0:00:26 > 0:00:28First, in the spotlight tonight, is Andrew Hunter,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a computer consultant from Grimsby.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34His subject, Field Marshal Montgomery of El Alamein.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Next, Jeff Grimshaw, Consumer Insights Manager from Staines.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42His subject, the American football team, the Chicago Bears.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Keith Bate, a supply teacher from Wolverhampton, answers
0:00:45 > 0:00:49questions on the former world chess champion Tigran Petrosian.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53And Ian Allan, an IT Manager from Cambridge,
0:00:53 > 0:00:57on the greatest rock guitarist of them all, Jimi Hendrix.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01APPLAUSE
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Four more contenders are about to take television's ultimate test
0:01:12 > 0:01:14of nerve and knowledge.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16In the famous black chair, they will answer two minutes
0:01:16 > 0:01:19of questions on their specialty subject
0:01:19 > 0:01:21and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24The winner will take a step closer to the final
0:01:24 > 0:01:29and the chance to own the great glass bowl and, even more important,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32the honour of becoming the nation's mastermind.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- And your name is?- Andrew Hunter.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Your occupation? - Computer Consultant.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- And your specialist subject? - Field Marshal Montgomery.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Monty. Two minutes, starting now.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Montgomery spent part of his childhood on which island,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59where his father served as the Bishop between 1889 and 1901?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- Tasmania.- Yes. When he left Sandhurst
0:02:01 > 0:02:03in 1908, which regiment did he join
0:02:03 > 0:02:05after failing to get into the Indian Army?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06The Royal Warwickshire.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09In the First Battle of Ypres, in October 1914, Montgomery was
0:02:09 > 0:02:13injured by a sniper's bullet during an attack on which Belgian village?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Meteren.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16What was the name of Montgomery's headquarters near Portsmouth
0:02:16 > 0:02:19where he met Eisenhower on June 5th, 1944,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22and agreed to begin the D-Day landings on the following morning?
0:02:22 > 0:02:23- Southwick House.- Yes.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Who allegedly described him as unbeatable in defeat,
0:02:25 > 0:02:26but unbearable in victory?
0:02:26 > 0:02:27- Churchill.- Yes.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Which left-handed general was appointed by Montgomery to command
0:02:30 > 0:02:32the 10th Corps at El Alamein,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34but performed poorly and was replaced soon afterwards?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35- Lumsden.- Yes.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39On May 4th, 1945, where in Lower Saxony did he accept the surrender
0:02:39 > 0:02:41of all German forces in north-western Europe?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- Luneburg Heath.- Yes.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Montgomery's wife died in 1937, after being bitten by an insect.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49What medical condition was the cause of her death?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Septicaemia.- It was. After the evacuation from Dunkirk,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Montgomery was given
0:02:53 > 0:02:55the command of which corps in July, 1941?
0:02:55 > 0:02:56- Five.- Yes.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59At which battle did his Eighth Army succeed in halting
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Rommel's attempt to reach Cairo and the Suez Canal in September, 1942?
0:03:03 > 0:03:04- Alam Halfa.- Yes.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Montgomery's plans for Operation Market Garden were severely undermined
0:03:08 > 0:03:10by the presence near Annum of the IX and X Divisions
0:03:10 > 0:03:12of which German armoured force?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- SS Panzer.- Yes. On 6 April, 1943,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18the Eighth Army took which position in a surprise attack?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Pass.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22During the War, Montgomery met George Bernard Shaw
0:03:22 > 0:03:23while sitting for a portrait
0:03:23 > 0:03:26by which artist, although he assured both disliked it?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Augustus John. - Yes. In mid-1946,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Montgomery returned from Germany to take up which position
0:03:31 > 0:03:33in the British Army?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- Chief of the Imperial General Staff.- What was the name of the mill
0:03:35 > 0:03:38in Hampshire that became his home after World War II?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Islington.- Which of Montgomery's liaison officers and colleagues
0:03:41 > 0:03:46since 1942 was killed in an ambush in April, '45?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- John Posten.- Yes. Montgomery served as the Deputy Supreme Commander
0:03:49 > 0:03:53of which organisation from 1951 until his retirement in 1958?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- NATO.- Yes. - BEEP
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I'll finish. Who was Montgomery's former Chief of Staff,
0:03:58 > 0:04:03whom he declined to invite the 25th anniversary of El Alamein's celebrations in 1967?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Francis de Guingand. - Indeed it was.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08You had just one pass, otherwise you would've had a full house.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13On 6 April, '43, the Eighth Army took Wadi Akarit.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16You have, though, Andrew Hunter, 17 points.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20APPLAUSE
0:04:26 > 0:04:30And our next contender, please.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- And your name is?- Jeff Grimshaw.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Your occupation? - Consumer Insights Manager.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42- And your specialist subject? - The Chicago Bears 1920 to 1970.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45The Chicago Bears, in two minutes, starting now.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48In 1921, who became joint owner of the Decatur Staleys football team
0:04:48 > 0:04:51with Dutch Sternaman and renamed it the Chicago Bears the next year?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- George Halas.- Correct.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Which player who appeared for the Bears on their 1925 exhibition tour
0:04:56 > 0:04:58was known as the Wheaton Ice Man or the Galloping Ghost?
0:04:58 > 0:04:59- Red Grange.- Yes.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02In which college was Bronko Nagurski playing before joining the Bears?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03- Minnesota.- Yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07From 1921 on, the club shared Wrigley Field with which baseball
0:05:07 > 0:05:09team before moving to Soldier Field in '71?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10- The Chicago Cubs.- Yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13In addition to Sid Luckman and Bobby Layne, who was the third best
0:05:13 > 0:05:16quarterback of the late '40s whose surname also began
0:05:16 > 0:05:17with the letter L?
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Pass.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24In '52, George Blanda through a last-minute touchdown pass to
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Ed Sprinkle and then kicked the extra point to defeat
0:05:26 > 0:05:29which team by 24 to 23?
0:05:29 > 0:05:30- Green Bay.- Detroit Lions.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Who became the Bears head coach when Halas retired
0:05:32 > 0:05:34for the last time in '68?
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- Jim Dooley.- What was the title of the Bears' first TV highlight show
0:05:38 > 0:05:40hosted by Red Grange and broadcast from the late '40s?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Bears Quarterback Club.- Yes.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Which team did the Bears beat by 73 to nothing to win
0:05:44 > 0:05:46the 1940 championship game?
0:05:46 > 0:05:47- Washington Redskins.- Yes.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51On 17 September 1920, Halas attended a meeting in which city in Ohio
0:05:51 > 0:05:53where the Staleys became one of the original members
0:05:53 > 0:05:56of the American Professional Football Association?
0:05:56 > 0:05:57- Canton.- Yes.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59After the legendary player Bill Hewitt retired from the game,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01the Bears no longer used which number jersey?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- 56.- Yes. What is the title of the team song written by Al Hoffman
0:06:05 > 0:06:08in '41 which includes the line, "We'll never forget the way you
0:06:08 > 0:06:10"thrilled the nation with your T-formation?"
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Bear down, Chicago Bears.- Yes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Which member of Halas' coaching staff began conducting eye-in-the-sky
0:06:15 > 0:06:18analysis of the plays from a vantage point high up in the stands?
0:06:18 > 0:06:19- Luke Johnsos.- Yes.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22What nickname was given to the Bears pre-War kicker Jack Manders
0:06:22 > 0:06:23because of his reliability?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- Automatic Jack.- To which side owned by Ted Collins did the Bears trade
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Bobby Layne in '49?
0:06:28 > 0:06:29- New York Yanks.- Yes.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Which second round pick drafted from the College of the Pacific
0:06:32 > 0:06:34in 1952 was the first African-American player
0:06:34 > 0:06:36to be signed by the Chicago Bears?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- Eddie Macon.- Yes. How many touchdowns did the rookie Gale Sayers
0:06:39 > 0:06:42score against the San Francisco 49ers in December '65?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Six.- Yes. Which safety was forced out...?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- BEEP - I'll finish the question.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50..by the Bears due to rumours he was involved with a fledgling players' union,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53a decision described by Halas' biographer as a disgrace
0:06:53 > 0:06:55to the National Football League?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- Willard Dewveall. - No, it was Ken Gorgal.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03You had one pass. As well as Sid Luckman and Bobby Layne,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06the third Bears quarterback was Johnny Lujack.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09You have, Jeff Grimshaw, 15 points.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13APPLAUSE
0:07:18 > 0:07:20And our next contender, please.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- And your name is?- Keith Bate.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- Your occupation?- Supply teacher.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- Your specialist subject?- The life and career of Tigran Petrosian.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Tigran Petrosian, in two minutes, starting now.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42In which city, the capital of Georgia,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45was the former world chess champion born in 1929?
0:07:45 > 0:07:46- Tbilisi.- Yes.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Which player accused Petrosian of shaking the table
0:07:49 > 0:07:52during a candidates' match in Odessa for the '74 world championship?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Korchnoi.- Yes. Which opening with black featured most
0:07:55 > 0:07:58prominently in the Petrosian's repertory against Botvinnik?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Queen's gambit declined. - Queen's gambit accepted.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05In which number game of the '66 world championship match
0:08:05 > 0:08:08with Spassky did a windmill combination seem likely lead
0:08:08 > 0:08:12to a win by Petrosian, although it ultimately proved unsuccessful?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Game 17.- Game 12.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Which chess master's writings, including his book My System,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19was cited by Petrosian as having the most influence on his style?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- Nimzowitsch.- Correct.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22In the USSR Chess Championship in '51,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26he won his game against Smyslov using which defence to D4?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- The Slav Defence.- What was the first name of Petrosian's wife who was
0:08:32 > 0:08:34an important part of his support team?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38- Rona.- Yes. Having defeated Kasparov in Moscow with the Queen's Indian
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Defence, in which tournament of '81 did Petrosian defeat him
0:08:41 > 0:08:43with an unusual defence involving a King advance?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Tilburg.- Yes.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48In which year did he win the All Union Junior Championship
0:08:48 > 0:08:51outright, having been a joint winner the previous year?
0:08:51 > 0:08:52- 1946.- Correct.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Which future world champion publicly accused Petrosian,
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Geller and Keres of agreeing to draw their games in order
0:08:58 > 0:09:00to conserve energy to defeat their main rival in Curacao?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- Fisher.- Yes.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04What was Petrosian score out of 13 on
0:09:04 > 0:09:07the top board at the end of the Tel Aviv Olympiad in '64?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Ten.- Nine and a half points.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Which defence to the Queen's gambit was central to the second game
0:09:12 > 0:09:15in the '69 world championship match between Petrosian and Spassky?
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Tartakower. - The Tarrasch Defence.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21In a playoff match in early '70, who did Petrosian defeat
0:09:21 > 0:09:23for the title of Soviet champion of '69?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27- Keres.- No, Polugaevsky.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30What was the sealed move in the fifth game against Botvinnik
0:09:30 > 0:09:32that led to Petrosian's first victory
0:09:32 > 0:09:33in the '63 World Championship match?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Rook E4.- King to F7.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39How many successive games ended in a draw at the start of...?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41BEEP
0:09:41 > 0:09:43..semifinal in '71?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- Nine.- One out, it was eight.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48No passes, you have eight points.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51APPLAUSE
0:09:57 > 0:09:58And our final contender, please.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- And your name is?- Ian Allan. - Your occupation?- IT Manager.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- And your chosen subject? - Life and music of Jimi Hendrix.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Jimi Hendrix, in two minutes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17What was Hendrix's guitar of choice and the model he's most closely
0:10:17 > 0:10:18associated with? As a left-hander,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20he would restring it and play it upside down.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Fender Stratocaster.- Yes.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25The newly formed Jimi Hendrix Experience included which drummer,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27formerly of Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- Mitch Mitchell.- Yes.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32The band's first album Are You Experienced was released
0:10:32 > 0:10:34in the same month as their third UK Top 10 single.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37What was the single's title?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38- The Wind Cries Mary.- Yes.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41What name is given to the recording studio that was set up by Hendrix
0:10:41 > 0:10:44and his manager Mike Jeffrey on West 8th Street, New York?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- Electric Lady.- Yes.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Hendrix's only American Top 20 single with his own band
0:10:49 > 0:10:50was a Bob Dylan track.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53The song became so strongly identified with Hendrix's
0:10:53 > 0:10:56interpretation that Dylan adopted it for his own live performances.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58What was the song?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- All Along The Watchtower. - Yes. What was the name of the band that he
0:11:01 > 0:11:04formed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, with fellow soldier Billy Cox?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- Casuals then... The Kings Casuals.- Yes.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09The Experience launched into an impromptu version
0:11:09 > 0:11:13of which song on a live television show hosted by Lulu in 1969?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. - Sunshine of your love.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17When the band pulled out of The Monkees' tour,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20the story was invented that a conservative women's group
0:11:20 > 0:11:23had objected to Hendrix's overtly sexual onstage antics.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24What was the group?
0:11:25 > 0:11:30- Could you repeat the question, please?- When the band pulled out of The Monkees' tour,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32a story was invented that a conservative women's group
0:11:32 > 0:11:35had objected to Hendrix's overtly sexual onstage antics.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37What was the name of the group?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Daughters of the American Revolution.- Correct.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43In which city's airport was he arrested on 3 May, 1969,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45on suspicion of possession of heroin?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48- Montreal?- Toronto.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Chas Chandler, formally of The Animals, discovered Jimmy
0:11:51 > 0:11:55when he was playing in which Greenwich Village club in 1966?
0:11:55 > 0:11:56- Cafe Wha.- Yes.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Hendrix brought his set to an outrageous climax
0:11:58 > 0:12:02at the Monterey Pop Festival in '67 by doing what to his guitar?
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- Setting light to it. - Yes. On which '64 Isley Brothers' single,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09their first on their own label, did Hendrix play lead guitar?
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Pass.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- What was the name of the producer... - BEEP
0:12:15 > 0:12:20..in '65 that gave him the sum of one dollar and a royalties deal
0:12:20 > 0:12:23that would severely reduce his future earnings?
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- Ed Chalpin.- Yes, that's correct. You had one pass.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31That Isley Brothers' single was Testify.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34You have, Ian Alan, 10 points.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36APPLAUSE
0:12:44 > 0:12:46A couple of very high scores in the first round.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Let's have a look at all of them.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50In fourth place, with eight points, Keith Bate.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52In third place, 10 points, Ian Allan.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55In second place, 15 points, Jeff Grimshaw.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59In the lead, very big, 17 points, Andrew Hunter.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03APPLAUSE
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Round two now, the general knowledge round.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11If there's a tie the end of it, then the number of passes is
0:13:11 > 0:13:15taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19If they're tied on passes as well, then there'll be a tiebreak.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22The six highest scoring runners-up, incidentally,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26will also be able to claim a place in the semifinals.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29So, let's get on with it and ask Keith Bate to join us again, please.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37And you had eight points with your knowledge of Tigran Petrosian, the great chess player.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Two and a half minutes, here we go.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45DE is the Internet code abbreviation for which country?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- Denmark?- Germany.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50The United Nations agency founded in 1946 to provide
0:13:50 > 0:13:53relief for children in countries devastated by World War II
0:13:53 > 0:13:55is known by what acronym?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- Pass.- What is the lightest chemical element?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02- Hydrogen.- Yes.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Which antipollution component of a car usually consists
0:14:05 > 0:14:07of a ceramic structure coated with a blend of platinum,
0:14:07 > 0:14:08rhodium and palladium?
0:14:11 > 0:14:12- Lead.- The catalytic converter.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Habib Bourguiba was president of which North African country
0:14:16 > 0:14:19from its independence, in 1957, to 1987?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- Algeria.- Tunisia.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25According to the poem written in 1915 by the Canadian military
0:14:25 > 0:14:27position John McCrae, where did the poppies blow
0:14:27 > 0:14:30between the crosses row on row?
0:14:30 > 0:14:31- Flanders Fields.- Yes.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Which musician who had hits with Jennifer Juniper
0:14:34 > 0:14:36and Catch The Wind was awarded a lifetime achievement award
0:14:36 > 0:14:39at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2011?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- John Denver.- Yes. The name of which Mexican volcano means
0:14:42 > 0:14:45smoking mountain in the local Indian language?
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Pass.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48What romantic nickname is said to have been given to
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Beethoven's Piano Sonata Number 14 In C Sharp Minor in a review
0:14:51 > 0:14:53by the poet Ludwig Rellstab?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- Pastoral. - The Moonlight Sonata.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Which senior football executive played for France
0:14:59 > 0:15:01in three World Cups and was made a Chevalier
0:15:01 > 0:15:03of the Legion of Honour in 1985?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04- Platini.- Yes.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Which planet has a giant white spot that appears approximately
0:15:08 > 0:15:09every 30 years?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- Jupiter.- Saturn.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Where were the British ships Dartmouth, Eleanor
0:15:13 > 0:15:15and Beaver moored when they were boarded on 16 December,
0:15:15 > 0:15:191773, by a band of men, some of whom were dressed as Mohawk Indians?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22- Boston.- Yes.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Who wrote the novels The Hunt For Red October, Patriot Games
0:15:25 > 0:15:27and Clear And Present Danger?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- Clancy.- Yes. Which turtle gets its name from a hooked beak
0:15:30 > 0:15:32that resembles that of a bird of prey?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Pass.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36In December, 2010, which American talk show presenter, famous
0:15:36 > 0:15:40for his colourful braces, hosted the final episode of his CNN show?
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Pass.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44What name is given to the sleeveless outer vestment worn by priests
0:15:44 > 0:15:47and bishops of the Roman Catholic and some other churches
0:15:47 > 0:15:49while presiding at mass or Holy Communion?
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Cossack.- Chasuble.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Which barren upland area in North East Cornwall has
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Brown Willy as its highest point?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58- Dartmoor.- Bodmin Moor.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Which single by the Undertones was the broadcaster John Peel's
0:16:01 > 0:16:03favourite record and was played at his funeral?
0:16:03 > 0:16:04- Teenage Kicks.- Yes.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Who became Britain's first black Cabinet Minister
0:16:06 > 0:16:09when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury
0:16:09 > 0:16:10in May, 2002?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12BEEP Pass.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Well, I can tell you because your time is up. It was Paul Boateng.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Your other pass is Larry King.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21He was the man with the braces on CNN.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23That turtle is called the Hawksbill.
0:16:23 > 0:16:29The name of that Mexican volcano is Popocatepetl.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32And the United Nations agency to provide relief for children,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34UNICEF.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37You have a total, Keith Bate, of 15 points.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41APPLAUSE
0:16:45 > 0:16:47And now, Ian Allan, again, please.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54And you scored ten points with your knowledge of Jimi Hendrix.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58So, let's test your now on your general knowledge.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Here we go, to a half minutes.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03What word for box used for burial comes from the Greek for a basket?
0:17:05 > 0:17:06- Coffin.- Yes.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Petrarchan and English are the two main types of which 14 line verse?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- Soliloquy.- Sonnet.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17In 1981, which university dramatic club was the first winner
0:17:17 > 0:17:19of the Edinburgh Festival comedy award with a revue
0:17:19 > 0:17:21that featured Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Cambridge Footlights.- Yes.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Two species of deer are indigenous to Britain.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28The red deer is one, what is the other?
0:17:28 > 0:17:29- Roe dear.- Yes.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32In September, 1945, on board which American battleship
0:17:32 > 0:17:34did the Japanese sign their formal surrender?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- Enterprise.- Missouri.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Which West country food won Protected Geographical
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Indications status in February, 2011,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46so that only those prepared with in the county can claim the name?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- Cornish pasties.- Yes. Which David Bowie song features the line,
0:17:50 > 0:17:55"my mother said to get things done, you better not mess with Major Tom?"
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- Space Oddity.- Ashes To Ashes.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59What term for the study of election results
0:17:59 > 0:18:02and trends comes from the Greek turn for the pebble that Athenians
0:18:02 > 0:18:04dropped into an urn in order to vote?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Pass.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Which claimant to the English throne was
0:18:08 > 0:18:11the granddaughter of Mary Brandon, the younger sister of Henry VIII?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- Lady Jane Grey.- Yes.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18The British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle supported the theory
0:18:18 > 0:18:21that the universe has always existed in more or less the same form,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24with new matter being created as it expands.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26What is the theory called?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- Big Bang.- The Steady State theory.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Which former footballer made his film debut as the underworld thug
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Big Chris and Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels?
0:18:34 > 0:18:35- Vinnie Jones.- Yes.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38What did the philosopher Thomas Hobbes in his work Leviathan
0:18:38 > 0:18:42describe as solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short?
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- Life.- The life of man, yes.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Which 19th century New England sect designed simple,
0:18:47 > 0:18:51functional furniture that anticipated modern design?
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Pass.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54What geographical distinction is claimed by the village
0:18:54 > 0:18:56of Dunsop Bridge in the Forest of Bowland
0:18:56 > 0:18:59and the town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Pass.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Which worked based on 13th century Latin secular poems was set
0:19:04 > 0:19:06to music in 1937 by Carl Orff?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- Dante's Inferno.- Carmina Burana.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11In which sported Adrian Lewis
0:19:11 > 0:19:15and Martin Adams both become world champions in January, 2011?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Pass.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Who resigned as Education Secretary in October, 2002,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23saying she felt she had not been as effective as she should have been?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- Jacqui Smith.- Estelle Morris.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Kaapstad is the Afrikaans name for which city?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32BEEP
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- Durbin.- No, it's Cape Town. You had four passes.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Adrian Lewis and Martin Adams were rather good at darts.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Both Dunsop Bridge and Haltwhistle claimed the geographic distinction
0:19:43 > 0:19:45of being the centre of Britain.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48It was Shakers who designed simple, functional furniture.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52And the term for the study of election results and all that,
0:19:52 > 0:19:53psephology.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56You have a total, Ian Allan, of 17 points.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00APPLAUSE
0:20:05 > 0:20:08And now, Jeff Grimshaw, again, please.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15And, the Chicago Bears earned you 15 points.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Here we go. Two and a half minutes.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Flaky, suet crust and short crust are types of what food stuff?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- Pastry.- Yes.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Who took Bonnie Prince Charlie from the Isle of Skye disguised
0:20:26 > 0:20:27as an Irish maid, Betty Burke?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- MacDonald.- Yes, Flora MacDonald.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33The name of which popular caged bird is widely thought to come
0:20:33 > 0:20:36from the words for good cockatoo in and Australian aboriginal language?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39- Budgerigar.- Yes.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Which novel by Nick Hornby features Rob Fleming,
0:20:42 > 0:20:43who runs a record shop in North London?
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Pass.- What name is given to the American policy statement
0:20:48 > 0:20:51of December, 1823, warning Europeans against interfering
0:20:51 > 0:20:54in the newly independent state of Latin America?
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Pass.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Which footballer began his career when he joined the amateur team
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Andorinha in his native Madeira where his father was the kick man?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- Eusebio.- No, Cristiano Ronaldo.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Which biblical prophet initially disobeyed God's orders to go
0:21:07 > 0:21:10to Nineveh and warn its inhabitants of their imminent destruction?
0:21:10 > 0:21:11- Isaac.- Jonah.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14What name is given to a vein that becomes twisted and distended
0:21:14 > 0:21:17because of an increase in the volume of blood within it?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18- Varicose.- Yes.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Which resort on the northwest coast of Devon was named after
0:21:20 > 0:21:23a Charles Kingsley novel?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Barnstaple.- Westward Ho!
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Which front man with the band Nine Inch Nails won
0:21:27 > 0:21:30an Oscar in 2011 for the best original score for the film
0:21:30 > 0:21:32The Social Network?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34- Trent Reznor.- Yes.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37In physics, the Higgs boson, which the Large Hadron Collider
0:21:37 > 0:21:39at Geneva is searching for, is known by what nickname?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- The God particle.- Yes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Which art critic and writer who originally championed
0:21:44 > 0:21:45the Pre-Raphaelites lived at Brantwood,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49on the shores of Coniston Water from 1872 until he died in 1900?
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Pass.- It which Baltic state is the unit of currency called the litas?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57- Latvia.- Lithuania.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Who resigned as leader of the Conservative Party in July, 1965?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- Macmillan.- Douglas-Home. Which British band was formed
0:22:05 > 0:22:08in Birmingham in 1978 by John Taylor and Nick Rhodes?
0:22:08 > 0:22:09- Duran Duran.- Yes.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Which joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14former head of state, was born on Christmas Day, 1918,
0:22:14 > 0:22:15in the Nile delta?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- Sadat.- Yes.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Whose artwork Everyone I've Ever Slept With 1963 To 1995, also known
0:22:22 > 0:22:27as The Tent, was destroyed in a fire at the Momart Art Warehouse in 2004?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Tracey Emin.- Yes. Which cocktail consisting of vodka
0:22:30 > 0:22:32and lime juice topped off with ginger beer is said to have been
0:22:32 > 0:22:37invented in America in the 1940s and is often served in a copper mug?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- Margarita.- Moscow Mule.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42The Arch of Titus in Rome commemorates the capture
0:22:42 > 0:22:45and distraction of which city and its temple and 17 AD?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- Carthage.- Jerusalem.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Whom did the biographer James Boswell accompany
0:22:49 > 0:22:51on a tour through Scotland in 1773?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- BEEP Johnson.- Johnson it was.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56You had three passes.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00John Ruskin was the man who lived on the shores of Coniston Water.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05The Monroe Doctrine was the policy warning the Europeans to keep
0:23:05 > 0:23:06out of Latin America.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11Nick Hornby wrote High Fidelity, about a record shop in North London.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15You have, Jeff Grimshaw, a total of 25 points.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18APPLAUSE
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Finally, Andrew Hunter, please.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31So, you start out with a whopping 17 points.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34The score you have to beat is 25.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Two and a half minutes, starting now. In pantomime,
0:23:38 > 0:23:42who was leaving London when he heard the bells telling him to turn again?
0:23:42 > 0:23:43- Dick Whittington.- Yes.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46In which capital city is Tahrir Square the scene of much fighting
0:23:46 > 0:23:49during the 2011 uprising against President Mubarak's rule?
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- Cairo.- Yes.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Which Yorkshire and England opening batsman was the first player to face
0:23:54 > 0:23:58a ball in a One Day International against Australia on 5 January, 1971?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Boycott.- Correct.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03December 11th to August 11th is the closed season for the shooting
0:24:03 > 0:24:05of which birds in England, Wales, and Scotland?
0:24:05 > 0:24:06- Grouse.- Yes.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09What word for fortune-telling by reading the lines on the palm
0:24:09 > 0:24:12comes from Greek words for hand and divination?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- Palmistry.- Chiromancy.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Which party, formed to break the mould of British politics,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21finished behind the Monster Raving Loony Party
0:24:21 > 0:24:23in the Bootle by-election in May, 1990?
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Pass.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29In 1781, which planet became the first to be discovered
0:24:29 > 0:24:30with a telescope?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- Uranus.- Yes.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35What nickname was given by American troops to the female broadcasters
0:24:35 > 0:24:37of propaganda from Japan during World War II?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40The name became particularly associated with Iva Toguri D'Aquino.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- Tokyo Rose.- Yes.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Which shipping forecast area off the east coast of Scotland
0:24:44 > 0:24:48gets its name from the approximate depth in fathoms of its seabed?
0:24:48 > 0:24:49- Forties.- Yes.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Which architect began constructing the royal palace from the old
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Buckingham House, but was dismissed in 1830, on the death of George IV?
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- Nash.- Correct. What is the common English name for the family of plants
0:24:58 > 0:25:01of the aromatic herb that pennyroyal belongs to?
0:25:01 > 0:25:05- Pass.- In 2010, which Indian-born novelist published his second book
0:25:05 > 0:25:08for children, Luka And The Fire Of Life?
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- Pass.- Which is the first county the river Severn flows through
0:25:11 > 0:25:12on entering England?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13- Shropshire.- Correct.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Ian Hislop is one of the regular captains
0:25:15 > 0:25:19on the television programme Have I Got News For You, who is the other?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20- Paul Merton.- Yes.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Which relative of the giraffe, found only in the deep forests
0:25:23 > 0:25:25of central Africa, was unknown to Europeans until about 1900?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- The okapi.- Yes.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Which novel by James Jones about the experiences of a serviceman
0:25:30 > 0:25:32in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbour was made
0:25:32 > 0:25:35into an award-winning winning film starring Burt Lancaster,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Deborah Kerr and Frank Sinatra?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38- From Here To Eternity.- Yes.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Whose album subtitled Back Into Hell, released in 1993,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44was a follow-up to his hit album in 1978?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Pass.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48In which European country was the escudo the unit of currency
0:25:48 > 0:25:50immediately prior to the adoption of the euro?
0:25:50 > 0:25:51- Portugal.- Yes.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54In 1846, who was the Prime Minister responsible for the repeal
0:25:54 > 0:25:57of the Corn Laws which had restricted imports of grain?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- Peel.- Yes. In which opera by Benjamin Britten
0:26:00 > 0:26:03is the hero hanged for murder on the HMS Indomitable?
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- Billy Budd.- Yes. Which decimal coin was only in circulation
0:26:06 > 0:26:08from 1971 till the 31st of December, 1984...
0:26:08 > 0:26:12- BEEP - ..when it ceased to be legal tender?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- Half penny.- Yes, the new half penny.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19Four passes. Meatloaf did Back Into Hell.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24Salman Rushdie was the novelist who wrote Luka And The Fire Of Life.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29And pennyroyal is of the mint family.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33And it was the SDP that got beaten by the Monster Raving Loony Party.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Perhaps I should say the late SDP.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Four passes. Andrew Hunter, a total of 33 points.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44APPLAUSE
0:26:51 > 0:26:56A very clear winner there. Let's have a look at all the final scores.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58In fourth place, with 15 points, Keith Bate.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02In third place, 17 points, Ian Allan. In second place,
0:27:02 > 0:27:04a very respectable 25 points, Jeff Grimshaw.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08In first place, with 33 points, Andrew Hunter.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12APPLAUSE
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Which means, of course, that Andrew Hunter is tonight's winner
0:27:23 > 0:27:25and goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Congratulations to him. If you would like to play
0:27:27 > 0:27:31an online version of Mastermind or be a contender in the next series,
0:27:31 > 0:27:35do go to our website bbc.co.uk/mastermind.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38And do join us next time for more Mastermind.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Thank you for watching, goodbye.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43APPLAUSE
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