0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is the Blue Peter presenter Radzi.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28APPLAUSE
0:00:28 > 0:00:32He's answering questions on that great sitcom The Office.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, the singer and songwriter Damon Gough,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37otherwise known as Badly Drawn Boy.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40His subject, Bruce Springsteen.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45The actress Rebecca Root answering questions on the novels of Graham Greene.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51And the Olympic athlete Kriss Akabusi on West Ham United.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07with me, John Humphrys, and four celebrities who think
0:01:07 > 0:01:11they know everything they need to know about their specialist subjects,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15but what they don't know is what affect the black chair will have on them
0:01:15 > 0:01:17when they finally get to sit in it.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Their fees go to charity, but the prize for one of them
0:01:20 > 0:01:24is the trophy, and the honour of becoming a Mastermind.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26The rules are the same, though.
0:01:26 > 0:01:3090 seconds of questions on their specialist subject, and then two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34So, let us get on with it, and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41- And your name is...- Radzi.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- And your chosen charity.- Blesma.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45And your chosen subject.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47The TV series The Office.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50The Office. Here we go. 90 seconds.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53The mockumentary sitcom The Office was written and directed
0:01:53 > 0:01:54by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56and depicts the day-to-day lives of employees
0:01:56 > 0:01:58at the paper merchants Wernham Hogg.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00What is the title of the show's theme song?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02It is...
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- Handbags and Gladrags.- Yes.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06At the start of the second series, the Slough branch of Wernham Hogg
0:02:06 > 0:02:09incorporates the staff of another branch in which town?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Swindon.- Yep. After the office quiz,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Finchy forces David Brent to admit that instead of Fidel Castro,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17he gave a ridiculous answer to the question, "Name the Cuban leader
0:02:17 > 0:02:19"who's been in power since the Revolution of 1959."
0:02:19 > 0:02:21What answer did he give?
0:02:21 > 0:02:22- Fray Bentos.- Yes!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24When Brent is made redundant and sues Wernham Hogg,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28the UK manager, Neil Godwin makes it clear that Brent's social calls
0:02:28 > 0:02:30are no longer welcome. What is the name of Brent's dog,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32who's also barred from the office?
0:02:32 > 0:02:33- Nelson.- It is.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36To raise money for Comic Relief, Brent gives an impromptu demonstration
0:02:36 > 0:02:40of his dance moves, which he describes as a fusion of MC Hammer with which film?
0:02:40 > 0:02:41- Flashdance.- Yep.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Which actress plays Helena,
0:02:42 > 0:02:46who interviews Brent for the trade magazine Inside Paper?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Helen Scott.- No, Olivia Colman.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50When Brent sees that Gareth is wearing a holster to
0:02:50 > 0:02:53hold his mobile phone, he does an impression of which film actor?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Clint Eastwood. - Yes, playing Dirty Harry.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58When Brent is preparing for his motivational talks,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00he asks Gareth to throw insults at him,
0:03:00 > 0:03:04and he discovers that because of his appearance, his nicknames around the office
0:03:04 > 0:03:06are Mr Toad and also which cartoon character?
0:03:06 > 0:03:07- Pluto.- Yeah.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09On Keith from accounts' appraisal form,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11he lists accounts as his only strength.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13What does he put under weaknesses?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14- Eczema.- Yes!
0:03:14 > 0:03:17What Secret Santa gift does Dawn get from Tim
0:03:17 > 0:03:20at the Christmas party, together with a note saying, "Never give up."
0:03:20 > 0:03:21- Oil paints.- BEEP... Yep.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Oil painting set is correct.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26No passes, Radzi. 9 points.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28APPLAUSE
0:03:35 > 0:03:36And our next contender, please.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- And your name is...- Damon Gough.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Your chosen charity. - The WESC Foundation.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- And your specialist subject. - The career and life of Bruce Springsteen.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Bruce Springsteen, in 90 seconds, here we go.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Which music critic, who later became Springsteen's manager and producer,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59saw him perform live in 1974
0:03:59 > 0:04:03and wrote "I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen?"
0:04:03 > 0:04:04- Jon Landau.- Yeah.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08At which London venue did Springsteen make his UK debut in November 1975?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Er...Hammersmith Odeon.- Yeah.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Springsteen was reputedly inspired to become a musician
0:04:13 > 0:04:15after watching a performance by Presley,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18on which Sunday night television variety show?
0:04:18 > 0:04:19- Ed Sullivan.- Yep.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Who replaced Ernest Boom Carter as the drummer in Springsteen's backing group,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25The E Street Band, in the summer of 1974?
0:04:25 > 0:04:26- Max Weinberg.- Yep.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Which track on Springsteen's 1975 album Born To Run was originally called The Heist
0:04:31 > 0:04:34and depicts two small-time criminals preparing for a robbery?
0:04:34 > 0:04:35- Meeting Across The River.- Yeah.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Who was Springsteen's manager with whom he had a long legal dispute
0:04:38 > 0:04:43which seriously limited his recording output in 1976 and '77?
0:04:43 > 0:04:44- Mike Appel.- Yep.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48What is the title of Springsteen's 1998 four-CD box set of rare outtakes
0:04:48 > 0:04:51and other previously unreleased material from recording sessions?
0:04:51 > 0:04:52- Tracks.- Yep.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Who does Springsteen pull up on stage and dance with
0:04:55 > 0:04:57in Brian De Palma's video for Dancing In The Dark?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58She went on to star in Friends.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59- Courteney Cox.- Yes.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Which song on Springsteen's debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ,
0:05:02 > 0:05:03includes the lyrics,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06"I was the king of the alley, mama, I could talk some trash.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09"I was the prince of the paupers, crowned downtown at the beggar's bash."
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City.- Yes.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15The title song of which '95 album was inspired by, and makes references to,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath?
0:05:18 > 0:05:19- The Ghost of Tom Joad.- Yeah.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22What is the title of Springsteen's album, released in January 2014,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26which contains outtakes, covers and reworkings... BEEP ..of his own songs?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- A Promise.- Oh, what a shame, no. High Hopes.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- But, nonetheless, you've got, Damon, 10 points.- Thank you.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38APPLAUSE
0:05:45 > 0:05:47And our next contender, please.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- And your name is...- Rebecca Root.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Your chosen charity?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58The Actors' Benevolent Fund.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00And your chosen subject.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01The novels of Graham Greene.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Graham Greene's novels, in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07In Our Man In Havana, the everyday occupation of James Wormold who was offered work with
0:06:07 > 0:06:10the British Secret Services selling what household item?
0:06:10 > 0:06:11- Vacuum cleaners.- Yep.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15In Brighton Rock, what's the name of the older gang member who was uncomfortable with
0:06:15 > 0:06:16the growing violence of the mob?
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Pinkie kills him so the murder of Charles Hale can't be reported.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20- Spicer.- Yep.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23In the Heart of the Matter, Edward Wilson and his housemate Harris
0:06:23 > 0:06:26quarrel about the rules of engagement for hunting what insects?
0:06:26 > 0:06:27- Cockroaches.- Yeah.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30What's the profession of Mr Tench, who befriends a nameless priest
0:06:30 > 0:06:32after meeting him at the quayside in The Power and the Glory?
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- He's a dentist.- He is. In The End of the Affair, after Sarah Myles dies from a fever,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39her husband, Henry, invites Sarah's lover Morris to take any memento from her desk.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40What does he take?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- A stone.- Yeah.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44In The Heart of the Matter, Major Scobie tries to arrange for his wife
0:06:44 > 0:06:47to travel for another country where she thinks she'll be happier.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49What country does she want to go to?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- South Africa.- Yep. In Travels With My Aunt, what flower does Henry Pulling
0:06:52 > 0:06:55tell his Aunt Augusta he spends his time cultivating when he meets her
0:06:55 > 0:06:57at his mother's funeral after many years separation?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- Dahlias.- Yeah. In Dr Fisher of Geneva, at the first party that Alfred Jones attends,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04he's told the guests who obey instructions received expensive gifts
0:07:04 > 0:07:07at the end of the meal. What must they eat to get their prize?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08- Cold porridge.- Yes.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11What does Pinkie Brown tell Rose was splashed in the eyes and face
0:07:11 > 0:07:13of Peggy Barton to spoil her looks?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14- Acid.- Yeah, vitriol.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19In The Human Factory, Davis's secretary appears upset at her boss's funeral,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22causing Dr Percival to explain to Morris that Davis was in love with her.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24What's her name?
0:07:24 > 0:07:25- Cynthia.- Yep.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Detective Sgt Sparrow confiscates Henry Pulling's mother's ashes
0:07:28 > 0:07:31and has them tested, revealing that something has been mixed in
0:07:31 > 0:07:32with them in the urn. What?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- Marijuana.- Yeah, cannabis.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Alfred Jones attends... BEEP ..Dr Fisher's last party where guests must
0:07:38 > 0:07:40pick a cracker. One has a bomb in it.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42The others each contain a cheque for how many francs?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Two million Swiss francs. - Yeah. Absolutely.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48You got them all right. 12 points.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50APPLAUSE
0:07:57 > 0:07:59And our final contender, please.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- And your name.- Kriss Akabusi.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Your chosen charity?
0:08:07 > 0:08:08The Who Cares Trust.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- And your chosen subject. - The mighty West Ham!
0:08:11 > 0:08:14West Ham, in 90 seconds. Starting now.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18What position of the First Division did West Ham finish at the end of the 1985-86 season?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21It's their highest position in the top division.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22- Third.- Yeah.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25What was the score after extra time of the 2006 FA Cup final against Liverpool?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29The Hammers lost the penalty shoot out by three penalties to one.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- Er...3-3.- Yep.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Which club did West Ham beat at Wembley in the Championship play-off final
0:08:34 > 0:08:37in 2012 after finishing third in the league?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- Black...Blackpool.- Yes.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Which Argentinian international signed for the club in August 2006
0:08:42 > 0:08:44at the same time as Carlos Tevez?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- Mascherano.- Yep.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49In 2008, the number six shirt famously worn by Bobby Moore was retired.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Which defender, who then took the number 15 shirt,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54was the last to wear number six?
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Pass.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Who was West Ham's leading Premier League goal-scorer
0:08:58 > 0:09:01with 47 goals scored between '99 and 2003.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Cottee?- No, Paolo di Canio.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Which defender joined West Ham from Fiorentina in September 2001,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10but was sent off on his debut against Middlesbrough
0:09:10 > 0:09:13and then received another red card in his third game for the club
0:09:13 > 0:09:14against Blackburn Rovers?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Pass.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19At which stadium in April 2007 did West Ham become the first
0:09:19 > 0:09:20away team to win a competitive game?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Their next victory, though, was in the first game
0:09:23 > 0:09:26of the 2015-16 Premier League season.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Pass.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Which club bought Rio Ferdinand from West Ham in 2000 for £18 million,
0:09:31 > 0:09:33a record for a defender at the time?
0:09:33 > 0:09:34- Leeds.- Yeah.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36West Ham played in the Premier League for ten seasons in a row
0:09:36 > 0:09:40following promotion in '93. Who was the manager for seven of those seasons?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Harry Redknapp.- Yep.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44In 2010, who was appointed vice-chairman of West Ham
0:09:44 > 0:09:47by the club's... BEEP ..new owners David Sullivan and David Gold,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and also joined the board of the television programme The Apprentice?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- Karren Brady.- Is correct.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54You had a few passes, Kriss.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59It was the Emirates Stadium where they became the first away team to win a competitive game.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04The rather naughty defender who got all those red cards was Tomas Repka,
0:10:04 > 0:10:09and Matthew Upson wore the number 6 and then the number 15 shirt.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- You've scored, Kriss, 7 points. - Thank you very much.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14APPLAUSE
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Well, some very good scoring there.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26In fourth place, 7 points, Kriss Akabusi.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Third place, 9 points, Radzi.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Second place, 10 points, Damon Gough.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33First place, 12 points, Rebecca Root.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36APPLAUSE
0:10:41 > 0:10:43And it is the general knowledge round now,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45and if there is a tie at the end of it,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49and the person with the fewer passes is the winner,
0:10:49 > 0:10:53so let's get on with it, and ask Kriss to join us again, please.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56And, something I've always wanted to ask you,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59you were the third-best sprinter in the world.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Not in Britain, in the world. And you seemed to be disappointed with that?
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Yeah, I know.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07I mean, certainly when you start off in your career, you know,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09you want to be the best in your country,
0:11:09 > 0:11:11then you become the best in Europe, and it's great,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13and then you try to be the best in the world.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Every now and again, you look up, no-one's there, everyone's down there.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19For me, I got to third, looked up, there's two people, I said,
0:11:19 > 0:11:20"OK, I've done my best."
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Just a quick word about athletics.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27Very, very different world today to what the amateur world was.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28What's better?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Better for the sport, I mean.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Well, I mean, obviously, there's been a lot of scandal this year. Um...
0:11:36 > 0:11:39You know, you want to be pure, but you also... I think...
0:11:39 > 0:11:42It is a good idea that someone who dedicates 15 years of life to
0:11:42 > 0:11:45something, that they actually can make a living out of it too,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48so I don't begrudge the people who are making good money today.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50If you're someone like Usain Bolt for example,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53and you bring so much joy and you do such phenomenal stuff,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56you shouldn't have to work again when you finish your sport.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Indeed.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Right, well, now, you already have 7 points, and you now have
0:12:01 > 0:12:05a whole two minutes to zoom ahead with your general knowledge.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Here we go. Starting now.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12was the lead singer with which punk band from 1975 to '78?
0:12:13 > 0:12:14- The Sex Pistols.- Yes.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Which variety of English blue cheese traditionally accompanies port?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Gorgonzola?- Stilton.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22In which five-a-side sport are players not allowed to run with the ball
0:12:22 > 0:12:25without bouncing it? If they do, the offence is called travelling.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26- Basketball.- Yep.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Whose struggles with her love life and her weight are catalogued in her diaries
0:12:29 > 0:12:31written by the novelist Helen Fielding?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Oh, erm...
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Oh...
0:12:34 > 0:12:35Pass.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39In which 1993 film is it always 2nd February for Bill Murray's character, Phil?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42He wakes up every morning to Sonny and Cher singing I Got You Babe
0:12:42 > 0:12:44on his clock radio.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Oh, gosh...
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- Back To The future? - Er...Groundhog Day.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51In which English county do the town of Matlock and the village of Matlock Bath
0:12:51 > 0:12:52lie on the River Derwent?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- Pick a county.- Erm...
0:12:56 > 0:12:57- Wiltshire?- Derbyshire.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00In Greek mythology, who was given 12 labours as a punishment
0:13:00 > 0:13:03for killing his wife and children in a fit of madness?
0:13:03 > 0:13:04No, pass.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07In 1954, Christopher Chataway became the first winner of
0:13:07 > 0:13:10which annual television award?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Pass.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Which semiaquatic mammal which belongs to the weasel family
0:13:14 > 0:13:16lives in a den called a halt?
0:13:16 > 0:13:17- And otter?- Yeah.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21In 2014, the billionaire Steve Wynn paid a reported 28 million
0:13:21 > 0:13:24for Jeff Koons' sculpture of a spinach-eating sailor.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25What's his name?
0:13:25 > 0:13:26No, pass.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29What did the letter U stand for in the name of the German
0:13:29 > 0:13:31submarine warships known as U-boats?
0:13:33 > 0:13:34- Take a guess.- Um...
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- Unter?- Yeah, go on.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Unter...Untervagen?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41No, well, Untersee, but there we are.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43In literature, by what collective name are
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Athos, Porthos and Aramis known?
0:13:46 > 0:13:47- The Three Musketeers?- Yes.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50The name of which branch of science, which includes zoology and botany,
0:13:50 > 0:13:54comes from the Greek for life and the word or reason.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55- Biology?- Yes.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Sir Frederick Ashton, who was born in Ecuador in 1904
0:13:58 > 0:14:02and died in England in 1988, was a leading figure in which area of the arts?
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Pass.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Who became the youngest Chancellor of the Exchequer for more than 100 years
0:14:06 > 0:14:10when he was appointed to the position... BEEP ..after the 2010 general election?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- Ed Balls?- George Osborne.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Ed Balls?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Really wanted it to be him, but it wasn't to be.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Your passes, Kriss,
0:14:19 > 0:14:23it was ballet that Sir Frederick Ashton was a bit of a star at.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- Popeye eats spinach, yeah?- Oh!
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Chris Chataway became BBC Sports Personality Of The Year, the first one.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Hercules was the bloke who was given 12 labours for killing his wife and children.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39And Bridget Jones wrote the famous diary, but you knew that.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41It's sitting in the chair that does it, I tell you.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Kriss, you now have a total of 12 points.- Thank you very much.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47APPLAUSE
0:14:53 > 0:14:54And now, Radzi, again, please.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59And you start out with 9 points, Radzi.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Blue Peter presenter.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Um... Some things have changed, but most things haven't.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08I mean, you still make things and you still do challenges.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Yeah, it's 57 years old
0:15:09 > 0:15:12and it's kind of the stalwart of Children's BBC, I guess,
0:15:12 > 0:15:13and it's a privilege to be on it,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16but it's still fundamentally the same, we hope to inspire kids and...
0:15:16 > 0:15:19You don't still have sticky back plastic and loo rolls,
0:15:19 > 0:15:20though, do you? Or do you?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Loo rolls, we do, sticky back plastic, we sometimes do!
0:15:23 > 0:15:24But, yeah, the makes really vary -
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Anthea Turner's legendary Tracy Island,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29we make things similar to that and try and keep it a legendary show.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32And the challenges, are they more daring than they were?
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Although they were pretty daring in the old days!
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Yeah, I think we have been daring throughout.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39For me personally, I have got to swim Lake Windermere,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I have climbed the tallest man-made climbing wall in the world,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45which is a dam in Switzerland called the Diga di Luzzone.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- Crumbs! How high is that?- 165 metres.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- Ooh!- Pretty high.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52So, yeah, there was little old me, ten training sessions,
0:15:52 > 0:15:56off I go to Switzerland and hopefully scale this big wall.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59And is there one challenge you think, they are going to ring me
0:15:59 > 0:16:01one day and say, "We want you to..."
0:16:01 > 0:16:03and you're going to say, "Uh-uh, no, couldn't do that"?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- I've got a thing about sharks.- Ah!
0:16:06 > 0:16:07That's my big thing,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09I don't really want to get in any water with any sharks.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I really like the land, I like how gravity works on my body,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15I will leave sharks to what they do, so, I don't want that call,
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- but anything else, I'm game for. - Well, long may it last.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Well, then, Radzi, you've got nine points already in the can, let's
0:16:22 > 0:16:25see how you do with your general knowledge, two minutes of questions.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Which author's most famous creation
0:16:27 > 0:16:29is the detective, Sherlock Holmes?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30CS Carroll?
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Arthur Conan Doyle. What name for the strong, black coffee,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37usually served in very small cups, comes from the Italian for "pressed out"?
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Mocha.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Espresso. What must you be able to read at 20 metres in good daylight
0:16:42 > 0:16:44as part of the UK driving test?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Licence plate.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50The hero of a 1940 Disney animated film is a puppet brought to life
0:16:50 > 0:16:53and is later turned into a real boy by the Blue Fairy. Which film?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Pinocchio.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Which mountain arose on a single night in 286 BC,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01according to local Japanese tradition?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Oh, Sinai?
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Mount Fuji. Buster Merryfield played which character
0:17:07 > 0:17:10in Only Fools and Horses from 1985-96?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Trigger.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17Uncle Albert. How many lines does the poetic verse form the sonnet traditionally have?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Oh, um...
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Three.
0:17:20 > 0:17:2314. Published in 2000, Down Under is an account of
0:17:23 > 0:17:27which American travel writer's visit to Australia?
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Steve Irwin.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Bill Bryson. Which financial institution has been based
0:17:31 > 0:17:35in London's Threadneedle Street since 1734?
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Pass.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40What type of drinking vessel originally had a rounded base
0:17:40 > 0:17:43and so, as its name suggests, it couldn't stand upright?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Oh, um, pass.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Which British bird, a member of the crow family,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51has distinctive black and white colouring and a long tail?
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Blackbird.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Magpie. A group of show business friends that included Dean Martin,
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr
0:17:56 > 0:17:59were known as the Rat Pack. Who was the group's leader?
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Um... Frank Sinatra.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Which musical, written by Willy Russell, is set in Liverpool
0:18:06 > 0:18:10and features the songs Easy Terms, Marilyn Monroe and Tell Me It's Not True?
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Pass.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14In education, the A in A-levels stands for what?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Academic.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Advanced. Which British rock band entered the UK album charts
0:18:19 > 0:18:23at number one for the first time in June 1997 with OK Computer?
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Stereophonics.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28Radiohead. In which month does the Queen celebrate her official birthday...
0:18:28 > 0:18:31BEEP ..with the Trooping of the Colour?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- Which day?- Month.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Which month? July.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Close, it was June. Or rather, it is June, because she still does it.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Your passes - that musical by Willy Russell was Blood Brothers.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46The Bank of England has been in Threadneedle Street since 1734.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51- Oh!- And here is the fascinating one, that drinking vessel...- Yeah?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- ..is a tumbler!- Oh, of course!
0:18:53 > 0:18:56But who knew that tumblers were called tumblers because...
0:18:56 > 0:18:58This chair does strange things to the brain!
0:18:58 > 0:19:00It does, no question about that!
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Radzi, you've got a total now of 12 points.- Thank you.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14And now, Damon again, please.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Yup, it's you.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21I don't know whether to call you Badly Drawn Boy or what!
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I mean, why Badly Drawn Boy? I'm sure everyone has asked you that.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Call me what you like, John.- Yeah? - You are the presenter of Mastermind!
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I know, but I still don't know why you're called Badly Drawn Boy.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33It was just a name that I made up, um,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35over a bottle of wine one night...
0:19:35 > 0:19:39I think it had gone off, the bottle of wine, this name just came
0:19:39 > 0:19:42out of nowhere, and I hated it, but it kind of served me well for
0:19:42 > 0:19:45a few years and I won the Mercury Prize and things like that, which...
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Didn't want to just sneak that in there!
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Well, no need to sneak it in, because I was going to ask about that.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- You won it for The Hour of Bewilderbeest.- That's right.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56What does it do to you when you are setting out on a career,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59as it were, and you win THE prize, the big prize?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02It just makes you really big headed and unbearable to be around!
0:20:02 > 0:20:04It was just...
0:20:04 > 0:20:07It was like, you couldn't really plan for something like that
0:20:07 > 0:20:09to happen. I was dead proud of it.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12In fact, you are now touring again, aren't you, with Bewilderbeest?
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Yeah, this year was the 15th anniversary of the first album,
0:20:16 > 0:20:20that won the Mercury Prize, so I wanted to sort of pay
0:20:20 > 0:20:22reverence to it, because I think at the time I was just...
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I was bowled over by it all,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28so it's been a really nice year in terms of playing that record again
0:20:28 > 0:20:31at some gigs and say thanks to people for keeping
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- it in their lives.- Well, it made a mark, that's for sure.
0:20:35 > 0:20:41Now, talking about making marks, you have 10 points as we start, so,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43it's going to be a fight to the death, I think,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45with our final contender.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48So, here we go, two minutes of general knowledge, starting now.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51In which American states are the cities of Dallas and Houston?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Texas.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Which Roman leader was murdered in a conspiracy led by Brutus and Cassius?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Caesar.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Which designer dog breed is a cross between a cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03A cockapoodle.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Yup, cockapoo! What name is used both for a group of singers
0:21:06 > 0:21:09and for the part of the church where they sit in stalls?
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Pews?
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Choir! In a Grimm's fairy story, who finds a cottage with
0:21:15 > 0:21:18the table laid for seven after she's abandoned in a forest?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Sounds like Snow White.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24It is. Which of the planets of the solar system is the only one not named after
0:21:24 > 0:21:26a Greek or Roman god or goddess?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Earth.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31The 1955 film The Trouble With Harry is a black comedy by a director
0:21:31 > 0:21:34nicknamed The Master Of Suspense. Which director?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Can you repeat that, sorry?
0:21:35 > 0:21:39The '55 film The Trouble With Harry is a black comedy by a director
0:21:39 > 0:21:41nicknamed The Master Of Suspense. Who was he?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Hitchcock.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45What annual ladies' race has been run at Olney
0:21:45 > 0:21:48in Buckinghamshire on Shrove Tuesday since 1445?
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Pancake race.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53In the TV series Doc Martin, who plays the socially challenged Cornish GP
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Martin Ellingham, who has an unfortunate phobia of blood?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Martin...
0:22:00 > 0:22:01Thingy!
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Martin Clunes. In French cuisine,
0:22:03 > 0:22:07what is the usual meat content of a stew known as a navarin?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Oh...beef?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Lamb. In internet and text-messaging slang, what expression,
0:22:14 > 0:22:19denoting amusement, does the abbreviation LOL usually stand for?
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Lot of laughs?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Laugh out loud. In Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26what is the name of the sleepy brown bear who protects the man cub, Mowgli?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Oh...
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I'm laughing at the question before!
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Just get on with this one, you're wasting time!
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Yogi.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Baloo! What is the title of Slade's 1973 Christmas number one,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43which has been reissued every decade since?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45So Here It Is, Merry Christmas.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46No, Merry Xmas Everybody.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Which narrow sea extends about 1,400 miles in a southeasterly direction...
0:22:50 > 0:22:53BEEP ..from the Egyptian port of Suez?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Um...
0:22:56 > 0:22:58The lead singer of Coldplay.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Close(!) - Just so I don't pass, that's all I'm saying that for.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03No, I recognised that tactic!
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Anyway, it's wrong, as you will not be surprised to hear. The Red Sea!
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Damon, you've got 17 points.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25And our final contender, Rebecca.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29And 17 is the score you've got to beat
0:23:29 > 0:23:32if you're going to become our Mastermind,
0:23:32 > 0:23:37but let's talk about your sitcom, BBC Two sitcom, Boy Meets Girl,
0:23:37 > 0:23:41and you've done something no actor's ever done before,
0:23:41 > 0:23:45you are a transgender person playing a transgender role.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Remarkable that's never happened before!
0:23:48 > 0:23:53Um, it has, but not to the extent that my character in this show has,
0:23:53 > 0:23:59she is a lead role, one of the key characters in the series,
0:23:59 > 0:24:05and hitherto, trans characters have been relegated somewhat to
0:24:05 > 0:24:08the sidelines and maybe only appeared in one or two episodes,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11and even then, just as a very small part.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Usually the butt of the joke, actually, so...
0:24:13 > 0:24:16And you're not, I mean, in this case, and anyway,
0:24:16 > 0:24:20it's not a cruel comedy, is it? It's a gentle sitcom.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25Yeah, very much, yes, we describe it as a rom-com or a comedy drama,
0:24:25 > 0:24:30and I think it is our intention to make people laugh
0:24:30 > 0:24:33and maybe cry a little bit or hold their breath and go, "Ah!"
0:24:33 > 0:24:36and, you know, just take them on a little rollercoaster.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37And Boy Meets Girl is coming back?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39We hope so, yes, fingers crossed!
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Fingers crossed, absolutely.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Now, then, the latest challenge is to beat the score of 17,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48which is up there at the moment,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51and you have two minutes of general knowledge in which to do it.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Which dramatist's works include the tragedies Hamlet and Macbeth?
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Shakespeare.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58The title of Billy Ocean's 1986 number one hit single
0:24:58 > 0:25:00is When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get...?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Going.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03What word for a regular payment to an employee
0:25:03 > 0:25:07comes from the Latin for the money a Roman soldier was given to buy salt?
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Salary.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Which 2015 Pixar film features a girl called Riley, who has been uprooted from
0:25:12 > 0:25:17the Midwest to San Francisco, and her emotions, Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear and Anger?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Frozen.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Inside Out. Which English singer-songwriter wrote
0:25:20 > 0:25:23the music for the stage version of the film Billy Elliott?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Elton John.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28What sporting event was spread over five months between May and October 1900
0:25:28 > 0:25:31as a sideshow to the Paris World Fair?
0:25:31 > 0:25:32The Olympics.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36In which country did the Impressionist movement in art begin in the late
0:25:36 > 0:25:4019th century, taking its name from a painting called Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- Sorry, in which country?- Yup.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43France.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Gian Carlo Menotti's opera Amahl and the Night Visitors
0:25:46 > 0:25:51and Benjamin Britten's opera Owen Wingrave were both written specially for what medium?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Opera.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Television. Three of the five original Nobel prizes are awarded for science subjects.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Physics and chemistry are two, what is the third?
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Chemistry.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Physiology, or medicine. Which fruit with a creamy, yellow flesh,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07that is native to South America, is also called the alligator pear?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Avocado.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Who wrote the novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14which were later made into successful films?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Michael Crichton.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18The series of earthworks known as Offa's Dyke marked
0:26:18 > 0:26:21the traditional boundary between which two modern countries?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Um... Scotland and England.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27England and Wales. What first name was shared by the television detectives
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Taggart, Rockford and Bergerac?
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Jim.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Which large, semiaquatic African animal produces a pinkish-red secretion from
0:26:33 > 0:26:36its skin that acts as a sunblock, and this led to
0:26:36 > 0:26:38the ancient myth that it sweats blood?
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Pass.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Which King of England was married to Catherine of Aragon for 24 years?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Henry V.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Henry VIII. In politics, the letters PR stand for proportional...?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Representation.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Which lawyer was created by author Erle Stanley Gardner and defended his first client...
0:26:53 > 0:26:57BEEP ..in the 1933 novel, The Case of the Velvet Claws?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Clarence Darrow.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01It was Perry Mason.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05That animal, your pass, the animal that they thought sweats blood,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08is a hippo, a hippopotamus.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Rebecca, you've done it with something to spare,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13you have scored 22 points!
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Ho-ho-ho!
0:27:27 > 0:27:30So, that's it, let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33In joint third place, 12 points apiece, Radzi and Kriss.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Second place, 17 points, Damon.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40First place with 22 points, no doubt about that, Rebecca!
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Rebecca...
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Congratulations!
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- Thank you very much. - And you don't need an Oscar now!- No!
0:28:03 > 0:28:06That's it, I mean, where does that rank in terms of...
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- That's really up there. - That's it, isn't it? Well done.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11A great winner, if I may say so.
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