[Music] [Applause] the university challenge asking the questions Jeremy Paxman [Music] hello just under 130 teams applied to take part in this competition 28 of them competed in round 1 16 survived that process to fight their way through to round two but now only the best eight remain they are Jesus College Oxford Durham University The courthold Institute of Art Imperial College London Manchester University Trinity College Cambridge Wolfson College Oxford and Corpus Christi College Cambridge in this quarterfinal stage our Serpentine rule is that teams must win two matches to progress to the semi-finals a team that loses two matches goes home a team that wins one match but loses another must play again and win in order to go through now the team from Manchester University represented an institution that is no stranger to this competition having appeared on numerous occasions and taken the title of serious Champions four times a feat that's been equaled but never surpassed to get here tonight they've already defeated Jesus Cottage Oxford in round one and the University of Huddersfield in round two and in doing so they've accumulated 390 points with an average age of 24 let's say hello to them again hi I'm Jack I'm from Cheshire and I'm studying for a PhD in maths hi I'm Melissa Johnson I'm from mpumalanga in South Africa and I'm studying economics this is there Captain hello I'm James Green I'm from the world I'm doing a PhD in modernist literature hi I'm Aben I'm from greenford in West London and I studying physics playing them the team from Trinity College Cambridge another of the big beasts of this competition they've been Series champions three times in the past Durham University were the first to get a stomping from them this year and then in the second round lady Margaret Hall got the same treatment so the Trinity team are here with an accumulated total of 445 points their average age is 21 let's say hello to them again hi I'm Nadia howrahan I'm from Dublin and I'm reading English hello I'm Lillian Crawford I'm from beer still in Kent and I'm reading history and let's meet there Captain hi I'm Joseph Weber I'm originally from Barrison Edmonds in Suffolk and I do maths hi I'm Liam Hughes I'm originally from Cardiff and I'm also doing maths right let's just get on with it fingers on the buzzers please your first started for 10. what seven-letter word occurs numerous times in the Sherlock Holmes stories as an exclamation of delight or satisfaction as well as an adjective indicating a crime liable to the death penalty and as a noun meaning Weber capital capital is correct yes you get a set of bonuses on scientists Trinity Dorothy Hodgkin won the 1964 Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work on the structure of insulin penicillin and which specific vitamin A cofactor in DNA synthesis B12 B12 is correct what was the surname of Caroline who was assistant to her brother William discovered eight comets and 14 nebulae in 1835 she was elected and honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society Herschel correct also elected to the Royal Astronomical Society in 1835 which mathematician and astronomer has given her name to an Oxford College [Music] Somerville Mary Somerville is right yes 10 points for this all the Christian kingdoms have come to an end and have United in this single Kingdom two roams have fallen a third stands those words of the 16th century Orthodox cleric philotheus refer to what city Italy Manchester Rogers no sorry uh no sorry I must phone you Five Points I'm sorry refer to what city it laid claim to the title of the third room following the fall of the Western Roman Empire and later of Constantinople Trinity Crawford Sparta no it is Moscow right another starter question for 10 points here in the 1930s the art collector Helen crawler Muller founded a museum that houses the world's second largest collection of works by which artist including his Potato Eaters Trinity Crawford Vincent van Gogh correct your bonuses are on the European Union Trinity which Dutch city gives its name to the 1992 treaty that led to the creation of the single European currency Maastricht correct which European capital city gives its name to a regulation that determines which EU member state is responsible for examining any particular claim for Asylum Dublin correct which town in Luxembourg gives its name to the 1985 agreement that abolished border checks at the signatory's common borders Schengen is correct well done 10 points to do answer promptly in organic chemistry how many hydrogen atoms are there in a molecule of the third simplest member of the saturated hydrocarbon series known as the alkanes Trinity Hughes eight eight is correct yes right Trinity these bonuses are on fungal diseases each answer is a four-letter word firstly what disease of cereals is caused by fungi of the order us still aginalis and has a name that directly refers to the black circle-like appearance of its spores those one by using just Loop there's four letters yeah I don't know yeah because I was thinking oh God but it's not true that's five plus five letters that's five letters no but we'll pass on it I think smart also known as stinking smut what is the name of the disease of wheat caused by the fungus Telicia carries the same word is used for the baggy part of a sail or fishing net [Music] no it's bunt what name is given to the disease caused by puccino omicitis whose spores give effective plants a reddish brown appearance rust correct right we didn't bring the picture after your picture start you'll see a flag of a sub-national division of a European country alongside that country's coat of arms ten points if you can name the sub-national division whose flag you see Trinity Hughes Bavaria Bavaria is correct yes Germany's largest state for your picture bonuses I want you to identify three more sub-national divisions of EU member states from their flags all three are also the largest by land area of their respective countries and again you'll be given the national coat of arms as an additional clue I need the name of the region each time firstly I don't know who does anyone have a clue I'm sorry no does anyone have a guess yeah North Holland no that's gelderland secondly again I'm no help on this one has anyone got an educated yes no that's Lapland and finally um looks like the artist oh yeah but it's not I don't know um where else has that is no no I'm just somewhere fullness Soviet possibly yeah I try citing I don't know that's Sicily ten points for this I need two surnames both beginning with the same letter a museum in Brook Street in Mayfair commemorates the residence of which two Manchester Johnson handeland Hendricks correct right these bonuses are on Roman emperors as described by the historian suetonius in each case identified the emperor a single name answer is sufficient in each case returning to Capri he abandoned all care of the government and suffered Armenia to be seized by the parthians I think that's um Tiberius Tiberius correct the darling and Delight of mankind the Estates of those who had perished by the eruption of Vesuvius and who had left no heirs he applied to the repair of the ruined cities Titus Titus is correct during the time of his musical performance nobody was allowed to stir out of the theater upon any account it is said some women with child were delivered there I think it might be a it's and he might be Caligula or Nero actually yeah Nero it is nearer of course 10 points for this what given name links the creator of the isenheim Altarpiece a 15th century king of Hungary with the by name corvairness and Trinity Hughes Matthias Matthias is correct yes you get a set of bonuses this time on literary Works Trinity in 1843 which poet published The Cry of the children in response to a public report on children forced into labor by their desperate parents her better known Works include a collection of sonnets which appeared seven years later Elizabeth Barrett Browning correct five children and eight and the railway children are novels by which founding member of the Fabian Society Nesbit Inez bit is correct who wrote the novel The children's book shortlisted for the 2009 man Booker prize its Central character is Loosely based on E Nesbit that's [Music] Rose oh of course not I don't know we don't know it was a. s by it 10 points for this proclaiming himself emperor in 1802 ja long unified which present-day Asian country founding its last ruling Dynasty before its conquest by France Trinity Weber Vietnam Vietnam is correct these bonuses Trinity are on astronomy born in 1868 which U.
S astronomer invented the spectroheliograph and gives his name to a 200-inch reflecting telescope which in its day was the largest in the world is it Hubble no it's not it's hail hail spectral observations of the sun revealed via the z-man effect that strong magnetic fields are found in what solar surface features [Music] solar flares no it's Sun Sports the 200-inch hail telescope is located at which observatory near San Diego in California Los Angeles oh and we've got something better though should we just go I don't know Griffiths no it's the Palomar Observatory ten points for this answer as soon as your name is called what is the cotangent of pi over three radians Trinity Weber one over root three correct you get three bonuses on the 19th century architect Owen Jones firstly during the 1830s Jones Drw inspiration from Spanish Islamic artwork and spent six months studying which Palace and Fortress its name means the red the Alhambra correct what is the title of Jones's Global and historical design Source book first published in 1856 and still in print today do we have any clue there's an architecture or something that's not by him go for it Seven Pillars of architecture no it's the grammar of ornament Jones was responsible for the interior design of which glass and iron structure originally built in 1851 in Hyde Park Crystal Palace correct we're going to take a music round now for your music starter you'll hear a piece of popular music 10 points if you can name the solo artist singing [Applause] correct that was his part of his tribute to Andy Warhol your music bonuses are three more pop songs about artists again I want you to name the singer or band in each case firstly I just need the name of the singer here [Music] em jury Ian jury is correct yes it was written as a theme song for an exhibition being given by Peter Blake who had taught him at College secondly who's singing in this 1975 tracks [Music] Laurie Anderson that's Joni Mitchell she was singing about Henry Russo and finally this band [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] Leviathan features an example of what precise species of fish the largest shark in the UK sees preserved an attack Trinity Weber the basking shark the basking shark is right right your bonuses are on novels in each case identify the work from the extract from its opening passage all three titles begin with the same letter firstly from a novel of 1874 when farmer Oaks smiled the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears it's off in the Madden crowd correct from a novel of 1939 secondly River run past Eve and Adams from swerve of shore to bend of bay silicon's wake correct finally from a novel of 1953 it was a special pleasure to see things eaten to see things blackened and changed against F so 53. that was the year yes yes Fahrenheit 451 well done right ten points for this Christian Ludwig a younger brother of Frederick the first of Prussia is best known as the recipient of which series of instrumental works by J. S Bach Trinity Hughes the Brandenburg concertos correct right so you get three questions on recent historical Works Trinity which event of the early 20th century appears in the subtitle of Orlando fijis's a people's tragedy the Russian Revolution correct the words Reckless and the tragedy of Vietnam appear alongside the name of which U.
S Secretary of State in the title of a recent history by Robert K Brigham Kissinger correct the tragedy of Liberation by the Dutch historian Frank Decatur concerns revolution in which country during the 40s and 50s hungry no it's China ten points for this in the second line of one of his Odes what does John Keats describe as the close bosom friend of the maturing Sun Manchester green Nightingale anyone wanted buzz from Trinity Trinity Crawford autumn autumn is correct yes you get three bonuses on hoofed mammals of Central Asia The Saga is a critically endangered Antelope whose largest range is to the west of lake balcash in which landlocked Asian country supposed to get it was a guess nobody think it's not sensible than mine Kazakhstan correct estimated to number at least half a million in the wild the gerund is an antelope with its largest range in which other landlocked countries Uzbekistan no it's Mongolia native to mountainous areas of Central Asia the Marco belongs to what genus of hoof mammals you can give the scientific or the common name no I don't know gazelles no they're goats 10 points for this in genetics what template does reverse transcriptase enzyme use to generate DNA it's a green anyone want to bust from Trinity Weber RNA RNA is correct rivalry player Cassie these pregnancy is on film adaptations of 19th century works the castle of thornfield and the orphan of Low Wood are among several silent film versions of which 19th century novel Jane Eyre correct starring Emma Stone the 2010 High School comedy easy a is an adaptation of Which novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne Scarlet Letter correct starring Deborah Kerr as a governess the 1961 black and white film the innocence is based on which Novella by Henry James the turn of the screw correct 10 points for this what four name and surname is shared by the british-born sociologist who wrote The Dark Side of democracy and the US director of films such as Manhunter and Pete Trinity Crawford oh sorry I've forgotten I apologize I must find you Five Points I'm sorry okay I'm going to offer it to you Manchester whenever you want to buzz Manchester green Michael Mann Michael Mann is correct right your bonuses this time Manchester are on authors born in 1926 the same year as the queen name each person from the description first a U. S author whose novels include the war between the Tates Foreign Affairs and Imaginary Friends no no I think it sounds like corporate Gore Vidal no it's Alison Lurie secondly a psychiatrist perhaps best known for the 1969 work on death and dying which introduced the concept of the five stages of grief and Melanie Klein which is much younger than that no it's Elizabeth Cooper Ross no she would be mortified and finally a children's author whose best known Creations have the family motto making good use of bad rubbish Jacqueline Wilson no it's the creator of The Wombles Elizabeth Beresford right we're going to take a picture around now for your picture starter you'll see us still from a film for 10 points just give me the title by which it's usually known in English Manchester green Seven Samurai correct that is one of 16 films that the director Akira Kurosawa made between 1948 and 65 in collaboration with the actor toshiro mifune for your picture bonuses I simply want you to identify three more of those collaborations I just need the English title each time firstly that's Throne of blood correct secondly um be stray dog bit stray dog correct and finally Jimbo yeah your Jimbo is correct 10 points for this musaka Ratatouille and baba ganoush are among dishes Manchester green aubergines aubergine is correct [Applause] Buzz 15 points for these bonuses they're on the state capitals of New England from the clue to the origins of each City's name give both that City and its state firstly a religious concept defined by the OED as the protective care of God [Music] Augusta Maine no it's Providence Rhode Island second the capital of the herald Department in southern France Montpellier Vermont correct and finally a town Southwest of skegness during the Middle Ages it was a major war port Boston Massachusetts correct 10 points for this carol Federer Michael and Carol were the Four Kings of which country during the 20th century Manchester green Bulgaria nope and I'm gonna have to find you Five Points because you interrupted it was under communist rule from 1948 to 89. anyway I want to buy some Trinity Weber Poland no it's Romania 10 points for this answer as soon as your name is called of the chemical elements with single letter symbols which is the third alphabetically Manchester Johnson carbon knowing you I want to buzz Trinity Hughes flooring fluorine is correct yes okay Trinity these bonuses are on religion in the 14th and 15th centuries meaning a mumbler or matara what name was given to the 14th century religious groupies who are responsible for the translation of the Bible into the vernacular the LOL Arts correct sometimes called Drevangelicus which preacher was considered to be the leader of the lollards Wycliffe correct what's your Shakespeare's characters originally bore the name of the lollard Sir John Oldcastle who conspired to capture Henry V in 1414 full staff full staff is correct ten points to this each Title Character of a 1941 play seeks to monopolize Chicago's cauliflower Market written by Bertolt Brett it satirizes the rise to power of Adolf Hitler Trinity Hughes ball Manchester the good woman of Szechuan no it's Arturo UE the resistible rise thereof 10 points for this assuming a somewhat circuitous route what is the minimum number of international border crossings that would be required in a land Journey between Oslo and Hong Kong Manchester Booth two correct there's always a rusher of Russia to China your bonuses Manchester or are on extinct animals in each case I need the name of the period of the Mesozoic Era when the following lived firstly the herrerasaurus pattiosaurus and Eoraptor do we have any idea I'd say Triassic okay a Triassic correct secondly triceratops and velociraptor okay Cretaceous correct and finally Diplodocus Allosaurus and Megalosaurus Jurassic correct ten points for this Brian garci's game originated the role of George III in the Off-Broadway mounting of which musical his songs included Trinity Crawford Hamilton Hamilton is correct your businesses are on British prime ministers in each case name the person who comes next in the following chronological sequences first this sequence beginning in 1806 Lord William Grenville the Duke of Portland Spencer Percival and [Music] Liverpool correct this sequence beginning in 1846 Lord John Russell the Earl of Derby the Earl of Aberdeen and um no it's Palmerston this sequence beginning in 1916 David Lloyd George Andrew Bonner law and McDonald yeah yeah Ramsay McDonald no it was Stanley Baldwin 10 points for this first developed in the 1870s Trisha Kaylee is a hybrid produced by crossbreeding which two grains Manchester ranchers barley and wheat no anyone want to buzz Infinity Trinity Weber barley and rye no it's Wheaton right 10 points for this the Blackwater light ship and The Testament of Mary are among the works of which Irish literary figures correct yes you get three bonuses on fictional nannies in the children's books by Christiana 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Emma Thompson plays the title role Nanny McPhee correct what is the name of the australian-born author of the Mary Poppins books the first of which appeared in 1934.
