[Music] thank you the university challenge asking the questions Jeremy patchman hello tonight we take another step down the long and winding road that leads to the semi-finals of this competition last time we saw a modeling College Cambridge win the first of the two quarter-final victories our Serpentine rules require of the eight teams Still Standing tonight's winners will find themselves in the same position but the losers will have to play again and win in order to remain in the contest now the team from Bailey old College Oxford beat Claire College Cambridge by 150 to 135 in their first round match and another Cambridge College St John's in the second that match turned out to be a right old ding dong after their opponents finally woke up and gave them the match they deserved but in the final minutes questions on flightless birds sodium bicarbonate and wasabi put them on 200 to St John's 155 with an average age of 26 let's meet the balial team again Ben I'm from Perth in Western Australia and I recently completed a master's degree in law hi I'm Salon I'm originally from Bath and I'm studying Classics this is their Captain hello I'm Michael from bakit in London I've just finished a degree in philosophy in politics I'm just about to start a graduate degree in philosophy also at baleo hi I'm Lily from Leamington Spa in Warwickshire and I'm reading for a d fill in history now the team from King's College London beat the University of York by 170 points to 100 in round one they then met Glasgow University in the second round and during a rather characterful match proved stronger than their opponents on fossils and the FA Cup ending with 175 points to glasgow's 90 with an average age of 23 let's meet the king's college team again hi I'm Simon from Wellington in South London and I'm studying for a PhD in cardiovascular science hi I'm Louis I'm from England and New England and I'm studying politics philosophy and law this is their Captain hi I'm Sam I'm from the Eastern extremity of Somerset and I'm just finishing my degree in war studies and history hello I'm Grace I'm from Bournemouth in the south coast and I'm reading medicine okay you all know the rule so let's just get on with it fingers on the buzzers and your first start off at 10 what is the first word of all of the following poems Edward Thomas's lights out Browning's two in the Campania Hardy is the darkling thrush Michael rosen's chocolate cake W. B Yates is the lake Isle of innish free and wordsworth's daffodils baileyl O'Connor I I is correct yes so you get a set of bonuses there on world cultures what Jewish holiday does the bible term the Sabbath of sabbaths observed on the tenth day of the month of tishiri it traditionally involved the ritual of the scapegoat followers of which Indian religion ask forgiveness for misdeeds on the last day of the Pari ushan Festival it Advocates non-violence in all circumstances and mahavira is a central figure Jainism Jainism Jainism is correct what practice of Roman Catholicism offers some remission of the punishment of sin historically this was often in exchange for donations and was the focus of Martin Luther's 95 Theses oh it's what they call the things that the pardon ourselves and chosen yeah no not Absolution no no it's indulgences indulgences that's it Indulgence Indulgence is correct yes right a starter question now one of the sea peoples that invaded Egypt in 1190 BCE what people possibly of cretan origin settlement the hicksos now you lose five points possibly of treason Origins settled in the Eastern Mediterranean establishing A Confederacy of cities including Gaza and ashdod their representatives in the Bible include Goliath and Delilah King's tricks Philistines Philistine is correct yes these bonuses are on Irish sports venues firstly born in 1823 which Churchman played a leading role in both the Irish national land league and the Gaelic League a major sports stadium in Dublin is named after him who's this going to be MrCrow because the Craig Park yeah yeah croak it was Archbishop Croakers he was more Formerly Known and secondly the major Gaelic Sports stadium in Belfast is named after which Diplomat who after exposing human rights abuses in the Congo and Peru was executed for seeking German military support for the Easter Rising oh um Michael it's not Michael Collins is it no well I might have guessed that it's not him but yeah Michael Collins that was Sir Roger casement as encasement part what is the former name of the home of the Irish National Rugby team it derived from the name of the marquisite created for the Dublin board prime minister the Earl of Shelburne well it's now um a particular insurance provider which I probably shouldn't say um I don't know what um your guess is as good as anything else yeah I know um but I didn't know it do something generic uh I respawn Prime Ministers uh uh Wellington the Westmead Stadium that was the Lansdowne Road Stadium 10 points for this meaning fail in a Duty or offend what term did parliament apply to those who assisted the king during the Civil Wars from 1642 in modern usage it commonly denotes a young person involved in minor crime King's Triggs delinquent delinquent is correct three questions on Kathleen Lonsdale one of the first women to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society firstly born in 1903 early in her career Lonsdale was research assistant to which Nobel Laureate who along with his son Lawrence pioneered x-ray crystallography um I'm gonna nominate you so nominate Weaver calling no it was William Henry Bragg noted for her own work on the structures of penicillin and vitamin B12 which scientists described Lonsdale as appearing to own the whole of crystallography in her time uh was that the woman who's got the billionaire what Franklin yeah I don't think so she did that she didn't know christolography Franklin no that was Dorothy Hodgkin finally in 1929 Lonsdale used x-rays to prove definitively that the carbon atoms are coplanar and hexagonally arranged in what hydrocarbon hydrogen is going to be um Benzene is correct we're going to take the picture around for your picture starter you'll see a representation of the border between two countries shown in isolation along with its approximate length 10 points if you can name the two countries uh King Zoo uh Russia and sorry a little Schofield France and Germany no it's not it's Argentina and Chile there's the whole thing as you can see so we'll take the picture bonuses in a moment or two 10 points at stake for this the marches the places in between and occupational hazards Amelia O'Connor Roy Stewart Rory Stewart is correct yes the border between Argentina you saw a moment ago it's one of the longest continuous land borders in the world your picture bonuses are three more of the world's longest National borders name the two neighboring countries in each case firstly exactly maybe the US and Canada no it's possibly China oh China yes China or Mongolia correct let's see the whole thing there we are secondly uh maybe somewhere like somewhere in the central Asia perhaps um yeah yeah you know Kazakhstan has quite a big border with something like a lot of Catholic stuff because it's done in Russia or Afghanistan and Russia Kazakhstan and Russia no It's Brazil and Bolivia let's see the whole thing there and finally China and Russia yeah yeah it's the right angles China and Russia no that is Russia and Kazakhstan that's the whole thing right 10 points for this in astronomy what two-word term denotes an expanding shell of luminous gas expelled by a dying star Kings Jackson solar flare no alien Schofield planetary nebula planetary nebula is correct yes your bonuses are on the Lesser known works of Charles Darwin drawing on his observations in the Pacific on HMS Beagle Darwin's first monograph concern quote the structure and distribution of what type of ecosystem hmm reefs he wants the Galapagos yeah finches that he was studying wasn't he but that's not what kind of ecosystem is probably quite good Marines like all like Coastal Coastal because he did like Barnacles wreaths Islands so my Coastal maybe or something Marine something like that Marine environments that's not specific enough it's coral reefs secondly other early works by Darwin focus on the geology of South America and offer support for the uniformitarian theories of which of Darwin's mentors the author of principles of geology this child Lyle oh yeah yeah Lyle Charles Lyle is correct and finally Darwin's next major work after the Origin of Species was a case study of natural selection in which plant family which includes the vanilla genus okay that sounds that's interesting orchids it is orchids yes hold on ten points for this in U. S history what a literative name was given to the federal legislature of the original 13 states King's tricks Continental Congress Continental Congress is correct three questions on Shakespeare's Henry VII generally thought to have been a collaboration with John Fletcher farewell a long farewell to all my greatness which character says these words on learning of the forfeiture of his property and land in Henry VIII the historical figure on whom he is based died in 1530.
Cardinal Woolsey it is Cardinal Thomas Woolsey in the same scene Thomas Cromwell tells Woolsey that which man has replaced him as Lord Chancellor evoking the response that's somewhat sudden but he's a learned man Jakes we got his history right right sometimes all right more it is Saint Thomas Moore or Sir Thomas Moore about whom does Shakespeare's wool zero Mark there was the weight that pulled me down all my glories in that one woman I have lost forever the floor concert music run if you're a music starter you're going to hear a piece of popular music for 10 points I want you to tell me the name of the group performing [Music] King's Triggs The Mamas and the Papas no sorry Bale ill anybody want to buzz any I've got the faintest idea from this ancient music no it's the Everly Brothers all right 10 points for this starter question music bonuses in a moment or two at a little less than one percent of dry air what is the most common noble gas in Earth neon no it's not you lose five points full field Argon argon is correct yes so you'll recall that we heard Wake Up Little Susie but oh none of you recognize Break Up Little Susie by the Everly Brothers it was written by the husband and wife songwriting team Felice and boodler Bryant and for your bonuses you're going to hear three more songs written by the brands in each case please Name the artist performing idea oh no firstly [Music] tell me when it no that is Dolly Parton this is going to be a long evening isn't it secondly [Music] tell me when that no that's Roy Orbison and finally the sun is out the sky is blue there's not uh um Dean Martin no it's not Dean Martin it's bunny Holly 10 points for this the history of economic analysis and business Cycles are among the works of which Economist born in the austro-hungarian Empire O'Connor schumpeter schumpeter is correct yes at least you know the important stuff your bonuses are on pairs of authors with similar names in each case give two surnames from the descriptions all three pairs of answers begin with the same two letters firstly two poets born in the 1590s one wrote The Collection Hesperides the other was a clergyman associated with a metaphysical poets and yeah Philip Sydney no it's going to begin with do yeah similar similar names so dumb and Dunning for example yeah and Dunning sounds quite good do we know any posts no Don and Dunning no it's Robert Herrick and George Herbert secondly the German poet who wrote the 1827 book of songs and the Nobel Laureate who wrote Steppenwolf and Siddhartha say and no Stefan stepmothers is it Hermann Hess oh yeah and oh yes um I think I know it's definitely going to Grass Travis then maybe Hess and hassle it's heiner and Hess and finally which two 20th century authors am I thinking of one wrote Catch 22 the other Stage Works include the children's are and the little foxes HD um [Music] that's familiar helling sounds like a good name for playwright Heller is it no you're not Helen Keller hello and helling no it's Joseph Heller and Lillian Hellman ten points for this which book of the Bible concerns an attempt by the courtier Hammond to bring about a massacre of the Paleo Crawford Esther Esther is correct three questions on mathematics in the 1830s in 1837 which German mathematician proved an eponymous theorem on prime numbers using his L Series it's a result of earlier being conjectured by Gauss all right well hang on meeman did not prove it because that's the hypothesis German he's French uh what's the other one that got proved women now it's directly in an 1837 work on the verdicts of Trials which French mathematician formulated the discrete probability distribution that has since been named after him I think it could be question that's a discrete distribution is a distribution is correct motive for his contributions to higher algebra which mathematician died in a duel in Paris in 1832. this is correct 10 points for this the binomial system of biological nomenclature is named after which Swedish nationalists it is Linnaeus yes you get three bonuses on Welsh castles in 1986 UNESCO designated four castles in North Wales as part of a world heritage site under a title referring to which English king and one of the Edwards the second the third third Edward the third that was Edward the first castles and town walls of king Edward in Gwyneth said to Echo the design of the walls of Constantinople the castle and walls of which town on the menai strait are part of the world heritage site oh the ministry is Anglesey yeah um wait um what's hollyheads and angleseed it's not yeah no it's not Banger oh should we give a canal correct yeah yeah in 1290 Edward the first Chief Architect James of Saint George became the Constable of which castle built by him on a Crag overlooking cardigan Bay Cannon can often yeah yes come inside that's what we just said yeah any other Welsh castles no it's you know what in Wells Castle Kelly Cannon no it's harlech 10 points for this one of the earlier collectors of the work of Paul Cezanne which doctor was the subject of portraits by his patient Bailey old Crowther Drgashe Drgashe is correct well done your bonuses are on the artist Laura knight from 1907 Laura Knight and her husband Harold were leading figures at which artist colony in Cornwall close to Penzance is correct nights 1943 commission entitled Ruby Loftus screwing a breach ring portrays a young woman engaged in a skilled operation on what piece of industrial machinery um it's artists so so I'm trying what about a loom no no it's it's Armament manufacturer I'm pretty sure um what would you call it this is a thing I don't know surely you just get from conform conveyor belt's not too bad conveyor belt that's lathe she was working on the lathe based on observation in 1946 Knight's depiction of what event includes white helmeted military police seated figures with headphones and a background of ruins and Rubble it's like a six could be the bombing of Coventry Cathedral no it's the Nuremberg trials we're going to take another picture around for your picture starter you're going to see a painting for 10 points Name the artist O'Connor Rubens it is Peter Paul rubin's been a screen goodbye thorn during the 2020 lockdown the Yorkshire Museum launched a series of curator battles where museums use social media to present their best works on a given theme one such theme was best museum bum with the Reuben starter being the USC Fisher Museum's offering your picture bonuses are three more contenders for this particular battle first this is a detail of a major work by which French artists oh that looks distinct it looks a bit fantastic on a period isn't it did he paint classic David David It Is by David yes it's the intervention of the Sabine women at the Louvre secondly that's familiar uh blue looks like a dagger but yeah we usually paint men I don't think it is but dega no it's Gustav kaibot manatees bath from Boston and finally this selection hiroshige [ __ ] the two Japanese artists I know of yeah try Okay is correct [Applause] letter of the abbreviation QAM what value in physics describes the maximum displacement of a pointable Jackson amplitude amplitude is correct yes you get three questions on the author and translator Julia Lovell a 2019 work by level concerns which revolutionary ideology named after a national leader who died in 1976. 6 76 um when did Maori 1976 yeah so the ideology maoism is correct in 2009 Lovell published the real story of RQ and other Tales of China a translation of fiction by which leading Chinese author who died in 1936 any ideas 1936 uh sunyan oh it's Lucian subtitled drugs dreams and the making of China a 2011 work by level concerns which 19th century conflict it was it was the first opening year in fact ten points for this an important component of lipids what two-word term denotes a straight chain of an even number of carbon atoms with a carboxyl at the end and hydrogen atoms along the rest King's Weaver fatty acid fatty acids is correct your bonuses are on winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture in each case give the title of the film from the date of its release and the author of The Source material on which it's based firstly 2013 and Solomon Northup that's 12 is a slave isn't it yes 12 years 12 Years a Slave is correct secondly in 1948 and William Shakespeare um shines at midnight Maybe Chimes Chimes chimes at midnight no it was Hamlet and finally in 1963 and Henry Fielding any ideas Henry Fielding no 60s films at The Graduate yeah all right The Graduate yes Tom Jones ten points for this the name of what taxonomic rank appears in the last words spoken by Shakespeare's Richard III strict kingdom kingdom is correct yes three questions on physics in physics and chemistry what letter is conventionally used to denote atomic number a oh it's Zed also conventionally labeled capital Z what quantity measures the opposition of a circuit to the passage of current oh that's resistance yeah resistance it's impedance in the standard model of particle physics which fundamental forces carried in part by The Zed Boson uh strong power yeah strong strong that's the weak to nuclear force right 10 points for this in December 1961 the basketball player Robert Kessler dressed as Santa Claus Australian clinics have 145 Kings Kelly stands will have 95.
