[Music] University challenge asking the questions [Music] hello two more colleges begin their campaigns tonight at this stage in proceedings Victory guarantees a place in the next round and a losing score of 115 points or fewer guarantees an Abrupt exit the four losing teams with the highest scores at the end of the first round qualify for further playoffs now Jesus College Cambridge Rose From the Ashes of a local nunnery after its dissolution in 1496 on the grounds of incompetence and in Temperance Bishop John allcock took over its buildings and converted them into a college and what is now the college chapel is believed to be the oldest university building in Cambridge still in use alumni include the author Lawrence Stern and the poet Samuel Taylor Coat Ridge and more recently the historian Lisa Jardin representing around 800 students with an average age of 22 let's meet the Jesus team hi I'm Josh K I'm from North West London and I'm studying maths hi I'm Julie this is their Captain hi I'm Hamish McGregor I'm from Cambridge and I'm studying for a PhD in cancer genetic epidemiology hi I'm Samir Agarwal I'm from London and I'm studying engineering Saint Catherines is Oxford's youngest and largest undergraduate college founded in 1962 on the banks of the river charwell the entire main building complex was designed by the Danish architect Arnie Jacobson right down to the choice of fish in the ponds and includes the only grade one listed bike shed in the UK notable graduates include the actor Emilia Fox the author Jeanette winterson and the theater critic Michael Billington representing just over 900 students with an average age of 25 let's meet the team from St Catharines hello I'm peteroli from West Berkshire I'm writing a d Phil thesis on the intellectual history of the incest taboo in Greek antiquity hello I'm Tom niskowski from Archway in North London and I'm studying history and this is their Captain hi I'm Molly's Facey I'm from works of in Nottinghamshire and I'm reading for an integrated Masters in biology hi I'm Holly partis I'm from just outside Oxford and I'm studying English and French well you all know the rules by now starter questions are Solo efforts bonuses are team efforts so fingers on the buses let's start here the battle of the trench and the battles of ohudum battle were events during the lifetime of which religion Catherine's Laskowski the prophet Muhammad correct your bonuses are on literary Works whose titles contain the same short word name each work from the description firstly main wallet's novel about the secret kept by the married couple Joe and Joan Castleman played by Glenn Close in Jonathan price in the 2017 film adaptation novel about the fictional first lady Alice Blackwell it's Loosely based on the life of Laura Bush contains wife first wife the first one you think the first wife that's the American Wife a poem by chosen narrated by Alice soon and outspoken an independent woman married and widowed five times since the age of 12. nominate partis the wife of birthstone correct ten points for this first articulated by a co-founder of Intel in 1965. what eponymous Trend or law Jesus Agarwal moslow Moore's Law is correct the old bonuses are on animals that appear in the names of Major League Baseball teams give the name of the animal from the description firstly a family of thick build and often brightly colored North American songbirds the Red Crested Northern species is particularly distinctive the team that Bears this name most recently won the World Series in 2011.
like Toronto Blue Jays or something yeah got nothing else Blue Jays that's the Cardinals the large carnivorous marine fish characterized by a prominent dorsal fin and long Spike at the snout species include the blue black and striped this franchise won the World Series in 1997 and 2003. is that one major league baseball team I mean I think it's Dolphins there maybe baseball team I think Dolphins no it's Marlins finally a descriptive term that follows Western in the common name of the venomous reptile kratamus atrox the franchise with this name won the World Series in 2001 it's fourth season no that alligators alligators that's Diamondbacks ten points for this what body of water in Northwest England appears in the title of a 2020 drama directed by Michael Samuels it concerns child survivors of the holidays pizzas K Windermere correct your bonuses are on locations in central Scotland which Scottish city gives its name to a numerical grading system described by Teasdale and Janet in 1974. the system concerns the level of consciousness of patients with acute brain injury Glasgow Glasgow is correct what textile pattern of bright colors and densely packed motifs Bears the name of the towns of the west of Glasgow where it was made into Shores in the 19th century Paisley yeah Paisley Paisley is correct incorporating the name of a town to the west of Paisley what is the only naturally occurring mineral containing a notable amount of cadmium what's in the West I don't know Kinross Ken Ross it's greenacate right we're going to take a picture around now if your picture started you'll see a photograph of the UK City Center together with the city's location simply name the city for 10 points Jesus angerwall Coventry Coventry is correct you saw coventry's bulliard shopping center there which topped the 20th century societies 2021 list of buildings at risk it aims to preserve exemplary modern architecture from Demolition your bonuses are three more buildings on that list I want you to name the city or town in which each is located first this concert hall which the society described as the center of an unrealized Grand Civic scheme is this I don't think that's nothing exactly it's Derby yeah yeah sure Dobby it is Derby yes secondly these Council offices described as a major Monument to post-war modernism trust me Shrewsbury is correct and finally this Civic Center um Swansea is correct ten points for this the German mathematician Gail Cantor introduced what Hebrew letter followed by Jesus K aleph aleph is correct you get three questions on women in the Bible which book of the Old Testament is named after a Murder By woman who adopts the religion of her Israelite mother-in-law saying your people will be my people and your God my God Ruth Ruth Ruth is correct in Genesis Jacob is tricked into marrying Leia the sister of which woman whom he eventually also marries after seven more years of labor for her father labor Rachel Rachel Rachel is correct the name of which female Prophet appears in the title of a song in chapter 5 of The Book of Judges is considered one of the oldest pieces of Hebrew poetry could be Deborah Deborah Deborah is correct right 10 points for this quote in the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor who spoke those words in his U.
S presidential Jesus came FDR FDR is correct news about three questions on recently published memoirs which Indian actor wrote the 2021 Memoir unfinished she made her Bollywood debut in the hero in 2003 and her English language films include the 2021 adaptation of the white tiger yeah Priyanka Chopra correct Unbound is a 2021 Memoir by which U. S activist now widely credited as the founder of the metoo movement she began promoting use of the phrase to raise awareness in 2006 as part of her work with survivors of sexual violence Raise Me Down where's my camera yeah it could be could be Rose McGowan now it's Tarana Burke unprotected it's a 2021 Memoir by which U. S actor he originated the role of Lola in the musical version of Kinky Boots and more recently played pray tell in the television drama pose it was Billy Porter 10 points for this in geology what term may follow Ethiopian Canadian and Baltic to denote a large stable area of pre-cambrian rock in a military sense the same word indicates a protection device such as a Taj buckler or scutum Jesus McGregor shield shield is correct these bonuses are on words that contain all five vowels once and once only give each word from the definition firstly a unit of energy equivalent to one billion or 10 to the power of 9 newton meters the five vowels of character in the order i-a-o-u-e yes yeah jewel is correct secondly a lanthanide element first discovered in 1885 its name comes from the Greek for Green Twin the five vowels occur in the order a e o i u phrasing hemian correct and finally an adjective meaning restraint in relation to food or drink the five vowels occur in alphabetical order nothing to think of it no sorry pass it's abstemious 10 points for this based on a novel by Paulo Lintz what film directed by Katya Lund and Fernando Jesus Tyndall city of God city of God is correct these things is on space exploration give the single word name of the U.
S robotic vehicle that landed in the Gale crater on Mars in August 2012. curiosity curiosity correct the Curiosity team dedicated The Landing site to which U. S author who died in 2012.
his Works include the Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man good guess not sure I guess no pension pincher well it's Ray Bradbury curiosity draws its electric power from a generator that sources heat from the radioactive decay of what element named after a dwarf planet uranium yeah plutonium plutonium is correct again thanks for this what six letter word links all of these a system of military organization in the Manchester and later the Qing Empire a nickname of County Clare in Ireland and a song whose words were first published in 1814 as a broadside under the title defensive Fort McHenry puppet anyone want to Busters and Catherines come on Catherine zliskowski a banner Banner is correct yes you get three questions on the director Karen kusama which 2009 cult horror comedy by kusama to ask Megan Fox as a high school student who becomes possessed by a demon after a local rock band subjected to a ritual without her knowledge Jennifer's Body Jennifer's Body is correct kuzma directed the pilot episode of which U. S drama series about a girls high school football team who has stranded in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash customer is also one of the series executive producers any ideas no we don't know that's Yellow Jackets customers debut feature film girl fight was also the feature film debut of which U. S actor whose roles since have included Letty Ortiz in the Fast and Furious franchise any ideas I'm curious It's not um no I don't think it's under the honest but I don't know Anna diamas no it's Michelle Rodriguez so we're gonna take a music round now if your music Started you're going to hear a piece of music from an opera but 10 points please name its composer [Music] a mask is correct your music starter you heard the Intermezzo from moscany's cavallaria Rusticana your music balances three more examples of intimacy or instrumental interludes from Opera name the composer of each first [Music] that was Puccini it was from Mano let's go secondly [Music] Wagner Samuel Barber and finally [Music] for this in quantum mechanics what model describes interaction between a two-level system and an electromagnetic field it was named after the Nobel Prize winner who originally proposed it in relation to his work in nuclear magnetic resonance said Catherine Spacey bore no anyone want to burst from Jesus Jesus okay for me that's a Robbie model ten points for this it's proponents including Descartes and leibniz what concept has been defined as any philosophy magnifying the role played by unaided reason in the acquisition and justification of knowledge it's McGregor rationalism correct these bonuses are on road use protocols September the 3rd 1967 was known as HD standing for right hand traffic in which country when it changed from driving on the left to conform with the rest of Mainland Europe Sweden Sweden Sweden is correct in 2009 which country changed to left-hand driving to enable they importer cheap cars from countries such as Australia and Japan its main islands are upulu and savai and you can say Fiji Fiji perhaps Fiji no it's Samoa as of 2022 four European countries drive on the left the UK Ireland and which other two Malta in-house maybe sure at Malta and Cyprus correct it's known as Euler's formula e to the power of I times pi is equal to what value Jesus McGregor minus one minus one is correct these bonuses are on medieval whales noted for its role in preserving Welsh literature The Abbey of strata Florida in carradigian was founded by which monastic order based in burgundy [Music] known as the great which Welsh Prince spent his final days at the cistachian Abbey of Abercrombie where he died in 1240 I need a single regnal name I think maybe Llewellyn Llewellyn yeah Luellen Luellen is correct situated on the Welsh Bank of The River Why which former sister Nabi is named in the title of a poem of the 1798 work lyrical ballads the place yeah I think so Tinton Tintin is correct okay 10 points for this a subject of the 1996 Nobel Prize in chemistry which 60 at an allotrope of carbon Saint Catherine Spacey Buckminster federine correct these bonuses are on official names following the demise of a 240 year old monarchy which landlocked Asian country became a federal Democratic Republic in 2008.
um so and I'm not taking country Mongolia um actually yeah Mongolia no it's Nepal a little smaller than the UK which sparsely populated Commonwealth country in the Americas declared itself a Cooperative Republic in 1970. um this could be Paraguay it's not a lot yeah Paraguay no it's Guyana known formerly as a People's Republic and simmer in size to England which populist Asian country gained independence in 1971. Bangla yeah Bangladesh Bangladesh is correct 10 points for this in what country is Ventus Rumba or Venta rapid often cited as being the widest waterfall in Europe it is located in the town of kuldiga a former seat of The Dukes of cooland Saint Catherine Spacey Germany no anyone want to burst from Jesus Jesus McGregor Austria there's Latvia ten points for this what two words follow three places in to complete the title of an orchestral work by the U.
S composer Charles Ives the three president in question are Stockbridge Boston Common and reading Connecticut Saint Catherine Spacey um New England New England is great you get a set of bonuses this time on London in each case name the London borough whose electoral Awards included the following all three answers begin with the same letter firstly crickle wood and mate spree dollars Hill Welsh harp and Wembley Central Brent you think it's probably Brent Brent correct secondly Eric crayford sidcap and thamesmead East I don't know Bexley Bexley is correct and finally Burnt Oak edgeware Mill Hill and Underhill uh Barnett I think Barnet Barnett is correct well done right we're gonna take a picture right now your picture study you'll see a photograph of a pest and the Damage it's wrought for 10 points please give me its two-word common name said Catherine Spacey at Pine weevil no anyone want to buy some Jesus Jesus McGregor termite no it's not it's a death watch Beetle so when you take the picture bonuses in a moment or two another starter question in the meantime the subject of a play by Henrik Ibsen and a novel by Gore Vidal which fourth Century Roman Emperor was known as the apostate Saint Catherine's Laskowski Julian that is correct yes so you get the picture bonuses we follow on from the wood boring Death Watch Beetle which is often cited as one of the most bothersome pests for conservationists with three picture bonuses three pests identified among the five most trouble causing by The National Trust five points for each you can name firstly yeah something like the pantry moth or something I know anything pantry moth well that's the clothes moth secondly um it looks like it's on like the damage damage yeah it's not like a corn borer or something like that is it corn Bora that's the common book Laos and finally let's do the books is that a silverfish yeah but no it's not a bookworm is it because I think they're called silverfish silverfish they are called silverfish yes 10 points for this named after a 19th century Swedish physicist what unit of length is equivalent to 110 Jesus anchor wall hang strong angstrom is correct right these are the bonuses are on characters in Shakespeare's As You Like It identify each character from the description firstly the daughter of Duke senior at the beginning of the play she lives with her cousin Celia and Duke Frederick I have no idea no idea everybody Jessica Jessica there's Rosalind a young Shepherd in love with Phoebe he is sent a dote on her like a petrakian lover Peter got sylvius a brooding Melancholy character he meets Touchstone the fool and wishes that he could be also witty and a fool no sorry we don't know Melancholy J quiz 10 points for this I need two answers promptly here in addition to karate and Sport climbing which two other sports were contested for medals for the first time at the Olympic Games held in surfing and skateboarding surfing and skateboarding is correct these bonuses are on the 1961 Nobel prizes firstly a joint recipient of the 1961 physics prize which German scientist gives his name to an effect also known as recoil free gamma-ray resonance absorption um Casimir no it's Moss bar awarded the chemistry prize in 1961 which U.
