University Challenge - S49E07 - Jesus, Oxford v Manchester

[Music] [Applause] the university challenge asking the questions Jeremy patchner [Music] hello around 30 minutes stand between tonight's teams and for one of them the chance to contemplate their place in the second round over a keenly priced beverage in The Green Room the others can calculate the likelihood of their losing score being among the four highest losing scores that earn the writer compete again in the playoffs now founded in 1571 to educate future clergyman Jesus college is the only Oxford College to date from the reign of Elizabeth the first it became known as the Welsh College to reflect the origins of the majority of its principles fellows and students a rather checkered career has seen college life almost destroyed in the Civil War although by contrast an online encyclopedia notes rather sadly that little happened at the college during the 18th century it enjoyed something of a Renaissance after the first world war with an increased intake of grammar school pupils among them Harold Wilson in 1934 with an average age of 21 the team represented about 550 fellow students let's meet them hi my name is Lucy Clark I'm originally from ausshore in Surrey and I'm reading for edifil in early modern history hello I'm James Cashman I'm from Guilford in Surrey and I'm reading history and this is their Captain hi my name is Matt I'm originally from Wellington in New Zealand and I'm studying philosophy politics and economics hi my name is Rhonda I'm from Sevenoaks in Kent and I'm studying biology now Manchester University originated in the union of two 19th century entities a Mechanics Institute co-founded by the scientist John Dalton and Owens College founded by the textiles magnate John Owens a further series of mergers most notably with humist in 2003 had resulted in one of the UK's largest single-site universities with around 40 000 students recent alumni include the actors Toby Jones Mira sayal and Benedict Cumberbatch the electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers the broadcaster Mark Radcliffe and the film buff Mark commode representing an institution which has won this competition four times in the past tonight's team have an average age of 24. let's meet them 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 and this is their Captain hello I'm James Green I'm from the world I'm doing a PhD in modernist literature hi I'm Adam Booth I'm from Greenfield in West London and I'm studying physics all right you all know the rules by now so let's just get on with it 10 points at stake for this starter question figures on the buzzers please ultimately derive from the Latin for hand in the sense of to hand over what noun can mean a commission to govern according to declared policies regardless of Jesus Cashman mandate mandate is correct your bonuses are on Films as described in hallowell's the movies that matter name the film in each case all three have the same director firstly from 1958 a film as unsettling as the phobia it deals with keeping its audience dizzy and off balance throughout vertigo correct from 1954 Hitchcock did not try very hard to adapt this highly commercial play for the cinema nor did he exploit the possibilities of 3D but for a one-room film with a not very exciting cast the film holds its grip pretty well rear window no that's dial M for Murder and finally from 1940 the Supreme Hollywood entertainment package set in Monte Carlo and Cornwall with generous helpings of romance comedy suspense belladrama and mystery North by Northwest no that's Rebecca 10 points for this what country is this in 1994 a former U. S national security adviser said that it can be an Empire or a democracy but it cannot be both in the mid-19th century its ruler said that it had two generals in whom it could confide January and February while in a radio broadcast Manchester green is that Russia Russia is correct yes so you get a set of bonuses now on the Belgian violinist and composite Eugene born in lie age in 1858 isai inspired works by Cesar Frank and which French composer noted for the Opera Samson and Delilah and the Organ Symphony and C minor correct secondly isai's 1927 string Trio is often named after which municipality the venue of its first performance after the composer's death the town is home to a Trappist Brewery whose ales include the red and blue sorry okay Antwerp no she may and finally noon in English as Peter The Miner is that his only Opera has a libretto written possibly uniquely in which romance language it has status as a statutory language of provincial identity [Music] Flemish it's Walloon ten points for this what letter of the alphabet appears in the name of only one chemical element a transuranic element named after a U.

S physicist the letter in question is also the single letter symbol of another element although it does not appear in the Modern English name of the element it symbolizes Manchester Rogers W is correct yes these bonuses are on pairs of words that differ only in the addition of the letter J at the beginning of one for example ape and jape in each case give both words from the descriptions firstly to expel from a position and a sporting contest of lances on horseback yeah Alston joust and Justice correct secondly the derivative of an acid such as ethyl acetate or nitroglycerine and in Shakespeare the profession of triculofeste and Yorick yeah Esther and Jester correct and finally the action of anointing and the word that follows Davi George mass and Yeovil in the names of Railway stations injunction correct there's a picture around there your picture starter you'll see a graph showing the finishing positions of an English men's Premier League Football Club each year from the Inception of the league to the 2017 to 18 season for ten points name the club Manchester Booth Arsenal it is Arsenal yes so following on from that graph of Arsenal's results your picture bonuses are the end of Seasons positions of three more English men's football clubs all three have been in the Premier League since its Inception but this time you'll only be given their results up to the 2011 to 2012 season five points for each Club you can identify firstly yeah I mean it might be I don't know no that's Liverpool secondly not Everton probably okay Everton that is Everton yes and finally man united are you sure okay man united no that's Chelsea right 10 points for this first recorded in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice what two-word alliterative phrase describes respiration that is subdued or restrained Manchester green baited breath baited breath is correct you get three bonuses on test matches played by the West Indies firstly for Five Points what was the result of the first test in the West Indies 1960-61 tour of Australia played at Brisbane what are we saying it was a win no it was a Thai okay secondly after incessant terrain the second test against England in 1990 was abandoned without a ball being bowled it had been scheduled to take place at the border ground in which city in South America Buenos Aires well in Cyrus no it's Georgetown and finally why was the first test between the West Indies and England at Kingston in 1998 abandoned after 10 overs with England score at 17 for three does anyone know it's I don't know if okay birds that was because it was a dangerous pitch or considered a dangerous pitch 10 points for this what single letter links the IPA symbol for the voiceless Villar plosive an Alkali metal discovered by Humphrey Davy in 1807 and an SI base unit named after William Thompson Manchester booth okay K is correct yes your bonuses are on biology what Greek derived term means a directional movement of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus um sorry pass it's chemo taxes trophotaxi is a type of chemotaxis in response to what agent okay gravity no it's food or nutrients and finally what term denotes the locomotory response to oxygen concentration Oxo taxi no it's aerotexes ten points for this of which small British Birds did the poet w. h Davis say it was the rainbow gave the birth and left the all her lovely Hues its binomial derives from a favorite of the poet sappho and from a Latin form of its Greek name Halcion uh Manchester Johnson Kingfisher correct your bonuses this time Manchester are on European history which century of the Common Era saw the death of Attila the Hun and the sack of Rome by the Visigoths and later the Vandals I think it might be the fifth yeah the fifth correct in the late 5th Century Clovis the first became the ruler of the Franks and founded which Dynasty it lasted until the rise of the Carolinians in the 8th century might be um the um mayor of Indians I think the mayor of Indians correct in 413 which Christian Theologian who held the poster Bishop of hippo in North Africa began to write the city of God Augustine Saint Augustine of Hippo is correct yes the poet Lucan was a favorite of which Roman Emperor Lucan later died during the failed conspiracy of piso while the emperor in questioned guys in Jesus Clark Nero Nero is correct yes your bonuses this time are on the first world war Jesus a 1916 work by the Yorkshire born Flora Sons concerns her service as a combat soldier in which Allied country's Army she had first served there as a nurse traveling via Perez and salonica the Serbian Army Serbia is correct which country secondly joined the Central Powers in October 1915 and shortly afterwards invaded Serbia from the East Romania no it was Bulgaria later in 1915 Flora Sands was decorated for her bravery when the Serbian Army retreated to the Adriatic through which neutral country Croatia no it's Albania ten points for this in botany the pistol the female reproductive organ of a flower comprises an ovary Style and what other part Jesus Stevens stigma stigma is correct well done three questions on an insect order for your bonuses Jesus what short name is commonly applied to the order of insects known by the scientific term diptura nominate Stevens true flies flies is correct yes that's right in her 2017 work the secret life of flies the entomologist Erica McAllister estimated that for each person on Earth there are how many flies the figure in question is about the population of Zambia or the Netherlands you can have three million either way six million no it's 17 million amazing isn't it what six-letter Latin term is used of dipterans such as mosquitoes which carry pathogenic agents as a potential source of infection for other species vector vector is correct your music starts you'll hear a piece of popular music 10 points if you can name the artist [Music] Jesus clock oh Kesha Kesha is correct yes that was take it off which opens by quoting streets of Cairo a tune of Unknown Origin which has become widely used in Western culture as a stereotypical representation of Arabian music your music bonuses are three more songs that quote this tune name the band performing in each case firstly the band performing this version of a song that quotes the tune [Music] nominate Stevens they must be Giants They Might Be Giants I'll accept that yes secondly this band [Music] chic now that's cool in the gang and finally this band [Music] Green Day Green Day is correct yes 10 importance for this related to the Ankylosaurus which distinctive herbivore of the late Jurassic period has a name derived in part from the Greek for roof and meaning covered or plated lizard Manchester Johnson stegosaurus stegosaurus is correct yes bonuses on the novels of Robert Harris for you Manchester Imperium lustrum and dictator form a Trilogy that focuses on the life and career of which Roman Statesman Cicero Cicero is correct Harris's 2013 novel an officer and a spy concerns the persecution and wrongful conviction of which historical figure could be um the the Dryfus Affair maybe I don't know uh Dryfus Dryfus is correct Adam Lang features prominently in Harris's 2007 novel The Ghost he's a thinly disguised characterization of which public figure it's a teddy bear Tony Blair indeed yes 10 points for this which Italian physicist invented the barometer helped to develop integral calculus and for the last three months Manchester Booth Galileo no you lose five points and for the last three months of Galileo's life acted as his secretary and assistant anybody want to buzz from Jesus Jesus clock Celsius no it's Taurus jelly so 10 points for this what title Links of late 15th century triptych by Hieronymus Bosch which has been described as a cart trundles towards damnation and in 1821 English oil painting set near flatford Mill in East Anglia Mr Clark Martin nope ah Manchester Rogers Garden of Earthly Delights no it's the hey Wayne ten points for this what two words link the English title of Albert Camus unfinished final novel and a 2005 biography of Neil Armstrong a film adaptation of the latter directed by Damien chazelle appeared in 2018. Jesus cook first man first man is correct yes these bonuses Jesus are on physics which Japanese scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1949 for his prediction of the existence of misons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces the pass that was yukawa what particle mediates the strong force between quarks uh nominate Clark glue on correct and finally what is the strong force property analog to electric charge uh nominate Clark um it's the attractive force between Clarks and a nucleus that's the color charge 10 points for this the Jabba is one of the few permanent rivers of which African country it flows south from the Ethiopian Highlands and reaches the Indian Ocean at kismayo just south of the Equator Manchester Booth Somalia Somalia is correct yes you get three bonuses on people in the art World in 2001 the Arts critican lecturer Ivona blaswick was appointed director of which Gallery named after an area in the borough of Tower hamlets sure this has more I have no idea um shall we go for watching White Chapel correct the winner of the 1997 Turner prize which artist is noted for her use of Photography and video her Works include the 2014 life-size bronze entitled a real Birmingham family oh look no sorry uh pass that's Jillian wearing and finally the art historian Hayden Herrera wrote a widely acclaimed biography of which artist inspiring a 2002 film starring Salma Hayek yeah Frida Khalid correct he's getting bigger second picture your picture starter you'll see us still from a film ten points please give me the film's title Manchester Green West Side Story it is West Side Story well you'll recall that it transposed the action of Shakespeare's Romeo and Julieta 1950s Manhattan and turned it into a musical your bonuses are still from three more films that transposed a play by Shakespeare into another genre I want both the title of the film and the player on which it's based firstly that's um forbidden planets Forbidden Planet in the Tempest correct secondly ran and kingly that's correct and finally the title of the play and the precise title of the film okay uh Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You that's correct right ten points for this first performed in 1983 which Pulitzer prize-winning play by the U.

S writer David Mamet concerns the actions of real estate salesmen in Florence Manchester green is that Glengarry Glenn Ross it is indeed right these bonuses Manchester are on electronics the letters I see denote what general class of electronic unit often known as a chip or microchip information chip no it's an integrated circuit for what are the letters m m stand in the abbreviation mmic often pronounced mimic these components are used in Satellite Communications foreign okay yeah multimedia no it's monolithic microwave mimics belong to a broad class of integrated circuit known by the letters rfic for what are the letters RF stand here radio frequency correct 10 points for this divided by the English mathematician Carl Pearson what statistical test measures goodness of fit Manchester Johnson the correlation coefficient no you lose five points what statistical test measures goodness of fit its name includes a Greek letter Jesus Stevens chi-square test chi-square test is correct yes these bonuses are on New York's Chelsea Hotel Jesus College during a six-year residence in the Chelsea Hotel following his divorce from a prominent actress who wrote the stage work after the fall which premiered in 1964. Arthur Miller correct which literary figure was the resident of the Chelsea Hotel in 1953 when he died after a series of extensive drinking bouts in the nearby White Horse Tavern Dylan Thomas correct also a resident at the Chelsea Hotel who wrote the 1959 novel Naked Lunch Burrows William Burrows is correct ten points for this who's the fourth in this series of Emperors listed in Reverse chronological order Rudolph II Maximilian II Ferdinand the first and Jesus Clark Charles the fifth Charles the fifth is correct yes your bonuses are on poisonous plants found in the UK in each case give either the common or the scientific name firstly a poisonous plant with shiny black berries that can be fatal its extract was formally used in Beauty rituals and when applied to the eyes it causes dilation of the pupils deadly nightshade correct secondly a tree with poisonous leaves and seeds its poisonous alkaloid contains chemicals used to make taxol a drug that slows the rate of cancer you correct finally a tall upright plant of the parsley family associated with The Death of Socrates Hemlock correct 10 points for this in which country is Europe's largest zinc mine called the taramine it lies on a similar latitude to Hamburg and Manchester just outside the town of Navan Manchester Rogers Ukraine Jesus Clark Poland no it's in Ireland 10 points for this which English novelist Creations include the master embalmer MrJoy boy the hairdresser trimmer the vi count boy mulcaster and the Headmaster Augustus Jesus cook evening war is correct yes your bonuses are on U. S states four corners monument is unique in being the only place where four U.

S states meet at a single Geographic Point Arizona and Colorado are two name the other two New Mexico and Utah correct in addition to Jefferson City Missouri three U.