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In the spotlight tonight

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is the BBC's disability correspondent Nikki Fox.

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Her subject, Kate Bush.

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APPLAUSE

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The comedian and presenter Iain Stirling

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answers questions on the films of Robin Williams.

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Next, the historian Kate Williams,

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her subject Emily Bronte.

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And the 6 Music presenter Chris Hawkins.

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He's answering questions on Coronation Street.

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APPLAUSE

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Hello and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind,

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with me, John Humphrys.

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Four contenders who have made a great success of their lives,

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but now face a challenge that is daunting, even for them.

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Their fee goes to charity,

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their reward is the honour of becoming a Celebrity Mastermind,

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at least for one of them.

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Otherwise, the usual rules apply -

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a minute and a half on their specialist subject,

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and then two minutes on general knowledge.

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

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-And your name is?

-Chris Hawkins.

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-Your chosen charity?

-..is The Christie, in Manchester.

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-And your chosen subject?

-Coronation Street.

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In 90 seconds, starting now.

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Who joined the Coronation Street cast in 2014,

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playing the burglar Michael Rodwell?

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Les Dennis.

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Yeah. Which much-loved long-running character died in July 2015,

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six months after the actress who had played her for 42 years died?

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Deirdre Barlow.

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Yes. In which building on the street did Violet Wilson give birth

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to her son Dylan in February 2008?

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The Rover's Return.

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Yes. Who did Peter Barlow kiss on the day of his marriage to Carla Connor?

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He was later wrongly convicted of murder

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after she was killed by Rob Donovan.

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Tina.

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Yes. In 2005, Sir Ian McKellen appeared on the street as Mel Hutchwright,

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the author of a steamy bodice ripper,

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who'd been invited to visit the Weatherfield book club to talk about his novel.

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What was its title?

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Hard Grinding.

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Yes. Les was so excited when a famous rock band

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played at his and Cilla's wedding that he fulfilled a lifelong dream of trashing

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the contents of a room,

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only to find that he'd destroyed his own wedding presents.

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Which band was it?

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Status Quo.

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Yes. To which city did Sarah Louise Platt take Bethany

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after she accepted a job offer from her uncle Stephen?

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Milan.

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Yes. What was the name of Chesney's Great Dane?

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He was named after a famous Manchester United goalkeeper.

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Schmeichel.

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Yes. In 2011, which character,

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played by the original cast member Philip Lowrie,

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returned to the street after a 43-year absence?

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Dennis Tanner.

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Yes. Tracy was serving a life sentence for the murder of her lover, Charlie Stubbs,

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when she was allowed out of prison on temporary release to attend whose funeral?

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Blanche.

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Yes. What was the professional name of the children's entertainer

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Jesse Chadwick, played by John Thomson... BEEP

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..who moved in with Eileen Grimshaw in 2009?

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-Pass.

-Oh! That's a shame,

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cos you had them all right up to that point.

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I can tell you it was General Custard.

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-Of course.

-How could you forget that?! Ha!

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But I tell you what, you got ten points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Kate Williams.

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-Your chosen charity?

-Whole Child.

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-And your chosen subject?

-The life and works of Emily Bronte.

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Emily Bronte, in 90 seconds.

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In April 1820, Emily Bronte's father, the Reverend Patrick Bronte,

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moved his family from Thornton in Yorkshire to the Parsonage of which village?

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Haworth.

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Yes. What pseudonym did Emily use when her poems were published,

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together with Anne's and Charlotte's, in 1846.

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Ellis Bell.

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Yes. From 1824 to '25, Emily attended the clergy daughter school,

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where the register stated that she "reads very prettily and works a little".

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In which village was the school?

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Cowan Bridge.

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Yes. In Wuthering Heights, what is the name of the pious, elderly and misanthropic

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long-time servant who speaks in a broad Yorkshire dialect?

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Joseph.

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Yes. In Wuthering Heights, Catherine Earnshaw and Edgar Linton

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are married at the chapel of which nearby town?

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Gimmerton Sow.

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Yes. What is the town of the fictional kingdom that Emily and her sister Anne

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created in 1834?

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They wrote a diary paper together that includes the earliest surviving mention of it.

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It is Gondal.

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It is. What is the name of the housekeeper at Wuthering Heights

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who rescues Mr Lockwood from an attack by the house dogs?

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Zillah.

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Yes. Which character, one of the main narrators of Wuthering Heights,

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describes Heathcliff as "rough as a sore edge, and hard as windstone"?

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Nelly.

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Yes. What is the first line of Emily's poem that continues,

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"No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere. I see Heaven's glories shine."

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No Coward Am I.

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No, No Coward Soul Is Mine.

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Emily died in December 1848,

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aged only 30 at the Haworth Parsonage after contracting which disease?

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Her sisters Maria and Elizabeth had previously suffered from it.

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Tuberculosis.

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Yes. Heathcliff is discovered as a child by Mr Earnshaw,

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"starving and houseless and as good as dumb" in the streets of which city?

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Liverpool.

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Yes. In September 1838,

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Emily took up a teaching position... BEEP

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..at a school near Halifax,

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although her ill health caused her to return home the following spring.

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What was the name of the school?

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Law Hill.

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Is correct.

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No passes, 11 points.

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-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

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And our next contender, please.

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-And your name is?

-Iain Stirling.

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-Your chosen charity?

-Mind.

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-And your chosen subject?

-The films of Robin Williams.

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In 90 seconds, starting now.

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Williams won an Academy Award for best supporting actor

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for his portrayal of the psychiatrist, Sean Maguire, in which 1997 film?

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Good Will Hunting.

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Yes. In the '92 animated film Aladdin,

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Williams provides the voice of the peddler

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and which large, boisterous central character?

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Genie!

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Yes. Who directed Insomnia,

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in which Williams plays the sinister murder suspect Walter Finch?

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Erm...

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Christopher Nolan.

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Yes. In the 2006 film Night At The Museum,

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Williams plays a waxwork of an historical figure, who,

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along with other museum exhibits, comes to life at night-time.

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Who was the figure?

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Theodore Roosevelt.

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Yes. Mrs Doubtfire describes herself as "a hip old granny who could hip-hop,

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"bebop, dance till you drop, yo, yo, make a wicked cup of..." what?

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Coffee!

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-Cocoa!

-No!

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In which film does John Keating, an unorthodox English teacher,

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inspire his class with the words, "Carpe Diem,

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"seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary"?

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Dead Poets' Society.

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Yes. In One Hour Photo,

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Sy Parish is obsessed by a family whose photos he develops.

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After he's fired, he steals something from a locked glass display cabinet

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in the supermarket. What does he steal?

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A knife.

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Yes. Williams plays a household robot named Andrew,

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who gradually acquires human thoughts and feelings in which 1999 film?

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Bicentennial Man.

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Yes. What is the full name of Williams's character in World's Greatest Dad,

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who says, "I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone.

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"It's not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone"?

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Andy Chisholm.

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Lance Clayton. In which '96 comedy does Williams play Armand Goldman,

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a gay nightclub owner who tries to convince the family

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of his prospective daughter-in-law... BEEP

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..that he has a traditional lifestyle?

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The Bird Cage.

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The Bird Cage is correct.

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And no passes. Iain, you have eight points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our final contender, please.

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-Look at that manoeuvring!

-Wow!

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-And your name is?

-Nikki Fox.

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-Your chosen charity?

-Homeless Link.

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-And your chosen subject?

-The wonderful Kate Bush.

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Kate Bush, in 90 seconds.

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Kate Bush performed 22 live concerts in 2014,

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with a show named Before The Dawn.

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They took place at the same venue as the last full concert 35 years previously,

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in May '79. Which venue?

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The Eventim Apollo.

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Yes. A version of one of her songs was played as part of the closing ceremony

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at the 2012 London Olympic Games,

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while a group of dancers assembled a huge pyramid of white boxes.

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Which song?

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Pass.

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What's the name of the former farmhouse in Welling, Kent, where Bush grew up,

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and where she later had her own recording studio built in the barn?

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East Wickham Farm.

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Yes. What is the title of her '85 album that contains the hit singles

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Running Up That Hill, Cloudbusting,

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and The Big Sky, as well as the title track?

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Hounds Of Love.

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Yes. A 45 minute film starring and directed by Bush was released in '93,

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and features songs from her album The Red Shoes. What's the film called?

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The Line, The Cross, And The Curve.

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Yes. Which song did she sing on the '91 compilation album Two Rooms

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that features the compositions of Elton John and Bernie Taupin?

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Erm...

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Rocket Man?

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Yes. With which comedian did Bush perform a comic duet for a Comic Relief benefit

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at the Shaftesbury Theatre in '86?

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She played the love interest to his smarmy loser.

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Rowan Atkinson.

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Yes. What honour did she collect from the Queen at a ceremony at Windsor Castle

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in April 2013?

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CBE?

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Yes. What is the name of Bush's own record label she created in 2011?

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The albums Director's Cut, and 50 Words For Snow,

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were both released on it that year.

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Fish People.

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Yes. The title track from the '82 album The Dreaming

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is primarily about the plight of which country's indigenous people?

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Australia.

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Yes. Which film star appears as Wilhelm Reich with Kate as his son

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in the video for the single... BEEP

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..Cloudbusting, taken from the album Hounds Of Love?

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Kiefer Sutherland.

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No, no, Donald!

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Donald Sutherland.

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But very close, and you had just one pass.

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The name of that song that was played as the part of the closing ceremony at the Olympics

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was Running Up That Hill.

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However, Nikki, you have nine points.

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-APPLAUSE

-Thank you!

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Well, doesn't get much closer than that.

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Let's have a look at all the scores.

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In fourth place, eight points, Iain Stirling.

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Third place, nine points, Nikki Fox.

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Second place, ten points, Chris Hawkins.

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First place, you've guessed it,

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11 points, Kate Williams.

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APPLAUSE

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And it is the general knowledge round now

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and if there is a tie at the end of it,

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then the number of passes is taken into account,

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and the person with the fewer passes is the winner

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so let us get on with it, and ask Iain to join us again, please.

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And, er...

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you are that...

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-..rare combination of stand-up comedian...

-Yes.

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-..and, as it were, straight presenter.

-Yes.

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And you do it on CBBC,

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-and your programme is called The Dog Ate My Homework...

-Indeed.

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..for those who don't know.

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And I tell you what interests me

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is the range of the ages of the children who watch,

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it's from six to what?

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-Six to about 12. They get a bit old then.

-Right.

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How can you find humour to appeal to that...

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Because at that age it's an enormous wide...

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There's one thing that speaks to all children, John.

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Toilet humour.

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LAUGHTER Ha!

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If you don't get a laugh, chuck in a fart, you're absolutely fine.

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LAUGHTER

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-Anything else that appeals?

-I think it's...

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I think they find the same stuff as adults funny,

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you've got to get the tone right, I think that's the biggest thing,

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is not speaking down to them, I guess. Just be funny.

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-Funny's funny, I think.

-Yeah, but again, bridging the gap?

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-I don't know.

-You don't even think of it, do you? When you are...

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-I am now, John, I'm panicking!

-Oh, God!

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I think I'm going to come last in Mastermind

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and no longer have a career in television.

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-But apart from that, you'll be jolly glad you came, won't you?

-Yes!

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Thank you for having me. Appreciate it. I'll chuck you a fart later.

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LAUGHTER

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Look, I think we best stop this.

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JOHN LAUGHS You've got eight points...

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-You've got eight points.

-Yes, I do.

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And two minutes to catch up, so loads and loads of time for your general knowledge. Here we go.

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Amanda Grayson, a schoolteacher from Earth,

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who married the Vulcan diplomat Sarek,

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is the mother of which Star Trek character?

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Spock?

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Yes. What words can come after road, air, and trolley,

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to describe uncontrollable outbursts of temper?

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Rage.

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Yes. A map of Kent and part of Essex published privately in 1801

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was the first map produced by which organisation?

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The Map...Club.

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No. Ordnance Survey.

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In a three-pin plug, to which pin should the green and yellow striped wire

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be connected?

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The left...prong.

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The earth.

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Which boxing belt was donated in 1909 by Hugh Lowther

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and is named after the earldom that he held?

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Pass.

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In 1914, under what title did James Joyce publish

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a collection of 15 short stories set in his native city?

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Pass.

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What term for an animal that suckles its young

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comes from the Latin for breast?

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HE WHISPERS TO HIMSELF

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Udder?

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Mammal.

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Florence is the capital of which Italian region

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popular with British holiday-makers?

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Pass.

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Which show that was first staged in New York in 1967,

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and then revived in London in 2010,

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is subtitled The American Tribal Love Rock Musical?

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Oh, John!

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Pass.

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Bernard Leach was a leading British artist who established a studio

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in St Ives in 1920 making what form of art?

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Just try one.

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Pottery?

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Yes! Who is the only American president to have been born in Hawaii?

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Barack Obama.

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Yes. What French name for a kind of heavy lidded dish has come

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to be applied in Britain to the food, usually consisting of meat and vegetables,

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cooked in it?

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Pie!

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Casserole. In which country is Shinto the native religious tradition?

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Sri Lanka.

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Japan. Which classic 1973 horror film starring Edward Woodward

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as a devoutly Christian policeman,

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is set on the remote Hebridean island of Summer Isle?

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Wicker Man.

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Yes. In 1901, which Italian physicist

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became the first man to... BEEP

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..transmit a radio signal across the Atlantic?

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Mr Radio!

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Close, close.

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Mr Marconi, actually, Guglielmo Marconi, to be exact.

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-Thank you.

-You had a few passes, but actually it was only four.

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-The musical was Hair.

-Oh, yeah!

-Yes.

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Florence is the capital of Tuscany.

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James Joyce wrote Dubliners,

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and the boxing belt was the Lonsdale belt.

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But there you go. You got 13 points.

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Oh, thank very much, Cheers.

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APPLAUSE

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And now Nikki again, please.

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Bear with me, John.

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HE CHUCKLES

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-Nikki. Disability correspondent.

-Yes.

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Why is now... We've never had one in the BBC before.

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Why is now the time for us to have a disability correspondent,

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what's changed?

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Well, I think it's... I think BBC News themselves,

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the people that I work with, the big bosses,

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they recognise that as much as they were trying,

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they weren't getting the stories that mattered to disabled people

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on, you know, the six o'clock news, the ten o'clock news,

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as much as they wanted to, you know.

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So they created this role...

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..and I think that's a great step forward, really.

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What's your ambition?

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I mean, is it to raise the profile of people with disabilities,

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the problems that they face, or is it to be a journalist?

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Because, I mean, it's quite difficult to do both.

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I am a journalist, the same as the health correspondent,

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and the politics correspondent,

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so, you know, I am a correspondent, I am a journalist,

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and I just want to put stories on the six o'clock, ten o'clock news,

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do a really good job with them,

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make them as accessible as possible, yeah.

0:16:060:16:09

That's the job.

0:16:090:16:11

Yeah, precisely.

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Right, well, Nikki, you've got nine points, er, so far.

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You have two minutes now for the general knowledge, so here we go.

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A Liverpool born comedian is famous for making up words including

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tattyfilarious and chicolology. Who is he?

0:16:210:16:23

Er...

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It's not the guy that... Oh.

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-Go on. Quick guess.

-Ken Dodd.

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Yes! Ken Dodd. Which insect gets its name from an ancient superstition

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that it crawls into a person's head when they're asleep?

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Er...spider.

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Earwig. What's the name of the row of houses that are part of

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the Bath World Heritage Site that are laid out in a single arc

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and were designed by John Wood the Younger between 1767 and 1774?

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Pass.

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In the television series Dallas,

0:16:480:16:49

what was the name of JR's long-suffering alcoholic wife,

0:16:490:16:52

played by Linda Grey?

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Oh...

0:16:540:16:55

Pass.

0:16:560:16:57

The 19th century soldier Giuseppe Garibaldi contributed

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to the unification of a modern European country. Which country?

0:17:000:17:04

Pass.

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Who took eight for 15 in the fourth test against Australia

0:17:050:17:08

at Trent Bridge in August 2015?

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They are the best figures ever recorded by a fast bowler in Ashes history.

0:17:100:17:14

Cricket. My mates told me I should pay more attention.

0:17:150:17:18

Pass.

0:17:180:17:19

In which county is the Queen's residence Sandringham house?

0:17:190:17:22

Er...

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Buckinghamshire.

0:17:250:17:26

Norfolk. Which American cult actor who had major roles in only three films

0:17:260:17:30

was killed when he crashed his Porsche Spider

0:17:300:17:32

head-on into another car on 30th September 1955?

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Steve McQueen.

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James Dean. What Spanish word for a fleet of warships is used to describe

0:17:370:17:41

the one that set sail to invade England in 1588?

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Armada.

0:17:450:17:46

Yes. Which port city on the Mediterranean vies with Lyon

0:17:460:17:49

for the distinction of being France's second largest city?

0:17:490:17:52

Pass.

0:17:520:17:53

How many pairs of ribs does the human skeleton normally contain?

0:17:530:17:57

Pairs of ribs?

0:17:570:17:58

How many pairs of ribs?

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Two.

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12. Which Welsh Guardsman who served during the Falklands War wrote

0:18:010:18:04

the autobiography Walking Tall,

0:18:040:18:06

in which he describes his war experiences

0:18:060:18:08

and his subsequent struggle to rebuild his life,

0:18:080:18:10

in spite of his physical and emotional scars?

0:18:100:18:12

Pass.

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What type of open, square-ended, flat-bottomed riverboat,

0:18:150:18:17

used chiefly for recreation... BEEP

0:18:170:18:19

..is propelled by a pole that is known as a quant?

0:18:190:18:22

Goodness me.

0:18:220:18:23

Pass. I don't know.

0:18:230:18:24

Well, I can tell you cos you're out of time.

0:18:240:18:26

-It's a punt.

-Oh!

-As in Cambridge.

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-Oh, of course.

-Yeah.

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-The other passes. Simon Weston was that...

-Oh, for goodness' sake.

-Yeah.

0:18:310:18:34

-You knew him, didn't you?

-Yeah.

-Marseille is the second largest city.

0:18:340:18:38

Stuart Broad, the cricketer.

0:18:380:18:40

That I would never have known.

0:18:400:18:42

-Garibaldi, Italy.

-Oh!

0:18:420:18:45

Sue Ellen in the television series in Dallas,

0:18:450:18:48

and that lovely crescent in Bath is the Royal Crescent.

0:18:480:18:51

Nikki, you got 11 points.

0:18:510:18:54

She's off!

0:18:540:18:55

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

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And now Chris again, please.

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And Chris...

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6 Music presenter and all that,

0:19:130:19:15

and you say you believe that vinyl is really coming back? That right?

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Yeah, there has been a fantastic resurgence in vinyl,

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yeah, it's been huge,

0:19:220:19:23

and I think that's been a massively good deal for the record industry.

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-Why?

-Well, its sound, the sound's amazing,

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the sound is so much more pure.

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Because I remember them telling us when vinyl was on its way out,

0:19:340:19:38

and we had these wonderful things called CDs,

0:19:380:19:40

I remember them saying exactly the opposite -

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you won't have any of the hiss, you won't have this, you won't have that.

0:19:430:19:46

It's pure sound. Do you remember that?

0:19:460:19:48

People said you could drive over CDs with a steam roller

0:19:480:19:50

-and they would still play.

-You didn't scratch them, you didn't...

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-Exactly.

-No, I think that there is a much more of a pure sound,

0:19:530:19:57

and I personally like having that thing in my hand

0:19:570:20:01

to hold and to think I am now going to put this on and listen to it,

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I think it makes the experience greater,

0:20:050:20:07

I think it enriches that experience.

0:20:070:20:09

-A bit like physical books and e-readers, isn't it?

-Absolutely.

0:20:090:20:12

-Yeah.

-Indeed.

0:20:120:20:13

Now, you got ten points, so you're in with a very strong chance

0:20:130:20:16

of winning the title. Let's see how you do in the next two minutes.

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Here we go.

0:20:190:20:20

What's the name of the bodybuilder turned actor and later politician

0:20:200:20:24

who was born in the Austrian village of Thal in July 1947?

0:20:240:20:27

Arnold Schwarzenegger.

0:20:270:20:29

Yes. Which prison, built to hold French prisoners in the Napoleonic wars,

0:20:290:20:32

lies near the village of Princetown in Devon?

0:20:320:20:34

Dartmoor.

0:20:360:20:37

Yes. In 1935, Percy Shaw founded The Reflecting Road Studs Company

0:20:370:20:41

in Halifax, Yorkshire, to manufacture his invention.

0:20:410:20:43

By what name is it popularly known?

0:20:430:20:45

Cats' eyes.

0:20:450:20:46

Yes. Which footballer began his playing career in 1995,

0:20:460:20:49

with the youth team of Newell's Old Boys in his home city

0:20:490:20:51

of Rosario in Argentina, before moving to Barcelona at the age of 13?

0:20:510:20:55

Messi.

0:20:550:20:56

Yes. Who won an Oscar for the screenplay of the '95 film version

0:20:560:20:59

of Sense And Sensibility, in which she also won an acting nomination

0:20:590:21:03

for playing Elinor Dashwood?

0:21:030:21:05

Emma Thompson.

0:21:050:21:06

Yes. The name of which island of the West Indies

0:21:060:21:08

comes from the Spanish for ancient or antique?

0:21:080:21:11

Pass.

0:21:110:21:12

Which vegetable is called aloo in Indian cuisine?

0:21:120:21:14

The bean.

0:21:160:21:17

Potato. To which Apostle has the word doubting been applied,

0:21:170:21:20

because he questioned the truth of the resurrection

0:21:200:21:22

till he had seen and touched Christ for himself?

0:21:220:21:24

Thomas.

0:21:240:21:25

Yes. What other word do Americans use for autumn?

0:21:250:21:28

Fall.

0:21:280:21:29

Yes. In which European capital city did the composers

0:21:290:21:31

Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert all die?

0:21:310:21:33

-Pass.

-What is generally considered to be the largest living bird?

0:21:340:21:38

It grows up to nine feet tall, almost half of which is neck?

0:21:380:21:41

The ostrich.

0:21:410:21:42

Yes. The BBC drama series Doctors is set in the Riverside practice

0:21:420:21:45

in which Midlands city?

0:21:450:21:46

Birmingham.

0:21:460:21:47

Yes. The stems of which tree-like tropical grass

0:21:470:21:49

are commonly used as canes to stake plants in the garden?

0:21:490:21:53

Don't know. Pass.

0:21:550:21:56

Emile Galle and Louis Comfort Tiffany are particularly

0:21:560:21:59

renowned for their decorative ware made from what material?

0:21:590:22:03

Cotton?

0:22:040:22:06

Glass. Who sang with Elton John on the '76 UK No.1 hit Don't Go Breaking My Heart?

0:22:060:22:10

Kiki Dee.

0:22:100:22:11

Yes. The various forms of hepatitis are diseases of which organ of the body?

0:22:110:22:15

Pass.

0:22:170:22:18

What is the name of the head of the party

0:22:180:22:20

in George Orwell's 1984? BEEP

0:22:200:22:21

It's now used to symbolise the overwhelming power of the state.

0:22:210:22:25

Oh!

0:22:250:22:27

The... The... Pass.

0:22:270:22:28

You'll be so cross.

0:22:280:22:30

-I know.

-Big Brother.

0:22:300:22:31

-Thank you.

-Yeah. You're welcome.

-Yeah, thanks!

-The other passes.

0:22:310:22:35

Hepatitis is a disease of the liver.

0:22:350:22:38

-Bamboo is that... Yup.

-Yup.

0:22:380:22:42

Vienna, the European capital city where all those composers died.

0:22:420:22:45

You'll be cross with this as well. Ancient or antique - Antigua.

0:22:450:22:49

HE GROANS I know. There you go.

0:22:490:22:51

But, look, you have 20 points.

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Thank you.

0:22:530:22:55

APPLAUSE

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And finally, Kate, again, please.

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And...

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..looking through some of the books you've written, a lot of women...

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-Yes.

-..are your subjects.

-Yes.

0:23:150:23:18

Is it because there are now so many more, at least there seem to be,

0:23:180:23:22

so many more women historians that we are finally seeing that women

0:23:220:23:25

actually did play quite a large part in our history?

0:23:250:23:29

I think that's true

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and I think there always is a fascination with the stories

0:23:300:23:32

of powerful, exciting women,

0:23:320:23:34

and it's a great challenge, as well, writing about a woman

0:23:340:23:37

because often more of her life is hidden,

0:23:370:23:39

so you really have to dig deep into the sources to find out about her

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and when you do get your hands on her letters,

0:23:430:23:45

often her expressions and her emotions are much more exciting

0:23:450:23:48

because she's keeping them private.

0:23:480:23:50

So it's like finding out lots of secrets.

0:23:500:23:52

My favourite thing is a comparison

0:23:520:23:54

between the French and English methods of love.

0:23:540:23:57

So, Napoleon writes to Josephine and he's so romantic.

0:23:570:24:00

He says, "Oh, I send you a thousand kisses, but send me none back,

0:24:000:24:04

"because they set my soul on fire." So, hot stuff.

0:24:040:24:07

And Nelson writes to Emma, he says,

0:24:070:24:11

"Dear Emma, I love you so much I can't touch my pudding."

0:24:110:24:15

LAUGHTER

0:24:150:24:17

But I do think that's honest!

0:24:180:24:20

Do you know, I'm not often struck speechless, but...

0:24:200:24:22

LAUGHTER

0:24:220:24:24

This is like, you know, in the gladiators,

0:24:240:24:26

they fed them a really nice meal and then they fed them to the lions,

0:24:260:24:28

so you're being really nice to me and now you're going to give me really hard things.

0:24:280:24:32

Yes, that's true. Absolutely true.

0:24:320:24:34

-No!

-You had 11 points to start with. Oh, dear! 20 points.

0:24:340:24:37

You've only got to score ten points

0:24:370:24:38

and you become the Mastermind champion.

0:24:380:24:41

-Deep breath.

-Or Celebrity Mastermind champion. Here we go, two minutes.

0:24:410:24:44

The altar stone, the slaughter stone, and the heel stone

0:24:440:24:47

are features of which famous ancient monument on Salisbury plain?

0:24:470:24:50

Stonehenge.

0:24:500:24:51

Yes. In which country did the white crumbly cheese feta originate?

0:24:510:24:53

Greece.

0:24:530:24:55

Yes. By what three letter abbreviation is the hereditary material that is

0:24:550:24:58

the genetic building block of nearly all life commonly known?

0:24:580:25:00

DNA.

0:25:000:25:01

Yes. Which former county has been divided for administrative purposes

0:25:010:25:05

into two counties with the prefixes West and East,

0:25:050:25:07

and the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove?

0:25:070:25:10

Sussex.

0:25:100:25:11

Yes. In which month are the feast days of the British patron saints

0:25:110:25:14

St David and St Patrick celebrated?

0:25:140:25:15

March.

0:25:150:25:16

Yes. The kookaburra, or laughing jackass, belongs to the same family

0:25:160:25:19

as which brightly coloured British bird that lives on river banks?

0:25:190:25:22

Kingfisher.

0:25:220:25:23

Yes. What word, normally used as a military rank,

0:25:230:25:26

and pronounced differently in Britain and America

0:25:260:25:28

means literally a stand-in for the occupier of a position?

0:25:280:25:30

Deputy.

0:25:320:25:33

Lieutenant, or "leftenant".

0:25:330:25:34

In 1892, Lady Windermere's Fan became which writer's first successful play?

0:25:340:25:38

Oscar Wilde.

0:25:380:25:39

Yes. Which British band topped the UK album charts

0:25:390:25:41

in May 2015 with their third album Wilder Mind?

0:25:410:25:45

One Direction?

0:25:450:25:46

Mumford & Sons. What name of French and Spanish origin

0:25:460:25:49

is commonly given to a Muslim place of worship?

0:25:490:25:51

Er...temple.

0:25:520:25:53

Mosque.

0:25:530:25:54

Which South American country has a length of about 2,700 miles,

0:25:540:25:58

but an average width of less than 110 miles?

0:25:580:26:00

Chile.

0:26:000:26:01

Yes. What is the title of Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to the Phantom Of The Opera?

0:26:010:26:04

It opened in London in 2010?

0:26:040:26:05

Pass.

0:26:050:26:07

In which sport are the Derby and Grand National run over 480 metres?

0:26:070:26:10

Flat racing.

0:26:100:26:11

Greyhound racing. The films The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now,

0:26:110:26:14

and Platoon are all set during which war?

0:26:140:26:16

Second World War.

0:26:160:26:17

Vietnam War. What is the title of William Golding's novel describing how

0:26:170:26:20

a party of English schoolboys marooned on a desert island

0:26:200:26:22

after a plane crash gradually revert to savagery?

0:26:220:26:25

Lord Of The Flies.

0:26:250:26:26

Yes. In 2010, Robert Robinson steps down as the presenter of a Radio 4

0:26:260:26:29

general knowledge quiz after 38 years in the chair. Which quiz?

0:26:290:26:33

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

0:26:330:26:34

Brain Of Britain. In which US state is the bullion depository of Fort Knox,

0:26:340:26:37

which holds the bulk of the nation's gold reserves?

0:26:370:26:40

Texas.

0:26:400:26:41

Kentucky. Which Yorkshire-born sculptress

0:26:410:26:43

was among the first in Britain to create abstract works?

0:26:430:26:45

-Barbara Hepworth.

-Yes. What... BEEP

0:26:450:26:47

..name is given... I've started so I'll finish.

0:26:470:26:49

..to the sweet secretion from plant blossom that bees

0:26:490:26:52

use as the raw material to make honey?

0:26:520:26:54

Nectar.

0:26:540:26:55

..is correct. You had one pass.

0:26:550:26:56

The title of the Lloyd Webber sequel was Love Never Dies,

0:26:560:27:00

and you have scored...

0:27:000:27:02

22 points.

0:27:020:27:03

APPLAUSE

0:27:030:27:04

Thank you.

0:27:040:27:05

APPLAUSE

0:27:050:27:06

Well, she did it.

0:27:150:27:16

Let's have a look at all the scores.

0:27:160:27:18

In fourth place, 11 points, Nikki Fox.

0:27:180:27:20

Third place, 13 points, Iain Stirling.

0:27:200:27:22

Second place, 20 points,

0:27:220:27:23

Chris Hawkins.

0:27:230:27:25

First place, 22 points,

0:27:250:27:27

Kate Williams.

0:27:270:27:28

APPLAUSE

0:27:280:27:31

Kate?

0:27:430:27:44

-Oh, thank you.

-Congratulations.

0:27:460:27:47

You're so kind, that looks amazing.

0:27:480:27:50

-Historically, where does that rate, you know, or rank?

-Oh, amazing.

0:27:500:27:55

I never thought... I think you...

0:27:550:27:56

This is my grandma's favourite programme

0:27:560:27:58

when I was a little girl, so we watched it all the time

0:27:580:28:01

and she used to watch, saying, "Ooh, those people are clever!" So...

0:28:010:28:04

She was right, of course.

0:28:040:28:07

-Well done.

-Thank you so much.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you, John.

0:28:070:28:09

Now, you do not have to be a celebrity to take part

0:28:090:28:12

in the regular Mastermind programme.

0:28:120:28:14

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0:28:140:28:16

then do visit us online at...

0:28:160:28:18

..and you can follow us on Twitter at...

0:28:200:28:22

..and do join us again next time, for more Mastermind.

0:28:240:28:26

Thanks for watching.

0:28:260:28:27

Goodbye.

0:28:270:28:29

APPLAUSE Well done. Off you go.

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