Episode 10 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Helen Marshall, a lawyer from Chepstow.

She'll be answering questions on Catherine of Aragon.

Next, Bart Smith from London.

His specialist subject, the television cook Fanny Cradock.

Chris Quinn is a computer programmer from Liverpool

and he'll be answering questions on the novels of Roddy Doyle.

And Jonathan Gordon, a student administrator from Oxford.

His subject, French Grand Opera.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Now, if you ever wonder why anyone would put themselves through this ordeal,

well, becoming a Mastermind champion is the greatest honour the quiz world has to offer

and all they have to do is answer two sets of questions,

one on their specialist subject and one on general knowledge.

That's all. But the pressure comes from the clock.

Two minutes on one, two and a half minutes on the other and no help from anyone.

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

-And your name is?

-Helen Marshall.

-Your occupation?

-Lawyer.

-And your specialist subject?

-Catherine of Aragon.

Catherine of Aragon in two minutes, starting now.

Before her marriage to Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon

had been briefly married to his elder brother. What was his name?

-Arthur.

-What fruit, known as granada in Spanish,

did Catherine choose for her personal badge when she left Spain to marry abroad?

-Pomegranate.

-Who was the Spanish ambassador to England

who helped negotiate Catherine's marriage to Arthur

and stood in for her at their proxy wedding?

-De Puebla.

-What term is generally used by historians to refer to Henry VIII's attempts

to divorce Catherine or have their marriage annulled?

-The Great Matter.

-When Henry wanted to divorce Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn

what solution was put forward by the Legate Campeggio?

Henry approved of the idea, but it was rejected by Catherine.

-That she enter a nunnery.

-Catherine confessed to Cardinal Campeggio

the number of nights that she had shared Arthur's bed.

She said their marriage had not been consummated on any of them.

She said it had been how many nights?

-Seven.

-After the marriage of Henry to Anne Boleyn,

Catherine was told that as she was no longer queen, she had to use what title?

-Dowager Princess of Wales.

-At which Archbishop's palace at Alcala de Henares

was Catherine born in 1485?

Pass.

In 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer,

held a court case at which priory in Bedfordshire

where he pronounced that Henry and Catherine's marriage was invalid?

-Dunstable.

-In which port did Catherine land

on her arrival in England after a stormy voyage?

-Plymouth.

-What was the name of Cardinal Wolsey's gentleman usher

whose Life Of Wolsey gives an eyewitness account of the court hearing

into the validity of Catherine and Henry's marriage

where Catherine appealed for the case to be sent to Rome for the Pope to adjudicate?

-Knight?

-George Cavendish. Who was Catherine's confessor in England

until he was sent back to Spain in disgrace in 1514

after being accused and found guilty of fornication?

-Fray Diego.

-Which Pope eventually denied Henry the annulment he wanted,

partly because of the power of Catherine's nephew,

the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V?

-Paul III.

-Clement VII.

In 1534, Catherine was moved to

which house in Huntingdonshire where she died in 1536?

-Kimbolton.

-What was the surname of the two brothers

appointed by Queen Isabella of Spain to be Catherine's personal tutors?

-BEEP Geraldini.

-Geraldini is correct.

You had only one pass. At which Archbishop's palace

at Alcala de Henares was Catherine born? The answer was the Archbishop of Toledo.

-You had that one pass, Helen, 12 points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Bart Smith.

-Your occupation?

-Retired.

-And your chosen subject?

-Fanny Cradock.

-Fanny Cradock in two minutes.

Fanny Cradock was born on 26th February 1909 in a house in Leytonstone,

now the site of a block of flats. What was the name of the house?

-Apthorp House.

-What was Cradock's original first name

that she briefly used prior to becoming well-known as a cookery presenter?

-Phyllis.

-In which army regiment was John Cradock,

her fourth husband, serving as a major when he and Fanny met

at a troop concert on Hackney Marshes in 1939?

-The Guards.

-The Royal Artillery.

What was the title of the cookery show aired on 17th February 1955

which marked Fanny and Johnnie Cradock's television debut?

-Pass.

-At what address in South Kensington, their home at the time,

did Fanny and Johnnie Cradock hold an important Cordon Bleu dinner party

in May 1949 for guests including the Vicountess Chetwynd

and the gastronome Andre Simon?

-43 South Terrace.

-29 South Terrace.

What pen name was used by Fanny and Johnnie

for the successful long-running food, wine and travel column

they wrote for the Daily Telegraph? It started out in 1950

with a commission for just six articles.

-Bon Viveur.

-What was the name of the amateur cook

whom Fanny Cradock lambasted in an episode of the talent contest The Big Time

and that led to her being sacked by the BBC in 1976?

-Gwen Troake.

-With which historian did Fanny repeatedly disagree in 1972

when they appeared as guests along with the comedian Bernard Manning

on the Parkinson chat show?

-AJP Taylor.

-Fanny Cradock had two sons from different marriages.

Her first child was called Peter. What did she name her younger son?

-Christopher.

-A 19th century composer's String Quartet In D

was among the pieces of music chosen by Fanny and Johnnie Cradock

when they were guests on Desert Island Discs in 1962. Who was the composer?

-Mendelssohn.

-No, Cesar Franck.

On which subject did Fanny offer advice under the name Elsa Frances

in some of her earliest columns in the Daily Telegraph

while simultaneously writing beauty tips as Nan Sortain?

-Erm, clothing.

-Yes, fashion.

Who was the plastic surgeon chosen to perform cosmetic surgery

on Fanny's nose in July 1954?

It was an operation she was convinced was necessary to start a television career.

-Sir Archibald McIndoe.

-At what London venue were Fanny and Johnnie Cradock

filmed cooking live in front of an audience of several thousand in December 1956?

-The Royal Albert Hall.

-Is correct. You have just one pass.

The title of that cookery show aired on 17th February 1955

was Kitchen Magic. You have, Bart, nine points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Chris Quinn.

-Your occupation?

-Computer programmer.

-And chosen subject?

-The novels of Roddy Doyle.

-Roddy Doyle's books in two minutes starting now.

Which fictional suburb in the north side of Dublin is the setting for

Roddy Doyle's first three novels, beginning with The Commitments?

-Barrytown.

-In Oh Play That Thing, what household objects

does Henry Smart steal and sell to pay for a new car for Louis Armstrong?

-Gramophones?

-Silvery cutlery.

In A Star Called Henry, what historic event takes place in London

on the day Victor Smart dies under a tarpaulin behind the Grand Canal Dock in Dublin?

-The coronation.

-Yes, George V's.

What was the name of the original band formed by Derek, Outspan and Ray

until Jimmy Rabbitte decided to change it to The Commitments?

-And And And.

-What are the last three words Henry Smart says to Miss O'Shea

before he leaves Dublin in 1922? He doesn't see her for another six years.

-I'll be back?

-He says, "Look for me."

In The Snapper, Sharon Rabbitte describes the trainee manager

at the supermarket where she works as looking like

a television character only not as nice. Which character was it?

-Pass.

-Paddy Clarke's father buys him a book called

A Pictorial History Of Soccer for his birthday.

What does Paddy think he has found on page 11 beneath the introduction?

His father helps to convince him it's genuine.

-George Best's autograph.

-What is Miss O'Shea's real Christian name?

She said it would be too much of a palaver teaching Americans to pronounce it

so her employer thinks she is called Eileen.

-Nuala.

-Which mercenary troops described by Jack Dalton as

"the sweepings of England's jails" wound Miss O'Shea and Henry

after an attack on Tonrua Barracks?

-The Black and Tans.

-In The Van, what three-word phrase has Mr Crosbie,

Darren Rabbitte's English teacher, banned his students from using in their essays?

-Pass.

-While trying to carry out a bank robbery,

Charlo Spencer shoots the bank manager's wife.

What's the name of Charlo's accomplice?

-Pass.

-What name do Paddy Clarke and his friends give to their high-risk games

that always end in the Hanleys' garden

because theirs is the best garden in Barrytown?

-The Grand National.

-In The Dead Republic, Henry Smart is lying

in the Utah desert when film director John Ford first meets him.

Into which 1952 film does Ford try to interweave elements of Henry's life?

-The Quiet Man.

-Is correct. And you had three passes.

The name of Charlo's accomplice was Richard or Richie Massey.

That three-word phrase that Mr Crosbie banned his students from using in essays was "in my opinion."

And, rather unkindly, Sharon Rabbitte described the trainee manager

as not quite as nice looking as Roland Rat.

-You have, Chris, eight points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And our last contender, please.

-And your name?

-Jonathan Gordon.

-Your occupation?

-Student administrator.

-And your chosen subject?

-French Grand Opera 1823 to 1900.

-French Grand Opera in two minutes.

Which legendary figure who sold his soul to the devil

is the subject of operas by Berlioz and Gounod?

-Faust.

-Which dramatist and librettist is best known

for his collaborations with Meyerbeer, including L'Africaine?

-Scribe.

-Which work with music by Auber and libretto by Scribe and Delavigne

is often cited as one of the first examples of Grand Opera?

-La Muette de Portici.

-Who climbs onto a funeral pyre

at the end of Berlioz's Les Troyens?

-Er, Dido.

-Many French operas contained at least one ballet

that was not wholly essential to the plot.

What name was given to such a ballet, taken from the French word for entertainment?

-En termes.

-No, divertissement.

Which wealthy entrepreneur was appointed director of the Paris Opera in 1831?

He made it profitable over the next four years.

-Louis Veron.

-What is the title of Rossini's last

and only wholly original French opera?

It's regarded as a stepping stone to a more modern form of opera.

-Guillaume Tell.

-During the age of French Grand Opera,

in what capacity did Pierre Ciceri achieve great acclaim?

-He was a stage designer.

-Yes, set designer.

The best-known piece from an opera by Massenet is the so-called Meditation

during which the title character decides to convert to Christianity. What's the opera?

-Thais.

-Donizetti had mental problems as a result of syphilis.

It was originally thought these problems were brought on by a mezzo-soprano

demanding changes to his opera Dom Sebastien. Who was she?

-Rosine Stoltz.

-Which Irish-born composer best-known for The Bohemian Girl,

wrote a Grand Opera for the Paris Opera called L'Etoile de Seville?

-Henry Field.

-No, it was Balfe.

The part of Valentine in Les Huguenots was written by Meyerbeer

for which soprano, who had to retire young because her voice was damaged?

-Cornelie Falcon.

-What's the title of Delilah¹s aria

in Act 2 of Saint-Saens' opera Samson et Dalila,

in which she is joined by Samson?

-Mon Coeur S'ouvre a ta Voix.

-Which composer was employed while in Paris

to arrange the vocal score for Halevy's opera La Reine de Chypre?

-Wagner.

-Which work by Donizetti,

commissioned by the Theatre de la Renaissance

was reworked as La Favorite for the Opera after the Renaissance went bankrupt?

-L'ange de Nisida.

-What was Meyerbeer's working title for his opera L'Africaine

during the last few years of his life, although after his death

the critic Francois-Joseph Fetis restored the original title?

-L'India.

-Vasco da Gama.

No passes. Jonathan, you have 13 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, that's the end of the first round, a close one. So let's have a look at the scores.

Fourth place, eight points, Chris Quinn.

Third place, nine points, Bart Smith.

Second place, 12 points, Helen Marshall.

In the lead, just, 13 points, Jonathan Gordon.

APPLAUSE

The general knowledge round now. And if there's a tie at the end,

then the number of passes is taken into account

and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

And if they're tied on passes, as well, there will be a tie-break.

And the six highest-scoring runners-up can also claim a place in the semi-finals.

So plenty to play for. Let's get on with it

and ask Chris Quinn to join us again, please.

And you begin this round with eight points with your knowledge of the novels of Roddy Doyle.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Two and a half minutes starting now.

What name, thought by some to come from the French and German words for yes,

is given to the board used in a seance?

-Ouija.

-The 15th century Prince Vlad III the Impaler

is thought to be the inspiration for which fictional character?

-Dracula.

-Which soup from Andalusia, uncooked and usually served chilled,

consists of tomatoes and other vegetables

pureed with garlic, olive oil, vinegar and bread?

-Gazpacho.

-Who was the lead vocalist with the band Dire Straits?

-Mark Knopfler.

-Which Swiss-born French philosopher wrote in his book

The Social Contract, "Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains"?

-Rousseau.

-The DW Stadium, named after the football club owner Dave Whelan,

is the home of which town's football and rugby league clubs?

-Wigan.

-Who became the first female presenter on Radio One in 1970?

She went on to be the station's longest-serving DJ.

-Annie Nightingale.

-The name of which school of Buddhism

introduced into Japan from China in about the 12th century

comes from the Sanskrit word for meditation?

-Zen.

-Second Foundation is the final book

in which author's original Foundation trilogy?

-Asimov.

-The Roman road that ran from London to York via Lincoln

is known by what name of Anglo-Saxon origin?

-Fosse Way.

-Ermine Street.

Which waterfall stands on the Zambezi River

on the border between Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the south?

-Victoria Falls.

-Which artillery officer invented the exploding shell

filled with lead shot that's named after him?

-Shrapnel.

-Who resigned as Under Secretary of State for Health in December 1988

after her comments about British eggs being infected with salmonella?

-Edwina Currie.

-Which scale, whose values go from zero to 14,

is used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a solution?

-pH.

-What is the most numerous subspecies of tiger?

-Siberian.

-The Bengal tiger.

The Jalapeno plant, which has blunt, almost oval pods

and is named after a town in Mexico,

produces a popular variety of which spicy fruit?

-Chilli pepper.

-Which American rock band took its name from

the title of a book by Aldous Huxley

about his experiences with the drug mescaline?

-The Doors.

-What is the popular name for the Queen's Official Birthday Ceremony

normally held on the second Saturday in June on Horse Guards Parade?

-Trooping of the Colour.

-In which Italian city does the classic car chase take place

in the original '69 version of The Italian Job?

-Turin.

-The first International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea

was adopted in 1914 in the wake of which disaster?

-Titanic.

-What popular term for the entrance to heaven

has its origin in chapter 21 of the Book of Revelation?

-Pearly Gates.

-Which historic coastal city in the extreme south of Croatia

is called Ragusa in Italian?

-Split.

-Dubrovnik. Which 17th century Flemish painter

has given his name to the broad lace collar with deep cut edges

that frequently features in his portraits?

-BEEP Rembrandt.

-It was Van Dyck.

But you did remarkably well with that general knowledge round.

No passes. You now have a total, Chris, of 27 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Bart Smith again, please.

And you start out with nine points with your knowledge of Fanny Cradock.

27 is the score to beat.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Two and a half minutes starting now.

What list, first attributed to Saint Gregory the Great,

includes pride, lust and covetousness?

-Seven deadly sins.

-The BBC's Pebble Mill television studio

closed in 2004. In which city was it based?

-Birmingham.

-What word for the breeding ground

of a particular species of gregarious bird

can also be applied to that of animals such as seals, walruses and turtles?

-Pass.

-Who won the first of his 18 professional major golf titles

at the US Open in 1962?

-Jack Nicklaus.

-In which island group

on the northern edge of the Caribbean is San Salvador?

It's where Christopher Columbus made his original landfall in the New World.

-Pass.

-Which politician who challenged Margaret Thatcher

for the Conservative Party leadership in 1990

was MP for Henley-on-Thames from '74 to 2001?

-Michael Heseltine.

-What's the last letter of the Greek alphabet?

-Epsilon.

-Omega. The only surviving signature of which great artist

can be seen on the sash of the Madonna on his Pieta in St Peter's in Rome?

-Michelangelo.

-Philip Pirrip, known as Pip,

is the central character of which novel by Charles Dickens?

-Great Expectations.

-Who plays a father determined to keep custody of his son

in the 1979 film Kramer versus Kramer?

-Dustin Hoffman.

-Which German physicist

was the first to broadcast and receive radio waves?

He gives his name to the SI unit of frequency.

-Pass.

-In Norse mythology, the ravens Huginn and Muninn

are the messengers of which god?

-Wotan.

-Yes, or Odin. By what name is Dvorak's Ninth Symphony known?

It was written in 1893 when he was in America.

-From The New World.

-Pine resin is added to which well-known Greek wine

as a preservative and flavouring?

-Retsina.

-The name of which Berkshire village,

the home of the Atomic Weapons Establishment,

became synonymous with the CND marches of the 1950s and 1960s?

-Aldermaston.

-To what building do Mr Ramsay and two of his children

eventually take a trip according to the title of Virginia Woolf's novel?

-Lighthouse.

-Which long-running BBC television series,

originally scheduled for just three editions,

is based on the German series File XY Unsolved?

-X Files.

-Crimewatch. Which guards' regiment was raised in 1650

by Colonel George Munk as part of the New Model Army?

It was originally known as Monck's Regiment of Foot.

-Coldstream Guards.

-What term for a person who organises

and often finances concerts, plays and operas

literally means the undertaker of any business in Italian?

-Impresario.

-Which American singer-songwriter

had a hit album with Graceland in 1986?

-Pass.

-Which King of the Fairies first appeared

in the 13th century French romance Huon de Bordeaux?

He later appeared as the husband of Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

-Oberon.

-Queen Christina was the monarch of which country

from 1644 until her abdication in 1654?

-Sweden.

-Is correct. You had four passes.

Paul Simon, yes, was Graceland.

Heinrich Hertz was that German physicist, the first to broadcast and receive radio waves.

The Bahamas was the island group where Columbus made his original landfall.

And that word for the breeding ground of gregarious birds and sometimes animals, a rookery.

There we are. You did very well, though. Not quite made it. 25 points.

APPLAUSE

And Helen Marshall again now, please.

And you start out with 12 points with your knowledge of Catherine Of Aragon.

27 is still the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it.

Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

Which fictional character spent some time living under the stairs

of 4 Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey?

-Harry Potter.

-What name, the Russian for majority, was given to the political faction

led by Lenin that seized power after the 1917 revolutions?

-Bolshevik.

-Burnet, dog and downy

are varieties of which plant found growing in the wild in Britain?

-Pass.

-In the Bible, which of King David's wives was the mother of Solomon?

-Bathsheba.

-Who was appointed as the first conductor

of the Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts in 1895?

The concerts later moved to the Royal Albert Hall.

-Sir Henry Wood.

-Which area of north-east Kent gets its name

because it was once cut off from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel?

-Isle of Sheppey.

-Thanet. In 1878, which poet walked from his home in Dundee to Balmoral

to present Queen Victoria with some of his poetry, but was refused entry?

-McGonagall.

-Whom did Novak Djokovic beat at the 2012 Australian Open

in the longest ever Grand Slam Final?

-Roger Federer.

-Nadal. Ruth Rendell's first novel, From Doon With Death,

features which Detective Chief Inspector?

-Wexford.

-What first took place on 19th November 1994

during a television programme hosted by Noel Edmonds,

supported by Anthea Turner and Gordon Kennedy?

-Pass.

-In 1891, who had enormous success with his first poster,

Moulin Rouge - La Goulue?

-Lautrec.

-Which American civil rights crusader

originally had the Christian name Michael?

His father is said to have changed it after a visit to Germany in 1934.

-Martin Luther King.

-In April 2012, four young girls

jointly won an Olivier Award for playing the title role

in which musical based on a story by Roald Dahl?

-Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

-Matilda the Musical.

Which country has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean

and borders with Brazil and Argentina?

-Uruguay.

-Who succeeded his kinsman and guardian, Trajan,

as Roman Emperor in AD 117?

-Hadrian.

-Which seasonal dessert consists of lightly-cooked soft fruit,

typically raspberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants encased in white bread?

-Summer pudding.

-Which programme is broadcast every weekday on Radio 4

between 10:45 and 11:00pm?

-The Archers.

-Book At Bedtime.

What was flown by the American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin

in a famous experiment to prove lightning is an electrical phenomenon?

-A Kite.

-Which breed of sheep, prized for their fine wool,

are thought to have been introduced into Spain from North Africa by a Berber people?

-Merino.

-Which planet has a prominent oval-shaped storm system

in its clouds called the Great Red Spot?

-Jupiter.

-Who won an Oscar for the screenplay of Sense and Sensibility?

She also appeared in the film as Elinor Dashwood.

-Emma Thompson.

-Which chef, who specialises in seafood,

has gone on television odysseys to France and the Far East

and escaped to the Mediterranean?

-Rick Stein.

-Is correct.

You had two passes. The National Lottery Draw... You remember it now.

And Burnet, dog and downy, they're varieties of rose.

You have, though, Helen, 28 points.

APPLAUSE

This is close. Finally, Jonathan Gordon again, please.

And you begin with 13 points, with your knowledge of French Grand Opera.

28 is, as you know, the score to beat.

-HE LAUGHS

-Here we go.

What name is given to the checked material worn by Scottish clans,

each pattern being distinctive of an individual clan?

-Tartan.

-In which war is the television series Blackadder Goes Forth set?

-World War I.

-Which species of penguin gets its name from its habit of jumping

over boulders and crevices to ascend the cliffs where it breeds?

-Emperor.

-The Rockhopper. What expression for returning to the start

came into common use following the division of a football pitch

into numbered sections to help early radio commentaries?

-Reprise.

-Back to square one. Which National Park is bounded by the Vales of York

and Mowbray on the west and the North Sea on the east?

-Er, Pembrokeshire.

-North York Moors.

Which of the Romantic poets fell in love with Fanny Brawne in 1818

and became engaged to her the following year?

-John Keats.

-Bismillah, meaning "In the name of Allah,"

is the opening invocation of the Koran

and also occurs in the lyrics of which pop song by Queen?

-Innuendo.

-Bohemian Rhapsody.

Whose exhibition, A Bigger Picture, opened at the Royal Academy

in January 2012, featuring works of his native Yorkshire countryside?

-David Hockney.

-Grozny is the capital of which Russian Federation republic,

located in the Northern Caucasus mountains?

-Chechnya.

-Which English king was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066,

supposedly by an arrow in the eye?

-Harold.

-What was required on all British passports from 1st February 1915

in addition to a signature and a personal description of the holder?

-A photograph.

-Which Canadian-American actor

has starred in Dumb And Dumber, The Truman Show and The Mask?

-Jim Carrey.

-In which novel by Evelyn Waugh is William Boot,

a writer of nature notes, mistakenly sent to cover the war in Ishmaelia?

-And It Came.

-Scoop. In May 2012,

who became the first Socialist President of France

since Francois Mitterrand when he defeated Nicolas Sarkozy in the run off?

-Francoise Hollande.

-Landseer's lions at the base of Nelson's Column

in Trafalgar Square are cast from which metal?

-Bronze.

-Which desert of about half a million square miles

first became known to Europeans through the vivid descriptions of Marco Polo?

-The Gobi.

-In a dish from South East Asia,

small pieces of meat are threaded onto skewers, grilled and served

with a spicy peanut sauce. What is it called?

-Satay.

-Which biblical patriarch had sons called Ham, Shem and Japheth?

-Noah.

-The name of which sport comes from the stately home of the Duke of Beaufort

where it was played in the 19th century?

-Badminton.

-What was the nationality of the composer Bela Bartok?

-Czech.

-Hungarian. In April 2012, the historian Dominic Sandbrook presented a series

on BBC2 about which decade, in which he was born?

-70s.

-In which of Shakespeare's plays

is Perdita the long-lost daughter of Hermione?

-Winter's Tale.

-What was first scientifically demonstrated

-by the 1851 experiment known as Foucault's Pendulum?

-BEEP

-Improbability.

-No. It was the rotation of the earth on its own axis.

You had no passes, Jonathan,

and you did it. You have scored a total of 29 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, what a good contest. Let's have a look at the final scores.

In fourth place, 25 points, Bart Smith.

Third place, 27 points, Chris Quinn.

Second place, 28 points, Helen Marshall.

First place, 29 points, Jonathan Gordon.

APPLAUSE

Which means, of course, that Jonathan Gordon is tonight's winner,

and he goes through to the semi-finals.

Congratulations to him. Commiserations to Helen Marshall.

But with her score, 28, it is entirely possible that we shall see her again in the semi-final.

If you would like to be a contender on the next series,

do go to our website...

And do join us again next week for more Masterminds.

-Thanks for watching. Goodbye.

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