0:00:24 > 0:00:26First in the spotlight tonight
0:00:26 > 0:00:28is Roger Canwell from Norfolk.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30His subject - the films of Norman Wisdom.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33John Wheeler, a tutor from Buckinghamshire.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35His subject - the Magna Carta.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40Sian West, an independent consultant from Sevenoaks. Her subject is the Pembrokeshire coast.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Mark Roberts, a retired insurance broker from Pontefract
0:00:43 > 0:00:46will answer questions on the novels of William Boyd.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49And Jonathan Gordon, a student administrator from Oxford.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54And his subject - the French Wars of Religion of the 16th century.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09If you ever wondered why anyone would put themselves through this ordeal,
0:01:09 > 0:01:15well, becoming Mastermind champion is quite simply the greatest honour the quiz world has to offer,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18the summit of the quizzing mountain, as it were.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20All they have to do is answer two sets of questions.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24One on their specialist subject and one on general knowledge.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27But the pressure, of course, comes from the clock.
0:01:27 > 0:01:2990 seconds on one, 2 minutes on the other.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- And your name is? - Roger Canwell.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- Your occupation? - I'm retired.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47In the first round, you took Kett's Rebellion as your subject.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- Tonight, it is? - Films of Norman Wisdom.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Films of Norman Wisdom in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54In which 1953 film does Norman Wisdom
0:01:54 > 0:01:57sing Don't Laugh At Me, Cos I'm A Fool, his signature tune?
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Trouble In Store.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Edward Chapman who played Mr Stoneway in Just My Luck
0:02:01 > 0:02:05later appeared in three other films with Wisdom as which character?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Mr Grimsdale.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10A television comedian appeared uncredited as a drunken party guest
0:02:10 > 0:02:14who gets slapped in the face by a female in Follow A Star, who was he?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Dick Emery.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19In which film does Wisdom see a sign advertising for a window cleaner?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21He adds the words, "Ideal height 5'2" underneath.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25- Up In The World.- When Miss Bacon arrives at Burridge's in Trouble In Store,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28what's the first department she asks directions to?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- The luggage department. - Suitcases.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33From which RAF base does Lesley Cartland fly
0:02:33 > 0:02:35to France on her mission in The Square Peg?
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Pass.- In On The Beat, Wisdom's character Pitkin tries to join the police.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43What is propelled across the room when the doctor checks his reflexes in the medical?
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- His crutch. - No, one of the stilts he's wearing.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50What's the name of the island off the southwest of Tawaki
0:02:50 > 0:02:53on which Britain wants to establish a base in Man Of The Moment?
0:02:53 > 0:02:58- Mafoola.- Which film is based on the book Yea Yea Yea by Angus McGill?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Wisdom co-wrote the screenplay with Eddie Lesley.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Er...
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- Stitch In Time. - Press For Time.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10In which film is Wisdom's character beaten up by a gang that includes a young
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Oliver Reed before three sailors come to his aid?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16One of the sailors is played by Michael Caine.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- The Bulldog Breed. - In The Square Peg, who does Mr Grimsdale say
0:03:19 > 0:03:22gave him assurance that none of his men would be called up
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- BEEP- just as he opens his own conscription papers?
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- The prime minister.- No. You elevated him. The mayor. - The mayor.- Absolutely.
0:03:29 > 0:03:35One pass. That RAF base was RAF Tangmere. One pass.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Roger, you have seven points.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39APPLAUSE
0:03:47 > 0:03:49And our next contender, please.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- And your name is?- John Wheeler. - Your occupation?- Tutor.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02The shipping forecast was your subject last time and this time it is?
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- The Magna Carta.- The Magna Carta in 90 seconds, starting now.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Magna Carta was based on a document issued in 1215 by a group of barons to protect
0:04:10 > 0:04:15their interests and limit the king's powers, to which monarch was it presented?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- John.- In the final clause of the original Magna Carta of 1215, for how long are
0:04:19 > 0:04:23liberties, rights and concessions to men in all things and places guaranteed?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Forever.- What title was given to barons to oppose King John
0:04:26 > 0:04:29by chroniclers including Ralph of Coggeshall?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Pass.- In which king's reign did Magna Carta and its companion
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Charter of the Forest first become part of statute law?
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- Edward I.- What famous phrase from clause 39 of Magna Carta referring to how people
0:04:40 > 0:04:43should be tried according to the law of the land
0:04:43 > 0:04:47describes the concession made by John in letters of the 10th of May 1215?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- Trial by jury. - A judgment by peers.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Which newly appointed abbot met King John in June 1215 in Staines Meadow
0:04:53 > 0:04:57for business that coincided with the king's meeting with the barons?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- Pass.- How many barons were listed as monitors
0:04:59 > 0:05:03and enforcers in the final clause of Magna Carta?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- 25.- What major concession did Henry III gain from his
0:05:06 > 0:05:10confirmation of the charters in 1225, 1237 and 1253?
0:05:10 > 0:05:15- Pass.- Scutage was a tax on knights as substitute for military service.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Clause 12 of the charter of 1215 has three exceptions
0:05:18 > 0:05:21to the restrictions on such payments. What is the first?
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- Pass.- In August 1215, who condemned Magna Carta as unjust, illegal, a diminishment
0:05:26 > 0:05:31of the royal prerogative and a danger to the success of John's planned crusade?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Pass.- Clause 56 guarantees - BEEP- the application of English law...
0:05:37 > 0:05:39I'll finish the question...
0:05:39 > 0:05:42to English tenements and Welsh law to Welsh tenements,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45which other area was granted the same sort of provision?
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- Scotland.- No, it was the Marches. You have
0:05:49 > 0:05:54five passes. It was Pope Innocent III who condemned Magna Carta in that robust language.
0:05:54 > 0:06:00The ransom of the king's person was one of the exceptions in scutage,
0:06:00 > 0:06:05that strange-sounding tax. The right to levy taxes was one of the concessions Henry III gained.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Hugh of Bury St Edmunds was the newly appointed abbot,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11who met King John in June 1215.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15And The Northerners was the title given to the earliest barons.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- You have, John, four points. - Thank you.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20APPLAUSE
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Our next contender, please.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39- And your name is?- Sian West. - Your occupation? - Independent consultant.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43In the first round, you took the life and music of Billie Holiday as your specialist subject.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Tonight, you are choosing? - The Pembrokeshire coast.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51The Pembrokeshire coast in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Pembrokeshire coastal path extends for 186 miles along the coast from Amroth
0:06:55 > 0:06:58on Caernarfon Bay to which village near Cardigan Bay?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- St Dogmaels.- The Welsh name of which resort on the coast
0:07:01 > 0:07:03can be translated as "little fort of the fish"?
0:07:03 > 0:07:08- Tenby.- According to legend, what Neolithic burial chamber near Abercastle gets its name
0:07:08 > 0:07:12from the saint who put its capstone in place with just his little finger?
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- Carreg Samson.- Which river is considered to divide Pembrokeshire and is crossed
0:07:16 > 0:07:19by the coast path via a toll bridge near Pembroke Dock?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- The Cleddau.- What is the name of the natural harbour at the mouth of the River Alyn
0:07:23 > 0:07:26that formally served as the port for St Davids?
0:07:26 > 0:07:30St David is said to have been baptised there by Bishop Elvis of Munster?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- Porthclais.- Which stretch of the coast by Cemais Head
0:07:33 > 0:07:35has a Welsh name meaning "goat's head"?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- Dinas.- Pen Yr Afr. By what name is the limestone arch on the Castlemartin peninsula
0:07:39 > 0:07:43near Stack Rocks known? It's a celebrated feature of the Pembrokeshire coast.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- It's the Green Bridge. - What is the name of the stone in St Thomas's church
0:07:47 > 0:07:52in St Dogmaels which played a key role in deciphering the Ogham alphabet?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- The Sagranus stone.- Stack Rocks are known as Elegug Rocks from the Welsh word
0:07:56 > 0:07:59"heligog," to which seabird that nests there does the word refer?
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- Guillemot.- The village with a medieval castle overlooking a bay was the birthplace
0:08:03 > 0:08:08of Gerald of Wales who called it the most pleasant place in the country. What's its name?
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- Manorbier.- A headland near Fishguard was the site of the last invasion of Britain
0:08:12 > 0:08:17when 1400 Frenchmen landed in February 1797, what's the name of the headland?
0:08:17 > 0:08:22- Carregwastad.- Which valley between Cwm-yr-Eglwys and Pwllgwaelod is the site- BEEP
0:08:22 > 0:08:26of scientific interest and separates Dinas Island from the adjacent plateau?
0:08:26 > 0:08:32- Cwm-yr-Eglwys.- Cym Dewi. Close. You nearly got it.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34No passes. You have, Sian, ten points.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Thank you.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38APPLAUSE
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Our next contender, please.
0:08:52 > 0:08:58- And your name is?- Mark Roberts. - Your occupation? - Retired insurance broker.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02In the first round, you dealt with Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- In this round? - The novels of William Boyd.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08The novels of William Boyd in 90 seconds.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12William Boyd's debut novel won the Whitbread first-novel award in 1981, what's its title?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- Good Man In Africa. - In Any Human Heart, who recruits Logan Mountstuart
0:09:16 > 0:09:18as a spy at the start of the World War II?
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- Pass.- What single word is written on a piece of paper that Lysander Rief pins
0:09:22 > 0:09:26to the body of Captain Vandenbrook at the conclusion of Waiting For Sunrise?
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- Andromeda.- In Brazzaville Beach, what's the name of the author and expert
0:09:30 > 0:09:34on chimpanzee behaviour who founded the Grosso Arvore Research Centre?
0:09:34 > 0:09:38- Eugene Mallabar.- In Stars And Bars, Henderson Dores discovers that his father
0:09:38 > 0:09:42died during the war having been hit on the head and killed. What hit him?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- A tin of pineapple.- Who comes to Kay Fischer's house
0:09:45 > 0:09:48in The Blue Afternoon and claims to be her father?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- Salvador Carriscant. - In The New Confessions,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Todd gets a job with the propaganda department
0:09:53 > 0:09:57of the Foreign Office known as the WOCC. What do the initials stand for?
0:09:57 > 0:10:01The War Office Cinema Commission.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Ah! Committee. In Restless, Ruth receives a letter from Lord Mansfield saying that
0:10:05 > 0:10:09he's unable to meet her. What's his assistant's name who signed the letter?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Lucas Romer. - Anna Orloggi.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14At which intercontinental hotel
0:10:14 > 0:10:17does the works outing take place in Brazzaville Beach?
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- Pass.- In An Ice Cream War, what crop does Temple Smith
0:10:21 > 0:10:25try to grow in Tavita in British East Africa but all his seedlings fail?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- Coffee.- Whose death is revealed to Morgan
0:10:27 > 0:10:30in a phone call from the police in A Good Man In Africa?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Er, Innocence. - Dr Murray.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37What is the name of the dull man whom Logan Mountstuart beats easily at golf having
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- suitably joined- BEEP- the Jesus College Golf Society in Any Human Heart?
0:10:41 > 0:10:47- Um... The Duke of Windsor. - No, it's Parry-Jones.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Two passes. That intercontinental hotel was Nova Santos.
0:10:51 > 0:10:57And in Any Human Heart, it was Ian Fleming who recruited Mountstuart as spy.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- You have, Mark, six points. - Thank you.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02APPLAUSE
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Our final contender, please.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- And your name is? - Jonathan Gordon.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- Your occupation? - I'm a student administrator.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24Grand opera was your subject in the first round. What is it tonight?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26The French Wars of Religion 1559-1598.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29The French Wars of Religion in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33In which French town did the Duke of Guise's men kill a large number of Huguenots
0:11:33 > 0:11:36on the 1st of March 1562? It's considered to be the start of the wars.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41- Vassy.- Which French king who tried to suppress heresy
0:11:41 > 0:11:45and persecute Protestants died in July 1559?
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- Henry Deux.- Henry II. The marshal of France and lieutenant-general recorded
0:11:49 > 0:11:52his experiences in his commentaries and declared,
0:11:52 > 0:11:56"One man hanged is a better example than 100 killed in battle." Who was he?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- Blaise de Montluc.- What name was given to moderate Catholics who opposed
0:12:00 > 0:12:04extremism on either side and believed that ending the war should be the priority?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Politiques. - Which of Henry III's favourites was killed
0:12:07 > 0:12:12at the Battle of Coutras on 20 October 1587 during the War of the Three Henrys?
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- The Duke of Joyeuse. - What Catholic league was formed in Dijon in 1567
0:12:16 > 0:12:21by Gaspard de Saulx? Members swore an oath to take up arms to defend the faith.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- Order of the Blessed Sacrament.- Confraternity of the Holy Ghost.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Catherine de Medici called a colloquy that met from September 1561 to establish
0:12:29 > 0:12:34a compromise satisfactory to Catholics and Protestants, in which town did it meet?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- Poissy.- Which pope had a commemorative medal struck with his profile on one side
0:12:38 > 0:12:43and an avenging angel on the other to celebrate the St Bartholomew's Day massacre?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Sixtus V. - Gregory XIII.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50What was the name of the first President of Paris who was hanged on
0:12:50 > 0:12:53the 15th of November 1591 during a reign of terror in the capital?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- Derac. - Brisson.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57A document issued on the 13th of April 1598
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- is regarded as marking the end of the wars, - BEEP- what was its name?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- The Edict of Nantes. - No passes, Jonathan. You have seven points.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09APPLAUSE
0:13:14 > 0:13:18That's the end of the first round. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Fifth place, four points, John Wheeler.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Fourth place, six points, Mark Roberts.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28Joint second place, seven points apiece, Roger Canwell and Jonathan Gordon.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32In the lead with ten points, Sian West.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Which brings us to the general knowledge round.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42If there's a tie, the number of passes is taken into account.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44The person with fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47If they're tied on passes, we have a tiebreak.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Let's get on with it and ask John Wheeler to join us again, please.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59And this time we have two minutes for general knowledge.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Let's see how you do starting now.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05The musician James Galway is a virtuoso on which instrument?
0:14:05 > 0:14:10- Flute.- Which British king was born at Osnabruck, Hanover, on 28th May 1660?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- George I.- What's the name of the imaginary land created
0:14:13 > 0:14:17by novelist Samuel Butler? It's an anagram of "nowhere".
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Cloud Cuckoo.- Erewhon. Which street gets its name because it was originally
0:14:20 > 0:14:24on the Thames's shore between the City of London and Westminster?
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- The Strand.- Which former athlete was William Hague's private secretary
0:14:28 > 0:14:32from 1997 to 2001, often partnering him at judo during that period?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- Seb Coe.- What French name is given to white sauce made
0:14:34 > 0:14:37with milk and a roux of flour and butter?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It is the basis for other sauces such as mornay.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43- Bechamel.- Who presented the '60s satirical TV show That Was The Week That Was
0:14:43 > 0:14:46after Brian Redhead and John Bird turned the job down?
0:14:46 > 0:14:51- David Frost.- Which bay is an inlet of the Atlantic separating New Brunswick
0:14:51 > 0:14:55and Nova Scotia? Its tides are among the highest in the world.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Fundy.- In Judaism, what name is given to a musical instrument
0:14:58 > 0:15:02traditionally made from a ram's horn blown at religious ceremonies?
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- Shorn.- Shofar. Which film about the Guilford Four stars Daniel Day-Lewis
0:15:06 > 0:15:10as Jerry Conlon and Pete Postlethwaite as his father Giuseppe?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Pass.- What work by George Gershwin was one of the first to combine jazz
0:15:13 > 0:15:17with elements of a concerto and first performed by Paul Whiteman's orchestra
0:15:17 > 0:15:20in 1924 accompanied by Gershwin on piano?
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- Rhapsody In Blue.- Which boxer born in Helston in Cornwall in 1863 was the first
0:15:24 > 0:15:28to be world champion at three different weights including heavyweight?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Bob Fitzsimmons.- Who painted Wheatfield With Crows
0:15:31 > 0:15:33in July 1890 shortly before he committed suicide?
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- Van Gogh. - The Duchy of Cornwall bought which Gloucestershire house
0:15:37 > 0:15:39for the Prince of Wales in 1980?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- Highgrove.- In Africa, the antbear is more usually
0:15:42 > 0:15:44known by what name of Afrikaans origin?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- Aardvark.- Which novel by Annie Proulx is about a failed journalist
0:15:48 > 0:15:52who moves to Newfoundland with his children after his wife dies in a car crash?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- The Shipping Forecast. - The Shipping News.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Which American musician grew his trademark kiss curl
0:15:57 > 0:15:59to draw attention away from his blind eye?
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- Bill Haley.- What name is given to the precipice on the Capitoline Hill- BEEP
0:16:03 > 0:16:06in Rome from which traitors were thrown to their death?
0:16:07 > 0:16:13- Pass.- I can tell you as you're out of time. It's the Tarpeian Rock.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17The other pass was about the Guildford Four. It was In The Name Of The Father.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- But, John, you've shot up to 17 points.- Thank you.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22APPLAUSE
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Mark Roberts again, please.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36And you have scored thus far six points.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40The score to beat in the general knowledge round is 17. Here we go.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Two minutes starting now.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45The field marshal who commanded the German Africa Korps
0:16:45 > 0:16:48in World War II was known as the Desert Fox, what was his name?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50- Eric Rommel. - No, Erwin Rommel.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55To which mythical island was King Arthur taken for healing after his final battle?
0:16:55 > 0:17:00- Avalon.- What show originally acted by marionettes does Samuel Pepys record seeing
0:17:00 > 0:17:05in his diary entry of May 9th 1662? It's the first written reference to it in Britain.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- Pass.- Which American state is nicknamed the Beehive State?
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Its settlers applied for statehood under the name "deseret" meaning honeybee.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- Maryland. - Utah.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20In the 2011-12 football season, Manchester City won their first championship
0:17:20 > 0:17:23for 44 years, who scored the winning goal in stoppage time?
0:17:23 > 0:17:28- Suarez.- Aguero. The Warden grown by Cistercian monks in Bedfordshire
0:17:28 > 0:17:31is a hard-cooking variety of which fruit?
0:17:31 > 0:17:36- Apple.- Pear. Which actor's TV roles have included Dr Tom Latimer in Don't Wait Up
0:17:36 > 0:17:39and Lewis Archer in Coronation Street?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- Pass.- How are Dmitri, Ivan and Alexei known
0:17:42 > 0:17:45in the title of a novel by Dostoevsky?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- The Brothers Karamazov. - In 1836, Charles Barry was chosen to design
0:17:49 > 0:17:52which London building after entering a competition?
0:17:52 > 0:17:55The original building had been destroyed by fire.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59- Houses of Parliament. - Which composer was appointed Birmingham University's
0:17:59 > 0:18:01first professor of music in 1905?
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- Pass.- What name for the formerly densely wooded area of Kent, Sussex and Surrey
0:18:06 > 0:18:10between the North and South Downs comes from the Old English for forest?
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- Weald.- In which 1993 film does Robin Williams play a divorced father
0:18:14 > 0:18:18who goes to work for his ex-wife disguised as an eccentric British nanny?
0:18:18 > 0:18:23- Mrs Doubtfire.- In May 1973, Edward Heath described the Lonrho affair as the
0:18:23 > 0:18:26"unpleasant and unacceptable face of" what?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Capitalism.- Whose novel Sweet Tooth is set in 1972
0:18:29 > 0:18:33and features Serena Frome who is recruited as a spy for MI5?
0:18:33 > 0:18:38- Pass.- Who was the first American player to win the World Chess Championship
0:18:38 > 0:18:40when he beat Boris Spassky in Reykjavik in 1972?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- Fischer.- Which well-known hymn written by the- BEEP
0:18:43 > 0:18:48Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould was first sung by children of his Yorkshire parish
0:18:48 > 0:18:51as they marched to church at Whitsuntide in 1865?
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- Onward Christian Soldiers. - Is correct. You had four passes.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57It was Ian McEwan who wrote Sweet Tooth.
0:18:57 > 0:19:04Sir Edward Elgar was the composer to be appointed Birmingham University's first professor of music.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10Nigel Havers was that actor who played in Don't Wait Up and Coronation Street.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14And Punch And Judy was the show that Pepys saw and wrote about.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- You have 14 points in total. - Thank you.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19APPLAUSE
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Roger Canwell, please.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32And the score to beat now is 17.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37And you have 7. Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge, two minutes starting now.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Which public school gives its name to a dessert
0:19:40 > 0:19:43of mashed strawberries with cream and meringue?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- Eton.- Which mountain pass used by invaders of the Indian subcontinent
0:19:47 > 0:19:50links Kabul in Afghanistan to Peshawar in Pakistan?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- Khyber Pass.- What term was applied by the Nazis to modern art that did not
0:19:54 > 0:19:58conform to their ideology? It includes works by Picasso, Kandinsky and Mondrian?
0:19:58 > 0:20:02- Pass.- Which disease has the alternative name of hydrophobia
0:20:02 > 0:20:06because symptoms include a fear of water and the inability to drink?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Rabies.- Which American singer noted for her sultry voice
0:20:09 > 0:20:14had her only UK top-ten hit with a song Under The Bridges Of Paris in 1955?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Eartha Kitt.- Who said he was "a fighter not a quitter"
0:20:16 > 0:20:20when he retained his seat in Hartlepool at the 2001 general election?
0:20:20 > 0:20:24- Peter Mandelson.- Thames Head, the source of the Thames,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26lies on the southeastern slopes of which hills?
0:20:26 > 0:20:31- The Cotswolds. - Sandy Arbuthnot, Peter Pienaar and John S Blenkiron
0:20:31 > 0:20:35are characters who appear in the adventure stories by which Scots-born novelist?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- Walter Scott.- John Buchan. Winter sports biathlon
0:20:37 > 0:20:40is cross-country skiing and what other sport?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- Rifle shooting.- Which Umbrian white wine comes from the region
0:20:43 > 0:20:47around the hilltop known to the Romans as urbs vetus meaning old city?
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Er... Er... Pass.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54The third battle of Ypres fought in 1917 is also known by the name of which village
0:20:54 > 0:20:57whose capture was one of the main objectives?
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- Passchendaele.- Who won best-actor Oscar for his role as the pool hustler
0:21:01 > 0:21:04"Fast Eddie" Felson in the '86 film The Color Of Money?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- Paul Newman.- To which royal post did the composer Sir Henry Walford Davies
0:21:08 > 0:21:11succeed Elgar in 1934? He held it until his death in 1941.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- Master of the Queen's Music. - Which marine mollusc is well known for the way
0:21:15 > 0:21:18it fastens itself to a rock using its foot muscle?
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- The limpet.- Whose first romantic-comedy play was called The Real Thing?
0:21:22 > 0:21:26It premiered in 1982 and featured a playwright as one of the main characters.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- Alan Ayckbourn. - Tom Stoppard.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Which river estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguayan Parana rivers
0:21:32 > 0:21:35has two capitals Buenos Aires and Montevideo on its shores?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- The River Plate. - In 1983, Australia II- BEEP
0:21:38 > 0:21:42became the first non-American winner of which sporting trophy?
0:21:42 > 0:21:47- The America's Cup. - You had two passes. That Umbrian wine is Orvieto.
0:21:47 > 0:21:53And the Nazi's called the sort of modern art that they did not like "Degenerate art".
0:21:53 > 0:21:59- Those two passes, Roger. You've taken over the lead, you have 20 points.- Thank you.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01APPLAUSE
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Jonathan Gordon again now, please.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16So 20 is now the score to beat.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21Let's see if you can do it with general knowledge. Two minutes starting now.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Which musical is about gang warfare between the Jets and the Sharks?
0:22:24 > 0:22:28- West Side Story. - What imaginary line encircles the North Pole
0:22:28 > 0:22:30at latitude 66 degrees 30 minutes north?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Arctic Circle.- Which battle was Churchill referring to when he said,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37"Before it we never had a victory and after it we never had a defeat"?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- Al Alamein.- The blossom of which citrus tree
0:22:39 > 0:22:42is traditional decoration for a bride in many countries?
0:22:42 > 0:22:47- Orange.- What is the name of the ginger tom cat adopted by the former homeless busker
0:22:47 > 0:22:50James Bowen? Their story is told in a best-selling book.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- Ginger.- Bob. Which composer's masterpiece Prince Igor
0:22:53 > 0:22:57was completed after his death by RimskyKorsakov and Glazunov?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- Borodin.- Which cricketer joined Nottinghamshire when he moved to Britain in 2001
0:23:01 > 0:23:03before going on to Hampshire and Surrey?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- Peterson.- What does USB stand for in the technology
0:23:06 > 0:23:11that allows computers to connect with devices such as a mouse of printer?
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Er, Universal connection... - Universal Serial Bus.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Which British actor reprised his role as Commissioner Gordon
0:23:18 > 0:23:21in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- Gary Oldman.- What word from Latin for "to purloin sacred objects"
0:23:24 > 0:23:28is used for the violation or misuse of something that's considered holy?
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- Sacrosanct.- Sacrilege. What is the only mythological creature
0:23:32 > 0:23:35among the 12 animals that represent Chinese years?
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- The ram.- The dragon. In which village is St Giles Church where Thomas Gray is buried?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43He composed Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard there.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Stoke Poges.- The chief legal adviser to the government holds what post?
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Dominic Grieve succeeded Baroness Scotland after the general election in 2010.
0:23:51 > 0:23:56- Attorney General. - Which large gulf indents the northern coast of Australia
0:23:56 > 0:23:59between Arnhem Land in the west and Cape York in the east?
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- Sydney Harbour.- Carpentaria. In Doctor Who, which actress played Rose Tyler
0:24:03 > 0:24:07opposite Christopher Ecclestone and David Tennant?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- Billy Piper.- The spicy rice dish jambalaya
0:24:09 > 0:24:12is famously associated with which American city?
0:24:12 > 0:24:16- New Orleans.- In Greek legend, who received the gift of prophecy from Apollo?
0:24:16 > 0:24:21He decreed her prophecies wouldn't be believed after she refused him favours.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- Cassandra. BEEP- Yes. And we are out of time.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30You have no passes and a total of 19 points.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33APPLAUSE
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Finally, Sian West again, please.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46And you start this round with ten points.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51And the score to beat is still 20. Let's see if you can do it.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Two minutes general knowledge starting now.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57In which country were Dame Nellie Melba and Dame Joan Sutherland born?
0:24:57 > 0:25:01- Australia.- What name is given to sheepskin coats with a shaggy border
0:25:01 > 0:25:04popular with hippies in the late '60s and early '70s?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Afghan.- Which post-war prime minister was foreign secretary
0:25:07 > 0:25:09before and after his premiership?
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- Er... Lord Home. - Yes. Douglas-Home.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16Which town along with Portland hosted sailing events in the 2012 Olympics?
0:25:16 > 0:25:21- Weymouth.- What French term is used for sweet chestnuts poached in syrup and glazed?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23They're often served as luxury sweetmeats.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- Marron glace.- Which 1987 film based on a novel by John Updike
0:25:27 > 0:25:31stars Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon as the title characters?
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- The Witches of Eastwick. - Which dolphin has a permanent smile
0:25:35 > 0:25:37formed by the curvature of its mouth?
0:25:37 > 0:25:40It's the most widely kept dolphin in marine aquaria.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- Pass.- What term that comes from the Italian for "to play the harp"
0:25:45 > 0:25:50is used for a chord where notes are played in rapid succession not simultaneously?
0:25:50 > 0:25:54- Glissando.- Arpeggio. Which area of North London takes its name from the pub
0:25:54 > 0:25:57next to a toll gate on the Finchley Road built
0:25:57 > 0:25:59in about 1840 in the style of an Alpine chalet?
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- Swiss Cottage.- Which song co-written by Glenn Miller
0:26:03 > 0:26:07was recorded by his orchestra in 1939 and adopted as its signature tune?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- Take The "A" Train. - Moonlight Serenade.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16What's the surname of Charles Lewis, a New York jeweller, and his son Louis Comfort,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18celebrated for his Art Nouveau stained glass?
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- Tiffany.- Which much-loved book by Nina Bawden
0:26:21 > 0:26:24tells of a girl evacuated with her brother Nick
0:26:24 > 0:26:26to a small Welsh village during World War II?
0:26:28 > 0:26:33- Pass.- In 1916, Diaghilev commissioned which Spanish composer to write the music
0:26:33 > 0:26:35for the ballet The Three-Cornered Hat?
0:26:35 > 0:26:40- De Falla.- What did Isaiah prophesy that people would beat their swords in to
0:26:40 > 0:26:42when he foretold of peace among all humankind?
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- Ploughshares.- In which TV series narrated by Geoffrey Palmer did
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Arthur Smith, Rory McGrath and others talk about things that irritated them?
0:26:50 > 0:26:54- Grumpy Old Men. - Mount Narodnaya is the highest point- BEEP
0:26:54 > 0:26:58of which Russian mountain range? It stands at over 1,890 metres.
0:27:02 > 0:27:08- The... Carpathians. - No. Good guess. The Urals.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- Two passes. Carrie's War. - Yeah.- You knew it, didn't you?
0:27:11 > 0:27:15And the dolphin with the smile is the bottlenose.
0:27:15 > 0:27:21However, those passes didn't matter in the end because, Sian, you have 21 points.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24APPLAUSE
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Well, what a nail-biter that was. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39In fifth place with 14 points, Mark Roberts.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Fourth place, 17 points, John Wheeler.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Third place, 19 points, Jonathan Gordon.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Second place, 20 points, Roger Canwell.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53In first place with 21 points, Sian West.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55APPLAUSE
0:28:06 > 0:28:12So, Sian West did it and she is the winner and claims a place in the grand final. Congratulations to her.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16And if you would like to be a contender on the next series,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19then go to our website bbc.co.uk/mastermind
0:28:19 > 0:28:23And do join us next time for another semifinal and more masterminds.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27APPLAUSE
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