Episode 14 Mastermind

First in the spotlight is Catherine Goodwin, a teacher from Newcastle.

Her subject is one of the first feminist campaigners and writers,

Mary Wollstonecraft.

Next, Ebb Saxton, a bookbinder from Morley.

His subject, the classic sitcom Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Gary Grant, a GP from Bury,

he'll be answering questions on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

and Eliot Wilson, a House of Commons clerk from London.

His subject, Enoch Powell.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me John Humphrys.

Four more contenders are about to take television's

ultimate test of nerve and knowledge in the famous black chair.

They will answer two minutes of questions on their specialist subject

and then two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge.

The winner goes through to the semifinals

and takes a step closer to owning the great glass bowl

but the real prize, of course,

the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.

Let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

-And your name is?

-Catherine Goodwin.

-And your occupation?

-Teacher.

And your specialist subject?

The life and works of Mary Wollstonecraft.

Mary Wollstonecraft, two minutes, starting now.

Who famously described her as, "A hyena in petticoats,"

following the publication of A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman in 1792?

-Horace Walpole.

-Yes. To which friend in Beverley,

the daughter of a philosopher and lecturer, did 14-year-old Wollstonecraft

write her earliest surviving letter?

-Jane Arden.

-Yes.

In which London church did she marry

the anarchist and novelist William Godwin on 29 March 1797?

-St Pancras.

-Yes.

In A Vindication Of The Rights Of Men,

whose, "definition of English liberty," did she attack as security of property?

Oh, erm...pass.

Which young woman of, "slender and elegant form,"

who Wollstonecraft met in 1775 was thought to be the principal model for Ann

in the novel Mary?

-Fanny...Blood.

-Yes.

In the conclusion of Maria or The Wrongs Of Woman,

Maria says, "the conflict is over," and then says that she will live for whom?

Pass.

Which writer and artist provided illustrations for the second edition

of Wollstonecraft's original stories from real life?

-William Blake.

-Yes.

In the 15th of her Letters Written During a Short Residence In Sweden,

Norway and Denmark, Wollstonecraft says,

"her thoughts darted from Earth to Heaven,"

when she saw what "sublime" waterfall,?

Pass.

With which political group, sometimes known as Brissotins,

was she closely involved during the French Revolution?

-Girondins.

-Yes.

Which institution is described in Maria Or The Wrongs Of Woman

as "the most insufferable bondage for minds governed by superior principles"?

-Marriage.

-Yes, matrimony.

In her early Thoughts On The Education Of Daughters,

which animal story by Dorothy Kilner

does Wollstonecraft recommend to amuse and instruct?

-The Perambulations Of A Mouse.

-Yes.

Which other celebrated writer

was present at the dinner party of Joseph Johnson

where Wollstonecraft first met her future husband William Godwin?

-Holcroft.

-Thomas Paine.

To which politician and former churchmen was

A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman dedicated?

-Talleyrand.

-Yes.

According to the Letters On Sweden, Norway And Denmark,

"the design of the Deity throughout the whole of nature"

appears to be the preservation of what?

Pass.

Who registered Wollstonecraft as his wife

at the American Embassy in Paris to give her protection

after war broke out between Britain and revolutionary France?

-Gilbert Imlay.

-Yes.

Wollstonecraft jumped off which bridge over the Thames...

-BEEP

-finish the question,

in an attempt to commit suicide in 1795

following the breakdown of her relationship with Gilbert Imlay?

-Putney Bridge.

-Putney Bridge it was. You had four passes.

According to the Letters on Sweden, Norway and Denmark,

"the design of deity" appears to be the preservation of the species.

It was Frederikstad, that wonderful, "sublime" waterfall, that she saw.

She said in the conclusion of Maria Or The Wrongs Of Woman,

"The conflict is over," she will live for "my child".

And it was Edmund Burke's definition of, "English liberty"

that she attacked as "security of property".

You have, Catherine Goodwin, 11 points.

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And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Ebb Saxton.

-Your occupation?

-Bookbinder.

-And your specialist subject?

-Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

The Likely Lads! In two minutes.

In the first episode,

when Terry Collier meets Bob Ferris again after five years in the Army,

which town does he describe as the "West Hartlepool of West Germany"?

-Moenchengladbach.

-Yes.

What's the name of the girl who's referred to in a number of episodes

as an embarrassment to Bob?

Terry mentions her at the beginning of his best man speech,

despite having been warned not to.

-Deirdre Birchwood.

-Yes.

In the '74 Christmas special,

what means of transport does Terry use to take a drunken Bob back home

after their drinking session?

-A digger.

-A forklift truck.

Which actor, who starred in Last Of The Summer Wine,

plays the part of Mr Chambers, Thelma's father and Bob's employer?

-Bill Owen.

-Yes.

In a famous episode,

Bob and Terry are trying to avoid learning the outcome of a football match.

What's the name of the character, played by Brian Glover,

who chases them around town to tell them the result?

-Flint.

-Yes.

Which character, who never actually appears,

is listed in the credits for the episode End Of An Era,

as being played by April Walker?

Pass.

Terry awarded Thelma two stars out of three in his ranking system

during a coach trip in 1967. What was the destination of the coach?

-Blackpool.

-Yes.

In the episode Moving On Terry learns that a multi-storey car park

has been built over which music club that Bob describes as,

"the North's premier music Mecca"?

-Roxy.

-The Go-go Club.

What costume does Thelma wear to a Christmas Eve fancy dress party

that she's worried that people might think she's a pixie or an elf?

-Peter Pan.

-Yes.

Along with Andrew, what's Bob's other middle name

which is revealed when the banns are read for his wedding?

It's where he was conceived.

-Scarborough.

-Yes.

What was the name of the skiffle group in which Bob and Terry

played with Big John Gibson on banjo and Maurice Hardaker on drum?

-The Wildcats.

-Correct.

When Bob says that "There are many roads to God,"

what does Thelma's mother say that she considers to be the Church Of England?

-The M1.

-Yes.

Who is Little Norman, Bob's companion,

in the episodes The Expert and Between Ourselves?

Pass.

What is the name of the character who gets into fights with both Terry and Bob

in the episode Conduct Unbecoming

leading to them both ending up in the Magistrate's Court.

-Dougie Scaife.

-Yes.

In the final episode of series two, The Shape Of Things To Come,

what's the name of the elderly man, played by Jack Woolgar...

-BEEP

-..whose life has been ruined

by his friendship with Terry's great-uncle Jacob?

-Chapman?

-No, it's Hargreaves.

Joe Hargreaves. You had two passes.

Bob's companion in The Expert and Between Ourselves was his teddy bear.

And the character who never actually appears is Jutta Baumgarten -

but we never see her.

Two passes, Ebb Saxton, you have ten points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Gary Grant.

-Your occupation?

-GP.

-And your chosen subject?

-Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in two minutes.

In which city is the statue of Zeus believed to have been destroyed by fire

during the second half of the fifth century after its removal from Olympia?

-Constantinople.

-Yes.

What was the name of Nebuchadnezzar II's Median wife,

for whom he is said to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

because she missed the mountain scenery of her homeland?

-Amytis.

-Yes.

Which sculptor from Lindos created the 110 feet high statue

known as the Colossus of Rhodes?

-Chares.

-Yes.

According to Pliny the Elder,

to which architect of Cnidus did King Ptolemy grant the right

to inscribe his name on the Pharos of Alexandria?

-Sostratus.

-Yes.

Mausolus, for whom the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was built,

was Governor of which province of the Persian Empire?

-Caria.

-Yes. One of the first known lists of seven famous ancient monuments

occurs in a short poem attributed to which second century BC writer from Sidon?

-Antipater.

-Yes.

Who burned down the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in 356 BC

in a quest for his name to be remembered in perpetuity?

-Herostratus.

-Yes.

The people of Rhodes built the Colossus

from funds raised from the sale of siege equipment

left by which of Alexander The Great's successors? What was his name?

Erm, Demetrius Poliorcetes.

Yes. The name of which biblical character

was attached to the Pyramids during the middle ages,

when they were thought to be his granaries.

-Joseph.

-Yes. According to Pliny the Elder,

how many ionic columns were there in total in the temple of Artemis at Ephesus?

-127?

-Yes.

Which Roman emperor sent workmen to move the statue of Zeus at Olympia to Rome,

only for them to be frightened off, claiming the statue laughed at them.

-Caligula.

-Yes.

The archaeologist Kamal el-Mallakh discovered the remains

of what important artefact next to the Great Pyramid of Giza?

It's since been put on display in its own museum.

-A solar boat.

-Yes.

Which son of the architect Chersiphron

helped his father construct the first great temple of Artemis at Ephesus?

-Metagenes.

-Yes.

What is the name of the Caliph

who made an entrance into the Great Pyramid of Giza in the 9th century AD

in an attempt to find treasure?

-Al-Ma'mun.

-Yes.

The name of which favourite of the sculptor Phidias

was said to be seen in some graffito

scratched on the finger of the statue of Zeus at Olympia?

-Antarkis.

-Yes.

Which priest of Bel wrote a work on the history and culture of Babylonia

that describes the building of the Hanging Gardens by Nebuchadnezzar II?

-Barossus.

-Yes. Which king of Lydia, famous in antiquity for his great wealth...

-BEEP

-..sponsored the building -

I'll finish - of the first great Temple of Artemis

when he was overlord of Ephesus in the 6th century BC?

-Croesus.

-Correct.

You have, I don't often say this, a perfect round at 17 points,

no passes. Gary Grant.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Eliot Wilson.

-Your occupation?

-House of Commons clerk.

And your specialist subject?

-The life and career of Enoch Powell.

-Enoch Powell in two minutes.

To which school did the 13-year-old Enoch Powell gain a scholarship in 1925?

-King Edward's, Birmingham.

-Yes.

In which Birmingham hotel did Powell make

his notorious "rivers of blood" speech on 20 April 1968?

-The Midland Hotel.

-Yes.

Powell was elected as Conservative MP for Wolverhampton Southwest

at the general election in February 1950.

For which constituency had he previously stood unsuccessfully

in a by-election in 1947?

-Normanton.

-Yes. In his first year at King Edward's School,

what language did his mother teach him

so he could keep up academically with the other boys?

-Greek.

-Yes. The killing of an alleged Mau Mau terrorist at a prison camp in Kenya

inspired one of Powell's most famous speeches

criticising a fellow MP who claimed the victims were subhuman

so the circumstances of their deaths didn't matter.

What was the name of the camp?

-Hola camp.

-Yes. In November 1950

it was reported that Powell was not going to stand again for his constituency

because the committee of one of the wards had criticised his methods

during the previous election. Which ward?

-Graiseley?

-Yes.

Powell published a lexicon and then a re-translation

of the works of which Greek historian?

-Hirodotus.

-Yes. He was elected as an Ulster Unionist MP

for which constituency in October 1974?

-South Down.

-Yes.

He abandoned academic life in order to enlist

when the Second World War broke out.

At which English university had he been scheduled to take a post in 1940?

-Durham.

-Yes.

How many votes did Powell receive from Conservative MPs

in the election to succeed Sir Alec Douglas-Home as leader of the party in 1965?

-12.

-15.

In a radio interview in 1986,

Powell was asked how he'd like to be remembered.

What memorable reply did he give?

-"I should like to have been killed in the war."

-Yes.

In his "rivers of blood" speech, Powell misquoted Virgil's Aeneid

by comparing himself to "the Roman"

who saw "the River Tiber foaming with much blood".

-Who actually made the prophecy to Aeneas?

-Pass.

In which regiment did Powell enlist as a private in 1939

by claiming to be Australian before rising to the rank of brigadier at the age of 32?

-The Royal Warwickshire.

-Yes.

Which future Australian Prime Minister was taught by Powell at the University of Sydney

but soon stopped attending his Greek lectures,

which he described as "as dry as dust"?

-Gough Whitlam.

-Yes.

In the general election of February 1974,

Powell refused to stand as a Conservative

and encouraged voters to elect a Labour government instead.

-On what issue did he agree with Labour policy?

-BEEP

Membership of the EEC and the referendum on it.

Indeed he did. You had one pass.

In his "rivers of blood" speech, it was the Sybil who should have made that prophecy

and not Virgil, as he had suggested.

You have, however, 13 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, what a high scoring round. Let's have a look at all of the scores.

In fourth place, with 10 points, Ebb Saxton.

Third place, 11 points, Catherine Goodwin.

Second place, 13 points, Eliot Wilson.

In the lead, with a massive 17 points, Gary Grant.

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Which, of course, takes us to the general knowledge round

and if there is a tie the end of it, well, then, the number of passes

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

If they are tied on passes as well there will be a tie-break.

The six high-scoring runners-up will be able to claim

a place in the semifinals as well.

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

And you start out with 10 points, which is a good score

but, my word, you're up against some competition here! Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Two and a half minutes starting now.

What name is given to a home-made mixture of decaying organic substances

used as manure to fertilise soil?

Pass.

Which member of a comedy double act was born

Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston in June 1890?

-Stan Laurel.

-Yes.

Which vegetable, along with potato and onion,

is used to make the soup vichyssoise,

which is usually served chilled.

-Onion.

-Leek.

What common name is given to many members of the scarab subfamily of beetles

because they feed on animal droppings?

-Dung beetles.

-Yes.

The Polish refusal to hand over which port to the Germans

was used, by Hitler, as a pretext to invade which country

to start the Second World War?

-Danzig.

-Yes.

Which bank was brought down in 1995

by the dealings of the rogue trader Nick Leeson?

-Barings.

-Yes.

What description of the English was used by Adam Smith

in The Wealth Of Nations and has also been attributed to Napoleon?

-A nation of shopkeepers.

-Correct.

The former England rugby coach Andy Robinson

took over as coach of which country in 2009?

-South Africa.

-Scotland.

Which term for a small airship was used by the cartoonist

David Low for the name of an incurably conservative elderly military officer?

-Blimp.

-What name did Edwin Land give to the material he invented

that only transmits light waves vibrating in one direction?

-The material is used in sunglasses to cut down glare.

-Pass.

Which 19th century Poet Laureate wrote,

"And may there be no moaning of the bar when I put out to sea"?

Pass.

Which statesman was largely responsible for Athens becoming

the political and cultural centre of Greece during the fifth century BC?

Pericles.

Yes. Who played the title role in the TV series

Dixon Of Dock Green from 1955-1976?

Jack Warner.

The Queen of the Night and the Moor Monostatos are characters in which Mozart opera?

-Fidelio.

-The Magic Flute.

What type of bed has no attached headboard

and takes its name from the Persian for a long seat?

-Sedan.

-Divan.

Which twangy guitarist, whose hits include Rebel Rouser

and Because They're Young, influenced many British guitarists?

-Bo Diddley?

-Duane Eddy.

Which French artist,

whose works include Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grand Jatte,

founded The School of Neo-Impressionism?

-Gaugin?

-Seurat.

What is the capital and chief port of the northern territory of Australia?

-Adelaide.

-Darwin.

Which novelist, whose first published novel was Metroland in 1980,

wrote detective fiction under the name Dan Kavanagh?

Pass.

According to the popular music hall song,

people with which surname come from the Isle of Man?

-Smith.

-It might have been. It was Kelly.

You had four passes. It was Julian Barnes who wrote Metroland.

That 19th-century Poet Laureate was Alfred Lord Tennyson.

The name that Edwin Land gave to that strange material

that is used in sunglasses to cut down the glare is Polaroid.

And you'll kick yourself for this.

Homemade mixture of decaying organic substance used in manure as a fertiliser was compost.

Four passes, 18 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Catherine Goodwin again, please.

You start out with 11 points with your knowledge of Mary Wollstonecraft.

Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Two and a half minutes, starting now.

What name is giving to a person who officiates at a cricket or tennis match?

Umpire.

Yes. In about 1910, which future leader adopted a surname

that comes from the Russian for steel?

Stalin.

Which animated film and its sequels feature a boy called Andy

and his much-loved possessions?

Pass.

What adjective is used for the period spanning

the reign of James I and the style of artefacts

made in the first half of the 17th century?

-Stuart.

-Or Jacobean.

Which fortified wine is produced by a process known as the estufa,

in which the wine in the cask is gradually heated then allowed to cool down?

-Port.

-Madeira. Which factors in human blood

are so named because they were first found

in the blood of a particular species of monkey?

Rhesus.

What name that comes from the Greek for thanksgiving is given

to the Christian sacrament in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed?

-Communion.

-Eucharist.

Which radio presenter was a member of The Communards

before becoming an Anglican priest?

He succeeded Fi Glover as host of Radio Four's Saturday Live in April 2011.

Pass.

Kate Colquhoun's novel, Mr Briggs' Hat, is a sensational

account of Britain's first murder on which form of transport?

Train.

What name for the only bear native to South America

comes from the light marks that partly or wholly encircle their eyes?

Pass.

At which London hospital were Princes William and Harry born?

-Portland.

-St Mary's, Paddington.

At which sport is the rank of Yokozuna the highest attainable title?

-Judo.

-Sumo.

What name's given to the Egyptian section of the reservoir

formed on the Nile by the Aswan High Dam?

-Pass.

-Which song from the soundtrack of the 1984 film The Woman In Red

won Stevie Wonder the Oscar for Best Original Song?

-Isn't She Lovely?

-I Just Called To Say I Love You.

The hero Of which 1749 novel by Henry Fielding is described as

"A Foundling" in its full title?

-Vanity Fair.

-Tom Jones.

Who was successively Chancellor of the Exchequer,

Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House,

with the title Deputy Prime Minister, between 1979 and 1990?

-Geoffrey Howe.

-Which headland in the Scottish Highlands

is the most westerly point of the British mainland?

-Pass.

-Which Anglo-Saxon king, whose name means "noble counsel",

was given a nickname that meant "bad" or "no counsel"?

-Ethelred.

-In classical architecture,

what name is given to a roof structure supported by columns,

that forms the entrance to a building or is extended into a colonnade?

-Dome.

-Portico.

-BEEP

And we are out of time - you had five passes.

The headland in the Scottish Highlands is Ardnamurchan Point.

Lake Nasser is the name given to the Egyptian section

of that reservoir. The bear with the light-coloured marks

around its eyes is the spectacled bear.

Richard Coles - the Rev Richard Coles - took over from Fi Glover.

And Andy is in Toy Story.

Those five passes, Catherine Goodwin, you have 18 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Eliot Wilson again, please.

And you begin with 13 points.

Let's see how you do in your general knowledge.

Two and a half minutes starting now.

Which method of cooking an egg involves simmering it in water without its shell?

-Poaching.

-Which Irish band had a UK number one single called Beautiful Day in 2000?

-U2.

-What name for the one-humped Arabian camel comes from the Greek for "running"?

-Dromedary.

-The Brothers Karamazov was the last major work

of which 19th-century Russian novelist?

-Dostoevsky.

-In April 2010, Tracey Emin erected a neon tube

spelling out "I never stopped loving you"

in which town in Kent where she spent her childhood years?

-Ramsgate?

-Margate.

Which composer's orchestral works include the ballet Appalachian Spring?

-Aaron Copland.

-In English cricket, what score or a multiple of it

is known as a Nelson and is thought to be unlucky?

-Pass.

-The cultured milk preparation skyr

comes from which Northern European island country?

-Iceland.

-The Stirling Prize, named after James Stirling,

was first awarded in 1996 in which field of the arts?

-Architecture.

-In evolution, the hypothetical creature

halfway between modern humans and our anthropoid ancestors

is popularly known by what term?

-The missing link.

-Which conservative Catholic organisation

was founded by the Spanish priest

Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer y Albas in 1928?

-Opus Dei.

-Which 2011 film stars Jake Gyllenhall as a soldier

who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and finds he's part of a mission

to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train?

-Pass.

-What is the surname of the twin brothers Peter and Anthony,

whose plays include The Royal Hunt of the Sun and Sleuth respectively?

-Shaffer.

-Who presented the series The History of Modern Britain

and The Making of Modern Britain?

-David Dimbleby.

-Andrew Marr.

In which Yorkshire castle did Richard II die

in February 1400 after he'd been imprisoned there?

-Pass.

-Which aircraft maker, best known for his firm's two-seater Cub

was nicknamed the Henry Ford of aviation

for popularising air travel in America?

-Boeing?

-Piper.

Who became the first Japanese director to win international acclaim

with films such as Rashomon and Seven Samurai?

-Kurosawa.

-Which sea port on Dublin Bay was renamed Kingstown in 1821

following a visit by George IV,

but reverted to its original name in 1921?

-Pass.

-Which French author wrote The Second Sex,

a classic of feminist literature, published in 1953?

-Simone de Beauvoir.

-What name is given to Thursday 24th October, 1929,

the day the Wall Street Crash began?

-Black Thursday.

-In which Bavarian village

has a Passion Play been staged regularly since 1634,

in fulfilment of a vow made when the village

was spared from the effects of the plague?

-Oberammergau.

-The Russian security and counter-intelligence service

created by Boris Yeltsin as one of the successors to the KGB

is known by what initial letters?

-FSB.

-In chess, fianchetto is a term

-for the development of which piece?

-BEEP

-The pawn.

-The bishop.

You had four passes -

Dun Laoghaire was the sea port that had been renamed Kingstown in 1821.

Pontefract was the castle where Richard II died in February 1400.

Source Code was the name of that 2011 film,

and the cricket score thought to be terribly unlucky is 111.

Don't know why, but there it is.

Those four passes, Eliot Wilson - you have 28 points.

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And finally Gary Grant again, please.

And you have your enormous 17 points to begin with,

but 28 is the score to beat, which is a hefty one.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

What method of execution was used for the first time in Paris in April 1792?

-Guillotine.

-Which cocktail of Mexican origin is made from tequila

and orange liqueur and lime or lemon juice,

often from a glass whose rim has been dipped in salt?

-Margarita.

-Saint Peter Port is the principal town on which island?

-Guernsey.

-What term's used for the transfer of video or audio material

over the Internet in real time, allowing live events to be viewed?

-Streaming.

-Which US state is known as the Centennial State

because it was admitted into the Union

100 years after the Declaration of Independence?

-Connecticut?

-Colorado.

Which 2003 Coldplay song opens with the lines,

"Lights go out and I can't be saved, Tides that I tried to swim against"?

-In My Place.

-Clocks.

Sodom and Gomorrah are two of the five Biblical cities known collectively as what?

-Pass.

-Which of his fellow dramatists

wrote that Shakespeare had "small Latin and less Greek"?

-Pope?

-Ben Jonson.

In December 2010, whom did Vince Cable say he had declared war on?

It led to him being stripped of his responsibilities for media regulation.

-Murdoch.

-Which symphony by Arthur Bliss has four movements

that are interpretations of purple, red, blue and green

through their heraldic associations?

-Pass.

-Which letter of the Greek alphabet identifies the US Army's

special forces group which is similar to the British SAS?

-Delta.

-Who won the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year award

with The Amber Spyglass, the first children's author to do so?

-Philip Pullman.

-On which programme, broadcast on BBC Two on Friday nights,

is Frank Skinner joined by two fellow comedians to discuss topical issues?

Erm... Forgotten, pass.

Which small fountain sculpture in Brussels depicting a young boy

is known by local people as the Oldest Citizen?

-The Manneken Pis.

-Who was sacked as the coach of Real Madrid in 2007,

days after guiding them to the League title?

-Capello.

-Which musical set in the 1920s

features the songs Razzle Dazzle and All That Jazz?

-Chicago.

-The name of which garden plant,

a cultivated member of the viola family,

comes from the French for "a thought"?

-Pensee?

-No, pansy.

What was the name of the ship commanded by Captain Cook on his first Pacific voyage?

-Endeavour.

-Which 2010 film, nominated for seven Oscars, stars Mark Wahlberg

and Christian Bale as two boxing brothers?

-Er, The Fighter.

-In the Church of England

what name's given to the notice of intended marriage

read out three times before the wedding day?

-Banns.

-Bradenham is a variety of which preserved meat?

It's often cured in molasses, with juniper berries and spices,

to give it a sweet flavour and a black exterior?

-Venison.

-Ham.

Which village near Coventry claims that the medieval cross

on its village green marks the centre of England?

-Lichfield.

-Meriden.

What name was first given to the young men in the 1950s

whose dress was characterised by a long velvet coloured jacket...

-BEEP

-..and drainpipe trousers?

Teddy boys.

Yes, or Teds as we sometimes called them.

Your passes - the Frank Skinner show, Frank Skinner's Opinionated.

A Colour Symphony was the Arthur Bliss work.

And Sodom and Gomorrah are two of the Cities of the Plain.

So, three passes - Gary Grant, 31 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, a cracking round there. Let's have a look at the scores.

Joint third place, 18 points apiece, Catherine Goodwin and Ebb Saxton.

Second place, 28 points -

a very high score in its own right - Eliot Wilson.

In first place, with 31 points, Gary Grant.

APPLAUSE

Which means that Gary Grant is of course tonight's winner.

He goes through to the semifinals, congratulations to him.

Commiserations to Eliot Wilson, but with a score of 28

it is entirely possible that we will see him again in the semifinal.

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