University Challenge
Asking the questions:
Jeremy Paxman.
Hello, welcome to a new series
of University Challenge.
Right, the rules are the same as ever.
Starter questions are worth 10 points, they
have to be answered individually on the buzzer,
and bonuses are team efforts they're worth 15
[He means 5]
and you can confer for those.
10 points for this.
Born in Paris in 1873,
Alice Guy-Blaché was a pioneer
in which creative medium?
Her 1896 work 'The Cabbage Fairy'
has been credited
as the first in the medium
to have a narrative theme.
Photography.
Nope.
Film.
Film is correct, yes.
Or cinema.
These bonuses are on Jane Fonda,
St Edmund Hall.
After a capitol city,
what nickname was given to Jane Fonda
by US detractors,
when she journeyed to a
Southeast Asian country in 1972,
to denounce the US
bombing campaigns there?
That's Hanoi Jane.
Hanoi Jane is right.
For which film of 1971 did Jane Fonda
win the Best Actress Oscar?
The critic Roger 'Ebert' wrote
that the film should have been titled after
her character Bree Daniels,
rather than that of her co-star
Donald Sutherland.
Donald Sutherland...
What's her...
I should know this.
'The Godfather'
:)
No, it's 'Klute'.
:S
And finally, who won her
fourth Best Actress Oscar
for the 1981 film 'On Golden Pond'?
She and Jane Fonda play
a mother and daughter.
Could be Audrey Hepburn but I'm not sure.
Or Katherine Hepburn?
Probably the earlier Katherine,
I think, than Audrey but -
- Katherine Hepburn? She was quite late.
If it's one of the Hepburns I'm probably...
I think she's too old.
Yeah, but she was like an old actress too.
I THINK
Come on!
We can try
Katherine Hepburn?
Katherine Hepburn is correct.
10 points for this.
I need the name of a person here.
'Zona' by Geoff Dyer
is a book length dissection
of the 1979 film 'Stalker'.
a work by which Soviet director?
Andrei Tarkovsky. Correct.
Your bonuses are on film soundtracks.
:))
Firstly, for 5 points:
From 1996,
The US musician Mark Mothersbaugh
collaborated with which director on the
soundtracks of films including 'Bottle Rocket'
and 'Rushmore'?
((wes anderson))
Wes Anderson?
Correct.
Anderson's 2004 film 'The Life Aquatic by Steve Zissou'
[He means 'with' Steve Zissou]
includes a number of Portugese covers
of David Bowie's songs
by which Brazilian artist?
That's the only Wes Anderson film I've never seen.
erm... Nominate Herbert.
João Gilberto?
No, it's Seu Jorge.
And finally, tracks on the soundtrack of
'The Royal Tenenbaums' include
'Police and Thieves' and 'Rock The Casbah'
by which British group?
The Clash.
Correct.
For your picture starter you're going to see
a list of an actor's Academy Award wins
and nominations, with her
winning performance removed.
For 10 points, I want both the name of the actor
and the missing film title.
Kate Winslet for 'The Reader'
- No.
Helen Mirren in 'The Queen'.
- Correct.
So we follow on from Helen Mirren's CV,
with your picture bonuses
showing 3 more actor's track records
with the Academy.
Again with their winning performances removed,
give me the actor and the title
of her missing film in each case.
Firstly:
This is Kate Winselt... and she won it...
2000 and something.
wait, no, nominated for Best Actress?
Is this, is this um...?
between 2006 & 2015
Oh, 'Revolutionary Road' right?
Yeah, it is it is. yea it is.
Kate Winslet, 'Revolutionary Road'.
No, it's Kate Winslet and 'The Reader'.
:o  :(  :A
Secondly:
Octavia Spencer?
I don't know if she won
Best Supporting Actress, but...
- Oh, I don't know.
I think she was nominated
for 'The Shape of Water' isn't she this year?
Ok, wot's her name?
Octavia Spencer.
Ok, Octavia Spencer and 'The Shape of
- No, it's Viola Davis in 'Fences'.
And Finally:
Oh! That's Jennifer Lawrence.
in 'Silver Linings Playbuek'
- Ok, that wergfs??
- That was 2011 wasn't it?
- might well be, I don't know.
Cool.
Jennifer Lawrence and 'The Silver Linings Playbook'.
Correct.
You get a set of bonuses on
the world in 1997, Darwin.
Which US television series
first aired in August 1997?
It's often been described as carnilvaesque
in academic studies
which invoke the cultural
theories of Freud and Bafftin(?)
whilst Channel 4 said it was for people
coming back from the pub with a curry.
Friends?
Friends.
No, it's South Park.
Right, 10 points for this.
In 2017, which US filmmaker became
only the second woman
to win the Best Director prize
at the Cannes film festival
when she received the award
for her film 'The Beguiled'?
Katherine Bigelow?
No, anyone like to buzz from SOAS?
¯\_(0__0)_/¯
nope?
It's 'Sofia' Coppola.
10 points for this.
Julie Taymor's films include 'Fool's Fire',
an adaptation of 'Hop-Frog',
a short story by which US literary figure
who died in 1847?
Could be Hawthorne,
could be alotta people.
O. Henry?
No, it's Edgar Allan Poe.
Secondly, Taymor directed a 1999
adaptation of which revenge tragedy
by Shakespeare? It stars
Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange.
Hamlet, right? I'm pretty sure.
should we just go with Hamlet?
Hamlet?
No, it's Titus Andronicus.
And finally, Selma Hayek played which
Latin American Artist
in the title role of the 2002
biographical film
directed by Taymor.
- Frida Kahlo.
Correct.
10 points for this.
Micro intermission
You get some bonuses on the
comedy writer Chris Morris, Darwin.
In 2005, Morris collaborated with Charlie Brooker
on which television series?
Its title character describes himself as a
'self-facilitating media node'.
Alan Partridge?
:)
No, it's Nathan Barley.
Secondly, what is the title of Morris'
2010 film debut as a director?
It's a black comedy starring Riz Ahmed,
Kayvan Novak and Adeel Akhtar
as a group of inept British jihadis?
Four Lions?
Correct.
Heavy electricity and the made-up drug 'Cake'
are among topics covered in
which spoof current-affairs series,
created and presented by Morris?
The 'Brass Eye'.
'Brass Eye' is correct.
Which 1967 single by The Kinks
mentions two people whose names
recall those of leading actors in
John Schlesinger's film adaptation of
'Far From The Madding Crowd'?
Does that sound right - Terry and Julie?
'cos there's a song called 'Waterloo'
Waterloo Sunset?
Indeed yes, Terry and Julie.
We're going to take a picture round.
For your picture starter, you'll see
a photograph of an actress.
10 points if you could give me her name.
Katherine Hepburn.
It was Katherine Hepburn, yes.
Right, she won 4 Academy Awards
for Best Actress.
without ever attending an Oscar
ceremony to receive them.
Your picture bonuses are 3 more
Oscar winning no-shows.
5 points for each one you can name.
Firstly:
Joan Collins?
No, it's not Joan Collins.
Joan Crawford!
- I'm sorry, Joan Crawford.
As you can see, in 1946 she arranged
a photoshoot in her bed
after learning she'd won.
Secondly:
George C. Scott.
- It is George C. Scott.
He called the Oscars a
'2 hour meat parade'.
And finally, who's this?
Elizabeth Taylor?
It is Elizabeth Taylor.
That was for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf'.
"Every film should have a beginning, middle and an end.
But not necessarily in that order."
Which director said that?
Born in 1930
his films include 'My Life To Live',
'Alphaville" and 'Breathless'.
Oh! uh
Jean-Luc Godard.
Correct.
'The National Anthem', 'The Waldo Moment'
and 'San Junipero'...
Black Mirror.
Correct.
Your bonuses, Goldsmiths, are on
the films of Daniel Day-Lewis
who announced his retirement from acting
in 2017, in each case
give the title of the film from a
description of the character he plays.
All three are based on novels.
Firstly, the Czech brain surgeon Tomas
who is involved in a complex love triangle
with the artists Sab(r)ina and Tereza.
No idea.
The Lives of Others.
:)
No, it's 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'.
Secondly,
The New York lawyer Newland Archer
who becomes involved
in the divorce of
Countess Ellen Olenska.
((the age of innocence))
The Age of Innocence.
- Correct.
Finally, the prospector Daniel Plainview
who becomes involved in the
oil business in the early 1900s.
There Will Be Blood.
(broodingly)
there will be blood.
Right, we're going to take another picture round.
For your picture starter,
you'll see a still from a film.
10 points if you can give me
the film's title.
The Princess and The Frog.
Correct!
points are points wherever they come from.
Right, so you get the picture bonuses
you'll be pleased to hear.
'Princess and The Frog' was released in 2009.
It marked a brief return by Disney to
trwaditional hand drawn animation.
For your picture bonuses are 3 recent
hand drawn films from other studios.
5 points for each film you can name.
Firstly, for 5:
I'd like the English title
of this 2015 film.
((the tale of princess kaguya))
The Tale of Princess Kaguya.
Correct.
Secondly, I need a
4 word title here.
0 - 0
anyone?
Nope.
That's the Irish film
'Song of the Sea'.
And finally, the exact title
of this film of 2017.
I think it's 'Finding Vincent'...?
I think it's 'Loving Vincent'.
I think so. (go!)
Loving Vincent.
Correct.
10 points for this.
3 questions on recent winners
of the Academy Award
for Best Foreign Language
film for you Emmanuel.
Which country won the Oscar
for the 2007 film
'The Counterfeiters' and
the 2012 film 'Amour'.
that's like Spain or something?
- That's not french
- But's that's another
I know, but
amour is for love.
No, I know it's French, but I think that...
I think the director might be spanish.
Spain?
No, it's Austria.
[Stefan Ruzowitzky & Michael Haneke]
Secondly, which film directed by Paolo Sorrentino
starred Toni Servillo as the 65 yr old
journalist Jep Gambardella?
- no i don't-
no, i don't know
say something
Spotlight. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That was 'The Great Beauty'
or 'La Grande Bellezza'.
And finally, what nationality is
Asghar Farhadi
the director of the Oscar winning films
'A Seperation' and 'The Salesman'?
i think it's Iranian
- yeah, try
Iranian?
Iranian is right.
10 points for this.
Answer as soon as your name is called.
Concerning a trip to India for
Sue Ellen Mischke's wedding,
'The Betrayal' was a backwards episode in 1997
of which US sitcom?
Ok
It's not Friends is it? :)
No :)
Frasier?
- Try Frasier, yeah.
Frasier?
No, it was Seinfeld.
For your picture starter, you're going
to see a still from a film.
For 10 points,
give me the film's title.
Thelma and Louise.
It is Thelma and Louise.
👍
- 👍
In 1992, Callie Khouri's script for
Thelma and Louise made her
the first women to win
the Academy Award
for Best Original Screenplay
with a solo authored script.
For your picture bonuses, you'll see
stills from 3 subsequent films
for which a woman won an Oscar
as the sole credited screenwriter.
I just need the title of each film.
Firstly:
- Er, Juno
- Juno
Juno.
That's Juno written by Diablo Cody.
Secondly:
- no idea
- no eyedea
The Pianist?
- Angela's Ashes? No.
you know the one with (The Piano)
i can't remember...
the pianist. but. i'm. not sure
The Pianist?
((the piano?))
No, it's The Piano.
(collectively)
Arghhhuggh
Written and directed by Jane Campion.
And finally:
is that Lost in Translation?
might as well be Lost in Translation.
Lost in Translation.
Lost in Translation, which was
written and directed by 'Sofia' Coppola.
In her 1975 essay,
'Visual Pleasure & Narrative Cinema'
Laura Mulvey coined
what two-word term
to describe the phenomenon in which
women's bodies are presented on screen
for the pleasure of a spectator
who's assumed to be a man.
Male gaze. Correct.
1972 saw the first issue
of Ms. Magazine
with which fictional character
on it's front cover?
Created for DC Comics in 1941
she's been played on-screen by Linda Carter
and more recently
by Gal Ga(y)-dot(e)
Wonder Woman.
Correct.
10 points for this.
The 1948 film,
'Drunken Angels' starred
Toshiro Mifune as a volatile criminal
in the first of the actor's
16 collaborations with
which film director?
Akira Kurosawa.
Correct.
Your bonuses are on the musician
and composer Wendy Carlos.
Reaching platinum sales in the US,
Wendy Carlos' 1968 debut album
comprised recordings of works
by which Baroque composer?
performed entirely on a
moog synthesizer.
Bach.
Bach is correct.
The soundtrack of which film of 1971
includes Carlos' arrangement for synthesizer
of Purcell's music for
'The Funeral of Queen Mary'
and Beethoven's 9th symphony.
is that clockwork orange?
yeah.
A Clockwork Orange.
Correct.
Carlos collaborated again with Kubrick
on which film of 1980?
providing a main theme bass
on the Dies Irae,
and a second theme entitled
'Rocky Mountains'.
The Shining.
Correct.
10 points for this.
Which novel of 1982
is told through a series of letters from a
young African American woman to God?
Steven Spielberg's 1985 film adaptation starred
Whoopi Goldberg as the central character Celie.
The Color Purple.
Correct.
*toss*
Your bonuses this time Keble,
are on winners of the Academey Award
for best original song, in each case
name the actress
who was the original performer
of the following:
Firstly, who sang 'Secret Love'
in the 1953 film 'Calamity Jane'
and 'Que será, será'
- Doris Day
- in the 1950...
Yes, that's correct,
it was Doris Day.
Who sang the title song
in the 1960 film 'Never on Sunday'?
She later became Greece's first
female Minister of Culture.
Pass.
That was Melina Mercouri.
And finally, who sang 'Moon River' in the
1961 film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'?
- Audrey Hepburn
- Audrey Hepbur
-She didn't sing it.
- Did she not? oh
Audrey Heburn. Correct.
Right, we're going to take another
picture round now.
For your picture starter you'll see
a promotional still from a film
For 10 points, please give me the
name of the character shown.
Van Helsing?
It is Professor Van Helsing, yes.
👏👏👏
As portrayed by Peter Cushing.
Your bonuses are 3 more professors
unlikely to be delivering your
Monday morning lectures,
given their fictional status.
😃
Again, I'll want the name
of the character you see
and this time I'll need
forename and surname.
Firstly:
o_o
Professor Moriarty.
((I don't know))
No, that's Digory Kirke.
from The Chronicle's of Narnia.
Secondly, the name of the character
on the right here, please.
Henry Higgins.
Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, yes.
And again, I need the forename and
the surname for this one, please.
Charles Xavier.
Indeed from the X-Men films.
Your bonuses this time are on
films of 2017.
Give the title from the description.
In each case the answer is a single word.
Firstly, Bryan Cranston plays a
successful man who vanishes
then secretly observes his wife and daughters
-__-
The surname of the title figure is the
name of a city in Yorkshire.
i think it's like
*knock*
*knock*
I remember it not being very good.
- Give me a city in Yorkshire.
Secret life of Walter Mitty?
- No, no it's not that.
- Give me a city in Yorkshire.
Think it begins with T.
If that helps.
Truro?
Truro's not in Yorkshire!!!
- I don't know!
It's Wakefield.
James McAvoy plays a man suffering
from dissociative identity disorder.
The 5 letter title refers to his condition
and spells the name of a port in Croatia.
Oh! Split.
Split.
- Correct.
And finally, a historical film by
Christopher Nolan
it shares its' name with a channel port
that Charles II sold to France
in 1662.
Dunkirk.
Correct.
10 points for this.
Your bonuses now are names often
heard in pairs such as Dido and Aeneas.
In each case, identify the 2 names
that correspond to the given definitions.
Firstly:
An alternative name for some
types of Bay tree
and an adjective used in Horticulture
for a plant able to survive in adverse conditions.
- So that's
- Hardy...
Oh! Laurel and Hardy?
Yeah.
Ye-ah
Laurel and Hardy.
Correct.
Right, we're going to take a music round now
For your music starter,
you'll hear a song from a musical film.
For 10 points
 give me the films title.
🎶
Meet Me in St. Louis.
Correct.
or St. Loowis, yes.
That film is often said to mark
the beginning of a golden age
of musical films produced
by MGM studios.
Your bonuses are songs from 3 more
MGM musicals from this period.
Name the film in each case.
Firstly, from 1949:
🎶
On the Town?
It is On the Town. Correct.
Secondly, from 1954:
🎶
I'm just going to go with a film
that I think that's from 1954.
A Star is Born?
No it's, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
And finally, from 1956.
🎶
Is this High Society?
High Society.
It is High Society, yes.
For your picture starter, you'll see a still
from a biographical film
For 10 points, I want the name of
the author being portrayed.
Sorry
🤦‍♂️
One of you buzz Exeter.
Emily Dickinson?
No, it's Judi Dench as Iris Murdoch.
So your picture bonuses are 3 more
stills from biographical films about writers.
Again in each case
I just want the name of
the writer in question.
Firstly:
allen ginsburg
allan's ginsburg
Allen Ginsberg.
It is Allen Ginsberg.
Daniel Radcliffe playing him.
Secondly:
P.L. Travers
It is, Emma Thompson
being P.L. Travers
And finally:
Truman Capote.
That is, as portrayed by
Philip Seymour Hoffman.
~\\(( gong ))//~
And at the gong,
Exeter University have 165
but Hertford College Oxford
have 215.
Well, bad luck Exeter.
That's a very creditable score though.
So congratulations to you.
That's more than you scored in the
first round, isn't it?!
I think it is, congratulations to you.
Nevermind,
you're going to have to go though.
:))  :(  :))
Sorry, that sounds harsh.
I didn't mean it to sound harsh.
You did JOLLY well,
I'm sorry you're going.
I hope you can join us next time
for another first round match
But until then it's goodbye
from Exeter University,
(collectively)
Goodbye.
Goodybe from
Warwick University
(collectively)
Goodbye.
Goodbye from the
Univeristy of East Anglia
(collectively)
Goodbye.
Goodbye from
Keble College Oxford
(collectively)
Goodbye.
Goodbye from
Emmanuel College Cambridge
(collectively)
bye bye. goodbuy
Goodbye from
Glasgow University.
(collectively)
Goodbye.
- bye!
Goodbye from
York University.
(collectively)
Goodbye.
Goodbye from
St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.
(collectively)
Goodbye.
Goodbye from
Strwathsclyde University.
(collectively)
Goodbye.
(uncollectively)
bye.
Goodbye from
Durham University.
(collectively)
Goodbye!!
Goodbye from King's College London.
(collectively)
Goodbye.
Goodbye from
Queen's University, Belfast.
(collectively)
Goodbye.
Goodbye from
Bristol University.
(softly)
Goodbye.
Goodbye from Hertford College Oxford
(again)
(even softer)
Goodbye.
Goodbye from
Pembroke College, Cambridge.
- bye?
- good-bye
Goodbye from
Goldsmiths College London.
*kiss* *wave*
Bye
Goodbye from
Clare College Cambridge.
Hwuarghhhh!
Goodbye from
the London Institute in Paris.
Avoir.
Avoir!
And it's goodbye from me,
goodbye.
