0:00:25 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is James Mackenzie,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29a Head of Partnerships from Bradford.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32His subject: The American highway Route 66.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Anthony Barton, a plumber from Bolton.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37His subject: The musical duo Flanders and Swann.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40George Ferzoco, a researcher and translator from Bristol.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43He'll be answering questions on the Italian football team.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Alan Clarke, an electrician from Lincoln.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48His subject: The Ramage novels of Dudley Pope.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And Maya Davis, a retired teacher from Brighton.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54She'll be answering questions on British owls.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Five contenders are about to compete for a place
0:01:06 > 0:01:08in this year's grand final.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10They may have been here before,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13but that doesn't make the ordeal any less daunting.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15From the black chair, they will face a minute and a half
0:01:15 > 0:01:17of questions on their specialist subject,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and then two minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23The winner will take a step closer to owning the famous glass bowl
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and, far more importantly, becoming the nation's mastermind.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- And your name is?- James Mackenzie. - Your occupation?
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- Head of Partnerships.- And your specialist subject?- Route 66.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Route 66. 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48The eastern end of Route 66 is in Chicago,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51the most western end, marked by a plaque at the pier, is in which city?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- Santa Monica.- Which author is credited with coining the term
0:01:54 > 0:01:55'mother road' for Route 66?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57John Steinbeck.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Which caverns just off the route near Stanton, Missouri
0:01:59 > 0:02:01were a reputed hideout of Jesse James
0:02:01 > 0:02:03and opened as a tourist attraction in the 1930s?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- Meramec Caverns. - Along the route in Collinsville, Illinois
0:02:06 > 0:02:09is a famous painted water tower. What shape is it?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- It's a ketchup bottle.- Yes.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13When was the road first officially numbered Route 66?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- 1927.- '26.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Which businessman and highway specialist
0:02:17 > 0:02:20who proposed and commissioned the road became known as the father of Route 66?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- Cyrus Avery.- Yes.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24At Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo in Texas,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27a number of Cadillacs are half buried, nose down in the ground
0:02:27 > 0:02:29in an installation by Stanley Marsh III. How many are there?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- 10.- There are.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35The road through Peach Springs, Arizona is in which Indian reservation?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36- Hualapai.- Yes.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38The Transcontinental Foot Race of 1928,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40which followed the whole of Route 66,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42became popularly known by what nickname?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43- Bunion Derby.- Yes.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Where in Illinois is the Old Log Cabin restaurant
0:02:45 > 0:02:47which was moved when Route 66 was realigned?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50It was lifted up and turned round to face the new road.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51- Pontiac.- Yes.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52What's the surname of the couple
0:02:52 > 0:02:55who founded the National Historic Route 66 Federation in '94
0:02:55 > 0:02:57to save as much as possible of the old road?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- The Knudsons. - The route passes through eight states.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Which one has the shortest stretch of road, at just over 13 miles?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Kansas.- It does.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07As the route runs through Commerce, Oklahoma,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09it's named after which baseball player who grew up there?
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- Mick Mantle. - The Midpoint Cafe, so named for being equidistant
0:03:13 > 0:03:16from both ends of Route 66 is in which city in Texas?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17- Adrian.- Is correct.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20No passes. James Mackenzie, you have 13 points.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23APPLAUSE
0:03:28 > 0:03:30And our next contender, please.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- And your name is?- Anthony Barton. - Your occupation?- Plumber.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- And your specialist subject? - Flanders and Swann.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Flanders and Swann, 90 seconds.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Which school did Michael Flanders and Donald Swann attend?
0:03:46 > 0:03:50It was the location of their first performance together in 1940.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Westminster School.- Yes. According to their most famous song,
0:03:53 > 0:03:57on the banks of which river was the bold hippopotamus standing
0:03:57 > 0:04:00one day when he met his fair hippopotamine maid?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- The cool Shalimar. - The Shalimar, yes.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05What is the title of their song
0:04:05 > 0:04:08based on the rondo of Mozart's Horn Concerto in E flat?
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- Ill wind.- Yes. A Flanders monologue imagines a Neolithic man
0:04:12 > 0:04:14grumbling about a famous construction, saying,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17"Well, if that's modern architecture, roll on the ice age." What is it?
0:04:17 > 0:04:18- Stonehenge.- Yes.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21A report in 1963 was referred to in one of their shows with the words
0:04:21 > 0:04:26"no smoke without fire", "nil combustibus pro fumo". Whose report was it?
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Pass. - After attending their show,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Harold Macmillan asked why they could hold an audience for two hours
0:04:33 > 0:04:37when he, the Prime Minister, could only manage 20 minutes. What was Flanders' reply?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- He said, "You should try singing."- He did.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Which nostalgic song begins,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44"Millers Dale for Tideswell, Kirby Muxloe Mow Cop and Scholar Green"?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- The Slow Train.- Yes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50What is the title of the antinuclear song Flanders and Swann included,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52with some opposition, in their stage repertoire?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- 20 Tons Of TNT.- Yes.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57At which theatre in New York City did Flanders and Swann
0:04:57 > 0:04:59give their final public stage performance in April '67?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- The Golden Theatre. - No, the Booth Theatre.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05According to a verse in their Song Of The Weather,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09which month is "cold and dank and wet, brings more rain than any yet"?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Er...
0:05:10 > 0:05:11- February.- August.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Swann's musical work away from Flanders
0:05:13 > 0:05:16included the song cycle entitled The Road Goes Ever On.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17BEEP
0:05:17 > 0:05:21I've started so I'll finish. It was based on the poems of which writer?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- CS Lewis?- No, it was Tolkien, JRR Tolkien.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Ah.- You had one pass.
0:05:30 > 0:05:37That report which they referred to as "nil combustibus pro fumo"
0:05:37 > 0:05:42- was the Denning report into the Profumo Affair, if you recall.- Yes.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- You have, Anthony Barton, seven points.- Thank you.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49APPLAUSE
0:05:54 > 0:05:55And our next contender, please.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- And your name is?- George Ferzoco. - And your occupation?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Researcher and translator. - And your chosen subject?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11The Italian football team since 1978.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13The Italian football team in 90 seconds. Who was the goalkeeper
0:06:13 > 0:06:17and team captain when Italy won their third World Cup in 1982?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18- Zoff.- Yes.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Roberto Baggio missed the last penalty in the shootout
0:06:20 > 0:06:22that decided the '94 World Cup final.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Which other Italian player had missed the first?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26- Baresi.- Yes.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29In which Italian city did the team lose on penalties
0:06:29 > 0:06:32to Maradona's Argentina in the semifinals of the 1990 World Cup?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- Naples.- How many goals did Paolo Rossi score to claim
0:06:35 > 0:06:37the Golden Boot at the '82 World Cup?
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Six.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Dino Zoff resigned as the Italian manager after being
0:06:40 > 0:06:44criticised publicly by Silvio Berlusconi for supposedly not
0:06:44 > 0:06:46man marking which player in the final of Euro 2000?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Zidane.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Which team's controversial 2-2 draw with Sweden in Euro 2004
0:06:51 > 0:06:53knocked Italy out of the tournament in the group stage?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Denmark.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Simone Perrotta, a member of Italy's 2006 World Cup winning squad,
0:06:58 > 0:07:02was born in which English town before moving to Italy at the age of six?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Ashton-under-Lyne.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04At the 1986 World Cup,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08who were the only team the defending champions, Italy, managed to beat?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14France.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14No, South Korea.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17For what offence did Francesco Totti receive a second yellow card
0:07:17 > 0:07:20in the 2002 World Cup second-round match against South Korea?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- Spitting.- Diving.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Salvatore Schillaci was a surprise selection for the 1990 World Cup squad
0:07:25 > 0:07:29after only his first season in Italy's top division.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Which club did he play for?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Juventus.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33The only goal that Italy conceded from open play
0:07:33 > 0:07:35at the 2006 World Cup was an own goal against which team?
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- United States.- Which Italian defender notoriously marked Maradona out of the game
0:07:40 > 0:07:43in Italy's 1982 World Cup second-round game against Argentina?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- BEEP Gentile.- Is correct.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48No passes. George Ferzoco, you have 10 points.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50APPLAUSE
0:07:57 > 0:07:59And our next contender, please.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- And your name is?- Alan Clarke. - Your occupation?- Electrician.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- And your specialist subject? - The Ramage novels by Dudley Pope.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15The Ramage novels in a minute and a half, starting now.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18At the start of the first novel, Lt Nicholas Ramage is the highest ranking officer
0:08:18 > 0:08:20remaining aboard which badly damaged Royal Navy frigate?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23The Sibella.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23What is the name of the Tuscan noblewoman
0:08:23 > 0:08:26whom Ramage rescues along with her cousin, Count Pisano?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Gianna di Marchesa di Volterra.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31When the Triton and the Topaz lose their masts in a storm in the Caribbean,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33they run aground on the coral reefs of which island?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Culebra. - Snake Island, or Culebra.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38In which novel does Ramage investigate the disappearance
0:08:38 > 0:08:41of Post Office packet ships sailing to and from the West Indies?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Ramage's Prize.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45What plants are carried by the French ship Volage
0:08:45 > 0:08:47when it is captured by the Dido near Martinique?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Mangoes.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50When Ramage meets Alexis Yorke,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52he compares her to a statue of which Greek goddess?
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Daphne.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55What name does Ramage choose for the frigate
0:08:55 > 0:08:57he takes command of in Ramage's Mutiny?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59It was formerly the French ship Surcouf.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Calypso. - In the piazza in Orbetello are two structures said to be
0:09:02 > 0:09:05familiar sights in most Italian towns occupied by the French.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08One is a metal Tree Of Liberty, what is the other?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09A guillotine.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Two 12-pound guns are hoisted onto the top of a rocky peak off Martinique
0:09:13 > 0:09:15as part of the blockade of Fort Royal. What is the rock called?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16The Diamond.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19In Ramage And The Guillotine, which French newspaper
0:09:19 > 0:09:22publishes propaganda reports of Napoleon's plans to invade England?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Le Moniteur.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26What name is given to the document carried by American sailors
0:09:26 > 0:09:30to prove they are American citizens and cannot be pressed into the British Navy?
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Protection.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33What colour is the stripe that Aitken and Southwick paint
0:09:33 > 0:09:35on the black hull of the Calypso
0:09:35 > 0:09:37when the ship becomes part of Nelson's fleet?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Yellow.- According to Sir Henry Faversham,
0:09:39 > 0:09:43the French commandant at Pitigliano had jeeringly told the hostages
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- their wives were safe... - BEEP
0:09:45 > 0:09:47..in the hands of which mythical figure?
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Hercules.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Is correct. No passes. A perfect round. 13 points.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53APPLAUSE
0:10:00 > 0:10:02And our final contender, please.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- And your name is?- Maya Davis. - Your occupation?- Retired teacher.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- And your specialist subject? - British owls.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18British owls in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20What is the common name of the British owl Tyto alba,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22that has a distinctive heart-shaped face?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Barn owl.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Yes, which is the world's largest owl,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28which bred in the North York Moors in the late '90s?
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Eagle owl.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32What peculiarity of the positioning of the ears in many species of owls
0:10:32 > 0:10:35mean they often hear frequencies louder in one ear than the other?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38It helps pinpoint the source of sounds emitted by prey.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- One's higher than the other. - Yes, asymmetrical.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42What's the common name of the owl whose scientific name
0:10:42 > 0:10:44translates as "Athene by night"?
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Little owl.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Which is Britain's largest and rarest owl, with a cat-like face,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50yellow eyes and heavily feathered feet?
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Snowy owl.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57What word, from the Latin for "twilight", is used for some owls
0:10:57 > 0:11:00because they're particularly active at dawn and dusk?
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Crepuscular.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Local names for which owl include marsh owl,
0:11:03 > 0:11:04mousehawk and woodcock owl?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Short-eared.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Who introduced the little owl at his Northamptonshire estate
0:11:08 > 0:11:10near Oundle in the late 19th century?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12His name is sometimes given to the species.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Lord Lilford.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15What colour are the eyes of the long-eared owl
0:11:15 > 0:11:17that distinguishes it from other British owls?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18- Yellow.- Orange.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21On which Shetland island was the snowy owl last recorded
0:11:21 > 0:11:23breeding successfully in Britain in the '60s and '70s?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Fetlar.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27What additional scientific name is added to Tyto alba
0:11:27 > 0:11:30to define the dark-breasted barn owl that sometimes appears in winter?
0:11:33 > 0:11:34- Feriatus.- Guttata.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Which British owl emits the characteristic sound
0:11:36 > 0:11:39known as "to-wit, to-woo" as a duet between the male and the female?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Tawny.- What term is used for the way the long-eared
0:11:42 > 0:11:45and little-eared owls strike their wings together beneath them in flight
0:11:45 > 0:11:46as a territorial or courtship display?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Wing-clapping.- Which seabird family that includes...
0:11:49 > 0:11:50BEEP
0:11:50 > 0:11:52..the so-called bonxie is known to take the eggs
0:11:52 > 0:11:54and unfledged chicks of the snowy owl?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Skua.- Skua is correct. No passes.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Maya Davis, you have 12 points.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02APPLAUSE
0:12:09 > 0:12:10So, a very close round there.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Let's have a look at the scores. In fifth place,
0:12:13 > 0:12:14with 7 points, Anthony Barton.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Fourth place, 10 points, George Ferzoco.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Third place, 12 points, Maya Davis.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22In joint first place, 13 points apiece,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25James Mackenzie and Alan Clarke.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28APPLAUSE
0:12:31 > 0:12:33So, the general knowledge round now,
0:12:33 > 0:12:35and if there's a tie at the end of this round,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37which looks entirely possible at the moment,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:39 > 0:12:42and the person with the fewer passes will be the winner.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46If they are tied on passes as well, then there has to be a tie-break.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49So, let's get on with it and ask Anthony Barton
0:12:49 > 0:12:50to join us again, please.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56And you scored seven points with Flanders and Swann.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Two minutes starting now.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02What device was first used to regulate clocks
0:13:02 > 0:13:05by the 17th century Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09- A wind-up mechanism? - The pendulum.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Which common Latin phrase translates literally as "the state in which"?
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Pass.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Which singer began to wear his trademark dark-tinted glasses
0:13:18 > 0:13:21after leaving his normal ones on a plane in 1963?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Roy Orbison.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26In Shakespeare's Henry IV, Mistress Quickly is the landlady of which tavern
0:13:26 > 0:13:29in Eastcheap, a haunt of Sir John Falstaff and his friends?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- The Blue Boar. - The Boar's Head.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Which motor company, formed in 1968 by the merger of several companies,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39was nationalised in '75? It was rebranded as the Rover Group in '86.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Austin Morris.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42British Leyland.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Who wrote the quartet of novels chronicling the life
0:13:45 > 0:13:48of the former high school basketball star Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Pass.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Which Northern English city lies at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57- Leeds.- York.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Which painter was born in Italy in the late 15th century
0:13:59 > 0:14:02with the surname Vecellio and is generally known
0:14:02 > 0:14:05by the Anglicised version of his Christian name?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07- Versace.- Titian.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Who created the radio programme Desert Island Discs
0:14:09 > 0:14:12in 1942 and was its host until his death in 1985?
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Roy Plomley.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17The adjective hirundine refers to which bird
0:14:17 > 0:14:19found in Britain in summer?
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Pass.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27What term, meaning an expanse of water with many scattered islands
0:14:27 > 0:14:31or a group of islands, comes from the Greek words for "chief" and "sea"?
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Archipelago.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35The song The Green Leaves Of Summer
0:14:35 > 0:14:37features in which 1960 film starring John Wayne,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Richard Widmark and Laurence Harvey?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Pass.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43What is the name of the British equivalent
0:14:43 > 0:14:45of the German savoury dish blutwurst?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Pass.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Who said, on becoming Prime Minister in 1868,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54"I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole"?
0:14:56 > 0:14:57- Harold Wilson.- Disraeli.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Which American boxer was the last holder...
0:14:59 > 0:15:00BEEP
0:15:00 > 0:15:02..of the World Heavyweight Championship
0:15:02 > 0:15:05under the London Prize Ring bare knuckle rules?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Bob Fitzsimmons.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13It was John L. Sullivan.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15You had five passes.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Blutwurst is black pudding.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22It was The Alamo in which John Wayne etc starred in 1960.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Hirundines are swallows,
0:15:24 > 0:15:29and it was John Updike who wrote the Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom books,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32and - you'll kick yourself for this -
0:15:32 > 0:15:37"the state in which" is the status quo in Latin.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Five passes, Anthony Barton. You have 10 points.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45APPLAUSE
0:15:50 > 0:15:53And now George Ferzoco, please.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57And you set out with 10 points on this run.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Your knowledge of the Italian football team.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Two minutes starting now.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet,
0:16:05 > 0:16:06equivalent to the Roman letter D?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- Delta.- Which cheese, named after a Dutch port,
0:16:09 > 0:16:10is made in the shape of a large ball
0:16:10 > 0:16:13and is given a coating of red wax for export?
0:16:13 > 0:16:14- Halder.- Edam.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Boxing Day is also the feast day of which saint,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18the first Christian martyr?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Stephen.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Who led the Scots in their victory
0:16:20 > 0:16:23over the English at the Battle of Bannockburn?
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Pass.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Which mathematical theory deals with the unpredictable
0:16:26 > 0:16:30and apparently random behaviour of systems governed by well-known laws?
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Pass.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36Which French writer's parrot was the subject of a 1984 book by Julian Barnes?
0:16:38 > 0:16:39- Voltaire.- Flaubert.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43What time barrier for the woman's mile was broken by Diane Leather in May 1954,
0:16:43 > 0:16:4723 days after Roger Bannister's record-breaking run?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Four minutes, 30 seconds.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Five minutes.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Which sitar player taught George Harrison how to play the instrument
0:16:53 > 0:16:56and received an Oscar nomination for his music for the film Gandhi?
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Ravi Shankar.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00The courting song of the males of which insect is a loud buzzing noise
0:17:00 > 0:17:03often heard in temperate and tropical regions?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- Cicada.- Its name comes directly from the Latin.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Cicada.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10The political upheaval which was launched by Mao Tse-tung in 1966
0:17:10 > 0:17:13and attacked traditional values is generally known by what name?
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Cultural Revolution.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17In which classic television series of the late '50s and early '60s
0:17:17 > 0:17:20was the title character a frontier scout hero played by Clint Walker?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- Davy Crockett.- Cheyenne.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25The 12th century cathedral that dominates the centre of Kirkwall,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28the capital of the Orkney Islands, is dedicated to which saint?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Magnus.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32What term for the theory or philosophy of law
0:17:32 > 0:17:35comes from the Latin for "knowledge of the law"?
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Jurisprudence.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Which Swiss-born painter, who produced most of his work in the early 20th century,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43described the technique he used in some of his drawings as
0:17:43 > 0:17:45"taking a line for a walk"?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Klee.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Which musical term, used for the first, most heavily accented note
0:17:49 > 0:17:53of a piece of music, has come to mean "relaxed" or even "gloomy"?
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Pass.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00In ancient Rome, what sort of racing vehicle was known as a biga
0:18:00 > 0:18:02when pulled by two horses and a triga when pulled by three?
0:18:02 > 0:18:03BEEP
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- Chariot.- Chariot is correct.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08You had three passes. That musical term
0:18:08 > 0:18:12used for the first heavily accented note - downbeat.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Chaos theory is the mathematical theory
0:18:13 > 0:18:16dealing with the unpredictable and apparently random
0:18:16 > 0:18:18behaviour of certain things, and...
0:18:18 > 0:18:22well, you're not English or Scottish, so you're entitled...
0:18:22 > 0:18:23No-one's perfect!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Well, you're entitled not to know this,
0:18:25 > 0:18:28that's the only point I'd make. Who led the Scots at Bannockburn?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31It was Robert the Bruce.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32You have, however, a total now,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35George Ferzoco, of 19 points.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37APPLAUSE
0:18:44 > 0:18:46And now Maya Davis again, please.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52And you begin this round with 12 points
0:18:52 > 0:18:55with your knowledge of British owls.
0:18:55 > 0:18:5819 is the score to beat at the moment. Here we go.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02What name is given to the legendary figure who was born a slave
0:19:02 > 0:19:05and to whom a collection of Greek fables is attributed?
0:19:05 > 0:19:06Aesop.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Which insect has varieties including hawkers, darters and chasers?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It's characterised by a thin, coloured body and four large wings.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Dragonfly.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16A russet is a brownish-skinned variety of which fruit?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- Apple.- Who started to write his most famous work, Pilgrim's Progress,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21when he was imprisoned in Bedford jail?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Bunyan.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Which people, who live in parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28are one of the largest ethnic groups not to have an independent state?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31This was promised by the 1920 Treaty of Sevres, but it was never ratified.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- Marsh Arabs?- The Kurds.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical follows the developing relationships
0:19:36 > 0:19:39of both Laurie and Curley and Ado Annie and Will Parker?
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Oklahoma.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42In snooker and billiards, what term's used
0:19:42 > 0:19:46to describe a number of successive scoring shots made by any one player?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Rocket?- Break. Which newspaper is nicknamed "The Thunderer"?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52The name comes from an article in 1830 alleging a cover-up
0:19:52 > 0:19:53in the verdict on the death of Lord Graves?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Times.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58In 1945, the artist Marc Chagall designed the backdrops and costumes
0:19:58 > 0:20:02for a New York City production of which ballet by Stravinsky?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Rite of Spring.- Firebird.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06What was the Duke of Wellington's reputed reply
0:20:06 > 0:20:09when one of his mistresses threatened to make details of their affair public?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- "Publish and be damned." - Yes. Which Northumberland castle,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14home of the Percy family since 1309, has featured in a number of films
0:20:14 > 0:20:18including Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves and the Harry Potter films?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- Alnwick?- Yes. Which former Labour Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer
0:20:21 > 0:20:25was elected as the first leader of the SDP in 1982?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Er, Roy Jenkins.- Yes. Who came to fame
0:20:27 > 0:20:31with her performance as the amoral nightclub singer Lola Lola
0:20:31 > 0:20:33in The Blue Angel, an early German sound film?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Dietrich.- Yes. Which strait between Albania
0:20:36 > 0:20:39and the heel of Italy connects the Ionian and Adriatic seas?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Messina?- Otranto. Which wading bird was sacred
0:20:42 > 0:20:45to the ancient Egyptians and associated with the god Thoth?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- Ibis.- Yes. Which nonsense phrase coined by Edward Lear
0:20:47 > 0:20:49has come to be used for a fork curved like a spoon,
0:20:49 > 0:20:53having three broad prongs, one of which has a sharp edge?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- Runcible.- Yes! The name of which fungal disease of trees of the species Ulmus
0:20:56 > 0:20:59comes from the country where it was first researched in 1919?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Dutch elm.- Yes. In which BBC programme... - BEEP
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I'll finish the question. ..billed as a radio parlour game
0:21:05 > 0:21:08did panellists try to guess the identity of an item or person
0:21:08 > 0:21:10classified as animal, vegetable or mineral?
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- Er...- Have to hurry you. - Yeah, I thought it was Animal, Vegetable, Mineral.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20You'll hate yourself for this. 20 Questions!
0:21:20 > 0:21:24And you definitely knew that. However.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29Maya Davis, you have that one pass, 25 points.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31APPLAUSE
0:21:38 > 0:21:40And now James Mackenzie again, please.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48And you begin with 13 points with your knowledge of Route 66 -
0:21:48 > 0:21:52let's see how you get on with your route to general knowledge.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Two minutes, starting now. In a television comedy series,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57who was assisted with his priestly duties on Craggy Island
0:21:57 > 0:22:00by Father Jack Hackett and Father Dougal McGuire?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Father Ted.- Yes. Which baseball star
0:22:02 > 0:22:05became Marilyn Monroe's second husband when they married in 1954?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Joe diMaggio.- Yes. Which king was guillotined
0:22:08 > 0:22:11in the Place de la Revolution on 21st of January 1793?
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- Louis XVI.- Yes. What's the name of the Japanese nuclear power plant
0:22:15 > 0:22:18that was severely damaged by the earthquake of March 2011?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Fukushima.- Yes. Which mountain range extends
0:22:21 > 0:22:25in a north-south direction for about 1,550 miles through Russia and Kazakhstan,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28between the Arctic Ocean and the Caspian Sea?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- Urals?- Yes. Which railway company, founded in 1833,
0:22:31 > 0:22:35painted the coaches of its express trains chocolate and cream
0:22:35 > 0:22:37and its locomotives Brunswick green?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- Midland?- GWR, Great Western.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Who composed the Hebrides Overture, also known as Fingal's Cave?
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- Pass.- Which England cricketer was born in Pietermaritzburg in June 1980,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50the son of a South African father and an English mother?
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- Kevin Pietersen.- Yes. Which number one hit by The Police includes the lines
0:22:53 > 0:22:56"Every single day, every word you say, every game you play,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58"every night you stay, I'll be watching you"?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- Every Step You Take. - Every Breath You Take.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02In Scotland, what name is given to a pasty
0:23:02 > 0:23:05filled with steak and onion said to have originated in Forfar?
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- Pass.- Which 1959 novel by William Burroughs
0:23:09 > 0:23:12is based on his experiences as a drug addict?
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Pass.- In British legend, the giants Gog and Magog
0:23:17 > 0:23:19were taken to which city to serve as porters
0:23:19 > 0:23:23at the palace of King Brut after their race had been destroyed?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- Edinburgh.- London. What's Britain's smallest breed of duck?
0:23:26 > 0:23:30It gives its name to a shade of greenish-blue resembling the patches over its eyes.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- Mallard?- The teal. Which Steven Spielberg film about the D-Day landings
0:23:34 > 0:23:38that stars Matt Damon won five Oscars at the 1999 Academy Awards?
0:23:38 > 0:23:42- Saving Private Ryan.- Yes. Which French word originally meaning a citizen of a town
0:23:42 > 0:23:44has come to mean any middle-class person?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- A bourgeois?- Yes. Who, in a speech
0:23:46 > 0:23:48at the Corporation of London's annual dinner in 1987, said,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51"You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54"When it destroyed our buildings, it didn't replace them
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- "with anything more offensive than rubble." - BEEP
0:23:57 > 0:23:58"We did that."
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Lawson. - Prince Charles!
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- Not even close.- Yeah.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Three passes.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07William Burroughs wrote The Naked Lunch.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- Yeah, I was about to say that. - As of course you know.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14- Er, that pasty filled with steak and onions is a Forfar bridie.- Oh.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18And who composed the Hebrides Overture - Felix Mendelssohn.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21There you go. You have, James Mackenzie, 21 points.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25APPLAUSE
0:24:31 > 0:24:33And finally, Alan Clarke again, please.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39And you too begin this round with 13 points, with your knowledge
0:24:39 > 0:24:42of the Ramage novels, and 25 is still the score to beat.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Let's see if you can do it and get through to the grand final.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Two minutes, starting now.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Who married Josephine de Beauharnais,
0:24:50 > 0:24:54the widow of a guillotined French general, in a civil ceremony in March 1796?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Er, Napoleon.- Yes. Which of the Marx Brothers never spoke in their films?
0:24:57 > 0:25:01- Harpo.- Yes. Which band recorded the UK chart-topping albums
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Electric Warrior and Bolan Boogie in the early '70s?
0:25:03 > 0:25:05- T-Rex.- Yes. What variety of nut
0:25:05 > 0:25:08is traditionally used to top a Dundee cake?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09- Er...walnuts.- Almonds.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Which Russian aircraft engineer designed the IL-86,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Russia's first wide-bodied commercial aircraft,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18that had its initial flight in 1976?
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- Ilyushin.- Yes. Which peninsula forms the mainland portion of Denmark
0:25:22 > 0:25:24and includes part of the German state Schleswig-Holstein?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Jutland.- Yes. The name of the body formed in May 2010
0:25:27 > 0:25:32to make an assessment of the public finances and economy is known as the OBR.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- What does that stand for? - Pass.- In June 2011,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36which football manager
0:25:36 > 0:25:39moved from Birmingham City to join local rivals Aston Villa?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Alex McLeish.- Yes. Which stringed instrument,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45whose strings are almost the same length as its soundboard,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47is popular in the Austrian Tyrol and Bavaria,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50and is descended from the medieval psaltery?
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- Viola.- The zither. What name's given to the curved upper surface
0:25:53 > 0:25:56of a liquid in a container where it meets the edges?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- Meniscus.- Yes. Which 18th-century English statesman
0:25:58 > 0:26:01wrote in a letter to his godson, "Religion is by no means
0:26:01 > 0:26:04"a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company"?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06- Boswell. - No, the Earl of Chesterfield.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Which playwright is the subject of John Lahr's biography Prick Up Your Ears?
0:26:10 > 0:26:14It was made into a 1987 film starring Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Joe Orton.- Correct. Who was appointed as
0:26:17 > 0:26:20the BBC's World Affairs Editor in 1998 and has written memoirs
0:26:20 > 0:26:25including Strange Place, Questionable People, and News From No Man's Land?
0:26:25 > 0:26:26- Andrew Marr.- John Simpson.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Which rare snake, native to Britain,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31gets its name from the flat, even nature of its scales?
0:26:31 > 0:26:32- Smooth.- Yes.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Which St Petersburg residence of the Russian tsars
0:26:35 > 0:26:37was completed in 1762 for the Empress Elizabeth,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40built to the design of Bartolomeo Rastrelli?
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- The Hermitage.- Yes, the Hermitage Winter Palace.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47What is the county town and administrative centre of Kent?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- Canterbury.- Maidstone. Which ship was... - BEEP
0:26:49 > 0:26:51..depicted on the reverse, I'll finish the question,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54of the old ha'penny coin from the accession of Edward VIII
0:26:54 > 0:26:57until 1967, when it was last minted?
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Golden Hind.- Golden Hind is correct. You had one pass -
0:27:00 > 0:27:05the OBR is the Office for Budget Responsibility.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Never heard of it?- No!- Oh, dear.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Cost you dear, I'm afraid - you have 24 points.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13APPLAUSE
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Well, I said it was going to be close. Let's have a look at those scores.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28In fifth place with 10 points, Anthony Barton.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Fourth place, 19 points, George Ferzoco.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Third place, 21 points, James Mackenzie.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Second place with 24 points, Alan Clarke.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40In first place, with 25 points, Maya Davis.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42APPLAUSE
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Which means of course that Maya Davis is the winner
0:27:58 > 0:28:01and claims a place in the grand final.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Congratulations to her.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05If you would like to play an online version of Mastermind
0:28:05 > 0:28:08or be a contender on the next series,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10do go to our website, bbc.co.uk/mastermind
0:28:10 > 0:28:14And do join us next time, please, for another semifinal,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16and more masterminds.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20APPLAUSE
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