Episode 7

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0:00:24 > 0:00:26First in the spotlight tonight is Kevin Baker,

0:00:26 > 0:00:28a bank employee from Alvechurch.

0:00:28 > 0:00:30His subject is Sir Ian Botham.

0:00:30 > 0:00:33Next, Andrew Hunt from Fulham. He'll be answering questions

0:00:33 > 0:00:36on the Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich.

0:00:36 > 0:00:38Nina Fetherston, a student from Chester.

0:00:38 > 0:00:41Her subject - the rock band Guns N' Roses.

0:00:41 > 0:00:43And Michael Wright, a retired risk manager.

0:00:43 > 0:00:46His subject - the Hornblower novels.

0:00:46 > 0:00:50APPLAUSE

0:01:00 > 0:01:02Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

0:01:02 > 0:01:06Tonight, once again, four contenders will put their knowledge to the test

0:01:06 > 0:01:09in their bid to become the nation's Mastermind -

0:01:09 > 0:01:12the highest honour the quiz world has to offer.

0:01:12 > 0:01:13And the toughest!

0:01:13 > 0:01:16Two rounds, two minutes on their specialist subjects,

0:01:16 > 0:01:18two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

0:01:18 > 0:01:20And that's the one they fear the most,

0:01:20 > 0:01:23so let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

0:01:29 > 0:01:31And your name is?

0:01:31 > 0:01:33Your occupation?

0:01:33 > 0:01:35And your specialist subject?

0:01:36 > 0:01:38Ian Botham in two minutes.

0:01:38 > 0:01:39For which County did Ian Botham

0:01:39 > 0:01:42make his first-class cricket debut against Lancashire in 1974?

0:01:42 > 0:01:43Somerset.

0:01:43 > 0:01:45Who was Botham's predecessor

0:01:45 > 0:01:47as Captain of the England Test team in 1980?

0:01:47 > 0:01:49He also succeeded Botham in the following year.

0:01:49 > 0:01:50Mike Brearley.

0:01:50 > 0:01:53Which comprehensive school in Yeovil did Botham attend

0:01:53 > 0:01:55until leaving at the age of 15 in 1971

0:01:55 > 0:01:57without any formal qualifications?

0:01:57 > 0:01:58Buckler's Mead.

0:01:58 > 0:02:00Between '89 and '96,

0:02:00 > 0:02:02he was a Captain on BBC Television's A Question Of Sport.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04Who was his opposing Captain?

0:02:04 > 0:02:05- Bill Beaumont.- It was.

0:02:05 > 0:02:09In 1979, Botham was in the first Somerset side to win a major trophy.

0:02:09 > 0:02:13They won two trophies on consecutive days, but what was the first?

0:02:13 > 0:02:14- Natwest Trophy.- Gillette Cup.

0:02:14 > 0:02:17He completed his spell of five wickets for one run

0:02:17 > 0:02:18in the '81 Edgbaston Test match

0:02:18 > 0:02:22by clean-bowling which Australian opening bowler?

0:02:22 > 0:02:23Terry Alderman.

0:02:23 > 0:02:26With which County did he complete his career

0:02:26 > 0:02:28after playing for Somerset and Worcestershire?

0:02:28 > 0:02:29Durham.

0:02:29 > 0:02:32England failed to win any of the 12 Test matches with Botham as captain,

0:02:32 > 0:02:35but won four of the One Day Internationals with him at the helm.

0:02:35 > 0:02:36One win was against West Indies -

0:02:36 > 0:02:38against which team were the other three?

0:02:38 > 0:02:39Australia.

0:02:39 > 0:02:42In the famous Headingley Test of '81, Graham Dilley and Ian Botham

0:02:42 > 0:02:45started the fight-back with England at 135 for seven wickets.

0:02:45 > 0:02:47Who continued the assault with Botham

0:02:47 > 0:02:49after Dilley had been dismissed,

0:02:49 > 0:02:51adding 67 runs for the ninth wicket?

0:02:51 > 0:02:52Chris Old.

0:02:52 > 0:02:55His first charity walk in 1985 from John O'Groats to Land's End

0:02:55 > 0:02:58was inspired by seeing children with leukaemia

0:02:58 > 0:03:00in which hospital some years earlier?

0:03:00 > 0:03:01Musgrove Park.

0:03:01 > 0:03:04Who was the England Captain run out while batting with Botham

0:03:04 > 0:03:06in a Test Match in New Zealand in '78?

0:03:06 > 0:03:08It was deliberate, according to some observers.

0:03:08 > 0:03:09Geoffrey Boycott.

0:03:09 > 0:03:12With which club did Botham play Grade cricket

0:03:12 > 0:03:14in the '76 to '77 Australian season?

0:03:14 > 0:03:15Melbourne University.

0:03:15 > 0:03:18Which New Zealand batsman did Botham dismiss, leg before wicket,

0:03:18 > 0:03:22in the Oval Test of '86 to beat Dennis Lillee's record

0:03:22 > 0:03:23of most Test match wickets?

0:03:23 > 0:03:24Crowe.

0:03:24 > 0:03:26What did Botham score in his last Test innings

0:03:26 > 0:03:29before losing the England captaincy

0:03:29 > 0:03:30after the '81 Lord's Test Match?

0:03:30 > 0:03:31A duck.

0:03:31 > 0:03:34What record did Botham break in the 1985 season

0:03:34 > 0:03:36that had previously been held

0:03:36 > 0:03:37by former Somerset player Arthur Wellard?

0:03:37 > 0:03:40BEEP Most sixes in a season - 80.

0:03:40 > 0:03:41Yes, indeed.

0:03:41 > 0:03:43No passes.

0:03:43 > 0:03:45Kevin, you have 14 points.

0:03:45 > 0:03:48APPLAUSE

0:03:54 > 0:03:56And our next contender, please.

0:04:02 > 0:04:04And your name is...?

0:04:04 > 0:04:05Your occupation?

0:04:05 > 0:04:07And your chosen subject?

0:04:10 > 0:04:13The Life and Works of Caspar David Friedrich in two minutes.

0:04:13 > 0:04:16Friedrich was born in 1774 in the Baltic town of Greifswald.

0:04:16 > 0:04:18Which kingdom was it a part of at the time?

0:04:18 > 0:04:19Swedish Pomerania.

0:04:19 > 0:04:22What was the title of the companion piece Friedrich exhibited

0:04:22 > 0:04:24with The Abbey In The Oak Wood at a Berlin show of 1810,

0:04:24 > 0:04:28resulting in instant fame when the Prussian Crown Prince bought both works?

0:04:28 > 0:04:29Monk By The Sea.

0:04:29 > 0:04:32Which German city's Kunsthalle holds several paintings by Friedrich,

0:04:32 > 0:04:35including the major works Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog

0:04:35 > 0:04:36and The Sea Of Ice?

0:04:36 > 0:04:37Hamburg.

0:04:37 > 0:04:38What was the name of the woman

0:04:38 > 0:04:40whom Friedrich married in 1818

0:04:40 > 0:04:42and who became a regular model for his paintings?

0:04:42 > 0:04:43Caroline Bommer.

0:04:43 > 0:04:46The carved frame for The Tetschen Altar was designed by Friedrich

0:04:46 > 0:04:49and carved by his friend, the sculptor Gottlieb Kuhn.

0:04:49 > 0:04:51What religious symbol is at the centre of the base panel?

0:04:51 > 0:04:53- A cross?- The Eye Of God.

0:04:53 > 0:04:56What is the title of Friedrich's patriotic work, finished in 1824,

0:04:56 > 0:04:59commemorating the 300th anniversary of the death of a German knight

0:04:59 > 0:05:02and the tenth anniversary of the French defeat?

0:05:02 > 0:05:04Graves Of The Old Heroes.

0:05:04 > 0:05:05Hutten's Tomb.

0:05:05 > 0:05:08On which island did Friedrich and his wife honeymoon in 1818?

0:05:08 > 0:05:10While there, he painted them both

0:05:10 > 0:05:12visiting the chalk cliffs at Stubbenkammer.

0:05:12 > 0:05:13Rugen.

0:05:13 > 0:05:15Friedrich's first major success came in 1805

0:05:15 > 0:05:18when he won joint first prize at the annual Weimar competition,

0:05:18 > 0:05:21partly organised by which famous German poet?

0:05:21 > 0:05:22Goethe.

0:05:22 > 0:05:25What is the name of the ruined Cistercian abbey close to Greifswald

0:05:25 > 0:05:27that became a recurring motif in many of Friedrich's works?

0:05:27 > 0:05:28Eldena.

0:05:28 > 0:05:31Of which Art Academy was Friedrich appointed a Member in 1816

0:05:31 > 0:05:34and an Associate Professor in 1824?

0:05:34 > 0:05:35Dresden.

0:05:35 > 0:05:38Which mountain near Berchtesgaden in Bavaria

0:05:38 > 0:05:40did Friedrich paint between 1824 and 1825?

0:05:40 > 0:05:43He never visited the area, but was inspired by a pupil's watercolour.

0:05:43 > 0:05:47- Watzmann. - The painting entitled Winter Landscape With Church

0:05:47 > 0:05:48shows a man lying in the snow,

0:05:48 > 0:05:50praying before a crucifix set among conifers.

0:05:50 > 0:05:52What has he discarded to reach the crucifix?

0:05:52 > 0:05:53A crutch.

0:05:53 > 0:05:56Which future Russian ruler visited Friedrich in 1820

0:05:56 > 0:05:59and, over the following years, bought a number of the artist's works?

0:05:59 > 0:06:01Nicholas I.

0:06:01 > 0:06:04What creature does Friedrich depict mocking a doomed French soldier

0:06:04 > 0:06:07in his politically charged work of 1814 entitled

0:06:07 > 0:06:08The Chasseur In The Woods?

0:06:08 > 0:06:10- A crow.- Yes, a bird.

0:06:10 > 0:06:11Councillors of a German town

0:06:11 > 0:06:14gave Friedrich a chance to use his early training...

0:06:14 > 0:06:15- BEEP - I'll finish the question.

0:06:15 > 0:06:17..in architectural drawing when they asked him

0:06:17 > 0:06:20to submit plans for the restoration of the local Marienkirche.

0:06:20 > 0:06:22Which town was it?

0:06:22 > 0:06:24- Straslund.- Is correct.

0:06:24 > 0:06:27No passes. Andrew, you have 13 points.

0:06:27 > 0:06:32APPLAUSE

0:06:35 > 0:06:37And our next contender, please.

0:06:42 > 0:06:44And your name is...?

0:06:44 > 0:06:45Your occupation?

0:06:45 > 0:06:47And your chosen subject?

0:06:47 > 0:06:50Guns N' Roses in two minutes, starting now.

0:06:50 > 0:06:52Which record label signed Guns N' Roses in 1986

0:06:52 > 0:06:54and released their debut album,

0:06:54 > 0:06:56Appetite For Destruction, the following year?

0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Geffen.- What was the title of the long-awaited Guns N' Roses album

0:06:59 > 0:07:02that was finally released in 2008 after a decade in production?

0:07:02 > 0:07:03Chinese Democracy.

0:07:03 > 0:07:06Which keyboard player joined the band before their 28-month world tour

0:07:06 > 0:07:07that began in 1991?

0:07:07 > 0:07:08Dizzy Reed.

0:07:08 > 0:07:10Guns N' Roses' biggest UK hit

0:07:10 > 0:07:13was a live version of Bob Dylan's Knockin' On Heaven's Door

0:07:13 > 0:07:14that reached number two in the charts.

0:07:14 > 0:07:17It was recorded at a tribute concert for which singer?

0:07:17 > 0:07:18Freddie Mercury.

0:07:18 > 0:07:19Which of the band's songs

0:07:19 > 0:07:22reached the UK top ten singles chart twice in 1992 -

0:07:22 > 0:07:25the second time as a double A-side with Yesterdays?

0:07:25 > 0:07:27- Sweet Child Of Mine? - No, it was November Rain.

0:07:27 > 0:07:31Axl Rose chose an artwork called Use Your Illusion for the titles and covers

0:07:31 > 0:07:33of the two albums Guns N' Roses released in '91.

0:07:33 > 0:07:35What was the name of the artist?

0:07:35 > 0:07:36Mark Kostabi.

0:07:36 > 0:07:38What is the name of the band's drummer,

0:07:38 > 0:07:40who played on the Appetite For Destruction album,

0:07:40 > 0:07:43but was fired in 1990, reportedly because of his drug problems?

0:07:43 > 0:07:44Steven Adler.

0:07:44 > 0:07:47In which film in the Dirty Harry series

0:07:47 > 0:07:49did Guns N' Roses make a cameo appearance in 1988?

0:07:49 > 0:07:50The Dead Pool.

0:07:50 > 0:07:52Alice Cooper sings guest vocals on which track

0:07:52 > 0:07:54from the album Use Your Illusion Part One?

0:07:54 > 0:07:55The Garden.

0:07:55 > 0:07:57Which famed London club - then on Wardour Street -

0:07:57 > 0:08:00hosted Guns N' Roses for three nights in June '87

0:08:00 > 0:08:01for the band's first UK gigs?

0:08:03 > 0:08:04Hammersmith Odeon?

0:08:04 > 0:08:05No, the Marquee Club.

0:08:05 > 0:08:08In August 1987, Guns N' Roses began a tour of North America

0:08:08 > 0:08:10as support to which British band?

0:08:10 > 0:08:12- Iron Maiden.- The Cult.

0:08:12 > 0:08:13In 1988, Welcome To The Jungle

0:08:13 > 0:08:15reached the UK top 30 singles chart

0:08:15 > 0:08:17as a double A-side with which other song?

0:08:17 > 0:08:19- It's So Easy. - No, Nightrain.

0:08:19 > 0:08:21Axl Rose's former girlfriend, Erin -

0:08:21 > 0:08:23the daughter of Don Everly of the Everly Brothers -

0:08:23 > 0:08:26was the inspiration for which song from Appetite For Destruction?

0:08:26 > 0:08:27Sweet Child O' Mine.

0:08:27 > 0:08:29Which of the band's albums gained notoriety

0:08:29 > 0:08:31for including a song written by Charles Manson?

0:08:31 > 0:08:32The Spaghetti Incident.

0:08:32 > 0:08:34Guns N' Roses played their first UK gig

0:08:34 > 0:08:38for almost a decade at a festival in which city, in August 2002,

0:08:38 > 0:08:40although Axl Rose was the only surviving member

0:08:40 > 0:08:41of the band's original line-up?

0:08:41 > 0:08:42- Reading.- Leeds.

0:08:42 > 0:08:45Which Rolling Stones song did Guns N' Roses cover in '94?

0:08:45 > 0:08:48It was on the soundtrack of the film Interview With A Vampire

0:08:48 > 0:08:50and reached the UK top ten.

0:08:50 > 0:08:51BEEP Sympathy For The Devil.

0:08:51 > 0:08:55Sympathy For The Devil is correct. And you have no passes, Nina.

0:08:55 > 0:08:5611 points.

0:08:56 > 0:09:01APPLAUSE

0:09:04 > 0:09:05And our final contender, please.

0:09:11 > 0:09:14And your name is...?

0:09:14 > 0:09:15Your occupation?

0:09:16 > 0:09:18And your chosen subject?

0:09:18 > 0:09:21The Hornblower novels in two minutes. Here we go.

0:09:21 > 0:09:22After Hornblower's marriage,

0:09:22 > 0:09:24what relation does he become to Arthur Wellesley,

0:09:24 > 0:09:26better known as the Duke of Wellington?

0:09:26 > 0:09:27Brother-in-law.

0:09:27 > 0:09:29At which card game that he learned before going to sea

0:09:29 > 0:09:31does Hornblower excel?

0:09:31 > 0:09:33- Whist.- What is the name of the actress

0:09:33 > 0:09:35who pretends to be the Duchess of Wharfedale

0:09:35 > 0:09:37and keeps two packages of dispatches

0:09:37 > 0:09:39safe from capture by the Spanish by hiding them up her petticoats?

0:09:39 > 0:09:40Kitty Cobham.

0:09:40 > 0:09:43Whose funeral procession on the Thames

0:09:43 > 0:09:45does Hornblower oversee in Hornblower And The Atropos?

0:09:45 > 0:09:46Nelson.

0:09:46 > 0:09:48At which port do Hornblower, Bush and Brown

0:09:48 > 0:09:51recapture the Royal Navy cutter Witch Of Endor,

0:09:51 > 0:09:53during their escape from captivity in France?

0:09:53 > 0:09:54- Brest.- Nantes.

0:09:54 > 0:09:57In A Ship Of The Line, what unflattering nickname

0:09:57 > 0:09:59does Captain Bolton use when referring to the admiral,

0:09:59 > 0:10:00Sir Percy Leighton?

0:10:00 > 0:10:02Mucho Pomposo.

0:10:02 > 0:10:04On which island is Hornblower kidnapped by pirates

0:10:04 > 0:10:05in Hornblower In The West Indies?

0:10:05 > 0:10:07Jamaica.

0:10:07 > 0:10:09Who is offered a reprieve from his death sentence,

0:10:09 > 0:10:11in exchange for forging an order from Napoleon

0:10:11 > 0:10:13to Admiral Villeneuve in Hornblower And The Crisis?

0:10:13 > 0:10:15Doctor Claudius.

0:10:15 > 0:10:17In Hornblower In The West Indies,

0:10:17 > 0:10:1924 wooden cases are taken on board the Daring at New Orleans.

0:10:19 > 0:10:22What does Lieutenant Harcourt say will be inside them?

0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Muskets.- And bayonets, yes.

0:10:25 > 0:10:27How many days' water, at half rations,

0:10:27 > 0:10:29does the Hotspur have left before it is forced

0:10:29 > 0:10:31to end its blockade of the port of Brest?

0:10:31 > 0:10:32- Four.- Two.

0:10:32 > 0:10:35What disease, common at the time, causes the early deaths

0:10:35 > 0:10:37of Hornblower's two children, Horatio and Maria?

0:10:37 > 0:10:38Smallpox.

0:10:38 > 0:10:42In Hornblower And The Atropos, from which sunken ship

0:10:42 > 0:10:44does he recover several tons of gold and silver coins,

0:10:44 > 0:10:45using Sinhalese pearl divers?

0:10:45 > 0:10:48- Speedwell. - In The Commodore, who plans to assassinate the Tsar

0:10:48 > 0:10:50and Crown Prince Bernadotte of Sweden

0:10:50 > 0:10:53but is foiled by Hornblower's prompt action?

0:10:53 > 0:10:54Braun.

0:10:54 > 0:10:55In Hornblower And The Hotspur,

0:10:55 > 0:10:57what shore installation does Hornblower burn

0:10:57 > 0:10:59with the help of Lieutenant Cotard,

0:10:59 > 0:11:01a native French speaker?

0:11:01 > 0:11:02A semaphore station.

0:11:02 > 0:11:04The Prince Regent makes Hornblower a Knight of the Bath

0:11:04 > 0:11:06and gives him what honorary post?

0:11:06 > 0:11:07Colonel of the Marines.

0:11:07 > 0:11:09In The Commodore, who commands the Harvey,

0:11:09 > 0:11:12one of the two bomb-ketches that are used in the defence of Riga

0:11:12 > 0:11:14against the French army heading for St Petersburg?

0:11:14 > 0:11:15Mound.

0:11:15 > 0:11:18Hornblower and Lieutenant Bush capture a Spanish fort

0:11:18 > 0:11:21and then use its heated shot against Spanish shipping.

0:11:21 > 0:11:23- BEEP - On which island is the fort?

0:11:26 > 0:11:30- Ah, I have to pass. - Well, I can tell you, because your time's up.

0:11:30 > 0:11:33Hispaniola, which you knew, of course.

0:11:33 > 0:11:36Doesn't matter, though. You have 14 points.

0:11:36 > 0:11:39APPLAUSE

0:11:44 > 0:11:47So that's the end of the very close first round.

0:11:47 > 0:11:49Let's have a look at the scores.

0:11:49 > 0:11:52In fourth place, 11 points, Nina Fetherston.

0:11:52 > 0:11:55Third place, 13 points, Andrew Hunt.

0:11:55 > 0:12:00In the lead, 14 points apiece, Kevin Baker and Michael Wright.

0:12:00 > 0:12:03APPLAUSE

0:12:05 > 0:12:08So it's the general knowledge round now,

0:12:08 > 0:12:11and if there is a tie at the end of it, then the numbers of passes

0:12:11 > 0:12:14is taken into account. The contender with the fewer passes is the winner.

0:12:14 > 0:12:18And if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.

0:12:18 > 0:12:21And the six highest-scoring runners-up during the heats

0:12:21 > 0:12:23will also be able to claim a place in the semifinals.

0:12:23 > 0:12:25So lots to play for.

0:12:25 > 0:12:28Let's get on with it and ask Nina to join us again, please.

0:12:29 > 0:12:33And you scored 11 points with your knowledge of Guns N' Roses.

0:12:33 > 0:12:35Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

0:12:35 > 0:12:38Two and a half minutes, starting now.

0:12:38 > 0:12:40In which American comedy series do the main characters

0:12:40 > 0:12:42meet at the Central Perk coffee shop?

0:12:42 > 0:12:43Friends.

0:12:43 > 0:12:45Which modern sport was developed

0:12:45 > 0:12:48from the old children's game of battledore and shuttlecock?

0:12:48 > 0:12:49Badminton.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51In Indian religious thought, what name,

0:12:51 > 0:12:53that comes from the Sanskrit for extinction,

0:12:53 > 0:12:55is given to the ending of individual existence

0:12:55 > 0:12:57that comes as a result of meditation?

0:12:57 > 0:12:58Nirvana.

0:12:58 > 0:13:01In which city is the constituency where Caroline Lucas

0:13:01 > 0:13:04became Britain's first Green Party MP at the 2010 General Election?

0:13:04 > 0:13:06Brighton.

0:13:06 > 0:13:08In the 2011 film My Week with Marilyn,

0:13:08 > 0:13:09which actress plays Marilyn Monroe?

0:13:13 > 0:13:14Pass.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17What French term is used for a dish coated with bread crumbs

0:13:17 > 0:13:19or grated cheese, forming a crust when cooked?

0:13:19 > 0:13:20Escalope.

0:13:20 > 0:13:23Au gratin. In the novel Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott,

0:13:23 > 0:13:25which of the four March sisters dies?

0:13:25 > 0:13:27Beth.

0:13:27 > 0:13:31Which future King of England was born in the gatehouse tower

0:13:31 > 0:13:33of Monmouth Castle? He succeeded

0:13:33 > 0:13:35his father to the throne on 21 March 1413.

0:13:35 > 0:13:36Henry III.

0:13:36 > 0:13:39Henry V. What is the name of the botanical tourist attraction

0:13:39 > 0:13:42opened in March 2001, based in a disused claypit

0:13:42 > 0:13:43near St Austell in Cornwall?

0:13:43 > 0:13:44The Eden Project.

0:13:44 > 0:13:46Which monsters of Greek mythology

0:13:46 > 0:13:49were portrayed as winged, female creatures

0:13:49 > 0:13:50whose hair consisted of snakes?

0:13:50 > 0:13:52Gorgons.

0:13:52 > 0:13:55Which French composer is known for The Sorcerer's Apprentice,

0:13:55 > 0:13:57featured in Walt Disney's Fantasia?

0:13:57 > 0:13:58Dukas.

0:13:58 > 0:14:00What word of French and Latin origin

0:14:00 > 0:14:02is used to describe a reddish-brown horse,

0:14:02 > 0:14:04usually with a black mane and tail?

0:14:04 > 0:14:05Roan.

0:14:05 > 0:14:06Bay.

0:14:06 > 0:14:09Which English singer's cover of the '60s hit Our Day Will Come

0:14:09 > 0:14:12appeared on her posthumous album in 2011?

0:14:12 > 0:14:13Amy Winehouse.

0:14:13 > 0:14:16Which Irish playwright was an advocate of spelling reform,

0:14:16 > 0:14:20leaving money in his will for the development of a new system

0:14:20 > 0:14:21based on phonetic principles?

0:14:21 > 0:14:22George Bernard Shaw.

0:14:22 > 0:14:25Lloret de Mar is one of the most popular holiday resorts

0:14:25 > 0:14:26on which Spanish Costa?

0:14:26 > 0:14:28Costa Del Sol.

0:14:28 > 0:14:29No, Costa Brava.

0:14:29 > 0:14:32Who was ruler of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964,

0:14:32 > 0:14:36as First Secretary of the Communist Party and then as Premier?

0:14:36 > 0:14:37Khrushchev.

0:14:37 > 0:14:40Which tendon which joins the muscles of the calf to the heel bone

0:14:40 > 0:14:42is also known as the calcaneal tendon?

0:14:42 > 0:14:43The hamstring.

0:14:43 > 0:14:45The Achilles.

0:14:45 > 0:14:47Which American-born crime novelist

0:14:47 > 0:14:49and forensic anthropologist's first novel,

0:14:49 > 0:14:51Deja Dead, was published in 1997?

0:14:51 > 0:14:52Kathy Reichs.

0:14:52 > 0:14:55What organisation was founded by Jean Henri Dunant

0:14:55 > 0:14:58in 1864 after seeing the plight of the wounded

0:14:58 > 0:14:59in the battle of Solferino?

0:14:59 > 0:15:01Red Cross.

0:15:01 > 0:15:03In which television series when it was revived in 2010

0:15:03 > 0:15:06did Sir Hallam Holland and his wife, Lady Agnes,

0:15:06 > 0:15:08move into 165 Eaton Place?

0:15:08 > 0:15:11BEEP Upstairs, Downstairs.

0:15:11 > 0:15:13You had only one pass.

0:15:13 > 0:15:15It was Michelle Williams who played Marilyn.

0:15:15 > 0:15:18You have made a total of 25 point

0:15:18 > 0:15:21APPLAUSE

0:15:25 > 0:15:27And now Andrew Hunt again, please.

0:15:29 > 0:15:31And you have a score of 13 points

0:15:31 > 0:15:35with your knowledge of Caspar David Friedrich.

0:15:35 > 0:15:38Two and a half minutes, starting now.

0:15:38 > 0:15:40Whose great work on the origins of species

0:15:40 > 0:15:42by means of natural selection

0:15:42 > 0:15:44was first published in November 1859?

0:15:44 > 0:15:45Charles Darwin.

0:15:45 > 0:15:47What is the name of the pirate ship

0:15:47 > 0:15:49in the first Pirates Of The Caribbean film

0:15:49 > 0:15:51that gives the film its subtitle?

0:15:51 > 0:15:53Mayflower.

0:15:52 > 0:15:53The Black Pearl.

0:15:53 > 0:15:56Which Italian family provided the Roman Catholic Church

0:15:56 > 0:15:59with four Popes and the French monarchy with two queens?

0:15:59 > 0:16:01The Borgias.

0:16:00 > 0:16:01The Medici.

0:16:01 > 0:16:03Bubbles of gas are released in the blood

0:16:03 > 0:16:07in the condition known as the bends or decompression sickness.

0:16:07 > 0:16:09What is the gas?

0:16:09 > 0:16:10Carbon dioxide.

0:16:09 > 0:16:10Nitrogen.

0:16:10 > 0:16:12Who wrote the novel Les Miserables,

0:16:12 > 0:16:13on which the stage musical is based?

0:16:13 > 0:16:15Victor Hugo.

0:16:15 > 0:16:18The Kalahari is situated in South Africa, Namibia

0:16:18 > 0:16:20and a large part of which other country?

0:16:20 > 0:16:21Botswana.

0:16:21 > 0:16:23James Gandolfini plays the head of a gangster family

0:16:23 > 0:16:26in which television series set in New Jersey?

0:16:25 > 0:16:26The Sopranos.

0:16:26 > 0:16:29What type of head covering, worn extensively

0:16:29 > 0:16:32by all women from the 12th to the early 14th century,

0:16:32 > 0:16:34continued to be worn for many centuries

0:16:34 > 0:16:36by those in religious orders?

0:16:36 > 0:16:37Habit.

0:16:36 > 0:16:37The wimple.

0:16:37 > 0:16:39Which island at the mouth of the Bristol Channel

0:16:39 > 0:16:42takes its name from the old Norse word for puffin?

0:16:42 > 0:16:43Lundy.

0:16:43 > 0:16:45Which legendary lover made his first appearance

0:16:45 > 0:16:48in the 17th century play The Seducer Of Seville,

0:16:48 > 0:16:51attributed to the Spanish dramatist Tirso de Molina?

0:16:51 > 0:16:52Don Juan.

0:16:52 > 0:16:56Where did Supertramp have breakfast, according to the title

0:16:56 > 0:16:58of their 1979 top 10 single and album?

0:16:58 > 0:16:59America.

0:16:59 > 0:17:02Which painter, born an albino in 1483,

0:17:02 > 0:17:04is particularly noted for his madonnas,

0:17:04 > 0:17:06including the Madonna Of The Pinks,

0:17:06 > 0:17:07now in The National Gallery.

0:17:07 > 0:17:08Raphael.

0:17:08 > 0:17:10What is the largest living lizard?

0:17:10 > 0:17:12Its name comes from an Indonesian island

0:17:12 > 0:17:14where it is found in the wild.

0:17:15 > 0:17:18Er, no. Pass.

0:17:18 > 0:17:20Which English explorer was knighted

0:17:20 > 0:17:22by Queen Elizabeth I in 1585

0:17:22 > 0:17:26and executed by her successor James I in 1618?

0:17:26 > 0:17:27Walter Raleigh.

0:17:27 > 0:17:30In October 2011, Sebastian Vettel was the winner

0:17:30 > 0:17:32of the inaugural Formula One Grand Prix

0:17:32 > 0:17:35in which Asian Commonwealth country?

0:17:35 > 0:17:36Qatar.

0:17:35 > 0:17:36India.

0:17:36 > 0:17:38Which ancient Greek hero slew the Minotaur,

0:17:38 > 0:17:41a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull?

0:17:41 > 0:17:42Theseus.

0:17:42 > 0:17:45The Yellowstone National Park is situated principally

0:17:45 > 0:17:46in which American state?

0:17:45 > 0:17:46Wyoming.

0:17:46 > 0:17:50Who was emperor of Rome in 64AD, when the city was badly damaged

0:17:50 > 0:17:53by a fire that many thought he had started himself?

0:17:53 > 0:17:54Nero.

0:17:54 > 0:17:57Angelica seed and hyssop are among the known ingredients of which liqueur

0:17:57 > 0:18:00made by Carthusian monks near Grenoble?

0:18:02 > 0:18:03- Anise?- No, Chartreuse.

0:18:03 > 0:18:05Who began his study of pendulums

0:18:05 > 0:18:07after watching a lamp swinging

0:18:07 > 0:18:09in the cathedral of his native Pisa?

0:18:09 > 0:18:10BEEP

0:18:12 > 0:18:13Pass.

0:18:13 > 0:18:15Well, I can tell you it was Galileo.

0:18:15 > 0:18:19And your other pass, the largest living lizard, is the Komodo dragon.

0:18:19 > 0:18:23- You have, Andrew, 25 point. - Thank you.

0:18:23 > 0:18:26APPLAUSE

0:18:30 > 0:18:34And now Kevin Baker again, please.

0:18:34 > 0:18:38You begin with 14 points with your knowledge of Ian Botham.

0:18:38 > 0:18:42Let's test you out on your general knowledge. 25 is the score to beat.

0:18:42 > 0:18:44Let's see if you can do it, starting now.

0:18:44 > 0:18:46What term for words or pictures

0:18:46 > 0:18:48scribbled on walls in public places

0:18:48 > 0:18:51comes from the Italian word for a scratch?

0:18:51 > 0:18:52Graffiti.

0:18:52 > 0:18:55Which river rising near St Quentin and flowing westward

0:18:55 > 0:18:57for 150 miles to the English Channel

0:18:57 > 0:19:00was the scene of major battles during the First World War?

0:19:00 > 0:19:01- Seine. - The Somme.

0:19:01 > 0:19:05Which Welsh football club was the first to reach the Premier League

0:19:05 > 0:19:09when they beat Reading 4-2 in the final in May 2011?

0:19:09 > 0:19:10Swansea.

0:19:10 > 0:19:12Who took the German development patent

0:19:12 > 0:19:15for his compression ignition internal combustion engine in 1892?

0:19:15 > 0:19:17Diesel.

0:19:17 > 0:19:19In which cult film does Bruce Willis

0:19:19 > 0:19:23play a boxer named Butch Coolidge on the run for his life?

0:19:23 > 0:19:24Pass.

0:19:24 > 0:19:27Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie

0:19:27 > 0:19:29have all been members of which rock group?

0:19:29 > 0:19:31- Supertramp. - Fleetwood Mac.

0:19:31 > 0:19:33What name of Turkish origin is given

0:19:33 > 0:19:37to a dish of shavings from a large compressed cone of marinated meat,

0:19:37 > 0:19:40usually lamb, roasting on a vertical spit?

0:19:39 > 0:19:40Doner kebab.

0:19:40 > 0:19:42Which member of the grouse family

0:19:42 > 0:19:44from the top of the Scottish mountains

0:19:44 > 0:19:46has an almost completely white winter plumage?

0:19:46 > 0:19:48- Capercaillie. - The ptarmigan.

0:19:48 > 0:19:50What is the normal maximum break

0:19:50 > 0:19:52in a game of snooker?

0:19:51 > 0:19:52147.

0:19:52 > 0:19:55Which female crime writer's first novel, Cover Her Face,

0:19:55 > 0:19:57published in 1962, takes its title

0:19:57 > 0:19:59from a line in the play The Duchess of Malfi?

0:19:59 > 0:20:00- Ruth Rendell. - PD James.

0:20:00 > 0:20:03Which television comedy featured a computer called Holly,

0:20:03 > 0:20:07played by Norman Lovett and Hattie Hayridge?

0:20:07 > 0:20:08Red Dwarf.

0:20:08 > 0:20:12What is the name of the Stone Age village in the Orkneys

0:20:12 > 0:20:15exposed by a storm in the 1850s after hundreds of years?

0:20:15 > 0:20:17- Scapa Flow?- Skara Brae.

0:20:17 > 0:20:21The sale of which flower bulb caused a speculative frenzy

0:20:21 > 0:20:24in 17th-century Holland until the price collapsed in 1637?

0:20:24 > 0:20:25Tulip.

0:20:25 > 0:20:28Which saint, mother of the Emperor Constantine,

0:20:28 > 0:20:31is credited with the discovery of the True Cross of Christ?

0:20:31 > 0:20:33- St Luke.- St Helena.

0:20:33 > 0:20:36Who was re-elected as the First Minister

0:20:36 > 0:20:38of Northern Ireland in May 2011?

0:20:38 > 0:20:40- Gerry Adams. - Peter Robinson.

0:20:40 > 0:20:43Which Australian island state is named after the Dutch sailor

0:20:43 > 0:20:46and explorer who became the first European to sight it in 1642?

0:20:46 > 0:20:47Tasmania.

0:20:47 > 0:20:49Who was adopted as an honorary member

0:20:49 > 0:20:51of the Sioux nation after he directed and starred

0:20:51 > 0:20:53in the film Dances With Wolves?

0:20:53 > 0:20:54Kevin Costner.

0:20:54 > 0:20:57Which Scottish cream cheese, dating back to the 15th century,

0:20:57 > 0:21:01is formed into small logs and rolled in oatmeal?

0:21:01 > 0:21:02- Cracknel.- Caboc.

0:21:02 > 0:21:04What name is given to the arteries

0:21:04 > 0:21:07running up either side of the neck and supplying blood to the head?

0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Jugular vein. - The carotid arteries.

0:21:10 > 0:21:13Which 19th-century war was fought between the Russians

0:21:13 > 0:21:15and the British, French and Ottoman Turks

0:21:15 > 0:21:17with support from the kingdom of Sardinia?

0:21:17 > 0:21:18BEEP

0:21:18 > 0:21:20- Crimean War. - You have one pass.

0:21:20 > 0:21:23That cult film in which Bruce Willis plays a boxer

0:21:23 > 0:21:26named Butch Coolidge was Pulp Fiction.

0:21:26 > 0:21:27You have, Kevin, 24 points.

0:21:27 > 0:21:31APPLAUSE

0:21:36 > 0:21:40And Michael Wright again, finally.

0:21:40 > 0:21:44You also start this round with 14 points,

0:21:44 > 0:21:46with your knowledge of the Hornblower novels.

0:21:46 > 0:21:4825 is still the score to beat

0:21:48 > 0:21:50if you want to get through to the semifinals.

0:21:50 > 0:21:53Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Here we go.

0:21:53 > 0:21:57In the comedy series, what does Rab C Nesbitt wear under his jacket?

0:21:57 > 0:21:58String vest.

0:21:58 > 0:22:00Which insect, related to the grasshopper

0:22:00 > 0:22:02and known for its chirping noises,

0:22:02 > 0:22:04has a name that comes from old French?

0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Cicada.- Cricket.

0:22:06 > 0:22:08In what event did Britain's Daley Thompson

0:22:08 > 0:22:11win Olympic gold in 1980 and 1984?

0:22:10 > 0:22:11Decathlon.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13Which poem by Milton concludes with the angel Michael

0:22:13 > 0:22:16telling Adam of the eventual coming of the Messiah,

0:22:16 > 0:22:18leading Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden?

0:22:18 > 0:22:20- Paradise Regained. - Paradise Lost.

0:22:20 > 0:22:22According to the title of the marching song

0:22:22 > 0:22:25popular during the First World War, which county is by the sea?

0:22:25 > 0:22:26Sussex.

0:22:26 > 0:22:28Who became known as "Milk Snatcher"

0:22:28 > 0:22:30when, as education secretary, she ended free milk

0:22:30 > 0:22:33for over seven-year-olds in state schools?

0:22:33 > 0:22:34Margaret Thatcher.

0:22:34 > 0:22:38Which part of San Francisco became a centre of hippie culture in the mid-1960s?

0:22:38 > 0:22:40Haight-Ashbury.

0:22:40 > 0:22:42In 1936, whose voice was heard for the first time in a film,

0:22:42 > 0:22:45singing in the mostly silent Modern Times?

0:22:45 > 0:22:47- Al Jolson. - Charlie Chaplin.

0:22:47 > 0:22:49Which playwright's works for TV include

0:22:49 > 0:22:52Blue Remembered Hills, Pennies From Heaven and Brimstone And Treacle?

0:22:52 > 0:22:53Dennis Potter.

0:22:53 > 0:22:55Which Moroccan port was the centre

0:22:55 > 0:22:57of an international crisis in 1911,

0:22:57 > 0:22:58when the German gunboat Panther

0:22:58 > 0:23:01was sent there to challenge the French?

0:23:00 > 0:23:01Agadir.

0:23:01 > 0:23:04What expression for something that's unreasonably held

0:23:04 > 0:23:07to be above criticism comes from an animal honoured by Hindus?

0:23:08 > 0:23:10Pass.

0:23:10 > 0:23:12Bryher, St Agnes, St Martin's, St Mary's and Tresco

0:23:12 > 0:23:15are five inhabited islands of which British Island group?

0:23:15 > 0:23:16The Scilly Islands.

0:23:16 > 0:23:19Which Australian animal gets its name

0:23:19 > 0:23:22because its snout resembles the bill of a certain bird?

0:23:22 > 0:23:24Duck-billed platypus.

0:23:24 > 0:23:27The statue known as Eros in Piccadilly Circus

0:23:27 > 0:23:29was one of the first to be cast in which metal?

0:23:29 > 0:23:30Aluminium.

0:23:30 > 0:23:33What expression for the struggle to get on in life dates back to the 1930s?

0:23:33 > 0:23:36One of its earliest uses is in the American writer

0:23:36 > 0:23:39Christopher Morley's 1939 novel Kitty Foyle.

0:23:39 > 0:23:40Pass.

0:23:40 > 0:23:43Which funnel-shaped mushroom, noted for its apricot aroma

0:23:43 > 0:23:46and golden yellow colour, is also known as a girolle?

0:23:46 > 0:23:47Pass.

0:23:47 > 0:23:52The world's first public railway to use steam traction opened on 27 September 1825.

0:23:52 > 0:23:54It ran between Stockton and which neighbouring town?

0:23:54 > 0:23:55Darlington.

0:23:55 > 0:23:57What is the temperature of absolute zero

0:23:57 > 0:24:01on the Celsius scale to the nearest whole number of degrees?

0:24:00 > 0:24:01-273.

0:24:01 > 0:24:05The first of Hercules' 12 labours was to slay which creature?

0:24:05 > 0:24:08He wore its skin afterwards as protection.

0:24:08 > 0:24:09Pass.

0:24:09 > 0:24:12What was the name of the ghillie at Balmoral who became Queen Victoria's

0:24:12 > 0:24:16personal manservant after the death of Prince Albert?

0:24:14 > 0:24:16John Brown.

0:24:16 > 0:24:17Which bell at Lloyd's of London

0:24:17 > 0:24:19used to be rung when any important news was received?

0:24:19 > 0:24:20Lutine Bell.

0:24:20 > 0:24:23Which singer-songwriter collaborated with

0:24:23 > 0:24:24the American Carl Davis

0:24:24 > 0:24:26on the Liverpool Oratorio in 1991?

0:24:26 > 0:24:27BEEP

0:24:29 > 0:24:31Paul McCartney.

0:24:31 > 0:24:34It was indeed Paul McCartney. You had four passes.

0:24:34 > 0:24:38The first Hercules' 12 labours was to slay the Mayan Lion.

0:24:38 > 0:24:43That funnel-shaped mushroom is also known as a chanterelle.

0:24:43 > 0:24:46The rat race was the expression for life's struggle.

0:24:46 > 0:24:48And - you will be cross with yourself -

0:24:48 > 0:24:51the expression for something that is unreasonably held

0:24:51 > 0:24:52to be above criticism is a sacred cow.

0:24:52 > 0:24:55Ah, yes.

0:24:55 > 0:24:59Doesn't matter though. Four passes but, Michael, 29 points.

0:24:59 > 0:25:01APPLAUSE

0:25:09 > 0:25:11So he left the pack behind in the end.

0:25:11 > 0:25:13Let's have a look at all the scores.

0:25:13 > 0:25:15In fourth place, 24 points, Kevin Baker.

0:25:15 > 0:25:18Joint second place, 25 points apiece,

0:25:18 > 0:25:20Andrew Hunt and Nina Fetherston.

0:25:20 > 0:25:24In first place, 29 points, Michael Wright.

0:25:24 > 0:25:26APPLAUSE

0:25:34 > 0:25:38Which means that Michael Wright is tonight's winner

0:25:38 > 0:25:40and goes through to the semi-final.

0:25:40 > 0:25:41Congratulations to him.

0:25:41 > 0:25:44Commiserations to Andrew and Nina, but with a score of 25,

0:25:44 > 0:25:47we might just see them again in the semifinal.

0:25:47 > 0:25:50If you would like to be a contender on the next series,

0:25:50 > 0:25:53then do go to our website.

0:25:53 > 0:25:57Do join us again next time for more Mastermind. Thanks for watching.

0:25:57 > 0:25:59Goodbye.

0:25:59 > 0:26:00APPLAUSE

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