Episode 9 Celebrity Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is the Countryfile reporter Tom Heap.

His specialist subject, the Godfather trilogy.

Next, the comedian Jo Caulfield.

She'll be answering questions on the history of Edinburgh.

The Olympic taekwondo silver medallist Lutalo Mohammad

takes as his subject Jack Johnson,

the first black heavyweight boxing champion.

And the crime author Stuart MacBride on AA Milne.

Hello and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind,

with me, John Humphrys,

and four contenders who've made a great success of their lives so far,

but now face a challenge that may prove a step too far.

Their fee goes to charity, their reward lies in the honour

of becoming a Celebrity Mastermind, at least for one of them.

The usual rules apply.

A minute and a half on their specialist subject

and then two minutes of general knowledge questions.

So, let us have our first contender, please.

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

In 90 seconds, starting now.

The first four words spoken in the first of the Godfather films are,

"I believe in..."?

America.

From which Sicilian town does young Vito Andolini flee

after the murder of his family?

It becomes his name when he arrives in New York.

Corleone.

To which capital city - it's a hotbed of rebel attacks -

does Michael Corleone travel to meet Hyman Roth

and some American businessmen in the Godfather Part II?

Um...pass.

What Italian term for a counsellor or adviser,

described by Michael Corleone as very important to the family,

is used for the position occupied by Michael's stepbrother Tom Hagan?

Consiglieri.

With what honour is Michael presented by the Catholic Church

in the opening minutes of the Godfather Part III?

-Pass.

-Which composer who died in 1979

wrote the musical score of The Godfather?

-Nino Rota.

-What is the name of the veteran assassin hired by Don Altobello

to kill Michael Corleone whom he described as

a stone in my shoe and a famous man?

-La Prezzo?

-No, Mosca.

What's the name of the young Sicilian woman

whom Michael falls in love with and marries,

only to see her killed in a botched attempt on his life?

-Apollonia.

-What is the name of the horse whose head ends up in the bed

of the movie mogul Jack Woltz after he crosses the Corleone family?

Khartoum.

The so-called Sicilian message that is conveyed to Sonny Corleone

in The Godfather consists of a fish wrapped in a bulletproof vest

and means that someone sleeps with the fishes. Who?

-Luca Brasi.

-What is the name

of the Las Vegas mogul, played by Alex Rocco,

who responds to Michael's offer to buy out his casino with the line,

"I buy you out, you don't buy me out."?

-Moe Greene.

-Moe Greene is correct.

You had two passes, Tom.

That honour, presented to Michael Corleone, the order of St Sebastian.

-And he went off to meet Hyman Roth in...

-Havana.

Which you remember now - it's funny, isn't it?

It's the way it works. Tom, those two passes, eight points.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

Edinburgh, 90 seconds.

Which Scottish newspaper started publication in Edinburgh in 1817?

It's been a daily morning paper since 1855.

-The Scotsman.

-Who took up residence in Holyrood House

after his forces captured Edinburgh

from the English garrison in the autumn of 1745?

-James the...

-No, Charles Edward Stuart, The Young Pretender.

In October 2004, Edinburgh became the first UNESCO city of what?

-Literature.

-In Holyrood Park, two well-known

geographical features of volcanic origin overlook Edinburgh.

One is Salisbury Crags, what's the other?

-Arthur's Seat.

-Which military unit based in Edinburgh

was formed in 1676,

and since 1822 has had the ceremonial duty

of the sovereign's bodyguard in Scotland?

-Royal Scots...

-Royal Company of Archers.

Which infamous pair sold the bodies

of the people they had murdered to surgeons in the city?

Burke and Hare.

Who became Edinburgh's Professor of midwifery in 1839?

He was a pioneer in the use of ether and chloroform as anaesthetics.

James Young Simpson.

What nickname for Edinburgh is famously used in a poem

by Robert Ferguson and comes from the fact that the city

was often covered in smoke?

-Auld Reekie.

-Who was the architect of the Scottish Parliament building

in Edinburgh's Canongate area that opened in 2004?

Pass, don't know.

Which Edinburgh writer's monument on Princes Street was described

by Charles Dickens as like the spire of a Gothic church

taken off and stuck in the ground?

Sir Walter Scott Monument.

Which Edinburgh portrait painter was knighted in 1822?

He was known for painting the great and the good of the city.

-Raeburn.

-What was removed from Scotland

by the English King Edward I in 1296

and was returned to its current location

in Edinburgh Castle on St Andrew's Day 1996?

The Scoon of Scone...Scoon.

-The Stone of Scone is what you are trying to say.

-The Stone of Scone.

Yeah, you've got all the right bits, just in slightly the wrong order.

You had one pass.

The architect of the Scottish Parliament building was Enric Miralles.

However, Jo, you have nine points.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

Jack Johnson.

Jack Johnson beat Tommy Burns on Boxing Day 1908 to become

the first black world heavyweight champion.

In which city did he do it?

-Sydney.

-Which former world champion became the hope of the white race

when he came out of retirement to try to take Johnson's title in 1910?

Johnson won on a technical knockout.

James J Jeffries.

Under what act, also known as the White Slave Traffic Act,

was Johnson first prosecuted for abducting Lucille Cameron,

who later became his second wife?

The case fell apart when she refused to testify against him.

-The Mann Act.

-What was the name of Johnson's first idol

whose claim to fame was that he'd jumped off

the Brooklyn Bridge in New York and survived?

-Pass.

-Against whom did Johnson defend his title in Paris in December 1913

in what was the first world heavyweight title fight between two black boxers?

-Jim Johnson.

-Johnson appeared in a Verdi opera in a silent role

at the Hippodrome Theatre in New York in 1936.

Which opera?

-Pass.

-In April 1915, Jess Willard took Johnson's title from him

in their fight in Havana when he knocked him out

in which round of the scheduled 45?

-26.

-What was the name of the woman whose evidence at Johnson's trial

resulted in him being found guilty of violating the Mann Act?

He was sentenced to one year and one day in prison.

-Belle Shreiber.

-In 1915, Johnson toured Britain with a stage show

during his days as a fugitive from his jail sentence.

What was the show called?

-The Jack Johnson Show.

-Seconds Out.

During the Johnson-Jeffries fight,

which former world heavyweight champion, acting as a second,

tried unsuccessfully to rile Johnson with a stream of insults and abuse?

-James J Corbett.

-Yes, "Gentleman" Jim Corbett.

Though not much of a gentleman, was he? Two passes.

Aida was the opera in which he sort of performed.

And Steve Brodie was the name of his first idol,

the man who jumped off Brooklyn Bridge.

However, Lutalo, you have seven points.

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And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

AA Milne in 90 seconds.

Winnie the Pooh first appeared by name in a story

in the Christmas edition of which newspaper in 1925?

-Evening news.

-Milne attended Henley House School run by his father,

where his science and maths teacher

went on to become a famous author. Who was he?

-HG Wells.

-When Pooh first spots Tigger and Roo stranded up a tree,

he thinks they are one of the fiercer animals

that hide in the branches of trees and drop on you as you go underneath.

-Which animal?

-A jagular.

Milne was at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, although he was a pacifist.

He was invalided home with what infectious disease?

-Trench fever.

-In the final chapter of The House At Pooh Corner,

Christopher Robin and Pooh come to an enchanted place at the very top of the forest

which was 60-something trees in a circle. What's it called?

-Galleons Lap.

-To which Cambridge college where Milne studied

did he bequeathed the manuscript of Winnie The Pooh

and The House At Pooh Corner?

-Trinity.

-Which poem in When We Were Very Young begins,

"I met a man as I went walking We got talking..."?

It's Puppy And I.

What was the name of the property on the borders of Ashdown Forest

that Milne bought in the 1920s?

Its setting became familiar to readers of the Pooh books.

-Cotchford Farm.

-Which 1934 pacifist work was reviewed by the Times

which said, "Mr Milne's tremendous earnestness

"has not weakened the happiness of his literary touch."?

-Honour And Peace.

-Peace With Honour.

What does Pooh use rather than sticks

when he first plays Pooh sticks in the chapter

Pooh Invents A New Game And Eeyore Joins In?

-Pine cones.

-Yeah, or fir cones.

What is the name of the little girl who refuses to eat

her rice pudding in the poem of that name in When We Were Very Young?

-Anne Darlington.

-Mary Jane.

What name did Milne give to the group of

fictional twentysomethings, including Archie and Myra

about whom he wrote humorous stories in Punch magazine?

-The Rabbits.

-The Rabbits is absolutely correct.

No passes, Stuart, you have ten points.

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Well, a close contest so far. Let's have a look at all those scores.

In fourth place, with seven points, is Lutalo.

Third place, eight points, Tom.

Second place, nine points, Jo.

First place, ten points, Stuart.

And it is the General Knowledge round now.

And if there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes

is taken to account, and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

So let's get on with it and ask Lutalo to join us again, please.

And we all know you

as the guy who fought brilliantly

at Rio

and then, because in the last second of your fight

you got hit, you apologised.

You weren't saying to yourself,

"Wow, I've won a silver medal at the Olympics!"

You were saying, "I didn't get the gold."

Yeah, I mean, in that moment, when you're so close to accomplishing

the Olympic gold medal, it does feel a bit like a failure.

But now I can look back on it and smile and be very proud

-that I am an Olympic silver medallist.

-Absolutely.

And are you going to do it again? I don't mean get a silver again -

-you know what I mean.

-Absolutely.

I'm going on to the next one in Tokyo

and I will get the gold next time, for sure.

Cos I was going to ask you what effect something like that

has on you - whether that, I don't know,

has a beneficial or a damaging effect on you.

I think so, cos I have the confidence to know

that I can make the Olympic final and I can do it.

I came really, really close, so I know I can do it

and it's just about making sure that I go there and do the job.

Well, I think you can safely guarantee that this country

at any rate will be behind you when you do that. So, good luck with it.

-Thank you.

-If we don't talk again.

-Right, now, General Knowledge round.

-OK.

-Two minutes this time.

Plenty of time for you to catch up cos you're hardly behind anyway.

Here we go.

The title characters of which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical

include Mr Mistoffeles, Rum Tum Tugger and Grizabella?

-The Phantom Of The Opera.

-No, Cats

The juice of which green citrus fruit, a relative of the lemon,

was given the British sailors to prevent scurvy?

-Lime.

-Impressionism and Pointillism are styles of which art form?

-Pass.

-What kind of puzzle in which shaped pieces have to be fitted together

to make a picture is named after the saw

that was originally used to cut it?

-Jigsaw.

-A substance that was used in incendiary bombs,

particularly in the Vietnam War, has a name that is derived from

a combination of naphthene and palmitate. What substance?

-Napalm.

-Which premiership club moved their home matches

to Wembley Stadium for the 2016/17 Champions League campaign?

They lost their first match there to Monaco.

-West Ham.

-Tottenham.

What word, originally used as a charm against illness or evil,

is now spoken by stage magicians when they perform a trick?

-Abracadabra.

-Of which African country is Kampala the capital?

-Pass.

-Which London square did they start building in 1830,

25 years after the event that its name commemorates?

-Trafalgar Square.

-After recovering from a serious illness,

a singer resumed her Showgirl The Homecoming Tour in Sydney in November 2006.

Which singer?

Showgirl Homecoming Tour, Sydney.

Um...

-Kylie Minogue?

-Yeah! What was the nationality of the composer Edvard Grieg,

whose works include the Peer Gynt Suites?

-Pass.

-The Blenheim Orange, first found at Woodstock around 1740,

is a variety of which fruit?

-Orange.

-Apple.

The Prostrate Years, first published in 2009,

is the eighth and last book about a diarist, created by Sue Townsend.

Which diarist?

-I don't know.

-In which animated television series

did the Ant Hill Mob, Professor Pat Pending

and the Gruesome Twosome drive the Bulletproof Bomb,

the ConvertA-Car and the Creepy Coupe respectively?

It's an old cartoon. Inspector Gadget?

No, it was The Wacky Races.

-There we go.

-A bit too young.

-Well, I know what you mean, yeah.

The diarist in The Prostate Years and all the others was Adrian Mole.

Norwegian was the nationality of Edvard Grieg.

Kampala, capital of Uganda, which you knew, of course.

-Impressionism and Pointillism - styles of painting.

-Yeah.

There you go, you now have, Lutalo, a total of 13 points.

Thank you.

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And now, Tom again, please.

Tom, those of us who stayed at the really sharp end of journalism

envy you swanning off - just wandering around, admiring this,

it must be lovely, an easy job, isn't it?

-It's very little other than skipping through flowers, isn't it?

-Exactly.

If you've seen Countryfile.

Mine is the slightly more journalistic bit of Countryfile.

I had a tweet the other day that referred to me

-as the Grim Heaper.

-That's quite good.

-Because when I come on,

it becomes a bit less fluffy than the rest of the show.

But I'm proud of the journalism on the show.

The audience is just ridiculous - I mean, it's way up there.

Yeah, it is. Famously last year, we overtook X Factor,

so that's not even a story any more.

So what is it? What do you think it is?

What's the mother lode that you've struck there?

I think people like looking at lovely pictures of the countryside,

people like looking at lives where people have,

if you like, real jobs.

Real engagement with wildlife or farming or things like that.

And also, as we live our lives in a more digital, virtual world,

I think people like to look at other lives, as well,

and know that there's still a big chunk of reality out there.

-We still care about the countryside, don't we?

-Uh-huh.

Good. Well, long may it last.

Now then, this contest, you have eight points.

13 is the score to beat so far.

Here we go with your General Knowledge.

Which character, created by Helen Fielding and played by Renee Zellweger,

has a baby in a film released in September 2016?

-Bridget Jones.

-Which part of the body has a sensitive central section

that is called the pulp cavity?

-Ear.

-Tooth.

Who became the first Muslim Mayor of London in May 2016

when he defeated the Conservative Party candidate

Zac Goldsmith, among others, in the mayoral elections?

-Sadiq Khan.

-Which female vocal group became famous

when they won the TV competition Popstars: The Rivals in 2002?

-Little Mix?

-Girls Aloud.

Jack Rabbit is a name given to several North American species of which animal?

-Pass.

-Which actress stars as the courtesan

and cabaret performer Satine in Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film Moulin Rouge?

-Kylie Minogue.

-Nicole Kidman.

What name is shared by a colour of the rainbow

and a small, sweet-smelling flower?

-Violet.

-Which jukebox musical that had its British premiere

at the Shaftsbury Theatre in London in 2016

is based on the life of the record producer, songwriter and businessman,

-Berry Gordy Junior?

-Pass.

In art, what general name is given to a pastoral painting

that depicts a scene of the countryside or mountains?

-Landscape.

-By what nickname was the basketball player Earvin Johnson known?

He was voted most valuable player by his fellow players in 1987, '89 and '90.

Um...Joe... No, Jordan.

No, Magic Johnson.

Trinidad is the most southerly major island in which sea?

-Caribbean.

-Who reached number seven

in the UK charts in 1981 with the single Physical?

She's also been successful with songs from the hit film Grease.

-Olivia Newton John.

-What word is used for a thin slice of bacon

intended for grilling or frying?

-Rasher.

-In September 1955, Kenneth Kendall became

the first person seen on BBC television

with his face in shot when he was doing what?

Reading the news.

According to Roman mythology,

the city of Rome was founded by the twin brother of Remus.

What was his name?

Romulus.

Which flamboyant racing pundit,

famous for his deer stalker hat, has appeared on Celebrity Big Brother,

Ultimate Big Brother and with his wife, Jenny, on Celebrity Wife Swap?

Cornelius Lysaght.

No, John McCririck.

On which London Street have the houses contained

the official residences

of the Prime Minister

and the Chancellor of the Exchequer?

Downing Street.

You got it.

Two passes, Motown was the musical - Motown: The Musical -

and the Jack Rabbit is the name given to a hare.

So there you go. Tommy, you've now got 18 points.

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And now Jo, again, please.

And, Jo, we know you, in part, because you're always

-so successful at the Edinburgh Fringe.

-Uh-huh.

Why do we know about the Edinburgh Fringe

and not about the sort of real thing,

as it were, the Festival?

Because people like laughing more.

People like laughing more than going,

"Oh, well, I learnt an awful lot at this production."

So, I don't know, I mean, the comedy just really took off.

People go there for a laugh,

and they sort of go from show to show.

It's not as expensive.

And you can sort of drink your way from show to show

and wander around and enjoy Edinburgh.

It's a perfect-sized city, as well, I think, for the Festival.

Yeah, you can walk everywhere, can't you?

You can walk everywhere and the countryside...

and you can see the sea, and the countryside

from right in the centre of town,

-which is where you want your country, isn't it?

-Yeah.

When you are in the middle of a shop going,

"Oh, look, there's the country."

I'm not going to go there. I'll stay shopping.

That's what I prefer.

Right. Well, you'd better talk to Tom Heap about that.

He needs to put more shops in Countryfile.

He'd have a different view. Yeah.

All right, nine points is what you've got so far.

Let's see how you do with your General Knowledge two minutes,

starting now.

The singers Paul Anka, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Bryan Adams

were all born in which country?

Canada.

In 1994, which Essex-born hurdler

became the first woman to win gold medals

in Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European Games?

Sally Gunnell.

Which dessert consists of vanilla ice cream

rolled in a thin layer of sponge cake,

usually with jam between the sponge and the ice cream?

Arctic roll.

Bacteria such as MRSA, that have become resistant to the antibiotic drugs

that are normally used to treat them,

are commonly referred to by what name?

C difficile.

Superbugs.

Which 1990 Martin Scorsese film features

the real-life 1978 Lufthansa robbery of JFK airport?

It was the largest cash robbery committed on American soil at the time.

Pass.

The Royal Wedding of which couple

took place at St Paul's Cathedral on the 29th of July, 1981?

Charles and Diana.

In which series of television programmes

does Bruce Parry live with people from different cultures

and experience their way of life?

Oh, it sounds awful. I don't know.

What do the Argentinians refer to as Las Islas Malvinas?

Joy of life?

-LAUGHS: Falkland Islands.

-Oh.

SHE LAUGHS

Matt Healy, the lead singer of the pop group The 1975

is the son of the actor Tim Healy

and which former Coronation Street actress?

-Oh, I know her. I know her face.

-Give us her name, then.

-Round. She's on Loose Women.

-Yeah, yeah, but...

-I don't know.

You're going to pass. Right, OK.

Knuckle sandwich and bunch of fives

are slang terms for what violent action?

Punching.

Which Gloucestershire town has a spa whose water is said

to have health-giving properties which were first spotted

in the sleekness of the pigeons drinking it?

Gloucestershire?

Cheltenham.

What animal is Mrs Tiggy Winkle in the story by Beatrix Potter?

Mrs Tiggy Winkle is a hedgehog.

Striking workers from which industry were met by the police

in a violent confrontation at the village of Orgreave in June, 1984?

Which industry?

Oh, coalmine.

Coal-mining is correct.

You had three passes. Matt Healy was the son -

IS the son of Tim Healy and Denise Welch.

Tribe was the programme that Bruce Parry stars in,

and the Scorsese film was Goodfellas.

You have, Jo, 16 points.

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And, finally, Stuart, again, please.

You started writing your Logan McRae thrillers quite a time ago.

When you started, you didn't know...

I was thin and sexy.

That wasn't where the question was going, actually, but...

LAUGHS: When you started, you didn't know it was going to take off.

-It was a one-off book, wasn't it?

-It was, it was.

If you write a one-off book,

and you finish the book, and you tie up all the loose ends,

and then your publisher says,

"Hey, they really liked that, we'd like a series of them,"

what do you do, because you've tied up all the...

You might have even killed the hero!

Luckily, I hadn't.

And I thought, "Well, it's this or be a project manager in IT.

Second book, here we go.

But does it make it more difficult?

Um, I think, as the series goes on,

a lot of people invest a lot in the characters.

And I think a lot of the readers

know more about the characters than I do,

-which is a little bit worrying.

-Are you being serious?

I mean, they actually invest them with their own imagination?

I get love letters for my main character.

-Do you?

-Oh, yes.

-Do you reply?

-I do.

-Not as him, cos that would be creepy.

-It would.

Yeah, very.

Right, Stuart, you have ten points on the board,

18 is the score to beat,

and you have two minutes in which to try to do it.

Here we go.

In the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill,

when Jack fell down, his head was mended with vinegar and...?

Brown paper.

What is the largest country on the Iberian Peninsula?

Iberia?

No, Spain.

Which actress stars as Elizabeth Bennet

in the 2005 film version of Pride And Prejudice?

Pass.

In July, 2016, the Art newspaper revealed that

a maid called Gabrielle Berlatier was the likely recipient

of a severed part of Vincent van Gogh's anatomy. Which part?

His ear.

What name did Donald Shepherd give to the easily moved,

temporary building which he first patented in 1961?

The Portakabin.

Which British explorer was the leader

of the second expedition to reach the South Pole?

-Shackleton.

-Scott.

In 1992, the 19-year-old Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar

became the first overseas player to play for

which English county cricket club?

Yorkshire.

What name is given to the radiation used in food-heating devices

and cellphones that lies between infrared and short wave radio waves?

Microwave.

What surname is shared by Carole, Ben E, BB and Solomon

who have all had UK top 10 singles?

-Smiley?

-King.

Which cult television series, first screened in 1990,

posed the question, who killed Laura Palmer?

Twin Peaks.

The words scrumdiddlyumptious, human bean, Oompa Loompa

were added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016 -

which children's writer originally popularised them?

Roald Dahl.

Whipsnade in Bedfordshire is the largest example

of what type of tourist attraction in the UK?

-Zoo.

-In which stage musical do the two sharp shooters

in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show sing

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better?

-Oklahoma!

-Annie Get Your Gun.

Which nut's so-called milk is an important ingredient in Thai cooking?

Coconut.

During which of the Apollo space missions did Neil Armstrong

and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon in July, 1969?

-11.

-Apollo 11, yes.

Which living creatures can have as many as 600 vertebrae -

more than any other animals?

-Centipedes.

-Snakes.

Which Irish boy band's cover version of Billy Joel's Uptown Girl

entered the charts at number one in March 2001?

-Quickest.

-Westlife?

Yeah. Always worth a guess.

Two random stabs in the dark, there.

Why not?

Your one pass, Elizabeth Bennett was played by Keira Knightley.

You have scored, Stuart, 21 points.

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Well, he did it. Let's have a look at all of those scores.

In fourth place, with 13 points, Lutalo.

Third place, 16 points, Jo.

Second place, 18 points, Tom.

First place, 21 points, Stuart.

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Come and join us.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

So lots more McRae novels to come?

At least another two.

At least another two. Good. I'll look forward to them.

Congratulations. That will have inspired you, no doubt.

-It'll hold a door open really well.

-LAUGHTER

Yeah, thank you, that's not what we had in mind for it,

but there we are.

Anyway, congratulations, and you don't have to be a celebrity,

of course, to take part in the regular Mastermind.

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