Episode 2 Celebrity Mastermind

Four celebrities who claim to know everything there is to know about

their specialist subject.

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

They've put themselves in the hot seat for their chosen charity

but only one person can be the winner.

Who will be crowned tonight's Celebrity Mastermind?

Our first celebrity in the spotlight tonight, is the singer and presenter Stacey Solomon.

She answers questions on the sitcom The Inbetweeners.

Chef and writer, Sophie Grigson,

takes questions on the history of Highgate Cemetery.

The Fast Show's Simon Day takes on the television series The Sopranos.

And the musician Steve Harley, on TS Eliot and Four Quartets.

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

As ever, we have four contenders and two rounds of questions.

It's the specialist round first, one and a half minutes,

then general knowledge, two minutes.

Who will walk away with this fine trophy

and the great honour of becoming a Mastermind?

Let's find out and ask our first contender to join us, please.

SHE GIGGLES

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

A minute and a half, starting now.

Who thinks that saying he reads will make him sound clever

at a school charity event as "Girls like clever blokes"?

Umm, say that again?

Who thinks that saying he reads will make him sound clever

at a school charity event "cos girls like clever blokes"?

Um...

Not Will, not Simon, not Jay...

-No, I'd better tell you...

-Sorry.

-It's Neil.

-Neil.

What does Simon have to carry around Thorpe Park, after it breaks while parking?

A car door.

What gig at Wembley Arena does Simon try to impress Tara by talking about?

Take That.

When Neil and Will's work experience placements get mixed up

where does Will end up working?

-A mechanic.

-In a garage.

What pub do the boys go to on Will's first day of school, after the Black Bull?

The Black Horse.

What's the name of the boy who returns to school in a wheelchair

after a kidney transplant?

-Alistair.

-Alistair Scott.

Whom does Simon agree to revise geography with, despite not studying it?

Um...

-Sorry. Tara? No.

-Nope, Carly D'Amato.

What's the name of the girl that Will double dates with Simon and Tara

who changes her Facebook status to "in a relationship" afterwards?

-Anna.

-No, Kerry.

What's the name of the school the boys attend?

BEEP

-Rudge Park.

-Rudge Park is correct.

-That's your time up and you have six points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender please.

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

A minute and a half starting now.

There are two chapels at Highgate Cemetery. One is for Dissenters. Who was the other one for?

Anglicans.

Which novelist, whose works include Middlemarch, was buried in Highgate Cemetery in 1880?

George Eliot.

Which architect who founded the London Cemetery Company, is buried in Highgate?

Stephen Geary.

What's the name of the exotic avenue in steepest part of the cemetery's hillside?

The Egyptian Avenue.

The cemetery was largely set in the former grounds of which house?

Ashurst House.

Which 36-year-old woman was the first person to be buried in Highgate Cemetery?

Elizabeth Jackson.

Though not buried in there, which author is commemorated beside

the grave of his wife and daughter?

Dickens.

Which author's tomb is modelled on that of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus?

Oh. No. Oh! Julia Spear?

No. Mrs Henry Wood.

A horse statue stands on the tomb of John Atcheler, horse slaughterer to which monarch?

Queen Victoria.

Which pioneer of cinematography was buried in Highgate Cemetery in 1921?

His monument was designed by Edwin Lutyens.

William Friese-Greene.

In 1954 whose body was moved to the Eastern cemetery

where the grave is marked by a bronze bust?

Karl Marx.

What is the last line of the epitaph of William Clifford,

the eminent mathematician and philosopher, that begins

"I was not and was conceived. I loved and did a little work?"

Pass.

The Egyptian Avenue leads to a circle surrounding which tree,

-BEEP

-I've started so I'll finish.

growing in the grounds before the creation of the cemetery?

A Cedar Of Lebanon.

That last line of the very succinct epitaph of William Clifford was,

"I am not, and grieve not."

Very profound. You've scored, Sophie, 11 points.

Our next contender please.

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

The Sopranos in a minute and a half, starting now.

Tony Soprano and his Uncle Junior are mafia members in which American State?

New Jersey.

What's the name of the psychiatrist that Tony Soprano visits?

Jennifer Melfi.

Adrianna enrols Christopher on which course to help with his screenplay?

Acting For Writers.

What's the name of the gambler who loses his fortune and his sporting goods business?

-Patrick Scatino.

-David Scatino.

What's the name of the Italian student Tony thinks he sees in his neighbour's garden?

Annalisa.

Isabella.

In which state does Tony comes across, and kill, Fabian Petrulio

while visiting colleges with his daughter?

Maine.

Which long-standing associate does Junior choose to tax on his back income,

before accepting a payment of 250,000?

Hesh.

Which film director appears as himself in the episode D Girl

faking interest in Christopher's script while looking for material about the mob?

Pass.

In the episode Do Not Resuscitate, The Soprano crew are called in

to resolve a labour dispute at which construction company?

Massarone.

What's the name of the phoney stock Christopher's bogus stockbroking firm sells?

Webistics.

Tony's sister Janice takes the name of what Hindu goddess at the start of series 2,

before reverting back to her original name?

BEEP

Parvati.

You had one pass, Simon.

Jon Favreau was the film director who appeared as himself in D Girl.

-You have eight points.

-Thank you.

And our final contender please.

Your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

You have 90 seconds.

In which American city was Eliot born and brought up?

St Louis.

Which was the first of Eliot's poems to be published in the magazine Poetry in 1915?

The Lovesong Of J Alfred Prufrock.

When Eliot married in 1915, which philosopher offered to share his London flat with them?

Russell.

According to Eliot's title notes, what are The Dry Salvages?

A rock formation off the coast of Massachusetts.

What did Eliot originally intend to call the Four Quartets?

The Kensington Quartets.

With which American friend did Eliot go to the abandoned house, Burnt Norton, in 1934?

Emily Hale.

In 1925, Eliot was recruited to the editorial staff of which new publishing firm?

Faber and Faber.

Faber And Gwyer but I'll accept Faber and Faber.

In The Dry Salvages, Eliot recalls which tree that grew in the April dooryard?

Ailanthus.

Ezra Pound gave Eliot which nickname, from an animal's habit of pretending to be dead?

Old Possum.

After the death of his wife in 1947, Eliot was helped by which old friend,

a critic and editor with whom he shared a flat?

-Ezra Pound.

-John Hayward.

In Burnt Norton, how does Eliot describe,

Hampstead and Clerkenwell, Campden and Putney, Highgate, Primrose and Ludgate?

Pass.

What was the name of the aborted scheme, initiated by Ezra Pound in the early 1920s,

to provide Eliot with sponsorship, and allow him concentrate on his writing?

The Criterion Magazine.

-BEEP

-Bel Esprit.

You had one pass.

In Burnt Norton, Eliot describes Hampstead and Clerkenwell and so on as The Gloomy Hills Of London.

You have, Steve Harley, nine points.

Well, that became a pretty close round.

Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, Stacy Solomon.

Third place, Simon Day.

Second place, Steve Harley.

In the lead, Sophie Grigson.

Round two now, is the general knowledge one.

If it is a tie at the end, then the number of passes

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

So let's get on with it and ask Stacey to join us again.

It's an interesting story, yours, isn't it?

I mean, 17, you're a single mum.

Then you do X Factor, you do very well on that,

then you win I'm A Celebrity

and now you're a celebrity.

You couldn't have thought this was going to happen to you

when you were 17 and struggling.

I don't think anyone in a million years expects to do what

they've always dreamed of doing.

I'm a very fortunate, lucky girl. And I'm very happy.

Did you have second thoughts about doing I'm A Celebrity?

No. I want to do everything.

You only get to live once and I want to do everything before I die so...

-Right.

-You never know what you're missing out on.

I don't want to miss out on anything.

Yeah. Well, there are one or two things perhaps that you know...

I mean, David Cameron is secure in his job for the moment, is he?

-You're not after that job?

-Well...

-Well?

When he's not secure, I'll be there, campaigning.

What else do you want to do?

Not specifically every other job in the world.

But, in general when someone comes to me and says,

"Do you want to jump out of a plane?" I'm unable to say no.

Unless they say, "Without a parachute."

I mean, you'd want a parachute, wouldn't you?

I would like to do everything like, you know, when they stand

on the top of a plane and it flies across the Channel, things like that.

I want to visit as many countries as I possibly can.

Just live, I suppose.

You got six points with your specialist subject.

Now, it's the general knowledge round.

Oh, I can't wait!

You said you wanted to do everything.

-And here I am.

-Here we go then, two minutes of general knowledge.

Which sparkling wine is named after the region of France where it originated?

I don't know.

-Sparkling wine.

-Sparkling wine.

Jacob's Creek.

How about Champagne?

Who released her debut album Baby One More Time in 1999?

Britney Spears.

Which American comedy-drama, set on Wisteria Lane, stars Marcia Cross and Teri Hatcher?

Desperate Housewives.

What's the name for a ring set with precious stones, symbolising everlasting love?

Engagement.

Eternity ring.

A US patent was granted to Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 for which invention?

The lightbulb.

Telephone.

Which sportsman married his childhood sweetheart Coleen McLoughlin in June 2008?

Rio Ferdinand.

Wayne Rooney.

Which breed of dog includes Springers and Cockers?

Breed of dog, did you say?

Cockapoo.

Spaniels.

Who stars as Johnny Castle, a dance teacher at Kellerman's, in the film Dirty Dancing?

Pass.

San Antonio and Santa Eulalia del Rio are resorts on which Mediterranean party island?

Ibiza.

In the first two Harry Potter films, Alnwick Castle doubles as which school of wizardry?

Hogwarts.

What word describes an elaborate headpiece for occasions such as weddings?

Em... I don't know.

What character did Kara Tointon play in a 2011 production of Pygmalion?

Julie. BEEP

Eliza Doolittle.

In those two passes,

-that headpiece is called a fascinator.

-Oh.

And it was Patrick Swayze who starred in as Johnny Castle...

Of course.

-With two passes, Stacey, you've got ten points.

-Thank you.

And Simon Day now, please.

Simon, The Fast Show is back. It's actually The Fast Show, Faster.

Apparently so, yeah.

We've done six lots of ten minutes which are going to be shown weekly.

-They're going to be shown on the internet, aren't they?

-Yeah.

-How does it work?

A lot of comedy is done on the internet now

because essentially it's cheaper for the big TV companies.

They do the research on the internet and if it works they say, "maybe we'll have it."

I mean, that's the plan.

If it does well, then a broadcaster might go after it.

It's a good way of getting it out there.

It is extraordinary how Fast Show took off, isn't it?

Yeah, I think it was a good team of people.

We're all very different and I think the fact that it was quick,

they'd seen a clip of Harry Enfield's show cut down

and thought it was a good idea, making it catchphrase then out.

I think that helped people get into it quicker.

A lot of time you're watching a show and a sketch is going on and you wish it would end.

Some people hate some characters and love others.

There's always another one coming along.

-Once a catchphrase catches...

-Yeah, you're there.

-..that's it, isn't it?

-Exactly.

-Do you ever know which one is going to catch?

-Not really, no.

"I've started so I'll finish" - that's a good one, isn't it?

Well, that's lasted for about 450 years. It's still going on.

You've got eight points. Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Here we go.

The title of which Scottish song, sung at New Year, literally means "old long since"?

Auld Lang Syne.

What creature has the Black Widow species, where the female eats the male after mating?

Spider.

What was the name of the German Air Force, developed by Goering in the 1930s?

Luftwaffe.

Which mountain range forms the greater part of the boundary between France and Spain?

The Alps.

Pyrenees. In cricket, what term refers to a batsman being out without scoring?

Duck.

Which Welsh comic actor published his autobiography Small Man in a Book in 2011?

Rob Brydon.

What is the Northern Hemisphere equivalent of The Tropic of Capricorn?

Tropic Of Cancer.

Against which country did Britain fight the Falklands conflict of 1982?

Argentina.

In which Shakespearean tragedy appears the line "A plague on both your houses!"?

-Macbeth.

-Ro...

-Romeo And Juliet.

It's Romeo And Juliet.

What TV show stars Noel Fielding as Vince Noir and Julian Barrett as Howard Moon?

The Mighty Boosh.

Which pop group, fronted by Tony Hadley, had a hit single with the song Gold?

Spandau Ballet.

Jacques Sauniere, the curator of the Louvre, is found murdered in which Dan Brown novel?

The Da Vinci Code.

What's the name of the criminal investigation department of The Metropolitan Police?

Scotland Yard.

What Manchester United player retired in 2011 after 676 appearances and 150 goals?

Paul Scholes.

About which festive song did Irving Berlin say

"Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it's the best song anybody ever wrote!"?

Festive song? White Christmas.

Rowan Atkinson plays which spy who is Reborn according to the title of a 2011 film?

Johnny English.

The Asian and the larger African are the only living species of which large mammal?

Larger African? Hippo.

Elephant.

Which semi-solid fermented milk product has a name taken from a Turkish word?

BEEP

Yoghurt.

-No passes, Simon - you now have 23 points.

-Thank you.

And now, Steve Harley again, please.

You were, as they say, massive in the '70s, with Cockney Rebel.

-Still massive.

-You are still playing.

-Just not in the charts anymore.

-Do you still play a lot? Do you do a lot of gigs?

-A lot.

-The TS Eliot thing - when did that begin?

-Literature is a passion for me.

But I've carried, travelling the world as a musician for 37 years,

I've carried a, now very battered,

paperback copy of The Collected Poems 1909-1962.

I read it, not every night in hotel rooms, but regularly, I'm dipping in.

Eliot, I wouldn't use this word very often, but with a capital G,

he was, of course, a genius.

Which sets him apart, makes him fascinating.

He was a really fascinating man.

I read the Four Quartets, those four poems,

I read them avidly and regularly.

It's so deep and there are so many classical allusions in Eliot's work.

I'm not going to teach anyone anything, I'm the student.

Well, in that round you had nine points.

You've got to beat a big score in the this round, 23.

Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.

The 1975 Spielberg film Jaws is about which ferocious creature?

A whale.

A shark!

Mark Thompson succeeded Greg Dyke in what role in 2004?

Head of the BBC.

Which former Royal jockey has written many detective novels, including Dead Cert?

Pass.

In which German city did Neville Chamberlain sign a peace treaty with Hitler in 1938?

Nuremberg.

Munich. Who married fellow country singer, June Carter, in 1968, after proposing on stage?

Johnny Cash.

Stratford, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, stands on which river?

Avon.

Which BBC television sports programme made its debut on BBC2 in 1964?

Match Of The Day.

What French term is used for a coffee-maker consisting of a jug with a plunger?

Cafetiere.

Which progressive rock trio had a hit with Fanfare For The Common Man in 1977?

Emerson, Lake And Palmer.

Which Scottish poet said "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, gang aft agley"?

Rabbie Burns.

In a Monty Python sketch a group of Vikings sing a song about what meat product?

Spam.

Which National Park lies mainly in Derbyshire but extends into other counties?

Peak District.

London's Savoy Theatre was built specifically for which duo's comic operas?

Gilbert And Sullivan.

In darts, how many points is the inner ring of the bull's eye worth?

50.

Which French General founded, and was the first President of, the Fifth Republic?

Charles De Gaulle.

Which European territory, famous for its Rock, was ceded to Britain in 1713?

Pass.

What's the name for the study of Earth's atmosphere, the basis of weather forecasting?

Meteorology.

-Which seabird...

-BEEP

I'll finish the question.

..with a brightly-coloured beak is also known as the bottlenose or sea-parrot?

Gannet.

Puffin.

You had two passes.

Gibraltar is that European territory

and Dick Francis wrote all those detective novels.

You've got 22 points.

Finally, Sophie Grigson again, please.

-Your mother was a great food writer.

-Yeah.

-Jane Grigson.

I'm intrigued as to how different what she did

is from a modern television chef.

I mean, you think of Jamie Oliver as the complete contrast,

I suppose, who's there to say, "This is how you do it."

Yes, it is different and I think, for me, one of the slightly disappointing

things about food television these days is that

it's either entertainment where food isn't that important or it's recipes.

There's not...

there should be room for programmes that tell you about food,

about why we eat certain things, the interesting things.

Food is really what all of our cultures have built up around,

at the very basis of every culture,

is the need to eat and survive.

That's where everything else stems from. It's so fundamental.

But, in fact, television chefs have become entertainers.

I think that's great, I love some of the chefs who are entertainers,

they can be very funny, very witty,

and it's a great way of getting ideas about food to people.

I mean, look at Keith Floyd. A great master. He was enormous fun.

But I think he did make people think about food in a different way.

And one that they really hadn't before.

You've got 11 points.

23 is still the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it to become a champion, a Mastermind champion.

Two minutes, starting now.

The Glitter Ball Trophy is the prize for which BBC dance competition?

Strictly Come Dancing.

Which high, narrow, shoe heel is named after a kind of dagger?

Stiletto.

Which future French Emperor was born on the island of Corsica in 1769?

Napoleon.

What sort of sandwiches are Paddington Bear's favourite food?

Marmalade sandwiches.

Which Greek mathematician gives his name to the theory that in any right-angled triangle,

the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides?

I should know that. Pass.

The name of which tiny bird is traditionally prefixed with the name Jenny?

Wren.

Who played Alexis Carrington-Colby in the American soap Dynasty?

Joan Collins.

The nares is the anatomical name for which two openings in the nose?

Nostrils.

Which musical is based on the real-life memories of governess Maria

who married Baron Georg von Trapp in 1927?

I know this. Pass.

What cake, soaked in alcoholic syrup, is named after the Polish for old woman?

Babushka.

Rum Baba.

The French town of Aubusson is famous for which form of woven artwork?

Tapestries.

Whose first solo UK Number One after leaving The Supremes was I'm Still Waiting?

Diana Ross.

Which city in north-west England lies ten miles south of the Scottish border?

Newcastle.

Carlisle.

Which author, born in her a rectory, wrote The Choir and The Rector's Wife?

Joanna Trollope.

Who played the title role in the film Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves?

Richard Gere.

Kevin Costner.

The 2011 Champions League Final

between Barcelona and Manchester United was held where?

Pass.

A statue of which actress, with her skirt blowing up, was unveiled in Chicago in 2011?

BEEP

Marilyn Monroe.

You have three passes.

-Wembley was where they played...

-Oh, how stupid.

-It's always worth taking a guess.

Sound Of Music was what you couldn't remember, with Maria.

The geometric theory is the Pythagoras Theorem.

-Oh! Obviously!

-Which you also needed.

-I do know that.

Had you got those, you'd have done it.

As it happens, you got awfully close. 22 points.

Well, how close was that? Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, Stacey Solomon.

Joint second place, Sophie Grigson and Steve Harley.

In first place, Simon Day.

Simon.

-Congratulations.

-Thanks very much.

-Another one to add to your massive chest full of...

-My trophy room.

-Well, that's the one that matters.

-Thanks.

-Well done. A pleasure.

Thanks for watching and do join us again,

for more Celebrity Mastermind. Goodnight.

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