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Four celebrities who hope they know everything there is to know

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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 in the hot seat

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for their chosen charity,

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and 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 the actress Adele Silva.

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Her specialist subject, the children's books of Roald Dahl.

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Television doctor Chris Van Tulleken

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has chosen Sir Ranulph Fiennes as his subject.

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The 1st Earl of Durham is the specialist subject

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of the agony aunt Denise Robertson.

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And the comedian Milton Jones.

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His subject? Potatoes.

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APPLAUSE

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

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As ever, our contenders have agreed to put their reputations on the line

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by answering one-and-a-half minutes of questions

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on their specialist subject,

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and two minutes on general knowledge

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in the bold attempt to earn the kudos

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of becoming Mastermind Champion and taking home this elegant trophy.

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So, let's ask our first contender to join us, please.

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-It's very quiet.

-Very quiet.

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-And your name is?

-Adele Silva.

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-Your chosen charity?

-The Alzheimer's Society.

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-And your chosen subject?

-The children's stories of Roald Dahl.

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The children's stories of Roald Dahl in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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What is the name of Matilda's formidable headmistress

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at Crunchem Hall Primary School, who was once a famous athlete?

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-Agatha Trunchbull.

-Indeed.

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What architectural feature is missing from the structure

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of the home of Mr and Mrs Twit?

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-No windows.

-No windows.

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In George's Marvellous Medicine,

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what does George's mother see towering over him

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when she returns from doing her shopping in the village?

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-Grandma.

-A gigantic hen.

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The Grand High Witch orders all the other witches

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to resign from their jobs and buy what type of business?

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-Sweet shops.

-Yes.

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Which classic novel is the first book that Mrs Phelps the librarian

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chooses for Matilda to read after

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she's finished all the children's books?

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-Great expectations?

-Yes.

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In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,

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what is the name of the fat nine-year-old boy

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who finds the first golden ticket?

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-Augustus Gloop.

-Yes.

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Which brand of shampoo is the first ingredient

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that George put into his marvellous medicine?

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-Pass.

-When the Twits are out shopping,

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the monkeys and the birds put all their furniture on the ceiling,

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making the house appear to be upside down.

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What are the items they're shopping for?

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Pass.

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Which animal did Veruca Salt try to take without permission,

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only to find herself attacked by 100 of them?

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-Squirrel.

-Yes.

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Matilda's father is mean

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when she wants to eat her supper in the dining room and read a book.

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What does she put in his hat to punish him?

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-Superglue.

-Yes.

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In the Witches, it's rumoured the American witches

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can turn kids into an item of food in order to trick parents

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into eating their own children! What food is it?

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-Pass.

-What special ingredient

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does Mrs Twit add to the spaghetti in her husband's lunch

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in revenge after he put a frog in her bed?

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-Worms.

-Yes. Big, long worms, to be precise.

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You had three passes.

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-It was hot dogs...

-Oh!

-..they turned them into.

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Shotguns, the Twits were out buying - or at least trying to buy.

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And Golden Gloss was the hair shampoo

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-in the first ingredient in the marvellous medicine.

-OK.

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-You have, Adele, eight points.

-Oh! Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Christopher Van Tulleken.

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-Your chosen charity?

-Merlin.

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-And your chosen subject?

-The life and achievements of Ranulph Fiennes.

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Ranulph Fiennes in 90 seconds.

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In May 2009, Fiennes became the first person

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to have crossed both polar ice caps

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and to reach the summit of which mountain?

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-Mount Everest.

-Yes.

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In what vehicle did he lead an expedition

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up the length of the Nile in 1968?

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-Canoes.

-Hovercraft.

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Whom did Fiennes achieve the first unsupported crossing

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of the Antarctic continent in 1992-93,

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the longest recorded polar journey in history?

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-Mike Stroud.

-Yes.

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What regiment did he join in 1966,

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becoming the youngest captain in the Army?

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-The Special Air Service.

-Yes.

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In spite of his fear of heights and limited climbing experience,

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he did climb the north face of which Alpine peak in 2007.

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-The Eiger.

-Yes.

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What was the name of his Jack Russell

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who holds the distinction of being the only dog

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to have cocked his leg at both the North and South Poles?

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-Buffy.

-Yes.

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Which actor provides background commentary

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to the film To The Ends Of The Earth,

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a Fiennes trans-globe expedition?

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-Richard Burton.

-What physical feat did he complete

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between October 26th and November 2nd 2003,

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having fought his way back from a heart attack?

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Seven marathons in seven days in seven continents.

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Fiennes was dismissed from the SAS for a prank

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that involved blowing up part of the set of a film

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after hearing local villagers didn't like it. Name the film.

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-Dr Doolittle.

-What name was given to Fiennes' ship

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for his trans-globe expedition?

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The Benjamin Bowring.

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In his autobiography, Fiennes shows his family tree

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going back to which major historical figure,

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who died in the year 814?

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-Hugh Stitch Fiennes.

-It was Charlemagne.

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Which inventor sponsored Fiennes

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on his solo expedition to the Antarctic in 1966?

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He produced a special edition Antarctic Vacuum Cleaner

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sold in aid of charity?

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-James Dyson.

-James Dyson is correct.

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Chris, you have no passes, ten points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Denise Robertson.

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-Your chosen charity?

-The Bubble Foundation.

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-And your chosen subject?

-John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham.

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1st Earl of Durham in 90 seconds.

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What nickname was given to John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham,

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because of his support for parliamentary reform,

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including the secret ballot?

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Radical Jack.

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When Durham decided to join the army in 1809,

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he got a commission with a regiment

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often called the Prince Of Wales's Own.

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-Which regiment?

-The 10th Hussars.

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After his victory in the 1814 by-election,

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Durham made his maiden speech

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in the House of Commons on what subject?

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Sweden was going to take over Norway.

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Exactly, that will do it.

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In which street was Durham's London address,

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where the 1830 committee of four,

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consisting of Durham, John Russell,

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Sir James Graham and Lord Duncannon

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met to draw up a bill on parliamentary reform?

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Cleveland Row.

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Which fellow MP gave him the nickname The Angry Boy?

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Creevey.

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Durham spent some of his childhood

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with which Bristol physician

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who supervised his early education?

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Dr Beddoes.

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In 1838, Durham was appointed Governor-in-Chief

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of a country where serious protests were taking place

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against continuing British rule. What was the country?

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-Canada.

-In December 1816,

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Durham married Louisa Elizabeth,

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daughter of which future Whig Prime Minister?

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-Earl Grey.

-With whom did Durham fight a duel

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after being called a liar

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when supporting a fellow Whig candidate

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in a neighbouring constituency?

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Beaumont.

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In 1833, Durham entertained the young Princess Victoria

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at Cowes with a firework display

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that included his family motto. What is it?

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"Le jour viendra."

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In which seaside resort did Durham die,

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probably from tuberculosis on July 28th, 1840?

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-Cowes.

-The architects who turned Lambton Hall

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into a castle, complete with turrets,

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were a father and son. What was their surname?

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-Bonomi.

-Bonomi is correct. No passes.

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You got them all right. 12 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our final contender, please.

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JOHN LAUGHS

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They'll be well-rubbed, your hands.

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Your name is?

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Milton Jones. LAUGHTER

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-Your chosen charity?

-Club Capernaum.

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-And your specialist subject?

-Potatoes.

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Potatoes, in 90 seconds, here we go.

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Potatoes were first brought to Europe

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in the 16th century by the Spanish.

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From which continent did they bring them back?

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-South America.

-On which of the Channel Islands

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is the celebrated Royal New Potato grown?

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-Jersey.

-Which long-running American television series,

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-set during the Korean War...

-MASH.

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shares its name with a form of cooked potato

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used to top a shepherd's pie?

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Still MASH.

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What was the name of the Dutch post-impressionist artist

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who painted The Potato Eaters in 1885?

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Van Gogh.

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Which 1995 animated film and its sequels

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features Mr Potato Head as a character?

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In the second film in the series,

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he is joined by Mrs Potato Head.

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Toy Story.

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In 1992, on a visit to a school,

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the American Vice President Dan Quayle

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suggested a student had misspelled the word potato.

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What letter did he encourage him to add to the end of it?

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-E.

-The man who first promoted

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the growing and eating of potatoes in France

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has a station on the Paris Metro named after him.

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It also gives his name to many potato dishes. Who was he?

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Parmentier.

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Which British nickname for the potato

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is shared by a type of digging and weeding tool

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and originally meant a short knife or dagger?

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-Spud.

-What well-known variety of potato,

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introduced in 1902,

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is named after the British monarch of the time?

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King Edward.

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What name was given

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to the poor quality variety of potato

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imported into Ireland from Scotland in the 1800s?

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It was the main variety grown in Ireland

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before the famine.

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-Lugger?

-Lumper.

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What name from the Italian for "knot of wood"

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is used for little dumplings, often made with potato flour,

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cooked in boiling water

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and served with sauces and cheese?

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-Gnocchi.

-Gnocchi is correct.

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No passes, Milton. You have ten points.

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APPLAUSE

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A good high-scoring round there. Let's have a look at the scores.

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In fourth place, eight points, Adele Silva.

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Joint second place, ten points apiece,

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Chris Van Tulleken and Milton Jones.

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In the lead with 12 points, Denise Robertson.

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APPLAUSE

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So it is the General Knowledge round now

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and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes

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

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

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-And you did quite a long time in Emmerdale, didn't you?

-I did, yes.

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And now you're doing something that requires you to improvise.

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-Is that a bit scary?

-Erm, I love it.

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I went to drama school,

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so improvisation I used to love in drama classes,

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so when I got a call from my agent saying,

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"You've got a part in this new crime drama, but everything's improvised,"

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I was really excited.

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Obviously, the plot is all worked out ahead of time,

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so you know how it's going to begin and end.

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Yeah, you're given a breakdown for each scene,

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which would say, for example, "John is behind his booth."

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"Scene Two, John finds out that all the questions have been stolen."

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"Scene Three, he looks to the audience

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"to find out who he thinks it might be."

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-That kind of thing.

-And what character do you play?

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I played Moira Young, who stole people's identities

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and then...another naughty girl.

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-Another?

-Yeah, I usually play the bad girls for some reason.

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-I don't know why - I'm so nice!

-Well, quite!

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There must be something about you that they've spotted that we...

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I know. Or maybe I'm just a really good actress.

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-That'll be it.

-Yeah.

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Now, you have eight points

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and this is the General Knowledge round now,

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and there's two minutes of it.

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Here we go, two minutes, General Knowledge, starting now.

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Cashew and pistachio are both types of what food?

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-Nut.

-Which actress from Sex And The City

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is often known by her initials SJP?

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Sarah Jessica Parker.

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The formal end-of-year dance and social gathering

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in an American high school or college

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is known by what name?

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-Prom.

-In which musical

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do Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly avoid prison

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and end up in vaudeville

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through the efforts of the lawyer Billy Flynn?

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-Chicago.

-What type of headache

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is characterised by visual disturbance, nausea

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and sensitivity to light?

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Migraine.

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Which '80s pop group

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had hits with Manic Monday and Eternal Flame?

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-The Bangles.

-Which contest,

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involving two teams pulling at opposite ends of a rope

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until one drags the other over a centre line

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was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920?

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Tug of war.

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Lionel Shriver's Orange Prize-winning novel of 2005

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is called We Need To Talk About whom?

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-Kevin.

-In which romantic comedy

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does Charles, played by Hugh Grant,

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jilt Duckface at the altar

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when his true love, Carrie, turns up

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and says that she and her husband have separated?

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Four Weddings And A Funeral.

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What name, derived from

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the Greek words for "out" and "oath",

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is given to the act of expelling evil spirits

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through certain ceremonies?

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Exorcism.

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Curly and flat-leafed

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are the two main types of a herb related to celery

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and one of the most commonly used in cookery.

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Which herb is it?

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Parsley.

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What does the letter E stand for

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in the television series abbreviated to TOWIE?

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Oh, Essex.

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In the Bible, which vessel was made of gopher wood

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and measured 300 cubits long, 50 wide and 30 high?

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-Ark.

-Yes, Noah's Ark.

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In which Asian country are the holiday destinations

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of Koh Samui and Chiang Mai?

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-Thailand.

-Which bird has a train

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of metallic green tail feathers?

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Each feather is tipped with a brightly coloured eye spot.

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-Parrot.

-Peacock.

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What is the name of David and Victoria Beckham's daughter,

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born in Los Angeles in July 2011?

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Harper.

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Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood

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are the judges on which BBC2 cookery competition?

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Oh, The Great Bake Off. Great British Bake Off.

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What non-profit organisation was founded in 1992

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to help farmers and other workers in poorer countries

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market their produce in the wider world?

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BEEP

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I would have passed on that one.

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You would have... Well, you can.

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You can pass and I'll give you the answer,

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cos it is the Fair Trade Foundation...

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-Oh, of course!

-..which you knew anyway.

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-But look, you did brilliantly, you got 24 points.

-Oh!

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APPLAUSE

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And now, Chris, again please.

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And, erm, the sort of essence of your job, at least a big part of it,

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seems to me to be highly improbable,

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because you're a doctor who goes with explorers to dangerous places,

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and yet they're BBC programmes.

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Now, I know health and safety at the BBC,

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and they won't let you climb a ladder or cross a road

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unless you sign 19 different forms.

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The people who make us do that aren't out on the Arctic ice

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and, of course, I write the risk assessments, which makes it easier.

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So you say, "Just a walk in the park."

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-Yeah, I'm not going to be doing any more of these.

-No, that's it now.

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You just destroyed your career!

0:15:150:15:18

What are the dangers? What are the real risks?

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Polar bears, falling in the sea, drowning, hypothermia,

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exposure, dehydration, frostbite.

0:15:230:15:27

-It's quite a long list.

-Sounds a barrel of laughs.

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Haemorrhoids, I mean, most of...

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Enough, already!

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So, an obvious question - why do it?

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Because for every sort of 20 days that you end up suffering,

0:15:370:15:40

you get five minutes that make it all worth it.

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You see some extraordinary sight, or some beautiful animal,

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or some amazing sunset that make it worth it,

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and when you come home and you're not doing that thing anymore,

0:15:470:15:51

-you appreciate the things back home that much more.

-But only briefly.

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-Then you have to go back.

-And then you have to go back, exactly!

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Right, well, you've got 10 points already.

0:15:580:16:00

Let's see if you can beat 24 with your General Knowledge.

0:16:000:16:03

Two minutes, starting now. In which American state

0:16:030:16:05

are the cities of San Diego and San Francisco?

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-California.

-How many sides does an octagon have?

0:16:070:16:11

Eight.

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Which '90s television show

0:16:120:16:14

presented Gotcha Oscars to its celebrity victims?

0:16:140:16:18

Pass.

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Seismology is the science and study

0:16:190:16:20

of what natural occurrences and their causes and effects?

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-Earthquakes.

-Which six-foot-tall

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Australian model and actress is nicknamed The Body?

0:16:250:16:28

Elle Macpherson.

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Who lost to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon Final

0:16:310:16:33

but beat him in straight sets

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to win the Men's Singles Gold Medal

0:16:340:16:36

at the 2012 Olympics?

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-Andy Murray.

-According to popular legend,

0:16:380:16:40

what was Archimedes doing

0:16:400:16:41

when he discovered the principle of buoyancy

0:16:410:16:43

and ran naked into the street shouting, "Eureka?"

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Having a bath.

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Which children's television character

0:16:460:16:48

has a bulldozer named Scoop, a cement mixer called Dizzy

0:16:480:16:51

-and a crane called Lofty?

-Bob...

-Er...

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..The Builder.

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What title is reserved exclusively

0:16:540:16:55

for the heir apparent to the British throne

0:16:550:16:57

and is bestowed only by the monarch?

0:16:570:16:59

The Prince Of Wales?

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Jarvis Cocker is the lead singer with which band,

0:17:030:17:05

whose hits include Disco 2000 and Common People?

0:17:050:17:08

-Pulp.

-Which scientist opened the 2012 London Paralympics

0:17:080:17:12

with a big bang?

0:17:120:17:13

-Brian Cox.

-Stephen Hawking.

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What name, of Aztec origin,

0:17:170:17:18

is the more common name for the prairie or barking wolf?

0:17:180:17:22

-Coyote.

-Which Oscar-winning American actor

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starred in Saving Private Ryan, Big and The Green Mile?

0:17:250:17:28

-Tom Hanks.

-What name is given

0:17:280:17:29

to the ten administrative divisions

0:17:290:17:31

that, along with three territories, make up Canada?

0:17:310:17:34

Provinces.

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Which of Shakespeare's tragedies,

0:17:360:17:38

about a prince exacting revenge,

0:17:380:17:40

is set mainly in Elsinore Castle in Denmark?

0:17:400:17:42

-Hamlet.

-For what purpose

0:17:420:17:44

is ethylene glycol used in car radiators...?

0:17:440:17:47

-Anti-freeze.

-Anti-freeze is correct.

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Ian Fleming took the name of a Bond villain

0:17:490:17:51

from a school friend at Eton

0:17:510:17:52

whose son is now a well-known radio cricket commentator.

0:17:520:17:55

What's the name of the villain?

0:17:550:17:57

Pass.

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What two-word phrase of Latin origin

0:18:000:18:02

means "the other way round?"

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BEEP

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-Vice versa.

-Yes.

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That was an important point as well,

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but you'll be very cross you didn't say this one,

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because the name of the Bond villain,

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cricket commentator, Blofeld.

0:18:160:18:18

And the Gotcha Oscars, Noel's House Party.

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-But you got, Chris, 25 points.

-Fabulous.

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APPLAUSE

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And now Milton Jones again, please.

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And, Milton, you do one-man shows

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and you're on stage for sometimes 90 minutes or more.

0:18:430:18:46

-Yes.

-Endless one-liners.

-Yes.

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And I can see you doing that for a few minutes,

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but 90 minutes of one-liners?

0:18:520:18:53

Yeah, after a while you can see blood coming out of people's ears.

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I think I do one-liners cos I've got attention deficit...

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Oh, look at those lights.

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LAUGHTER

0:19:030:19:05

Quite. Go on, give us a few.

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My Auntie Marge has been ill for so long,

0:19:060:19:09

we've changed her name to I Can't Believe She's Not Better.

0:19:090:19:12

LAUGHTER

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I was walking along the other day

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and on the road I saw a small dead baby ghost.

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Although thinking about it...

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it might have been a handkerchief.

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LAUGHTER

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One more, I mean, this is addictive. I could go on.

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If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a tunnel

0:19:340:19:38

then onto a little see-saw then jump through a hoop of fire.

0:19:380:19:42

Cos they train for that.

0:19:430:19:46

I've started so I'll finish.

0:19:470:19:50

You never can finish!

0:19:500:19:52

But do you not ever find yourself on stage and think,

0:19:520:19:56

"I can't think of another one?"

0:19:560:19:58

Yeah, sort of, but then you just say, "Hey, where are you all from?"

0:19:580:20:01

You know, you speak to someone and then eventually you remember

0:20:010:20:04

-what you were going to say in the first place.

-That's it, is it?

0:20:040:20:07

If the bloke on stage says, "Hey, where you all from then?"

0:20:070:20:10

you'll know he's...

0:20:100:20:11

Yeah, if he does that about seven times you'll know he's got amnesia.

0:20:110:20:14

LAUGHTER

0:20:140:20:16

Well, you have ten points. The score to beat now is 25.

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So, let's see if you can do it with your General Knowledge.

0:20:210:20:25

Two minutes, starting now.

0:20:250:20:27

Which planet is sometimes known as the Red Planet?

0:20:270:20:29

-Mars.

-In Robert Browning's poem,

0:20:290:20:31

who gets rid of the rats in the town of Hamelin?

0:20:310:20:33

-Pied Piper.

-Which French engineer

0:20:330:20:35

is best known for the tower in Paris

0:20:350:20:37

-that bears his name?

-Eiffel.

0:20:370:20:39

What is the common name for the bulge in the neck

0:20:390:20:41

formed by the thyroid cartilage

0:20:410:20:42

that is particularly prominent in adult men?

0:20:420:20:44

Adam's apple.

0:20:440:20:45

The Australian tribute band Bjorn Again

0:20:450:20:47

play the songs of which group?

0:20:470:20:49

-Abba.

-Who plays Lee Mack's best friend and landlord

0:20:490:20:52

in the television series Not Going Out?

0:20:520:20:53

His brother Jeremy's a television and Radio 2 presenter.

0:20:530:20:56

-Tim Vine.

-Which fictional vampire lands at Whitby

0:20:560:20:58

in the shape of a wolf running from a beached ship

0:20:580:21:01

called the Demeter?

0:21:010:21:02

-Pass.

-Butternut is a variety of which vegetable

0:21:020:21:04

believed to be native to the New World

0:21:040:21:06

and related to marrows and pumpkins?

0:21:060:21:08

-Squash.

-What catastrophic event

0:21:080:21:10

began on the 2nd of September 1666

0:21:100:21:12

at the house of the king's baker

0:21:120:21:13

in Pudding Lane near London Bridge?

0:21:130:21:15

-Fire of London.

-"Four legs good, two legs bad"

0:21:150:21:17

is a quotation from which George Orwell novel?

0:21:170:21:20

-1984?

-Animal Farm.

0:21:200:21:21

Which comedian who worked as a psychiatric nurse

0:21:210:21:23

before turning to show business

0:21:230:21:25

began her career on the stand-up comedy circuit

0:21:250:21:27

under the name the Sea Monster?

0:21:270:21:28

-Jo Brand.

-A bowler, a beanie and a beret

0:21:280:21:30

are all types of...?

0:21:300:21:31

-Hat.

-According to the New Testament,

0:21:310:21:33

who lived in the desert on locusts and honey

0:21:330:21:35

wearing a robe made from camel's hair

0:21:350:21:36

and preaching the coming of the Messiah?

0:21:360:21:38

-John the Baptist.

-What word for the intense white light

0:21:380:21:41

once used as theatre stage lighting

0:21:410:21:42

has come to mean the centre of public attention?

0:21:420:21:45

-Limelight.

-Which country singer

0:21:450:21:47

is played by Joaquin Phoenix

0:21:470:21:48

in the 2005 film Walk The Line?

0:21:480:21:51

Johnny...

0:21:510:21:53

Cash.

0:21:530:21:54

In 1911, a man with a wooden leg called Bumper Harris

0:21:540:21:56

was employed to ride

0:21:560:21:57

on a newly-installed piece of machinery

0:21:570:21:59

at the Earls Court Underground Station

0:21:590:22:01

to demonstrate its safety.

0:22:010:22:02

What was it?

0:22:020:22:03

-Tube?

-Escalator.

0:22:030:22:04

The long cylindrical grissini

0:22:040:22:06

served in many Italian restaurants

0:22:060:22:07

is sometimes known by what English name?

0:22:070:22:10

-Spaghetti?

-Breadsticks.

0:22:100:22:11

Which London theatre, well-known for variety shows,

0:22:110:22:14

opened in 1910 on Argyll Street in Soho?

0:22:140:22:16

-Pass.

-In which ship did the Pilgrim Fathers

0:22:160:22:19

succeed in sailing from England to America in 1620?

0:22:190:22:22

Er, pass.

0:22:220:22:24

Which little black dog who always gets into trouble

0:22:240:22:26

lives at Donaldson's Dairy, according to the first title

0:22:260:22:29

in the children's picture book series by Lynley Dodd?

0:22:290:22:32

BEEP

0:22:320:22:33

Er...

0:22:330:22:34

Is it The Book About The Little Black Dog?

0:22:350:22:39

It's not, actually, no. It's Hairy Maclary.

0:22:390:22:42

Yep, I know. Me neither.

0:22:420:22:44

The other passes, the Pilgrim Fathers sailed in the Mayflower.

0:22:440:22:47

The Palladium is that theatre,

0:22:470:22:49

and Dracula was the vampire who landed at Whitby and so on.

0:22:490:22:54

Milton, you got 23 points.

0:22:540:22:55

APPLAUSE

0:22:550:22:57

And finally, Denise again please.

0:23:030:23:06

And, erm, you've been an agony aunt on telly for 20 years?

0:23:080:23:16

-Erm, about 27, 28.

-28 years.

0:23:160:23:21

So what is the - if there is such a thing - the sort of classic problem?

0:23:210:23:25

There isn't a classic problem,

0:23:250:23:27

but there's a classic element to almost every problem.

0:23:270:23:30

It's low self-esteem.

0:23:300:23:33

It's the belief that I deserve what has happened to me,

0:23:330:23:37

or I deserve this treatment.

0:23:370:23:38

And one of the things that I can do is make them feel

0:23:390:23:43

that I think they can do the things that they need to do.

0:23:430:23:47

And are you ever surprised?

0:23:470:23:49

After all these years, do you open a letter or get an email or whatever

0:23:490:23:52

and think, "Good heavens, haven't come across that before?"

0:23:520:23:55

Well, when I started at BBC Breakfast Time,

0:23:550:23:58

there was a joke there that said I had never opened a letter

0:23:580:24:01

without saying, "Oh, I remember when that happened to me."

0:24:010:24:05

-To you?!

-To me, yes. That's how I became an agony aunt.

0:24:050:24:09

I had a lot of agony, and I used to write feature articles about it

0:24:090:24:14

and people started writing to me.

0:24:140:24:15

-So I was an agony aunt at the kitchen table.

-Right.

0:24:150:24:18

But on the whole, I like human nature better now than I did when I started.

0:24:180:24:24

I very seldom get a letter that makes me cross because it's selfish.

0:24:240:24:30

That very, very seldom happens.

0:24:300:24:33

Well, that's all rather reassuring, isn't it?

0:24:330:24:35

Right, so let's see how you do with your General Knowledge now

0:24:350:24:38

and 25 is now the score to beat.

0:24:380:24:41

Here we go.

0:24:410:24:42

Two minutes of General Knowledge.

0:24:420:24:44

Tortoise shell and tabby are adjectives

0:24:440:24:46

used to describe the colour of which domestic animal?

0:24:460:24:49

Cats.

0:24:490:24:50

Who plays Detective Inspector Jack Frost

0:24:500:24:52

in the television series A Touch of Frost?

0:24:520:24:54

David...Jensen...

0:24:540:24:56

Jason. Prince Albert was the consort

0:24:560:24:57

of which British monarch?

0:24:570:24:59

-Queen Victoria.

-Which star sign in the Zodiac

0:24:590:25:01

has a name that means "the Archer?"

0:25:010:25:03

-Er, Aries.

-Sagittarius.

0:25:030:25:04

What was the surname of the sisters

0:25:040:25:06

Anne, Charlotte and Emily, all of whom were 19th century novelists?

0:25:060:25:09

-Bronte.

-Which football club

0:25:090:25:10

has played their home games at Goodison Park since 1892?

0:25:100:25:14

Everton.

0:25:140:25:15

What branch of alternative medicine originated in China

0:25:150:25:18

consists of inserting needles

0:25:180:25:19

into precise points on the body

0:25:190:25:21

-to cure illness or ease symptoms?

-Acupuncture.

0:25:210:25:23

A traditional Eve's pudding

0:25:230:25:24

consists of a layer of sponge over a base of which fruit?

0:25:240:25:27

-Apple.

-Who returned to the UK singles charts

0:25:270:25:29

with a re-recording of his first hit,

0:25:290:25:31

Your Song, in July 2002

0:25:310:25:33

in a duet with Alessandro Safina?

0:25:330:25:35

-Pass.

-Which East Midlands city

0:25:350:25:37

is renowned for the manufacture

0:25:370:25:38

of cigarettes, bicycles, pharmaceuticals and lace?

0:25:380:25:41

-Pass.

-In politics,

0:25:410:25:42

what do the letters MEP stand for?

0:25:420:25:44

Member of the European Parliament.

0:25:440:25:46

Which musical by Lerner and Loewe

0:25:460:25:47

is an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion?

0:25:470:25:50

-My Fair Lady.

-By what collective name

0:25:500:25:52

are Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, Michigan

0:25:520:25:54

and Ontario usually known?

0:25:540:25:55

-The Great Lakes.

-Who won her second Oscar

0:25:550:25:57

playing Martha opposite her real-life husband

0:25:570:25:59

in the 1966 film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

0:25:590:26:02

-Elizabeth Taylor.

-The flowers of the common shrub Forsythia

0:26:020:26:04

are usually what colour?

0:26:040:26:06

-Yellow.

-The holder of which Holy office

0:26:060:26:07

is traditionally elected by the Sacred College of Cardinals?

0:26:070:26:10

-The Pope.

-Which Rodgers and Hart song opens with the line,

0:26:100:26:13

"She gets too hungry for dinner at eight,

0:26:130:26:14

"She loves the theatre but never comes late"?

0:26:140:26:16

That's Why The Lady Is A Tramp.

0:26:160:26:18

What name is given to a device for pricking the side of a horse

0:26:180:26:20

in order to urge it forward?

0:26:200:26:21

It consists of a small spike attached to the rider's heel.

0:26:210:26:24

-Spur.

-Which chef had his rough-haired Jack Russell terrier, Chalky,

0:26:240:26:28

at his side in many of his television programmes?

0:26:280:26:30

-Pass.

-The Jupiter

0:26:300:26:31

is the 41st and last symphony by which composer

0:26:310:26:34

who died aged 35 in 1791?

0:26:340:26:36

-Gustav Holst.

-Mozart.

0:26:360:26:38

The favourite pastime of an Irish matriarch,

0:26:380:26:40

created and played by Brendan O'Carroll,

0:26:400:26:42

is interfering in the lives of her children

0:26:420:26:44

and drinking with her friend Winnie McGoogan.

0:26:440:26:47

-What is her name?

-Mrs Brown.

-Yes.

0:26:470:26:50

Is correct. Those passes, first of all.

0:26:500:26:53

The chef in question was Rick Stein.

0:26:530:26:55

Nottingham is where they make cigarettes, bikes and so on,

0:26:550:26:59

and the singer who came back into the singles chart was Elton John.

0:26:590:27:03

However, Denise, you have scored 27 points.

0:27:030:27:07

APPLAUSE

0:27:070:27:09

Well, she did it. Let's have a look at all of the scores.

0:27:180:27:22

In fourth place with 23 points, Milton Jones.

0:27:220:27:25

Third place with 24 points, Adele Silva.

0:27:250:27:28

Second place with 25 points, Chris Van Tulleken - all high scores.

0:27:280:27:32

But with 27 points, Denise Robertson.

0:27:320:27:35

APPLAUSE

0:27:350:27:37

Denise.

0:27:460:27:48

Congratulations.

0:27:540:27:55

So, next time somebody writes to you and says,

0:27:570:27:59

"Dear Agony Aunt, should I go on Mastermind?"

0:27:590:28:01

-You will say...

-Definitely not.

0:28:010:28:03

LAUGHTER

0:28:030:28:05

Well, you couldn't have done any better, could you? Congratulations.

0:28:050:28:08

Thank you all for watching, do join us again for more Masterminds.

0:28:080:28:12

Goodnight.

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