Episode 6 Celebrity Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is the Radio 5 Live presenter

Phil Williams on the Dirty Harry films.

Next the comedian John Robins -

he'll be answering questions on Queen.

Lydia Bright from The Only Way Is Essex takes as her subject

the television series Sex And The City.

And the former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron

on Blackburn Rovers.

Hello and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind

with me, John Humphrys,

and four people who aren't getting paid to be here -

it goes to charity, their fee -

but are hoping they will leave with something,

the honour of being able to claim the Celebrity Mastermind title.

And all they have to do is answer lots of questions correctly.

90 seconds worth of questions on their specialist subject,

two minutes of general knowledge.

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

And your name is...

Your chosen charity...

And your chosen subject...

The Dirty Harry films in 90 seconds, starting now.

Which was the only one of the five Dirty Harry films

directed by Clint Eastwood?

-Sudden Impact.

-In Dirty Harry, Harry Callahan pursues a

vicious serial killer who is terrorising San Francisco.

What pseudonym does the killer use in his

communications with the city authorities?

Scorpio.

Callahan sees an Army demonstration of what type

of hand-held rocket in The Enforcer?

-Pass.

-Who plays the artist

and revenge killer Jennifer Spencer in Sudden Impact?

-Sondra Locke.

-What is the name of the terrorist group in The Enforcer

who seize the mayor and hold him to ransom?

The People's Revolutionary Strike Force.

Which island do terrorists take the mayor to?

He is rescued by Callahan and his partner, Kate Moore.

-Alcatraz.

-In Dirty Harry, what calibre

of Magnum handgun is Callahan pointing at a bank

robber when he says to him, "You've got to ask yourself

one question - do I feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?"

A .44 Magnum.

In The Dead Pool, the rock musician Johnny Squares

is working on a Peter Swan film

when he is found dead in his trailer. What is the film called?

Hotel Satan.

Callahan prevents an attempt to hijack an aircraft in Magnum Force.

To which airline does the aircraft belong?

American?

Sovereign. In Sudden Impact, Callahan confronts a robber who is

holding a waitress hostage in the Acorn Cafe,

and delivers a famous line that dares him to use

his weapon. What line?

"Go ahead, make my day."

In Dirty Harry, Callahan is ordered to work with a

partner, who is later shot and wounded by Scorpio. Which partner?

-Gonzalez.

-Yes, Chico Gonzalez.

In The Enforcer, Callahan drives a car through the

front window of a liquor store...

BEEP ..and, as a punishment

for the damage he's caused, is re-assigned from homicide

to which department?

Human Resources.

Yes, or Personnel as they used to call it.

Human Resources in modern language.

Phil, you had one pass. Laws Rocket was the hand-held rocket in The Enforcer.

-You've scored 10 points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...

Your chosen charity...

And your chosen subject...

Queen, in 90 seconds, here we go.

In April 1974, Queen reached the Top Ten in the UK singles

chart for the first time, with what song?

Seven Seas Of Rhye.

Who co-produced a number of Queen's early studio albums

including Sheer Heart Attack?

Roy Thomas Baker.

Queen embarked on a major tour of America at the beginning of 1977.

At some of the gigs, they were supported by which Irish rock band?

Pass.

Which song by Roger Taylor has a video

inspired by the Fritz Lang sci-fi film Metropolis,

and gave the band a number two single in 1984?

Radio Gaga.

The waistcoat worn by Freddie Mercury in the video of

These Are the Days of Our Lives features painted images of what animals?

Cats.

What is the name of the American Idol finalist who

appeared as the lead vocalist with Queen at the MTV European Music

Awards in 2011 and has since toured internationally with the band?

Adam Lambert.

Who directed the video for Bohemian Rhapsody?

It was first shown on Top Of The Pops in November 1975

and is often regarded as the first true rock video.

David Russell?

Bruce Gowers. Which John Deacon song

on the Night At The Opera album was

a Top Ten hit in the UK in 1976?

You're My Best Friend.

Songs from the album A Kind of Magic were used on the soundtrack of a

1986 film starring Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert. Which film?

Highlander.

What is the final track on the album A Night At The Opera?

God Save The Queen.

Freddie Mercury's final live performance with Queen was as part of

A Night of Summer Magic in 1986, at which festival venue?

Knebworth.

A Tribute Concert was held at Wembley Stadium

in 1992 following the death of Mercury,

and proceeds went to an AIDS charity created by the band.

BEEP Which charity?

The Mercury Phoenix Trust.

The Mercury Phoenix Trust it was,

you had one pass. They were supported by an Irish rock band called...

-Thin Lizzy! It was Thin Lizzy.

-Exactly.

It's much easier when it's all over. But, John, you've got 10 points.

Thank you very much.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...

Your chosen charity...

And your chosen subject...

Sex And The city, here we go.

Who is the only character, apart from Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte

and Samantha, to appear in the pilot episode

and in the series finale, An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux?

Skipper.

Mr Big. What is Steve's job when Miranda first meets him in Season Two?

Bartender.

In Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Miranda realises at a speed-dating

event that her career as a lawyer is putting men off.

What job does she then pretend she has?

Air Hostess.

What is the name of Miranda's housekeeper-cum-nanny

who joined the cast in Season Three?

Magda.

Who plays Stanford's friend Jared in Season One and Carrie's

boyfriend Vaughn Wysel in the Season Two episode Shortcomings?

Pass.

At what type of party does Carrie get her shoes

stolen by one of the guests in A Woman's Right to Shoes?

Anniversary.

A baby shower. In The Big Journey, Carrie learns at her book launch

in San Francisco that she is opening for another act,

a dog that is very popular on the internet. What is its name?

Pass.

The main costume designer for all six seasons of Sex And The City

won an Emmy Award and received four other nominations

for Best Costume Design for her work on the series. Who is she?

Patricia Field.

In the Series Six episode, One, Carrie reckons that the

ladders made of knives in the 24-hour performance art installation

are there to stop the artist from doing what?

-Walking.

-Running out for a snack.

What is the first name of Carrie's love rival who is the eponymous woman

in the episode Attack Of The 5 Foot 10 Inch Woman?

-Natasha.

-What does Charlotte give to Carrie...

BEEP ..to use as a down payment on her apartment?

Her ring.

Yes, her Tiffany engagement ring.

You had a couple of passes.

The name of that dog, very popular on the internet, was Mr Winkle.

Right.

And Stanford's friend Jared in Season One was

played by Justin Theroux.

You have scored 6 points.

Thank you.

And our final contender please.

And your name is...

Your chosen charity...

And your chosen subject...

Blackburn Rovers in 90 seconds, here we go.

Who took over Rovers in January 1991?

He transformed the club's fortunes and they went on to be

the Premiership champions in the 1994/95 season.

Jack Walker.

In what position did Rovers finish in the Second Division

in the 1991/92 season?

They won the play-offs and were promoted to the Premier League.

-Sixth.

-David Batty and Graeme Le Saux had a fight on the pitch four minutes

into an away match in the Champions League in November 1995.

Who were Rovers' opponents?

Spartak Moscow.

Between 1994 and 1996, which striker formed a prolific partnership

with Alan Shearer known as the SAS?

-Chris Sutton.

-Rovers drew 0-0 with which team

in their penultimate game of the 1998/99 season

and were relegated from the Premiership?

Manchester United.

How many points behind the champions Manchester United did Rovers finish

at the end of the 1993/94 season when they were the runners-up?

-Eight.

-Which team did Rovers beat 5-2 on the 12th of October 1991

in Kenny Dalglish's first match in charge?

Plymouth Argyle.

Who had the longest of several spells as the club's

caretaker manager when he took over from Ray Harford in October 1996?

Tony Parkes.

Who was shown a red card within minutes of making his Rovers'

debut against Everton in March 1996?

Garry Flitcroft.

Which team did Manchester United fail to beat in the last

game of the 1994/95 season?

It meant that Rovers were the champions.

West Ham United.

Who did Rovers sign from Southampton for a club record fee

of over £7 million in June 1998?

Kevin Davies.

Which Swedish part-timers beat Rovers 3-2 on aggregate

in the first round of the UEFA Cup in September 1994?

Trelleborgs.

Which club stalwart...

BEEP ..returned to Rovers as a coach under Ray Harford?

He remained in the post under Roy Hodgson but left when Brian Kidd took over.

Derek Fazackerley.

Yes.

Wow, no passes, you got them all right, 13 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, a very high-scoring first round.

Let's have a look at all of those scores.

In fourth place, 6 points, Lydia.

Joint second place, 10 apiece, Phil and John.

First place, 13 points, Tim.

So it is the general knowledge round now

and if it is a tie at the end of the round then the number of passes

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

So let's get on with it and ask Lydia to join us again please.

And, Lydia, you're obviously very famous for being in

The Only Way Is Essex.

What do you think they saw in you?

I just had a lot of friends that were on the show,

and an ex-boyfriend at the time, and part of The Only Way Is Essex

is all about having drama and relationship woes

so they thought it was a good idea to bring me on board.

Because you had lots of relationships and lots of...?

Only one relationship!

But it was very up and down so it made great TV for many years.

The nation, for many years, thank you for bearing with me

because it was up and down for a very long time.

Must have been embarrassing at times.

What is the silliest thing you ever said on telly?

I don't know about the silliest thing I said

but the silliest thing I ever did, I got a pet pig for Christmas.

Which is silly in itself, and, you know, we all got encouraged

and I once painted my pig's toes.

I mean, that's a pretty silly thing to do, right?

I think I'm beginning to see why you got the job.

Right, you've got 6 points.

You now have two minutes of questions on general knowledge so let's see how you do with this lot.

Here we go.

In Greek mythology, the people of a city took in a wooden horse

left for them by the besieging Greek army. Which city?

Athens.

Troy. Which sea, part of the Atlantic, separates

the east coast of Britain from Norway?

The Pacific.

North Sea. Which fashion designer, along with Malcolm McLaren,

created clothes as part of the punk movement that

sold at their shop on the Kings Road in London called Seditionaries?

Vivienne Westwood.

The dried female flower clusters of the climbing plant humulus lupulus

are very important in giving beer its bitter flavour.

They are better known by what name?

Hydrangeas.

Hops. In what 2016 film does the linguistics professor Louise Banks,

played by Amy Adams, have to interpret the language of the alien

visitors when 12 mysterious spacecraft appear across the globe?

Alien.

Arrival. Bewick's and Whooper, which are winter visitors to Britain,

and the Mute, which is with us all year round,

are species of a large water bird. What bird?

Flamingo.

Swan. Under what name did the New Zealand-born singer Ella Yelich-O'Connor

have a UK number one hit with Royals in 2013?

Never heard of her, pass.

That makes two of us. Who came third in his final individual 100m race

at the World Athletics Championships in August 2017?

The race was won by Justin Gatlin.

Mo Farah.

Usain Bolt. Honshu is the largest of the four main islands

that make up which Asian country?

Indonesia.

Japan. What name is given to an inflammation of the membrane

that covers the inner eyelid and the white of the eye?

It is characterised by itching and discharge.

Conjunctivitis.

How many pips make up the BBC hourly time signal?

Pass.

-Take a guess.

-I don't know what even the question means.

All right, we'll take it as a pass.

In painting, the primary colours are the three pigments that every

other shade or hue can be made from.

Red and blue are two, what is the third?

Green.

Yellow. In Rossini's opera, Figaro is a barber in which Spanish city?

BEEP

Go on. Spanish city,

-any Spanish city...

-Madrid.

-No.

-No...

-Seville.

-I didn't do very well.

Well, you got a couple of points.

But for your two passes, the pips,

they go beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beeep,

and there are six of them.

-Right.

-Six pips on radio.

-OK.

And that singer, of whom I had never heard either,

-Ella Yelich-O'Connor, is known as Lorde.

-OK.

You have now, Lydia, 8 points.

Thank you.

And now Phil again please.

Phil, now then. 5 Live.

We do the same job basically,

we talk for a few hours on a current affairs programme.

The difference is that you do yours when people are going to bed,

I do mine when they are getting up.

What do you think is the difference?

About three million listeners, John, in your favour I think.

I tend to find, because I've done breakfast as well,

I tend to find that in the evening

it is a bit more of a relaxed environment.

People aren't thinking, "What have I got to do today?"

The day is done and they are kind of winding down and so the chat

feels a bit more intimate and you can take a lot more time over it.

So it is just a bit more of a relaxed environment,

until someone swears, obviously.

We seldom get that from politicians.

They may think it -

I'm looking across at Tim Farron over there who's listening...

He never swears...

I think he thinks you're the Dirty Harry of the Today programme.

Right, Phil, you've got 10 points.

So let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Two minutes coming up now.

What is the common three-letter word for the shell that encases peas?

-Pod.

-Who gained instant notoriety for her performance as the manipulative author

Catherine Tramell in the 1992 film Basic Instinct?

Glenn Close.

Sharon Stone. Which London football ground

takes its name from a hunting lodge

built in 1780 that burned down in 1888?

The ground was built on the derelict site.

Craven Cottage.

Which Apollo mission sent the widely misquoted message to Mission Control

"OK, Houston, we've had a problem here?"

Apollo 9.

13. Brown and mountain are the two species

found in Britain of an animal that closely resembles a rabbit

but has longer ears and hind legs. What animal?

Dog.

Hare. In what country is Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain?

Pass.

What popular work by Vivaldi, written in the 1720s, consists

of four concerti called Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter?

The Four Seasons.

Which American writer won his first Pulitzer Prize for Drama with the play

A Streetcar Named Desire?

Tennessee Williams.

Who played the bar owner Sam Malone in the American television comedy series Cheers?

Ted Danson.

In the Second World War,

when French generals said that, "England would have her neck

"wrung like a chicken if she fought alone against Germany," who replied,

"Some chicken, some neck"?

Pass.

Which 1865 children's story is an extension of a tale

told by the author to Alice Liddell

and her sisters in a rowing boat on the Thames on their way to a picnic?

Alice In Wonderland.

Giotto was appointed architect to an Italian city in 1334

and began work on the celebrated Campanile. Which city?

Rome.

Florence. Which of the 12 Apostles is the Patron Saint of both Scotland and Russia?

Andrew.

The port of Fray Bentos in Uruguay became synonymous

with a type of tinned meat after a large-scale processing plant

was opened there in the 1860s. What meat?

Spam.

Corned beef. In what London place of worship is the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior,

whose body was brought back from France

and buried there on the 11th of November 1920?

Pass.

With which theme song from the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me

did Carly Simon have a Top Ten hit in 1977?

BEEP

Nobody Does It Better.

Exactly right.

You had three passes, Phil.

Westminster Abbey is that London place of worship,

the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.

Sir Winston Churchill said, "Some chicken, some neck."

And Tanzania is where Mount Kilimanjaro is.

You have a total now, Phil, of 18 points.

And now John again please.

And John, you have the great honour of having won

the Edinburgh Festival award.

-Yes.

-If you won an award for writing a great book or piece

of music or whatever it was, it would be there forever.

You do a stand-up routine, you win an award, and it's gone.

You're right. And I think a lot of stand-ups are probably quite jealous

of musicians in that you can refine and refine and refine and suddenly

you've got this album and you can say, "That is what it is forever."

But I think that is what keeps you writing, because you are constantly

chasing that new thing and also you need new

material for your career to carry on,

because people are happy to see musicians do their hits,

but once you've heard a joke, something is lost from the joke.

And are you rewriting all the time?

Lots of tweaking and editing

and then obviously in the moment it changes and you retell it

and find a new way and that is what is exciting about it.

Anyway, well done, you have 10 points in the bag.

So you have to score more than 18 as it stands.

let's see how you do. Here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge.

What dessert is known in Italy as gelato, a word that means "frozen"?

Ice cream.

Which brothers, known as Groucho, Chico and Harpo,

were the stars of the films A Night At The Opera and Duck Soup?

The Marx Brothers.

What name is given to a straight line from one

side of a circle to the other that passes through its centre?

Diameter.

What machine, now a common sight on the high street,

was first installed at a branch of Barclays Bank in Enfield in 1967?

Cash machine.

Which Formula 1 racing driver, who was

the subject of a 2010 biopic, had the surname Da Silva but used

his mother's maiden name as Da Silva is a very common surname in Brazil?

Ayrton Senna.

Which song by the Puerto Rican pop singer Luis Fonsi,

featuring Justin Bieber and Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee,

topped the UK singles charts in May 2017?

No idea, pass.

What six-letter slang term do Australians use

after the word "fair", to mean "the genuine article"?

Dinkum.

What is the title of the lateral-thinking television quiz show

presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell?

Only Connect.

Germany's invasion of which country in August 1914 brought

Britain into the First World War?

Poland.

Belgium. Which Lennon and McCartney song includes the French lyrics,

"Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble"?

Pass.

What is the alcoholic ingredient of a Mojito cocktail, together

with soda water, lime juice, sugar and mint leaves?

Rum.

Which sea bird that has a large, multicoloured,

triangular beak is also known as the sea-parrot or bottlenose?

Puffin.

Which major seaport is on the Gulf of Lion,

an arm of the Mediterranean, near the mouth of the River Rhone?

Pass.

What name is given to the soft,

lustrous fibre produced by caterpillars of certain

species of the genus bombyx that principally feed on mulberry leaves?

Silk.

Part two of an oratorio by Handel is brought to a close

by the Hallelujah Chorus. Which oratorio?

Water Music.

The Messiah. What is the title of Stella Gibbons' novel

that tells of a visit by Flora Poste to her relatives in rural Sussex?

It was filmed for television...

BEEP ..and starred Kate Beckinsale

and Rufus Sewell among others.

Pass.

I can tell you cos you're out of time - Cold Comfort Farm.

You had four passes altogether.

Marseille was the major seaport, the arm of the Mediterranean.

Michelle - "Sont les mots qui..." and all that.

And Despacito was the name of that song by the Puerto Rican pop singer.

-But nor me, either.

-There you go.

Anyway, you've got 20 points.

Thank you very much.

And finally Tim again please.

Tim, a couple of years as leader of the Liberal Democrats.

Is it possible

to be normal

and be a leader of a political parties days?

Nothing personal in that question, by the way.

-We're all abnormal.

-Genuine enquiry.

Best advice I ever got given,

which was by Charles Kennedy, was to just be yourself.

But if you choose a life in politics, you are not normal.

I remember we did an interview in the very early days

and I asked you about your religion and what effect it had, and people

thought it was outrageous that you actually had religious views.

Either that or I was being incredibly intrusive asking you the question.

It's a weird thing. I think if you are in the States, you have to pretend

you have a faith in order to be taken seriously as a politician.

In this country you have to pretend you haven't got one,

-and I think probably both cases are wrong.

-Yeah.

So do you regret having talked about your faith or...?

Because, who knows, but if you'd pushed it to one side entirely,

and played it down or whatever, it could have made a difference?

I probably would have been more successful, and I don't regret it.

But you and I and everyone in this audience can think of a very

large number of politicians that have been all those things

that you didn't want to be and have been highly successful.

Ambition isn't the most important thing in the world.

As we found out earlier, Blackburn Rovers is.

LAUGHTER

And you can look yourself in the mirror in the morning.

-Indeed.

-That's what matters.

Right, you have 13 points already.

20 is the score to beat. Here we go.

Which author created the detectives Tommy and Tuppence,

Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot?

Agatha Christie.

In the 1990 film Home Alone, Kevin McCallister is accidently

left behind when his family goes on a Christmas holiday to Paris.

Which actor plays Kevin?

Macaulay Culkin.

What characteristic, common to most marsupials, does the female

numbat, or banded anteater, lack?

Pass.

Jimmy Anderson became the first English bowler to reach which landmark

in Test cricket when he took Kraigg Brathwaite's wicket in the

third Test against the West Indies in September 2017?

500.

Who reached Number One in the charts in 1988 with One Moment In Time?

Whitney Houston.

What Latin term is used for the stiffening of a corpse that sets in after death?

Rigor mortis.

Which John Steinbeck novel, published in 1939

and set during the Great Depression, traces the migration

of the Joad family from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to California?

The Grapes Of Wrath.

In what country was Hitler born? In March 1938 he annexed it

in the Anschluss, a German word that means "union".

-Austria.

-The village of Turville in Buckinghamshire

was used for the filming of a television sitcom

starring Dawn French as Geraldine Granger. Which series?

The Vicar Of Dibley.

In which Lloyd Webber musical does a shy little steam engine

called Rusty beat the flashy diesel Greaseball in a race?

Pass.

How many panels are hinged together to form a single painting or

carving in a work of art known as a triptych?

-Three.

-Which saint, well-known for his love of animals,

was born in Assisi in about 1181?

St Francis.

Which Canadian city's skyline is dominated by the 1,815-foot high CN Tower?

It was the world's highest free-standing building until 2007.

Toronto.

What French word, that literally means "burnt",

is used to refer to a dish with a crisp coating of caramelised sugar?

Flambe.

Brulee. Which composer, famous for his piano music,

was born near Warsaw in 1810 and died in Paris in 1849?

Pass.

The works of which controversial English playwright include

Entertaining Mr Sloane and Loot?

Oscar Wilde.

Joe Orton. In which pastime might a gaff and a keepnet be used?

-Pass.

-BEEP

Well, I can tell you that one, and you'll be cross with yourself, cos it's fishing.

That was one of your passes. Chopin was the composer.

Starlight Express was the Lloyd Webber musical.

A pouch is what the numbat or banded anteater...

Yes, I know. Amazing one didn't know that.

Tim, you did it, 24 points.

APPLAUSE

There we are, a clear winner.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, 8 points, Lydia.

Third place, 18 points, Phil.

Second place, 20 points, John.

First place, 24 points, Tim.

Tim.

-Thank you, John.

-Congratulations.

I knew I'd win something eventually.

In terms of becoming Prime Minister, how much of a compensation is that?

Massive compensation. It doesn't matter at all now.

-Doesn't matter.

-Almost as good as winning the Premier League in '95.

Well done, Tim. Now, you don't have to be a celebrity to take part

in the regular Mastermind programme.

If you'd like to appear in the next series on BBC Two,

then visit us online...

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Either way, do join us again

next time, for more masterminds.

Thanks for watching, goodbye.