[Music] thank you University challenge asking the questions Jeremy Paxman [Music] hello again tonight another round of the intellectual equivalent of whack the mole played with difficult questions rather than a large Mallet although the introduction of mallets hasn't entirely been discounted for the quarterfinals tonight though it's another first round match the University of reading owes a considerable debt of gratitude to the ginger Biscuit having been donated Land by the Palmer family of Huntley and palm of Fame shortly before it received its Royal Charter in 1926 tracing its Origins the 19th century schools of Art and Science it later became an extension College of Christchurch Oxford during which time the perk Wilfred Owen studied there other alumni include the former children's Laureate Michael Rosen the musician Jamie Cullum the Turner prize nominee Cornelia Parker and the writer and activist Joan Smith with an average age of 37 let's meet the reading team hello I'm John Wilson I'm from maidenhead and I'm doing a postgraduate qualification in teaching hi I'm Rosie I was born in Gibraltar but grew up in pembrokeshire and I'm studying physics of the environment this is their Captain hi I'm Leslie I'm originally from Boston in Lincolnshire and I'm studying speech and language therapy hello I'm Elizabeth McCall I'm from reading and I'm studying economics now the team from birkbeck College London represent an institution which won this competition in 2003 it was founded in 1823 by the polymath and philanthropist DrGeorge Burke who championed the cause of education for the working people of London and in 1920 it became part of the University of London giving the majority of its lectures in the evening to allow students to combine studying with earning a living alumni include the activist Annie bessent the adventurer of Bear Grylls the sociologist and broadcaster Laurie Taylor and the actor Simon bird representing around 13 000 students and with an average age of 49 let's meet the current Lord hello I'm Jonathan Taylor I'm from London and I'm studying for a postgraduate diploma in environment and sustainability well I'm Nikki Clark I'm originally from leicestershire and I'm doing a PhD on early modern history this is their Captain hello I'm Jonathan Williams I'm from London and I'm studying from ma in classics hello I'm Josh from uto I'm originally from Saint Helens and I'm studying for an MSC in politics philosophy and economics okay the rules are the same as ever 10 points for starters which are Solo efforts and bonuses are worth 15 as a five-point penalty if you interrupt or start a question incorrectly so fingers on the buses here's your first start of a ten of which German did the historian Norman Davis say the variety of genre in which he excelled and the numerous Evolutions through which his creativity past give him a claim to be the last Universal man born in 1749 his Works include gots of the iron hand eggmont and Faust black Beck Williams theater is correct three bonuses on musicals and science which character in the musical Hamilton was president of the American philosophical Society he also published a journal article on what proved to be a genus of extinct giant sloth shortly before becoming U. S president John Adams John Adams that was Thomas Jefferson born in London in 1850 which physicist links an afterlife in the musical cats with the former name for the ionosphere side heavy side nominee Taylor heavy side heavy side is correct after all of the heavy side of course Volta Jewel and kilowatt are among the characters in which musical first performed in 1984. don't express yes yes Starlet Express correct ten points per week in most birds it is pointed hard and horny in fishes hard and immovable in snakes and many lizards cylindrical slender and forked in anteaters it is attenuated long and worm life right back Williams tongue it is the tongue yes three questions on mining in West Africa described as the little town keeping the lights on in France Ali in Niger is the site of one of the world's largest mines of which toxic metal uranium uranium uranium is correct secondly which other landlocked country is a leading producer of Gold with key Minds at sediola and yetila close to its border with Senegal landlocked central Africa yeah yeah Central Central African Republic no it's Mali and finally the Republic of Guinea has a large proportion of the world's reserves a bauxite the principal ore of which metal Heritage and flowering season were the factors used in the classification of which bulbous lilacious plant into a system of 15 different groups including fringed and parrot the plant was the subject of a speculative Mania in the Netherlands right by Clark tulip tulip is correct yes your bonuses are on the cinema the 1951 film The Unforgettable year refers to events in which year with music by Shostakovich the film presents a pro-starland account at the failed attempt by the white Army to take the Bolshevik held city of petrograd now sir Petersburg I think yeah I think he had a try 1905 that's 1919.
now substantially lost the 1919 film The Miracle Man provided an early lead role as a character named the Frog for which actor nicknamed the man of a thousand faces that sounds good Lon Chaney correct who appeared as the character Judy Abbott in the 1919 silent film daddy longlegs in the same year she was one of the four major figures who formed United Artists Pickford correct 10. 3 the historian Dominic sandbrook describe as the most obvious influence on Tolkien referring to him as a Victorian one-man industry sandbrook concedes it's a pretty safe bet that when most people see his name today they think wallpaper back by Clark William Morris William Morris is correct yes these bonuses are on a prominent scientist birkbeck which scientist gives his name to the European satellite-based navigation system launched between 2011 and 2020. it's designed to reduce Reliance on GPS and the Russian glonass system Galileo correct launched in 1989 the Galileo space mission provided the only direct observations to date of a comet colliding with the planet name the planet Saturn no it was Jupiter and finally born in Bavaria in 1573 which astronomer entered into a dispute with Galileo over a which of them discovered the largest moons of Jupiter no it wasn't it was Marius right we're going to take a picture around now if your picture starter you'll see the national coat of arms of a sovereign state ten points if you can give me the country's name reading Wilson Chile it is chilly yes well done the arms of Chile there supported by a huemul deer and an Andean condor picture bonuses three more National Coats of Arms with asymmetric animal supporters name the country in each case please firstly foreign about the palm trees yes you'd be Mauritius could it maybe right yeah I don't know should I say that yeah Mauritius it is Mauritius but the dodo Dexter and a sambar Sinister secondly that swordfish so English thinking of colonial yeah like an Island state flamingos British colony Island state I'm gonna have to hurry you come on Barbados no it's Bahamas with the blue marlin Dexter and a flamingo Sinister finally this country and the helpful text has been removed it's like turkey yeah a bit more firing come on yeah turkey turkey no it's Singapore lion Dexter and tiger Sinister so 10 points for this in life science the first letter of the acronym mump m-o-m-p relates to what structures found within the cytoplasm of cells and sometimes described as powerhouses mitochondria mitochondria is correct these bonuses are on Art colonies in the late 19th century Anna and Michael anchor were among the painters of the skargan artist colony in which country it lies at the northern tip of a peninsula close to the katagat Street Denmark correct from the 1880s artists formed a colony at giveni on the river sen originally attracted by the house and garden of which leading impressionist thank you money money is correct associated with figures such as John marra and Georgia O'Keefe the Taos artist colony is in which U.
S state New Mexico correct ten points for this early in 2020 various commentators described the appearance of what animal as sassy having Shrek ears and alarmingly humanoid following a restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece by the van eyke Brothers backpack Taylor the lamb the sheep or the lamb is correct yes so if you get these bonuses they're on freshwater fish this time birkbeck what two word term refers to both an occupation and a human digit and is an alternative name for the Bullhead described by Isaac Walton as a fish of no pleasing shape calm shock Ed again perch no it's a Miller's thumb the Xander is also known by what alliterative two-word name after the two fish that it resembles it has an elongated body and head and a spiny dorsal fin interesting we've no idea it's a pike perch what is the smallest member of the carp family in Britain the name in question may refer to less fancied participants in a sporting competition thank you nothing no we don't know it's a minnow 10 points for this dating to 1728 the history of tambuka a poetic epic in Arabic script is the earliest known manuscript in what language spoken as a mother tongue in Zanzibar in Mombasa Black by Clark Swahili Swahili is correct yes we're gonna send incentive on novels about Queens Philippa Gregory's 2011 novel Red Queen concerns Margaret Beaufort the mother of which English king Henry II correct Henry Tudor secondly the captive Queen a novel by Alison Weir concerns which Queen she left her first husband Louis VII to marry the Future King of England in 1152. correct in the 2006 novel Queen Camilla the royal family are in internal Exile and Prince Charles agrees to a restoration on the condition that his wife can be Queen who's the author wow green camera will self no it's Sue Townsend right we're going to take a music round for your music starter you'll hear a piece of popular music 10 points if you can identify the singer [Music] Bill Withers Bill Withers is correct yes that was Ain't No Sunshine it features the noted session musician Bobby Hall on percussion for your music bonuses you're going to hear three more songs for which she contributes percussion Name the artist in each case for Five Points firstly [Music] Tom Waits it is inimitable isn't it secondly all right you got my friends Tracy Chapman again yes well done and finally [Music] Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye is Right plenty of time to get going ready let's see if you can get off the market with this start a question for 10 points to what precise future legislative body was James Madison referee in 1787 when he said land holders ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority Williams House of Representatives no anyone want to buy some reading you may not confer one of you can Buzz the Senate it is the U.
