The setting for this Semi-final match is the MacRobert Arts Centre, at the University of Stirling.
It includes an Englishman specialising in a Scottish Queen and a Scot specialising in an English King!
The contenders are: Duncan Forrest (computer programmer): William the Conqueror
John Keogh (postgraduate student): Life and times of King Alfred Thomas McBrearty (teacher): Astronomy
Don Young (teacher): Life of Mary Queen of Scots