Episode 9 Celebrity Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is the vlogger Louise Pentland.

Her specialist subject - the Harry Potter books.

Next, the writer and comedian Jason Cook on the great Billy Connolly.

The presenter Alistair Appleton answers questions

on modern classical music.

And CBBC's Ben Shires on Leeds United.

Hello and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind with me,

John Humphrys, and sitting there, possibly sweating a little,

four people who just might be wondering

what they have let themselves in for.

They will not leave here tonight any richer,

their fee goes to charity, but one of them will carry away

a glass trophy and the honour of being a Celebrity Mastermind.

The rules don't really change, they get a minute-and-a-half

on their specialist subject and two minutes on their general knowledge.

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

Ooh, squeaky.

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

Harry Potter in 90 seconds, starting now.

On what street in Little Whinging does Harry Potter live

with his Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and their son Dudley

before he finds out he's a wizard

and goes to Hogwarts School?

Privet Drive.

At the start of The Chamber of Secrets, who visits

Harry at his uncle's house to warn him

not to return to Hogwarts for his second year?

Dobby the House Elf.

Harry travels with the Weasley family

by floo powder to Diagon Alley,

but ends up coming out of which shop's fireplace?

Borgin and Burke's.

In The Prisoner of Azkaban,

when Harry receives a Firebolt broom as an anonymous gift,

it is taken from him to be checked for jinxes

after its arrival is reported to Professor McGonagall.

Who reported it?

Pass.

In Harry's first year at Hogwarts,

he's given a reading list

that includes Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

and A History of Magic by which magical historian?

Pass!

Which international quidditch player is

chosen by the Goblet of Fire as the most worthy candidate

to represent Durmstrang School in the Triwizard Cup?

Viktor Krum.

What is the name of George and Fred Weasley's

newly-opened joke shop that Harry, Hermione

and Ron Weasley visit in The Half-Blood Prince?

Weasley Whizzers Whizzkid Weasles Weasleys...

LAUGHTER Something like that.

Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

What device does Hermione use to travel three hours

into the past with Harry to save the hippogriff Buckbeak?

A time-turner.

It's revealed in Albus Dumbledore's

obituary in The Daily Prophet

that his father Percival died in Azkaban Prison after

he was sentenced for attacking muggles.

Who wrote the obituary?

Rita Skeeter.

No, Elphias Doge.

In the Half-Blood Prince,

Harry sees Professor Dumbledore's...

BEEP

..memory of his first encounter with Voldemort.

By what name was Voldemort then known, which he disliked

because he felt too many other people

have the same first name?

Tom Marvolo Riddle.

Yes, exactly that. Tom Riddle. Two passes.

Harry was given that reading list by Bathilda Bagshot.

And it was Hermione Granger who reported the broomstick

because she thought it might be cursed.

Anyway, you have, Louise, six points.

-Good effort.

-Yeah.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

In 90 seconds, starting now.

The comedian, singer and actor Billy Connolly was born in November

of 1942 on the kitchen floor of

the family home in which area of Glasgow?

An..derton.

In his stage show of the 1970s,

including his tours of the US and Australia,

Connolly often wore a pair of oversized boots

that resembled what fruit?

Bananas.

In Not the Nine O'Clock News,

when Pamela Stephenson, impersonating Janet Street Porter,

asked Connolly whether people have trouble

understanding his accent, what does he reply?

Er...pass.

Judi Dench starred as Queen Victoria

with Connolly as her servant in which 1997 film?

Mrs Brown.

What is the name of the shipyard on the Clyde

where Connolly started working in 1958

-as an apprentice welder?

-Stephens Shipyard.

Connolly made his television breakthrough in America

when he appeared in the stand-up comedy special

in Brooklyn hosted by which actress and comedienne?

Whoopi Goldberg.

The theme tune to a radio series was played

at Connolly's wedding in '89

and he has suggested it might be used as a new national anthem.

Which series?

The Archers.

When he appeared on Desert Island Discs

for the second time in 2001,

Connolly picked the Oxford English Dictionary

as his chosen book. What was his luxury item?

-Hair gel.

-Banjo.

Connolly formed the folk group The Humblebums

in 1965 with Tam Harvie and which other musician?

Gerry Rafferty.

Connolly once joked the desire to become a member

of a particular profession

should bar you for life from ever being one.

What profession?

Eh, a politician?

What honour was bestowed on Connolly in August 2010

that allows him to fish in the Clyde

and graze his cows on the common land?

BEEP

King of Scotland?

LAUGHTER Not quite, no.

The Freedom of the City of Glasgow,

but you were...very close.

Anyway, one pass.

When Connolly was asked whether people had trouble

understanding his accent, he replied, "Sorry?"

It was a joke, you see. LAUGHTER

Anyway, you have, Jason, eight points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

In 90 seconds, starting now.

Whose Symphony No 1 in D,

first performed in Petrograd in 1918,

is known as the Classical Symphony?

Prokofiev.

Who, in the early '20s, unveiled his method of composing

with 12 tones which are related only with one another?

Schoenburg.

Which German composer's work for four choirs

and four orchestras entitled Carre

was inspired by his aeroplane journeys

during his '58 tour of North America?

Pass.

Which sombre work, also known as Opus 85

and completed in 1919,

is regarded as Edward Elgar's final major composition?

He produced little original music after 1920.

Cello Concerto.

What's the title of Richard Strauss' tone poem

that was first performed in 1915

and depicts a day in the mountains?

It was scored for a very large orchestra

and features wind and thunder machines.

The Alpine Symphony.

The Invasion Theme of which Shostakovich symphony

is partly based on an aria from Lehar's The Merry Widow,

said to be one of Hitler's favourites?

Leningrad.

Which work by Michael Tippett written during

the Second World War features spirituals, including

Nobody Knows the Trouble I See and Deep River?

A Child For Our Time.

What term meaning "a song of lamentation"

is the first word of the title

of Penderecki's 1960 tribute

to the victims of Hiroshima?

Threnody.

Which Russian composer and pianist

employed a so-called "mystic chord" of six notes

in his later work such as the tone poem Prometheus?

Scriabin.

The work of which Austrian composer,

accidentally killed by an American soldier in 1945,

was a key influence on the generation

of composers who followed him?

Anton Webern.

The first part of which of Mahler's symphonies

is based on the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus,

while the second part is a setting...

BEEP ..of Goethe's Faust Part II?

The Eighth.

Is correct, you had just one pass,

it was Stockhausen who composed

that work for four choirs and four orchestras etc etc.

However, Alistair, you have scored ten points.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your chosen charity?

And your chosen subject?

Right, Leeds United.

Who made his first team debut for Leeds United in November '98

when he came off the bench to score with almost

his first touch in a 3-1 win over Liverpool at Anfield?

Alan Smith.

Who was Leeds' top scorer in the 97-98 and 98-99 seasons

with 22 and 20 goals respectively in all competitions?

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

The sculptress Frances Segelman created

a bronze statue unveiled at Elland Road in August '99

of which of the club's former captains?

Billy Bremner.

From which club did Leeds United sign Rio Ferdinand

in November 2000 for a reported

club record fee of £18 million?

West Ham.

Which outfield player took over goalkeeping duties twice

near the end of the 1995-96 season?

The first time was against Middlesbrough

when John Lukic was injured,

and the second at Old Trafford

when Mark Beeney was sent off.

Lucas Radebe.

In what league position did Leeds finish

in David O'Leary's first full season in charge?

It was their highest finish

in the top flight since '92.

Third.

Which local rivals knocked Leeds out of both

the League Cup in the third round and the FA Cup

in the sixth round in the 2002-03 season?

Sheffield United.

Which team did Leeds beat by three goals to two

in the penultimate game of the 2002-03 season

to virtually ensure their Premiership survival?

They were relegated the following season.

Arsenal.

Leeds played their last game in Europe,

to date, in December 2002 in the UEFA Cup.

Which team beat them 2-1 at Elland Road?

Malaga.

In August 2003, who became the youngest player

at the time to appear in The Premiership

when he came on as a substitute

for Leeds in a game against Spurs?

-Aaron Lennon?

-Yes. BEEP

Well, "phew" indeed, no passes, you got them all right,

you have ten points!

Well, some high scoring there. Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place with six points, Louise.

Third place, eight points, Jason.

In joint first place, ten points apiece, Alistair and Ben.

APPLAUSE

So, it is the general knowledge round now.

And if there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes

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

Let's get on with it and ask Louise to join us again, please?

And the first thing you've got to do,

for those who aren't quite sure what vlogging is,

is give us ten seconds on what it is.

I make my own videos and I upload them to YouTube.

I do two a week and I talk about beauty, fashion,

-lifestyle, self-motivation or self-confidence.

-Right.

And the idea is, what, from your perspective?

What do you hope to achieve as a result?

I hope that when people watch them,

they feel warm and fuzzy and they go away having learned something

or feeling better about themselves or having been entertained.

-And you have, what, two million people...?

-Subscribers, yes.

Which is an awful lot of people. So the advertisers must love you?

And there must be this conflict, really,

between what you would like to do

to help people feel all warm and fuzzy,

and the commercial pressure?

I don't really have a conflict, because it's my own channel,

so I get to make all the choices.

I can just say no to whatever I want to say no to,

and keep it however I like it.

So I get to keep it warm and fuzzy

and exactly how I want it, which is great.

But not everybody can do that, or does do that?

Because some people do have a problem, don't they?

Oftentimes, brands want to work with us

because they know we have people that listen to what we say.

So if their product or service fits with what I'm talking about,

and I think has good ethics and goes well with my general tone of things,

I'm happy to work with them.

But I have to have full creative control over it.

But of course, there are brands that think you're like TV,

and can just advertise things for them,

and that's when you have to say, that's not really how we work.

Perhaps we can help you understand

and educate you how to work a little more in tune to how we do it.

Just a very quick word, like everyone else, you've got to make a living.

-Of course.

-Where do you get your income from?

You know the ads that pop up that Google generate? Those.

So we don't have any control over those.

-But that produces an income for you?

-It does, yes.

Would you like to tell me how much?

Would you like to tell me how much you earn?

-No.

-Well, we'll leave it at that then.

APPLAUSE Quite right!

Absolutely.

Right, Louise, you have six points,

but now you've got two minutes of general knowledge.

-I'll get no more points in this, I assure you!

-We shall see.

Here we go.

-Oh, God!

-Two minutes, starting now.

A cygnet is the young of which bird?

-A swan!

-Yes!

The son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

was born on the 22nd of July 2013, what's his first name?

-George.

-Yes.

In which play by Oscar Wilde does Lady Bracknell,

on hearing where her prospective son-in-law was found,

say, "A handbag?!"

-The Importance Of Being Earnest.

-Yes.

The Seychelles and the island of Mauritius

are in which ocean?

The... That one, that's called the Pacific?

No, it's called the Indian.

In geometry, what is the common name

for the solid figure whose sides are six equal squares?

Oh, I don't... Pass.

What name is used for the large, long-handled spoon

with a cup-shaped bowl used for serving soup or sauce?

-A ladle.

-Yes.

In which sport did England's women win the bronze medal

in the 2015 World Cup, held in Australia,

behind the runners-up New Zealand and the winners Australia?

-Football.

-Netball.

Who stars as US Marshal Sam Gerard

alongside the title character played by

Harrison Ford in the '93 film, The Fugitive,

a role for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

I didn't even understand what you said. Sorry!

We'll move onto the next one then.

Which 1961 anti-war novel by Joseph Heller begins,

"It was love at first sight, the first time Yossarian saw

"the chaplain, he fell madly in love with him." Which novel?

-I don't know.

-I'll take that as a pass.

Which television duo, both born in 1975,

say that they always stand in the same relative position

when they're on telly so viewers can remember who is who?

-Don't know this either!

-All right.

A bad-tempered person is often likened to an animal with a sore head.

-What animal?

-A dragon?

-A bear.

In which city was President John F Kennedy assassinated?

-New York?

-Dallas.

-Oh, God!

What is the name of the large sheets of ice of limited width

originating above the snowline in mountainous regions which

creep slowly downhill under their own weight?

-Glaciers.

-Yes.

Which coin, weighing 3.25 grams and with a diameter of 80mm

is the smallest and lightest coin in circulation in the UK? BEEP

-5p!

-Yes!

Well, there you are, look! You did much better than you thought.

-I didn't!

-Let's give you your passes.

-That television duo, Ant and Dec.

-Oh, yeah.

-They always stand in the same...

-Oh, yeah.

Catch-22 was the name of the Joseph Heller novel.

Tommy Lee Jones starred as the US Marshal Sam Gerard.

It's a cube that has six equal sides.

God, that is so obvious!

Well, but you're sitting in the black chair, and, you know, all that.

Anyway, look, you now have a very respectable total of 12 points.

APPLAUSE

And now, Jason, again, please.

-And you wrote the Hebburn sitcom on BBC Two.

-Yes.

What do we want, do you think, from sitcoms?

I think we want to see family and want to see laughs,

we perhaps want to see people making the same mistakes that

we've made in our own lives, but to much worse degrees,

so you can forgive yourself.

When you sit down with that, I imagine, the blank sheet of paper

at the beginning, what are you going through?

What's the process?

You want to tell a story, really, that's the whole thing.

You want to tell a story,

and it's a world that you create that you want to see.

You want to change all the rights and wrongs that are in your own life.

You make... The nerd gets the girl,

the bully gets his comeuppance, the couple who're long-serving,

who are looking for the family, they've got to be happy at the end.

And you create this world that you can dive into

and disappear for an afternoon.

If it's that sort of straightforward, why haven't we got bored with them?

Because we love sitcoms, we still love sitcoms.

Yeah, well, it changes with our cultural reference.

We also want see different set-ups and different views on different families.

Attitudes have changed to things, like what we would call profanity,

and the things we can talk about. But in the '50s. it was...

-"I'm afraid Marjorie's looked at a tuppence!"

-LAUGHTER

Which is... "I can't believe they said that on the BBC!"

They're not getting too crude, are they?

Not for me.

Right. Mind you, I don't know where your limits are.

-Pretty far, Mr Humphrys.

-LAUGHTER

Right, you have eight points.

So, let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.

In the UK, which flower has been the symbol of Remembrance Day since 1921?

-The poppy.

-Yep.

Who took over from Jonathan Ross as the host of BBC One's

Friday night chat show in 2010?

Erm... Claudia Winkleman.

Graham Norton.

What name of American origin is given to grated, cooked potatoes,

formed into a small cake and then fried on both sides?

Erm... Erm...

-Hash browns.

-Yes.

Which 1953 Disney animation features the characters

Tinkerbell, Captain Hook and the Lost Boys?

-Peter Pan.

-Yep.

In the UK, which nocturnal birds of prey are proverbially

considered to be wise?

-Owls.

-Yes.

What is the title of Coldplay's first UK top-ten single,

the song begins, "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you?"

-Yellow.

-Yep.

Bobby Charlton's England goal-scoring record was

broken in September 2015 when a player

scored his 50th international goal in a game against Switzerland.

Which player?

-Rooney.

-Yep.

Which city in north-west England stands at the head

of the estuary of the River Lune?

-Preston.

-Lancaster.

What term is used for a film or book narrating events

that precede an existing work?

-Prequel.

-Yes.

In many British theatres,

what level of seating above the main auditorium

but below the gallery shares its name with a two-dimensional shape?

-Circle.

-Yeah.

Which television soap is set in the fictitious

borough of Walford, which is in the postcode district E20?

-EastEnders.

-Yes.

What type of vessel was the Kursk, that sank to the

bottom of the Barents Sea in August 2000 with the loss of all the crew?

-A submarine.

-Yeah.

Jennifer Hudson won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her part in a

2006 film, inspired by the career of the Motown group the Supremes.

-Which film?

-Dreamgirls.

-Yep.

The Gila monster is one of only two venomous species of which reptile?

-Lizard.

-Yep.

What name, derived from a Greek word meaning alone,

is given particularly in Christianity and Buddhism to a man who lives

in a monastery and adheres to vows of poverty and chastity?

-Monk.

-Yes.

In which American state is the city of Memphis?

It's the location of the mansion Graceland,

that's now a museum dedicated to Elvis Presley?

-Tennessee.

-Yes.

Type I and type II are the two forms of a disease... BEEP

..caused by an insufficient supply of insulin for the body's needs.

-Which disease?

-Diabetes.

-Is correct.

-No passes, you have rocketed up to 23 points.

-Yes!

APPLAUSE

And now, Alistair, again, please.

And your programmes, Escape To The Country and Escape To The Continent,

we are, in this country, we are obsessed with houses, aren't we?

Obsessed. Thankfully, yes.

Well, it gives you a living. But why is that, do you think?

Is it just that we think the glass is greener on the other side, or what?

It's interesting, we're obsessed with owning them,

not just renting them. That's a particularly British thing.

Not so true on the Continent.

I think it may be to do with just we're a bit tighter

here on the island, there's not as much space to spread out.

And also, I don't know if an Englishman's home is his castle,

maybe it's a sense of, like, we've kind of wedded our identity

with our homes.

And are you able over the decades to track how our tastes change?

Oh, for sure.

It used to be that the King lived with all his people,

like, sleeping in the same room as him.

So it was like he was there and everyone was around him.

And now it's gone the other way where we want privacy,

big walls and high hedges.

So it's quite interesting, you can almost see the social

twirling of people as they kind of change the houses they live in.

What's your perfect house?

A big one full of people with lots of space and a garden.

That's it, isn't it? With you on that.

Right, now you have 10 points. The score to beat is 23,

which is quite a target. Here we go. Two minutes.

In football, who is the only player allowed to handle

the ball during open play, though only in the penalty area?

-Referee.

-The goalkeeper.

What is the surname of the brothers Jake and Elwood,

played on film by John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd?

Blues Brothers.

A slice of bread dipped in beaten egg, then fried

is sometimes known as what kind of toast?

-French.

-In what European language

do ja and nein mean yes and no?

-German.

-What name that comes from the Greek for medicine

is given to a person qualified

to prepare and dispense medicinal drugs?

Um...pharmacist.

The triangular pointer called a gnomon

is part of which ancient type of timepiece?

A sundial.

What is the common name for the smaller striped ground squirrel

of the genus Tamias found mainly in North America

and has large internal cheek pouches used for transporting food?

Chipmunk.

What did the writer Cyril Connolly say

was imprisoned in every fat man wildly signalling to be let out?

A thin man.

Which country beat Scotland 34-20 in their first game

in rugby union's Six Nations Championship in February 2000?

-England.

-Italy.

By what name is Queen Mary I sometimes known

because of her violent persecution of Protestants

in her attempt to restore England to Roman Catholicism?

-Bloody Mary.

-In which city in north-east England

is the two-tiered high-level bridge

carrying railway lines on its upper deck

and a roadway on the lower?

-Sunderland.

-Newcastle.

The American climbing plant of the cashew family

that can produce severe inflammation of the skin when touched

is called poison what?

-Ivy.

-In the pantomime Ali Baba And The 40 Thieves,

what is the traditional password to open the cave?

-Abracadabra.

-No, Open Sesame.

David Gower and Gary Lineker were the original team captains

of the TV comedy sports quiz first shown in 1995?

What was it called?

-A Question Of Sport.

-They Think It's All Over.

Which deep-voiced American singer's only chart-topping UK single was

You're The First, The Last, My Everything in 1974?

Oh...yes, Barry White.

Which author created the slightly dim man about town

Bertie Wooster and his resourceful valet Jeeves?

-PG Wodehouse.

-Is correct.

No passes, Alistair. 21 points.

APPLAUSE

And now, Ben, again, please.

And, um...your programme is Officially Amazing.

And that is because people break records all the time.

That's right, yes. It's world records,

so it's a bit like Record Breakers from back in the day.

Lots of people obviously grew up with Roy Castle

or maybe you were a Cheryl Baker and Kriss Akabusi kind of era,

but, yeah, it's a similar sort of thing really.

-What kind of records do they break?

-Any records.

I mean, basically anything can be made a record of.

If you're tenacious enough, you can do anything you like.

So it's a weird and wonderful world out there, John.

I'll take your word for it. What's the daftest?

Oh, they're all pretty daft. I always like the ones with animals.

In our first series we went to LA and saw a dog surfing competition.

I think that says a lot about Americans really.

And, yeah, they had to get 30 dogs riding a wave at the same time,

all on their individual surfboards.

Sadly, they didn't get it, but there was a lot of waggy tails

so I think it was a success anyway.

Right, you've got 10 points and 23 is the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.

Traditionally, how many wonders of the ancient world were there?

-Seven.

-Which low-fat soft cheese

with a mild flavour and a granular texture

is often sold with flavourings such as pineapple of chives?

Its name suggests a rural dwelling.

-Wensleydale?

-Cottage cheese.

Which band topped the UK singles chart

for the first time in 1979 with Message In A Bottle?

-Sting and Police?

-Yes, Police.

Which planet was assumed to be the centre of the universe

in a theory that was generally accepted until the 16th century?

Earth.

Who played the irascible hotel owner Basil Fawlty

in the television series Fawlty Towers?

-John Cleese.

-Which building, also known as the Justice Hall

and the Sessions House, was built on the site

of the old Newgate Prison and opened by King Edward VII in 1907?

The Old Bailey.

Which Beethoven symphony is also known as the Choral Symphony?

-Seventh?

-The Ninth.

Which dinosaur has a name meaning three-horned face?

-Triceratops.

-What name was given to the synthetic fibre

used as a sports playing surface

that was invented in about 1965 by James M Faria

and Robert T Wright of Monsanto Industries?

-Astroturf.

-What do the Scots normally call New Year's Eve?

Oh, pass.

Which ferry port lies on Holy Island on the north-west tip of Wales?

-Barry?

-Holyhead.

What word for an apartment occupying two or more floors

and often having its own entrance from outside

is a diminutive of the French for house?

Maisonette.

In which city was the green cloth

traditionally worn by Robin Hood manufactured?

-Nottingham.

-Lincoln.

Which Soviet leader died in 1953 and had a name meaning man of steel?

Stalin.

In what event did Greg Rutherford become the fifth Briton

to hold the grand slam of four titles when he won the gold medal

in the World Athletics Championships in Beijing in August 2015?

-Triple jump.

-Long jump.

In which novel by Richard Adams

do Hazel and Fiver lead a band of rabbits in search of a safer home,

it was later made into an animated film?

Watership Down.

Who made up the pop duo Wham! with George Michael?

Er, Andrew Ridgeley.

Which London Theatre, just south of Waterloo Bridge,

was known as the Royal Coburg when it opened in 1818?

Er, just south of Waterloo Bridge.

I don't know, the Lyceum?

No, it was the Old Vic.

And you had one pass. The Scots call New Year's Eve Hogmanay.

And you've got 21 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, he held on to that lead. Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, 12 points, Louise.

Joint second place, 21 points apiece, Alistair and Ben.

First place, 23 points, Jason.

Jason.

Well done. There's the...there's the plotline for your next sitcom.

-A quiz show.

-Thank you, Mr Humphrys. A starring role? Are you busy?

-We'll get you in.

-You're on.

-No problem.

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to take part in the regular Mastermind programme.

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Thanks for watching, goodbye.

Well done, Jason.