Episode 9 Celebrity Mastermind

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

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

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

and only one person can be the winner.

Who will be crowned tonight's Celebrity Mastermind?

Our first celebrity in the spotlight tonight is presenter Nick Hancock.

His specialist subject - F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

Next up, Carol Decker, singer with the '80s pop band T'Pau,

on the life and work of Tina Turner.

Austin Healey, the great rugby player and now commentator. His subject - Everton Football Club.

And TV presenter Michael Underwood. His specialist subject - James Bond, the Roger Moore years.

Hello. I'm John Humphrys. Welcome to Celebrity Mastermind.

Tonight, four famous folk compete for the huge honour of being called a Celebrity Mastermind.

In the ultimate test of knowledge and nerve, they'll answer 1½ minutes on their specialist subject

and 2 minutes on general knowledge. The winner not only gets the kudos,

but takes home this handsome trophy.

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

And your name is...?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

In 90 seconds, starting now.

In which Long Island village is the home of the enigmatic and wealthy Jay Gatsby?

-West Egg.

-Who described it as "the first step American fiction has taken since Henry James"?

-TS Eliot.

-Who designed the original book cover, now one of the most famous in American literature?

-Francis Cugat.

-What was Gatsby's original name, which he changed at 17 when reinventing himself?

-James Gatz.

-With which married woman, second cousin once removed of Nick Carraway,

does Gatsby have a doomed infatuation?

-Daisy Buchanan.

-Who is Gatsby's business partner who wears cufflinks made from human teeth

and fixed the 1919 World Series?

-Meyer Wolfsheim.

-A title considered for the novel by Fitzgerald was Among Ash-Heaps And...?

-Millionaires.

-Which New York firm first published The Great Gatsby in April, 1925?

-Scribner's.

-What editor did Fitzgerald credit with helping him shape the novel, writing to him,

"You fixed up the structure, not me"?

-Maxwell Perkins.

-Which three words complete the famous final sentence which begins,

"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly..."?

-Into the past.

-In which part of Gatsby's mansion is his body found at the tragic climax?

-Swimming pool.

-Which friend of Tom Buchanan served a month in prison

-after getting involved with Gatsby's bootlegging operation?

-Pass.

-What is the title of the book in which the young Gatsby wrote out...

-BEEP

his schedule of improving exercises, including "study needed inventions"?

-Hopalong Cassidy.

-Is correct.

Just one pass, Nick. That friend of Tom Buchanan was Walter Chase, but you've got 12 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

Tina Turner in 90 seconds. Born in 1939, she spent her early years in which small Tennessee town,

later the subject of a hit single?

-Nutbush.

-In 1983, she had her first solo UK Top Ten hit single with a cover of which Al Green song?

-Let's Stay Together.

-Which legendary record producer created the "wall of sound" on River Deep, Mountain High?

-Phil Spector.

-Turner started to follow a branch of Buddhism.

After which 13th-century Buddhist monk is it named?

-Nichin...

-Nichiren.

Which song, for her 1989 album Foreign Affair, gave her a UK Top 20 hit single in 1990?

-Pass.

-Which album, the soundtrack of the film of her life story, went to number one in June, '93?

-Pass.

-Who wrote the song Private Dancer for his band Dire Straits,

but realised it worked better for a female singer and offered it to Tina Turner?

-Mark Knopfler.

-What's the title of Tina's 1978 solo album, her first since walking out on Ike?

-Rough?

-Yes. In which South American city did she perform before a crowd

estimated to be more than 180,000 in January, 1988?

-Rio.

-What part did she play in Ken Russell's 1975 film of Tommy?

It was also the title of her second solo album.

-Acid Queen.

-In 1979, she first met which Australian-born manager

who helped her rebuild her career and pay off her debts?

-Roger Davies.

-For which...

-BEEP

..1995 Bond film did she sing the theme song, specially written for her by Bono and The Edge of U2?

-Goldeneye.

-Goldeneye is correct.

Two passes. The soundtrack of her life story was What's Love Got To Do With It?

-And the song from Foreign Affairs was Steamy Windows. You have, Carol, nine points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

Everton Football Club.

Who scored two goals after coming on as a substitute in their defeat to Liverpool in the '89 FA Cup Final?

-Stuart McCall.

-Which former player returned as manager in November, '94, but resigned in March, '97?

-Pass.

-Which new stand with a capacity of 6,000 was opened on 17th September, 1994?

-Gwladys Street?

-Park End. In '87, they made their fourth consecutive FA Charity Shield appearance,

beating which club 1-0?

-Coventry.

-Which Everton player won Football Writers' Player of the Year and PFA Player of the Year in '86?

-Gary Lineker.

-Which transfer deadline day signing played 58 times for Sweden

and appeared in their squad for the '94 World Cup while with the club?

-Limpar.

-Everton won the league title in '85 by a margin of how many points over Liverpool?

-13.

-In the last game of the '93-94 season, Everton came from behind to win 3-2,

ensuring their survival in the top flight. Who were their opponents?

-Wimbledon.

-Who bought the club in July '94 and became chairman,

a move not popular because he'd been a Liverpool season ticket holder?

-Pass.

-They lost two Wembley finals in '89. In which tournament were they beaten by Nottm Forest?

-The League Cup.

-No, the Simod Cup. Two players scored twice for Everton in the 4-4 draw with Liverpool

in the '91 FA Cup fifth round replay. Graeme Sharp and...?

-Tony Cottee.

-In '94...

-BEEP

..Everton paid a club record fee of £3.2 million for Nigerian international Daniel Amokachi.

Which club did they sign him from?

-FC Bruges?

-Yeah, it was.

Two passes. It was Peter Johnson who used to be Liverpool and then bought the club in July '94.

And it was Joe Royle who went back as manager in November '94.

You have, Austin, eight points.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

The Roger Moore years. 90 seconds.

In which 1973 film did Roger Moore first appear as James Bond?

-Live And Let Die.

-What is the name of the title character in The Man With The Golden Gun?

-Francisco Scaramanga.

-Who plays Mary Goodnight in The Man With The Golden Gun?

-Britt Ekland.

-Which villain with metal teeth appeared in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker?

-Jaws.

-In order to escape from Kamal Khan's palace,

Bond dissolves the bars on the windows of his room using acid stored in which object?

-A pen.

-After his Lotus Esprit self destructs, Bond escapes from Gonzales's henchmen in what car?

-Er...a 2CV.

-A Citroen 2CV. What is the Moonraker, stolen while in transit from America?

-A space shuttle.

-At which famous landmark does Bond first encounter Max Zorin's bodyguard, May Day,

before she escapes by parachute?

-The Eiffel Tower.

-In Roger Moore's first scene as Bond, Moneypenny gives him equipment Q has repaired.

He uses its magnetic field to attract M's coffee spoon and unzip Miss Caruso's dress. What was it?

-A watch.

-What is the electronic surveillance ship, disguised as a trawler, sunk in For Your Eyes Only?

-Pass.

-What is the name of the villain in Moonraker,

who plans to wipe out the world's population?

-Drax.

-Who sang Nobody Does It Better in The Spy Who Loved Me?

-BEEP Carly Simon.

-Is correct.

-Just one pass. The surveillance ship was the St Georges. Michael, you have 11 points.

-Thank you.

That's a good high-scoring round. Let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, Austin Healey.

Third place, Carol Decker.

Second place, Michael Underwood.

In the lead, just, Nick Hancock.

So it's the general knowledge round now, which often sorts them out.

If there's a tie, the number of passes is taken into account

and the person with fewer passes is the winner. Let's ask Austin to join us again, please.

And you started playing for England in '97.

Rugby union went professional in '95.

-Connection there?

-No, I think that rugby's fortunate that everybody would play it

-whether they get paid or not.

-Ah.

-That dream of the child still exists.

It's not to get a Ferrari. It's because it's in your soul.

What is it that makes rugby such a special game?

It's the knowledge that you run out and if you can't trust the person on your right and left,

you can get seriously damaged.

That brings you together and gives you a friendship, camaraderie.

A reliability, really, that you have to deliver not only for yourself, but also for your team-mates.

That helps you in later life, in business, and you try to find ways of forming good teams.

I can recognise really good teams because I've been in some great ones.

I bet you regret you weren't born Welsh, to play for a proper team.

Had I been Welsh, I'd probably have two hundred caps, not fifty.

-LAUGHTER

-Oooh!

Right, we'll make these questions a little more difficult now.

Right, you have eight points to go into this general knowledge round. Two minutes starting now.

What fast food consists of a frankfurter or other sausage served in a long roll?

-Hot dog.

-In which classic of children's literature does the heroine meet the Cheshire Cat?

-The Owl and the Pussycat.

-Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Which TV presenting duo first found fame in Byker Grove?

-Ant and Dec.

-Which football club's home ground reverted to St James' Park after a 2012 sponsorship deal?

-Newcastle Utd.

-What is the common name for the triangular-shaped scapula bones in the human body?

-Shoulder blades.

-Which musician and lead singer was born Farrokh Bulsara on Zanzibar in 1946?

-Freddie Mercury.

-Apple bobbing, picking up apples with your teeth, is associated with which day?

-Hallowe'en.

-Which billionaire American chat show hostess claimed she was so deprived as a child

she kept cockroaches as pets?

-Oprah Winfrey.

-In the traditional Maori greeting, the hongi, what part of the body do two people touch?

-Nose.

-Who won an Emmy Award in 2012 for his role as Nicholas Brody in the TV series Homeland?

-Pass.

-In which European city are Gaudi's Sagrada Familia and Park Guell?

-Barcelona.

-In October 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a balloon more than 24 miles above the Earth,

setting the record for the highest ever...?

-Freefall.

-Yes, or skydive.

Which Strictly Come Dancing judge won Maestro at the Opera in 2012,

and conducted a performance of La Boheme at the Royal Opera House?

-Craig Revel Horwood.

-In whose honour did the European Ryder Cup team wear navy blue sweaters

on the final day in 2012?

-Seve Ballesteros.

-Which music foursome of the '70s and '80s chose their name from their initials,

not realising it was also the name of a fish-canning company in Sweden?

-ABBA.

-Small poached dumplings known as quenelles originate from which country?

-France.

-Which Rolling Stone plays Capt Teague in the third and fourth Pirates of the Caribbean films?

-Keith Richards.

-An anchor is...

-BEEP

..the somewhat inappropriate hallmark for which large city in the West Midlands?

-Go on, name a city.

-In the West Midlands?

-Yeah.

-Go on. Any one.

-Birmingham.

-Yes! See?

-LAUGHTER

One pass, Austin. Damian Lewis plays Nicholas Brody in Homeland.

You have 24 points.

And now Carol again, please.

And, er...

I was going to say you were big in the '80s, but it's still going on, isn't it?

It is. Obviously, I had all my hit records in the late '80s and '90s,

but in 2001 I got a call to do my first multi-bill, big '80s show in the UK

and just haven't stopped working. Now I've been doing '80s shows for 11 years,

-which is fantastic.

-Are they all oldies? Are they your '80s fans, as it were?

AMERICAN ACCENT: My demographic is around 40.

But we've now got youngsters coming of 20, 25, and I think they got into it for the kitsch side of the '80s.

Some of the gigs have turned into a bit of a fancy dress party.

-What kind of fancy dress?

-It started out with an exaggerated version of '80s fashion,

which was Choose Life t-shirts, orange legwarmers, ra-ra skirts,

but now people are coming as a gigantic '80s mobile phone, huge Rubik's cubes, Ghostbusters...

and now the kids are into the music, so it's fashionable on every level.

If you're of a certain age, it's the soundtrack to your youth and we're not all ready to put a cardie on.

-Right.

-OK.

-Now you have nine points so far. The score to beat is 24.

Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Two minutes starting now.

Which country's flag is known as the Stars and Stripes?

-America.

-In which film do Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon drive their car into the Grand Canyon?

-Thelma and Louise.

-What name is used in Britain for flour that contains baking powder?

-Self-raising.

-On which classic game show could you win a consolation prize of a chequebook and a pen?

-Golden Shot?

-Blankety Blank. What name is given to a top where a single strap loops behind the neck?

-Halter neck.

-With which song did Wet Wet Wet top the UK singles chart for 15 weeks in 1994?

It was used in the film Four Weddings and Funeral.

-I've wiped it from my memory! Can't remember.

-That's a pass.

According to the popular saying, which month comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb?

-Spring?

-March. Who first came to fame when she appeared as a garage mechanic in Neighbours?

-Kylie Minogue.

-Mrs Danvers is the sinister housekeeper of Manderley in which Daphne du Maurier novel?

-Rebecca.

-On what piece of gymnastic equipment did Louis Smith win the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics?

-Parallel bars?

-Pommel horse. Which TV title character, played by Miley Cyrus, was a high school student

with a secret life as a pop star?

-Pass.

-According to tradition, in which Derbyshire town did a cook accidentally create a famous tart?

-Bakewell.

-What name is given to the highest female singing voice?

-Soprano.

-The little dog Toto belonged to the heroine of which classic film, released in 1939?

-Dorothy.

-No, The Wizard of Oz. Which South African city was founded in 1886 after the discovery of gold?

-It's one of the world's youngest major cities.

-Cape Town?

Johannesburg. In Keeping Up Appearances, what was the name of Patricia Routledge's character?

-Hyacinth Bucket.

-What title can be applied to a recorder of births, marriages and deaths

and a hospital doctor undergoing training as a specialist?

-Registrar.

-"Eye of newt and toe of frog" are ingredients...

-BEEP

..used by which Shakespearean characters?

-The witches in Macbeth.

-Absolutely right. You had two passes.

-Hannah Montana...

-Of course!

-..was the high school student who led that secret life.

-And the song that Wet Wet Wet topped the chart with was Love Is All Around.

-Of course.

-Carol, you did very well. You've got 20 points.

-Thank you.

And now Michael again, please.

-Now I am told you've done a lot of MasterChef, haven't you?

-That's right, yes.

-So you're into cooking in a big way now.

-Since being on the show.

-Exactly.

-And I'm told you are going to open a gastropub.

-Well, fingers crossed.

-You don't think we're gastropubbed out now?

-It all comes down to the quality of the place and the food.

The key is to get one that every time you go the food is top notch.

You were saying that your interest in food has really changed since MasterChef. In what way?

I think I'm more adventurous now. We're all probably guilty of it. We cook what we know.

I did a spag bol or a lasagne or a roast dinner.

Since MasterChef, I've realised you can take risks with flavours and different foods.

-If it doesn't work, try something different.

-So what is your real knock-out meal?

-Good question.

Probably a pasta starter. I love making my own pasta.

-You make your own?

-Yeah! And it tastes fantastic. Main course, possibly lamb.

Maybe fillet of lamb, something like that. And for dessert,

a souffle or chocolate fondant. Something tasty.

-That's what you'll be serving in your gastropub.

-Every single day, that's all.

-Those three courses.

-Good luck with it and with the coming round.

You've got 11 points. 24 is still the score to beat. Two minutes of general knowledge.

Petits pois is a French name for which young vegetable?

-Peas.

-In which British city is the Millennium Stadium?

-Cardiff.

-Who made up the pop duo Wham with Andrew Ridgeley?

-Michael...George Michael.

-Which gangster, who dominated the Chicago crime scene in the 1920s,

was sentenced to 11 years in jail for tax evasion in 1931?

-Al Capone.

-What household items are known in America as drapes?

-Curtains.

-Who was posthumously awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2009 for playing the Joker?

-Heath Ledger.

-Which painting by Leonardo Da Vinci has previously been located in the bath house

of King Francois I and Napoleon's bedroom?

-The Last Supper?

-Mona Lisa. Rod Hull's puppet Emu once attacked which television chat show host?

-Russell Harty.

-Michael Parkinson. According to Kipling's poem,

-"the flying fishes play on the road to..." where?

-Pass.

Which Paralympian, who won two gold medals in Beijing aged 13 and two more in London,

-has had a swimming pool named after her at her old primary school?

-Pass.

What is put into a room to heat it up and a car engine to cool it down?

-Fan.

-Radiator. Which shellfish are wrapped in bacon and grilled or baked to make angels on horseback?

-Oh...pass.

-What is the name of the American hip hop group

who topped the UK charts with Where Is The Love, I've Got A Feeling and Meet Me Halfway?

-The Black Eyed Peas.

-In August, 2012, NASA landed their Curiosity rover on which planet?

-Mars.

-Which TV character, played by Richard Wilson, finally put both feet in the grave

when he was killed off in the final episode of the series in 2000?

-Pass.

-In newspaper lonely hearts columns, what does the abbreviation WLTM stand for?

-Would Love To Meet.

-Which...

-BEEP

Which salt lake, whose surface is 1,300 feet below sea level, is the lowest body of water on Earth?

-The Dead Sea.

-Correct. You had four passes.

-Victor Meldrew...

-Of course!

-..was, yeah, the old guy.

It's oysters that make up angels on horseback. Ellie Simmonds is the great Paralympian.

-And the flying fishes play on the road to Mandalay.

-Right.

-Michael, you now have 21 points.

And now Nick Hancock finally again, please.

And, Nick, you come from a very distinguished group of comedians and actors.

-John Cleese, Peter Cook and so on. Cambridge Footlights.

-Mm.

-And you were one of them.

I was, but clearly not in that esteemed company. But it was great to be involved in when I was younger

and it gave you the chance to think that maybe you could make a career out of mucking about.

It's been going for hundreds of years, but the first of the satire boom, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller,

they really changed how it worked. What's happened since is some people go to university to join the club.

-They made it famous.

-So what is it, for people who haven't been to Cambridge, and there are one or two,

-what is it that makes it what it is?

-They just get a chance to perform in relatively professional surroundings

and they'll get an audience when they might not deserve it.

-Some years it stinks to high heaven.

-Ah.

-I have to tell you.

And other years it's quite good. But it's having the belief that the opportunity could happen.

That's the leap that you don't have to make so much when you're given the surroundings to make it easier.

Now you have 12 points. And Austin's still in the lead with 24. Here we go, then.

Which gas has the chemical formula CO2?

-Carbon dioxide.

-Which herb is traditionally used with onion to make a stuffing for roast pork?

-Sage.

-What do the letters GP stand for with a medical doctor?

-General Practitioner.

-Which Shakespeare heroine had the surname Capulet?

-Juliet.

-Who announced the end of his playing career when he resigned as England cricket captain in 2012?

-Andrew Strauss.

-On which Radio Four programme hosted by Nicholas Parsons

do panellists talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation?

-Just A Minute.

-Rome and Lisbon are said to be built on how many hills?

-Seven.

-Which 1979 film starred Phil Daniels as Jimmy, a teenager bored with his humdrum life,

who joins fights between Mods and Rockers?

-Quadrophenia.

-What is the hard, white substance, once used for piano keys, from the tusks of elephants?

-Ivory.

-Which political party leader entered Parliament in 2005 as the MP for Sheffield Hallam?

-Pass.

-Which fabric was blue for Bobby Vinton and black for Alannah Myles in their hit singles?

-Velvet.

-In Blackadder the Third, what work by Dr Johnson does Edmund have to rewrite in 24 hours

after Baldrick burns the original?

-The dictionary.

-Who revealed a t-shirt saying "Why always me?"

after scoring in his team's 6-1 victory over Man Utd in 2011?

-Mario Balotelli.

-Which cathedral in London has one of the world's largest church domes?

-St Paul's.

-Which model inspired George Harrison to write Something and Eric Clapton to write Layla?

-Pattie Boyd.

-In astronomy, what was reduced from 9 to 8 as a result of a meeting in Prague in 2006?

-The number of planets.

-In 1854, Lt Charles Lucas performed a brave act aboard the HMS Hecla

by throwing a live shell overboard. He became the first person to win which award for bravery?

-The Victoria Cross.

-St Helier is the principal town on which island?

-Jersey.

-Who wrote the stories...

-BEEP

..about India on which Jungle Book was based?

-Rudyard Kipling.

-Correct. One pass.

-The bloke who entered Parliament in 2005, MP for Sheffield Hallam, was Nick Clegg.

-I thought it was.

Anyway, 30 points.

Thank you.

Well, didn't he do well? Let's look at all the scores.

In fourth place, Carol Decker.

Third place, Michael Underwood.

Second place - all high scores - Austin Healey.

In first place, with a massive 30 points, Nick Hancock.

Nick...

I've never won anything before!

-Congratulations.

-Thank you very much.

-What will you do with it?

I'm going to put it very prominently in the kitchen. I'm such a tyrant to my children, they'll respect me now.

Well done. Congratulations. Thanks for watching Celebrity Mastermind.

Do join us again. Good night.

Thank you.

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