0:00:24 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Becky Shaw Simms,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30a project office administrator from Witney.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Her specialist subject, the Snooker World Championships.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Next, Kate Morris, a maths teacher from Oxford.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39She'll be answering questions on the musicals of Lerner and Loewe.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Jon Wilkins, a retired teacher from Leicester and his subject -
0:00:42 > 0:00:45the novels of Cara Black.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49And Rae Donaldson, a record shop manager from Manchester.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52His subject - Philip II of Spain.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Four more contenders are about to take the stage tonight
0:01:06 > 0:01:11and, as usual, they will face two minutes of questions on their specialist subject
0:01:11 > 0:01:13and two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16and the winner will go through to the next round, the semifinal,
0:01:16 > 0:01:21and will be on course to become the next Mastermind Champion.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23No great cash prize at stake, of course,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26but you can't put a price on the honour of it.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39And your name is...?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Your occupation?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43And your specialist subject?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Snooker, two minutes.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50In 1977, the World Snooker Championship was held
0:01:50 > 0:01:53for the first time at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Who won that year's tournament?- John Spencer.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Yes. During the second-round match against Terry Griffiths in 1983,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01who completed the first-ever 147 break at the Crucible?
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Cliff Thorburn.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Yes, by what score was Willie Thorne leading Eddie Charlton at the '78 Championships
0:02:06 > 0:02:08when he missed what would have been a match-winning black,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Charlton then went on to win 13-12?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- 9-0.- 12-9.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15How many times has Jimmy White been the losing finalist
0:02:15 > 0:02:17in World Championships at the Crucible?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Six.- Yes, at the beginning of the famous '88 final,
0:02:20 > 0:02:24how many consecutive frames did Steve Davis win against Dennis Taylor without reply?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Eight.- Yes. In which frame did Alex Higgins achieve his title-winning
0:02:27 > 0:02:29full clearance of 135
0:02:29 > 0:02:32in the final against Ray Reardon in 1982?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Pass.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38In '78, Perrie Mans became the only player from which country to have
0:02:38 > 0:02:40reached the final at the Crucible?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42He lost to Ray Reardon by 25 frames to 18.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43South Africa.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Yes. In the deciding frame of the '94 final against Stephen Hendry,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49what colour did Jimmy White miss off its spot
0:02:49 > 0:02:51while 13 ahead that allowed Hendry to claim victory?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- A blue.- The black.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Who became only the third player to win the World Championships
0:02:56 > 0:02:57four times in the Crucible era when
0:02:57 > 0:02:59he beat Judd Trump in the 2011 final?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Ronnie O'Sullivan. - John Higgins.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02In '89, who was told
0:03:02 > 0:03:05to "buck his ideas up" by the referee John Williams
0:03:05 > 0:03:08because his play was deemed to be too slow?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09- Peter Ebdon. - No, it was Dean Reynolds.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Who did Ronnie O'Sullivan beat by 18 frames to 12
0:03:12 > 0:03:14to win the 2013 Wold Championship
0:03:14 > 0:03:17in spite of having played only one competitive match
0:03:17 > 0:03:19all season prior to the tournament?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20- Barry Hawkins.- Yes.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Who shared the prize for the highest break with Peter Ebdon
0:03:22 > 0:03:26at the 1996 Championships, both players scoring 144?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27- Graeme Dott.- Tony Drago.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31In 2010, who did Neil Robertson beat in the final to become the first
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Australian to win the World Championship at the Crucible?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- John Higgins.- Graeme Dott.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40In his '89 World Championship last-16 match against Jimmy White,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43who sportingly called a foul against himself
0:03:43 > 0:03:45that hadn't been seen by the referee?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- Pass.- When he defended his World title for the first time in 1991...
0:03:48 > 0:03:49BEEP
0:03:49 > 0:03:51..Stephen Hendry was beaten 13 frames to 11
0:03:51 > 0:03:53in the quarterfinals by whom?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- Steve Davis. - Steve James.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Two passes, Becky.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01It was John Virgo who turned out to be a really good sportsman
0:04:01 > 0:04:04and he called a foul against himself the referee hadn't spotted.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07And it was in the 33rd frame
0:04:07 > 0:04:11that Higgins achieved his title-winning full clearance of 135.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13You have six points.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15APPLAUSE
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And our next contender, please.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31And your name is...?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Your occupation?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36And your specialist subject?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39The musicals of Lerner and Loewe in two minutes, starting now.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42In which city's Shubert Theater did the lyricist Alan Jay Lerner
0:04:42 > 0:04:45and the composer Frederick Loewe's My Fair Lady
0:04:45 > 0:04:48receive its pre-Broadway trial in February 1956?
0:04:48 > 0:04:49- Chicago. - New Haven, Connecticut.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Which song in Gigi was inspired by Maurice Chevalier's remark
0:04:52 > 0:04:55that he was "too old for women, too old for that extra glass of wine,
0:04:55 > 0:04:56"too old for sports"?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- I'm Glad I'm Not Young Any More.- Yes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Which celebrated choreographer directed Lerner and Loewe's
0:05:01 > 0:05:04early musical What's Up?, which Loewe regarded as awful?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Pass.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Who was the producer of the first run of Brigadoon
0:05:07 > 0:05:11at Broadway's Ziegfeld Theatre from 13th March 1947?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Moss Hart.- Cheryl Crawford.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16From which show, written in collaboration with Kurt Weill,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18did Lerner take and modify the duet I Remember It Well
0:05:18 > 0:05:19for use in Gigi?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Pass.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23In the original stage version of Paint Your Wagon,
0:05:23 > 0:05:24who played the role of Julio Valveras?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27The character is omitted from the later film version.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Pass.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30In which song from Brigadoon does Tommy feel
0:05:30 > 0:05:32he could swim Loch Lomond and be home in half and hour?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- The Heather On The Hill. - Almost Like Being In Love.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38What was the name of the production manager who began his long
0:05:38 > 0:05:41association with Lerner on the stage version of Paint Your Wagon?
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Pass.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45According to the song C'est Moi, in Camelot,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48what would have been the consequence of Lancelot being the partner of Eve?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- They'd be in Eden still. - Yes.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53A critic accused Lerner of plagiarising
0:05:53 > 0:05:56the story of Brigadoon from Germelshausen,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58a tale by Friedrich Wilhelm Gerstacker.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59What was the critic's name?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Pass.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03According to Prof Higgins and Eliza,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05in which three places do hurricanes hardly ever happen?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Yes. What major theatrical law did Lerner confess to
0:06:10 > 0:06:12breaking in the song Guenevere,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14from the penultimate scene of Camelot?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Breaking the fourth wall?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19No, describing events that took place offstage.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Which British actress, a future soap star, played Meg Brockie
0:06:22 > 0:06:25in the first London run of Brigadoon in 1949?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Pass.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29In My Fair Lady, what single item of furniture does Eliza
0:06:29 > 0:06:32want in her room far away from the cold night air?
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Pass.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Which English actor responded to an invitation to appear
0:06:38 > 0:06:41in Camelot by saying, "Absolutely love it, all that rusty armour!"
0:06:41 > 0:06:42BEEP
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Robert Coote. - Yes, that's correct.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46And you had seven passes.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48In My Fair Lady...
0:06:48 > 0:06:50# All I want... One enormous... #
0:06:50 > 0:06:52One enormous chair, yeah.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Michelle Gordon was the future soap star
0:06:54 > 0:06:58in the first London run of Brigadoon.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00The name of that critic was Nathan.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Stone or Bud Whitney was the name of the production manager.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Tony Bavaar played the role of Julio Valveras.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Love Life was the show written in collaboration with Kurt Weill.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16And George Balanchine was the celebrated choreographer.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18You have, Kate, four points.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21APPLAUSE
0:07:26 > 0:07:28And our next contender, please.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36And your name is...?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Your occupation?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41And your specialist subject?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44The novels of Cara Black in two minutes, starting now.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Aimee Leduc is the central character in a series
0:07:46 > 0:07:48of detective novels by Cara Black set in Paris.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51On what street is her detective agency?
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Pass.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54What is the name of the handsome dwarf with green eyes
0:07:54 > 0:07:58and goatee beard who is Aimee's partner in the Leduc Agency?
0:07:58 > 0:07:59- Rene Friant.- Yes.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02In Murder On The Ile Saint-Louis, explosives are discovered
0:08:02 > 0:08:05in the kitchens of the Hotel Lambert. To what are they attached?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Underneath a cooker. - A chopping block.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10What is the title of the novel in which Aimee is
0:08:10 > 0:08:14accused of shooting her partner, Rene, in their offices?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- Murder In The Latin Quarter? - Murder In The Palais Royal.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20In Murder In The Rue De Paradis, Aimee learns of a Nazi operation
0:08:20 > 0:08:23that forced skilled Jewish workers to restore clocks,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25furniture and other items on the Left Bank.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27What was the name of this operation?
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Pass.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31In Murder In The Palais Royal, on what means of transport does
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Aimee navigate the corridors of the Louvre with Silvie, the cleaner?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- Rollerblades.- Yes.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40With what nickname had the papers labelled Patrick Vaduz,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Inspector Morbier's chief suspect for the murder
0:08:42 > 0:08:43in the fourth book of the series?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Beast of the Bastille.- Yes.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47In Murder In The Palais Royal, Rene's attacker wears
0:08:47 > 0:08:52the same brand of motorcycle helmet as Aimee. What brand is it?
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Pass.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55In Murder Below Montparnasse,
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Aimee is asked by Yuri Volodya to recover a lost Modigliani painting.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Who's the painting of?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Pass.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04What is the name of the cat belonging to Leo,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- the radio engineer in Murder In Passy?- Pass.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Aimee's lover is found murdered shortly after proposing to
0:09:10 > 0:09:13her in Murder In The Rue De Paradis. What is his name?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Yves Robert.- Yes.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Rene witnesses the power of light from the star-shaped stained-glass window
0:09:19 > 0:09:22in a side chapel of a church in Murder At The Lanterne Rouge.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Which church?
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Pass.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30In Murder Below Montparnasse, Rene has accepted a job in America.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34What is the name of the replacement he recommends whom Aimee takes on trial?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Pass.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38What reason does Aimee give for nearly always overtipping
0:09:38 > 0:09:41her taxi drivers, for instance, after she had asked the driver
0:09:41 > 0:09:44to circle Rue du Livre three times in Murder Below Montparnasse?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46BEEP
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Taxi karma, so she gets good treatment later on.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Yeah, that's it - for "rainy-night taxi karma", as she put it.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54And you had seven passes.
0:09:54 > 0:10:00The name of that replacement in Murder Below Montparnasse was Maxence.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03The church in Murder At The Lanterne Rouge was Saint Nicholas,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05or Saint Nicolas des Champs.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Marconi was the name of the cat in Murder In Passy.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14In Murder Below Montparnasse, the painting was of Lenin.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17That helmet, the brand was Blue Fever.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Operation Meuble was the name of the operation
0:10:21 > 0:10:23in Murder In The Rue De Paradis.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28And Aimee Leduc's detective agency was on Rue de Louvre.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31So you have seven passes, you've scored, Jon, five points.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33APPLAUSE
0:10:41 > 0:10:43And finally, our last contender.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48And your name is...?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Your occupation?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53And your chosen subject?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Philip II of Spain in two minutes.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Philip II of Spain ruled a worldwide empire.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01In which city, on 20th October 1555, did Charles V abdicate
0:11:01 > 0:11:03and invest Philip as ruler of the Netherlands?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- Brussels.- Yes. The original plans
0:11:05 > 0:11:09for the Spanish Armada were drawn up by the Marques of Santa Cruz.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12After his death, in early 1580, whom did Philip appoint as commander?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- The Duke of Medina Sidonia.- Yes.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Which agent of Charles V stood in for Philip on 6th March 1554
0:11:17 > 0:11:19in the betrothal ceremony with Mary Tudor?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Pass.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Who was Philip's first wife? He married her in Salamanca, in 1543.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- Maria Manuela of Portugal.- Yes.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Which military commander led the expedition of 1564 to '65
0:11:31 > 0:11:33to begin the systematic occupation of the Philippines,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36which had been named after Philip about 20 years earlier?
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- Miguel Lopez Legazpi.- Yes.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Which administrative body was responsible for governing the
0:11:43 > 0:11:44kingdoms of Naples and Sicily
0:11:44 > 0:11:47until Philip created a separate Council of Italy in the late 1550s?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48The Council of Aragon.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Yes. Which peace treaty between Philip and Henry IV of France was
0:11:51 > 0:11:54agreed several months before Philip's death?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55Servins.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57No, Vervins.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Which city was brutally sacked in 1576
0:11:59 > 0:12:01by Philip's unpaid troops after his bankruptcy?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Antwerp.- Yeah.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05With whom was the Duke Of Medina Sidonia,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08the commander of the Invincible Armada, ordered to collaborate
0:12:08 > 0:12:11off Margate Cape, according to Philip's detailed instructions?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- Parma.- Yes.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15In which city did Philip meet the Cortes of Portugal in order to
0:12:15 > 0:12:18affirm his right to the kingdom after its conquest?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- Tomar.- Correct.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22What position was held by the Dominican friar Diego de Chaves
0:12:22 > 0:12:24towards the end of Philip's reign?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- He was Philip's confessor. - Yes.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Which Flemish-Burgundian composer was appointed by Philip
0:12:28 > 0:12:32as Maestro of the Capilla Flamenca in the Escorial from 1586?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- Rogier.- Yes.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37What name is usually given to the tax Philip introduced in 1590
0:12:37 > 0:12:39that caused widespread unrest in Castile?
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- The Millones.- Yes. The Spanish artist Francisco Hernandez de Toledo visited
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Philip's American territories and made several studies
0:12:46 > 0:12:49and paintings. What was the main subject of those works?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- Wildlife.- Yes. Plants and their properties.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55What was the name of Justicia of Aragon who was beheaded in Zaragoza...
0:12:55 > 0:12:57BEEP
0:12:57 > 0:12:58I'll finish the question.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00..under orders from Philip as a consequence of
0:13:00 > 0:13:03the civil unrest that accompanied the flight of Antonio Perez from Castile?
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Lanuza.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07It was indeed. You had one pass.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12The agent of Charles V who stood in for Philip was Lamoral.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16So just that one pass. Rae, you have scored 13 points.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18APPLAUSE
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Well, a bit of a gap in the scores there,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30but another round yet to come. So let's have a look at the scores so far.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32In fourth place, four points, Kate Morris.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Third place, five points, Jon Wilkins.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Second place, six points, Becky Shaw Simms.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40In the lead, with 13 points, Rae Donaldson.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42APPLAUSE
0:13:45 > 0:13:47So it is the general knowledge round now
0:13:47 > 0:13:50and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes
0:13:50 > 0:13:53is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59So let's get on with it and ask Kate to join us again,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01if you would, please.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03And...you struggled a bit,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06but there are an awful lot of Lerner and Loewe musicals,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09so I quite understand why. Anyway, let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Two-and-a-half minutes, starting now.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Murder At The Vicarage, set in the village of St Mary Mead,
0:14:15 > 0:14:19is the first Agatha Christie novel to feature which elderly spinster detective?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Jane Marple.- Miss Marple, yes.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Which staple food is mainly manufactured on a commercial scale
0:14:23 > 0:14:27by the Chorleywood process - makes it softer and prolongs its shelf life?
0:14:27 > 0:14:28- Bread.- Yes.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31What name is given to the fibrous protein
0:14:31 > 0:14:34that constitutes the outermost layer of skin, hair and nails?
0:14:34 > 0:14:35- Keratin.- Yes.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Which former member of a girl band
0:14:36 > 0:14:41won the Designer Brand of the Year title at the 2011 British Fashion Awards?
0:14:41 > 0:14:42- Victoria Beckham.- Yes.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Port Erin and Port St Mary stand near the southern tip of which of the British Isles?
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Er, pass.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Who wrote We're Going On A Bear Hunt -
0:14:49 > 0:14:52he was appointed as the fifth Children's Laureate in 2007?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Pass.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Montezuma II, who reigned from 1502 to 1520,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00was the ninth and last significant ruler of which empire?
0:15:00 > 0:15:01- The Aztec.- Yes.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Weber's Invitation To The Dance of 1819
0:15:04 > 0:15:06is generally thought to be the first concert piece
0:15:06 > 0:15:10featuring which dance particularly associated with Vienna?
0:15:10 > 0:15:11- Er, waltz.- Yes.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13What kind of gateway, topped by a crown,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16is used for the logo of the House of Commons?
0:15:16 > 0:15:17- Portcullis.- Yes.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Which novel by EM Forster was made into a film
0:15:19 > 0:15:22starring Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Hopkins?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Pass.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26In which country is Lake Balaton,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29the largest freshwater lake in Central Europe?
0:15:29 > 0:15:30- Italy.- Hungary.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33What annual show-business extravaganza
0:15:33 > 0:15:35was first broadcast on television in 1960,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38when stars including Harry Worth and Liberace
0:15:38 > 0:15:40took to the stage of the Victoria Palace Theatre?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- The Royal Variety Show.- Yes.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46The name of which animal, a type of anteater, means "earth pig" in Afrikaans?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47- Aardvark.- Yes.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50The Clapham Sect was a group of Evangelical Christians,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52prominent in England from about 1790 to 1830,
0:15:52 > 0:15:57who promoted missionary work and particularly campaigned against what?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Pass.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00The obi is what part of the clothing
0:16:00 > 0:16:04worn by a participant in Japanese martial arts?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05- The sash.- Yes.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07The Oscar-winning song When You Believe,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11that was a chart hit for Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston,
0:16:11 > 0:16:14features in which 1998 animated biblical epic?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15- The Prince Of Egypt.- Yes.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18The name of what tradesman comes from the Latin for "lead"?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Pass.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22In 2012, the British Olympic team
0:16:22 > 0:16:25won Britain's first showjumping gold medal for 60 years.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Which member of the team had broken his neck
0:16:28 > 0:16:30in a horse-riding accident 12 years earlier?
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Pass.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Whose work Age Of Reason, first published in the 1790s,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38is an exposition of the place of religion in society?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- John Bunyan.- Thomas Paine.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Which town on the south Devon coast
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- is the home of the Britannia Royal Naval College? - BEEP
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- Dartmouth.- Is correct.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49You had six passes.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Nick Skelton was the poor chap who broke his neck in a horse-riding accident.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56It's a plumber that comes from the Latin for lead.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Slavery was what the Clapham Sect campaigned against so vigorously.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Howards End was that EM Forster novel.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07And Port Erin and Port St Mary are on the Isle of Man.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11But you've now increased your score to 16 points.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13APPLAUSE
0:17:20 > 0:17:22And now Jon again, please.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27And you start out with five points, Jon.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Two-and-a-half minutes, starting now.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Which trunk road that links London and Edinburgh is
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Britain's longest major road? It's about 410 miles long.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38- A1.- Yep.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42In the James Bond film, what is the name of Goldfinger's Korean bodyguard
0:17:42 > 0:17:44who has a lethal steel-rimmed bowler hat?
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Pass.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Which small island lies in the bay fronting the city of Marseilles -
0:17:48 > 0:17:51its castle, once used as a state prison,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53is celebrated in Dumas' The Count Of Monte Cristo?
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Pass.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Which common garden invertebrate can be identified, when it's mature,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02by the smooth, swollen band around its body known as the clitellum or saddle?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Worm.- Yep. Earthworm.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08What Italian term is used for a granular water ice or sorbet?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Frappuccino.- Granita.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16In Greek legend, which queen founded the city of Carthage
0:18:16 > 0:18:18and killed herself on a funeral pyre
0:18:18 > 0:18:20after she was abandoned by her lover Aeneas?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Pass.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26Which French revolutionary did the artist Jacques-Louis David paint dead in his bath?
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Pass.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32What name of Old English origin
0:18:32 > 0:18:34is given to the small agricultural holdings
0:18:34 > 0:18:37typically found in the Northern Highlands and Islands of Scotland?
0:18:37 > 0:18:38- Kirk.- Croft.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Which club won the 2013 Capital One Cup
0:18:42 > 0:18:46ten years after they narrowly escaped relegation from the Football League?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47- Swansea.- Yes.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52In which city was Robert Kennedy campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination
0:18:52 > 0:18:54when he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968?
0:18:54 > 0:18:55- Detroit.- Los Angeles.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Whose first novel Waverley,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00set during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745,
0:19:00 > 0:19:02was published anonymously in 1814?
0:19:02 > 0:19:03- Walter Scott.- Yes.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08Which British singer and songwriter, born in Kenya in 1936,
0:19:08 > 0:19:13had Top 20 hits in the '60s and '70s with Durham Town and The Last Farewell?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Pass.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Total, partial and annular are the three types of which astronomical phenomenon?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23- Eclipse.- Yes.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26What was the name of the council of the Anglo-Saxon kings
0:19:26 > 0:19:30whose duty it was to advise the king on all matters on which he chose to consult them?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Privy Council.- Witan.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37Abuja replaced which city as the federal capital of Nigeria in the early 1990s?
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- Lagos.- Yes.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Which French composer's only completed opera is Pelleas Et Melisande
0:19:43 > 0:19:45based on the play by Maeterlinck?
0:19:45 > 0:19:46- Saint-Saens.- Debussy.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48The name of what member of the horse family,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50whose domesticated form is known as a donkey,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53has become synonymous with a foolish person?
0:19:53 > 0:19:54- Ass.- Yeah.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57In which television crime drama does Martin Shaw play a police inspector
0:19:57 > 0:19:59based in Northumberland in the 1960s?
0:19:59 > 0:20:00- George Gently.- Yes.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- What is the name of the island off the Lleyn... - BEEP
0:20:03 > 0:20:06..peninsula that is sometimes known as the "island of 20,000 saints"
0:20:06 > 0:20:09because of the large number of holy men buried there?
0:20:09 > 0:20:10- Anglesey.- Bardsey Island.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13You had five passes, Jon.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Roger Whittaker was the Durham Town and The Last Farewell man.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23Marat was the French revolutionary whom David painted dead in his bath.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Dido was the queen who founded the city of Carthage.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33And the Ile d'if is that small island in the bay fronting the city of Marseilles,
0:20:33 > 0:20:39and the name of that bodyguard with the lethal hat was Oddjob.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43You have scored a total, Jon, of 13 points.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45APPLAUSE
0:20:51 > 0:20:54And now Becky again, please.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00And you start out with six points with your knowledge of snooker.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Here we go with your general knowledge.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Two-and-a-half minutes, as ever.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07The Spanish designer Manolo Blahnik is particularly famous
0:21:07 > 0:21:09for what type of fashion wear?
0:21:09 > 0:21:10- Shoes.- Yeah.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Which former Middlesex and England cricketer replaced Ally McCoist
0:21:13 > 0:21:17as one of the regular team captains on A Question Of Sport in 2008?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Pass.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Which crime fiction writer created
0:21:20 > 0:21:22the Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen?
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Pass.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26What name is given to the garland of flowers or feathers worn
0:21:26 > 0:21:29around the neck that is presented in Hawaii as a welcome or farewell?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- A lei.- Yes.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32In which sport do the regulations state
0:21:32 > 0:21:35the ball must weigh a mere 2.7 grams?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- Table tennis.- Yes.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Who topped the UK Singles Charts in January 2013 for the first time
0:21:41 > 0:21:45since 2004 when she duetted with Will.I.am on Scream And Shout?
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Pass.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Which Mongol military leader, born in 1216,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53was a grandson of Genghis Khan and completed his conquest of China?
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Pass.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57What name is given to the flexible bands of tissue that hold
0:21:57 > 0:22:00bones together at a movable joint?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01- Cartilage.- Ligaments.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Which novel by Anne Bronte tells of a talented young female painter with
0:22:05 > 0:22:08a small son who has left her violent husband to live in seclusion?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- Wuthering Heights. - The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Which film actor, who plays Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible films
0:22:14 > 0:22:20was born Thomas Mapother IV in Syracuse, New York State, in 1962?
0:22:20 > 0:22:21- Tom Cruise.- Yes.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23What name for the western part of the Isle of Dogs in London
0:22:23 > 0:22:26comes from the windmills that stand on an embankment
0:22:26 > 0:22:29that protected the low-lying marshland from flooding?
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Pass.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32The works of which Impressionist painter
0:22:32 > 0:22:35include Dance Class and Prima Ballerina?
0:22:35 > 0:22:36- Manet.- Degas.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Which European capital city stands on the River Tagus
0:22:39 > 0:22:41near its entrance to the Atlantic Ocean?
0:22:41 > 0:22:42- Lisbon.- Yes.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46What substance, secreted by glands in the worker bee's abdomen,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49can be used as a polish and also to make candles and cosmetics?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50- Beeswax.- Yes.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Which classic horse race for three-year-old thoroughbreds
0:22:53 > 0:22:58has been run at Epsom on the first Saturday in June since 1995?
0:22:58 > 0:22:59- The Derby.- Yes.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01What term of Greek origin is used to describe plants
0:23:01 > 0:23:03such as alfalfa, cotton and soybean,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07that move in response to the position of the sun as they grow?
0:23:07 > 0:23:08- Phototropic.- Yes.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11What name was given to the body that, along with the State Council,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14formed the Russian Parliament from 1906 to 1917?
0:23:14 > 0:23:18It was revived for the Lower House of the Russian Federal Assembly in 1993.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Pass.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Which region of eastern France is particularly noted for its chickens
0:23:25 > 0:23:28and is also home to a variety of blue cheese?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Pass.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Which Dickens novel features the characters
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Nell Trent, Daniel Quilp and Kit Nubbles?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37A Tale Of Two Cities. BEEP
0:23:37 > 0:23:40No, it was The Old Curiosity Shop.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41And you had seven passes as well.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Bresse is that region in eastern France.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47The Duma is the name given to the body that formed
0:23:47 > 0:23:49part of the Russian parliament.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Millwall is the name for that western part of the Isle Of Dogs,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54on account of the windmills and all that.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57And Kublai Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59who finished off China.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04Britney Spears sang with Will.I.am on Scream And Shout.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09Michael Dibdin created the Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12And Phil Tufnell was the cricketer who replaced
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Ally McCoist on Question Of Sport.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Though seven passes, Becky, you now have 14 points.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21APPLAUSE
0:24:27 > 0:24:31And finally, Rae, again, please.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35And you already have 13 points with your knowledge of Philip II
0:24:35 > 0:24:38so we'll see how many you can get.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Here we go. Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44The famous rant, "You cannot be serious," was first heard in 1981
0:24:44 > 0:24:46when it was directed at the Wimbledon umpire Edward James
0:24:46 > 0:24:49during a match against Tom Gullikson. Who said it?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50- John McEnroe.- Yes.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55Which Roman General did Queen Cleopatra VII marry in an Egyptian ceremony?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57- Antony.- Yes.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00What small British birds that often feed by clinging to the bark
0:25:00 > 0:25:03of trees can, unlike woodpeckers, climb downwards as well as upwards?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Treecreepers.- Nuthatch.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Which small market town in Cheshire was transformed into
0:25:09 > 0:25:11a major railway centre when the Grand Junction Railway
0:25:11 > 0:25:14opened its locomotive works there in 1843?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15- Crewe.- Yes.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Which Austrian physicist, who died in 1916, gives his name to the number
0:25:19 > 0:25:23representing the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Pass.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26What name that comes from a traditional fairground
0:25:26 > 0:25:29throwing game, was given to the fairground doll played
0:25:29 > 0:25:32by Una Stubbs in the children's television series Worzel Gummidge?
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Pass.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Which character in The Merchant Of Venice
0:25:39 > 0:25:42delivers the speech beginning, "The quality of mercy is not strained?"
0:25:44 > 0:25:45- Portia.- Yes.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Which city has been the capital of Uganda since the early 1960s?
0:25:49 > 0:25:50- Kampala.- Yeah.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53What song that gave Harry Belafonte a number two hit in 1957
0:25:53 > 0:25:57is an adaptation of a Jamaican or Trinidadian work song?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58- The Banana Boat Song.- Yes.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01What general name for the West Midlands is given to the football derby
0:26:01 > 0:26:04between West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers?
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Pass.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11The Australian artist Sidney Nolan is remembered
0:26:11 > 0:26:13principally for his paintings of which outlaw?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15- Ned Kelly.- Yes.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19What word for a large cemetery comes from the Greek for "city of the dead"?
0:26:21 > 0:26:22- Necropolis.- Yes.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Robert Donat, Kenneth More and Robert Powell have all
0:26:25 > 0:26:28played Richard Hannay in film versions of a novel. What is the novel called?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- 39 Steps.- Yes.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34In which British city is Kelvingrove Park part of a fashionable West End,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37which, like London, contrasts sharply with a poor East End?
0:26:37 > 0:26:38- Glasgow.- Yeah.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40What is the name of the veteran American folk musician
0:26:40 > 0:26:42and singer who performed This Land Is Your Land
0:26:42 > 0:26:46at President Obama's inaugural celebration concert in January 2009?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- Pete Seeger.- Yes.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Rollmops are made from fillets of which saltwater fish?
0:26:50 > 0:26:51- Herring.- Yes.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54What name is traditionally given to the Penitent Thief,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57who was crucified alongside Jesus? He is the patron saint of prisoners.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- Barabbas?- No. St Dismas.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03The Apennine mountains form the central spine of which European country?
0:27:03 > 0:27:04- Italy.- Yeah.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08From the 17th century onwards, Grub Street, near Moorfields in London,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11was associated with the less-respected members of which profession?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- The press.- Yes. - BEEP
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Three passes, Rae.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18That general name for the West Midlands - Black Country.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Aunt Sally was what Una Stubbs played, or who Una Stubbs played.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25And Mach was the Austrian physicist.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Mach two, Mach speed and all that sort of thing.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31You've just won. I think I'll have to say that at this point.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33You've got 27 points.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35APPLAUSE
0:27:43 > 0:27:45So, let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48In fourth place with 13 points, Jon Wilkins.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52Third place, 14 points, Becky Shaw Simms.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Second place, 16 points, Kate Morris.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58First place, with 27 points, Rae Donaldson.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00APPLAUSE
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Which means, of course, that Rae is tonight's winner
0:28:09 > 0:28:12and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
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0:28:15 > 0:28:18do go to our website - bbc.co.uk/mastermind
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0:28:25 > 0:28:27Thanks for watching. Good night.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29APPLAUSE