0:00:23 > 0:00:25First in the spotlight tonight,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27the BBC presenter Spencer Kelly.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30His specialist subject - number one singles.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Next, the Citizen Khan actor Abdullah Afzal.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40He'll be answering questions on Sir Alex Ferguson.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42APPLAUSE
0:00:42 > 0:00:44The actress Jessica Regan takes as her subject
0:00:44 > 0:00:47the films of Quentin Tarantino.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49APPLAUSE
0:00:49 > 0:00:54And the comedian Andrew Maxwell on the Lebanon.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Celebrity Mastermind
0:01:04 > 0:01:08with me, John Humphrys, and four people who may feel
0:01:08 > 0:01:10they have become experts in their own field,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12but this is something different.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Not just any old quiz, it's the one that really does
0:01:15 > 0:01:18test their nerve as well as their own knowledge.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21They'll get 90 seconds of questions on their specialist subject
0:01:21 > 0:01:23and two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26So let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- And your name is?- Spencer Kelly.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- Your chosen charity?- Lymeaid UK.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40And your chosen subject?
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Number one singles in the UK from '83 to '92.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45In 90 seconds starting now.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Who first topped the UK singles chart in the summer of '85
0:01:48 > 0:01:50with Into The Groove from the film Desperately Seeking Susan?
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Madonna.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Which musical duo's farewell single The Edge Of Heaven
0:01:54 > 0:01:56reached number one in the UK charts in June '86?
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Wham.- With which power ballad did Bonnie Tyler top
0:01:59 > 0:02:02the UK charts for two weeks in March '83?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Total Eclipse Of The Heart.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Who topped the UK charts for 16 consecutive weeks in '91
0:02:07 > 0:02:08with Everything I Do I Do It For You
0:02:08 > 0:02:10from the film Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves?
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Bryan Adams.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13With what song did The Beautiful South
0:02:13 > 0:02:15top the charts in October 1990?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The accompanying music video about a fight between a couple
0:02:18 > 0:02:20won a Brit Award the following year.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21A Little Time.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23The 1998 chart-topping pop song The Only Way Is Up
0:02:23 > 0:02:26was credited to which singer with The Plastic Population?
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Yaz.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Which love song from the Tom Cruise film Top Gun
0:02:30 > 0:02:33gave the band Berlin a number one hit in '86?
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Take My Breath Away.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Which '87 song was the second UK chart topper for the Pet Shop Boys?
0:02:38 > 0:02:39It contains the lyrics,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42"When I look back upon my life it's always with a sense of shame."
0:02:42 > 0:02:44It's A Sin.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46In 1990, Sinead O'Connor topped the charts
0:02:46 > 0:02:49with an emotional rendition of Nothing Compares 2 U,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52a song that was originally recorded by The Family and written by whom?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Prince.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Whitney Houston's chart topper I Will Always Love You
0:02:56 > 0:02:58from the '92 film The Bodyguard was written
0:02:58 > 0:03:01and originally recorded by which country singer?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Dolly Parton.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Which band's first UK number one and eighth top 40 single
0:03:05 > 0:03:09was Is There Something I Should Know? in March 1983?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Duran Duran.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Which song from Michael Jackson's album Bad
0:03:12 > 0:03:15reached number one in the singles chart in 1987?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18BEEP It was a duet with Siedah Garrett.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19I Just Can't Stop Loving You.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Absolutely right.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24No passes. You got them all right. 12 points.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26APPLAUSE
0:03:38 > 0:03:40And our next contender, please.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- And your name is?- Abdullah Afzal.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Your chosen charity?- Penny Appeal.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- And your chosen subject? - Sir Alex Ferguson.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55In 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Which major trophy did Ferguson's Aberdeen
0:03:57 > 0:04:00win in 1983 with a 2-1 win over Real Madrid?
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Europa Super Cup?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Cup Winners' Cup. When United were 3-0 down at half-time
0:04:04 > 0:04:07in a league game against Southampton in '96, what unusual tactic
0:04:07 > 0:04:09did Ferguson use for the second half?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Change of kit.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13With which club did Ferguson sign in 1958
0:04:13 > 0:04:16when he combined football with his work as a toolmaking apprentice?
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Queen's Park.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19In 2003 a player was sold to Real Madrid after
0:04:19 > 0:04:22falling out with Ferguson, who'd kicked a boot across
0:04:22 > 0:04:24the dressing room, hitting him on the head. Which player?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26David Beckham.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Who were United's opponents in the 1989 home game
0:04:28 > 0:04:32at which, late on in a 2-1 defeat, United supporters held up a banner
0:04:32 > 0:04:36that dismissed three years of excuses and concluded, "Ta-ra, Fergie"?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Liverpool.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Crystal Palace. In '95 Ferguson went to Paris for crisis talks
0:04:40 > 0:04:43with a hugely influential player who was believed
0:04:43 > 0:04:46to be considering a move to Internazionale. Which player?
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Ryan Giggs.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Cantona. For which club did Ferguson score
0:04:49 > 0:04:52a hat-trick against Rangers at Ibrox in the 63/64 season?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Sorry, could you repeat the question?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57For which club did Ferguson score a hat-trick against Rangers
0:04:57 > 0:05:00at Ibrox in the 63/64 season?
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Dunfermline.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03St Johnstone. Of which player did Ferguson say,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06"He was just 13 and floated over the ground like a cocker spaniel
0:05:06 > 0:05:08"chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind"?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Ryan Giggs.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13What was Ferguson reportedly doing when he learned
0:05:13 > 0:05:16that United had won the 1992/93 League Championship
0:05:16 > 0:05:18thanks to Aston Villa's defeat by Oldham?
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Having a poo.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21What?
0:05:21 > 0:05:22LAUGHTER
0:05:22 > 0:05:23No. Playing golf.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Which midfielder was reluctantly sold by Ferguson... BEEP
0:05:26 > 0:05:29..to Everton in July 1989?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31I don't know. Pass.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32Well, I can tell you
0:05:32 > 0:05:36cos it's your only pass anyway. Norman Whiteside.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- OK. - Abdullah, you have four points.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Thank you.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42APPLAUSE
0:05:50 > 0:05:52And our next contender, please.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- And your name is?- Jessica Regan.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Your chosen charity? - Rape Crisis England & Wales.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04And your chosen subject?
0:06:04 > 0:06:05The films of Quentin Tarantino.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07In 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09In Reservoir Dogs, which of the gang, played by Steve Buscemi,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11is persuaded to tip the waitress at the diner
0:06:11 > 0:06:13before they carry out a diamond robbery?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Mr Pink.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18What species of snake does Elle hide in the suitcase of money
0:06:18 > 0:06:22she brings to Budd's trailer to pay for the Hattori Hanzo sword in Kill Bill: Volume 2?
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Rattlesnake.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Black mamba. From which book of the Bible does Samuel L Jackson's character
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Jules Winfield says he's quoting shortly before he kills Brett in Pulp Fiction?
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Ezekiel.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35What's the name of the projectionist who
0:06:35 > 0:06:38flicks his cigarette on a highly flammable
0:06:38 > 0:06:40nitrate film in order to burn down the Gamaar cinema
0:06:40 > 0:06:44and kill members of the Nazi hierarchy in Inglourious Basterds?
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Marcel.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Vic Vega is assigned the alias Mr Blonde
0:06:47 > 0:06:48for the robbery in Reservoir Dogs.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50What rhyming nickname is he also known by?
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Pass.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58In Django Unchained, which actress plays Django's wife, the slave Broomhilda,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01who was originally owned by a German family, the Von Shafts?
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Kerry Washington.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06For what budget Mexican airline is Jackie Brown working as a flight attendant
0:07:06 > 0:07:09when she's arrested for carrying currency and drugs?
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Cabo.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13In the Hateful Eight, the bounty hunter Major Marquis Warren
0:07:13 > 0:07:14carries with him a letter
0:07:14 > 0:07:17that he claims was written by which famous person?
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Abraham Lincoln.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Under what alias was Uma Thurman's character living
0:07:20 > 0:07:24when she was due to marry Tommy Plympton in El Paso in Kill Bill: Volume 1?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Arlene Plympton.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27No. Arlene Machiavelli.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Who plays the homicidal driver Stuntman Mike Mackay in Death Proof?
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Kurt Russell.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Which character, played by Harvey Keitel, is sent
0:07:34 > 0:07:36to sort out the mess caused by Vincent Vega
0:07:36 > 0:07:39when he accidentally kills Marvin in Pulp Fiction?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Winston Wolf.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42To what Japanese island... BEEP
0:07:42 > 0:07:45..does The Bride travel in order to have a samurai sword
0:07:45 > 0:07:49custom made by the legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzo in Kill Bill: Volume 1?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Osaka.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- Okinawa.- Okinawa.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56One pass. That rhyming nickname for Vic Vega was Toothpick Vic.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- I didn't know that.- There you go. Anyway, you have eight points.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Thank you very much.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02APPLAUSE
0:08:10 > 0:08:12And our final contender, please.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- And your name is?- Andrew Maxwell.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- Chosen charity?- Age UK.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25And your chosen subject?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- The Lebanon. - Lebanon in 90 seconds.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Lebanon has land borders with two countries -
0:08:30 > 0:08:31one is Syria. What's the other?
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Israel.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34The resort of Mzaar, east of Beirut, is well-known
0:08:34 > 0:08:37as a popular destination for which winter sport?
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Skiing.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41The national dish of Lebanon consists of fried or raw minced lamb, cracked wheat
0:08:41 > 0:08:45and sometimes pine nuts, spices, walnuts or onions. What's it called?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Kibbe.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49What do the Lebanese celebrate with a national holiday on 22 November?
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Pass.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54What is the name of the agreement brokered in '89
0:08:54 > 0:08:57and signed in Saudi Arabia that led to the end of the Lebanese Civil War?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Taif Agreement.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Which European country was given a mandate to rule Lebanon in 1920?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04It lasted until '43.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Its troops finally withdrew in '46.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07France.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11What river that rises in eastern Lebanon is the longest in the country?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14It was dammed in 1959 to form Lake Qaraoun.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Litani.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Which city that lies on the Mediterranean coast
0:09:17 > 0:09:20at the mouth of the Abou Ali River is the second largest in Lebanon?
0:09:20 > 0:09:21Tripoli.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Which peak in the Mount Lebanon range
0:09:23 > 0:09:26is the highest in the country at over 3,000 metres?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Qurnat as Sawda.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31What name was given to the demarcation in Beirut between
0:09:31 > 0:09:34the Christian East and the Muslim West during the Lebanese Civil War?
0:09:34 > 0:09:35The Green Line.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Which archaeological complex in eastern Lebanon that takes
0:09:38 > 0:09:41its current name from a Phoenician god was known as Heliopolis?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44It contained temples to Jupiter, Venus and Mercury.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Baalbek.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Who took over as both leader of Lebanon's Druze community
0:09:48 > 0:09:50and the country's Progressive Socialist Party
0:09:50 > 0:09:54after the murder of his father Kamal in 1977?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Walid Jumblatt.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58What is the name of the broad fertile valley that runs for about 120km...
0:09:58 > 0:10:02BEEP ..between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05It was known as Rome's breadbasket in ancient times.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06The Beqaa Valley
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Is correct.
0:10:08 > 0:10:14One pass. The Lebanese celebrate, on 22 November, Independence Day.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16You've scored, Andrew, 12 points.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18APPLAUSE
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Well, some very high scoring in that round.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34In fourth place, four points, Abdullah.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Third place, eight points, Jessica.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Joint first place, 12 points apiece,
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Spencer and Andrew.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41APPLAUSE
0:10:48 > 0:10:50So it's the general knowledge round now and
0:10:50 > 0:10:53if there's a tie at the end of it then the number of passes is
0:10:53 > 0:10:56taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Let's get on with it and ask Abdullah to join us again,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01if you would, please.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02And...
0:11:02 > 0:11:06..you are in that wonderful Citizen Khan.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Is it a sitcom?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10- I mean, is that how you describe it? - Yeah.- A sitcom, yeah.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Because it's been going for a long time, it's immensely popular
0:11:14 > 0:11:16and it's... I mean, you wouldn't call it cutting edge.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18I mean, it's just funny.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- It's a bit slapstick, isn't it? - It is a bit slapstick, yeah.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I mean, it's done really well.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It's engaged audiences from different backgrounds,
0:11:26 > 0:11:27which is great.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31And it keeps me getting paid, so I'm happy.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32- It's regular work, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35But, no, I mean, it really does work,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38much better perhaps than a lot of people thought at the beginning.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Yeah, I think it was a risk to start with - a Muslim comedy family.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47But, you know, it worked. It doesn't have to be Muslim.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49It could be a white guy from Birmingham.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- You know, it doesn't...- I was going to ask you whether the humour
0:11:52 > 0:11:56would translate across to any section of the population.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58I don't know. Obviously I think a lot of Asians do like it,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01a lot of Pakistani people like it and a lot of Muslims like it,
0:12:01 > 0:12:02but that's because they can say,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04"Oh, look, one of us is on the telly,"
0:12:04 > 0:12:05rather than anything else, I think.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Yeah, right. Anyway, look, back to the game.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- You've got four points but you can build on that.- Yeah.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14You've got two minutes for general knowledge. So, yeah.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- My strength is general knowledge. - Your strength is general knowledge. LAUGHTER
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Well, that's good to hear. Here we go. Two minutes starting now.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26What is the British equivalent of the Spanish autopista and German autobahn?
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Pistachio.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Motorway. Dave Evans, who's known as The Edge,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33is the guitarist with which Irish rock band?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36I don't know. Pass.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38What does the abbreviation MI stand for
0:12:38 > 0:12:41in the names of the organisations MI5 and MI6?
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Mission: Impossible.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Military intelligence.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Which heroine in a classic 1939 film musical
0:12:47 > 0:12:50has a little cairn terrier dog called Toto?
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Wizard Of Oz.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Dorothy. What is the name of the square in Beijing
0:12:54 > 0:12:56that was the centre of a protest movement
0:12:56 > 0:13:00that was brutally put down on the night of 4 June 1989?
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Pass.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03By what nickname is the adventurer Simon Templar known
0:13:03 > 0:13:06in the books by the author Leslie Charteris?
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Si-Si.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09The Saint. Which islands in the South Atlantic,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11whose capital is Stanley,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13were invaded by Argentina in April 1982?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Falklands.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17What are formed in the Earth's atmosphere
0:13:17 > 0:13:20when warm, moist air rises and then cools and expands?
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Evaporation.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Clouds. The television series MASH and the film it was derived from
0:13:24 > 0:13:27were both set during which 1950s war?
0:13:29 > 0:13:30- The Cold War.- The Korean War.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32In one of the many versions of Arthurian legend,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34which piece of furniture was made by Merlin?
0:13:34 > 0:13:39The one famously displayed on a wall in Winchester probably dates from the 14th century.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- Sword.- The round table.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Which musical includes the characters Juan Peron and Che Guevara,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47who was played by David Essex in the original stage version?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- EastEnders.- Evita.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51The name of which upland area features
0:13:51 > 0:13:54in the song regarded as Yorkshire's national anthem?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Yes. - LAUGHTER
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Ilkley Moor.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Which comic character from the Dandy comic,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02whose favourite meal is cow pie,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05lives in Cactusville with his Aunt Aggie?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Bodger.- Desperate Dan.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09What alternative name for the European wolf spider
0:14:09 > 0:14:12comes from the town in southern Italy where it is commonly found?
0:14:12 > 0:14:17The term is now applied to any large, hairy, often poisonous spider.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Pakistani.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19LAUGHTER
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Tarantula.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24In the television series Star Trek, Kronos is the home planet...
0:14:24 > 0:14:28BEEP ..and imperial capital of which aggressive race?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Pakistani.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31LAUGHTER
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Klingons, we'll settle for, though. Two passes.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Tiananmen Square was where it all happened
0:14:39 > 0:14:42and the guitarist played for U2 and you got five points.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Thank you.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44APPLAUSE
0:14:49 > 0:14:51INAUDIBLE
0:14:54 > 0:14:57And now Jessica again, please.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Right.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Well, I was going to say, "Follow that," but please don't, all right?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03LAUGHTER
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Now, Doctors.- Yes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Now there's a soap opera that ran for... Heavens, it's still running.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- It is, yeah.- And you were in...
0:15:10 > 0:15:14- Somebody told me this, I wrote it down. ..287 episodes.- Oh!
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- Almost all of them over the space of two years.- Yes.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23- So that's... I mean, almost every day.- Oh, yes, yes.
0:15:23 > 0:15:2612 hours a day acting, crying, emoting.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Yeah, it was like acting Olympics.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30But how do you do it?
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Because that means you can't prerecord weeks of them
0:15:34 > 0:15:36in advance or anything like that.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Have you got to do them on the day pretty much and then...?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Well, it's shot out of sequence, like most television is,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and you do the best you can,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49and luckily it's a fantastic cast and a great crew and I felt...
0:15:49 > 0:15:51They all said to me, "If you can do Doctors, you can do anything,"
0:15:51 > 0:15:55because it is a beast of a schedule. And I have found,
0:15:55 > 0:15:59since I've left Doctors that, you know, camera people love me
0:15:59 > 0:16:01cos I can hit the mark and I can find the lights
0:16:01 > 0:16:03and I don't mess about, so...
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Yeah, right, if you do blow it then the whole schedule can be...
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Oh, yeah, you've got to be on it, so it definitely trained me well.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Right, well, you've got eight points and plenty of time to catch up
0:16:12 > 0:16:16because it's two minutes of general knowledge and here we go.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19What sweet or salty snack that's very popular with cinemagoers
0:16:19 > 0:16:23consists of the heated and exploded kernels of some varieties of maize?
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Popcorn.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Which actress topped the charts in 2001 with Robbie Williams
0:16:26 > 0:16:29on a cover version of Nancy and Frank Sinatra's Something Stupid?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Nicole Kidman.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33According to legend, which birds with large elastic throat pouches
0:16:33 > 0:16:38that they use for catching fish fed their young with their own blood?
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Puffins?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Pelicans. What Italian word is used for the declaration of a political party's aims
0:16:43 > 0:16:46and polities issued at the time of a general election?
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Revolution.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Manifesto. Which 31-mile-long tunnel was first proposed in 1802
0:16:51 > 0:16:57by the French mining engineer Albert Mathieu-Favier and finally opened in May 1994?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58- The Eurotunnel? - The Channel Tunnel, yeah.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Who plays Pussy Galore in the 1964 Bond film Goldfinger?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Oh, I'll be killed for this.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Pass.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12What is the dominant flavour of the rich Viennese cake Sachertorte?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Almond.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Chocolate. Who won a Best Actor Oscar for playing
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Hannibal Lecter in the film The Silence Of The Lambs?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Anthony Hopkins.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21In which Italian city did Leonardo da Vinci paint
0:17:21 > 0:17:25The Last Supper on a monastery wall between 1495 and 1498?
0:17:25 > 0:17:26- Florence?- Milan.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28What is the name of Postman Pat's black-and-white cat
0:17:28 > 0:17:29in the children's television series.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Jess.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33What gift have the citizens of Oslo given the citizens of London
0:17:33 > 0:17:38annually since 1947 to be erected in Trafalgar Square at the beginning of December?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39A cuckoo clock.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Christmas tree. In a 2017 National Theatre production,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Tamsin Greig great plays a female version of Malvolio
0:17:45 > 0:17:47in a Shakespeare comedy. Which one?
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Twelfth Night.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Which Atlantic island gives its name to tailored knee-length shorts?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Cargo?
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Bermuda. What is the name of the garden in the grounds of Kensington Palace,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01the former home of Diana Princess of Wales,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03that's been planted as a memorial to her?
0:18:04 > 0:18:05St James's?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07The White Garden. The first examples of a folding chair,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09now a common beach or garden accessory, have been
0:18:09 > 0:18:12traced back to Ancient Egypt. What type of chair?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Deckchair.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Which relic was stolen by Scottish nationalists
0:18:15 > 0:18:17from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day... BEEP
0:18:17 > 0:18:21..1950 and recovered and returned four months later?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22The Queen's sceptre?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24It was the Stone of Scone.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- I did not know that. - There you go.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27And you had one pass.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30It was Honor Blackman who played Pussy Galore.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Jessica, you have now 15 points.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34APPLAUSE
0:18:42 > 0:18:45And now Spencer again, please.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- And you present the Click...- Yes.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53..television show, which means that every day of your life you're
0:18:53 > 0:18:57being presented with some new bit of kit, some new bit of hi-tech kit.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I love it. Geeking out every single day of the week, yes.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01Do you really love it or do you say,
0:19:01 > 0:19:03"God, what have they come up with now"?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06No, no, no. I've always been into science-fiction, computers,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08that kind of stuff, so the job I do now is brilliant
0:19:08 > 0:19:11cos I get to completely geek out and show off at the same time.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- Brilliant.- Do you understand it all?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Yeah, yeah. Absolutely everything. No.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I don't think I believe that.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19The problem is, I think, that there comes a point in your life,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21and I think I'm getting there now,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23where everything that's invented after that,
0:19:23 > 0:19:24the kids understand and you don't.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- So that applies even to you? - I'm bluffing it. Don't tell anyone.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- But, yeah. - All right, I won't mention it. Yeah.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32OK, you've got 12 points.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Now... - This is where it gets really bad.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38See if you can get rather more than 15 with your general knowledge.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39And here we go.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Willow Farm, the Bull Inn and Grey Gables are locations in which Radio 4 drama?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- The Archers.- What fruit is used to make the sauce that's traditionally served
0:19:47 > 0:19:50with turkey at Christmas in the UK and at Thanksgiving in America?
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Cranberry.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55In Christian art, a Madonna, an annunciation and a Pieta all depict which woman?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Mary?
0:19:58 > 0:20:01What is the surname of the actor brothers Robert and Philip
0:20:01 > 0:20:03one of whom played Ash Morgan in Hustle,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06the other plyed Gene Hunt in Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes?
0:20:09 > 0:20:10- Green.- Glenister.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12The branch of medicine called geriatrics
0:20:12 > 0:20:14deals with the health and welfare of which people?
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Old people.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Which Leonard Bernstein musical with lyrics by Steven Sondheim
0:20:18 > 0:20:21is set in New York and based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Dances With Wolves.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27West Side Story.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Who won a Best Actress Oscar in '69 for her role in Funny Girl?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32She shared the award with Katharine Hepburn,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34who won for her role in Lion In Winter.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Barbra Streisand.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37A variety of cheese from the town of Meaux near Paris
0:20:37 > 0:20:39was declared king of cheeses at a competition
0:20:39 > 0:20:42organised during the Congress of Vienna in 1814.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Which cheese?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Roquefort.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Brie. The opening words on which classic Beatles album
0:20:48 > 0:20:50are, "It was 20 years ago today"?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54What is the county town of Somerset?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It's home to the County Cricket ground.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- London.- No, Taunton.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03The origins of paper have been traced back
0:21:03 > 0:21:06to the Han Dynasty in about 105 AD in which country?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08China.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10The meeting places of which religious sect are usually
0:21:10 > 0:21:11known as Kingdom Halls?
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Jehovah's Witness.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Which animal found in Africa and Asia has a name that means "nose horn" in Greek?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Rhinoceros.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22In which UK city did the Waterfront Hall,
0:21:22 > 0:21:27a multipurpose conference and entertainment centre, open in January 1997?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28- Cardiff?- Belfast.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Which Canadian indie rock band had
0:21:30 > 0:21:33their third consecutive UK number one album
0:21:33 > 0:21:35in August 2017 with Everything Now?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37It's not 83-92.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Green Day.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40No. Arcade Fire. What name... BEEP
0:21:40 > 0:21:43..was given to the period of sustained military and political tension
0:21:43 > 0:21:44that developed between the power blocs led by
0:21:44 > 0:21:47America and the Soviet Union after the Second World War?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48The Cold War.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50The Cold War is correct.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52No passes, Spencer. 22 points.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55APPLAUSE
0:22:04 > 0:22:07And now Andrew again, please.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09And, erm...
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Your humour is pretty tough, isn't it? I mean, some of it.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I mean it's funny but it takes no prisoners.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Is there anything you can't satirise, you can't make fun of?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- If it's not true.- What's not true?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27If you say something about another people,
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- or a different situation, but it's not true, that's offensive.- Ah.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32You know?
0:22:32 > 0:22:36You can go to any town in Britain and really rip into them,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38as long as what's wrong with them is true.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- LAUGHTER - Do you know what I mean?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Well, I do accept they'd have to agree that it was true, if you see what I mean.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48- I mean, you might think it was true but they might not.- True. But that's the art.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50It's finding what's wrong with the people
0:22:50 > 0:22:52and then pointing it out to them.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53LAUGHTER
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Right...
0:22:54 > 0:22:56You've got to be very,
0:22:56 > 0:23:00very quick to do the sort of thing you do on News Quiz, for instance.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Well, yeah...
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Like with any comedy panel show, a lot more is recorded than is
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- broadcast.- Now don't go and spoil it now. You mean, it's not done live?
0:23:09 > 0:23:12It is done live but then they edit the flannel out, you know.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14I produce a lot of flannel.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16What's the easiest target?
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Is the right being easier to take the mickey out of than the left
0:23:19 > 0:23:20wing in politics, or whatever?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I like to mock everybody in the political realm
0:23:23 > 0:23:26because there's enough stupidity to go round.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28I love politics.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29I'm not against politicians.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- You know, I'm glad somebody's willing to do it.- Yeah.- I'm not.
0:23:32 > 0:23:38So I'm glad somebody is. But there's plenty of nonsense to then mock.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41And when we stop mocking them we're in trouble.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- Mais oui.- Exactly!
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Right, now, you've got 12 points.
0:23:46 > 0:23:5022 is the score to beat if you are to achieve this staggering
0:23:50 > 0:23:53ambition of becoming a Mastermind champion. Here we go.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57What crumbly, white cheese usually forms part of a Greek salad?
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Feta.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Yeah. In what village now a city in northern Israel
0:24:00 > 0:24:02was Jesus brought up?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Er, Bethlehem.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Nazareth. Which cartoon character's always trying
0:24:06 > 0:24:08to outwit ranger John Smith?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Yogi Bear.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Yes. The singers Donovan, Sheena Easton and Lulu
0:24:12 > 0:24:14were all born in which country of the UK?
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Scotland.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Yes. Which star and co-writer of Gavin and Stacey has
0:24:17 > 0:24:19presented the Late Late Show on American TV television
0:24:19 > 0:24:21since March 2015?
0:24:21 > 0:24:22James Corden.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Yes. What was the surname of the German father and son
0:24:25 > 0:24:26painters Hans the Elder and the Younger?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Hans the younger settled in England in 1532 and worked
0:24:29 > 0:24:30in the court of Henry VIII.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Durer.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Holbein. For what form of writing has the Bruntwood Prize
0:24:34 > 0:24:37been awarded in Britain since 2015?
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Crime fiction?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Playwriting. Which English navigator made three voyages
0:24:40 > 0:24:44of exploration to the Pacific between 1768 and '79?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47His ship was the Endeavour on the first voyage and the Resolution on the other two.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Cook.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Yeah, which character in the stage musical Oliver sings
0:24:51 > 0:24:54"You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two and Reviewing The Situation"?
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Fagin?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Yeah. What metallic element used to be in clinical
0:24:57 > 0:24:59thermometers but their use has phased out because of
0:24:59 > 0:25:01concerns about poisoning in case of breakage?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Mercury.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Yeah. What major change to coinage was introduced
0:25:05 > 0:25:07in Britain in February 1971?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Er, it went to erm, er...
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Er, er, er, metric.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14No, not quite. It's decimalisation.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17St Peter Port is the principal town of one of the Channel Islands - which one?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Guernsey.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Yeah. Who became the youngest American
0:25:20 > 0:25:22winner of the Open Golf Championship when he beat
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Matt Kuchar by three strokes at Royal Birkdale in July 2017?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Tiger Woods.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Speith. Hybrid tea, floribunda and grandiflora
0:25:30 > 0:25:32are types of a garden shrub grown for it's beautiful
0:25:32 > 0:25:34and often fragrant flowers - what shrub?
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Rhododendron?
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Roses. Which superhero in her alter ego Diana is played
0:25:39 > 0:25:42in a 2017 film by the Israli-born actress, Gal Gadot?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Wonder Woman.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Yeah. Which saint is still regarded as the patron saint
0:25:46 > 0:25:48of travellers and motorists even though he was downgraded
0:25:48 > 0:25:49by the Vatican in '69?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Er, St Christopher.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Yes, Giuseppe is the Italian equivalent of an English Christian name - what name?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- Joseph.- Yes. BEEP
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Which landmark was formally dedicated by
0:25:58 > 0:26:00President Grover Cleveland in October 1886
0:26:00 > 0:26:04on what was then Bedloe's Island in New York harbour?
0:26:04 > 0:26:05It's the Statue of Liberty.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Yes, yes. No passes.
0:26:07 > 0:26:0924 points.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11APPLAUSE
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Well, he did it.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Let's have a look at all of those scores.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33In fourth place with five points, Abdullah,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36third place with 15 points, Jessica.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Second place, 22 points, Spencer.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40First place, 24 points, Andrew.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42APPLAUSE
0:26:55 > 0:26:56There you go.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59APPLAUSE What are you going to do with it?
0:26:59 > 0:27:00I, er...
0:27:00 > 0:27:02I'm going to look at it for a while.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Just look at it.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07I'm going to look at it and maybe show off around the house,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- that sort of thing. - Seems entirely sensible.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11You didn't really think you were going to win, did you?
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Not at all! I'm just glad I didn't embarrass myself.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Well, you didn't do that.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- Anyway... - Thank you.- Congratulations!
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0:27:37 > 0:27:39APPLAUSE