0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Ben Holmes,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29a customer service agent from Salford.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32His specialist subject - the Manic Street Preachers.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, Alister Jones, a civil servant from Bristol.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37He'll be answering questions on Sir Edmund Hillary.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Richard Pyne is a management consultant from London
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and his subject - Kew Gardens.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And Sarah Greenan, a barrister from Leeds.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Her subject - the ghost stories of MR James.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Tonight, four more contenders will sit in that infamous black chair,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11where they will answer two minutes of questions on their
0:01:11 > 0:01:14specialist subject and 2½ minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Tonight's winner goes through to the next round, the semifinal,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20and then, perhaps, the grand final,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24and THEN, perhaps, the glass bowl and the incalculable honour
0:01:24 > 0:01:27of having been crowned the nation's mastermind.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48In two minutes, starting now.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50The Manic Street Preachers' first professionally recorded
0:01:50 > 0:01:53single was the self-financed Suicide Alley in 1988,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57produced by Glen Powell at which recording studios?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Pass.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01What did James Bradfield wear when the band
0:02:01 > 0:02:03performed Faster on Top Of The Pops in 1994?
0:02:03 > 0:02:04It resulted in the BBC receiving
0:02:04 > 0:02:05thousands of complaints.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07A balaclava.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09The title of the group's 1998 album
0:02:09 > 0:02:10This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
0:02:10 > 0:02:13is a quotation from which Welsh politician?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Aneurin Bevan.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17What was the nickname of the group's original guitarist
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Miles Woodward, who left the group in the late 1980s?
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Flicker.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22The group's last live appearance with
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Richey Edwards, before he disappeared,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26was at a London venue where they destroyed
0:02:26 > 0:02:28£10,000 worth of equipment. What was the venue?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30The Astoria.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32What song did the band perform with Kylie Minogue
0:02:32 > 0:02:33when she joined them on stage at
0:02:33 > 0:02:35the Shepherd's Bush Empire in December '96?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Little Baby Nothing.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39The Manics became the first western band
0:02:39 > 0:02:41for more than 20 years to play in communist Cuba,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43when they played in which Havana theatre
0:02:43 > 0:02:45in February 2001?
0:02:45 > 0:02:46The Karl Marx Theatre.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49What track from their debut Generation Terrorists album
0:02:49 > 0:02:52was given a remix called Stars And Stripes
0:02:52 > 0:02:54by Public Enemy's sound engineers?
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Repeat.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57When the band decided to carry on
0:02:57 > 0:02:59after Richey Edwards' disappearance,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01they went to a producer's Normandy studios
0:03:01 > 0:03:02to record the album Everything Must Go.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Who was the producer?
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Mike Hedges.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Nicky Wire sang for the first time
0:03:09 > 0:03:11on a Manics album on the track Wattsville Blues.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13On what B side was the only other time
0:03:13 > 0:03:14he was featured on vocals?
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Ballad Of The Bangkok Novotel.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18The cover of a single led to the band
0:03:18 > 0:03:20being threatened with legal action
0:03:20 > 0:03:22because it featured a montage of celebrities,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24including Robert Johnson, Robert De Niro
0:03:24 > 0:03:25and Bob Marley, without their agreement.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27What was the single?
0:03:27 > 0:03:28You Love Us.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Released in 2002,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31the group's greatest hits compilation album
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Forever Delayed included There By The Grace Of God
0:03:34 > 0:03:35and which other new track?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Door To The River.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39The Manics were supported by which rock band
0:03:39 > 0:03:41when they went on tour in early '92
0:03:41 > 0:03:43to promote the Generation Terrorists album?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Pass.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47The band allegedly commandeered
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- their own Portaloo... - BEEP
0:03:49 > 0:03:51..at Glastonbury 1999.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Whom did the band get into an argument with
0:03:53 > 0:03:54when he commented,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56"That's a nice socialist gesture, lads"?
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Billy Bragg.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59It was indeed.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02You can hear him saying it, can't you? You had two passes.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07It was The Wildhearts who supported them on that tour in early '92.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12And they recorded their first single at the South Bank Studios.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15You've scored 12 points.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27And our next contender, please.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40In two minutes...
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary was born in Auckland,
0:04:43 > 0:04:44New Zealand, in July 1919,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46but in which small town was he brought up,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48where he attended the local primary school?
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Tuakau.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Hillary and Tenzing were the first people to reach
0:04:51 > 0:04:53the summit of Everest in May '53.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Tenzing left some sweets
0:04:54 > 0:04:56as a gift to the mountain's gods at the summit.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58What item did Hillary leave?
0:04:58 > 0:04:59A crucifix.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Hillary joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force
0:05:02 > 0:05:04in 1944 after originally being exempted
0:05:04 > 0:05:06from conscription because of his occupation
0:05:06 > 0:05:07of bee keeping.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09In what role did he serve?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Navigator.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12On the 4th January, 1958,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Hillary and his party became the first people
0:05:14 > 0:05:16since Scott to reach the South Pole over land.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18What main means of motor transport had they used?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Tractors.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22What's the name of the peak near Mount Cook,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24where Hillary reached his first mountain summit at the age of 20?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Mount Ollivier.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Hillary made his first visit to Everest in '51
0:05:28 > 0:05:30as a member of the British Reconnaissance Expedition.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Who was its leader?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Eric Shipton.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Hillary set up a charitable organisation in 1960
0:05:35 > 0:05:37to help the Sherpa people by building schools,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40hospitals and other infrastructure projects. What's its name?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Himalayan Trust.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44During his Himalayan expedition of 1960,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47a research station was erected at 19,000 feet
0:05:47 > 0:05:49above sea level, where the physiological effects
0:05:49 > 0:05:50of high altitude were studied.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52What was the station's name?
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Silver Hut.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56With which astronaut did Hillary and his son Peter
0:05:56 > 0:05:57fly to the North Pole in April '85?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00It made Hillary the first person to visit both poles
0:06:00 > 0:06:01and the summit of Mount Everest.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Neil Armstrong.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05What was the single word code message sent back
0:06:05 > 0:06:07to Scott Base confirming that Hillary and his party
0:06:07 > 0:06:09were near the South Pole, to alert
0:06:09 > 0:06:11the expedition sponsors, the BBC and the Times?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Success.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Rhubarb!
0:06:14 > 0:06:15By what name meaning "Big in heart"
0:06:15 > 0:06:17did Hillary become known to the Sherpa people?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Burra Sahib.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20What was the name of the incoming
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Labour Prime Minister who persuaded Hillary
0:06:22 > 0:06:24to become the New Zealand High Commissioner
0:06:24 > 0:06:26to India in 1985?
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Lange.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29In '95, Hillary was made
0:06:29 > 0:06:31a Knight of which order of chivalry by the Queen?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Garter.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34In March '75, Hillary's first wife Louisa
0:06:34 > 0:06:36and their youngest child Belinda
0:06:36 > 0:06:38were killed in a plane crash on their way to a town
0:06:38 > 0:06:40in Nepal where Hillary was building a hospital.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- Which town? - BEEP
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Phaplu.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Is correct.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48No passes, Alister. You have scored 13 points.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59And our next contender, please.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16In two minutes, here we go.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19What was the name of the gardener whose appointment to manage
0:07:19 > 0:07:21the Physic Garden at Kew in 1759 is regarded as marking
0:07:21 > 0:07:23the foundation of the Royal Botanic Gardens?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24William Aiton.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26What did the architect Decimus Burton
0:07:26 > 0:07:28and the engineer Richard Turner build in the 1840s?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31It's regarded as one of the most important
0:07:31 > 0:07:33surviving Victorian glass and iron structures.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34The Palm House.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36A willow twig, said to have been from a tree
0:07:36 > 0:07:39growing near the grave of a historical figure
0:07:39 > 0:07:42was exhibited, then planted at Kew in the '20s. Whose grave?
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Napoleon.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45A Seeds Of The Future time capsule
0:07:45 > 0:07:47was ceremonially buried in the foundations
0:07:47 > 0:07:51of the Princess of Wales Conservatory in 1985. Who buried it?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53David Attenborough.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55In a diary entry of February 1789,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57the writer Fanny Burney recalled being
0:07:57 > 0:07:59pursued through Kew Gardens by whom?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01She said of the event, "It occasioned me the severest
0:08:01 > 0:08:04"personal terror I've ever experienced."
0:08:04 > 0:08:05George III.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08In 1913, two suffragettes were jailed for burning down
0:08:08 > 0:08:11the refreshment pavilion at Kew. One was Lilian Lenten. Who was the other?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Pass.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Which building at Kew was constructed in 1852 to house
0:08:15 > 0:08:17the exotic plant victoria amazonica?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19The Waterlily House.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20The famous Kew Pagoda -
0:08:20 > 0:08:23a 163 foot octagonal tower constructed in 1761 -
0:08:23 > 0:08:26was originally decorated with 80 gilded carvings
0:08:26 > 0:08:28of what mythical creature?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Dragons.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Which building at Kew was wrecked by a cedar of Lebanon
0:08:31 > 0:08:34that fell on it during a violent storm in March, 1916?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35The Temple of the Sun.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Which former gardener at Kew was the botanist aboard The Bounty
0:08:39 > 0:08:41and one of the crew cast adrift with Captain Bligh?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43David Nelson.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45What is the common name of the flowering plant
0:08:45 > 0:08:47introduced to the gardens by Joseph Banks
0:08:47 > 0:08:49in 1773 and named by him
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Strelitzia reginae in honour of
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Uh...
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Strelitzia reginae.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58The bird of paradise flower.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00What was the name of the ship on which Francis Masson I,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03plant collector officially commissioned by Kew,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06sailed with Captain James Cook to The Cape in 1772?
0:09:06 > 0:09:07The Discovery.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08The Resolution.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Who was the botanic painter to His Majesty,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12who became the garden's permanent botanical artist
0:09:12 > 0:09:14in 1790 and remained in the post until his death?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Francis Bowyer.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Which garden... - BEEP
0:09:18 > 0:09:19..opened in 1882, was established by
0:09:19 > 0:09:22William Thiselton-Dyer to house a collection of Alpine plants
0:09:22 > 0:09:24left to Kew by George Curling Joad?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Can you say that again? - I'm afraid not, we're out of time.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Um...
0:09:30 > 0:09:31The Rock Garden.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Yes! You've got it.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35You had one pass.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38The other suffragette in 1913 was Olive Wharry.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41You have scored, Richard, 11 points.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53And our last contender, please.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09What is the title of the first collection
0:10:09 > 0:10:11of MR James ghost stories published in 1904?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Ghost Stories of an Antiquary.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Which of James's ghost stories tells
0:10:15 > 0:10:17of a visit made by the church historian
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Mr Anderson to Viborg
0:10:18 > 0:10:20and his discovery at the Golden Lion Hotel
0:10:20 > 0:10:22of a room that only appears at night?
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Number 13.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Which east coast port does MR James
0:10:25 > 0:10:27say he had in mind as the model for Burnstow,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30the setting for the story Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Felixstowe.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34An Episode In Cathedral History is set in a fictional cathedral
0:10:34 > 0:10:36that had been heavily altered during the 1840s
0:10:36 > 0:10:38gothic revival. What's the name of the cathedral?
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Southminster.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41In a school story, a teacher called Samson
0:10:41 > 0:10:43mysteriously disappears. 30 years later,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45a body is found at a country house in Ireland
0:10:45 > 0:10:47and an object found in its clothing
0:10:47 > 0:10:50suggests it is the missing teacher. What is the object?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52It's a coin with his initials on it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Yes, a gold coin. In which magazine was James's ghost story,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58A Warning To The Curious first published in August 1925?
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Empire Magazine.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02The London mercury. In which story does the occultist Mr Karswell
0:11:02 > 0:11:05pass a cursed slip of paper to Edward Dunning
0:11:05 > 0:11:07who manages to return it in a ticket case?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Karswell is subsequently killed.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Casting The Runes.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11At the end of one of the stories,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13the author apologises and says it
0:11:13 > 0:11:16may be considered to be no more than a variant on a former story -
0:11:16 > 0:11:18The Mezzotint. Which story does he make this comment about?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20The Haunted Dolls' House.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22In A View From A Hill, an exceptionally heavy object
0:11:22 > 0:11:24shatters when it's dropped and is found to contain
0:11:24 > 0:11:27an inky black liquid with an indescribable odour. What's the object?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29A pair of binoculars.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31In Mr Humphries and His Inheritance,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33what's the name of the woman who is writing a book about mazes
0:11:33 > 0:11:35and wants to include the maze
0:11:35 > 0:11:37at Mr Humphries' inherited property - Wilsthorpe?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Lady Wardrop.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41In which story does a mysterious body in a bed in Suffolk
0:11:41 > 0:11:43turn out to be that of a previous landlord
0:11:43 > 0:11:46who had been hanged as a highwayman?
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Rats.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Whenever Abbot Thomas was asked where his treasure his hidden,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52he always replied the secret would be told by Job, John
0:11:52 > 0:11:54and another biblical figure. Who was the figure?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55Zachariah.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Which ghost story did James write for the Eton College Boy Scout Troup?
0:11:58 > 0:12:03It was first read at their camp at Walborough Bay in August 1927.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Wailing Well.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06At which country house in Essex, recently bought
0:12:06 > 0:12:09by Mr and Mrs Anstruther, does the construction...
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- BEEP - ..of a new rose garden cause Mr Anstruther to have
0:12:11 > 0:12:14a strange dream about a trial and execution?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Westfield House.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Yes, Westfield Hall.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19No passes, Sarah. You've scored 13 points.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Well, what a close round that was. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35In fourth place, Richard Pyne...
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Third place, Ben Holmes...
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Joint first place,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Alister Jones and Sarah Greenan.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52And it is now the general knowledge round.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56If there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is taken
0:12:56 > 0:12:59into account, and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02If they are tied on passes as well, we must have a tie-break.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06The six highest scoring runners up from this round will also be
0:13:06 > 0:13:09able to claim a place in the semifinals, so lots to play for.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13And let's get on with it and ask Richard to join us again, please.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16As we know, you start this round with 11 points
0:13:16 > 0:13:18with your knowledge of Kew Gardens.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:13:20 > 0:13:232½ minutes this time, of course, starting now.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26What name is given to the sleep-like condition adopted by
0:13:26 > 0:13:28some animals to survive the winter?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Hibernation.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Otomto is the Japanese name for what eating implements?
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Pass.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37The 2011 Turner prize was awarded in which Gateshead venue,
0:13:37 > 0:13:41only the second time it's been held outside London?
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Pass.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Which former schoolteacher who launched a clean-up television
0:13:45 > 0:13:49campaign in 1964 was played by Julie Walters in 2008?
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Mary Whitehouse.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53What was the nationality of the mediaeval statesman
0:13:53 > 0:13:56and writer Snorri Sturluson who preserved many key
0:13:56 > 0:13:57texts of Norse mythology.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Danish.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Icelandic. The song You Wear It Well, from the 1972 album
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Never a Dull Moment, was the second UK number one from who?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07Pass.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12The people on which Ireland's voted by a majority of 1513 to 3
0:14:12 > 0:14:14with one voice unaccounted for to remain an overseas
0:14:14 > 0:14:18territory of the United Kingdom in a referendum of March 2013?
0:14:18 > 0:14:23- The Falkland Islands. - What items of nightwear take their names from the Persian
0:14:23 > 0:14:24for "leg clothing"?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Pyjamas.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Which Elgar work is dedicated to My Friends Pictured Within?
0:14:29 > 0:14:33- The Enigma Variations. - In which sport have Constanine II of Greece
0:14:33 > 0:14:36and Juan Carlos I of Spain both won Olympic gold medals?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Sailing.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Blackgang Chine and Alum Bay, famous for its coloured sands,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44are among the beauty spots on which of the British Isles?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45The Isle of Wight.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48What's the name of the writer and artist who popularise limericks
0:14:48 > 0:14:51and also gave drawing lessons to Queen Victoria?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Charles Dodgson.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Edward Lear. Regore Mendell used a vegetable in his experiments that
0:14:56 > 0:14:59laid the foundation of the science of genetics. What was the vegetable?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Peas.- What is the name of the mark placed under
0:15:02 > 0:15:05the letter C in French, Spanish and Portuguese to soften its sound?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- The cedilla. - Which film director found international fame
0:15:09 > 0:15:12in the '70s with Assault On Precinct 13 and Halloween?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Pass.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Which ducks, famous for their down, are known in the North East
0:15:16 > 0:15:19as Cuddy's ducks after the seventh-century St Cuthbert
0:15:19 > 0:15:22who gave them special protection on the Farne Islands?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- Eider.- Which city's tourist attractions include the Blue Mosque
0:15:25 > 0:15:27and the Topkapi Palace Museum?
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- Istanbul.- Peter Mandelson was the member of Parliament for which
0:15:31 > 0:15:34constituency from 1992 until 2004,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36when he became the member of the European Commission?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Hartlepool.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40The best-known book by the philosopher and author
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Robert Pirsig, published in 1974 after being rejected by more
0:15:43 > 0:15:47than 100 publishers, was entitled Zen And The Art Of...?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Motorcycle Maintenance.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52David Moyes was appointed as the manager of which Premier League
0:15:52 > 0:15:54football club in 2002?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Everton. BEEP
0:15:56 > 0:16:00You had four passes. John Carpenter was the film director who did
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Assault On Precinct 13.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Rod Stewart sang You Wear it Well, in 1972.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09And the Turner Prize went to
0:16:09 > 0:16:13the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Richard, you now have a total of 25 points.- Thank you.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18APPLAUSE
0:16:25 > 0:16:28And now Ben again, please.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31And you start out with 12 points with your knowledge
0:16:31 > 0:16:33of the Manic Street Preachers.
0:16:33 > 0:16:3625 is the score to beat
0:16:36 > 0:16:39if you are to get through to the semifinals. Here we go.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42The molten material or magma discharged in a stream
0:16:42 > 0:16:44by a volcano is known by what name?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- Lava.- What was originally founded in Holloway, north London,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50in 1860 as the Temporary Home For Lost And Starving Dogs
0:16:50 > 0:16:52but moved to its current location in 1871?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Battersea Dogs Home.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Charles Frazier's novel Cold Mountain, made into a film
0:16:56 > 0:16:59starring Jude Law and Nicole Kidman, is set during which conflict?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- American Civil War. - Which artist created Another Place,
0:17:02 > 0:17:07an installation of 100 cast-iron naked men on Crosby beach in 2005?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Pass.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Who became the first player to win seven FA Cup winners' medals
0:17:13 > 0:17:16when Chelsea beat Liverpool in the 2012 final?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19His first three were with Arsenal.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Ashley Cole.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Which of the anthropoid apes is genetically most similar to man?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Chimpanzee.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29The kettle drums in an orchestra are usually known by what Italian name?
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Timpani.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32On which Turkish peninsula did British and Allied forces
0:17:32 > 0:17:36land in 1915 at the start of the Dardanelles Campaign?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Gallipoli.- In which British sitcom did Richard Ayoade and
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Chris O'Dowd play socially inept computer nerds?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46The IT Crowd.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48What word for intrusive freelance photographers
0:17:48 > 0:17:50comes from the surname of a character
0:17:50 > 0:17:52played by Walter Santesso in the film La Dolce Vita?
0:17:52 > 0:17:53Paparazzo.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Northwich in Cheshire has been a centre for the extraction
0:17:56 > 0:17:58of what substance since Roman times?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- Salt.- In 2013, which folk-rock band won the Album of the Year
0:18:01 > 0:18:05at the Grammys and were named Best British Group at the Brit Awards?
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Mumford and Sons.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08What's the name of the singer and model who married
0:18:08 > 0:18:11the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy in February 2008?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- Pass.- Which island is divided between three countries -
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Indonesia, Malaysia and the Sultanate of Brunei?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Java.- Borneo. According to the Book of Genesis,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25what meteorological phenomenon was created by God following
0:18:25 > 0:18:28the Great Flood as a token of the covenant between me and the earth?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- The rainbow.- In the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34what name to the humans use to refer to the animated creatures?
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- Toons.- Which East Anglian river whose lower reach is a part of the Broads
0:18:38 > 0:18:41forms the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43- The Ouse.- Waveney.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Which Hungarian composer's only opera,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Duke Bluebeard's Castle,
0:18:47 > 0:18:49was based on a fairy story Charles Perrault?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50- Liszt.- Bartok.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Whose experiences as a soldier taken into slavery supplied
0:18:53 > 0:18:57much of the raw material for his work, such as the novel Don Quixote?
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- Cervantes.- The Criollo, Forastero and Trinitario are types of which
0:19:02 > 0:19:05bean used in the confectionery industry?
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- Peanuts.- Cocoa. In February 2013 in Minsk,
0:19:09 > 0:19:1221-year-old Becky James became the first Briton in which sport
0:19:12 > 0:19:16to win four medals at a single World Championship?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- Ice skating.- Cycling.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23You had two passes. The former French president
0:19:23 > 0:19:27- Nicolas Sarkozy married Carla Bruni.- Yeah.- Yes!
0:19:27 > 0:19:32And Anthony Gormley created that installation of 100 naked men.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Ben, you have 26 points.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37APPLAUSE
0:19:45 > 0:19:48And Alister again now, please.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53And you start out with 13 points
0:19:53 > 0:19:55with your knowledge of Sir Edmund Hillary.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58And 26 now the score to beat.
0:19:58 > 0:20:012½ minutes of general knowledge starting now.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Which comedian plays the accident-prone Mr Bean
0:20:03 > 0:20:06and the inept British intelligence agent Johnny English?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Rowan Atkinson.- Phileas Fogg and his his valet are the principal
0:20:09 > 0:20:11characters in which novel by Jules Verne?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Round The World In 80 Days.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Who was appointed England's rugby union team captain for
0:20:15 > 0:20:18the Six Nations tournament in January 2012?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Pass. - In art, Jugendsil,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27which developed in Munich during the 1890s, was initially
0:20:27 > 0:20:30the equivalent of which movement in Britain and France?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31- Arts and Crafts.- Art Nouveau.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Which well-known character of Italian farce,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37a boastful coward, is in Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Pass.- The Turks and Mongols who overran much of Eastern Europe
0:20:42 > 0:20:44under the leadership of Genghis Khan's grandson
0:20:44 > 0:20:46were known by what colourful name?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- Pass.- Which alcoholic drink that was banned in France for nearly
0:20:51 > 0:20:54a century from 1915 was first made commercially
0:20:54 > 0:20:57by Henry-Louis Pernod in 1797?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Absinthe?- Yes. The dark gap between the Rings A and B
0:21:00 > 0:21:02of one of the planets in the solar system
0:21:02 > 0:21:05is known as the Cassini Division after the astronomer
0:21:05 > 0:21:08who discovered it in 1675. Which planet?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- Saturn.- Yes. Who announced in March 2013
0:21:10 > 0:21:13that he was retiring from British politics
0:21:13 > 0:21:15to take up a senior role in the charity
0:21:15 > 0:21:18the International Rescue Committee in New York?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Er...Hilary Benn?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22David Miliband. Which country is divided into four provinces -
0:21:22 > 0:21:25North West Frontier, Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab -
0:21:25 > 0:21:29plus a capital territory, and federally administered tribal areas?
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Er...
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Pakistan.- Yes. The police chief Baron Scarpia
0:21:33 > 0:21:35is the villain of which opera by Puccini?
0:21:37 > 0:21:41- Tosca.- Yes. Which sitcom about a sharp-tongued housewife,
0:21:41 > 0:21:42her husband Dan Connor
0:21:42 > 0:21:44and their children Darlene, Becky and DJ
0:21:44 > 0:21:46was set in the town of Lanford, Illinois?
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Roxanne.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Roseanne. What is the title of the Tolstoy novel that begins,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52"All happy families resemble one another;
0:21:52 > 0:21:54"each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- War and Peace?- Anna Karenina. Which dark-brown pigment
0:21:57 > 0:22:00is obtained from the ink sacs of the cuttlefish?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- Sepia.- Yes. What is the name of the three-headed dog,
0:22:06 > 0:22:08the guardian of the Gates to the Underworld, that Heracles
0:22:08 > 0:22:11was required to retrieve in the last of his 12 labours?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Cerberus.- Yes. In the NATO and International Aviation
0:22:14 > 0:22:17phonetic alphabet, which word represents the letter G?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Golf.- Yes. Which controversial film director
0:22:20 > 0:22:23made the 1992 biographical film Malcolm X?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Spike Lee.- Is correct. Which long, thin dinosaur
0:22:26 > 0:22:28whose name means "double beam"
0:22:28 > 0:22:31had an extremely small brain in relation to its size?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- Diplodocus.- Yes. - BEEP
0:22:33 > 0:22:36And I didn't quite start that question.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38So, you have three passes.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40The Turks and Mongols who overran so much of Eastern Europe
0:22:40 > 0:22:43were known as the Golden Horde.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46That well-known character in Italian farce -
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Queen mentioned them - Scaramouche. Yeah.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53And, er, Chris Robshaw captained England in 2012.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56You have, Alister, 24 points.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58APPLAUSE
0:23:04 > 0:23:07And finally, Sarah again, please.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11And you also start out with 13 points,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15and for you also, 26 is the score to beat.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18So here we go. In Britain, the Bramley Seedling
0:23:18 > 0:23:21is the most popular cooking variety of which fruit?
0:23:21 > 0:23:22- Apple.- Yep.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24The Chinese-American architect IM Pei remodelled
0:23:24 > 0:23:26the Richelieu Wing of a former Parisian palace
0:23:26 > 0:23:30so the whole building became a museum. What's the museum called?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- Pass.- The term "murmuration" is used
0:23:32 > 0:23:34to describe a flock of which birds,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36known for their large communal roosts
0:23:36 > 0:23:37and spectacular aerial displays?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- Starlings.- Yes. Which West London club holds a prestigious
0:23:40 > 0:23:43men's grass-court tennis championship in the run-up to Wimbledon?
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Queen's Club.- Yep. What name is given to the soft spot
0:23:45 > 0:23:47in the skull of an infant where the bones have not yet
0:23:47 > 0:23:50fully fused which is covered with a tough fibrous membrane?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- Fontanelle.- Yes. Which cocktail
0:23:52 > 0:23:54whose principal ingredients are rum and lime juice
0:23:54 > 0:23:57is thought to be named after a village in Cuba?
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- Mojito.- No, daiquiri. Which writer and academic,
0:23:59 > 0:24:00born in Belfast in 1898,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02was at the centre of the literary discussion group
0:24:02 > 0:24:05The Inklings at Oxford University in the 1930s,
0:24:05 > 0:24:06along with Tolkien?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- CS Lewis.- Who reprised her portrayal of the Queen in the play
0:24:09 > 0:24:13The Audience that opened in the West End in March 2013?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- Helen Mirren.- Yes. Which Welsh town was made a city in 1969
0:24:16 > 0:24:20to celebrate the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- St David's.- No, Swansea. In which Shakespeare play
0:24:23 > 0:24:27are twins named Dromio bought as slaves for two other twin brothers,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Antipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- Comedy Of Errors.- Yes. In 1909, whose record-breaking aircraft
0:24:33 > 0:24:35was put on display by Harry Gordon Selfridge
0:24:35 > 0:24:38at his newly opened Oxford Street store?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- Louis Bleriot.- Yes. Which religious leader,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42a founder of the Quaker movement, had a religious vision
0:24:42 > 0:24:45on the summit of Pendle Hill in Lancashire in 1652?
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- Pass. - Guayaquil is the largest city
0:24:48 > 0:24:51and the chief port of which South American country?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- Ecuador.- Yes. The tune Barwick Green
0:24:54 > 0:24:56from Arthur Green's suite My Native Heath
0:24:56 > 0:24:59is the theme music to a long-running Radio 4 series called...?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- The Archers.- Yes. Offa was the king of which Anglo-Saxon kingdom?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04He established a form of silver coinage there
0:25:04 > 0:25:07that was employed in England for centuries afterwards.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08- Pass.- In the nursery rhyme,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11what did the sparrow use to kill Cock Robin?
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Arrow. My little arrow. - Yes, a bow and arrow.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Which of his titles did Sir Archibald Primrose use
0:25:17 > 0:25:20as British Prime Minister in the late 19th century?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- Melbourne?- Rosebery.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24What word for a soft-soled running shoe without spikes
0:25:24 > 0:25:29is first thought to have appeared in 1968 in World Sports magazine?
0:25:29 > 0:25:30- Plimsoll?- Trainer.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32In which opera does Canio the clown sing
0:25:32 > 0:25:35the aria Vesti La Giubba, or On With The Motley?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Pass.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39What fish gives its name to a pattern of high cirrocumulus clouds
0:25:39 > 0:25:43that in some conditions resemble the pattern of the fish's scales?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- Mackerel.- Yep. Who starred as jazz singer Billie Holiday
0:25:46 > 0:25:48in the 1972 biopic Lady Sings The Blues?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50BEEP
0:25:53 > 0:25:55I don't know.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Well, I will take that as a pass.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58It was Diana Ross.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03And your other passes - Canio the clown sang On With The Motley
0:26:03 > 0:26:09in Pagliacci. That museum that the Chinese-American architect IM Pei
0:26:09 > 0:26:11remodelled was the Louvre.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13George Fox was the religious leader,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16one of the founders of the Quaker movement.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20And Mercia is what Offa was king of.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23You have, Sarah, a total of 25 points.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26APPLAUSE
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Well!
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Masterminds don't get much closer than that.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Let's have a look at the scores. In fourth place,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44with 24 points, Alister Jones.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Joint second place,
0:26:46 > 0:26:4725 points apiece,
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Richard Pyne and Sarah Greenan.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54First place, 26 points, Ben Holmes.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57APPLAUSE
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Which means, of course, that Ben is tonight's winner
0:27:10 > 0:27:13and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16commiserations to Richard and Sarah.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17But with a score of 25
0:27:17 > 0:27:20it is possible we'll see them again in the semifinal.
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0:27:24 > 0:27:25do go to our website...
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0:27:33 > 0:27:35Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38APPLAUSE