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