0:00:02 > 0:00:04I ran an Olympic final in front of 112,000 people
0:00:04 > 0:00:06and I'm thinking it's actually getting onto a par with that.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09I haven't been this nervous for many, many years.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12I'm setting out to lose and then if I win, that'll be a real bonus.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15To be sitting in a chair in the studio
0:00:15 > 0:00:17under lights being scrutinised,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20being asked questions with a time limit is my idea of hell.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21I really don't want to come last.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24And if I do come last, I hope I don't get something awful
0:00:24 > 0:00:27like three points because I'd never live it down.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Four celebrities who hope
0:00:30 > 0:00:34they know everything there is to know about their specialist subject.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Who will be crowned tonight's Celebrity Mastermind?
0:00:54 > 0:00:57First in the spotlight tonight is the comedian Josh Widdicombe.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00He's answering questions on the band Blur.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Next, the athletics commentator Katharine Merry.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Her specialist subject, Aston Villa.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08The Emmerdale actress Sian Reese-Williams will be answering
0:01:08 > 0:01:10questions on the sitcom Black Books.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13And wildlife presenter Nick Baker,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17his subject - the pioneering scientist Alfred Russel Wallace.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20APPLAUSE
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Hello. I'm John Humphrys. Welcome to Celebrity Mastermind.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36It's different from the other one
0:01:36 > 0:01:40but only in the sense that the contenders aren't really quizzers.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42What they have in common, though,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45is that each of them really wants to win. And their prize?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48This handsome trophy and, of course,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52the unimaginable honour of the Celebrity Mastermind title.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55First, though, 90 seconds of questions on their chosen subject
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Hello.- Hello. And your name?
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Your chosen charity?
0:02:14 > 0:02:16And your chosen subject?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Blur in 90 seconds starting now.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21During the so-called Battle of Britpop,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Oasis released Roll With It on the same day that Blur released
0:02:24 > 0:02:26their new single which went to number one, what was its title?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Country House.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Which actor provided the spoken lyrics on the song Parklife?
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Phil Daniels.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34When Blur made their debut appearance on Top Of The Pops
0:02:34 > 0:02:36in '91, which song did they perform?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38It gave them their first top ten hit.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- There's No Other Way. - What was the band's original name?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43They adopted the name Blur when they signed their first record deal.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- Seymour.- Which sport is pictured
0:02:45 > 0:02:47on the front cover of the album Parklife?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48- Greyhound racing.- Yes.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51According to Graham Coxon and Dave Rowntree,
0:02:51 > 0:02:52the band's first appearance as Blur
0:02:52 > 0:02:55was at the Brixton Academy in 1990 supporting Mega City Four
0:02:55 > 0:02:57and which American band?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- Dinosaur Jr?- The Cramps.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02What was the name of the documentary film about the band that was
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- released in cinemas in 2010? - No Distance Left To Run.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Which in 1999 single featured lead vocals by Graham Coxon
0:03:09 > 0:03:11and was promoted by a video
0:03:11 > 0:03:13featuring an animated milk carton called Milky?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Coffee And TV.- The albums Parklife and The Great Escape
0:03:16 > 0:03:18featured accompaniment from the Duke Strings
0:03:18 > 0:03:21and which group of brass musicians that included
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Roddy Lorimer and Tim Saunders?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- Pass.- At what London venue did Blur headline a concert to mark
0:03:26 > 0:03:29the end of the 2012 Olympics?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Hyde Park.- Blur's album 13,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34released in '99, contained which Gospel themed track
0:03:34 > 0:03:36that reached number two in the UK singles charts?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Tender.- In 2009,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41the band reunited for a live performance at which Railway Museum?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44They first performed there as Seymour two decades earlier.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- East Anglia Railway Museum. - After Graham Coxon left Blur
0:03:47 > 0:03:50which former Verve guitarist toured with the band?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Simon Tong.- And you're out of time.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54You had one pass.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57The group of brass musicians that included Roddy Lorimer
0:03:57 > 0:04:00and Tim Sanders was Kick Horns.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- No idea.- No, nor me. There we are.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05You've got 11 points.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Ah!
0:04:06 > 0:04:08APPLAUSE
0:04:15 > 0:04:17And our next contender, please.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24And your name is?
0:04:26 > 0:04:27Your chosen charity?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30And your chosen subject?
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Aston Villa. Here we go, in 90 seconds.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38In 1982, Aston Villa won the European Cup final,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40who scored the only goal?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Peter Withe.- Who captained the Villa team that won their first
0:04:43 > 0:04:45league title for 71 years in '81 and the European Cup
0:04:45 > 0:04:47at the first attempt a year later?
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- Dennis Mortimer.- In 1981, the reigning league champions, Villa,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53shared the Charity Shield after a 2-2 draw at Wembley
0:04:53 > 0:04:56against which team who'd won the FA Cup earlier that year?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Tottenham Hotspur. - In September '86,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00who left Manchester City to manage Villa?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03At the end of the season, both teams were relegated.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- Billy McNeill. - Which French international winger
0:05:05 > 0:05:07joined Villa from Mulhouse in 1984,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10although he only stayed with the club for one season?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Six, Didier.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15In 1988, Villa defeated a team 7-0 aggregate
0:05:15 > 0:05:18in the second round of the League Cup.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21That season they also beat the same opponent 6-0 in the Simod Cup.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Who were they?
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- Pass.- Whom did Villa beat by an aggregate score of 3-1 to win
0:05:26 > 0:05:28the European Super Cup in January '83?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Bayern Munich.- Barcelona.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Villa reached the semifinals of the League Cup twice during the '80s.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38In '84 they were beaten by Everton. Which team beat them in '86?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40- Liverpool.- Oxford.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43In the '89-'90 season, Villa were the runners-up in Division One.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46How many points did they finish behind the champions, Liverpool?
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Nine.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51In '85, Gordon Cowans and Paul Rideout left Villa
0:05:51 > 0:05:54to join an Italian club, although Cowans returned three years later.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Which Italian club?
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Bari.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Who ended the '88-'89 season as Villa's top goal-scorer
0:06:00 > 0:06:02and was then sold to Bayern Munich?
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Alan McInally.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05In September '82, Villa began the defence of the European Cup
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- with a match behind closed doors as punishment from UEFA... - BEEP
0:06:09 > 0:06:13I'll finish. ..for crowd trouble at the previous season's semifinal.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Which team did they beat 3-1 at an empty Villa Park?
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Anderlecht.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22No. I was hoping you'd know cos I wouldn't have to pronounce it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- I think it's pronounced Besiktas.- It probably was.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Anyway, vaguely. And you have one pass.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Birmingham City was the other team they beat in that other cup.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- You've scored, Katherine, eight points.- Thank you.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40APPLAUSE
0:06:46 > 0:06:48And our next contender, please.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Hello.- Hello. And your name is?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Your chosen charity?
0:06:59 > 0:07:00And your chosen subject?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04In a minute and a half, starting now.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06The television series Black Books is set in a book shop
0:07:06 > 0:07:09run by Bernard Black and his assistant, Manny.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11In the first episode, Manny, played by Bill Bailey,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13swallows a copy of a small book. What's the book called?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14The Little Book Of Calm.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17What is the name of the shop run by Fran in the first series,
0:07:17 > 0:07:18next door to Black Books?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- Nifty Gifty. - In the Grapes of Wrath,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Bernard and Manny mistakenly drink a very expensive bottle of wine
0:07:23 > 0:07:26while they're house sitting. How much is the wine worth?
0:07:26 > 0:07:27£7,000.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29After running away from Bernard and the shop in series one,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Manny becomes the star of which Japanese magazine?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Big and Beardy.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Before Manny starts work at Black Books,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38he has an interview with Bernard at the local pub.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41What drink does Bernard bring him instead of the lager he asked for?
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Creme de menthe.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44During The Big Lock-Out, Manny is trapped alone in the shop.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47What does he cook on the makeshift spit he has made from coat hangers?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Bees.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Fran traces a family tree,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53discovers she has relatives from Eastern Europe.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56What unusual method of greeting do her relative use?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- They kiss her on the chin. - What is the name of the actor
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- and comedian who plays Fran's dodgy landlord?- Johnny Vegas.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Fran books a holiday to the Canary Islands for herself,
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Bernard and Manny.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08The flights only cost £4 each because, on the way out,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11the plane has to stop to refuel at Stansted and where else?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Prague?- New Zealand.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Bernard begins to read the collective works of a famous
0:08:16 > 0:08:18psychoanalyst and decides that Manny is a psychopath.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20What's the name of the psychoanalyst?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Freud.- In this series 3 final,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Bernard warns Manny never to use what word as a verb?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Party. - In the third series,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30when Manny goes to work at the brand-new Goliath book shop
0:08:30 > 0:08:33next door, Bernard describes him as a cross
0:08:33 > 0:08:36between Iago and which other treacherous fictional character?
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Fu Manchu? - Fu Manchu is spot on.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42And you've scored, Sian, 11 points.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Yay! Thank you.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45APPLAUSE
0:08:51 > 0:08:53And our final contender, please.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00And your name is?
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Your chosen charity?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05And your chosen subject?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Alfred Russel Wallace, here we go, 90 seconds.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Wallace is credited with formulating the theory of evolution
0:09:12 > 0:09:15by natural selection along with another naturalist whose
0:09:15 > 0:09:17theory was presented along with his at a meeting
0:09:17 > 0:09:20of the Linnean Society in 1858, who was the other naturalist?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Charles Darwin. - Wallace first developed his theory
0:09:23 > 0:09:25during his expedition to Malaysia and the Dutch East Indies.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28What was the title of the book he published in 1869
0:09:28 > 0:09:30on the natural history of that region?
0:09:30 > 0:09:31The Malay Archipelago.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Wallace was influenced by the ideas of a Welsh socialist and agnostic
0:09:35 > 0:09:38whom he later described as one of the greatest men of the 19th century
0:09:38 > 0:09:40but too far in advance of his time. Who was he?
0:09:42 > 0:09:43- Spencer?- No, Robert Owen.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47What primates species known to the native Dyaks as "mayas"
0:09:47 > 0:09:50did Wallace encounter for the first time in Borneo in March 1855?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Orang-utan.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54In the concluding passage of The Malay Archipelago,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Wallace observes that "the wealth and knowledge and culture of the few
0:09:57 > 0:09:59"do not constitute...?"
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Pass.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Who acted as Wallace's agent in England
0:10:04 > 0:10:07during his collecting expedition to the Amazon?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Stevens.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11What kind of gathering that was soon to become a regular event
0:10:11 > 0:10:15in Wallace's life, did he attend for the first time on 22nd July 1865?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17The Royal Geographic...
0:10:17 > 0:10:21No. A seance. Wallace's Amazon collections were destroyed
0:10:21 > 0:10:23when the ship he was on caught fire, in July 1852.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25What was the name of the ship?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26The Helen.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Yes. In an 1869 article Wallace suggested that
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Overruling Intelligence guided the progress of human evolution.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35In which journal did Wallace's article appear?
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Pass.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Wallace gave evidence against a medical policy to a Royal Commission
0:10:40 > 0:10:43in 1890 and published a pamphlet in which he described it as
0:10:43 > 0:10:45"a delusion." What was the policy?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47BEEP
0:10:47 > 0:10:48No idea at all.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Well, I'll tell you, cos you're out of time.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53It's compulsory vaccination.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57And your other two passes. That article Wallace wrote in 1869 was
0:10:57 > 0:11:01in the Quarterly Review. And... "The wealth and knowledge and
0:11:01 > 0:11:05"culture of the few do not constitute civilisation."
0:11:05 > 0:11:08That's what he said, famously. Nick, you got five points.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11APPLAUSE
0:11:16 > 0:11:19A couple of high scores there in the first round.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Let's have a look at all of them.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23In fourth place - five points - Nick Baker.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Third place - eight points - Katharine Merry.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Joint first place - 11 points apiece -
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Josh Widdicombe and Sian Reese-Williams.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34APPLAUSE
0:11:37 > 0:11:40And it's the general knowledge round now.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44If the scores are even at the end the round,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Let's get on with it and ask Nick to join us again if he would, please.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55Nick, what we didn't establish during those questions was
0:11:55 > 0:11:57that Wallace was really Darwin,
0:11:57 > 0:12:01in the sense that he had his ideas about the theory of evolution
0:12:01 > 0:12:04at the same time as Darwin, and could easily have been as famous.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Yeah, to me, he was much more likable. He was an amazing guy.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Really interesting.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12And always went for controversial theories and followed them up.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14He was a working class naturalist and funded his way
0:12:14 > 0:12:17around the world, whilst Darwin was kind of, he was a moneyed man.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19He was very posh, wasn't he?
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Yeah, he was posh and he was part of the intellectual set in London.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Wallace was a definite outsider.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27He was going off having these Boys' Own adventures all
0:12:27 > 0:12:30round the world, which is what they read like, if you read the books.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Absolutely fantastic. - What a fascinating man.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- Definitely.- Right, Nick, you've got five points.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41What Parisian landmark was the world's tallest man-made structure
0:12:41 > 0:12:44from 1889 until the topping-off of the Chrysler Building in 1929?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I'm going to say the Eiffel Tower.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Michael Hutchence was the lead singer with which band who had
0:12:49 > 0:12:52their biggest UK singles chart hit with Need You Tonight in 1988?
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Simply Red.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57INXS. Which American President delivered the Gettysburg Address in
0:12:57 > 0:13:001863 at the dedication of the site of a National Cemetery?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Pass.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05What name is given to the tiny pieces of coloured sugar
0:13:05 > 0:13:07used as decoration on cakes and trifles?
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Sprinkles.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Hundreds-and-thousands.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Who has been chosen to play Batman in the forthcoming Superman film,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16bringing the superheroes together for the first time on the big screen?
0:13:16 > 0:13:17No idea.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21What name is given to a swimming race where the competitor can
0:13:21 > 0:13:23choose his or her own stroke?
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Freestyle.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26The name of which aria from Puccini's Turandot
0:13:26 > 0:13:29made famous during the 1990 football World Cup,
0:13:29 > 0:13:32translates into English as "none shall sleep?"
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Pass.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38In Dickens' A Christmas Carol, what's the name of the good-hearted,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41impoverished clerk employed by Ebenezer Scrooge?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Um... Pass!
0:13:43 > 0:13:45What name is given to the functionless inner claw
0:13:45 > 0:13:48found above most dogs' front paws?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- Oh, God. I should know that.- Yes.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- It's that one.- Take a guess, go on.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Dew claw.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Who was the first regular presenter of the TV programme Blind Date?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Cilla Black.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03In the Bible, what is the name of the King of Israel,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06the son of David, who was particularly noted for his wisdom?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08I'm not big into the Bible. I've no idea.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Which North African country is sandwiched between Algeria, Libya
0:14:12 > 0:14:14and the Mediterranean sea?
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Oh...Tunisia.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Who "is always right" according to the phrase attributed to the
0:14:18 > 0:14:22department store founders Marshall Field and Harry Selfridge?
0:14:22 > 0:14:23The customer.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26What is the name of the guide book author who devised the Coast-to-Coast Walk
0:14:26 > 0:14:29from St Bees Head in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32one of England's most popular long distance walking routes?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34No idea. Sorry.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37A molecule of which substance consists of two atoms of hydrogen
0:14:37 > 0:14:40and one of oxygen, giving it the chemical formula H2O?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- BEEP Water.- Yes, water. It was.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46You will really kick yourself for one or two of these.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47I'm sure I will.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50The name of that guide book author was Alfred Wainwright.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- King Solomon - the wise king. - Yep.- Yeah.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Bob Cratchit - the clerk. Nessun Dorma - the name of the song.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I know it, yeah. I couldn't sing it, but I know it.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- I wasn't asking you to. - LAUGHTER
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Ben Affleck is going to play Batman. - Is he really?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- He is.- Urgh. - And Gettysburg Address,
0:15:08 > 0:15:12you'll really kick yourself for this one, bloke called Abraham Lincoln.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Nick, you've got 12 points.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16APPLAUSE
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Now, Katherine Merry again, please.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28You start out with eight points, Katherine.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33Great athlete and now commentator. What is the scariest?
0:15:33 > 0:15:37You know, that moment when the red light comes on or the gun fires?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40It's been surpassed by this. Both of those.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- So this is the scariest?- Yeah.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46With athletics, or anything that you're comfortable with, you're in control.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50So, running, I was always OK. My Olympic final I wasn't too nervous.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Just a little bit. And that's fine.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56But there must have been occasions, surely, when they're about to
0:15:56 > 0:16:00fire the gun and you're thinking, ah, I'm not ready for this. No?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- No, never.- Never?- No, you squash those very quickly.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Really?- As soon as they start floating...you can't, there's nothing
0:16:06 > 0:16:09you can do at that moment in time. Very similar to sitting here now,
0:16:09 > 0:16:13in terms of looking forward to these general knowledge questions.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Nothing you can do. You've just got to take it as it comes.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Out of one's comfort zone.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20That's it, isn't it? It's being in your comfort zone.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Well, you were in your comfort zone on the track,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26and you're certainly in your comfort zone with your commentating as well.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- Oh, gosh! - Let's see how you do with your...
0:16:28 > 0:16:30It's only two minutes. Think of it in those terms.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- It'll be all over two minutes from now.- OK.- Here we go.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35What humorous name is given to a formal evening suit because
0:16:35 > 0:16:38it's black and white and resembles a certain bird?
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Penguin suit.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41What is the national flower of England
0:16:41 > 0:16:43and the United States of America?
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Rose.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Which rock group finally played at Glastonbury in June 2013,
0:16:47 > 0:16:49the festival's founder Michael Eavis said it was
0:16:49 > 0:16:51"the high spot of 43 years"?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54That's... Um...that's Mick Jagger, isn't it?
0:16:54 > 0:16:55The Rolling Stones.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58What name for a syrup-like medicine to ease sore throats
0:16:58 > 0:17:00and coughs comes from the Latin for "to lick?"
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Linctus.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Yes. Whose role in the 2013 film Diana, led one critic to comment
0:17:05 > 0:17:07"she looks like she's in a two-hour Spitting Image sketch,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09"scripted by Jeffrey Archer?"
0:17:09 > 0:17:11The blonde bird. I can't remember her name.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14The children's fairy tales The Ugly Duckling
0:17:14 > 0:17:16and The Snow Queen were written by a Danish author.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17What was his name?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Hans Christian Andersen.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Which city was the capital of Brazil from 1822 until 1960
0:17:22 > 0:17:24when the capital was moved to Brasilia?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I should know that and I don't. Pass.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Which small burrowing animal is characterised by very poor
0:17:29 > 0:17:32vision, black velvety fur that can lie in any direction
0:17:32 > 0:17:34and broad spade-like claws for digging?
0:17:34 > 0:17:35A mole.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37In what racquet sport did Peter Nicol win four
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Commonwealth Games gold medals and reign as World Number One
0:17:40 > 0:17:42for a total of 60 months during his career?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Squash.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Yes. How are the television cookery presenters Si King
0:17:46 > 0:17:48and Dave Myers collectively known?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49I don't know. Pass.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Which British composer, best known for his Planets suite,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54removed the von from his surname during World War One
0:17:54 > 0:17:57because he feared that people would think he was German?
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Pass.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01What vegetable is usually used to colour pasta green?
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Oh... Pesto!
0:18:04 > 0:18:05- Spinach.- Oh!
0:18:05 > 0:18:08What name is given to the formation of vertical columns of
0:18:08 > 0:18:10basalt which projects into the sea on the coast
0:18:10 > 0:18:13of County Antrim in Northern Ireland?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14I missed the first part.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17What name is given to the formation of columns...?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I don't know, pass.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the abdication
0:18:22 > 0:18:24of Edward VIII in 1936?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Oh. McMillan?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Baldwin. The author Thomas Harris has revealed that he met a crazed
0:18:29 > 0:18:32doctor when he visited a Mexican prison who became
0:18:32 > 0:18:34the inspiration for which fictional villain?
0:18:34 > 0:18:35BEEP
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- Nasty piece of work. - Hannibal Lecter.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- Yes!- Oh, I got the last one right!
0:18:39 > 0:18:41It's always worth a guess, isn't it?!
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- I ended on a high.- You did.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- You didn't do so badly.- Pulled my hamstring down the back straight.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48But that's all right.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50You had five passes altogether.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.- Of course!
0:18:53 > 0:18:54The vertical columns.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Holst was the composer best know for his Planets suite.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- The Hairy Bikers. - Oh, I thought that!
0:19:01 > 0:19:04And Rio was the capital of Brazil.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08And Naomi Watts "looks like a two hour Spitting Image sketch..."
0:19:08 > 0:19:11A very unkind thing to say about her, wasn't it?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Anyway, Katherine, you've now got a total of 16 points.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Thank you.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16APPLAUSE
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Josh again, please.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32- And you're on tour?- I am.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35It must be tricky because one evening you're at a gig,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39where there's thousands of people going mad for everything you say...
0:19:39 > 0:19:40You haven't been to my tour, John.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- LAUGHTER - Right, I'll rephrase the question.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Occasionally you'll get a good audience...
0:19:46 > 0:19:49And then the next night... Meh.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51How do you adjust? How do you cope with that?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- You just pretend that it's going well.- It must be horrible. Come on.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- It must be awful.- It is, John.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58But I'm trying to concentrate on the fact...
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Trying to cheer yourself up a bit.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I'm trying to keep my mind on the fact
0:20:02 > 0:20:04I'm in the middle of a really important general knowledge quiz.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06LAUGHTER
0:20:06 > 0:20:08I feel like you've been paid to psyche me out
0:20:08 > 0:20:10by the other contestants.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12You're much less intimidating in the flesh.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15On TV I thought, I'm going to be scared of Humphrys.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17But I think we've really got a bond.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18LAUGHTER
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Which questions would you like me to ask?
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- Look, you've got 11 points already. - OK.- Which is very high.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28You've now got two minutes of general knowledge,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31and this, without wishing to psyche you out, is the tough bit.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Cheers, mate.- Yeah. Here we go. Starting now.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Which film director had his first major popular success with
0:20:36 > 0:20:38the film Jaws in 1975?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Steven Spielberg.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41On a French menu, what are champignons?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Mushrooms.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46In an 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, what is
0:20:46 > 0:20:50the name of the doctor who discovers a way of creating a separate identity for himself,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52called Mr Hyde, that absorbs all his evil instincts?
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Jekyll.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Which band eventually reached the UK Top Ten when their single
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Light My Fire was re-issued in 1991, 24 years after its first release?
0:20:59 > 0:21:00The Doors.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Which giant sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley and completed
0:21:03 > 0:21:06in 1998, was built by Hartlepool Steel Fabrications Limited?
0:21:06 > 0:21:07The Angel Of The North.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10The term bolshie, describing someone who is uncooperative
0:21:10 > 0:21:12comes from what word relating to Russian political history?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Bolshevik.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17In which city is the National Museum of Dutch art, The Rijksmuseum?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Amsterdam.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22At the G8 summit in June 2013, which politician did President Obama
0:21:22 > 0:21:25call Jeffrey, confusing him with an American soul singer
0:21:25 > 0:21:27whose major hit was On the Wings of Love?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28George Osborne.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31According to Monty Python, the members of the Philosophy department
0:21:31 > 0:21:34of the Australian University of Woolamaloo are called what?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Jeremy.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Bruce. Which spectacular gorge with a length of nearly 300 miles,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40carved by the Colorado river,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43is a celebrated tourist attraction in north-western Arizona?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44The Grand Canyon.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Ankh-Morpork is a city-state that features prominently
0:21:47 > 0:21:51in a series of fantasy novels by Sir Terry Pratchett. What is the series called?
0:21:51 > 0:21:52The Discworld series.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Yes. Which Glasgow actor's first major film role was in the 1991
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Ken Loach film Riff-Raff, set on a building site in London?
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Pass.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Which golden or cream-coloured horse, with a white or silver mane,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04gets its name from the Spanish for dove-like?
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Pass.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07On the 1st of June 1935,
0:22:07 > 0:22:10it became compulsory for cars driven by learners to display...?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12An L-plate.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Which British World Champion gymnast,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17who won a Bronze medal on the Uneven Bars at the 2012 Olympics,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19announced her retirement from the sport in August 2013?
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Beth Tweddle.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24What does the red circle on the flag of Japan represent?
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Japanese people.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28The rising sun. The Sopwith Camel and the Tiger Moth were early
0:22:28 > 0:22:30types of what form of transport?
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Plane.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Which actress married Marcus Mumford from the band Mumford and Sons
0:22:35 > 0:22:38in a ceremony in a converted Somerset barn in April 2012?
0:22:38 > 0:22:39BEEP
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- Oh, God. I don't know!- Name an actress.- I don't know her name.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47It's not Keira Knightley but I'll guess Keira Knightley.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49You're awfully close. It's Carey Mulligan.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Why should that be close to Keira Knightley? Anyway, it's not.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54It was Carey Mulligan. That was the answer.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- You had two passes. The palomino... - I knew that!
0:22:57 > 0:23:00My parents' job is to breed horses.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- No!- Yeah. - You daren't go home tonight.- No.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Cheers, John, for boosting my confidence once again.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Any time. I'm here to help.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13- The Glasgow actor in Riff-Raff was Robert Carlyle.- Oh!
0:23:13 > 0:23:18But here's the good news, Josh. You have 24 points.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20APPLAUSE
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Finally, Sian again, please.
0:23:33 > 0:23:40You shouldn't actually be here. You died a horrible death in Emmerdale.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- Yes.- Didn't you?- RIP.- RIP.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43What happened to you?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46I wasn't sure... You were murdered in the end, but it was a crash...
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Car crash and a murder. She was incredibly unlucky I think.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Do people come up to you afterwards and say,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54"Oh, I'm sorry what happened to you?"
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Yeah. People have been outraged and really sad.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Which is really lovely. People were heartbroken.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Somebody told me they went to a restaurant
0:24:01 > 0:24:04and the waitress cried at them when they found out they knew me.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08- No!- Yes.- Oh.- She cried and said, "I'm absolutely devastated."
0:24:08 > 0:24:11It was two days afterwards so it's probably quite raw.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Yeah.- Yeah.- But you're over it now? - I'm over it, yeah.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Right, Sian, I don't want to intimidate you but...
0:24:17 > 0:24:21You have 11 points. 24 is the score to beat.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Old clever clogs over there. So here we go.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Two minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Which 1988 action film, starring Bruce Willis as the New York cop
0:24:29 > 0:24:32John McClane, is set in the Nakatomi Building in Los Angeles?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Die Hard.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Which spa town near the Cotswolds is home to a
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Ladies' College and a celebrated racecourse?
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Ascot.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Cheltenham. What French term, meaning chewed paper, is used for
0:24:41 > 0:24:44shreds of paper mixed into a pulp with resin which is then
0:24:44 > 0:24:46moulded into shapes that become hard and strong when dry?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47Papier mache.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Carol Ann Duffy became the first woman and the first Scot to
0:24:50 > 0:24:53hold what literary post when she succeeded Andrew Motion in 2009?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Poet Laureate.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Whose 1957 recording of One Night became the thousandth single
0:24:58 > 0:25:01to top the UK charts when it was re-released in January 2005?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Elvis Presley.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04The dried leaves of which tropical shrub produce a
0:25:04 > 0:25:07red-orange dye that has been used since the Bronze Age
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- for body art and hair dye? - Henna.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12In the third century BC, Hannibal crossed the Alps into Italy
0:25:12 > 0:25:14with horses and which other animals?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Pigs.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Elephants. What type of five line comic verse shares its name
0:25:18 > 0:25:20with that of an Irish city?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Pass.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24The 1999 film version of which controversial animated
0:25:24 > 0:25:27television comedy series, set in a fictional town in Colorado,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29claimed to be "bigger, longer and uncut?"
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Twin Peaks.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33South Park. The name of what popular hot drink is believed to
0:25:33 > 0:25:36come from the Arabic word qawah, which originally meant wine?
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Cocoa.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Coffee. Anastasia Steele is the main female character in which
0:25:40 > 0:25:41trilogy of novels by EL James?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I don't know.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45What is the name of the Barbadian pop-star who is
0:25:45 > 0:25:48mentioned in the title of a 2013 hit single by The Wanted?
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Rihanna.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Which country is bordered by the United States to the north
0:25:52 > 0:25:54and by Guatemala and Belize to the south?
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Mexico.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57What was the name of the German coding machine whose
0:25:57 > 0:26:00messages were deciphered at Bletchley Park in the so-called
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Ultra Project during World War II?
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Enigma.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Which bone in a turkey is also known as the furcula or merrythought?
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Wishbone.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09What is the name of the video game heroine who made her
0:26:09 > 0:26:12debut in 1996 when she was hired by Natla Technologies to find
0:26:12 > 0:26:14a hidden artefact called the Scion?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Lara Croft.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18In which TV series does Stephen Fry play a solicitor
0:26:18 > 0:26:21based in the Norfolk town of Market Shipborough?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Ah...Doc Holliday. No.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Kingdom. What name was given to the pouch-like addition to the
0:26:26 > 0:26:29crotch of men's hose, popular in the 15th and early 16th centuries,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31but derided as indecent by the 1580s?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Codpiece. BEEP
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Codpiece is correct.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37The one you didn't know.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40I suspect you did but you didn't want to admit that you'd read
0:26:40 > 0:26:42the book, actually.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Anastasia Steele is the main character in 50 Shades Of Grey.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46I was going to say that!
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- It's too late now.- I thought it was stupid.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50LAUGHTER
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- The book or...? - Now I look even more stupid.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55On the contrary, you look like a woman of good taste for not having read the book.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57No, I've never read it. Never read it.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59We'll take your word for it.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02The type of five-line comic verse etc. Limerick.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- I didn't hear... - You so nearly got there.
0:27:06 > 0:27:0722 points.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10APPLAUSE
0:27:17 > 0:27:21So near and yet so far. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23In fourth place - 12 points - Nick Baker.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Third place - 16 points - Katherine Merry.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Second place - 22 points - Sian Reese-Williams.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33In first place - 24 points - Josh Widdicombe.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35APPLAUSE
0:27:38 > 0:27:40INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Josh.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57On a scale of one to ten,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59where does that rank amongst your many achievements?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- That is the most terrifying thing I've ever done in my life.- Right.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04And I'm so relieved it's over.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- So...top.- Top?- Yeah.- Excellent. - It's all downhill from here, John.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- You did awfully well with your general knowledge.- Thank you.
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