0:00:26 > 0:00:28First in the spotlight tonight is Andy Tucker,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a former diplomat, from Winchester.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34His subject - author and secret agent, Robert Bruce Lockhart.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Next, Simon Spiro, a PhD student from Oxford.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39He'll be answering questions on human parasites.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Rebecca Wickens, a local government officer, from Brighton.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Her subject - English poet and novelist, AC SWinburne.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49And John Snedden, a teacher from the Forest of Dean.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53His subject - the 16th-Century seige of Malta.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:06Hello and welcome to a new series of Mastermind, with me John Humphrys.
0:01:06 > 0:01:0996 contenders will take up the challenge this year,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11all hoping to claim the title
0:01:11 > 0:01:13of Mastermind Champion and, of course,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15win this glass bowl. To do that,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17they must get through the first round,
0:01:17 > 0:01:22before coming back to do it all again in the semifinal and then, ultimately, the Grand Final.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27At each stage, they will have to answer questions on a different specialist subject,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29so, as ever, we can expect a pretty eclectic mix.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Two minutes of questions on the specialist subject
0:01:32 > 0:01:34and two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47And your name is?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Your occupation?
0:01:50 > 0:01:53And your specialist subject?
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Robert Bruce Lockhart. Two minutes, starting now.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00In which town in Fife was Lockhart born in September 1887?
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Anstruther.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04To which post in Moscow was he appointed in late 1911?
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Vice-consul.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08What was the name of the British Ambassador, based in St Petersburg,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11whom Lockhart did not meet for three years?
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Sir George Buchanan.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Evgenia Petrovna Shelyepina was Trotsky's secretary.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Which journalist and associate of Lockhart did she marry?
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Arthur Ransome.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22During the WW1, the secretary of the Moscow Art Theatre,
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Michael Lykiardopoulos, ran which department, under under Lockhart's supervision?
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Propaganda.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Which woman did he first meet in 1918 in St Petersburg?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34He was romantically linked with her for the rest of his time in Russia?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Moura Budberg.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Lockhart saw the Tsar twice in the summer of 1912,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42the second time in Moscow to celebrate the centenary of which battle?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Borodino.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Which British agent became known to Lockhart in May 1918,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48after walking up to the Kremlin and asking to see Lenin?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Sidney Reilly.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53At which restaurant did Lockhart meet Maxim Litvinoff,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55the Bolshevik Ambassador in London,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57to receive a letter of recommendation to Trotsky?
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Lyons Corner House.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02What nationality was Lockhart's first wife, whom he married in 1912?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Australian.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06At which former seminary, then Bolshevik headquarters,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09did Lockhart meet Lenin in March 1918?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Smolny.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14What position in Moscow was held before the Revolution by the former vice-president
0:03:14 > 0:03:16of the Imperial Duma, Michael Chelnokoff,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19whom Lockhart describes as his best friend in Russia?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20The Mayor of Moscow.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Who was the chief of the film mission who tried to coax
0:03:23 > 0:03:26the Russians into the War, by showing them films of the Western Front?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Colonel Bromhead.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33Which social-revolutionary shot Lenin on the 31 Aug 1918, leading to Lockhart's arrest?
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Dora Kaplan.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Who was the Czech Foreign Minister with whom Lockhart negotiated,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41leading to the establishment of the Anglo-Czechoslovak Bank?
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Benes.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45What was the surname of the Lancashire brothers, connected with cotton,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48who invited Lockhart to play football for their factory team in Moscow?
0:03:48 > 0:03:49Charnock.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52To which city was Lockhart travelling in 1915 when he saw a train full
0:03:52 > 0:03:54of Austrian prisoners on their way to Siberia?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Kiev.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- Who questioned Lockhart when he was arrested...- BEEP
0:03:58 > 0:04:01..after the attempt on Lenin's life?
0:04:01 > 0:04:02- Peters.- Yes, indeed.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Jacob Peters.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07No passes. Andy Tucker, a perfect round - 18 points.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Thank you.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13APPLAUSE
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Well, our next contender, please.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28And your name is?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Your occupation?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32And your specialist subject?
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Human parasites, in two minutes, starting now. What is the common name
0:04:36 > 0:04:40of the biggest parasites that can live in the human body and grow up to 60 feet long?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Diphyllobothrium latum. - Common name?
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Fish tapeworm.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47While in South America, Charles Darwin was bitten by a bug
0:04:47 > 0:04:49he called benchuca. This led to the theory
0:04:49 > 0:04:51that his later ill-health was caused by which disease?
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Chagas Disease.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56"River blindness" is found in which Arabian peninsula country?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Yemen.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Which disease, caused by filarial worms in the lymph channels,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02results in excessive growth of the skin and connective tissue?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Elephantiasis.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Anopheles mosquito. Which parasite causes the disease?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Plasmodium.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Which serious infectious disease, occurring in North and South America,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17is caused by Rickettsia rickettsi, transmitted from small mammals by tick bites?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- Typhus. - Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Which parasitic flatworms are referred to as "flukes"?
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Um, digenean, er, trematodes.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30What common name is given to the carriers and transmitters
0:05:30 > 0:05:32of infectious agents in the genus Glossina?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Tsetse flies.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Which usually harmless protozoan, a close relative of plasmodium,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38is carried by billions of humans? It can be
0:05:38 > 0:05:41dangerous during pregnancy and in HIV positive hosts.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Toxoplasma gondii.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45What is the scientific name of the tapeworm
0:05:45 > 0:05:47that can infect people who eat undercooked pork?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Taenia solium.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Which Scottish physician, first noted that mosquitoes
0:05:52 > 0:05:55were vectors of lymphatic filariasis?
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Patrick Manson.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00What name is given to an aquatic crustacean, such as Cyclops or Diaptomus,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03that serves as an intermediate host to parasites?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Er, inter... Er, I don't... Pass.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Which 19th-Century German doctor fed bladder worms to condemned pisoners
0:06:09 > 0:06:12to establish that they were the larval stage of the tapeworm?
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Kuchenmeister.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17What is the common name of the creature traditionally extracted by winding it
0:06:17 > 0:06:21round a stick after it bursts through the skin? It causes dracunculiasis.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Guinea worm.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Which nematode worm lives in the subcutaneous tissue
0:06:25 > 0:06:28and causes allergic reactions known as "Calabar swellings"?
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Onco... Eh, loa loa.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Which biting insects are the vectors of the parasite leishmania?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Phlebotomine sand flies.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- Yes, what's the common name... - BEEP
0:06:37 > 0:06:41..of the devastating indigenous disease known as African Trypanosomiasis,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43which causes weight loss and lethargy?
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Sleeping sickness. - Is correct.
0:06:46 > 0:06:52You had one pass. That name of the aquatic crustacean was copepod.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54You have, Simon Spiro, 15 points.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58APPLAUSE
0:07:03 > 0:07:05And our next contender, please.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14And your name is?
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Your occupation?
0:07:15 > 0:07:19And your chosen subject?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Algernon Swinburne, in two minutes, starting now.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Swinburne first achieved literary success with which verse drama,
0:07:25 > 0:07:29published in 1865 and influenced by the death of his sister Edith?
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Atalanta in Calydon.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33While at Balliol College, Swinburne met members of which artistic group,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37who were decorating the Union Society Debating Hall?
0:07:36 > 0:07:37The Pre-Raphaelites.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40What is the first play of Swinburne's trilogy
0:07:40 > 0:07:42on Mary, Queen of Scots, a figure who fascinated him?
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Chastelard.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46After being rejected for military service, Swinburne climbed which cliff
0:07:46 > 0:07:49on the Isle of Wight to prove to himself that he was not a coward?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Culver Cliff.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53In about 1867, he had a relationship with which actress,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55introduced to him by Rossetti?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Adah Menken.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Swinburne had a particular affinity for which birds,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01writing a poem about one at Beachy Head in 1886?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Seagulls.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Which punishment at Eton had a profound effect
0:08:05 > 0:08:06on him for the rest of his life?
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Flogging.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11His novel Lesbia Brandon was not published until 1952.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15What is the full name of its autobiographical central character?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- Er, Reginald Seyton. - No, it's Herbert Seyton.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Which work by the Marquis de Sade
0:08:20 > 0:08:24did Swinburne find amusing? It went on to influence his writings.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Justine.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27What was the name of the woman Rossetti installed as a model
0:08:27 > 0:08:30in the house he shared with Swinburne? She was not welcomed by him.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Fanny Cornforth.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Which Regent of France is the title character
0:08:34 > 0:08:37of his early Elizabethan-style drama, The Queen Mother.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Pass.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43What is the title of the poem that opens,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45"There were four apples on the bough"?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Pass.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Which cousin and childhood friend married a distinguished soldier
0:08:51 > 0:08:53in 1865? Swinburne corresponded with her
0:08:53 > 0:08:57using an open code when they were older.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Mary Gordon.- Yes, or Mary Leith.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Which island inspired The Garden of Cymodoce,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04as well as a ballad that begins, "Abreast and ahead of the sea
0:09:04 > 0:09:06"is a crag's front cloven asunder"?
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Sark.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Swinburne's review of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal
0:09:09 > 0:09:11appeared in which magazine in 1862?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- The Saturday Review. - The Spectator.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Which poem, inspired by a Rossetti drawing, has the opening line,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19"Three damsels in the queen's chamber"?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Pass. BEEP
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Which Oxford society, founded by his friend John Nichol
0:09:24 > 0:09:26and of which Swinburne was a member,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29was supposedly for men who were in poor health?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- The Old Mortality Society. - Correct.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36You had three passes. A Christmas Carol was the poem inspired by the Rossetti drawing.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40The title of the poem that opens 'There were four apples on the bough', is August.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44And the regent of France was Catherine De Medici.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49- You have, Rebecca, 12 points. - APPLAUSE
0:09:57 > 0:10:00And our final contender, please?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- And your name is? - John Snedden.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Your occupation. - I'm a teacher.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- And your chosen subject? - The Siege of Malta, 1565.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18The Siege of Malta, two minutes. Which Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of St John
0:10:18 > 0:10:21commanded the island's greatly outnumbered forces
0:10:21 > 0:10:22during the Siege of Malta in 1565?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Valette.- Which fortress, the old capital of the island,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28was used as the main base for the Order's cavalry?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Mdina.- In which bay in the south of Malta did the Turkish fleet
0:10:31 > 0:10:33anchor when it first arrived at the island?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- Marsasirocco.- What name was given to the eight national divisions into which
0:10:37 > 0:10:39the Knights of St John were separated?
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- The Langues.- Which feast day, celebrated on June 21st 1565, did the Order
0:10:43 > 0:10:47still observe on Malta despite being under siege?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- Corpus Christi.- Who was the Grand Master's Latin Secretary,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53the only English Knight of the Order to fight at the siege?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Sir Oliver Starkey. - Which unit of the Turkish army
0:10:55 > 0:10:58was described as Christian by birth,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Spartan by upbringing and Muslims by conversion?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- The Janissaries.- Who was considered a coward for delivering an
0:11:03 > 0:11:06overly pessimistic report on the state of St Elmo,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08but died at the heart of the fighting for St Michael?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Jean De La Cerda. - What word was written on the arrow
0:11:11 > 0:11:15shot into the town of Birgu by a spy in the Turkish army warning of an attack?
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- Thursday.- Which infamous corsair and Governor of Tripoli, who was known
0:11:19 > 0:11:22as 'The Drawn Sword of Islam', was mortally wounded during the Siege?
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Dragut.- What did the Grand Master order to be fired
0:11:26 > 0:11:29from the cannons of St Angelo after the fall of St Elmo fort?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31The heads of Turkish prisoners.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Who was the Viceroy of Sicily who eventually sent a large relief
0:11:34 > 0:11:37force to Malta at the beginning of September?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Don Garcio De Toledo. - Which Chief Eunuch of the Sultan's seraglio
0:11:40 > 0:11:44owned a merchant ship carrying luxury goods which was captured
0:11:44 > 0:11:47by the Order in 1564, thus provoking the attack on Malta?
0:11:47 > 0:11:51- Kustir-Ali.- Which defence force, specially constructed in Venice,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53was used to bar the channel between St Angelo
0:11:53 > 0:11:55and Senglea to the Turkish ships?
0:11:55 > 0:11:56The great chain.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00With a name derived from the harsh snorting sound it made when alight,
0:12:00 > 0:12:04which flame-throwing weapon was used against the Turks attacking St Elmo fort
0:12:04 > 0:12:06after they captured the ravelin?
0:12:06 > 0:12:10- Trump.- Which admiral was co-commander of the Turkish expedition
0:12:10 > 0:12:12with Lala Mustapha Pasha, who controlled the army?
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- Piali.- Who led the cavalry attack on the Turkish camp which forced them
0:12:16 > 0:12:18to abandon their assaults August 7th?
0:12:18 > 0:12:23- BEEP Anastagi and De Lugny. - Correct.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27You, again, have a perfect round. 17 points.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31APPLAUSE
0:12:38 > 0:12:42What a round. Let's take a look at all of the scores.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45In 4th place, with 12 points, Rebecca Wickens.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Third place, with 15 points, Simon Spiro.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53Second place with a normally unbeatable 17 points, John Snedden.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57But he was beaten, 18 points, Andy Tucker.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00APPLAUSE
0:13:03 > 0:13:07So, round two, General Knowledge. If there's a tie at end of this round,
0:13:07 > 0:13:12then the number of passes is taken into account. The contender with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15And if they're tied on passes as well, then there's a tie-break.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21The six highest scoring runners up will also be able to claim a place in the semi-final.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25So let's get on with it, and ask Rebecca Wickens to join us again, please.
0:13:28 > 0:13:3212 points is what you start with, your knowledge of AC Swinburne.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Let's see your general knowledge, starting now, two-and-a-half minutes.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Which organ of the body is affected by hepatitis?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Liver.- Which spicy soup originated in India
0:13:41 > 0:13:43and takes it name from the Tamil for pepper water?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- Mulligatawny.- What name is given to the position on the earth's surface
0:13:47 > 0:13:50directly above the point of origin of an earthquake?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51- The periclean.- Epicentre.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Which explorer led the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
0:13:55 > 0:13:58which left England on the ship Endurance in August 1914?
0:13:58 > 0:13:59- Captain Scott.- Shackleton.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03The Indistinguishable is the fourth symphony of which Danish composer,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05who lived from 1865 to 1931?
0:14:05 > 0:14:06- Sibelius.- Nielsen.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09In gardening, what term for breaking up the soil is
0:14:09 > 0:14:13derived from a Greek word for a stylus or pencil?
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Pass.- Which strident critic of Tony Blair resigned as International
0:14:17 > 0:14:22Development Secretary in 2003 and from the Labour Party itself in 2006?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Diane Abbott.- Clare Short.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27From which poem by Rupert Brooke did Iris Murdoch take
0:14:27 > 0:14:31the title of her novel An Unofficial Rose?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Grantchester.- The Old Vicarage Grantchester.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37In June 1978, who broke the solo round-the-world sailing
0:14:37 > 0:14:40record by two days? She also became the first woman to sail
0:14:40 > 0:14:43single-handed around the world via Cape Horn.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- Pass.- Which historic place of worship was badly
0:14:47 > 0:14:51damaged by fire in July 1984 after it was struck by lightning?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- York Minster.- The town of Witney in Oxfordshire was a centre for
0:14:54 > 0:14:57the manufacture of which woollen articles?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- Blankets.- What name did the Scots give to Sir Henry Percy,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03the eldest son of the first Earl of Northumberland,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06because of the speed with which he attacked them?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- Hotspur.- Which Spanish painter decorated the walls of his home,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11the Quinta del Sordo or Home of the Deaf Man,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14with a series of murals known as the Black Paintings?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- Goya.- Which seabirds, that nest in large colonies round the coast,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19are famed for their spectacular
0:15:19 > 0:15:21headlong dives into the sea in search of fish?
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- Gannets.- Whose television roles include the dentist Ben Parkinson
0:15:25 > 0:15:29in Butterflies, and Judi Dench's ageing lover in As Time Goes By?
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- Geoffrey Palmer.- In which part of the body are the cuboid and cuneiform bones?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- Ear.- Foot.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38The plot of which early Shakespeare comedy is based on
0:15:38 > 0:15:43the enmity between the towns of Syracuse and Ephesus?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45The...Comedy Of Errors.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48In certain card games, what name is given to a card that can have
0:15:48 > 0:15:51any value, suit or colour its holder wishes to designate?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- The Nave.- A Wildcard.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Which Peruvian-born fashion photographer's pictures of Kate Moss
0:15:57 > 0:16:00were published in a limited edition book each signed by him?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Mario Testino. - Which operetta by Franz Lehar features
0:16:03 > 0:16:06characters from the fictional country of Pontevedro?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08The Merry Widow. BEEP
0:16:08 > 0:16:13What is the smallest of the four main inhabited Balearic islands?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Ibiza.- Formentera.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20You had two passes. Naomi James was the first woman to sail
0:16:20 > 0:16:28single-handed around the world. And when you break up the surface of the soil, it's called Scarifying.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- You have 23 points. - APPLAUSE
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Now, Simon Spiro again, please.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50You start out with 15 with your knowledge of those charming
0:16:50 > 0:16:54human parasites. Two-and-a-half minutes on General Knowledge now.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59The harmonica, sometimes know as the Blues or French harp has what common name?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- Mouth Organ.- On which date of the year
0:17:01 > 0:17:03do women traditionally propose to men?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- 29th February.- Which Italian nationalist's name has been used
0:17:06 > 0:17:09for a woman's loose blouse and a type of biscuit?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- Garibaldi. - In classical mythology,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14who is the Greek counterpart of the Roman goddess Diana?
0:17:14 > 0:17:15- Athena.- Artemis.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18What nickname was given to the parliament
0:17:18 > 0:17:21convened by Oliver Cromwell in July 1653? It was derived from the
0:17:21 > 0:17:24surname of one of its members whose first name was Praise-god.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- Pass.- The adjective crepuscular refers particularly
0:17:28 > 0:17:29to which part of the day?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Evening or twilight.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Who joined Chelsea Football Club in January 2011 for a reported
0:17:35 > 0:17:38British record fee of fifty million pounds?
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- Diop.- Torres. The ruins of which Cistercian abbey, founded in 1131,
0:17:42 > 0:17:46lie on the banks of the River Wye between Monmouth and Chepstow?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Fountains Abbey.- Tintern Abbey.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Which playwright, who was born in Dublin in 1751,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53wrote the comedies The Rivals and School for Scandal?
0:17:53 > 0:17:54- Johnson.- Sheridan.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57What word for a law or rule, especially of the Church,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00comes from the Greek for a straight rod?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- Pass.- Which comedienne, who first came to attention
0:18:03 > 0:18:05as the clumsy cleaner in the sitcom
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Not Going Out, won three trophies at the 2010 British Comedy awards?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Rob Brydon.- Miranda Hart.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Which Asian Republic consists of over 17,500 islands
0:18:14 > 0:18:18and extends approximately 3,200 miles from east to west?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Indonesia.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Whose last words, when he was assassinated in 1948,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26are said to have been He Ram, meaning Oh, God?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29They are inscribed on his memorial in Delhi.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34- Ghandi.- The singer Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye consists of four
0:18:34 > 0:18:36members of which former band?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- Oasis.- Cochise and Geronimo were leaders
0:18:38 > 0:18:40of which Native American tribe
0:18:40 > 0:18:43that inhabited the south-western states?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Pass. - In the novels by Douglas Adams,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49what type of organization does Dirk Gently run?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Holistic Detective Agency.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Gustavus Adolphus, who was killed at the battle of Lutzen
0:18:54 > 0:18:58in 1632 during the Thirty Years War, was king of which country?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Er...Prussia.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Sweden. A Bath chap is made with the meat
0:19:02 > 0:19:04from the cheek and jaw of which animal?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- A pig.- Which poem by Allen Ginsberg
0:19:06 > 0:19:08opens with the line,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness"?
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Pass.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14The furniture designer Robert Thompson
0:19:14 > 0:19:16used what small rodent as his signature?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17A mouse.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Which Oscar-winning 2010 film
0:19:19 > 0:19:21charts the rise of the Facebook website?
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- The Social Network. - In Biblical literature, what name for books...
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- BEEP - ..written later than the Hebrew scriptures,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29such as Judith and The Wisdom Of Solomon,
0:19:29 > 0:19:31comes from the Greek for "hidden"?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- Apocrypha.- Yes.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Four passes. The Ginsberg poem was Howl.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42The Native American tribe from the southwestern states - the Apache.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45The word for "law" or "rule" especially in the Church is "canon".
0:19:45 > 0:19:50And the nickname for that parliament convened by Cromwell was Barebone's.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51You have, Simon Spiro, 27 points.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54APPLAUSE
0:20:01 > 0:20:03And now John Snedden again, please.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10And you got all your questions right,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14so you got 17 points with your knowledge of the Siege Of Malta.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16We'll test you on your general knowledge now.
0:20:16 > 0:20:1927 is the score to beat so far. Let's see how you do.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20The town of Hay-On-Wye
0:20:20 > 0:20:23is particularly renowned for what kind of shops?
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Bookshops.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28The name of which Florentine statesman, best known for The Prince,
0:20:28 > 0:20:30has become a byword for cunning and duplicity?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Machiavelli.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Which British coin went into circulation on the 21st of April 1983?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Er, the pound coin.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Whom did the then Lord Privy Seal, Lord Halifax,
0:20:40 > 0:20:43initially mistake for a footman when they first met in 1937?
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Neville Chamberlain.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Adolf Hitler! Which state of northeast India
0:20:46 > 0:20:49is one of the world's largest tea-producing areas?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Assam.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Which American illustrator, who died in 1978,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54is best remembered for his covers for
0:20:54 > 0:20:57The Saturday Evening Post and his Four Freedoms,
0:20:57 > 0:20:59widely distributed during the Second World War?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Edward Hopper. - Norman Rockwell.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Which future king became heir to the throne
0:21:03 > 0:21:05when his father Frederick Louis,
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Prince Of Wales, died in 1751?
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Em...pass.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12In Treasure Island, what is the name of Long John Silver's parrot,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15who frequently squawks, "Pieces of eight"?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- Pass.- Which regiment had its headquarters
0:21:17 > 0:21:20at Stirling Lines near Hereford for many years
0:21:20 > 0:21:22until it moved to RAF Credenhill in 1999?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- The SAS.- Which film is credited with
0:21:24 > 0:21:27introducing rock and roll to a wider audience
0:21:27 > 0:21:28with Bill Haley & His Comets playing
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Rock Around The Clock over the credits?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Pass.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33In the 2011 Carling Cup Final,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35who beat Arsenal 2-1 to win
0:21:35 > 0:21:37their first major trophy since 1963?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Birmingham City.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Which South American capital was originally named
0:21:42 > 0:21:44City of the Kings by Francisco Pizarro,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47because it was founded on the Feast Of The Epiphany in 1535?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Er, Lima.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51The forerunner of which cult radio comedy series,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55broadcast in 1951, was called Those Crazy People?
0:21:55 > 0:21:56The Goons.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59What name for the report of proceedings of the Houses Of Parliament
0:21:59 > 0:22:02comes from the printer who took over their production
0:22:02 > 0:22:03from William Cobbett in 1809?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- Hansard. - Which English city
0:22:05 > 0:22:08holds an annual Goose Fair dating back to 1284?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Nottingham.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Which song was written in the late 19th century by Eugene Pottier
0:22:13 > 0:22:17and was the Soviet National Anthem from 1917 to 1944?
0:22:17 > 0:22:18The Red Flag.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21The Internationale. Who succeeded Hugh Gaitskell
0:22:21 > 0:22:23as leader of the Labour Party in 1963?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Harold Wilson.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Which spice consists of the unopened dried flower buds
0:22:27 > 0:22:29of a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- Er...caraway. - No, the clove.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Which virtuoso commissioned Berlioz
0:22:34 > 0:22:36to write the work Harold In Italy,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38but never performed it because the solo viola part
0:22:38 > 0:22:40did not display his technique well enough?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Pass.- In Islam, what name is given to
0:22:43 > 0:22:47the prophet Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina in July 622?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Hegira.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51The 12,00 kilometre Paris-Brest-Paris competition...
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- BEEP - ..first held in 1891,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55is the oldest event in which sport?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Cycling.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Cycling is correct.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00You had four passes. It was Paganini
0:23:00 > 0:23:03who commissioned Berlioz to write that work.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07The Blackboard Jungle introduced rock and roll to a wider audience.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Captain Flint said, "Pieces of eight."
0:23:10 > 0:23:13And George III was the future King.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15You have, John Snedden,
0:23:15 > 0:23:1730 points.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19APPLAUSE
0:23:27 > 0:23:30And finally Andy Tucker again, please.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36And you start out with 18 points, a very big score,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39but 30 is a pretty big score to beat. Let's see
0:23:39 > 0:23:42how you do with general knowledge, 2.5 minutes starting now.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Which Parisian singer is remembered for songs
0:23:44 > 0:23:47such as Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien and La Vie En Rose?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- Edith Piaf. - Edward John Smith,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51who was born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1850
0:23:51 > 0:23:53was the captain of which ill-fated ship?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Pass.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Othematoma, a deformation of the ear cartilage
0:23:57 > 0:23:59typically suffered by rugby players,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02is commonly known by what name?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- Cauliflower ear. - Which musical direction,
0:24:05 > 0:24:06denoting a moderately slow tempo,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09literally means "going" in Italian?
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Largo.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Andante. Which town, about 30 miles north of Aberdeen,
0:24:16 > 0:24:18is one of Europe's largest whitefish ports?
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Peterhead.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22What was the name of the plane in which Charles Lindbergh
0:24:22 > 0:24:25made his historic transatlantic flight in May 1927?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Spirit of Saint Louis.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Which West London football club's home grounds
0:24:28 > 0:24:32have included the Gun Club, Kilburn Cricket Club and White City?
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- Queens Park Rangers. - Which former Conservative Prime Minister
0:24:37 > 0:24:38went on to serve under Asquith
0:24:38 > 0:24:41as First Lord Of The Admiralty from 1915 to 1916,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45and under Lloyd George as Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919?
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Balfour.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49What is the name of the BBC's Security Correspondent
0:24:49 > 0:24:51who was seriously injured in an attack
0:24:51 > 0:24:53by gunmen in Saudi Arabia in 2004?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Frank Gardner.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Which common breakfast citrus fruit
0:24:56 > 0:24:59is a relative of the bigger and coarser pomelo or shaddock?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- Grapefruit. - In the late 1920s, which Swiss-born architect
0:25:02 > 0:25:06helped design the range of easy chairs and settees
0:25:06 > 0:25:08numbered from LC1 onwards?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Pass.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Whose debut novel The Collector, a psychological thriller,
0:25:12 > 0:25:14was first published in 1963?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15John Fowles.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Which river forms a vast delta as it reaches its mouth
0:25:18 > 0:25:21on the Adriatic coast of Italy between Venice and Ravenna?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22The Po.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26The tenor Leo Slezak supposedly originated the witticism,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29"What time's the next swan?" after missing his exit
0:25:29 > 0:25:30in which opera by Wagner?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Lohengrin.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Whom did Napoleon Bonaparte once dismiss
0:25:34 > 0:25:36as "a mere sepoy general"?
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Er, Wellington.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Bernard Leach established a pottery
0:25:39 > 0:25:41at which Cornish resort in 1920?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- Saint Ives. - When an aspiring actor approached John Gielgud
0:25:44 > 0:25:46for help preparing for an audition,
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Gielgud assumed he was
0:25:47 > 0:25:49a member of a brewing family. Who was he?
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- Alec Guinness.- During the Spanish Civil War,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55the Nationalist General Emilio Mola Vidal
0:25:55 > 0:25:57is credited with coining what term
0:25:57 > 0:25:59for a clandestine force of subversive agents?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01The fifth column.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Britain became a Province of Rome in 43 AD
0:26:03 > 0:26:05under the rule of which Roman Emperor?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Claudius.- Connie Booth was the first wife
0:26:08 > 0:26:09of which actor and writer?
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- John Cleese.- What dark-coloured Asian bird...
0:26:12 > 0:26:13- BEEP - ..renowned as a talker,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16belongs to the same family as the starling?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- The mynah bird. - Is correct.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21You had two passes. It was Le Corbusier
0:26:21 > 0:26:24who helped design that range of chairs and settees
0:26:24 > 0:26:30and Edward John Smith was the captain of the Titanic as you have now, of course, got.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Not that it matters, because you have a score, Andy Tucker,
0:26:34 > 0:26:35of 36 points.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38APPLAUSE
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Well, what a score! Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53In fourth place with 23 points -
0:26:53 > 0:26:55good score in itself - Rebecca Wickens.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58In third place with 27 points, Simon Spiro - another good one.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02In second place with 30 points - a very high one - John Snedden.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06In first place with a remarkable 36 points, Andy Tucker.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10APPLAUSE
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Which means, of course, that Andy Tucker is tonight's winner
0:27:20 > 0:27:22and goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27Congratulations to him. Commiserations to John Snedden, but with that score of 30,
0:27:27 > 0:27:31it is highly likely that we will see him again in the semifinal.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Now, if you would like to play an online version of Mastermind
0:27:35 > 0:27:41or be a contender on the next series, do go to our website -
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0:27:44 > 0:27:46Thank you for watching. Goodbye.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49APPLAUSE
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