0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Allan Nicholas from Bristol.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30His subject is the Bee Gees.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Mark Cooper, a civil servant from Brighton.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36He will be answering questions on the American filmmaker Kevin Smith.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Tony Ryan is a retail manager from Neath
0:00:38 > 0:00:41and he answers questions on the Falklands War.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44And Rob White from Retford on Thomas Hardy.
0:00:44 > 0:00:52APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06This is the quiz show where the contenders can swot up on their
0:01:06 > 0:01:08specialist subject as much as they like,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11but what they can't prepare for is the way they will react
0:01:11 > 0:01:14under the pressure of the lights and the clock.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Then there's the general knowledge round,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18the one that really sorts them out.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Two minutes on one, two-and-a-half on the other and the big prize,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Let's ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- And your name is?- Allan Nicholas.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- Your occupation?- Retired.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- And your chosen subject? - The Bee Gees.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43The Bee Gees in two minutes.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Where were Barry Gibb and his twin brothers Robin and Maurice born?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50The family later moved to Manchester and then to Australia.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Isle of Man.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Which song written by all three brothers became the first
0:01:54 > 0:01:56UK number one single for the Bee Gees in 1967?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Massachusetts.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01In 1967 who was made their tour manager and contact between them
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and the pop promoter Robert Stigwood?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06He became their personal manager for many years.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Dick Ashby.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Robin temporarily left and reached number two
0:02:09 > 0:02:12in the UK charts with which solo single in 1969?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Saved By The Bell.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Who produced their Mr Natural album
0:02:16 > 0:02:18and revived their career by steering them towards
0:02:18 > 0:02:21their hugely successful disco sound with hits such as Jive Talkin'?
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Arif Mardin.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Which tribute song on the Bee Gees 1989 album One is dedicated
0:02:27 > 0:02:31to their youngest brother Andy who had died the previous year?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33It features on Robin's solo album Magnet.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Wish You Were Here.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38In '97 the Bee Gees caused a stir by walking off a chat show
0:02:38 > 0:02:41because they found the host's style of interviewing rude.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Who was the host?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Clive Anderson.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Which song written by all three brothers reached number two
0:02:47 > 0:02:50in the UK singles charts for Dionne Warwick in 1982?
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Heartbreaker.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Who directed Staying Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever
0:02:55 > 0:02:58featuring music by the Bee Gees and the director's brother Frank?
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Pass.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Which pop star played a major part
0:03:01 > 0:03:04in the Bee Gees' growing popularity in Australia in the early '60s,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06getting them a recording contract
0:03:06 > 0:03:10and recording Barry's song Underneath The Starlight Of Love?
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Pass.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15What is the title of their number one UK single of '87
0:03:15 > 0:03:18from the album E.S.P on which they were reunited with Arif Mardin?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Er...You Win Again?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25In the 1970 television film comedy Cucumber Castle
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Barry Gibb played the role of Prince Frederick, King of Cucumber.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Which part did Maurice play?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31The Knight.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Prince Marmaduke, King of Jelly.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Who reached number five in the UK charts in '98
0:03:35 > 0:03:38with Immortality on which the Bee Gees sang the backing vocals?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41It was written for the stage production of Saturday Night Fever.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Celine Dion.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46What did the Bee Gees call their recording studio in Miami Beach...
0:03:45 > 0:03:46BEEP
0:03:46 > 0:03:48..that was in operation from 1980?
0:03:48 > 0:03:49Middle Ear.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51You had two passes.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54The pop star who played a big part in their growing
0:03:54 > 0:03:57popularity in Australia was Col Joye.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02And Sylvester Stallone directed Staying Alive.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05So, two passes, Allan, you have scored 11 points.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10APPLAUSE
0:04:15 > 0:04:17And our next contender, please.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- And your name is?- Mark Cooper.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Your occupation?- Civil servant.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- And your chosen subject? - The life and films of Kevin Smith.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Kevin Smith in two minutes.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35In which New Jersey town was Kevin Smith born in August 1970?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38He went on to become a film actor, writer and director.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Red Bank.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42What's the name of the Kevin Smith-Scott Mosier production company
0:04:42 > 0:04:45that produced a number of his films including Dogma and Mallrats?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47View Askew.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50In Smith's 2011 film Red State what is the name of the church
0:04:50 > 0:04:54led by the extremist evangelical Albin Cooper, a man described as
0:04:54 > 0:04:57so right-wing even neo-Nazis distance themselves from him?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Five Points Trinity Church.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Who plays Jay,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03the foulmouthed companion of the recurring character Silent Bob?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Silent Bob is played by Smith.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Jason Mewes.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Smith went to see an independent film by Richard Linklater
0:05:09 > 0:05:13in a Manhattan cinema on his 21st birthday which inspired him
0:05:13 > 0:05:15to begin making films. Which film was it?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Slacker.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19On what street in Red Bank, New Jersey, is the comic book store,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23owned by Kevin Smith, called Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Brood Street.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Broad Street.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28For which film did Smith win in the Best Screenplay category
0:05:28 > 0:05:30at the '98 Independent Spirit Awards?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32The female lead, Joey Lauren Adams,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35was nominated for a Golden Globe Best Actress Award.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Chasing Amy.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38What is the name of the character
0:05:38 > 0:05:42played by Smith in Len Wiseman's 2007 film Diehard 4.0?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44The Hacker.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46No, Frederick Kaludis, Warlock.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Cop Out, released in 2010, was the first film Smith directed
0:05:49 > 0:05:50but did not also write.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54What is the surname of the brothers Rob and Mark who did write it?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Cullen.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Which Kevin Smith film takes place almost entirely
0:05:58 > 0:06:01in the Quick Stop convenience store in Leonardo, New Jersey,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03where Smith worked as a cashier?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Clerks.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Which cartoonist made an unaccredited appearance in, and drew the artwork for,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Bluntman & Chronic in Smith's '97 film Chasing Amy?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Mike Allred.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16In Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back Dante is disgusted
0:06:16 > 0:06:20when he finds out he's been played in the Bluntman & Chronic film by whom?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Kathy Bates.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Judi Dench.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26In Clerks, Dante and Randal discuss the morality and fate of the
0:06:26 > 0:06:31independent contractors who worked on which fictional construction project?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32The Death Star.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35BEEP
0:06:33 > 0:06:35I've started, so I'll finish.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38What three-word instruction does Rufus shout to Jay when God,
0:06:38 > 0:06:42played by Alanis Morissette, emerges at the climax of Dogma?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Er...Show some respect.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Not quite. Bow down, stupid.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50No passes, Mark, you have ten points.
0:06:50 > 0:06:58APPLAUSE
0:06:59 > 0:07:01And our next contender, please.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- And your name is?- Tony Ryan.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Occupation?- Retail manager.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- And your chosen subject. - The Falklands conflict.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17The Falklands conflict in two minutes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Who was ousted as the Argentine president in December 1981?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22His replacement, General Galtieri,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25hoped to silence dissent against military rule by reclaiming
0:07:25 > 0:07:28the Falkland Islands after 150 years of British occupation.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Pass.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32What was the number of the United Nations Security Council resolution
0:07:32 > 0:07:35adopted on 3rd April, 1982, that demanded a complete
0:07:35 > 0:07:37withdrawal by Argentine forces from the island?
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Resolution 502.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42At around 4:30am on 2nd April, 1982,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Argentine commanders began the invasion by landing at which Creek?
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Mullett Creek.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Which P&O cruise liner was modified to take helicopters
0:07:49 > 0:07:52and sailed with the task force on 9th April as a troop carrier?
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Canberra.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57What was the name of the Argentine submarine that was severely damaged
0:07:57 > 0:07:59by a helicopter attack during the British recapture
0:07:59 > 0:08:02of South Georgia and eventually beached near Grytviken?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04The Santa Fe.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Members of the Mountain Troop of D Squadron SAS landed on a glacier
0:08:08 > 0:08:11on South Georgia on 21st April in what proved to be an abortive mission.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14What was the name of the glacier?
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Fortuna.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16What nickname was given to the San Carlos Bay area
0:08:16 > 0:08:19because of repeated Argentine air attacks on the British fleet
0:08:19 > 0:08:22in the days after the troop landings?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22Bomb Alley.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Who was in command of HMS Sheffield
0:08:24 > 0:08:28when she was struck by an Exocet anti-ship missile on 4th May, 1982?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29She sank six days later.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Sam Salt.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33What name was given to the operation to land 3 Commando Brigade
0:08:33 > 0:08:35unopposed on the Falkland islands?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38San Carlos Bay was eventually chosen as a suitable location.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Operation Sutton.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42The Spanish-speaking Marine Captain Rod Bell
0:08:42 > 0:08:45accompanied a Special Forces team that attacked an Argentine position
0:08:45 > 0:08:47on a ridge overlooking the approach to San Carlos water.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49What was the ridge called?
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Fanning Head.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Which British submarine sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano
0:08:53 > 0:08:55with the loss of 368 lives
0:08:55 > 0:08:59even though it was outside the Total Exclusion Zone?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59HMS Conqueror.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Who was the first Falkland Islander to welcome British troops
0:09:02 > 0:09:04after their landing at San Carlos on 21st May?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08C company of 40 Commando raised the Union flag outside his house.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Pass.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12British Sea Harriers were equipped with which American-supplied
0:09:12 > 0:09:15air-to-air missile that was effective against the Argentine air force?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17The version nine Sidewinder.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18BEEP
0:09:18 > 0:09:21I've started, so I'll finish. Which frigate was bombed and damaged
0:09:21 > 0:09:22minutes before the attack
0:09:22 > 0:09:26on the Sir Tristram and Sir Galahad at Fitzroy on 8th June?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Take a guess.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Ardent.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35It was HMS Plymouth.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39You had two passes. Pat Short was the first Falkland Islander to welcome them.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42And General Roberto Viola
0:09:42 > 0:09:46was ousted as the Argentine president in December 1981.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48You have, Tony, 11 points.
0:09:48 > 0:09:56APPLAUSE
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And our final contender, please.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- And your name is?- Rob White.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09- Your occupation?- Retired.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11And your chosen subject?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- The life and work of Thomas Hardy. - Thomas Hardy.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Two minutes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16In Far From The Madding Crowd, what is the name of the farm
0:10:16 > 0:10:18at which William Boldwood is the tenant?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Little Weatherbury.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22What is the title of Hardy's first published novel,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25the almost complete manuscript of which
0:10:25 > 0:10:27he posted to Macmillan in March 1870?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Desperate Remedies.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Thomas Hardy was born in June 1840 in which Dorset village,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33the son of a builder and a former domestic servant?
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Higher Bockhampton.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37At age of 16 in 1856 Hardy became articled to
0:10:37 > 0:10:39and a pupil of which Dorchester architect?
0:10:39 > 0:10:40Hicks.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42What is the subtitle of his novel Under The Greenwood Tree
0:10:42 > 0:10:45that he'd initially intended to call The Mellstock Quire?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47A Rural Painting Of The Dutch School.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Which wounded creature does Tess kill while she is on
0:10:50 > 0:10:52a journey to Flintcomb-Ash to start work on
0:10:52 > 0:10:55the farm with Marian in Tess Of The D'Urbervilles?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56A pheasant.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58What is the title of Hardy's earliest surviving poem,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02written between 1857 and 1860 that describes his family's cottage?
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Domicilium.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06At which remote Cornish village where he had been
0:11:06 > 0:11:08sent by his employer George Crickmay to oversee
0:11:08 > 0:11:10the restoration of the local church did Hardy
0:11:10 > 0:11:13meet his future wife Emma Gifford In March 1870?
0:11:13 > 0:11:14St Juliot.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16What is the name of the district in Casterbridge
0:11:16 > 0:11:18where the local lowlife congregates.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Mixen Lane.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Jude The Obscure had a harsh critical reception.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Which Bishop publicly burned a copy of the novel?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Wakefield.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Hardy wrote the 1912 poem The Convergence Of The Twain,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34later included in Satires Of Circumstance about which historical event?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Sinking of the Titanic.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39On which of his relatives whom he had met in Hatfield in the autumn of 1849
0:11:39 > 0:11:41did Hardy later partly base the character
0:11:41 > 0:11:44of Bathsheba Everdene in Far From The Madding Crowd?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45His Aunt Martha.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48What name does he give to the stretch of sombre wasteland that
0:11:48 > 0:11:50is the setting for The Return Of The Native?
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Egdon Heath.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54In which poem did Hardy write about his parting from Emma during their courtship,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57"But crimson one cheek of hers burned when we came in together?"
0:11:57 > 0:11:58At The Word 'Farewell'.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01After his death, Hardy's ashes were interred at Poets' Corner in
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Westminster Abbey but which one of his organs was
0:12:03 > 0:12:05buried in a casket in Stinsford Churchyard?
0:12:05 > 0:12:06His heart.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10In The Woodlanders, Sook Damson is singing a snatch of a local ballad
0:12:10 > 0:12:12when Fitzpiers finally catches her...
0:12:12 > 0:12:13BEEP
0:12:13 > 0:12:17..after she's mistaken him for her lover Tim Tangs. Which ballad is it?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Earl Marshall.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24No, it's The Foggy, Foggy Dew.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26You would have had them all right apart from that.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Nonetheless, you have scored, Rob, 15 points.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32APPLAUSE
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Well, a high-scoring round there. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45In fourth place, 10 points, Mark Cooper. Joint second place,
0:12:45 > 0:12:4811 points apiece, Allan Nicholas and Tony Ryan.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50In the lead with 15 points, Rob White.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53APPLAUSE
0:12:57 > 0:13:00So, it's the general knowledge round now and if there is a tie
0:13:00 > 0:13:02at the end of it then the number of passes
0:13:02 > 0:13:05is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09And if they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12The six highest-scoring runners up from these heats will also
0:13:12 > 0:13:16be able to claim a place in the semifinals. So, plenty to play for.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Let's get on with it
0:13:17 > 0:13:20and ask Mark Cooper to join us again, please.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28And you scored 10 points with your knowledge of Kevin Smith.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33You have two and a half minutes now. Here we go.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35In which city are the Gare Du Nord and Gare De Lyon
0:13:35 > 0:13:37two of the six main railway termini?
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Paris.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Johnny Marr was the guitarist with which
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Manchester band from 1982 until they broke up in '87?
0:13:42 > 0:13:43The Smiths.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46What nickname was given to the English king William II
0:13:46 > 0:13:47because of his ruddy complexion?
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Rufus.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Which undefeated former world heavyweight boxing
0:13:51 > 0:13:54champion was killed in an air crash on 31 August '69,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56the day before his 46th birthday?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Max Schmeling.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Rocky Marciano.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Which television soap opera features the Carrington family
0:14:01 > 0:14:03and was set in Denver, Colorado?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Dynasty.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06In June 2012, Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood
0:14:06 > 0:14:10was declared the first democratically-elected president of which country?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Egypt.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13What common alternative name for the plant Antirrhinum
0:14:13 > 0:14:16comes from its flowers which supposedly resemble the head
0:14:16 > 0:14:17of a mythical creature?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Pass.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Frederick Forsyth took the title of his novel
0:14:21 > 0:14:24The Dogs Of War from the line, "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war,"
0:14:24 > 0:14:25in which of Shakespeare's plays?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Hamlet.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Julius Caesar. Which fellow scientist did
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Maria Sklodowska marry in 1895? She went on to
0:14:32 > 0:14:36share the 1903 Nobel Prize For Physics with him and Henri Becquerel.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Pierre Curie.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40What poetic name is given to the A830, the road
0:14:40 > 0:14:43that runs from Fort William to the ferry port of Mallaig
0:14:43 > 0:14:44on the West Coast of Scotland?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Pass.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50The Welsh speciality laverbread is prepared from a variety of what?
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Seaweed.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53The visible members of which clusters of stars are named
0:14:53 > 0:14:56after the seven sisters of Greek mythology?
0:14:56 > 0:14:57The Pleiades.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00On which Mediterranean island is the ancient city
0:15:00 > 0:15:03of Syracuse where St Paul stayed on his journey to Rome?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Sicily.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Who replaced Jodie Foster as FBI agent Clarice Starling
0:15:07 > 0:15:09in Hannibal, the sequel to The Silence Of The Lambs?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Julianne Moore.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14At which London art gallery was the Ondaatje Wing opened in May 2000?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17It is named after the philanthropist Christopher Ondaatje.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18National Gallery.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19National Portrait Gallery.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22What do the letters TT stand for in the motorcycle races
0:15:22 > 0:15:23held in the Isle of Man?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Tourist Trophy.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27At Christmas in 1492 which famous ship
0:15:27 > 0:15:29ran aground off Haiti and was lost?
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Amistad.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Santa Maria.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Who revealed he had read Katie Price's autobiographies
0:15:34 > 0:15:36as background research for his novel
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Lionel Asbo State Of England, first published in June 2012?
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Pass.
0:15:40 > 0:15:46In which North African country are the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Morocco.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51What title in addition to Viscount Linley was conferred
0:15:51 > 0:15:54on Anthony Armstrong Jones after his marriage to Princess Margaret?
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Lord Snowdon.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57What name is given to a word or sentence
0:15:57 > 0:15:59that reads the same backwards as forwards?
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Palindrome.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Which French composer, best known for his early opera Faust...
0:16:03 > 0:16:04BEEP
0:16:04 > 0:16:08..spent time in London in the early 1870s where he wrote popular drawing-room ballads?
0:16:08 > 0:16:09Ravel.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10No, it was Gounod.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Three passes. Martin Amis wrote Lionel Asbo.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19The Road To The Isles is the rather more poetic name for the A830.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21And Antirrhinums are snapdragons.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24You have scored in total, Mark, 24 points.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27APPLAUSE
0:16:33 > 0:16:35And now Allan Nicholas again, please.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42And you begin this round with your 11 points
0:16:42 > 0:16:45because of your knowledge of the Bee Gees
0:16:45 > 0:16:46and 24 is the score to beat.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Who played Del Boy Trotter in the television series Only Fools And Horses?
0:16:52 > 0:16:53David Jason.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55In which country is the valley of the River Emme,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57the original home of Emmental cheese?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Holland.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Switzerland.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Which events were held in Stockholm rather than Melbourne
0:17:02 > 0:17:06at the 1956 Summer Olympics because of strict quarantine restrictions?
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Pass.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11What word comes after Dartford, Sedge and Willow
0:17:11 > 0:17:13in the names of certain species of small songbirds?
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Warbler.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Which city is the setting for many of Willy Russell's plays
0:17:17 > 0:17:19including the musical Blood Brothers?
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Liverpool.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Which country, united with Serbia in various ways for several decades,
0:17:23 > 0:17:27finally became independent in 2006 after a referendum?
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Bosnia.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Montenegro.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Stephen King's novel 11/22/63 published in November 2011 is about
0:17:33 > 0:17:37a time traveller's attempt to prevent whose assassination?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Pass.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Boltardy is a popular variety of which vegetable used for pickling
0:17:45 > 0:17:47and to add colour and flavour to salads?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Cabbage.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Beetroot.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Whose albums include Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
0:17:54 > 0:17:56and Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Elton John.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00In the Roman Catholic Church, what name is given to
0:18:00 > 0:18:03the Assembly of cardinals who meet to elect the new Pope?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Pass.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08In which film do Joe and Jerry, played by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11become Josephine and Daphne when they join an all-girl band?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Some Like It Hot.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14The ruins of the Roman fort of Mediobogdum
0:18:14 > 0:18:17stand partway up which pass in the Lake District?
0:18:17 > 0:18:21It's one of the steepest in the country and famous for its hairpin bends.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Snake pass.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Hardknott Pass.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25The opera Dido And Aeneas was first performed at
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Josiah Priest's School For Gentlewomen in Chelsea in about 1689.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Who wrote it?
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Gilbert and Sullivan.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34No, it was Purcell.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Which '60s television pop music show was
0:18:36 > 0:18:39introduced by Manfred Mann's theme tune 5-4-3-2-1?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Oh Boy!
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Ready Steady Go!
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Which town on Mounts Bay, Cornwall is the terminus
0:18:46 > 0:18:48of the railway line from Paddington
0:18:48 > 0:18:50and the main ferry port for the Scilly Islands?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Penzance.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53The Duke of Lancaster who was the fourth son of Edward III
0:18:53 > 0:18:57and the father of Henry IV is generally known by what name?
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Pass.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Which French sculptor was commissioned in 1884 to make
0:19:01 > 0:19:03the bronze monument of The Burghers Of Calais
0:19:03 > 0:19:06for a site in front of the port's town hall?
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Pass.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Who invented the hovercraft in the 1950s after he
0:19:10 > 0:19:14experimented with a small industrial fan, a coffee tin and a cat food tin?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Christopher Cockerell.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Which novelist's works include Lord Jim And Nostromo?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20BEEP
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Amis.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22It was Conrad.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Five passes.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Rodin is the sculptor who did The Burghers Of Calais.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30John of Gaunt was the Duke of Lancaster.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35Conclave is the assembly of cardinals who elect the Pope.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40John F Kennedy is the chap who the time traveller tried to stop
0:19:40 > 0:19:43being killed in the Stephen King novel
0:19:43 > 0:19:46and it was the equestrian events that were transferred to
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Stockholm rather than Melbourne in 1956.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52You have a total now, Allan, of 18 points.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55APPLAUSE
0:20:01 > 0:20:03And now Tony Ryan again, please.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08And you also begin this round with 11 points
0:20:08 > 0:20:10with your knowledge of the Falklands War.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Let's see if you can beat 24 points with your general knowledge.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Here we go. Who said in 1938,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17"This is the second time in our history that there has
0:20:17 > 0:20:21"come back from Germany to Downing Street, peace with honour?"
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Chamberlain.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24How do actors refer to Shakespeare's Macbeth inside the theatre
0:20:24 > 0:20:26as to say its name is thought to be unlucky?
0:20:26 > 0:20:27The Scottish play.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29"You put the boom-boom into my heart,"
0:20:29 > 0:20:31is the opening line of which Wham! chart-topper?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35The name of which spring flower comes from that of
0:20:35 > 0:20:39the Greek youth killed while Apollo was teaching him to throw the discus?
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Crocus.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Hyacinth.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Who wrote the horror stories The Fall Of The House Of Usher
0:20:43 > 0:20:45and the Pit And The Pendulum among others?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Pass.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48William the Conqueror was succeeded by two of his sons as the King of England,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52William II in 1087 and then which other in 1100?
0:20:52 > 0:20:53William III.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Henry I.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Which British actor played the human-hating mutant
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Magneto in the 2000 film X-men?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Ian McKellen.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Who scored the winning penalty for Chelsea against
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Bayern Munich in the 2012 Champions League Final?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06It was his last goal for the club.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Didier Drogba.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10The pecan, butternut and hickory nut are all
0:21:10 > 0:21:13relatives of which common English nut that is sometimes pickled?
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Walnut.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Which religious reformer, born in Eisleben,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church
0:21:19 > 0:21:21by the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem
0:21:21 > 0:21:23issued on 3 January 1521?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Martin Luther.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27What name of Anglo Irish origin is given to a shop
0:21:27 > 0:21:29where illicit liquor is sold,
0:21:29 > 0:21:31especially in Ireland or more recently in South Africa?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Speakeasy.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Shebeen.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Which television programme,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37relaunched in 2012 with Frank Skinner as presenter,
0:21:37 > 0:21:41takes its title from a place in George Orwell's novel 1984?
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Room 101.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Which busy port stands at the north-western tip
0:21:44 > 0:21:46of the Isles of Sheppey?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Ramsgate.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Sheerness.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52What Latin name meaning brain is given to the largest
0:21:52 > 0:21:54and uppermost part of the human brain that
0:21:54 > 0:21:56accounts for about two thirds of its total weight?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Pass.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Which independent principality has a land border
0:22:00 > 0:22:01only with mainland France?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05San Marino.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Monaco.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Which type of long-barrelled infantry gun in wide use
0:22:08 > 0:22:10between 16th and 18th centuries has a name said
0:22:10 > 0:22:13to come from the old French for a sparrowhawk?
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Pass.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Which business organisations is known by the initials CBI?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Confederation of British Industry.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22The Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves comes from which opera by Verdi?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Aida.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Nabucco.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26For which Sussex Cathedral did Marc Chagall design
0:22:26 > 0:22:29a stained-glass window inspired by the theme of
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Psalm 150, "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord?"
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Chichester.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Who was appointed as the last British Viceroy of India
0:22:36 > 0:22:40in 1946, administering the transfer of power from Britain?
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Louis Mountbatten.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Which corrosive substance was formerly known as oil of vitriol?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47BEEP
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Sulphuric acid.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Sulphuric acid is correct. You had three passes.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55That gun, the long-barrelled infantry gun, was the musket.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Cerebrum is the bit of the brain that I was looking for there.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02And The Fall Of The House Of Usher and The Pit And The Pendulum,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04written by Edgar Allan Poe.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06You have, Tony, 23 points.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09APPLAUSE
0:23:16 > 0:23:18And finally, Rob White again, please.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22And you begin this round with 15 points
0:23:22 > 0:23:26with your knowledge of Thomas Hardy. And the score to beat is still 24.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Let's see how you get on. Here we go.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29According to the proverb,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33a long spoon is needed by the person who sups with whom?
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Pass.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37In which present-day country did the Aztec civilisation
0:23:37 > 0:23:39flourish before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors?
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Mexico.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Which large bird of prey found in the Scottish Highlands
0:23:43 > 0:23:46and northern England gets its name from the colours
0:23:46 > 0:23:47of the feathers on its head and neck?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Golden eagle.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Following a green paper,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53what name is given to a government publication presented to Parliament
0:23:53 > 0:23:56outlining policy or proposed legislation on a particular matter?
0:23:56 > 0:23:57White Paper.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Which fictional character lived with her wheelchair-bound husband
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Sir Clifford at Wragby Hall near the mining village
0:24:02 > 0:24:04of Tevershall in the East Midlands?
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Pass.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13St Anne is the capital of which of the Channel Islands?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Can you repeat the question, please?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17St Anne is the capital of which of the Channel Islands?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Alderney.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20In the television comedy The Royle Family,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23who starred as Jim, the lazy, grumpy and uncouth head of the family?
0:24:23 > 0:24:24Pass.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28The first historical record of which famous religious relic dates
0:24:28 > 0:24:30back to about 1350 when it was said to have
0:24:30 > 0:24:33been in the possession of a French knight Geoffroi De Charny?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Turin shroud.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera has the alternative
0:24:37 > 0:24:38title The Witch's Curse?
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Ruddigore.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43What word for an unorthodox person also means an unbranded calf
0:24:43 > 0:24:46in America, coming from the name of a Texas rancher who
0:24:46 > 0:24:47had a large herd of calves?
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Maverick.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Which 1992 film starred Sharon Stone
0:24:51 > 0:24:53as Catherine Tramell, the prime suspect in the
0:24:53 > 0:24:56murder of a rock star who had been killed with an ice pick?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Pass.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59The title of which John Steinbeck novel is
0:24:59 > 0:25:02taken from a line in the Battle Hymn Of The Republic?
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Grapes Of Wrath.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04What was the standard rate
0:25:04 > 0:25:08of VAT when it was introduced into Britain on 1 April 1973?
0:25:08 > 0:25:0910%.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Which prominent British architect
0:25:11 > 0:25:15born in Florence in 1933 has his offices next door to
0:25:15 > 0:25:20the River Cafe in London where his wife Ruth is the chef?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Pass.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23With which club did Jose Mourinho first
0:25:23 > 0:25:26win the UEFA Champions League final in 2004?
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Porto.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Who resigned as leader of the Labour Party in October 1980?
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Foot.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Callaghan.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35According to Islamic tradition,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38from which city did Muhammad make his ascent to heaven?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Mecca.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Jerusalem.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Manchester's principal Symphony Orchestra was
0:25:45 > 0:25:47founded by and is named after which 19th century
0:25:47 > 0:25:49German-born pianist and conductor?
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Halle.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Which battle of 1805 is also known as the Battle Of The Three Emperors
0:25:53 > 0:25:57because the emperors of France, Austria and Russia were all in the field?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Austerlitz.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00What name is given to the pair of oval-shaped masses...
0:26:00 > 0:26:01BEEP
0:26:01 > 0:26:04..of lymphatic tissue normally visible on the back
0:26:04 > 0:26:06of the throat either side of the soft palate?
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Epiglottis.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Tonsils.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Five passes. Richard Rogers was that architect.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Basic Instinct was Sharon Stone's film.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Ricky Tomlinson was the lazy head of the Royle family.
0:26:20 > 0:26:26Lady Chatterley... Yeah. ..was Wragby Hall.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31And if you sup with the devil, you need a long spoon.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37It happens like that. Five passes but still, Rob, 27 points.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40APPLAUSE
0:26:48 > 0:26:51So, he held onto his lead. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53In fourth place with 18 points, Allan Nicholas.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Third place, 23 points, Tony Ryan.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Second place, 24 points, Mark Cooper.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01In first place, 27 points, Rob White.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04APPLAUSE
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Which means that Rob White is tonight's winner
0:27:15 > 0:27:17and goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Congratulations to him.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21But if you would like to be a contender on the next series,
0:27:21 > 0:27:25do go to our website bbc.co.uk/mastermind.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28And do join us again next time for more Mastermind.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33APPLAUSE
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