[Music] [Applause] the university challenge asking the questions hello like a disobliging Lobster Pot once in it's hard to escape the quarter-final stage of this competition continues tonight two Cambridge colleges Trinity and Corpus Christi and Durham University have all secured the first of the two wins they'll need to claw their way into the semis now the team from The courthold Institute of Art arrived here by beating lse in round one and the University of Glasgow in round two accumulating 325 points from those two wins they've also proved that a team from a specialist institution with no science faculty pursuing some Niche perhaps very Niche areas of study can still do well in this competition with an average age of 21 let's meet the courthold team for the third time hi I'm Asha Silva I'm from North London and I'm studying for a ba in the history of Art hello I'm Morgan Hague from Cardiff in Wales and I'm studying for a degree in the history of Art dear Captain hi I'm Harry from wintercoming gloucestershire and I'm studying for a PhD on Byzantine Eucharistic objects hello I'm Nancy Collins [Applause] once again taking time away from building the Death Star the team from Imperial College London have already beaten two Oxford colleges brazenows and St John's in their previous appearances giving themselves an accumulated score of 510 points they too haven't suffered from being a specialist institution with an average age of 23 let's say hello to the Imperial team for the third time hi I'm Richard Brooks I'm from stocks on teas and I study mechanical engineering I'm Brandon out of Jamaica Queens and isolated Computing this is their Captain hi I'm Caleb I'm from lewisham in London and I'm studying for an Emirates in controlled Quantum Dynamics hi I'm Connor I'm from Dublin and I'm doing a PhD in computer science okay you all know the rules so let's just get on with it fingers on buzzers here's your first start of a ten what adjective precedes worm Oleander noise silver Earth no you're gonna lose five points I'm afraid anyone want to bust your Imperial you can hear the rest of it in the titles and novels by Bram Stoker Janet Fitch Don delillo and zadie Smith Imperial Brandon white white is correct yes your bonuses are on pairs of foodstuffs whose common names begin with the same four letters in each case give both names from the descriptions firstly a large tropical fruit of the bromeliad family and the edible seeds of various species of Conifer used to make pesto pine nuts and pineapple pastors me from pine nuts yeah okay pine nuts and pineapple correct secondly two fruits Citrus Maxima similar in appearance to a large grapefruit and a member of the genus punica whose common name comes from the Latin for seeded Apple yeah pomelo and pomegranate correct and finally the national fruit of India and a variety of better vulgaris also known as the field beat or fodder beat mango and Munch too no it's mango and mangle worzel or mangled ten points for this which major city connects the treaties that concluded the seven years war between Britain Imperial Brendan Paris Paris is correct three bonuses on physics this time it was almost as incredible as if you'd fired a 15-inch Shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you those words refer to the scattering experiment of 1909 often named after which Nobel Laureate Brotherhood correct in the test the nuclei in a thin foil of gold deflected alpha particles to the nearest multiple of ten how many times heavier than an alpha particle is a gold nucleus a gold nucleus so it's 79 so times two uh and then okay about yeah uh yeah about four give say 40. 40. it's 50 it's 49 in fact uh the experiment led to the overthrow in 1911 of which model of the atom proposed in the previous decade by J.
J Thompson with a name that suggests a seasonal food a Plumping correct 10 points for this White Road and skyclad are the two major schools of which world religion Imperial McNeil uh Jainism Jainism is correct yes thank you these bonuses are on the decorative Arts born in 1922 the U. S artist Harvey Littleton is particularly known for his work in what medium examples include his 1976 Amber crested form and Amber twist both now held by the New York Metropolitan Museum I'm about to get a New York question in front of Dame Judy then she watches this so religiously uh let's try I mean it could be like furniture or something yeah yeah that's right Furniture no it's glass the 17th century Englishman George Ravenscroft pioneered the technique of adding the oxide of which metal to the mixture used in glass production to improve weight and durability ready this could be a few things try it we have like titanium outside yeah titanium oxide no it's lead and finally the glass known as favorite was a creation of which U. S designer born in 1848 and associated with the Art Nouveau Style you're trying that's bad yeah Tiffany Tiffany is correct yes 10 points for this answer promptly what is the value of the definite integral with respect to X calculated between the limits one and two of the function three x squared cultural prawns six and then one light to bathroom Imperial Imperial McNeil seven seven is correct bonuses are on the novelist jail cars dictionary of English kings consorts Pretenders usurpers unnatural claimants and Royal athlings name each King from cast description all three have the same Regional name firstly so viral that he holds the Royal record for propagation 24 Undisputed Offspring even so after the wreck of the white ship his sole legal Heir was a daughter oh that could be uh Henry the first right because then Matilda yeah I mean that's wrong I mean no because that wasn't like an heir no yeah what about Queen Anne so do they have time no no no no I married the second they were sisters um I've done the same regular name as well yeah try that Henry the first correct partly buried in a gold cup at Westminster he enlarged the prosperity of barristers by abolishing trial by fire and water I would guess Henry for the third year but I don't know Henry with that correct this cheerful face but unamiable Miser employing Morton's fork left two million pounds oh that was it uh Henry V that was Henry VII we're going to take a picture around for your picture starter you'll see a map with a peninsula circled in red for 10 points please give me the name of the peninsula Imperial Brandon the Korean Peninsula correct sorry it's so easy for you no no we've been through this it's fine the Korean Peninsula was divided in 1945 along the 38th parallel for your bonuses three more borders between nations or sub-national entities all defined by lines of latitude or longitude in each case I need the latitude or longitude of the Border in degrees north south east or west as a kindness to you all answers are multiples of 10 degrees firstly the highlighted border between various sub-national entities here oh that's um the 49th so this could be um I was going to say 60 yeah that's like North and South because it's like it's right above Manitoba I would say 60 here 60 degrees north correct yes secondly the highlighted section of a border between two Nations that's West Africa yeah and it's a good example it's going to be 10 North yeah uh 10 North 10 degrees North is correct and finally the highlighted section of a border between two states the answer is a multiple of 20 degrees oh um is that oh is this is this small text this is Texas it's Texas in Oklahoma yeah I am but I think it might be six no no I'm thinking of West not bad because it goes to 180.
try try 70 or 80. oh sorry so then try 880. I think that's wrong um 80 West no it's 100 degrees west it is between Texas and Oklahoma well done 10 points for this gambling child snatching obsessive Envy delusions of military command and kleptomania are among the supposed forms of insanity depicted in a series of portraits by which French artist a leading exponent of romantic painting called Old Hank Jericho Jericho is correct yes what's up if you got that wrong ethereal bonuses they're on gender and science fiction the gethenians do not see one another as men or women this is almost impossible for our imaginations to accept those words appear in which 1969 novel by Ursula Le Guin wizard of Earthsea now it's the left hand of darkness which utopian novel by Marge Piercy explores the contrasting lives of Connie an abused woman in the 1970s and luciant an androgynous time traveler from a post-gender future any ideas not strong sci-fi I think we're going to have to pass it's woman on the Edge of Time and finally which British author wrote a number of Works set in a civilization called the culture whose technological advances include the ability to change sex easily reversibly and recreationally [Music] Neil Gaiman no it's Ian M Banks 10 points for this the name of which body of water precedes the word monster in the nickname of the ecrano plan a Soviet experimental ground effect vehicle developed in the 1960s and tested off the Dagestan Coast Imperial Brooks Caspian Sea Caspian sea monster is correct right Greek artist of the 5th Century BCE was famed for his statues of Athena on the Acropolis and his work on the Parthenon plutoch wrote that through the Friendship of Pericles he had the direction of everything and all the artists received his orders is that not phidius yeah nominee Brandon phidius phidius is correct phidius's other major work was a colossal seated sculpture of which God for the Temple dedicated to him as Olympia Zeus correct both phineas's Zeus and his large Ivory and gold statue of Athena for the Parthenon held in their right hands small statues of which personification of victory correct with the essential ingredient of curry powder is known in Hindi as jira yellowish Brown and oval shaped with distinctive ridges it comprises dried fruits commonly known as seeds that may be dry fried or ground into powder uh Imperial Brooks human is correct these bonuses are on 20th century Nobel Prize nominees nominated numerous times which U.
S chemist is particularly known for the electron pair model of the covalent bond electron dot diagrams and the electron pair theory of acids and bases Louis yeah right sure in it right because Louis bronstad and then lose that yeah oh yeah uh Lewis Lewis is correct Gilbert and Lewis yes the U. S Physician's Gladys and George dick were nominated for their work on which infectious disease caused by streptococcus pyogenes give anything Trump yeah and try mono it's not that uh Monet no it's scarlet fever also nominated numerous times the French biologist Gaston Ramo in 1923 developed a vaccine against which acute infectious disease then a leading cause of death actions and he called a science specialist what's the name again yeah you better give me an answer I think yeah mumps no it's diphtheria we're going to take a music round now if you're a music Started you'll hear a style of music which has been listed by UNESCO as part of the intangible cultural heritage of a particular country or region 10 points if you can tell me the particular style of music exemplified by what you hear Imperial Brenda Mariachi Mariachi is correct yes so we follow one from mariachi music with three more examples of styles of music that have been listed as part of the intelligible cultural heritage of Latin American countries named the style of music in each case firstly [Music] I was gonna say like Flamingo because the castanets like or am I just whale conceit to you remember I'm not there [Music] uh yeah sure uh Argentine tango you don't dance do you that's a Rumba secondly [Music] just like is this not is this Merengue [Music] [Music] I mean I feel stupid this is just like salsa like I don't think Merengue it is Merengue from the Dominican Republic and finally I feel like we should have known uh Tango Tango is correct yes well done 10 points to do this initiated through an extrinsic or intrinsic pathway resulting in the production of factor x which biological process involves the cleavage of pro-thrombin to thrombin this in turn catalyzes the conversion of soluble fibrinogen to insoluble fiber Imperial Rich clotting clotting is correct or coagulation yes you get three bonuses this time on artistic depictions of scientific activities firstly which English artists paintings include a work of 1771 entitled The Alchemist discovery of phosphorus in which the subject's face is illuminated by the contents of a glass vessel correct Joseph Wright of Darby yes and secondly a work by the Scottish painter Alexander Blakely shows which prominent scientists speaking to the audience of the Christmas lectures of 1855 yeah probably I think so sorry sorry is correct depicting the subject carrying out a surgical procedure in front of an Amphitheater of medical students the Agnew Clinic is a work of 1889 by which U. S realist artist nominate Brandon eakins correct yes and give your answer in kilometers Ordnance survey land Ranger Maps the ones with the pink covers they are have a scale of one to fifty thousand ten centimeters on the map represents how many kilometers on the ground can't hold College a thousand Imperial branded five five is correct yes I'm going to be exploring with you miss Collins right we were bonuses this time uh are on a region of the electromagnetic spectrum Imperial in the 1910s three Nobel prizes in physics were awarded for experimental work using what particular form of electromagnetic radiation Express x-rays x-rays is correct secondly for a typical x-ray with wavelength one angstrom what is the energy of a single x-ray Photon give your answer in electron volts please oh and this is like the wavelength thing yeah I don't want to do math with HMC roughly huh that's too much mass right now I'll say 10.
you're saying 10 are you no it's 10 to the power 4 in other words 10 000 electron volts uh what German term denotes the so-called breaking radiation given off by electrons as they interact with the metal Target in an x-ray generator uh brem strolling correct right we're going to take another picture round now for your picture starter you'll see a still from a film 10 points if you can give me the film's title College the bicycle thieves correct that's still from the bicycle thieves showed the lead actor lamberto majorani who was a factory worker when cast for your bonuses you're going to see three more stills from films that make notable use of non-professional actors five points for each film you can name firstly this 2017 film oh that's um um the Florida project the Florida project correct secondly this 2002 film is that city of God yeah yeah it is city of God it is city of God and finally this 2006 film this is England this is England this is England correct right 10 points for this one in the East Midlands in 1661 which architect assisted Sir John vanbra during his work on Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace told Hague hawksmore hawksmore is correct yes three questions on historical films for your bonuses in 1968 Catherine Hepburn won an Academy Award for her role as Eleanor of Aquitaine in which film the line of Winter the Lion in Winter correct in 1969 Genevieve bushold was nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for her role as a 16th century Queen consort of England in which film it's a man full season a man full seasons no it was an Anne of the Thousand Days in 1998 Judy Dench won the best supporting actress award for her portrayal of achievements film correct ten points for this born in 1743 the Italian composer Luigi boccarini was highly regarded as a performer on which stringed instrument for which he wrote several concertos notably told Hague mandolin now you lose five points notably the number nine in B flat Imperial Brooks chilling cello is correct yes you get bonuses on trees derived from the German foot to bend what word with variant spellings refers to plant branches and appears in the common names of species of elm and Hazel foreign black and white are British species of what tree its name refers to the fact that it was often planted around public meeting places in Roman times or something important facilities if it's not like form something just move on come on you that's popular and finally which tree has species including the Deciduous common or English and the Evergreen home sure Oak correct right ten points for this the founder of an eponymous motor museum in Somerset which entrepreneur and publisher died in early 2019. he's perhaps best known for the large series of Workshop manuals of Automotive vehicles that bear his name Colt old Hank Heinz hey hey yes right your bonuses are on the small number of pre-20th century figures who've had a separate Wikipedia page dedicated to their death I want you to name each person from the date and place it occurred all three are associated with the Arts firstly Vienna on March the 26 1827 Beethoven correct secondly Baltimore on October the 7th 1849 is that Lincoln yeah um it's not Whistler because he was in London sorry that's Edgar Allan Poe and finally over on July the 29th 1890. Van Gogh fangoff is correct ten points for this mainly found in Africa the yellow Olive Guinea chakma and Hamid dryas are species of which monkey of the genus Papio mama said anyone like the bus from Imperial Imperial Brooks Lima no they're baboons ten points for this answer as soon as your name is called the average mass of a molecule of methane is closest to the average mass of an atom of which chemical element Imperial Brooks oxygen oxygen is correct yes bonuses on conic sections a parabola can be defined as the set of all points equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed Point not on that line what two terms are used for this line and this point focus and directory correct apollonius of perga is credited with identifying the double-branched nature of which conic section examples include the path of the tip of the shadow of a sundial correct which conic section is given by the intersection of a cone with a plane oriented at right angles of the cone's axis circles for this in which present day country is the dry Kaiser Eck or the three Emperor's corner until 1918 it was the try point of the German Austrian and Russian Empires Imperial Brooks Netherland Poland Germany and Austria no anyone like to buzz got old Hague Poland Poland is correct yes so your bonuses this time core told are on dictionaries which organization issued the first volume of the ninth edition of its French dictionary in 1992 the first edition having been published in 1694.
there's the academy Frances which lexicographer published the Monumental dictionary of the French language from 1863. that was literary who compiled the first edition of the 15 volume work known as the grand Dixon air it's shortened petite form edited by Claude ogier was first published in 1905 Robert no that's larousse [Applause] if you have 75 points of Imperial have 240.
