University Challenge S50E15 Imperial v Exeter

[Music] [Applause] University challenge asking the questions Jeremy Paxman hello many things my might be regarded as the Hallmarks of this competition but an eagerness to embrace change isn't one of them however the times we live in have required us to adjust and our team members now sit between clear screens they also wear earpieces to allow them to hear each other when hopefully they confer on bonus questions and having accommodated a six-month Hiatus in our recordings for this series we've relaxed the rule that says you can't play if you've taken your degree during the course of

the competition and indeed we have to commend our student teams for the eagerness and determination with which they've negotiated social distancing and quarantine in order to continue to entertain us with what they know and what they don't know about pretty much anything last time in the last match played pre pandemic we completed the lineup of the 14 teams who've made it through to the second round tonight's match is the first of two playoffs between four teams who lost their first matches but did so with the highest losing scores earning themselves a final chance to stay

in the competition now the team from Imperial College London are here having lost to stth Clyde in their first match by a margin of 155 points to 190 they have an average age of 20 and are of course representing the current holders of the competition's trophy let's meet them again hi I'm Justin I'm from Hong Kong and I'm studying maths hi I'm Katie I'm from the Peak District and I'm studying physics and this is their Captain hi I'm Michael I'm from finchy North London and I study pure maths hi I'm Imran I'm from paling ja

Malaysia and I study fadal Physics now after a promising start the team from exitor University lagged behind the University of Glasgow for most of their first round match and were on 145 points at the gong to their opponent's 200 they too have an average age of 20 let's meet them again hi I'm Edward Parker I'm from brain Tre and essic and I'm reading archology and anthropology hi I'm Alfie Ryden I'm from Brickman Devon and I've just finished my mechanical engineering degree and this is their Captain hi I'm Cleo gravit I'm from fabim in Kent and

I'm studying English hello I'm Matthew Williams I'm from Brumley in Kent and I'm studying physics that's great let's not waste any time reciting the rules because you all know them by now fingers on the buzzers here's your first start of a 10 what specific color connects a plant called Poor Man's weather glass a film Noir of 1945 directed by Fritz Lang an infectious disease caused by streptococus pyogenes Imperial K Scarlet Scarlet is correct yes right your first set of bonuses are on old and Middle English poetry in Translation you're going to enjoy this sure we

will five points for this so the spear Danes in days gone by and the Kings who ruled them had courage and greatness this is the opening line of Sheamus he's translation of which Old English poem uh be wolf he definitely did a go for it bearwolf correct Simon armitage's translation of which Middle English poem includes in the first fit the line it was Christmas at Camelot SE in the Green Knight SE in the Green Knight is correct finally which American modernist poets 1911 version of the seaf farer from the exitor book begins may I for

my own self songs truth reckon so modern Elliot pound pound no pound's more images sounds more Elliot than pound go that TS Elliot no it was Ezra 10 points for this what short word precedes love in the title of a 1989 novel by Katherine Dunn and Sheik in a rhyming expression associated with quote pretentious fake beatnic sunglasses the word in question rhymes with those who according to the King James Bible shall inherit the earth exitor Williams geek geek is correct yes so you get a set of bonuses on years whose last two digits are twice

the first two for example 1938 or 2040 in each case identify the year in which the events described took place firstly humayun succeeded his father Babor as mugal Emperor and the confession of alburg was presented to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles I 5th Charles Charles I 5th was the 15th century wasn't he so around no he was around the time of DEET of worms with it would be 1530 then would yeah go 1530 1530 1530 is correct the deaths of sigismund III of Poland and Gustavus adulas of Sweden to be succeeded by vladislav IV and

queen Christina respectively so is Gustavus adolfus would be 1734 um yeah oh no no it was adus was the 30 Years War wasn't he yes he was so it be uh 16 1632 1632 1632 correct and finally the death of the Ottoman Sultan Osman I first and the execution of the English Baron Hugh dispenser after the rebellion of Queen Isabella rebellion of Queen Isabella Queen Isabella Ed uh Edward II so 13 1326 I think 1326 1326 1326 is correct 10 points for this the possessive form of what animal name comes before letter Mercury and dinner

to describe respectively the letter r a poisonous carpet forming perennial plant and a confused or jumbled mess exit Parker dog dog is correct yes you get a set of bonuses now on Industrial chemical processes which process produces ammonia by combining nitrogen with hydrogen under high temperature and pressure in the present it's the harbor process Harbor process it is the harbor process well done secondly the chamber process using lead containers and the contact process using a platinum or vadium Catalyst are methods for producing which major industrial chemical think contct process is sulfuric acid okay what does

everybody else think I'm not really sure sulfuric acid sulfuric acid correct named after its Belgian an inventor and used for manufacturing sodium carbonate which method involves treating salt first with ammonia and then with carbon dioxide um I want to say like Epsom like Epsom salts but I lit go ahead do you think yeah ABS no it's the solv process right we're going to take a picture around now for your picture starter you're going to see three maps on which large bodies of water have been highlighted for 10 points I want the single G geographical term

that is common to all three of their usual English names exitor Parker Bay Bay is correct yes okay following on from those three bays in each of your picture bonuses you'll see three bodies of water whose English names all contain the same geographical term give me the single common word in each case firstly oh I think it be I think it might be um sounds cuz I think pudget sound sound yeah sound is correct MRA sound pu sound and Plymouth sound nice secondly um I think B bite yeah bite it is bite and finally um

I think that's the golf golf golf is correct 10 points for this which figure of Greek mythology served as inspiration for the 1959 winner of the Palm Door set in Brazil a cycle of sonnets by Raina Maria rilka a 2004 Imperial con orus orus is correct okay you get a set of bonuses now on edible tubers when eaten as a vegetable the tubers of helianthus tuberosus have what two word common name it is thought to derive impart from the Italian for sunflower Jerusalem artichoke correct what name is commonly given secondly to the starchy food stuff

formed by processing the tubers of the cassava or manok plant it is used in milk puddings semolina could be semolina is made from barley Ora then that's more like tapioca tapioca is correct dios Cora bulbifera the so-called air potato is a member of the widely cultivated family of tubous food plants generally known by what short name these like tubous Foods could be alium they're not tub yeah they're not tub plantain a short okay I don't uh let's go with there anyway plantain no it was yam 10 points for this which decade saw the publication of

a dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field by James Clark Imperial 1860s correct you going to say the bonus is on German philosophers born in the same year as the painter George stubs which philosopher is most associated with the view known as transcendental idealism k k k is correct secondly born in the same year as Beethoven which philosopher is associated with the metaphysical position known as absolute idealism Hegel I think Hegel correct and finally born in the same year as Emily Bronte which philosopher and activist is often said to have turned hegel's idealism on its head

what was Emily Bronte the she died in the 1840s probably born in the 1800s I don't know who would turn heel on his head oh marks uh possibly Carl marks correct 10 points for this constitution Hill the mall and padil all border which Royal Park described as the least Imperial K uh Green Park Green Park is correct you must answer as soon as you B it okay here are your bonuses three questions on abrasive minerals used in the manufacturer of sandpaper attempting to make artificial diamonds in 1891 the US inventor Edward atcherson discovered a material

he called carborundum give me its chemical name or formula I've heard yeah some sort of artificial gem St thing cubia or something just try that one cubic zonia no it's silicon carbide almond is an example of what group of silicate minerals their color often resembles the Deep Red pulp of the fruit from which they are thought to take their name red fruit pomegranate red fruit I don't know yeah but what would what would the would be P pomegranate no I don't know do we have anything I don't it's garet it is from Pomegranate you're right

okay lastly the oxide of what metal occurs naturally as the mineral corundum and the gemstone Sapphire and Ruby aluminium aluminium correct 10 points for this the name of what element of the actinide series is named indirectly after a Greek god whose name means the wealthy one and direct Imperial con uh no sorry I was going to say promethium but it's clearly wrong you lose five points for an incorrect Interruption and you get the whole thing exitor indirectly after a Greek god whose name means the wealthy one and directly after a large member of the Kyper

belt I ideas exitor ryen uh neptunium no it's plutonium right another starter question now what regnal number links all of these rulers the king of France at the time of the Second Crusade the king of England who signed the Treaty of Perpetual peace with Scotland and the King of Scotland who was deposed Imperial Wong the first no who was deposed at the Glorious Revolution exitor ryen the second no it's the seventh back M luck you lose five points I'm afraid Imperial for an incorrect Interruption there right 10 points for this according to Legend which seed

did Jason and the Argonauts cross to reach the land of culus almost biologically dead at its lower levels is connected to the Sea of Azo by the Kirch straight and to the Sea of exit parka the Black Sea Black Sea is correct yes these bonuses are on Art white on white and black Square are works by which artist born in Kiev in 1878 kir malich malovich kmir malovich that is correct yes I hadn't even finished reading the question right what term did malovich coin in 1915 for the system of art based around pure geometric forms

that he saw as a successor of cubism and futurism 50 D is D around that time vorticism is it because the vortexes you could yeah that would be around that time you try that vorticism no it's suprematism strongly influenced by the suprematist system which Russian artist created the lithographic poster dating from 1919 with the title beat the whites with the red wedge uh 199 um Russian you can try wasil Kandinsky um vasil Kandinsky no it's litski right we're going to take a music round now for your music starter you're going to hear a piece of

popular music for 10 points all you have to to do his name the band Imperial comp Amber there's no need to say it's so dismissively it wasn't dis I was just surprised it's great music it's great music I love it it was abber it was does your mother know which has beon Olas on lead vocal Duty your music bonuses are three more singles with a lead vocal from a band member who's not the band's usual lead singer I want the name of the band in each case please firstly when they KCK Clash oh yeah The

Clash it is The Clash yes guns of Brixton written and sung by the bass player Paul Simo and [Music] secondly I recognize a f like the beetles but I don't know if it is it's definitely around that time I mean we could go for it if we have nothing else could be underground yeah try that maybe V underground no it's later night it's RM near Wild heav with lead vocals by the basis Mike Mills and [Music] finally this also [Music] sounds I don't know sorry we're going to have to pass on this one that was

Blue Oyster Cult there Don't Fear the Reaper written and sung by the league guitarist Buck Dharma right 10 points for this vengeance is mine I will repay is the epigraph and Imperial con Anna kenina Anna kenina is correct these bonuses are on ocean currents turbulence caused by the benguela current in the South Atlantic is a major cause of the desertification of the skeleton coast region that lies primarily in what country say South Atlantic was atantic are you thinking African or American African say West Coast Africa morocc maybe maybe it's too fun that's not South try

like South Africa I's try South Africa South Africa no it's Namibia which current of the Indian Ocean flows along the coast from mosm Beque to South Africa it shares its name with a prometer to the southeast of the Cape of Good Hope prary what what is aary is it like an island Southeast is that like if it's Southeast idea I don't know what like those things in Antartica do we have here ring no I don't no pass the aulus current and finally the region of the Indian Ocean known as the great world lies off the

coast of which African country after which the accompanying ocean current is also named African no it's Somalian madas I think Somalian is probably more likely well could be Madagascar Somalia let's go that Somalia it is Somalia yes it's the Somali ter 10 points for this from the Latin meaning case or occurrence what term is used for the application of rules of religion or morality to specific practical cases such as in medical ethics exitor rer o no nobody knows Imperial it's Kazu tree 10 points for this the Russian mathematician Gregory perilman declined a field the puner

conjecture correct your bonuses now are on astronomy if the diameter of the earth is 12,000 the unit is kilometers what unit is being used if the diameter of the Sun is 4.64 4.64 is not Millions millions of kilom but that doesn't me gomers G wait no it's 12 to 4 so what me million miles or something okay let's try that a million miles no it's light seconds what planet of the solar system is roughly four light hours from the Sun so Earth is eight light minutes um quite farbe Jupiter no this not far enough yet

it's going to be Neptune or Uranus let's try Neptune Neptune Neptune Neptune is correct what astronomical body is about 1. 282 light seconds from Earth that's the moon right because one point light one light second right is it from the earth yes the Moon the Moon the Moon is correct yes 10 points for this what surname links the creators of all of these works the artwork of the 1979 Clash album London Calling the early 20th century painting coming from the mill and the 19 Imperial Larry Larry is correct yes you get a set of bonuses

now on musicals adapted into a musical by Joe iconis which 2004 novel by Ned vsini concerns Jeremy a high school student who becomes popular thanks to a supercomputer implanted in his brain uh was going to be ter yeah I know see sounds what I'm just guessing I let's try that one Android boy no it's be more chill secondly fun home is a musical based on a graphic Memoir by which cartoonist she gives her name to a test that highlights gender disparity in the Hollywood film industry Beckle Beckle is correct Allison Beckle which award award-winning musical

is based on Ron Cho's 2004 biography of a US historical figure yeah it Hamilton Hamilton is correct right we're going to take our second picture around your picture started you're going to see a still from a television program for 10 points give me the program's title exitor gravit this country this country is correct this country was a mockumentary set in the cotwell it won the 2018 bafter for best scripted comedy previously the baa for best situation comedy your bonuses are three more mockumentaries that have won this award five points for each you can name firstly

oh I think that's people just do nothing people yes it is yeah people just do nothing that is people just do nothing yes secondly um is that what was it called like w1a the one about yeah the BBC one was there there was one about the Olympics is that the same one I don't know uh nship uh I don't know go for whatever uh w1a no it was the other one it was 2012 and finally oh the office the office is correct got 10 points for this a red Prairie Lily appears on the green and

gold flag of which Canadian province exor Parker Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is correct well done strange thing to know you get bonuses on a Nordic country serving from 2000 to 2012 teria henan was the first female president of which Nordic country I think it's Finland I want to say Finland that sounds right Finland correct Finland declared independence in 1917 10 years earlier it had elected a parliament using universal suffrage following reforms in the aftermath of which war uh it might be that the win war no no no I think it might be the Russo Japanese war Russo

Japanese war Russo Japanese what do you that was the winter war between Russia yeah but that was in the 30s and 40s okay yeah go that the Russo Japanese war the Russo Japanese war is correct in 1809 Finland became an autonomous Grand duy under the rule of which Russian Zar 1809 oh um Alexander thei I think it could be Alexander the first yeah yeah Alexander Alexander the first correct 10 points for this indicating a slow dignified Tempo what five felet musical Direction links the second movement of vac's newal con loo lgo is correct your bonuses

are on prominent East Africans in each case give the country of origin of the following firstly the entrepreneurs tessi mesc and Bethlehem alamu sounds sounds Arabic or Amic say it's going to be like and could be Ethiopia sure I was wondering about Ethiopia correct secondly the novelist Peter palango and Abdul razak Guna this it's all in East Africa yeah yeah yeah doesn't really sound very Arabic so sure well it's only okay just go with it Egypt no it's Tanzania and finally the athletes viran Cherry UT Helen oery and David rudisha pretty sure Kenya yeah yeah

Kenya Kenya is correct right 10 points for this which official EU language is the second largest in terms of speakers of the West Slavic group writers in this language include exor Parker cck cck is correct yes these bonuses are on parliamentary barrows abolished by the 1832 Reform Act God firstly in which county is dunich formerly a thriving Port it finally disappeared under the sea in the 14th century but continued to return members to Parliament until 1832 Sussex Sussex like but if it's near the sea then which one well both on the coast I'd go I'd

go east Sussex think East Sussex no it's in suffk which largely rural County was Notorious for its large number of rotten barers including callington bosin and westl oh gosh uh I think it's somewhere in the Midlands but I don't know I go darbishire darbishire no it's Cornwall and finally the site of a former Cathedral the depopulated settlement of old Serum is a few miles north of which present day City any old Cathedrals aren't there anymore I don't know I mean no I'm not sure no I don't for whatever centry no it's Salsbury 10 points for

this I need two adjectives here being those that appear in the latter part of the advice from William Morris that begins have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be exent Williams useful or beautiful correct your bonuses are on people who share the same twetter initials in each case name the person from the description firstly the yire born chemist who in 1991 became the first British citizen to go into space's that what's his name H uh I don't know [Music] Glen pass that was Helen Sharman secondly the Indian spin bowler who took

his 400th test Wicket in 2011 melinga West I was going to say maybe still s just a guas initial also HS do we have oh uh no I I don't know I don't know pass it's haror xen sing and finally born 1974 the winner of Two Best Actress Academy Awards for her roles as a young transgender man and as a professional boxer Hillary Swank correct 10 points for this Stormont Castle Avenue in Clon The Village at Malahide and breedy in County terrone are international venues in Ireland for what sport ex to Ryden gayc football no

Imperial marrow golf no it's Cricket temp and at the gone ex have 155 but Imperial have 160 well it was a very close match bad luck exitor you nearly did it I thought you were going to actually you were coming back quite strongly there and Imperial were looking a bit nervous you were lucky with a couple of questions though but you did terribly well Imperial congratulations to you look forward to seeing you in the next stage of the competition I hope you can join us next time for the next highest scoring losers match but until

then it's goodbye from exor University byebye it's goodbye from Imperial College London goodbye and it's goodbye for me goodbye [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]