0:00:24 > 0:00:30First in the spotlight, Ged Meheran, a standards manager from Swindon. His subject is Harold Wilson.
0:00:30 > 0:00:36Geraldine Walters, a teacher from Gloucester, answering questions on Eleanor of Aquitaine.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Mike Clark is answering questions on the American TV comedy Seinfeld.
0:00:40 > 0:00:46And Michael O'Callaghan, an internet project manager from London with Beethoven.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello. Welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Four more contenders take television's ultimate test of nerve and knowledge
0:01:09 > 0:01:11in the famous black chair.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14They answer two minutes of questions on their specialist subject
0:01:14 > 0:01:17then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22The winner goes through to the semi final and is a step closer to owning the great glass bowl.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26But the real prize is the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Let's ask our first contender to join us please.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And your name is?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41And your occupation?
0:01:41 > 0:01:44And your chosen subject?
0:01:44 > 0:01:50Harold Wilson. While celebrating the result of the Labour leadership election in 1963,
0:01:50 > 0:01:55Wilson asked his supporters to toast "the man who is not here, the man who should have done it."
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Who was he referring to?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- GDH Cole.- Nye Bevan.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03Wilson was elected to Parliament aged 29 and joined the Government in which ministry
0:02:03 > 0:02:05before becoming the youngest cabinet minister in a century two years later?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- The Ministry of Food. - Ministry of Works.
0:02:08 > 0:02:14When Gaitskell became leader of the Labour Party, he appointed Wilson to which post in the cabinet?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Minister of Board and Trade. - Chancellor.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Wilson felt one of his great successes was establishing the Open University.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Which minister set it up?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Baroness Lee.- Yes, Jenny Lee.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29In World War II, he was a statistician in which government department,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31a sub-division of the Board of Trade?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- Ministry of Food. - Department of Mines.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Wilson and Bevan resigned from the Cabinet in 1951
0:02:36 > 0:02:41over proposals to introduce charges for spectacles and which other NHS items?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- Prescriptions.- Dentures. When Wilson's government devalued the pound in 1967,
0:02:45 > 0:02:50when he claimed the spending power of the pound in the pocket would not be reduced by the same amount
0:02:50 > 0:02:52what became the new exchange rate?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- 2.18?- 2.40.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00Who chaired the Commission on Trade Unions which prompted Barbara Castle's White Paper
0:03:00 > 0:03:04"In Place of Strife" which Wilson supported but couldn't secure the TUC's approval?
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- Donovan.- Soon after devaluation he faced a Cabinet revolt
0:03:08 > 0:03:11over the embargo on arms sales to which country?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- South Afr... Rhodesia.- No, South Africa. Right first time.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17What's the name of Harold and Mary Wilson's older son
0:03:17 > 0:03:20born in 1943 who became a professor of mathematics?
0:03:20 > 0:03:25- Robin.- What name was given to the agreement between Labour and the unions adopted in the '70s?
0:03:25 > 0:03:30- The Social Contract.- The '63 party conference was held in which town
0:03:30 > 0:03:34where Wilson made a speech about the "white heat" of the scientific revolution?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Scarborough. - After the '66 election, the pound was weakened by a strike
0:03:38 > 0:03:43called by which union, leading Wilson to intimate that its leaders were motivated by Communism?
0:03:43 > 0:03:48- The seamen.- What title did Marcia Williams, his personal and political secretary take
0:03:48 > 0:03:50when she was elevated to the peerage?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Baroness Falkender. - Yes, Lady Falkender.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- You had no passes. Ged Meheran, you have seven points.- Thank you.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08And our next contender, please.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16And your name is?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Your occupation?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21And your specialist subject?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Eleanor of Aquitaine in two minutes.
0:04:23 > 0:04:29Eleanor married the future Henry II in 1152. To which French king was she previously married?
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Louis the Seventh.- Her Uncle Raymond was the ruler of which principality
0:04:33 > 0:04:37where Eleanor and Louis stayed when they reached the Holy Land in 1148?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- Antioch.- When Eleanor and Henry arrived in London,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Westminster Palace was uninhabitable. Where did they set up their court?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- Bermondsey.- The breakdown of Henry's marriage to Eleanor
0:04:47 > 0:04:51is often blamed on his involvement with one of his mistresses,
0:04:51 > 0:04:52who became the subject of many legends. Who was she?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Rosamund de Clifford.- At Easter 1146,
0:04:55 > 0:05:01who preached on the subject of the new crusade at Vezelay where Louis and Eleanor both took up the cross?
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- Bernard of Clairvaux. - On the second crusade in 1148,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09King Louis' army was ambushed and cut to pieces
0:05:09 > 0:05:13by the Turks crossing a mountain that Eleanor had already crossed. Which mountain?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Cadmos.- Which princess of Navarre married Eleanor's son Richard?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Eleanor escorted her to the south of Italy to meet him in 1191.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Berengaria.- What was the name of Eleanor's own dock on the Thames
0:05:23 > 0:05:26once used by Henry I's wife Matilda?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- Queenhithe.- According to the chronicler Gervais of Canterbury,
0:05:29 > 0:05:34what was Eleanor wearing when captured in 1173 by local men still loyal to Henry?
0:05:34 > 0:05:40- Men's clothing.- What was the name of the brothers who ambushed Eleanor near Poitiers in 1168
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- in retribution for the loss of their fortress to Henry?- Pass.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48During her long imprisonment by Henry, one servant she had was her maid. Her name was?
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- Amaria.- In the "Prophecies of Merlin", popular among 12th-century chroniclers,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55which bird represents Eleanor?
0:05:55 > 0:06:00- Eagle.- In 1137, Eleanor married Louis VII at the Cathedral of Saint Andre in which city?
0:06:00 > 0:06:05- Bordeaux.- When Eleanor became Queen of France, her mother-in-law retired to Compiegne.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07What was her name?
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- Adelaide.- When Richard was invested as Duke of Aquitaine at Limoges,
0:06:12 > 0:06:16he was given the ring of a saint. Who was the saint?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- Radegund.- No, Valerie. In which abbey church is Eleanor buried?
0:06:20 > 0:06:24She may have retired there as a nun before her death in 1204.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Fontevrault.- Correct. You had just one pass.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30The name of the brothers who ambushed Eleanor -
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Geoffrey and Guy de Lusignan.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35You have, Geraldine Walters, 14 points.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Our next contender, please.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Your name is?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Your occupation?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58And your specialist subject?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- The US sitcom, Seinfeld. - Seinfeld. Two minutes, starting now.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05At the end of the ninth series, the four main characters face trial
0:07:05 > 0:07:06for what crime?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10It was for breaking the Good Samaritan law.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Yes, ignoring a fellow human being when in trouble.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15When George loses his glasses in the gym,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18what does he eat at Jerry's when looking for an apple?
0:07:18 > 0:07:23- An onion.- After Elaine rejects the advances of Russell Dalrymple, President of NBC,
0:07:23 > 0:07:27he leaves his job and joins what other organisation to prove his worth?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Greenpeace.- Kramer and Costanzo develop an item of men's underwear.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Kramer wants to call it The Bro. What is Frank's name for it?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36The Mansiere.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40George is forced to buy a book when caught taking it to the toilet with him at the shop.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- What's the subject of the book? - French Impressionism.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47Jerry receives a heartfelt post-breakup letter from his girlfriend Nina.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52He is moved by it until he realises it's been lifted from which Neil Simon screenplay?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Chapter Two.- At the circus, what noise disturbs the animals
0:07:55 > 0:07:58and leads to Misha falling off the high wire?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01It's Kramer passing a stone.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06Yes, he screams. What single word does Jerry use as his reason
0:08:06 > 0:08:08for returning his jacket to the Andover Shop?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11The same word is used to explain why George's parents are moving to Florida.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Spite.- Elaine volunteers to visit an old lady
0:08:14 > 0:08:19and is taken aback when the lady says she'd had an affair with which famous person?
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- Mahatma Gandhi.- When George starts seeing Jerry's ex-girlfriend Marlene,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26what reason does she give for losing respect for him and ending the relationship?
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- His stand-up routine. - George tries to convince the social security officer
0:08:30 > 0:08:36that he's making an effort to find work by claiming he's had an interview for what post?
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Latex salesman.- When Jerry dates Elaine's friend Gillian,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41what physical peculiarity puts him off?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- She looks like him? - She has man hands!
0:08:44 > 0:08:49The library contacts Jerry 20 years after he failed to return a copy of Tropic of Cancer.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53What's the name of the library investigator handling the case?
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- Mr Bookman.- After Jerry and George are offered the pilot by NBC
0:08:57 > 0:09:02for a joint fee of 13,000, George tries to negotiate. How much do they finally do it for?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- 8,000.- 8,000. Some negotiation!
0:09:05 > 0:09:08No passes, Mike Clark. You have 13 points.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19And our final contender, please.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27And your name is?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Your occupation?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32And your specialist subject?
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Beethoven, in two minutes.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36For which instrumental chamber ensemble
0:09:36 > 0:09:40did Beethoven compose works that would be published as Opus One?
0:09:40 > 0:09:45- Piano Trio.- With which 16-year-old piano pupil did he fall in love in 1801?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47He dedicated The Moonlight Sonata to her.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Giulietta Guicciardi. - What sum of money did Prince Karl von Lichnowski
0:09:53 > 0:09:56give Beethoven annually from around 1800 to 1806
0:09:56 > 0:09:59while the composer remained without a position?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- 4,000 florins.- 600 florins.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06In 1801, Beethoven wrote a letter to which doctor revealing that he was losing his hearing?
0:10:06 > 0:10:11- Wegeler.- Which member of his family with whom he had a dispute, did Beethoven refer to
0:10:11 > 0:10:13as The Queen of the Night?
0:10:13 > 0:10:18- Johanna.- According to his secretary, Anton Schindler,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22which symphony is said to have prompted Carl Maria von Weber
0:10:22 > 0:10:25to say that Beethoven was ready for the mad house?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Seventh.- For which violinist did he compose the sonata in A Major,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31subsequently dedicated to Rodolphe Kreutzer?
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- Bridgetower.- Which of his pupils claimed to have annoyed him
0:10:35 > 0:10:40by announcing that a horn player had made a wrong entry in the opening part of the Eroica symphony.
0:10:40 > 0:10:46- Ries.- What event of 1814 to 1815 led Beethoven to compose the cantata The Glorious Movement - Moment?
0:10:46 > 0:10:51- Congress of Vienna.- Beethoven wrote the famous love letters of 6th and 7th July
0:10:51 > 0:10:54to an unnamed woman. By what two words has she become known?
0:10:54 > 0:10:58- Immortal Beloved.- Which Parisian piano and harp manufacturer
0:10:58 > 0:11:01presented a new piano to him in 1803 that later fell into disrepair?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Pass.- According to his friend Karl Friedrich Amenda,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07which Shakespeare play was in Beethoven's mind
0:11:07 > 0:11:11when he composed the slow movement of the String Quartet F, Opus 18 No. 1?
0:11:11 > 0:11:16- Romeo and Juliet.- In the opening words of which document found after his death
0:11:16 > 0:11:20does Beethoven imagine that he wrongly appears to the world
0:11:20 > 0:11:22as malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic?
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Heiligenstadt Testament. - Who was the singer who reputedly turned down
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- a proposal of marriage as he was "ugly and half-crazy"?- Pass.
0:11:29 > 0:11:35Whose maxim was Beethoven quoting when he wrote in his conversation book of 1820,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38"The moral law in us and the starry sky above us."
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- Immanuel Kant.- Correct.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46You have two passes. The singer who turned down his marriage proposal was Magdalena Willmann.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50And the Parisian piano manufacturer was Sebastian Erard.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54You have, Michael O'Callaghan, 12 points.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08That brings us to the end of the first round. Let's look at the scores.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11In fourth place with seven points, Ged Meheran.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14In third place, 12 points, Michael O'Callaghan.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Second place, 13 points, Mike Clark.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19In the lead, just, 14 points Geraldine Walters.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27General knowledge now. If there's a tie at the end of the round
0:12:27 > 0:12:29then the number of passes is taken into account.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32The person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35If they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39So let's get on and ask Ged Meheran to join us again, please.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47You begin this round with seven points with your knowledge of Harold Wilson.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50General knowledge. Two and a half minutes.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Which elite military unit was founded by the Scots' Guards officer David Stirling in 1941?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- The SAS.- Which clipper ship moored at Greenwich
0:12:58 > 0:13:02is named after the short-tailed shirt worn by the witch in Burns' poem Tam O'Shanter?
0:13:02 > 0:13:07- Cutty Sark.- What is the name of the side opposite the 90-degree angle of a right-angled triangle?
0:13:07 > 0:13:12- Hypotenuse.- Which football club's team and supporters are known as the Toon Army?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- Newcastle United.- Which variety of English pear is called the Bartlett in North America
0:13:16 > 0:13:19after Enoch Bartlett introduced them in the 19th century?
0:13:19 > 0:13:24- Conference.- Williams. Who starred in the title role in the 2011 remake of Arthur?
0:13:24 > 0:13:29- Russell Brand.- Lake Manzala, Lake Timsah and the Bitter Lakes
0:13:29 > 0:13:31are alongside or form part of which waterway?
0:13:32 > 0:13:38- Suez Canal.- Which 17th-century sculptor was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII
0:13:38 > 0:13:41to design the gilt-bronze baldachin or canopy
0:13:41 > 0:13:43that stands over the tomb of St Peter in Rome?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- Michelangelo.- Bernini. Who became president of Iraq in 1979
0:13:47 > 0:13:49on the resignation of Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr?
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- Sadam Hussein. - In which classic breakfast dish
0:13:53 > 0:13:57are eggs served with bacon or ham and Hollandaise sauce on a toasted muffin?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Eggs Benedict.- Which Canadian singer-songwriter wrote Suzanne
0:14:00 > 0:14:02which was covered by Judy Collins in '66?
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- Leonard Cohen.- The E numbers in the range E300 to E321
0:14:06 > 0:14:10include agents that prevent fatty foods from going rancid in storage.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15- What are they called? - Antibodies.- Antioxidants.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20In the 2011 ICC World Cup England lost to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and which other country?
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- Ireland.- Which actor returned to his roots in one of his final roles
0:14:24 > 0:14:27as the working-class Manchester barrister James Kavanagh QC?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- John Thaw.- In classical mythology who was the muse of epic poetry?
0:14:31 > 0:14:38- Diana.- Calliope. In which Norfolk seaside resort is there a 140-foot Nelson's monument
0:14:38 > 0:14:42that was built 24 years before the column in Trafalgar Square?
0:14:42 > 0:14:47- Yarmouth.- Which Russian composer's first symphony
0:14:47 > 0:14:52features movements subtitled Dreams of a Winter Journey and Land of Desolation, Land of Mists?
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- Tchaikovsky.- What title given to the sorceress Ayesha in Rider Haggard's novel
0:14:56 > 0:15:00has passed into popular culture as the name by which Horace Rumpole refers to his wife?
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- She Who Must Be Obeyed.- The colour blindness test that involves identifying a number
0:15:05 > 0:15:07printed in coloured spots among spots of another colour
0:15:07 > 0:15:11is named after the Japanese ophthalmologist who devised it. What's it called?
0:15:11 > 0:15:16- Ishihara test.- In 1603, James VI of Scotland became the first monarch of which royal house
0:15:16 > 0:15:19to rule England when he was crowned James I?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- Stuarts.- What term derived from the Latin is used for an animal with two feet?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- Biped.- Yes. No passes.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30You have, Ged Meheran, 24 points.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Michael O'Callaghan again now please.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50You start out with 12 points with your knowledge of Beethoven.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52General knowledge. Here we go.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Which breed of dog takes its name from the Mexican state
0:15:55 > 0:15:58where it was first noted in the mid-19th century?
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- Chihuahua.- What French word literally meaning burnt
0:16:02 > 0:16:04is used for a dessert with a crisp coating of caramelised sugar?
0:16:04 > 0:16:11- Brulee.- Who died on 24 January 1965 exactly 70 years after his father Lord Randolph?
0:16:11 > 0:16:16- Winston Churchill.- In which country is Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain?
0:16:18 > 0:16:25- Ethiopia.- Tanzania. Which ornamental highly poisonous evergreen shrub with red or white flowers
0:16:25 > 0:16:27is also known as rose-bay or rose-laurel?
0:16:27 > 0:16:34- Pass.- Who replaced Jeremy Paxman as the regular presenter of the Radio 4 programme Start the Week in 2002?
0:16:34 > 0:16:41- Andrew Marr.- In which country did the revolutionaries of the 26th July Movement seize power in 1959?
0:16:43 > 0:16:50- Cuba.- Which strong-smelling cheese is named after the Belgian province where it was made by Trappist monks?
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- Gorgonzola.- Limburger. In Six Nations rugby union,
0:16:54 > 0:16:58what trophy is awarded if one of the four home teams beats the other three?
0:16:58 > 0:17:04- Pass.- Which two-act opera ends with the words "The comedy is ended" sung by Canio
0:17:04 > 0:17:07who has just murdered his wife and her lover?
0:17:07 > 0:17:12- La Traviata.- Pagliacci. Which of the Channel Islands is ruled by an overlord
0:17:12 > 0:17:15known as Seigneur when male, and the Dame when female?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- Sark.- Who designed a dolls' house for Queen Mary between 1921 and '24
0:17:19 > 0:17:24which includes a wine cellar, hot and cold running water and working lifts?
0:17:24 > 0:17:29- Pass.- Which musical with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music by Jule Styne
0:17:29 > 0:17:34is loosely based on the autobiography of a celebrated American striptease artist?
0:17:34 > 0:17:41- Pass.- Which German film-maker is best remembered for her documentary films of the 1930s
0:17:41 > 0:17:46extolling the Nazi party? Her works included a two-part film on the 1936 Olympics?
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- Leni Riefenstahl. - In the novels by P.G.Wodehouse,
0:17:49 > 0:17:53what kind of animal is Lord Emsworth's Empress of Blandings?
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- A pig.- Which writer's book A Rose for Winter published in 1955
0:17:57 > 0:18:01tells of his return to Spain with his wife 15 years after the Civil War
0:18:01 > 0:18:03in which he fought on the Republican side?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- Pass.- In Greek mythology, who was the wife of the musician Orpheus?
0:18:07 > 0:18:13- Eurydice.- Which small Italian dumplings made from semolina or potato flour
0:18:13 > 0:18:15are usually served poached with a sauce?
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- Gnocchi.- The inhabitants of which English city are known as Wulfrunians?
0:18:19 > 0:18:26- Pass.- The heads of the Scottish government, the Welsh assembly and the Northern Ireland executive
0:18:26 > 0:18:27are known by what title?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- First minister.- Correct.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34You have six passes. Wulfrunians come from Wolverhampton.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Laurie Lee, A Rose for Winter.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Gypsy was the name of the musical by Sondheim and Styne.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Sir Edward Lutyens designed the dolls' house.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49The Six Nations rugby union, it's the Triple Crown if one home team beats the others.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54And the ornamental but highly poisonous shrub is the Oleander.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Six passes. You have, Michael O'Callaghan, 23 points.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Now Mike Clark again, please.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15You begin this round with 13 points.
0:19:15 > 0:19:2024 still the score to beat. See if you can do it with your general knowledge.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Which former Conservative cabinet minister known as Tarzan
0:19:23 > 0:19:25has a written memoirs called Life in the Jungle?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- Michael Heseltine. - Which Shakespearean character goes insane and drowns
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- after her rejection by Hamlet? - Jessica.
0:19:31 > 0:19:37Ophelia. Who produced seven chart-topping singles in 1963 including three by the Beatles?
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- George Martin.- What's the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall?
0:19:40 > 0:19:44It lies on the Corun River in Venezuela and is named after the first outsider to see it?
0:19:44 > 0:19:49- Angel Falls.- In which fictional outer London suburb is Railway Cuttings,
0:19:49 > 0:19:51the radio and TV home of Anthony Aloysius Hancock?
0:19:51 > 0:19:57- Cheam.- East Cheam.- Whose cries of "We're all right" at a rally in Sheffield in 1992
0:19:57 > 0:20:02are thought to have contributed to his party's defeat in the general election that year?
0:20:02 > 0:20:07- Skinner.- Neil Kinnock. In which part of the human body are the round window and the oval window?
0:20:07 > 0:20:15- The eye.- The ear. Which 19th-century Czech composer wrote the operas Dalibor and The Bartered Bride?
0:20:15 > 0:20:19- Smetana.- What term originally referring to salting
0:20:19 > 0:20:22is used for pickling herrings in a marinade of vinegar or brine?
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- Marinade.- Sousing. The bishop of which English city
0:20:26 > 0:20:30signs himself with his first name followed by Petriburg?
0:20:30 > 0:20:35- Peterborough.- In American politics, John Boehner succeeded Nancy Pelosi
0:20:35 > 0:20:38in what influential post after the 2010 mid-term elections?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Governor General?- Speaker of the House of Representatives.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46In the 2011 film, which Marvel comic superhero played by Christopher Hemsworth
0:20:46 > 0:20:47is made to live among humans?
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- Thor.- The victims of which executioner, notorious for his bungling inefficiency
0:20:52 > 0:20:55include William, Lord Russell and the Duke of Monmouth?
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- Derek...- Jack Ketch. On the cover of the album The Who Sell Out
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Roger Daltrey is sitting in a bath full of?
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Baked beans.- Which snooker player who won his fourth World Championship in 2011
0:21:06 > 0:21:09is known as the Wizard of Wishaw, the town where he was born?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Peter Ebdon.- John Higgins. Which novel by Len Deighton
0:21:12 > 0:21:16is set in 1941 after the Nazis have overrun the British Isles?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- The Eagle Has Landed.- SS-GB.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24The Belgian priest Father Damien who died in 1889 and was canonised in 2009
0:21:24 > 0:21:27devoted his life to sufferers from what disease?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- Leprosy.- Short-horn, stump rooted, intermediate and long rooted
0:21:30 > 0:21:32are types of which common vegetable?
0:21:32 > 0:21:37- Carrot.- Which annual civic procession dating back to the time of King John
0:21:37 > 0:21:40still features a golden state coach built in 1757?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- State Opening of Parliament? - The Lord Mayor's Show.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47The first volume of which brothers' work, Kinder und Hausmarchen or Children's and Household Tales
0:21:47 > 0:21:48was published in 1812?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- The Brothers Grimm.- In...- BUZZER - I've started so I'll finish.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55In 1986, work began in Essex to expand and develop which London airport
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- after a lengthy public enquiry? - Stansted.- Correct.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02No passes. Mike Clark, you have 24 points.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Finally, Geraldine Walters again, please.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21You begin with 14 points. The score to beat - 24.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Let's see if you can do it. Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Who won a Best Actress Oscar on her film debut for the title role in Mary Poppins?
0:22:29 > 0:22:35- Julie Andrews.- In 2011, the British gardener James Priest took over as head of which French artist's garden
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- in Normandy, famous for its waterlilies?- Pass.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Which city is the capital of the US state of Georgia?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- Atlanta.- The exaggerated back-combed hairstyle prominent in the early '60s
0:22:45 > 0:22:47is known by what name because of its shape?
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Beehive.- Which village in the Forest of Dean has a 500-foot-high rock,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54a viewing point for the vast loop of the River Wye?
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- Symonds Yat.- Which writer's first novel White Teeth was published in 2000?- Pass.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03In cookery, what name for thin light sauce of pureed vegetables or fruit
0:23:03 > 0:23:06comes from a French word meaning strained liquid?
0:23:06 > 0:23:10- Compote.- Coulis. Which Swedish figure skater who gives his name to a skating turn
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- won the first Olympic gold medal awarded for the sport in 1908?- Axel.
0:23:14 > 0:23:20Salchow. Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta has the alternate title, The Lass that Loved A Sailor?
0:23:20 > 0:23:26- Pirates of Penzance.- HMS Pinafore. What's the alternative scientific name for the African violet?
0:23:28 > 0:23:34- Pass.- In 1967, Britain reluctantly agreed to add the letter E to the name of which aircraft
0:23:34 > 0:23:39the technology minister Tony Benn said it stood for excellence, England, Europe and entente.
0:23:39 > 0:23:46- Boeing.- Concorde. Coloured powder and water are thrown by Hindus celebrating which spring festival
0:23:46 > 0:23:48in February or March each year?
0:23:48 > 0:23:52- Holi.- Who lost his seat at Tatton to Martin Bell in the '97 election
0:23:52 > 0:23:56- after being at the centre of a cash for questions controversy?- Pass.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Which romantic novel begins "1801. I have just returned from a visit to my landlord
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- "the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with."- Pass.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08What is the common name for Alpha Canis Majoris, the brightest star in the night sky?
0:24:08 > 0:24:13- The Pole Star.- The Dog Star. Which building on O'Connell Street in Dublin
0:24:13 > 0:24:16was at the centre of the Easter Rising of 1916?
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- Pass.- Whose acting roles include the MI5 agent Zoe Reynolds in Spooks
0:24:23 > 0:24:26and Detective Inspector Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes?
0:24:30 > 0:24:36- Pass.- Which famous South American soldier and statesman was born in Caracas in 1783?
0:24:39 > 0:24:44- Pass.- Which of Rossini's operas is known in Italian as La Gazza Ladra?
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- Pass.- In 1774 the astronomer Nevil Maskelyn
0:24:52 > 0:24:56used the conical-shaped Scottish mountain Schiehallion in a famous experiment
0:24:56 > 0:24:58to measure the weight of what?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- The moon.- The Earth.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05You had nine passes. The Thieving Magpie is La Gazza Ladra.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Simon Bolivar was born in 1783.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Keeley Hawes played Zoe Reynolds and so on.
0:25:12 > 0:25:18It was the General Post Office that was at the centre of the Easter Rising in 1916.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Wuthering Heights began, "1801. I have just returned..."
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Neil Hamilton lost his seat to Martin Bell.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29The alternative name to the African violet is Saintpaulia.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Zadie Smith wrote White Teeth
0:25:31 > 0:25:37and James Priest took over as head of the garden in Normandy from Monet.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40You have, Geraldine Walters, 19 points.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53So, let's have a look at those scores.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55In fourth place with 19 points, Geraldine Walters.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Third place, 23 points, Michael O'Callaghan.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Joint first place, 24 points and no passes,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06Ged Meheran and Mike Clark.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14They're not shaking hands because we don't have a winner. It's a tie break.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17I shall read the same five questions to each contender
0:26:17 > 0:26:20and the one with the higher score will win.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Let me ask Mike Clark to leave the studio
0:26:22 > 0:26:25and Ged Meheran to come to the chair, please.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38So, five tie-break questions. You have to answer immediately.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41There's no clock running, but answer immediately
0:26:41 > 0:26:43otherwise I'll take it as an incorrect answer.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Mahe Island is the largest of which archipelago in the Indian Ocean?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- The Seychelles.- Correct.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54In 1877, Spencer Gore became the first winner of which sporting championship?
0:26:54 > 0:26:55- Heavyweight boxing.- No, Wimbledon.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59Which river is known as China's Sorrow because of its devastating floods?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- Yangtze.- No, the Hwang, or Yellow River.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Karl Landsteiner won the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
0:27:05 > 0:27:08for his discovery of the four primary types of what?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- Colour.- Blood.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14In the Divine Comedy, which Roman poet conducted Dante through hell and purgatory?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Virgil.- Correct.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21Those are your five question. Please leave the chair, and Mike Clark will join us.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31I will ask you these five questions. Answer immediately.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Otherwise it's incorrect.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Mahe Island is the largest of which archipelago in the Indian Ocean?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- Galapagos.- No, Seychelles.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44- In 1877, Spencer Gore became the first winner of which sporting championship?- Wimbledon.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Which river is known as China's Sorrow because of its devastating floods?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Yangtze.- The Yellow River.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Karl Landsteiner won the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
0:27:54 > 0:27:57for his discovery of the four primary types of what?
0:27:57 > 0:27:58- Blood.- Yes.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02In the Divine Comedy, which Roman poet conducted Dante through hell and purgatory?
0:28:02 > 0:28:03- Virgil.- Correct.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Those are your five questions. Please return to your seat.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18So at the end of the tie break, we do have a winner.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Let's look at the scores.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23In second place with 26 points, Ged Meheran.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27In first place with 27 points, Mike Clark.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Which means that Mike Clark goes through to the semi finals.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Congratulations to him. Please join us next time for more Masterminds.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Thanks for watching. Goodbye!
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