Episode 1 Mastermind

Over the coming weeks, 96 contenders will face the ultimate test

of nerve and knowledge when they sit in this black chair.

They all believe that they're in with a chance

but only one can be crowned the nation's Mastermind.

First in the spotlight tonight is Rosalind Winter,

a writer from Gloucestershire.

She'll be answering questions on the completed novels of Jane Austen.

Next, Nathan Joss, a student from Colville.

His specialist subject, the life and times of Elizabeth I.

Gregory Spiller, a software engineer from Stockport, will be

answering questions on Fawlty Towers

and Chris Cann, an Arts Development Officer from London,

his subject, the Savoy Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Tonight, four contenders will put their knowledge

to the test in their bid to become the nation's Mastermind.

And with that title goes this glass bowl.

Modest to look at, but what an honour to own.

To do it they have to score more points than anyone else.

First in their specialist round, two minutes.

And then their general knowledge two-and-a-half minutes.

That is often the killer.

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

-And your name is?

-Rosalind Winter.

-Your occupation?

-Writer.

And your specialist subject?

The completed novels of Jane Austen.

Jane Austen in two minutes starting now.

Which was the first of her novels to be published?

It appeared in 1811, was described as being by a lady.

Sense And Sensibility.

Correct. In Pride And Prejudice,

who marries Mr Collins after Elizabeth rejects his proposal?

Charlotte Lucas.

Yes. In Emma, at the ball held by Mr and Mrs Weston,

who turns down an invitation to dance with Harriet Smith

with the excuse he is an old married man

and his dancing days are over?

Mr Elton.

Yes. The final chapter of which novel opens with the lines,

"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery,

"I quit such subjects as soon as I can."

Mansfield Park.

Yes. Darcy writes to Elizabeth after she rejects his marriage proposal.

In the letter, whom does he say Wycombe had tried to elope with?

-His sister.

-Yes. Georgiana.

In Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland spent two years

from the age of 15 to 17 reading books that would

supply her with useful quotations.

What role is she said to have been in training for?

A heroine.

In Mansfield Park what does Mary Crawford give Fanny to wear

at the ball that Sir Thomas holds for her and her brother William?

Er, a gold chain.

A gold necklace, yes.

In whose shop where she's arranging the exchange

of some of her mother's jewels,

does Elinor Dashwood unexpectedly meet her brother John?

Morlands?

Mr Grey's. In Persuasion,

what is the name of Sir Walter Elliott's house in Somerset

that he has to let to Admiral and Mrs Croft

because he can no longer afford to live there?

Kennich Hall.

Yes. In Emma, what post in the village of Highbury

had Mrs Bates' husband held before his death?

He was the rector.

Yes. Vicar.

The militia regiment in Pride and Prejudice had their

winter headquarters in which town near Longbourn

that's also home to Mrs Bennett's sister?

Meriton.

When Sir Walter Elliott notices his daughter's improved looks,

he assumes she's been using a particular lotion,

which he claims has also carried away Mrs Clay's freckles.

-What's it's name?

-Gowland.

Yes. To which of his daughters does Mr Bennett say,

after she's performed a second song,

"That'll do extremely well, you've delighted us long enough,

"let the other young ladies have time to exhibit?"

Mary.

Yes, in Mansfield Park,

what's the play the young people plan to perform

until Sir Thomas Bertram arrives home and puts a stop to it?

Lover's Vows.

In Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland is first introduced

to Henry Tilney in the lower assembly rooms in Bath by Mr King.

What position does Mr King hold?

Master Of Ceremonies.

Yes. Emma's... I started so I'll finish,

Emma's good opinion of Frank Churchill's shaken

when she finds out the reason for his sudden trip to London.

What was it?

To have his hair cut.

It was indeed. No passes. Rosalind, you have...

15 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Nathan Joss.

-Your occupation?

-Student.

-And your chosen subject.

-The Life And Times Of Elizabeth I.

Elizabeth I. In two minutes starting now.

In which palace was the Princess Elizabeth born

to Anne Boleyn on Sunday 7th September 1533?

Greenwich Palace.

Yes. What name is given to the unsuccessful attempt in late 1569

by Catholic English nobles to depose Elizabeth

and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots?

The Northern Rising.

Yes. Who was Elizabeth's tutor in Greek and Latin

between 1548 and 1550,

following the death of her previous tutor

William Grindal?

Roger Ascham.

In a speech to her troops

preparing to face the Spanish Armada in 1588,

Elizabeth said she had,

"The heart and stomach of a king."

Where, near the Thames, were the troops camped?

Tilbury.

Who was the financial manager

in her first independent household?

On her accession he was knighted

and made Comptroller of the Royal Household.

Thomas Parry.

Which Pope issued the Papal bull

named Regnans in Excelsis in 1570

that excommunicated Elizabeth and declared her to be

"The pretended Queen of England"?

Pius V.

In 1554, she was implicated in a revolt against Queen Mary

and was sent to the Tower.

Who led this revolt in Kent?

Thomas Wyatt.

What name has been given to the speech she gave

to the House of Commons on the 30th of November 1601,

in which she spoke of her love and respect

for the country and its people?

The Golden Speech.

Who was known to visit

the teenage Elizabeth in her bedchamber,

to tickle her and, "strike her upon the back

"or on the buttocks familiarly"?

He was executed for treason in 1549.

Thomas Seymour.

At which palace did she conclude a treaty

with the Dutch in August 1585,

by which she sent infantry and cavalry

to help them against the Spanish?

Nonsuch.

Elizabeth's councillors feared for her life

in October 1562, when she became seriously ill.

What disease did she have?

Smallpox.

Elizabeth suspended the Archbishop of Canterbury,

Edmund Grindal, in 1577.

What Puritan practice,

involving clerical self-education groups,

had he been encouraging?

Er, people preaching from their own texts.

Exercises of Prophesying.

In which allegorical epic poem by Sir Edmund Spenser,

published in instalments in the 1590s,

does the poet refer to her as Gloriana?

The Faerie Queene.

The signatories of a document of 1584

pledged to hunt down and execute any person

who tried to harm Elizabeth or usurp her throne.

What was this document?

The Act of Association.

The Bond of Association.

Which bishop...

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..so I'll finish...

officiated at her coronation

on the 15th of January 1559?

The Bishop of Carlisle.

Yes, or Owen Oglethorpe.

No passes.

Nathan, you have 13 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Gregory Spiller.

-Your occupation?

-Software Engineer.

And your chosen subject?

-Fawlty Towers.

-Fawlty Towers!

In two minutes, starting now.

What name does Manuel give to his pet rat,

which he was told was a filigree Siberian hamster?

Basil.

What was the name of the manager of the hotel

upon whom John Cleese based the character of Basil Fawlty?

Donald Sinclair.

How many years of marriage

are Sybil and Basil celebrating in The Anniversary?

15.

With what does Basil give his car

"A damn good thrashing,"

when it breaks down in Gourmet Night?

A branch.

When Basil employs O'Reilly instead of Stubbs to do some building

his men block off the door to which part of the hotel?

The dining room.

What is the name of the director of the second series

who, 18 years later, directed the film Spice World?

Bob Spiers.

What is the punch line to Mr Johnson's joke

in The Psychiatrists, which Sybil finds extremely funny

that Basil doesn't?

Erm..."Pretentious, moi?!"

Which guest berates Polly

for spilling his grapefruit juice at breakfast,

and tells her he wants his Spanish omelette,

"On a plate and not on the tablecloth"?

She replies by asking him if he is the Duke of Kent.

Mr Hutchinson.

In Communication Problems, when the Major asks Basil

why St George killed the dragon,

Basil replies that it was better than doing...what?

Marrying it.

In the final episode, the hotel is being inspected by Mr Carnegie

on behalf of which organisation?

Er...the Public Health Department.

What was the name of the Latin teacher at Cleese's school

upon whom Cleese based the character of Major Gowen?

Captain Lancaster.

On Gourmet Night, the second duck

that Basil collects from Andre's restaurant

is accidentally swapped with what type of dessert?

Trifle.

Which character is named after a restaurateur friend of John Cleese

who gave him advice regarding the problems faced by hoteliers?

Mr Leeman.

When Basil tells Manuel to remove two dead pigeons

from the water tank on the roof, Manuel bursts out laughing

because he has confused the word 'pigeon'

with the word for which creature?

Pig.

What is the name of the cocktail the Hamiltons ask for,

which Basil has never heard of?

Screwdriver.

Mrs Peignoir tells Basil that she thinks beneath his

"English exterior throbs a passion

"that would make Lord Byron look like..." what?

A shopkeeper.

No, tobacconist. Cleese created a prototype of Basil Fawlty

called Mr Clifford, played by Timothy Bateson.

In which 1971 TV series...

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..did he appear?

-Doctor at Large.

-Is correct!

No passes.

You are now in the lead with 16 points.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Chris Cann.

-Your occupation?

-Arts Development Officer.

And your chosen subject?

The Savoy Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Two minutes. In The Pirates of Penzance,

how does Major General Stanley invoke sympathy of the pirates,

preventing them from carrying off his daughters?

He tells them he's an orphan.

Which dramatist helped promote the D'Oyly Carte production of Patience

while on a lecture tour of America?

He was said to resemble the "fleshly poet," Bunthorne?

Oscar Wilde.

Of the 14 collaborations

of Gilbert and Sullivan, which is the only one

whose libretto is not an wholly original piece?

Princess Ida.

Which writer, actor and singer appeared in the title role

in the original production of The Sorcerer?

He then played the chief comic role in other operettas.

George Grossmith.

In the song, The Criminal Cried, in The Mikado,

what word does Ko-Ko use to describe the weapon

with which he supposedly executed Nanki-Poo?

Snickersnee.

Which character from an early operetta

reappears in the finale of the first act of Utopia Limited?

Captain Corcoran.

In Patience, how does Bunthorne propose to choose his bride

having taken advice from his solicitor?

A raffle.

Who was the chief of the London Fire Brigade

who was in the audience on the first night of Iolanthe,

referred to in the song, Oh, Foolish Fay?

Captain Shaw.

In Ruddigore, Rose offers herself in marriage to Despard,

but he refuses and marries which other character instead?

Mad Margaret.

What was the name of the Japanese prince

whose visit to Britain in 1907 caused Lord Chamberlain

to withdraw the licence for stage productions of The Mikado?

Hashimoto.

Fushimi. At the end of The Gondoliers,

who is revealed to be the rightful King of Barataria?

Luiz.

According to the dramatis personae of The Sorcerer,

what is the occupation of Mrs Partlet?

She's a pew opener.

Trial by Jury, the first operetta written

by Gilbert and Sullivan for Richard D'Oyly Carte, opened at the Royalty Theatre

on the 25th of March 1875 with which operetta by Offenbach?

La Perichole.

In The Mikado, what was the occupation of Ko-Ko

before he was elevated to Lord High Executioner?

A cheap tailor.

In The Grand Duke, what does the impoverished Prince of Monte Carlo invent,

that has made him extremely rich?

Roulette.

At the beginning of act two of Patience,

on which instrument does Lady Jane play

in the song, Silvered is the Raven Hair?

A cello.

Which D'Oyly Carte player made his debut

as Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore, a week into the original run...

BEEP

..when the regular actor fell ill with peritonitis?

Henry Lytton.

Is correct!

No passes for you either,

and you also have 16 points!

Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Well, that's the end of the first round

and what a very high-scoring round it was. Let's have a look at the scores.

Fourth place, 13 points - a high score in itself - Nathan Joss.

Third place, 15 points, Rosalind Winter.

Joint first place with a very strong 16 points apiece,

Gregory Spiller and Chris Cann.

APPLAUSE

So it's the general knowledge round now

and if there is a tie at the end of this round,

which they're very well might be, then the number of passes is taken into account

and the contender with the fewer passes is the winner.

If they're tied on passes as well then we have a tie-break.

The sixth-highest scoring runners-up will also claim a place

in the semi-final, so plenty to play for.

Let's get on with it and ask Nathan Joss to join us again, please.

And you begin with your 13 points with your knowledge of Elizabeth I.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Now, it's two-and-a-half minutes. Here we go.

Which series of films features the robots C3PO and R2D2?

-Star Wars.

-Yes.

What substance used to intensify the flavours of certain foods,

especially in Chinese and Japanese cuisine,

is often known by the abbreviation MSG?

-Soy sauce.

-Monosodium glutamate.

Which work by Thomas Paine was begun in defence of the French Revolution

but evolved into an analysis of popular discontent and autocratic government.

-On The Liberties Of Men?

-The Rights Of Man.

Which musical that opened on Broadway in April 1968 is said to be

the first musical of the hippy peace and love generation?

-Hair.

-Yes. What's the name of the only country

that has a coastline on both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf?

-Saudi Arabia?

-Keith Lemon, the host of the television quiz Celebrity Juice,

-is the creation of which British comedian?

-Pass.

1 Carlton Gardens is the official London residence

of which government minister?

-The Foreign Secretary.

-Yes. In The Merchant Of Venice, who speaks the lines,

"Hath a dog money? Is it possible a cur can lend 3,000 ducats?"

-Shylock?

-Yes. Which Oscar-winning 1995 Bryan Singer film

starring Kevin Spacey and Gabriel Byrne

-features the search for the mysterious master criminal Keyser Soze?

-Pass.

Which 15th-century Florentine painter's works

include Primavera and The Birth Of Venus?

-Botticelli.

-Yes.

What's the common bird-related name for horripilation,

the bristling of hairs on the skin caused by cold, fear or some other emotion?

-Goosebumps.

-Yes.

Which of the southern states of the USA is divided into 64 parishes,

including Beauregard, Bienville and Lafayette?

-Texas?

-Louisiana. Which Mercury prize-winning band wrote First Steps,

the BBC's theme for its 2012 Olympic coverage?

-Elbow.

-Yes. What name's given to any of the group of dog breeds

originally bred to pursue animals underground and flush them out or kill them?

-Setters?

-Terrier. Which Scottish mountain is most easily climbed

by the mountain path which starts at Achintee near Fort William?

-Ben Nevis.

-Yes. What name's given to the eastern part of the Roman Empire

that survived until the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks in 1453?

-The Byzantine Empire.

-Yes.

In which year was the first national census held in Britain?

Since then it's normally been held every 10 years.

-1801.

-Yes. What name is given to the multi-branch candelabrum

which, since biblical times, has been a symbol of Judaism?

-Menorah.

-Yes. The title of which book by Tom Wolfe refers to

the burning of objects by Savonarola's followers in 15th century Florence?

-The Bonfire Of The Vanities.

-Yes.

In the Second World War, what nickname was usually given

to the aircraft at the rear of the group or the rear gunner in a bomber?

-Pass.

-The title character of which Puccini opera

has the first name Floria?

-Madame Butterfly?

-Tosca.

Many Scottish Rugby union clubs have FP after their name.

What do these letters stand for?

-Fourth parish.

-Former Pupils.

Which public holiday is observed

-on the first Monday of September...

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..in America and Canada?

-Thanksgiving?

-No, it's Labour Day.

You had three passes,

Tail-End Charlie is the name for the poor chap at the back of the plane.

The Usual Suspects is that 1995 Oscar-winning film

and Keith Lemon...

Leigh Francis. He was the creator.

So, with those three passes, Nathan, you have 26 points.

APPLAUSE

And now would Rosalind join us again, please?

And you have 15 points to start this round with,

with your knowledge of the Jane Austen novels.

Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge starting now.

Orange pekoe and lapsang souchong

are varieties of what beverage?

-Tea.

-Yes. Which Italian opera house was built by command of Maria Theresa,

the Empress of Austria, after an earlier building had burnt down in 1776?

-La Scala?

-Yes. Which poet met and married Ted Hughes

while at Newnham College, Cambridge? She committed suicide in 1963.

-Sylvia Plath.

-Yes. Cape Jasmine's a popular variety of which plant

named after an 18th-century Scots-born botanist?

Its huge double-bloom white flowers produce a sweet, heavy scent.

-Jasmine?

-Gardenia.

What Spanish name meaning "double step" is given to the music

that's played at the beginning of a bullfight?

-Pass.

-Which celebrated French chef made the Savoy hotel

a fashionable dining venue, then he moved to the Carlton?

-Michel Roux?

-Auguste Escoffier.

Who was the Roman goddess of handicrafts and the arts,

the counterpart of the Greek goddess Athene?

-Minerva?

-Yes.

Ellen Wilkinson was MP for which town from 1935 to 1947?

It was the subject of her book The Town That Was Murdered.

-Wigan.

-Jarrow. The name of which brass instrument

is also used by the French for a paperclip,

presumably because of its shape?

-A trombone?

-Yes. Which Russian Tsar was married at least six times

and murdered his only viable heir in a fit of rage in 1581?

-Peter the Great?

-Ivan the Terrible.

What is the name of England's first Natural World Heritage site,

a stretch of 95 miles of coastline from East Devon to Dorset,

famous for its fossil-bearing cliffs and beaches?

-Lyme Regis.

-The Jurassic Coast.

Which 15th century writer's work, Le Morte d'Arthur,

is the source of many of the legends about King Arthur and his knights?

-Mallory.

-Yes. In which European country

is the popular tourist area of Lake Bled?

-Switzerland?

-Slovenia. Which Radio Four quiz programme

is introduced by Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik?

-Pass.

-In human physiology, what name is given to the small blood vessels

that form dense networks throughout the body?

-Capillaries.

-Yes. Which French artist created the Chapel Of The Rosary in Vence

between 1949 and 1951 to thank the nuns of the convent there,

-one of whom had nursed him during an illness?

-Pass.

Who played Bonnie Parker in the 1967 film

Bonnie and Clyde with Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow?

-Faye Dunaway.

-Yes. Merl and ouzel are archaic names

for which common member of the thrush family?

-Blackbird.

-Yes. On which island off the African coast was the Arab-dominated

sultanate overthrown in 1964 in a violent revolution.

It then merged with Tanganyika.

-Madagascar.

-Zanzibar.

What word for a person who sets too much value on social standing

is also an old word for a shoemaker?

-Cobbler.

-Snob. Which husky-voiced singer

-wrote and performed many of the songs...

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..for the Disney film Lady and the Tramp?

-No, pass.

-I'll tell you because your time is up.

It was Peggy Lee.

And your other passes - Matisse was the French artist who created the Chapel Of The Rosary at Vence.

You'll kick yourself for this one. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Brain Of Britain.

You nearly said it, didn't you? It was there and you didn't quite say it. Always worth a gamble.

-The Spanish name meaning "double step"...

-Pasodoble.

I suspected you knew that one as well. So there we are.

Four passes, at least two of which you should have got.

-Rosalind you have 24 points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And now Gregory Spiller, please.

And you are one of our two 16-pointers,

in your case with your encyclopaedic knowledge of Fawlty Towers.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.

Which Greek letter is used as the term for the mouth

of a river where the flow splits into several channels?

-Delta.

-Yes. Which English test cricket ground

has a Radcliffe Road end and a Pavilion end?

-Trent Bridge.

-Yes. Who finally resigned as prime minister of Italy

in November 2011 in the wake of the Euro crisis,

prompting the crowd outside the presidential palace

to sing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus?

-Berlusconi.

-Yes. Which silvery white metallic element

mainly used in the form of alloys with steel has the chemical symbol Mn?

-Manganese.

-Yes. A clouder is a collective name for which domestic animal?

-Cat.

-What is the smallest and most densely populated Central American country?

It's the only one not to have a coastline on the Caribbean.

-Guyana.

-El Salvador. In the television series Mork And Mindy,

Robin Williams plays a character from which planet?

-Ork.

-Yes. Which American-born Greek soprano had a long affair

with the shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis?

-Pass.

-Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass was an early pseudonym of the writer born

Samuel Langhorne Clemens. What pen name did he finally adopt?

-Mark Twain.

-Yes. For which 1975 film did Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher

win the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars respectively?

-One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

-Yes.

Which Pre-Raphaelite artist painted The Light Of The World

depicting Christ knocking on a closed door?

Holman Hunt.

Yes. Mike D'Abo replaced Paul Jones as the lead singer

with which band in July 1966?

-Manfred Mann.

-Yes. Henry John Temple, Britain's prime minister

from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to 1865 was better known by what title?

-Pass.

-The notorious former penal colony of Port Arthur,

now regarded as a top tourist attraction, is on which island?

-Devil's Isles.

-Tasmania.

Which novel by Ian McEwan is set on a single day, 15 February 2003,

the day of a mass protest against the impending Iraq war?

-Pass.

-Who composed the 1812 Concert Overture in 1880

to commemorate Napoleon's retreat from Moscow?

-Beethoven.

-Tchaikovsky.

Which branch of the Israeli secret service

is responsible for espionage, intelligence-gathering

and covert operations in foreign countries?

-Mossad.

-Yes. The site of the Battle of Culloden

lies about six miles east of which Scottish city?

-Perth.

-Inverness. In classical mythology,

what were the names of the Dioscuri, the twin sons of Zeus

who were transformed into the constellation Gemini?

-Castor and Pollux.

-Correct. Which jazz singer was played by Diana Ross

in the 1972 biographical film Lady Sings The Blues?

-Billie Holliday.

-Yes. Which marine creatures resembling flowers

live fixed to the seabed and are related to corals and jellyfish?

-Sea anemones.

-Yes. The lowest internal part of a ship's hull

and the dirty water that collects there is known as what?

-Bilge.

-Yes. On the crest of the Prince of Wales...

BEEP

..the principal motif

is three silver or white feathers from which bird?

-Ostrich.

-Is correct. You had three passes.

Saturday was the name of Ian McEwan's novel set on a single day.

Lord Palmerston, otherwise known as Henry John Temple, and Maria Callas.

Which you knew. Three passes. Gregory, you have 32 points.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Chris Cann again, please.

And you also start with 16 points with your knowledge of Gilbert and Sullivan.

You have a total of, as you've just heard, 32 points to beat,

which is a stiff challenge. Let's see if you can do it.

Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge starting now.

The title of which novel by Joseph Heller

is commonly used to describe a no-win situation?

-Catch-22.

-Yes. In music, what name's given to an interval of eight notes

including the top and bottom ones, such as from C to C?

-Octave.

-Yes. In which film does Dustin Hoffman play

the unemployed actor Michael Dorsey, who dresses as a woman

to get a part in a television soap opera?

-Tootsie.

-Yes. In the human body, which artery

carries blood from the heart towards the lungs?

-The aorta.

-No, the pulmonary.

The name of which lizard is often said to come from its ability

to give warning of the approach of crocodiles?

-Salamander.

-The monitor.

Who was a President of the United States from 1829 to 1837?

He came from humble origins and was nicknamed Old Hickory

because of his toughness.

-Adams.

-No, Jackson. "They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old,"

that's a line from which poem by Laurence Binyon,

regularly recited at Remembrance Day parades?

-Recessional.

-No, For The Fallen or Ode Of Remembrance.

Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski are two of the principal characters

in which Tennessee Williams play set in New Orleans?

-Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

-Streetcar Named Desire.

What nickname is shared by Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club

and Warrington rugby league club?

-Pass.

-Which German porcelain,

first produced in about 1710 and marked with crossed blue swords,

was the first true porcelain to be produced in Europe?

-Meissen.

-Yes. Lake Tear Of The Clouds in the Adirondack Mountains

is regarded as the main source of a river that flows through New York state

before emptying into New York Bay. Which river?

-Potomac.

-The Hudson. Which Cornish pie consists of pilchards stuffed with onion

and arranged with their heads protruding above the pastry?

-Stargazy pie.

-Yes. What is the name of the dull black variety

of the uranium ore uraninite

from which the Curies first extracted polonium and radium?

-Pass.

-Which television series featured Robert Glenister, Robert Vaughn

and Adrian Lester as a team of con artists?

-Hustle.

-Yes. With which song did Jerry Lee Lewis top the UK charts in 1958

for the only time in his career?

-Great Balls Of Fire?

-Yes.

Which church in Trafalgar Square was rebuilt in the 1720s

by the Scots-born architect James Gibbs, a disciple of Wren?

-St Martin-in-the-Fields.

-Correct.

In Gulliver's travels, the neighbouring islands of Lilliput

and Blefuscu are at war over the correct way to eat what?

-Boiled eggs.

-Yes. Which feature on the island of Staffa is famously depicted

in a concert overture by the composer Mendelssohn?

-Fingal's Cave.

-Correct. In the Franco German war, at which battle of September 1870

did the German Army inflict a decisive defeat on the French?

-Sedan.

-Yes. Which word of Medieval Latin origin

means "word for word" or "in the exact words"?

-Ipso facto.

-Verbatim. In the film Casablanca,

what's the name of the nightclub owner played by Humphrey Bogart?

-Rick Blaine.

-Yes. Which organisation was established in Britain in 1919...

-BEEP

-..to manage the nation's woodlands

in response to the timber shortage during the First World War?

-The Forestry Commission.

-Is correct. You had two passes.

That dull, black variety of uranium is called pitchblende

and the nickname for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Warrington Rugby Club - Wolves.

You have, Chris, 29 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, he held on to that lead so let's have a look at the scores - high scores.

In fourth place with 24 points, Rosalind Winter.

Third place, 26 points, Nathan Joss.

Second place, 29 points, Chris Khan

and in the first place with 32 points, Gregory Spiller.

APPLAUSE

Which means, of course, that Gregory is tonight's winner

and he goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to him, commiserations to Chris,

but, with a score of 29 points, it's entirely possible that we will see him again in the semifinal.

If you'd like to be a contender on the next series, do go to our website...

..and do join us again next time for more Mastermind.

Thanks for watching, goodbye.

APPLAUSE

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