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I would rather go and stand in front of a 2,000-people audience

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and do stand-up for two hours

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than do what I'm about to do for four minutes.

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I can't do any more than I have, so I'm proud of what I've done

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and let's have it, let's do it.

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That's the scariest thing.

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It's not not knowing the answer, it's knowing the answer

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and not being able to get it out of your mouth.

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I'm looking forward to it. Que sera, sera.

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Four celebrities who hope they know everything there is to know

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about their specialist subject.

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Who will be crowned tonight's Celebrity Mastermind?

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First in the spotlight tonight is the comedian Fred MacAulay.

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He's answering questions on Porridge,

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the telly version, that is.

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Next, the novelist Mark Billingham.

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His specialist subject - Elvis Costello.

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The actress Georgia Henshaw will be answering questions

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on the television series Sherlock

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and Brian Aldridge, otherwise known as Charles Collingwood,

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and his subject - Hampshire County Cricket Club.

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APPLAUSE

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

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This is ultimate test of what they think they know,

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what they should know and what they actually do know.

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It's not always the same by any means, but the rules are unchanging.

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One round of questions on their specialist subject

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and one on general knowledge.

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The prize - a rather nice trophy

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and the huge honour of holding the title Celebrity Mastermind Champion,

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

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And your name is...

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Your chosen charity?

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And your chosen subject.

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Porridge, in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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Porridge was a BBC sitcom set in Slade Prison

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that ran for three series between '74 and '77.

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Which duo wrote the series?

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Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement.

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Correct. Which actor,

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who also appeared with Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours,

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plays Blanco in the series?

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David Jason. Yep.

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During his medical examination in New Faces, Old Hands,

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the doctor points to a glass on the table

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and tells Fletcher to "fill one for me."

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What does Fletcher reply?

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"From here"? Quite.

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In the episode Heartbreak Hotel,

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Godber asks Fletcher

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for a share of his soft toilet paper

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as a reward for darning his socks.

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How much does Fletcher give him?

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One sheet. Yes, he's all heart.

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Which Paisley-born actor had the same surname

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as the character he played in the series?

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Erm, oh, gosh. McLaren?

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Mackay.

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When Fletcher sneaks off to the pub in the episode A Day Out,

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what flavour crisps does he bring back

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for the rest of the work party?

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Cheese and onion. Yes.

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In Heartbreak Hotel, Mr Mackay says

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that Fletcher's wife has probably told his friends

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that he's away on a five-year safari.

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What does Fletcher say she tells them he's doing?

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Missionary work in Scotland. That's it.

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At the start of the episode Pardon Me,

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Fletcher and Blanco have been playing a game for four days

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and Mr Barrowclough says they're cheating each other

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into a stalemate. Which game?

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Monopoly. Yep.

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Mr Wainwright is assigned to Slade Prison as a replacement

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for Mr Mackay in the episode Disturbing The Peace.

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He says he had previously met Fletcher in which other prison?

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Um, Brixton?

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Yep, what does Harris steal from Justice Rawley

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that results in him being tried by

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a kangaroo court in the episode Rough Justice?

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His watch. Yes.

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What subject is Godber studying at O level

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in the episode A Test Of Character?

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History. Yes. BEEP

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In the episode No Peace For The Wicked,

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Blanco brings a wooden toy

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to Fletcher's cell that he says has taken him

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almost 15 years to make.

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It's a model of which television character?

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It's Muffin the Mule.

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It is absolutely Muffin the Mule.

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No passes, Fred. You've got 11 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is...

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Your chosen charity?

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And your chosen subject.

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Elvis Costello in 90 seconds.

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What was the name of Costello's backing band

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consisting of Bruce Thomas, Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas?

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The Attractions. Yep.

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Costello signed with the UK record label

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which released his first hit single

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Watching The Detectives in 1977.

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What's the name of the label?

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Stiff Records. Yes.

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In '93, Costello released an album with Brodsky Quartet.

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What was its title?

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The Juliet Letters. Yes.

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Costello went to Nashville in '81 to record

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the country and western covers album Almost Blue

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with which producer?

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Billy Sherrill. Yes.

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Which single taken from the Armed Forces album

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reached number two in the UK charts in 1979?

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Oliver's Army. Yes.

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The song Shipbuilding from his 1983 album Punch The Clock

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featured a trumpet solo.

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Which jazz musician performed it?

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Chet Baker. He did.

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Veronica from the album Spike reached the top 20

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of the American singles charts in 1989.

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Who was the co-writer?

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Paul McCartney. Is correct.

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What is the title of the first single released

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under the name Elvis Costello in '77?

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It was about the fascist Oswald Mosley.

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Less Than Zero. Correct.

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Costello collaborated with a legendary songwriter

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on the '98 album Painted From Memory.

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Who was he?

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Burt Bacharach. Yes.

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In 1999, Costello had his first UK top 20 hit single

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for over a decade with a song

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from the soundtrack of the film Notting Hill.

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What was its title?

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She. Yes.

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In '95, Costello was the artistic director

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of a festival at the South Bank Centre.

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What was the name..?

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Meltdown. It was.

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In '92, Costello and Richard Harvey won a BAFTA

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for original television music for which series

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written by Alan Bleasdale?

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GBH. Yes.

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What was the name of the backing band with whom Costello

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released the 2004 album The Delivery Man?

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BEEP Er...

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Quick guess.

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The Confederates. It was The Imposters.

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Otherwise you'd have had a full house, but you have a modest,

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he joked, 12 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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And your name is...

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Your chosen charity.

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And your chosen subject.

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Sherlock, in 90 seconds.

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The actor who plays Sherlock's older brother, Mycroft,

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co-created the series with the writer, Steven Moffat.

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What's his name?

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Mark Gatiss. Yes.

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What musical instrument does Sherlock play

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to help him think?

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The violin. Yes.

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In The Blind Banker, what is the name

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of the Chinese criminal organisation whose members

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have a tattoo on the sole of one of their feet?

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The Black Lotus. Yes.

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What false name and identity does Moriarty invent

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to convince the public he's an actor paid by Sherlock

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to set up false crimes for him to solve?

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Richard Brook. Correct.

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In A Scandal In Belgravia, Flight 007 never takes off

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because the project is cancelled.

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Which American city is supposed to have been its destination?

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Pass.

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What is the name of the actress who plays Mrs Hudson,

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the housekeeper at 221B Baker Street?

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Una Stubbs. Yes. In The Hounds Of Baskerville,

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what local landmark is said to be the lair

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of the fearsome giant dog?

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Dewer's Hollow. Correct.

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In The Blind Banker, Sherlock finds the antique smugglers

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after unlocking the cipher using what common book?

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The London A-Z. Yes.

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Sherlock is given the nickname "Hero of Reichenbach"

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because he helped to recover a stolen painting of the falls

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by which artist?

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Pass.

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In A Scandal In Belgravia, Sherlock is taken

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to Buckingham Palace wearing only what item?

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Mycroft eventually persuades him to put on his clothes.

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A sheet. Yeah, a bed sheet.

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The climactic struggle between Sherlock and Moriarty

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takes place on a rooftop of a London building

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from which Sherlock apparently falls to his death.

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Which building?

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St Bartholomew's Hospital.

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It was. A genetically modified rabbit

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owned by the daughter of the Baskerville scientist, Dr Stapleton,

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had begun to glow in the dark before it disappeared.

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What was its name? BEEP

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Bluebell. Bluebell is exactly right.

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You had two passes.

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The artist was JMW Turner.

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And the town to which Flight 007 would have gone

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but never did was Baltimore.

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You've got, Georgia, ten points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our final contender, please.

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And your name is...

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Your chosen charity.

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And your chosen subject.

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Hampshire Cricket Club, here we go.

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In September 2013, Hampshire celebrated

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which anniversary of the club's foundation?

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The 150th. Yes.

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The final county championship match at Northlands Road

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before Hampshire moved to the Rose Bowl was in what year?

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2000. Yep.

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Mark Nicholas missed the 2001 Natwest Trophy final

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against Surrey because his finger had been broken

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in a county championship match

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against the same opponent two days earlier.

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Who captained Hampshire to victory at Lord's in his absence?

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David Gower. Yes.

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Which great Australian test cricketer joined Hampshire

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at the start of the 2000 season?

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Shane Warne. Correct.

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After Kevin Pietersen made his England test debut in July 2005,

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how many county championship matches did he appear in

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for Hampshire before joining Surrey in 2010?

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Two. One.

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Who replaced Brian Ford as chairman of the club in 2000?

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Rod Bransgrove. Correct.

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In 2011, the county hosted its first test match

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when England played which country at the Rose Bowl?

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Sri Lanka. Yes.

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In 2005, who became the club's first Hampshire-born player

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to appear in a test match for England for more than 100 years?

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Shaun Udal. Yes.

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In their first Lord's final,

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Hampshire won the 1988 B Cup final.

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Who was batting with captain Mark Nicholas

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when the winning run was scored?

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Robin Smith. It was David Turner.

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Who succeeded Bobby Parks as Hampshire's first choice

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wicket keeper in 1990, and held the position

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until he retired in 2002 and Nic Pothas took over?

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Er, pass.

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In 1991, who retired after topping Hampshire's first class batting averages?

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His brother also played for Hampshire and England.

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Chris Smith.

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In 2005, Hampshire were runners up in the County Championship.

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Which team finished ahead of them? BEEP

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Er, Yorkshire.

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Nottinghamshire.

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You had just the one pass, the chap who succeeded Bobby Parks

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as Hampshire's first choice wicket keeper was Adrian Aymes.

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Charles, you got eight points.

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APPLAUSE

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Well, some very high scores there,

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let's have a look at all of the scores.

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In fourth place, 8 points, Charles Collingwood.

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In third place, 10 points, Georgia Henshaw.

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Second place, 11 points, Fred Macaulay.

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In the lead, 12 points, Mark Billingham.

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APPLAUSE

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And now it is the General Knowledge round,

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and if the scores are level at the end of the round

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then the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

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So, let us get on with it and ask Charles to join us again please.

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And there is no way that we can get through this little chat

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without my referring to your 40 years as Brian Aldridge.

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No, I mean, it's just...

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it has been wonderful being the JR of Ambridge.

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I've never seen you in that light!

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Yeah, that's the sort of quick phrase I get for that.

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But you occasionally go a bit soft, don't you?

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Yeah. I mean, you did with the little boy.

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Yes, well, I've had, I mean, to be serious as an actor,

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it's a strange thing to do, to be in a soap opera like The Archers

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for as long as I have, but I've been given some fantastic storylines.

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Yeah. Well, you'd clear off if you didn't, wouldn't you? I might.

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There's always the cheque, of course, John, you know, we do quite like it.

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Yeah, I know. But, you know, I love it. My wife's in The Archers as well.

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She plays Shula, so we're a double act, you see, so it couldn't be better.

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Is that a bit tricky, having your wife there as well?

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Well, she's the only woman in Ambridge

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that I've not had an affair with, but...

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LAUGHTER

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But apart from that,

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I don't hold any bitterness towards the programme whatsoever.

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Right, um, well, here's to the next 40 years,

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but, more importantly, the next two minutes

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because you've got eight points

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and you get two minutes on general knowledge. Here we go.

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What is the shape of the steel and glass structure

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designed by the Chinese-American artist I.M. Pei

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that stands in front of the Louvre in Paris?

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Er, sphere.

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Pyramid. The word "equine" usually refers to what animal?

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Horse. Which city, the birthplace of the Prophet Mohammed,

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is the holiest of the Muslim cities?

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Er, Mecca.

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Who became the first father-daughter duo

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to top the UK singles chart

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when they sang Something Stupid in 1967?

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Well, Frank Sinatra and his daughter.

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Yes, Nancy. In a novel by James Fenimore Cooper,

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Native American Uncas, son of the chief Chingachgook,

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is the last true-born member of what tribe?

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Sioux. The Mohicans.

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Hoylake, the home of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, is on which peninsula?

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No idea. What is the name of the American Oscar-winning writer, director and actor

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who has directed at least one film a year since 1982?

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His latest film, Blue Jasmine,

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was released in Britain in September 2013.

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Don't know, pass.

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Which brightly-coloured bird,

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known poetically as the halcyon,

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hunts for small fish from a perch on the riverbank

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and stuns its prey by beating it?

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Kingfisher. In Chinese cuisine, which dish,

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consisting of fried noodles served with shredded meat and vegetables,

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has a name meaning "fried flour" or "fried noodles?"

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Chow mein? Who succeeded Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who,

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becoming the Third Doctor?

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He later starred in another series as the scarecrow Worzel Gummidge.

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Jon Pertwee.

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In 1972, which American swimmer

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became the first person to win

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seven Olympic Gold medals at a single Games?

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Mark Spitz.

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In which sea are the islands of St Lucia and St Vincent?

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Er, pass.

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Who claimed the English throne after defeating

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the army of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066?

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Stephen. William the Conqueror.

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Oh, sorry! In what game, invented by AA Milne

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and played by the animals on a bridge

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by the Hundred Acre Wood are the world championships

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held at Little Wittenham on the River Thames?

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Er, Poohsticks.

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The alloy brass consists of copper and which other metal?

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Tin? Zinc.

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In Russia in August 1918, whom did Fanni Kaplan try to murder

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because she believed he had betrayed the Revolution?

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Er, Solzhenitsyn? No, no...

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It was Lenin, actually. Lenin. BEEP

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Yeah, Lenin, and you had three passes.

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St Lucia and St Vincent are in the Caribbean,

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Woody Allen was the director,

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and the home of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club is on the Wirral,

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Hoylake on the Wirral.

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Charles, you've now got 16 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And now Georgia again, please.

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And, um, for some reason, I can't quite put my finger on it,

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but you play young teenagers who get up to all sorts of naughty things.

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Er, Waterloo Road? Yes. Yes. Waterloo Road.

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I look no older than 12, yeah.

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Well, 13 maybe.

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But is it a huge advantage to be able to look much younger

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than you are? I imagine so. Or is it sometimes a bit of a pain?

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Um, no, I think it's an advantage to look younger than I am,

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because there's stiff competition.

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If I was to look my age, there are some real great actresses out there.

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I really did enjoy Waterloo Road, it was like being back in school

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but without the boring education.

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Wrong show to say this on, weren't it? On the contrary.

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Was it really? Did it feel realistic when you were...?

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Totally. You had all the kids, you had all the adults,

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you've got the pupils and you've got the teachers.

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But, yeah, it was good. It was really good.

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Right, look, you've got 10 points, Georgia.

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The score to beat is 16 at the moment.

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Let's see how you do with your two minutes of general knowledge. OK.

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The name Brangelina is used by the press

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to refer to Angelina Jolie and...?

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Brad Pitt. Which famous Parisian boulevard

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links the Arc de Triomphe with the Place de la Concorde?

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Marble Arch. Champs Elysees.

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What part of their body do elephants use

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to regulate body heat?

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They're largest on the African elephant.

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Their ears. What are the two ingredients

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that give a banoffee pie its name?

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Banoffee and toffee.

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Banana and toffee. Ohhhh!

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Which offbeat BBC television comedy series

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set in the village of Royston Vasey

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has a burger bar called Burger Me,

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Steve's Tattoo Studio

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and a shop owned by the dubious butcher Hilary Briss?

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Coronation Street. League of Gentlemen.

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Which Queen of England was born at Greenwich Palace

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on the 7th of September 1533

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and died at Richmond Palace on the 24th of March 1603?

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Anne Boleyn? Elizabeth I.

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What term for a piece of information that is deliberately misleading

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comes from a highly smoked fish that was used

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in the training of hunting dogs to try and throw them off the scent?

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A kipper. A red herring.

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What is the name of the ghost who haunts the girls' washroom

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at Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter stories?

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Moaning Myrtle.

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Which band had their first chart-topping single for ten years

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with Patience after they reformed in 2006?

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Take That.

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What was written on the eco-friendly cotton bags

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designed by Anya Hindmarch

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that became a popular fashion accessory after

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they went on sale for ?5 at a supermarket chain in 2007?

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Bag for life.

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"I am not a plastic bag." Oh.

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Which Lloyd Webber musical, first staged in 1971,

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is narrated by Judas Iscariot?

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Ooh, Phantom of the Opera?

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Jesus Christ Superstar.

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What is the name of the Olympic heptathlete

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who married her long-time partner, Andy Hill,

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at a church service in Hathersage near Sheffield in May 2013?

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Pass. Which disease-carrying insect

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takes its name from the Spanish word for "little fly?"

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Mosquito. Who is the longstanding co-presenter, with Phil Spencer,

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on the property programme Location Location Location?

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Kirsty Aldridge? BEEP

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Ah, you nearly got it. Nearly.

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Allsopp. Yes, just a teeny weeny bit too late.

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One pass, the name of that Olympic heptathlete who got married,

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Jessica Ennis.

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You have 15 points. Thank you so much.

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APPLAUSE

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And now Fred.

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Fred Macaulay. Yes, sir.

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Comedian. Yes, indeed. And other things.

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Radio broadcaster.

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Radio broadcaster, well, that'll never catch on, will it?

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Which do you prefer? Comedian, definitely, first and foremost.

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You must occasionally, all comedians must occasionally

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look at themselves and ask themselves, "What have I got?"

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What have I got? The thing that, if you bottled it,

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we could all be comedians.

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Yeah, it is an unknown factor.

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I mean, it's down to material, stage presence, a likeability.

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People have said that, if people like you on stage,

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not that all comedians have to be liked.

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I mean, some of them, you know, are saying things on stage

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that are the things that other people daren't say.

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Somebody like Billy Connolly was like that in the early days.

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I mean, he's still pretty cutting edge or whatever the right word is.

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He is, I mean, Connolly's been a huge influence,

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certainly on my career, but on an awful lot of other people as well

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cos he kind of blazed the trail.

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He was doing stuff, thinking just off the top of his head long before...

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That was in the day when you had a lot of joke tellers, and then you

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had Connolly came along and was doing something different in our country.

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That is the thing, isn't it, because Ken Dodd, brilliant, told jokes.

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That's what he did.

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He did, and he also sang songs.

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And sang all that stuff, yeah. Singalong stuff for the audience.

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I went to see Ken Dodd once and had to leave halfway through.

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I could only stay two and a half hours.

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LAUGHTER

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He's amazing. Yes, indeed.

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Right, you've got 11 points and 16 is the score to beat.

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Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Two minutes.

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In which Welsh city does

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the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency have its headquarters?

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Swansea. Paul Simon had a number of successful albums

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with a singer he met while he was at school in New York.

0:20:150:20:18

What was that singer's name?

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It's be Art Garfunkel. Indeed.

0:20:200:20:21

Jack Hodgson, played by David Caves,

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replaced Tom Ward's character Harry Cunningham

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as a forensic pathologist in the 16th season of

0:20:260:20:28

which BBC television series? Pass.

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The batsmen Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell,

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known collectively as the Three Ws,

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played cricket for which international test team?

0:20:350:20:38

England? West Indies.

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Which American painter, famous for pouring

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or dripping paint onto a flat canvas,

0:20:410:20:43

was nicknamed Jack the Dripper by Time Magazine in '56?

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Pollock.

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Who won a seventh term in office in Zimbabwe in August 2013?

0:20:480:20:51

He was accused of rigging the election.

0:20:510:20:53

Robert Mugabe.

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What's the name of the apple brandy matured in oak casks

0:20:540:20:56

that is a speciality of the Normandy region of France?

0:20:560:20:59

Pass.

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In the 1972 film The Godfather,

0:21:010:21:03

the murdered Mafia enforcer Luca Brasi is said to be

0:21:030:21:05

"sleeping with...?"

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The fishes. The holder of which Government post

0:21:070:21:09

has the official address 11 Downing Street?

0:21:090:21:11

Chancellor of the Exchequer.

0:21:110:21:12

What is the largest penguin species?

0:21:120:21:14

The males incubate the eggs by placing them on top of their feet

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and covering them with a fold of skin to protect them.

0:21:170:21:19

Emperor. What celebrated ancient temple in Athens

0:21:190:21:22

has a name that translates into English as "maiden's chamber?"

0:21:220:21:25

Acropolis. Parthenon.

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The silver fern leaf is an emblem of

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a Commonwealth country where it's worn on the shirts of

0:21:290:21:32

the national rugby team. Which country?

0:21:320:21:34

New Zealand.

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Jane Porter, the daughter of Professor Archimedes Q Porter,

0:21:350:21:37

is the girlfriend and eventual wife of a fictional hero

0:21:370:21:40

created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

0:21:400:21:41

Who was the hero?

0:21:410:21:43

Oh, crikey. Um...

0:21:430:21:46

That's shocking, pass.

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Which gas with the chemical formula HCHO

0:21:490:21:51

may be dissolved in water

0:21:510:21:52

and used to preserve biological specimens?

0:21:520:21:56

Hydrogen peroxide? Formaldehyde. Oh!

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What name of Latin origin is given to

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the small, flat piece of metal or plastic

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used to pluck a stringed instrument?

0:22:020:22:04

Plectrum. Which filmmaker and restaurant critic

0:22:040:22:07

who died in January 2013

0:22:070:22:08

was best known for his Death Wish films? BEEP

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That was, er, Winner.

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It was indeed Michael Winner.

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Three passes, Tarzan was the hero you were desperately trying

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to recover from your memory. Calvados is the apple brandy.

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And Silent Witness was what Jack Hodgson played in,

0:22:230:22:27

it's in its 16th season.

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There you go, Fred, you've got 21 points. Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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And finally, Mark again, please.

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And, um, you've written a lot of crime novels in the same genre,

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I mean, the same DI, same detective inspector. Yes.

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Do you not run out of plotlines,

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cos you've got the same character, the same location?

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Do you not just kind of think, "God, they've all been done now,"

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not necessarily just by you but all the other crime writers out there?

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Oh, yeah, by the ones that came centuries before me.

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Something tends to always turn up.

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It's the question you get asked most is,

0:23:120:23:14

"Where do you get your ideas from?" Sure. Sorry to be predictable.

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No, but it's, you know, I wish there was a website, you know,

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that you could go to. But something, some little story in a newspaper

0:23:200:23:24

or something somebody tells you.

0:23:240:23:25

They always want to tell you stuff if they know you write crime novels.

0:23:250:23:29

They go, "D'you hear what happened to old Mrs Johnson up at number 46?"

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And you hear these terrible stories, and half of you is going,

0:23:320:23:35

"That's awful," but a part of your brain's going "I'm having that."

0:23:350:23:39

Something tends to crop up, yeah.

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When you've got the plot, as you write your first sentence,

0:23:410:23:43

do you know how it's going to end?

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Um, not immediately, but that first sentence is absolutely crucial.

0:23:450:23:49

You can spend as long on that first sentence

0:23:490:23:51

as you can on the middle 12 chapters. You've got to. Really?

0:23:510:23:54

Well, you've got to engage the reader very quickly.

0:23:540:23:57

I mean, it's about character. Of course.

0:23:570:23:59

It's really about, people ask you how you create suspense, and it's

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all about, you know, cliff-hangers and timing and reveals, but at the

0:24:020:24:06

end of the day it's about giving the reader characters they care about.

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Then you've got suspense from the first page.

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Right, well, you've got 12 points to start this round with,

0:24:110:24:15

the final round,

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because whether you become Celebrity Mastermind champion depends on the

0:24:160:24:20

next two minutes, and you've got to beat Old Macaulay there,

0:24:200:24:24

that's what you've got to do. Right. Let's see if you can do it.

0:24:240:24:26

Here we go. Who described his boxing style as

0:24:260:24:28

"float like a butterfly, sting like a bee?"

0:24:280:24:30

Muhammad Ali. Which famous Italian opera singer,

0:24:300:24:33

one of the Three Tenors,

0:24:330:24:34

died aged 71 at his home in Modena in September 2007?

0:24:340:24:38

Pavarotti.

0:24:380:24:39

The large African antelope, the wildebeest,

0:24:390:24:41

has what three-letter alternative name? Er, pass.

0:24:410:24:45

The 2013 film The Fifth Estate

0:24:450:24:48

is about Julian Assange,

0:24:480:24:49

the founder of a controversial website.

0:24:490:24:52

What's the name of that website?

0:24:520:24:53

WikiLeaks. Whose third novel for adults, The Red House,

0:24:530:24:56

was first published in 2012?

0:24:560:24:58

Er, Mark Haddon.

0:24:580:25:00

The British Colonel T.E. Lawrence was known by what name

0:25:000:25:03

because of his victories in the Middle East during the First World War?

0:25:030:25:06

Lawrence of Arabia.

0:25:060:25:07

Which American rock band that takes its name from its lead singer

0:25:070:25:11

first topped the UK album charts in 1988 with New Jersey?

0:25:110:25:14

Bon Jovi. In painting, what natural substance

0:25:140:25:16

is most commonly used instead of oil

0:25:160:25:18

to mix powdered pigment in the medium known as "tempera?"

0:25:180:25:21

Er, egg. Yes, egg yolk.

0:25:210:25:23

The town of La Linea lies at the crossing point from Spain

0:25:230:25:27

to which territory? Italy? Gibraltar.

0:25:270:25:29

Which tennis player was warned by the umpire during his 1992

0:25:290:25:32

Wimbledon final after a television viewer phoned in to complain

0:25:320:25:35

that he had been swearing in Serbo-Croat?

0:25:350:25:38

Er, Djokovic.

0:25:380:25:39

No, Ivanisevic.

0:25:390:25:40

Which English poet and novelist who was born in 1840

0:25:400:25:43

created the characters Eustacia Vye,

0:25:430:25:45

Tess Durbeyfield and Sue Bridehead?

0:25:450:25:47

Pass.

0:25:470:25:48

What is the surname of Peter and his son, Dan, who have co-presented a number

0:25:480:25:51

of television programmes on history, in particular on battlefields?

0:25:510:25:54

Snow. The dog known as a "puggle"

0:25:540:25:56

is a cross between a pug and what other dog? Beagle.

0:25:560:25:59

In which country is the town of Gouda, where Gouda cheese was first made?

0:25:590:26:03

Er, Holland.

0:26:030:26:04

What collective name that comes from the Old English for "good tidings"

0:26:040:26:07

is used for the four books of the New Testament that

0:26:070:26:10

tell of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?

0:26:100:26:12

Er, pass.

0:26:120:26:13

Which Atlantic island gives its name to knee-length shorts

0:26:130:26:16

originally worn by British soldiers who were stationed there?

0:26:160:26:20

Er, pass. In music, what is the name of the sign that

0:26:200:26:22

when it's placed next to a note raises its pitch by a semitone?

0:26:220:26:26

Erm, quaver? Sharp.

0:26:260:26:27

Which aviator, born in Hull in 1903... BEEP

0:26:270:26:30

..became the first woman to fly solo

0:26:300:26:32

from England to Australia?

0:26:320:26:34

Amy Johnson. Correct. Four passes.

0:26:340:26:37

Bermuda is where the shorts come from, as it were.

0:26:370:26:41

You'll hate yourself for this one, Gospels.

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Yeah, I know. I'm going to get struck down now. Yes, probably.

0:26:450:26:48

Thomas Hardy was the writer, and again you knew that.

0:26:480:26:53

And the wildebeest is also known as a "gnu." Oh, God(!)

0:26:530:26:59

Mark, you have a total of 23 points.

0:26:590:27:02

APPLAUSE

0:27:020:27:04

Well, quite a round, quite a competition.

0:27:100:27:13

Let's have a look at the scores.

0:27:130:27:15

In fourth place with 15 points, Georgia Henshaw.

0:27:150:27:17

Third place with 16 points, Charles Collingwood.

0:27:170:27:20

Second place, 21 points, Fred Macaulay.

0:27:200:27:23

First place, 23 points, Mark Billingham.

0:27:230:27:26

APPLAUSE

0:27:260:27:28

Mark, come and join me.

0:27:390:27:42

Congratulations, and there it is. Thank you. Wow.

0:27:440:27:48

I was just thinking, murder weapon? It is a murder weapon.

0:27:480:27:51

That's what you were thinking.

0:27:510:27:52

Look at that. You could do some damage with that.

0:27:520:27:54

So we can expect that to appear in the next novel.

0:27:540:27:56

There's every chance. Excellent, good, fame at last.

0:27:560:27:59

We've broken through. Congratulations, well done. Thank you.

0:27:590:28:02

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