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Four celebrities who hope they know everything about their specialist subjects,

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but can they cut it on television's toughest quiz?

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They've agreed to put themselves

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in the hotseat for their chosen charity,

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but only one person can be the winner.

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Who will be crowned tonight's Celebrity Mastermind?

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Our first celebrity in the spotlight tonight is food critic Jay Rayner.

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He answers questions on the musicals of Sondheim.

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The National Lottery presenter, OJ Borg,

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will be hoping it's his lucky night with his specialist subject,

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the Star Wars trilogy.

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The man who always pays his way, travel writer Simon Calder

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answers questions on Concorde,

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and from the band Blue, Anthony Costa.

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His specialist subject - the comic exploits of Only Fools and Horses.

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Hello, I'm John Humphrys and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind.

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Tonight, four contenders will face television's ultimate test

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of nerve and knowledge.

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They will have to answer one-and-a-half minutes of questions on their specialist subject

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and then two minutes on general knowledge.

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The reward for the winner is this handsome trophy and much more importantly,

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the kudos of becoming one of the nation's Masterminds.

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So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

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-And your name is?

-My name is Jay Rayner.

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-Your charity?

-My charity is Sense, which supports people with deaf or blind issues.

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-And your chosen subject?

-The musicals of Stephen Sondheim.

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Sondheim musicals. One and-a-half minutes starting now.

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In Sweeney Todd, who admits to preparing the worst pies in London?

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-Mrs Crockett?

-Lovett.

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Which musical with Sondheim lyrics opened on Broadway in September 1957

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includes the songs I Have A Love and Somewhere?

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West Side Story.

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In his book, Finishing The Hat,

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Sondheim describes the success of a song from A Little Light Music as "a mystery".

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-Which song?

-Send In The Clowns.

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Which musical with lyrics by Sondheim opened on Broadway

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on the 21st May 1959 and included Ethel Merman singing Everything's Coming Up Roses?

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-Gypsy.

-Sondheim criticised his own lyric for which song in West Side Story

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as, "not unwelcome in Noel Coward's living room?"

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I Feel Pretty.

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Which song replaced Love Is In The Air

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as the opening number of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum?

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Comedy Tonight.

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What's the shared name of two characters in Sunday In The Park With George

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who sing The One On The Left?

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No idea.

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Which celebrated director worked with Sondheim

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on all of his original musicals that debuted on Broadway in the '70s?

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Harold Prince.

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In Sweeney Todd, what's the name of the rival barber

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and creator of the Miracle Elixir?

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Erm, don't know.

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Which Sondheim musical that premiered in 1917

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has five separate stories dealing with marriage?

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-Company.

-Sondheim collaborated with which composer

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for the 1965 musical, Do I Hear a Waltz?

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-Richard Rodgers.

-Which Sondheim musical that tells the story of a number of people

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who try to kill a US president originally opened off-Broadway?

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Assassins.

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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum is based on farces by a Roman dramatist.

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Who was he?

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BEEP Aristophanes.

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No, it was Titus Maccius Plautus, to be precise.

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But who knew? Well, you were meant to, obviously.

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You had two passes.

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In Sweeney Todd,

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the assumed name of the rival barber was Adolfo Pirelli

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and the shared name of those characters in Sunday In The Park With George, Celeste.

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-You have, Jay, nine points.

-APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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LAUGHTER

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-We'll come to that later. Your name.

-OJ Borg.

-Your favoured charity?

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Manchester Dogs' Home.

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-And your chosen subject, as if it weren't obvious?

-Big men in dresses.

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-Sorry, it is the Star Wars original trilogy.

-Star Wars original trilogy.

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Minute and-a-half. Before the main theme and opening prologues,

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what ten words introduce each episode of Star Wars?

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In a, erm... In a galaxy a long...

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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Which pioneering special effects studio set up by George Lucas

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created the space battles and environments in the Star Wars films?

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Industrial Light & Magic.

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How does Obi Wan refer to the energy field created by all living things?

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It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.

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The Force.

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When Han finds Luke half-frozen on the ice planet Hoth,

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where does he put him to warm up while he builds shelter?

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He puts him in the guts of a Tauntaun.

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Which port on Tatooine does Obi Wan describe as a wretched hive of scum and villainy?

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Mos Eisley.

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When the Millennium Falcon's experiencing engine troubles

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during the evacuation of Hoth, what does Leia sarcastically offer to do?

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Pass.

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Which race of trader scavengers on Tatooine wear long, hooded robes

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and have no visible features except for their glowing, yellow eyes?

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-Jaw jaws.

-No, Jawas.

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After escaping from Hoth, Luke flies to the Dagobah system.

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What has Obi Wan told him he must do there?

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Find a Jedi master.

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What is the name of the creature that swallows Boba Fett

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when he falls into the Pit of Carkoon?

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The Mighty Sarlacc.

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Denis Lawson plays which X-wing fighter pilot in all three original episodes?

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Wedge Antilles.

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What mistake by Admiral Ozzel alerts the Rebels to the Imperial threat

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in time for them to raise an energy field?

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He comes out of hyperspeed too quickly. Lightspeed.

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Which possession does Luke sell in Mos Eisley

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before leaving on the Millennium Falcon?

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-BEEP His speeder.

-His landspeeder, yes. One pass.

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Your character which you are so elegantly portraying tonight,

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Leia, sarcastically offers, when it all breaks down...

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-It's not a push-start, is it?

-Sort of, "Get out and push."

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Nonetheless, OJ, you have 10 points.

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APPLAUSE

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Our next contender, please.

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-Slightly more conventionally dressed. Your name is?

-Simon Calder.

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-Your chosen charity?

-It's Farm-Africa.

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-Your specialist subject?

-The history of Concorde.

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One and a half minutes on Concorde coming up.

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Concorde was jointly designed by the British Aircraft Corporation

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and which French company, based in Toulouse?

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Aerospatiale.

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In which district of Bristol were the British-built Concordes assembled?

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Filton.

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On the 21st January, 1976,

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the first commercial Concorde flights took off,

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operated by British Airways and which other airline?

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Air France.

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Which TV presenter claims to have been Concorde's most frequent flier?

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David Frost.

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Who captained the first test flight

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of a British-built Concorde on 9th April 1969?

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Brian Trubshaw.

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In 1985, Phil Collins appeared in which music event in London

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before flying to America on Concorde for another concert

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in Philadelphia later the same day?

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Live Aid.

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-What was the name of the jet engines that power Concorde?

-Olympus.

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Which famous sporting trophy was brought back to Europe

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on Concorde on 20th December 1995?

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Pass.

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Who was given an 85th birthday treat from BA with a flight

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in Concorde and a visit to the cockpit on 6th August 1985?

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The Queen Mother.

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In 1993, which former hairdresser

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became Concorde's first female pilot?

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-Pass.

-How many Concords entered flying service?

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-The other six were prototypes, production and early production models.

-14.

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Which singer and noted environmental campaigner said of Concorde,

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"I feel safer on Concorde than I do on the M3.

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-"It's a huge gas-guzzling machine and yet it's beautiful."

-Sting.

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For the first Concorde flights,

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the Air France flight flew to Rio de Janeiro via Dakar.

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-What was the destination of the British Airways flight?

-Bahrain.

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Which government minister said the French 'e'

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in Concorde's name stood for England and Entente Cordiale?

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BEEP

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He later added Ecosse after a complaint pointing out

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part of it was made in Scotland?

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At the time he was Anthony Wedgwood Benn, he is now Tony Benn.

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Exactly, but you only get one point.

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You have two passes.

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The hairdresser who became a pilot was Barbara Harmer

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and that famous trophy they brought back in '95 was the Ryder Cup. Simon, you have 12 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our final contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Antony Costa.

-Your chosen charity?

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-Sara's Hope Foundation.

-And your specialist subject?

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Only Fools And Horses.

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What's the name of the tower block

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-on the estate in Peckham where the Trotters live?

-Nelson Mandela House.

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Despite being told about his mistakes,

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Trigger persists in calling Rodney what name?

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-Dave.

-At which family event does Uncle Albert make

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-his first appearance in the 1985 episode, Strained Relations?

-Pass.

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In Heroes and Villains, Del and Rodney arrive at

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a publican's funeral dressed as Batman and Robin.

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What has Trigger come as?

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Chauffer.

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What working title did the writer John Sullivan originally use for the series?

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Readies.

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In The Miracle Of Peckham, Del claims to receive divine messages,

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-but how is he actually able to predict when the statue in the church will weep?

-Pass.

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Who performs the song Down To Margate over the credits

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of The Jolly Boys' Outing?

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John Sullivan had wanted them to record the theme tune

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to the series but was persuaded to do it himself.

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Chas and Dave.

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-In A Losing Streak, Del wins the card game with what hand?

-Four aces.

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When the Trotters are decorating Denzil's flat,

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Del sends Granddad to buy a packet of Jaffa Cakes and?

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-A budgie.

-A canary!

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In Yesterday Never Comes,

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the cabinet Del claims is a Queen Anne has lots of tiny holes in it.

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What does Del initially say may have caused them?

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The weather?

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Not quite, maybe Queen Anne playing darts.

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Trigger works as a road sweeper when he joins a dating agency,

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what does he say his job is to add a bit of glamour?

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-A bus conductor.

-Bus inspector, yeah.

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While Del and Rodney are in Sotheby's

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selling their watch for £6.2 million, their Reliant Regal

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-is parked outside with what sign in the windscreen?

-BEEP

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-Tax in post.

-Not exactly. Midwife on emergency call. You were very close.

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Your other two passes.

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In The Miracle Of Peckham, Del knew the statue was going to weep

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because he'd heard the weather forecast.

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-That family event at which Uncle Albert made his first appearance?

-Granddad's funeral.

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Exactly, just a bit too late. Antony, you have seven points.

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APPLAUSE

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So, that's the end of the first round.

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A pretty close one. Let's see the scores.

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Fourth place, seven points, Antony Costa.

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Third place, nine points, Jay Rayner.

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Second place, ten points, OJ Borg.

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In the lead with 12 points, Simon Calder.

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APPLAUSE

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The general knowledge round now.

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If there's a tie at the end, the number of passes are taken

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into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

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Let's get on with it and ask Antony to join us again, if he would.

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I'm a bit puzzled by your illustrious career,

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because Blue was very successful as a band.

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Lots of number ones and all the rest of it.

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You were doing brilliantly and then you all sat around and said,

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"Let's go into the Eurovision Song Contest."

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Why?

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It was a great experience for us,

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to represent the country and the UK but for us, it was more about

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telling the people in Europe and around the world Blue are back.

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The next day our song went to number two in Germany and number three in Sweden.

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-It did well for us.

-I'd imagined you'd have gone, "Oh, God.

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-"We came 11th and we're actually rather good."

-Yeah, we did all right.

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Azerbaijan won!

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-Azerbaijan won because...

-It was probably a better song.

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It might have been, or it might have been politics.

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A lot of people say that.

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Once you're there, John,

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it is a case of everyone voting for each other.

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It's not all about the song.

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We did really, really well, and we're just... Me personally,

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we're pleased to be back.

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Let's see how you do now. You've got seven points so far.

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-Well, you know, that's not bad.

-It's not the worst, is it?

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Oh no, no, no, no! Look, you're not even in that league.

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You're doing well.

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You've got to get a few more if you're going to win the trophy.

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I know.

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So here we go, two minutes this time on general knowledge.

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Which big cats have a family unit known as a pride?

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-Lions.

-Yes.

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Who had a hit with Crazy In Love in 2003 - the song also featured the rapper Jay-Z?

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Beyonce.

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The sasquatch or Bigfoot is the North American equivalent

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of which legendary creature in the Himalayas?

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-Pass.

-Which docusoap starring Amy Childs and friends

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picked up the YouTube audience BAFTA at the ceremony in May 2011?

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-The Only Way Is Essex.

-Yes.

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According to the title of the first book in Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy,

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Lisbeth Salander has a tattoo depicting what creature?

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-Spider.

-Dragon.

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Which Australian arts venue with a shell-like roof was constructed on the site

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-of the former tram depot on Sydney Harbour?

-Pass.

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Which England batsman was reinstated after he had been given out

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in controversial circumstances in the second Test against India in July 2011?

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Not... It's not Flintoff?

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No. It is Ian Bell.

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Which spirit forms the base of the liqueur Drambuie?

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Pass.

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Who became the first British artist to top the American charts since

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Elton John when You're Beautiful reached number one in March 2006?

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-James Blunt.

-Yes.

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In the 1880s, Van Gogh produced

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two series of still life works of which flower,

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one showing them on the ground and the other in vases?

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-Daffodil.

-Sunflower!

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Which Canadian-born actor has starred

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in the Truman Show, Liar Liar, the Cable Guy and Me, Myself And Irene?

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-Mr Jim Carrey.

-It was.

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What name for a wigwam made of skin stretched over

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a frame of poles comes from the Sioux word meaning dwelling?

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-Pass!

-Did you say pass?

-Yes.

-All right.

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In which long-running musical are Mr Mistoffelees,

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Macavity and Grizabella among the main characters?

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-Cats.

-Yes. Which Scottish city

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has a six-and-a-half mile underground railway

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that opened in 1896 and is nicknamed the Clockwork Orange?

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-Glasgow!

-Yes!

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What name is given to the vulcanised rubber disc used

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instead of a ball in ice hockey?

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-Puck.

-Yes.

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The abbreviation CCTV stands for what device used in surveillance?

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BEEP Big Brother.

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LAUGHTER

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It might be, there was a clue in the initials.

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-I know.

-Closed Circuit Television.

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There we are. Four passes altogether.

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Teepee is the name of that Native American tent.

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Whisky forms the base for Drambuie.

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Sydney Opera House.

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And the Bigfoot,

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otherwise known as the yeti or the abominable snowman.

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-You've now got, Antony, 15 points.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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And Jay Rayner again now, please.

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I sort of feel I have to apologise for this first question

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because you must be asked it a million times

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but nonetheless, you go into a restaurant, they know who you are,

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they either prepare the best possible meal for you or they spit in it.

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I book under a pseudonym, they don't know I'm coming and I turn up.

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So at that point they know I'm there.

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There was a colleague of mine who once uttered a brilliant line,

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he said, I've yet to find a bad restaurant that becomes a good one because I turn up.

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And so, actually, I genuinely don't think there's that much they can do. They do try ruses.

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A classic one is if you send the bill back because there is something wrong with it,

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it'll be to get things taken off you didn't have,

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with me, it is generally to get things put on I did have.

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They leave things off the bill to try to...

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They try to butter you up.

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Try to make it look cheaper than it is.

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Doesn't there come a point when you've got to say

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I've become bigger than this job?

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What are you saying?! I work out all the time!

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I said bigger, not...you know.

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Um, more prominent. And therefore you have to give it up.

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There will be a time, but what I say it is about is my copy - the words that I write.

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Every single piece of writing in the newspaper - the question is why should bother reading this?

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And you have to provide a service for the readers or they will move

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on to the gardening column which I know is on the next page.

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All right, you do a grand job and you now have nine points in this contest.

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Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Two minutes starting now.

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In which sport do Europe & America compete for the Ryder Cup?

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-Golf.

-Yes, who plays the New York detective John McClane in the Die Hard films?

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Bruce Willis.

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In which American state is Nashville,

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the country's major centre for country and western music?

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-Tennessee.

-Yes.

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Four art galleries in England are now named after

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which 19th-century sugar merchant,

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he donated many paintings to the first gallery?

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-Mr Tate.

-Yes. Actually, Sir Henry.

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What type of entertainment do performers sing along with

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backing tracks - "empty orchestra" in Japanese.

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-Karaoke.

-Yes.

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What's the nationality of Andre Villas-Boas,

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who was appointed Chelsea's new manager in June 2011?

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I have absolutely... Greek!

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Portuguese.

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The three pointed chalk stacks known as the Needles stand on

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-the western tip of which of the British Isles?

-The Isle of Wight.

-Yes.

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In Cajun cooking which spicy soup derives its name

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from a Bantu word for okra which is used as the chief thickening agent?

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-Jambalaya?

-Gumbo.

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What name is given to the tablets set into the front of buildings

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where notable people lived and worked that originated in London in 1866?

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Uh, plaques, blue plaques.

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Yes. Willie is the name of the red-bearded Scottish groundskeeper

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who works in Springfield Elementary School in which long-running American series?

0:18:300:18:34

-The Simpsons.

-Yes.

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Which country was Germany's principal ally in WWII

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from 1939 until 1943 when it changed sides?

0:18:390:18:41

-Italy.

-Yes.

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Who left MI6 to become a full-time writer after his novel

0:18:420:18:45

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold became a bestseller?

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-John Le Carre.

-Yes.

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At the Savoy hotel a wooden black cat called Kaspar sits at the table

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if there are how many guests in the party?

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Well, he's the 13th seat.

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Yes, I'll let you have that. In a party of 13 he takes the 13th place.

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What name is given to the women led by Emmeline Pankhurst

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who campaigned for the vote in the early 20th century?

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-The Suffragettes.

-Yes.

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Whose first solo hit after a successful career singing

0:19:110:19:15

with her husband Ike was Let's Stay Together?

0:19:150:19:17

-Tina Turner.

-Yes.

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Which large African animal comes from the Greek for river horse?

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-Rhinoceros.

-Hippopotamus.

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In 2000, which stand-up comedian and West Brom fan

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starred in the West End play Cooking With Elvis?

0:19:260:19:28

-Frank Skinner?

-Yep.

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BLEEP

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Auction and contract are versions of which card game?

0:19:310:19:34

-Bridge.

-Is correct.

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No passes, Jay, you have rocketed up to 24 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And now OJ Borg again, please.

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I was going to ask you about something else, but, erm, explain,

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-you're Princess Leia.

-I was wearing the bikini but your producer said it's a family show,

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so I wasn't allowed.

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-That was the right call.

-Probably was.

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Yeah. But you don't normally go around like that

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when you're not on telly doing the lottery?

0:20:090:20:12

No. It's a distraction.

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I thought if this goes horribly wrong, and I shame myself,

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at least people can laugh at the fact a man's wearing a dress and a wig.

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They could. Oh, yes, the wig. I hadn't notice the wig -

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I was so obsessed with the rest.

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LAUGHTER Two Danish pastries I had with me.

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Ha, ha! The National Lottery Show...

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you can't buy a ticket?

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No, they don't let us.

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I think if we won, there'd be a temptation to go,

0:20:340:20:36

I've just won £15 million!

0:20:360:20:38

You'd probably drop your trousers and run around, going "look at me!"

0:20:380:20:42

-With you dropping your trousers, well...

-Which I've done.

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You've done it for this show. Have you always wanted to be a presenter?

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Yeah, I wanted to be an actor in the week, according to my mum,

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or a presenter and own an ice cream van at the weekends.

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Apparently that was my aim for years.

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And what's your big ambition?

0:20:580:20:59

I'd love to present a game show like Mastermind. I just need you to...

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-LAUGHTER

-Well, you know...

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-I'd never be able to do it!

-Sorry, you'll have to change.

0:21:050:21:08

I don't know, maybe...

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We don't know what's beneath that table, do we?

0:21:100:21:12

Well, you know, later!

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Right, you have ten points.

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At the moment, 24 is the score to beat.

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Let's see if you can do that with your general knowledge, starting now.

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The characters in which 1973 cult musical include Frank-N-Furter

0:21:250:21:29

and the sinister servant Riff Raff?

0:21:290:21:31

-The Rocky Horror Show.

-Yes.

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What building in a French town or city is known as the hotel de ville?

0:21:320:21:36

-Pass.

-Which marine creatures get their name from

0:21:360:21:39

their gelatinous make-up and appearance? Some species have a powerful sting.

0:21:390:21:43

-Jellyfish.

-Yes.

0:21:430:21:44

Who wrote Fever Pitch, about a love of football and Arsenal?

0:21:440:21:47

Nick Hornby.

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Yes. A variety of which staple food is used to make paella?

0:21:480:21:51

Rice.

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Which resort on the North Cornish coast has become a top surfing venue -

0:21:520:21:56

-Fistral beach is particularly renowned?

-Newquay.

-Yes.

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Aston Merrygold is a singer with which all-male pop group

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who were runners-up on the X Factor and have gone on to have number one hits

0:22:020:22:06

that include Everybody In Love and She Makes Me Wanna?

0:22:060:22:08

JLS.

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In English football, what is the division below the Premiership?

0:22:100:22:13

The Championship.

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In a 2011 film based on the Marvel Comics stories, Steve Rogers

0:22:140:22:17

is turned into which super soldier in a top-secret research project?

0:22:170:22:21

-Captain America.

-Correct.

0:22:210:22:23

What object was an early form of time-keeping device?

0:22:230:22:27

A sundial.

0:22:270:22:28

Which Elizabethan explorer is often wrongly credited

0:22:280:22:31

with bringing tobacco from the New World?

0:22:310:22:33

-Sir Francis Drake.

-Sir Walter Raleigh.

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Which comedian, who starred in Jonathan Creek,

0:22:350:22:37

regularly appears on the game show QI,

0:22:370:22:40

where his final score is often well into minus figures?

0:22:400:22:43

-Alan Davies.

-Yes.

0:22:430:22:44

Gate-leg and drop-leaf are both types of which item of furniture?

0:22:440:22:48

-Chest of drawers.

-Table.

0:22:480:22:49

What is the easternmost Canary Island -

0:22:490:22:51

famous for black sand beaches and its volcanic landscape?

0:22:510:22:54

-Fuerteventura.

-Lanzarote.

0:22:540:22:55

Which classic vampire novel is told through the writings

0:22:550:22:58

of Jonathan Harker and his fiancee, Mina, among others?

0:22:580:23:01

-Bram Stoker?

-Dracula.

0:23:010:23:02

In July 2011, The Feeling played which David Bowie song

0:23:020:23:06

in Trafalgar Square as the medals for the 2012 Olympics were unveiled?

0:23:060:23:09

Er...pass.

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American and Chinese are the only species of which reptiles

0:23:130:23:16

that closely resemble crocodiles?

0:23:160:23:19

Alligators.

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What colour wire should be connected to the live terminal

0:23:200:23:23

in a standard three-pin plug?

0:23:230:23:25

My girlfriend's going to kill me, is it blue?

0:23:250:23:27

-BEEP

-No, it's brown.

-Argh!

0:23:270:23:29

It's brown and you had two passes. The David Bowie song was Heroes.

0:23:290:23:33

And hotel de ville is town hall or city hall.

0:23:330:23:36

You didn't quite get there - 21 points.

0:23:360:23:40

Ohhhh! APPLAUSE

0:23:400:23:44

And Simon Calder again, please.

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And...you've done a bit of travelling...

0:23:520:23:56

since you've been a travel writer.

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The fact is, it doesn't matter what aeroplanes they produce,

0:23:580:24:02

travelling by air is a thoroughly miserable experience these days.

0:24:020:24:06

Well, if you draw a line around 1995 when the no-frills airlines started going,

0:24:060:24:11

that's when it stopped being glamorous and it started being affordable.

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And my goodness me, Concorde, what a magnificent monumental folly.

0:24:160:24:21

Just as the Americans were saying we're going to build

0:24:210:24:23

lots of big planes like the 747 so that we can democratise air travel,

0:24:230:24:28

what were we doing with the French? We were building something to fly business people -

0:24:280:24:32

almost always business-MEN around at very high speed, completely unnecessary.

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Although it was great to see OJ tonight cos I was reminded of what the stewardesses used to look like.

0:24:360:24:41

LAUGHTER

0:24:410:24:44

If you look at the load factor - the day they cancelled Concorde, back in April 2003,

0:24:440:24:49

BA Concorde from New York to London -

0:24:490:24:54

100 seats, only 20 occupied. It couldn't go on. The world has changed.

0:24:540:24:59

-It's a no-frills world now, John.

-Right! You've got 12 points, Simon.

0:24:590:25:04

24 is still the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Here we go.

0:25:040:25:09

Brian May is the guitarist and a founder member of which famous rock group?

0:25:090:25:12

-Queen.

-Yes.

0:25:120:25:13

In which Roald Dahl story is Willy Wonka

0:25:130:25:16

assisted by knee-high helpers known as the Oompa Loompas?

0:25:160:25:19

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?

0:25:190:25:21

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

0:25:210:25:23

Who married fellow barrister Cherie Booth on 29 March 1980?

0:25:230:25:26

-Tony Blair.

-Yes.

0:25:260:25:27

Which razor-toothed fish is found in the waters of South America?

0:25:270:25:31

Piranha.

0:25:310:25:33

Whose equation E=MC2 states that mass is a form of energy?

0:25:330:25:36

Einstein.

0:25:360:25:37

Yes, which English football club's home ground stadium is now called the Etihad,

0:25:370:25:41

which some have suggested is Arabic for united - the name of their rivals?

0:25:410:25:45

Tottenham Hotspur.

0:25:450:25:46

Manchester City!

0:25:460:25:48

Which Dorset-born English poet and novelist set most of his work in the fictional county of Wessex

0:25:480:25:53

which includes the places Overcombe and Casterbridge?

0:25:530:25:56

Thomas Hardy.

0:25:560:25:57

-How were Henry VIII's wives Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard executed?

-Beheading.

0:25:570:26:01

On which Greek island are the resorts

0:26:010:26:03

of Agios Nikolaos and Elounda?

0:26:030:26:05

Crete.

0:26:050:26:06

The custom of standing for which chorus in Handel's Messiah

0:26:060:26:09

is often said to have begun when George II did so at a performance in London?

0:26:090:26:13

Hallelujah.

0:26:130:26:14

What is involved in the past-time of gurning,

0:26:140:26:16

particularly popular in Cumbria?

0:26:160:26:18

Pass.

0:26:180:26:19

Which former US vice president narrates the Oscar-winning documentary

0:26:190:26:22

An Inconvenient Truth about global warming?

0:26:220:26:24

Pass.

0:26:240:26:25

J Bruce Ismay, the chairman of the White Star Line

0:26:250:26:28

was vilified for many years

0:26:280:26:29

for jumping into a lifeboat when which ship hit an iceberg and sank?

0:26:290:26:32

Titanic.

0:26:320:26:34

What word that comes from the Latin "to stuff" describes a play

0:26:340:26:37

characterised by broad humour and an improbable plot?

0:26:370:26:39

Pass.

0:26:390:26:40

Which alcoholic beverage fermented from steamed rice is the national drink of Japan?

0:26:400:26:44

Sake.

0:26:440:26:46

Norman Fletcher reluctantly shares his prison cell

0:26:460:26:48

with Lennie Godber in which '70s sitcom?

0:26:480:26:50

Porridge.

0:26:500:26:51

What is the name of the flat-topped mountain that overlooks Cape Town?

0:26:510:26:55

Table Mountain.

0:26:550:26:56

For which form of art are Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and Antony Gormley renowned?

0:26:560:27:00

Sculpture.

0:27:000:27:01

What is the common name for the cushion filled with small plastic beads

0:27:010:27:05

that moulds itself into the shape of the user who sits on it?

0:27:050:27:08

I've got one at home... Pass.

0:27:080:27:09

Who topped the singles charts...

0:27:090:27:11

-BEEP

-for the second time in 1966 with Green Green Grass Of Home?

0:27:110:27:16

-Tom Jones.

-He did indeed,

0:27:160:27:18

Tom Jones. You have four passes altogether, Simon.

0:27:180:27:21

The practise of gurning is pulling ugly faces.

0:27:210:27:26

The former American vice president who narrates An Inconvenient Truth is Al Gore,

0:27:260:27:30

The word from the Latin "to stuff" is farce,

0:27:300:27:33

and what you've got at home is, as you know, a bean bag.

0:27:330:27:38

Four passes but 26 points.

0:27:380:27:41

APPLAUSE

0:27:410:27:44

Well, a good close round there. Let's have a look at the scores.

0:27:510:27:55

In 4th place with 15 points - Antony Costa.

0:27:550:27:58

Third place 21 points - OJ Borg.

0:27:580:28:01

Second place, 24 points - Jay Rayner,

0:28:010:28:04

but he was pipped at the post,

0:28:040:28:06

because in first place, with 26 points - Simon Calder.

0:28:060:28:09

APPLAUSE

0:28:090:28:13

Simon...

0:28:180:28:19

-There it is.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Congratulations.

0:28:210:28:24

Thank you, see you in the cheap seats.

0:28:240:28:27

You can put it in your travel bag!

0:28:270:28:29

Well done to Simon, do join us again

0:28:290:28:31

for more Celebrity Mastermind. Goodnight.

0:28:310:28:34

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0:28:410:28:43

so if you would like to appear on the next series of Mastermind on BBC Two

0:28:430:28:47

then do visit us online at bbc.co.uk/mastermind.

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