Contestants from Edinburgh, Inverness, Dumbarton and Falkirk gather at the oldest University in Scotland - St Andrews. There to face a barrage of questions designed to test their specialised and general knowledge, and their ability to concentrate under pressure.

The contenders are

ELIZABETH WHITE, housewife, The Novels of the Bronte Sisters

NEIL SPENCER, Local Government officer, Celtic Culture before AD 1200 JOHN STRATHEARN, teacher, The Clyde Passenger Steamer , 1812-1962

NEIL MACGILLIVRAY, scientific assistant, Israel and the European Zionist Movement from 1858