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First in the spotlight tonight is the presenter Gethin Jones.

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He answers questions on Welsh international rugby.

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Next, the actor and rapper Ben Bailey Smith.

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His specialist subject - the films of the Marx Brothers.

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The presenter of Radio 4's Saturday Live Aasmah Mir

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answers questions on the novels of Hanif Kureishi.

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And the actor Mark Little

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on the notorious writer Hunter S Thompson.

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Hello, and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind

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with me, John Humphrys, and four people who will be tested,

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possibly embarrassingly, on what they know or think they know.

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Their fee goes to charity,

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but the winner gets a trophy and, most importantly,

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the honour of becoming a celebrity mastermind.

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The rules are the same, though,

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90 seconds on their specialist subject

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and 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?

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Your chosen charity?

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And your chosen subject?

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In 90 seconds, here we go.

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Which team played Wales in their inaugural Six Nations match

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at the newly opened Millennium Stadium in February 2000?

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-Pass.

-Whose first match as Wales' coach was in 2008 at Twickenham,

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when Wales won 26 points to 19 against England,

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having been 13 points behind after an hour's play?

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-Warren Gatland.

-Which Welsh international broke the Wales all-time

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try scoring record and was awarded the International Rugby Board

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Player Of The Year in 2008?

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-Shane Williams.

-Who scored in every match of Wales' Six Nations campaign

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in 2010, including scoring all the points against Ireland?

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Um...

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-George North.

-Stephen Jones.

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In which city did Wales lose to Fiji in the 2007 World Cup,

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sending them out of the tournament?

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-Nantes.

-Who kicked the late penalty goal to give Wales

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an 11 points to nine win over England

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in their first match of the 2005 Six Nations?

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-Gavin Henson.

-What 'gate' term was used for the scandal in 2000

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when Shane Howarth and Brett Sinkinson

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were ruled ineligible to play for Wales

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because their claims to have a Welsh grandparent were proved false?

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-Grannygate.

-Grannygate.

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Who kicked three drop goals in Wales' 28-all draw

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against Scotland at Murrayfield in 2001?

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2001 would have been...

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-Stephen Jones.

-No, Neil Jenkins.

-Neil Jenkins.

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In what position did Wales finish in the 2003 Six Nations?

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-Wooden spoon.

-Yeah, sixth.

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In which town did Wales play home games against Romania

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in November 2002 and in August 2003?

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-Wrexham.

-What position did Lee Byrne play for Wales throughout the 2008...

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2009 and 2010 Six Nations?

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-Full-back.

-Is correct.

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You had just one pass, Gethin.

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The team that played Wales right at the start

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of the newly opened Millennium Stadium was France.

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You've scored, though, eight points.

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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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The Marx Brothers, in 90 seconds, here we go.

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The Marx Brothers made a series of classic comedy films

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from the 1920s to the '40s.

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Who was the youngest brother, known for playing

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straight roles in the early films?

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-Zeppo Marx.

-In Duck Soup, what does Harpo get from his pocket

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to light the Ambassador of Trentino's cigar

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before cutting the tails off the Ambassador's coat

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with a large pair of scissors?

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-A flame thrower.

-Yeah, or blowtorch, yeah.

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In Animal Crackers, what does Groucho say the 'T'

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in his character's name, Jeffrey T Spaulding, stands for?

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-Thomas.

-No, Edgar.

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At the start of Monkey Business,

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the four brothers are hiding on board a ship in barrels

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that would normally contain what?

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-Herring.

-Yeah, kippered herring.

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In A Day At The Races, Miss Marlowe tells Groucho

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she's never been so insulted in her life. What is his reply?

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Argh!

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-It's early.

-It's early yet, yes.

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What does it say on Harpo's hat

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when he first appears in Horse Feathers? It's also his occupation.

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-Dog Catcher.

-In Duck Soup, why does Chico,

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as Secretary of War, think that a standing army is a good idea?

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-Cos you don't need to buy any chairs.

-Yeah, it would save money on chairs.

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In A Night In Casablanca,

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when Miss Reiner and Groucho are in the hotel club,

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she asks for champagne. What does he order for her instead?

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-Pass.

-In A Night At The Opera, which actor appears as the opera house singer

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Ricardo Baroni? His friend and manager Fiorello,

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played by Chico Marx, says he's "the greatest tenor in the world"?

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-Allan Jones.

-What is the password for the speakeasy where Groucho,

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as Professor Wagstaff, goes to meet the football players in Horse Feathers?

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-Swordfish.

-In The Cocoanuts,

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Harpo drinks ink and eats flowers at the hotel reception desk.

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What does Groucho say he's going upstairs to fetch for him?

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-Pass.

-It was... I can tell you cos we're out of time.

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It was a stomach pump.

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And the other pass, in A Night In Casablanca -

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she wanted champagne, he ordered a cheese sandwich.

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As you do.

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Ben, you have eight points.

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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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Hanif Kureishi, 90 seconds.

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How is Haroon Amir known

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in the title of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel, published in 1990?

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-The Buddha of Suburbia.

-In The Black Album, there are plans to exhibit

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a vegetable after a local couple cut it open and claim that God

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has inscribed holy words into the flesh. What vegetable?

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-Aubergine.

-What is the name of the Indian-born author

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whose biography is being written by Harry Johnson in The Last Word?

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-Mamoon Azam.

-In Gabriel's Gift, which song from the musical Oliver!

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does Gabriel sing at a school concert

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in ripped tails, top hat, muddy boots and orange-tinted shades?

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-Pass.

-In Something To Tell You,

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what's the name of the friend of Jamal Khan

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who writes an open letter to Tony Blair

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informing him that he's leaving the Labour Party

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because it's become "dictatorial, corrupt and unrepresentative"?

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-Henry.

-What nickname does Haroon give to his sister-in-law, Jean,

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and her husband, Ted, referencing their alcohol intake?

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-Gin and Tonic.

-In The Buddha Of Suburbia, what is the title of the debut album

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of Charlie Hero's band, The Condemned?

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-Bride Of Christ.

-What is the name of the law student who lives in the same house

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as Shahid in The Black Album

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and whose voice is said to sound like "a cross between

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"JB Priestley and Zia Al Haq"?

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-Riaz.

-In Something To Tell You, which rock star has a discussion

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at Claridge's with Jamal about private schools in West London?

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-Mick Jagger.

-In Intimacy,

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Jay says that as a teenager, he used to carry a copy

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of a Thom Gunn poem and recited it at parties. Which poem?

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-Pass.

-Gabriel's father Rex used to play bass guitar in a band

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that toured with the rock star Lester Jones. What was the band called?

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-The Leather Pigs.

-Which sport is Mamoon playing in The Last Word

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when he injures himself?

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He's diagnosed with a herniated disc?

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-Cricket.

-No, tennis. Two passes, Aasmah.

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On The Move was the Thom Gunn poem.

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And the song that he sang in Oliver! was Consider Yourself.

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You've scored nine points.

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Thank you.

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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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Hunter S Thompson in 90 seconds.

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What's the name of Raoul Duke's Samoan companion

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in Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas?

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It became synonymous with the style of journalism that Thompson championed.

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-Dr Gonzo.

-What is the title of the novel that Thompson started to write

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in the '50s based on his experiences

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working as a freelance journalist in Puerto Rico?

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-Rum Diary.

-While investigating stories in South America

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in the early 1960s, Thomson was arrested

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for shooting rats at a city dump. In which city?

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-Puerto Rico.

-No, Rio.

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Which gang is the subject of Thompson's article,

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published in The Nation magazine, with the title

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The Motorcycle Gangs - Losers And Outsiders?

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-The Hell's Angels.

-While covering the Democratic primary elections in '72

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Thompson made up a rumour that one of the candidates was a user of a drug

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called Ibogaine. What was the candidate's name?

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-That was Muskie.

-It was.

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In '74, which sporting event in Africa was he sent to cover

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by Rolling Stone magazine? He missed it cos he was intoxicated at his hotel?

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-That was The Rumble In The Jungle.

-It was.

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Which director was originally lined up to make the film of

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Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas? He was replaced by Terry Gilliam

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after an argument with Thompson at a script meeting?

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-Pass.

-What's the title of Thompson's article, published in Playboy,

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about a fishing tournament in Mexico?

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It's also the title of an anthology of his writings?

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-Songs Of The Doomed.

-The Great Shark Hunt.

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At Thompson's funeral in 2005,

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his ashes were shot through a cannon

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while a Bob Dylan song was played.

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What was the song?

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-Tambourine Man.

-Which character, an alter ego of Thompson,

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is the main protagonist in the abandoned novel Silk Road

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and also appears in The Curse Of Lono?

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-Ralph Steadman.

-Gene Skinner.

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Your time is up, you have one pass.

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The director who was originally lined up

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to make Fear And Loathing was Alex Cox.

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You scored, Mark, six points.

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Well, a close scoring round.

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

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In fourth place, six points, Mark Little.

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Joint second place, eight points apiece,

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Gethin Jones and Ben Bailey Smith.

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In first place, with nine points, Aasmah Mir.

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And it is the general knowledge round now, of course,

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and 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 Mark to join us again, please.

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And now, Mark, you came to this country from Australia...

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-I did, '92. In the early '90s.

-In the early '90s.

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And you were a megastar in Australia because you were in Neighbours.

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You came here, nobody knew you, and then

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they started showing Neighbours and everybody knew you.

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It must have been odd, that?

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It was very odd because we were two and a half years behind

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-and I wasn't really a megastar in Australia either.

-Oh.

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-Well, they knew you in Australia.

-They knew of me, yes.

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Infamy, infamy, they had it in for me.

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-And your character, was it Joe Mangel?

-That was his name, yes.

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-One of the great names of Australian literature.

-Absolutely.

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Joe Mangel.

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Yeah, no, no, it's burned into all our consciousnesses, absolutely.

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But how difficult was it for you in those early days?

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I'd come with my own style of solo comedy work,

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so I was using the Edinburgh Festival

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as a jump off point.

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And it turns out that Mr Mangel, he helped me get some crowds.

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Now, I was doing this really unusual, quite left-field comedy.

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And people were coming along and...

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and thinking, "What's the Joe Mangel show going to be?"

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They got a bit of a surprise, but it helped with my...

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-And so I've done a lot of touring in this country.

-Hm.

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Which is... The great aspect about Britain is that there are

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so many theatres and there's a way of

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touring around which Australia didn't have back...

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And anyway, you'd have to go a bit further in Australia, wouldn't you?

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The miles are excessive, exactly. Everything's really compact here.

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-Yeah, that's handy that, isn't it?

-It's very handy, yeah.

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Right, here we go, you've got six points so far

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-and two minutes of general knowledge.

-OK.

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So, everything to play for. Here we go.

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By law, what did a television viewer need for the first time

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on the 1st of June, 1946 at a cost of £2.00?

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-TV licence.

-The suburb of Clifton is famed for its suspension bridge

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and also the home of a large zoo. In which city is it?

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-San Francisco.

-Bristol.

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According to Joe Dante's film Gremlins,

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after what time must a Mogwai never be fed?

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-Midnight.

-Which patriotic song, with music by Thomas Arne

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and words by James Thomson, was first performed

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in The Masque Of Alfred in August 1740?

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-The French national anthem.

-No, Rule Britannia.

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Which planet has two moons

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whose Greek names mean 'fear' and 'terror'?

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Um...

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-Saturn.

-Mars.

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'To brew up' and 'to mash' are popular terms

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for making which beverage?

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Brew up and mash? Tea.

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Tracy Chevalier's 1999 novel Girl With A Pearl Earring

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was inspired by a painting by a Dutch artist. What was his name?

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-Van Dyke.

-No, Vermeer.

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A theatre company began at The Old Vic in October, 1963,

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with a production of Hamlet starring Peter O'Toole

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before moving to its current site on the South Bank in '76. Which company?

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-Pass.

-In which television series did Luke, Bo, Daisy

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and Uncle Jesse race around

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in a souped-up Dodge Charger known as General Lee,

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foiling the schemes of Boss Hogg and his sidekick

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Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane?

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Oh, The Dukes Of Hazzard.

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In 2014, who became the first golfer

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to win two successive Majors since Padraig Harrington in 2008?

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-Greg Norman.

-Rory McIlroy.

-Rory.

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The Lhasa Apso, originally from Tibet,

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is a breed of which domesticated animal?

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-A cat.

-A dog.

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Which British vocal group first topped the UK charts

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in 1976 with their Eurovision Song Contest winning entry

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Save Your Kisses For Me?

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-Bucks Fizz.

-Brotherhood Of Man.

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In which film series did the expression

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"May the Force be with you" originate?

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-Star Wars.

-The Thinker and The Kiss are among the most famous works

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of a French sculptor, born in Paris in 1840.

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Which sculptor?

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-Rodin.

-Rodin is correct.

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-One pass, Mark, you had...

-LAUGHTER

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The theatre company that began at The Old Vic in October, '63,

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was The National Theatre Company.

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Mark, you have scored a total now of 12 points.

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And now, Gethin, again, please.

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This, I'd have thought quite tricky switch,

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from Blue Peter,

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so, children's presenter,

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to presenting sport.

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And you've moved from a highly receptive audience,

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who worship and adore you and everything,

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to a bunch of old cynics who sit there watching sport

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and think they know absolutely everything.

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They're all armchair experts. Can't have been easy.

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Well, I think that's...

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I think the great thing about sport is no-one really watches

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any of the hosts, they only watch the action.

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-So...

-Do you reckon? You may as well not be there?

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Careful, you're talking yourself out of a job.

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It's a good point. No, it's...

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It's been very strange actually,

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I never thought for a second I would work on the television, as it were.

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That started 12 years ago.

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And you never really know which direction you're going to go in.

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What's the thing that separates

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a successful presenter from another one?

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I think, obviously, your interest, being inquisitive.

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I always do my preparation.

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And try and do your best, really.

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And I think presenters are a bit like music.

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If you don't like someone,

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you sort of turn it over to a different channel

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and you can't please everyone all the time.

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But doing your best and trying to do the things you really enjoy.

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Obviously, today doesn't count as that.

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LAUGHTER

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And try and enjoy it along the way.

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Right, here we go.

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You've got eight points, let's see how you do.

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Two minutes of general knowledge, starting now.

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In which Caribbean dance, originating in Trinidad,

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do the dancers pass under a bar while leaning backwards?

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-Limbo.

-In the Christian church, what name is given to the season that

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includes the four Sundays preceding Christmas?

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Uh, uh...

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-Lent.

-Advent. Who composed the music for the opera Madam Butterfly?

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The first performance at La Scala, Milan, in 1904,

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was met with general derision from the audience?

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-Mozart.

-Puccini. Which BBC television sports programme

0:16:530:16:56

celebrated its 50th birthday in August, 2014?

0:16:560:17:00

-A Question Of Sport.

-Match Of The Day.

0:17:000:17:01

In July, 2014, Vincenzo Nibali became the first Italian

0:17:010:17:05

since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win which classic race?

0:17:050:17:09

-Tour de France.

-In mammals, enamel forms the hard outermost layer

0:17:090:17:13

of what part of the body?

0:17:130:17:14

-Tooth.

-Which common garden tree, whose seeds are highly poisonous,

0:17:140:17:18

produces long chains of golden-yellow flowers?

0:17:180:17:21

-Don't know, pass.

-What catchphrase did Arnold Schwarzenegger

0:17:210:17:24

first use in a 1984 film as the Terminator

0:17:240:17:26

when he was asked to wait at a police station?

0:17:260:17:29

-I'll be back.

-In the Bible,

0:17:290:17:31

what famous set of religious laws did God

0:17:310:17:33

give to Moses on Mount Sinai?

0:17:330:17:35

-Pass.

-What name is given to the type of renewable energy

0:17:350:17:38

capable of providing heat and generating electricity

0:17:380:17:41

that is obtained from the sun's radiation?

0:17:410:17:43

-Solar.

-In 1862, Don Facundo Bacardi Masso

0:17:430:17:46

bought a distillery

0:17:460:17:48

in the town of Santiago de Cuba

0:17:480:17:49

to produce a more refined form of which spirit?

0:17:490:17:53

-Whiskey.

-Rum. What is the name of the official residence

0:17:530:17:55

of the Lord Mayor of London? It's also the name of the official residence

0:17:550:17:58

of the Lord Mayor of several other cities including Bristol and Dublin.

0:17:580:18:02

-I don't know, pass.

-Which classic horror figure has been played on film

0:18:020:18:06

by Lon Chaney, Claude Rains, Herbert Lom and Robert Englund?

0:18:060:18:10

-Frankenstein.

-The Phantom Of The Opera.

0:18:100:18:12

The Mediterranean coastal region, famous for its resorts,

0:18:120:18:14

that extends from Cannes to La Spezia in Italy

0:18:140:18:17

is known by what name meaning 'coast' or 'shore' in Italian?

0:18:170:18:20

-Amalfi.

-Riviera.

0:18:200:18:22

Jessica Drew is the original alter ego of which female superhero?

0:18:220:18:26

-Superwoman.

-Spiderwoman.

0:18:280:18:30

Robert Stroud, who spent 54 years in prison,

0:18:300:18:32

17 of them in Alcatraz from '42 to '59,

0:18:320:18:36

was known by a nickname because of his interest in ornithology. What nickname?

0:18:360:18:41

-The Rock, I don't know.

-The Birdman Of Alcatraz.

-Wow.

0:18:410:18:45

Three passes, Gethin. Mansion House is where

0:18:450:18:47

the Lord Mayors live, or some of them do, anyway.

0:18:470:18:49

The Ten Commandments, you'll be cross about that one,

0:18:490:18:52

that's what was passed down... I know.

0:18:520:18:53

And the tree with the poisonous seeds and the yellow flowers,

0:18:530:18:57

the Laburnum.

0:18:570:18:58

Gethin, you've a total now of 13 points.

0:18:580:19:00

And now, Ben, again, please.

0:19:110:19:14

Now, Ben.

0:19:150:19:17

-You are Doc Brown in another existence.

-Yeah.

0:19:170:19:20

-Well, you might still be Doc Brown.

-I am sometimes,

0:19:200:19:22

-on Saturdays.

-Yeah, exactly.

0:19:220:19:24

And you were a battle rapper.

0:19:240:19:27

Once upon a time, yeah. It's basically

0:19:270:19:30

sort of trading improvised rhymes with someone else.

0:19:300:19:34

Kind of like boxing.

0:19:340:19:35

For money or for fun, for sport.

0:19:350:19:38

So, when I did it, it was a totally improvisational thing,

0:19:380:19:41

-you had to come up with rhymes off the top of your head.

-About anything?

0:19:410:19:44

No, no, quite crucially it would be insulting you.

0:19:440:19:48

-To your face, directly.

-Right.

0:19:480:19:50

-But we'd be a lot closer together, physically.

-What, like how close?

0:19:500:19:53

Yeah, like nose to nose, yeah.

0:19:530:19:55

-Really?

-Yeah, pretty tense.

-Sounds brutal.

0:19:550:19:58

-It's like a worldwide sport now, it's huge.

-No?

0:19:580:20:01

I'm not involved in it anymore.

0:20:010:20:02

So you can't give us an example of how you would...?

0:20:020:20:04

No, I wouldn't, I wouldn't dare...

0:20:040:20:06

I'm already so nervous about general knowledge.

0:20:060:20:10

I generally don't have a lot of knowledge, so...

0:20:100:20:13

I'm concerned enough about that, I can't think about rap.

0:20:130:20:16

It's too incongruous, John.

0:20:160:20:17

You don't think I should retrain as a battle rapper?

0:20:170:20:20

I think you'd be unbeatable.

0:20:200:20:22

I can imagine me and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, you know, I'd...

0:20:220:20:25

-Let's set that up, I'll ref.

-Possibly not, possibly not.

0:20:250:20:28

Now, Ben, you've got eight points.

0:20:280:20:30

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

0:20:300:20:33

Two minutes, starting now.

0:20:330:20:35

Which city hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

0:20:350:20:38

-Glasgow?

-Yeah.

0:20:380:20:39

Which of the Beatles was brought up by his Aunt Mimi

0:20:390:20:41

and his Uncle George after his mother, Julia,

0:20:410:20:44

handed over care of her son to them?

0:20:440:20:45

John Lennon.

0:20:450:20:47

What is the name of the television mini-series

0:20:470:20:49

starring Maggie Gyllenhaal that is set against

0:20:490:20:51

a backdrop of espionage and arms dealing

0:20:510:20:53

in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict?

0:20:530:20:55

-Scandal?

-No, The Honourable Woman.

0:20:580:21:00

Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire is famous

0:21:000:21:01

for the manufacture of Stilton cheese

0:21:010:21:03

and what type of pies?

0:21:030:21:05

Pork.

0:21:060:21:07

The origins of which annual theatre event

0:21:070:21:09

go back to 1912 when King George V and Queen Mary

0:21:090:21:12

attended a performance at the Palace Theatre, London,

0:21:120:21:14

in aid of the Variety Artistes' Benevolent Fund?

0:21:140:21:17

The Royal Variety?

0:21:180:21:19

Which British writer's first published novel

0:21:190:21:21

was Lord Of The Flies in 1954?

0:21:210:21:23

William Golding.

0:21:230:21:25

In about 1822, the megalosaurus

0:21:250:21:27

became the first example of what prehistoric creatures

0:21:270:21:29

to be studied scientifically?

0:21:290:21:31

Dinosaurs.

0:21:310:21:32

Whose last film role was as Eddie Willis,

0:21:320:21:34

a washed-up sports reporter who takes a job

0:21:340:21:36

as a publicist for a boxing promoter, in the '56 film

0:21:360:21:39

The Harder They Fall, the year before he died?

0:21:390:21:42

-Robert Mitchum?

-Humphrey Bogart.

0:21:420:21:44

What name is given to the session on the day before

0:21:440:21:46

a motor race in which drivers try to get the best

0:21:460:21:48

possible position on the starting grid?

0:21:480:21:51

-Poll.

-Qualifying.

0:21:510:21:52

How many musicians are there in a nonet?

0:21:520:21:55

Sorry, can you repeat, please?

0:21:570:21:59

How many musicians are there in a nonet?

0:21:590:22:01

Nine?

0:22:010:22:02

The use of which condiment increased in England after 1814,

0:22:020:22:05

when it was first marketed as a yellow powder packed in tins?

0:22:050:22:08

Mustard.

0:22:080:22:10

How is the undertaker's clerk Billy Fisher,

0:22:100:22:12

created by Keith Waterhouse, better known?

0:22:120:22:14

He escapes from his humdrum job by imagining himself

0:22:140:22:16

as the ruler of the kingdom of Ambrosia.

0:22:160:22:19

Pass.

0:22:200:22:21

Orlando Weeks is the lead singer with a band

0:22:210:22:23

formed in South London, who released their third album,

0:22:230:22:26

Given To The Wild, in 2012. Which band?

0:22:260:22:28

Pass.

0:22:290:22:31

What did Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser

0:22:310:22:33

nationalise in 1956 that led to an invasion of Egypt...

0:22:330:22:35

BEEP

0:22:350:22:37

..by British, French and Israeli forces?

0:22:370:22:39

Public transport.

0:22:440:22:45

-LAUGHING:

-Nice thought.

0:22:450:22:46

Not quite but it had to do with transport, it was the Suez Canal.

0:22:460:22:49

-Course it was.

-So it was a different kind of transport.

0:22:490:22:51

-Course it was.

-Yeah, of course, you knew that.

0:22:510:22:53

The other passes - the Maccabees, that was the band,

0:22:530:22:57

and the character created by Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar.

0:22:570:23:01

You've now got a total though, Ben, of 16 points.

0:23:010:23:04

APPLAUSE

0:23:040:23:07

And finally, Aasmah, please.

0:23:130:23:16

Slightly off-putting seeing you in this location.

0:23:170:23:20

Cos normally, we meet across a radio studio on Saturday mornings

0:23:200:23:24

-when you're about to do...

-Saturday Live.

0:23:240:23:27

Now, look, you started very young.

0:23:270:23:30

Yeah, I did, I can't remember exactly, I think I was about 21

0:23:300:23:33

when I graduated and I got a job in TV.

0:23:330:23:36

I was just really, really lucky.

0:23:360:23:38

-Because you were reading the news at 21?

-I was, yes.

0:23:380:23:41

It has been all downhill since then.

0:23:410:23:42

And that was telly and, obviously, now you do radio

0:23:440:23:47

and you also do telly.

0:23:470:23:49

The essential difference between presenting radio and telly?

0:23:490:23:53

That's interesting, I don't know, because I think there are

0:23:550:23:57

a lot of similar skills in that you have to connect with your audience

0:23:570:24:00

and on TV that's obviously, you know, through your eyes

0:24:000:24:03

and through...and your smile perhaps,

0:24:030:24:06

but on radio it's completely through your voice, nothing else.

0:24:060:24:09

On television, you just have to be able to kind of fill the room

0:24:090:24:14

and on radio, I think, you have to be able to fill the space.

0:24:140:24:17

Brian Redhead used to describe it as

0:24:170:24:20

-dropping a word in the ear of the nation.

-Oh, lovely.

0:24:200:24:23

-Which is quite a nice phrase, isn't it?

-Yeah.

0:24:230:24:25

Now then, Aasmah, you have nine.

0:24:250:24:27

Score to beat is 16, let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

0:24:270:24:31

Here we go. Who is the Patron Saint of Wales?

0:24:310:24:33

His day is celebrated on the 1st of March?

0:24:330:24:35

Saint David.

0:24:350:24:37

A bearded character, usually depicted in striped trousers

0:24:370:24:39

and a top hat, is a popular symbol of the United States

0:24:390:24:42

and a personification of its government. What's his name?

0:24:420:24:44

Uncle Sam.

0:24:440:24:45

Rose Burdock is the title character of which 1959

0:24:450:24:47

autobiographical novel set in the Cotswold village of Slad,

0:24:470:24:50

where the author, Laurie Lee,

0:24:500:24:52

spent his childhood?

0:24:520:24:53

-Cider With Rosie?

-Yeah.

0:24:550:24:57

The gecko that has feet modified for climbing smooth surfaces

0:24:570:24:59

and can even run across ceilings is a member of which group of reptiles?

0:24:590:25:03

-Lizard?

-Yeah.

0:25:030:25:04

In the Book of Genesis, who saw a ladder

0:25:040:25:06

between Heaven and Earth in a vivid dream?

0:25:060:25:08

Oh, um.... Abraham?

0:25:080:25:12

Jacob. On which motorway is Corley the southernmost

0:25:120:25:14

service station and Todhills Rest Area the northernmost?

0:25:140:25:17

-M3.

-M6.

0:25:180:25:19

Which 1994 Disney film, later a stage musical,

0:25:190:25:22

is set in the fictional Pride Lands of Africa

0:25:220:25:24

and features characters called Mufasa and Scar?

0:25:240:25:27

The Lion King.

0:25:280:25:29

Who concluded his trilogy of French novels

0:25:290:25:31

with Charlotte Grey,

0:25:310:25:33

following The Girl At The Lion D'or and Birdsong?

0:25:330:25:35

-Sebastian Faulks?

-Yes.

0:25:350:25:37

In 2014, which 16-year-old gymnast from Bristol

0:25:370:25:39

became the first Englishwoman since 1930

0:25:390:25:42

to win four gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games?

0:25:420:25:45

-Beth Tweddle?

-No, Claudia Fragapane.

0:25:450:25:47

Which television programme was originally described

0:25:470:25:50

by the Daily Mirror as "doomed from the outset -

0:25:500:25:52

"with its dreary signature tune and grim scene

0:25:520:25:54

"of a row of terraced houses and smoking chimneys"?

0:25:540:25:57

-Coronation Street?

-Yes.

0:25:570:25:58

Who painted Guernica, a depiction of the horrific destruction

0:25:580:26:01

of a Basque town during the Spanish Civil War?

0:26:010:26:03

I should know it... Pass.

0:26:050:26:06

What is the capital of the state of Western Australia?

0:26:060:26:08

-Queensland?

-Perth.

0:26:100:26:12

The 8th of May, 1945, is known as VE Day.

0:26:120:26:14

What do these initials stand for?

0:26:140:26:16

Victory in Europe.

0:26:160:26:17

Freddie Garrity was the lead singer with a pop group whose single

0:26:170:26:20

You Were Made For Me reached number three

0:26:200:26:22

in the UK Charts in '63. Which group?

0:26:220:26:24

-The Hollies?

-Freddie And The Dreamers.

0:26:260:26:27

Lotto, tombola and housey-housey are

0:26:270:26:29

alternative names for which game popular in Britain?

0:26:290:26:31

Bingo.

0:26:310:26:32

A song from South Pacific...

0:26:320:26:34

BEEP

0:26:340:26:35

..featured in a song and dance routine with a team of newsreaders and

0:26:350:26:38

sports presenters in Morecambe and Wise's 1977 Christmas Special.

0:26:380:26:41

Which song was it?

0:26:410:26:42

-I don't know, pass.

-Well, I'll tell you.

0:26:440:26:46

There Is Nothing Like A Dame.

0:26:460:26:48

Truly awful it was, as well.

0:26:480:26:51

Your...your other pass,

0:26:520:26:54

and you knew it, obviously.

0:26:540:26:56

Picasso painted Guernica. Of course you knew that.

0:26:560:26:59

But you've scored 18 points.

0:26:590:27:02

APPLAUSE

0:27:020:27:04

So that's it, we have a winner. Let's have a look at the scores.

0:27:140:27:17

In fourth place, 12 points,

0:27:170:27:18

Mark Little.

0:27:180:27:19

Third place, 13 points,

0:27:190:27:21

Gethin Jones.

0:27:210:27:22

Second place, 16 points,

0:27:220:27:23

Ben Bailey Smith.

0:27:230:27:24

In first place with 18 points,

0:27:240:27:27

Aasmah Mir.

0:27:270:27:28

APPLAUSE

0:27:280:27:31

-Well done.

-I can't believe it.

-Well done.

-Well done.

0:27:310:27:33

Thank you very much.

0:27:330:27:35

Aasmah, come and join us.

0:27:430:27:45

You...

0:27:470:27:49

Thank you. Thank you very much.

0:27:490:27:52

The fact is, you had to win tonight, didn't you?

0:27:520:27:55

-Yeah.

-Because your colleague and co-presenter...

-Yeah.

0:27:550:27:59

-..the Reverend Richard Coles...

-Won.

-..won last time.

0:27:590:28:02

-So there was no choice, was there?

-I know.

0:28:020:28:04

If you'd lost, your life wouldn't have been worth living.

0:28:040:28:07

-I would've just resigned.

-You would've had to, I think.

0:28:070:28:09

-But you won so that's all right.

-Thank goodness.

0:28:090:28:11

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0:28:110:28:13

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0:28:130:28:15

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0:28:150:28:17

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0:28:250:28:28

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0:28:280:28:30

And off you go, well done.

0:28:300:28:32

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