0:00:23 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Jack Ashton from Call The Midwife.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29His specialist subject, Ashes cricket.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32APPLAUSE
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Next, the comedian Rich Hall.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37He'll be answering questions on Tennessee Williams.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39APPLAUSE
0:00:39 > 0:00:46Guy Mowbray, the Match Of The Day commentator, takes as his subject the band Iron Maiden.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50And finally, the great Pam Ayres on British wildlife.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Hello and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind, with me,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08John Humphrys, and four people who may be wondering why
0:01:08 > 0:01:13they volunteered to be here tonight, but one of them will become
0:01:13 > 0:01:15a Celebrity Mastermind and that's an honour.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18They get a minute and a half of their specialist subject
0:01:18 > 0:01:20and then two minutes on general knowledge,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23all in the glare of the spotlight and all for charity.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26So, let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- And your name is?- Jack Ashton.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Your chosen charity? - Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- And your chosen subject? - The Ashes cricket.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Who retired from Test cricket at the end of the 2006/07 Ashes series
0:01:44 > 0:01:46after he took his 700th Test wicket?
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Shane Warne.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Who made his Test debut at Lord's in the 2005 Ashes series
0:01:50 > 0:01:53and was the top scorer in both of England's innings?
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Kevin Pietersen.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58In 2009, England beat Australia in an Ashes Test at Lord's
0:01:58 > 0:02:00for the first time since which year?
0:02:00 > 0:02:011934.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05In 2013, which English ground hosted an Ashes Test
0:02:05 > 0:02:06match for the first time?
0:02:06 > 0:02:09It was the fourth match in England's home series.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Durham.- Yeah, Riverside.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13In the first Test at Cardiff in 2009,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15how many deliveries did the last wicket
0:02:15 > 0:02:18partnership of Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar survive
0:02:18 > 0:02:21together to secure an improbable draw for England?
0:02:21 > 0:02:2269.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26In the first Test of the 2013 series at Trent Bridge, which teenage
0:02:26 > 0:02:30bowler, who was making his Test debut, scored 98 runs off 101
0:02:30 > 0:02:33balls, batting at number 11 in Australia's first innings?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Ashton Agar.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39The first delivery of the 2006/07 series, bowled by Steve Harmison,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42was extremely wide and went straight into the hands of an England
0:02:42 > 0:02:45fielder standing in the slips. Who was the fielder?
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Andrew Flintoff.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49In 2015, who became the first English player
0:02:49 > 0:02:52since Ian Botham to be part of an Ashes winning team for a fifth time?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Ian Bell.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57What's the name of the medal that is awarded to the player of the series in the Ashes?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59It was named after two great cricketers,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03one from each side, and was first awarded in 2005 to Andrew Flintoff.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Compton-Miller.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07In Mike Atherton's final Test match at the Oval in 2001,
0:03:07 > 0:03:11which Australian bowler dismissed him for a record 18th time?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Glenn McGrath. - Glenn McGrath is correct.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16No passes, you got them all right, Jack! Ten points.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19APPLAUSE
0:03:28 > 0:03:30And our next contender, please.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- Hello, John. - How are you, Rich?- I'm good, thanks.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- I'll ask you for your name because that's what we do.- Right.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47- And your charity.- Rich Hall. Wildlife Trust.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- And your chosen subject. - Tennessee Williams.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Tennessee Williams, in 90 seconds, here we go.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55What is the name of the faded Southern Belle,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58who alongside her crude brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski is
0:03:58 > 0:04:01the principal character in the 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Blanche Dubois.- What was the name of Williams' troubled sister,
0:04:04 > 0:04:06to whom he was devoted in his later years?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09He used his wealth to pay for her private care.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Rose.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Audrey Wood was Williams' friend and adviser.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15What role did she play in his professional career?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17She was his agent.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20In 1956, Williams' book, entitled In The Winter Of Cities, was published.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23It was his first published work in what literary genre?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Short stories.- Poetry.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28What was the name of the magazine for which the 16-year-old
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Williams wrote a short horror story called The Vengeance Of Nitocris?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Pass.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Williams reported that a touring production of the play Ghost,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38that he saw in the mid '30s, convinced him
0:04:38 > 0:04:40that his future lay in writing works for the theatre.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Which Norwegian author wrote the play?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- Strindberg.- Ibsen.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46On which British interviewer's television show did
0:04:46 > 0:04:49he coyly discuss his homosexuality for the first time in 1970?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51David Frost.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54His first successful play, which had its Broadway
0:04:54 > 0:04:58premiere in March 1945, has strong autobiographical elements. What's it called?
0:04:58 > 0:04:59The Glass Menagerie.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02The first of the two novels written by Williams is a lightly
0:05:02 > 0:05:05veiled autobiography that was published in 1950.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06What's its title?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08The Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Williams won four awards from the Drama Critics Circle.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Which other prestigious literary prize did he win twice,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17first for A Streetcar Named Desire, then for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- The Pulitzer.- What was the name of the man with whom Williams
0:05:20 > 0:05:23shared his longest romantic attachment?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25They remained together for 13 years.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- Frank Merlo. - Is correct. You had one pass.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31The name of that magazine for which he wrote a short horror story
0:05:31 > 0:05:33was Weird Tales.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35And you have scored, Rich, eight points.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38APPLAUSE
0:05:47 > 0:05:48And our next contender, please.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- And your name.- Guy Mowbray.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- Your chosen charity. - Is the Sporting Memories Network.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- And your chosen subject. - Iron Maiden.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Iron Maiden, in 90 seconds, here we go.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06What is the name of the East London bassist and founder member of Iron Maiden
0:06:06 > 0:06:10who chose the band's name in the mid '70s because it just sounded right for the music?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Steve Harris.- For which former Iron Maiden drummer did the band perform various
0:06:13 > 0:06:16benefit concerts after they learnt that he had multiple sclerosis?
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- Clive Burr.- What song did Iron Maiden refuse to mime
0:06:19 > 0:06:22when they made their debut on Top of the Pops in February 1980?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Running Free.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27What name was given to the Boeing 757 flown by Bruce Dickinson
0:06:27 > 0:06:31on the band's 2008 world tour after fans were asked to name the plane?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Ed Force One.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35In which Italian city did Bruce Dickinson
0:06:35 > 0:06:38make his debut as the band's lead singer on the 26th of October
0:06:38 > 0:06:411981, during the Killer world tour?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42- Turin.- No, Bologna.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Which Iron Maiden single released in June 1983 inspired the name
0:06:46 > 0:06:49of a beer created by Robinsons Brewery and Bruce Dickinson?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- The Trooper.- Which artist created the monstrous picture of the band's mascot
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Eddie on the cover of their 1980 debut album?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Derek Riggs.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00What is the title of the band's first live album that was
0:07:00 > 0:07:02largely recorded at the Long Beach Arena, California,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05in March '85, during the World Slavery tour?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Live After Death.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Which instrumental track on the band's second album, Killers,
0:07:09 > 0:07:11is named after a 13th century warrior?
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Genghis Khan.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15What is the name of the singer in the band Wolfsbane who
0:07:15 > 0:07:18replaced Bruce Dickinson as Iron Maiden's lead vocalist in '94?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Blaze Bayley.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22What is the title of the band's 16th studio album,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25released in September 2015?
0:07:25 > 0:07:26The Book Of Souls.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29In which South American country was the band not allowed to
0:07:29 > 0:07:33appear in concert on the 23rd of July 1992,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36because of alleged satanic references in their music?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Brazil.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- Nope. Chile.- Ah.- Close.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44You scored, though, Guy, no passes and ten points.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48APPLAUSE
0:07:54 > 0:07:56And our final contender, please.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05And your name is?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Your chosen charity?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12And your chosen subject?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- British wildlife?- Yes. - Here we go, 90 seconds.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18The golden eagle is so-called because the plumage of part
0:08:18 > 0:08:21of its body is a rich golden brown - which part?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- The head.- What is the smallest and most common bat native to Britain?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25The pipistrelle.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28The pygmy is the smallest of three British species of a tiny animal
0:08:28 > 0:08:32that has a long pointed snout adorned with bristling whiskers - what animal?
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- The shrew. - What bees lay their eggs in the nest of bumblebees
0:08:35 > 0:08:37and sometimes kill the resident queen?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40The bumblebee workers then rear the young as their own.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Mason...
0:08:41 > 0:08:43No, cuckoo bees. Or parasitic bees.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46What were reintroduced into the wild initially on a trial basis
0:08:46 > 0:08:49in 2009 in the Knapdale forest in Argyll
0:08:49 > 0:08:51after an absence of several hundred years?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- Beavers? - Which animals alert
0:08:53 > 0:08:56others of the species to their presence with scent marks
0:08:56 > 0:08:58that consist of droppings known as spraints?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Otters.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Which breed of ponies found on the uplands of North Devon
0:09:02 > 0:09:05and West Somerset has remained virtually unchanged
0:09:05 > 0:09:07since its ice age ancestors?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- Exmoor.- Smooth, great crested and palmate
0:09:10 > 0:09:13are the three British species of which amphibian?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Newt.- Which very rare snake
0:09:15 > 0:09:17found only on dry heathland gets its name
0:09:17 > 0:09:20because its scales are flat, unlike those of the viper
0:09:20 > 0:09:21and grass snake that are ridged?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23The smooth snake.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Which creature from North America is thought to have been
0:09:26 > 0:09:29first released in the grounds of Henbury Park in Cheshire in 1876?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Its import has been an ecological disaster.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32The grey squirrel.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Which legless lizard is one of the three lizards
0:09:35 > 0:09:38native to the Britain along with the common lizard and the sand lizard?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40The slowworm.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42A controversial cull of badgers was introduced
0:09:42 > 0:09:46because they can supposedly transmit a disease to cows - what disease?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- TB. - Yes, bovine tuberculosis.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Pam, no passes, you've scored 11 points.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Thank you very much.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55APPLAUSE
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Well, what a close round. Let's have a look at all of those scores.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08In fourth place, eight points, Rich.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Joint second place, 10 points apiece,
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Jack and Guy.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16First place, 11 points, Pam.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18APPLAUSE
0:10:23 > 0:10:26So the general knowledge round now
0:10:26 > 0:10:28and if there is a tie at end of it,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30then the number of passes are taken into account
0:10:30 > 0:10:33and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Let's get on with it and ask Rich to join us again, please.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42And I spotted that you're probably American, Rich.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45I don't know quite how that came across but it did.
0:10:45 > 0:10:51Is there a gag or an approach that is absolutely guaranteed to work
0:10:51 > 0:10:54with a British audience and not with an American audience
0:10:54 > 0:10:58or vice versa, or is there a single gag that always works with both?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01No, not really, no. No.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05I have... I have jokes that can die on both sides of the ocean.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Have you ever done a joke that you...
0:11:09 > 0:11:13It sounds like you're asking me to tell a joke.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Gosh, you got there ahead of me.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16LAUGHTER
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- No, no. I don't think this is the time.- You don't?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- Yeah.- Well, you'll be penalised.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I was going to give you the easy questions,
0:11:22 > 0:11:23but now I'm going to have to...
0:11:23 > 0:11:27You can't hurt me any more than you already have. I'm last place!
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- You're a couple of points behind. - I'm in the cellar.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32You've got two minutes of general knowledge questions
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- to prove that Americans... - But I can already tell
0:11:34 > 0:11:37they're going to be British questions about...
0:11:37 > 0:11:41I'm just going to say Jim Callaghan to everything and hope I get it right.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- All right. Here we go, then. - All right.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Two minutes of general knowledge. - OK.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51And you have eight points and you're very close to the leader.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Here we go. H2O is the chemical formula for what liquid?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55Water.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Hammerhead, basking and whale are all species of what fish?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Shark.- Which art gallery was founded in 1824
0:12:01 > 0:12:04after the House of Commons voted to buy 38 paintings
0:12:04 > 0:12:07for the nation from the banker John Julius Angerstein?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- Tate Modern.- National.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Which American city has two major-league baseball teams,
0:12:12 > 0:12:13the Yankees and the Mets?
0:12:13 > 0:12:14New York.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16What name for the strip on the side of a cinefilm
0:12:16 > 0:12:18on which the audio part of the film is recorded
0:12:18 > 0:12:22has come to be used generally for the film's music or dialogue?
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Pass.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26The Traverse, the Playhouse and the Festival
0:12:26 > 0:12:29are among the theatres in which Scottish city?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- Edinburgh.- Which French former Foreign Minister
0:12:31 > 0:12:33was appointed by the European Commission
0:12:33 > 0:12:36to head the Brexit negotiations with Britain in July 2016?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Pass.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41What common name is given to the membranes in the larynx
0:12:41 > 0:12:45whose vibrations produce speech and sound when air is passed over them?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Pass. - In bingo calling, which number
0:12:49 > 0:12:53is traditionally referred to as clickety click?
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Er...66.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57What position did Tiberius hold from 14 AD
0:12:57 > 0:13:00after he succeeded his adoptive father Augustus?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03He was only the second person to hold the position.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Pass.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Which member of a famous musical family
0:13:06 > 0:13:10had her first UK top 40 hit with What Have You Done For Me Lately?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12It reached number three in 1986.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Pass.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16What term for the Americas was first used
0:13:16 > 0:13:19around 1502 in a letter by Amerigo Vespucci?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- The Americas?- The New World.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24What is the occupation of Oliver Mellors,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Lady Chatterley's lover in the novel by DH Lawrence?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- Shoe salesman.- Gamekeeper!
0:13:30 > 0:13:34The term Hellenic generally refers to the culture
0:13:34 > 0:13:36or language of what ancient civilisation?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I'm sorry, can I... Can you repeat...
0:13:39 > 0:13:42The term Hellenic generally refers to the culture or language
0:13:42 > 0:13:43of what ancient civilisation?
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Greek. Greece.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47The scale that is typically used to measure the acidity
0:13:47 > 0:13:50or alkalinity of soil is known by what two letters?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52The values go from 0 to 14.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- pH.- Yeah, pH is correct.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57You have five passes.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Janet Jackson was the member of that famous musical family.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Tiberius was a Roman emperor.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Vocal cords is the membranes in the larynx and all that.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Michel Barnier was the... IS the European Commissioner
0:14:09 > 0:14:11that's heading up the negotiations
0:14:11 > 0:14:14and the name for the strip on the side of the cinefilm,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16the soundtrack.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- Oh!- You have now, Rich, a total of 15 points.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21APPLAUSE
0:14:31 > 0:14:34And now, Jack, again, please.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40And you are the vicar in Call The Midwife.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43The pretend vicar, yeah. Curate, still.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- Oh, you're just a curate? - After five years.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46You haven't done very well, then?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- No, I'm terrible at it. - If you're still a curate.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50It's going to go on forever, Call The Midwife, isn't it?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53What is it about it?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55I just think that, obviously,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58there's a lot of nostalgia out there.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00It's a really interesting time period,
0:15:00 > 0:15:06obviously it's very much about the birth of the NHS,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10going back to a period where people really went from having to
0:15:10 > 0:15:13literally pay for medicine to having it given to them for free.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19So it's a whole... It was a sea change in the political arena.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22And I think what's happening now, in the world,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25I think people are looking back to that time
0:15:25 > 0:15:27and kind of going, like, what...
0:15:27 > 0:15:32Why did they have it... It went very well in the 1960s, 1950s.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34And it's all falling apart now.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36There's a kind of reassuring thing about it.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39There's a reassuring thing about it and it's a nice show, isn't it?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42And you get to see your characters every week and...
0:15:42 > 0:15:43- You ain't complaining.- I'm not.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Anyway, you've got 10 points
0:15:45 > 0:15:47and you now have the general knowledge round.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Two minutes of questions, here we go.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Which duo had their only number one single in the UK
0:15:52 > 0:15:54in 1965 with I Got You Babe?
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Sonny and Cher.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57The adjective solar refers to what heavenly body?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Sun.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00The series of dynastic civil wars
0:16:00 > 0:16:02known as the Wars of the Roses was fought between
0:16:02 > 0:16:05the forces of the House of York and which other royal house?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Lancaster. - Which edible nut,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09with a hard three-sided brown shell,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12grows on trees that can only survive in the Amazonian rainforest
0:16:12 > 0:16:14because of their complex ecological requirements?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Pass.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17What word for a heavy lorry comes from
0:16:17 > 0:16:20an incarnation of Krishna whose image is dragged through the streets
0:16:20 > 0:16:23in an annual festival in Puri in India?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- Arctic? - Juggernaut.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Which comic book hero made his first appearance
0:16:27 > 0:16:30in Action Comics in June 1938?
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Superman.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Which Japanese dish, whose name translates as sour,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37consists of boiled rice, flavoured with vinegar,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39and served cold with a variety of vegetable,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41egg or raw seafood garnishes?
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Pass.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44What number is at the bottom of a standard dartboard
0:16:44 > 0:16:46opposite 20 at the top?
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Three.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Imelda Staunton plays Martha and Conleth Hill plays George
0:16:50 > 0:16:53in a 2017 London revival of an Edward Albee play
0:16:53 > 0:16:55about marital strife. Which play?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Pass.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00In 1888, while he was in Arles, Vincent van Gogh produced
0:17:00 > 0:17:03several famous still-life paintings of what flowers?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Sunflowers.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07What is the name of the characteristic loose draped
0:17:07 > 0:17:09outer garment that was worn by Roman citizens?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Pass.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13How is the Italian landmark known locally as
0:17:13 > 0:17:16La Torre Pendente di Pisa known in English?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Which actress won a Golden Globe and was nominated for
0:17:20 > 0:17:23an Oscar and a Bafta for her role in Almost Famous?
0:17:23 > 0:17:24She's the daughter of Goldie Hawn.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Um, er...
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Kate Hudson.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30The Queen officially opened a new road bridge
0:17:30 > 0:17:33across a body of water in September 2017,
0:17:33 > 0:17:3653 years to the day that she opened its predecessor.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37What body of water?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- The Thames?- Forth.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Which media mogul has children called Prudence, Elizabeth,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44James, Lachlan, Grace and Chloe,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46born between 1958 and 2003?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Murdoch?- Yeah.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Which television scriptwriter,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51whose works include The Liver Birds,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Butterflies and Bread, died in May 2016?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Oh...- You so know that, don't you?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00I do. But I don't.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03No, have to put you out of your misery. Carla Lane.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08Your other passes, the name of the loose draped outer garment -
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- you'll be cross with this one, as well - toga.- Toga, yeah!
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- The play Imelda Staunton was in, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?- Yes.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19That Japanese dish that sounds horrible when you spell it out...
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Sushi?- Sushi.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26- Yeah.- And those nuts in... grown in Brazil, are Brazil nuts.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- Course they are! - LAUGHTER
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Jack, you've got 19 points. - Thank you.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33APPLAUSE
0:18:41 > 0:18:44And now Guy, again, please.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48And, I was going to say, football is your trade,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- it's probably your life, as well, isn't it?- Pretty much, yeah.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- Dominates everything. - So let's do a bit of nostalgia.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- Mmm.- It's not like it was, is it? - Nothing is.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00No, it's not and I do prefer it in the old days.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- Did you? - I know I shouldn't say that.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03I'm sounding very old and decrepit,
0:19:03 > 0:19:07but I much preferred the '80s and the '70s, when it was a bit raw.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- It's a little bit too clean and sanitised now.- Ah.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Oh, I thought you were going to sound off about things
0:19:12 > 0:19:14like the amount of money involved...
0:19:14 > 0:19:17And that, as well, yeah, absolutely, but money ruins everything.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19And it's done that with football, undoubtedly.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20But you can't change the actual game.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23The game in essence from first whistle to last is still the same.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25And that's the bit that I like.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27What, even if players are falling over all the time?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Part of the theatre, John.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Really?- I've got to say that.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- LAUGHTER - We don't like it, really.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36All right.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38You've got 10 points already, Guy.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40The score to beat is 19.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43So let's see if you can do it in two minutes starting now.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46How many disciplines are there in a triathlon?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47- Three.- Yep. The name of what
0:19:47 > 0:19:50large, extinct flightless bird that lived in Mauritius
0:19:50 > 0:19:53is said to come from the Portuguese for fool or crazy?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- Dodo.- Yep. Followers of which religion
0:19:55 > 0:19:57abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset
0:19:57 > 0:19:58during the holy month of Ramadan?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- Islam.- Yep. What word derived ultimately
0:20:00 > 0:20:02from the Latin for vessel
0:20:02 > 0:20:04is used for a container for cut flowers?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- Vase.- Yep. Alfred Bird,
0:20:06 > 0:20:07who was born in Birmingham in 1811,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09invented a product because his wife
0:20:09 > 0:20:11was allergic to eggs. What product?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Pass.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16On which stage musical, premiered in 1986,
0:20:16 > 0:20:17did Tim Rice collaborate
0:20:17 > 0:20:19with the male members of Abba?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Oh...
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Dancing Queen.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Chess. In which sea are the groups of islands
0:20:24 > 0:20:27known as the Greater and Lesser Antilles?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Pass.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Chuck is a familiar form, especially in North America,
0:20:31 > 0:20:32of what male forename?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34- Charles.- Yep. The Battle of Spion Kop,
0:20:34 > 0:20:36fought in January 1900,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38was one of the bloodiest of which war?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- Boer War. - Yeah, the second Boer War.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42A 15-year-old from Swindon
0:20:42 > 0:20:43reached number one in the UK charts
0:20:43 > 0:20:45in July 1998 with her debut single
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Because We Want To. Who is she?
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- Billie.- Yeah, Billie Piper. In which 2017 film,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52directed by Christopher Nolan,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54does Mark Rylance play the captain
0:20:54 > 0:20:55of one of the small boats that took part
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- in the evacuation of Allied soldiers...- Pass.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- ..from northern France in 1940?- Pass. Pass!
0:21:00 > 0:21:02What alternative name for a wizard
0:21:02 > 0:21:04comes from the Old English for an oath breaker or liar?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- Soothsayer.- Warlock.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09In which Italian city is Shakespeare's play
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Romeo and Juliet principally set?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12- Verona?- Yes.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14What name was given to the once notorious
0:21:14 > 0:21:16former Docklands area of Cardiff
0:21:16 > 0:21:18that's now gentrified? It's the birthplace of
0:21:18 > 0:21:19the singer Shirley Bassey.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Tiger Bay.- Yep. Which stamp dealer
0:21:21 > 0:21:23first began his business in 1856
0:21:23 > 0:21:25at a desk in his father's pharmacy shop in Plymouth,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27where he worked as an assistant?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28- Francis Drake? - Stanley Gibbons.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Who was the King of France while the Palace of Versailles
0:21:31 > 0:21:33was transformed from a hunting lodge to an immense
0:21:33 > 0:21:35and extravagant complex
0:21:35 > 0:21:36surrounded by stylised gardens?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Louis XIV?- Yes.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39What 2004 film sequel,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42with Julie Andrews as Queen Clarisse of Genovia
0:21:42 > 0:21:44and Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis...
0:21:44 > 0:21:47BEEP ..is subtitled Royal Engagement?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48The Princess Bride?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Oh, nearly! The Princess Diaries.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Oh.- Very close.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54You had three passes.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Dunkirk, it was.- Yeah, as soon as I heard film, I gave up.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I noticed that, yeah.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Anyway, Dunkirk, very famous film, as you know.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Erm... The Greater and Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea
0:22:04 > 0:22:07and Alfred Bird invented custard powder.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- Bird's custard powder. - Of course!- Yeah, I know.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Anyway, Guy, you've got 20 points.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15APPLAUSE
0:22:23 > 0:22:26And now Pam again, please.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28And...
0:22:30 > 0:22:33..we all have the impression, rightly or wrongly, Pam,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37that you can write poetry about anything.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Give you a subject and you'll write a poem about it.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- I don't think that's true, really, John.- You don't?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44No, it's got to be something that catches my imagination,
0:22:44 > 0:22:47that I think I can get a bit of mischief out of.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Ah...- Yeah.- So there has to be a bit of mischief?- Yes.- Right.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- So, have you considered writing one for us?- Yes, I have.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54I'll try and remember it,
0:22:54 > 0:22:58otherwise I've got it tucked down my trousers.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59- Well!- It goes -
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Here on Mastermind, I sit upon the fabled chair
0:23:03 > 0:23:09I have to ask myself exactly what I'm doing there
0:23:09 > 0:23:14John Humphrys I will boldly face with grit and fortitude
0:23:14 > 0:23:18For all that lovely cash will buy a lot of hedgehog food.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- You manage to encapsulate so much in a few lines.- Oh, thank you.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33It's a great challenge to be succinct, if I can.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- Great. Yeah. Now, you've got 11 points.- Yes.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40And you've got to beat 20 to win this coveted title.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Here we go.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44The name of what tinned meat is given to unsolicited
0:23:44 > 0:23:46electronic junk mail?
0:23:46 > 0:23:48- Spam.- Yes. Which English queen famously said
0:23:48 > 0:23:50that she had "the body of a weak and feeble woman
0:23:50 > 0:23:52"but the heart and stomach of a king"?
0:23:52 > 0:23:53- Elizabeth I.- Yes.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56What name is given to the soft-bodied, legless grub
0:23:56 > 0:23:57of various insects such as the housefly?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00They're typically found in decaying organic matter.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- Larvae?- Maggots. - Maggots, sorry.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Which political doctrine, first advanced by Karl Marx,
0:24:04 > 0:24:06seeks to replace private property
0:24:06 > 0:24:09and a profit-based economy with public ownership?
0:24:09 > 0:24:10- Communism.- Yes. Who was the lead singer
0:24:10 > 0:24:12with the vocal group The Supremes
0:24:12 > 0:24:14before she embarked on a successful solo
0:24:14 > 0:24:15and film career?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Dionne Warwick.- Diana Ross. In Greek mythology,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19the spots on the tail of a particular bird
0:24:19 > 0:24:22are the 100 eyes of the all-seeing giant Argus.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24What bird?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- Erm... Eagle? - The peacock.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29The Narnia Window was designed and made by Sally Scott
0:24:29 > 0:24:32and installed in Holy Trinity Church near Oxford
0:24:32 > 0:24:35in 1991 next to the pew where a writer habitually sat.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Which writer?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- CS Lewis.- Yes.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Which pre-decimalisation coin was known as a tanner?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- Sixpence.- Yep. What is the traditional name
0:24:43 > 0:24:45given to a group or gathering of 13 witches?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- A coven.- A coven, yeah.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50What kind of prize-winning animal
0:24:50 > 0:24:53is Lord Emsworth's beloved Empress of Blandings
0:24:53 > 0:24:54in the novels by PG Wodehouse?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- She's a pig.- Yeah.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Which television comedy threesome
0:24:58 > 0:24:59consisted of Graeme Garden,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- The Goodies.- Yup. What disease, transmitted to humans
0:25:03 > 0:25:05in the bite of a species of mosquito,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08takes its name from the Italian for bad air?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Erm...
0:25:09 > 0:25:10- Malaria?- Yes.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13In April 1792, Nicholas-Jacques Pelletier
0:25:13 > 0:25:14became the first person
0:25:14 > 0:25:17to be executed in Paris by what means?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- A guillotine.- Yes. Which classic 1960 Western
0:25:20 > 0:25:23was based on the Japanese film the Seven Samurai?
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Pass.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29In which 2016 stage musical does Michael Crawford
0:25:29 > 0:25:30play the older Leo Colston
0:25:30 > 0:25:33in an adaptation of LP Hartley's classic novel?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Oh, erm...
0:25:38 > 0:25:39I don't know, pass.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42The murder of a European Archduke by Gavrilo Princip
0:25:42 > 0:25:45in June 1914 was a contributing factor... BEEP
0:25:45 > 0:25:47..to the outbreak of the First World War.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Who did he kill?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Hans Joseph. Franz Joseph!
0:25:51 > 0:25:54It was actually Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Yep, there we go.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Two passes. The Go Between was that film...
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Oh, I loved that book!
0:26:00 > 0:26:01I know, a great one.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04And it was The Magnificent Seven
0:26:04 > 0:26:07- that was based on the Seven Samurai.- Of course it was.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09However, Pam, you did it.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- 21 points.- Oh, gee!
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- APPLAUSE - Oh, gosh!
0:26:25 > 0:26:28So, it stayed close to the end. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30In fourth place with 15 points, Rich.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32In third place with 19 points, Jack.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35In second place with 20 points, Guy.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37In first place with 21 points, Pam.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40APPLAUSE
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Pam...
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Congratulations.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Thank you.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59And you're now going to have to write a poem about this, aren't you?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I will, I really will, yes.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03You've started working on it already?
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Yeah, but I'm stunned, so you'll have to give me a little while.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Well, you don't have to be a poet or a celebrity to take part
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