Episode 10 Celebrity Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is the comedian Nathan Caton.

His specialised subject - the history of the Premier League.

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Next, Radio 1 presenter Dev.

He'll be answering questions on the films of Will Ferrell.

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The Grand Slam-winning Welsh rugby union prop Adam Jones

takes as his subject the British and Irish Lions.

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And the tailor and Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant

on the designer Ralph Lauren.

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Hello and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind with me, John Humphrys,

and four people who may, at this stage,

possibly be wondering why they said yes to being here tonight.

It's not as if they get a fee or anything.

It goes to charity,

but they could earn the great honour of becoming a Celebrity Mastermind.

To do it, they get 90 seconds of questions on their specialist

subject and then two minutes of general knowledge.

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

And your name is?

Nathan Caton.

And your chosen charity?

Grown men in their 30s who still live with their mum.

No, I'm joking.

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My chosen charity is Lupus UK.

Lupus UK, and your chosen subject?

-The Premier League.

-The Premier League in 90 seconds starting now.

During the 2015-16 season, which player scored in 11 successive

Premier League matches to help Leicester City win the title?

-Jamie Vardy.

-Yep.

Leicester became the first reigning Premier League champion

to lose the opening game of their title defence.

Which newly-promoted team beat them?

-Hull.

-Yep. In 2010, which Englishman was voted

Premier League Manager of the Season after his Spurs team

qualified for the Champions League play-off

-for the first time?

-Harry Redknapp.

-Yes.

On the final day of the 2011-12 season,

whose goal in the fourth minute of injury-time made

Manchester City Premier League champions?

-Sergio Aguero.

-Yep.

Which club were the first to score more than

100 Premier League goals in one season?

-Chelsea.

-Yes. In January 2011,

Liverpool signed Luis Suarez from which Dutch club?

-Ajax.

-Correct.

Under Alex Ferguson, Man United never finished

outside the top three in the Premier League.

What position did they finish

in David Moyes' only season in charge?

-Seventh.

-Yes.

Who became the first American to take charge

of a Premier League club when he was appointed

as Swansea's manager in October 2016?

-Bob Bradley.

-Yep.

Which club sacked their manager Chris Coleman

near the end of the 2006-7 season?

He was succeeded by Lawrie Sanchez,

who was later replaced by Roy Hodgson.

-Fulham.

-Yep.

Alan Shearer scored his 260th and final Premier League goal

in Newcastle's 4-1 victory

against which of their local rivals in April 2006?

-Sunderland?

-Yes.

In January 2013,

who was sacked as manager of Southampton?

Mauricio Pochettino was appointed as his replacement.

-Nigel Adkins.

-Yes.

Which club finished bottom in 2016 and were relegated

from the Premier League for the first time?

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Aston Villa.

Yes, which means you got them all right. 12 points.

Thank you, sir.

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And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Dev.

Your chosen charity?

The African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust.

And your chosen subject?

The films of Will Ferrell.

In 90 seconds, starting now,

Will Ferrell is an American film actor known for his comedy roles.

What's the name of his character in Anchorman who

has a voice that could make a wolverine purr?

-Ron Burgundy.

-Yes.

Which actor directed and stars in Zoolander and Zoolander 2

in which Ferrell appears as Mugatu?

-Sorry, repeat.

-Which actor directed and stars

in Zoolander and Zoolander 2

in which Ferrell appears as Mugatu?

-Andy McCay?

-Ben Stiller.

In Elf, Ferrell's character Buddy goes to New York

to find his real family.

What is his birth father's name?

Pass.

In Semi-Pro, Ferrell stars as Jackie Moon,

the owner of the team the Flint Tropics.

What sport do they play?

-Basketball.

-Yep. In The Internship,

what is the name of the mattress shop

where Ferrell's character Kevin works?

-Pass.

-In The Other Guys, when Hoitz asks Gamble where

he learned to drive so well,

Gamble replies it was playing a video game. Which one?

-Grand Theft Auto.

-Yeah.

What is the name of the henchman, played by Ferrell, who is

blamed when Dr Evil's cat Mr Bigglesworth loses all its fur

in Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery?

-Mustafa.

-Yes, in which 2014 animation film does Ferrell

provide the voice of Lord Business and President Business.

-Megamind.

-The Lego Movie.

In Get Hard, to provide James with protection in prison,

Darnell tries to hook him up with Russell's gang.

What's the gang called?

Pass.

In Talladega Nights, what rhyming catchphrase

do Ricky and Cal regularly say to each other

before they perform their signature slingshot race move?

-Shake 'n' Bake.

-Yes.

In Anchorman, what is the name of Burgundy's faithful dog

who sleeps next to him in matching pyjamas?

-Baxter.

-Baxter is correct.

You had three passes there, Dev.

Crenshaw Kings is what the gang was called.

Sleep N' Snooze is what that mattress shop was called.

And Walter Hobbs was his birth father's name.

You have scored six points.

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And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Adam Jones.

-Your chosen charity?

-St David's Hospice, Newport.

And your chosen subject?

British Lions rugby 1993-2005.

In 90 seconds, here we go.

Graham Henry coached the Lions on their 2001 tour before

coaching another team to a 3-0 victory in the Test series

against the Lions four years later.

-Which team?

-New Zealand.

Yep. Who was the captain of the Lions

for their '97 tour of South Africa.

He was the first English player to do so

since Bill Beaumont in 1980.

-Martin Johnson.

-Yep.

In 2005, Brian O'Driscoll's tour ended

in the opening minutes of the first Test

when he was injured in a spear tackle by Tana Umaga

and which other New Zealand player?

-Keven Mealamu.

-Yes.

Which member of the '97 and 2001 squads

is a nephew of Barry John?

His father also played for the Lions.

-Scott Quinnell.

-Yep.

The Lions' biggest win against New Zealand

was in the second Test of '93.

How many points did they score

to the All Blacks' seven?

-20?

-Yes. Who scored the drop goal

in the closing minutes of the second Test

against South Africa in 97,

which won the match for the Lions?

-Jeremy Guscott.

-Yes. Who coached the Australia A-team

that beat the Lions by 28-25 in 2001?

-Eddie Jones.

-Yes.

Before flying to New Zealand for the 2005 tour,

the Lions drew 25-25 with Argentina in which stadium?

-Millennium Stadium.

-Yep.

In 1997, the Lions defeated South Africa 2-1

in the Test series and only lost one other match

during the tour. Which team beat them by 35-30?

-Northern Transvaal?

-Yes.

What is the name of the Scottish back row forward

whose tour was ended by a knee injury

during the first game in 2001?

-Simon Taylor.

-Yes. Who was Head Coach of the Lions

for the third time on the tour to South Africa in '97?

-Ian McGeechan.

-Yes.

Which centre was selected for the '97 tour to South Africa

before he'd won his first England cap?

Will Greenwood.

Will Greenwood is correct and you too have done it.

12 points, all correct.

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And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Patrick Grant.

-Your chosen charity?

-Cancer Research.

-And your chosen subject?

-The life of Ralph Lauren.

In 90 seconds starting now.

The fashion designer Ralph Lauren was born in 1939 in New York,

the youngest child of Jewish immigrants.

What was his original surname?

-Lifshitz.

-Yep. What single word did he write

in his high school's 1957 yearbook

when he was asked to list his goal in life?

-Millionaire.

-Yes.

In 1967, which company gave Lauren support to design and

distribute his range of ties?

They were launched under the newly-coined Polo label.

-Beau Brummell.

-Yes.

After he left the army because of a leg injury,

Lauren worked as a clerk for a company

called Meyers Make, packing and shipping what?

-Gloves.

-Yep.

Which award-winning costume designer commissioned Lauren

to make the men's costumes for the 1974 film version

of The Great Gatsby?

I've forgotten. Pass.

Which Ralph Lauren men's label, launched in 1994,

featured suits that sold for between 1,500 and 2,000?

-Purple Label.

-Yep.

At which former American fashion awards did he win

in both the men's and women's categories in the '70s?

-Coty.

-Yep.

In 1987, Lauren had a successful operation to remove

a benign tumour from what part of his body?

-His brain.

-Yes.

What was the name of the floral fragrance that was

added to his range of perfume in 1998?

It was followed a year later by a version for men.

-Romance.

-Yes.

Who wore a pink gown designed by Lauren when she

picked up the Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar

at the '99 Academy Awards?

-Gwyneth Paltrow.

-Yes.

For which annual British sporting event

did Lauren become the official outfitter in 2006?

-Wimbledon.

-Yep.

In 1998, the Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation

pledged 10 million to preserve

which historical American flag?

The Star-Spangled Banner.

Is correct and you had just one pass.

Theoni Aldredge was that award-winning designer.

However, Patrick, you have 11 points.

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Well, a very high-scoring first round there.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, six points, Dev.

Third place, 11 points, Patrick.

Joint first place, 12 points apiece, Nathan and Adam.

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So it is the general knowledge round now and if there's a tie at

the end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account

and the person with the fewest passes is the winner.

Let's get on with it and ask Dev to join us again, please.

Dev, you're a DJ.

The role of DJs, or disc jockeys as we used to call them,

has changed quite a bit over the years, hasn't it?

Yeah, that's right.

There's a lot more pushing buttons and talking about yourself involved

nowadays, so a lot of it's on your laptop.

Then you'll get people leaning over it with drinks and that,

screaming requests in your ear.

-Tipping the drinks into the laptop?

-Yeah, that kind of fun stuff.

How do you do that?

If they're asking you to play something and it's all in the

laptop, how do you manage that?

Basically, how I forged most of my career - it's just ignore

everybody around me and do what I want to do.

I have this suspicion that you guys exploit...

Let's use that as a kind word.

..the difference between slightly younger and slightly older people,

to make us, the slightly older people,

feel embarrassed at our lack of knowledge of modern music.

Is that a fair assessment?

I'm just a sprightly teenager who just loves everything young.

As opposed to?

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I mean, you're a legend anyway, Humphrys,

so I wouldn't worry about it.

I'm sorry. Legends have to be extremely old.

-You have to at least put in a shift.

-I'm going to stop there.

Right, you've got six points on your specialist subject.

Let's see how you do with general knowledge.

Two minutes of that coming up now.

What six-letter term is used to refer to British withdrawal

from the EU following the referendum in June?

-Brexit.

-Yeah.

What name is given to the foot of an animal

which has pads and claws?

-Paw.

-Yeah.

Which British actor plays Batman's butler

Alfred Pennyworth in the 2016 film

Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice?

-Michael Caine.

-Jeremy Irons.

Which country ended Wales' run

in the 2016 Uefa European Championship

when they beat them 2-0 in the semifinal

with goals from Ronaldo and Nani?

-Portugal.

-Yep.

The Animals' 1964 UK number one single is

The House of the Rising...?

-Sun.

-Yep.

What term, meaning to escape anything that is punitive,

originally referred to the exemption from paying taxes?

-Avoidance.

-Scot-free.

The Greek and Roman gods Aries and Mars

were both gods of what?

-War.

-Yes. Mezzo and coloratura are types of

which female singing voice?

-Opera.

-Soprano.

Which actor and singer joined EastEnders in 2015

playing Sharon Mitchell's biological father Gavin Sullivan?

Pass.

Which drink did the brothers Ernest and Julio Gallo begin

producing in California in 1933.

-Coca-Cola.

-Wine.

In voodoo, what term is used for a corpse said to be

brought back to life by witchcraft?

-Zombie.

-Yes.

Which 2016 film does Bryan Cranston play Robert Mazur,

a federal agent who goes undercover

to expose money-laundering

involving the Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar?

Pass.

Dame Elisabeth Frink was famous as a print maker

and in which other branch of the creative arts?

-Books?

-Sculpture.

In Pygmalion, what's the name of the professor of phonetics

who makes a bet that he can train

Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle

to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party?

My sister's going to kill me. Pass.

-My Fair Lady!

-No, Henry Higgins.

Celtic, Latvian, St Andrews and Maltese are all types of

which religious symbol?

Sorry, can I hear that one again?

No, cos you're out of time. Give me a religious symbol.

A crucifix?

Cross. Yeah, crucifix, I think that'll do.

Anyway, you had three passes.

Professor Henry Higgins I've already told you about that one.

The Infiltrator was that 2016 film

and Paul Nicholas joined the cast of EastEnders in 2015.

You have scored, Dev, 13 points.

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And now Patrick again, please.

Now, Patrick, you're a tailor.

Is it fair to say that now you can wear

pretty much anything you want to wear?

Yeah, I think the rules of men's dress have changed considerably

over the years.

I think barriers have broken down entirely.

You can kind of wear what you want where you want.

On the other hand, if you went to, I don't know, a lunch or something

-dressed as you are now, very, very smart indeed...

-Thank you.

..beautifully-cut suit, waistcoat and all that sort of thing,

everybody else was wearing jeans and a T-shirt,

would they feel a bit of a prat or would you?

Er, well, I wouldn't feel a prat because I like wearing these things

-and I'm kind of used to it.

-So you don't care what anybody else wears?

I spent my childhood dressing differently from my peers.

I went to Wembley to watch the semifinal of the FA Cup being

the single only person wearing a tie

apart from perhaps a couple of coach drivers.

But I don't mind.

I've always enjoyed dressing the way I want to dress.

-My friends have got used to it.

-Right, you have 11 points.

You have now two minutes of general knowledge.

Let's see if you can storm into the lead. Here we go.

Rod Hull formed a double act with a giant puppet

that was what kind of bird?

-An emu.

-Yes.

The counties of Cheshire and Lancashire both give their

names to what dairy product?

-Cheese.

-Yep. Which novel features a title character

whose life story includes working as a London cab horse,

and ends in the tender care of Miss Blomefield,

Miss Ellen and Miss Lavinia?

-Black Beauty.

-Yes.

What is the name of the international air carrier that

originated as the national airline of Ireland in 1936?

-Aer Lingus.

-Yes.

Which athlete became Great Britain's most decorated

female Paralympian when she won three gold medals

in cycling at the Rio Games?

-It took her gold medal tally to 14.

-Pass.

The home of a French Impressionist painter in Giverny

in northern France is famous for the water lily ponds

he created, that are the subject of many of his later works.

-Which painter?

-Monet.

-Yes.

What is the nickname of the Soviet Union's

first nuclear submarine, the K19,

in the title of the 2002 film starring Harrison Ford

and Liam Neeson?

-Red October.

-The Widowmaker.

Which word for a powerful ruler comes from

the Latin word "Imperator" meaning a commander?

-Emperor.

-Yes.

Which country has four official languages

- French, German, Italian and Romansh?

-Switzerland.

-Yes.

Sodium is one of the elements in common salt.

Which is the other?

-Chlorine.

-Yes.

The former SAS sergeant whose works include Bravo Two Zero

writes under a pseudonym. What is it?

-Andy McNab.

-Yes.

In July 1969, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin

became the second man to walk where?

-On the moon.

-Yeah.

Which Icelandic singer won the BRIT Award

for International Female Solo Artist

at the 2016 ceremony, an award she last won in 1998?

-Bjork.

-Yeah. Who kept his job as Health Secretary

in Theresa May's first Cabinet,

a position he'd held since 2012?

-Jeremy Hunt.

-Yes.

In which country is Mecca the birthplace

of the Prophet Muhammad?

-Er, Jordan.

-Saudi Arabia.

What replaced the Union Jack

in the top left-hand corner of the Betsy Ross flag

adopted by the American colonists in 1777?

-A star?

-Stars.

Which sea creature has a name which comes from

the Greek word for "eight" and "foot"?

-Octopus.

-Octopus is exactly right.

You had one pass.

That athlete who's won all those gold medals was Sarah Storey.

-I knew it!

-Just that one pass, Patrick.

You scored a total of 25 points.

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And now Nathan again, please.

And, Nathan, you've been a comedian for, what, 12 years?

Something like that, yep.

Is there something in this that, in the old days if you wanted to

become a really successful comedian you had to do your porridge.

You had to have all those drunks shouting offensive stuff at you

and survive all that.

Now you get on a telly show and, bingo, you're a star.

I wouldn't say I'm a star.

I'm still up and down the circuit gigging in the clubs

-taking all the abuse.

-Really?

-Social media you get it a lot.

-Ah.

That's slightly different.

Do they chuck abuse at you from the seats in the audience?

They shout where they think I can hear them.

But how do you deal with it? Two things really.

How do you deal with it in the theatre and how do you deal with it,

if you bother, on Twitter?

On stage, how do I deal with it? I just remember I'm getting paid.

I'm like, "Who's the loser now?"

On social media, I had one person,

the clocks went back and I made a joke about football and I said,

"Remember to put your clocks back one hour.

"Manchester United fans,

"remember to put your clocks back about five years."

Then one person tweeted me saying,

"I bet your mum wishes she could turn the clock back 26 years."

-That's not bad, is it?

-I was, "What? You think I'm 26?"

-Black don't crack.

-But it gave you another gag.

-Exactly.

-More material.

They don't realise it's feeding me, giving me ammunition, so it's fine.

Very satisfying.

Anyway, Nathan, you've got 12 points which is a big score.

That's the good news. The bad news, you've got to beat 25 now.

-No pressure(!)

-No pressure. Good. Glad you feel it. Here we go.

What sort of food is a banger, often served with mashed potatoes?

-Sausage.

-Yep.

The New York Stock Exchange is on a short

but famous street that extends seven blocks

from Broadway to the East River. Which street?

-Wall Street.

-Yes.

Which Coronation Street character played by Bill Roache

has been married to Valerie Tatlock, Janet Reid

and Deirdre Langton?

-Ken Barlow.

-Yeah.

What political position was held successively by

William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith

and Michael Howard between '97 and 2005?

Shadow Home Secretary?

No, leader of the Conservative Party.

Which brand of pickle takes its name from the village in

Staffordshire where it was first made in 1922?

I don't know. Pass.

Which is the largest of the rattlesnakes?

Its name comes from the pattern

of the markings on its body.

-Cobra.

-Diamondback.

Who wrote the 1864 novel

Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

in which a group of adventurers travel underground

from the Icelandic volcano Snaefell

to the volcano Stromboli?

-Marcus Splinter.

-Jules Verne.

What word refers to internet content that encourages

users to follow a link to a web page

often considered to be of low quality

that was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016?

-Spam.

-Clickbait.

Which snooker player, nicknamed "The Jester From Leicester",

won his second world title in May 2016?

-Higgins.

-Selby.

How was the Irish vet Noel Fitzpatrick known

in the Channel 4 series first shown in 2014?

-Doctor.

-The Supervet.

Which British-born actress,

the daughter of a famous singer-songwriter,

plays Snow White in the 2012 film Mirror Mirror?

-Pass.

-Which is the largest Australian state in terms

of area, occupying one third of the country's land area?

-Queensland?

-Western Australia.

Bongos and tom-toms are both types

of what musical percussion instrument?

-Drum.

-Yeah.

Which city on Scotland's east coast is the centre of

-Britain's North Sea oil industry?

-Aberdeen.

-Yeah.

What ran away with the spoon

in the nursery rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle?

-Cat?

-Dish.

Which new musical that opened at The Old Vic

in August 2016 is based on a film

in which a TV weatherman finds himself caught in

a time loop and forced to repeat the same day

again and again?

-Groundhog Day.

-Groundhog Day is correct.

Two passes. Lily Collins played Snow White and Branston Pickle.

Sorry. I'm not a massive pickle fan!

You've never eaten Branston Pickle?

-If you had jokes about Nando's I would have nailed it.

-Oh, sorry!

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-Anyway, Nathan, you've now got a total of 18 points.

-Thanks.

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And now Adam again, please.

-Now, Adam...

-Hello.

-..I looked up the quote especially for you.

I thought I'd remembered it.

"Football is a gentleman's game played by hooligans.

"Rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen."

True?

In certain parts of England, yes.

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Yes, very true.

So the English basically are hooligans

and you guys are gentlemen?

No, I think we get a tougher sort of player back home in Wales

but they're brought up in a slightly different way.

Certainly where I play now, in Harlequins, they have

a silver spoon in their mouths.

Right.

But you still play for them. You take their money.

Exactly, as Nathan said.

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My man!

Let's try a serious question.

Rugby now, you can succeed if you're brilliant and if you're big.

It's not that long ago Barry John or somebody, a brother-in-law of mine,

Bleddyn Williams, small man, did brilliantly.

Yeah, I think especially these Northern Hemisphere countries

there's a lot based on gym work.

Everyone's getting bigger, faster and stronger now.

I think I got out at the right time really.

What, being a skinny little chap like you are, you mean?

I was getting bigger, fatter and slower.

Right, well, you've done all right.

Over the years you've won a few caps, my goodness.

Now then, talking about doing all right, you've got 12 points already,

but the score to beat is 25 so here we go.

What word used in the theatre for a daytime performance derived

from the French word for morning.

-Matinee.

-Yeah.

Which fibre is mechanically separated from its seeds in

a machine called a gin?

-Corn.

-Cotton.

The ruined farmhouse of Top Withens

on the Yorkshire moors above the village of Haworth

is thought to be the inspiration for

a house in a novel by Emily Bronte.

-Which house?

-No idea.

In computing, what name is given to a file

that is sent with an e-mail so both are received together

even though it does not form

part of the body of the e-mail?

-Attachment.

-Yes.

What Christian name is shared by the British painters

Constable and Myles-Lea?

-Pass.

-What two-word rhyming phrase is often used

to refer to a young male companion of an older woman?

-Say it again.

-What two-word rhyming phrase is often used

-to refer to a young male...

-Toy boy.

-Toy boy is correct.

The groups New Order and the Stone Roses

both come from which city?

-Manchester.

-Yep.

Which actor, best known for his role in Friends,

wrote and starred in The End Of Longing

which opened in London in February 2016?

-Matthew Perry.

-Yes.

English couples traditionally elope to a village

over the Scottish border

and were married by the local blacksmith.

-Which village?

-Gretna Green.

-Yep.

Who was Queen of Scotland from 1542

till she was deposed in '67

when she fled to England to seek sanctuary.

-She was eventually executed.

-No idea.

Which Parisian landmark stands at the opposite end

of the Parc Du Champ De Mars to the Ecole Militaire?

-Arc du Triomphe?

-No, Eiffel Tower.

What name for a large public service vehicle

comes from the Latin for "for all".

Pass.

Which Swiss tennis player won his third

Grand Slam title when he beat Novak Djokovic

in four sets in the US Open final in September 2016?

-Stan Wawrinka.

-Yes.

Belgian Trappist and German Dunkel

are both types of which drink?

-Rum.

-Beer.

The famous 1881 gunfight

in which the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday

beat the Clanton Gang is known as the Gunfight at...

-OK Corral?

-The OK Corral is correct.

A few passes. Omnibus is that large public service vehicle.

Mary, Queen of Scots lost her head. Yeah, you knew that.

The British painter is John Constable and John Myles-Lea

and Wuthering Heights was the ruined farmhouse.

Nearly got there, Adam. You got 20 points.

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

In fourth place, 13 points, Dev.

Third place, 18 points, Nathan.

Second place, 20 points, Adam.

First place, 25 points, Patrick.

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Patrick.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you very much.

Must be a bit of change for you to be receiving an award

rather than handing one out as a judge on the Sewing Bee.

Well, it's certainly a lot less nerve-racking on Sewing Bee.

This is probably the most petrifying thing I've ever done

-but I'm delighted.

-Easier to be a judge?

-Much easier, yeah.

You did very well. Congratulations.

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