0:00:24 > 0:00:25First in the spotlight tonight
0:00:25 > 0:00:29is the Olympic gold-medal winning cyclist Jo Rowsell-Shand.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Her specialist subject, the Harry Potter books.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Next, the Wolfblood actor, Louis Payne.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40He'll be answering questions on Arsenal Football Club.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44The rugby commentator Eddie Butler
0:00:44 > 0:00:47takes as his subject the Spanish Civil War.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54And the Top Gear presenter George Lewis, on Oasis.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Hello, and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind, with me,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10John Humphrys, and four contenders who are no strangers to pressure
0:01:10 > 0:01:13but who've never sat in the black chair before.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16And that can do strange things to people.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19If they can overcome the fear, the reward is the honour
0:01:19 > 0:01:22of becoming a Celebrity Mastermind, at least for one of them.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26The usual rules apply, a minute and a half on their specialist subject
0:01:26 > 0:01:28and two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31So, let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40And your name is?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Your chosen charity?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46And your chosen subject?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50The Harry Potter books, here we go, 90 seconds.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Harry's Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and cousin Dudley
0:01:52 > 0:01:55live at Number Four, Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- What's their surname? - Dursley.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59What's the name of the jet black balls in the game of Quidditch
0:01:59 > 0:02:02that "rocket around trying to knock players off their brooms"?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Bludgers.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07A boggart assumes the shape of whatever it thinks will frighten someone most.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Who does it appear as to scare Neville Longbottom?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Professor Snape.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Students at Hogwarts often collect and trade picture cards
0:02:14 > 0:02:16of famous wizards and witches.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19What items of confectionery are the cards included with?
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Chocolate Frogs.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23In Harry's first Transfiguration lesson, Professor McGonagall
0:02:23 > 0:02:27changes her desk into an animal, and back again. What animal?
0:02:27 > 0:02:28A pig.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31What is the name of the woodland where the giant spider Aragog
0:02:31 > 0:02:33has lived since he was blamed for the death of Moaning Myrtle
0:02:33 > 0:02:36and Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts?
0:02:36 > 0:02:37The Forbidden Forest.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41The Hogwarts student Marietta Edgecombe breaks out in purple spots
0:02:41 > 0:02:45when she betrays Dumbledore's Army in The Order of the Phoenix.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47What word do they spell?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Sneak.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51When Harry first travels by Floo powder, he accidently arrives
0:02:51 > 0:02:54in Borgin and Burke's shop, in a passageway close to Diagon Alley.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Which passageway?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Knockturn Alley.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02The sisters Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange visit
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Professor Snape at his home in The Half-Blood Prince.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07What is the name of the street where he lives?
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Pass.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Which potion that contains lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed and knotgrass
0:03:12 > 0:03:15gives the drinker the appearance of another person?
0:03:15 > 0:03:16A Polyjuice potion.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20What type of creature is Firenze, who replaces Sybill Trelawney
0:03:20 > 0:03:23after she is sacked as Professor of Divination
0:03:23 > 0:03:25by Dolores Umbridge?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- A Centaur. - Centaur is correct.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29And you had just one pass.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31The name of the street where Professor Snape lives
0:03:31 > 0:03:33is Spinner's End.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36However, you have scored, Jo, 10 points.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- APPLAUSE - Thank you.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49And our next contender, please.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57And your name is?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Your chosen charity?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01And your chosen subject?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Arsene Wenger joined Arsenal having previously managed Nancy
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and AS Monaco and which Japanese club?
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Pass.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Which midfielder was nicknamed "the Romford Pele"
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and holds the record for the most Premier League appearances for the club?
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Ray Parlour.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Who did Arsenal defeat in the 1998 FA Cup Final
0:04:24 > 0:04:26to complete their first League and Cup double under Wenger?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Newcastle.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31The club celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2011
0:04:31 > 0:04:34by unveiling three bronze statues depicting Thierry Henry,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Tony Adams and which former manager?
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Chapman.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Who scored a hat trick when Arsenal came back from a 4-0 deficit
0:04:43 > 0:04:45to win a League Cup tie 7-5
0:04:45 > 0:04:48against Reading in October 2012?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- Robin van Persie. - No, Walcott.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Who was shown a red card for his challenge on Samuel Eto'o
0:04:54 > 0:04:59in Arsenal's Champions League final versus Barcelona in 2006?
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Jens Lehmann.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03The goalkeeper David Seaman played his last game for the club
0:05:03 > 0:05:05in the 2003 FA Cup final against which team?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Southampton.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Who became the youngest Arsenal player to appear in the Premier League
0:05:10 > 0:05:13when he made his debut at Blackburn Rovers in September 2008?
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Jack Wilshere.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19When Arsenal played their first Premier League game under Arsene Wenger,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21in October 1996, only one member
0:05:21 > 0:05:23of the starting line-up was a non-British player.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Who was he?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Pass.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29In the 2003-04 season, the so-called Invincibles
0:05:29 > 0:05:31became only the second team to play a full season
0:05:31 > 0:05:33in England's top tier undefeated.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36They eventually lost a game the following season
0:05:36 > 0:05:39after how many consecutive league games without a loss?
0:05:39 > 0:05:44- 49.- 49 is correct. You had two passes.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Patrick Vieira was the non-British player, yes.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50And Grampus Eight!
0:05:50 > 0:05:52It was on the tip of my tongue, it really was!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- It's always worth just taking a guess.- Yeah.- Anyway, there we are.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57A good score, you've got seven points.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08And our next contender, please.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16And your name is?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Your chosen charity?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22And your chosen subject?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Spanish Civil War, 90 seconds.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28In which North African country did a revolt begin
0:06:28 > 0:06:31on the 17th of July 1936 that marked the outbreak of the War?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Morocco.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Who was appointed Commander in Chief of the Nationalists
0:06:35 > 0:06:38at a meeting in Salamanca on the 21st of September 1936?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Franco.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41What Spanish term, originally used to describe
0:06:41 > 0:06:43the expulsion of the Moors from Spain,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45was adopted to promote the Nationalist rebellion
0:06:45 > 0:06:48as a form of crusade to liberate the country?
0:06:48 > 0:06:49La Reconquista.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52To which city was the Republican seat of government moved in November 1936
0:06:52 > 0:06:55when it was feared that Madrid would fall to the Nationalists?
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Valencia.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Who was the leader of the French government
0:06:58 > 0:07:01who proposed the policy of non-intervention in the War?
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Erm, Daladier.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Leon Blum.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08What name was given to the military groups formed from foreign volunteers
0:07:08 > 0:07:10who fought for the Republican side?
0:07:10 > 0:07:11International Brigades.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14At what Battle of March 1937 did the Republican forces
0:07:14 > 0:07:17rout a Nationalist army of mainly Italian troops?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20It was the only major defensive Republican victory of the War.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Guadalajara.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25On the 26th of April 1937, Germany, in support of the Nationalists,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28sparked international condemnation when they heavily bombed
0:07:28 > 0:07:30which Basque town?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Guernica.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Which German pocket battleship was attacked
0:07:34 > 0:07:36by Republican bombers in May 1937?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38More than 20 sailors died.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39- Admiral Scheer. - The Deutschland.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Who recounted his experiences as volunteer
0:07:42 > 0:07:45fighting on the Republican side in his book Homage to Catalonia?
0:07:45 > 0:07:46George Orwell.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49The final major battle began with a Republican crossing
0:07:49 > 0:07:51of a river on the 25th of July 1938,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54and ended in November in a Nationalist victory.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55- Which river?- Ebro.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Which Colonel attempted a coup against the Communists
0:07:58 > 0:08:00in the Republican government in March 1939?
0:08:00 > 0:08:04He hoped then to negotiate peace terms with the Nationalists?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- Casado.- It was indeed.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Eddie, no passes. You've got 10 points.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11APPLAUSE
0:08:20 > 0:08:22And our final contender, please?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30And your name is?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Your chosen charity?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35And your chosen subject?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Oasis in 90 seconds, here we go.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39What was the name of the head of Creation Records,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41who signed Oasis to the label in 1993
0:08:41 > 0:08:43after seeing them at a gig in Glasgow?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Alan McGee.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Oasis' rivalry with another band peaked in the summer of '95
0:08:47 > 0:08:50when their respective singles Roll With It and Country House
0:08:50 > 0:08:52were released on the same day. Which band?
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Blur.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55The 2002 album Heathen Chemistry
0:08:55 > 0:08:57featured a track written by Liam Gallagher.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59What was its title?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Erm, Little James.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Songbird.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Which album of B-sides was released in November '98
0:09:05 > 0:09:07and reached number two in the UK chart?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10It was the band's last album on Creation record label.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11The Masterplan.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Which duo kept Wonderwall off the top
0:09:13 > 0:09:16of the UK Singles Chart in November '95?
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Robson & Jerome.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20What is the name of the record label set up by the band in 2000?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Its first release was their single Go Let It Out.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Big Brother.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Which former guitarist from the group Ride
0:09:25 > 0:09:28joined Oasis as the band's bass player before the tour
0:09:28 > 0:09:31for the Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants album?
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Andy Bell.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35What was the title of Oasis' first UK number one single?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37It reached the top of the chart in May '95.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Some Might Say.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41What is the name of the television presenter who interviewed the band
0:09:41 > 0:09:46before they performed Whatever and Live Forever on MTV Most Wanted in '94?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- Chris Evans. - No, Davina McCall.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52In 2008, Noel said, "I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury, it's wrong"
0:09:52 > 0:09:54when he found out that a rapper had been booked
0:09:54 > 0:09:56to headline the festival. Which rapper?
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Jay-Z.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Noel announced that he was leaving Oasis in August 2009
0:10:00 > 0:10:04after reportedly being involved in an "altercation" with his brother Liam
0:10:04 > 0:10:06just before the band were due to appear on stage
0:10:06 > 0:10:08at a festival in which country?
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Paris, er, France!
0:10:10 > 0:10:12France is correct, yes.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- No passes, George. Nine points. - Cool.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16APPLAUSE
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Well, a very close contest so far.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30In fourth place, seven points...
0:10:44 > 0:10:47So, it is the general knowledge round now,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50and if there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:10:50 > 0:10:54is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Let us get on with it, and ask Louis to join us again, please.
0:10:57 > 0:11:03And you of course, famous for your Wolfblood CBBC series.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- That's right.- Are you the scary one?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08No, you're the nice one, really, aren't you?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Yeah, but I think we're all nice, actually.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- But there's something there to scare the kids, isn't there?- Well, yeah.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16We transition into wolves and there's that sort of
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- in-between stage, where it's a bit...- Ah, so you become a wolf?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21That's right, yes.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23But they're not meant to scare the children?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Erm, no, not per se.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28I can imagine, I suppose, they are a little bit scary.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31But they're sort of done in a way that kids are meant to
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- want to be Wolfbloods themselves. - Oh, are they?
0:11:33 > 0:11:37So, it's done in a way where it's sort of advertising.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Well, that's setting them up for a fall, really.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42They're probably not going to be, are they?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44They'll be frustrated for the rest of their lives.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46"I wanted to be a Wolfblood, Mummy!"
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- I mean...- I wanted to be a footballer, so...
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Right, now that you've got seven points, plenty of time
0:11:53 > 0:11:56to catch up because you have two minutes of general knowledge.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57So, here we go.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Which single unified currency for the EU was agreed
0:11:59 > 0:12:01under the Maastricht Treaty?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02Euro.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04What name for a large mass of snow, ice and rocks
0:12:04 > 0:12:06falling rapidly down a mountainside
0:12:06 > 0:12:08comes from a French dialect word for "to descend"?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Avalanche.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12What fruit juice or puree is added to champagne or Prosecco
0:12:12 > 0:12:14to make a Bellini cocktail?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Peach.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Which broadcaster known for his interviews with politicians
0:12:17 > 0:12:19is also television quiz show host
0:12:19 > 0:12:22and published a memoir called A Life In Questions in 2016?
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Pass.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Connie Fisher won the 2006 BBC television contest
0:12:28 > 0:12:29to find someone to play a character
0:12:29 > 0:12:32in a West End production of The Sound of Music.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Which character?
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Ain't got a clue, pass!
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Which American state was the scene of a Gold Rush that started in 1849
0:12:38 > 0:12:41after gold deposits had been discovered there the previous year?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- Texas.- California.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46What bird was popularly believed to bury its head in the sand,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48supposedly because it thought it couldn't be seen
0:12:48 > 0:12:50if it couldn't see anything itself?
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Ostrich.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53In December 2000, which group consisting of Beyonce Knowles,
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59topped the UK Singles Charts with Independent Women - Part 1?
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Destiny's Child.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Who won the 5,000 metres at a Diamond League meeting
0:13:02 > 0:13:06in Zurich in August 2017 in his final track race?
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Mo Farah.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11In which language is the Koran, the sacred text of Muslims, written?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- Islamic.- Arabic.- No, Arabic!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16What instrument does the leader of a symphony orchestra play?
0:13:18 > 0:13:19- A trumpet?- A violin.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22What is the traditional English name for a dish of leftover boiled potatoes,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24mixed with cabbage and then fried?
0:13:24 > 0:13:29It's believed to come from the noise the food makes in the pan while it's cooking.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30- Scouse. - Bubble and squeak.- Oh!
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Who stars as the smuggler Danny Archer
0:13:32 > 0:13:34in the 2006 film Blood Diamond?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- DiCaprio.- Yeah, Leonardo DiCaprio!
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Which radio programme did the veteran cricket commentator
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Henry Blofeld retire from in September 2017 after 45 years?
0:13:46 > 0:13:47Pass.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Which pantomime, usually set in China,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52is taken from a story in the Arabian Nights?
0:13:52 > 0:13:53- Withnail And I.- Aladdin.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56What word, supposedly used by North American Indians for strong liquor,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00is a direct translation of the Ojibwa word for "whisky"?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- I don't know!- Well, I'm not surprised, to be honest.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Anyway, it's firewater, I can tell you.- Firewater.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09We'll take that as one of your passes.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14That radio programme that Henry Blofeld was on, Test Match Special.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Yeah, cricket?- Nah, not my sport.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Very sensible, Maria von Trapp was the West End production
0:14:20 > 0:14:21of The Sound Of Music.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23And I'm not surprised you didn't know this one,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25he'd been around a little bit, I think,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28the broadcaster who did a bit of political interviews and things.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Jeremy Paxman or something, his name.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- Oh! - HE LAUGHS
0:14:32 > 0:14:34But I... I've no idea what he's doing now. Anyway...
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Some other television show, I gather.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- You got a total, Louis, of 14 points.- 14? That's not bad!
0:14:48 > 0:14:50And now, George again, please.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- And Top Gear, that's what you do, George.- Yes!
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Erm, except that, you don't actually get to drive the cars?
0:14:58 > 0:15:02I've driven one car in the whole time I've worked on it.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- And what happened?- I almost drove straight into a tree.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08So, erm, this is a deeply personal question,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11but if you are a rotten driver...
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- Hmm.- Why are you doing Top Gear?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- Why give me the job? Shut up, John!- Sorry, sorry.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- We could pass over that, if you prefer.- Yes!
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I thought myself, why did they give me the job?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25And it's only recently, someone said to me,
0:15:25 > 0:15:30- "Well, you play the geeky idiot one, don't you?"- Ah.- "Do I?"
0:15:30 > 0:15:33I didn't... I wasn't aware of that!
0:15:33 > 0:15:35But I think I'm there to ask the questions
0:15:35 > 0:15:37that the normal person at home might be wondering.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Now, you have nine points,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42you now get your general knowledge questions.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Two minutes, starting now.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Which sport is played in the US Masters
0:15:45 > 0:15:47at the Augusta National course?
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Golf.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Yes, what dish consists of a beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan
0:15:50 > 0:15:53and served plain or with fillings such as cheese or ham?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Omelette.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56The Catcher In The Rye, first published in 1951
0:15:56 > 0:15:59is the most successful work by a reclusive American author
0:15:59 > 0:16:02usually known by his initials JD. Which author?
0:16:02 > 0:16:03JD Salinger.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06What is the name of the tree-lined royal road that runs from Buckingham Palace
0:16:06 > 0:16:08through Admiralty Arch to Trafalgar Square?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10The Mall.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Which actor won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2004 for Mystic River?
0:16:13 > 0:16:18He'd previously been nominated as the director of Dead Man Walking.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19- Jeff Bridges.- Tim Robbins.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Draculin, a substance that inhibits the coagulation of blood,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26is found in the saliva of what species of bat?
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Vampire bat.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Which island is the largest of the Inner Hebrides?
0:16:29 > 0:16:31It's famous for its dramatic scenery.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Pass.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36The Bolshoi and Maryinsky ballet companies come from which country?
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Russia.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39What word for a devotional song or hymn,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41especially as found in the Bible,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44comes from the Greek for "music of a harp or stringed instrument"?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- Sonnet.- Psalm.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Who won a record eighth Wimbledon Men's Singles title
0:16:48 > 0:16:52when he beat Marin Cilic in the final in July 2017?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Roger Federer.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57In which television medical drama series does Jodie Whittaker play a nurse
0:16:57 > 0:17:01who has assumed the identity of a friend to pose as a doctor?
0:17:01 > 0:17:02- ER.- Trust Me.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05What term in journalism is used for an exclusive news story
0:17:05 > 0:17:07reported by one newspaper before all the others?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09A scoop.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11In which Bavarian city did the Nazi Party stage a series
0:17:11 > 0:17:15of spectacular rallies that were an annual event from 1933 to 1938?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- Berlin.- Nuremberg.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20What colour is regarded as particularly lucky in the Far East?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23In China, it forms the principal colour of a bride's wedding dress.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Red.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Which low-lying country, on the northeast of the Indian subcontinent,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29has a capital city called Dhaka?
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Pass.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Which pop duo, whose re-recording of their debut single West End Girls
0:17:34 > 0:17:36became a number one hit in 1986,
0:17:36 > 0:17:40consists of the vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboard player Chris Lowe?
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Pass.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44In meteorology, what name is given to an elongated region
0:17:44 > 0:17:48of high atmospheric pressure, the opposite of a trough of low pressure?
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Erm, a...wonderwall.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Might be, might be but it's not! It's...
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- It's a ridge.- Got it!
0:17:59 > 0:18:01I know, a ridge of high pressure.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Three passes, the Pet Shop Boys, that was what pop duo became.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11And that island, the largest of the inner Hebrides is Skye.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12So, those three passes, George,
0:18:12 > 0:18:14you have scored a total now of 18 points.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26And now Jo, again, please.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32And... You, I would say you're a cyclist.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34I mean, you're a brilliant, amazing cyclist.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Gold-medal winning cyclist. But...
0:18:37 > 0:18:42What you do is you go round and round and round the circuit,
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- don't you?- The velodrome, yes. - Yes, doesn't it get boring?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Erm, sometimes.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Not on race day, because on race day, you've got 16 laps,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53full gas, you've got the crowd going wild...
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Full what? Full gas?- Full gas, you're hard as you can.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Yes, it's so intense, you're thinking about so much,
0:19:00 > 0:19:01your whole body is in pain.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Boring isn't anything that comes into it.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06In terms of training, it can get a bit repetitive sometimes.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09But we do lots of different sessions.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11You must get to know it very well indeed.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Yes, you get to know your home tracks, so the Manchester velodrome,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I know all the little bits of geometry of that.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20But then you go to a different velodrome to race, although it
0:19:20 > 0:19:24looks exactly the same to everyone else, they are all subtly different.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Right, you have 10 points, which is very high.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30So, let's see how you do with your general knowledge round
0:19:30 > 0:19:31starting now.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35What domesticated animal has breeds called Burmese, Siamese and Persian?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Cat.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40What flaky, buttery roll takes its name from the French for "crescent"?
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Croissant.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Which footballer proved true to his words "once a Blue, always a Blue"
0:19:44 > 0:19:47when he returned to his boyhood club in July 2017?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50He admitted to wearing Everton pyjamas every night
0:19:50 > 0:19:52throughout his stay with Manchester United.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53No idea.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56What word is used for a published announcement of a death,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58often accompanied by a short biography of the deceased?
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Obituary.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Which country sandwiched between Norway, Sweden and Russia
0:20:02 > 0:20:06is a land covered in forests and around 188,000 lakes?
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Finland.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Who took over from Stephen Fry
0:20:09 > 0:20:13as the presenter of the television panel game show QI in 2016?
0:20:13 > 0:20:14No idea.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17What spicy meat dish, said to have originated in Texas,
0:20:17 > 0:20:19is often known there as "a bowl of red"?
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Chilli con carne.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25In which novel by John Fowles is Sarah Woodruff the heroine?
0:20:25 > 0:20:28She's played by Meryl Streep in the 1981 film adaptation.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32What is the name of Milan's world-famous opera house,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- built in the 1770s?- No idea.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39In which 2017 television drama does Laura Fraser play
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Detective Sergeant Annie Redford, who is investigating
0:20:41 > 0:20:44a series of murders in a quiet Scottish community?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- Dr Foster.- The Loch.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49What illness, caused by the bite of an infected animal such as a dog,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51is also known as hydrophobia
0:20:51 > 0:20:54because a sufferer is unable to drink and is afraid of water?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57No idea.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Which cathedral city in Hampshire
0:20:58 > 0:21:01is home to one of Britain's most prestigious public schools?
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Winchester.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Jarvis Cocker was the lead singer of a Britpop group
0:21:06 > 0:21:08that had its first Top 40 hit over 15 years
0:21:08 > 0:21:10after it was formed in Sheffield.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- Which group?- Pass.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Which stage musical that charts the journey of a young female
0:21:15 > 0:21:19singing trio from Chicago, opened in the West End in 2016?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Dreamgirls.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23What is the name of the Jane Austen novel that centres on the courtship
0:21:23 > 0:21:25of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet?
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Pride And Prejudice.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29In which 2016 film does Natalie Portman
0:21:29 > 0:21:32play the title role of a former First Lady?
0:21:34 > 0:21:39- Ooh...- Think of a name, any name? No?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- Don't know, pass. - All right, Jackie.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43As in Jackie Kennedy.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Yes, the other passes, Jarvis Cocker was the lead singer of Pulp.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- That illness caused if you're bitten by an infected dog, rabies.- Ah!
0:21:51 > 0:21:54La Scala is the opera house in Milan.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58The French Lieutenant's Woman was the novel by John Fowles.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Sandi Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry, and Wayne Rooney,
0:22:02 > 0:22:06I'm not sure we want to know this, really, wore blue pyjamas to bed.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09I don't know why that seems odd, but there you go. Anyway, he did.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12You now, Jo, have a total of 18 points.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27And finally, Eddie again, please.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31And... Eddie. Rugby.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- Now, look.- You said with a sigh, John.- Huh?- You said it with a sigh.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Said it with... Well, we're Welsh, aren't we?
0:22:40 > 0:22:44However, putting that aside, when you were not but a lad, if you were
0:22:44 > 0:22:48a brilliant rugby player, you could be very small and very successful.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Now...you've got to be big.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57You do, you have to be...well muscled, I think, John.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- It's no longer a game for all shapes and sizes.- That's a shame, isn't it?
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Er... It is because it was one of the founding principles of the game.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07And it still does apply.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11It's just that even your utmost burley barrel-chested prop
0:23:11 > 0:23:15has to be athletic now, which has to be good, actually.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18What about you, because you were a great player in your day as well.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23Well, I wasn't quick, that's for sure. Yeah. But...
0:23:23 > 0:23:27No, I was a forward. So, I didn't mind a slow game.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Anyway, you have 10 points in the bag.
0:23:30 > 0:23:3218 is the score to beat, here we go.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Let's see if you can do it in two minutes.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38What is the principal non-alcoholic ingredient of a Bloody Mary cocktail?
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Tomato juice.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Who won his 50th fight and kept his unbeaten record when he defeated
0:23:42 > 0:23:46the UFC Champion Conor McGregor in Las Vegas in August 2017?
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Pass.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Which cobra, also known as the hamadryad,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52is the world's longest venomous snake?
0:23:52 > 0:23:53- Hooded.- King.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55A former lifeguard, Gregory J Bonann,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57was the co-creator of a television drama series
0:23:57 > 0:24:00about the Los Angeles County lifeguards. Which series?
0:24:01 > 0:24:02Pass.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05In August 1941, a German spy named Josef Jakobs
0:24:05 > 0:24:09became the last person to be executed at what place in London?
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Pass.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13The hippie anti-war movement was the theme of a musical
0:24:13 > 0:24:16that opened on Broadway in 1968. Which musical?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Hair.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Which ballroom dance became especially popular in Austria
0:24:20 > 0:24:22throughout the 19th century, with the Strauss family
0:24:22 > 0:24:24composing many famous examples?
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Waltz.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Who returned to the role of Queen Victoria in the 2017
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Stephen Frears film Victoria and Abdul,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33about the monarch's unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Gemma Coleman. - Judi Dench.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37What is the second-most abundant gas
0:24:37 > 0:24:39in the Earth's atmosphere after nitrogen?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- Hydrogen.- Oxygen.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Antwerp, Ghent and Liege are among the principal cities of which country?
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Belgium.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Sir Hugh Munro, John Rooke Corbett,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Fiona Graham and Percy Donald
0:24:49 > 0:24:52have all published eponymous lists of features of Scotland's landscape.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- What features?- Mountains.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56What literary post has been held successively by
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Cecil Day-Lewis, Sir John Betjeman,
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Ted Hughes and Andrew Motion?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Poet Laureate.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Which American group headlined the 2017 Glastonbury Festival?
0:25:04 > 0:25:05They had to pull out two years earlier
0:25:05 > 0:25:09after their lead singer Dave Grohl broke his leg.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10- Kings Of Leon.- Foo Fighters.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Which 1988 film that starred Tom Cruise as the New York bartender Brian Flanagan,
0:25:14 > 0:25:17had the tag line, "When he pours, he reigns"?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Pass.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Lonicera is the botanical name for which
0:25:20 > 0:25:22species of sweet-smelling climbing shrubs?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24In Shakespeare's time, it was called "woodbine".
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Honeysuckle.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Many Welsh place names begin with four letters
0:25:28 > 0:25:30that evolved to mean "a church and its environs".
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- What four letters?- Llan.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34In the Scottish independence referendum,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36which city recorded the highest percentage Yes vote?
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Along with Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43it was one of the four council areas to vote for independence.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Edinburgh.- Ah, Dundee!
0:25:47 > 0:25:48And that's important,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50and I'll tell you why in just a second.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Cos you had four passes. That 1988 film was Cocktail.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59The Tower Of London was where Jakobs was executed in 1941.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Baywatch was the television drama series,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06and Floyd Mayweather won that fight.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Eddie, you have scored... 18 points.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Oh!
0:26:18 > 0:26:20So, let's have a look at those scores.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23In fourth place, 14 points, Louis.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28Third place with 18 points and eight passes, Jo.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Second place, 18 points and four passes, Eddie.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37First place with 18 points and three passes, George!
0:26:49 > 0:26:51George?
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Come and join us.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57- Thank you.- Congratulations. - Thank you.- So...
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- They won't let you drive the car, but you've got...that!- Yes!
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- This is my day.- That is your day. So, what?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07I mean, compared with driving a Formula 1 car at 200mph,
0:27:07 > 0:27:08how does that rate?
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- This beats it.- Beat it! - Nanna will be proud of this one.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Well done, George. Now, you don't have to be a celebrity
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