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First in the spotlight tonight is the comedian Rob Deering.

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His specialist subject, the novels of Jane Austen.

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Next, the model Amy Willerton

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on Anne Boleyn.

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The musician Andy Bell answers questions

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on the band Blondie.

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And the actor Jason Watkins from the comedy W1A

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on the theatre impresario David Garrick.

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Hello and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind

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with me John Humphrys.

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Four celebrities who have bowed to pressure

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and agreed to be tested on how much they know.

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Or, rather, how much they can remember

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under the glare of the spotlight and the pressure of the clock.

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They're doing it for charity, but the rules are the same -

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they get 90 seconds of questions on their specialist subject,

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and then two minutes on general knowledge.

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

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-And your name is?

-Rob Deering.

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-Your chosen charity?

-Parkinson's UK.

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-And your chosen subject?

-The novels of Jane Austen.

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Jane Austen in 90 seconds.

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What is the surname of Emma,

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the headstrong heroine of the novel by Jane Austen published in 1816?

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Woodhouse.

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In Persuasion,

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what's the only book that Sir Walter ever reads for his own amusement?

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The baronetcy.

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What is the name of the niece of Lady Bertram and Mrs Norris

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who comes to live with them and her cousins at Mansfield Park

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when she is ten years old?

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Fanny Price.

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In Pride and Prejudice, which of his daughters does Mr Bennet imply is his favourite,

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because she has "something more of quickness than her sisters"?

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Lizzie.

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Emma and some of the inhabitants of Highbury go for a day out

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to a beauty spot in Surrey, where she's rude to Miss Bates

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and is reprimanded by Mr Knightley.

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Which beauty spot?

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Box Hill.

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In Sense and Sensibility, Willoughby visits Elinor Dashwood

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to explain why he left her sister, Marianne, and married Miss Grey.

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Who owns the house in Somerset where Eleanor is staying at the time?

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The Palmers.

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What is the title of the gothic horror novel by Mrs Radcliffe

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that Catherine Morland is reading while in Bath

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on the recommendation of her new friend Isabella Thorpe?

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The Mysteries of Udolpho.

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What is the surname of Mrs Bennet's sister and her husband

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with whom Elizabeth goes to Derbyshire,

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where she meets Mr Darcy again?

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Gardiner.

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Catherine Morland finds a roll of paper in the cabinet in her bedroom

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at Northanger Abbey that she thinks, at first, must be an old manuscript.

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What does it turn out to be?

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Laundry receipts.

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Yeah, bills, invoices and things like that.

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In Persuasion, what is the name of the widowed daughter

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of Mr Shepherd, Sir Walter Elliot's solicitor?

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Er... Er, Mrs Clay.

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What landmark at Lyme Regis does Louisa Musgrove jump from?

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The second time she jumps, Captain Wentworth fails to catch her

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and she lands on the pavement.

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The Cobb.

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In Pride and Prejudice, whom does the clergyman, Mr Collins,

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-marry after Elizabeth rejects his proposal?

-BEEPING

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Charlotte Lucas.

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Charlotte Lucas is correct.

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Rob...no passes. you got them all right. 12 points.

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And our next contender, please.

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I don't really want to go after that, to be honest.

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-Too late, too late.

-Oh, dear.

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-Your name is?

-I'm Amy Willerton.

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-Your chosen charity?

-Milestones Trust.

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-And your chosen subject?

-Anne Boleyn.

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Anne Boleyn in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury who crowned Anne at her coronation?

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He was also Princess Elizabeth's godfather

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and heard Anne's confession in the tower.

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Aah... Archbishop?

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It wasn't Cranmer?

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Yes, it was.

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What was the motto that Anne adopted after her marriage to Henry?

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It appears on a portrait medal of Anne

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and in one of her illustrated manuscripts?

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The Most Happy.

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In the 1520s, Anne was said to have entered into a secret betrothal

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with the son of the Earl of Northumberland. What was his name?

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Henry Percy.

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Who was the constable of the Tower of London during and imprisonment

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in the days before her execution?

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Oh, pass.

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In which city in the Duchy of Brabant

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was the palace of Margaret of Austria,

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who Anne served as a maid of honour?

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Which palace?

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In which city in the Duchy of Brabant was the palace?

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Oh... It was in Austria...

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The Netherlands... I can't remember the city.

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OK. We'll take a pass.

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Which poet fell in love with Anne

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shortly before she was courted by Henry VIII?

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He referred to her as the brunette in one of his poems.

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Thomas Wyatt.

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At which royal residence did Anne give birth to Elizabeth

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on 7 September 1533?

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Hampton Court Palace?

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No, Greenwich.

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Who was Henry VIII's Groom of the Stool,

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who was arrested after the May Day celebrations in 1536

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and charged with treason and adultery with Anne?

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Oh, gosh.

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Erm... It wasn't her brother George Boleyn?

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No. It was Henry Norris.

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Which character did Anne play in the Chateau Vert pageant

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for Henry VIII's court at Cardinal Wolsey's house

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at York Place in March, 1522?

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Perseverance.

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What title did Henry grant Anne on 1 September, 1532.

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The investiture ceremony was performed by Henry himself...

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-The Marquess...

-..at Windsor Castle.

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The Marquess of Pembroke.

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Is correct.

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And you had two passes.

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The city in Brabant was Mechelen.

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And the name of the Constable of the Tower of London

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was William Kingston

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-But you've scored, Amy, 6 points.

-Thank you.

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And our next contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Andy Bell.

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-And your chosen charity?

-National AIDS Trust.

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-And your chosen subject?

-Blondie.

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Blondie in 90 seconds.

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Blondie are an American rock band formed by the singer

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Debbie Harry and the guitarist Chris Stein,

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which emerged from the New York punk scene of the mid-1970s.

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What was the group's first single to reach the UK charts?

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Denis.

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Before forming the band Angel and the Snake,

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which became Blondie, Harry and Stein

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had both been members of which group?

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Erm...

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Wind In The Willows?

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Stilettos.

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What was the first Blondie album to be produced by Mike Chapman,

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who'd previously worked with acts such as Mud and Suzi Quatro?

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Parallel Lines.

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What's the name of the Italian disco producer,

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famous for his work with Donna Summer,

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who co-wrote the hit single Call Me with Debbie Harry?

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Giorgio Moroder.

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In which town did the band play their first UK gig on 20 May, 1977,

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supported by Squeeze?

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Bournemouth.

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Blondie's first commercial success was in Australia

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when a television music show meant to play the video of X Offender,

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but played which song instead?

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Rip Her To Shreds.

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In The Flesh.

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Which track from Parallel Lines reached number five

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in the UK singles chart in '78.

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It was written by Jack Lee of The Nerves.

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Um...

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One Way Or Another.

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Hanging On The Telephone.

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Harry and Stein appeared regularly on Glenn O'Brien's

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New York cable television programme. What was it called?

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Pass.

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The 1980 album Autoamerican provided Blondie

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with two US number one singles - Rapture was one, what was the other?

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The Tide Is High.

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In the late 1990s, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein reformed Blondie

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as a four piece with Jimmy Destri and which other member

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of the successful late '70s line-up?

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Clem Burke.

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-Blondie's concert in Glasgow, held on New Year's Eve '79...

-BEEPING

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..was broadcast live by the BBC as an episode of which programme?

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Ummm....

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I can't remember.

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I'll tell you, because you're out of time.

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-The Old Grey Whistle Test.

-Oh, right.

-Yep.

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And your other pass...

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Glenn O'Brien's New York cable television programme

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-was TV Party.

-Oh, right. Yeah.

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-Andy, you also have 6 points.

-Thank you.

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And our final contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Jason Watkins.

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-Your chosen charity?

-SLOW through Local Giving.

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-And your chosen subject?

-David Garrick.

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David Garrick in 90 seconds.

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Garrick was an 18th-century actor, playwright and theatre manager.

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He made his professional London debut

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at Goodman's Fields in October, 1741,

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playing which Shakespearean king?

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Richard III.

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With whom did Garrick travel to London in 1737?

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He briefly attended his school, Edial Hall, in Lichfield.

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Samuel Johnson.

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What was the title of the first play Garrick wrote?

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It had the alternative title Aesop In The Shades

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and was performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in April, 1740.

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Lethe.

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With whom did Garrick sign an agreement in April 1747

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to jointly manage Drury Lane?

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He agreed to hand artistic control to Garrick.

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James Lacey.

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Garrick married the dancer Mademoiselle Violette

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in two ceremonies in 1749.

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One of the ceremonies was in a chapel near Russell Street,

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the other in the embassy of which country?

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The Netherlands.

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Portugal.

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What is the name of the character in Ben Jonson's comedy The Alchemist,

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that was one of Garrick's earliest and most enduring comic triumphs?

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Abel Drugger.

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Which artist and friend of Garrick painted him as Richard III in 1745?

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Hogarth.

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Romeo and Juliet opened on the same night

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at both Drury Lane and Covent Garden.

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Garrick played Romeo at Drury Lane.

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Who played the same character at Covent Garden

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in the so-called "Battle of the Romeos"?

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Spranger Barry.

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Yeah. Barry Spranger, actually.

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After Garrick retired as an actor, which of his stage props

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did he give to the actor Thomas King, one of his loyal friends?

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A wig?

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No, a sword. His stage sword.

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To which fellow playwright and manager did Garrick sell his share

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of the license to run Drury Lane when he retired?

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Sheridan.

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What was the name of the child actor whom he took into his household?

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After his marriage, he was rumoured to be Garrick's own son.

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BEEPING

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Erm...

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I'm going to say Hannah More, but I know that's the wrong sex.

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No, I'm afraid not. It was Samuel Cautherley.

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However, Jason, with no passes, you've scored 8 points.

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Some good scores there. Let's have a look at all of them.

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In joint third place, 6 points apiece, Amy Willerton and Andy Bell.

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Second place, 8 points, Jason Watkins.

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First place, 12 points, Rob Deering.

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So, the General Knowledge round now.

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If there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes

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is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

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

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And, as I am sure everybody watching knows,

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-you did I'm A Celebrity... last year.

-I did.

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Therefore, there's only one question to be asked... Why?

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-Why? Because it was a fantastic experience.

-Was it?

-Yes, of course.

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Wasn't it horrible, most of it?

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I didn't find it horrible, personally.

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I think it was a really good opportunity to be grateful

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for everything that we have.

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What was the worst bit of it?

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Probably being away from my family, I'd say,

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and not being able to communicate with anybody -

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not letting them know I was OK,

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not having a clue what was going on on the outside world.

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You just don't know what could have happened,

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so that was always at the back of my mind.

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I thought you were going to say being suspended 200 feet up

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and covered in horrible insects.

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-Oh, no. I loved all that.

-You like that? Right.

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I loved all that. Yes.

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And there were the tarantulas, as well?

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Um, yes. I crawled through a pit of tarantulas

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on the challenge that I actually volunteered to do.

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You volunteered to crawl through a pit of tarantulas?

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All to eat.

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Yep. It's surprising how important food becomes when you don't have it.

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Absolutely. Well, you survived that and you're surviving this so far.

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You've got 6 points....

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I love Anne Boleyn. I've always loved her since a young age.

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You can tell. Absolutely.

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The only thing is I'm a direct descendent

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of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who was her mortal enemy.

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So, I feel a little bit bad about that one.

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I didn't spot the similarities.

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Oh, yes. you didn't see it. The bald head, the red cape.

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Well, now you mention it, yep.

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Right, you've got 6 points.

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General Knowledge round now.

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Two minutes for this one, so longer to catch up. Here we go.

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According to the Christmas song,

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which of Santa's reindeer had a "very shiny nose"?

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Rudolph.

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What is the name of a hard highly seasoned sausage

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originally made in Italy and often used to top a pizza?

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Pepperoni.

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Who was Devon Loch's jockey when the horse fell

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within sight of the finish of the 1956 Grand National?

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He became better known as a writer of racing thrillers.

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I've no idea. Pass.

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Which former Prime Minister's painting, entitled Chartwell

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Landscape With Sheep, sold for £1 million in July, 2007?

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Pass.

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By what name is the leader of a pack of Brownie guides

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traditionally known?

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Brownies.

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-Brown Owl.

-Brown Owl?

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Which Irish-born actor plays Oscar Schindler

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in Stephen Spielberg's Oscar-winning film Schindler's list?

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Oh, I know this one. The one with the red coat, black-and-white.

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-I don't know the actor's name.

-All right. Well, that helps.

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In the words of the popular First World War song,

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attributed to Jack Judge and Harry Williams,

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"It's a long way to..."?

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Home?

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-Tipperary.

-Oh, gosh.

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What is the name of the narrator

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of Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick?

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He is the only survivor when the great whale

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sinks the ship, the Pequod.

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-I've never read Moby Dick. Oh, my God.

-I don't blame you.

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Which Welsh holiday resort on the Bristol Channel

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was one of the main settings of the television series Gavin and Stacey?

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O-o-oh.

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Dammit. I'm from Bristol and I don't know this.

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Yeah, just over the Channel. No? OK, take a pass.

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On television, which character shouted, "Hi-ho, Silver! Away!"

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as he rode off into the distance on his white horse

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at the end of each episode?

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What was that question?

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On television, which character shouted, "Hi-ho, Silver! Away!"

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as he rode off into the distance...

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That sounds like something that went on before I was born,

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so I'm not sure.

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Well, so did Anne Boleyn, but it didn't stop you.

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Anyway, we'll take that as a pass well.

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Whose third law of motion states that if an object

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exerts a force on another object, it experiences

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an equal and opposite force in return?

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-Pass.

-Mmm.

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An animal from North America that's now considered a pest in this country

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was first released at Henbury Park in Cheshire in 1876.

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-What animal?

-Fox?

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-BEEPING

-No, but...sort of close.

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-Well, actually, not close at all.

-Hedgehog? Or skunk?

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-It was the grey squirrel.

-The squirrel?!

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-Not a lot between that and a fox.

-I like them - they're cute.

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Your passes - you had seven of them.

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Isaac Newton, the third law of motion.

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The Lone Ranger, "Hi-ho, Silver! Away!"

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Barry Island - that's what you couldn't think of.

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Barry Island? Oh, no, I haven't heard of that one.

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Ishmael is the name of the narrator of Herman Melville's novel.

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Liam Neeson played...

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-That one, I really should've known.

-That's the one you should've known.

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That one, I'm annoyed at. The others, I've got no idea.

0:15:050:15:08

Anyway, he played Schindler.

0:15:080:15:09

The former Prime Minister's painting...

0:15:090:15:11

The Prime Minister in question was Sir Winston Churchill.

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And Dick Francis rode horses and also wrote about horseracing.

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Amy, you've now got 8 points.

0:15:170:15:19

Oh, yay!

0:15:190:15:20

Thank you.

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And now, Andy again, please.

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And you too start with 6, Andy. Now...

0:15:320:15:35

..you've been together...

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I was going to say you've been together now for 40 years,

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but you've been together for a very long time with your partner, haven't you?

0:15:410:15:45

With my Erasure partner? Next year is 30 years.

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As a teenage pop fan, he was one of my idols.

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I was really into the band Yazoo

0:15:510:15:52

and I thought maybe I should write him a letter

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and see if he needed a new singer when Yazoo splits up.

0:15:550:15:58

And then I answered an advert and it just so happened that it was for him.

0:15:580:16:02

So, I was like, "Wow!", you know.

0:16:020:16:04

He being, of course, Vince Clarke,

0:16:040:16:06

which I should've said at the beginning.

0:16:060:16:08

But it's amazing that you've stayed together so long, isn't it?

0:16:080:16:11

-Hardly any bands do stay together.

-Well, it is pretty tough.

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I mean, Debbie Harry is my mentor in Blondie

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and they've been going for 40 years,

0:16:160:16:19

so it gives me something to look forward to.

0:16:190:16:21

Yeah, absolutely. And it must...

0:16:210:16:24

Well, it must make the whole thing more pleasant,

0:16:240:16:27

-because you've become a friend.

-Yeah.

0:16:270:16:29

It's amazing we're still touring and selling out places...

0:16:290:16:34

I just feel so grateful doing a job that I love doing. And singing.

0:16:340:16:39

-And you're still doing it.

-Yep.

0:16:390:16:41

6 points, Andy.

0:16:410:16:43

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.

0:16:430:16:45

Who played the title role in the four Blackadder television series?

0:16:450:16:48

Rowan Atkinson.

0:16:480:16:50

The first 1973 London production of a musical starred the then unknown

0:16:500:16:53

Richard Gere as Danny Zuko, a pupil at the Rydell High School.

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Which musical?

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Grease.

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A type of small, round, flat collar

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is named after a character created by JM Barrie.

0:17:000:17:02

Which character?

0:17:020:17:04

Peter Pan.

0:17:040:17:05

Which Irish rock band's album, Songs Of Innocence,

0:17:050:17:07

was automatically uploaded to iTunes in September 2014?

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U2.

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What is the usual English name

0:17:120:17:13

for the small, sweet, bread-like cakes,

0:17:130:17:15

typically topped with icing, syrup and fruit

0:17:150:17:17

known as Vienna bread in Denmark?

0:17:170:17:20

Banbury cake?

0:17:200:17:21

Danish pastries.

0:17:210:17:22

In which 2014 film sequel do the police officers

0:17:220:17:24

Schmidt and Jenko, played by Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum,

0:17:240:17:28

go undercover at a local college?

0:17:280:17:30

No idea. Pass.

0:17:300:17:31

The collapse of a railway bridge inspired William McGonagall

0:17:310:17:34

to write his best-known poem.

0:17:340:17:36

It notes that the disaster was "on the last Sabbath day of 1879

0:17:360:17:39

"which will be remember'd for a very long time".

0:17:390:17:41

Which bridge?

0:17:410:17:43

I don't know.

0:17:430:17:44

Who presented Two-Way Family Favourites on the radio

0:17:440:17:46

with his wife Jean Metcalfe before moving into television

0:17:460:17:49

to host programmes such as Tonight?

0:17:490:17:51

Pass.

0:17:510:17:52

The holder of which literary post, appointed by the Queen,

0:17:520:17:55

traditionally composes verse on significant royal and national locations?

0:17:550:17:58

Poet Laureate.

0:17:580:17:59

The terms "left-field" and "curveball" come from which sport?

0:17:590:18:03

Baseball?

0:18:030:18:04

What is the name of the fictional former British Secret Service agent

0:18:040:18:07

who's the loyal butler of Bruce Wayne in the Batman stories?

0:18:070:18:10

Pass.

0:18:100:18:11

Which common large British gull is named after a fish,

0:18:110:18:14

though its diet is more varied than its name suggests?

0:18:140:18:16

Pass.

0:18:180:18:19

What is the name of the number system that uses only the digits

0:18:190:18:22

0 and 1 to specify a number?

0:18:220:18:24

Binary?

0:18:240:18:25

Which group's Best Of... compilation album, All Right Now,

0:18:250:18:28

reached number nine in the UK charts in 1991?

0:18:280:18:31

The Who?

0:18:310:18:33

Free.

0:18:330:18:34

Which English novelist and playwright wrote the novels

0:18:340:18:36

Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, both filmed by Alfred Hitchcock?

0:18:360:18:39

Pass.

0:18:390:18:40

Accra is the capital of which African country?

0:18:400:18:43

Pass. BEEPING

0:18:440:18:45

What name, sometimes used for a person born

0:18:450:18:47

within earshot of the sound of London's Bow Bells,

0:18:470:18:49

originally meant a misshapen hen's egg?

0:18:490:18:51

Cockney.

0:18:510:18:53

How about that? Seven passes, Andy.

0:18:530:18:55

Accra is the capital of Ghana.

0:18:550:18:58

Daphne du Maurier wrote Rebecca, et cetera.

0:18:580:19:00

It's the Herring gull that has a varied diet.

0:19:000:19:04

Alfred Pennyworth,

0:19:040:19:05

the name of that fictional former British Secret Service agent.

0:19:050:19:08

Cliff Michelmore, Two-Way Family Favourites, et cetera.

0:19:080:19:11

The Tay Bridge inspired William McGonagall's terrible poem.

0:19:110:19:15

And 22 Jump Street was that film

0:19:150:19:18

with Schmidt and Jenko.

0:19:180:19:19

-You've got, Andy, 14 points.

-Great. Thank you.

0:19:190:19:22

And now Jason again, please.

0:19:300:19:33

Jason, you have a very important role

0:19:350:19:39

in that wonderfully funny comedy W1A.

0:19:390:19:42

But, as you well know, everybody who works for the BBC,

0:19:420:19:46

especially in New Broadcasting House,

0:19:460:19:49

doesn't think it's a comedy at all.

0:19:490:19:51

They think it's a documentary.

0:19:510:19:52

Yeah.

0:19:520:19:54

Are you included?

0:19:540:19:56

Couldn't possibly comment.

0:19:560:19:57

It's a tribute to the BBC that the programme

0:19:580:20:01

is made by them and is satirising them.

0:20:010:20:03

So...

0:20:030:20:04

it did very well and I enjoyed playing my character,

0:20:040:20:07

head of Strategic Governance.

0:20:070:20:10

What's interesting is there's a lot of people who work

0:20:100:20:12

within the BBC who want to make an appearance in W1A.

0:20:120:20:15

We all do.

0:20:150:20:17

Absolutely.

0:20:170:20:19

-And there is going to be another series?

-Yes.

0:20:190:20:21

We're starting next year. There's going to be six more episodes.

0:20:210:20:24

And your favourite character from them all?

0:20:240:20:26

You're can't say the Director-General,

0:20:260:20:28

because he hasn't appeared in it.

0:20:280:20:29

Well, I like his character, of course.

0:20:290:20:31

-Hugh Bonneville?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, yeah.

0:20:320:20:34

He is wonderful.

0:20:340:20:36

8 points so far, Jason. Two minutes of general knowledge.

0:20:360:20:38

Here we go.

0:20:380:20:40

In a pack of playing cards, which card is also known as the nave?

0:20:400:20:43

The...Jack.

0:20:430:20:44

In which London square has a Christmas tree been erected every year

0:20:440:20:47

since 1947?

0:20:470:20:49

It's a gift from the Norwegian people in recognition

0:20:490:20:51

of Britain's help during the Second World War.

0:20:510:20:53

Trafalgar Square.

0:20:530:20:54

In rugby, what offence occurs when a ball hits a player's hand or arm

0:20:540:20:57

and travels forward before hitting the ground or another player?

0:20:570:21:00

Knock-on?

0:21:000:21:01

What term is used to describe the music scene that emerged in the late '60s

0:21:010:21:04

in clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and the Wigan Casino?

0:21:040:21:08

Soul.

0:21:080:21:09

Northern soul.

0:21:090:21:10

What's the surname of the twin brothers Peter and Anthony

0:21:100:21:12

whose plays include Equus and Sleuth?

0:21:120:21:14

Shaffer.

0:21:140:21:15

In which American state is Bourbon County,

0:21:150:21:17

where the whiskey named after it was first distilled?

0:21:170:21:19

Kentucky.

0:21:190:21:21

Which Italian film director's credited

0:21:210:21:22

with the creation of the Spaghetti Western

0:21:220:21:24

with a trilogy of films starring Clint Eastwood?

0:21:240:21:26

Pass.

0:21:270:21:29

How many planets are there in the solar system

0:21:290:21:31

now that Pluto has been demoted?

0:21:310:21:32

Nine?

0:21:320:21:33

Eight. It was nine.

0:21:330:21:35

The Last Supper was painted between 1495 and 1497

0:21:350:21:38

in the refectory of the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.

0:21:380:21:41

-Who was the artist?

-Michelangelo.

0:21:410:21:43

Da Vinci.

0:21:430:21:45

What name is given to primates, such as chimpanzees and gorillas,

0:21:450:21:47

that are distinguished by their complex brains and lack of tails?

0:21:470:21:50

Pass.

0:21:500:21:51

Who joined Steve Coogan on a Trip To Italy in 2014,

0:21:510:21:54

a television programme that was part culinary travelogue and part improvised comedy?

0:21:540:21:58

Rob Brydon.

0:21:580:21:59

Which sporting body was founded in 1863

0:21:590:22:02

when representatives of 12 clubs and schools from the London area met

0:22:020:22:05

at the Freemasons' Tavern to agree rules for the game?

0:22:050:22:07

For the football.

0:22:070:22:09

Yeah, the Football Association.

0:22:090:22:10

Who wrote the 1985 novel Riders.

0:22:100:22:12

It's the first of her Rutshire Chronicles.

0:22:120:22:15

Erm... Jilly Cooper.

0:22:160:22:17

In Greek mythology,

0:22:170:22:19

Jason and his band of heroes went in search of what golden item?

0:22:190:22:22

The Golden Fleece.

0:22:220:22:24

Mason "The Line" Dixon, Tommy "The Machine" Gunn

0:22:240:22:26

and the Russian Ivan Drago have all been opponents

0:22:260:22:29

of which fictional boxer played in a series of films by Sylvester Stallone?

0:22:290:22:33

Rocky.

0:22:340:22:35

Which singer's 13th studio album, Popular Problems,

0:22:350:22:38

was released in September 2014...

0:22:380:22:41

-BEEPING

-..two days after his 80th birthday?

0:22:410:22:43

Sir Cliff Richard?

0:22:450:22:46

Not quite that old, I think. He'll be cross.

0:22:460:22:50

He'll enjoy that.

0:22:500:22:51

-Happy Christmas.

-Quite.

0:22:510:22:53

Leonard Cohen...is the answer.

0:22:530:22:56

Two passes.

0:22:560:22:57

The Great Apes - that's the name given to those particular primates.

0:22:570:23:00

And, you'll know it, Sergio Leone and the Spaghetti Westerns.

0:23:000:23:04

Jason, you've now gone up to 18 points.

0:23:040:23:07

And, finally, Rob again, please.

0:23:160:23:19

I'm trying to find how to put this, but, in a sense,

0:23:230:23:25

you are your own backing band,

0:23:250:23:27

because you're a comedian,

0:23:270:23:29

you do funny things, and you support yourself with music?

0:23:290:23:32

Yeah, I'm kind of a one-man band, but that phrase conjures up

0:23:320:23:36

a slightly, you know, more...

0:23:360:23:39

street-level performer than I am.

0:23:390:23:41

21st century one-man band.

0:23:410:23:43

There's nothing between my knees.

0:23:430:23:45

You don't go, "Bang, bang!" with those things like that.

0:23:450:23:47

No, no... Exactly, you've got it.

0:23:470:23:49

How many instruments can you play?

0:23:490:23:51

Well, I can play... Anything in a band, I'll always have a go at.

0:23:510:23:54

So, guitar and drums properly,

0:23:540:23:55

keyboards and bass passably. And I sing.

0:23:550:23:58

So, why didn't you become a musician instead of a comedian?

0:23:580:24:01

Well, I didn't realise I'd wanted to be a musician.

0:24:010:24:03

I became a comedian, and then the musician thing kind of bubbled up,

0:24:030:24:06

like a kind of Frankenstein's monster.

0:24:060:24:08

But, then, that leads me back to playing proper songs,

0:24:080:24:11

and I find them very dull -

0:24:110:24:12

you want to stop in the middle and do a joke.

0:24:120:24:14

Which do you prefer?

0:24:140:24:15

Are you happier when you're singing and playing

0:24:150:24:17

or when you're telling jokes?

0:24:170:24:19

I'd rather... I like... What I do is very bespoke,

0:24:190:24:22

so I think I'm happiest doing that.

0:24:220:24:24

I designed it for myself so that I get to be a comedian,

0:24:240:24:28

do the music and kind of mock the whole business as I go along.

0:24:280:24:31

You sound as if you enjoy it.

0:24:310:24:32

Yeah, yeah. I look as if I enjoy it.

0:24:320:24:34

There's this whole thing about not laughing at your own jokes.

0:24:340:24:37

I always break that rule, so I apologise.

0:24:370:24:40

Rob, you've got 12 points, which is a whopper.

0:24:400:24:42

18 is the score to beat. Here is your general knowledge coming now.

0:24:420:24:46

What name is used in America and Canada for a ten cent coin?

0:24:460:24:49

A dime.

0:24:490:24:51

Which English singer-songwriter topped the UK album charts

0:24:510:24:53

for eight consecutive weeks in 2014 with his album X?

0:24:530:24:57

I don't know. Pass.

0:24:570:24:58

Cats, and many other animals, have vibrissae. What are they?

0:24:580:25:01

Whiskers?

0:25:010:25:03

Which theatre was founded in 1881

0:25:030:25:04

as the home of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas

0:25:040:25:06

and was the first public building in London to use electric lighting?

0:25:060:25:09

-D'Oyly Carte?

-Savoy.

0:25:090:25:11

Which film stars Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford

0:25:110:25:13

as the Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward?

0:25:130:25:16

All The President's Men.

0:25:160:25:17

What name is given to the region of eastern England,

0:25:170:25:19

formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom,

0:25:190:25:21

that includes Norfolk, Suffolk, and parts of Essex and Cambridgeshire?

0:25:210:25:24

East Anglia.

0:25:240:25:25

What name does William Harrison Ainsworth give to the mare that

0:25:250:25:28

Dick Turpin rides to York in his 1834 novel Rookwood?

0:25:280:25:30

Black Bess.

0:25:300:25:32

Which major Chinese seaport has a name that means "by the sea"?

0:25:320:25:35

Shanghai.

0:25:350:25:36

In which television series did pop Larkin, played by David Jason,

0:25:360:25:39

say, "Perfick" when everything was going well?

0:25:390:25:41

Darling Buds Of May.

0:25:410:25:42

What would you expect to be served with in Spain if you ask for "una cerveza"?

0:25:420:25:45

A beer.

0:25:450:25:47

A television quiz show has a threatening signature tune

0:25:470:25:49

composed by Neil Richardson, called Approaching Menace.

0:25:490:25:52

-Which show?

-Mastermind.

0:25:520:25:54

Which cartoon bird used to say about his enemy Sylvester,

0:25:540:25:57

"I tawt I taw a putty tat a-creeping up on me"?

0:25:570:25:59

Tweetie pie.

0:25:590:26:01

Who wrote Billion Dollar Brain?

0:26:010:26:03

It was part of a series featuring an unnamed spy,

0:26:030:26:05

who was given the name Harry Palmer in the film version.

0:26:050:26:08

Len Deighton.

0:26:080:26:09

Which chart-topping song of 1985,

0:26:090:26:11

sung by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson,

0:26:110:26:13

contains the line,

0:26:130:26:14

"but in the end he needs a little bit more than me, more security."

0:26:140:26:17

I Know Him So Well.

0:26:170:26:18

According to Ogden Nash's rhyme,

0:26:180:26:20

"The cow is of the bovine ilk, One end is moo, the other" is what?

0:26:200:26:24

Milk.

0:26:240:26:25

The Bharat Ratna,

0:26:250:26:26

awarded to the sitar player Ravi Shankar among others,

0:26:260:26:29

is the highest civilian decoration in which Commonwealth country?

0:26:290:26:32

India.

0:26:320:26:33

London's Charing Cross Road is traditionally associated with the sale of?

0:26:330:26:37

Pass.

0:26:370:26:38

Which edible flatfish,

0:26:380:26:40

that normally has both eyes on the right side of the head,

0:26:400:26:42

is distinguished by the bright orange spots on its brown upper side?

0:26:420:26:45

Plaice. BEEPING

0:26:450:26:47

The volcanoes Mount Erebus and Mount Terror lie in which continent?

0:26:470:26:51

Mmm... Let me have a good long think about that one.

0:26:530:26:55

There's not that many. Just choose one of them. Go on.

0:26:550:26:57

Erm... Er... Europe.

0:26:570:26:59

No. Antarctic.

0:26:590:27:00

Two passes. Charring Cross Road is associated with...

0:27:010:27:04

Lots of bookshops on Charring Cross Road..

0:27:040:27:06

And Ed Sheeran

0:27:060:27:08

Rob, you've got 27 points.

0:27:080:27:11

So, no doubt about that. Let's have a look at the scores.

0:27:220:27:25

In fourth place, with 8 points, Amy Willerton.

0:27:250:27:27

In third place, 14 points, Andy Bell.

0:27:270:27:29

Second place, 18 points, Jason Watkins.

0:27:290:27:32

First place, 27 points, Rob Deering.

0:27:320:27:35

Rob!

0:27:470:27:49

-Congratulations.

-Thank you. Thanks very much.

0:27:520:27:55

So...

0:27:550:27:56

comedian...

0:27:560:27:58

musician...

0:27:580:27:59

Mastermind champion. What does it feel like?

0:27:590:28:01

Feels good. Yeah. Thanks.

0:28:010:28:02

The quiz was fun, the chair's comfy...

0:28:020:28:05

It's been wonderful. It's been a lovely day.

0:28:050:28:07

Well, glad you're happy.

0:28:070:28:08

Well done. Great score.

0:28:090:28:11

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0:28:110:28:14

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