[Music] [Applause] the university challenge asking the questions Jeremy practice hello the second round continues tonight two more teams with one win already under their belts are playing for the third of the eight places in the quarterfinals and the chance to undergo further torment alongside Jesus College Oxford and Durham University who are already through to that stage now we're used to teams looking self-deprecatingly modest when they win a match but the sheer incredulity on the faces of the team from The courthold Institute of Art when they beat the London School of Economics by 145 to 90 points with something to behold particularly since they failed to identify a painting in their own Gallery they did well know on Royal parks pieters and Paganini with an average age of 21 let's meet the court old team again I'm I'm Asha Silva I'm from North London and I'm studying for a ba in history of Art hello my name is Morgan Hague I'm from Cardiff in Wales and I'm studying for an undergraduate degree in the history of art this is their captain hello my name is Harry France I'm from winchcombing gloucestershire and I'm studying for a PhD on middle Byzantine Eucharistic objects hi I'm Nancy Collins Paul and I'm studying history of Arts first round matched the team from Glasgow University managed to get a hundred points on the board before the University of Lancaster scored anything at all and they managed to keep ahead by pretty much that margin throughout the contest at the gong they had 230 points the second highest score in the entire first round against their opponents who could only manage 95 with an average age of 28. let's meet the Glasgow team again hi I'm Ben Whitcomb I'm from northwich in Cheshire and I study history and film and television studies hi I'm Kat McAllister I'm from Glasgow and I'm studying for a PhD in physics education this is their Captain hello I'm Finley mcrobert I'm from Aberdeen and I'm studying mathematics hi I'm Ben Whitworth I'm from Ashland underline in Greater Manchester and I'm studying for postgraduate diploma in education well you all know the rules so fingers on buzzers here's your first start of the 10. popularized by the 1991 book Generations what word did Neil Howe and William Strauss used to describe people born between about 1980 and 2000 a group also known Court Hall College uh millennial correct also known as Generation Y you get the first set of bonuses there on English coastal towns each of these names consists of at least three hyphenated words which town on the southern coast of Cambria lies adjacent to the Village of carte Mel close to the Estuary of the river Kent and overlooking morecon Bay Grand River Grange River Sands correct secondly which small Harbor Town in North Norfolk lies just east of the palladian Mansion Hokum Hall past that's Wells next the sea and finally which Resort town in Somerset is the location of the 19th century bernbec Pier Cleveland on sea no it's Western Superman 10 points for this where the name derived from the Greek for glue which widespread protein has unusually high tensile strength and is associated with connective tissue such as cartilage and tendons Colt old Hank calcium no anyone like to bus from Glasgow Glasgow McAllister Carrollton no it's collagen 10 points for this the Sainsbury's Center for visual arts in Norwich and the HSP cultural prawns Norman Foster correct thank you okay here are your second set of bonuses then caught old they're on film directors also noted for their music videos name each director from the description firstly the director of the videos for Weezer's Buddy Holly and Fatboy Slim's weapon of choice and the feature films Being John Malkovich and her Spike Jones Spike Jones Is Right secondly a director particularly known for collaboration with Bjork Radiohead and the White Stripes his feature films include Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the science of sleep Michelle gondry correct and finally the director of Madonna's express yourself and Vogue videos and the feature films seven and The Social Network David Fincher correct transforms for this protagonists and novels by which English author includes Zan Mio Charles Highway the lottery winner Lionel asbo and John self the so-called semi-literate alcoholic who narrates money Martine Amos correct your bonuses quartile this timer on Nature's 10.
a list published annually by the scientific journal Nature of people who made a significant impact on the world in the preceding year firstly masayo Takahashi featured in 2014 for pioneering the treatment of human retinal damage with epithelial cells obtained from the pluripotent type of which undifferentiated cells stem cells stem cells correct Rosie Redfield featured in 2011 for her leading role in refuting a much publicized paper suggesting possible substitution of phosphorus in bacterial DNA by which other elements in the same group calcium it's arsenic Selena Tucci featured in 2016 for leading the task force that established the link between a sharp rise in microcephaly among newborn babies and a virus most commonly known by what short name mumps notes zika the zika virus 10 points for this born in about 1722 the Central Asian warlord Ahmad Shah durani is often regarded as the founder of which modern day country he invaded India nine times but established no lasting polity there and is buried in a mausoleum in Kandahar Glasgow Whitworth Afghanistan correct your first princess glasgower on Norwegian writers firstly in what language did the 19th century dramatist Henrik Ibsen write his works for the stage I think it was yeah Danish correct secondly born in larvic in Norway in 1914 which explorer described his Expeditions in works such as fatuhiva Back To Nature and kontiki across the Pacific by raft nominee Whitworth hey doll door hair doll is correct finally the Norwegian author Joe Nesbo is predominantly known for his crime novels many featuring the detective Harry hola what surname does he give to the doctor who features in his series of books for children ten points for this picture round you're gonna see the title of a 20th century English language novel translated into French for 10 points give me the title in English For Whom the Bell Tolls correct language Works included in Le Mans list of the hundred best books of the 20th century picture bonuses are the titles in French as three other anglophone works that made it onto this largely French language list and again I need the original English titles firstly this non-fiction work correct by Virginia Woolf secondly this novel um Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell that's correct and finally another novel The Grapes of Roth The Grapes of Roth by Steinberg Mainland and cage one to six are among the works of which visual artists born in Drsden in 1932 and noted for his photo-based paintings the court told France sir correct these bonuses are on muscle groups or pairings courthold in each case the answer is a short colloquial term used for example by bodybuilders firstly what four-letter word links the pairing that forms the most powerful muscles of the back and the name of a pre-euro currency of one of the three Baltic states environment let no it's lats secondly what four letters spell both an informal term for chest muscles and ignoring diacritical marks the name of a City Southwest of Budapest the latter is the site of an early Christian necropolis is correct and finally what colloquial name for muscles of the arms spells a German word meaning up to or until this correct 10 points for this what single word common name links dendrocopos major dendrocopos Miner and pickus viridis they are birds known respectively as greater spotted lesser spotted Glasgow Whitworth woodpecker woodpecker is correct yes right you get a set of bonuses on the Diplomat algen and Freeman mitford the grandfather of the mitford sisters early in his career mitford was posted to which island country of its political upheavals in the 1860s he wrote all this misery has come simply in order that a few European Merchants may be enriched so it's an island nation yeah uh Cuba no it's Japan Medford later lived in Chelsea where according to a biographer he was present when which U. S painter quote cut some of his own pictures to Ribbons in a frenzy of Rage Whistler it was whistling yes based partly on his experience of creating an arboretum at batsford in gloucestershire in 1896 Medford published a book devoted to What tree-like grasses of Eastern Asia the Silver Swan who living had no note when death approached unlocked her silent throat which English composer and organist Glasgow Whitworth Gibbons Gibbons is correct yes your bonuses are on canals Francis Edgerton who died in 1803 was the holder of which duketon he's perhaps best remembered for the canal he financed to access his coal mines at Worsley in Lancashire Rutland there he was the Duke of Bridgewater the third Duke thereof employed by Edison to work on the Bridgewater Canal who was the preeminent British Canal designer of the 18th century his other commissions include the Birmingham and Oxford canals any Canal knowledge any Canal knowledge at all okay uh we don't know that was James Brindley brindley's grand trunk Canal was designed with the aim of connecting which two major rivers of Northern and Central England foreign bad luck right 10 points for this it's a music round for your music to start you'll hear a piece of popular music 10 points if you can name the solo artist performing cold old silver Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar is correct yes swimming pools from Lamar's album Good Kid m-a-a-d City which is an example of the recent Resurgence in popularity of the concept album your music bonuses are three more concept albums of the 2010s again all I need is the name of the solo artist in each case firstly on blue face [Music] [Music] Earl Sweatshirt no that's childish Gambino uh secondly Janelle Monae correct and finally overflowing plant pots French decorations hate Tempest it is gate Tempest yes right ten points for this what surname links are multiple winner of the green jersey in the Tour de France since 2010 the author of the novels assert Glasgow Whitworth Cavendish oh sorry is it Commendation well no it isn't the Cavendish and you're going to lose five points as well I'm afraid the author of the novels a certain smile and bonjour christes and the presenter of the 1980 documentary series s-a-g-a-n correct pronounced various ways right these bonuses wrong works in the collection of the brera art gallery in Milan who painted the dead Christ a work of about 1480 it's noted for the foreshortening of the subject's body and places the feet in the foreground and highlights the wounds secondly inspired by a work of his teacher peregino the small Altarpiece of 1504 entitled marriage of the Virgin is an early work by which Italian artist Ry Raphael correct the bearer is home to Which artist's second painting of the separate Emmaus with the earlier version of 1601 being in London's National Gallery Caravaggio correct which human tissue is the major site of hematopoietic stem cells which instigate the production of blood cells Glasgow macrobert the bone marrow correct right so you're going to say the bonuses on animals of the weasel family masterius is the common or european species of which weasel-like mammal characterized by a distinctively unpleasant odor uh skunk no it's the pole cat mastella lutriola is the European species of which mammal in many regions it has been displaced by the related American species noted for its luxuriant fur really okay um oh sir that's the mink what is the common five-letter English name of mastella Armenia five letters yeah alter now that's a stout right 10 points for this meanings of what six letter word include to provoke or annoy someone appointed rock or Peak an obelisk a gramophone stylus and the leaf of a fur or pine tree Franco McAllister needle needle is correct yes these bonuses are on Shakespeare and love in each case identified the play in which the following words appear firstly love sort is good but given unsought is better that's Olivia in Twelfth Night secondly I know no ways to mince it in love but directly to say I love you not to do about nothing no that's in Henry V and finally the course of true love never did run smooth okay met someone else's dream that is a midsummer night yes ten points for this what surname links all of the following the author of the dark Thrillers in the Miso soup and audition the founder of the KK Kiki company and the super flat art movement and the novelist who wrote the wind-up bird Chronicles cultural prawns murakami correct a set of bonuses on astronomy courthold which meteor shower originates in debris from the comet Temple Tuttle it peaks in November and grows to a spectacular meteor storm roughly every 33 years the perseids no it's the leonids peaky in October which shower is generated by Halley's Comet like the leonids it is known for its bright High Velocity meteors that's the orionids and finally which shower is caused by the debris trail of comet Swift Tuttle it peaks in August with up to 100 meters visible per hour perseids it is the person right 10 points for this a can at sparkstone bridge over the river Trent marks the southernmost point on the island of Great Britain reached by the army of which Royal figure Glasgow Whitworth Tony Prince Charlie correct these bonuses are on cheese dishes from various European countries in each case I want you to name the dish from the description firstly a Greek dish of phyllo pastry with a stuffing of spinach and cheese usually feta the name means spinach piece uh spanner computer correct secondly a dish of mashed potatoes and cheese from South Central France the first four letters of its name spell a satirical character created by Sasha Baron Cohen you know the first four letters I like Ali G Alex something I like something what happened allegreta that's Ellie got and finally a salad a mozzarella tomatoes and basil named after an island in the Bay of Naples um yes right we're going to take another picture round for your picture starter you're going to see a self-portrait for 10 points I want you to Name the artist Glasgow Whitworth Freud cheers Lucian Freud yes thank you working reflection following on from that self-portrait by Freud your picture bonuses are three more nude self-portraits five points for each artist you can identify firstly this photographic self-portrait from 1996. uh Tracy I mean it is Tracy I mean that's just part of a series called life model goes mad secondly a work of 1992 Miller specifically said well I was just interested finally a work of 1910.
yes okay that seems reasonable um Egon Shield correct ten points for this answers promptly if the focal length of a telescope's objective lens is five meters what eyepiece focal length in millimeters is needed to achieve a magnification of 200. and anyone like to buzz from Glasgow you can work it out if you like Glasgow McAllister 40. that's 25 millimeters 10 points for this which U.
S author revised and republished William Strunk Jr's writing manual the elements of style his books for children include The Trumpet of the Swan and Charlotte's Web call told prawns White it is do you remember his initials GB no it's EB you've got it though I accept that your bonuses are on words that begin with the same four letters in each case give the word from the definition firstly a Sanskrit term meaning instrument of thought denoting a word or sound repeated to Aid concentration when meditating mantra Mantra correct secondly a lace or silt scarf worn by Spanish women over the hair and shoulders mantle mantea I had to accept the first answer you give and you said mantle it is manteer you're right there you've got there in the end but I had to take the first thing you you give and finally the part of a logarithm after the decimal point [Music] mangle that's the mantissa four minutes ago 10 points for this named after a meeting of the Holy Alliance powers in 1821 Congress square is a city park in which present-day Capital it was then the Cottle France Vienna no you lose five points it was then the capital of the Austrian province of kaniola I'll tell you that Whitcomb a Budapest no it's in Ljubljana the capital of Slovenia right so 10 points for this subject to competing claims of sovereignty by several countries the Paracel and spratly Islands lie in which marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean Glasgow macrobert the Caribbean don't hold France the Red Sea the Red Sea that's the one near the Pacific island it's a South China Sea right 10 points for this on a chronological list of U. S presidents who occupies the same position as Henry Pelham on a list of British prime ministers or uthunt on a list of secretaries General of the United Nations Carl told Hague John Adams Mary I want a bus from Glasgow Glasgow Whitcomb Lincoln no it's Thomas Jefferson the third on the list ten points for this what five letter word links the first floor of a palladian building the designer of the shard in London and it's called Old Hank piano piano is correct or piano right these bonuses are on the Nobel Laureate vs Knight pool which present-day Commonwealth country was nipples birthplace in 1932.
