Episode 3 Celebrity Mastermind

Four celebrities who hope they know all about their specialist subject,

but can they cut it on TV's toughest quiz? They're putting themselves in the hot seat for charity

but only one person can be the winner.

Who will be crowned tonight's Celebrity Mastermind?

Our first celebrity tonight is actor Graeme Hawley. After playing Corrie murderer John Stape,

he has something lighter with classic comedy Blackadder.

The British 800m champion Jenny Meadows tackles the golden era of Wigan rugby league.

Children's TV presenter Alex Winters takes on the Manic Street Preachers.

And wildlife expert Chris Packham answers questions on the Battle of Rorke's Drift.

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

Tonight four contenders will face the ultimate TV test of nerve and knowledge.

They have two rounds of questions - 90 seconds on a specialist subject and 2 minutes on general knowledge.

Who will take home this handsome trophy and the honour of becoming Mastermind?

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

And your name is...?

Your chosen charity?

Blackadder in a minute and a half. In the first episode, what does Edmund propose as his new title?

-The Black Vegetable.

-How did Baldrick try to solve the problem of his mother's low ceiling?

-Er, pass.

-Baldrick brings an escape kit to Blackadder on the eve of his death by firing squad.

What item is included to win the favour of a difficult child?

-A small trumpet.

-Just before his wedding, Blackadder gives his future father-in-law £10 to do what?

-Go away.

-When Captain Darling spies on Blackadder in the field hospital, how does he get a convincing wound?

-He gets shot in the leg.

-Yes.

According to Nursey, who pointed out that a boy without a winkle is a girl?

Er...

-The doctor?

-Sir Thomas More.

What is Gen Melchett's name for the fair Georgina when he is wooing her?

Em...

-My...er, chipmunk.

-Yes! Which word in Baldrick's very short novel manages to infuriate Dr Johnson?

-Sausage.

-Yes. What surname is shared by the gaoler and the last meal cook in the Tower of London?

-Ploppy.

-In a speech at Blackadder's party, Queenie says she has the heart and stomach of...?

-A concrete elephant.

-Yes. Which town does Richard IV intend to honour by baring his buttocks?

-Er...Bristol?

-Stoke. Who appears in an uncredited role as Mad Gerald at the end of the first series...

-BEEP

-..and then plays Flashheart?

-Rik Mayall.

-Is correct.

You had one pass. How did Baldrick solve his mother's low ceiling?

-By cutting her head off. What else?

-Of course!

-It's obvious, really(!)

One pass. You have, Graeme, 9 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your chosen charity?

In a minute and a half.

Which team did Wigan beat 32-12 at Wembley in 1988 to start their run of eight Challenge Cup wins?

-Halifax.

-During the 1989-90 season, where did they lose the Charity Shield to Widnes by 27-22?

-Oldham.

-Anfield. When he lifted the trophy in '91, who became the first player to captain a team

to three consecutive Challenge Cups?

-Ellery Hanley.

-Which end of season competition did Wigan win in '92, '94 and '95?

-Pass.

-Who was the only player to appear in every Challenge Cup final between 1988 and 1995?

-Shaun Edwards.

-What nationality is Dean Bell, who captained Wigan?

-New Zealand.

-Who signed for Wigan from Orrell St James in '92

and was still a teenager when he played in the '93 Challenge Cup final?

-Andy Farrell.

-Who kicked a 61-yard drop goal to help beat Warrington in the '89 Challenge Cup final?

-Joe Lydon.

-Which full-back missed three Challenge Cup finals through injury

before playing in '89?

-Steve Hampson.

-Wigan's record run of 43 unbeaten Challenge Cup matches began with a 2-0 win in '88.

Who were their opponents?

-Halifax.

-Bradford. Who coached Wigan from '89 to '93, always winning the league title and Challenge Cup?

-John Monie.

-What was the surname of the brothers who scored tries in the '88 Challenge Cup final?

-BEEP Iro.

-Tony and Kevin Iro.

You had one pass. That competition that Wigan won in '92, '94, '95 was the Stones Bitter Premiership.

-However, you too have 9 points.

-Thank you.

And our third contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your chosen charity?

In a minute and a half.

They were formed in 1986 in which former mining town in South Wales close to where they are from?

-Blackwood.

-What were the group called originally, after a 1986 Jean-Jacques Beineix film?

-Betty Blue.

-In '97, they won Brit Awards for Best Group and Best Album for which record?

-Everything Must Go.

-What's the title of their debut album, released in '92, influenced by Guns'n'Roses?

-Generation Terrorists.

-Which group did they support at Milton Keynes Bowl in September '93?

-Bon Jovi.

-What's the title of their first single, released in August '89 and self-financed?

-Suicide Alley.

-Which song from the Holy Bible album was performed in a black balaclava on Top of the Pops?

-Faster.

-What was the title of their 2005 UK tour, announced as being their last for at least two years?

-Forever Delayed?

-Past Present Future. Which 2009 album, recorded on analog tape,

contained 13 songs based on lyrics by Richey Edwards?

-Journal for Plague Lovers.

-In '92, Nicky Wire made disparaging comments about which other musician

during a concert in Kilburn?

-Michael Stipe.

-At which venue did they play on 31st December, '99,

later released as the video Leaving the 20th Century?

-Millennium Stadium.

-On which independent record label was Motown Junk released in '91?

-Heavenly Records.

-What is the title of their 2003 album of B sides, rarities and cover versions

of songs such as Out of Time?

-BEEP Lipstick Traces.

-Correct.

You have shown it's not necessary to have 9 points. You've got 12.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your chosen charity?

The Battle of Rorke's Drift in a minute and a half.

In January of what year did the battle take place?

-1879.

-The garrison at Rorke's Drift was formed largely by which regiment?

-The 2nd 24th.

-B Company, yeah. James Henry Reynolds, who won a VC, was in which branch of the Army?

-The Medical Corps.

-The four-foot-high wall around the mission station buildings

initially consisted of biscuit boxes and sacks of...?

-Maize.

-As well as serving as a base for supplies, the station had been commandeered for what purpose?

-Hospital.

-Which lieutenant commanded B Company during the battle?

-Bromhead.

-What was the breach loading rifle used by British forces that left them burnt and bruised?

-Martini-Henry.

-Captain Stephenson was camped nearby with which native infantry force, who fled?

-The Natal Native Contingent.

-What was Private Henry Hook's job before he had to fight off Zulus?

-He was cooking.

-Which Acting Assistant Commissary strongly advised staying to fight,

played a large part in supervising the defence and won a VC?

-Dalton.

-What name, meaning The Eyebrow, did the Zulus have for the hill overlooking Rorke's Drift?

-Shiyane.

-Which local padre was with Otto Witt and Surgeon Reynolds when they observed the initial Zulu unit?

-George Smith.

-What was the surname of the two privates who defended one ward at the hospital...

-BEEP

-..until 6 of the 7 patients were removed, both winning the VC?

-Jones.

-Correct. As were all the others. No passes, 13 points.

What a good round. Close and high scoring. Let's look at the scores.

In joint third place, Graeme Hawley and Jenny Meadows.

Second place, Alex Winters.

In the lead, just, 13 points, Chris Packham.

Round Two now, then. If there's a tie at the end of it, the number of passes is taken into account.

The person with the fewer passes is the winner. So let's ask Graeme to join us again, please.

A smiling Graeme. You're not meant to be a nice bloke.

-You're meant to be a multiple murderer.

-Well, yeah, technically.

-But so much of it wasn't my fault, to be honest.

-Really?

-It's a bit late now to plead innocence. We all saw you.

-It was worth a go.

-You do smile a lot.

-When you play a TV serial killer, you have to smile to convince people

that you're not really one in real life!

Do you ever get anybody saying, "You..."?

Fortunately, because the character and some of the stuff was so bizarre, people got the idea

-that I wasn't playing myself.

-And you had a big part in that great 50th anniversary programme.

-Yeah.

-What a programme that was.

-Fantastic. That's something nobody can take away from you.

I'm really proud to have been a part of it. At one time it was common, but now an hour of live TV

in front of 12, 13 million people is unheard of. Incredibly exciting.

And slightly less nerve-racking than this, probably.

-Come on. It was live.

-I'm a lot more comfortable being a serial killer than answering your questions!

-Is that a bad admission to make?

-We've had lots of compliments over the years,

but never, "I'd rather be a serial killer."

Right, well, there we are. You've got 9 points, good start. Two minutes of general knowledge now.

In which city is Villa Park, home of Aston Villa?

-Birmingham.

-House, harvest and wood are species of which small animal?

-Pigeon?

-Mouse. Which historic Moscow theatre reopened in 2011 after renovation that cost £500 million

-and took six years?

-Pass.

-According to Genesis, where was the first home of Adam and Eve?

-The Garden of Eden.

-Which Lancashire hill is traditionally climbed on Halloween to commemorate

10 alleged witches hanged in 1612?

-Pendle.

-What type of creature is Bilbo Baggins, created by JRR Tolkien?

Oh, he's...

-Oh...pass.

-Which European civil war effectively came to an end on 28th March, 1939,

when nationalist forces under Franco entered the capital?

-Spanish.

-By what name is dramatist Thomas Lanier Williams better known? He wrote A Streetcar Named Desire.

-Tennessee Williams.

-The name of which semi-sweet German white wine comes from the name of the convent

-where it was first made?

-Riesling?

Liebfraumilch. Which sitcom with Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne was adapted for the stage in 2010?

-Yes, Prime Minister.

-In Ancient Greece, how many years was an Olympiad?

-Four?

-Yes. The hit albums of which rock band include Definitely Maybe and Heathen Chemistry?

-Oasis.

-US President Barack Obama is a member of which political party?

-Democrats.

-Official ownership of which rock formation was returned to the Aboriginal people in 1985?

-Pass.

-What is the strong grille that can be lowered in vertical grooves to block the gateway to a castle?

The...oh...

Oh, just call it gate!

All right, but it's portcullis! Which Salford-born tenor released his debut album, The Voice, in 2000?

-Pass.

-The name of which monument to those killed in war comes from the Greek for empty tomb?

BEEP

Em...

-Pass.

-All right, I'll tell you.

-It's the cenotaph.

-Of course it is!

-Let's give you your other passes.

Russell Watson was the tenor, Ayers Rock was the rock. You'll hate yourself for this -

-Bilbo Baggins was a Hobbit.

-He's a Hobbit!

And the Moscow theatre was the Bolshoi. Anyway, Graeme, you now have a total of 18 points.

And now Jenny Meadows again, please.

And I have to ask you what everybody wants to know. I suppose you don't know for sure yourself,

-but you will be in the Olympics in 2012.

-Oh, well, exactly. There's no guarantees.

We have our Olympic trials about six weeks before the Games begin, so I'll still be on tenterhooks.

-Think about it all the time?

-Every day.

-Do you, yeah?

Every day I utilise my day as much as I can to make sure I finish the day knowing I've done my best.

I was part of the Olympics in Beijing, which was phenomenal.

To be part of it at home will be the pinnacle of my athletics career.

-You say you think of it every day and every night as well.

-Yes.

-Tell us what you do at night.

I sleep upstairs in the spare room in an altitude simulation tent

with a pipe leading to a generator in another room. And I sleep there every evening.

-And the purpose of that is...?

-To reduce the oxygen coming in.

-So, theoretically, you are at an altitude of...?

-Around 3,000 metres.

The concept is sleep high, train low. Sleep at high altitude, then come out at sea level to train.

Hopefully, my blood cells have adapted and I've got a lot more oxygen to work with.

-Every night until the Olympics?

-Yes. It's quite a sacrifice,

but my husband and my dog aren't complaining. They've got a bed to themselves and won't want me back!

Let's run that last bit again. "My husband and..."

-Yeah, the dog sleeps in the bed.

-Instead of you.

-Instead of me.

-And he's happy with that?

-Oh, he loves it.

-If I were you, I'd worry a bit about that.

Anyway, you have nine points, with or without the altitude. 18 is the score to beat so far.

Let's see how you do. Honeydew is a yellow-skinned variety of which large fruit?

-Pass.

-Which of the great apes, native to Borneo and Sumatra, is covered in reddish-brown hair?

-Monkey?

-Orang-utan. The line of chalk cliffs in Kent at the Channel

are known by what name, popularised in a song by Vera Lynn?

-The White Cliffs.

-Which fictional, diet-obsessed 30-something was created in 1995

-when author Helen Fielding started writing a column about her in the Independent?

-Oh, pass.

Which singer, a judge on The X Factor, has topped the UK charts with Destiny's Child and Nelly?

-Kelly Rowland?

-Yes. What substance is used in surgery to produce a local or general loss of sensation,

from Greek for "without feeling"?

-Anaesthetic.

-What comes before Hidden Dragon in the title of Ang Lee's martial arts action film?

-Secret?

-Crouching Tiger. In July, 2011, Novak Djokovic celebrated his first singles win

at which tennis venue by eating some of the grass?

-Wimbledon?

-Yes. What did London street traders sew on their clothes

to distinguish them from others, leading to the name Pearly King?

-Buttons?

-Yeah. In which country are the ski resorts of Kitzbuhel, Obergurgl and Saint Anton?

-Switzerland?

-Austria. Which movement, whose followers include John Travolta and Tom Cruise,

was founded by L Ron Hubbard in America in 1954?

-Pass.

-In which musical about a little orphan girl does President Roosevelt work out his New Deal

inspired by the song Tomorrow?

-Annie.

-What word for someone who speaks publicly as an expert on a subject such as football

comes from the Sanskrit for a learned person?

-Pundit?

-Yes. What is the traditional topping of a simnel cake, often used for a Christmas cake?

-Sultanas?

-Marzipan. In February, 2011, Matt Baker joined...

-BEEP

..Alex Jones as a host on which weekday BBC magazine show?

-Pass.

-You don't watch The One Show, do you?

That's one of your passes. That movement which is followed by John Travolta and Tom Cruise

is the Church of Scientology. Bridget Jones was the fictional character

and honeydew is a melon. Funny how the brain goes, isn't it?

-Too much oxygen! Right, Jenny, you have 16 points.

-Thank you.

And now Alex Winters again, please.

And...you are a hero to millions of children.

-I mean, CBeebies and all that.

-Maybe. I've been called the Elvis...

-The Elvis?!

Someone said, "To my child, you're like Elvis."

So I suppose we're quite popular, shall we say?

It doesn't get bigger than that. Do parents watch as well?

-They absolutely do. I think they watch more than the children.

-Really?

On Twitter, I have all kinds of messages. "Little Johnny fell asleep and I watched CBeebies on my own

"for 90 minutes." So, yeah, it's a guilty pleasure.

So where do you go from... Why should you go anywhere from CBeebies?

I'll stay as long as possible. A great place to work.

When the Manic Street Preachers needs an extra player, I'm there.

-I'll be there.

-Would you have liked to have been a pop star?

Yes, absolutely. If I could sing properly, I'd be the greatest lead singer in the world.

Yeah... Right, here we go. Now you've got 12 points. The score to beat is 18.

Let's see if you can do it.

Two minutes starting now. In the comic strip and films, who does Clark Kent change into?

-Superman.

-Which airport's linked to central London by a non-stop express train from Victoria?

-Gatwick.

-Which Italian dictator wore a bowler hat,

but discarded it after a resemblance to Oliver Hardy was noted?

-Mussolini.

-What pie is the traditional Thanksgiving Day dessert in America?

-Pumpkin.

-Which dance by sailors with folded arms is normally accompanied by an instrument of the same name?

-Piccolo.

-Hornpipe. Which stand-up comedian wrote a lighthearted account of his rise to fame

called Life and Laughing?

-Michael McIntyre.

-What broad-brimmed felt hat from Mexico was modified into the stetson hat in America?

-Sombrero.

-Yes. Which American rock band released the album Nevermind in 1991?

-Nirvana.

-Walton, Wavertree and West Derby are parliamentary constituencies in which city?

-Liverpool.

-Who is the nanny played by Emma Thompson who controls Cedric Brown's unruly children?

-McPhee.

-The Gatling gun was an early form of which type of automatic, rapid-fire weapon?

-Automatic pistol.

-Machine gun. What is the common name for a small skin blemish known medically as a nevus?

-Birthmark?

-Yeah, or a mole. The travels of which fictional character were originally published in 1726

without the name of the author, Jonathan Swift?

-Gulliver?

-Yep. In which US sitcom does the title character regularly meet his brother Niles?

-Frasier.

-Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu are the four main islands making up which Asian country?

-Pass.

-What name is given to the study of family origins and history and lines of descent?

-Genealogy.

-Who took a hat-trick in the second Test against India at Trent Bridge in July, 2011?

Oh... BEEP

-Go on, take a guess cos you're out of time.

-I know this...

I'll tell you. Stuart Broad.

-And your other pass - those islands make up Japan.

-Japan!

-Two passes,

but you've got a total of 25 points.

And, finally, Chris Packham again, please.

They say you should never work with children and animals and actually, if I'd been you,

-I'd stop working with animals. Something horrible happened.

-One privilege with animals

is sometimes you get close to dangerous animals. If you allow them to be dangerous, by making mistakes,

-then they punish you. So I do carry a small series of scars. I'm not going to reveal them!

-I'm glad.

-Cos one of them was a lion and it bit you.

-It was playing,

but they're hugely heavy so I fell down so it didn't knock me down

and it jumped on top of me and I could see it was going to bite. Not hard, it was only playing,

but as I pushed it away, the head, I had my legs open like this and had to ensure I didn't sustain

-a far more...

-I'm with you, yeah!

I'm ahead of you, actually. But what's great is that people like you and David Attenborough

-they enthuse children.

-You need an infectious curiosity.

You need to want to know why an animal is doing that

and then when you find out, the reward is so exciting you've got to tell everyone.

Hopefully I can enthuse a few more young people, which we need, because Attenborough and Oddie

and all of the greats, we'll need their boots filling.

Well, good luck with that. Now let's get down to business.

You have 13 points - very high - but 25 is the score to beat.

Two minutes. Which resort town in Monaco has a name of Italian origin meaning Charles's Mountain?

-Monte Carlo.

-What name meaning "divine wind" was given to Japanese pilots who deliberately crashed

-into enemy targets during WWII?

-Pass.

-Which Steven Spielberg '93 film about dinosaurs was

"65 million years in the making"?

-Jurassic Park.

-Joe Strummer was the lead singer with which punk band who had a hit with London Calling?

-The Clash.

-Who set off on the first of his voyages across the Atlantic in August, 1492?

-Columbus.

-Which Liverpool manager said, "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death.

-"It's much more important"?

-Paisley.

Shankly. Who played the title role in the original 1986 cast of The Phantom of the Opera?

-Michael Crawford.

-What word associated with gambling also means to cut food into small cubes?

-Dice.

-Which French author wrote the futuristic novel Journey To The Centre of The Earth?

-Jules Verne.

-What Gaelic word is used for a lake or narrow inlet in the Scottish highlands?

-Loch.

-Nick Ross and Sue Cook were the original presenters of which TV programme to help solve crimes?

-Crimewatch.

-In A Midsummer Night's Dream, what are Oberon and Titania the king and queen of?

-Pass.

-Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, born in '71, and Alexandria Zahra Jones, born in 2000,

-are the children of which rock star?

-Pass.

-Which political party added New to its name in 1997?

-Labour.

-The bark of an evergreen oak from Mediterranean countries is the main source of what material?

-Cork.

-Claude Monet's paintings Nympheas featured which flowers which grew in his water garden?

-Water lilies.

-What surname is shared by the Viennese composers Johann the Elder and Younger?

-Strauss.

-Which city is the capital of Argentina?

-Er, Buenos Aires.

-The space telescope launched in 1990 is named after which American astronomer?

-Hubble.

-On British motorways...

-BEEP

..what colour cat's eyes indicate a slip road junction?

-Oh...

-I know.

-Red.

-Go on. No, it's green.

Three passes - David Bowie is the father of Duncan Zowie and so on,

the fairies, Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies,

-and those Japanese pilots were kamikaze.

-Of course.

-However, it doesn't matter because, Chris,

-you have 28 points.

-Thank you.

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

In fourth place, Jenny Meadows.

Third place, Graeme Hawley.

Second place, Alex Winters.

First place, very good, with 28 points, Chris Packham.

Chris, come and join us.

-Thank you.

-Congratulations. What will you do with it?

-I shall give it to my father.

He's a great fan of Rorke's Drift. He'll be pleased I didn't get those wrong, but dismayed over kamikaze.

Oh, dear. You did brilliantly and you won.

-Thank you.

-Thank you all for watching. Do join us again for more Celebrity Masterminds. Good night.

You don't have to be a celebrity to appear on the show, so if you would like to appear on the next series,

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

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