Episode 7 Celebrity Mastermind

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

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

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

and only one of them can be the winner.

Who will be crowned tonight's Celebrity Mastermind?

The first celebrity in the spotlight tonight is the food critic, Charles Campion.

His specialist subject is Kenneth Grahame and The Wind In The Willows.

The journalist and presenter Naga Munchetty is next,

her specialist subject, the Ryder Cup from 1979 to the present.

The actor and Emmerdale bad boy Kurtis Stacey takes on Arnold Schwarzenegger.

And the Paralympian Darren Kenny has chosen the artist Wassily Kandinsky as his specialist subject.

APPLAUSE

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

Tonight, our four celebrity contenders will face TV's ultimate test of nerve and knowledge.

They will have to answer 1½ minutes on their specialist subject and 2 minutes on general knowledge.

Only one winner can go home with this handsome trophy

and the knowledge that they are a member of that exclusive club of Mastermind champions.

Who will thrive under the pressure and who will crumble?

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

And your name is...?

Here we go. In 1908, Kenneth Grahame took early retirement

after nearly 30 years working at what London institution?

-Bank of England.

-With which animal does Mole enjoy a boating trip and a picnic

after leaving his spring cleaning behind in The Wind In The Willows?

-Ratty.

-The success of the book in America was boosted

by a personal recommendation from which American President?

-Pass.

-According to Rat, what lies beyond the Wild Wood and "doesn't matter either to you or me"?

-The Wide World.

-Who owns what he describes as "the finest house on the whole river

"or anywhere else for that matter"?

-Toad.

-In chapter one, an elderly rabbit tries to charge Mole sixpence

for "the privilege of passing by the private road".

What does Mole shout at him and the other rabbits as he runs past?

-"Onion sauce!"

-Name Kenneth Grahame's son whose nickname was Mouse.

The character of Toad is partly based on him.

-Alastair.

-Which children's writer adapted the book for the stage under the title Toad Of Toad Hall

shortly before Grahame's death in 1932?

-Pass.

-According to Rat, there is "nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply..."?

-Messing about in boats.

-What is the name of the inn where Toad stops for lunch

and steals the car belonging to a group of fellow diners?

-The Crown.

-The Red Lion. What is the title of the final chapter of The Wind In The Willows

in which Badger, Rat, Mole and Toad reclaim Toad Hall from the Wild Wooders?

-Toad's Return.

-The Return Of Ulysses, oddly enough.

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I haven't been able to figure it out either! Two passes, Charles.

It was AA Milne who adapted the book under the title Toad Of Toad Hall.

-And Teddy Roosevelt was the American President. You have, Charles, 7 points.

-Thank you.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Here we go. Whose victory over Curtis Strange in 1987 ensured that Europe returned from America

with the trophy for the first time? Ten years later, he captained the winning European team.

-Seve Ballesteros.

-Which Scot was unbeaten in eight singles matches between 1991 and 2006, winning six?

-Colin Montgomerie.

-In 1987, Jack Nicklaus captained the American team at which course that he designed?

-Muirfield Village.

-What four-word nickname is given

to the '91 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island in South Carolina?

-The War on the Shore.

-On which green did Justin Leonard hole a putt in the '99 singles

that resulted in most of the US team running over the green to celebrate before his opponent could putt?

-17th.

-Each Ryder Cup consists of matches in three formats -

singles, fourballs and which other where players take alternate shots with one ball per team?

-Foursomes.

-In '93, who partnered Seve Ballesteros in three matches

against the same American pairing of Davis Love and Tom Kite?

-Jose Maria Olazabal.

-In the 2012 Ryder Cup, which American player lost all of his matches,

except for a half in the final singles?

-Tiger Woods.

-In 1989, Tom Kite beat Howard Clark by what score

to set a record for the largest margin of victory in a singles match

that was equalled by Fred Couples against Ian Woosnam in '97?

-8&7.

-Who has played a record 43 matches for Europe in ten appearances in the Ryder Cup?

-Nick Faldo.

-Who has been the top points scorer for the European team at the last three Ryder Cups?

-Ian Poulter.

-The '81 Ryder Cup was moved from The Belfry...

-BEEP

..to which course in Surrey?

-Walton Heath.

-Is correct. No passes.

-You got them all right, Naga - 12 points!

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

90 seconds. To which political office was Schwarzenegger elected in October 2003?

-Governor of California.

-In Terminator 2, what now famous catchphrase does Schwarzenegger say

before shattering the liquid nitrogen-frozen T-1000 with a gunshot?

-"I'll be back."

-"Hasta la vista, baby."

What is the name of the village near Graz in Austria where Schwarzenegger was born in July '47?

-Thal.

-As which mythological character did Schwarzenegger have his first starring role in a film in 1970?

-Hercules.

-Schwarzenegger married a TV reporter,

who was a member of the Kennedy family, in April 1986. What's her name?

-Maria Shriver.

-Name the government agency, described as "the last line of defence",

that Schwarzenegger's character Harry Tasker works for as a secret agent in True Lies.

-The CIA.

-The Omega Sector. In which '87 film does Schwarzenegger play Dutch

whose special forces team is attacked by an extra-terrestrial warrior?

-Predator.

-What bodybuilding title did Schwarzenegger win in Sydney in 1980

after a delay in the filming of Conan The Barbarian allowed him to return to training?

-Mr Olympia.

-In Twins, Schwarzenegger plays Julius Benedict who was raised by a scientist.

Who plays his twin Vincent from whom he was separated at birth?

-Danny DeVito.

-Which Danish actress did Schwarzenegger meet and have a brief affair with

on the set of the '85 film Red Sonja?

-Pass.

-What is the cover job of Harry Tasker in True Lies that even fools his wife?

He's a sales representative. BEEP

Yes, for a computer company. You had one pass.

That Danish actress with whom he had a brief affair was Brigitte Nielsen.

-You have, Kurtis, 8 points.

-Thank you.

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And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

90 seconds, here we go. Kandinsky was a pioneer of abstract art.

At which German school of applied arts did he teach for nearly 12 years?

At the, uh... Pass.

He studied law and economics and in the 1890s was offered a university teaching post

which he turned down to focus on a career in art. Which university offered him the post?

-Pass.

-What is the English title of Kandinsky's seminal short book on modern art theory,

first published at the end of 1911, that begins, "Every work of art is the child of its age"?

-The Spirit In Art.

-On The Spiritual In Art, yeah.

In 1896, Kandinsky saw a painting by Claude Monet

which profoundly influenced his development. What was its subject?

-Haystacks.

-With which other artist did Kandinsky work in 1911

to produce an almanac and organise exhibitions under the name of The Blue Rider?

-Franz Marc.

-What shape became an important element of Kandinsky's work in the late '20s?

He described it as "the most modest form, but it asserts itself unconditionally".

-Circle.

-Kandinsky and his wife fled Germany after the Nazis closed down the Bauhaus in 1933.

They moved to Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of which city?

-Paris.

-Which artist, 13 years younger than Kandinsky,

became a close friend when they taught at the Bauhaus and lived in adjoining masters' houses?

-Paul Klee.

-What did Kandinsky mix with his paint in the early '30s when he began

to create more organic imagery, such as in Accompanied Contrast?

-BEEP Sand.

-Sand is correct.

You had two passes. The university that offered him that post in the 1890s was Dorpat.

-And it's the Bauhaus where he taught for nearly 12 years. You have though, Darren, 7 points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

That's the end of a close first round. Let's look at all the scores.

In joint third place, Charles Campion and Darren Kenny.

Second place, Kurtis Stacey.

In the lead, Naga Munchetty.

APPLAUSE

The general knowledge round now. If there's a tie at the end, the number of passes is taken into account.

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

People will know you as a food critic now,

but you've been an advertising executive, you did that for years, you opened a hotel.

-You change around a bit, don't you?

-Yes, I keep moving.

And now you're a food critic which I imagine is fun, isn't it?

You get paid to eat nice food.

Well, if food is an interest and I am very interested in it, as you can tell,

there is good food to be had in Britain, plenty of it,

and we talk ourselves down relentlessly all the time which is wrong.

-In what way do we talk ourselves down?

-We don't pay attention to the good things we have enough.

-Such as?

Such as Yorkshire pudding

and properly made jams and decent gravy

and nice mashed potato and a good sausage

and all those sort of things are dismissed as being run-of-the-mill and they shouldn't be.

They should be venerated in their own way.

You have 7 points. We get on to the general knowledge round now.

You have two minutes, starting now.

According to legend, which magician was the adviser to King Arthur and his father?

-Merlin.

-The coronary arteries supply blood to which organ?

-Heart.

-Which American General's Last Stand was at the Battle of Little Bighorn where he was killed in 1876?

-Custer.

-In rugby union, how many points is a try worth?

-Five.

-Which cheese was supposedly first made in the 12th century

by Cistercian monks in the Yorkshire dale after which it is named?

-Wensleydale.

-In November 2012, the former oil executive Justin Welby was appointed

to which ecclesiastical post?

-Bishop of Canterbury.

-Yes, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

What is the name of the Dickensian miser played on film by Alastair Sim in 1951 and Albert Finney in 1970?

-Scrooge.

-Jersey and Guernsey are the largest of which group of islands?

-Channel Islands.

-In a speech in 1946, what name did Winston Churchill give to the imaginary barrier

between the communist east and the free west during the Cold War?

-The Iron Curtain.

-Nori, used in making sushi, are rolled, flattened sheets of...?

-Seaweed.

-Cornish Rex and Devon Rex, which both have a short, curly coat, are breeds of which pet?

-Cat.

-What is the name of the country music legend who was backed by the Tennessee Two

and later the Tennessee Three on his recordings?

-I have no idea.

-What substance causes the brown staining in tea or coffee cups?

-Tannin.

-Which poem by Tennyson begins, "Half a league, half a league, half a league onward,

"all in the valley of Death rode the six hundred"?

-Charge of the Light Brigade.

-What word meaning "foolishness" is used

for a building constructed primarily as a decoration?

-A folly.

-Which Radio 2 DJ hosts a Popmaster Quiz on his morning show?

-I have no idea.

-What is the name of the writer

who created the Sussex-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace?

-Agatha Christie.

-Peter James. In which city is the main square, the Piazza San Marco,

dominated by the cathedral of the same name?

-Venice.

-Around which star does...

-BEEP

..the Earth and all the other planets of the solar system revolve?

-The sun.

-Not even a trick question!

Right. Two passes. Ken Bruce does the Popmaster Quiz on his morning show

and Johnny Cash had the Tennessee Two and then Tennessee Three. Charles, you have 23 points.

Thank you.

And now Darren again, please.

And you've done three Paralympics -

Athens, Beijing and London.

Big difference between those three.

Oh, yeah. We've seen the whole thing come on massively since Athens,

-through to London.

-Hardly anybody went in Athens.

Yeah, I've got a picture on my wall of my first medal from Athens with four people in the background.

London was just something else.

-It was fantastic, wasn't it?

-Yeah, it was quite an amazing experience.

To think your family couldn't even get tickets a lot of the time, so it was...

The change that we'd gone through was huge.

Your story is really quite extraordinary. You were cycling and then you had an accident...

I had my first accident in a race in '88.

That stopped me riding. Then I had two more subsequent accidents.

I had about 10 years out of the sport. And then I only started again to lose weight and get fit.

Then the competitive bug gets you again and before you know it

it sort of... Yeah, it all snowballs quite quickly!

Very quickly in your case. By rights, after being out so long you'd never expect to get back in,

-but you were there.

-Yeah, it tends to be in Paralympic sport that you get people older.

-You're 42.

-Yeah, I am now, yeah.

So it's sort of... I've had ten years in Paralympic sport,

-so that sort of makes up for the ten years I had out.

-That's a way of looking at it!

Right. You have seven points and 23 is the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it. Two minutes. The Beatles were all born where?

-Liverpool.

-Who was released from prison on 11th February, 1990, after 27 years in jail

then became South African President?

-Nelson Mandela.

-Who famously said, "Know what I mean, 'arry?" in his post-fight boxing interviews?

-Frank Bruno.

-Which TV programme features A Star In A Reasonably-Priced Car?

-Top Gear.

-What's the colour of the maple leaf on the Canadian flag?

-Red.

-How many English kings have been called Henry?

-Eight.

-Which actor and comedian presents Pointless, assisted by Richard Osman?

Alex...er... Can't think of his name. Pass.

What tunnel was first proposed in 1802 by Albert Mathieu-Favier and finally opened in May, 1994?

-Channel Tunnel.

-Who captained the England cricket team when they regained the Ashes in 2005?

-Michael Vaughan?

-Yes. The sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini created many of the fountains in which Italian city?

-Naples.

-Rome. By what name is the salad vegetable the scallion or green onion better known in Britain?

-Spring onion?

-Yep. Which blood group is known as the universal donor as it can be given to any group?

-O.

-Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated in 1815 at which battle?

-Waterloo.

-What name, of Old French origin, is given to a glove with one section for the fingers?

-Mitten.

-Which Dorset resort gained its suffix Regis when it was given a Royal Charter in 1284?

-Bognor.

-Lyme Regis. When Don Revie took over at Leeds Utd,

he changed their colours to the all-white made famous by which Spanish club?

-Real Madrid?

-Yes. In what film did Harrison Ford first play Indiana Jones?

-Indiana Jones.

-Raiders of the Lost Ark. Which financial institution was the first organisation nationalised

after WWII by the Labour government?

-Bank of England?

-Yes. Andrew Motion's 2012 novel Silver is a sequel to which adventure story?

BEEP

Em...The Matrix.

-It was Treasure Island, actually.

-Treasure Island.

Yeah. You had one pass. The presenter of Pointless is Alexander Armstrong.

-Yeah. Didn't quite make it, Darren. 21 points.

-Thank you.

And Kurtis Stacey again now, please.

And you started pretty young in Emmerdale.

-What kind of training ground is a soap opera?

-I think it's the best.

You can't take your time. Everything is very fast.

You get your scripts, you do it, you don't have time to think about it.

Later on in life, if you get bigger roles and things, you may have weeks and weeks to learn a script

so you'll learn it like the back of your hand.

-Emmerdale was 40 a few months ago. It must have been quite a programme to do.

-An amazing experience.

-Everybody was in it.

-Everyone was in it. Everyone had input.

-And it was live.

-It was live. Everyone was nervous. You could feel the tension beforehand.

You don't see everyone running and jumping on the cables, cameramen rushing to the next position.

-Rushing around like mad.

-So for me it felt like 15 minutes, been and gone.

-Did it make you think, "What a pity we don't do more live drama"?

-Well, yeah, but we'd age quickly!

-You had more hair before that started?

-Yes!

-No, that's deliberate. You keep it short.

You have eight points and 23 is still the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it.

For what vegetable is spud a slang or dialect word?

-Potato.

-In which American city is the Strip, famous for luxury hotels, casinos and exotic entertainment?

-Las Vegas.

-The Olympic triathlon combines swimming, running and...?

-Cycling.

-What does the musical abbreviation R'n'B stand for?

-Pass.

-The Return of the King is the third and last part of which film trilogy?

-Pass.

-What name is given to a type of revealing men's bathing costume

consisting of a pouch and straps that go over the shoulder, as worn in Borat?

-A mankini.

-Which Shakespeare play ends with the hero being given a military funeral by Fortinbras?

-Hamlet?

-Yeah. In the 2011/2012 season, three Premier League clubs had managers with the name Roberto.

Wigan, Chelsea and...?

-Man City.

-In Scotland, what food is traditionally stirred using a spurtle or specially-carved stick?

-Stew?

-Porridge. Which 1995 film directed by Michael Bay

features Will Smith as Detective Mike Lowry and Martin Lawrence as Marcus Burnett?

-Bad Boys.

-What is the longest river entirely in England? It flows through London to the North Sea.

-River Thames.

-Which rapper topped the UK singles chart in 2010 with his debut single Pass Out?

-What's his name...? Tinie Tempah.

-In the musical Oliver!, who sings You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two?

-Oliver.

-Fagin. In 2012, who became the first man to win the 100m and 200m at consecutive Olympics?

-Usain Bolt.

-San Antonio is a town on the west coast of which island in the Mediterranean Sea?

-Pass.

Which comic book superhero is played by Andrew Garfield in his latest 2012 film incarnation?

-Flash.

-Spider-Man. What name is given to an accumulation of sand shaped into a mound by the wind?

-Pyramid?

-Dune. What is the title...

-BEEP

..of the sitcom that follows the lives of six student housemates and stars Jack Whitehall as JP?

-The Big Bang Theory?

-Fresh Meat.

Oh...!

Three passes. San Antonio is in Ibiza.

The Return of the King is the third part of Lord of the Rings.

And R'n'B is Rhythm and Blues.

-Oh, right, yeah.

-You have, Kurtis, 18 points.

-Thank you.

And, finally, Naga again, please.

And, as we now know because you did so brilliantly with your specialist subject,

-you're potty about golf.

-Yes. I play about 5-6 times a week.

-Good grief. How do you fit it in?

-I have very early hours, like you.

-That's true.

-So you finish work at...

-Eight-ish. Put the waterproofs on, straight out on the course.

You do that 5 or 6 times a week?

-Yeah.

-What is it about golf, then?

It teaches you not to lose your temper.

-I must try it!

-And...you must! LAUGHTER

And it's a game that you play against the course.

It's a very mental game as well, as well as requiring precision and skill

and you have to keep practising. You're never going to beat golf.

-You're not playing your opponent then. Well, you are, but...

-But you play against the course.

-Do that and you beat your opponent.

-Have you ever thought of doing it professionally?

-It's my dream job.

-No!

-Yes. I think I'm a bit old now.

-It's not like running or cycling.

-But there are lots of really young, brilliant female golfers around

who are strong and focused and have started from a really young age, so their swings are well-established.

-But it's not inconceivable.

-No.

-It's kind of tucked away there.

-It is. Tempting.

-You can come back on Celebrity Mastermind when you're a professional golfer.

-Thank you.

-But you've got to get through this.

-A much bigger challenge!

-You've got 12 points and the score is 23.

Let's see if you can do it. In which British board game are Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum?

-Cluedo.

-Penne, fusilli and tortellini are types of what food?

-Pasta.

-Which hurricane became a superstorm, devastating the Atlantic coast of America in 2012?

-Sandy.

-Which famous royal residence stands at the end of The Mall?

-Buckingham Palace.

-Who was the first celebrity voted off Strictly Come Dancing 2012,

later interviewed by his daughter, Zoe?

-Johnny Ball.

-In mathematics, what can be vulgar or improper?

-Fraction?

-Yes. The American edition of which fashion magazine appointed Anna Wintour as editor in 1988?

-Vogue.

-Who equalled the record of 11 gold medals

when she won a fourth cycling gold medal at the 2012 Paralympics?

-Victoria Pendleton.

-Sarah Storey. Which former lawyer wrote The Pelican Brief and The Rainmaker?

-John Grisham.

-Which Canadian-born teenage heartthrob stars in the concert film Never Say Never?

-Justin Bieber?

-Yes. What name is given to an airy, crisp confection of beaten egg whites and sugar?

-Meringue.

-Which actress married Daniel Craig in a secret ceremony in New York in June, 2011?

-I see her...Rachel Weisz.

-What name is given to a document issued by a political party at an election

setting out its intended aims?

-Manifesto.

-In which language does Nadolig Llawen mean Merry Christmas?

-Welsh.

-Who starred as Danny Ocean in the 2001 remake of Ocean's Eleven and its sequels?

-George Clooney.

-Julian Lloyd Webber is a well-known performer on which instrument?

-Cello.

-Who beat Pete Sampras' record of the number of weeks at the top of the ATP tennis rankings

after he won Wimbledon in 2012?

-Roger Federer?

-Yes. Which country formally annexed Korea in 1910, ruling it until 1945?

-North Korea.

-Japan.

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You're out of time. You have no passes and...28 points.

No doubt about that victory. Let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, Kurtis Stacey.

Third place, Darren Kenny.

Second place, Charles Campion.

First place, 28 points, Naga Munchetty.

Naga...

-Well done.

-Thank you very much.

-You can be honest. Would you prefer it was a golfing trophy?

-I've got a few of those, so I'm very happy.

Thank you very much. And thank you all for watching.

Do join us again for more Celebrity Masterminds. Good night. Naga...

You don't have to be a celebrity to take part in the regular Mastermind programme,

so if you'd like to appear in the next series, then do visit us online at: bbc.co.uk/mastermind

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