0:00:02 > 0:00:06Four celebrities who claim to know everything there is to know about their specialist subject
0:00:06 > 0:00:09but can they cut it on television's toughest quiz?
0:00:09 > 0:00:13They've agreed to put themselves in the hotseat
0:00:13 > 0:00:15for their chosen charity.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19But only one person can be the winner.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Who will be crowned tonight's Celebrity Mastermind?
0:00:39 > 0:00:43The first celebrity in the spotlight tonight is the actress Jessica Hynes.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47She answers questions on the life and poetry of Pam Ayres.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51The Politics Show presenter Jon Sopel takes questions on Tony Blair.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56Divine Comedy front man Neil Hannon takes on the sitcom Frasier.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Junior
0:00:59 > 0:01:02on Auguste Escoffier's Guide to Modern Cookery.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06APPLAUSE
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Hello. I'm John Humphrys and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Four more victims have agreed to 90 seconds of questions
0:01:22 > 0:01:26on their specialist subject followed by two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29The winner will walk away with this fine trophy
0:01:29 > 0:01:32and far more importantly, the title of Celebrity Mastermind.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us please.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- And your name is?- Jessica Hynes.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Your chosen charity? - Action For Children.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53- And your chosen subject? - The life and poems of Pam Ayres.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Pam Ayres in a minute and a half. Starting now.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Pam Ayres came to public attention when she won in which television talent show in 1975?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- Opportunity Knocks. - She wrote a poem before a dental appointment
0:02:04 > 0:02:06which was voted in the top ten of a poll to find
0:02:06 > 0:02:09the UK's 100 favourite comic poems. What was its name?
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- I Wish I'd Looked After My Teeth.- After working as a clerical assistant
0:02:13 > 0:02:15in the Central Ordinance Depot in Bicester,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Ayres joined which of the services in 1965?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19The women's RAF.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Ayres won opportunity knocks with a poem about
0:02:22 > 0:02:24an embarrassing experience with which bird?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- A parrot.- The man for whom the late night knitter
0:02:27 > 0:02:30knitted seven jerseys went off with whom?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Don't know.- After Ayres's appearance on Opportunity Knocks,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36she appeared in a television advert for which food stuff
0:02:36 > 0:02:39and gave up her secretarial job shortly afterwards in 1976?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Custard. - Cream cheese. Close.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Ayres spent her childhood in which village, then in Berkshire,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46now Oxfordshire, in the Vale of White Horse?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- Stanford in the Vale. - In Ayre's poem, In the Merc,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51the driver's got the car of his dreams
0:02:51 > 0:02:54but thinks he pulled more birds when he was in which type of car?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- Morris Minor. - No, a Renault Five.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Ayres's poem Walking to Falkirk is written
0:03:00 > 0:03:03from the perspective of what animal?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- A badger.- A cow. After leaving Stamford
0:03:05 > 0:03:07in the Vale Church of England Primary School in 1958,
0:03:07 > 0:03:12she continued her education at the secondary modern school in which local town?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- Faringdon.- In her poem, The Wonderbra, how much does the new bra cost,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19bought to replace the one in constant use since 1982?
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- Three shillings. - No, £14.99, unbelievably.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- Which poem does Ayres say she wrote to be sung...- BEEP
0:03:27 > 0:03:32..to the Ballad of Jimmy Brown also known as The Three Bells.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33I don't know. Tom Brown's...
0:03:33 > 0:03:37No, it was The Insect's Anthem.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40You never know with Pam Ayres. You had one pass.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44The man for whom the late-night knitter knitted seven jerseys went off with Mary Stone.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48You have, Jessica, six points.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52APPLAUSE
0:03:56 > 0:03:58And our next contender, please.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- And your name is?- Jon Sopel.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- Your chosen charity? - Save the Children.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- And your chosen subject? - Tony Blair.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Tony Blair. I've heard of him. Minute and a half, starting now.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Which north-east constituency did Tony Blair
0:04:20 > 0:04:23represent from his first entry to Parliament in '83 until 2007?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Sedgefield. - In the speech he gave after Princess Diana died
0:04:26 > 0:04:29what two word term did he use to describe her?
0:04:29 > 0:04:30The People's Princess.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33When John Smith was elected Labour leader after the 1992
0:04:33 > 0:04:36general election defeat, he appointed Tony Blair to which post?
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- Shadow Home Secretary. - Which two words did George W Bush greet him with
0:04:40 > 0:04:44at the G8 summit in 2006, not realising the microphones were on?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- Yo, Blair. - In 2000, Blair was heckled and slow hand-clapped
0:04:47 > 0:04:50at Wembley Arena when his speech was felt to be
0:04:50 > 0:04:53a little party political. Which organisation was he addressing?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55The Women's Institute.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57When he first joined the Labour Party in '75,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Blair was affiliated to which constituency?
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- Islington.- No, Chelsea. Blair was visiting a hospital during the 2001
0:05:03 > 0:05:07general election campaign when he was confronted by Sharon Storer,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10the partner of a cancer patient who criticised the treatment
0:05:10 > 0:05:13her partner had received. In which city was this?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Birmingham.- In December 2009, Blair told which television interviewer,
0:05:16 > 0:05:20I would still have thought it right to remove Saddam Hussein from power,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23even if he'd known there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- John Humphrys. - No, unfortunately. Fern Britton.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Blair was lead singer with which rock band while at Oxford?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- The Ugly Rumours. - As part of Blair's modernisation, he reformed
0:05:33 > 0:05:36which section of the party's constitution referring to the common
0:05:36 > 0:05:38ownership of means of production?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Clause four.- In which year did Blair negotiate the signing
0:05:41 > 0:05:43of the Good Friday agreement that paved the way
0:05:43 > 0:05:45for power-sharing in Northern Ireland?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- 1998.- What was the name of the Anglican priest...- BLEEP.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51..who became a key influence on his religious and political
0:05:51 > 0:05:53beliefs when they were both at Oxford?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- Peter Thompson. - No passes, Jon.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57You've got ten points.
0:05:57 > 0:06:04APPLAUSE
0:06:08 > 0:06:11And our next contender, please.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- And your name is?- Neil Hannon.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- Your chosen charity? - The Alzheimer's Society.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25- And your chosen subject?- Frasier. - Frasier. 90 seconds, starting now.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28What was the former occupation of Frasier's father, Martin? He comes
0:06:28 > 0:06:32to live with his son because an injured hip means he can't live alone.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- Police officer.- Frasier asks no Noel to translate the blessing for his son
0:06:35 > 0:06:37bar mitzvah into Hebrew. But in what language
0:06:37 > 0:06:39does Frasier end up delivering it?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Klingon.- In Shut out in Seattle, after Martin, Frasier and his brother,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45end their relationships on the same day,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48they end up singing which Bond-film theme-song in a bar?
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Goldfinger.- Which item do Frasier and Niles first discover under the floorboards
0:06:52 > 0:06:55of their childhood home in the episode, Death-trap?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- A skull.- What price does Niles win for scoring a basket from
0:06:58 > 0:07:01the half court line at Seattle Sonics basketball game
0:07:01 > 0:07:03he later donated to the Police Activities League?
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- A 4x4 SUV.- A pickup truck. After Martin bumps into the reclusive author
0:07:07 > 0:07:09TH Houghton in a bar, they find they have
0:07:09 > 0:07:12a shared affection for which television series?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Pass.- What item does Niles lend to Maris which
0:07:15 > 0:07:18she uses to kill her Argentinian boyfriend?
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- An antique crossbow. - In The Perfect Guy, the radio doctor Clint Webber
0:07:22 > 0:07:25is handsome and very accomplished but is found to have what flaw?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- He can't sing.- No, he can't. Niles has the task
0:07:27 > 0:07:30of disposing of Aunt Louise's ashes in a respectful manner.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34What does Martin suggest he should do with them?
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Pass.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38What is the name of the dog kennels in which Niles placed
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Eddie without Martin's permission in The New friend?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- Pass.- What unusual confession does the political candidate
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Phil Paterson make to Frasier causing him
0:07:46 > 0:07:48to reconsider publicly endorsing his campaign?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- He was abducted by aliens.- In Series three, Diane Chambers comes
0:07:51 > 0:07:54to Seattle to see her play being produced. She had been working
0:07:54 > 0:07:58in Hollywood as a writer for which series before she was fired?
0:07:58 > 0:08:03- Dr Quinn Medicine Woman. - Is exactly right. You had three passes.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07The name of those dog kennels, inevitably, was Bark Avenue.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I'm not sure I should tell you this.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Disposing of the Ashes in a respectful manner...
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Martin suggested they flush them down the toilet.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19When you said "pass" in answer to that question...
0:08:19 > 0:08:22After Martin bumps into the reclusive author
0:08:22 > 0:08:26TH Houghton in a bar, they find they have a shared affection for Bonanza.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30You now, Neil, have nine points.
0:08:30 > 0:08:36APPLAUSE
0:08:37 > 0:08:39And our final contender, please.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- And your name is?- Michel Roux.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Your chosen charity?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Visually Impaired Children Taking Action.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54And your chosen subject?
0:08:54 > 0:08:58The Culinary Bible, Escoffier, Le Guide Culinaire.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Escoffier, in a minute and a half.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Escoffier was based in which London hotel from 1899 to 1919
0:09:05 > 0:09:08where he completed his Guide to Modern Cooking?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- The Savoy.- At the Carlton.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13"Bombe nesselrode" consists of a mould lined with vanilla ice-cream
0:09:13 > 0:09:16and filled with a mixture of creme chantille and a puree of what?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- Raspberry.- Says chestnuts here. Beurre de Provence is the alternative name
0:09:20 > 0:09:22used by Escoffier for which cold sauce?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Pass.- What is prepared by frying chopped onion and shallots in oil
0:09:27 > 0:09:31and butter, adding finely chopped mushroom trimmings and stalks
0:09:31 > 0:09:34and a pinch of parsley and cooking until the moisture has evaporated?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Pass.- In the glossary, what term is defined as,
0:09:37 > 0:09:41vegetables cut into small square, round or triangular slices?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- Paysan.- What French term is used for a saddle of hare comprising
0:09:45 > 0:09:49the whole of its back from the beginning of the neck to the tail?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- Baron.- Rable.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Escoffier's recipe for which regional dish from Languedoc
0:09:57 > 0:09:59includes mutton, haricot beans and equal quantities
0:09:59 > 0:10:02of blanched belly pork and garlic sausage?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Cassoulet.- Which garnish for soup is composed of finely shredded sorrel
0:10:05 > 0:10:08and lettuce leaves stewed in butter?
0:10:08 > 0:10:13- Geminy.- Chiffonade. What name is given to small, veal fricandeau,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17cut from the cushion and larded with rows
0:10:17 > 0:10:19of very pink strips of salt pork fat?
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- Pass.- Which spice used in goulash is added to a sauce hongroise
0:10:23 > 0:10:26to give it a delicate pink colour?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Paprika.- Bigarade sauce which includes orange and lemon juice
0:10:29 > 0:10:32is said to accompany braised what?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- BEEP Duck.- Duck, indeed.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38You had three passes. That name given to the small veal fricandeau,
0:10:38 > 0:10:40is grenadin.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Dried duxelle is prepared by frying the chopped onion
0:10:43 > 0:10:46and all that stuff.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50And Beurre de Provence is the alternative name for aioli.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Three passes. Michel, you have four points.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57APPLAUSE
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Right. That's the first round done, the specialist subjects.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Let's have a look at the scores. In fourth place, four points, Michel Roux Junior.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11In third place, six points, Jessica Hynes.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Second place, nine points, Neil Hannon.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17In the lead, just, ten points, Jon Sopel.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21APPLAUSE
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Round two now. General knowledge. If there is a tie at the end
0:11:25 > 0:11:28then the number of passes get taken into account
0:11:28 > 0:11:31and the person with fewer passes will be the winner.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36So let's get on with it and ask Michel to join us again, please.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40And the question that a lot of people ask
0:11:40 > 0:11:43is why, if you believe this to be the case and most of us do, I think,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45has British food got better over the years?
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Is it because of the French influence or something different?
0:11:49 > 0:11:53I think it probably is the French influence and probably down to my father and uncle...
0:11:53 > 0:11:59- That's very modest of you! - ..the forerunners of French gastronomy, I suppose.
0:11:59 > 0:12:05Seriously, things are, food-wise, sensational now in Britain.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08What makes a good meal? What is good food?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I think good food is, first of all great ingredients,
0:12:11 > 0:12:16beautiful ingredients, which Great Britain is blessed with, that's for sure.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21The rest of Europe, even in France, we buy Scottish lobsters,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Scottish langoustine, beef from all over Britain,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28hill lamb from Wales and such like.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31In Britain, we have got a beautiful larder.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Purely from the food point of view, forgetting everything else,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37your idea of the perfect meal, what would it be?
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Roast lobster with garlic butter and fat chips.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43That's it?!
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- I could cook that! - There you go. Invite me!
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Well, maybe. You've got four points. Let's see how you do
0:12:51 > 0:12:54with general knowledge. Two minutes starting now.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56In cricket, what does the abbreviation LBW mean?
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- Leg before wicket. - What name is given to the small glass reflectors set in a frame
0:13:00 > 0:13:03in the road surface that indicate traffic lanes?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- Cat's eyes.- Which literary post was held successively
0:13:06 > 0:13:08by Sir John Betjeman, Ted Hughes and Andrew motion?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- Pass.- The Piazza San Marco, the Bridge of Sighs
0:13:11 > 0:13:14and the Doge's Palace are all in which European city?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- Rome.- Venice. By what codename
0:13:16 > 0:13:19is Judy Dench known in the James Bond films?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- M.- Which California group had hits with Barbara Ann,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Good Vibrations and God Only Knows in 1966?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Pass.- The name of which tiny dried fruit made from a small grape
0:13:32 > 0:13:35is derived from Corinthe in Greece where it was first grown?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Raisin.- Currant. What word is used for an article in
0:13:38 > 0:13:42a newspaper announcing a person's death that usually includes a short biography?
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Pass.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Which French politician married the model Carla Bruni in 2008,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52three months after his divorce from his second wife?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Sarkozy.- In Chinese cuisine, the name of which small snack,
0:13:55 > 0:13:59often served as an appetiser, means "touch the heart" in Cantonese?
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- Dim sum.- What natural disaster caused severe damage in San Francisco
0:14:03 > 0:14:06and neighbouring towns in April 1906?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- Earthquake.- At which Hammersmith Theatre have a series of
0:14:09 > 0:14:12stand-up comedy show's been recorded for BBC television since 2004?
0:14:15 > 0:14:20- Pass.- The young of which animal is known as a leveret?
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- Hare.- In the detective novels by Agatha Christie, what is the first name
0:14:24 > 0:14:28of the elderly busybody and amateur sleuth Miss Marple?
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- Pass.- Which long-running American political drama about the lives
0:14:31 > 0:14:35of staff in the White House stars Martin Sheen as President Bartlet,
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Stockard Channing as his first lady?
0:14:36 > 0:14:41- Pass.- Which river famed in a song by Gerry and the Pacemakers
0:14:41 > 0:14:44separates Liverpool from Birkenhead and Wallasey?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Erm... Across the Mersey?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Mersey is correct. Sir Elton John wrote
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- the music for the stage version of which film about a young boy...- BLEEP
0:14:54 > 0:14:57..in County Durham who aspires to be
0:14:57 > 0:14:59a professional ballet dancer?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- No, pass. - I'll tell you. Billy Elliott.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05I'll give you your other passes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09The West Wing is that American political drama.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Miss Marple is Jane Marple.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16The Apollo is the Hammersmith Theatre that's been around so long.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Obituary is what you get if you in the newspaper if you die.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22The Beach Boys had hits with Barbara Anne, Good Vibrations and so on.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27And Betjeman, Hughes and Motion were all poets laureate.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- You have now, Michel, 12 points. - APPLAUSE
0:15:39 > 0:15:41And now Jessica Hynes, please.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46And since we were just talking about poets laureate,
0:15:46 > 0:15:50you choose a poet for your specialist round.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Pam Ayres. Why? What is it about her that really appeals?
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Well, she just has, erm... It's her humour. And her wit.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Erm, I just think she's clever and funny.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- I see you have in your hand a book, there.- Well, yes.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Because I was going to read a... Well, I...
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Give us a little bit. One that really turns you on.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14This is from a poem called They Should Have Asked my Husband.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17"Present it to my husband, he will solve it at a stroke.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21"He'll clarify the situation, he will make it crystal clear,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25"You'll feel the glazing of your eyeballs and the bending of your ear.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28"Corruption at the top, he's an authority on that,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31"And the Mafia, Gadafia and Yasser Arafat.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35"Upon these areas he brings his intellect to shine,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38"In a great, compelling voice, that's twice as loud as yours or mine.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42"I often wonder what it must be like to be so strong, infallible,
0:16:42 > 0:16:46"Articulate, self-confident, and wrong."
0:16:46 > 0:16:48LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:16:49 > 0:16:53If we had a post of People's Poet, she'd be it, wouldn't she?
0:16:53 > 0:16:59Well, yes. You know, I'd love to see her as poet laureate.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02I think if John Betjeman can become poet laureate,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I think Pam Ayres could.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Now, you've got six points, Jessica, with your knowledge of Pam Ayres.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10General knowledge. Two minutes, starting now.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Which 1978 film features the teenage gangs the T-birds and the Pink Ladies?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- Grease.- Which American soccer club did David Beckham agree to join
0:17:18 > 0:17:24in January 2007 for a reputed salary of £128 million over five years?
0:17:24 > 0:17:29- Manchester United. - LA Galaxy.- LA Galaxy! Sorry! I thought you said pounds!
0:17:29 > 0:17:32If you said dollars, I would have known. That's a trick question.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34I did say, "Which American soccer club..."
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- There was a wee bit of a clue in that. - I was going to say LA Galaxy.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Come on, you are wasting your own time! - I'm going to lose. It's fine.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45What bird used for racing and delivering messages is kept in a loft?
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- A racing pigeon. - Yeah, homing pigeon.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Which Royal Family member called herself Tillabet as a small child?
0:17:51 > 0:17:56The name eventually became Lillabet, by which she's still known to friends and family?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Erm, er... Princess Margaret?
0:17:58 > 0:18:02The Queen. Heathrow and Gatwick are two of London's passanger airports.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Where in Essex is the third?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- Stamford.- Stansted. Which TV drama series created by Julian Fellowes
0:18:08 > 0:18:11has a story line that begins leading up to the First World War
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and centres on the Crawley family and their servants?
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- Downton Abbey. - In which ballet by Tchaikovsky is the heroine Princess Odette
0:18:18 > 0:18:20turned into a bird by the evil magician, Rothbart?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Swan Lake.- Who wrote the original series of children's books
0:18:23 > 0:18:26set in Malory Towers boarding-school?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Malory Towers boarding school.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Erm... oh, I don't know.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- J.K.Rowling. I'm not going to pass. - Enid Blyton.- So embarrassing.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Which all-female pop band originated in Popstars: The Rivals in 2002
0:18:39 > 0:18:45has been listed by the Guinness World Records as Most Successful Reality TV Group?
0:18:45 > 0:18:49The one with Cheryl Cole. Girls Aloud.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52The name of which large animal found in Africa and Asia means nose horn in Greek?
0:18:52 > 0:18:57- Rhinoceros. - The Parliament Act of 1911 reduced the maximum duration
0:18:57 > 0:19:00of a parliament in the United Kingdom from seven years to how many?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- Four.- Five.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07It feels like four. Which 2011 film, a spin-off from an E4 comedy series,
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- depicts four teenagers on a trip to Crete? - The Inbetweeners Movie.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- BEEP - And I've just started so you can have this one.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Tampa, Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale are cities in which American state?
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Atlanta... No, no! That's not a state, is it?
0:19:23 > 0:19:27- No, it's not. I'll have to tell you, it's Florida.- OK.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31You have, now, Jessica, with those correct answers, reached 13 points.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33APPLAUSE
0:19:39 > 0:19:42And now Neil, again, please.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47And you'll have been asked this before
0:19:47 > 0:19:49but it's a fascinating business.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53The name of your band was Divine Comedy. Why?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Well, my father says it's his fault
0:19:56 > 0:19:59because I came down to his study saying,
0:19:59 > 0:20:03"Dad, I want to call my band The Passion."
0:20:03 > 0:20:08He came up later and said, "I'm afraid that deeply offends my faith."
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- Really?- And I just went to the first thing I saw on the bookshelf,
0:20:12 > 0:20:17which was Dante's The Divine Comedy, the Inferno, Paradiso, etc.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I thought, "That'll do," and stuck it on the first record.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- That was that.- And it worked, didn't it?- It seemed to.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27But you've changed. The whole music scene has changed, of course, and you've changed with it.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33In such a way that I won't have a Top 30 hit any more.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38But that's not a problem because I've developed a nice niche,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41a fan base that will keep buying my idiotic records
0:20:41 > 0:20:43every three or four years.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Even if you tell them they're idiotic?
0:20:45 > 0:20:50Especially if I tell them they're idiotic. I'm the Pam Ayres of rock!
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- LAUGHTER - Now, there is a claim!
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00You have nine points. You get two minutes to pile up a huge score.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04In the 1960s, a beehive, as worn by Dusty Springfield,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06was a kind of what?
0:21:06 > 0:21:10- Hairstyle.- Which security service featured in the television series Spooks
0:21:10 > 0:21:12has its headquarters at Thames House?
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- MI5.- In Test cricket, which country did England beat 4-0 in 2011,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18replacing them as number one team in the world?
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- India.- In the film Free Willy and its sequels, who or what was Willie?
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- Killer whale.- Pete Townshend of the Who delivered a lecture on the 31st October,
0:21:26 > 0:21:312011 on BBC Six music that was named after which broadcaster?
0:21:31 > 0:21:36- I don't know.- Which sea separates the east coast of Britain
0:21:36 > 0:21:38from the mainland of north-western Europe?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- North Sea.- Yes.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42In the Pirates of the Caribbean adventure films,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45which British actress plays the role of Elizabeth Swann?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I can't remember her name. Pass.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50What reference book did Dr Samuel Johnson
0:21:50 > 0:21:52write in the mid-18th Century?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- The dictionary.- Which US singer who's had hits with the songs Beautiful
0:21:56 > 0:22:01and Fighter is the vocalist on the 2011 Maroon 5 track, Moves Like Jagger?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Christina Aguilera. - Which duke led the British forces who,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07along with the Prussians, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- Wellington. - What's the name of the diarist created by Sue Townsend
0:22:10 > 0:22:13whose first entry is dated 1st January 1981?
0:22:13 > 0:22:17- Adrian Mole. - The title of which television series starring John Barrowman
0:22:17 > 0:22:22as captain Jack Harkness is an anagram of Doctor Who?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- I don't know. - Which Welsh poet wrote the play Under Milk Wood
0:22:25 > 0:22:28about inhabitants of the imaginary small village, Llareggub?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- Dylan Thomas. - Who was a major figure in the Russian Revolution
0:22:31 > 0:22:35and the first head of the Soviet state from 1917-24.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- Lenin.- In the traditional pantomime,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42what did Jack trade for the magic beans that grew into the beanstalk?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- A goose.- A cow.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Which Dutch artist who lived from 1853-1890
0:22:49 > 0:22:52painted Self-portrait With Bandaged Ear and Pipe?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- Van Gogh.- In 2001, which pop star and songwriter
0:22:54 > 0:22:58published a book of lyrics and poems called Blackbird Singing
0:22:58 > 0:23:00that he'd started to write in 1965?
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- Paul McCartney. - Which lake straddling the French-Swiss border
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- BEEP - is the largest of the Alpine lakes?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- Lake Constance? - Lake Geneva. Three passes.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Doctor Who is an anagram of Torchwood. Yeah.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18It was Keira Knightley who played the role of Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean
0:23:18 > 0:23:24and that lecture Pete Townsend delivered was the inaugural John Peel Lecture.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Three passes but you now have 22 points.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29APPLAUSE
0:23:35 > 0:23:39And finally, Jon, come and join us again, please.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45And, er, when we first met, you were a political correspondent.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- I was.- Yeah, pounding the beat at Westminster,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53getting to be friendly with all those nice politicians.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55How friendly do you have to be with them?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Well, I think politics is a game played by consenting adults,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01broadly speaking. And I think that if a politician
0:24:01 > 0:24:05has told you something that is clearly newsworthy,
0:24:05 > 0:24:09er, my duty is, broadly speaking,
0:24:09 > 0:24:15to broadcast it - on the Today programme, on the news, wherever it happens to be.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- Do you like them? Do you like politicians?- Do you know what?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21I know this is not a very popular thing to say,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23but I think politicians - for the most part...
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I think there are some that are venal and all the rest of it.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29But for the most part, I think politicians are trying to do a difficult job,
0:24:29 > 0:24:34have probably got the best interests of the country at heart and occasionally take the wrong turning.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Mm, I agree with that. Right. Let's see how you do with your general knowledge, Jon.
0:24:39 > 0:24:4122 is the score to beat.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45You start with ten points. Will you become a mastermind? Here we go. Two minutes.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49What name is given to trees such as conifers that are in leaf all year?
0:24:49 > 0:24:54- Evergreen.- Which playwright died on St George's Day 1616 in Stratford-on-Avon?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- William Shakespeare.- Which Australian golfer, twice winner of the British Open,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00was known as The Great White Shark?
0:25:00 > 0:25:05- Pass.- According to the saying, the road to where is paved with good intentions?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- Er, Damascus. No.- Hell.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11In which 2010 film about the founding of Facebook
0:25:11 > 0:25:14does Jesse Eisenberg star as Mark Zuckerberg?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Er...
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- Something Generation. No. - No, Social Network.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Who sang the praises of Deputy Prime Minister Willie Whitelaw
0:25:23 > 0:25:26by claiming, "Every prime minister needs a Willie"?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Thatcher.- Which Wiltshire town was granted the prefix "Royal" in October 2011,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33in recognition of its support for members of the Armed Forces
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- who died in Iraq and Afghanistan?- Wootton Bassett.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Which 19th-century English artist, known for his paintings of animals,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42also sculpted the lions at the base of Nelson's Column?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- Pass.- Who had a number-one hit in December 1969
0:25:45 > 0:25:48with Two Little Boys, a song about friendship in battle?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- Rolf Harris.- Which football club was taken over by Mike Ashley in 2007?
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- Newcastle United.- Which humourist caused ill feeling in Britain
0:25:55 > 0:26:00for his wartime broadcasts from occupied Europe during the Second World War?
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- PG Wodehouse. - Adrian Edmondson plays the anarchic punk Vivian
0:26:03 > 0:26:05in which offbeat comedy series?
0:26:05 > 0:26:09- The Young Ones. - What's the name of the vast Asiatic region of Russia
0:26:09 > 0:26:12that extends from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- Siberia.- What's known in Spain as "vino tinto"?
0:26:15 > 0:26:19- Red wine.- The news editor George Dent worked in the cut-throat environment
0:26:19 > 0:26:23of the GlobeLink newsroom in which sitcom, created by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- Pass.- King Richard I of England, the hero of many romantic tales,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- was known by what nickname? - The Lionheart.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32In cookery, hat name is given to all the internal edible parts of poultry?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Gizzards.- Giblets.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- Of course.- On which African river are the Victoria Falls?
0:26:39 > 0:26:40- The Nile.- The Zambezi.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43In 1957, Patricia Bredin was Britain's first representative
0:26:43 > 0:26:46in which musical competition?
0:26:46 > 0:26:47BEEP
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- Which musical competition? - Oh, you've got to be quick.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Top Of The Pops. No, Opportunity Knocks!
0:26:54 > 0:26:57No, neither of those. Eurovision Song Contest.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Oh, Of course!
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Three passes, Jon.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- That sitcom - you'll know it when I tell you. Drop The Dead Donkey. - ..Donkey, yeah.- Of course.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Landseer was the artist - you know that, as well - who did the lions.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- And Greg Norman.- And the Great White Shark was Greg Norman.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Unfortunately, that information has come to you a tiny bit late.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Because, Jon, you have 21 points.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21APPLAUSE
0:27:30 > 0:27:35Well, so close but he didn't quite make it. Let's have a look at the final scores.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37In fourth place with 12 points, Michel Roux.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40In third place - 13 points - Jessica Hynes.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Second place - 21 points - Jon Sopel.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46First place - 22 points - Neil Hannon.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Come and join us, Neil.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59There we go.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- Congratulations. - I'm a very happy boy.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08So, er, how does that compare with a musical award, then?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- It is ten times better.- Oh!
0:28:11 > 0:28:15You know, I've watched this programme since I was three.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19- So this is remarkable!- Wonderful. Can I just make a point?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22I wasn't doing it when you were three! Possibly.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- The wonderful Magnus Magnusson. - Exactly. Anyway, well done.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Thank you for watching.
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