Episode 27 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Jonathan Perry,

a translator from London.

His specialist subject - Cardinal Wolsey.

Next, Ken Owen, a marketing consultant from Rochester.

He'll be answering questions on the Apostle Peter.

Mary Bucknall from Kent. Her subject - the history of British heraldry.

Gary Grant, a GP from Bury.

He'll answer questions on the history of the Monaco Grand Prix,

and John Beynon, a gardener from Northwich.

His specialist subject - Catherine the Great.

APPLAUSE

Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Five contenders are about to compete for a place in this year's grand final.

They may have been here before, but that doesn't make the ordeal any less daunting.

From the black chair, they will face a minute and a half

of questions on their specialist subject and then two minutes

on general knowledge,

and the winner will take a step closer to owning the famous glass

bowl and, much more importantly, becoming the nation's Mastermind.

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

-And your name is?

-Jonathan Perry.

-Your occupation?

-Translator.

In your first round, the heat,

you answered questions on the Japanese writer Mori Ogai.

-Tonight, your specialist subject is?

-The life and times of Thomas Wolsey.

90 seconds on Thomas Wolsey starting now.

Wolsey held various seats at the same time as the Archbishopric of York.

Which one did he exchange for Winchester in 1529?

-Durham.

-Which Oxford college did Wolsey attend as a student?

He went on to become a fellow there.

-Magdalene.

-Where did he negotiate a treaty with the Emperor Charles V

to declare war on France in 1521?

-Gravelines.

-Bruges.

What action was carried out at St Paul's Cross

under Wolsey's direction on May 12, 1521?

-Attacking France.

-Burning of the Lutheran books.

From whom did Wolsey acquire the lease for the original property of Hampton Court?

Pass.

Who did Wolsey employ as his representative in Antwerp

to combat exiled English heretics

who were involved in an illicit religious book trade?

Pass.

Whom did Francis I warn in 1529 that Wolsey had more intelligence

with the Pope and Cardinal Campeggio than was appropriate to Henry VIII's interests?

-Thomas More.

-Suffolk.

What was the surname of the mistress who had two children with Wolsey?

-Larke.

-In the Reformation Parliament,

who referred to Wolsey as "the Great Weather, which is of late fallen,"

and denounced him as having "untruly juggled with the King"?

-Norfolk.

-More.

In 1523, Wolsey went to Parliament to ask for a levy

in the hope of raising £800,000 for the Exchequer.

What rate of levy did he ask for?

-10%.

-Four shillings in the pound.

Which document of 1526 was designed by him

to reform the King's Council and household?

The Ordinance of Eltham.

In early discussion of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon,

what was the name of the impediment to the marriage

that Wolsey suggested should be used to the King's advantage?

Previous marriage to Arthur. BEEP

No, the impediment of public honesty.

You had two passes.

Wolsey employed John Hackett as his representative in Antwerp,

and he acquired the lease for Hampton Court from the Hospitallers.

Two passes, Jonathan Perry. You have four points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Ken Owen.

-Your occupation?

-Marketing consultant.

In the heat, your subject was the Roy Grace novels of Peter James.

Tonight you're answering questions on?

The Apostle Peter in the New Testament.

The Apostle Peter in 90 seconds.

In which trade were Simon Peter and his brother Andrew working

when Jesus called them to follow him?

-Fishermen.

-Which is the only gospel that names Peter as the one

who cut off the ear of a guard sent to arrest Jesus after he'd been betrayed by Judas?

-John.

-Near which city did Peter make his famous declaration

after Jesus asked the disciples who they thought he was?

-Caesarea Philippi.

-What's the Aramaic for Peter,

the name that Jesus gave to Simon in John's gospel?

-Cephas.

-What happened to Ananias and Sapphira when they lied to Peter

about how much money they had made from the sale of their property?

They fell down dead.

Which of Peter's relations does Jesus cure of a fever

early on in the Synoptic Gospels?

-His mother-in-law.

-When Peter was miraculously freed from prison

in Acts 12, the maid answered the door to him at Mary's house.

What was her name?

-Rhoda.

-In Matthew's gospel,

Jesus instructed Peter to go to the sea and cast a hook

and in the mouth of the first fish he catches, he will find payment for what?

-The temple tax.

-Tribute money, yes.

Peter wrote his first letter to the early Christians

with the help of which faithful brother?

-Silas.

-Yes, or Silvanus.

What was the name of the ruler of the synagogue whose daughter

was brought back to life in the presence of Peter, James and John?

-Jairus.

-In his letter to the Galatians, Paul refers to a visit to Jerusalem

in which he stayed with Peter for how long?

-15 days.

-At which gate of the temple did Peter say to a lame man,

"Silver and gold have I none,

"but in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk?"

-Gate Beautiful.

-In which town did Peter meet the man named Aeneas,

who had been bedridden for eight years, sick with palsy?

-Lydda.

-A few days after Jesus was taken up into heaven,

who was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot as an apostle,

after Peter had addressed a gathering of about 120 disciples?

-Matthias.

-According to St Mark's Gospel....

-BEEP

I've started, so I'll finish.

..before his threefold denial, how did Peter pass the time

in the courtyard of the high priest's house

while Jesus was being questioned?

-Warming his hands by the fire.

-Indeed. No passes. A perfect round.

Ken Owen, you have 15 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender is profoundly deaf

and will be reading the questions from a monitor at the same time

as I read them from the card, so if I can ask her to join us now, please.

-And your name is?

-Mary Bucknall.

-Your occupation.

-Unemployed.

In the first round, in the heat,

you answered questions on Queen Victoria's family.

-Your specialist subject tonight is?

-Heraldry of Britain.

The heraldry of Britain in 90 seconds starting now.

Which court, based at New Register House in Edinburgh,

is the heraldic authority for Scotland?

The Lord Lyon King of Arms.

Which English monarch founded the College of Arms in 1484?

Richard III.

What term is used for the descent or status

of a younger branch of a family, the marks of which show

variations in the same coat of arms to denote each son?

-Cadency.

-Which senior provincial king of arms has jurisdiction over England

south of the River Trent?

Clarenceux King of Arms.

In heraldry, what name is given to a star with straight sides

and usually five points, used as a mark of cadency for a third son?

Mullet.

Which Latin phrase meaning "always the same"

was a personal motto on the arms of Elizabeth I?

Semper eadem.

Which plant, associated with Geoffrey of Anjou,

who reputedly wore it in his hat or helmet,

was adopted as a heraldic device by the royal dynasty he founded?

-Plantagenet.

-Yes, or broom.

By what single name are the four attendant heralds, rouge dragon,

rouge croix, portcullis and bluemantle, collectively known?

Pursuivants.

Which animal, known in heraldry as a herisson,

was adopted as a punning reference on the arms of some families

with surnames such as Harris or Harrison?

Pass.

If a heraldic object is described as "proper", what does this mean?

It's in a natural colour.

Under the rules of cadency, what device,

often a horizontal bar with three points...

-BEEP

-..is displayed on the arms of the eldest son of a family?

Label.

Is correct. You had one pass.

The animal known in heraldry as a herisson was the hedgehog.

One pass, Mary Bucknall. You have 10 points.

APPLAUSE

And our fourth contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Gary Grant.

-Your occupation?

-GP.

In the first round, you answered questions on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

-Tonight, your subject is?

-The history of the Monaco Grand Prix.

-The Monaco Grand Prix in 90 seconds.

Who laid out the road plan for the first race in 1929?

The final corner on the circuit is now named in his honour.

-Anthony Noghes.

-Which future world champion made his Formula 1 debut

-at Monaco in 1973?

-James Hunt.

He retired from the sport after the '79 race.

-James Hunt.

-Ayrton Senna hit the barriers at which corner in 1988

when he had a commanding lead of almost a minute over Alain Prost?

-Portier.

-Which British driver finished second in the 2004 race,

less than half a second behind Jarno Trulli?

-Button.

-Monaco became the opening race of the '59 Formula 1 season

following the cancellation of which country's Grand Prix?

-Argentina.

-In '48, when the race was revived after the Second World War,

which future world champion was the winner?

-Farina.

-Who was the clerk of the course who stopped the '84 race after 31 laps

because of torrential rain, denying Senna the chance of victory?

-Ickx.

-In 1958, Maurice Trintignant won the race in a rear-engine car.

What make of car was it?

-Cooper.

-The 1995 race had to be stopped

after a crash involving both Ferraris and a Williams driver

who was taking part in his first Monaco Grand Prix. Who was he?

-Montoya?

-Coulthard.

In 1931, who became the first driver born in Monaco to win his home Grand Prix?

-Chiron.

-What's the name of the driver and owner of the Connaught team

who tried but failed to qualify for the '58 race?

-Shell.

-No, Ecclestone. In which year did Monaco become

the first Grand Prix to determine the order of places on the starting grid

according to qualifying times rather than luck of the draw?

-1933.

-Which French constructor won its first Grand Prix for 15 years

at Monaco in '96?

-Ligier.

-Michael Schumacher lost three laps in the pits during the '98 race

following a clash with which Austrian driver?

-Berger?

-No, Wurtz. Jea...

-BEEP

I've started, so I'll finish. Jean-Pierre Beltoise gave which constructor

their last ever Grand Prix victory in the '72 race?

-BRO.

-Is correct.

No passes, Gary Grant, you have 12 points.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, now, please.

-And your name is?

-John Beynon.

-Your occupation?

-Gardener.

You won the first round by answering questions

on the 11th century Christian sect, the Cathars.

-Your specialist subject tonight is?

-Catherine The Great.

In 90 seconds, starting now.

Catherine was crowned Empress Of Russia in Moscow in 1762

following a coup that deposed her husband. What was his name?

Peter The Third.

Yes. In her memoirs, which of her lovers does she imply

to be the father of her son, Paul?

Saltykov.

Yes. What name is given to a compendium of general principles

first presented in 1767, recommending the formation of a new legal code

while still maintaining absolute monarchy?

-Nakaz.

-Yeah, The Great Instruction.

Which of her lovers, whom some believe she secretly married,

organised a sumptuous tour of the Crimea in 1787?

-Potemkin.

-Yes.

At a banquet in 1762 to celebrate peace with Prussia,

what did Tsar Peter The Third call Catherine

when she refused to stand for a toast?

This humiliation led to his downfall.

-"Dura" - fool.

-Yes.

What is the title of the last of her anti-masonic trilogy of plays?

-Erm, The Siberian Shaman.

-Yes.

After the death of Paul's first wife, Natalia, in childbirth,

Catherine quickly arranged a second bride for her son.

What was her original name?

-Sophie Dorothea.

-Yes.

Which princess was appointed as the first

president of the Russian Academy,

to produce a dictionary of the Russian language?

-Dashkova.

-Yes.

At seven, Catherine developed curvature of the spine.

What was the occupation of the local official

who supervised her treatment,

including the use of a corrective harness?

-Hangman.

-Yes.

What was the title of Alexander Radishchev's

anonymously published book that alarmed Catherine with its radical views?

-Journey From St Petersburg To Moscow.

-Correct.

What was the name of Catherine's former lover,

to whom she offered the throne of Poland in 1763?

-Stanislaw Poniatowski

-Who was her last favourite?

She relied on him after the death of Potemkin.

-Zubov.

-Yes. What...

-BEEP

-I've started, so I'll finish.

..was the name of the illiterate Don Cossack

who led a regional rebellion against Catherine in 1773,

saying he was Peter The Third?

-Pugachov.

-Is correct.

No passes. John Beynon, you have 13 points.

APPLAUSE

So, that's the end of our first round. Some big scores, there. Let's have a look at them.

In fifth place with 4 points, Jonathan Perry.

Fourth place with 10 points, Mary Bucknall.

Third place with 12 points, Gary Grant.

Second place with 13 points, John Beynon.

In the lead, with 15 points, Ken Owen.

APPLAUSE

So, it's the general knowledge round now,

and if there is a tie at the end of it,

then the number of passes is taken into account

and the person with the fewer passes will be declared the winner.

And if they're tied on passes as well,

there'll have to be tiebreak.

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

And...

..you didn't do brilliantly in the first round,

but let's see how you do with general knowledge. Two minutes, starting now.

What are the two pieces of wood laid

across cricket stumps to form a wicket?

-Bails.

-In law, what does the acronym ASBO stand for?

-Anti-social Behaviour Order.

-Which Premier League football manager

had a relatively undistinguished professional playing career with Strasbourg?

-Arsene Wenger.

-Which musical instrument consists of a long hollow branch

which produces a low pitched resonant sound?

It was first developed by the Aboriginal people of Australia.

-Didgeridoo.

-What's the old name for the tubercular disease scrofula,

because it was supposedly cured by the touch of royalty?

-The King's disease.

-The King's evil.

What word for a substance that acts as a biological catalyst,

regulating the rate at which biochemical reactions proceed,

comes from the Greek for leavened?

-Enzyme.

-Which writer's works include Tipping The Velvet,

dramatised for television in 2002, and The Little Stranger,

short-listed for the 2009 Man Booker Prize?

Sarah Waters.

Who plays Batman in the films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight?

-Christian Bale.

-Prince Edward served briefly in which specific

branch of the Armed Forces, after leaving university,

before moving into theatre management?

-The Fusiliers?

-No, the Marines.

Which area of central London gives its name

to the writers, artists, and thinkers who lived there in the early 20th century?

-Bloomsbury.

-Yes.

This celebrated painting of Our Lady of Czestochowa

in the Jasna Gora monastery in Poland

is popularly known by what name?

-Pass.

-Which member of the England 2003 World Cup winning rugby team

became a team captain on the quiz show A Question Of Sport in 2004?

-Matt Dawson.

-Yes.

What name's given to an examination of tissue from a living person,

to determine the presence, cause or extent of a disease?

-Biopsy.

-Which former leader of Bradford City Council was appointed

the Communities And Local Government Secretary in May 2010?

-Pass.

-Which cycle of 63 nostalgic poems by AE Housman

was first published in 1896 at the author's own expense?

-The Shropshire Lad.

-Yes.

What's the alternative name for the caudal fin of a fish?

-Dorsal.

-Tailfin. Which British born professor of history

and art history at Columbia University has presented programmes

on the power of art and the histories of Britain and America for BBC television?

-Simon Sharma.

-For cars registered on or after 1st March 2001,

the rate of vehicle excise duty bands are based on the type of fuel, and what else?

-The age of the car.

-No. CO2 emissions.

You had two passes.

Eric Pickles became, yeah, you knew it, of course,

became the Local Government Secretary.

And that celebrated painting, the Black Madonna of Czestochowa.

You have, though, now, a respectable score, if I may say so - 16.

APPLAUSE

And now let's ask Mary Bucknall to join us again, please.

And you begin with 10 points with your knowledge

of British heraldry, general knowledge two minutes, starting now.

In Chinese cookery, what name is given

to the curved bottom steel pan used for stir frying,

similar to a kadhai in India?

-Wok.

-How many centimetres are there in a decimetre?

-10.

-Yes. What Italian word meaning "little book,"

is used for the text of an opera?

-Operetta.

-Libretto. Which long-haired breed of dog was introduced

into Europe in the 1800s by British army officers

serving in northern India?

-Pass.

-What general term is used for the fatty acids

found primarily in animal fats

that tend to increase levels of cholesterol in the blood stream?

-Pass.

-McFerdinand Magellan was killed in a fight with natives

in 1521 in Mactan. In which island group is this?

-Tierra del Fuego.

-Philippines.

The chemist, John Mercer, born in 1791, has given his name to a process

for treating which yarn or fabric so that it becomes shinier and stronger?

-Rayon.

-Cotton.

According to the Book of Revelations,

who is the rider of the pale horse?

-Pass.

-The name of the orphan created by the American novelist

Eleanor H Porter is now used for anyone of

a particularly sunny and optimistic disposition.

What is the name?

-Pollyanna.

-Yes.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who took over as Secretary-General

of NATO in August 2009, is a former prime minister of which country?

-Sweden.

-Denmark.

An ushanka or chapka is a Russian type of what clothing?

-Pass.

-In 1903 the Frenchman, Maurice Garin,

became the first winner of which annual sporting event?

Pass.

The lateral sulcus, also known as the Fisher of Silvius is

one of the most prominent features of which part of the body?

-The face.

-No, the brain.

An item made of what substance was described by the ancient

Greeks as "elephantinos?"

-Pass.

-Which veteran left-wing politician,

who entered Parliament as the MP for Bolsover in 1970,

had been a coal miner before entering politics?

BEEP

-Pass.

-Well, I can tell you it was Dennis Skinner.

You had a total of seven passes.

The item described by the ancient Greeks as "elephantinos,"

was ivory.

Maurice Garin became the first winner of the Tour de France.

An ushanka or chapka is a kind of hat.

The rider of the pale horse was Death.

Saturated fats is the term used to describe fatty acids

found primarily in animal fats.

And the long-haired breed of dog

introduced to Europe in the 1800s was the Afghan hound.

You have, Mary Bucknall, a total of 13 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Gary Grant, again, please.

And you start this round with 12 points,

with your knowledge of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Two minutes, starting now.

Battle Abbey in Sussex was built after which battle

to fulfil a vow made by William the Conqueror?

-Hastings.

-Which 19th-century English landscape painter

is best-known for his books of nonsense verse?

-Lear.

-Now known as the Visitors' Gallery,

what's the name of the area in the House of Commons

that's open to the public when it's in session?

-Strangers' Gallery.

-Yes.

Which international organisation was founded in September 1960

by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela?

-OPEC.

-The katydid, so called because of the male's repetitive

call is closely related to which other insect?

-Cricket.

-In a Japanese house, what is a tatami?

Its standardised size is an important architectural

unit in determining floorspace in a room.

-It's a mat, or carpet.

-Yes.

Which a range of hills lying mainly in Northumberland form

the border between England and Scotland for about 35 miles?

-Cheviots.

-Which German writer, who won the 1999 Nobel Prize for literature,

caused controversy when he admitted

he had been recruited into the Waffen SS as a 17-year-old?

-Hesser.

-No, Grass. What name is given to the form of precipitation that results

when pollutants such as sulphur dioxide

and nitrogen dioxide combine with atmospheric moisture?

-Acid rain.

-Which Girondins sympathiser was guillotined in

July 1793 for the murder of Jean-Paul Marat,

a leader of the radical Montagnard faction in the French Revolution?

-Corday.

-Yes. Graham McPherson, known as Suggs, is the vocalist in which group?

-Madness.

-What name's given to a fluid's resistance to a change of shape or flow

caused by internal friction in its molecules?

-Viscosity.

-Yes. Which chef and a restaurateur was the resident chef

on the BBC Two programme Food And Drink,

before going on to present Saturday Kitchen from 2003 to 2006?

-Worrall Thompson.

-Yes. The flag of which African country is made up of horizontal red,

yellow and green stripes with a central black star.

-Ghana.

-In Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest, what's

the name of Algy Moncrieff's formidable ant?

-Mrs Smith.

-No, Lady Bracknell.

The American professional gridiron football team

the Dolphins is based in which city?

-Miami.

-Westminster Abbey's dedicated to which saint?

-Edward the Confessor.

-Peter.

Who played Indiana Jones's father, Dr Henry Jones,

in the '89 film Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade?

-Connery.

-Which stately home in Wiltshire stands on the site of a ruined

priory bought by Sir John Finn in 1541 for the sum of £53?

BEEP

-Longleat.

-Is correct.

No passes. You have a total now of 28 points.

APPLAUSE

And John Beynon again now, please.

And you start out with 13 points with your knowledge

of Catherine the Great.

28 is now the score to beat. Quite a big one, let's see if you can do it.

Two minutes.

Which former Liberal Democrat leader was elected to Parliament

as the MP for Ross Cromarty and Skye in 1983?

-Charles Kennedy.

-The mouflon, native to Corsica

and Sardinia, is a small wild form of which animal?

-Sheep.

-What name is given to the sheet of soft material used to seal

the joint between a cylinder head

and a cylinder block in an internal combustion engine?

-Gasket.

-A statue of which artist, often associated with Salford,

was unveiled in February 2011 in his favourite drinking place in Manchester?

-Lowry.

-In 1828, Daniel O'Connell's

victory in a by-election in County Clare led to the passing of

which act that eventually allowed him to take his seat in Parliament?

-Catholic Emancipation.

-In Greek mythology, who was the father of the Titans?

-Cronus.

-Uranus.

Which American born mezzo-soprano, celebrated

for her roles at Glyndebourne, especially Carmen,

which was directed by her then husband, Sir Peter Hall?

-Callas.

-Maria Ewing.

Which of Wilkie Collins' novels is about a large diamond given

to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday?

-Moonstone.

-Who knocked down Cassius Clay, as he was then known,

at the end of the fourth round of their fight at Wembley in June '63?

-Henry Cooper.

-Which moon mission sent the famous message,

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

-Apollo 13.

-Which Belgian city is known as Luik to Flemish speakers?

-Leiden.

-Liege.

Whose early television roles include Jakey Smith,

a reformed Teddy boy on National Service, in the series Get Some In,

and Wolfie Smith, the leader of the Tooting Popular Front?

-Pass.

-Which town, now a city, was bypassed by the first

stretch of motorway to be opened in Britain in 1958?

-Birmingham.

-Preston.

The Guardian editor, Alan Rusbridger,

is credited with coining what term for an extreme form

of press gagging order that prevented his paper reporting on an alleged

case of toxic waste dumping in west Africa?

-Super injunction.

-In which film musical do Bing Crosby

and Frank Sinatra sing Well Did You Evah?

-High Society.

-Sir Anthony Eden was given what principle title

when he was raised to the peerage in 1961,

along with the subsidiary title, first Viscount Eden of Royal Leamington Spa?

-Avon?

-Graham Greene's novel about a lapsed priest,

The Power and the Glory, is set in which country?

-Mexico.

-Sage Derby is a green marbled variety of which food?

-BEEP Cheese.

-Is correct.

You had one pass, it was Robert Lindsay whose television

roles included Jakey Smith, and so on.

You have, John Beynon, 26 points.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Ken Owen again, please.

And you start with 15 points with your knowledge of the Apostle Peter.

And 28 is still the score to beat.

Here we go, two minutes, starting now.

Which novel was Mervyn Griffiths-Jones QC referring to

when he asked the jury at the Old Bailey in October 1960,

"Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or servants to read?"

-Lady Chatterley's Lover.

-Which old English desert was originally a drink

made by pouring fresh milk over spiced wine or cider,

but is now made with whipped cream and is much firmer?

-Posset.

-Syllabub. What did Dr Johnson define as the first month of a marriage

when there is nothing but tenderness and pleasure?

-May.

-Honeymoon. Who was deposed as the president of Egypt in 2011,

after 30 years in power?

-Mubarak.

-What collective name is given by the press

to the senior Conservative politicians who selected the party leader

prior to Edward Heath's election in 1965?

-The 1922 Committee.

-The Magic Circle.

What adjective, meaning disdainfully superior in manner,

comes from the Latin for eyebrow?

-Supercilious.

-Correct.

Which 20th century British monarch outlived his successor by 20 years?

-Edward VIII.

-Correct.

The heroine of which opera by Rimsky-Korsakov is

the daughter of spring and frost?

-Elias.

-The Snow Maiden.

The 2009 art project, One & Other, involved 2,400 people

each standing for an hour on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

Who was the artist behind the project?

-Alison.

-Antony Gormley.

Roger Miller topped the UK charts in 1965 with which song,

he part owned a hotel in Nashville named after it?

-King Of The Road.

-Which tool is a small plane with a handle

on each side of its blade, used for shaping curved surfaces?

-Bevel.

-Spoke shave.

Whose 1630 treatise Dialogue, concerning

the two chief world systems, led to him being tried for heresy

by the Inquisition in Rome?

-Smith.

-Galileo.

In which city are New Street and Snow Hill railway stations?

-Birmingham.

-What name did the actor Michael Shalhoub adopt when he converted

from Catholicism to Islam in 1955 to marry the actress Faten Hamama?

-Omar Sharif.

-The last line of Stephen Benet's poem American Names provided

the title for which work by Dee Brown about the last major

conflict between the North American plains Indians and the US government?

-The Wild West.

-Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee.

-Who was appointed as the one-day international England cricket

-BEEP

captain in May 2011 in succession to Andrew Strauss?

-I'll put you our of your misery.

-Sumner.

Well, it was close. Alastair Cook.

No passes, Ken Owen, 22 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, he held onto his lead. Let's have a look at all those scores.

In fifth place, with 13 points, Mary Bucknall.

Fourth place, 16 points, Jonathan Perry.

Third place, 22 points, Ken Owen.

Second place, 26 points, John Beynon.

It wasn't quite enough, in first place, with 28 points, Gary Grant.

APPLAUSE

Which means, of course,

that Gary Grant is the winner, he claims a place in the grand final.

Congratulations to him.

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