0:00:03 > 0:00:07Being a comedian, it's your job to be a bit of an idiot.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10And this is the opposite, so it's the wrong skill set for me.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Yeah, I'm feeling pretty nervous, looking forward to it being over.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16I'm dreading hearing all the answers that the other contestants get
0:00:16 > 0:00:21right ahead of me, and when it comes to my turn I just go blank.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24It's not like I would hate the winner if somebody else won -
0:00:24 > 0:00:26I think I'd just quite like to not be last!
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Four celebrities who hope they know everything there is to know
0:00:29 > 0:00:31about their specialist subject.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Who will be crowned tonight's Celebrity Mastermind?
0:00:52 > 0:00:55First in the spotlight tonight is the comedian Hal Cruttenden.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58He's answering questions on the Rocky films.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Next, the actress Clare Perkins.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05Her specialist subject is Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy novels.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07The Olympic gold medallist Sophie Hosking
0:01:07 > 0:01:10will be answering questions on the London Underground.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15And the Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens - his subject, Johnny Cash.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Hello. I'm John Humphrys and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Now, at this point, our celebrities might well be asking themselves,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38"Why did I volunteer for this?"
0:01:38 > 0:01:40The black chair, the spotlight,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42the ticking clock and the questions,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45and the possibility of humiliation.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Or, of course, lasting fame, for the contender destined to become
0:01:49 > 0:01:51a Celebrity Mastermind champion.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Who? Well, we'll find out after their two rounds of questions,
0:01:54 > 0:01:58first on their specialist subject and then their general knowledge.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01So, let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10And your name is? Hal Cruttenden.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Your chosen charity? The Brain Tumour Charity.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16And your chosen subject? Rocky films.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21In the original film, Rocky Balboa's given the chance
0:02:21 > 0:02:24to fight the world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25A television news crew films Rocky
0:02:25 > 0:02:28demonstrating what unusual training method?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30He's punching bits of beef.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33What was the title of the song from Rocky III that received
0:02:33 > 0:02:34an Oscar nomination?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Eye Of The Tiger.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Which heavyweight champion
0:02:37 > 0:02:39is introduced to both fighters
0:02:39 > 0:02:41before the original bout between Rocky and Apollo Creed?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Joe Frazier.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46When Rocky's trained for his rematch with Creed, trainer Mickey
0:02:46 > 0:02:48tries to improve his speed by making him chase
0:02:48 > 0:02:49what type of animal?
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Chicken.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53In Rocky II he tries to film an aftershave commercial
0:02:53 > 0:02:56but he can't read his lines. What's the name of the aftershave?
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Beast.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Apollo Creed enters the ring for his fight with Ivan Drago
0:03:00 > 0:03:02as James Brown performs which song?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Living In America.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07After Rocky's wedding, Tony Gazzo gives him some financial advice.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09What does he tell him is a safe investment?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Rocky misunderstands, and replies that he never uses them.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Condominiums.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18At which famous New York venue does Rocky regain the world title
0:03:18 > 0:03:21in his rematch with "Clubber" Lang, played by Mr T?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Madison Square Garden.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25In Rocky V, the promoter George Washington Duke
0:03:25 > 0:03:27interrupts a press conference
0:03:27 > 0:03:28and offers to put on a title fight
0:03:28 > 0:03:31between Rocky and Union Cane in which city?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Tokyo. In the final film,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35what is the name of Rocky's restaurant in Philadelphia
0:03:35 > 0:03:37which he'd opened in 1995 and named after his late wife?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Adrian's.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41In Rocky V he visits Mickey's old gym
0:03:41 > 0:03:43and has a flashback of Mickey giving him a gift
0:03:43 > 0:03:45that had once belonged to Rocky Marciano. What is it?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47It's a cuff link. In the third film,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Rocky fights an exhibition bout for charity
0:03:49 > 0:03:52against a wrestler played by Hulk Hogan... BEEP
0:03:52 > 0:03:56..which ends in a draw. What is the wrestler's fighting name?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Thunderlips. Thunderlips is exactly right -
0:03:59 > 0:04:04as have been all of your answers. Hal, no passes - 12 points.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Thank you. APPLAUSE
0:04:14 > 0:04:16And our next contender, please.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And your name is? My name is Clare Perkins.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Chosen charity? The Williams Syndrome Foundation.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31And your chosen subject?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40In All The Pretty Horses, the cowboys John Grady Cole and Lacey Rawlins
0:04:40 > 0:04:43are followed by a teenage boy on a horse as they travel to Mexico.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45What name does the boy use to introduce himself?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Jimmy Blevins.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50In The Crossing, when Billy tries to buy some clothes in Silver City
0:04:50 > 0:04:53he finds the shops are closed because it's what day of the year?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Oh... I don't know. Thanksgiving?
0:04:55 > 0:04:56No, Christmas Day.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58The direct speech in all three books in the trilogy
0:04:58 > 0:05:00is generally written without punctuation marks
0:05:00 > 0:05:03and frequently switches between English and which other language?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Spanish.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07What is the name of the ranch owned by Senor Hearst
0:05:07 > 0:05:09in The Crossing, from which 23 horses were sold,
0:05:09 > 0:05:13some of which, Billy suspects, may have been his stolen horses?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Something about the virgin...? I can't remember.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17La Babicora.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20In Cities Of The Plain, John Grady falls in love
0:05:20 > 0:05:21with a girl he sees at La Venada,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23and later visits her at the White Lake.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24What's her name?
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Magdalena.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28In All The Pretty Horses, what game does John Grady play three times
0:05:28 > 0:05:30against Alfonsa when he meets her for the first time?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Chess. According to his wife,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35what did the Reverend Blevins tell his radio listeners
0:05:35 > 0:05:37to do during Gospel Hour, so that he could heal them?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Lay hands on the radio.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42At the end of Cities Of The Plain, Billy meets a man who tells him
0:05:42 > 0:05:45about a dream place in the mountains where pilgrims used to gather.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47What's the name of the place?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Oh... It's not Death?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50No, it's Andale.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53In All The Pretty Horses, John Grady tries to find his mother who's left home
0:05:53 > 0:05:56by visiting the Menger Hotel on Broadway
0:05:56 > 0:05:58in which city in Texas?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00San Antonio. In The Crossing,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Billy Parham's father borrows traps from Mr Echols' cabin
0:06:04 > 0:06:06in order to try and catch what animal that's killed a calf?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Wolf. BEEP
0:06:08 > 0:06:11No passes, Clare. Seven points.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Thank you.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13APPLAUSE
0:06:21 > 0:06:22And our next contender, please.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31And your name is? Sophie Hosking.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Chosen charity? Combat Stress.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37And chosen subject? The London Underground.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40In 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43The Underground's logo, known as the roundel, generally comprises
0:06:43 > 0:06:45a red circle crossed by a horizontal bar of what colour?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Blue.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Which was the first London Underground railway line to open
0:06:49 > 0:06:52in January 1863, with trains running between Paddington
0:06:52 > 0:06:53and Farringdon Street?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Metropolitan.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Who designed the iconic Underground map of 1933
0:06:57 > 0:07:00that's been used as the basis for all future designs?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Harry Beck.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03In '37, the Edgware, Highgate and Morden line
0:07:03 > 0:07:05was given what simpler name?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06The Northern line.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Which station did Gordon Selfridge unsuccessfully try to have renamed
0:07:10 > 0:07:13after his department store opened nearby in 1909?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Bond Street.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17According to legend, the ghost of an ancient Egyptian princess
0:07:17 > 0:07:20haunted a station in Bloomsbury that closed in 1933.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Which station?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Pass.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25What was the name of the one-legged railway employee
0:07:25 > 0:07:26who rode the first escalator
0:07:26 > 0:07:28at its opening in Earl's Court in 1911
0:07:28 > 0:07:30to show passengers it was safe?
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Pass.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34During the Second World War the Elgin Marbles and other treasures
0:07:34 > 0:07:37were stored in a disused tunnel of which station on the Strand?
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Holborn?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Aldwych.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42In 1977 the so-called Fleet line was renamed after
0:07:42 > 0:07:46a campaign by the Conservatives in the Greater London Council election.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48What new name was it given?
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Central line?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Jubilee.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53In 1932 the celebrated football manager Herbert Chapman
0:07:53 > 0:07:54persuaded the railway company
0:07:54 > 0:07:58to rename Gillespie Road station after which football club?
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Pass.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01The Waterloo City line that runs under the Thames
0:08:01 > 0:08:03is generally known by what nickname?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05The Drain.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07In the 1920s, Lord Shaftesbury's famous memorial statue
0:08:07 > 0:08:10known as Eros was temporarily... BEEP
0:08:10 > 0:08:12moved to Victoria Embankment Gardens
0:08:12 > 0:08:17while which underground station was being extended?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Piccadilly Circus? Yes, Piccadilly Circus it was.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Three passes, Sophie. Arsenal was the football club in question.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31"Bumper" Harris was the name of the one-legged railway employee
0:08:31 > 0:08:34who wanted to prove that the escalator was safe,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36and, according to legend,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39the ancient Egyptian princess
0:08:39 > 0:08:42haunts the British Museum station.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Sophie, seven points.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45APPLAUSE
0:08:52 > 0:08:54And our final contender, please.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01And your name is? Huw Stephens.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Your chosen charity? Ty Hafan.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08And your chosen subject? Johnny Cash - The Columbia Years.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11The great Johnny Cash. In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Cash moved from Sun Records to Columbia Records in August 1958.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16What was his first hit single for Columbia
0:09:16 > 0:09:19which had the lesser hit What Do I Care on the B-side?
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Pass.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24In '65, Johnny Cash had his first top 30 hit single in the UK charts.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26He reached No.28 with which song?
0:09:26 > 0:09:27One Piece At A Time.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28It Ain't Me Babe.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Which song written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore
0:09:31 > 0:09:33gave Cash a huge hit in '63, spending seven weeks
0:09:33 > 0:09:37at No.1 on the Billboard country and western chart?
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Ring Of Fire.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40June Carter and Johnny Cash married in '68.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43On which album released the previous year do they duet on all the tracks?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Carryin' On.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48In '64 Cash released an album of new versions of old songs
0:09:48 > 0:09:50including Folsom Prison Blues, Still In Town,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54and another one, the title track of the album - what track?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55I Walk The Line.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Who became Cash's regular drummer around early 1960
0:09:58 > 0:10:02and remained a member of his backing band for more than 30 years?
0:10:02 > 0:10:03WS "Fluke" Holland.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Who wrote the song If I Were A Carpenter,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08giving Cash and June Carter a Grammy in '71
0:10:08 > 0:10:10for Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group?
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Bob Dylan?
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Tim Hardin.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15In February '69, Cash recorded a live album in a prison.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17The album includes the song A Boy Named Sue,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20which became a huge hit - what was the name of the prison?
0:10:20 > 0:10:21San Quentin.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22His album called Silver,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24celebrating 25 years in the music business,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26was released in which year?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Uh...1976?
0:10:28 > 0:10:29'79.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31On the '71 album The Man In Black,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34which evangelist provides vocals for the opening song,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36The Preacher Said "Jesus Said"?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Reverend Floyd Garrett.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39It was Billy Graham.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41What was the title of the album Cash released in 1970...
0:10:41 > 0:10:42BEEP
0:10:42 > 0:10:44..taken from his trademark greeting
0:10:44 > 0:10:45at the start of a concert?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49It was, absolutely.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52One pass - when he moved from Sun Records to Columbia,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55his first hit single was All Over Again.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Huw, six points.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08So one contender with a hefty lead - can he hold on to it?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Let's look at the scores.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12In fourth place, six points, Huw Stephens.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Joint second place, seven points apiece,
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Clare Perkins and Sophie Hosking.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19In the lead with 12 points, Hall Cruttenden.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25And it's the general knowledge round now,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28and if the scores are level at the end of this round,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31then the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Let's get on with it and ask Huw to join us again, please.
0:11:35 > 0:11:42Huw - a DJ and, I read, the youngest Radio 1 DJ ever?
0:11:42 > 0:11:48I was. I beat Noel Edmonds by a year, when I was 17, started when I was 18.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Did you? Sorry if you're watching, Noel.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52You talk about your show,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55"the newest music every week",
0:11:55 > 0:11:56the show you're doing at the moment.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Bit of a hostage to fortune, isn't it? Yeah.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00There's so much great music out there
0:12:00 > 0:12:03and all the night-time shows on Radio 1,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05we find our favourites and bring it to a new audience
0:12:05 > 0:12:09and the hope is that those songs and artists go on to greater things,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12you know, and carry on making good music.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14You listen to a piece of music
0:12:14 > 0:12:17and say, "I think that's great, people will like it."
0:12:17 > 0:12:19What is it about that piece of music?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Bearing in mind you cover a whole spectrum, really, don't you?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Hm. Well, there's a lot of different DJs on the station,
0:12:25 > 0:12:26we all like different things.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28I guess it's just something that excites you.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31You should tune in, John, have a listen.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32LAUGHTER
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Radio 1, you say?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I'm about 40 years too old. That's true.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39All right, 50 years too old.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Anyway, you've got six points.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45You've got a bit of a hurdle to clear, but nonetheless,
0:12:45 > 0:12:47you've got two minutes of general knowledge -
0:12:47 > 0:12:49plenty of opportunity. Here we go.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Ruby and tawny are styles of which fortified wine?
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Um...merlot.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Port.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Which musical is about gang warfare in New York
0:12:56 > 0:12:59between the Jets and the Puerto Rican group, the Sharks?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Oh, um...American Gangster.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02West Side Story.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03The Italian company Pirelli
0:13:03 > 0:13:06agreed a three-year contract from 2011
0:13:06 > 0:13:08to supply all F1 teams with what?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Um...T-shirts?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Tyres.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14In 1888, which Dutch artist wrote in a letter
0:13:14 > 0:13:16to his brother Theo,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18"I cannot help it that my paintings do not sell.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20"The time will come when people will see
0:13:20 > 0:13:22"that they are worth more than the price of the paint."
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Van Gogh.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26What language was spoken by the people of Ancient Rome?
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Uh, Greek.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Latin.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30What is the name of the heavy-metal star
0:13:30 > 0:13:32whose family's life was the subject of an MTV series,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34supposedly watched by President Bush?
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Ozzy Osbourne.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37The author of the novel 1984
0:13:37 > 0:13:39died a few months after it was published
0:13:39 > 0:13:40in 1949 - who was he?
0:13:40 > 0:13:41George Orwell.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44What item of clothing did King George IV wear
0:13:44 > 0:13:46to please the locals on a visit to Edinburgh in 1822?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48He wore pink tights underneath.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49A kilt. What word derived
0:13:49 > 0:13:51from the Yiddish for "ring" or "bracelet",
0:13:51 > 0:13:52is used for a bread roll
0:13:52 > 0:13:55that is briefly dropped into boiling water then baked?
0:13:55 > 0:13:56Pretzel.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Bagel.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59What's the name of the grassy area in Plymouth
0:13:59 > 0:14:02where Sir Francis Drake was reputedly playing bowls
0:14:02 > 0:14:04when news of the approach of the Spanish Armada reached him?
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Pass.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08In 2013, who became only the second man in history
0:14:08 > 0:14:12to achieve the double-double of winning the 5,000 and 10,000m
0:14:12 > 0:14:14at the Olympics and the World Championships?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Mo Farah.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Which novel by EM Forster begins with a complaint
0:14:18 > 0:14:21about the accommodation of the Pensione Bertolini in Florence
0:14:21 > 0:14:24that overlooks a courtyard rather than the River Arno?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Pass.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28What term for a skiing or canoeing race
0:14:28 > 0:14:31on a zigzag course marked by poles or flags
0:14:31 > 0:14:34comes from the Norwegian for "sloping track."
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Oh, um...slalom.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38In which English city was the band Kaiser Chiefs formed?
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Uh, Leeds.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Who put on over a stone in weight for his role
0:14:42 > 0:14:43as the spray-tanned Malachi Davies
0:14:43 > 0:14:45in the TV series Truckers?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Pass.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Which birds were used in coal mines...
0:14:48 > 0:14:50BEEP
0:14:50 > 0:14:52..to warn against toxic gases such as carbon monoxide?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Their use was phased out in the UK from 1986.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Cuckoos.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Well, it's a lovely thought,
0:14:59 > 0:15:01but actually, no - it was canaries.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Canaries! I knew it started with a C!
0:15:04 > 0:15:06That is a lovely idea, cuckoos.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Um...three passes.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Stephen Tompkinson played Malachi Davies in Truckers.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14A Room With A View was that EM Forster novel.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16And Plymouth Hoe was where Francis Drake played bowls -
0:15:16 > 0:15:18so they say.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20You've jumped up a lot, Huw - 13 points.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31And now Clare again, please.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35And now, Clare... Hello.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38You are abandoning EastEnders. Yeah.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41And going back to the stage. Yeah.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42Does that scare you a bit?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45EastEnders, if you get it wrong, you can do it again.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Yeah, you can, but on the stage, you have four weeks of rehearsal
0:15:49 > 0:15:55and then you get to do something that you love every single night, so...
0:15:55 > 0:15:56It's the same play,
0:15:56 > 0:15:57but it's always developing.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59It's like reading a good book.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00You read a good book,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03and then when you read it the second time,
0:16:03 > 0:16:05it's not the same. You see something else in it, yeah.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07And it's somehow deeper.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11And in a play, you get to know your character a bit more
0:16:11 > 0:16:14and you do sometimes have little revelations where you think,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16"Oh, now I get it."
0:16:16 > 0:16:19You knew what you were doing before, but it's just a little deeper,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22or someone will say something with a different inflexion.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24It's great, I absolutely love it.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27But then there's that moment when the lights go up,
0:16:27 > 0:16:29you walk onstage and you think, "Can I remember my lines?"
0:16:29 > 0:16:30There's always that one.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34And sometimes you're on stage, and you've done a show 100 times,
0:16:34 > 0:16:38and you think, "Oh, my Lord, I don't know what I say next."
0:16:38 > 0:16:40It's like tumbleweed, going through your mind.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41But it always comes.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Unlike sitting in this chair.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44LAUGHTER
0:16:44 > 0:16:46You never know.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48You're getting two minutes of general knowledge questions.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51You may just go "boomph!" and answer every single one accurately.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54We'll see. Let's see. You've got seven points to start with.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Here we go, two minutes.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58On which weekday TV show did Rachel Riley
0:16:58 > 0:17:01succeed Carol Vorderman as co-host and number-cruncher?
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Countdown.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Sweet, ready-mixed alcoholic drinks,
0:17:04 > 0:17:06packaged to appeal to younger drinkers
0:17:06 > 0:17:07are generally known by what name?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Alcopops.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Which Biblical giant appears in 1 Samuel, chapter 17?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Samson... Goliath!
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Yes, it's Celebrity, so I'll accept Goliath.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18What is the signature colour of the soles of shoes
0:17:18 > 0:17:21made by French designer Christian Louboutin?
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Red.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Which girl band had their first hit single
0:17:26 > 0:17:28with the 2002 Christmas number one
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Sound Of The Underground?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Em...the...Girls Aloud.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34In which novel by Charles Dickens
0:17:34 > 0:17:37does Crook, owner of a rag and bottle shop,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39die by spontaneous combustion?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Oh...Pickwick Papers?
0:17:41 > 0:17:42No, Bleak House.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45In 2013, who followed a record-breaking eighth victory
0:17:45 > 0:17:46in the French Open Men's Singles
0:17:46 > 0:17:49with a first round defeat at Wimbledon three weeks later?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Pass.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Which Australian animal has a name thought to mean "no drink"
0:17:53 > 0:17:55as it gets almost all the liquid it needs
0:17:55 > 0:17:57from the eucalyptus leaves it eats?
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Koala bear.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Who was crowned Miss California Artichoke Queen
0:18:02 > 0:18:03in the late 1940s?
0:18:03 > 0:18:04She went on to become
0:18:04 > 0:18:07one of Hollywood's most celebrated and tragic stars.
0:18:07 > 0:18:08Joan Crawford?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Marilyn Monroe.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Which city, famous for its canals,
0:18:11 > 0:18:13is the official capital of The Netherlands?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Amsterdam.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15What is the name of the VW Beetle
0:18:15 > 0:18:18with a mind of its own that made its first appearance
0:18:18 > 0:18:20in the '68 comedy film The Love Bug?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Herbie.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Speaker's Corner is in which London park opposite Marble Arch?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Hyde Park.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28In May 2013, a famous actress stormed out of the theatre,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30still dressed as the queen,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33to berate the drummers disrupting her play, The Audience.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34What was her name?
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Helen Mirren.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36The Girl At The Lion d'Or
0:18:36 > 0:18:38is the first of a trilogy of novels set in France
0:18:38 > 0:18:40during and between World Wars I and II.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Who's the author?
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Pass.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45What name is given to the hammer used by auctioneers
0:18:45 > 0:18:46to finalise a sale
0:18:46 > 0:18:49and also in public meetings to command attention?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Gavel.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Katie Holmes came to fame as Joey Potter in which TV series
0:18:53 > 0:18:55set in a coastal town?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Dawson's Creek.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58A trichologist studies the structure,
0:18:58 > 0:18:59functions and diseases...
0:18:59 > 0:19:00BEEP
0:19:00 > 0:19:02..of what bit of us?
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Hair.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Hair is correct.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Two passes - Sebastian Faulks wrote The Girl At The Lion d'Or.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Should have known that.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11And the tennis player was Rafa Nadal.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Clare, you've got 20 points.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Oh!
0:19:24 > 0:19:26And now Sophie again, please.
0:19:27 > 0:19:33Now, you've done what strikes a lot of people as quite remarkable.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36You had a fantastically successful Olympics,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38gold medal and all that,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41and you've decided to pack it in
0:19:41 > 0:19:43and train as a solicitor.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Yeah. Why?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Lots of reasons - I think, ultimately,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51it all came down to my motivation, I think.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I would never have wanted to carry on
0:19:53 > 0:19:55if I didn't have the same burning desire.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58I think, for me, having won the Olympics,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I'd satisfied my goal
0:20:00 > 0:20:03and I thought, "Well, it's time to find a new challenge."
0:20:03 > 0:20:07And this is a slightly different challenge from the Olympics,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11but it's one that, right now, is equally as challenging for me.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I remember a bloke called Steve something -
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Redgrave might have been his name -
0:20:15 > 0:20:18he won a gold and then he kept on winning gold.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20He kept going back for more and more.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Yeah, I think it's a really interesting question,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26when the right time for athletes to retire is,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29and I think it's so individual that you could never, as an athlete,
0:20:29 > 0:20:33say anyone else should retire at whatever time.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36It's such an individual decision and, ultimately,
0:20:36 > 0:20:40if I ask myself the really deep questions,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42I knew that my time had come to an end
0:20:42 > 0:20:45and it was time to move on to new things. Right.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48We've got seven points, 20 is now the score to beat.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Here we go.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53In Mediterranean cooking, which seafood is known as calamari?
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Octopus.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Squid.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56In the musical My Fair Lady,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59what "hardly ever happens in Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire?"
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Pass.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Who became the Premier League's longest-serving manager
0:21:03 > 0:21:05after the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson
0:21:05 > 0:21:07at the end of the 2013/14 season?
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Arsene Wenger?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Which pop star, known for her extravagant outfits,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14had a fourth UK Singles Chart topper
0:21:14 > 0:21:16when she teamed up with Beyonce on the song Telephone?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Lady Gaga.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Which place of worship has a Great West Window
0:21:20 > 0:21:21nicknamed The Heart of Yorkshire
0:21:21 > 0:21:23because of its heart-shaped design?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25It's claimed couples who kiss there
0:21:25 > 0:21:27on International Kissing Day will remain together for ever.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Pass.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29What name for the system
0:21:29 > 0:21:32of arranging a living or working environment
0:21:32 > 0:21:34to improve chances of wealth and happiness
0:21:34 > 0:21:36comes from the Chinese for "wind and water."
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Pass.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41In which country are the resorts
0:21:41 > 0:21:44of Bodrum, Marmaris and Fethiye?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Sorry, can you repeat the question?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47In which country are the resorts
0:21:47 > 0:21:49of Bodrum, Marmaris and Fethiye?
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Pass.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54What term is used for a young female cow
0:21:54 > 0:21:56before it's had its first calf?
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Pass.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Who composed the music for The Nutcracker ballet,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04in which the Sugar Plum Fairy dances in the Kingdom of Sweets?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Tchaikovsky.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07What word for riding breeches
0:22:07 > 0:22:09comes from the name of a former princely state
0:22:09 > 0:22:11in northwest India?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Erm...pass.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18What is the name of the former Conservative Party leader
0:22:18 > 0:22:21who once claimed he drank 14 pints of beer a day
0:22:21 > 0:22:23when he was a teenager,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25working for a soft-drinks delivery firm?
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Um...William Hague?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29In which Californian city
0:22:29 > 0:22:32are Fisherman's Wharf and Chinatown big tourist attractions?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35San Francisco?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Which actress, star of the Tomb Raider films,
0:22:38 > 0:22:39was named by Forbes Magazine
0:22:39 > 0:22:42as the highest-paid actress in Hollywood in 2013,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45although she hasn't appeared on the big screen since 2010?
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Angelina Jolie.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49What kind of teacake is widely thought to be named
0:22:49 > 0:22:50after the baker who sold them in Bath...
0:22:50 > 0:22:51BEEP
0:22:51 > 0:22:52..in the 18th century?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Erm...scone?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59You'd think something like that, wouldn't you?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01It was Sally Lunn. Oh.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Your passes - riding breeches?
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Jodhpurs. OK.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Young female cow, hasn't yet had a calf, is a heifer.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Turkey is where Bodrum and Marmaris and all that lot are.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Fung shui, or feng shui,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17is the name of the system of arranging your working environment.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19York Minster has the Great West Window.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24"Hurricanes hardly ever happen in Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire."
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Sophie, 13 points there. Thank you.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Finally, Hal, please.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Now - stand-up comedian. Yes.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48You do slightly more... mature stuff. Is that fair?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Yes. You mean I'm older, don't you, John?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Yes. Yes. I mean, it's relative.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Well, as a stand-up, it's never really mature, is it?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00But, yes, I talk about older issues -
0:24:00 > 0:24:02having a wife and children
0:24:02 > 0:24:04and getting angry and living in the suburbs
0:24:04 > 0:24:08and...all those things that run us down.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Is there a little bit of edge in it? Are people...?
0:24:10 > 0:24:11When they laugh with you,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14is there a little edge of worry somewhere?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Do you need them to have that sense of...? Yes.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18I think the best jokes are -
0:24:18 > 0:24:20this is the problem with comedy at the moment -
0:24:20 > 0:24:22the best jokes are things that tread that line.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Having said that, you know...
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I only sometimes tread that line.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27I'm quite family-friendly.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30I'd like to be more dangerous, but I just...
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Would you? Yeah, that's why I chose the Rocky films as my subject.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37I wanted to be him when I was a kid. No! It never happened, John.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Right, you've got 12 points, the score to beat is 20. Here we go.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Which Royal residence
0:24:41 > 0:24:44is on the south bank of the River Dee in Scotland?
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Balmoral.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Who's the billionaire playboy and philanthropist
0:24:47 > 0:24:49who transforms himself into Batman?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Uh...Bruce Wayne.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Who is the Moor of Venice,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53according to the title of Shakespeare's play?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55The Moor...? Othello.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57What everyday drink is made from the leaves
0:24:57 > 0:24:59of the bush Camellia sinensis,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02a native of south and east Asia?
0:25:02 > 0:25:03I...haven't a clue. Ribena.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04No, tea.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Which French leader, born in 1769,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09never fully mastered the French language
0:25:09 > 0:25:11and spoke with a strongly Corsican regional accent?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Napoleon.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15A village with one of the longest place names in the world
0:25:15 > 0:25:18can be found on which island off the Welsh mainland?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21It's called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob wllllantysiliogogogoch
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Anglesey.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26The Hyacinth macaw, native to Brazil and Bolivia,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28is the largest flying member of which bird family,
0:25:28 > 0:25:29often kept as pets?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Uh...budgie, budgerigar.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Parrot.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34What name is given to a surgeon's small, sharp knife
0:25:34 > 0:25:36used for dissecting or operating?
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Scalpel.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39On Test match special, which former England batsman
0:25:39 > 0:25:42uses phrases like "My mum could've caught that in her pinny"
0:25:42 > 0:25:44and "Gran could have hit that with a stick of rhubarb."
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Geoffrey Boycott.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan
0:25:48 > 0:25:51and Tony McCarroll were among the founder members
0:25:51 > 0:25:53of a chart-topping band - what's it called?
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Oasis.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Which Liberal Prime Minister, born in Liverpool in 1809,
0:25:57 > 0:25:59gave his name to a kind of cheap claret
0:25:59 > 0:26:01and also to a leather travelling bag?
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Uh, Gladstone.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03According to the book of Genesis,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05what was the name of the first man?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07He's also the first prophet of Islam.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Adam.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10The Hit, published in 2013,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12is the second novel to feature Will Robie,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14a highly skilled assassin hired by the US government.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Which novelist, a former lawyer, created him?
0:26:17 > 0:26:18John...someone?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20David Baldacci.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Which Commonwealth country is divided administratively
0:26:22 > 0:26:25into ten provinces and three territories?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Uh...Canada.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30What animal, kept as a pet, famously comes to a grisly end
0:26:30 > 0:26:32at the hands of the vengeful mistress played by Glenn Close
0:26:32 > 0:26:35in the '87 thriller Fatal Attraction?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37A cat - sorry, a rabbit.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39A rabbit, a bunny.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Joseph Mallord William are the forenames...
0:26:41 > 0:26:43BEEP ..of which famous English painter?
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Um...
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Think of a painter. Constable.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Well, it might have been, except that it's not.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56It's Turner - JMW. Oh.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59But look, Hal - it doesn't matter. Oh.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01You have scored 23 points. Oh!
0:27:01 > 0:27:04APPLAUSE
0:27:12 > 0:27:16So, who did it? Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19In joint third place, 13 points apiece,
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Huw Stephens and Sophie Hosking.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Second place, 20 points - good score - Clare Perkins.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28First place, 23 points, Hal Cruttenden.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Thank you.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Here it is - congratulations. A much-deserved win.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49What are you going to do with your new-found fame?
0:27:49 > 0:27:53I am... Well, I'm going to be putting this on the mantelpiece
0:27:53 > 0:27:55and pointing to it in every row with my wife,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58just saying, "I've won that. I'm right."
0:27:58 > 0:28:00I'll take it to the pub, I'll use it everywhere.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I'm going to become unbearable with this. Good!
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Exactly what it's for!
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Well done. Congratulations. Thank you, John.
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0:28:27 > 0:28:30APPLAUSE