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