0:00:25 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Roland McFall, a student from Oxford.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32His subject, the rock band Radiohead.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, Graeme Marley, a depot manager from Kenilworth.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38He answers questions on Sherlock Holmes.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Sarah Lefevre, a simulation designer from Abingdon,
0:00:41 > 0:00:42and her subject, the Goodies.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And Aidan McQuade, a charity director from South Armagh,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49and his subject, the Irish revolutionary Michael Collins.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 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 > 0:01:20first in their specialist round, two minutes,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23and then their general knowledge, 2½ minutes.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25And that is often the killer.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38And your name is...?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Your occupation?
0:01:40 > 0:01:42And your chosen subject.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Radiohead, in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Under what name did Radiohead perform until they signed
0:01:47 > 0:01:49with a record company at the end of 1991?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50- On A Friday.- What song,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52titled after the tiresome robot, Marvin,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
0:01:55 > 0:01:56gave the band a top three hit?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- Paranoid Android. - The band took their name
0:01:58 > 0:02:00from the Talking Heads track Radiohead.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03On which 1986 Talking Heads album does the track appear?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- Pass.- The band's fourth and fifth albums
0:02:06 > 0:02:08were recorded during the same sessions.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11The first was Kid A. What was the title of its follow-up?
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Amnesiac.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15In May 1997, in which Spanish city was the official launch
0:02:15 > 0:02:17of the band's third album, OK Computer?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19It had been previewed days earlier in Lisbon.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Barcelona.- The band was joined onstage
0:02:21 > 0:02:23by which guest drummer
0:02:23 > 0:02:25at their secret Glastonbury gig in June 2011?
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Pass.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29What was the ironic title of the video issued in 1998
0:02:29 > 0:02:31that documented the OK Computer tour
0:02:31 > 0:02:34and the band's discomfort dealing with publicity?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- Making Friends Is Easy. - No, Meeting People Is Easy.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39What was the name of the band's seventh studio album,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41initially released as a digital download
0:02:41 > 0:02:43by their own website in October 2007,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46for which customers could choose how much to pay?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- In Rainbows.- On which French national radio show
0:02:48 > 0:02:51did Radiohead undertake their first engagement outside Britain?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Their set included a cover
0:02:53 > 0:02:55of Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- Pass.- In February '93,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00which song was the band's first to enter the UK singles chart,
0:03:00 > 0:03:01peaking at number 32?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Creep. - Anyone Can Play Guitar.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Which Radio One DJ gave the group
0:03:06 > 0:03:07their first national exposure
0:03:07 > 0:03:10by playing the track Prove Yourself, from the Drill EP?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- Gary Davies.- Following an unauthorised online release
0:03:13 > 0:03:16of the album Hail To The Thief in March 2003,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18which band member was quoted as saying,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20"It felt like being photographed with one sock on
0:03:20 > 0:03:22"when you get up in the morning?"
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Colin Greenwood. - What was the title
0:03:24 > 0:03:25of the first UK single
0:03:25 > 0:03:28released from the album In Rainbows in January 2008?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Nude.- No, Jigsaw Falling Into Place.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Born on 23rd May '67,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34what's the name of the oldest member of Radiohead?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Phil Selway.- Which On A Friday demo cassette,
0:03:37 > 0:03:40released in November '91, was named after
0:03:40 > 0:03:42an independent record store in Oxford?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- Manic Hedgehog. - What was the name
0:03:44 > 0:03:47of lead singer Thom Yorke's solo album, released in 2006?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48BEEP
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- The Eraser.- Is correct. You had three passes.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54The Black Sessions included a cover
0:03:54 > 0:03:56of Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58The band was joined onstage
0:03:58 > 0:04:03at that so-called "secret" Glastonbury gig by Clive Deamer.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05And the Talking Heads track Radiohead
0:04:05 > 0:04:07appeared on the album True Stories.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Three passes, Roland. You have a total of ten points.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13APPLAUSE
0:04:20 > 0:04:23And our next contender, please.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29And your name is...?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Your occupation?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33And your chosen subject?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Sherlock Holmes, in two minutes.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40In which short story do Watson and the reader first discover
0:04:40 > 0:04:42that Holmes has an older brother, Mycroft?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- The Greek Interpreter. - What's the name of the butler in The Musgrave Ritual
0:04:45 > 0:04:48who was dismissed after being caught by Musgrave in the library
0:04:48 > 0:04:50secretly reading a family document?
0:04:50 > 0:04:51He's later found dead in the cellar.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Brunton.- In The Adventure Of The Speckled Band,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56what is the Speckled Band eventually revealed to be?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- A swamp adder.- What's the name of the central character
0:04:58 > 0:05:00in the story A Case Of Identity,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02whose fiance, Mr Hosmer Angel,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04had disappeared on their wedding day?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Mary Sutherland.- Police Inspector Stanley Hopkins
0:05:07 > 0:05:08appears in three short stories,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10The Adventure Of Black Peter,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12The Adventure Of The Golden Pince-Nez and which other?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Pass.- In The Hound Of The Baskervilles,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Holmes explains his expertise
0:05:16 > 0:05:17in identifying newspaper typefaces,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19but admits that when he was very young,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21he had confused the Leeds Mercury
0:05:21 > 0:05:23with which other newspaper?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- Pass.- When trying to identify the book
0:05:25 > 0:05:27that the coded message refers to in The Valley Of Fear,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30what do Holmes and Watson deduce
0:05:30 > 0:05:33that the C in the sign C2 must stand for?
0:05:33 > 0:05:34- Pass.- What is the name
0:05:34 > 0:05:36of the governess in The Problem Of Thor Bridge,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38who is wrongly accused of murdering Maria Gibson?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- Miss Dunbar.- In the climax to a short story,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Holmes and Moriarty are believed to have fought
0:05:42 > 0:05:44at the edge of the Reichenbach Falls
0:05:44 > 0:05:46and plunged to their deaths. What story?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- The Final Problem.- What's the name of the housemaid
0:05:49 > 0:05:51in the short story The Crooked Man
0:05:51 > 0:05:52who first heard the quarrel
0:05:52 > 0:05:54between Colonel Barclay and his wife Nancy?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- Pass. - In The Five Orange Pips,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58the envelopes received by the three victims
0:05:58 > 0:06:00were sent from Pondicherry in India,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02East London, and which other seaport?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Dundee.- In The Adventure Of The Solitary Cyclist,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Violet Smith's fiance, Cyril Morton,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09works as an engineer for the Midland Electrical Company.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11In which town is the company based?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Coventry.- What were preserved in coarse salt
0:06:13 > 0:06:16in the gruesome parcel received by Susan Cushing
0:06:16 > 0:06:18in The Adventure Of The Cardboard Box?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- A pair of ears. - According to Watson,
0:06:20 > 0:06:21what do doctors call the type of knife
0:06:21 > 0:06:24with a very delicate blade found in John Straker's grasp
0:06:24 > 0:06:26when his body was discovered in Silver Blaze?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Cataract knife.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30In The Adventure Of The Illustrious Client,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Holmes and Watson try to trick Baron Gruner
0:06:32 > 0:06:35into believing that Watson is a collector of Chinese pottery.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36What pseudonym does Watson use?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Pass.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39BEEP
0:06:39 > 0:06:40I can tell you as your time is up.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42The pseudonym was Dr Hill Barton.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Your other passes -
0:06:43 > 0:06:48the name of the housemaid in The Crooked Man was Jane Stewart.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Holmes and Watson deduced that the C in the sign C2
0:06:51 > 0:06:54had to stand for "Column."
0:06:54 > 0:06:56The Western Morning News was the other newspaper
0:06:56 > 0:06:58with which he confused the Leeds Mercury.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03And The Adventure Of Abbey Grange was the third.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08We had Black Peter, The Golden Pince-Nez and Abbey Grange.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10You have, Graeme, ten points.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12APPLAUSE
0:07:19 > 0:07:22And our next contender, please.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28And your name is...?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Your occupation?
0:07:31 > 0:07:32And your chosen subject?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35The Goodies, in two minutes. Here we go.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38The first television series to feature all three Goodies together
0:07:38 > 0:07:41was broadcast from 1968 to '69. What was it called?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- At Last The 1948 Show. - No, Broaden Your Mind.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45In Bunfight At The OK Tea Rooms,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48the Goodies go prospecting for gold, but in an old mine
0:07:48 > 0:07:50they strike another valuable commodity. What was it?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Cream.- What was the name of Graeme Garden's flatmate in 1967,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55who was to become a comedy legend in his own right?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58He introduced Graeme to Roger Hancock, his first agent.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59- John Junkin.- Eric Idle.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02In Kitten Kong, what do the Goodies get dressed up as
0:08:02 > 0:08:04to enable them to get close enough to the giant kitten
0:08:04 > 0:08:06to give it the antidote to Graeme's growth mixture?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- Mice.- When the Goodies create their own pirate radio station
0:08:09 > 0:08:11in Radio Goodies, what's the name of the ship
0:08:11 > 0:08:12on which the station's based?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- The Good Ship Saucy Gibbon. - In the Come Dancing episode,
0:08:15 > 0:08:16what's revealed to be the real name
0:08:16 > 0:08:18of the dancing instructor Penelope Fay,
0:08:18 > 0:08:19played by June Whitfield?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Peaches Stiletto.- Which Radio Four panel game
0:08:22 > 0:08:25was devised by Graeme Garden and first broadcast in '71?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27All three Goodies appeared in the first show.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30In the episode Music Lovers,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32where does Bill propose they stage a music festival
0:08:32 > 0:08:34to rival Woodstock and the Isle of Wight?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Hackney Marshes.- When the Entertainers Party
0:08:37 > 0:08:38gain political power in Goodies Rule - OK?,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40who becomes Prime Minister
0:08:40 > 0:08:43and is interviewed by Michael Barratt on Nationwide?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44- Sooty.- In Kung Fu Kapers,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46what is the full name of the black pudding shop
0:08:46 > 0:08:49that boast that their puddings are blacker than anybody else's?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Peckinpah's Perfect Puddings. - What was the original title
0:08:51 > 0:08:53of Tim and Bill's Footlights Revue
0:08:53 > 0:08:55when it was first performed in Cambridge?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58It later opened at the New Arts Theatre in London in '63,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00under the name Cambridge Circus.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02A Clump of Plinths.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Which comic film stars did the Goodies impersonate
0:09:04 > 0:09:07in the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire song sequence
0:09:07 > 0:09:09in The Goodies And The Beanstalk?
0:09:09 > 0:09:10The Marx Brothers.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11In The End, what is the name
0:09:11 > 0:09:14of the property developer who has hired Graeme
0:09:14 > 0:09:16to redevelop Kew Gardens into a concrete jungle?
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Harry Highrise.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20By what name does Bill affectionately call the "trandem"
0:09:20 > 0:09:22when he has to take it to market to sell
0:09:22 > 0:09:23in The Goodies And The Beanstalk?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Buttercup.- Bill goes into a trance
0:09:25 > 0:09:26and has visions that give a clue
0:09:26 > 0:09:28to the mysterious disappearance of all the beef
0:09:28 > 0:09:30from the Tower of London.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32What does he eat that puts him in this state?
0:09:32 > 0:09:33- Sherbet.- In which BBC radio programme
0:09:33 > 0:09:36did all three Goodies appear between '65 and '73...
0:09:36 > 0:09:37BEEP
0:09:37 > 0:09:40..along with John Cleese, David Hatch and Jo Kendall?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- At Last The 1948 Show? - You'll hate me for telling you.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Never mind. No passes and 13 points.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54APPLAUSE
0:10:00 > 0:10:03And our final contender, please.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10And your name is...?
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Your occupation?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13And your chosen subject?
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Michael Collins, in two minutes. Here we go.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Michael Collins was born in October 1890
0:10:18 > 0:10:22at Sam's Cross, near Clonakilty, on the family farm.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23What was its name?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Woodfield.- In which Dublin building
0:10:25 > 0:10:26did Collins and the other Republicans
0:10:26 > 0:10:29make their headquarters during the 1916 Easter Rising?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- General Post Office.- What was the name of the schoolmaster
0:10:31 > 0:10:33at Lisavaird National School,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35an active member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37who greatly influenced Collins?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- Denis Lyons.- De Valera was nicknamed "The Long Fellow" because of his height,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42but what nickname was given to Collins because
0:10:42 > 0:10:43of his apparent self-regard?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- The Big Fellow.- What was the religious nickname
0:10:46 > 0:10:49of the squad of assassins hand-picked by Collins in 1919?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- The 12 Apostles.- After his release from prison in 1916,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Collins became Secretary to which fund
0:10:53 > 0:10:55that had been set up by Mrs Tom Clarke
0:10:55 > 0:10:58to help dependents of the Easter Uprising participants?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Erm, the Irish National Aid Fund.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03To which American journalist did Collins give an interview
0:11:03 > 0:11:06in which he stated there would be no compromise and no negotiations
0:11:06 > 0:11:09until Ireland was recognised as an independent republic?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10- Pass.- In November 1909,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Collins was sworn in as a member
0:11:12 > 0:11:14of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
0:11:14 > 0:11:15by which fellow Post Office worker
0:11:15 > 0:11:17at a ceremony in Barnsbury Hall in London?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Sam Maguire.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22What was the name of the internment camp, near Bala in North Wales,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24to which Collins and other prisoners were sent in 1916?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Frongoch. - From which English prison
0:11:26 > 0:11:29did Collins help the future president, Eamon de Valera,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31escape on the 3rd of February 1919?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Lincoln.- Who, as Minister for Foreign Affairs,
0:11:34 > 0:11:35led the Irish delegation
0:11:35 > 0:11:37that included a very reluctant Collins
0:11:37 > 0:11:39at the peace treaty talks in London in 1921?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Arthur Griffith.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43In July 1906, Collins moved to London.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45In which branch of the Post Office Savings Bank
0:11:45 > 0:11:46did he initially work?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- West Kensington.- How was Collins bizarrely described
0:11:49 > 0:11:51in a telegram sent by the German Embassy in Washington
0:11:51 > 0:11:53to the Foreign Office in Berlin
0:11:53 > 0:11:54regarding Roger Casement's attempt
0:11:54 > 0:11:57to bring arms into Ireland for the planned uprising?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Father Michael Collins. - Yes, an Irish priest.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01To whom did Collins reply that,
0:12:01 > 0:12:02by signing the treaty with the British,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04he had signed his actual death warrant,
0:12:04 > 0:12:06rather than his political death warrant?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- Birkenhead.- To what cabinet position
0:12:08 > 0:12:12was Collins appointed by Eamon de Valera in 1919?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Erm, Minister of Finance.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16In which hamlet near County Cork
0:12:16 > 0:12:18was Collins ambushed and killed in August '22?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20BEEP
0:12:20 > 0:12:21- Beal Na mBlath. - Yes, it was indeed.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23You had only one pass.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25That influential American journalist
0:12:25 > 0:12:28to whom he gave the interview was Carl Ackerman.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29You have 15 points.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32APPLAUSE
0:12:39 > 0:12:42That's the end of the first round. Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44In joint third place, ten points apiece,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Roland McFall and Graeme Marley.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Second place, 13 points, Sarah Lefevre.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54In the lead, with 15 points, Aidan McQuade.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56APPLAUSE
0:12:58 > 0:13:01So, it is the general knowledge round, now,
0:13:01 > 0:13:02and if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04then the number of passes is taken into account
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and the contender with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10If they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13and the six highest-scoring runners-up during these heats
0:13:13 > 0:13:16will also be able to claim a place in the semi-final.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17So, plenty to play for.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Let's get on with it and ask Roland McFall to join us again, please.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25And you scored ten points with your knowledge of Radiohead.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27So let's see how you get on with your general knowledge.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30It's 2½ minutes, this time. Here we go.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Which major American West Coast city
0:13:32 > 0:13:34was almost completely destroyed
0:13:34 > 0:13:35by an earthquake in 1906?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- San Francisco.- Charlie Brown and his dog Snoopy
0:13:37 > 0:13:39are characters in which cartoon strip
0:13:39 > 0:13:41that made its first appearance in 1950?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- Peanuts.- What name is given
0:13:43 > 0:13:44to the process whereby green plants
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and certain other organisms
0:13:46 > 0:13:48convert light energy into chemical energy?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- Photosynthesis.- A player of which musical instrument
0:13:51 > 0:13:54might perform paradiddles, flams, drags and ruffs?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55- Erm, trumpet.- No, drums.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57The comedy series Twenty Twelve,
0:13:57 > 0:13:58starring Hugh Bonneville,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01takes a satirical look at the planning for which event?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02- London Olympics. - What was the name
0:14:02 > 0:14:04of Henry VIII's older brother,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07whose death in 1502 left Henry as heir to the throne?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- Edward.- Arthur. In the 2012 Budget,
0:14:09 > 0:14:12which regional speciality was at the centre of a row
0:14:12 > 0:14:15to standardise 20% VAT on hot food?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- Greggs, the baker. - Cornish pasty to be specific.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Which Persian name, meaning "sign" or "miracle of God",
0:14:21 > 0:14:22is given to a religious leader
0:14:22 > 0:14:24among Shi'ite Muslims, especially in Iran?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Ayatollah.- The sports agent Myron Bolitar
0:14:27 > 0:14:30is the central character in a series of books
0:14:30 > 0:14:32by which thriller writer?
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Erm, pass.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35What term for countries including Albania, Romania,
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia
0:14:37 > 0:14:39comes from the Turkish word for mountain?
0:14:39 > 0:14:40The Balkans.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42In football, who has managed Mexico, Ivory Coast,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Notts County and Leicester City?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Sven-Goran Eriksson.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Which animals live and travel
0:14:47 > 0:14:48in groups known as "mobs"
0:14:48 > 0:14:50under the leadership of a large male
0:14:50 > 0:14:52known as an "old man" or "boomer"?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53- Mongeese.- Kangaroos.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Which Northeastern English city,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57known as Pons Aelii in Roman times,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00takes its modern name from the fortification built
0:15:00 > 0:15:02by William the Conqueror's son Robert in 1080?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- Newcastle.- Who plays the title role
0:15:04 > 0:15:06of FBI Director J Edgar Hoover
0:15:06 > 0:15:09in the 2011 biopic J Edgar?
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Pass.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Which dramatist's works include
0:15:13 > 0:15:16How The Other Half Loves and The Norman Conquests?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- Alan Bennett. - Alan Ayckbourn.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20What term for a person's mental ability,
0:15:20 > 0:15:21based on a numerical index,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23was coined in the early 20th century
0:15:23 > 0:15:25by the American psychologist Lewis Terman,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27a value of 100 being considered normal?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- IQ.- The studio albums of which pop singer include
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Faith, Songs From The Last Century and Patience?
0:15:34 > 0:15:35- Johnny Cash.- George Michael.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Which British Field Marshal and Minister for War
0:15:38 > 0:15:40drowned when HMS Hampshire was sunk by a mine in 1916?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Kitchener of Khartoum.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43The winner of the Best Climber category
0:15:43 > 0:15:45of the Tour de France gets to wear which jersey
0:15:45 > 0:15:47as King of the Mountains?
0:15:47 > 0:15:48The polka dot jersey.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50What was the name of the principal place
0:15:50 > 0:15:52of public execution in London from 1388 to 1783?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- Tyburn.- In which Lloyd Webber musical
0:15:54 > 0:15:56does a shy little steam engine called Rusty
0:15:56 > 0:15:58beat the flashy diesel, Greaseball,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00to become "the fastest engine in the world"?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Starlight Express.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03What word, meaning "a complete failure"...
0:16:03 > 0:16:04BEEP
0:16:04 > 0:16:06is Italian for a bottle or flask?
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Imbecile.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Well, it might have been but it wasn't. It was fiasco.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16There we go. Two passes.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Leonardo DiCaprio played J Edgar Hoover in the biopic,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23and Harlan Coben wrote those books
0:16:23 > 0:16:26in which Myron Bolitar was the central character.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28You have, Roland, 23 points.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30APPLAUSE
0:16:37 > 0:16:40And now Graeme Marley again, please.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44And you also begin with ten points
0:16:44 > 0:16:48with your knowledge of Sherlock Holmes. Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:16:48 > 0:16:512½ minutes, starting now. What is the profession
0:16:51 > 0:16:54of Cherie Booth, wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Barrister. - Which British singer,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58who had her first Number One single
0:16:58 > 0:16:59with Wuthering Heights in '78,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02released the album 50 Words For Snow in November 2011?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- Kate Bush.- Which English city,
0:17:04 > 0:17:05that stands on the River Ver,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07was known as Verulamium to the Romans?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11- Pass.- In architecture,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13what name is given to stone spouts,
0:17:13 > 0:17:15often carved in the form of grotesque creatures,
0:17:15 > 0:17:16designed to throw water from a roof?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Gargoyles.- Which New Zealand-born author
0:17:18 > 0:17:20is best known for her detective novels
0:17:20 > 0:17:23featuring Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- Ngaio Marsh.- Which dessert
0:17:25 > 0:17:26did the French chef Escoffier
0:17:26 > 0:17:28name after an Australian opera singer?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Erm, Peach Melba?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Of which Atlantic island group is El Hierro the westernmost island?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35In ancient times it was thought to mark
0:17:35 > 0:17:37the western limit of the world.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38- Erm, the Azures. - The Canaries.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40On The Muppet Show, what is the name
0:17:40 > 0:17:42of the drummer in the Electric Mayhem band?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Animal.- In the Diamond Necklace Affair of 1785,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Cardinal de Rohan was duped in a plot to buy
0:17:48 > 0:17:49a valuable item of jewellery,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52while attempting to regain the favour of which queen?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Er, Queen Anne? - Marie Antoinette.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Which outlaw was portrayed by Paul Newman
0:17:57 > 0:17:59in the 1958 film The Left Handed Gun?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- Pass.- Which venue, formerly known
0:18:03 > 0:18:06as the National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park
0:18:06 > 0:18:10has hosted the Australian Open Tennis Championships since 1988?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Roland Garros? - Melbourne Park.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Which of the apostles was given a name
0:18:13 > 0:18:15meaning "rock" by Christ,
0:18:15 > 0:18:16because he would be the foundation
0:18:16 > 0:18:18on which His church would be built?
0:18:18 > 0:18:19- Simon Peter.- In astronomy,
0:18:19 > 0:18:21who is said to be followed across the heavens
0:18:21 > 0:18:24by his hunting dogs, Canis Major and Canis Minor?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25- Orion.- In 1985,
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Konrad Kujau and his accomplice, Gerd Heidemann,
0:18:29 > 0:18:31were jailed in West Germany for forging whose diaries?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- Hitler.- Khaki Campbell
0:18:33 > 0:18:36and Indian Runner are breeds of which bird?
0:18:36 > 0:18:37- Pigeon?- A duck.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Who wrote the farce Noises Off,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41first performed in 1982 and revived in 2011?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- Michael Frayn. - In which country
0:18:43 > 0:18:44is the volcano Krakatoa
0:18:44 > 0:18:47that erupted with devastating effect in 1883?
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Indonesia.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Which actor, who went on to play James Bond in two films,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53made his screen debut as Philip II of France
0:18:53 > 0:18:54in the film The Lion In Winter?
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- Pass.- What name, coming from the Italian meaning "sung",
0:19:00 > 0:19:03is now given to a work for voices and instrumental accompaniment,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05such as those by Bach?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Oh, a cappella.- Cantata.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09St Boniface Down, at about 240 metres,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12is the highest point on which of the British Isles?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- Ireland?- No, the Isle of Wight.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Which device consisting of a rapidly spinning wheel
0:19:18 > 0:19:20mounted so that it can rotate in any direction...
0:19:20 > 0:19:22BEEP
0:19:22 > 0:19:24..has been used in compasses and missile guidance systems?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Gyroscope?- Is correct. You had three passes.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Timothy Dalton made his screen debut as Philip II.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Billy the Kid was the outlaw portrayed by Paul Newman,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37and St Albans is that English city that stands on the River Ver.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39You have, Graeme, 22 points.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42APPLAUSE
0:19:47 > 0:19:51And now, Sarah Lefevre again, please.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57And you have 13 points already with your knowledge of the Goodies.
0:19:58 > 0:20:0022 is the score to beat so far.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Whose first fantasy novel, The Hobbit,
0:20:05 > 0:20:07was published in 1937?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- Tolkien.- The chocolate cake Sachertorte,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11created by the pastry chef Franz Sacher,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13is a speciality of which city?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Pass.- Which seven-times Wimbledon champion
0:20:17 > 0:20:18was nicknamed "Pistol Pete"?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- Pass.- In the TV programme Midsomer Murders,
0:20:23 > 0:20:24who plays DCI John Barnaby,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27the cousin and replacement of John Nettles' character?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Pass.- Which politician,
0:20:29 > 0:20:30the 14th Chief Justice of America,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32gave his name to the commission
0:20:32 > 0:20:34appointed by Lyndon Johnson
0:20:34 > 0:20:36to investigate the shooting of John F Kennedy?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Pass.- Nathan Detroit, Sky Masterson,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Harry the Horse and Nicely-Nicely Johnson
0:20:41 > 0:20:43are among the characters
0:20:43 > 0:20:45in which musical by Frank Loesser?
0:20:45 > 0:20:46- Chicago.- Guys And Dolls.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48What regal name is given to a stag
0:20:48 > 0:20:51with 12 points on its antlers?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- Monarch.- Royal.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Which contemporary of the Duke of Wellington
0:20:56 > 0:20:58rather foolishly dismissed him
0:20:58 > 0:20:59as "a mere sepoy general",
0:20:59 > 0:21:02referring to his service in India?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- Napoleon. - Which actress stars
0:21:04 > 0:21:07as Georgiana Cavendish in the film The Duchess
0:21:07 > 0:21:09and as Cecilia Tallis in Atonement?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Pass.- What name of Old English origin
0:21:16 > 0:21:18is given to a river valley,
0:21:18 > 0:21:19especially in Northern England
0:21:19 > 0:21:21and Southern Scotland?
0:21:24 > 0:21:25- Glen.- Dale.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27In Greek mythology, the 100 eyes
0:21:27 > 0:21:28of the all-seeing giant, Argus,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31were transplanted by Hera into the tail of which bird?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Peacock. - Victoria is the capital
0:21:33 > 0:21:35of which Commonwealth republic
0:21:35 > 0:21:36in the Indian Ocean?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- Seychelles. - Which chronic disease
0:21:41 > 0:21:43that affects the skin, mucous membranes
0:21:43 > 0:21:45and nerves is also known as Hansen's Disease
0:21:45 > 0:21:47after the Norwegian physician
0:21:47 > 0:21:49who discovered its cause?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Shingles?- Leprosy. What musical direction is used
0:21:51 > 0:21:53for playing notes on a stringed instrument
0:21:53 > 0:21:55by plucking the string instead of using the bow?
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- Pizzicato.- Which poet lived with her tyrannical father
0:21:58 > 0:22:00at 50 Wimpole Street in London, from 1838,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04until her marriage in 1846 to a fellow poet?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Maughold Head is the easternmost point
0:22:07 > 0:22:09of which of the British Isles?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11It's the island's nearest point to the English mainland
0:22:11 > 0:22:13at St Bees Head, in Cumbria.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- Anglesey.- Isle of Man.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Who has chaired the BBC programme Question Time
0:22:17 > 0:22:19since January 1994?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Jeremy Paxman. - David Dimbleby.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Which American government agency,
0:22:25 > 0:22:27founded by President Kennedy in 1961,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29sends volunteers overseas
0:22:29 > 0:22:32to perform social and humanitarian work?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34(I know this).
0:22:34 > 0:22:35BEEP
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Pass.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Well, I can tell you it is the Peace Corps.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42You have six passes. Keira Knightley was Georgina Cavendish and so on.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43SHE LAUGHS
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Earl Warren lent his name to the investigation
0:22:47 > 0:22:50of the shooting of John F Kennedy.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Neil Dudgeon played DCI John Barnaby.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Pete Sampras, otherwise known as "Pistol Pete".
0:22:57 > 0:23:00And Vienna is where Sachertorte comes from.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03You have, Sarah, 19 points.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06APPLAUSE
0:23:12 > 0:23:16And finally, Aidan McQuade again, please.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20And you start out with a pretty solid 15 points.
0:23:20 > 0:23:2222 is the score to beat.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27What's the name of the fortified enclosure in the centre of Moscow
0:23:27 > 0:23:29that's the seat of the Russian Government?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- Kremlin.- Which English breakfast of Indian origin
0:23:31 > 0:23:34consists of a mixture of rice and smoked haddock
0:23:34 > 0:23:35with hard-boiled eggs?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- Pass.- What did critic and author Cyril Connolly write
0:23:38 > 0:23:40was "inside every fat man,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42"wildly signalling to be let out"?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- A thin man.- What's the name of the estuary
0:23:44 > 0:23:45that begins at the confluence
0:23:45 > 0:23:47of the rivers Ouse and Trent
0:23:47 > 0:23:48and stretches to the North Sea?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- The Wash.- The Humber.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Which American rock singer released his 17th studio album,
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Wrecking Ball, in March 2012,
0:23:54 > 0:23:5639 years after his first release?
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Bruce Springsteen.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00The name of which period of the Christian church calendar
0:24:00 > 0:24:02comes from the Latin for "arrival"?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Advent.- What's the sinister common name
0:24:04 > 0:24:06of the most poisonous of British mushrooms?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09It accounts for over 90% of fatalities from mushroom poisoning.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- Horn's head. - The death cap.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Which Hollywood studio did Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack found in 1923?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17They were the sons of an immigrant cobbler from Eastern Europe.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- Pass. - Which Shakespeare play
0:24:19 > 0:24:22is about the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina?
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Taming Of The Shrew.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26What name for a dock worker who loads and unloads ships
0:24:26 > 0:24:29comes from the Spanish for "to pack" or "stow a cargo"?
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- Stevedore.- The title of which television comedy sports quiz
0:24:32 > 0:24:35was taken from Kenneth Wolstenholme's closing commentary
0:24:35 > 0:24:37on the 1966 World Cup Final?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39They Think It's All Over.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Which metallic element melts at about minus 39 degrees Celsius?
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Pass.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45The American army officer
0:24:45 > 0:24:48and engineer George Washington Goethals was put in charge of which
0:24:48 > 0:24:52construction project by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907?
0:24:52 > 0:24:53- Hoover Dam.- Panama Canal.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55What name is given to the Arab-Israeli war
0:24:55 > 0:24:59of October '73 because it started on a Jewish holy day?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Yom Kippur.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03On which racecourse is the King George VI Chase traditionally run
0:25:03 > 0:25:04on Boxing Day?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Ascot. - Kempton Park.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09The architect and engineer Filippo Brunelleschi
0:25:09 > 0:25:12is credited with inventing what method of representing spatial depth
0:25:12 > 0:25:15in the early 15th century?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- Cartesian coordinates. - Perspective.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19What is the medical name for the part of the body
0:25:19 > 0:25:21commonly known as the windpipe?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22- Erm, larynx.- The trachea.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Which region of Northern France encompasses
0:25:24 > 0:25:27the departements of Aisne, Oise and Somme,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30the scenes of some of the bloodiest fighting in the First World War?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Pass.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35In which 1987 sci-fi film is the body of the Detroit policeman Alex J Murphy
0:25:35 > 0:25:37reconstructed as a crime-fighting
0:25:37 > 0:25:39metal android?
0:25:39 > 0:25:40RoboCop.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Who composed the music for the opera The Barber Of Seville,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46first performed in Rome as "Almaviva" in 1816?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Erm, Mozart.- Rossini.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Which former Father of the House of Commons
0:25:50 > 0:25:52and MP for West Lothian published his autobiography,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54The Importance Of Being Awkward, in 2011?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Pass.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57BEEP
0:25:57 > 0:26:01I can tell you, it was Tam Dalyell. And your other passes.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03That region of Northern France
0:26:03 > 0:26:07encompassing the departements of Aisne, Oise and Somme is the Picardie.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Mercury melts at about minus 39 degrees Celsius.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14The Warner Brothers, otherwise known as Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18And kedgeree is what you get if you mix up rice and smoked haddock
0:26:18 > 0:26:20and hard-boiled eggs.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Five passes. However, Aidan, you have a total of 24 points.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26APPLAUSE
0:26:35 > 0:26:40Well, a close-run thing. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42In fourth place with 19 points, Sarah Lefevre.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45In third place, 22 points, Graeme Marley.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Second place, 23 points, Roland McFall.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53First place, 24 points, he just edged it, Aidan McQuade.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54APPLAUSE
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Which means that Aidan McQuade is tonight's winner
0:27:05 > 0:27:07and goes through to the semi-finals.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Congratulations to him.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11If you would like to be a contender on the next series,
0:27:11 > 0:27:12do go to our website.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17And do join us again, next time, for more Masterminds.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20APPLAUSE
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