0:00:02 > 0:00:04Over the coming weeks, 96 contenders will face the ultimate test
0:00:04 > 0:00:08of nerve and knowledge when they sit in this black chair.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10They all believe that they're in with a chance
0:00:10 > 0:00:14but only one can be crowned the nation's Mastermind.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42First in the spotlight tonight is Rosalind Winter,
0:00:42 > 0:00:43a writer from Gloucestershire.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47She'll be answering questions on the completed novels of Jane Austen.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Next, Nathan Joss, a student from Colville.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53His specialist subject, the life and times of Elizabeth I.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Gregory Spiller, a software engineer from Stockport, will be
0:00:57 > 0:01:00answering questions on Fawlty Towers
0:01:00 > 0:01:03and Chris Cann, an Arts Development Officer from London,
0:01:03 > 0:01:07his subject, the Savoy Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12APPLAUSE
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Tonight, four contenders will put their knowledge
0:01:22 > 0:01:26to the test in their bid to become the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29And with that title goes this glass bowl.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Modest to look at, but what an honour to own.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35To do it they have to score more points than anyone else.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38First in their specialist round, two minutes.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41And then their general knowledge two-and-a-half minutes.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43That is often the killer.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us please.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- And your name is?- Rosalind Winter.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Your occupation?- Writer.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57And your specialist subject?
0:01:57 > 0:01:58The completed novels of Jane Austen.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Jane Austen in two minutes starting now.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Which was the first of her novels to be published?
0:02:03 > 0:02:07It appeared in 1811, was described as being by a lady.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Sense And Sensibility.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Correct. In Pride And Prejudice,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13who marries Mr Collins after Elizabeth rejects his proposal?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Charlotte Lucas.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Yes. In Emma, at the ball held by Mr and Mrs Weston,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19who turns down an invitation to dance with Harriet Smith
0:02:19 > 0:02:20with the excuse he is an old married man
0:02:20 > 0:02:22and his dancing days are over?
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Mr Elton.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Yes. The final chapter of which novel opens with the lines,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29"I quit such subjects as soon as I can."
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Mansfield Park.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Yes. Darcy writes to Elizabeth after she rejects his marriage proposal.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36In the letter, whom does he say Wycombe had tried to elope with?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- His sister. - Yes. Georgiana.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41In Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland spent two years
0:02:41 > 0:02:43from the age of 15 to 17 reading books that would
0:02:43 > 0:02:45supply her with useful quotations.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48What role is she said to have been in training for?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49A heroine.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51In Mansfield Park what does Mary Crawford give Fanny to wear
0:02:51 > 0:02:54at the ball that Sir Thomas holds for her and her brother William?
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Er, a gold chain.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56A gold necklace, yes.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58In whose shop where she's arranging the exchange
0:02:58 > 0:03:00of some of her mother's jewels,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02does Elinor Dashwood unexpectedly meet her brother John?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Morlands?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Mr Grey's. In Persuasion,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07what is the name of Sir Walter Elliott's house in Somerset
0:03:07 > 0:03:09that he has to let to Admiral and Mrs Croft
0:03:09 > 0:03:11because he can no longer afford to live there?
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Kennich Hall.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Yes. In Emma, what post in the village of Highbury
0:03:15 > 0:03:17had Mrs Bates' husband held before his death?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18He was the rector.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Yes. Vicar.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22The militia regiment in Pride and Prejudice had their
0:03:22 > 0:03:24winter headquarters in which town near Longbourn
0:03:24 > 0:03:26that's also home to Mrs Bennett's sister?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Meriton.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30When Sir Walter Elliott notices his daughter's improved looks,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32he assumes she's been using a particular lotion,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34which he claims has also carried away Mrs Clay's freckles.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- What's it's name? - Gowland.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Yes. To which of his daughters does Mr Bennett say,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40after she's performed a second song,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43"That'll do extremely well, you've delighted us long enough,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46"let the other young ladies have time to exhibit?"
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Mary.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Yes, in Mansfield Park,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49what's the play the young people plan to perform
0:03:49 > 0:03:52until Sir Thomas Bertram arrives home and puts a stop to it?
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Lover's Vows.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55In Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland is first introduced
0:03:55 > 0:03:58to Henry Tilney in the lower assembly rooms in Bath by Mr King.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00What position does Mr King hold?
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Master Of Ceremonies.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Yes. Emma's... I started so I'll finish,
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Emma's good opinion of Frank Churchill's shaken
0:04:05 > 0:04:08when she finds out the reason for his sudden trip to London.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09What was it?
0:04:09 > 0:04:10To have his hair cut.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14It was indeed. No passes. Rosalind, you have...
0:04:14 > 0:04:1515 points.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19APPLAUSE
0:04:24 > 0:04:26And our next contender, please.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- And your name is?- Nathan Joss.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34- Your occupation?- Student.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- And your chosen subject. - The Life And Times Of Elizabeth I.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Elizabeth I. In two minutes starting now.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41In which palace was the Princess Elizabeth born
0:04:41 > 0:04:44to Anne Boleyn on Sunday 7th September 1533?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Greenwich Palace.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Yes. What name is given to the unsuccessful attempt in late 1569
0:04:48 > 0:04:51by Catholic English nobles to depose Elizabeth
0:04:51 > 0:04:53and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54The Northern Rising.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Yes. Who was Elizabeth's tutor in Greek and Latin
0:04:56 > 0:04:58between 1548 and 1550,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00following the death of her previous tutor
0:05:00 > 0:05:01William Grindal?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Roger Ascham.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04In a speech to her troops
0:05:04 > 0:05:06preparing to face the Spanish Armada in 1588,
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Elizabeth said she had,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09"The heart and stomach of a king."
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Where, near the Thames, were the troops camped?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Tilbury.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Who was the financial manager
0:05:13 > 0:05:15in her first independent household?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16On her accession he was knighted
0:05:16 > 0:05:18and made Comptroller of the Royal Household.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Thomas Parry.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Which Pope issued the Papal bull
0:05:21 > 0:05:23named Regnans in Excelsis in 1570
0:05:23 > 0:05:26that excommunicated Elizabeth and declared her to be
0:05:26 > 0:05:27"The pretended Queen of England"?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Pius V.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31In 1554, she was implicated in a revolt against Queen Mary
0:05:31 > 0:05:32and was sent to the Tower.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Who led this revolt in Kent?
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Thomas Wyatt.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37What name has been given to the speech she gave
0:05:37 > 0:05:39to the House of Commons on the 30th of November 1601,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41in which she spoke of her love and respect
0:05:41 > 0:05:43for the country and its people?
0:05:43 > 0:05:44The Golden Speech.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Who was known to visit
0:05:45 > 0:05:47the teenage Elizabeth in her bedchamber,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49to tickle her and, "strike her upon the back
0:05:49 > 0:05:51"or on the buttocks familiarly"?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54He was executed for treason in 1549.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Thomas Seymour.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57At which palace did she conclude a treaty
0:05:57 > 0:05:59with the Dutch in August 1585,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01by which she sent infantry and cavalry
0:06:01 > 0:06:02to help them against the Spanish?
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Nonsuch.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Elizabeth's councillors feared for her life
0:06:05 > 0:06:08in October 1562, when she became seriously ill.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10What disease did she have?
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Smallpox.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Elizabeth suspended the Archbishop of Canterbury,
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Edmund Grindal, in 1577.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15What Puritan practice,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17involving clerical self-education groups,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19had he been encouraging?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Er, people preaching from their own texts.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Exercises of Prophesying.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25In which allegorical epic poem by Sir Edmund Spenser,
0:06:25 > 0:06:26published in instalments in the 1590s,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29does the poet refer to her as Gloriana?
0:06:29 > 0:06:30The Faerie Queene.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32The signatories of a document of 1584
0:06:32 > 0:06:34pledged to hunt down and execute any person
0:06:34 > 0:06:36who tried to harm Elizabeth or usurp her throne.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38What was this document?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40The Act of Association.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40The Bond of Association.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Which bishop...
0:06:40 > 0:06:42BEEP
0:06:41 > 0:06:42..so I'll finish...
0:06:42 > 0:06:44officiated at her coronation
0:06:44 > 0:06:46on the 15th of January 1559?
0:06:46 > 0:06:47The Bishop of Carlisle.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Yes, or Owen Oglethorpe.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50No passes.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Nathan, you have 13 points.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56APPLAUSE
0:07:01 > 0:07:03And our next contender, please.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- And your name is?- Gregory Spiller.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13- Your occupation?- Software Engineer.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15And your chosen subject?
0:07:15 > 0:07:16- Fawlty Towers.- Fawlty Towers!
0:07:16 > 0:07:17In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19What name does Manuel give to his pet rat,
0:07:19 > 0:07:23which he was told was a filigree Siberian hamster?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Basil.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26What was the name of the manager of the hotel
0:07:26 > 0:07:28upon whom John Cleese based the character of Basil Fawlty?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Donald Sinclair.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31How many years of marriage
0:07:31 > 0:07:33are Sybil and Basil celebrating in The Anniversary?
0:07:33 > 0:07:3515.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37With what does Basil give his car
0:07:37 > 0:07:38"A damn good thrashing,"
0:07:38 > 0:07:40when it breaks down in Gourmet Night?
0:07:40 > 0:07:41A branch.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44When Basil employs O'Reilly instead of Stubbs to do some building
0:07:44 > 0:07:47his men block off the door to which part of the hotel?
0:07:47 > 0:07:48The dining room.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50What is the name of the director of the second series
0:07:50 > 0:07:53who, 18 years later, directed the film Spice World?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Bob Spiers.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56What is the punch line to Mr Johnson's joke
0:07:56 > 0:07:58in The Psychiatrists, which Sybil finds extremely funny
0:07:58 > 0:08:00that Basil doesn't?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Erm..."Pretentious, moi?!"
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Which guest berates Polly
0:08:04 > 0:08:06for spilling his grapefruit juice at breakfast,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08and tells her he wants his Spanish omelette,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10"On a plate and not on the tablecloth"?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13She replies by asking him if he is the Duke of Kent.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Mr Hutchinson.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16In Communication Problems, when the Major asks Basil
0:08:16 > 0:08:18why St George killed the dragon,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Basil replies that it was better than doing...what?
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Marrying it.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25In the final episode, the hotel is being inspected by Mr Carnegie
0:08:25 > 0:08:26on behalf of which organisation?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Er...the Public Health Department.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31What was the name of the Latin teacher at Cleese's school
0:08:31 > 0:08:33upon whom Cleese based the character of Major Gowen?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Captain Lancaster.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36On Gourmet Night, the second duck
0:08:36 > 0:08:38that Basil collects from Andre's restaurant
0:08:38 > 0:08:41is accidentally swapped with what type of dessert?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Trifle.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Which character is named after a restaurateur friend of John Cleese
0:08:45 > 0:08:48who gave him advice regarding the problems faced by hoteliers?
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Mr Leeman.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51When Basil tells Manuel to remove two dead pigeons
0:08:51 > 0:08:54from the water tank on the roof, Manuel bursts out laughing
0:08:54 > 0:08:56because he has confused the word 'pigeon'
0:08:56 > 0:08:57with the word for which creature?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Pig.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01What is the name of the cocktail the Hamiltons ask for,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03which Basil has never heard of?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Screwdriver.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Mrs Peignoir tells Basil that she thinks beneath his
0:09:06 > 0:09:08"English exterior throbs a passion
0:09:08 > 0:09:10"that would make Lord Byron look like..." what?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12A shopkeeper.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15No, tobacconist. Cleese created a prototype of Basil Fawlty
0:09:15 > 0:09:17called Mr Clifford, played by Timothy Bateson.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19In which 1971 TV series...
0:09:18 > 0:09:19BEEP
0:09:19 > 0:09:21..did he appear?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Doctor at Large. - Is correct!
0:09:23 > 0:09:25No passes.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28You are now in the lead with 16 points.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30APPLAUSE
0:09:36 > 0:09:37And our final contender, please.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44- And your name is?- Chris Cann.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Your occupation? - Arts Development Officer.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48And your chosen subject?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50The Savoy Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Two minutes. In The Pirates of Penzance,
0:09:53 > 0:09:56how does Major General Stanley invoke sympathy of the pirates,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00preventing them from carrying off his daughters?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00He tells them he's an orphan.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Which dramatist helped promote the D'Oyly Carte production of Patience
0:10:03 > 0:10:05while on a lecture tour of America?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07He was said to resemble the "fleshly poet," Bunthorne?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Oscar Wilde.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Of the 14 collaborations
0:10:10 > 0:10:12of Gilbert and Sullivan, which is the only one
0:10:12 > 0:10:15whose libretto is not an wholly original piece?
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Princess Ida.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Which writer, actor and singer appeared in the title role
0:10:18 > 0:10:20in the original production of The Sorcerer?
0:10:20 > 0:10:24He then played the chief comic role in other operettas.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24George Grossmith.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26In the song, The Criminal Cried, in The Mikado,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28what word does Ko-Ko use to describe the weapon
0:10:28 > 0:10:30with which he supposedly executed Nanki-Poo?
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Snickersnee.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Which character from an early operetta
0:10:33 > 0:10:36reappears in the finale of the first act of Utopia Limited?
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Captain Corcoran.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40In Patience, how does Bunthorne propose to choose his bride
0:10:40 > 0:10:42having taken advice from his solicitor?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44A raffle.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Who was the chief of the London Fire Brigade
0:10:46 > 0:10:48who was in the audience on the first night of Iolanthe,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51referred to in the song, Oh, Foolish Fay?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Captain Shaw.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54In Ruddigore, Rose offers herself in marriage to Despard,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56but he refuses and marries which other character instead?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Mad Margaret.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59What was the name of the Japanese prince
0:10:59 > 0:11:02whose visit to Britain in 1907 caused Lord Chamberlain
0:11:02 > 0:11:04to withdraw the licence for stage productions of The Mikado?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Hashimoto.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Fushimi. At the end of The Gondoliers,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11who is revealed to be the rightful King of Barataria?
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Luiz.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14According to the dramatis personae of The Sorcerer,
0:11:14 > 0:11:15what is the occupation of Mrs Partlet?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17She's a pew opener.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Trial by Jury, the first operetta written
0:11:19 > 0:11:22by Gilbert and Sullivan for Richard D'Oyly Carte, opened at the Royalty Theatre
0:11:22 > 0:11:26on the 25th of March 1875 with which operetta by Offenbach?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27La Perichole.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29In The Mikado, what was the occupation of Ko-Ko
0:11:29 > 0:11:32before he was elevated to Lord High Executioner?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33A cheap tailor.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36In The Grand Duke, what does the impoverished Prince of Monte Carlo invent,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39that has made him extremely rich?
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Roulette.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41At the beginning of act two of Patience,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44on which instrument does Lady Jane play
0:11:44 > 0:11:46in the song, Silvered is the Raven Hair?
0:11:46 > 0:11:47A cello.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Which D'Oyly Carte player made his debut
0:11:49 > 0:11:53as Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore, a week into the original run...
0:11:53 > 0:11:56BEEP
0:11:54 > 0:11:56..when the regular actor fell ill with peritonitis?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Henry Lytton.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Is correct!
0:11:58 > 0:12:00No passes for you either,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02and you also have 16 points!
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Thank you.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06APPLAUSE
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Well, that's the end of the first round
0:12:14 > 0:12:18and what a very high-scoring round it was. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Fourth place, 13 points - a high score in itself - Nathan Joss.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Third place, 15 points, Rosalind Winter.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Joint first place with a very strong 16 points apiece,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Gregory Spiller and Chris Cann.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36APPLAUSE
0:12:38 > 0:12:40So it's the general knowledge round now
0:12:40 > 0:12:42and if there is a tie at the end of this round,
0:12:42 > 0:12:46which they're very well might be, then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:46 > 0:12:49and the contender with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52If they're tied on passes as well then we have a tie-break.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55The sixth-highest scoring runners-up will also claim a place
0:12:55 > 0:12:58in the semi-final, so plenty to play for.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Let's get on with it and ask Nathan Joss to join us again, please.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07And you begin with your 13 points with your knowledge of Elizabeth I.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Now, it's two-and-a-half minutes. Here we go.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Which series of films features the robots C3PO and R2D2?
0:13:16 > 0:13:17- Star Wars.- Yes.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20What substance used to intensify the flavours of certain foods,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22especially in Chinese and Japanese cuisine,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25is often known by the abbreviation MSG?
0:13:25 > 0:13:26- Soy sauce.- Monosodium glutamate.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Which work by Thomas Paine was begun in defence of the French Revolution
0:13:29 > 0:13:33but evolved into an analysis of popular discontent and autocratic government.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- On The Liberties Of Men? - The Rights Of Man.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Which musical that opened on Broadway in April 1968 is said to be
0:13:38 > 0:13:41the first musical of the hippy peace and love generation?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- Hair.- Yes. What's the name of the only country
0:13:44 > 0:13:47that has a coastline on both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- Saudi Arabia?- Keith Lemon, the host of the television quiz Celebrity Juice,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- is the creation of which British comedian?- Pass.
0:13:53 > 0:13:561 Carlton Gardens is the official London residence
0:13:56 > 0:13:57of which government minister?
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- The Foreign Secretary.- Yes. In The Merchant Of Venice, who speaks the lines,
0:14:01 > 0:14:05"Hath a dog money? Is it possible a cur can lend 3,000 ducats?"
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- Shylock?- Yes. Which Oscar-winning 1995 Bryan Singer film
0:14:08 > 0:14:10starring Kevin Spacey and Gabriel Byrne
0:14:10 > 0:14:15- features the search for the mysterious master criminal Keyser Soze?- Pass.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Which 15th-century Florentine painter's works
0:14:17 > 0:14:19include Primavera and The Birth Of Venus?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20- Botticelli.- Yes.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23What's the common bird-related name for horripilation,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26the bristling of hairs on the skin caused by cold, fear or some other emotion?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27- Goosebumps.- Yes.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Which of the southern states of the USA is divided into 64 parishes,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33including Beauregard, Bienville and Lafayette?
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- Texas?- Louisiana. Which Mercury prize-winning band wrote First Steps,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40the BBC's theme for its 2012 Olympic coverage?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- Elbow.- Yes. What name's given to any of the group of dog breeds
0:14:43 > 0:14:47originally bred to pursue animals underground and flush them out or kill them?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- Setters?- Terrier. Which Scottish mountain is most easily climbed
0:14:50 > 0:14:54by the mountain path which starts at Achintee near Fort William?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- Ben Nevis.- Yes. What name's given to the eastern part of the Roman Empire
0:14:57 > 0:15:01that survived until the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks in 1453?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- The Byzantine Empire.- Yes.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05In which year was the first national census held in Britain?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Since then it's normally been held every 10 years.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- 1801.- Yes. What name is given to the multi-branch candelabrum
0:15:11 > 0:15:14which, since biblical times, has been a symbol of Judaism?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- Menorah.- Yes. The title of which book by Tom Wolfe refers to
0:15:17 > 0:15:21the burning of objects by Savonarola's followers in 15th century Florence?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22- The Bonfire Of The Vanities. - Yes.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25In the Second World War, what nickname was usually given
0:15:25 > 0:15:28to the aircraft at the rear of the group or the rear gunner in a bomber?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Pass.- The title character of which Puccini opera
0:15:31 > 0:15:32has the first name Floria?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Madame Butterfly?- Tosca.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Many Scottish Rugby union clubs have FP after their name.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39What do these letters stand for?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- Fourth parish. - Former Pupils.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Which public holiday is observed
0:15:43 > 0:15:45- on the first Monday of September... - BEEP
0:15:45 > 0:15:46..in America and Canada?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Thanksgiving?- No, it's Labour Day.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49You had three passes,
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Tail-End Charlie is the name for the poor chap at the back of the plane.
0:15:53 > 0:15:59The Usual Suspects is that 1995 Oscar-winning film
0:15:59 > 0:16:01and Keith Lemon...
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Leigh Francis. He was the creator.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08So, with those three passes, Nathan, you have 26 points.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10APPLAUSE
0:16:16 > 0:16:20And now would Rosalind join us again, please?
0:16:20 > 0:16:24And you have 15 points to start this round with,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27with your knowledge of the Jane Austen novels.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Orange pekoe and lapsang souchong
0:16:32 > 0:16:34are varieties of what beverage?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Tea.- Yes. Which Italian opera house was built by command of Maria Theresa,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40the Empress of Austria, after an earlier building had burnt down in 1776?
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- La Scala?- Yes. Which poet met and married Ted Hughes
0:16:43 > 0:16:46while at Newnham College, Cambridge? She committed suicide in 1963.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- Sylvia Plath.- Yes. Cape Jasmine's a popular variety of which plant
0:16:50 > 0:16:52named after an 18th-century Scots-born botanist?
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Its huge double-bloom white flowers produce a sweet, heavy scent.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Jasmine?- Gardenia.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00What Spanish name meaning "double step" is given to the music
0:17:00 > 0:17:02that's played at the beginning of a bullfight?
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- Pass.- Which celebrated French chef made the Savoy hotel
0:17:06 > 0:17:10a fashionable dining venue, then he moved to the Carlton?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- Michel Roux? - Auguste Escoffier.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Who was the Roman goddess of handicrafts and the arts,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16the counterpart of the Greek goddess Athene?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17- Minerva?- Yes.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Ellen Wilkinson was MP for which town from 1935 to 1947?
0:17:20 > 0:17:24It was the subject of her book The Town That Was Murdered.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Wigan.- Jarrow. The name of which brass instrument
0:17:26 > 0:17:29is also used by the French for a paperclip,
0:17:29 > 0:17:30presumably because of its shape?
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- A trombone?- Yes. Which Russian Tsar was married at least six times
0:17:34 > 0:17:38and murdered his only viable heir in a fit of rage in 1581?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39- Peter the Great? - Ivan the Terrible.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42What is the name of England's first Natural World Heritage site,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45a stretch of 95 miles of coastline from East Devon to Dorset,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48famous for its fossil-bearing cliffs and beaches?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- Lyme Regis.- The Jurassic Coast.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Which 15th century writer's work, Le Morte d'Arthur,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55is the source of many of the legends about King Arthur and his knights?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Mallory. - Yes. In which European country
0:17:58 > 0:18:01is the popular tourist area of Lake Bled?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- Switzerland?- Slovenia. Which Radio Four quiz programme
0:18:04 > 0:18:06is introduced by Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik?
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Pass.- In human physiology, what name is given to the small blood vessels
0:18:12 > 0:18:15that form dense networks throughout the body?
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- Capillaries.- Yes. Which French artist created the Chapel Of The Rosary in Vence
0:18:19 > 0:18:22between 1949 and 1951 to thank the nuns of the convent there,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- one of whom had nursed him during an illness?- Pass.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Who played Bonnie Parker in the 1967 film
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Bonnie and Clyde with Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- Faye Dunaway.- Yes. Merl and ouzel are archaic names
0:18:34 > 0:18:36for which common member of the thrush family?
0:18:37 > 0:18:41- Blackbird.- Yes. On which island off the African coast was the Arab-dominated
0:18:41 > 0:18:44sultanate overthrown in 1964 in a violent revolution.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46It then merged with Tanganyika.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Madagascar.- Zanzibar.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52What word for a person who sets too much value on social standing
0:18:52 > 0:18:54is also an old word for a shoemaker?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Cobbler.- Snob. Which husky-voiced singer
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- wrote and performed many of the songs... - BEEP
0:19:01 > 0:19:04..for the Disney film Lady and the Tramp?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- No, pass. - I'll tell you because your time is up.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09It was Peggy Lee.
0:19:09 > 0:19:16And your other passes - Matisse was the French artist who created the Chapel Of The Rosary at Vence.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19You'll kick yourself for this one. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Brain Of Britain.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24You nearly said it, didn't you? It was there and you didn't quite say it. Always worth a gamble.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28- The Spanish name meaning "double step"...- Pasodoble.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I suspected you knew that one as well. So there we are.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Four passes, at least two of which you should have got.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35- Rosalind you have 24 points. - Thank you.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38APPLAUSE
0:19:45 > 0:19:47And now Gregory Spiller, please.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52And you are one of our two 16-pointers,
0:19:52 > 0:19:56in your case with your encyclopaedic knowledge of Fawlty Towers.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Which Greek letter is used as the term for the mouth
0:20:03 > 0:20:06of a river where the flow splits into several channels?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- Delta.- Yes. Which English test cricket ground
0:20:08 > 0:20:10has a Radcliffe Road end and a Pavilion end?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Trent Bridge.- Yes. Who finally resigned as prime minister of Italy
0:20:13 > 0:20:15in November 2011 in the wake of the Euro crisis,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17prompting the crowd outside the presidential palace
0:20:17 > 0:20:19to sing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus?
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Berlusconi.- Yes. Which silvery white metallic element
0:20:22 > 0:20:25mainly used in the form of alloys with steel has the chemical symbol Mn?
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- Manganese.- Yes. A clouder is a collective name for which domestic animal?
0:20:30 > 0:20:34- Cat.- What is the smallest and most densely populated Central American country?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38It's the only one not to have a coastline on the Caribbean.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Guyana.- El Salvador. In the television series Mork And Mindy,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Robin Williams plays a character from which planet?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- Ork.- Yes. Which American-born Greek soprano had a long affair
0:20:47 > 0:20:49with the shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis?
0:20:49 > 0:20:54- Pass.- Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass was an early pseudonym of the writer born
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Samuel Langhorne Clemens. What pen name did he finally adopt?
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- Mark Twain.- Yes. For which 1975 film did Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher
0:21:01 > 0:21:04win the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars respectively?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.- Yes.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Which Pre-Raphaelite artist painted The Light Of The World
0:21:08 > 0:21:10depicting Christ knocking on a closed door?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Holman Hunt.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Yes. Mike D'Abo replaced Paul Jones as the lead singer
0:21:14 > 0:21:16with which band in July 1966?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Manfred Mann.- Yes. Henry John Temple, Britain's prime minister
0:21:19 > 0:21:25from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to 1865 was better known by what title?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Pass.- The notorious former penal colony of Port Arthur,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32now regarded as a top tourist attraction, is on which island?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37- Devil's Isles.- Tasmania.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Which novel by Ian McEwan is set on a single day, 15 February 2003,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44the day of a mass protest against the impending Iraq war?
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- Pass.- Who composed the 1812 Concert Overture in 1880
0:21:48 > 0:21:51to commemorate Napoleon's retreat from Moscow?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Beethoven.- Tchaikovsky.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Which branch of the Israeli secret service
0:21:55 > 0:21:57is responsible for espionage, intelligence-gathering
0:21:57 > 0:21:59and covert operations in foreign countries?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- Mossad.- Yes. The site of the Battle of Culloden
0:22:01 > 0:22:04lies about six miles east of which Scottish city?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Perth.- Inverness. In classical mythology,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10what were the names of the Dioscuri, the twin sons of Zeus
0:22:10 > 0:22:12who were transformed into the constellation Gemini?
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- Castor and Pollux. - Correct. Which jazz singer was played by Diana Ross
0:22:16 > 0:22:18in the 1972 biographical film Lady Sings The Blues?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Billie Holliday. - Yes. Which marine creatures resembling flowers
0:22:21 > 0:22:24live fixed to the seabed and are related to corals and jellyfish?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Sea anemones.- Yes. The lowest internal part of a ship's hull
0:22:27 > 0:22:29and the dirty water that collects there is known as what?
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- Bilge.- Yes. On the crest of the Prince of Wales...
0:22:31 > 0:22:32BEEP
0:22:32 > 0:22:33..the principal motif
0:22:33 > 0:22:36is three silver or white feathers from which bird?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Ostrich.- Is correct. You had three passes.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Saturday was the name of Ian McEwan's novel set on a single day.
0:22:43 > 0:22:49Lord Palmerston, otherwise known as Henry John Temple, and Maria Callas.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Which you knew. Three passes. Gregory, you have 32 points.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57APPLAUSE
0:23:05 > 0:23:09And finally, Chris Cann again, please.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14And you also start with 16 points with your knowledge of Gilbert and Sullivan.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18You have a total of, as you've just heard, 32 points to beat,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21which is a stiff challenge. Let's see if you can do it.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25The title of which novel by Joseph Heller
0:23:25 > 0:23:27is commonly used to describe a no-win situation?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- Catch-22.- Yes. In music, what name's given to an interval of eight notes
0:23:30 > 0:23:33including the top and bottom ones, such as from C to C?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- Octave.- Yes. In which film does Dustin Hoffman play
0:23:36 > 0:23:38the unemployed actor Michael Dorsey, who dresses as a woman
0:23:38 > 0:23:41to get a part in a television soap opera?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Tootsie.- Yes. In the human body, which artery
0:23:43 > 0:23:45carries blood from the heart towards the lungs?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- The aorta.- No, the pulmonary.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52The name of which lizard is often said to come from its ability
0:23:52 > 0:23:55to give warning of the approach of crocodiles?
0:23:55 > 0:23:56- Salamander.- The monitor.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Who was a President of the United States from 1829 to 1837?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02He came from humble origins and was nicknamed Old Hickory
0:24:02 > 0:24:03because of his toughness.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- Adams.- No, Jackson. "They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old,"
0:24:07 > 0:24:10that's a line from which poem by Laurence Binyon,
0:24:10 > 0:24:12regularly recited at Remembrance Day parades?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- Recessional.- No, For The Fallen or Ode Of Remembrance.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski are two of the principal characters
0:24:18 > 0:24:20in which Tennessee Williams play set in New Orleans?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. - Streetcar Named Desire.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26What nickname is shared by Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
0:24:26 > 0:24:28and Warrington rugby league club?
0:24:28 > 0:24:29- Pass.- Which German porcelain,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33first produced in about 1710 and marked with crossed blue swords,
0:24:33 > 0:24:35was the first true porcelain to be produced in Europe?
0:24:35 > 0:24:40- Meissen.- Yes. Lake Tear Of The Clouds in the Adirondack Mountains
0:24:40 > 0:24:43is regarded as the main source of a river that flows through New York state
0:24:43 > 0:24:45before emptying into New York Bay. Which river?
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- Potomac.- The Hudson. Which Cornish pie consists of pilchards stuffed with onion
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and arranged with their heads protruding above the pastry?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Stargazy pie.- Yes. What is the name of the dull black variety
0:24:55 > 0:24:57of the uranium ore uraninite
0:24:57 > 0:25:00from which the Curies first extracted polonium and radium?
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- Pass.- Which television series featured Robert Glenister, Robert Vaughn
0:25:04 > 0:25:07and Adrian Lester as a team of con artists?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- Hustle.- Yes. With which song did Jerry Lee Lewis top the UK charts in 1958
0:25:10 > 0:25:12for the only time in his career?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13- Great Balls Of Fire?- Yes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Which church in Trafalgar Square was rebuilt in the 1720s
0:25:16 > 0:25:19by the Scots-born architect James Gibbs, a disciple of Wren?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20- St Martin-in-the-Fields.- Correct.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24In Gulliver's travels, the neighbouring islands of Lilliput
0:25:24 > 0:25:26and Blefuscu are at war over the correct way to eat what?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Boiled eggs.- Yes. Which feature on the island of Staffa is famously depicted
0:25:30 > 0:25:32in a concert overture by the composer Mendelssohn?
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- Fingal's Cave.- Correct. In the Franco German war, at which battle of September 1870
0:25:36 > 0:25:39did the German Army inflict a decisive defeat on the French?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Sedan.- Yes. Which word of Medieval Latin origin
0:25:42 > 0:25:45means "word for word" or "in the exact words"?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Ipso facto.- Verbatim. In the film Casablanca,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49what's the name of the nightclub owner played by Humphrey Bogart?
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- Rick Blaine.- Yes. Which organisation was established in Britain in 1919...
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- BEEP - ..to manage the nation's woodlands
0:25:55 > 0:25:58in response to the timber shortage during the First World War?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- The Forestry Commission. - Is correct. You had two passes.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06That dull, black variety of uranium is called pitchblende
0:26:06 > 0:26:11and the nickname for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Warrington Rugby Club - Wolves.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14You have, Chris, 29 points.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17APPLAUSE
0:26:24 > 0:26:29Well, he held on to that lead so let's have a look at the scores - high scores.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32In fourth place with 24 points, Rosalind Winter.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Third place, 26 points, Nathan Joss.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Second place, 29 points, Chris Khan
0:26:38 > 0:26:42and in the first place with 32 points, Gregory Spiller.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45APPLAUSE
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Which means, of course, that Gregory is tonight's winner
0:26:55 > 0:26:57and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Congratulations to him, commiserations to Chris,
0:27:01 > 0:27:06but, with a score of 29 points, it's entirely possible that we will see him again in the semifinal.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10If you'd like to be a contender on the next series, do go to our website...
0:27:12 > 0:27:15..and do join us again next time for more Mastermind.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Thanks for watching, goodbye.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19APPLAUSE
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