University Challenge S53E36 UCL vs. Manchester

[Music] University challenge asking the questions am all [Music] R hello and welcome to University challenge tonight’s match is the second of this series semi-finals last time we saw Imperial College London become the sixth team from their institution to reach the final of this competition and whoever wins this match will join them the team from UCL got here tonight via the shortest route possible they beat Kings College Cambridge in round one Hartford College Oxford in round two and Christ Church Oxford in their first quarterfinal but most impressively came back from a score of minus 10 to beat Trinity College Cambridge in their second along the way they’ve scored full marks on topics ranging from medieval literature to the of Faith Ringold and very little has stumped them entirely though they have on more than one occasion taught themselves out of correct answers with an average score per game of 195 let’s meet them for the fifth time good evening everyone my name is James Hall I’m from North Finley in London and I’m studying law hi I’m Ali isard dust I’m from Portugal and aaban and I’m studying for a masters in intellectual history and their Captain hi I’m Tiana saw I’m from North London and I’m studying medicine hello I’m Jacob Finlay I’m from cranley and Sur and studying a master’s of the public administration now the team from Manchester have only one blemish on their record so far they beat Trinity College Cambridge on a tie break in round one edur in round two and Burke Beck in the first of the quarters but lost their second quarterfinal to Imperial despite getting off to a strong start their deciding match against Christ Church Oxford was a close and rather Scrappy Affair but Mr Grady ultimately secured their spot in the semis with the last gas buzz on Simone deoa they’ve been very impressive on subject ranging from short stories to South American cities but know disappointingly little about the career of my hero Shane war and their average score is 165 let’s meet them again hi I’m bload delos Rees white I’m from Franklin Massachusetts and I’m studying genetics hi I’m Elia kman I’m from London and I study medicine and their Captain hi I’m hereira I’m from Le G City and I’m studying for a PhD in materials hi I’m Dan Grady I’m Bon on Trent and I’m studying math well it’s very good to see you guys back here feel ready well you need to be for a place in the finals then fingers on buzzers here’s your first starter 41 identify the poet who wrote these lines about suffering they were never wrong the Old Masters you is it D hon it was hen yes well done your bonuses are on the plays of Arthur Miller the opening monologue of the 1956 version of which play by Miller contains the lines this is the the gullet of New York swallowing the tonnage of the world the character who speaks these lines is an Italian-American lawyer working on the waterfront so not The Crucible not those are the only two did he write Clarence Dar not Italian but out okay Nom fin Clarence Darrow no it’s the view from the bridge which 1947 play by Miller opens with a conversation between Keller and Frank Luby discussing the contents of a Sunday newspaper not seen no I don’t was go for the Cru it’s not Death of a Salesman no it’s all my sons in some additions the setting of which 1953 play by Miller is described in the plays Overture as a New Jerusalem which is at risk of corruption from wrong ways and deceitful ideas that’s crucible that is The Crucible yes let’s start a question now first proposed in a 1742 letter to Leonard oer which mathematician’s unproved conjecture is now usually Manchester sedira goldach It is goldach Well Done your bonus is Manchester three question on 18th century German architecture considered to be roko masterpieces the UNESCO listed pilgrimage Church of V near the Alps and the Basilica of the 14 holy helpers near Bamberg are both in which German state it beia Bavaria is Bavaria correct from 1720 Bazar Norman directed the construction of the palace or residence of the prince Bishop of which city located between Frankfurt and nurenberg frankurt nberg Min is that is yeah uh no gr mine no it’s verburg finally from 1745 which ruler ordered the construction of the Roco Sansui Palace in Potsdam 1775 17 um um Frederick someone Frederick the second go I have NOA to be honest with this Frederick the great correct it is Frederick the great let’s start a question now in 1959 at the age of 28 which British Artist notably painted a copy of George sur’s bridge at Koba that still hangs in her studio today in which she is described as a tool for understanding the science of color she produced several pointer list Works herself leading to the development of the abstract op art style youil is it D Riley it is Bridget Riley yes your bonuses you are three questions on a French thinker from 1656 who wrote the provincial letters in defense of antoan Arno a jansenist put on trial before the faculty of theology in Paris for his controversial religious works I don’t know French 1600 try d they can’t yeah they can’t no he died in 1650 it’s Blaze Pascal the provincial letters include humorous attacks on Cas stre and concerned both divine grace and the ethical code of which religious order so probably Jesuits Jesuits correct concerning acceptance of Christian faith the necessity of the wager is a well-known chapter of which collection of writings by Pascal pon pon correct now question there the 1835 Republican Uprising known in English as the Ragamuffin War took place in the far far south of which country in 1836 the rebels declared the independence of the Republic of Rio B you is it dust Brazil it is the Empire of Brazil yes your bonuses UCL are on Dentistry I need a specific single word term in each case what specific term refers to the surface of a molar tooth adjacent to the cheek like cuspid is that oh yeah that’s a thing cuspid cuspid there’s Buckle what term refers to the surface of a tooth that contacts an opposing surface of the tooth in the opposite jaw that could be yeah M that could be cpit okay do you know cpit I just notic think [Music] opposition oppositional there’s accusal what term refers to the surface of a tooth next to the tongue please pleas tongue would be like gloss okay yeah glossal glossal no it’s lingual we have a picture round now for your picture starter you’ll see a map of India on the eve of independence from Britain showing its many nominally self-governing princely states for 10 points give me the three-word name of the princely state highlighted in red UCL finle uh Punjab and Kashmir no Manchester sahira jamu and Kashmir it is jamu and Kashmir yes you just saw the princely state of jamu and Kashmir one of the largest of the princely states of the Raj for your bonuses your you will see three more of the larger princely States Five Points for each you can name first somewhere South India Kerala um is that where it is that where Bangalore is yeah I was wondering that actually but is in Bangalore on the west I don’t know Bangalore there my second um Rajan uh yeah that could be where Rajan is yeah Rajan no jport finally absolutely no idea somewhere in the deck and plane big Indian region no idea um the Decon something funny enough no it’s hyroad let’s start a question born in Wisconsin in 1938 which computer scientist also known for a notation for large numbers and the typ setting system you Hall K it is can yes your bonuses then UCL three questions on Italian film directors born in 1902 which neorealist director films include the children are watching us Sho shine and bicycle thieves what’s it called the Seeker nominat do the Seeker correct which director’s neorealist Trilogy began with the 1945 film Rome Open City and was completed by Paisa and Germany year zero rosolini rosolini correct finally who directed The 1942 film ESS or Obsession an adaptation of James M Kane’s novel The Postman Always Rings Twice his later films include belisima and Death in Venice oh what’s vonti yeah Visconti it is Visconti yes another St question answer in French or English written in 1961 shortly before its author’s death which book takes its title from the opening French lyrics of the international it concerns the dehumanizing psychological effects of colonialism and was written by the Manchester Grady The Wretched of the earth it is The Wretched of the earth yes three questions on the word red in other languages its name meaning Red River the kazac is the longest river that flows holy within what country known in ancient times by the Greek name halis it meets the sea between the cities of cop and Samson that’s turkey turkey correct it’s name meaning red sand the kisil Kum is a large desert that covers much of the Central and Western regions of w country along with Southern areas of neighboring Kazakhstan could that be turkistan it’d be one of them thinkistan could yeah turkistan Lu it’s usbekistan their name meaning redheads The kisel Bash were Turk men Warriors who were prominent in the rise of which Persian Empire founded in 151 151 is that the which per would it say Persian EMP oh M mles no it’s a safavid dynasty let start a question what is the English title of the poem that in one translation begins with the lines upon a shore of desolate waves stood he with lofty musings grave written by Pushkin it is set during a flood Manchester gravy eugo Nan I’m afraid you lose five points during a flood in St Petersburg and relates to a statue of Peter the Great that comes to life is a dust the bronze Horseman it is the bronze Horseman yes your bonuses uccl three questions on hip-hop production first manufactured by Roland between 1980 and 1983 which drum machine is commonly referred to as hip-hop’s equivalent to the Fender Stratocaster guitar the full name or the numerical abbreviation of both acceptable answers 808 808 is correct what is the stage name of the hip-hop producer noted for the influential album Donuts released 3 days before his death in 2006 the musician Quest love once called him the music God that music gods and music experts and music lovers worship like I don’t know J Jay Diller yes it is Jay Diller who formed the hip-hop production duo The Neptunes alongside partner Chad Hugo in 1992 more recently he has been a featuring artist on hit songs such as Darth punks get lucky yeah yeah sorry not n rogell Williams it is for Williams yes start a question now what three-letter abbreviation is given to a group of trans description Factor genes found in most animal species and crucial in specifying regions along the Manchester de los Rees White Hawks Hawk genes is correct your bonuses Manchester three questions on African footballers in the 1990s Abed Pelle won the African Cup of Nations with Gana and Captain the national side he also won the 1993 Champions League with which club to date the only French winners of the competition Mar n colan Mar in his Olympic Mars franois Oman beik scored the only goal The Opening match of the 1990 World Cup to defeat an Argentina Side captained by maradana for which country did Omar Beck play I don’t know 1990 That’s italan Italian yeah like Egypt could be algeron no go uh Egypt bad Lu it’s Cameroon finally three times African Player of the Year and since 2018 the president of his country which Striker won both a FIFA World Player of the Year award and Balon door in 1995 while playing for AC Nom kman George we it is George we yes let start a question what five letter Latin word links all of the following a 1660 Royal panagi by John Dryden the second of Anthony trps novels about the Irish politician FAS Finn and John updike’s second novel about the former athlete Harry angstrom or rabbit Manchester Grady Redux it is Redux yes three questions for you Manchester on an Anglo-Saxon King first who exceeded to the throne of North amria in 633 and promoted the spread of Christianity after his death he was venerated as a Marty way too ear to be yeah can literally um uh aan something great guess great guess aan sent Oswald at Oswald’s invitation which Saint led a group of Irish monks from Iona to found a monastery and a missionary Bishop Rick at lindis Fan oh God no thought he was Turkish give me yourself a chance come on uh pass it’s St Aiden finally in 642 oswal died at the Battle of Mesa Field the Victor was Pender the Pagan ruler of which kingdom W 6 is not B it’s a kingdom pag I don’t know oh yeah that’s a better show um no way that’s Mercier let’s have a music round now for your music starter you’ll hear a segment of a piece of jazz music for 10 points please give me the name of the artist singing bird youel is it dust vaugh no you never in my word could there be words to reveal in a phrase how I [Music] feel Manchester City Gerald it is elepant Gerald yes it was of course elit J singing lullabi of Birdland a jazz standard composed by George shearing in honor of the bird and jazz club in New York your music bonus will be three live recordings from Birdland in each case please Name the artist performing firstly this [Music] Trumpeter fast um Mor who you thinking oh literally nothing sorry um arm exactly no it sounds B it yeah a good time you are behind so come on let let’s Le Morgan no it’s Miles Davis secondly this pianist playing a tune he co-wrote it’s probably AR like Misty I mean you know cords like so art maybe um really exhausting knowledge it’s it’s yeah it sounds of sentimental Arana it’s B Evans finally this saxophonist C oh this is Birdland so the whole thing bird sorry uh cold train it is John cold train yes 10 points in it another start a question produced in minute amounts through minor branches of the Decay chains of uranium and thorium which radioactive Group 17 element is often reckoned to be the rarest element occurring naturally in the Earth’s crust its longest lived natural isotope has a half life of just 56 seconds and its name comes from the Greek for unstable UCL Hall atine it is atine yes your bonuses you three questions on a mathematical work published posterous in 17113 ARS conject Andi or the art of conjecturing is a major work by which Swiss mathematician it contains numerous significant contributions to combinatorics and probability Theory maybe beri he was beri correct in the RS conject tandi beri gave the first statement and proof of the idea that as the number of Trials of a random process increases the value of the actual mean of the results approaches the expected or theoretical mean this theorem is known by what name often abbreviated to lln like law of law of limited law of large numbers law of large numbers correct which mathematician’s 1843 notes on the analytical engine concludes with a description of an algorithm for calculating beri numbers a sequence of rational numbers described in the RS conject tandi sounds like it’s for a computer it could be like less or bage I don’t know love correct let’s start a question now who aarti is the largest city of which UCL is it Assam here Assam well done your bonus is UCL three questions on the bistan inscription in Iran the trilingual inscription in Old Persian elmite and Babylonian Mount beist provided an important key to the decipherment of which ancient script probably it’s uniformi correct Babylonian was along with Assyrian a variety of which ancient Semitic language aadi Acadian correct the monument features a relief depicting Darius the great and 12 others below a representation of which deity the supreme god of zorri Aur Mazda Aur Mazda who is correct let’s start a question Austine deid and the Austrian Arch Duke maximilan of Habsburg Lorraine are the UCL is at dust Mexico I’m afraid you lose five points are the only two people to have held what political title the former holding it from 1822 to 1823 and the latter from 1864 to 1867 Manchester Coleman emperor of Mexico emperor of Mexico is correct yes that’s what we need afraid bad Lu UCR your bonuses then Manchester are on places named in song by The Beatles in each case name the place from the description according to the lyrics of get back JoJo left his home in which American city of the Southwest United States a former territorial Capital approximately 170 km Southwest of Phoenix Joo left his home in Tucson Arizona Tucson Arizona correct a newspaper article referenced in A Day in the Life mentions 4,000 holes in which Northern English town located between Preston and aington nor Grady laner correct in Back in the USSR Paul McCartney SS that which Soviet Republic is always on his mine it has been an independent state since nom1 Georgia well done it is Georgia another side of question the formation of large amounts of what element in a Stars core through the Silicon burning process is the trigger for core collapse in type 2 Supernova you finle um uranium no I’m afraid you lose five points this is because isotopes of this transition metal have very high binding energies so that the star cannot produce enough energy through Fusion to support itself Manchester delosas white I iron is correct your bonuses then uh Manchester three questions on French economists born in 1767 which French Economist is best known for his law of markets which proposes that Supply creates its own demand I don’t know I don’t know no point B is John Baptist say a proponent of liberal free trade economics which leading pacifist shared the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 with on dunor 1901 the first one first one oh I I don’t know yeah I can’t remember pass Frederick passy Abit banery Michael Creer and which Paris born Economist shared the 2019 Nobel Prize for quote their experimental approach to alleviating Global poverty we should at least guess one guess a French name Economist let’s make a French noise noan don’t think you wanted to be n Esther Duo let’s take a picture around now for your picture starter you’ll see a small section of a 14th century painting for 10 points name the two human figures it depicts you fin the princes in the tower no Manchester sedira Romulus and Remis it is Romulus and Remis yes you just saw Romulus and Remis as they appear in a large work by the CN painter Lauren zetti your picture bonuses are three more artworks depicting either Twins or figures that closely resemble one another five points for each artist you can name first this friend chart is oh that’s um it looks like Ren yeah r what no it’s moris so second this Italian artist o not too oh this is no he won’t come to me in time jopo uh no sorry Tio finny this illustrator well that’s Wonderland who did Wonderland who’s um did Lis Carol do it himself leis Carol no it’s John tenel no question from the 9th century Baldwin iron arm and his son Baldwin the bald were the first two rulers of which historical territory now a region of Belgium ill is a dust Flanders Flanders is correct your bonuses UCL are three questions on the tabletop game Dungeons and Dragons first the only creature in the monster manual with a challenge rating of 30 the tarasque is named after a legendary creature from provance that was T by St Martha according to what medieval collection of hagiographies by Jacobus dorin maybe like I know the golden legend or something golden Legends correct one of the few monsters to arri with a taras in power what five-headed dragon shares its name with the Mesopotamian Creator goddess killed by Marduk in the creation myth the enuma Elish tat T correct often depicted as a giant spilop pod of what creature does the monster manual say that gallions and warships vanish when its tentacles uncoil from the deep the Kraken Kraken the Kraken is correct five minutes to go the anhydrous form of Which acid is known as its white fuming form it also has a red fuming form which is made by combining the acid with water and din nitrogen tetroxide or nitrogen dioxide Manchester delos is white is this nitric acid it is nitric acid yes your bonuses are on names of foods that share their last three letters with the names of African capitals for example musaka and luaka in each case give the word from the description first a small relatively plain cake often eaten with butter varieties include Tatty in Scotland and singing hin in Northeast England its last three letters are the same as those of the capital of bots gab Nom SC and Gabon correct a Polish word meaning sausage its last three letters are the same as those of a capital on the river Congo so that’s going to be kinasa kinasa kinasa and Kil basa all right gr kinasa and Kil basa correct finally a garlic mayonnaise associated with provance his last three letters are the same as those of a North African capital on the Mediterranean trip and ioli and Tripoli correct Five Points in it another side of question indicating a tribute or an expression of admiration what short Greek d word originally meant a song of praise to Apollo as a god of healing under the homic name for the physician youil is a dust him no afraid you lose five points for the physician of the Gods Manchester Grady Kudos no it’s a pean let start a question CLA Denise 1999 film B Travi is a loose adaptation of which noela by Herman ill is a dust Billy Bud Billy bud is correct your bonuses you three questions on bat species and Families First which large family of bats has over 400 species including the pistel and noctule in the plural the same word indicates one of the canonical hours of the Christian Breviary so like Vespers M so like I know I feel like those I feel like those are bat related I may v veser veser is correct the family of noonid is known alternatively as fisherman bats or by what more common name after their resemblance to a breed of dog doam alation any Labrador Al no it’s Bulldog bats finally the family rhinol Lodi is known by what common name because of the resemblance of a fleshy structure surrounding the nostrils to a type of metal object one of which can be seen on the flag of Rutland sword sa sword I don’t know tree wait sword no it’s horer other side of question on norham hill on the road from emminster and chalk Newton a Shepherd first encounters his future love in chapter one of which novel of the 1870s later the scene moves to pass the bridge you Hall far from the Madden crowd it is far from the Madden Crowd by hary yes your bonus is us three questions on fantasy in the early 20th century first a 1920 novel by the Scottish author David Lindsay is entitled a voyage to witch star the planet torments orbits the fictionalized star of the novel while in reality it is the brightest star in the constellation Battis and one of the brightest in the night sky juice no is juice could be like don’t arus first serialized in 1906 the wonderful adventures of Neils centers on a young boy who is transformed into a gnome likee creature known as a tomta which Swedish Nobel laurate wrote it lalov Lal correct published in 1924 the king of elfin’s daughter is a novel by which influential anglo-irish writer of fantasy could be no she’s ster what’s his I don’t know Lovecraft America no it’s Lord duny or Edward plin let start a question UNESCO Citation for the old town of lamu on the Indian Ocean mentions which distinctive Coastal culture the name of this culture is also that of a language that is white Manchester colan SW is correct your bonuses then are on philosophy what great D our terms did Fuko coing to refer to places set apart in some way for the Norms of public life citing examples raging from Cinemas to boarding schools to psychiatric hospitals don’t know just pass heterotopias in his mid 1930s essay discourse in the novel which Russian philosopher and literary theorist coined the term heteroglossia to denote the presence in a text of a multi icity of social voices in terms of both points of view and modes of speech maybe it’s backin in a work of 1788 which philosopher used the terms autonomy and heteronomy to refer respectively to moral action directed solely by one’s own rationality and moral action directed by desires or no Emanuel another start a question in September 1950 an amphibious Invasion at which Port near the mouth of the Han River West so you finle the Inon Landings correct yes your bonuses are on figures in Greek myth who are the subjects of operas by handle identify each from the description in each case I need the name of the figure not the Opera first the son of agabon and Clum nestra and brother of Electra with his sisters help he murders his mother and her lover when he learns that they were responsible for his father’s death he is the main character in a Trilogy played by isalus areses areses correct secondly a c nymph loved by the Cyclops polyphemus and in love with the young Shepherd Asis in some versions of the palian story the same name is given to the Statue pigmon creates galat gal correct finally a creton princess daughter of and pacifier Who falls in love with thesis and helps him Escape her father’s Labyrinth Arne Arne correct another start of question out the AGL scheme of Economic and at the GU Manchester University of 165 and UCL of 2 points well Manchester it’s nice to see you guys smiling because you’ve been hugely entertaining thank you so much for being an unbelievably impressive team and I thought you put in a fantastic performance against an incredibly strong team the bonuses quite full few today there were a few strings of bonuses where I think 11 you didn’t you didn’t have and jazz music was a slight let down but you’ve been absolutely brilliant and done yourselves and um Manchester proud you had a good time yeah we’ve loved having you all the very best for a glorious and no doubt successful future it’s been really good to see thank you so much uccl I mean to get over 200 points against such a strong team at this stage of the competition uh you did make it stressful for yourselves racing out ahead with a really strong lead and then you let them back into the game but some very strong starters at the end means we’re going to see you in the final which is hugely exciting and indeed Jeremy benam too so congratulations to you I hope you can join us next time for the final of this year’s series but until then it’s goodbye from Manchester University bye bye it’s goodbye for now from UCL goodbye and it’s goodbye for me [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] goodbye [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]