0:00:25 > 0:00:29First in the spotlight tonight is Sian West, an independent consultant from Sevenoaks.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Her subject, Billie Holiday. Next, Matthew Clarke, a teacher from Manchester.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37His subject is the Belgian cyclist, Eddy Merckx.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Nathan Scott, an IT consultant from Surrey,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42will be answering questions on the philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And Andrew Granath, a teacher from Barnet.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47His subject, William Gladstone.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Tonight, four contenders will put their knowledge to the test
0:01:07 > 0:01:10in their bid to become the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12And with that title goes this glass bowl.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Modest to look at, but what an honour to own.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18To do it, they have to score more points than anyone else.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21First, in their specialist round, two minutes.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Then their general knowledge round, two and a half minutes.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29That is often the killer. So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- Your name is?- Sian West.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- Your occupation? - Independent consultant.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- And your specialist subject? - The life and music of Billie Holiday.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The great Billie Holiday. Two minutes, starting now. Which Billie Holiday song,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51that became an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54was originally written as a poem by the school teacher Abel Meeropol?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Strange Fruit. - Yes. Who became her manager and boyfriend in 1951?
0:01:57 > 0:01:58They married later.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- Louis McKay. - Yes. What was the name of the island Holiday was sent to
0:02:01 > 0:02:02at about the age of 14,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04charged with being a "vagrant and dissipated adult"
0:02:04 > 0:02:06although she was still a minor?
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- Welfare Island. - Yes. Which jazz saxophonist, with whom she was closely associated
0:02:10 > 0:02:12from the mid-1930s, gave her the nickname Lady Day?
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Lester Young.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Yes. What is the title of the Holiday album released in late 1955
0:02:16 > 0:02:19produced by Norman Granz, which includes the tracks,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22It Had to Be You and Come Rain or Come Shine?
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Songs for Distinguee Lovers.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Music for Torching.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28She made her first recordings with Benny Goodman's studio band in 1933.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29One track was Riffin' the Scotch,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31what was the title of the other song?
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Your Mother's Son-in-Law.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Yes. With which flower was Holiday associated
0:02:34 > 0:02:37as she often wore them in her hair, especially when performing?
0:02:37 > 0:02:42- Gardenias. - Yes. In 1949, with whom did she record the duets on the Decca label,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45You Can't Lose a Breaking Heart and My Sweet Hunk O' Trash?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- Louis Armstrong. - Yes. What handicraft, taught to her by a fellow inmate, did she take up
0:02:49 > 0:02:51when she served her sentence for drug possession
0:02:51 > 0:02:54at the Federal Reformatory For Women at Alderson, West Virginia,
0:02:54 > 0:02:55from 1947 to 48?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- Knitting.- Yes. Whose band did she join in March 1937,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00leaving in 1938 to join Artie Shaw's band?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02That was Count Basie.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05It was. Which notorious actress, with whom she was rumoured to have had a relationship,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09threatened to sue the publishers of Billie's autobiographical book,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Lady Sings the Blues, if their name was not removed from it?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Tallulah Bankhead.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Yes. What tour name was given to the group that included Billie,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Carl Drinkard and the Red Norvo trio,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19who performed around Europe in 1954
0:03:19 > 0:03:22in a show organised by Leonard Feather?
0:03:22 > 0:03:23The Jazz America All-stars.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Jazz Club USA. In October 1958, she appeared with Gerry Mulligan
0:03:27 > 0:03:30and others at which inaugural jazz festival?
0:03:30 > 0:03:31The Newport Jazz Festival.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Monterey. Who released Strange Fruit on his small Commodore label
0:03:34 > 0:03:36after it was declined by Columbia?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39He later became Billie's producer at Decca in the '40s.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Milt Gabler.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Yes. In 1956, who interviewed her with other notable jazz musicians
0:03:45 > 0:03:47for a radio series on Voice of America?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49BEEPING
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I think it was Conover.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Yes, it was Willis Conover.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58You have no passes, Sian, you have 12 points.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59APPLAUSE
0:04:08 > 0:04:09And our next contender, please.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- And your name is?- Matthew Clarke.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19- Your occupation?- Teacher.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- And your chosen subject? - The life and career of Eddy Merckx.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Eddy Merckx, in two minutes, starting now.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Which Brabant village was the birthplace of cyclist Eddy Merckx
0:04:28 > 0:04:30in June 1945?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Woluwe St Peter.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Meensel-Kiezegem. How many Tour de France cycle races did he win
0:04:36 > 0:04:37in his professional career,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40equalling the record set by the French rider, Jacques Anquetil.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Five.- Yes. What was the name of Merckx's first professional team,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45he signed to them in 1965.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- Solo-Superia.- Yes.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Which major one-day classic race did he win for a record seventh time
0:04:50 > 0:04:53in March '76? It turned out to be his last major victory.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Milan-San Remo. - Yes. As well as being awarded the Olympic Order for his contribution
0:04:56 > 0:05:00to the development of cycling in 1996, what other honour was given
0:05:00 > 0:05:02to Merckx by King Albert II that year?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03The title of Baron.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Yes. He was knighted. At which celebrated one-day classic race
0:05:06 > 0:05:10did Merckx make his professional debut on 29th April, '65?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11The Tour of Flanders.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15La Fleche Wallonne. Who was the Belgian rider and honours master
0:05:15 > 0:05:18of the one-day classics who became Merckx's first team leader?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Their frosty relationship ensured that Merckx left the team as soon as possible.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- Rik van Looy. - Yes. In which Dutch town did Merckx outspin Jan Janssen and Ramon Saez
0:05:26 > 0:05:29to become the UCI Road World Champion in September 1967?
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Heerlen.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Correct. What's the name of Merckx's son, born in 1972,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35who also became a professional racing cyclist?
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Axel Merckx.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Yes. When Merckx joined the Faema team in 1968,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42which very experienced rider was chosen as his mentor and roommate?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Albertini.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48No, Adorni. Merckx got his nickname, The Cannibal, from the daughter of a former team-mate
0:05:48 > 0:05:49because of his appetite for victories
0:05:49 > 0:05:52and the way he demolished the opposition. Who was the team-mate?
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Pass.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Who was Merckx's influential team manager at Faema,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57he died from cancer in 1970?
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Van Buggenhout.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Jacques Anquetil. In which year did Merckx gain his only victory
0:06:03 > 0:06:07in the Spanish Vuelta grand tour, becoming only the third rider
0:06:07 > 0:06:08after Jacques Anquetil and Felice Gimondi
0:06:08 > 0:06:10to win all three grand tours?
0:06:10 > 0:06:111973.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Yes. In which city did he break the world one hour record
0:06:14 > 0:06:18on the 20th October 1972 with a distance of 49.4 kms?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- Mexico City. - Yes. What term for his great talent, attributed to the race director
0:06:21 > 0:06:25and journalist Jacques Goddet, is the title of a book about him
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- that includes photographs by Stephan Vanfleteren? - BEEPING
0:06:28 > 0:06:30La Course En Tete.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32It was actually Merckxissimo.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37You had one pass. He got his nickname, The Cannibal,
0:06:37 > 0:06:41from the daughter of Christian Raymond.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42You have, Matthew, nine points.
0:06:42 > 0:06:48APPLAUSE
0:06:51 > 0:06:53And our next contender, please.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- And your name is?- Nathan Scott. - Your occupation?- IT consultant.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- Your specialist subject?- The life and works of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Wittgenstein in two minutes. In which city was the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein born in 1889
0:07:12 > 0:07:15into a wealthy family? His father was an iron and steel magnate.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- Vienna. - Yes. What two-word concept that he describes as the forms of language
0:07:18 > 0:07:21which a child begins to make use of words, does he introduce
0:07:21 > 0:07:23in the Blue Book to address the problem of what words mean?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Language Game. - Yes. In Wittgenstein's early works, Notes on Logic,
0:07:26 > 0:07:30he wrote that the first requisite of philosophising is distrust of what?
0:07:31 > 0:07:32- Theories?- Grammar.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35In which department of Manchester University did he enrol
0:07:35 > 0:07:37in the autumn of 1908 as a research student?
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- Aeronautics. - Aeronautical engineering, yes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42In which European country did Wittgenstein serve in 1918,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45for which he was awarded the Band of the Military Service Medal with Swords?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- Italy.- Yes. To which celebrated literary critic
0:07:49 > 0:07:52did he reputedly make the infamous remark in Cambridge,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54"Give up literary criticism!"?
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Pass.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Who was a major influence persuading Wittgenstein
0:07:59 > 0:08:01to abandon engineering and study philosophy,
0:08:01 > 0:08:03having read just the first sentence of an essay of his?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- Bertrand Russell. - Yes. What two word term after an English philosopher
0:08:07 > 0:08:10did Wittgenstein give to the absurdity of stating a proposition
0:08:10 > 0:08:12and then saying that one does not believe it.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- Pass. - What event of March 1938 made Wittgenstein return to Britain,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20where he sought and was later granted British citizenship?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Second World... the Anschluss. - The Anschluss, yes.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25In what German periodical, edited by Wilhelm Ostwald,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29was his Magnum Opus Tractatus Logico Philosophicus first published
0:08:29 > 0:08:32in 1921 in an edition full of errors, according to Wittgenstein?
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Der Brenner?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Annalen der Naturphilosophie.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40In Proposition 613 of the Tractatus, Wittgenstein states,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43"Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror image of the world.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45"Logic is..." What?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Pass. - Which German philosopher and central figure in the group
0:08:50 > 0:08:54known as the Vienna Circle, helped persuade him to return to philosophy
0:08:54 > 0:08:57after they met in 1927 through Wittgenstein's sister, Gretl?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- Moritz Schlick.- Yes. Which of Plato's Dialogues is quoted
0:09:00 > 0:09:03in his Philosophical Investigations in reference to the question,
0:09:03 > 0:09:08"What lies behind the idea that names really signify simples?"
0:09:08 > 0:09:10The... Timaeus. BEEPING
0:09:10 > 0:09:12No, Theaetetus.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17You had three passes, Nathan. Transcendental is what logic is.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20That two word term after the English philosopher,
0:09:20 > 0:09:22stating a proposition that no-one does believe in,
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Moore's Paradox.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28And the critic to whom he said "Give up literary criticism"
0:09:28 > 0:09:30was F R Levis, who went on to do rather good things, didn't he?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Anyway, three passes, Nathan, you have seven points.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36APPLAUSE
0:09:41 > 0:09:43And our final contender, please.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- And your name is?- Andrew Granath. - Your occupation?- A teacher.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59- And your chosen subject?- The life and career of William Gladstone.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02William Gladstone, two minutes. Which Oxford college did William Gladstone attend?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Gaining a Double First in Classics and Mathematics.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05- Christ Church.- Yes.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Gladstone served four terms as prime minister.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09In which year did he begin his first term?
0:10:09 > 0:10:10- 1868.- Yes.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13He was commonly referred to as the GOM, the Grand Old Man,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16his critics reversed those initials to MOG standing for
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Murderer Of which popular military hero
0:10:18 > 0:10:20for which they held Gladstone responsible?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Gordon.- Yeah, General Gordon.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Whom did he first meet at a dinner hosted by Lord Lyndhurst
0:10:25 > 0:10:26in January 1835?
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Gladstone later remembered him as dull
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and was astonished by the foppery of his clothes.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- Disraeli.- Yes.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33In January 1879, Gladstone accepted an invitation
0:10:33 > 0:10:36to stand for which parliamentary seat where he carried out
0:10:36 > 0:10:38a triumphant campaign towards the end of the year?
0:10:38 > 0:10:39- Midlothian.- Yes.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42What name's given to the leaking to the press of Gladstone's views
0:10:42 > 0:10:45on Irish Home Rule by his son Herbert in 1885?
0:10:45 > 0:10:46- The Hawarden kite.- Yes.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Which of Gladstone's charitable activities
0:10:49 > 0:10:51resulted in a 1927 libel case between Captain Peter Wright
0:10:51 > 0:10:53and Herbert Gladstone?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55The jury said the evidence completely vindicated
0:10:55 > 0:10:58the high moral character of the late Mr W E Gladstone.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Rescuing fallen women.- Yes.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02To which post did Sir Robert Peel promote Gladstone,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05making him a member of the Cabinet at the age of 33?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- President of the Board of Trade.- Yes.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11What did the Prince of Wales do at Gladstone's funeral,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13for which Queen Victoria later reprimanded him?
0:11:13 > 0:11:14- He was the pallbearer.- He was.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16The Turkish mistreatment of which group of people
0:11:16 > 0:11:19was the subject of Gladstone's last major political speech,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21delivered in Liverpool in September 1896?
0:11:21 > 0:11:24It contributed to the resignation of Lord Rosebery
0:11:24 > 0:11:25as leader of the Liberal Party.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- The Armenians.- Yes.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29In 1851, Gladstone's friendship with two men
0:11:29 > 0:11:31who'd had a profound effect on him ended
0:11:31 > 0:11:32because they left the Church of England
0:11:32 > 0:11:34and became Roman Catholics.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35James Hope was one, who was the other?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- Er... Manning.- Yes.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42In June 1839, who formally accepted Gladstone's proposal of marriage?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44The couple had a double wedding with her sister
0:11:44 > 0:11:45and her fiance the same year.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46- Catherine Glynne.- Yes.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49His first book, published in 1838, led Macaulay to dub him
0:11:49 > 0:11:52"the rising hope of those stern and unbending Tories."
0:11:52 > 0:11:54What was its title?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- The State And Church And Its Relations.- Yes.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- The State And Its Relations With The Church. - BEEP
0:12:03 > 0:12:05No passes, Andrew Granath. 13 points.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08APPLAUSE
0:12:17 > 0:12:22So that's the first round, let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23In fourth place, 7 points Nathan Scott.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Third place, 9 points, Matthew Clarke.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Second place, 12 points, Sian West.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32In the lead, just 13 points, Andrew Granath.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Which means, of course, it's the General Knowledge round now
0:12:40 > 0:12:42and, if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44then the number of passes is taken into account.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46The person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50And if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53And the six highest-scoring runners up in the heats will also
0:12:53 > 0:12:55be able to claim a place in the semi-finals.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57So lots to play for, let's get on with it
0:12:57 > 0:13:00and ask Nathan Scott to join us again, please.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04And you start this round with 7 points
0:13:04 > 0:13:06for your knowledge of Wittgenstein.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:08 > 0:13:092½ minutes, here we go.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Quasimodo, the bell-ringer, is the title character
0:13:12 > 0:13:14of which novel by Victor Hugo?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- Er, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.- Yes.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Where was Saul of Tarsus travelling to
0:13:17 > 0:13:19when he had a vision of Christ that turned him
0:13:19 > 0:13:22from a persecutor of Christians into a believer?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Pass.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26What is the name of the former London residence
0:13:26 > 0:13:27of the Duke of Wellington,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30sometimes referred to by its address Number One, London.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Erm...
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Marble Arch.- Apsley House.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Which Asian capital city gives its name to a type of strong,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40yellowish-brown paper, originally made there?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Pass.- Whose books include Longitude
0:13:45 > 0:13:47and Galileo's Daughter?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Pass.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Which BBC children's television series first broadcast in 1976
0:13:54 > 0:13:57included the characters Harold and Ethel Meaker,
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Timothy Claypole, Nadia Popov
0:13:58 > 0:14:00and a pantomime horse called Dobbin.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01- Rentaghost.- Yes.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Which 18th century Austrian composer
0:14:03 > 0:14:05is known as the Father of the Symphony
0:14:05 > 0:14:06of which he wrote more than 100.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- Beethoven.- Haydn.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Smooth, palmate and great crested
0:14:12 > 0:14:15are the three species of which amphibian native to Britain?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Newt.- Yes.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19What was the nationality by birth of the artist Diego Rivera,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21the husband of fellow artist Frida Kahlo?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- Mexican.- Yes.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25In 2012 which Canadian became the oldest ever Oscar winner
0:14:25 > 0:14:28in an acting category at the age of 82
0:14:28 > 0:14:30when he took the Best Supporting Actor award
0:14:30 > 0:14:32for the film Beginners?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Pass.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Which electronic device developed in the '60s by Robert Moog
0:14:39 > 0:14:41revolutionised the pop music industry?
0:14:41 > 0:14:42- Synthesiser.- Yes.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44During which battle of the Crimean War
0:14:44 > 0:14:46did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?
0:14:46 > 0:14:47The...
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Pass.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55What name meaning the Christ Child in Spanish
0:14:55 > 0:14:57is given to the unusually warm ocean conditions
0:14:57 > 0:15:00that occur ever few years along the coast of Peru and Ecuador?
0:15:00 > 0:15:01- El Nino.- Yes.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Which writer's semi-autobiographical book Cider With Rosie
0:15:05 > 0:15:08is an account of his boyhood in a secluded Cotswold valley?
0:15:08 > 0:15:09- Laurie Lee.- Yes.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12The alphonso, grown particularly in India,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14is one of the most popular varieties of which tropical fruit
0:15:14 > 0:15:17with a large, fibrous stone?
0:15:17 > 0:15:18- Mango.- Yes.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Gunter's chain, invented in the early 17th century
0:15:21 > 0:15:23by the English mathematician Edmund Gunter
0:15:23 > 0:15:25is commonly used in what profession?
0:15:25 > 0:15:26- Mathematics.- Surveying.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Who took over from Steve Waugh
0:15:28 > 0:15:31as Australia's test cricket captain in March 2004?
0:15:31 > 0:15:32- Ricky Ponting.- Yes.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Which lake on the Peruvian-Bolivian border
0:15:34 > 0:15:37is the world's highest lake navigable by large vessels?
0:15:37 > 0:15:38- Titicaca.- Yes.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- What name that comes from the Latin for a hurd surface - BEEP
0:15:41 > 0:15:44or shell is used for the group of mainly aquatic animals,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46such as crabs, lobsters and shrimps?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- Crustacean.- Is correct.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52You had five passes. The Charge of the Light Brigade
0:15:52 > 0:15:54took place at the Battle of Balaclava.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Christopher Plummer won that Oscar.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Dava Sobel wrote Longitude and Galileo's Daughter.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03That Asian capital that gave its name
0:16:03 > 0:16:05to the strong yellow-brown paper - Manila.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10And Paul, or Saul as he was, was on his way to Damascus.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Yeah, you knew it all the time.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Five passes, Nathan. You have 18 points.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19APPLAUSE
0:16:23 > 0:16:25And now Matthew Clarke, please.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30You begin the round with nine points
0:16:30 > 0:16:33with your knowledge of the cyclist Eddie Merckx.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Let's see how you deal with General Knowledge
0:16:37 > 0:16:39In the TV series Happy Days, which character, played
0:16:39 > 0:16:42by Henry Winkler lives with the Cunningham family as the lodger.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43The Fonz.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46What mountain rising to 9,570 feet above sea level
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- is the highest in Greece? - Pass.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Which pasta made in the form of narrow ribbons
0:16:52 > 0:16:56and takes its name from the Italian for "little tongue"?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- Pass.- Which act that came into force in Britain into force in 2000 including
0:16:59 > 0:17:02such articles as Freedom of Expression
0:17:02 > 0:17:05and Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion?
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- Pass. - Roseate, sooty and Arctic are among the species of which slender
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- fork-tailed seabirds? - Tern.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Yes. In the novels by Arthur Conan Doyle, what is the name of Sherlock Holmes'
0:17:15 > 0:17:17regular landlady at 221b Baker Street?
0:17:17 > 0:17:23- Pass. - In the 2011 film Moneyball starring Brad Pitt as Billy Beane
0:17:23 > 0:17:26as a member of the Oakland Athletics Team is about which sport?
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- Baseball.- Yes. What grammatical name is given to a word used to connect words,
0:17:30 > 0:17:32clauses and sentences?
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- Pass. - The band REM reworked which of their hits as Furry, Happy Monsters
0:17:36 > 0:17:38for the children's television series Sesame Street?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Shiny, Happy People.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Yes. Who was sworn in as the American Vice President in December 1973
0:17:43 > 0:17:46and as the President in August 1974?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47- Jimmy Carter.- Gerald Ford.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50The small river the Water of Leith flows through
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- the centre of which city? - Dundee.- Edinburgh.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55What name was given to the fossil remains
0:17:55 > 0:17:59discovered by the amateur geologist Charles Dawson in 1912
0:17:59 > 0:18:02which were accepted as genuine until 1953?
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- Pass. - The Englishman Arthur Johnson was the first full-time
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- coach of which Spanish football club? - Real Madrid.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Yes. Which Hindu festival celebrated in mid-October or November
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- takes its name from the Sanskrit for a "row of lights"? - Diwalli.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Yes. What is the general term for an unaccompanied song by a solo performer,
0:18:21 > 0:18:26- typically one forming part of an opera?- Pass.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Which building in New York is often referred to by the acronym MOMA?
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Museum of Modern Art.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Yes. Which English poet and Jesuit priest coined the term "sprung rhythm"
0:18:34 > 0:18:38to describe his own idiosyncratic meter?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- Pass.- Nitra is one of the alternative names for potassium nitrate.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- What's the other?- Pass.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48The Israeli-born Itzhak Perlman played the violin solos in which
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Oscar-winning Steven Spielberg film
0:18:50 > 0:18:52set in Poland during the Second World War?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- Schindler's List. - Yes. What two initials do members of the Irish Parliament have
0:18:56 > 0:18:59after their name similar to British MPs?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00- TM.- TD.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Which 12th century king was succeeded to the English throne
0:19:03 > 0:19:05by two of his sons, fist Richard then John?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Stephen.- Henry II.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09BEEP
0:19:09 > 0:19:12The 1960 book Ring of Bright water by Gavin Maxwell is the story
0:19:12 > 0:19:17of his life in Scotland and his famous attempts to tame which wild animal?
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Otter.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23Correct. You had nine passes. Saltpetre is an alternative name for nitrate.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Gerard Manley-Hopkins was the English poet.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30An aria is that long elaborate accompanied song.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Piltdown man was the dodgy fossil remains.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39Conjunction is the grammatical name given to the word used to connect sentences.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Mrs Hudson was Sherlock Holmes' landlady.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44The Human Rights Act came into force in 2000.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Linguine is the name of that pasta, narrow ribbons
0:19:47 > 0:19:51and Mount Olympus is the highest in Greece.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53You have now a total of 18 points.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58APPLAUSE
0:20:03 > 0:20:05And now Sian West again, please.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10You have 12 points with your knowledge of Billie Holliday.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Two and a half minutes. Here we go.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Which future Olympic gold medallists were first paired together
0:20:17 > 0:20:20in 1975 by Janet Sawbridge, an ice-skating coach from Nottingham?
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Christopher Dean and Jane Torville.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Yes. The mild cheese haloumi often served grilled or fried
0:20:26 > 0:20:30is a speciality of which Mediterranean island?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Cyprus.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Yes. The bi-annual BBC Singer of the World Contest has been
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- held in which Welsh city since 1983? - Cardiff.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41Yes. Whose debut novel published in 2003 is called the Time Traveller's Wife?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- Audrey Sheetsnegger. - Niffenegger.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Which palm tree cultivated in Madagascar
0:20:46 > 0:20:49and the adjoining African mainland gives its name to the strong fibre
0:20:49 > 0:20:52obtained from its leaves used for making baskets and mats?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Raffia.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Yes. Which favourite of Queen Elizabeth I extended
0:20:57 > 0:21:02Kenilworth Castle in order to entertain her there?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- Derby.- Dudley.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06What did the villages of Uffington
0:21:06 > 0:21:10and Kilburn in North Yorkshire have carved into the hillside?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- A white horse. - Yes. Which singer-songwriter's 1971 hit Sweet Caroline
0:21:14 > 0:21:16was inspired by President Kennedy's daughter.?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Neil Diamond. - Yes. In which prison did John Bunyan spend nearly 12 years
0:21:19 > 0:21:23after his arrest in November 1660 for preaching without a licence to unlawful assemblies?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- He wrote nine books when he was there.- Reading.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Bedford. Who was nominated for a best actor Oscar for his performance
0:21:29 > 0:21:35- as the Open University tutor Dr Frank Bryant in the 1983 film Educating Rita?- Michael Caine.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Yes. Which semi-precious violet stone has a name derived from the Greek for
0:21:39 > 0:21:43"not intoxicated" because it was said to protect against drunkenness?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Amethyst.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Yes. What French term is sued for clothes sold ready to wear?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Pret a porter.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Yes. Which Lakeland town, a popular tourist centre, is situated at
0:21:50 > 0:21:54the northern end of Derwentwater and overlooked by the mountain Skiddaw?
0:21:54 > 0:21:58- Ambleside.- Keswick. Which Chinese-style blue and white porcelain design
0:21:58 > 0:22:02was popularised by Thomas Minton in the late 18th century?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- The Castle.- Willow Pattern.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07The name of which large flightless bird comes from the Portuguese
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- word meaning "ostrich"? - Emu.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Yes. What title given to a Jewish scholar,
0:22:11 > 0:22:15or teacher of ritual and law, comes from the Hebrew for "my master"?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Rabbi.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Yes. Which Impressionist was noted for his appearances on
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Sunday Night At The London Palladium in the 1960s,
0:22:21 > 0:22:23especially for his impersonation of Harold Wilson?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- Mike Yarwood. - The 14th century Charles Bridge, across the River Vltava,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30is one of the major tourist attractions in which city?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Prague. - Yes. In music, what Italian word is used for a performer with
0:22:32 > 0:22:35exceptional skill and technical ability?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Coloratura.- Virtuoso.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Which newspaper heiress was kidnapped by the radical group
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974... - BEEP
0:22:45 > 0:22:48..with whom she committed robbery and extortion allegedly under duress?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Patty Hearst.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Correct. No passes, Sian. You have 26 points.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56APPLAUSE
0:23:04 > 0:23:06And finally, Andrew Granath again, please.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14You begin this round with 13 points with your knowledge of Gladstone
0:23:14 > 0:23:17and the score to beat is 26.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Here we go. Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- Boston's the capital of which American state?- Massachusetts.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Yes. The anti-coagulant hiruden used to prevent blood clot
0:23:28 > 0:23:33- is obtained from certain species which of blood-sucking worms?- Pass.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35What is the name of the temple built on the Acropolis
0:23:35 > 0:23:36by the architect Iktinos Kallikrates
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- under the supervision of Phidias?- Parthenon.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Yes. In which song does the Jolly Swagman camp by the billabong
0:23:42 > 0:23:44under the shade of a coolibah tree?
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Waltzing Matilda.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Yes. Which Burmese diplomat served as the Secretary General
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971? - U Thant.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56Yes. Who was the original presenter of Radio 4's Loose Ends
0:23:56 > 0:23:57and the quiz show Counterpoint?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- Pass. - In which London park is Rotten Row?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05It became the first road in England to be lit at night after William III
0:24:05 > 0:24:09- had 300 oil lamps suspended from trees along its length. - Hyde Park.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Yes. In the English Football Premier League, how many substitutes
0:24:12 > 0:24:16can be named by each team only three of whom are allowed to play?
0:24:16 > 0:24:17- Five.- Seven.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Which celebrated Swedish-born soprano toured America
0:24:20 > 0:24:25- in 1850 with the circus impresario PT Barnum?- Pass.
0:24:25 > 0:24:31In 2011, the Scottish sculptor Martin Boyce won which major art award?
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Turner Prize.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Yes. Ribies nigrum is the botanical name of which bush whose fruit
0:24:35 > 0:24:39is used in jams and in a rich source of vitamin c?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- Damson.- Blackcurrant.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44What is the name of the administrative states,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47three of which were historically divided into two that make up
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- the Swiss Confederation? - Pass.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Which self-proclaimed Price of Wales led the last major Welsh
0:24:53 > 0:24:56attempt to throw off English rule in the early 15th century?
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Owen Glendower.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Yes. The line, "A boy's best friend is his mother is from which
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- classic 1960 classic Hitchcock film?- Psycho.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Yes. What alternative name for the puma comes from its native Indian
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- name via Portuguese and French?- Cougar.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Yes. Which writer and barrister wrote the autobiographical play
0:25:14 > 0:25:16A Voyage Round My Father about his relationship
0:25:16 > 0:25:19with his blind father who was also a barrister?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20John Mortimer.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Correct. The BBC began to transmit its regular public
0:25:23 > 0:25:27television service from which building on the 2nd of November 1936?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Alexandra Palace.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Correct. In Greek and Roman legend,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34which king noted for his greed was given asses' ears by Apollo
0:25:34 > 0:25:37when he spoke out against him in a musical contest?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38- Crucis.- No, Midas.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41In mathematics, which name is given to an angle greater
0:25:41 > 0:25:46- than 180 degrees and less than 360? - Pass.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Which river rises in the French Massif Central and flows
0:25:49 > 0:25:521,000km north and west before emptying into the bay of Biscay?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54BEEP
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- The Gironde.- It's the Loire. You had five passes.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02That angle is the reflex angle.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04The name of those administrative states
0:26:04 > 0:26:07in the Swiss Confederation are Cantons.
0:26:07 > 0:26:13The Swedish-born soprano who teamed up with PT Barnum was Jenny Lind.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18The original presenter of Loose Ends and Counterpoint was Ned Sherrin
0:26:18 > 0:26:24and those anti-coagulant species of blood-sucking worms were leeches.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27You have a total of 24 points.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30APPLAUSE
0:26:38 > 0:26:42It was close at the end. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46In joint fourth place, with 18 points, Matthew Clarke and Nathan Scott.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Second place with 24 points, Andrew Granath.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53First place with 26 points, she held onto the lead, Sian West.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56APPLAUSE
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Which means that Sian West is tonight's winner.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10She goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations to her.
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0:27:17 > 0:27:20And join us again next time for more Mastermind.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
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