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First in the spotlight tonight is Philip Walters from Leeds. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:28 | |
His subject is Doctor Who from 1963 to 1989. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:32 | |
Next, Jackie Phillips, a food bank volunteer from Bedford - her subject, the story of Moses. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:38 | |
Iain Copping, a consultant from Keighley, will answer questions on the state of Arkansas. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:43 | |
And Shahab Mossavat, a commodities trader from London, his subject - Terry Venables. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:49 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
Tonight, once again, four contenders will put their knowledge to the test in their bid | 0:01:04 | 0:01:09 | |
to become the nation's Mastermind, the highest honour the quiz world has to offer and the toughest. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:14 | |
Two rounds - two minutes on their specialist subjects, two and a half minutes on general knowledge. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:20 | |
That's the one they fear the most. Let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:26 | |
Two minutes. Peter Hawkins and David Graham provided the voices for which of the Doctor's adversaries | 0:01:42 | 0:01:47 | |
when they made their debut in the second story of Series 1? | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
-The Daleks. -In which story in Series 5 does the Doctor first use his sonic screwdriver? | 0:01:51 | 0:01:56 | |
-Fury From The Deep. -Who did Colin Baker play in Arc Of Infinity prior to becoming the sixth Doctor? | 0:01:56 | 0:02:02 | |
-Commander Maxil. -Which actress, who later found fame in EastEnders, | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
played Lady Eleanor in Series 11's The Time Warrior? | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
-June Brown. -Which story was the first to be transmitted twice a week | 0:02:08 | 0:02:12 | |
in the early evening on a Monday and Tuesday? | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
-Castrovalva. -Who provided the voice of K-9 | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
for the last three broadcast stories in Series 17 in place of John Leeson? | 0:02:18 | 0:02:23 | |
-David Brierly. -What was Kit Pedler's role on the series when Gerry Davis was story editor | 0:02:23 | 0:02:28 | |
before their writing collaborations? | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
-Scientific adviser. -Episode 2 of which Series 11 story features a lengthy chase sequence | 0:02:30 | 0:02:36 | |
involving various vehicles including a speedboat, a hovercraft and a gyrocopter? | 0:02:36 | 0:02:41 | |
-Planet Of The Spiders. -What is the title of Episode 7 of The Daleks' Masterplan, | 0:02:41 | 0:02:45 | |
broadcast on Christmas Day 1965 as a Christmas pantomime episode? | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
-The Feast Of St Steven. -Yes, Feast Of Steven. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
William Hartnell played the Doctor and which other character | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
in the Series 3 story The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve? | 0:02:55 | 0:02:59 | |
-The Abbot... I can't remember. -The Abbot of Amboise. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
When Tom Baker declined to appear in The Five Doctors, he was featured in the story | 0:03:02 | 0:03:07 | |
by using clips from which uncompleted Series 17 story written by Douglas Adams? | 0:03:07 | 0:03:12 | |
-Shada. -Who was cast as Captain Striker in Enlightenment, | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
but was unable to fulfil his commitment when filming was delayed by industrial action? | 0:03:15 | 0:03:20 | |
-Keith Barron. -Peter Sallis. The design of which robot in The Happiness Patrol drew complaints | 0:03:20 | 0:03:25 | |
from the chairman of a British firm as it was similar to their mascot? | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
-The Kandy Man. -Which actress appeared with the first Doctor as a royal relative and a short-lived companion | 0:03:29 | 0:03:35 | |
and later returned as an adversary of the seventh Doctor? | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
-Jean Marsh. -Jim Acheson said that fashions in the paintings of which well-known artist... | 0:03:38 | 0:03:43 | |
-BEEP -..influenced his design of Tom Baker's costume? | 0:03:43 | 0:03:47 | |
-Toulouse-Lautrec. -It was indeed. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
Philip, no passes, you have 13 points. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
And our next contender, please. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
Two minutes. How old was Moses when his mother hid him | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
in an "ark of bulrushes in the flags by the river's brink"? | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
-Three months. -What was the first plague visited by the Lord on the Egyptians through Moses and Aaron? | 0:04:26 | 0:04:31 | |
-Turning the river to blood. -The Pharaoh's daughter gave what reason for naming her adopted son Moses? | 0:04:31 | 0:04:37 | |
-He was drawn out of the water. -What creature did the rod Moses was holding turn into | 0:04:37 | 0:04:42 | |
after the Lord told him to throw it to the ground? It turned back into a rod when he picked it up again. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:47 | |
-Serpent. -Moses looks out on to the Promised Land from Pisgah on Mount Nebo before he dies. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
Which "city of palm trees" does Pisgah overlook? | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
-Kadesh Barnea. -Jericho. Whose bones did Moses take with him when the Israelites left Egypt | 0:04:55 | 0:05:00 | |
to fulfil a promise the Israelites had made? | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
-Joseph's. -To where did Moses flee after he had killed an Egyptian whom he had seen "smiting an Hebrew"? | 0:05:03 | 0:05:09 | |
-Midian. -How old was Moses when he died according to the last chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy? | 0:05:09 | 0:05:15 | |
-140. -120. In Chapter 5, Verse 1 of Exodus, Moses and Aaron tell the Pharaoh | 0:05:15 | 0:05:20 | |
that the Lord God of Israel had said, "Let my people go," so that they may do what? | 0:05:20 | 0:05:25 | |
-Worship him in their own land. -No, hold a feast to him in the wilderness. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
Which people who had attacked the Israelites in the desert did Joshua and his men overcome | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
only when Moses could hold the rod of God upright in his hand? | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
-Amalekites. -When the Lord appears to Moses in a burning bush, he promises to bring the Israelites | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
to a land of milk and honey - the home of the Canaanites, | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and which other people? | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
-Jebusites. -In Chapter 31, Verse 2 of Exodus whom does the Lord tell Moses | 0:05:49 | 0:05:53 | |
he has put in charge of building the Tabernacle? | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
-Pass. -In Chapter 28 of Exodus, what two objects, whose precise function is unknown, | 0:05:56 | 0:06:01 | |
does the Lord instruct Moses to put on the breastplate | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
of his brother Aaron when he anoints him high priest? | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
-The Urim and Thummim. -Of the 12 men sent out by Moses to spy out the land of Canaan, | 0:06:07 | 0:06:12 | |
only two returned a favourable report - Caleb and which other? | 0:06:12 | 0:06:16 | |
-Joshua. -In which chapter of Leviticus does the Lord tell Moses and Aaron | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
-to instruct the children of Israel... -BEEP | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
about what "are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the Earth"? | 0:06:22 | 0:06:27 | |
-26. -No, Chapter 11. You had one pass. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
It was Bezalel whom the Lord told Moses to put in charge of building the Tabernacle. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:36 | |
You have, Jackie, 10 points. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:38 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
And our next contender, please. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
Two minutes. How many white stars are on the state flag of Arkansas? | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
The number reflects its position when it joined the Union in 1836. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
-25. -What is the second largest city in Arkansas with a population of half that of the state capital? | 0:07:16 | 0:07:22 | |
-Fort Smith. -Which six-term State Governor, lampooned in a piece of music by Charlie Mingus, | 0:07:22 | 0:07:27 | |
called out the National Guard in 1957 to block the admission of nine black pupils to Central High School? | 0:07:27 | 0:07:33 | |
-Faubus. -In which town between Little Rock and Texarkana did Bill Clinton live in his grandparents' home | 0:07:33 | 0:07:39 | |
at 117 South Hervey Street for the first four years of his life? | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
-Hot Springs. -Hope. What is the name of the 70-foot-high religious statue sculpted by Emmet Sullivan | 0:07:44 | 0:07:50 | |
that stands on Magnetic Mountain in Eureka Springs? | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
Christ of the... Christ of the Ozarks. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
Which railroad line, constructed between 1854 and '71, | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
that ran from Crittenden County to Pulaski County, was the first to operate in the state of Arkansas? | 0:08:01 | 0:08:07 | |
-Cotton Belt. -The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
Which mountains in north-central Arkansas extend from the western boundary | 0:08:09 | 0:08:15 | |
and are home to the Ozark National Forest? | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
-Boston. -Which Latin phrase that translates as "The People Rule" | 0:08:17 | 0:08:21 | |
has been the official state motto since 1907 when the original Latin one was amended? | 0:08:21 | 0:08:26 | |
-Regnat Populus. -The state capital, Little Rock, stands partly | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
in the eastern foothills of which mountain range south of the Ozarks? | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
-Ouachita. -Who, as the first official State Geologist, | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
began the initial geological survey of Arkansas in 1857? | 0:08:37 | 0:08:41 | |
-Pass. -Bill Clinton was the 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
Which little known Republican candidate defeated him in 1980 to serve as the 41st Governor? | 0:08:47 | 0:08:52 | |
-Frank White. -North America's only active diamond mine is in the Crater of Diamonds State Park | 0:08:52 | 0:08:57 | |
near which Arkansas city? The mine now serves as a tourist attraction. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
-Murfreesboro. -In 1931, whom did Arkansas Governor Harvey Parnell appoint to the US Senate... | 0:09:02 | 0:09:09 | |
-BEEP -..to fill the vacancy caused by her husband's death? | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
The following year, she became the first woman to be elected to the US Senate. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
-Hattie Caraway. -Is correct. You had one pass. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:21 | |
David Owen, Dr David Owen was the first official State Geologist. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
You have, Iain, also 10 points. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
And our final contender, please. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
Two minutes. For which football club did Venables sign as a 15-year-old in 1958? | 0:09:53 | 0:09:58 | |
-Chelsea. -Name the street the Venables family moved to after Terry's father Fred returned from World War Two. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:03 | |
-Bonham Road. -Venables' first game as England manager was a friendly | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
against which country on March 9th, '94? | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
-Denmark. -Who was chairman of Queens Park Rangers when Venables succeeded Tommy Docherty as manager? | 0:10:10 | 0:10:15 | |
-Jim Gregory. -Against which team did Venables score a hat-trick | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
for Chelsea in the 1965-66 European Fairs Cup? | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
-Barcelona. -AS Roma. The six-week-old Venables and his mother were evacuated during the war | 0:10:22 | 0:10:27 | |
to which Welsh mining village? | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
-Clydach Vale. -Which club did he join in 2000 as head coach | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
to help Bryan Robson save them from relegation from the Premiership? | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
-Middlesbrough. -In March 2012, Venables was appointed as technical adviser at which non-league club | 0:10:36 | 0:10:42 | |
to help them prepare for the FA Cup the following season? | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
-Wembley FC. -During Venables' tenure as manager, England beat Scotland 2-0 in the group stages of Euro '96 | 0:10:45 | 0:10:51 | |
when Gascoigne and who else scored? | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
-Sheringham. -Shearer. Which Elvis Presley Top 20 song of '69 | 0:10:53 | 0:10:57 | |
did Venables perform on the roof of the O2 Arena as an unofficial 2010 World Cup anthem? | 0:10:57 | 0:11:03 | |
-I Can Believe. -If I Can Dream. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
What is the first book that Venables wrote in collaboration with Gordon Williams, published in 1971? | 0:11:05 | 0:11:11 | |
-They Used To Play On Grass. -Terry Venables and Gordon Williams published thrillers, | 0:11:11 | 0:11:15 | |
featuring Cockney private eye James Hazell and adapted for TV, under what pen name? | 0:11:15 | 0:11:20 | |
-PB Yuill. -Name the dining club in Kensington that Venables owned and his second wife Yvette managed. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:26 | |
-Scribes West. -Australia was managed by Venables when they beat the Solomon Islands | 0:11:26 | 0:11:31 | |
in their first qualification match for the 1998 World Cup. What was the score? | 0:11:31 | 0:11:36 | |
-19-0. -13-0. What was the name of Venables' primary school in Bonham Road? | 0:11:36 | 0:11:41 | |
-Lymington. -Valence. When Venables married his first wife Christine, | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
the vicar put on a scarf and bobble hat in the colours of which football club for the photographs? | 0:11:45 | 0:11:50 | |
-West Ham. -Which Tottenham player did Venables sign for Barcelona... | 0:11:50 | 0:11:54 | |
-BEEP -..after selling Diego Maradona to Napoli? | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
-Steve Archibald. -Correct. | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
No passes. Shahab, you have 12 points. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:03 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
That was a close round. Let's have a look at the scores. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
In joint third place, Jackie Phillips and Iain Copping. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:17 | |
Second place, Shahab Mossavat. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
In the lead, Philip Walters. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
Round two now, general knowledge. If there is a tie at the end of it, | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
the number of passes is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:38 | |
If they're tied on passes, there will be a tie-break. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
The six highest-scoring runners-up during the heats will also be able to claim a place in the semi-finals. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:47 | |
So lots to play for and let's ask Jackie to join us again, please. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:51 | |
And you scored 10 points with your knowledge of Moses. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:58 | |
Let's see how you do with your general knowledge and it's two and a half minutes now, not just two. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:04 | |
Who famously wrote a diary first published in 1947 about hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam? | 0:13:04 | 0:13:11 | |
-Anne Frank. -The national dress of which part of the British Isles was developed in the 19th century | 0:13:11 | 0:13:16 | |
and is a red flannel cloak and tall, black hat? | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
-Wales. -Which museum in New York for modern art was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and opened in 1959? | 0:13:19 | 0:13:26 | |
-Guggenheim. -Who won his only Best Actor Oscar for his role as an incorruptible small town lawyer | 0:13:26 | 0:13:32 | |
in To Kill A Mockingbird? | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
-Gregory Peck. -Which sea, bordered by five countries, including Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran | 0:13:34 | 0:13:39 | |
is the world's largest inland body of water? | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
-Black Sea. -Caspian. Which edible fungus is so-named because its inner flesh resembles red meat when cut? | 0:13:43 | 0:13:49 | |
-Pass. -Whose abduction by Paris, the son of the King of Troy, was the cause of the Trojan War? | 0:13:51 | 0:13:57 | |
-Hera. -Helen. Which word for an extremely complicated or embarrassing situation | 0:13:57 | 0:14:02 | |
comes from the Italian for "to entangle"? | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
-Imbroglio. -Which TV actress has played Fleur Forsyte, Madeline Neroni in The Barchester Chronicles | 0:14:04 | 0:14:10 | |
and Lady Glencora Palliser? | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
-Pass. -Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979, under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan? | 0:14:14 | 0:14:21 | |
-George Brown. -Denis Healey. The Royal Horticultural Society was given an estate in Surrey in 1903 | 0:14:24 | 0:14:31 | |
and it remained its only garden for over 80 years. What's it now called? | 0:14:31 | 0:14:35 | |
-Wisley. -Which Swiss-born psychologist, who founded analytic psychology, | 0:14:35 | 0:14:40 | |
was a close collaborator of Sigmund Freud between 1907 and 1912? | 0:14:40 | 0:14:44 | |
-Neuscher? -Carl Jung. What is the surname of the sisters who won the Women's Singles at Wimbledon | 0:14:44 | 0:14:49 | |
10 times out of 13 between 2000 and 2012? | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
-Williams. -Which structure at the base of the spine gets its name from the Greek for cuckoo | 0:14:53 | 0:14:59 | |
as it resembles a cuckoo's bill? | 0:14:59 | 0:15:01 | |
-Coccyx. -Which Irish-born tenor who was made a Papal Count in 1928 | 0:15:01 | 0:15:06 | |
made his Italian operatic debut under the stage name Giovanni Foli? | 0:15:06 | 0:15:11 | |
-Pass. -What name did Thomas Hardy use for the south western counties of England, especially Dorset, | 0:15:11 | 0:15:17 | |
the setting for many of his novels? | 0:15:17 | 0:15:19 | |
-Wessex. -The BBC's Home Service radio station changed its name on 30th September, 1967, to what? | 0:15:19 | 0:15:27 | |
-Radio 2. -Radio 4. King Michael was the last monarch of which country? | 0:15:28 | 0:15:32 | |
He abdicated in 1947 after its takeover by the Communists. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
-BEEP Yugoslavia. -It was Romania. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:39 | |
You had three passes. Count John McCormack was the Irish-born tenor, | 0:15:39 | 0:15:44 | |
Susan Hampshire played Fleur Forsyte et cetera - you realised that - | 0:15:44 | 0:15:48 | |
and that edible fungus is beefsteak fungus, hence the appearance. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:53 | |
You have, Jackie, a total of 19 points. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:58 | |
And now Iain Copping again, please. And you have 10 points as well to start this round with | 0:16:09 | 0:16:16 | |
with your knowledge of Arkansas. 2½ minutes on general knowledge starting now. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:22 | |
Which crop was devastated in Europe in the 1840s causing a famine in Ireland? | 0:16:22 | 0:16:27 | |
-Potato. -Which classic 1960 Western was based on The Seven Samurai? | 0:16:27 | 0:16:32 | |
-The Magnificent Seven. -What word of Old French origin is used for a material of two or more metals? | 0:16:32 | 0:16:39 | |
-Amalgam? -No, alloy. Which Australian fast bowler caused controversy | 0:16:40 | 0:16:45 | |
when he tried and failed to use an aluminium bat during England's '79 winter tour? | 0:16:45 | 0:16:50 | |
-Lillee. -Which Derbyshire spa town, over 1,000 feet above sea level, | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
has an annual Gilbert and Sullivan festival at its Opera House? | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
-Buxton. -Who worked in Sierra Leone for the Foreign Office during WWII | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
and set The Heart of The Matter there? | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
-Graham Greene. -What optical disc format with over five times the storage of a traditional DVD | 0:17:07 | 0:17:13 | |
-takes its name from the colour of laser light used to read it? -Pass. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:17 | |
The name of which analgesic drug, originally extracted from opium, comes from Greek for "poppy head"? | 0:17:17 | 0:17:23 | |
-Morphine? -Codeine. On TV, which private investigator, played by Tom Selleck, | 0:17:23 | 0:17:28 | |
lived in the Hawaiian guest house of a wealthy writer? | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
-Magnum. -Bratislava is the capital and largest city of which country? | 0:17:32 | 0:17:37 | |
-Slovakia. -Whom did President George Bush appoint as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989? | 0:17:37 | 0:17:42 | |
George W Bush then appointed him as Secretary of State in 2001. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
-Powell. -The title character of which opera by Puccini dies by jumping from the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome? | 0:17:46 | 0:17:54 | |
-William Tell. -No, it was Tosca. Which fish is the principal ingredient of the dish gravlax? | 0:17:57 | 0:18:03 | |
-Salmon. -What was the Christian name of the three kings who ruled England successively between 1272 and 1377? | 0:18:03 | 0:18:11 | |
-Edward. -In Greek religion, Artemis, goddess of hunting and wild animals, is the twin sister of which god? | 0:18:12 | 0:18:18 | |
-Apollo. -Which annual awards, from the School of Journalism at Columbia University, | 0:18:18 | 0:18:24 | |
were started by a former newspaper magnate in the early 20th century? | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
-Pulitzer? -Yes. The state animal of Western Australia, the numbat, | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
is one of the few marsupials where females lack what characteristic feature? | 0:18:32 | 0:18:37 | |
-Ears? -The pouch. Which early 20th century art movement took its name from the French for hobby-horse? | 0:18:37 | 0:18:43 | |
-Chevalier? -Dada. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
What fate befell the Imperial representatives Wilhelm Slavata and Jaroslav Marinitz... | 0:18:46 | 0:18:51 | |
-BEEP -..after their confrontation with an assembly of Protestants in 1618? | 0:18:51 | 0:18:57 | |
-Could you repeat that, please? -I'm afraid not because we're out of time. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:02 | |
-Pass. -Well, I'll tell you. It's defenestration or being thrown out of a window. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:09 | |
Two passes. The other one was that optical disc format. It's Blu-ray. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:15 | |
You have, Iain, 22 points. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
And now Shahab Mossavat again, please. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
You start out with 12 points with your knowledge of Terry Venables. Here's your general knowledge now. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:37 | |
What is the name of New York's main railway station, built 1903-1913 and one of the largest in the world? | 0:19:37 | 0:19:43 | |
-Grand Central. -Which writer, whose novels include I, Claudius, | 0:19:43 | 0:19:47 | |
died in Majorca in 1985, aged 90? | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
-Robert Graves. -Which word for a formal neckerchief, worn by men, | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
comes from the French name for 17th-century Croatian mercenaries? | 0:19:53 | 0:19:58 | |
-Cravat. -What was the surname of the man who reached the summit of Everest in 1990 | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
using the same route his father had taken nearly 37 years earlier? | 0:20:02 | 0:20:07 | |
-Hillary. -Which TV series directed by Steven Spielberg follows the US 101st Airborne | 0:20:08 | 0:20:14 | |
through the last years of WWII? | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
-The Big Red One? -Band of Brothers. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
Which American exponent of Action Painting died in 1956 when he crashed his car while drunk? | 0:20:19 | 0:20:24 | |
-Jackson Pollock. -What common name is given to the New World monkeys of the genus Ateles | 0:20:24 | 0:20:29 | |
because of their long, slender arms and legs and long prehensile tail? | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
-Bonobo? -Spider monkeys. Which chemical element has three types - black, white and red - | 0:20:33 | 0:20:38 | |
the latter being used in the striking surface of safety matches? | 0:20:38 | 0:20:42 | |
-Carbon. -Phosphorus. Which name, meaning lion, is bestowed on all male Sikhs? | 0:20:42 | 0:20:47 | |
-Singh. -The Mountains of Mourne lie in which historic county of Northern Ireland? | 0:20:47 | 0:20:52 | |
-Dundalk? -County Down. Who succeeded John Reid to become Britain's first female Home Secretary in June, 2007? | 0:20:52 | 0:20:59 | |
-Jacqui Smith. -In Kipling's The Elephant's Child, which river is "great, grey-green and greasy"? | 0:20:59 | 0:21:05 | |
-Ganges. -The Limpopo. Which British director's Oscar nominations include | 0:21:05 | 0:21:09 | |
Brief Encounter in 1947 and his last film, A Passage To India, in 1985? | 0:21:09 | 0:21:14 | |
-Sir David Lean. -What term for a wizard comes from the Old English for a traitor or enemy? | 0:21:14 | 0:21:19 | |
-Warlock. -Yes. Of which African country is Dakar the capital? | 0:21:19 | 0:21:24 | |
-Senegal. -A Wiener Schnitzel consists of a cutlet of what meat coated with egg and breadcrumbs, and then fried? | 0:21:24 | 0:21:31 | |
-Veal. -Which stadium, venue for the French Open Tennis Championships since 1928, | 0:21:31 | 0:21:37 | |
is named after a French aviator, first to fly over the Mediterranean? | 0:21:37 | 0:21:41 | |
-Roland Garros. -Which band's first entry in the UK singles chart was in 1963 with Surfin' USA? | 0:21:41 | 0:21:47 | |
-The Beach Boys. -Which word for a very disorderly or chaotic scene | 0:21:47 | 0:21:52 | |
did John Milton coin for the capital of Hell in Paradise Lost? | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
-Hades. -Pandemonium. Which stretch of woodland did William the Conqueror make a royal deer hunting ground | 0:21:56 | 0:22:02 | |
in 1079? It's now a National Park. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
-The New Forest. -Which wading bird... -BEEP | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
..distinguished by a long, upturned bill, is the symbol of the RSPB? | 0:22:08 | 0:22:12 | |
-The heron. -It's the avocet. No passes. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:16 | |
You have shot up to 26 points. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
And, finally, Philip Walters again, please. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:31 | |
And you scored 13 points with your knowledge of Doctor Who. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:36 | |
Let's see if you can score 14 to beat the present total, which is 26. Here we go. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:43 | |
2½ minutes. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lysander says that the course of what "never did run smooth"? | 0:22:43 | 0:22:50 | |
-Er, true love. -Which cold punch of red wine with lemonade and fruit has a Spanish name meaning bleeding? | 0:22:50 | 0:22:57 | |
-Pass. -Which European capital city was liberated by Allied troops | 0:22:58 | 0:23:03 | |
on the 5th of June, 1944, the day before D-Day? | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
-Cannes? -Rome. What name is given to animals such as cows or camels | 0:23:06 | 0:23:11 | |
that regurgitate food from the first stomach chamber in the form of cud and chew it again before digestion? | 0:23:11 | 0:23:17 | |
-Er, ruminants. -Which Norwegian painter's first masterpiece, The Sick Child, | 0:23:17 | 0:23:22 | |
is inspired by memories of the death of his sister from tuberculosis? | 0:23:22 | 0:23:26 | |
-Munch? -Yes. In which 2012 film are Iron Man, The Hulk and Black Widow brought together to save the Earth? | 0:23:27 | 0:23:35 | |
-The Avengers. -Avengers Assemble. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
What is the second-highest mountain in Britain and the highest in the Cairngorms? | 0:23:39 | 0:23:45 | |
Er... | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
-Ben Dee? -Ben Macdui. Which singer and songwriter was the lead vocalist for The Tourists and Eurythmics? | 0:23:47 | 0:23:54 | |
-Annie Lennox. -Which French writer and philosopher refused the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964? | 0:23:54 | 0:24:00 | |
-Sartre? -Yes. What is the name of the Space Shuttle that made the final flight of the programme in 2011? | 0:24:00 | 0:24:06 | |
-Discovery. -Atlantis. In which Belgian town is the Menin Gate, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
a memorial to British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave who died in WWI? | 0:24:10 | 0:24:15 | |
-Ypres? -Yes. In classical mythology, what general name was given to any of the spirits | 0:24:15 | 0:24:20 | |
usually in the form of a beautiful maiden inhabiting trees or rivers? | 0:24:20 | 0:24:25 | |
-Nymphs. -In which American TV series does Jon Hamm play philandering advertising executive Don Draper? | 0:24:25 | 0:24:31 | |
-Californication. -Mad Men. What term, often used for a mentor or pundit, | 0:24:32 | 0:24:37 | |
originally meant a Hindu spiritual teacher? It comes from Sanskrit for dignified or venerable. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:43 | |
-Guru. -Which detective is the leading character in Raymond Chandler's novels such as The Big Sleep? | 0:24:43 | 0:24:48 | |
-Philip Marlowe. -Who was elected General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in March, 1985, | 0:24:48 | 0:24:54 | |
on the death of Konstantin Chernenko? | 0:24:54 | 0:24:58 | |
-Gorbachev. -In the 1908 Olympics, the modern marathon was extended by 385 yards | 0:24:58 | 0:25:03 | |
to bring the finishing line in front of the royal box at which stadium? | 0:25:03 | 0:25:07 | |
-White City. -What's the meaning of the musical term fortissimo, often abbreviated to ff? | 0:25:07 | 0:25:13 | |
-Slowly. -No, very loud. Which British engineer designed the ships... -BEEP | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
..Great Western, Great Britain and Great Eastern, each the largest in the world at their launch? | 0:25:17 | 0:25:22 | |
-Isambard Kingdom Brunel. -Correct. You had one pass. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
That cold punch with red wine and lemonade is sangria. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
You have, Philip, 25 points. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
Well, almost but not quite. Let's look at the scores. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:48 | |
In fourth place, Jackie Phillips. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:50 | |
Third place, Iain Copping. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
Second place, with 25 points, Philip Walters. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
In first place, he held on to that lead, Shahab Mossavat. | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
Which means that Shahab is tonight's winner and he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:18 | |
Commiseration to Philip Walters, but it is possible we'll see him again. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:23 | |
If you would like to be a contender on the next series, do go to our website. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:30 | |
And do join us again next time for more Masterminds. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:34 | |
Thanks for watching. Goodbye. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
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