[Music] thank you the new necessity challenge asking the questions Jeremy Paxman [Music] hello ancient plays Modern tonight and Scotland plays England has two more teams compete for a place in the second round of this contest the winners will go straight through but if the losers are to be seen again they'll need to be among the four teams with the highest losing scores from these first round matches now Darwin College Cambridge is named after as you might have guessed the family of Charles Darwin whose son George once owned some of the property it now occupies it was established in 1964 as the University's first college for graduates and it now draws about half its students from outside the UK alumni include Syrian Wilmot who led the research group that cloned Dottie the Sheep the primatologist Diane Fosse and Jane Goodall studied there as did the space scientist Monica Grady representing around 970 students with an average age of 25 let's meet the Darwin Cambridge team hi I'm Toby Barber I'm from Cambridge and I'm pursuing a PhD in plant Sciences at nyab I'm Noah Kessler I'm from Houston Texas and I'm working on a PhD in genetics this is their Captain hi I'm Carrie milwicki I'm from Cleveland Ohio and I'm doing an M Phil and film and Screen studies hello I'm Dominic James I'm from kidlington and Oxfordshire and I'm studying for an M Phil in early modern history now the University of Saint Andrews was founded in 1410 after a group of augustinian clergy established a site of Higher Learning on the five Coast making it the third oldest university in the UK and certainly one of the coldest alumni include the inventor of logarithms John Napier and Edward Jenner who contributed to the development of the smallpox vaccine more recently the novelist Faye Weldon and the journalist Deborah all went there as did the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge of course representing about 9 000 students with an average age of 23 let's meet the Sid Andrews team hi I'm Tom Sherlock I'm from hartfordshire and I'm studying international relations in modern history hi I'm Max Holtzman I'm from Maine in the U. S and I'm studying mathematics and theoretical physics and this is their Captain hi I'm Asia kimsar I study economics and I'm from Glasgow hi I'm John ER I'm from New York and I study philosophy all the rules are the same as ever ten points for starter questions 15 for bonuses starter questions or individual efforts bonuses are team efforts I was a five-point penalty if you interrupt to start a question incorrectly judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers those are the words of which figure of the French Enlightenment who died 11 years before the start of the French Revolution Volta Voltaire is correct yeah you get three bonuses on a 14th century philosopher named after a village near Guildford which Franciscan Friar gives his name to a principle of economy or possibility in which as few assumptions as possible should be made welcome William evokum is correct yes Occam's reason Occam is closely associated with which school of thought that denies metaphysical universals the term in question derives ultimately from the Latin for name correct in 1328 ockham was excommunicated by Pope John the 22nd the second pope to reside in which French city Avenue is correct ten points for this I need the names of Two Cities here which two cities linked the losing semi-finalists in the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League with museums dedicated to Juan Miro and Vincent van Gogh said Andrew Sherlock Barcelona and Amsterdam correct these bonuses are on poetry recalling a moment of rural Tranquility before the first world war Edward Thomas's poem Adel strop names two English counties in its final line can you give me either of them please um Yorkshire Yorkshire this is the wrong part of the world all together no it's in the Cotswolds it's Oxfordshire and gloucestershire It quotes the last line of adults in her own poem the counties following her words I want to write the names of the counties down for my own child and may they never be lost to her correct in the counties Daffy writes it is my duty to write to the queen at Berkshire In Praise of which town famously denigrated by an earlier poet laureate slow too slow indeed right 10 points for this Partners have counteract the power of its own nobility which empire from The 14th Century developed the forced Levy Sherlock Ottoman Empire correct these bonuses are on physics this time Saint Andrews born in 1918 which U. S Nobel Laureate gives his name to graphic methods of depicting various interactions in Quantum electrodynamics Feynman Feynman is correct after a flightless bird the name of which Feynman diagram resulted from a bar room bet between the physicist Melissa Franklin and John Ellis in 1977.
penguin penguin is correct and in Feynman diagrams wavy lines are used for what class of subatomic particles with integer values of spin for example photons are poison ous is correct 10 points for this Brazil nuts are the richest known food source of what essential mineral and antioxidants and Andrews Martin cantar selenium selenium is correct thank you you get three bonuses on Contra factor a contrafactum being that recurrence of a Melody with entirely new lyrics firstly the 1960s French song com debitude was given new lyrics by Paul Anka and became a standard under what title um come on New Orleans Rhythm no it's my way secondly what is the present day title of the national anthem which is a contra factum of two anacrion in heaven a song associated with the London drinking Club founded in the 18th century for semi-professional musicians Star Spangled Banner correct which 1978 hit for David Essex from the musical Evita is a contrafactum of Don't Cry For Me Argentina that's the only day that Asics and I can think of Winter's Tale yeah winter still oh it's oh what a circus now we can take a picture around for your picture starter you'll see a map for 10 points I want you to name the city indicated foreign yes so we follow on from Drsden the capital city of Saxony with your picture bonuses you'll see three more German state capitals this time I want you to name both the city and the state firstly that's too important I think that's two foreign yeah sure Lubeck and jotland no it's Kierland schless big Holstein secondly no it's not calling a Frankfurt um yeah I think it was right in the middle oh good girlfriend which state no uh wait random Platinum come on Frankfurt to Greenland power tonight oh it's air filter in thuringia and finally um yeah feel free to nominate me and nominate Sherlock Dusseldorf military invest Fallen correct right 10 points for this the dream of Reason produces monsters is an English character James Francisco de Goya correct your bonuses this time Darwin are on Italian artists all three answers begin with the same two letters firstly born near Venice in 1757 which neoclassical sculptors Works include Theseus Cupid and psyche and the Three Graces Canova Canova is correct secondly the brothers Annie Bali and Agostino both born in the mid 16th century shared what surname their respective Works include dominate quovadis now in the National Gallery and self-portrait as a watchmaker Karachi correct which Venetian artists spent time in England in the 1740s and 50s producing numerous paintings of the Thames correct seven points for this starter question in which English county is the veil of catmos much of the land in this veil was flooded in the 1970s creating what is now one of Europe's largest man-made reservoirs to the west of the vale is the county town of Oakham Center Sherlock Rutland Rutland is correct yes you get three bonuses on fictional assassins which 2011 film directed by Joe Wright Stars Saoirse Ronan in the title role of a Teenage assassin on the run from the CIA a television adaptation began in 2019. what name Hannah yes sir yes Anna Hannah is correct what name is given to a 19 line poetic form structured by two repeating Rhymes and refrains the name is also the code name of the Assassin played by Jody Comer in the television drama killing Eve villeneal correct which major character in the television series Game of Thrones is trained as an assassin by The Faceless Men of braavos Arya Stark correct 10 points for this what short noun appears in the titles of a novel by Iris Murdoch set in imber court a novel by Hemingway set in Spain and the early 1960s oh and James bell bell is correct yes you get a set of bonuses on a mythological figure in Greek mythology which giant was blinded by Inner pound the king of kiosk as a punishment for the pursuit of his daughter merapi Cyclops no it was Orion fatally visible in Orion's sword what kind of astronomical object is the entity known by the Messier number m42 a single word answer is sufficient here Galaxy it's a nebula and finally which constellation is named after the creature said to have killed Orion after he claimed that he could conquer all the animals on Earth Taurus but it's Scorpius 10 points for this what plural noun links all of these firstly Raphael hollanche's 1577 history of Britain secondly in 1950 work by Ray Bradbury set on Mars books of the King James Bible and James Chronicles correct yes your bonuses are on shorter words that can be made using any of the seven letters of the word furtive in each case give the word from the definition firstly a rabbit and Seer the younger brother of Hazel in Richard Adams's novel Watership Down um Tiff no it's not it's Fiverr secondly a human quality according to Francis Bacon it is like a rich Stone best set plane no then it could be like Vita like something like that virtue virtue is correct and finally a short pin or bolt fastened for example by Rosie a cultural icon of World War II yeah rivet rivet is correct it's about time I think for a music Ralph you're a music starter you'll hear a song from a Broadway musical for 10 points I want you to give me the title of the musical hello so Dad drinks Holtzman Book of Mormon it is it was brought from the US to the West End by the producer Sonia Friedman for your music bonuses I want you to identify three more musicals produced in London by Friedman and this time you'll hear the original cast recording of her Productions I want the title of the musical in each case please firstly illegally blunt Legally Blonde yes why are you so embarrassed to say secondly this musical revived in 2015. [Music] funny girl funny girl is right and finally Dram Girls Dram Girls is correct yes Leonard fellow you are right 10 points for this described as an anarchist Masterpiece an inquiry concerning political Justice is a work of 1793 by which author four years later he married a prominent feminist author and in 1818 their only daughter published the novel Frankenstein um Shelley moo anybody want to buy some sudandris Saint Andrew Sherlock base that was William Godwin 10 points for this starter question then the most abundant organic polymer on Earth what polysaccharide is a component of fungal hyphal walls and animal cell coats and is the major structural cell wall material in the plant kingdom Saint Andrew Sherlock cellulose cellulose is correct you get a set of bonuses on science in 1836.
in 1836 Edmund Davey made the first discovery of which simple hydrocarbon with the formula c2h2 um oh that's got a fun name um no it's acetylene in 1836 the English astronomer Francis Bailey observed the phenomenon known as Bailey's beads during what specific event um a total eclipse of the Sun a total eclipse of the sun correct commanded by Robert Fitzroy what scientific survey ship returned to Falmouth in 1836 after a five-year circumnavigation yes beagle beagle the Beagle is correct well done Surya varman was a 12th century ruler who began the construction of what complex now a major archaeological site it appears on the flag of a Southeast Asian country Saint Andrews Martin kempsart Uncle what anchor wat is correct yes dual bonuses are on climate classification born in 1846 which German climatologist gives his name to a biome-based climate classification system first published in 1900 he later collaborated with Rudolph Geiger could be cop in okay it could be um is correct yes Corbin identified five major climate types tropical dry temperate polar and which other tiger Tundra no it's continental and finally H climate is a sixth category sometimes added to modified maps to account for the uniqueness of certain regions what does the letter H represent humid um could be like a word for weird in German um no it's Highland ten points for this which authors quartet of novels did Julian Barnes describe as the best American novel of the post-war period The Works follow the life of the ex-basketball star Harry engstrom so don't Updike John Updike is correct the rabbit novels of course so your bonuses are on Ireland situated on the wild Atlantic way on Ireland's West Coast which Cliffs rise to over 200 meters at O'Brien's Tower more murder is correct yes rising to more than 500 meters above the Irish Midlands the sleeve Bloom mountains straddle the border of County Offaly and which county to the east could be westmeath um you get mountains in life actually where is it um West Smith no it's leash which river rises in the spirit Mountains and flows for about 120 kilometers meeting the sea near Derry before you foil is correct ten points for this in Geometry which tonic section is described by the equation x squared over a squared plus y squared over B squared equals one Saint Andrews Holtzman an ellipse ellipse is correct yeah your bonuses are on winners of the nebula Award for best science fiction novel in each case name the author of The Following firstly Doomsday Book and blackout all clear winners in 1992 and 2010 by Connie Willis secondly the Forever War forever peace and camouflage winners of best novel between 1975 and 2005. 00 in Banks that's Joe Holderman and finally American Gods the best novel winner in 2003 Neil gaming is correct time for another picture your picture starter you're going to see a painting 10 points if you can give me the artist's name Darwin Miller Wiki Mary Passat correct printing by Cassat was a portrait of the suffragist louisine havermeyer and her daughter with Cassat advising her louisine was also a notable collector of 19th and early 20th century French art and for your picture bonuses three works from her collection I want you to Name the artist in each case firstly um I think that might be no I would think possibly money and maybe Renoir um I think we should go with me yeah Edward Money correct secondly I know I said French um possibly yeah um Corby that is Gustav Corby and finally oh that's got to be a season yeah stays on which is Cezanne yes right 10 points for this on May the 16th 1975 the Japanese yunko tabe became the first woman to achieve what physical feat 17 Cent Andrew Sherlock climbing Manta Forest correct your bonuses are on a family of plants firstly including snowdrops and daffodils which family of flowering plants is named after a Greek Country Girl In classical poetry enlisted us Milton speaks of sporting with her in the shade money is going to kill us I know right um yeah I don't know um for me it's none you're you're a disease no it's amaryllis Amaryllis belladonna secondly the belladonna lily is also known by the name of which island attached to the English crown since 1066. Jersey Jersey is correct the Jersey Lily allium seppa that's c-e-p-a has what short common name it's a biennial plant of the amaryllis Family grown for its edible bulb s garlic garlic no it's the Onion ten points for this what name is that of a late 19th century German Chancellor and has been given to an eastwards extension of Namibia of which the largest second Andrews Holtzman caprivi the previous correct you get a set of bonuses on literature this time which character is described as The Wanderer in the title of an 1820 Gothic novel by Charles Maturin the character sells his soul in return for the promise of prolonged life yeah speed yeah yeah first no it's Mel moth as in melmoth The Wanderer the unscrupulous financier Augustus melmort is a principal character in which major work by Anthony trollope published in 1875.
I don't know the wind's in the Willows the way we live now and finally which literary figure used the name Sebastian melmoth while living in France in 1898. Oscar Wilde correct ten points for this born in 1879 the author Stella miles Franklin bequeath her estate to fund a literary award in which country winners have included Melissa lukashenko Tim Winton Theo Ashley and Patrick White Canada no no Australia it is Australia you're right your bonuses this time are on river valleys in each case Name the English national park in which the following are partly or wholly located firstly millersdale monselldale and londondale Yorkshire they're all in the Peak District secondly lytendale langstrothdale and nidderdale um just the national park uh the Lake District Lake District No they're in the Yorkshire Dales and finally bransdale Rosedale and Rydell yeah so Stones uh they're all on the North York Moors ten points for this what term is denoted by the letter i in the medical abbreviation Tia meaning a local anemia San Andreas Sherlock internal no you lose five points and you can hear the whole question Darwin local anemia caused by obstruction of the blood Darwin Kessler ischemic ischemic is correct yes so you've got a set of bonuses this time Darwin on Capital Cities all three answers end in the same three Darwin College gaming she had 90s and dangerous University have 255.
