Woodbridge in Suffolk I'm studying for a masters in maths hello I'm Michaela O'Brien I come from Milan in Italy I live in Hampshire and I'm studying Humanities with art history and classical studies now the University of Huddersfield is the debutant team tonight the young men's mental Improvement Society of 1841 is usually cited as its official forebear a series of name changes and mergers followed until Huddersfield Polytechnic came about in 1970 achieving University status in 1992. Harold Wilson had a finger in this pie too the building housing the school of Human and Health Sciences is named after him alumni include the BBC Sports correspondent Sally Nugent the Creator and star of Citizen Khan Adil Ray and baroness Susan Williams of Trafford with an average age of 40 and representing around 18 000 students let's meet the Huddersfield team hello my name is Sean I'm from Huddersfield and I'm studying for a PhD in history hi I'm Rebecca from Leeds and this is their captain hi I'm Andy originally from Warsaw in the West Midlands and I'm studying for a PhD in history hi I'm Aaron I'm from Norwich in Norfolk and I'm studying drama well the team has made change but the rules don't 10 points for starters 15 for bonuses fingers on the buzzers here's your first starter for 10. meanings of what six-letter word include an unjustified use of a comma to join ropes or cables and the wedge-shaped end of a cricket bat handle how does Phil cook splice splice is correct yes you get three bonuses on 18th century satire Huddersfield which author and journalist satirize claims of racial Purity in the 1701 poem the true born Englishman Swift knows Daniel Defoe secondly a massive Crow perches on a distant tree whilst another tree appears to grow out of a bridge in satire on perspective an engraving of 1754 by which English artist elgarth it was by Hogarth and finally sometimes thought to be satiric in intent a diverted mentor of 1787 by which composer is often given the English title a musical joke smelter nominate Fisher Mozart Mozart is correct yes right 10 points for this Michael Jago Francis Beckett and John bue are among recent biographers of which prime minister he served as Postmaster General under Ramsey McDonald and Deputy Prime Minister under Winston Churchill open Woodbridge actually clementley is correct yes so you get your first set of bonuses open and they're on wildflowers in each case the common name includes the name of a bird for example the pheasant's eye firstly after a bird of the family corvidai what is the common name of ranunculus aquatilis it has Buttercup like white flowers with yellow centers and forms maps in ponds and streams Crow's foot yes it's Crow Foot I'll accept that secondly also including the name of a bird what is the common name of iridium kikutarium a member of the geranium family that grows on Sandy soils and bears clusters of pink flowers I don't know Periwinkle now it's a storks bill or herons Bill and finally after a migratory bird what is the two-word common name of Aram maculatum the arum Lily also known as Lords and Ladies Swan's foot that's cuckoo paint ten points to this Fort Langley near the mouth of the Fraser River was a predecessor of which major Seaport renamed in 1886 after an 18th century English Navigator it's on a similar latitude to Paris and Prague and a similar longitude to San Francisco it hosted the Winter Olympics in 2010.

how does Phil Cahill Vancouver Vancouver is correct yes your bonuses this time Ron astronomy and mythology Huddersfield what in 1949 became the second moon of Neptune to be discovered its diameter is around 1 8 of that of the planet's largest moon Triton any thoughts Ariel Ariel no it's narid secondly usually cited as 50 in Number the sea nymphs known in Greek mythology as the nereids were The Offspring of nerius and which sea goddess the daughter of Oceanus and tethis no sorry it's Doris finally giving her name to a moon of Neptune which of the nehrates was the lover of the shepherd Asis who according to Ovid was killed by the jealous cyclops polyphemus Aerials again galatia right we're going to take a picture around now if you're a picture started you'll see the phase diagram for carbon dioxide with the three conventional phases of matter indicated using different colors the 10 points give the name of the type of phase transition indicated by The Black Arrow on the diagram how does Phil cook deposition anyone like to buzz them open open Woodbridge liquid to gas no it's melting or Fusion right we're going to take the picture bonuses in a moment or two in the meantime here's a starter question after a domestic animal what six-letter Botanical term may be defined as an elongated cluster of Single Sex flowers bearing scaly brats and usually lacking Petals For example on a willow or Birch Tree open Woodbridge catkin catkin is correct so you get the picture bonuses three more same phase diagrams annotated to indicate three more phenomena firstly what type of phase transition is indicated by the arrow here I need a single 10 letter word specific to this transition sublimation uh no it's deposition secondly which 13 letter adjective is usually applied to fluids existing in the region shown here in yellow supersaturated now it's super critical and finally what term is usually used to describe the point indicated here the triple point that is the triple point yes right 10 points for this October 2018 DrDonna Strickland became the first woman in 55 years and only the third ever to receive what specific acknowledgment of her scientific accomplishments how does Phil cook Nobel Prize for physics correct right Huddersfield these bonuses are on word derivations now meaning dismal or gloomy what adjective comes from an Old English term suggesting raining or dripping blood it appears in the first line of Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven Maybe drizzle no it's dreary Once Upon a Midnight dreary from the Greek for blood what four-letter term denotes a compound of a ferrous iron and a porphyrin present in biological pigments him he miscorrect yes and finally incorporating the Latin word for blood what term denotes a relationship by dissent from a common ancestor I'll accept that yes it's consanguinity right ten points for this what substance was originally prepared as a yellow dye by the German chemist Julius vilbrand in 1860 open Woodbridge analine I'm afraid you lose five points Bill brand in 1863 with its explosive properties being discovered in 1891. it is commonly known by a three-letter abbreviation how does Phil cook TNT TNT is correct yes you get three bonuses on chemistry Huddersfield born in 1875 which U. S chemist gives his name to representations of molecular structure in which bonding electron Pairs and lone pairs are shown using dots and or lines Wilson Fisher no it's Lewis Lewis representation the strongest of covalent bonds What bond is formed by the overlap of atomic orbitals or hybrid orbitals along the bond axis I need a single Greek letter Sigma Sigma is correct indicated as an extra line in a calculate structure What bond is formed perpendicular to a sigma bond between the same atoms again I need a single Greek letter pi Pi is great well done 10 points for this the hero fence of an unapprehended inspiration the unacknowledged legislators of the world these words appear in an essay in defense of what literary form and its writers the author of the essay being Shelley how does Phil cook poetry poetry is correct yes three questions on a bird for your bonuses Huddersfield alluding to Greek mythology poets including sir Philip Sydney and T.

S Eliot refer to which bird as fillermill or Philomena Eagle that's the Nightingale in his 1835 poem the progress of rhyme which English poet described the Nightingale song as choo choo choo choo and higher sealed cheer cheer cheer more loud and shrill s Kate that was John Claire and who finally in a work first published in 1819 addressed the Nightingale as thou light-winged dry out of the trees that's Keats I think that is Keats yes got ten points for this I need two surnames here both born in 1918 which two men were consecutive presidents of their country the position Changing Hands in September 1970 One LED his Nation during The Six Day War against Israel his successor agreed peace at the Camp David Accords open Woodbridge NASA and Sadat correct these bonuses are on the deaths of saints open University killed in 258 during the persecution of the emperor Valyrian which Saint is traditionally believed to have met his death being grilled on a Gridiron hagiographers claim that during the process he said turn me over I'm cooked on that side Saint Lawrence correct according to tradition the teacher Cassian a former Bishop of brescia was in 363 condemned to die by what process stoning now he was hacked to death by his own students and finally Club to death in Rome in 288 after recovering from being shot by archers since Sebastian was a victim of the persecutions carried out under which emperor Diocletian Diocletian is correct your music shot you're going to hear a piece of popular music 10 points if you can name the band open homes Blue Blur is correct girls and boys that was from their album Park life one of a wave of releases seen as forming the epicenter of the cultural movement known as Brit pop 25 years on your music bonuses are three more singles from 1994 similarly regarded at the time as part of the Brit pop phenomenon name the band in each case firstly [Music] super grass that is super grass cut by the fuzz secondly [Music] Elastica Elastica Connection and finally [Music] [Applause] pulp it is Pulp do you remember the first time ten points for this 30th major is an area of basaltic rocks stretching approximately one thousand by 1200 kilometers and forms a large dark feature on the surface of which planet of the solar system how does Phil cook Mercury no anyone like to buzz from the open University Open Homes Venus no it's Mars 10 points for this which English cathedral lies roughly midway between stratford-on-avon and cherborg exemplifying the early English phase of Gothic architecture it's noted for its final octagonal Spire open Woodbridge Chichester and they lose five points the tallest surviving in Britain how does Phil cook Salisbury Salisbury is of course correct right your bonuses this time Huddersfield were on Words that can be made using the names of shipping forecast areas in each case I need both the shipping forecast area and the new word created firstly add a Spanish definite article to the name of a shipping forecast area to give a word meaning a verse of irregular rhythm l L would it be definitely it could be la secondly insert the name of a landlocked country in West Africa into the name of a shipping forecast area to give a word meaning actions that comply with the requirements of etiquette or regulations nope sorry it's 40s and formalities and finally add four letters to the name of a shipping forecast area to give a word meaning a wire coil acting as a magnet when carrying a current oh no no sorry it's soul and solenoid ten points for this my music is not designed to grab instantly it's designed to wear for a lifetime to hold up like a fine cloth which singer-songwriter said that her Studio albums include night ride home taming the tiger and hajira open Woodbridge Journey Mitchell Journey Mitchell is right your bonuses this time are on the French impressedness better morizo born in 1796 which landscape artist was an early teacher of better moriso his Works include the four times of day in the National Gallery as Koro secondly an image of motherhood Le basso that's b-e-r-c-e-a-u is one of maurico's best known paintings what's its six-letter English title Bertha no it's the Cradle and finally maurico died in 1895 several sources list two major French artists that she outsold during her lifetime name either one they died in 1926 and 1919 respectively Monet money was one the other one was Renoir well done some points for this species or general of what large family of flowering plants include bog military bird's nest bee and ladies slipper open O'Brien orchids orchids is correct yes your offenses are on European rivers open University all three answers have three letter names which river separates Poland from Ukraine and then Belarus before flowing West towards the Vistula it is sometimes given the epithet Western the dawn that's the boog and secondly which river rises in the tutorberg forest and meets the North Sea close to the Dutch border a major canal links it to Dortmund in the roar area yeah I know this but I can't think of anything yeah go for that the elb no it's the M's and finally which river flows West from the Saven to the garon a department of the same name has its prefecture at cowor the lot the lot is correct right we're going to take a picture around again if your picture started you're going to see a photograph of an animal for 10 points give me the two-word name by which this particular species is commonly known uh how does Phil cook Pine Martin it is a pine Martin yes that is one of the threatened species selected for conservation action in the UK as part of defra's biodiversity action plan your bonuses are three more animals targeted by this program in each case I just want the common name for the points firstly I want a single word common name here Corn Creek now that's a bitten secondly I need a two-word name here then it's not about anybody any good on butterflies the only white Admiral it is a white Admiral well done and finally the two-word common name of this species of which you can see a mother and a calf yeah it's a whale yeah yeah okay blue whale it's a humpback whale right ten points for this dated the 12th century the book of the done cow is the earliest extant text in which Western European language it includes fragments of texts such as the voyage of bran and the cattle raid of cool how does Phil cook Irish Gaelic correct your bonuses are on mathematics this time Huddersfield which 17th century mathematician gives his name to a type of prime number of which only five have been found to date the largest being 65 537. um [Music] no it's fermat affirmat number of the order n is equal to one plus what N squared it's no it's two to the 2 to the n and finally through correspondence which fellow French mathematician co-founded the theory of probability with omad French mathematicians Pascal Pascal is correct four minutes ago ten points for this the title of a satirical film of 2006 by Mike Judge what word was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2018 Open Homes idiocracy idiocracy is correct your bonuses are on world events in each case name the venue of the Summer Olympic Games in the year that the following events occurred firstly the Maastricht treaty was signed the Bosnian War began and the Los Angeles riots occurred Barcelona correct secondly Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated the Soviets crushed the Prague spring and the Tet Offensive occurred Mexico City correct and finally Russia invaded Georgia The Nepalese monarchy was overthrown and the stock markets crashed on a global scale come on Athens oh it's Beijing 10 points for this produced in the liver which secretion is released into the small intestine where it emulsifies fat open Woodbridge bile bile is correct you get these set of bonuses on films of Billy Wilder adapted from a novella by James M Kane which 1944 film sees an impressionable man lured into committing murder on behalf of his manipulative lover come on oh sorry it's double indemnity Ray Milan plays an alcoholic writer in which award-winning film of 1945 by Billy Wilder pass sorry after the last weekend and finally in which 1950 release does wilder direct Buster Keaton Eric Von stroheim and Cecil B to Mill all of whom play characters in the film pass sorry at Sunset Boulevard 10 points for this what part of the body appears in colloquial expressions meaning staggering cheek or refractory a Troublesome burden how does Phil cook Nick Nick is correct that is usually your bonuses are on the Gordon Riots of 1780 the Gordon rights began as a protest against the Parliamentary Act of 1778 that removed penalties and disabilities imposed upon which minority group Roman Catholics correct Lord George Gordon after whom the riots were named renounced protestantism in 1787 and converted to which minority religion come on Judaism it was Judaism yes the Gordon writes are the background of Which novel of 1841 by Charles Dickens its characters include Dolly Varden and Jeffrey Hair Dale A Tale of Two Cities no it's Barnaby Rush ten points for this sometimes paranoia is just having all the facts these are the words of which U.