0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is the presenter Gethin Jones.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30He answers questions on Welsh international rugby.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Next, the actor and rapper Ben Bailey Smith.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42His specialist subject - the films of the Marx Brothers.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49The presenter of Radio 4's Saturday Live Aasmah Mir
0:00:49 > 0:00:51answers questions on the novels of Hanif Kureishi.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And the actor Mark Little
0:00:56 > 0:00:59on the notorious writer Hunter S Thompson.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Hello, and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind
0:01:15 > 0:01:19with me, John Humphrys, and four people who will be tested,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23possibly embarrassingly, on what they know or think they know.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Their fee goes to charity,
0:01:24 > 0:01:28but the winner gets a trophy and, most importantly,
0:01:28 > 0:01:30the honour of becoming a celebrity mastermind.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32The rules are the same, though,
0:01:32 > 0:01:3490 seconds on their specialist subject
0:01:34 > 0:01:36and two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39So, let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49And your name is?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Your chosen charity?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54And your chosen subject?
0:01:56 > 0:01:57In 90 seconds, here we go.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Which team played Wales in their inaugural Six Nations match
0:02:00 > 0:02:04at the newly opened Millennium Stadium in February 2000?
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- Pass.- Whose first match as Wales' coach was in 2008 at Twickenham,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12when Wales won 26 points to 19 against England,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14having been 13 points behind after an hour's play?
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- Warren Gatland. - Which Welsh international broke the Wales all-time
0:02:18 > 0:02:21try scoring record and was awarded the International Rugby Board
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Player Of The Year in 2008?
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- Shane Williams.- Who scored in every match of Wales' Six Nations campaign
0:02:26 > 0:02:30in 2010, including scoring all the points against Ireland?
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Um...
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- George North.- Stephen Jones.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41In which city did Wales lose to Fiji in the 2007 World Cup,
0:02:41 > 0:02:42sending them out of the tournament?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Nantes.- Who kicked the late penalty goal to give Wales
0:02:45 > 0:02:47an 11 points to nine win over England
0:02:47 > 0:02:50in their first match of the 2005 Six Nations?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Gavin Henson.- What 'gate' term was used for the scandal in 2000
0:02:53 > 0:02:56when Shane Howarth and Brett Sinkinson
0:02:56 > 0:02:58were ruled ineligible to play for Wales
0:02:58 > 0:03:00because their claims to have a Welsh grandparent were proved false?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Grannygate.- Grannygate.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Who kicked three drop goals in Wales' 28-all draw
0:03:05 > 0:03:07against Scotland at Murrayfield in 2001?
0:03:07 > 0:03:102001 would have been...
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- Stephen Jones.- No, Neil Jenkins.- Neil Jenkins.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16In what position did Wales finish in the 2003 Six Nations?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17- Wooden spoon.- Yeah, sixth.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21In which town did Wales play home games against Romania
0:03:21 > 0:03:24in November 2002 and in August 2003?
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- Wrexham.- What position did Lee Byrne play for Wales throughout the 2008...
0:03:28 > 0:03:312009 and 2010 Six Nations?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Full-back.- Is correct.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35You had just one pass, Gethin.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39The team that played Wales right at the start
0:03:39 > 0:03:42of the newly opened Millennium Stadium was France.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45You've scored, though, eight points.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57And our next contender, please.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06And your name is?
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Your chosen charity?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13And your chosen subject?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15The Marx Brothers, in 90 seconds, here we go.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18The Marx Brothers made a series of classic comedy films
0:04:18 > 0:04:19from the 1920s to the '40s.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Who was the youngest brother, known for playing
0:04:21 > 0:04:23straight roles in the early films?
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- Zeppo Marx.- In Duck Soup, what does Harpo get from his pocket
0:04:27 > 0:04:29to light the Ambassador of Trentino's cigar
0:04:29 > 0:04:32before cutting the tails off the Ambassador's coat
0:04:32 > 0:04:33with a large pair of scissors?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- A flame thrower. - Yeah, or blowtorch, yeah.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37In Animal Crackers, what does Groucho say the 'T'
0:04:37 > 0:04:41in his character's name, Jeffrey T Spaulding, stands for?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Thomas.- No, Edgar.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44At the start of Monkey Business,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46the four brothers are hiding on board a ship in barrels
0:04:46 > 0:04:49that would normally contain what?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50- Herring. - Yeah, kippered herring.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53In A Day At The Races, Miss Marlowe tells Groucho
0:04:53 > 0:04:56she's never been so insulted in her life. What is his reply?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Argh!
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- It's early. - It's early yet, yes.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06What does it say on Harpo's hat
0:05:06 > 0:05:09when he first appears in Horse Feathers? It's also his occupation.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Dog Catcher.- In Duck Soup, why does Chico,
0:05:12 > 0:05:17as Secretary of War, think that a standing army is a good idea?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- Cos you don't need to buy any chairs.- Yeah, it would save money on chairs.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21In A Night In Casablanca,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24when Miss Reiner and Groucho are in the hotel club,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28she asks for champagne. What does he order for her instead?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Pass.- In A Night At The Opera, which actor appears as the opera house singer
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Ricardo Baroni? His friend and manager Fiorello,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37played by Chico Marx, says he's "the greatest tenor in the world"?
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- Allan Jones.- What is the password for the speakeasy where Groucho,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44as Professor Wagstaff, goes to meet the football players in Horse Feathers?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Swordfish.- In The Cocoanuts,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Harpo drinks ink and eats flowers at the hotel reception desk.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53What does Groucho say he's going upstairs to fetch for him?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- Pass.- It was... I can tell you cos we're out of time.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01It was a stomach pump.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04And the other pass, in A Night In Casablanca -
0:06:04 > 0:06:07she wanted champagne, he ordered a cheese sandwich.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09As you do.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Ben, you have eight points.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22And our next contender, please.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30And your name is?
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Your chosen charity?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37And your chosen subject?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Hanif Kureishi, 90 seconds.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41How is Haroon Amir known
0:06:41 > 0:06:44in the title of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel, published in 1990?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- The Buddha of Suburbia. - In The Black Album, there are plans to exhibit
0:06:47 > 0:06:50a vegetable after a local couple cut it open and claim that God
0:06:50 > 0:06:53has inscribed holy words into the flesh. What vegetable?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- Aubergine.- What is the name of the Indian-born author
0:06:55 > 0:06:59whose biography is being written by Harry Johnson in The Last Word?
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- Mamoon Azam. - In Gabriel's Gift, which song from the musical Oliver!
0:07:03 > 0:07:04does Gabriel sing at a school concert
0:07:04 > 0:07:08in ripped tails, top hat, muddy boots and orange-tinted shades?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- Pass. - In Something To Tell You,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12what's the name of the friend of Jamal Khan
0:07:12 > 0:07:13who writes an open letter to Tony Blair
0:07:13 > 0:07:16informing him that he's leaving the Labour Party
0:07:16 > 0:07:19because it's become "dictatorial, corrupt and unrepresentative"?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Henry.- What nickname does Haroon give to his sister-in-law, Jean,
0:07:22 > 0:07:26and her husband, Ted, referencing their alcohol intake?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Gin and Tonic.- In The Buddha Of Suburbia, what is the title of the debut album
0:07:29 > 0:07:33of Charlie Hero's band, The Condemned?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- Bride Of Christ.- What is the name of the law student who lives in the same house
0:07:39 > 0:07:41as Shahid in The Black Album
0:07:41 > 0:07:43and whose voice is said to sound like "a cross between
0:07:43 > 0:07:46"JB Priestley and Zia Al Haq"?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Riaz.- In Something To Tell You, which rock star has a discussion
0:07:49 > 0:07:53at Claridge's with Jamal about private schools in West London?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Mick Jagger.- In Intimacy,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Jay says that as a teenager, he used to carry a copy
0:07:58 > 0:08:01of a Thom Gunn poem and recited it at parties. Which poem?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Pass.- Gabriel's father Rex used to play bass guitar in a band
0:08:05 > 0:08:08that toured with the rock star Lester Jones. What was the band called?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- The Leather Pigs. - Which sport is Mamoon playing in The Last Word
0:08:11 > 0:08:13when he injures himself?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15He's diagnosed with a herniated disc?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- Cricket.- No, tennis. Two passes, Aasmah.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21On The Move was the Thom Gunn poem.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26And the song that he sang in Oliver! was Consider Yourself.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28You've scored nine points.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Thank you.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40And our final contender, please.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46And your name is?
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Your chosen charity?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53And your chosen subject?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Hunter S Thompson in 90 seconds.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57What's the name of Raoul Duke's Samoan companion
0:08:57 > 0:08:58in Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas?
0:08:58 > 0:09:02It became synonymous with the style of journalism that Thompson championed.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Dr Gonzo.- What is the title of the novel that Thompson started to write
0:09:05 > 0:09:07in the '50s based on his experiences
0:09:07 > 0:09:10working as a freelance journalist in Puerto Rico?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- Rum Diary. - While investigating stories in South America
0:09:13 > 0:09:15in the early 1960s, Thomson was arrested
0:09:15 > 0:09:17for shooting rats at a city dump. In which city?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- Puerto Rico.- No, Rio.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Which gang is the subject of Thompson's article,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23published in The Nation magazine, with the title
0:09:23 > 0:09:25The Motorcycle Gangs - Losers And Outsiders?
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- The Hell's Angels.- While covering the Democratic primary elections in '72
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Thompson made up a rumour that one of the candidates was a user of a drug
0:09:33 > 0:09:35called Ibogaine. What was the candidate's name?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- That was Muskie.- It was.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40In '74, which sporting event in Africa was he sent to cover
0:09:40 > 0:09:44by Rolling Stone magazine? He missed it cos he was intoxicated at his hotel?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- That was The Rumble In The Jungle.- It was.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Which director was originally lined up to make the film of
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas? He was replaced by Terry Gilliam
0:09:52 > 0:09:55after an argument with Thompson at a script meeting?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Pass.- What's the title of Thompson's article, published in Playboy,
0:09:58 > 0:10:00about a fishing tournament in Mexico?
0:10:00 > 0:10:04It's also the title of an anthology of his writings?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- Songs Of The Doomed. - The Great Shark Hunt.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08At Thompson's funeral in 2005,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10his ashes were shot through a cannon
0:10:10 > 0:10:12while a Bob Dylan song was played.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13What was the song?
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- Tambourine Man. - Which character, an alter ego of Thompson,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19is the main protagonist in the abandoned novel Silk Road
0:10:19 > 0:10:22and also appears in The Curse Of Lono?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- Ralph Steadman.- Gene Skinner.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Your time is up, you have one pass.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32The director who was originally lined up
0:10:32 > 0:10:34to make Fear And Loathing was Alex Cox.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36You scored, Mark, six points.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Well, a close scoring round.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50In fourth place, six points, Mark Little.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Joint second place, eight points apiece,
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Gethin Jones and Ben Bailey Smith.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57In first place, with nine points, Aasmah Mir.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04And it is the general knowledge round now, of course,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:11:07 > 0:11:10is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14So, let us get on with it and ask Mark to join us again, please.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20And now, Mark, you came to this country from Australia...
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- I did, '92. In the early '90s. - In the early '90s.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26And you were a megastar in Australia because you were in Neighbours.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29You came here, nobody knew you, and then
0:11:29 > 0:11:31they started showing Neighbours and everybody knew you.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33It must have been odd, that?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35It was very odd because we were two and a half years behind
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- and I wasn't really a megastar in Australia either.- Oh.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Well, they knew you in Australia. - They knew of me, yes.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Infamy, infamy, they had it in for me.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- And your character, was it Joe Mangel?- That was his name, yes.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- One of the great names of Australian literature.- Absolutely.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Joe Mangel.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Yeah, no, no, it's burned into all our consciousnesses, absolutely.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57But how difficult was it for you in those early days?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00I'd come with my own style of solo comedy work,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02so I was using the Edinburgh Festival
0:12:02 > 0:12:04as a jump off point.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07And it turns out that Mr Mangel, he helped me get some crowds.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Now, I was doing this really unusual, quite left-field comedy.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12And people were coming along and...
0:12:12 > 0:12:15and thinking, "What's the Joe Mangel show going to be?"
0:12:15 > 0:12:17They got a bit of a surprise, but it helped with my...
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- And so I've done a lot of touring in this country.- Hm.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Which is... The great aspect about Britain is that there are
0:12:23 > 0:12:25so many theatres and there's a way of
0:12:25 > 0:12:28touring around which Australia didn't have back...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31And anyway, you'd have to go a bit further in Australia, wouldn't you?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34The miles are excessive, exactly. Everything's really compact here.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Yeah, that's handy that, isn't it? - It's very handy, yeah.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Right, here we go, you've got six points so far
0:12:39 > 0:12:41- and two minutes of general knowledge.- OK.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43So, everything to play for. Here we go.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46By law, what did a television viewer need for the first time
0:12:46 > 0:12:48on the 1st of June, 1946 at a cost of £2.00?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- TV licence.- The suburb of Clifton is famed for its suspension bridge
0:12:53 > 0:12:57and also the home of a large zoo. In which city is it?
0:12:57 > 0:12:58- San Francisco.- Bristol.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01According to Joe Dante's film Gremlins,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05after what time must a Mogwai never be fed?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- Midnight. - Which patriotic song, with music by Thomas Arne
0:13:09 > 0:13:11and words by James Thomson, was first performed
0:13:11 > 0:13:14in The Masque Of Alfred in August 1740?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- The French national anthem. - No, Rule Britannia.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Which planet has two moons
0:13:20 > 0:13:22whose Greek names mean 'fear' and 'terror'?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Um...
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- Saturn.- Mars.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28'To brew up' and 'to mash' are popular terms
0:13:28 > 0:13:30for making which beverage?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Brew up and mash? Tea.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Tracy Chevalier's 1999 novel Girl With A Pearl Earring
0:13:35 > 0:13:38was inspired by a painting by a Dutch artist. What was his name?
0:13:38 > 0:13:39- Van Dyke.- No, Vermeer.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42A theatre company began at The Old Vic in October, 1963,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45with a production of Hamlet starring Peter O'Toole
0:13:45 > 0:13:50before moving to its current site on the South Bank in '76. Which company?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- Pass.- In which television series did Luke, Bo, Daisy
0:13:53 > 0:13:54and Uncle Jesse race around
0:13:54 > 0:13:57in a souped-up Dodge Charger known as General Lee,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00foiling the schemes of Boss Hogg and his sidekick
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane?
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Oh, The Dukes Of Hazzard.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06In 2014, who became the first golfer
0:14:06 > 0:14:11to win two successive Majors since Padraig Harrington in 2008?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Greg Norman. - Rory McIlroy.- Rory.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18The Lhasa Apso, originally from Tibet,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20is a breed of which domesticated animal?
0:14:22 > 0:14:23- A cat.- A dog.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Which British vocal group first topped the UK charts
0:14:26 > 0:14:29in 1976 with their Eurovision Song Contest winning entry
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Save Your Kisses For Me?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- Bucks Fizz. - Brotherhood Of Man.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35In which film series did the expression
0:14:35 > 0:14:39"May the Force be with you" originate?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Star Wars. - The Thinker and The Kiss are among the most famous works
0:14:42 > 0:14:44of a French sculptor, born in Paris in 1840.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Which sculptor?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- Rodin.- Rodin is correct.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- One pass, Mark, you had... - LAUGHTER
0:14:52 > 0:14:55The theatre company that began at The Old Vic in October, '63,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58was The National Theatre Company.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Mark, you have scored a total now of 12 points.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14And now, Gethin, again, please.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17This, I'd have thought quite tricky switch,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20from Blue Peter,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22so, children's presenter,
0:15:22 > 0:15:23to presenting sport.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27And you've moved from a highly receptive audience,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29who worship and adore you and everything,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32to a bunch of old cynics who sit there watching sport
0:15:32 > 0:15:34and think they know absolutely everything.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36They're all armchair experts. Can't have been easy.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Well, I think that's...
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I think the great thing about sport is no-one really watches
0:15:40 > 0:15:42any of the hosts, they only watch the action.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- So...- Do you reckon? You may as well not be there?
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Careful, you're talking yourself out of a job.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49It's a good point. No, it's...
0:15:49 > 0:15:51It's been very strange actually,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I never thought for a second I would work on the television, as it were.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56That started 12 years ago.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58And you never really know which direction you're going to go in.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00What's the thing that separates
0:16:00 > 0:16:04a successful presenter from another one?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06I think, obviously, your interest, being inquisitive.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09I always do my preparation.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10And try and do your best, really.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12And I think presenters are a bit like music.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13If you don't like someone,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16you sort of turn it over to a different channel
0:16:16 > 0:16:18and you can't please everyone all the time.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21But doing your best and trying to do the things you really enjoy.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Obviously, today doesn't count as that.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25LAUGHTER
0:16:25 > 0:16:27And try and enjoy it along the way.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Right, here we go.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30You've got eight points, let's see how you do.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Two minutes of general knowledge, starting now.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35In which Caribbean dance, originating in Trinidad,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37do the dancers pass under a bar while leaning backwards?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Limbo.- In the Christian church, what name is given to the season that
0:16:40 > 0:16:43includes the four Sundays preceding Christmas?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Uh, uh...
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- Lent.- Advent. Who composed the music for the opera Madam Butterfly?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51The first performance at La Scala, Milan, in 1904,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53was met with general derision from the audience?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Mozart.- Puccini. Which BBC television sports programme
0:16:56 > 0:17:00celebrated its 50th birthday in August, 2014?
0:17:00 > 0:17:01- A Question Of Sport. - Match Of The Day.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05In July, 2014, Vincenzo Nibali became the first Italian
0:17:05 > 0:17:09since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win which classic race?
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- Tour de France.- In mammals, enamel forms the hard outermost layer
0:17:13 > 0:17:14of what part of the body?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- Tooth.- Which common garden tree, whose seeds are highly poisonous,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21produces long chains of golden-yellow flowers?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- Don't know, pass. - What catchphrase did Arnold Schwarzenegger
0:17:24 > 0:17:26first use in a 1984 film as the Terminator
0:17:26 > 0:17:29when he was asked to wait at a police station?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- I'll be back.- In the Bible,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33what famous set of religious laws did God
0:17:33 > 0:17:35give to Moses on Mount Sinai?
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- Pass.- What name is given to the type of renewable energy
0:17:38 > 0:17:41capable of providing heat and generating electricity
0:17:41 > 0:17:43that is obtained from the sun's radiation?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Solar.- In 1862, Don Facundo Bacardi Masso
0:17:46 > 0:17:48bought a distillery
0:17:48 > 0:17:49in the town of Santiago de Cuba
0:17:49 > 0:17:53to produce a more refined form of which spirit?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- Whiskey.- Rum. What is the name of the official residence
0:17:55 > 0:17:58of the Lord Mayor of London? It's also the name of the official residence
0:17:58 > 0:18:02of the Lord Mayor of several other cities including Bristol and Dublin.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- I don't know, pass. - Which classic horror figure has been played on film
0:18:06 > 0:18:10by Lon Chaney, Claude Rains, Herbert Lom and Robert Englund?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Frankenstein. - The Phantom Of The Opera.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14The Mediterranean coastal region, famous for its resorts,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17that extends from Cannes to La Spezia in Italy
0:18:17 > 0:18:20is known by what name meaning 'coast' or 'shore' in Italian?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Amalfi.- Riviera.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Jessica Drew is the original alter ego of which female superhero?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- Superwoman.- Spiderwoman.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Robert Stroud, who spent 54 years in prison,
0:18:32 > 0:18:3617 of them in Alcatraz from '42 to '59,
0:18:36 > 0:18:41was known by a nickname because of his interest in ornithology. What nickname?
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- The Rock, I don't know. - The Birdman Of Alcatraz.- Wow.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Three passes, Gethin. Mansion House is where
0:18:47 > 0:18:49the Lord Mayors live, or some of them do, anyway.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52The Ten Commandments, you'll be cross about that one,
0:18:52 > 0:18:53that's what was passed down... I know.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57And the tree with the poisonous seeds and the yellow flowers,
0:18:57 > 0:18:58the Laburnum.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Gethin, you've a total now of 13 points.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14And now, Ben, again, please.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Now, Ben.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- You are Doc Brown in another existence.- Yeah.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- Well, you might still be Doc Brown. - I am sometimes,
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- on Saturdays.- Yeah, exactly.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27And you were a battle rapper.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Once upon a time, yeah. It's basically
0:19:30 > 0:19:34sort of trading improvised rhymes with someone else.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Kind of like boxing.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38For money or for fun, for sport.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41So, when I did it, it was a totally improvisational thing,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- you had to come up with rhymes off the top of your head.- About anything?
0:19:44 > 0:19:48No, no, quite crucially it would be insulting you.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- To your face, directly.- Right.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- But we'd be a lot closer together, physically.- What, like how close?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Yeah, like nose to nose, yeah.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Really?- Yeah, pretty tense. - Sounds brutal.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- It's like a worldwide sport now, it's huge.- No?
0:20:01 > 0:20:02I'm not involved in it anymore.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04So you can't give us an example of how you would...?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06No, I wouldn't, I wouldn't dare...
0:20:06 > 0:20:10I'm already so nervous about general knowledge.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13I generally don't have a lot of knowledge, so...
0:20:13 > 0:20:16I'm concerned enough about that, I can't think about rap.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17It's too incongruous, John.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20You don't think I should retrain as a battle rapper?
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I think you'd be unbeatable.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25I can imagine me and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, you know, I'd...
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- Let's set that up, I'll ref. - Possibly not, possibly not.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Now, Ben, you've got eight points.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Two minutes, starting now.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Which city hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39- Glasgow?- Yeah.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Which of the Beatles was brought up by his Aunt Mimi
0:20:41 > 0:20:44and his Uncle George after his mother, Julia,
0:20:44 > 0:20:45handed over care of her son to them?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47John Lennon.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49What is the name of the television mini-series
0:20:49 > 0:20:51starring Maggie Gyllenhaal that is set against
0:20:51 > 0:20:53a backdrop of espionage and arms dealing
0:20:53 > 0:20:55in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Scandal? - No, The Honourable Woman.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire is famous
0:21:01 > 0:21:03for the manufacture of Stilton cheese
0:21:03 > 0:21:05and what type of pies?
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Pork.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09The origins of which annual theatre event
0:21:09 > 0:21:12go back to 1912 when King George V and Queen Mary
0:21:12 > 0:21:14attended a performance at the Palace Theatre, London,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17in aid of the Variety Artistes' Benevolent Fund?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19The Royal Variety?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Which British writer's first published novel
0:21:21 > 0:21:23was Lord Of The Flies in 1954?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25William Golding.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27In about 1822, the megalosaurus
0:21:27 > 0:21:29became the first example of what prehistoric creatures
0:21:29 > 0:21:31to be studied scientifically?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Dinosaurs.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Whose last film role was as Eddie Willis,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36a washed-up sports reporter who takes a job
0:21:36 > 0:21:39as a publicist for a boxing promoter, in the '56 film
0:21:39 > 0:21:42The Harder They Fall, the year before he died?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Robert Mitchum? - Humphrey Bogart.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46What name is given to the session on the day before
0:21:46 > 0:21:48a motor race in which drivers try to get the best
0:21:48 > 0:21:51possible position on the starting grid?
0:21:51 > 0:21:52- Poll.- Qualifying.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55How many musicians are there in a nonet?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Sorry, can you repeat, please?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01How many musicians are there in a nonet?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Nine?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05The use of which condiment increased in England after 1814,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08when it was first marketed as a yellow powder packed in tins?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Mustard.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12How is the undertaker's clerk Billy Fisher,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14created by Keith Waterhouse, better known?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16He escapes from his humdrum job by imagining himself
0:22:16 > 0:22:19as the ruler of the kingdom of Ambrosia.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Pass.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Orlando Weeks is the lead singer with a band
0:22:23 > 0:22:26formed in South London, who released their third album,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Given To The Wild, in 2012. Which band?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Pass.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33What did Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser
0:22:33 > 0:22:35nationalise in 1956 that led to an invasion of Egypt...
0:22:35 > 0:22:37BEEP
0:22:37 > 0:22:39..by British, French and Israeli forces?
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Public transport.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46- LAUGHING:- Nice thought.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Not quite but it had to do with transport, it was the Suez Canal.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- Course it was.- So it was a different kind of transport.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- Course it was. - Yeah, of course, you knew that.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57The other passes - the Maccabees, that was the band,
0:22:57 > 0:23:01and the character created by Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04You've now got a total though, Ben, of 16 points.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07APPLAUSE
0:23:13 > 0:23:16And finally, Aasmah, please.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Slightly off-putting seeing you in this location.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Cos normally, we meet across a radio studio on Saturday mornings
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- when you're about to do... - Saturday Live.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Now, look, you started very young.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Yeah, I did, I can't remember exactly, I think I was about 21
0:23:33 > 0:23:36when I graduated and I got a job in TV.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I was just really, really lucky.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- Because you were reading the news at 21?- I was, yes.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42It has been all downhill since then.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47And that was telly and, obviously, now you do radio
0:23:47 > 0:23:49and you also do telly.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53The essential difference between presenting radio and telly?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57That's interesting, I don't know, because I think there are
0:23:57 > 0:24:00a lot of similar skills in that you have to connect with your audience
0:24:00 > 0:24:03and on TV that's obviously, you know, through your eyes
0:24:03 > 0:24:06and through...and your smile perhaps,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09but on radio it's completely through your voice, nothing else.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14On television, you just have to be able to kind of fill the room
0:24:14 > 0:24:17and on radio, I think, you have to be able to fill the space.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Brian Redhead used to describe it as
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- dropping a word in the ear of the nation.- Oh, lovely.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- Which is quite a nice phrase, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Now then, Aasmah, you have nine.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Score to beat is 16, let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Here we go. Who is the Patron Saint of Wales?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35His day is celebrated on the 1st of March?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Saint David.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39A bearded character, usually depicted in striped trousers
0:24:39 > 0:24:42and a top hat, is a popular symbol of the United States
0:24:42 > 0:24:44and a personification of its government. What's his name?
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Uncle Sam.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Rose Burdock is the title character of which 1959
0:24:47 > 0:24:50autobiographical novel set in the Cotswold village of Slad,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52where the author, Laurie Lee,
0:24:52 > 0:24:53spent his childhood?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57- Cider With Rosie?- Yeah.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59The gecko that has feet modified for climbing smooth surfaces
0:24:59 > 0:25:03and can even run across ceilings is a member of which group of reptiles?
0:25:03 > 0:25:04- Lizard?- Yeah.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06In the Book of Genesis, who saw a ladder
0:25:06 > 0:25:08between Heaven and Earth in a vivid dream?
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Oh, um.... Abraham?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Jacob. On which motorway is Corley the southernmost
0:25:14 > 0:25:17service station and Todhills Rest Area the northernmost?
0:25:18 > 0:25:19- M3.- M6.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Which 1994 Disney film, later a stage musical,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24is set in the fictional Pride Lands of Africa
0:25:24 > 0:25:27and features characters called Mufasa and Scar?
0:25:28 > 0:25:29The Lion King.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Who concluded his trilogy of French novels
0:25:31 > 0:25:33with Charlotte Grey,
0:25:33 > 0:25:35following The Girl At The Lion D'or and Birdsong?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- Sebastian Faulks?- Yes.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39In 2014, which 16-year-old gymnast from Bristol
0:25:39 > 0:25:42became the first Englishwoman since 1930
0:25:42 > 0:25:45to win four gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Beth Tweddle? - No, Claudia Fragapane.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Which television programme was originally described
0:25:50 > 0:25:52by the Daily Mirror as "doomed from the outset -
0:25:52 > 0:25:54"with its dreary signature tune and grim scene
0:25:54 > 0:25:57"of a row of terraced houses and smoking chimneys"?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58- Coronation Street?- Yes.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Who painted Guernica, a depiction of the horrific destruction
0:26:01 > 0:26:03of a Basque town during the Spanish Civil War?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06I should know it... Pass.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08What is the capital of the state of Western Australia?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- Queensland?- Perth.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14The 8th of May, 1945, is known as VE Day.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16What do these initials stand for?
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Victory in Europe.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Freddie Garrity was the lead singer with a pop group whose single
0:26:20 > 0:26:22You Were Made For Me reached number three
0:26:22 > 0:26:24in the UK Charts in '63. Which group?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27- The Hollies? - Freddie And The Dreamers.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Lotto, tombola and housey-housey are
0:26:29 > 0:26:31alternative names for which game popular in Britain?
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Bingo.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34A song from South Pacific...
0:26:34 > 0:26:35BEEP
0:26:35 > 0:26:38..featured in a song and dance routine with a team of newsreaders and
0:26:38 > 0:26:41sports presenters in Morecambe and Wise's 1977 Christmas Special.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Which song was it?
0:26:44 > 0:26:46- I don't know, pass. - Well, I'll tell you.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48There Is Nothing Like A Dame.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Truly awful it was, as well.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Your...your other pass,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56and you knew it, obviously.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Picasso painted Guernica. Of course you knew that.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02But you've scored 18 points.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04APPLAUSE
0:27:14 > 0:27:17So that's it, we have a winner. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18In fourth place, 12 points,
0:27:18 > 0:27:19Mark Little.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Third place, 13 points,
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Gethin Jones.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23Second place, 16 points,
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Ben Bailey Smith.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27In first place with 18 points,
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Aasmah Mir.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31APPLAUSE
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- Well done.- I can't believe it. - Well done.- Well done.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Thank you very much.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Aasmah, come and join us.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49You...
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Thank you. Thank you very much.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55The fact is, you had to win tonight, didn't you?
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- Yeah.- Because your colleague and co-presenter...- Yeah.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- ..the Reverend Richard Coles...- Won. - ..won last time.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- So there was no choice, was there?- I know.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07If you'd lost, your life wouldn't have been worth living.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09- I would've just resigned. - You would've had to, I think.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11- But you won so that's all right. - Thank goodness.
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0:28:30 > 0:28:32And off you go, well done.