[Music] thank you the university challenge asking the questions Jeremy Paxman hello tonight it's the penultimate match in the second round of this competition six places have already been taken in the quarterfinals the seventh will go to whichever team prevails tonight but we'll have to bid the losers at year the team from Corpus Christi College Oxford built up a convincing lead over their opponents to the University of Bristol in their first round match answering well on Fine Art fictional wolves and Naomi Klein and winning by 175 points to 135 with an average age of 20 they're playing their reserve and they've promoted MrWebb to Captain let's meet them again hi I'm Libby I'm from Stroud and I've just graduated with a degree in English hi I'm Michael I'm from Pretoria South Africa and I'm studying biochemistry this is their Captain uh hello I'm Sean Webb I'm from Ealing in West London and I am reading ancient and modern history hi I'm Arthur Morris I'm from Kingston board Thames and I'm studying physics now the team from modeling College Cambridge where neck and neck with University College Oxford at the halfway stage in their first round match but managed to pull away and win by 170 points to 120 knowing about pseudo cereals the Bauhaus and the kind of music that Sherlock Holmes liked with an average age of 30 let's meet the modeling Cambridge team hi I'm James Byrne I'm from Wollongong City in Hertfordshire and I'm studying maths hi I'm Adam Davies from Wichita Kansas and I just graduated with a degree in history and this is their Captain hello I'm Daniel Lawson I'm from the Wirral and I'm studying medicine hello I'm Kerry Payne I'm from Little Wheaton in Yorkshire and I'm studying theology for Ministry okay we all know the rules now so let's just get on with it fingers on buzzers here's your first starter for 10. denoting an economic institution what six-letter word appears in the names of a national hunt race course in Lincolnshire two Suffolk towns on the river jipping the home of the national stud and the leicestershire town that gives its name is Christie Webb Market Market is correct yes your bonuses are on Works in London's National Gallery that its website describes as must-seize in each case name the title figures of the following portraits firstly what is the surname of Robert and Francis the title figures of a portrait by Thomas Gainsborough oh it's not Andrews that's something else um this sounds familiar um eat what sorry I'm not sure where you really have anything just guess Gatsby no it's Andrews MrMr Andrews in a work of about 1763 which Royal mistress does the French portrait is draway depict at her tambura frame could be Madame the pompadour maybe I don't really know yeah have a go yeah I don't really knows Madame the pompadour Madame the pompadour is correct and finally which king appears in a large equestrian painting by Anthony Van Dyke Chancellor thirsty magnet Charles the first Charles the first is correct Champions figures which fictional character is this her first name is the surname of the actor who won Oscars for Captain's courageous and Boys Town while her surname denotes a Neolithic people mortal in pain Tracy you've interrupted if you'd listened a little longer you'd have heard that I want the full name you lose five points while her surname denotes a Neolithic people named after their distinctive drinking cups illustrated by Nick Sharon it's Christy Morris Tracy Beaker Tracy Beaker is correct yes right your bonuses are on a film director concerning an awkward gathering for a newly promoted politician played by Christian Scott Thomas the 2017 film the party was directed by which British filmmaker you might do something like this should we just guess something yeah Loach no Sally Potter in 2007 Potter directed which Opera for the Eno based on a novella of the same name by the 19th century writer Prosper marry me it was first performed in Paris in 1875. Carmen on fairly sure yeah common common is correct Potter's 2020 film the roads not taken Stars which actor his credits include hamon hamon No Country for Old Men and the role of Raul Silva in Skyfall oh it's I know he looks yeah oh sorry I don't mean I've forgotten his name it's very irritating it's like um I think we need it at least I don't think we have it so it's heavy about them yeah ten points for this the four-stroke cycle of the modern petrol engine also called the Otto cycle comprises the induction power exhaust and what other stroke the introduction of which in 1876 greatly improved on earlier engine Cycles Corpus Christi Webb diesel no Maudlin Lawson recovery no it's compression 10 points for this I do it because I want women to see that you do not get pushed around you don't run away from the fight these are the words of which democratic congresswoman from California she was elected to her second term as Speaker of the House of Representatives Pelosi Nancy Pelosi is correct yes your bonuses are on scientific terms modeling using information from the Wolfram math World website each answer is one of the words represented by the acronym TARDIS according to Wolfram mathworld what single word is a topological measure of the size of its covering properties the number of coordinates needed to specify a point on the object Dimensions spacing yeah Dimension Dimension is correct in the titles of articles in the Wolfram math world what word precedes error entropy frequency topology and rate of change Time and Relative rate of change so relative yeah it could be relative relative is correct finally what word may follow the surnames Hardy Heisenberg Hilbert and minkowski in the titles of math World articles space space is correct well then right we're going to take a picture around if your picture started you're going to see a map for 10 points I want you to identify the specific name of the Empire you'll see highlighted in blue Persia no anybody want to buzz from Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Webb Byzantine no it's the parthian empire so we'll take picture bonuses in a moment or two ten points at stake for this born in 1868 which Ukrainian mathematician gives his name to the partition of a plane also known as a directly tessellation these diagrams are widely used in the analysis of spatially distributed data Flynn burn no Corpus Christy Morris uh poor sack 10 points for this credited by some with establishing the idea of territorial sovereignty which set of treaties confirmed Corpus Christi where West failure the Peace of West failure is correct yes so we stay on geopolitics for your picture bonuses you saw the parthian Empire at the start of the first Century A.
D and your bonuses are three more maps showing historical Empires that occupy the territory of modern-day Iran all around the time of their maximum territorial extent to help you a selection of contemporary Empires and states will also be indicated I'd like you to identify the empire in each case please firstly oh so I mean it's got to be post as well like the the cell jokes ever get that far that sounds yeah I'm not really sure I really should know this but the seljuk Empire no it's the Abbasid caliphate secondly I want the ruling Dynasty that lends its name to this Iranian Empire oh um this is like the um assessments are they nah that's a bit earlier is it not this is like um I don't know Paul Levy Maybe Paul Levy listening no it's this uh Fabi dinner oh yeah and finally the eponymous Empire here um it's probably the uh assassin ten points for this what name was given to the currency system began in 1821 and finally abandoned in 1931 under which the value of in pain the gold standard the gold standard is correct yes three questions on organizations in the works of Dickens quote its finger was in the largest public pie and in the smallest public tart those words describe which fictional government Department in the novel little dorit it's it's a it's um it's it's meant to be sort of the treasury I find what it's called um no uh can you do you know this um come on I can't remember sorry it's the circumlocution office which of dickens's novels features a chimney sweep called Joe who eats his breakfast on the doorstep of the society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts yeah it is do you think yeah Bleak House Bleak House is correct the Anglo Bengali disinterested loan and life insurance company and the water toast Association of United sympathizers both feature in which novel Oliver Twist Oliver Twist no it's Martin chaselwood ten points for this I need two answers in her PhD thesis published in 1925 as Stellar atmospheres the british-born astronomer Cecilia Payne discovered that stars are made mainly of Which two elements hydrogen and helium hydrogen and helium is correct these bonuses are on Alpha syllabary or abugida writing systems in which diacritics are applied to consonants to indicate vowels the term abugida comes from the first letters of geres the classical language of which African country the location of the ancient city of axon Ethiopia correct James Evans an English Canadian missionary in the Hudson Bay Region devised in abergida for which major First Nations people I need a four letter name it's um a four-letter name four letter name creep is correct writing systems for most Indian language as well as Tibetan Thai and Khmer derived from brahmi a script used to write which classical language Sanskrit Sanskrit is correct ten points for this born in 1969 which U. S artist is noted for her use of intricate cut paper Silhouettes that comment on race and gender relations Corpus Christi Webb Walker I want a full name please Carver Walker Cara Walker is correct you get three questions on the German artist Marianne Brandt Corpus Christi for your bonuses in 1924 Brandt became the first woman to study metal work under lashlow maholi nudge at which art and design school based in Weimar house that house is correct designed by Brandt in 1924 What type of vessel is model number mt49 it takes the form of a silver plated brass hemisphere with an ebony handle to prevent heat conduction teapot Maybe yeah yeah teapot correct yes our unnerving city made in 1926 and behind the scenes the following year are examples of Branch work in what specific technique it's very multi-disciplinary although it could be etching it could be it could be itching maybe no it's photo montage right 10 points for this Christy Webb peninsulas they're all peninsulas correct your bonuses are on astronomy in the official nomenclature set by the international astronomical Union for what does the letter p stand in the designations P Temple 2p enki and one p Harley or planets yeah I mean that seems very easy let me know do we have anything better to offer go for planetary Planet though it's periodic holy Inca and Temple are comets that return periodically what condition is indicated by a letter D in a comet's designation for example 5D brawson and 3D baler oh hang on what could this be um returns periodically then something that doesn't do diameter or something it's diameter of orbit yeah something like that maybe we could try that yeah then we know the diameter of the orbit no it's that the comet has been destroyed or disappeared deceased or dead lots of comet like objects that cannot return for what does the letter i stand in the names two I borisoff and one I um oh um interest it's like out umu is the first um extra terrestrial outside it could be possibly Interstellar Interstellar is correct yes right begin to take a music round now if you're a music Started you're going to hear a song from a musical for ten points please name the singer [Music] modeling pain Millicent Martin no it isn't Millicent Martin do you want to hear a bit more Corpus Christi your friend it's really something to hear you can't sit still when there's that Rhythm near me come on Compass Christie Webb Andrews who Julie Andrews maybe Julie Andrews is correct yes Lord Jazz hop from Victor Victoria and when she plays a female singer who pretends to be a male female impersonator your bonuses are three more characters who perform in drag this time I want the title of the musical that each is from firstly [Music] maybe a thistle okay maybe I I have buried for knowledge on these things frankincense no it's not it's Kinky Boots secondly this stage musical which opened in 1983 [Music] [Music] all right [Music] yes [Music] I mean it doesn't sound like it at all times any idea we don't go the rocket horse it's like casual fall and finally it was easy we could try it again but that's a bit embarrassing we have no other options I definitely know I don't know this is a tool to be honest with this is rent oh okay so right 10 points for this the fifth largest moon of Saturn and a sea that separated laurasia and gondwana in the Mesozoic era are both named after which mythological God I've been Lawson falasa no you lose five points mythological goddess the consort of Oceanus Corpus Christi Webb tethus is correct your bonuses are on places that Wikipedia helpfully tells us are not to be confused with Azkaban the prison in the Harry Potter Universe in each case give the name from the description first the California location named in the title of a 1962 film starring Bert Lancaster it also features in the Dirty Harry film The Enforcer Alcatraz sounds reasonable Alcatraz Island is correct yes as in the Birdman of Alcatraz secondly recognized state in the Caucasus its distinctive flag Bears green and white stripes and an open white hand on a red background at apkasia I think this may be called yes correct and finally a national capital situated between the karakum desert and the kopit dag mountain range maybe ask your bat is correct great 10 points for this what given name links all of these the painter of the Rope be Venus a zoo in southern Lawson Diego Diego is correct yes right you get a set of bonuses on the names of currencies now the Lev meaning lion was introduced as the currency of which European country when it split from the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century well it is leu in Romania but it might be pronounced Lev yeah oh but llev is Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria is correct which Central American country's currency is the quetzal named after its national bird whose feathers were highly prized by the Maya people Guatemala correct ring it to be named Jagged a loose to the edge of a coin being serrated to stop it being shaved off with the code myr it's the currency of which Asian country Malaysia Malaysia is correct [Applause] in the height Tetris is the highest peak in which Eastwood continuation of the Alps the range forms a long Crescent that extends from the Danube gang Maudlin burn the carpathians correct yes you get three questions on mineralogy with tetrahedral fundamental units what mineral class makes that more than 90 of the Earth's crust 1990 silicate silicates isn't it okay silicates silicate minerals is correct making up more than half of the Earth's crust and much of the professional literature on mineralogy what group of aluminosilicate minerals contains Calcium sodium or potassium feldspars feldspars is correct muscovite and paragonite are examples of what group of hydrous potassium aluminum silicate minerals I need a four-letter term Mica Mica is correct right we're going to take a picture around now for your picture starter you're going to see a painting for 10 points please Name the artist Joseph Wright of Derby it is we follow on from he's a philosopher giving a lecture on the honorary with picture bonuses on three more pictures of lectures this time all medical five points for each artist you can name firstly that is Hogarth the reward of Cruelty secondly kins Aikens correct the Gross Clinic and finally Rembrandt it is too right 10 points for this in the periodic table what element occurs to the left of calcium and between sodium oven burn potassium potassium is correct three questions on euro coins from Finland firstly a 2015 coin marks the birth in 1865 of axeli Galan kalala an artist notif of his illustrations of which Finnish epic poem correct a 2016 coin commemorated the philosopher g h Von Wright in 1948 he was appointed to a chair at Cambridge University on the resignation of which prominent figure what year was it 16 something the 48.
